If you're afraid of insects, Australia is unlikely your dream destination. The flying and crawling beasts that live there get huge as can be. But have you ever wondered what makes them such? Warmth plays a part in insect growth, but it's not the only factor at play. The warm, wet environment creates the perfect conditions for an all-you-can-eat insect buffet, which allows insects to grow and thrive over time. Let's see what else makes them grow so big. Credit: Wheel bug: By Ian Grettenberger, CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wheel_bug_assassin_bug_vs._silver-spotted_skipper_caterpillar.webm CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0: By Mark Dumont: Walking Stick: https://flic.kr/p/dXmBmu, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25937625 Walking Stick 2: https://flic.kr/p/dXfWPF, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25937624 CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Australian Walking Stick: By Rosa Pineda, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27718346 Dryococelus australis: By Peter Halasz, Pengo, WolfmanSF, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13981580 stick insect: By Granitethighs, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15476183 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0: Coscinocera hercules: By Anaxibia, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58155004 Triboniophorus: By Stitchingbushwalker, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87461697 Pink Slug: By KarlDaFrog, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=104894149 Kaputar: By Stitchingbushwalker, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87197313 Kaputar 02: By Stitchingbushwalker, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87461698 Theraphosa blondi: By Didier Descouens, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49475716 giant wood moth: By John Robert McPherson, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86283944 Endoxyla cinerea: By John Robert McPherson, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86283943 Morphological Differences: By Alexander S. Mikheyev, Andreas Zwick, Michael J.L. Magrath, Miguel L. Grau, Lijun Qiu, You Ning Su, David Yeates, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63288216 #brightside Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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