All the choices I’ve made in my life have led me to this. To be here at 11:38 PM, clicking on a video to watch meal worms eat a Carolina reaper pepper. I’m not even mad. 10/10 would watch again.
i love how this guy puts casual relaxing music over otherworldly levels of massacre, disintegration and breaking down of things down to the molecular level.
Resiniferatoxin is this chemical compound found in some cactuses that has a scoville unit rating of 16 billion. It will irreversibly destroy the neurons it touches.
In case anyone was wondering: Mammals are the only ones that feel the pain effect from spicy foods. It comes from something called capsaicin that mimics a neurotransmitter that translates to pain or injury from heat or burning in the brain. Insects would only be deterred by physical heat or acidic properties strong enough to damage their bodies. Birds are also not susceptible to spice and are used by many plants such as the reaper pepper to eat and spread their seeds.
it's so interesting the chemicals plants produce to deter certain animals from eating them, but we enjoy them for that reason. like caffeine and nicotine are naturally produced insecticides
Does the stomach also have receptors for Capsaicin? If it's only the neurotransmitters only giving the illusion of heat, why do I have diarrhoea whenever I eat spicy food? 😢
@@dangerousatomizer6162 i believe that happens because there's receptors in your intestines, and the pain makes your body push it through the system faster that it usually does
@@kai_maceration esp the colon.. my doctor explained that the colon removes moisture fro mthe stool as it tracvels throug hthe colon.creating the solids.. if the body is trying expel what it feels as a toxin it pushes through much faster.. thus liquid stool.. whats always been nteresting is that if hot foods exhibit some type of toxicity, why arent they vomited out.. I rarely see people eating excessively hot food, toss their cookies.. alcohol on the other hand does. when a person binge drinks too fast, the body sees the alcohol as a toxin and you toss it before it has a chance to fully absorb..
This would actually make a good horror movie. The guy gets obsessed with feeding things to these worms, and eventually he starts feeding people to them. Then, he gets trapped with them and eaten alive.
I used to have boxes of mealworms for my rescue crows. I forgot they could pupate. woke up one morning to more than a dozen flying bugs now wandering around the house. they were able to crawl on one of the cardboard tubes in the box and get out. had to get a seperate container for those.
I keep imagining that the hour count isn’t there and they’re actually just extremely hungry which makes them move at lightning speed to devour any bit of food in sight LOL
@@RIZFERD even if they did they, like birds, probably don't have the signal receptors that trigger the burning sensation in mammals when they eat peppers. Feed your cat a pepper, it'll freak out. Feed your bird that same kind of pepper, it'll enjoy the treat.
this is honestly fascinating as a way to look at all the plants' defense mechanisms, like, when its a fruit the skin clearly does its job as a defense mechanism for a hot moment, the pepper and avocado even had to be cut to make things easier for the lil lads. meanwhile the lettuce was completely defenseless and got absolutely obliterated also shout out to the absolute icon that took out that apple stem and opened the way for the rest of their homies to get into the apple's tasty tasty insides
@@PS3paulio2000 I didn't even read other comments lol I watched the video and the thought popped into my head, if other people have wrote similar things that wouldn't surprise me
Based upon historical tortures, the worst way to die is probably getting boiled alive, Rather than worms. Worms would immediately get in you ears and destroy your brain within half an hour. Being boiled alive lasts upwards of 6.
Capsaicin is the active ingredient in peppers and produces a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact. Usually only felt by mammals, hence why the worms do not have an issue eating the pepper.
It's also a fungicide. Many hypothesis that capsaicin is actually an evolutionary advantage for this reason, and not to prevent predators from eating the fruit. After all, they need their seeds dispersed. Other studies have shown that mammals will learn to like the flavor of capsaicin, which again contradicts past theories on the purpose of capsaicin.
@@ClumsyToast they aren’t complicated enough to have tastebuds, so it most likely didn’t affect them. I say most likely because the oil could be corrosive to something as small as a mealworm.
I wanted to see if they'd end up dying. I've heard that ghost peppers which are lower on the Scoville scale can kill human beings under certain circumstances, so I figured there's no chance a meal worm would stand a chance. Clearly I was wrong.
Agreed! If the intent is to give the mealworms the whole meal anyways, then it's not as gross to me. If I find mealworms in food I was intending to eat then it's another story lol.
I imagine that it must be so sublime to be one of the few mealworms who climbs above the rest to tunnel into the food. It must be so tranquil to go from surrounded by loud, wriggling kin to a silent oasis where every direction you could travel is blocked by something merely edible. Truly an unmatched experience.
imagine being thrown into a massive crowd of people and then suddenly released into a room with the largest hamburger you’ve ever seen with the sole purpose of being consumed by this absolutely egregious amount of people
Nah bro, meal worms are little hommies.they eat pretty much anything including waste but dont like meat. They can be used for medicinal purposes too and are used by some tribal nations as a source of food and pest/waste controll. Magots are just nasty af tho
I like to think that the meal worms become ecstatically elated when they see a food item set down in their designated area. They certainly seem to immediately understand that food is suddenly available, and I hope it makes them happy.
@@bwgaming7586 Some worms not only remember how to complete a maze but just the act of dehydrating them, grinding them up and feeding them to other worms gives those worms the knowledge to complete the maze on their first go. You would think animals like cows for instance are pretty dumb but actually they are very smart and except for their massive difference in weight act more like a dog.
