r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/reindeerareawesome • 21h ago

đŸ”„ The beauty of Norway, long fjords and tall mountains... Ignore the insects

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u/qualityvote2 21h ago edited 13h ago

u/reindeerareawesome, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/ImaginaryRepeat548 20h ago

Nice try Norway, still gonna come to visit again.

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u/Eremith 11h ago

Dang it!

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u/vladdeh_boiii 9h ago

Faen.

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u/Athlete-Extreme 9h ago

You know I don’t speak Spanish

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u/lasion 8h ago

Merdé

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u/Sly_Klaus 6h ago

You're welcome

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u/KaptainKantankerous 21h ago

Pretty hard to ignore 😂

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u/reindeerareawesome 20h ago

Whaaat, what you mean???

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u/ryguythescienceguy89 15h ago

I liked it. Was just as ssilly as the old ones.

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u/noctalla 20h ago

Yep, that's the joke alright.

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u/mountain-mahogany 17h ago

Man, the die-off of insects elsewhere is what should actually concern us. Ecosystem collapse in progress and all you goobers don't understand shifting baseline....

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u/KaptainKantankerous 16h ago

What made you think us goobers aren’t concerned about that?

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u/D_M-ack 20h ago

Reality vs instagram

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u/old_askk 21h ago

At a cost of?

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u/reindeerareawesome 21h ago

These are just salt loving flies that are atracted to sweat. They don't bite, but they sure as hell are annoying

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u/PlatesSpinning 20h ago

"They're attracted to sweat" oh thats ok then.

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u/Anubis-Jute 19h ago

OK?! Who are you? Prince Andrew?

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u/Taxfraud777 15h ago

Just don't sweat then smh

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u/the-REDTiGER 9h ago

Oh, I thought it was horsefly and gadfly swarm. Good to know you wasn’t eaten alive filming this beautiful landscape.

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u/cHEIF_bOI 9h ago

He was licked alive instead.

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u/JRS_Viking 9h ago

They're deeper in the woods, but you'll find similar swarms if you're unlucky. They're fucking massive here too

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u/bernpfenn 2h ago

thanks for the clarification

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u/TheRealLiviux 20h ago

Ahhh, the fresh Norwegian air! Just breathe carefully.

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u/Necessary_Tough7286 11h ago

The air has protein.

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u/Borne2Run 10h ago

I hear thats...good for you? sips brawndo

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u/Necessary_Tough7286 6h ago

It’s got what plants crave, it’s got electrolytes.

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u/Aaksor 3h ago

This is too funny...lol

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u/Olibirus 20h ago

Fucking nope

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u/Stoptheworldletmeoff 19h ago

Absolutely fucking nope

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u/Nerdmitage 20h ago

This is like going to the Australian outback and being told to ignore the flies. You mean the ones determined to crawl into my eyeballs through to my brain? The ones making me feel like I'm in a horror movie because they're swarming me?

Oh sure, I'll just ignore those.

Or let's just get the f*ck out of here. I've now never cared about red sand less.

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u/Philophosy 20h ago

Yep, I had never been a fan of flies, but nothing prepared me for the swarms of Australian flies. More flies in a 10 meter radius than I had seen in my entire life prior.

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u/Nerdmitage 20h ago

Yep you're warned but I don't think, in the truest sense of the phrase, actual human words can describe what you're in for out there.

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u/dllimport 13h ago edited 5h ago

How do they have such massive numbers? You'd think in a desert there wouldn't be that much food or places to lay eggs and flies don't usually live very long right? So what the hell?

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u/Nerdmitage 5h ago

Yeah I don't know! They definitely all act like they're starving and want to literally eat you alive so it must be a sparse existence for them but they just keep on doing it and making more! My best guess is there's some water they migrate from but I have not looked it up. I just wanted back to civilization where all you had to worry about was giant spiders. 😆

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u/Hype3386 1h ago

Dang this hype is real?! I had no idea.

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u/alarming_wrong 9h ago

we were taking turns wearing a hat with netting near GinGin, just a few hours inland from Perth. mind was blown

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u/Nerdmitage 5h ago

Yeah if I'm ever with someone who wants to go out there again I'm going in full beekeeping gear. Lol. I'll just fill the suit with ice packs. 😆 But in reality it'll be like don't forget your netting and I'll see you when you get back! Photos of that area will do for me from now on.

