# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyZQ4boVR_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73500687-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ce1dc8b0f7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-07-01T14:14:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

Feeling hot, hot, hot! 🔥 ⁣
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The bombardier beetle can create a chemical reaction within its own body so violent that boiling acidic liquid explodes out of its abdomen. The liquid can spray out at 22mph at around 100 degrees celsius!⁣
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Footage by © BBC NHU⁣ #Life⁣
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## Tags

amazinganimals, wildlifephotography, earth, bombardierbeetle, insect, entemology, earthlovers, ant, naturelovers, nature, naturephotography, macro, life, insectsofinstagram, beetle, wildlife, macrophotography, bbcearth

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