Fun fact: capsaicin, the chemical that makes hot peppers spicy, evolved specifically against mammals. Basically only mammals and birds were eating the peppers, and birds spread seeds way, way better than mammals, so the ones with more capsaicin got eaten by more birds and less mammals. What that basically means is that for these meal worms eating Carolina reapers isn't any different than eating a bell pepper since the capsaicin doesn't react with their body chemistry.
I used to raise mealworms for the birds. I used oatmeal bedding and gave them carrots for moisture. I never thought about using them to get rid of leftovers like that. Hmmm... You learn something every day.
I like how everything takes like 3 days meanwhile the Carolina reapers were done in under half a day.... Who would have guessed they like spicy food? Also interesting to see how they somewhat avoided the McDonald's cheese......
Kinda? I came for the time laps but also to see if they would suffer from eating the pepper lol, these things are NASTY! But this was oddly satisfying 😆
@@LishaGirli my youtube search history after this be like how to be a meal worm top 5 ways to die as a meal worm is poison bad for meal worms is poison legal how much poison to kill meal worm where to buy poison
Recently watched a video on these worms and their ability to digest plastics and styrofoams! Scientists have been using them in different ways to assist in plastic pollution and breaking down plastic waste. Pretty cool little worms if you ask me!
tf i never knew meal worms turn into beetles edit: thought they'd turn into the big ones like a stag beetle or something, turns out these things are the same beetles i keep finding in my rice
@@oberonpanopticon you would still die. humans can’t digest the outer shell of insects properly. so wat enough of them and you will just suffocate and die pretty much
@@roshanhemrom4906 looked it up and in harsh conditions, the mealworms will start eating each-other. most likely due to lack of food or overcrowding, beasts
Hee hee! I was watching them chow down on the hamburger and thinking -- "Wait, mealworms eat meat???" -- whereupon I reconsidered my habit of just letting them breed in my gecko tank.
I had mealworms eat a pet turtle alive in under 12 hours. I didnt realize they ate literally anything in their path till I go to check on the turtle and found a skeleton and shell.
Sometimes in school I'd eat the stickers on purpose just to get a reaction out of the other kids. or we'd all stick them on our foreheads when given fruit.
Human when they just eat a bit of pepper: *gags and cries because of how spicy it is Mealworms eating the hottest pepper in the world: "Eyo, this shit good. You gotta try this, John!"
@@madelainepetrin1430 well also capcaisin was evolved in chiles specifically to affect mammals and not other animal types, which is why birds can also eat them without feeling heat.
@@-desertpackrat I'm pretty sure it has more to do with the fact that birds swallow things whole without chewing so the spice in the paper never actually has a chance to come in contact with the birds taste buds.
Only to be greedily devoured by the fans. The rest of the band looks on in horror as their lead singer get ripped limb from limb, screaming with that perfect voice of his as he begs for help. When his body finally disappears into the crowd, the band is mortified as the crowd turns to face them. They have no we're to run, their fate is sealed.
They are surprisingly strong for there size the first time I picked one up to feed my new scorpling I was surprised at how much I could feel him squirming around trying to escape my grasp!
I would kill to see an April fools episode of Hot Ones where the guy literally interviews a tray of mealworms and acts like they’re responding to all of his questions while eating hot wings.
this comment is top for a reason. it’s amazing. i’m not even sure i agree but the fact that it was said was so fascinating. how a human out there came up with this sentence is amazing.
@@thesnare100 I'm not sure, but I think most animals are immune to hotness, they just can't taste it so it doesn't even bother them? Think I geard that somewhere
@@frostifish it doesn't matter if they digest it or not. the key is trpv1 or the capsaicin receptor, which is mostly mammals thing and the worms lacked
Not exactly. Theyre not digesting them, but more like eating it and then pooping it out most of the time. Its like eating cardboard or paper. Yes you can wat it, but you dont extract much nutrition from it.
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Worms :
-The place is clean
-Foods great
-Everything fresh
-Fast delivery
-Just a little bit crowded during break hours
Overall 9/10 Recommended 👍
Gordon Ramsay would be proud
Yeah, a tiny tiny bit crowded
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
Also worms after eating that burger 🍔 : No more master, please.
All the choices I’ve made in my life have led me to this. To be here at 11:38 PM, clicking on a video to watch meal worms eat a Carolina reaper pepper. I’m not even mad. 10/10 would watch again.
Lol same
11:42 fer me, same choices I guess.
For me its was at 11:15pm
Here I sit at work and same my dude.
It’s 11:34pm for me ☝️💀
I love how there's a point in all these clips where the food just starts crowd surfing
LOL I love this comment
theres also a part where they perform "wall of death"
I imagine that the food would be exclaiming "weee!" as it slowly disintegrated.
Is cute wuns c:
Yessssssssssss you get it!
I love the normal-speed moments showing that, despite being a time-lapsed all-consuming horde, they're actually very dainty eaters.
"Sir, why do you need 1000 mealworms... and a Carolina reaper??"
"It's personal"
Its buisness
Uhhhh
Lol
just business
"What? And you don't have 1000 mealworms and a bit o pepper?"
i love how this guy puts casual relaxing music over otherworldly levels of massacre, disintegration and breaking down of things down to the molecular level.
