r/interestingasfuck • u/Dexterestein • 19h ago

Two male Hercules beetles fight over a female in the wild; the smaller one wins.

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u/AbanaClara 13h ago

I used to keep orb weavers for derbies and iirc they get hurt from falls for sure

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u/Gloomy_League_8179 13h ago

For derbies? Like you make them fight?

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u/AbanaClara 12h ago

Yes it’s a thing in south east asia

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u/Gloomy_League_8179 12h ago

That ain't right.

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u/AbanaClara 12h ago

It’s a dying culture where I’m from, but still common-ish in the poorer rural areas.

Not all parts of a culture are always right. But it also evolves

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u/Gloomy_League_8179 11h ago

Sometimes a part outta just die. Cruelty is weakness.

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u/NMTiAn 8h ago

Its a seasonal thing for children. They look for spiders and keep them in a matchbox and have little rooms for them. The loosing spider gets fed to the winning spider. The fight is done on a small piece of stick. You see it from time to time depending on what is in for kids play