--- title: Snoop Dogg Narrates Bat and Scorpion Fight on Jimmy Kimmel description: Snoop Dogg narrated an epic fight between a bat and a scorpion during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/5406847/snoop-dogg-planet-earth/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-26T15:00:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:06.097Z og:title: Watch Snoop Dogg Narrate an Epic Bat and a Scorpion Fight og:description: "Eat up, young man!" og:url: https://time.com/5406847/snoop-dogg-planet-earth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Snoop Dogg Narrate an Epic Bat and a Scorpion Fight twitter:description: "Eat up, young man!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Eat Up Young Man.' 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 26, 2018 3:00 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 26, 2018 3:00 PM UTC [Snoop Dogg](http://time.com/4107828/leafs-by-snoop-dogg-marijuana-weed-cannabis/) revived his nature enthusiast segment [“Plizzanet Earth”](http://time.com/3059445/snoop-dogg-narrates-planet-earth/) on [_Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ ](http://time.com/5393733/jimmy-kimmel-pedestrian-question-2018/)by narrating an epic fight between a bat and a scorpion on Tuesday. During the clip, the West Coast rapper had plenty of colorful and relevant observations about the two fierce creatures; he described the bat’s actions as “tenderizing, baking, shaking” and the scorpion as someone who would make you feel “a big bunch when he get that thang into you.” Without giving anything away, there’s one clear victor during the fight, who Snoop cheers on with vim: “Eat up, young man!” Watch the hilarious full clip of Snoop Dogg on Jimmy Kimmel below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5406847/snoop-dogg-planet-earth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5406847/snoop-dogg-planet-earth/"},"headline":"'Eat Up Young Man.' 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