The Absolute Worst Thing About Butterflies

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    Who doesn’t love to gaze at a beautiful butterfly fluttering by? Aesthetically speaking, they are simply wonderful to watch. Wonderful, that is, unless you are getting a rare glimpse of pheromone laced coremata.
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Komentáře • 973

  • @SciShow
    @SciShow  Před 2 lety +60

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    • @nagualdesign
      @nagualdesign Před 2 lety +1

      Butterflies are not bugs. Their mouthparts are incapable of biting or piercing.

    • @FallenAngelHiroko
      @FallenAngelHiroko Před 2 lety +4

      @@nagualdesign "Bugs" and "insects" are often used interchangeably even if they're not exactly the same thing. The former rolls off the tongue easier. But you are correct.

    • @sesposit88
      @sesposit88 Před 2 lety

      O

    • @ianbelletti6241
      @ianbelletti6241 Před 2 lety +1

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    • @lordbalbero348
      @lordbalbero348 Před 2 lety

      Isn´t it the same with humans ?
      Dumb Girls are looking for Guys with muscels, while smarter ones are looking for also smart and/or good looking ones.
      Fat ones quite often go for either ugly or ultra slim and complet inhuman ugly ones swallow theyr pride and become crazy cat womans ?

  • @LeopardMask12
    @LeopardMask12 Před 2 lety +1128

    What an incredible line at the end. "Butterflies and moths are not here to please us. Their beauty is an accident - as is their occasional horror. We are merely spectators." An amazing way to describe many things in and about the natural world.

    • @sry2791
      @sry2791 Před 2 lety +8

      ppl saying universe is accidently one ......so y so serious abt beauty of a butterfly

    • @lubricustheslippery5028
      @lubricustheslippery5028 Před 2 lety +7

      Sounded a little bit like the Microcosmos Hank

    • @austinhernandez2716
      @austinhernandez2716 Před 2 lety +7

      Theists that use aesthetics as an argument for intelligent design:

    • @LeopardMask12
      @LeopardMask12 Před 2 lety +4

      @@austinhernandez2716 oooookay?? Are you saying that I sound like I'm pushing creationism by appreciating a cool line about nature? Because I assure you I very much am not. And tbh saying that nature's beauty is an accident would, if anything, be an anti-creationism standpoint, would it not?

    • @jamesconnop4029
      @jamesconnop4029 Před 2 lety

      +Leopardmask I'm not so sure. Humans are very effectively de-terraforming the planet. And species-ism plays an extremely large part in the selection of microhabitats that get conserved or managed. Look at how many rivers are stocked with a preferred sport-fish, or how many people have jumped onboard the 'protect the milkweed' campaigns. It's more about human interest than ecology. And I'm not convinced that 'beauty by accident' is a valid evolutionary concept.

  • @JohnFleshman
    @JohnFleshman Před 2 lety +1092

    About 12 years ago I took a picture of a swallow tail butterfly on a thistle flower. didnt notice till I put the picture on my computer that you can clearly see its proboscis snaking down into the flower. best wild life photo I have ever taken.

    • @marlon6598
      @marlon6598 Před 2 lety +30

      Can you imgur link the photo? I wanna see the picture now lol

    • @grapes4832
      @grapes4832 Před 2 lety +10

      @@marlon6598 yeah same

    • @mh13mini
      @mh13mini Před 2 lety +16

      Pics or gtfo

    • @MrAdryan1603
      @MrAdryan1603 Před 2 lety +2

      That's so awesome, wish I could see! 🦋

    • @null301_
      @null301_ Před 2 lety +1

      Send it

  • @cheapciggies
    @cheapciggies Před 2 lety +902

    I always advise budding lepidopterists to save years of painstaking time and effort differentiating Moths from Butterflies by simply saying Moths come into the house and fart about and Butterflies don't.

    • @tessarae9127
      @tessarae9127 Před 2 lety +14

      😂😂😂

    • @tessarae9127
      @tessarae9127 Před 2 lety +21

      Seriously why is that?!

    • @DasAntiNaziBroetchen
      @DasAntiNaziBroetchen Před 2 lety +91

      @@tessarae9127 Maybe because moths fly at night and orient themselves using the moon (and get confused by artificial light)?

    • @sweetums8148
      @sweetums8148 Před 2 lety +12

      Hahaha I appreciate the advice. Saving this for later use 😂

    • @darcieclements4880
      @darcieclements4880 Před 2 lety +2

      And what does thow say of skippers?

  • @YuBeace
    @YuBeace Před 2 lety +79

    I'm glad you guys told me about this because I would NOT want to come across one of these moths without knowing what was going on. Now that I know what it's for, it probably won't scare me half as much.

  • @sweetums8148
    @sweetums8148 Před 2 lety +355

    I raise Monarch butterflies each year, and this year, they are coming back so strongly as a species after being endangered.
    This is a very good sign for the overall environment ❤️

    • @cursedGalataea
      @cursedGalataea Před 2 lety +36

      It's turns out when humans are restricted from causing damage for two years, the environment gets to recover exponentially!

