- [Host] There's an estimated
7.7 million animal species living on earth alongside us humans. So it's no surprise that
they get a little too close for comfort sometimes. From a huge horde of spiders to a swarm of bloodsucking mosquitoes, some creepy critters are
determined to move in with you whether you like it or not. So grab the bug spray and
try not to get too itchy as we take a look at some of
the craziest pest infestations and how people tried and
sometimes failed to handle them. Rattlesnake ruckus. Back in 2019, a man in Texas suddenly started having
problems with his cable service. Wanting to see if he could
fix the problem himself, he rolled up his sleeves and clammered into the crawl space of his house, assuming it was probably
just a loose wire somewhere. As he crawled forward, he
noticed a couple of rattlesnakes. These sneaky snakes are
common across Texas, where they're considered
something of a pest, but the venom in their bite
can cause nausea, sweating, blurred, vision and worse,
which is why crawling around in an enclosed space
with them isn't ideal. And for this guy, it got a whole lot worse when he realized there weren't
just one or two rattlesnakes, but 45 of them hiding out under his house. Understandably, he bailed hard. And after escaping snake bite free, called the experts at Big
Country Snake Removal. Heading into the dark,
snake-filled crevice, the removal team undertook
the nightmarish job of clearing them all out. Armed with only a long
claw and balls of steel, the team pulled the slithery
serpents out one by one. After every last one had
been cautiously transferred into buckets, the man was
left with a big decision. What was he going to do with him? You see, this guy lived a
little over 40 minutes away from Sweetwater, a district famous for the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup. Every year in Sweetwater, the
controversial festival sees over 250,000 wild rattlesnakes captured and held in plastic bins
before being butchered. Advocates of the event
say it promotes awareness of rattlesnakes and boosts the economy, while critics argue it's
barbaric and should be banned. Even so, the festival organizers pay over $10 per pound of snake donated, and considering a medium
size rattlesnake can weigh up to six pounds, our man was sitting on roughly $2,700 of rattlesnake revenue. But instead of taking the money, he opted to have them all
driven off to a quiet location and released back into the wild. What a snake savior. Now, if you were in this guy's shoes, would you have done what he did for free or sent the snakes off
to their doom for cash? Let me know down in the comments. Explosive solutions. Ma cockroaches, while they might be one of the most despised creatures ever, you can't deny their resilience. They thrive on toxic food,
they can regrow their limbs, and can even survive for
several days without their head. And they're a real nightmare to get rid of as one Brazilian couple
discovered the hard way. Back in 2019, this
couple were being plagued by the tough terrors in their backyard. One day the husband had enough and decided to test just how tough
they really were, how? By, you know, emptying a can
of gasoline into their nest and throwing matches on it. Real big brain thinking right there. The first match didn't do anything. Neither did the second. But what about the third? (ground explodes) Yep, there we go. Turns out pouring flammable
gas all over your lawn isn't a good idea. Who'd have thought? But no cockroaches could
have survived that, surely. (ground explodes) Nope, that was definitely one there. Hey, he's probably watching
this video right now, pointing himself out to
his roachy little friends. Actually, no, sorry, that's stupid. There's no way cockroaches have friends. Now, although humans can often be even more resilient than cockroaches, sometimes it does still
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infestations, shall we? Bat Bonanza. Say what you want about bats, but I've always found the
furry flyers kind of cute, although I still wouldn't want a bunch of wild ones inside my house. But somewhere in an
undisclosed part of the U.S., Reddit user Irishtrain2020
returned home one day to find a whole load of them in his sink, behind his TV, and clinging to the blinds. Turns out the bats had
crawled in through a gap near the roof while he
was out and got trapped. Like any normal person, Irishtrain got the heck out of there. I know I said they were cute,
but with all the bacteria and rabies viruses they can carry, I wouldn't stick around after
seeing them in my sink either. So after getting his rabies vaccination, Irishtrain returned to the
house about a week later equipped with heavy gloves to
remove the beasties within. Only when he got back in, there
were a hell of a lot more. Okay, now, I'd be seriously freaked out. The shocked homeowner reckoned
that while he'd been gone another 200 or so bats had moved in. Is Irishtrain just a cover name for Bruce Wayne or something? With his super thick gloves equipped our real life Batman proceeded to pick up every bat individually and
put them in a cage in his car. From there, he drove them
a good few miles away and released them back into the wild. I don't think I'd have acted so calmly. I'd have been driven absolutely batty. And you might go a bit batty, too, if you miss out on any
