The Oogpister Beetle
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Oogpister kicks ants. Soccer in South Africa!
EDIT: I see I'm not the only one that noticed that.
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3. Reaperdaddy 2 years ago
haha one animal video... i directly suspected PortugaL26 of being the uploader 
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5. Sizzlik (admin) 2 years ago
#3 dont blame him for submitting vids about animals..if nobody else does..ya..he will be the only uploader for animal vids..just as youre one of the few that submitted interesting fun sport vids..
Live and let live..or eat ants
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6. Comment rated too low. Show this comment AzaV8 2 years ago
Is it going to be Animal week again on Snotr?
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Man if the germans could kick a foot ball like that beetle did the ants the might still be in the world cup ...
#3 no as soon as i saw beetle i knew it was him but
hey there a change ...at least it wasent licking the ants and being all nice to them like that last animal clip
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9. Comment rated too low. Show this comment sux2bu 2 years ago
This was good until about 1:58 when he starts talking about the lizard "mimicking" the beetle. Does he really think that a lizard can think about it and then change the way it looks so it can imitate a beetle? Make-up please! And in very hot climates many lizards walk with belly raised off the sand to keep cooler.
Attenborough is good but he lets his imagination run wild sometimes.
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11. USAnumber1 2 years ago
I want to see if that lizard can fool a mongoose for real or if he just gets eaten. Maybe on the next episode Sir David can show us that result.
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12. Comment rated too low. Show this comment medicino 2 years ago
#9 yeah I guess its just a coincidence like the patterns and the colors, and the place it hunts for food and the walking (just raising the lower part of the abdomen but not so much the thorax) and that lizard can totally kick that mongoose ass without imitating the beetle, probably too much glaucoma medicine from Sir Attenborough and too little experience as a naturalist.
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LOL the beetles like a T-rex to them and i justlove the way he kicks the ants and they go flying throught the air!
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Clearly someone does not understand the concept of mimicry in evolution. It has nothing to do with conscious imitation, and everything to do with differential reproduction of inherited appearances and behaviors over vast spans of time.
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17. Comment rated too low. Show this comment Bdubb 2 years ago
man these are SOOO interesting... is this from that "Life" BBC thing? (not the one narrated by oprah)
BTW- Snotr............achievements?? are you serious? where's all the HD vids? (i know it's been brought up before but don't know where to see why it hasn't been implemented) don't like to be negative but that's a good way to kill snotr. (completely IMO)
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18. Comment rated too low. Show this comment badboy007 2 years ago
no #6 this is discovery week now expect 10 more beetle videos.
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22. AdamODwyer2010 2 years ago
Y do people write really long comments moanin about the video there is always one its just a video if you dont like it move on
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24. Comment rated too low. Show this comment taq12345 2 years ago
Why do I always put my feet on the table when I watch videos of Insects?
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#9 #12 it depends... instantaneously probably not unless the lizard has evolved chromatophores like chameleons and cuttlefish. however, if the lizard has coexisted for many generations with the beetle, it is very well possible for the lizard to evolve tactical traits from the beetle for self defense purposes. i remember watching a few documentaries 10 or so years ago that described animals that did something similar. i cant tell u what they were off hand but i can tell you one example: the stick bug, which evolved the appearance of a stick for self defense camouflage
#5 i upload animal vids once in a while 
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IS there any Snotr forums where we can post things, like suggestions and or feedback? I realize that my last post was defiantly not constructive in any way...more frustrated, but it would be nice to have a forum of sorts to submit feedback. thanks for your time.
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Would be awesome if there was a beetle that could moonwalk and all the defenceless lizards would mimic this walking pattern in the wild. You'd be some tourist walking around and all you see is random animals doing moonwalks for reasons you haven't yet figured out.
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32. trancetunes (admin) 2 years ago
i was already impressed by the beetle, but that lizard was even more incredible!!
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1. hdwg 2 years ago
The way the bettle kicks the ants could land him a spot in the world cup.