    • @sweetums8148
      @sweetums8148 Před 2 lety +12

      @@cursedGalataea AGREED 🦋

    • @Penelopemee
      @Penelopemee Před 2 lety +7

      I started raising them this spring, swallowtails, gulf fritillaries, giants, I’ve about raised 200 butterflies so far. Love it!

    • @PequenaNoobAmaPudim
      @PequenaNoobAmaPudim Před 2 lety +2

      How do you raise them?

    • @marleypeters4758
      @marleypeters4758 Před 2 lety +5

      Hats off to anyone who is selflessly helping our environment keep up the good work

  • @VelvetTears216
    @VelvetTears216 Před 2 lety +602

    I’ve had a phobia of butterflies ever since I was about 8 years old. It’s all making sense now. This is terrifying.

    • @Myke_thehuman
      @Myke_thehuman Před 2 lety +30

      Same here, but my phobia started when I was an infant. Somehow, no idea how or what my parents did to me as an infant to cause that. But yes.

    • @ApoLk_
      @ApoLk_ Před 2 lety +25

      yo wtf that's just the age i got it too, these buterflies are trying to hit us while we are weak little 8 year olds in order to rule the planet

    • @stanleydog1454
      @stanleydog1454 Před 2 lety +29

      I had a friend who was terrified of butterflies but not moths. Never believed him until a butterfly landed on him and be passed out for a hot second there O.o

    • @heyitsmejavi
      @heyitsmejavi Před 2 lety +17

      I'm terrified of moths. Now I hate butterflies too. Thanks Hank lol.

    • @EnricoUniverse
      @EnricoUniverse Před 2 lety +3

      Same

  • @mila-hc9bv
    @mila-hc9bv Před 2 lety +25

    hi im neurodivergent and butterflies have been my largest hyperfixation practically since birth. thank you for adding more information to my infodumping arsenal.

  • @Zeero3846
    @Zeero3846 Před 2 lety +125

    I feel like there's a human analog for everything in this video, and it would be hilariously revealing to make a video describing just that.

    • @Uhlersoth77
      @Uhlersoth77 Před 2 lety +17

      I was just thinking the same thing. The immature child in the back of my brain just kept giggling.

    • @nestorv7627
      @nestorv7627 Před 2 lety +3

      I kept laughing at this video because of this

    • @supersonictumbleweed
      @supersonictumbleweed Před 2 lety +3

      Pub lekking?

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 Před 2 lety +8

      @@supersonictumbleweed I was imagining frat bros with flashy wings, shouting their traditional mating call of "Hey baby!" But yeah, same basic thought.

    • @Brinta3
      @Brinta3 Před 2 lety

      Rich old men attracting pretty young women and fathering children, but meanwhile those men might be ugly and fat, and are spreading bad genes.

  • @wilhelmsarasalo3546
    @wilhelmsarasalo3546 Před 2 lety +140

    Hey,! I had a pet cockroach. Found her on her back in front of my office door apparently after a hard life of insecticide abuse. American cockroach, palmetto bug. I nursed her to health. She was always excited when I came to work. She loved broccoli and bagels, tea, too. I think she lived for two more years and in the end was all gray, but got back up and died on her feet.

    • @potatonope9774
      @potatonope9774 Před 2 lety +17

      Aw! Rip little buddy ❤️

    • @AlexG-ps1xh
      @AlexG-ps1xh Před 2 lety +24

      Sweet girl thank you for giving her bagels 🥯 and love . I have a colony of pet Dubia roaches, ik they're usually feeders but they're so darn cute to me I decided to raise some up. They're really docile and let me hold them and they freaking LOVE carrots. To roaches carrots= cocaine

    • @kingsmerte3629
      @kingsmerte3629 Před 2 lety +10

      An american one!? That's like the worst kind 😭
      Very nice of you though. I'm too scared of them to do something like that

    • @jaschabull2365
      @jaschabull2365 Před 2 lety +9

      These kind of stories always warm my heart. Thank you for giving the cockroach comfortable final days!

    • @TimothyMusson
      @TimothyMusson Před 2 lety +12

      This reminds me... people might like Brady Brandwood's channel - he's been doing an ongoing series about a rescued supermarket lobster :)

  • @KienDLuu
    @KienDLuu Před 2 lety +67

    That Lek paradox draws so many parallels to dating in humans. I’m puzzled why this is even deemed a paradox. It seems quite intuitive.

    • @cyborgqueer
      @cyborgqueer Před 2 lety +8

      same here! Maybe it’s more complicated than the video was able to simply explain, if not then yeah, no idea why they’d even consider it paradoxical

    • @Qui-9
      @Qui-9 Před 2 lety +10

      Their milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

    • @andmicbro1
      @andmicbro1 Před 2 lety +7

      Choosing a mate based on overall health is totally what humans do too. And we might gravitate toward a pretty face, but when we're actually deciding to pass on our genes I would say health is a big, if somewhat subconscious, factor.