Yes
play it in 2x speed
RIGHT???😂😂😂
@@arieslacson4621 JUST TRIED IT!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You do the same thing, yet I don’t see you playing metalcore over a bowel movement…
mealworms seeing a sticker on produce: this is some serious gourmet shit
I wonder if they will eat sh*t
Why my throat burn?🥵
Finally some good fucking food
*why is it spicy*
JAJAJAJAJA
Anyone else impressed not only by how fast they work but the fact that they devour EVERYTHING organic and leave nothing behind?
They weren’t moving that fast, it took them like 2-3 days to eat a good amount of those meals.
@@theoofg4894 Are you proud that you eat cheeseburgers faster than mealworms or something I don't get it
@@DUKEHadToDoItToEm I'm just saying, it wasn't that fast, I bet ants would eat them faster.
Ants might be able to make it disappear faster but they wouldn't be actually eating it, they carry it back to the nest
I'm more impressed that they can figest straight up plastic.
I love how the worms pass around the food like:
“Yoo you tried this yet??”
LMAO
Bro please 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
💀
“Aye this shit bussin. Get y’all slithering asses over here!”
lmaoooo
Carolina Reaper: "My chemical formula is evolved to be the most painful thing to consume on the entire planet!"
Mealworms: "That's cute."
Well, only to mammals.
It's all fun and games until they start to crawl on your bed😳
@@Abhiscool What are you talking about?
Resiniferatoxin is this chemical compound found in some cactuses that has a scoville unit rating of 16 billion. It will irreversibly destroy the neurons it touches.
@@spicybook This is not related.
In case anyone was wondering:
Mammals are the only ones that feel the pain effect from spicy foods. It comes from something called capsaicin that mimics a neurotransmitter that translates to pain or injury from heat or burning in the brain. Insects would only be deterred by physical heat or acidic properties strong enough to damage their bodies. Birds are also not susceptible to spice and are used by many plants such as the reaper pepper to eat and spread their seeds.
it's so interesting the chemicals plants produce to deter certain animals from eating them, but we enjoy them for that reason. like caffeine and nicotine are naturally produced insecticides
Does the stomach also have receptors for Capsaicin? If it's only the neurotransmitters only giving the illusion of heat, why do I have diarrhoea whenever I eat spicy food? 😢
@@dangerousatomizer6162perhaps a website called google could offer some insight instead of a random youtube commenter
@@dangerousatomizer6162 i believe that happens because there's receptors in your intestines, and the pain makes your body push it through the system faster that it usually does
@@kai_maceration esp the colon.. my doctor explained that the colon removes moisture fro mthe stool as it tracvels throug hthe colon.creating the solids.. if the body is trying expel what it feels as a toxin it pushes through much faster.. thus liquid stool.. whats always been nteresting is that if hot foods exhibit some type of toxicity, why arent they vomited out.. I rarely see people eating excessively hot food, toss their cookies.. alcohol on the other hand does. when a person binge drinks too fast, the body sees the alcohol as a toxin and you toss it before it has a chance to fully absorb..
0:55 "yo a cherry! I gotta tell my friends about this"
”said the popular kid”
This would actually make a good horror movie. The guy gets obsessed with feeding things to these worms, and eventually he starts feeding people to them. Then, he gets trapped with them and eaten alive.
That’s literally the definition of a curse. 😂
Weird city's Micheal cera episode is pretty close
U alright ? 😂😭
@@nanaseharuka9480 I was never alright.
Little shop of horrors ?
Imagine how feared mealworms would be if they traveled in packs like that and were that fast
fr they remind me of the things that ate spongebob’s house
@@julicat444 nematodes!
Imagine how terrifying it would be if mealworms could swim and/or fly 😱
There are creatures like that
Centipedes
This commenti gives me "the Mummy" vibes
I love how when they nearly finished with the food, the food starts moving around
Pass that over here 🤣
well duh-
Pass to members that haven't eat yet😂
I hadn’t watched the video when I read this comment and assumed you were referring to the worms as food.
It's the last oportunity to escape from the worms.
Everybody gangsta until the mealworms all pupate
🪲🐞🐛
I used to have boxes of mealworms for my rescue crows. I forgot they could pupate. woke up one morning to more than a dozen flying bugs now wandering around the house. they were able to crawl on one of the cardboard tubes in the box and get out. had to get a seperate container for those.
I keep imagining that the hour count isn’t there and they’re actually just extremely hungry which makes them move at lightning speed to devour any bit of food in sight LOL
surprised to see u here :o
Cough* cough* nemotoads from SpongeBob cough* cough*
@@Wishfull._..Editor57 OMG YEAH THOSE
omg like how cartoons portray termites eating wood
I love this 😭😂
"father has always provided us with delicious food"
Puts the pepper in
"Why is it spicy"
you cracked me up
they don't have tongue
@@RIZFERD even if they did they, like birds, probably don't have the signal receptors that trigger the burning sensation in mammals when they eat peppers. Feed your cat a pepper, it'll freak out. Feed your bird that same kind of pepper, it'll enjoy the treat.
