How Oak Trees Manipulate Squirrels To Abandon Their Acorns
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Oak Trees use a form of predator satiation during "mast years" to ensure squirrels leave some of the caches behind.
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Typo in the title: Thier should be their
Wow, Greta vídeo again!
Poor James, he never gets invited to do podcasts. He just stick to serenading to banana trees.
Just one tiny nitpick. You are referencing squirrels are predators. I find it quite unusual as I associate the word predators with animals that hunt other animals, not with collecting seeds.
Maybe that is because the word in my native language applies only to animals.
Still, M-W defines "predator" as "organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms ". If we consider eating seeds as "killing" then predator becomes synonymous to animal. Only plants can produce their own food.
@@user-jp7tw3sd3x #plantlivesmatter
“The three F’s: Feeding, Fighting, and... Mating.”
that one took me a second
It took me until he mentioned it again and I had to go back and listen again. 😅
Fornicating, surely :)
lol just made the same comment and it also took me a couple seconds :D
...and friendship right?
Except there are four...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Fs_(evolution)
feeding, fighting and falling in love.
Phuking or fornicating would be better.
I doubt grey squirrels know anything about love.
They are about as loyal to their mates as President Blowhard is.
@@ccdogpark Strange.. its been a day & noone has come to defend his honor(?). This must be an actual science channel.
🤣🤣🤣
F mating ucking
Fleeing and freezing.
A squirrel is like a real life RPG character. Always stashing those precious resources and then never using them.
RPG ? Rocket Propelled Grenade ?
nice
@@thetessellater9163 Roll Playing Game
@@thetessellater9163 Basically a Bolter ?
Look, there might be a third, harder phase or even a secret second boss altogether after I defeat the second form of the Time Devourer. I can't risk it. I need these All Divides and Phoenix Pinions just in case.
4:50 "What do you think? Is that a lot of acorns?"
Yeah, man. That's nuts!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This joke is very under appericiated by the count of likes...
@@mbkunal blah
I live in an area with TONS of old oak trees. There's one hanging over my backyard, and there are lots of grey squirrels that live in and around it. This past spring, there were so many acorns in the grass, I couldn't walk out barefoot like I usually do or run with my dog cause it hurt so much stepping on all of them. I wondered why I couldn't recall that ever being a problem before. Now I know.
Yup, buy some Trainers with air cushion. simples!!
then why do you step on all of them in the first place? why don't you just step on one of them and avoid the others... it will hurt only once ;)
@@icebluscorpion To spite the tree and all of its offspring, of course.
@@icebluscorpion Oh we really are a lot of humans with differing ideas about animals plants etc! I thought this would be controversial.
@@jincyquones best answer ever yet XD. i actually nearly fell of my chair by laughing XD XD. nice to meet someone like you with humor :)
That's why my oak tree did that! I moved in to a new house and the 2nd year was SO MANY ACORNS. The sidewalk was literally covered with acorns. It was crazy-and I saw a lot of fat squirrels that year. Hasn't happened since and that was in 2017.
It happened this year with the live oaks in California, but for some reason, a squirrel I know at the beginning of a trail goes nuts for pine cones. He's completely demolished dozens of them and left them by the side of the trail. Maybe he's sick of acorns.
@@LadyhawksLairDotCom I wonder when my tree will have a mast year next...Makes me think it is some climate indicator so huge zones of oak trees all trigger at the same time. (i'm in IA btw). The world is nuts.
@@nicklachen5060 *The world is acorns
..Sorry
@@LadyhawksLairDotCom invasive European squirrel perhaps?
@@GroovingPict No, it's a Western gray squirrel. A couple of weeks ago, he was eating a pine cone (from a California gray pine) on the side of the trail and was super irritated I made him climb a tree. All he could do was take a chunk of the pine cone with him and run. He stopped about twenty-five feet up, barked at me and tapped his front paw on the tree. That's gray squirrel for "screw you!" XD
Mycorrhizal fungi grow in symbiosis with oak trees and can spread to great distances underground, interconnecting multiple trees; they exchange fluids and nutrients with trees via the trees' root systems - I know it sounds a bit Avatar, but I think it's possible that the trees are communicating with each other via this network. If you think about it, a system that has an innate tendency toward periodicity probably only needs a tiny amount of signal exchange to keep in sync.