    • @animeartist888
      @animeartist888 Před 2 lety +17

      @@andmicbro1 Just want to add that pretty faces usually mean no heavy scarring i.e. an easier upbringing, less stupid accidents, no genetic deformities in the area, etc. Pretty faces could indeed signal health as well as good genes.

    • @CobaltContrast
      @CobaltContrast Před 2 lety

      Like why our species will all need glasses at the rate we are going.

  • @thoughtfuldevil6069
    @thoughtfuldevil6069 Před 2 lety +250

    I had a nightmare where swarms of vampiric butterflies started swarming people and animals and draining their blood.
    Mercifully, it was a dream, and also butterfly proboscises aren't strong enough to penetrate animal flesh.

    • @AccidentalNinja
      @AccidentalNinja Před 2 lety +10

      I think I've heard that the claws on their feet might be able to break skin; at least I know I saw something about them scratching caterpillars & drinking their blood.

    • @josephburchanowski4636
      @josephburchanowski4636 Před 2 lety +36

      Well there are Vampiric Moths though.

    • @thenaturekid3739
      @thenaturekid3739 Před 2 lety +35

      But vampire moths are real.

    • @TheChipmunk2008
      @TheChipmunk2008 Před 2 lety +17

      Yet. Evolution has time. MUHAHAHAH

    • @valinorean4816
      @valinorean4816 Před 2 lety +7

      but they are, google vampire moth!

  • @deoxyribonucleicacid2540
    @deoxyribonucleicacid2540 Před 2 lety +26

    I feel so grateful that I have access to this kind of information, very interestingly presented as well, all for free. I love your channel!

  • @safaiaryu12
    @safaiaryu12 Před 2 lety +40

    That is literally horrifying. I would be so freaked out if I saw that in person.

  • @Catharlyn
    @Catharlyn Před 2 lety +84

    I got two 'what the eff' moments out of this episode, the first from the roach (I have a roach phobia) and the second from the tentacles! Bugs are the worst! (Not really, I still love moths!)

    • @jasonreed7522
      @jasonreed7522 Před 2 lety +4

      Im at the point where the only bugs i have no problems at all with are the dragonflies. Even though they are a 100% efficient predator and would gladly eat us if the sizes were right. With the current atmospheric O2 levels that are my favorites because the are cool and eat so many pest bugs like mosquitoes in a very normal way. (Catch and munch, no weird horrific laying eggs in the victim like parasitic wasps or disolving and drinking the soup like spiders, just the classic bite your head off)

    • @narnigrin
      @narnigrin Před 2 lety +1

      Right with you! At 2:48 I literally recoiled in my chair and went "AUGH!"
      That is WAY TOO MUCH tentacle.

    • @peggedyourdad9560
      @peggedyourdad9560 Před 2 lety

      @@narnigrin Now, this begs the question, what would be an acceptable level of tentacle for you?

  • @felixrivera895
    @felixrivera895 Před 2 lety +59

    The Lek Paradox is interesting, but is it really that big a mystery? If sexual attraction selects for shiny hair, then shiny hair is an indicator of health rather than accident of birth.

    • @felixrivera895
      @felixrivera895 Před 2 lety +18

      @Zee Aye yes they are resource intensive to create, therefore the more impressive the feathers the better the health of the bird

    • @dancepiglover
      @dancepiglover Před 2 lety +6

      But there could be genes that produce shiny hair.

    • @jasonreed7522
      @jasonreed7522 Před 2 lety +4

      Do human parties (especially frat parties) count as leks? If so that sorta solves the paradox in that selecting for 1 or 2 traits doesn't have to be a genetic problem but can still weed out bad genes/unhealthy individuals.

    • @PetrSojnek
      @PetrSojnek Před 2 lety

      What if someone starts faking it though? As in activating gene, that pools their resources and instead of investing them into being strong and healthy butterfly, they invest it in growing big tentacles, making them overall weaker specimen, but with strong desirable trait.

    • @trishapellis
      @trishapellis Před 2 lety +10

      @@jasonreed7522 I understand this is a joke. However, I feel like for frat parties to be comparable to leks, women would have to believe that frat boys are desirable sexual partners... And they just don't have that good of a reputation.

  • @DinosaurBess
    @DinosaurBess Před 2 lety +4

    I'm usually okay with all bugs, but oh god those tentacles freaked me the hell out. That moth would've been squashed if I saw that in my house!

  • @ssemo
    @ssemo Před 2 lety +38

    This is the exact kind of stuff that keeps me coming back to this show. WTHeck are butterflies anyway?

    • @kf10147
      @kf10147 Před 2 lety +12

      Moths with a good pr team same with doves just being more likeable pigeons

    • @jaschabull2365
      @jaschabull2365 Před 2 lety +6

      I've heard they're moths who are too wimpy to fly while there are bats out.

