I had to stick my hand into an ant hill again. Because... reasons. But I got some pretty cool shots of their mandibles and even the underside of their mouth as they probed my skin for weak spots. Fearless little critters. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfhe9avWjI0

There are less #ticks this year than usual, which I'm quite happy about. I like to believe I'm winning my war against them, though likely the long cold winter had something to do with it, too. My #cat still gets bitten though, and a proper course of action is taken. I found some leftover fireworks in the basement, so I thought I'd put them to good use. Sit back, relax and enjoy another tick going bye bye ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA5s9ETLJWc

A long, descriptive video title, but that's basically what happens here. I fed a bunch of ticks to my venus flytrap, including some who were just mating. A venus flytrap fuses shut with immense pressure after time, and it actually crushed some of the ticks to the point that blood oozed out of the trap. Venus flytraps can't digest mammal meat or blood though (I tried that already with a piece of raw meat), and the traps at the end of the arms end up dying. But not before they sucked all the nutrients they can use out of the ticks I had given them. The ticks ended up preserved, flat and completely mummified, frozen in their mating act. What a way to go. Did you see the chainsaw video already? There are quite a few more outrageous tick videos coming :) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS7Wi3ql-9E

Nothing special, just a little spider and her sack of eggs. I tried to get her off the pavement so she wouldn't be squashed by cyclists. If you enjoyed this video and would like to support for the channel, any small contribution here will help immensely. https://www.paypal.me/naturevideos ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twxlhCl0VuY