Paul stammets has provn theory. Google him.
Mushrooms are the futre
I think it got proven already love ur vids btw
" I know it sounds a bit Avatar," ... or like weirwood trees in World of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones
@@curtisbaker4325, Paul Stamets is an interesting guy, but if you have seen any interviews or movies that include him, it is clear that he takes significant amounts of psilocybin mushrooms. While I don't fully discredit his research, it is quite likely that many of his theories are attached to an altered state of mind from psilocybin mushrooms.
Now sharing nutrients is 100%, and similarly hormonal transfer between trees is also possible through the mycelium networks. So not really "communication" in the same sense as animals, more likely are cycles where trees produce more hormones and those are passed through the mycelium to other neighboring trees, the young trees will get huge boosts in hormones during this extreme years which will cause them to sync up with the rest of the trees. It is also that the majority of new trees will happen from those extreme years, so they will all grow around the same time helping them start off already well in sync.
The real question would be, is it something like hormone transfer through the mycelium that causes these cycles to be in sync, or is it just the fast the most trees will be "planted" during these cycles so will already be in sync on these cycles, or as stated in the video it could be some environmental factor like temperatures that causes the syncing.
Plants can communicate with chemicals through the air too
And saw a CZcams video on how plants can think and even count!
ah yes, squirrels "occasionally" forget the caches about 70% of the time
That or they farm
@@ummerfarooq5383 🧐
60% of the time it works every time
@@gissa2046 he isn't wrong. They might not understand exactly how it works, but maybe they have some level of intelligence that has over many many generations realized that abandoned acorns lead to more trees that produce acorns.
@@novaiscool1 or the squirrels who were forgetful survived because they ended up expanding their food supply in their area
I've heard of the 3 F's before. I love how casually Steve mentioned it though.
Was new to me however. Probably because I don't usually give even a single.
Ah yes, mating, my favorite F word.
Feeding fighting and fucundity
@@jan-seli Are you sure? Down at my local pub it's feeding, fighting and farting.
Feeding, Fighting, and F-mating...
Steve Mould: "tumbleweed-"
*CGP Grey has entered the chat*
Thanks for making me smile :)
I'm sure there is a U.S company by now marketing their strongest cannabis product under the name "Tumbleweed".
I was relieved Steve did not mention laminar flow, or else it would have become crowded with famous CZcamsrs...
@@SolarWebsite Thats not for 3 weeks, got to take his turn
So what you're saying is, ents are real
Yes and they are nutting a huge load every 5 years.
@@ASSASINE0 NO! Don't say that xD
I was enjoying the first comment but now...
@@ASSASINE0 that made me laugh so hard 😂
@@ASSASINE0 r/cursedcomments
What ent
“It’s funny because you think I’m gonna say feeding, fighting, and fu-“😂😂😂
Hypothesis: Mast year occurs. Squirrel population explodes. Squirrels starve to death the following year. Oak trees get fertilized by rotting squirrel carcasses. Eventually the oak trees can no longer taste the dead squirrels. Mast year occurs.
Ossum!
Couldn't just be the taste because there will always be some level of dead squirrel. So... obviously they can taste the intensity of dead squirrel in the ground. Print it.
trees are smarter than we thought.
@@bluesillybeard oh everything is smarter than we thought. except us. we're just a tiny bit less smart than we thought. it's a classic sociological paradox.
The happening but for squirrels
"In general, seed dispersal is very interesting."
I believe internet traffic statistics agree with this.
Underrated comment.
Way way underrated
Ah, the 3 F's strike again
Sorry, but I don't get it.
Bernhard Maierhofer > Fertilizing?
Insemination is the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female animal or plant for the purpose of impregnating or fertilizing the female for sexual reproduction.
