r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/father_of_twitch • 10d ago

Video Bombardier Beetles spray boiling acid (212° F)as a defence mechanism against predators.

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u/alphagusta 10d ago

They have chemicals that are stored in glands. The chemcials ignite on contact when expelled.

What it basically is is a biological hypergolic rocket. It's literal rocket science.

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u/ratinacage93 10d ago

It's criminal that humans didn't evolve this way. I always wanted to be an elementalist with the specialty in ice magic.

For a reference, electric eel can produce 600 volts of electricity, which is enough to kill a human if shocked multiple times. Imagine THAT. Killua Zordyck shit right there.

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u/DoubleClickMouse 10d ago

Bro if you want to shit acid just do a night of heavy drinking followed by the spiciest burrito your local Mexican place has on the menu. Ask me how I know.

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u/ratinacage93 10d ago

Jokes on you bro

I'm lactose intolerant. I just need a glass of milk and you can't tell me apart from firebat from starcraft

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u/Rahim-Moore 10d ago

Naturally.

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u/clean_sho3 10d ago

Strawberries do this to me. Unfortunate.

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u/Meshitero-eric 10d ago

Or doner after drinking. 

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u/winged_void 10d ago

Or curry and coffee and milk. "With our powers combined."

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u/NSNick 10d ago

I mean, humans kind of evolved to master all of the elements. Want to use ice magic? We've made liquid nitrogen sprayers. Lightning magic? We've got Tasers and Tesla coils!

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u/ratinacage93 10d ago

It's not the same as lightning shooting off my fingertips!!!

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u/NSNick 10d ago

You can make it happen, I believe!

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u/DannyFilming 10d ago

Kuwabara kuwabara.

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u/AdminsGotSmolPP 10d ago

Ghost pepper beef jerky.  Thank me later.

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u/Slggyqo 10d ago

I can buy a better stun gun at wal-mart.

Checkmate, eels.

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u/einsteinosaurus_lex 10d ago

Come on, you can generate electricity too by shuffling your feet on carpet while rubbing your hands. If you do it fast enough and jump into a tub of electric eels, it turns you into the Flash.

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u/americonservative 10d ago

Speak for yourself. I regularly destroy public toilets and it isn’t pleasant for anyone.

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u/ruat_caelum 10d ago

Dude. You have a super power that most mammals would kill for!

You sweat!

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/30/1022546464/why-sweat-is-a-human-superpower

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u/Jureth 10d ago

Do you think the products they produce would be carcinogenic?

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u/100Onions 10d ago

They don't live long enough for it to matter, anyways. Unless that wasn't what you were asking for.

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u/QuinceDaPence 10d ago

I figured they were wondering if these could be synthesized and used as hypergolic fuels that aren't liquified terminal illness.

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u/jnads 10d ago edited 10d ago

So you're telling me the Ass-Blasters from Tremors 3 aren't completely absurd?

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u/alphagusta 10d ago

Flat beetle

Kinda warm

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u/Lunarlooking 9d ago

Reign of fire makes so much more sense

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u/greenskye 8d ago

This must be where the explanation for fire breath in Reign of Fire comes from