Booooooooo
@@TheBeesies thank you for the info but it's supposed to be a joke
I felt way too proud of the mealworm that managed to get to the apple's stem.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
He wanted to be the first 😂
LMFAOOO ikr HAHAH
Me too🤣💔
Man is a legend he opened it so everyone can try it
The way they pulled out all the fibers from the sprouts was really cool
Disclaimer : no worms were harmed making this video they just had an amazing meal
Why they always go for the fruit sticker so quick
@@Dapperdopper may be there are some Dru*s
@@funtamilanallrounder2700 goddamn it😂
They probably didn’t like being scraped at
@@Bruh-ob9mi no bro , it's an delicious , amazing , marvellous meal
The way that one worm launched itself to get the apple stem was menace behavior
After reading this I re-watched that part. Was not disappointed.
Around 0:43
@@water-shrimp962 watching it in 0.25x speed is great you just wait, other worm. Ight, I'mma head out
I slowed it down and it was actually multiple worms
He was listening to a lot of NBA Youngboy no wonder the worm did it💀🤣
The worms:
-It’s about drive
-It’s about power
-We stay hungry
-We devour…….
Put in the work put in the hours
And take what’s ours
The rock rap fits perfectly for worms
PLEASE 😂😂💀
@@Climbone._. black and Samoan in my veins my culture bangin with strange
why are the mealworms flying 2:10 ??
this is honestly fascinating as a way to look at all the plants' defense mechanisms, like, when its a fruit the skin clearly does its job as a defense mechanism for a hot moment, the pepper and avocado even had to be cut to make things easier for the lil lads. meanwhile the lettuce was completely defenseless and got absolutely obliterated
also shout out to the absolute icon that took out that apple stem and opened the way for the rest of their homies to get into the apple's tasty tasty insides
Me, I was the absolute icon that took out the apple stem
@@PaulyPop Good shit
I love this comment
Those worms really are just little lads 😌
Oh my gosh, yes!! Them slipping all over the grapes!! It looked like a rave while they danced the balls around
bro you got dc?
Imagine a fruit countless times larger than your body... and you're stuck eating the sticker that came on it.
I saw the comment after the apple and when the orange came out with its sticker I sad laughed.
Thanks for the laugh!
That thing disappeared
Its edible if youre lazy enough to eat it, they made those non toxic.
@@alksi1 “Note to self….edible labels.”
4:30 is what you came here for
Yes
Thnx
Gracias.
Thx
Fun fact: mealworms can actually break down and eat styrofoam; reducing waste.
Yes! And this can be seen in this video: ruclips.net/video/QwQ9VMgI-vI/видео.html
Do they actually, digest it? All?
@@PhotoOwl OH wow, well, isn't That convenient! XD
How about plastics?
@@yudirudiat6499 great question.
I've never seen anything like this. So disgusting, yet absolutely fascinating. Love this video.
They are cute :
Is like prolapse videos
@@lz2270 no its not lmfao
@@creepermax4167 ikr they r not gross! >.
So true I agree so much.
Imagine if those worms actually moved at that speed and ate food that quickly, would be terrifying lol
We wouldn't have a chance lol
You spoiled ending 😂😂
good job copying another comment
@@PS3paulio2000 I didn't even read other comments lol I watched the video and the thought popped into my head, if other people have wrote similar things that wouldn't surprise me
@@WilliamWallace42 ah alright just some1 almost wrote the same exact thing
If only i could be reincarnated as one of Photo Owl's well fed meal worms
Carolina Reaper : "exist"
Worms : "is that an apple?"
Carolina Reaper : "taste me"
I read "taste me" in a MeatCanyon voice lol
They are like nah man that’s a pepper well eat the green part ok?
Him: cuts it open
Them: well when you put it that way we’re in.
Worms : Alright babes, we will taste you to your death
OnO
@@giovannigarcia1037 oh god you made me think of meat canyon..
It's almost as if the worms are just having a rave party at the presence of food and the food just melts to the soundless beat.
I see it more as food shaped ships sinking in a sea of mealworms
@@theoziggy2071 that would make such a cool story setting!
Bro I read this comment high and Daym…
And the chillis were crowdsurfing lol
this is the reason i love this video
People say burning alive is the worst death but I think we topped it.
Yes you did
The worms is lava... very, very slow lava
Based upon historical tortures, the worst way to die is probably getting boiled alive, Rather than worms. Worms would immediately get in you ears and destroy your brain within half an hour. Being boiled alive lasts upwards of 6.
Apparently it only hurts until your nerves have been burnt. After that I’d presume you’d be unconscious.
@@overbosstarkanid8837 still doesnt sound that great
The music was extremely important in this video, it even made it a lil wholesome. Imagine this with creepy music and the mood will be a 100% different
They have a relentless determination to eat anything they come in contact with, absolutely hypnotizing to watch.
Like watching an average American
@@mcr5645 No.
@@jessiehermit9503 yes
@@mcr5645 unprovoked 😭
@@mcr5645 Cope europoor
I love when the smaller bits of food just move around the crowd it’s so funny
It looked like they were going to carry that reaper to the side, and toss it over.
Crowd surfing
same lol crowd surfing
The Apple looked like a beach ball at a concert
You take it down and pass it around
Capsaicin is the active ingredient in peppers and produces a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact. Usually only felt by mammals, hence why the worms do not have an issue eating the pepper.
I always thought humans where the only creature's to eat chili.