CZcams recommended this and I am NOT disappointed. Fantastic video.
I've heard "Feeding, Fighting, and F.... inding a mate." The fakeout really helps sell it.
The word "Podcast" actually itself sounds like a term for seed dispersal.
Nice
Good point!
im pretty sure the term "broadcast" originates from a method farmers would sow seeds.
podcast is a way to disperse seeds of knowledge. also pseudo knowledge.
top comment for sure
The third F if friendship, right? They braid little bracelets for one another. I know it.
Very special friendships
The kind of friendship where someone puts something inside the other
Hi
Absolutely correct! Friendship it is, though some of the squirrels are secretly heartbroken that that's as far as things are gonna go...
@@eeHMFIC yup! They give eachother nut
3:17 "The three Fs... feeding, fighting, and *Mating* " lol
Feeding, fighting, and FUCKING lol
I've found your channel recently and I'm amuzed, your didact is very good when approaching topics, and your jokes are fast so we don't get lost, plus you bring small little facts about other stuff (Like the Cicadas) which brings me much more joy as someone who's curious
Wonka also manipulated squirrels. They gladly pulled and pushed Veruca down the garbage chute
...yes... have you seen your therapist recently?... #justwondering..
hahahahahaha nice little interjection there Avery!!
But did he? I thought they did it all on their own, because she was naughty.
Olmost Gudinaf he trained them to determine which ones are bad and good so he did
and here we meet again. stop stalking me will you?
@@mmay3315 Who is stalking you? I am certainly not.- just grow a pair or leave the chanel ffs!
"Feeding, Fighting and fmating"
gotta keep that yt bread goin
He could have gone for 'family making' but all good i guess
@@andrewadelheart875 Fornicating?
@@andrewadelheart875 I think it was to put emphasis on the omission of 'fucking'
I have heard that's it actually written like that in an university course book. Probably so it's more scientific, and also not all animals that mate have families like humans do.
If you're going for scientific accuracy it's a bit off anyways, given the immobile, pacifistic, or self reproducing creatures of the world. It's always been there for a bit of academic humor, and that's pretty ok.
I worked on golf courses for years..the most amazing thing I ever saw was a Squirrel unweave the runners of the grass..then drop a pecan in then reweave the runners together so well I couldn't see where he did it even though I was looking at the very spot 10 feet away..it was then that I knew what a Squirrels purpose was..Mother Natures Arborist..
I didn’t like squirrel when I was younger, as I only knew them for their skill at destroying bird feeders or scattering the seed at best.
But I’ve grown to really adore them, and I have seen countless trees sprouting that would certainly survive if not for lawn mowing
Never has the term 'pod cast' been more befitting than for discussing seed dispersal!
Oak: Oh hey, If you help out some of my babies I'll let you eat the rest, sound good?
Squirrel: *squeak*
"little does mister Oak Tree know my intent is to eat ALLLLL of the babies! I just have to remember where I put them... ... Oh... Damn... strange I put them in the ground where this oak tree now is. Hey! Oak Tree?! You seen my Acorns?" "No but if you help out some of my babies I'll let you eat the rest, sound good?"
An heir and several thousand spares.
Seed dispersal podcast, pod (encapsulated information to grow ideas-seed), cast (to send and distribute-dispersal). Cool
Ooohh, nice!
Whoever did the closed captions on this video deserves a medal. Every time Steve says the word "bury" the caption says "burry" matching Steve's pronunciation. Bravo :)
It's done by AI.
I live in North Carolina USA and i can attest to exactly what this man said. The year that our Oak trees produce so many Acorns, we have to clean out our cars Air Filter because if we park our car outside in our driveway, close to our Oak Trees, our car sucks up acorns every time we start our cars!!!! Its really annoying and incredible all at the same time!!!!! Great Video!!
Playing Next: *How squirrels manipulate acorns to abandon their oak trees*
LOL
"They use their little paws mostly."
Lmmfao
"It's funny because you think I'm going to say feeding, fighting, and f- just like cicadas..."
