Stag Beetle Throws Girlfriend Out Of Tree | Life | BBC Earth

he starts his search a female is likely to be on a tree trunk but trees in this part of the world are very tall his search could be a long one unfortunately for him she is 25 meters above him near the top she has more normal-sized jaws but then she only needs them for feeding but he needs immense jaws for fighting because there are other males around with the same mission shears strength is not enough in these battles the technique is to reach over your opponent's head and hook your jaws under his wing covers that's why his jaws are so long and have that odd shape he's got the grip now he has to lift and that needs strength another lift is needed and that's that beetle armor is strong so he bounces the winner climbs on there are more males ready to fight him up here [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm here she is at last but she doesn't seem to be in the mood [Music] so now he has to use his great jaws as a restraining cage [Music] success at last [Music] but the hurling habit dies hard [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Channel: BBC Earth

Views: 3,860,375

Rating: 4.9304571 out of 5

Keywords: stag beetle throws girlfriend out of tree, bbc earth, bbcearth, bbc, life 2009 documentary, life 2009 episode 6 insects, stag beetle fight, david attenborough life, bbc documentary, david attenborough documentary

Id: XI8WU9ReFG0

Length: 4min 13sec (253 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 16 2020

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[u/Mountain_Shift245]

1:52 be like

long live the king

[u/tobascodagama]

Stag beetles are so cool, it's a shame the stag beetle behemoth is like the second most annoying fight in the game.

[u/bunheadwhat]

omfg

[u/Longjumping-Star-116]

Thanks for sharing I had a good laugh, always thought they look the same, but did I really need to se the last 2 parts '-_-

[u/Zookeepergame_Cute]

Dauntless really did get the opalescent aesthetic for Valomyr, it looks really cool in real life.

[u/Byborg]

Now he is The Last Stag

[u/ScubaaSteeeve]

Pretty sure this beetle could still take ol’ Val any day of the week.