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like and subscribe buttons down below and never be bored again. All right, where were we? Webby Wigglers. If you'd gone roaming
the streets of Rotterdam in the Netherlands back in 2009, you might have seen a very strange sight. All across the ground and up in the trees, a thick, white web-like
substance had been deposited. You'd have been forgiven
for thinking this was some weird alien invasion, but no, this wasn't the work of
excited extraterrestrials. Rather, a throng of
ermine moth caterpillars. These caterpillars are
very slow creatures, which would normally
leave them open to attack from predators like birds. However, by moving together as a pack and spinning masses of
thick, silk-like web wherever they go, they conceal themselves from being easy prey. Unfortunately for the owner of this car, they tend to go pretty wild with the sheer volume of web they produce. Geez, imagine trying
to clean all that off. Thankfully, ermine moth
caterpillars are completely harmless to humans, but there's
something about seeing them all wriggling and writhing around that just turns my stomach. No, I think I'd just buy a
new car and accept my losses. Don't eat beetles. Dogs are odd animals. On the one hand, they're
cute, fluffy and love cuddles. On the other hand, they
also love eating poop. But poop isn't the only
gross thing they like to eat. In Kansas City back in
2016, Francis Jiriks let her dog Bailey out to pee. When Bailey came back in, though, it was obvious something wasn't right. The dog was unusually
lethargic, and worse, was starting to foam at the mouth. Francis immediately
rushed him to the vets, but when they examined him, they discovered a horrifying sight. Clinging to the inside of
the dog's mouth were 30 to 40 fully grown lady beetles. Oh God, that's making the
roof of my mouth itch. These critters are
called Asian lady beetles and are very different from
the friendly, iconic ladybug. They're typically rounder, smaller, have slightly different
markings, and are known as pests. Not only are they more
aggressive than ladybugs, but they secrete a disgusting scent when threatened or crushed. So if you see one, don't stomp it. But you'd be unlikely to see just one because these things come in droves. If running for the hills isn't an option, the best thing to do is
clear them away with a broom and scrub where they
were with soapy water. You'll need to do this,
as the little blighters leave pheromones wherever they go to attract even more of them. But poor Bailey had tried to eat the bugs. And instead of being swallowed, they'd stubbornly latched onto
the roof of the dog's mouth. Thankfully, the grotesque
bugs were cleared out of its mouth with no lasting harm done. But if left, they could have
caused painful ulcers, ugh. They might be called lady beetles, but there's nothing ladylike about them. Mosquito mayhem. I heard a mosquito in
my room the other night, and I was terrified. Although the sound of one
is nothing compared to what a Polish family went
through one evening in 2016. In Poland, the weather is often very wet, followed immediately by hot spells. In other words, perfect
breeding conditions for the flying blood suckers. Sometimes there are so
many that entire swarms of the blasted bugs roam around
like angry, itchy clouds. How on earth this family could stand in amongst all that I'll never know. But the insane number of fallen mosquitoes completely coated the
ground like a living carpet. Never fear though, just get
the trusty old broom out. Yeah, that looks like
it's doing loads to help. Elsewhere in Poland,
people have thought of other more convincing solutions, like distributing nesting
boxes for bats and swifts around neighborhoods to
encourage them to settle. Both are big predators of mosquitoes and can gobble up thousands of them a day, which seems like a better plan than just sweeping them into piles. But I'd still rather live
somewhere where I don't have to think about this particular problem. Mo-skeet-no-thanks. Birds and turds. Although swifts have been
solving problems in Poland, over in Torrance, California,
they were the problem itself. After enjoying a meal in April, 2021, a family came home and were
met with an astonishing sight. Hundreds of birds were
swooping down their chimney, just like the ones shown here. Head of the house Carrie
called animal control, but they just told her
to keep the doors open and hope for the best. Despite doing this, the
birds would not leave. So she enlisted the help of
her brave relative, Patrick. While Carrie and her family
slept in a hotel that night, Patrick got to work inside the house, which the feathered friends
had claimed as their own. Wads of bird doo-doo covered pretty much everything in sight. And the culprits were rocketing
around like Usain Bolt with wings, careening off the walls and even slamming into Patrick himself. He ran after them for hours,
catching as many as he could with his bare hands and
putting them in a cardboard box before throwing them outside. Eventually it got so late that
the remaining birds settled on the ceiling to sleep,
which made the process easier. Even so, it wasn't until two nights later that the house was finally free again, albeit a lot poopier. The freaky phenomenon