That was even better than the actual joke! lofl
Steve I just found your channel in the last few days, and Im now starting to listen to your podcast, I enjoy it because the little tidbits of info you give me on completely random subjects makes me feel less bad about the amount of time I spend on youtube because Im actually learning a bit.
I followed the suggestion from your rubber band video. Love when content creators breach the "fourth wall" of algorithms directly with the audience
My brain just went "aaaaahh, I heard of a similar thing but with cicadas"
Took me a while to figure out that it actually WAS your vid over on numberphile xD
It took me a while to realize that he was saying "cicadas".
@@buddyclem7328 The guy has no clue how to properly pronounce it.
@@erichollar5503 It's probably a British thing.
"Weird seed dispersal" is how I spent my teen years
It's hard to disagree that seed dispersal is interesting.
too bad most of yer seed ended up on a wall/sock
*cache
C U M I N A S O C K
@@johndowe7003 I love that when you're a young teen you think you are the first person to discover the true purpose of socks. Then you get a bit older and realise all us primates think the same way! ;D
The moment you mentioned Numberphile was when I understood why CZcams recommended this channel to me.
Also thanks for adding the explanation about the syncing, because during the beginning of the video I've been wondering about just that.
This is the first video of yours i've ever watched, and i can already tell you it'll be far from the last. Your podcast will also be the first ever podcast i follow.
Looking forward to more interesting things i didn't even know i wanted to know!
I only laughed at “the three “f’s”, feeding, fighting, and mating” the first time you said it. If someone doesn’t get it, then mate ‘em.
CZcams algoritm: "Would you like to watch how oak trees manipulate squirrels?"
Me: "Yes, yes I would."
My hypothesis for the simultaneous mast production is oak trees have a secret convention where they decide when to go nuts [pun intended]. And no one else is invited, hence why we don't know about it. It's not a conspiracy, since it's not a criminal act to overproduce acorns. Can't I get a degree in biology by making a thesis on this question? I mean, even if I'm wrong and the hypothesis is falisfied or unproven, I've still contributed more than alot of other researchers.
I think in my next job interview when they ask where I see myself in 5 years, I'm going to tell them wherever the CZcams algorithm takes me.
How high are you?
@@KshitijKale Not very, I'm actually rather short.
@@carpetclimber4027 Loll
Only just discovered your channel and I am so pleased that I have! It's brilliant. Subbed and looking forward to bingeing your videos
Love the video!! You sir have yourself a new subscription!
Keep up the great work!! 🤙🏼
This was such a beautiful detail. The part about self organization in oak trees and cicadas so that they produce acorns or emerge from underground in the same window of time is remarkable! Wish I knew how the signaling worked though
Ain't no signalling - it's an infinite number of monkeys / typwriters / time thing. 'Winner survives', says Mr Darwin.
*How acorns manipulate oak trees to abandon their squirrels*
I was scurry down a rabbit hole and discovered your rabbit hole. I love it! Just subscribed! I really enjoy science, biology in particular and I love good humor. I’m a nurse by trade so it makes great sense. I will look for the podcast. I realize that this video is 3 years old- so we’ll see where this rabbit hole leads.
His voice is so charming. I enjoying hearing his explanations of things. I bet he was a great teacher.
this video really confuses me, when you say acorns I hear "eekhoorns". Eekhoorns is Dutch for squirrels... go figure.
Good to read I was not the only one.
Your comment makes more sense when spelled phonetically in English. At least I think I remember Dutch doubled-vowels are short. So you write "eekhoorns" but if you said it I'd hear "ekhorns." Except that won't make much sense to you, because you'd read that as having long vowels. :)
Reminds me of the german for squirrel- eichhornchen. Which is just "little squirrel" if you take the eichhorn to mean squirrel
Fun
Ekorn in Norwegian, I suspect those are related to the English acorn. The acorn in Norwegian is eikenøtt (oak nut)
@@ciarfah I just looked up squirrel in Hindi & got Cikhura. So maybe it's a proto-indo-european word? Ekhorn & Cikhura aren't dissimilar...