    • @joanhoffman3702
      @joanhoffman3702 Před 2 lety +7

      Butterflies evolved from day-flying moths, and there are still day-flying moths, more colorful than their night-flying relatives. And day exposes them to more predators: birds, reptiles, amphibians, and other insects.

    • @stevevernon1978
      @stevevernon1978 Před 2 lety

      all those responses are WRONG!!! Butterflys are not insects, they are self-propelled flowers.

  • @apteropith
    @apteropith Před 2 lety +29

    as long as i know they aren't parasites, i actually find those butt-tentacles rather cute
    but i also think cockroaches are cute ... at least when well contained

  • @willabyuberton818
    @willabyuberton818 Před 2 lety +11

    I literally just listened to the podcast where you guys discovered this.

  • @darcieclements4880
    @darcieclements4880 Před 2 lety +45

    I can't say I have ever thought of the pheromone structures as tentacles. Mayhaps a writer on the team are afflicted with the phobia? To me they are more like feathers or crest. Worst case, balloon, lol. So interesting to hear a different interpretation.

    • @justincraig398
      @justincraig398 Před 2 lety +3

      They are horrifying , tentacles match perfectly

    • @UsenameTakenWasTaken
      @UsenameTakenWasTaken Před 2 lety

      They have nothing to do with tentacles, though. They aren't manipulation tools, they're literally just balloons.
      Y'all with penises should be familiar with the concept of an organ that inflates and looks weird not being a tentacle.

    • @bmolitor615
      @bmolitor615 Před 2 lety

      when I see them in real life I call them *!!&*@#*!?&*, so "tentacle" is a tame understatement for me...

    • @thenasadude6878
      @thenasadude6878 Před 2 lety

      Its not that different from a chicken comb actually.
      If you zoom in on any insect it tends to become monstruous and alien after all

    • @ronofthesea5953
      @ronofthesea5953 Před 2 lety

      No, just reading a lot of Lovecraft lately.

  • @TheTexas1994
    @TheTexas1994 Před 2 lety +33

    Wow that really is terrifying looking. I was really hoping this was clickbait

    • @bur_n_t
      @bur_n_t Před 2 lety +1

      same i was hoping it was, like, about their mouth thing. i regret clicking

  • @bleirdo_dude
    @bleirdo_dude Před 2 lety +11

    If I seen that Tiger Moth doing that in the wild I would ponder if I'm looking at an alien species. Then I would have to remind myself that I lack knowledge, and the massive diversity of terrestial life this rock holds. Yes nature has surprised me many times before.

    • @emz33
      @emz33 Před 2 lety +2

      If you think that looks alien you should see slugs mating 😂

  • @SWOisTired
    @SWOisTired Před 2 lety +159

    I never knew of the term lepidopterophobia, but it’s cool that’s the name of my fear of moths lol Not a big fan of those butt tentacles either, that was definitely NOT cool.

    • @hellspawn3200
      @hellspawn3200 Před 2 lety +3

      yea i dont have that and it distrubed me XD

    • @skrimper
      @skrimper Před 2 lety +6

      bro the butt tentacles are sick, it's like something out of Stark Trek or Star Wars. nature is wacky and metal af. it's beautiful how weird things can be

    • @elzed2667
      @elzed2667 Před 2 lety +3

      moths are cute sometimes

    • @sunnyrainbowLTA
      @sunnyrainbowLTA Před 2 lety +6

      I wonder if there is a way to differentiate between a phobia of moths vs butterflies. To me, moths are out at dusk or night, are attracted to lights, fly in a really erratic manner, and are more likely to be fuzzy and ugly. It all started with a horror story I was told while camping as a kid about someone who had a moth lay eggs in their ear and that some types of moths just do that all the time. Yeah, I have zero idea if this is true, but I still can't sleep if there is a moth anywhere near me.

    • @roxassora2706
      @roxassora2706 Před 2 lety +2

      I couldn't sleep with a moth in my room as a kid

  • @AnteBrkic
    @AnteBrkic Před 2 lety +4

    "So they wait for females that haven't mated yet..." - yeah, that hits home :D

  • @DenkyManner
    @DenkyManner Před 2 lety +10

    This doesn't bother me at all. My coremata are much bigger. Pain in the arse to keep clean though.

  • @BornAgainCynic0086
    @BornAgainCynic0086 Před 2 lety +3

    Do butterflies remember being caterpillars?

  • @1laurelei1
    @1laurelei1 Před 2 lety +8

    Omg I have a video of one of these butterflies sitting on a wall with butt tentacles waving in the air. Lol Had to immediately conduct some strangely-worded internet searches to figure out what was going on.

  • @emccoy
    @emccoy Před 2 lety +5

    Fun fact, I am afraid of butterflies and moths, but when I was a kid I was only afraid of moths until one day a well meaning family friend said, "Moths are just nocturnal butterflies."
    So from then on out I've been afraid of both XD

    • @kajolika417
      @kajolika417 Před 2 lety

      Same, my language has the same word for butterflies and moths, so I basically saw them as the same thing, and I'm still terrified of them

    • @xymoth_
      @xymoth_ Před rokem +1

      *_hello_*

  • @realAniram
    @realAniram Před 2 lety +11

    I really thought this was gonna be about how they love blood and will descend on roadkill to feast. Cool to know why some butterflies and moths look like they've had the tip of their butts cut off/been circumcized.

