SEE HUNDREDS OF BED BUGS FEED ON LOU SORKIN’S ARM. In a scene from Bill Schutt’s book, Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures, entomologist Lou Sorkin shows off his bed bug colony before allowing hundreds of bed bugs to bite him and suck blood from his arm. Note: The paperback version of Dark Banquet contains a wealth of information on bed bugs and their current resurgence. It is now available in paperback (Three Rivers Press) for around $10 at places like Amazon.com. “Dark Banquet” (Harmony Books) received dozens of great reviews and was chosen as one of the “Best Books of 2008″ by Amazon.com and Library Journal. Fans include world famous scientist EO wilson and Alice Cooper (who has read excerpts on his radio show). Besides bed bugs, Dark Banquet features chapters on blood and blood-letting, vampire bats, leeches, ticks, mites, and even the vampire catfish (candiru), a creature infamous for swimming up the human urethra. You can learn more about bed bugs, nature’s blood-feeders, and Dark Banquet, by checking out my website www.darkbanquet.com. Dark Banquet is available wherever books are sold.
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@DarkBanquet1 lol i just mark trolls as spam since there’s just as many of them on youtube as google media.
dude pour gasoline in there and burn them! burn dem all!!!!!
@4pheonix
They’re not eating me. I freaked when I saw Lou do this for the first time. I simply wrote a book about blood feeding creatures and happened to run into someone who bred them.
@SCHIZOPHRENlC
Thanks Schizo (an apt name). I’ve thought about trimming this mofo for some time now but it’s gotten so popular I decided to just leave it alone and do better next time. In any event, Cheers! (and stay away from used furniture if you don;t want to experience bed bugs first hand).
@DarkBanquet1 yeah, haha, you know.. I’ve been sitting here on YouTube for a while today and I’ll be honest- I’ve been talking shit to a lot of people and ripping a lot of kids new ones, when I came to this video- I saw that you’re just two mature dudes trying to teach everyone something new, I actually tried to give an honest opinion on how I felt with the video without getting too frustrated. so I’m sorry for calling your voice retarded, lol. great video, really taught me something.
@SCHIZOPHRENlC
Yeah, well it was my first video – and I agree that it could use a bit of trimming. On that note, I’m a writer/scientist/college professor not a videographer. And although we were trying to teach people a few things, obviously you can’t make everybody happy (or keep some folks entertained for more than 2 or 3 minutes without them starting to vibrate and call other people “retarded”). Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments.
i didnt know bed bugs existed
this is a very slow video and it’s extremely frustrating. all this time sitting around talking like you’re slow and retarded is pointless, you could have cut this video down 2 minutes.
@xxgoldenboyxx1
Very thoughtful (and relevant) response. Your parents must be very proud of your literary skills.
@supergod58
I think Lou said it was like pins and needles but no pain.
And you need to switch to decaf.
theyre still eating you….
he disgusts me.. hes helping these sons of bitches survive!!!! i wanna fuckin kill him now!!!!
To get rid of bed bugs, just be clean. Wash your sheets, God knows what people do under the sheets and don’t clean after themselves. Well, this was nature’s way of combatting dirty beds. Kinda like roaches, from dirty kitchens. Rats from dirty sewage. There, go on to the next research.
LOL thats funny!
i think thats kinda descusting. i think ill take a fly swater with me and go to my bed right now
@nicoleqt6
You misunderstand what Lou is doing. He keeps them alive so that experimenters can figure out how to kill these critters. They’re not pets. They’re an experimental colony used for research and education. Make sense now?
Without you they would die… this is not a species of insect that needs help staying alive but I’m sure they are thankful. I however am not, I hate bedbugs! I thankfully have not seen any where I live now, probably because I have every other insect coming out of the woodwork, literally!
Thanks for the video though!
@Tan7o2
Hmmm. Maybe THAT’S why Lou does this.
Seriously though, I think not. Although he does have the strength of 10 men.
Do feeding those bed bugs get you high from the anesthetics?
If it works – you’re rich.
If it doesn’t work – you’ll itch.
What if you try letting the bed bug feed on your bald head? It might cause hair to grow back.