When I was in grade school we lived in a house with 13 Oak trees in the back yard. And after watching this video I realized that, yes, I was observing years where there were just an absurd amount of acorns on the ground. I thought I was crazy at the time, but apparently there's science behind it.
I like that you air quoted "oak trees want to disperse their seeds". So many people deliver that kind of information in a way that implies there was logic behind a decision for plants to behave a certain way. In reality hundreds of thousands of years of minor changes have caused plants to grow a certain way because their local environment created conditions such that one random mutation was more successful at surviving than the previous example. Personification of plants, and some animals, is fun and cute but is highly inaccurate for the learning process.
Your videos are great. Thank you for your contributions to world knowledge!
In what way is this different from you having wants and needs?
@@kosimochaosbold7544 The interplay between genetics and environment that is responsible for producing specific behaviours in plants is much simpler than the same kind of interplay that is responsible for producing specific behaviours in humans; which then leads to more variation in behaviour among individuals of a human population compared to any plant species.
@@MrAlRats Considering the range and tempo of variation and intersubject-exchange that point does go to you; but I still doubt that it would be correct to say all plantlife has less complexity in behaviour or even consciousness than humankind - even thou it is not in a form we yet recognise, less if you don't confine it to a single species. I agree based on our human realm of expirience. But I do think that this might be in part due the hybris of the human race, to regard ourselfes as the only truely conscious beeings. Think of a whole forest, it has quite a network of communicating parts, just not the same way we humans with our braincells, gut bacteria and hormones da.
Thanks for giving the explanation, I'm sorry that I try to agree and object simulaneously, but I do hope to give out seed from which brainfood might arise!
seed dispersal is literally the only thing plants want to do. they spend all their energy doing that and growing in ways that make it easier to do. trees don't have brains and consciences as far as we can tell, but they definitely do want to spread their seeds.
@@kosimochaosbold7544 A tree doesn't want anything because wanting is a function of a brain and a tree doesn't have one. Unfortunately, human languages lean so heavily toward expressing actions and motivations of other thinking, feeling entities that there is a lack of convenient verbs to describe how natural phenomena and inanimate objects function.
I'm glad YT finally suggested your videos to me... It's like having another Tom Scott channel except I haven't already watched everything :) Thank you!
the best feeling when watching an informative video is when you get an question pop up, then later on get the answer for it xD great video!
"It might be a mast year right now. This seems like a lot of acorns, is this a lot of acorns? It seems like a lot of acorns."
Hahaha! I don't know, man. I don't eat acorns. You tell me. Is that a lot of acorns?
Souns like what a squirrel would say...
"Feeding, fighting, and... mating." Absolute gold, I see you Steve. Well played.
I’ve heard the joke a few times now but it gets me every time
its funny because you think hes going to say fu
A second hypothesis is that masting trees are trying to maximize pollination efficiency. Evidence suggests that deciduous trees flower and release pollen at the same time in order to increase their chances of reproduction. A huge amount of pollen is correlative with larger amounts of germination, and ultimately more acorn production.
Whenever I see people referencing a video they made with Brady Harran, I am reminded of just how many great content creators we wouldn't have if that Aussie hadn't started to make CZcams videos (almost) 10 years ago. He's one of the biggest guys on this platform with his own channels, but half of the British science channels belong to people who started out on Numberphile or Sixty Symbols or another of Harran's channels. So many amazing creators (like Steve Mould) probably wouldn't be making videos if it wasn't for that guy. This is amazing!
0:51 "Squirrels are caching animals"
...Uh... No, they're caching acorns
Okay, I think I misinterpreted the grammar here ^^
I can smell your brain from here bro
I heard it as "cashing animals" and immediately imagined a stonks squirrel meme.
Yeah, it’s amazing anyone is able to learn English, including native speakers
Aged grandma from old country also hard to understand.
That feel when a present-tense verb is also an adjective.
Maybe the squirrels know all along and they're just trying to plant some trees.
yeah they are clever lil m8s.
more trees = More food
They kinda do. In the same way the oak tree "wants" to spread the acorns(though not quite as directly). It's beneficial to them to plant some of the acorn.
