Originally published at: Watch a Weevil drill a hole in an Acorn | Boing Boing
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You know it would be much easier to train a Weevil to be an astronaut to drill a hole than it would be to train an astronaut to be a driller
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Weevel’s look like Studio Ghibli took over evolution for a little while.
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What? I’m clearly missing some reference or context here. Care to explain your joke?
Me, I just came here to say that the footwork of that weevil makes me think it would be an excellent boulderer. Keeping your footing on a smooth sloper like that isn’t easy! Then again having six legs might be giving it a leg (or four) up in that regard.
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It’s a major plot point of the Michael Bay blockbuster “Armageddon.” If you’re not familiar with it, don’t bother watching it. Watch “Deep Impact” instead.
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I like them both but yes, a reference to that movie
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I was today-years-old when I learned what a weevil looks like. Thanks, Boing Boing!
In my defense, I was born and raised still live in suburban Detroit and knowing how to spot a weevil has never been a concern.
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Just take care to not imagining them sneaking in to drill into your teeth while you sleep; that’s very uncomfortable.
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Weevils are a very diverse superfamily, the ones that eat acorns are different than the ones that live in pantries off flour or such. It is odd to think that a tiny critter can slow the spread of oak forests.
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They’re also very diverse in size, which means that if you have two or more specimens, it’s always possible to choose the lesser of two weevils.
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It’s Weevil Time! Boots and snoots!
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They definitely missed the boat by not calling them the boot-snoot beetles.
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Are you saying it’s the lesser of two weevils?
Edit: I somehow missed @Purplecat already making this joke. I’ll walk myself off the plank.
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I love how we’ve gone from acorn-drilling weevils through Michael Bay to Russel Crowe in Master and Commander and suddenly we’re right back with the weevils. This thread gets a gold star!
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Came for this reference; leaving satisfied. 
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But is it safe?
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It strikes me as the kind of visual joke that could be used in an old episode of The Flintstones.
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Snoots and Boots! Snoots and Boots!
(reddit r/whatbugisthis)
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