Just presumed they repelled bugs
It's also a fungicide. Many hypothesis that capsaicin is actually an evolutionary advantage for this reason, and not to prevent predators from eating the fruit. After all, they need their seeds dispersed.
Other studies have shown that mammals will learn to like the flavor of capsaicin, which again contradicts past theories on the purpose of capsaicin.
Exactly what I thought when I read the title
Thank you 🙏
But do the mealworms taste spicy after eating the peppers is my question. 🤔
Being a mealworm must be so peaceful.
Until u get eaten
For the first 9 minutes of life until a bird swoops down and ends your entire lineage in seconds.
I was half expecting the meal worms to spontaneously combust, halfway through the Carolina Reapers.
I wanted to hear them screaming; I know they were...
Same here here😂
@@ClumsyToast they aren’t complicated enough to have tastebuds, so it most likely didn’t affect them. I say most likely because the oil could be corrosive to something as small as a mealworm.
I wanted to see if they'd end up dying. I've heard that ghost peppers which are lower on the Scoville scale can kill human beings under certain circumstances, so I figured there's no chance a meal worm would stand a chance. Clearly I was wrong.
@@fellowcomrade7914 definitely not complex enough to scream ;)
This is highly entertaining. Normally I am grossed out by mealworms but this had me rooting for them
I should have been grossed out but seeing this I was entirely okay. Nature doing nature stuff I guess didn't bother me.
Agreed! If the intent is to give the mealworms the whole meal anyways, then it's not as gross to me. If I find mealworms in food I was intending to eat then it's another story lol.
This is hella gross
What a sad existence
Me too hahahahaha
I imagine that it must be so sublime to be one of the few mealworms who climbs above the rest to tunnel into the food. It must be so tranquil to go from surrounded by loud, wriggling kin to a silent oasis where every direction you could travel is blocked by something merely edible. Truly an unmatched experience.
That sounds delightful, if only we humans could do that..
@@Blitzxcell if you have the money, you can. I make no claims of safety if you're headfirst in a giant cake though.
were you a meal worm in your past life
@@SetzerII Trust me, lots of people experience this on their birthday. Depending on several factors, might not be fun.
@@marioprawirosudiro7301 experience what? Being a mealworm?
imagine being thrown into a massive crowd of people and then suddenly released into a room with the largest hamburger you’ve ever seen with the sole purpose of being consumed by this absolutely egregious amount of people
*Imagine it was a White Castle slider, and the room you speak of had little to no ventilation*
As someone with an immaculate fear of meal worms, maggots and other white crawly worms, i don't know why I watched this. It stressed me out so much
Nah bro, meal worms are little hommies.they eat pretty much anything including waste but dont like meat. They can be used for medicinal purposes too and are used by some tribal nations as a source of food and pest/waste controll.
Magots are just nasty af tho
@@jaushuagrahamthefloridaman1124 but in this didnt they eat a cheeseburger?
@@KUREHA3D I mean more along the lines of LIVING meat. Also its McDonald's,its barely legaly eatable let alone meat lol
MEEL MEEL MEEL MEEL MEEL MEEEL MEEL MEEL MELLE MEL EMEL MEEL MEEL MEEL MEEL
worms
I too have that fear ;-;
They just be like: "AYO JEREMY GET OVER HERE I FOUND SOMETHING THAT MAKES MY MOUTH HURT IN A NICE WAY"
Us humans in a nutshell
Thats kinda sus
I'm here
@@jeremyhwang4593 ayo what
@@jeremyhwang4593 Found you Jeremy
Now taste it!
I love how the mealworms still ate the Carolina reapers like: 'Damn this shii bussin'
No but like y aren't their tiny eating equipment burning off like our tongues would
@@shamiso_t
Maybe they don't feel it
@@shamiso_t
Or maybe they do but just don't have huge reactions
Mealworms aren't mammals so they don't feel it
@@Minish4rk360 not all mammals.
5:54 they took the sticker off before eating it
They love the stickers
Carolina Reaper: *can literally kill a human if consumed*
Mealworms: "This is some serious gourmet shit"
This shit bussin
a Carolina reaper can’t kill a human mate 💀
@@yonglebongle3700 Definitely can, but not likely, look up the science behind capsaicin and how your body responds to it.
@@yonglebongle3700 but dragons breath and pepper x can
They don’t have taste buds, or at the very least none of the pain receptors that trigger when we eat something spicy.
I like to think that the meal worms become ecstatically elated when they see a food item set down in their designated area. They certainly seem to immediately understand that food is suddenly available, and I hope it makes them happy.
Awww haha
Nope, they don't have brain to remember it.
Man I’m so mad they took out the dislike 👎 option …
Did you finally learn big words today? Wonderful.
@@bwgaming7586 Some worms not only remember how to complete a maze but just the act of dehydrating them, grinding them up and feeding them to other worms gives those worms the knowledge to complete the maze on their first go.
You would think animals like cows for instance are pretty dumb but actually they are very smart and except for their massive difference in weight act more like a dog.
Fun fact: capsaicin, the chemical that makes hot peppers spicy, evolved specifically against mammals. Basically only mammals and birds were eating the peppers, and birds spread seeds way, way better than mammals, so the ones with more capsaicin got eaten by more birds and less mammals.