Not when they're raiding your garden, furry bastards
@@roguechlnchllla6564 It would be beneficial for the population as a whole but not for the individual squirrel.
Oh my goodness, I'm now imagining a squirrel wearing a pair of denim overalls & a straw hat as it goes gardening, maybe with a little hoe and a spade. 😱
Steve you are so underrated...yet one of my fav science CZcamsrs keep the videos coming👍👍🙏
"It's funny 'cuz you think I'm gonna say feeding, fighting and fu-"
I chortled my guy, I done chortled a good one
Fun fact: the Dutch word for squirrel is pronounced the same as the English word acorn.
Eichorn?
@@krissp8712 Eekhoorn
but does the dutch word for acorn sound like the English word squirrel?
@@krissp8712 That's possibly German. Dutch is eekhoorn.
@@lainer4303 Not at all :-)
Who else thought of Scrat from Ice Age at 2:02 ?
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Omar Khaled lmao thank you for this contribution 😂
Who didn't? 😂
@@omarkhaledk11 🔥
I remember that 3Fs joke! I loved that video and was eagerly awaiting the promised follow up video that never came
I took a quick 10 min break from work. That's exactly what I needed for my distraction! Thanks
I like how in dry times, soil cracks and splits apart. Then seeds fall into these cracks. When the rain comes, they're buried and watered in one move. It's almost like it was planned.
Nature is fucking amazing
the ground around oak trees doesn't "crack" open. EVER. They only exist in grassy areas with good nutrient top soil. Only Clay cracks when it dries out.
Human: "Them squirrels are stupid. plants never trick us humans like that."
Poaceae grasses: "yeah sure buddy, whatever you say."
How do grasses trick humans?
@@zwz.zdenek We grow them for food ,ensuring their reproduction.
@@zwz.zdenek Poaceae is a family that contains wheat, rice, corn, barley, rye, sugar cane, and oats to name a few
Cool 😎
@@arsemcscratch6908 To be fair, in the case of Corn(Maize) specifically, they're probably thinking, "Oh shit! We've gone too far!"
Thank you for having a podcast!
As a former utility worker, I have found mass cashes of acorns in phone drop line terminals, utility poles that have been hollowed out by woodpeckers filled to the brim, and even a tower radio drum filled with acorns.
this guy looks EXACTLY like the type of guy who would go into detail about the symbiotic relationship between a tree and god damned squirrels.
Hey Steve love the videos. Just a quick critique about editing. Just try not to cut yourself off, there was a like where you said "feeding, fighting, and f-" but the last word was short and some of us didn't quite get it.... Just some constructive feedback. Thanks again Steve!
@@Serena-or7sl woosh
Serena Ziviani wooooooosh
I especially like how your comment appear on my phone (I guess it isn’t the same for everyone - depending on screen and text size): it ends “just some constructive f...”
I love how Steve actually talks about interesting stuff that you don't necessarily already know.
"They all come out in a huge swarm for the 3 F's: feeding, fighting and...mating". Lol😂😂😂
_"It's funny because you think i'm going to say feeding, fighting, and funding."_ - finished it for you.
"fun times"
@@dielaughing73 dang, that's even better lol
well they need funding also
As soon as you made that "three F's" joke I had to think "wait, why have I heard that before?". Forgot about that Numberphile video, it's been a while!
That's why my oak went totally crazy this year! Thanks a lot, I didn't expect to find an answer to this on youtube. And I didn't even have to look for it.
I love it when a yt channel actually teaches me something... I had no idea about masting cycles.
“The 3 F’s Feeding, Fighting and Mating”
Haha nice one
just made the same comment :D
The Dutch word for 'squirrel' is 'eekhoorn', which is pronounced 'acorn'. I'm Dutch so I find this massively confusing to listen to. ;-)
@MOONLIGHT SHADOW That actually does happen.
as a german i find dutch interresting because well our languages and english have the same origin but developed quit differently but dutch is still kinda in between german and english
@MOONLIGHT SHADOW ahh sry in german the sch is spoken like the sh in english and i twrite on pc but only my mobile has english autocorrection oh and my dyslexia did its part to
Eichhörnchen
So is that dutch or double dutch ?