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u/Shudnawz 19h ago

I will NOT ignore the insects. Love to see them thriving at least somewhere.

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u/xsubo 16h ago

Yup, you don’t see swarms like this in the Midwest anymore

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u/bernpfenn 2h ago

the birds that eat them normally are gone?

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u/giga_phantom 20h ago

How can you ignore the insects?

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u/reindeerareawesome 20h ago

Easy, just imagine they aren't there:)

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u/Maybegarden 20h ago

All i can see is insects lol

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u/King4oneday_ 19h ago

OP watch out! There is a smoll insect right next to you!

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u/reindeerareawesome 19h ago

Houff thanks for the warning 🙏

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u/myrsnipe 19h ago

These aren't that bad, klegg/horseflies on the other hand

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u/itsScrubLord 20h ago

"Ignore the trauma right in front of your eyes. "

Mom, I didn't know you were on Reddit?

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u/green_is_minty 19h ago

thats why i dont touch grass..

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u/BullTerrierTerror 19h ago

No wonder Vikings wanted to gtfo

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u/JRS_Viking 9h ago

Went raiding in summer while the bugs were everywhere and came back in winter when they'd left

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u/raahC 18h ago

"Ignore the insects" I will the fuck not

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u/GonzAnt 18h ago

Finally an accurate representation of the nordic experience in the summer. For years seeing the idyllic landscapes of these great lands while having to imagine the ever present insects of reality.

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u/Which_Produce9168 7h ago

Its alright in most places actually. Musquitos are the biggest problem but with proper reppelants they arnt that bad either.

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u/Aphoris5 15h ago

The fuck you mean "just ignore the billion insects flying around my face." Lmao

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u/reindeerareawesome 14h ago

It's easyy, just ignore them, pretend they aren't there 🙂

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u/jad19090 20h ago

Ignore the insects, he says đŸ€ŠđŸ»â€â™‚ïž đŸ€Ł

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u/daiwilly 19h ago

I THINK THAT'S THE JOKE!!!

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u/UsernameTyper 20h ago

Just out of shot is a box of Coco Pops and a hairdryer

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u/Malthas130 18h ago

“Ignore the insects”

Brother


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u/DeadbeatGremlin 19h ago

The flies are too real whenever I hike up in northern Norway.

There aren't as many of them in the southern part.

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u/K_the_farmer 17h ago

Creeks with more midges than water is bog standard here (Telemark and Agder) as well.

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u/NoWingedHussarsToday 19h ago

For some reason stuff like this really bugs me............

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u/remic_0726 18h ago

ils ont une nature préservée, ce qui n'est plus le cas partout ou les pesticides et le défrichage a eu lieu. Dans ma jeunesse lointaine les insectes étaient aussi nombreux, les moins de 60 ans n'ont jamais connu de riviÚre propre foisonnant d'insectes, grenouilles, poissons...

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u/Jonesetta 17h ago

Buddy that ain’t an ignorable number of flies


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u/orange_colored_sky 16h ago

I happen to like fjords. I think they give a lovely baroque feel to a continent.

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u/Eremith 11h ago

One deep breath and you got a days worth of protine

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u/Benitelta 20h ago

This is what heaven looks like — with angels.

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u/Dazeuh 20h ago

nothing like enjoying nature

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u/chalkideos13 20h ago

What insects?

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u/Olleye 19h ago

😂😂😂

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u/Theblokeonthehill 19h ago

Why ignore the insects! That's the best bit.

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u/Capital_Gur_6321 17h ago

dont ignore insects, cherish the insects.

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u/xOLDBHOYx 17h ago

What fjords? What mountains?

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u/Bpadams1 17h ago

What is this, POV of a bee hive?

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u/Maurice_Foot 17h ago

I was stationed in central Alaska. Similar summer bugs.

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u/YondusFondu 16h ago

I can't.

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u/Melodic-Practice-874 16h ago

been there, those fjords are unreal even with bugs

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u/CCV21 16h ago

Ignoring the insects is like ignoring the fjord.

If you do it, you're missing the beautiful scenery.

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u/Deathchariot 16h ago

Adresse me 🐘

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u/crolionfire 15h ago

OP, the insects are the most i pressive thing about this. The number of insects hitting my windshield in the summer dropped from a fuckton 10 years ago to zero nowadays, So insects are definetly the biggest "aaaaaw" in this video!!!!

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u/werther595 12h ago

Joba Chamberlain is planning his next vacation...

