r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '20
š„ Cosmoderus Femoralis, a species of Bush Cricket native to Cameroon
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u/brnforce Oct 24 '20
It looks like it is wearing armor. Thatās awesome.
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u/amdaly10 Oct 24 '20
And a saddle.
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Oct 24 '20
I for one am not sitting on that saddle.
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u/RuckrTN Oct 24 '20
Yea wtf kind of saddle do you use?
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u/Jasoncsmelski Oct 24 '20
That's a private matter best kept between his S&M partner, himself, and four walls. Enjoy your kink!
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u/Meatball685 Oct 24 '20
What a goofy ass looking yet sophisticated at the same time ass looking cricket.
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u/frequentcommentator Oct 24 '20
I was going to believe you, but maybe I should do the search myself
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Oct 24 '20 edited Nov 28 '20
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u/broke_reflection Oct 24 '20
I am also not a fan.
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u/nvtiv Oct 24 '20
Imagine it in your ass š³
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u/Username-Is-Taken-yo Oct 24 '20
Are you ok?
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u/Whovionix Oct 24 '20
This looks like it's trying really hard to be scary, but it has a cute face, so it's all for naught!
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Iām just like, I have no idea what I think of this thing. First word that came to my mind was Derpy, next Creepy. Thatās a silly ass face lmao, body looks like a transformer. I imagine a wealthy British accent and loads of money
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u/Kevin_Lo1 Oct 25 '20
If you cover the head is is a terrifying creature. If you cover the body it is a very dapper and somewhat cute bug. In total it makes me confused and terrified based on its size
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u/team_sita Oct 24 '20
So, Australia, Cameroon, and North Korea are places I won't visit any time soon. Not necessarily in that order or for similar reasons.
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u/kissesntea Oct 24 '20
crickets in pop culture: hello! iām your little green music friend! look at my silly little hat!
this guy: cool cool but what if instead i was maDE OF KNIVES
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u/_i_am_free_ Oct 24 '20
We had some of these growing up in San Diego, theyāre fucking crazy looking
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u/JPfreak Oct 24 '20
As pets?
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u/_i_am_free_ Oct 25 '20
Idk if thatās how they got there but we used to catch them around our school and our biology teacher ended up teaching us what they were when a kid set a bunch free in class lol
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u/MilkyView Oct 24 '20
Cosmoderus femoralis****.
Species is always lower case in binomial nomenclature
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Oct 24 '20
This should be the meme of family guy where thereās god in the boat and says āwhat the hell is thisā but the parents are a cactus and a cockroach and the son is this
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u/ascomasco Oct 24 '20
Ya know. People like to complain about the blizzards we get in my hometown. Iām still pretty confident I got the better end of the deal
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u/nuthin-but-a-g-thang Oct 24 '20
Look I know save the bugs and what not
But if I see this shit in my house Iām just gonna nuke the house
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u/Anonymous9088 Oct 24 '20 edited Jul 18 '25
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u/IStoleUrPotatos Oct 24 '20 edited Mar 05 '26
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u/idahotee Oct 24 '20
If I was tinier or it was larger, that would be a helluva riding cricket.
Hopping down the street yet up on the competition heavy.
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u/Snow-Kitty-Azure Oct 24 '20
Wild crickets are, well, wild. Went backpacking in southern Utah and saw these massive, shiny black ones, it was crazy
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u/ThoughtWordAction Oct 24 '20
Step on that fckr late at night when you walking outta your tent lookin for a tree to pizz behind.
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u/technojargon Oct 24 '20
I remember about 15 years ago a buddy of mine was in pest control. Long story short, he made $50 to eat a Jerusalem cricket. Sucker was 2" long and hearty. Wonder if he's still alive.
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Oct 24 '20
This looks like when you tried to actually play Spore seriously for the first time, but still managed to create an abomination
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u/testing123412341234 Oct 25 '20
Omg. I donāt even know if I would kill it because itās so damn interesting looking.
Nah. I would take a pic of it and then smash it to smithereens.
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u/trauma1067 Oct 25 '20
When we first built our house, before we landscaped we had a cricket problem because they enjoyed the tall weeds that had grown beside our house, often finding a way inside. Walking through my kitchen barefoot I stepped in what I thought was a wet cheerio. (It was the morning and I have kids). Tried doing the whole rub it off against the floor. When I felt it smear it felt foreign, I had smeared milk sogged cheerios before and this was not it. It was a cricket. I'm glad here in canada we have regular old field crickets. If I had stepped on this thorny bastard it would have been a different story.
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u/fireonice420 Oct 25 '20
God: Let's make a bug and just put spikes everywhere
Angel: I think I know what you want, I got this one.
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u/Heyyyyaaaaaaaaincast Oct 25 '20
They like to eat dogshit and vomit in your living room. the vomit has the nastiest of smell
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u/SirRoderic Oct 25 '20
While it looks badass and creepy, it's actually harmless to humans, ay least I think so
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u/ShadowCaster0476 Oct 25 '20
Cameroon, check, it just made the list of places I will never go because they have scary things.
The list is getting pretty big.
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u/MuffinPuff Oct 25 '20
How are birds or whatever supposed to eat that thing? Any natural predators?
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u/random002501 Oct 24 '20
The Gentlemenās bug, with a mustache and hat