Giant Bug! (Video Link)It's a Heteropteryx dilatata, more commonly known as a Malaysian Jungle Nymph. At six inches long, these critters are among the biggest insects in the world. They eat bramble, leaves, and unattended children.Link via Ace of Spades HQ Comments (13) Newest 5 Newest 5 Comments BURN ALL THE FORESTS. o.o Lest it mutate and kills us all. Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) Sad. The subtitles say that a zoo gave them the bug and it died. Good case for not letting people own exotic animals. Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) Good lord.... O_O Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) Places never to go, volume 839: MALAYSIA.Seriously, that's a "nymph"? What's the full-grown version like? Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) After a day of handling cane toads, I still wouldn't dream of touching this guy Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) Login to comment. Click here to view up to the first 100 of this post's 13 comments
Sad. The subtitles say that a zoo gave them the bug and it died. Good case for not letting people own exotic animals. Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
Places never to go, volume 839: MALAYSIA.Seriously, that's a "nymph"? What's the full-grown version like? Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
After a day of handling cane toads, I still wouldn't dream of touching this guy Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
Seriously, that's a "nymph"? What's the full-grown version like?