What that basically means is that for these meal worms eating Carolina reapers isn't any different than eating a bell pepper since the capsaicin doesn't react with their body chemistry.
That's actually really cool, you deserve more likes
One question though, if you were to eat the meal worms right after they ate the pepper, would they be spicy?
@@macdaddymiyagi now i am curious
@@macdaddymiyagi most likely yes. they probably don't or only partly metabolize the capsaicin
Underrated comment
I used to raise mealworms for the birds. I used oatmeal bedding and gave them carrots for moisture. I never thought about using them to get rid of leftovers like that. Hmmm... You learn something every day.
Since no one said it:
Can we all just appreciate how much time this guy has spent on showing this type of content?
Of course, since his name has the word "time lapse" of course he has time to make these vids
He's doing it for ad revenue.
Check out AntsCanada too if you haven't. His ant farms are so beautiful
bruh he only needed to put a camera down and wait
I appreciate how much time the camera just sat there recording this type of content.
I like how everything takes like 3 days meanwhile the Carolina reapers were done in under half a day.... Who would have guessed they like spicy food? Also interesting to see how they somewhat avoided the McDonald's cheese......
Mealworms dodged that fake cheese like thorns and spikes from plants 😂
They take care of their diet more than most human beings
@@amit4138 human bings eh?
@@grifcheese1076 My favorite species of search engines
Ever see a McDonald's burger after a year/years? The same as it did the first day. ... yeah I don't eat McDonald's anymore.
This was way less gross than I thought it would be... It's actually mesmerizing
Yes
ruclips.net/video/su_gpgSypKw/видео.html
It's just animals eating basically....maggots on the other hand are disgusting.
These guys are fine. Maggots I find gross though.
it's interesting, mesmerizing, and a bit disgusting all at the same time lol
You know that pile of dirt that got sifted out was their poop, right?
That apple really went crowdsurfing on mealworms
10/10, good service, food has a nice spicey kick to it, would revisit.
- Mealworm 465 - Bob
How’s bob doing, I hear he’s been trying new foods
Lol 😂
9/10 Excellent service, food is spicey, a bit crowded but all in all its good
-Mealworm 466 - Cob
Long wait in line though
I love your nickname
I love how we’re all fascinated/entertained by meal worms eating
the only valid mukbang
What's funny tho is its so random, like i never searched this up, i was on RUclips scrolling through and came across it
Kinda? I came for the time laps but also to see if they would suffer from eating the pepper lol, these things are NASTY! But this was oddly satisfying 😆
We used to sit outside and watch bugs and animals all day. Always amazing
I came here while i was bored and scrolling about
Imagine being the mealworm who got a taste of a cheeseburger and going HOLY SHIT THIS IS AMAZING
I was thinking the same thing
Same here
😂😂😂
Yo these edibles ain't shi-
Me too dude!!
0:21 titanic be like edit: thank you for 10 likes!
Their whole existence is just a constant buffet and I’m pretty envious about that
They die pretty fast so whatever
@@LishaGirli I'm envious of that too
@@DarthYall same
@@LishaGirli my youtube search history after this be like
how to be a meal worm
top 5 ways to die as a meal worm
is poison bad for meal worms
is poison legal
how much poison to kill meal worm
where to buy poison
@@LishaGirli yeah imagine starting of as a worm and then turn into a beetle just to die 3-12 months later ;-;
I love that they even eat the labels too. Companies can now say their lable has been eating by mealworms. I don't know why they would but hey.
Fruit stickers were made to be edible in the first place, so there's no need for companies to emphasize the purpose of it
@@ErgonomicDesk I did not know that. I always just peeled them off.
@@Byerly2k20 You're still not supposed to eat them.
Yeah I'll probably still peel them off anyway
"Jerry, you all right?"
"I think he ate one of the seeds."
"I HAVE BEEN TO HELL. HELL IS REAL."
🤣
The heat is in the placenta
😭😭😭😭
How is this somehow both incredibly creepy yet also incredibly soothing at the same time?
Let’s take a moment to appreciate how this guy spends 240 hours to have worms eat an Orange just to put it In a 8 minute compilation 😂
It’s called respecting the hustle ✅📈💪
But it was worth it, ngl
And he’s there for every second of it, ensuring the perfect shot.
and lets appreciate to daniel weber who took a time to count how many hours the guy spend on recording this footage hehehehe
Man his camera has a good battery 😂
Recently watched a video on these worms and their ability to digest plastics and styrofoams! Scientists have been using them in different ways to assist in plastic pollution and breaking down plastic waste. Pretty cool little worms if you ask me!
Agreed though incredibly disgusting at the same time
@@killereria9945 they make a meal of it if you ask me!
@@leadbelly1495 eeeeeeeeyyyyyy 😎
Interesting pfp
The only cool thing about them us feeding them to my gecko and watching him tear there limbs from there bodies and then drink water🙂
I think they're the most neat worm I've ever seen, no grime, don't wiggle so much like maggots or even stretch or squishy.
They also grow into cool beetles
@@jurassician3725 yes
They grip onto things and it feels a little weird tho lol
Exactly, that’s why I can tolerate them lol
They're edible too, pretty tasty when grilled or fried
This is very nice and i appreciate your vivacious art.