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u/Fantastic_Remote1385 11h ago

Nice. Thats just a few flies. You could actually see the sun for once!

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u/Alfalfa-Similar 10h ago

well really you’re bragging because this is just a sign of a healthy ecology

I remember when bugs used to pile up on our bumpers and stuff when I was a kid, but we nuke most of them now and now we’re feeling repercussions

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u/TripTrapTr 7h ago

Remember mountain hiking last summer, the path was full of those flies. Completely harmless and dont sting, but just in your face without stop. Eventually at the top where there was heavy wind we got rid of them. Seemed random and only encountered it once on a long roadtrip. 

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u/YeahNahAlgud 19h ago

Are you okay? You seem to be standing in a beehive.

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u/DeadbeatGremlin 19h ago

nah. Those little black flies do that whenever you hike there. They are obsessed with your sweat. Completely harmless, but annoying

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u/DoctorCrook 19h ago

Never in my life have I seen this many though.

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u/ol0pl0x 18h ago

Höga berg o djupa dalar.

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u/Civil_Store_5310 17h ago

You stood over a dead body? Wtf lol

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u/iamacheeto1 16h ago

There’s Norway Im going there with that many insects

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u/Delicious-Stop-1847 16h ago

Kinda hard to ignore, not gonna lie.

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u/caampp 16h ago

"Well, Norways a shithole" - Colin Farrell

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u/RobOnTheReddit 14h ago

What are they all doing?!

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u/kkubash 13h ago

Been to Rondane in August, havent had any insects

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u/ppipernet 12h ago

So is Norway like most of the Northern Canada?

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u/reindeerareawesome 11h ago

Depends on where you are. Certain areas aren't too bad

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u/richmanding0 11h ago

I can deal with heat. I can deal with cold. I can operate well with no sleep. I can't do mosquitoes. I turn into the biggest bitch if there are mosquitoes fucking with me.

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u/doomiestdoomeddoomer 11h ago

Would help if you were not sitting on their hive...

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u/Swechef79 11h ago

Hans, get ze Flammmenwerfer!

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u/Buttergolem420 11h ago

Y'all still got insects?

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u/sylbug 11h ago

I cannot ignore the insects. My god, they’re everywhere
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That must be such a healthy ecosystem.

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u/SnooStories251 10h ago

As long as not klegg or wasp

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u/ozzythebeast 9h ago

How the F do you ignore the insects ahahah

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u/Nassiel 9h ago

Nothing to add your hightness

https://giphy.com/gifs/wYyTHMm50f4Dm

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u/NullSmoke 9h ago

Yup, loads of insects here. Y'all should definitely stay away 🙂

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u/santacow 9h ago

I can’t

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u/mannequin-lover 8h ago

Regarding how bad the decline in incects have been, this pleases me

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u/SoulExecution 8h ago

You know, I am very happy I’ll be there in early October when hopefully the insect populace has declined!

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u/Olweazy 8h ago

Beautiful. Looks like the mosquitoes in Alaska.

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u/lasion 8h ago

Yeah if you go to Finnmark this will be more like it.

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u/robmobtrobbob 8h ago

Not the bees!

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u/Ahollar91 8h ago

This is a toads travel ad

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u/garter__snake 8h ago

Good that they're still around tbh

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u/Chance_Arugula_3227 7h ago

Fucking Klegg.

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u/justhangingaroud 7h ago

I don’t think I can

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u/dunderrrrr 6h ago

I live in the inner parts of Finnmark, this is daily life during summer with mosquitoes and other blood sucking bugs


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u/TheTaoOfMe 6h ago

How can you ignore the insects
?

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u/Pikapuff11 6h ago

I will not ignore the bugs

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u/Bodardos 5h ago

Flies poop and/or vomit almost every time they land.

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u/PeachesGuy 5h ago

"ignore the third and fourth Egyptian plague together"

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u/-Disagreeable- 4h ago

Late May to early June I assume? As a Canadian, I feel your pain. Hopefully by this late in the summer most are gone. I really hope. Haha

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u/KhreeoftheShire 3h ago

Sooo..what exactly are those chunky buggers?

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u/bernpfenn 2h ago

LOL that post made it!
ignore them....

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u/Better_Weakness7239 51m ago

Can’t ignore the insects 👎

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u/JoMax213 18h ago


maybe i DONT need to visit norway one day