  • @MrAdryan1603
    @MrAdryan1603 Před 2 lety +2

    That was unexpectedly just _beyond_ fascinating to me! I've always liked butterflies and moths, but I've never had any particular preference or predilection for them... but dang, these videos are really showing me how complex and remarkable they are in all stages of life and I'm developing a new passion for them. Cheers, thanks SciShow 🦋

  • @yasminvilla8481
    @yasminvilla8481 Před 2 lety +14

    Thank You for educating us with this weird and fun facts😂 I’m here for it!

  • @Nobody_Special310
    @Nobody_Special310 Před 2 lety +31

    Thanks for this, SciShow. Now when people call me a freak for having inflatable tentacles that come out of my butt, I'll show them this video.

    • @emurph896
      @emurph896 Před 2 lety +3

      People can be so cruel about these minor differences in appearance.

    • @johncoops6897
      @johncoops6897 Před 2 lety +2

      Prolapse is effectively used to attract certain types of mates in some sub-cultures.

  • @jebidiahcarlyon3543
    @jebidiahcarlyon3543 Před 2 lety +25

    I watch this show to learn things, in the hopes that I will be less scared of the uncertain reality around me.
    This was awful. That said, I will begrudgingly watch the next one.

  • @snowyowl10
    @snowyowl10 Před 2 lety +2

    I love it when a scishow tangents episode directly leads to a scishow video 🤣

  • @Thenoobestgirl
    @Thenoobestgirl Před 2 lety +1

    This is so weird and the title and thumbnail are perfect. Like, I don't see anyone who wouldn't press it out of sudden unbearable curiosity, so well done!

  • @kbrizy7490
    @kbrizy7490 Před 2 lety +6

    Should’ve been a trigger warning in there a 2:48 😂 sheesh

    • @bgdu93
      @bgdu93 Před 2 lety +1

      Bru i got so revulsed by that footage wt actual f

    • @YAS-dn6xn
      @YAS-dn6xn Před 2 lety +1

      I had to look away when that thing popped up on the screen.

  • @jaysonbunnell8097
    @jaysonbunnell8097 Před 2 lety +6

    Still love butterflies but that is horrifying and now I love them because of the overwhelming eldritch horror

  • @dougstubbs9637
    @dougstubbs9637 Před 2 lety +1

    When a butterfly flaps it’s wings in Brazil, a Utube vid is uploaded on Sci Show.

  • @susankay497
    @susankay497 Před 2 lety

    Love, love, love your channel 😍

  • @queens.dee.223
    @queens.dee.223 Před 2 lety +14

    In a video about how males of some species evolved incredibly flashy traits to attract mates, Hank wore that amazing shirt!

    • @johncoops6897
      @johncoops6897 Před 2 lety

      That shirt is the perfect way to repel potential mates.

    • @queens.dee.223
      @queens.dee.223 Před 2 lety

      @@johncoops6897 It's such a subjective design! I'm sure some people find it rather fetching and others find it odiously repellant! It truly is perfect for this video.

    • @johncoops6897
      @johncoops6897 Před 2 lety

      @@queens.dee.223 - It's an old "cowboy" shirt design from the 1960's or 1970's. Not cool.

  • @alanmckinnon6791
    @alanmckinnon6791 Před 2 lety +42

    My wife and I decided that "butterfly" is an impossible word, it must be a mistake. Now we talk about flutterbys and say butterfly must be a spoonerism that took hold :-)

    • @AmaraJordanMusic
      @AmaraJordanMusic Před 2 lety +14

      Ditto. 😅 Flutterby makes so much more SENSE! 😂

    • @MsSaraKirkpatrick
      @MsSaraKirkpatrick Před 2 lety

      You're right

    • @dweebteambuilderjones7627
      @dweebteambuilderjones7627 Před 2 lety +5

      It isn't. The English word evolved from an Old High German word that directly translated to "butter-fly", most likely in reference to the common brimstone butterfly, whose males have butter-colored wings.

    • @alanmckinnon6791
      @alanmckinnon6791 Před 2 lety +3

      @@dweebteambuilderjones7627 Aha! How dare you destroy a beautiful theory with an inconvenient fact!

    • @dweebteambuilderjones7627
      @dweebteambuilderjones7627 Před 2 lety +1

      @@alanmckinnon6791 That was a hypothesis, not a theory. A theory is a hypothesis that has been tested and verified.

  • @keith8554
    @keith8554 Před 2 lety

    I remember you guys having a real moment about this very topic on a scishow tangents episode

  • @invisibleninja86
    @invisibleninja86 Před 2 lety +2

    When everyone your age is married, dating apps kinda feel like you're one of those butterflies just waiting til later in the day when the first round of mating has cleared out. 😅

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 Před 2 lety +5

    See?! SEE?! Spongebob was trying to warn us! They're flying monsters!