Moms of these worms must be so happy , they eat everything and don't leave a single piece on their plate
Even their dead brothers and sisters 😬
@@fahimdwiprabaswara7100 that went dark
Yikes, aren't the Moms some sort of moth or beetle or something?
Adult meals are darling Beatles
Imagine you have a million of kids and they complain about the food.
It’s so cute how you basically strain them like pasta to get rid of the stuff they leave over lmao.
How this 614 likes comment have no replies?
it's actually a farming practice, mealworm feces are farmed for feed and feces, the feces are great fertilizer
@@ݪ̧̣ف no one has anything to say… everyone agrees lol! I’m not sure tho
@@austinveenstra7186 huh! That is really cool.
1k but four replies
I love how the food even begins to go crowd surfing once they’ve eaten enough of it
Yoo I was thinking the same thing
Thier all passing it to each other like
"Yooo dis the best shiii I had in my life "😹
do mealworm eat turd? maybe i can have them crawl up inside me so i don't have to go to the bathroom anymore
Wait until the new world order makes these worms your new food source.
Crowd surfing hahahahahaha
"Yo where the peppers at?"
"Gone. Reduced to dust"
I like how they just start passing the food around the area that shit has me dying for no reason 😂😂😂😂
Cool right they share foods. Not every humans do that
LMFAOOO ikr like "ayo bitc- pass me THAT too!!" 😂😂
@@genderfluidlygay7146 😐
@@Xenoman08 what? Can't i say something tf?
@@genderfluidlygay7146 I don't think he gets it. I get the joke tho for real lmao
Mad props to the cameraperson for being able to film for 111 hours.
They just leave a camera there lol (BTW anyone replying with whoosh probably had an absent father) (in case you also didn't get it, I was joking)
@@splitfire3114 its a joke 👩🦲
@@splitfire3114 r/woooosh
@@splitfire3114 😐
I mean where do you even buy a tape that lasts that long…?
I didn’t know I ever wanted to see this, but here I am. Oddly satisfied. Subscribed
Right👍
Word
Same
its always satisfying seeing anything feed num num
Gilbert
This calms me down in a strange way.
It’s kind of cute how they pass around the food lol
They are just making sure everyone gets a bite :):)
It's like crowd surfing
"Yo jerry, want sum dis food?"
"course i do, pasit over man."
U kinda cute too baby
@@Ozu-el-Menol do ya have to.......?
Also, I once had an albino meal worm, so I let it develop into a beetle, I've never seen such a cool looking beetle in my life.
What'd it look like?
@@ReneeAH-2008 a beetle but albino
tf i never knew meal worms turn into beetles
edit: thought they'd turn into the big ones like a stag beetle or something, turns out these things are the same beetles i keep finding in my rice
@@yesyouarecorrect1315 You mean the protein beetles? Love that zesty crunch.
@@yesyouarecorrect1315 i saw this comment AS I PUT ANOTHER FORKFULL OF RICE IN MY MOUTH. the universe really has a sense of humor
Remember: if the mealworms are trying to eat you, you could always eat them faster than they can eat you.
they will eat your oesophagus
@@frituurpan31 ..have you heard of chewing?
@@oberonpanopticon you would still die. humans can’t digest the outer shell of insects properly. so wat enough of them and you will just suffocate and die pretty much
Oh God
Unless we chew them 🤣
More efficient than the best shredder I've seen.
Imagine being a mealworm. Wait, no, let me rephrase that.
Imagine being one of this guy's mealworms.
food for days
that pfp with the phrase “imagine being a mealworm” had me dying
imagine being a meal for these mealworms...
Yea guy giving burgers
*FOOD*
I appreciate that one mealworm who snatched the stem off of the apple on a solo mission.
Yea he was pretty cool
The main character
The Captain
I try to be that guy in my battlefield v games. Always reviving and running transport vehicles to the objectives.
Didn't realize how voracious mealworms were.
Customer: What can I feed them?
Mealworms: Yes.
Why don't they feed upon themselves? Cannibalism is a taboo?
@@roshanhemrom4906 Maybe if they were hungry enough. 🤔 who knows?!
@@roshanhemrom4906 looked it up and in harsh conditions, the mealworms will start eating each-other. most likely due to lack of food or overcrowding, beasts
Don't feed them fat. Mealworms don't digest fat. The things they like and will eat most readily are carbs and fiber.
@@cesa97 meh, rules of nature 🤷♂️
Such a healthy diet, no wonder they’re all so thin.
LMAOOO
Lmfao
Lmao and lmfao....are u two brothers.
Bruh
3:13
For a moment, I felt like those cherries were screaming “don’t let go of my stem, nooooo!”
“In the parallel world the worms put food front of a lot of humans to see what happens to the food”
🤣🤣🤣
Lmao🤣🤣🤣
XD XD
You mean "the food put worms in front of humans to see what happens", right?
Physical impossible
If this guy ever makes a mortal enemy, you know they'll never find his body...
Hee hee! I was watching them chow down on the hamburger and thinking -- "Wait, mealworms eat meat???" -- whereupon I reconsidered my habit of just letting them breed in my gecko tank.
@@onespiceybbw probably wouldn't eat it unless its already dead
I had mealworms eat a pet turtle alive in under 12 hours. I didnt realize they ate literally anything in their path till I go to check on the turtle and found a skeleton and shell.
