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If you're feeling down today, get ready for a shot of cuteness. Spike the Beetle is the latest pet we all want to have, and he's becoming a social media sensation for his supreme artistic abilities.
Spike, a black stag beetle, lives in Japan with his English-teaching owner. Stag beetles are popular pets in Japan, where they're known as kuwagata, and celebrated for their samurai helmet-like horns. Spike doesn't wield any katana swords with his mighty pincers, but it turns out that he's pretty good with a paintbrush, and frequently creates colorful avant garde sketches. He also happens to be a big fan of snuggling under soft blankets, and politely eating dinner at the table.
Follow the adorable and gentlemanly adventures of Spike the Beetle below, and share this post with someone who might need a little pick-me-up today.
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Pattie Kelly 8 years ago
Excuse me waiter I my glass just toppled over could you bring me a new glass please?
Pattie Kelly 8 years ago
Waiter excuse me my glass just toppled over and I need another please
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Jerry Stover 8 years ago
I used to catch these when I was a kid in Ramstein Germany. They were everywhere in the fall.
Hazel Waring 8 years ago
Then go have fun climbing a tree in Africa, primate.
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Vanessa Amsbury-Bonilla 8 years ago
Um, that blade is facing the wrong way. If he drops it, he's no more beetle.
Pattie Kelly 8 years ago
My muscle building exercises are really paying off. But ah could we use something else to show that knives are not my thing.
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Pattie Kelly 8 years ago
OK which nit wit put a banana at the front of my painting? Too tempting.
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Pattie Kelly 8 years ago
Time for sleepy time. Good night to all and to all a good night ..or whatever.
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Master Markus 8 years ago
How do you figure there's any abuse going on here!?
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PyroarRanger 8 years ago
Heracross. A stag beetle is like a rhinoceros beetle and Heracross is based off of a rhinoceros beetle.
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Livy Drexler 8 years ago
This beetle has more artistic talent than most people I know. Good for you Mr. Spike!
CelSlade 8 years ago
Am I a bad person for being jealous of a beetle's artistic success? XD
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Shauday Smith 8 years ago
a lot of haters out there. Why ya'll gotta hate so hard? This beetle and it's owner are not hurting anyone... If people want to support this owner by giving money for the wee "artworks" the beetle makes, that doesn't hurt you. It's fine if you want to splurge on an expensive drink or a new toy, and it's fine if they want to buy tiny paintings painted from the jaws of a beetle. Just relax and let people enjoy things.
Johanna-Nicollette Kidd 8 years ago
I never knew that beetles could be kept in captivity with any great success, good for Spike. Hes a beaut!
Master Markus 8 years ago
Lots of d***s in the comment section being all "f**k it, because it's an insect" as though insects and other small creatures like them can't be liked by people, and they must only be pests.
Rafaella Bueno 8 years ago
So adorable! Ever since I found out you could actually get beetles as pets pretty easily in Japan it's been a dream of mine. One day... one day I'll still have one. I'd be satisfied with those adorable madagascan giant cockroaches, but nobody I ever lived with has ever been ok with cockroaches around, even if they're totally different from the ones we usually consider house pests.
Zori the degu 8 years ago
I used to own three, as I already mentioned. It's great if you buy at least a pair because their are social insects. I highly recommend males - slightly smaller and with little horns on the head. Those cockroaches get used to handling easily but it DOES take some time before they become tame. Beware of cockroach parasites: they are easy to get rid off but the process is no fun and eventually you'd find yourself faced with a couple of extremely angry, loudly hissing cockroaches which are surprisingly fast. :)
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I've never considered getting a stag beetle as a pet but Spike just convinced me that my menagerie needs one. And the best thing is that it wouldn't fly like my devilish stick insects and the owl butterflies that are about to hatch on my banana plant. Also we've seen seals and elephants drawing masterpieces but a beetle? It's something new indeed. And for sceptic people, Spike indeed loves to draw, if he didn't like it, he would've crushed the markers in half by now.
Shauday Smith 8 years ago
a lot of haters out there. Why ya'll gotta hate so hard? This beetle and it's owner are not hurting anyone... If people want to support this owner by giving money for the wee "artworks" the beetle makes, that doesn't hurt you. It's fine if you want to splurge on an expensive drink or a new toy, and it's fine if they want to buy tiny paintings painted from the jaws of a beetle. Just relax and let people enjoy things.
Johanna-Nicollette Kidd 8 years ago
I never knew that beetles could be kept in captivity with any great success, good for Spike. Hes a beaut!
Master Markus 8 years ago
Lots of d***s in the comment section being all "f**k it, because it's an insect" as though insects and other small creatures like them can't be liked by people, and they must only be pests.
Rafaella Bueno 8 years ago
So adorable! Ever since I found out you could actually get beetles as pets pretty easily in Japan it's been a dream of mine. One day... one day I'll still have one. I'd be satisfied with those adorable madagascan giant cockroaches, but nobody I ever lived with has ever been ok with cockroaches around, even if they're totally different from the ones we usually consider house pests.
Zori the degu 8 years ago
I used to own three, as I already mentioned. It's great if you buy at least a pair because their are social insects. I highly recommend males - slightly smaller and with little horns on the head. Those cockroaches get used to handling easily but it DOES take some time before they become tame. Beware of cockroach parasites: they are easy to get rid off but the process is no fun and eventually you'd find yourself faced with a couple of extremely angry, loudly hissing cockroaches which are surprisingly fast. :)
Load More Replies... Zori the degu 8 years ago
I've never considered getting a stag beetle as a pet but Spike just convinced me that my menagerie needs one. And the best thing is that it wouldn't fly like my devilish stick insects and the owl butterflies that are about to hatch on my banana plant. Also we've seen seals and elephants drawing masterpieces but a beetle? It's something new indeed. And for sceptic people, Spike indeed loves to draw, if he didn't like it, he would've crushed the markers in half by now.
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