  • @alik5883
    @alik5883 Před 2 lety +29

    Who remembers a SpongeBob episode where he had a worm as a friend and then it became a butterfly? And its face looked so scary? I hate butterflies thanks to that episode. Their faces look horrendous.
    Thank you SpongeBob for letting me know that.

    • @wise0wl
      @wise0wl Před 2 lety +4

      I was looking for this comment, that close up of the butterfly is peak comedy

    • @balanc-joy9187
      @balanc-joy9187 Před 2 lety +11

      That's actually a horsefly close-up, just so you know...not that butterflies can't look scary to some when close up.

    • @alik5883
      @alik5883 Před 2 lety +1

      @@balanc-joy9187 Oh that's actually something I wasn't aware until now! But I still think butterfly faces look scary.... 🤣🤣 After watching that episode, I remembered that my mom had a jewelry box on which had a stuffed butterfly. So I took a close look at it, and realized that SpongeBob was absolutely right as always... I guess they're both ugly!

    • @613-shadow9
      @613-shadow9 Před 2 lety

      @@alik5883 they're not even close to the same, but ok

  • @mattmaru9108
    @mattmaru9108 Před 2 lety

    Love this channel!!!

  • @capo5005
    @capo5005 Před 2 lety

    I am obsessed with your shirt. It's awesome and I love it.

  • @larrywalsh9939
    @larrywalsh9939 Před 2 lety +7

    Hank is one of the best nerds available. I approve.

  • @jaysonparkhurst7422
    @jaysonparkhurst7422 Před 2 lety +9

    What I learned on scishow today is:
    -Hank's shirt is cool
    -Butterflies hail from planet Lepidop
    -Bikini Bottom citizens had every right to burn down their city. (WormyS2,E5)
    -Heres 9 failed ways youtube subtitles spelled coremata (in order): coromada, kormata, quaramatta, cora mata, coramada, choromata, koramada, quaramata, and coramatta.
    -SciShow tells us how to spell this beautiful word @2:00

  • @alyssabelanger2576
    @alyssabelanger2576 Před 2 lety

    I remember hearing about this on Tangents! I'm glad you made a video,!

  • @danmaier2824
    @danmaier2824 Před 2 lety +1

    An very informative video with a super smart person like Hank Green saying "butt tentacles," this is why I love this channel lol

  • @perlamedrano3637
    @perlamedrano3637 Před 2 lety +7

    absolute worst thing is they exists
    #TEAMMOTH

  • @tanithetiger
    @tanithetiger Před 2 lety +6

    well i'm definitely never going to look at butterflies the same way again

  • @omnipresentmillipede7757
    @omnipresentmillipede7757 Před 2 lety +2

    YAAAY! Finally a good video on Coremata

  • @shanejohnson1111
    @shanejohnson1111 Před 2 lety +2

    My homie from childhood was scared af of butterflies

  • @balanc-joy9187
    @balanc-joy9187 Před 2 lety +9

    That it for butterflies having an ugly side?...not a problem for me, there's much worse out there, and butterflies are gorgeous, even if it isn't to look good for _us_
    I am now imagining a bunch of humans, and a bunch of butterflies that are done mating standing around and watching other butterflies and casually agreeing on how pretty they are...

    • @mopnem
      @mopnem Před 2 lety

      Butterflies are only “pretty” from afar. They’re actually freak shows on the highest order

    • @balanc-joy9187
      @balanc-joy9187 Před 2 lety

      @@mopnem To _you_ perhaps...

    • @mopnem
      @mopnem Před 2 lety

      @@balanc-joy9187 objectively lol. I mean, it’s cool yr cool with them but the metamorphosis process is actually insanity lol

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 Před 2 lety

      @@mopnem Not really insanity complete metamorphosis in insects developmentally comes from the larvae being an immature embryo that has evolved to hatch and become free living early in development. The genes and tissue rearrangement in question are the same as those found in embryonic development of other animals. Given similar kinds of tissue development and rearrangement occur within the brains of young human children calling them freak shows for expressing post natal embryonic type development comes back around to us.

  • @ButWhyWasTaken
    @ButWhyWasTaken Před 2 lety +3

    2:45 Reminder: this is a terrestrial animal and not an alien.

  • @thieleaf_the_shelf_dragon

    i saw the title and instantly knew what it was about, that episode of tangents was a wonderful one!

  • @Elfos64
    @Elfos64 Před 2 lety +1

    1:45 "Not aliens from the planet Lepidop" ...except that in Ben 10, there actually are aliens called Lepidopterans, person-sized bugs that smell horrible and can shoot viscous goo stuff from their eyes and have a big spade tail thing that can pack a wallop. Ben calls his Stinkfly.