You're my second fav youtube channel after SmarterEveryDay!
I am having fun listening to your informative podcasts. I subscribed. 🙂
me: look at thumbnail
my brain: " *POG SQUIRREL* "
Same
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Soy squirrel
Wow, I'm so glad to have found your channel. Awesome content.
Thank you for explaining this. I have lived it several times and had no clue.
No need to censor farting from the 3 F's. It's PG enough for youtube.
Third f is fucking not farting
Aditya Jhankal that’s the joke, thanks for playing
@Omer Ahmed ur religion is a joke
@@carterferguson1076 ok boomer
@Omer Ahmed mom
I just love the podcast, it is such a boost for those of us who are curious to the bone
I am a squirrel hunter in New York State. This info is interesting and a bit fascinating. Thanks!
Years ago in the States my house had a back deck, above it were branches of my neighbor's oak tree. One year you could hear acorns falling almost every minute. I would go out and sweep the acorns into my (55 US gallon) rubbish bin at least twice a day. Within a couple of weeks it was full.
...and now I see why it happened only once in 8 years of living there.
"the 3 F's, feeding, fighting, and mating"
I see what you did there. Clever.
1:22 That much you already probably know...
Greatly overestimating our knowledge of Oak trees
I have an oak tree in my garden. And it dropped A LOT of acorns this year. In northern Germany though. Thanks for the explanation.
Very intersting! Thanks for the video Steve.
I haven't started watching the video yet but if its anything like your other ones - then I'm probably gonna love it. Keep up the great work!
"Feeding, fighting and fu..." 🤣
THanks for the video Steve... Great Video!
I'm a sucker for this kind of fascinating backyard science... Liked & subscribed.
The three Fs are feeding, fighting and fornication... You don't need to swear to he correct :)
True, (and I approve of not swearing) but that breaks the joke pattern of breaking expectation.
@@recklessroges sure, I'm a fan of the running joke too. This could be used sometime when he doesn't cut away
Fuck, IIRC comes from Fornication Under the Consent of the King, from medieval times where you had to like have a license or smthn, so the actual F is the same.
Oh noes cus hearing a "dirty" word will surely ruin you and make you go to hell.
Fornication or f**king...it's all referring to the same thing so why does one word matter over the other...it's the same THING.
If you want to be strict about it - and I do - 'fornication' implies adulterous or otherwise illicit sex, so it doesn't apply animals mating.
@@diegosanchez894 That's a load of nonsense. 'Fuck' was not always spelled this way.
"...chemical signalling"?!
That's sciences way of saying... The trees communicate with
each other?! :-D
Yep.
Yes, plants actually talk, scream, react as crowds, share, care for the injured, shun groups based on family, etc. Almost everything you attribute to animal life, plants do it to! Just in a very weird, strange, super slow motion and/or hard to notice way for something that lives like us. It's as if we move in super, super fast forward to them, and we don't understand their main source of communication naturally (chemicals / smells) so of coarse we struggle to see them as the same as animal life!
I love the new Podcast of Unnecessary Detail.
There is a very large oak tree across the street from my house in California, but there are few other oaks in the neighborhood. Last fall it had a "mast" year much to the delight of the resident gray squirrels. This spring, dozens of oak seedlings popped up in my back yard. They had to have been planted by the squirrels because they are too far from the oak and are on the other side of a street. There are sprouts in my planter box, flower pots, garden, lawn. Squirrels have been very busy.
Really interesting!
When I was young I heard that squirrels find 95% of the seeds they bury, and the other 5% might turn into trees. I did not know about masting.
"the three F's, feeding, fighting, and....mating"
well said
:) Super good! I love the oak trees, but I never knew that they are as smart as 17-year cicadas!
Amazing video. Thank you so much for this.