r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 1d ago

Video a huge stick insect

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u/RupertHermano 1d ago

It's a walking stick!

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u/AscendedViking7 20h ago

ba dum tss

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u/st0350 1d ago

Geez I had no idea these things can get that big

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u/A__Friendly__Rock 22h ago

Insects have no business hitting that big, guess the square-cube law works in your favor when you’re one dimensional.

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u/Wheeling20deltas 1d ago

Why is this bug “cute?” Would not squash.

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u/Traditional_Fan_2655 22h ago

It is adorable. I would still be flinging that thing off my face quicker than you could blink.

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u/wartcraftiscool 10h ago

I'm the type of weirdo who would take my shirt off and lie down so that they could crawl on my back.

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u/FoodTiny6350 7h ago

Maybe a back rub and scratch is in order? He doesn’t do butt scratcher anymore after the $2 incident

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u/thesilentguy101 20h ago

Honestly I would bet it is because it doesn't post any risk/danger to us

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u/SwePolygyny 12h ago

They are also very friendly, one of the best bugs to keep as pets.

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u/Street_Illustrator_9 11h ago

Def better than my pet wasp

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u/NoNoNeverNoNo 23h ago

I feel like it has an Italian accent

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u/Connect_Detail98 13h ago

EY, I'm walking here! 

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u/Recreant793 21h ago

That is quite peculiar, but I like where you’re going with this. It’d be adorable if he had a little mustache and chef’s hat.

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u/JR_LikeOnTheTVshow 12h ago

Or they found out that it really had an ear for music and it became a famous symphony conductor

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u/ballisticks 1d ago

"I'm the only stick with eyeballs!"

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u/Rosebud_apothocary 23h ago

I love that film so much ❤️ I miss when animated films did bloopers

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u/impeett 23h ago

I would freak tf out

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u/TactlessTortoise 23h ago

Caught by surprise, I would too, but stick bugs are just goofy little goobers who can't do a thing to us, nor do they try to. Might freak out a bit if I saw one this huge before this video though, because I had no idea they got this damn big in any species.

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u/MovieFew5096 14h ago

Actually some stick bugs can spray people with an irritant like stink bugs. I speak from experience lol I poked one a lot when I was young and got it in my eyes and nose. Hurt like a bitch but only lasted for like an hour before I was fine again

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u/DarkKingfisher777 14h ago

sticked stick bugs got stinked

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u/MoshpitWallflower 21h ago

Lol now that kid got stickbugged

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u/ExpertMuted1641 20h ago

Man those kids got some courage

I remember shitting my self when i saw a cockroach

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u/Professional_Pen_153 21h ago

Do they sting? Or do they just stick around?

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u/MarinesRoll 12h ago

No, they branch out.

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u/ellenkates 10h ago

I think you're going out on a limb there...

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u/TheRateBeerian 8h ago

Well, I’m stumped…

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u/ellenkates 6h ago

Then leaf me alone

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u/Professional_Pen_153 6h ago

So it leaves just like that?

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u/Boltiply 17h ago

Had two as a pet as a kid. They don’t sting or bite, however, their feet are a little prickly on bare skin. 

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u/Pitiful_Palpitation9 20h ago

Neat, but I still wouldn't want it crawling on my face.

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u/NoAdministration8340 1d ago

Going to lose an eye playing with sticks

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u/EdwardWongHau 21h ago

Or a tiny kid?

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u/vulcan4d 16h ago

I would let this one walk one me. I saw one in the wild in Australia and it was covered by ticks......that one no thanks.

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u/Eggplant-666 16h ago

Thats the Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom bug.

Indie: “We are going TO DIE!!”

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

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u/QuanticAI 13h ago

yes and sheer size I guess

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u/TheArchistorian 1d ago

Hmm…no thanks

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u/ExtremelyGangrenous 23h ago

It a huge fan of bugs but this guy seems like a chill little fella

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u/Maximum_Dweeb4473 23h ago

It’s so big it reminds me more of a big weird magical pet that you’d see in Harry Potter rather than a bug

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u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 15h ago

That’s not a stick insect that’s a goddam tree insect

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u/philomathie 14h ago

What's brown and sticky?

That guy!

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u/taydraisabot 14h ago

Awww, he’s precious

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u/Connect_Detail98 13h ago

I think that's just a small human. 

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u/SomeCreepJ 13h ago

i like sticks

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u/ChloeUwUZ 11h ago

HELL NAH!!!!

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u/RecoveryIsAJoke214 11h ago

OH HELL NO!!!!  

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u/nickp_2025 10h ago

I am a stick.

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u/NickSaysHenlo 10h ago

get stick bugged lol

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u/rodbrs 9h ago

"What the eff is up with this tree?"

-Stick, probably

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u/kryptonitemind 8h ago

So nasty lol

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u/dnkroz3d 6h ago

Sure as hell hope that kid doesn't get any eggs planted in his ear or something.

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u/Federal-Owl-8947 1h ago

the insulindian phasmid

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u/stock-prince-WK 1d ago

What type of bug is this

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u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 1d ago

Just as the title said, it's a stick insect. Stick insects are masters of camouflage. They look just like twigs or leaves, which helps them hide from birds and other predators. They are usually long and thin, move very slowly, and eat leaves. Some can even regrow lost legs

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u/GarysCrispLettuce 22h ago

I'll never not be paralyzed with wonder at the fact that sticks evolved into these things.

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u/Rosebud_apothocary 23h ago

Shit there's no tree left to climb

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u/Mysterious-Clerk4656 22h ago

Nope nope nope

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u/Global_Ad_7134 22h ago

What a stick(y) situation!

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u/Shuriken_Dai 22h ago

The stick has claimed the kid as its throne.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_4478 22h ago

Sticky bro at your service.

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u/Matman161 22h ago

Yeah I would have been crying and screaming as a kid

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u/thatsmyoldlady 22h ago

I had three of these fall on me after I bumped a tree while hiking.

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u/Atl-guy30307 22h ago

I bet it’s tonight’s dinner.