wasn't a one-off, either. Northwest of Torrance in Montecito, another swarm of birds descended
somebody else's chimney, though this time they got
trapped behind the grating. Firefighters on the scene
set up a shoot system to funnel the distressed
birds from the fireplace to the back door, where
they were eventually freed. So luckily, the house
escaped the turd-filled fate of the one in Torrance. But why do birds seem to
love chimneys so much? Well, when searching
for somewhere to roost, they look for comfortable,
secure places safe from predators, and unfortunately
for some homeowners, chimneys fit the bill perfectly. Or should I say fit the beak? Now I'll see myself out for that one. Spidery surprise. I don't know about you, but
if I see a single spider in my room, I have to resist the urge to burn my entire house to the ground. So it's a good thing I
don't live in Australia because I'd have burned down
most of the country by now. In early 2021, a mom in
Sydney got home from work when her daughter told
her there were a couple of spiders in her room. Assuming a couple meant two or three, the mom casually walked
into her daughter's room and was shocked. - [Woman] When you go
in your daughter's room and she says, "Mom, you've got
a bunch of spiders up there, little babies," it's like,
"Oh, that's not too bad. It's just like maybe 50, 60." But then she says, "Look in the
other corner, there's more." And they're alive (squeals). - [Host] In a move that may surprise you, she decided to leave the
eight legged arachnids alone. It turned out they were huntsman spiders, which are harmless to humans and love eating household
pests, like mosquitoes, though I'm not sure whether
the daughter was happy about her mom's decision. Elsewhere in Australia,
the Gray family have chosen a similar approach, only rather
than a ton of tiny huntsmen, their house harbors this. Oh my God. This behemoth is also a huntsman, but measures in around six inches wide, roughly the same size as a dollar bill. Would you welcome a huge
huntsman into your home or would you try and nuke that thing? Let me know down in the comments. Quite the buzz. I think we can all agree
that bees are great and they're an essential
part of our ecosystem and make delicious honey to boot. That doesn't mean they make
great housemates, though. When Sarah Weaver and her
husband bought a new farmhouse in Pennsylvania in December, 2020, the seller warned that there
were bees in the walls. The price was so good though, that they couldn't resist the bargain. And for a while, it seemed
their risky purchase had paid off. That is, until spring arrived. It started with one
innocent bee buzzing outside in the yard, then another, and another. And before long, hundreds
of the stripy guys were whizzing around day in, day out. Staying inside was no solace. The couple could hear the
insects' droning hum permeating through the walls wherever they went. Something had to be done, and they hired professional
beekeeper Allan Lattanzi to solve the problem. Over the next week,
Allan labored every day to remove bricks and tiles from the outside of the farmhouse. Every time he removed one, he found more bees scurrying
around making honey within the walls of the house. Fortunately, they were fairly
docile, and Allan estimated there were a whopping
450,000 of them in total. Little by little the
beekeeper extracted them with their honeycomb until
eventually he found the queen. He needed to relocate the hive. And as the queen lays all the eggs, without her, the colony wouldn't survive. After the last bee was extracted, Allan took the near half
a million strong colony to a nearby farm. Incredibly, through the whole process, he was only stung five times. He is a professional, though. If it were me, I'd have probably fallen into the hive head first and ended up with a sticky, swollen head
the size of a watermelon. Bugged out. If you've gotten this far without feeling even a little squeamish,
hey, congratulations. But I'm afraid that's about to end. Back in 2019, a bedbug
exterminator was called out to a house somewhere in the USA. What he found behind the couch there will make your skin crawl. - [Man] This is going to be, oh my. - [Host] These ain't just
any bugs, these are bedbugs. The lentil-sized insects
can squeeze themselves into all kinds of cracks and crevices. And considering a single
female might lay up to 500 eggs in her lifetime,
they spread like wildfire. The bitey blood sucker's
favorite meal is human, but they can go without
feeding for an absurd 550 days. That means you can't starve them out. So the idea that anyone could
let their house get this bad before calling in the
exterminator is beyond me. Imagine sitting on that couch. Actually, don't. The only solution once these
little horrors have gotten into your home is to thoroughly clean every single inch of your house, including all your possessions. Because once you're
infested, nowhere is safe, not even your phone. Mm, I know Apple products have a few bugs, but that is ridiculous. Stinky situation. Somewhat less repulsive than
the bedbug is the stinkbug, which you'd never guess
based on its name alone. These little beetles don't bite humans, but they're known as
pests that devour fruit and vegetable crops. Well, one October evening in 2017, a South Carolinian couple, Pat and Simon, found out just how much of