  • @641mamaluigi
    @641mamaluigi Před 2 lety +26

    I still like butterflies, but no creature is always so “nice and cuddly” even hamsters have a darker side
    But also yeah as a fan of the Kirby series I always check to watch out for certain orange butterflies because it absorbs a powerful vessel and transforms into a knight of doom
    czcams.com/video/Odu96JmUF0E/video.html

    • @bobfleischmann5208
      @bobfleischmann5208 Před 2 lety +1

      Hamsters DO have a dark side... they grew wings and turned into bats! LoL

    • @613-shadow9
      @613-shadow9 Před 2 lety +1

      what doesn't have a dark side? let's see. hognose snakes. hognose snakes all the way. oh, and capybaras, probably

    • @641mamaluigi
      @641mamaluigi Před 2 lety +1

      @@613-shadow9 indeed, a very true statement indeed

  • @breezy-duz-it
    @breezy-duz-it Před 2 lety +6

    I have hated butterflies since Spongebob. 🚫🦋❌

  • @aisutistoto5771
    @aisutistoto5771 Před 7 měsíci +1

    "My coremata is bigger than yours."

  • @SomeOneOneOne
    @SomeOneOneOne Před 2 lety +1

    Ha! 2:47 i remember that video, when i first saw it i was kind of terrified, and it still looks kinda terrifying. But now when I know what im looking at, its less so and i feel educated. Thx!

  • @timothygreer188
    @timothygreer188 Před 2 lety +4

    Some of us weirdos actually like cockroaches. At 1 point I kept 25 species

  • @applegal3058
    @applegal3058 Před 2 lety +31

    I don't believe that there's anything bad about butterflies! They're pretty and fluttery, and they don't bite or sting, nor do they infest homes.

    • @kf10147
      @kf10147 Před 2 lety +1

      They can definitely infest homes but it's very rare

    • @TheChipmunk2008
      @TheChipmunk2008 Před 2 lety +4

      Never tried growing vegetables near 'cabbage white' butterflies then

    • @applegal3058
      @applegal3058 Před 2 lety +2

      @@TheChipmunk2008 ah yes, you're right. I was speaking a little tongue in cheek...like I know nothing is perfect. Thanks for pointing that out though, as I have little gardening experience, and just planted my first vegetable garden this past month. Take care.

    • @applegal3058
      @applegal3058 Před 2 lety

      @@kf10147 OH wow, really? That's interesting.

    • @ajwasp3642
      @ajwasp3642 Před 2 lety

      I guess that you don't own any wool clothing. Moths suck.

  • @bjarnes.4423
    @bjarnes.4423 Před 2 lety

    Love the butterfly effekt image in the intro

  • @spookydirt
    @spookydirt Před 2 lety

    jeez Hank, I can't unsee that moth with the four... THINGS... I'm going to have nightmares now, I just know it

  • @mdexterc2894
    @mdexterc2894 Před 2 lety +5

    Hank: the horrifying fact is many butterflies have furry tentacles that pop out their butts
    Me: that just looks like a fluffy bunnytail

  • @militantpacifist4087
    @militantpacifist4087 Před 2 lety +21

    FUN FACT: Some butterflies drink blood, urine, tears, and sweat.

  • @cas4040
    @cas4040 Před 2 lety +2

    Ummm, I’ll stick to my monarchs and milkweed. That thing was terrifying.

  • @nariu7times328
    @nariu7times328 Před 2 lety

    Yay for a little video for us to see! :D

  • @unerochebleue
    @unerochebleue Před 2 lety +3

    I'm glad we're finally exposing butterflies for the disgusting insect that they are. Their faces are just... I can't.

  • @mattstyles2498
    @mattstyles2498 Před 2 lety +4

    A so a lek is what I see walking to the bar on Friday nights. Monster energy shirts, soaked in Axe body spray and all.
    Also great job scientists. How that cancer research going?

    • @tiffychevelure9107
      @tiffychevelure9107 Před 2 lety

      There are literally like at least 4 different cures for cancer now. Want me to list them? Chemo injections, chemo pils, radiation, surgical removal. Grow up.

    • @tiffychevelure9107
      @tiffychevelure9107 Před 2 lety

      And if you know somebody who didn't get cured, I imagine either the timing was simply bad (too late finding the cancer or they had it before a cure was found) or else they just had such bad genetics predisposing them to cancer than nature wanted them to die. Sorry, but stop spreading conspiracies about cancer and its curability.

  • @Beateau
    @Beateau Před 2 lety

    Yup. that is absolutely terrifying.

  • @GuberShep
    @GuberShep Před 2 lety

    Today I learned about butterfly inflation, thanks SciShow!

  • @FGC292
    @FGC292 Před 2 lety +5

    Could apply the whole mating thing to humans too. People being attracted to external factors like money or popularity when choosing a mate instead of whether or not they are actually a capable parent for their offspring.