Like a log in a wood chipper!
@@FlowersOfIcetor ye
Fun Fact: the labels on produce are edible since children often miss them and forget to take it off
*consume sticker*
@@toastedprocastinator mmm
@Nathaniel Cerdena *proceeds to join you*
Sometimes in school I'd eat the stickers on purpose just to get a reaction out of the other kids.
or we'd all stick them on our foreheads when given fruit.
since i live in my 3rd world country, where sometimes the edible could make you sick, i wont take my chances.
Man being one of these worm would be absolute bliss
- fed tasty giant food by our giant hand god
- tons of friends
- worm
- no taxes
- worm
Human when they just eat a bit of pepper: *gags and cries because of how spicy it is
Mealworms eating the hottest pepper in the world: "Eyo, this shit good. You gotta try this, John!"
I don't know if it it makes me bad that I wanted to see them go ape shit with the heat haha
They do say that spiciness is a qualitative construct that needs consciousness to be experienced.
@@madelainepetrin1430 well also capcaisin was evolved in chiles specifically to affect mammals and not other animal types, which is why birds can also eat them without feeling heat.
@@-desertpackrat I'm pretty sure it has more to do with the fact that birds swallow things whole without chewing so the spice in the paper never actually has a chance to come in contact with the birds taste buds.
@@-desertpackrat oh wow.
I like how when the meal worms carry the fruit around, just like when a band member jumps off stage to surf the crowd
Only to be greedily devoured by the fans. The rest of the band looks on in horror as their lead singer get ripped limb from limb, screaming with that perfect voice of his as he begs for help. When his body finally disappears into the crowd, the band is mortified as the crowd turns to face them. They have no we're to run, their fate is sealed.
@@kennyevilmonkey wtf lmfao
@@kennyevilmonkey write a book
They are surprisingly strong for there size the first time I picked one up to feed my new scorpling I was surprised at how much I could feel him squirming around trying to escape my grasp!
@@kennyevilmonkey god damn lmfaoooo
I would kill to see an April fools episode of Hot Ones where the guy literally interviews a tray of mealworms and acts like they’re responding to all of his questions while eating hot wings.
Casually asks a question and waits 5 days for the mealworms to finish their wing
This is a great idea
Pls make this happen lol
Another day on Interdimensional Cable
Careful around the eyes
Nobody saw the white mealworm 2:37
I saw it
Dead and dessicated
I love watching the worms being manhandled with a piece of cardboard. Just scooch em over like they're noodles
everything about this just seems disturbing….
C’thun feels this being a old god in charge of da bugs , my pic is ouro from classic raid in my guild :D
this comment is top for a reason. it’s amazing. i’m not even sure i agree but the fact that it was said was so fascinating. how a human out there came up with this sentence is amazing.
manhandled
They ARE noodles...
The real question is, are the meal worms that consumed the Carolina Reaper spicy when you eat them?
That is exactly what I want to know!
Very likely.
did any of them die from eating it? We don't see them after
@@thesnare100 I'm not sure, but I think most animals are immune to hotness, they just can't taste it so it doesn't even bother them? Think I geard that somewhere
They wont mind eating hot spicy stuff, they are the lowest of food chain, they eat almost everything
Pepper: *creates chemical that is supposed to repel insects and other creatures*
Mealworms: Hahaa tasty food.
Wondering if the meal worms would taste spicy now 🤔
Good soup
@@frostifish no. mealworms are immune to capsaicin
@@mayhare55555 Do they break down the capsaicin you mean? Or will they just poop it out
@@frostifish it doesn't matter if they digest it or not. the key is trpv1 or the capsaicin receptor, which is mostly mammals thing and the worms lacked
1:38 this is equivalent of a bunch of people just grouping up and eating a chunk of a forest
That’s so accurate 😂
worm: h u n g r y
other worms: e a t
worm: s p i c y
other worms: e a t
*c u t e l y e a t s c o n d o m*
@@GuyWhoLikesColombianCocainew t f
Ｎｏｍｎｏｍｎｏｍｎｍｏｎｍｏｎｎｍｏｎｏｍｎｍｏｎｍｏ
worm: i t s p i c y
worms: E A T
They clearly know how to do a perfect job.
They seem so consistent without ever stopping lol
Gives me an idea next time I have an extra hand.
Scavengers
Hence why they use maggots for cleaning wounds. Who would've EVER guessed that
Probably bcuz there were so fkin plenty of them so dividing the food to everyone and each of them only get like a bite lol
I mean they’re just eating. Give me that job and I’ll do it perfectly fine without ever stopping as well :)
the fact that mealworms can fully digest different kinds of plastic proves that these bugs are awesome
Can they?
Rly???
Potential waste disposal investment?
@@claytonireland5649 yeah there is a few creatures and fungi which can break down plastic waste.
Not exactly. Theyre not digesting them, but more like eating it and then pooping it out most of the time.
Its like eating cardboard or paper. Yes you can wat it, but you dont extract much nutrition from it.
2:49 ooh, spaghetti and meatballs ✨
Foul
@redguh do you not know what a joke is?
@redguh no offense
@@Cursed_Darkness i called it foul because it was funny and messed up at the same time, no need to make assumptions dude.
Oh, sowwy, I have a stupid mind (even though I'm in 6th grade 😂)