a pest they can really be. The couple were watching
TV when Pat realized she'd left the French doors
in their bedroom open. Upon going upstairs to
close to them, however, she was met with a sight
that made her scream. Thousands upon thousands
of stinkbugs had flown in and were crawling all over
the walls, floor, bed, and everywhere else. Paul quickly rushed upstairs, too, and was horrified at what had happened. When they'd both recovered,
they grabbed a couple of brooms and started frantically sweeping the walls in an attempt to brush the bugs outside. And the only thing was, every
time they threw one load out, another seems to immediately fly in. And to make matters worse, if
they swept too aggressively, they'd crush the insects,
releasing the foul-smelling scent they get their name from. Eventually, after an
entire night of cleaning behind paintings, in
drawers, and inside clothing, they collapsed in bed and fell asleep. But for days after the stubborn
stinkbugs kept reappearing. Some even falling out of the hair dryer. Ooh, remind me never to leave my doors or windows open ever again. Kill it with fire. Remember the poor Brazilian guy earlier who accidentally destroyed his backyard trying to get rid of a
couple of cockroaches? Well, a resident in Pana, Illinois, one upped this effort back in 2010 by getting the whole
fire department involved. You see, the guy who
lived here was a hoarder, and he'd let the place get so dirty that roaches had completely taken over. Trash was piled high,
filth carpeted the floor, and the roaches were
absolutely everywhere. It was so bad that the local authorities deemed the house uninhabitable. So in an ironic twist,
the firefighters arrived on the scene not to stop
a fire, but to start one. First, a two-foot deep trench was dug around the perimeter of the house and filled with wood and straw. Then any hazardous materials were removed from the building's interior and replaced with combustible ones. After this, it was time
to burn, baby burn. To prevent any particularly cocky roaches making a run for it and escaping,
the trench was set alight. From there, the house
itself was put to the flames and left long enough to ensure everything inside was burnt with it. Eventually, when there was no
chance of anything surviving the raging roachacapolypse,
the firefighters did their more traditional
job of putting out the flames. Did anyone else half
expect a giant, vengeful, megaroach to rise up from the
ashes, or was that just me? Army antics. I don't think I'd ever
be particularly pleased to see a massive horde
of ants around my house, but what if an absolute
boatload of bigger, more vicious army ants
were gathering their forces right outside your front door? Well, you might be surprised to know that one Costa Rican homeowner
was actually very happy about such an occurrence, why? Because he had a much
bigger problem at hand, a big old wasp nest
hanging from his porch. Luckily for him, army ants feed on wasps, and they got their dinner in
the craziest way imaginable. That's right, those are
all ants you're seeing. Using small, interlocking
hooks on their legs, some of the ants linked
together to form a bridge for the other ones to cross, all the way from the porch to the nest, which is impressive and everything, but you might be wondering why they didn't just go straight across the
roof and avoid all that effort. Well, the thing is ants
find it difficult enough walking upside down on their own, nevermind carrying a heavy
load like eggs, pupae, or even adult wasps. So by forming a U-shaped bridge, none of the clever critters had to risk the dreaded ceiling walk. They even optimized traffic along the way. Outbound ants scurried along
the edges to make the way for inbound ants coming
home with the spoils. There you have it, the
homeowner's problem was solved in the most brilli-ant way possible. The handyman can. Okay, what about if you have
a wasp nest on your porch and you don't happen
to have an army advance to save the day? Well, one Florida man
facing just such a dilemma back in 2017 took matters
into his own hands, literally. Born in Trinidad, the
man claims he's dealt with wasps using his bare
hands for over 20 years. - [Man] See that nest up there? I'm going to go up the ladder. There's a little one
here that I just killed. - [Host] Yep, he plucked
that one right off the wall. And just wait til you see how
he handled the whole nest. - [Man] So let me see how to do this. I'll go in, I'll grab every last one. - [Host] Okay, whatever you
do, don't try this at home. Somehow the fearless fella
snatched the entire nest and crushed it all in his hands, wasps and all, without
getting stung even once. In fact, he claims to have done it more than 50 times without
so much as a tickle. They say there's a fine line
between bravery and stupidity, but whatever you think,
you can't deny it worked. Though there's no way
you'll catch me doing it. The whole process looks like
it's too much of a handful. My stomach's squirming as
much as those creepy crawlies, after that absolute horror show. Which infestation made you itch the most? Let me know down in the comments below. And now I'm off to go watch
some puppy videos or something. Thanks for watching.
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