    • @cursedGalataea
      @cursedGalataea Před 2 lety

      You always have to ask yourself what the selection pressure is for the behaviour you're seeing. In a capitalist society, having less money and power directly result in worse success rates for your offspring. It effects your access to food, housing, education, spare time and energy. Does a rich business owner live in the ghetto and send their kid to community college? No, they live in a mansion and send their kid to Harvard.
      It's really sad that capitalism causes wealth to accumulate in the hands of those who already have it, and the rest of us get screwed over for the less and less that's available.

    • @darcieclements4880
      @darcieclements4880 Před 2 lety

      @@cursedGalataea wouldn't it be nice if that were the worst behavior driven by unbridled capitalism? Alas, it is but the tip of the ice burg. Those who would further the wellbeing of all are shunned in favor of short term gains and doomed to never have the resources needed to advance unless they wish to cause great harm before the good.

    • @bobfleischmann5208
      @bobfleischmann5208 Před 2 lety

      @@cursedGalataea - "Less that's available"??? Have you seen our society? There are riches beyond measure. All you have to do is tap in to it! Getting ahead in life is no big mystery. It's not luck or family traits.
      There's a reason why poor people remain poor - and it's not some sort of systemic _____________ (you fill in the blank with whatever "ism" you want). Not directed to you personally, but in general... get off your butt, put down your electronic devices, stop smoking and buying lottery tickets, get a job, work hard, spend less than you make, and invest wisely.
      Sorry for the rant, but we always seem to sit around and complain about the "evils of capitalism", when we could be doing things that actually help our situation instead of waiting for the government to solve our problems.
      I'm done!

    • @bobfleischmann5208
      @bobfleischmann5208 Před 2 lety +2

      Wait... wasn't this about butterflies?

    • @613-shadow9
      @613-shadow9 Před 2 lety

      @@bobfleischmann5208 large amounts of money=lekking

  • @crocowithaglocko5876
    @crocowithaglocko5876 Před 2 lety +5

    So it’s their blessing and curse that they get pretty privilege

  • @mayjhoncicadafrickersmith8883

    THIS IS VERY COOL ! THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO.

  • @waxwinged_hound
    @waxwinged_hound Před 2 lety

    The worst thing? I think you mean the best thing. I love weird stuff like that, stuff that makes an animal look like something from another planet, like those freaky jaws eels have or the horrifying snout of a saw shark.

  • @FallenAngelHiroko
    @FallenAngelHiroko Před 2 lety +5

    My aunt has a phobia of butterflies. Will beat up a threatening crocodile in a heart beat. Will scream and run away if she sees a picture of butterflies. It's funny, confusing, and I feel bad because she has such a phobia.

  • @ra7e
    @ra7e Před rokem

    Wow! I cannot unsee that.

  • @mikalamcgowan
    @mikalamcgowan Před 2 lety

    Omg the pun! Lepidop-terrans! Oh I love it.

  • @lightnature15
    @lightnature15 Před 2 lety

    Oh god, those tentacles gave me the chills...

  • @catatonicbug7522
    @catatonicbug7522 Před 2 lety

    I couldn't help but picture Mel Brooks saying, "Corrematta you?"

  • @chelseashurmantine8153

    More of this!!!

  • @marcia_elena
    @marcia_elena Před 2 lety

    That was absolutely horrifying.

  • @DarkAK2
    @DarkAK2 Před 2 lety +2

    02:47 oh god why

  • @ylhajee
    @ylhajee Před 2 lety

    I remember you all being horrified at the butterfly butt tentacles on scishow tangents! Glad to learn more about it on CZcams

  • @CodyFIHS
    @CodyFIHS Před 2 lety

    Let’s not forget about the ones with the eye looking marks. Creepy af. Would smush immediately

  • @fastfiddler1625
    @fastfiddler1625 Před 2 lety

    I'm glad I watched this after waking up and not when I was trying to go to sleep.

  • @HaesslichG
    @HaesslichG Před 2 lety

    This is one way to trigger more outbreaks of butterfly phobia.

  • @HienNguyenHMN
    @HienNguyenHMN Před 2 lety

    "butt tentacles" I write into my notebook for notes on upcoming D&D sessions

  • @bpmarcos006
    @bpmarcos006 Před 2 lety

    They wait until last call at the bar and just take the scraps. Us too moths, us too.

  • @Nogardarret
    @Nogardarret Před 2 lety

    When i saw those huge coremata i yelped and my dogs came to check on me
    Thanks for the vid, lovely and informational as always

  • @abbyb6958
    @abbyb6958 Před 2 lety

    I will be seeing that moth’s coremata in my nightmares

  • @Volamek
    @Volamek Před 2 lety

    I dropped my phone the first time you showed the tiger moth. That's absolutely wild!

  • @beyondfubar
    @beyondfubar Před 2 lety

    Great shirt!

  • @kalixkatt
    @kalixkatt Před 2 lety

    That moth is a thing of nightmares

  • @ameliavelasco8602
    @ameliavelasco8602 Před 2 lety

    THAT MOTH IS NEW NEW NIGHTMARE