True Facts: Leafhoppers and Friends

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    CREDITS:
    Dr. Andreas Kay
    / drandreaskay
    Dr.Kay has captured intimate portraits of many wonderful animals. All of his photos and footage are worth a look
    TinyCreature Hub:
    / yellowboxtrade
    I love this channel from Singapore. Lots of great videos from an enthusiast!
    Malcolm Burrows ScD, FRS
    Dr. Burrows led the fantastic research pertaining to the jumping mechanism of the planthopper nymph
    Gernot Kunz:
    Animals of Costa Rica App:
    apps.kunzweb.n...
    Gernot provided most of the photos and has an incredible collection of animal shots in his app. Check it out!
    Thierry Bourgoin:
    the FLOW database
    www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/
    A very deep database of this vast collection of species.
    Shutterstock
    If you have suggestions or footage: zefrank@gmail.com

Komentáře • 6K

  • @dor-si9145
    @dor-si9145 Před 4 lety +17402

    RIP Dr. Andreas Kay. He was a macro photographer and cited in many of the clips included here. He passed away October 2019 due to complications after removal of a brain tumor.

  • @forgethought8174
    @forgethought8174 Před 4 lety +5703

    "The best science is often a long, slow, passive-aggressive argument."
    Brilliant. I love it.

    • @Ijustwatchthevids
      @Ijustwatchthevids Před 4 lety +122

      As someone studying to be a scientist, this is very accurate.

    • @ThePopeOfAllDope
      @ThePopeOfAllDope Před 4 lety +57

      @@Ijustwatchthevids My thoughts exactly. Bachelor Physics and astronomy student here. Such an argument is one of the reasons for the succes of general relativity.

    • @barbarahouk1983
      @barbarahouk1983 Před 4 lety +47

      Some of these arguments are now going on for thousands of years and I am glad to be of the community.

    • @Kevinrhoe
      @Kevinrhoe Před 4 lety +6

      This one cracked me too haha

    • @juliesievert7073
      @juliesievert7073 Před 4 lety +4

      and so true.

  • @CityBeautiful
    @CityBeautiful Před 4 lety +5406

    "In that way that the best science is a long slow passive aggressive argument." Best description of academia in general I've heard in awhile!

    • @lucusloc
      @lucusloc Před 4 lety +117

      I have been in academic discussions for which this is *exactly* the best way to describe them. I also do not find it coincidental that those were also some of the most productive discussions I can recall.

    • @argr4sh
      @argr4sh Před 4 lety +138

      this and the legendary quote from Adam Savage: "the difference between science and screwing around is writing everything down." describe the entire academic world in two sentences.

    • @chrisakacanto5756
      @chrisakacanto5756 Před 4 lety +27

      Martin Luther wrote plenty of letters that stopped beeing theological arguments and started becomming trashtalking his opponent.

    • @BirdRaiserE
      @BirdRaiserE Před 4 lety +5

      Oh hey, it's mr. True facts about city planning!

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 Před 4 lety +36

      It didn't used to be passive aggressive. Back in the old days people just straight up called each other idiots. I wish I had lived in those times

  • @yvaincallipso84
    @yvaincallipso84 Před 3 lety +2525

    "These are truly some of the most varied and delightful creatures, and I love them. And it makes me thankful to the scientists and enthusiasts, giants compared to these tiny creatures that some call pests, hunkered down and training their macro lenses on leaves, because they're curious"
    That ending was genuinely so sweet!

    • @twiwonder
      @twiwonder Před 3 lety +33

      My favorite zefrank quote. 😛💜

    • @MikehMike01
      @MikehMike01 Před 3 lety +5

      thanks for quoting the video we all watched

    • @yvaincallipso84
      @yvaincallipso84 Před 3 lety +68

      @@MikehMike01 You're welcome!

    • @kaleidoscope977
      @kaleidoscope977 Před 2 lety +13

      it made me get all teary!

    • @feralbluee
      @feralbluee Před rokem +2

      i am so gratified Ze said this as it’s so meaningful. i was going to say something myself, so thanks for the quote 🔬🧪🌷🌱

  • @StarUnreachable
    @StarUnreachable Před 4 lety +903

    "Some of them look like Maleficent, dressed up as an even more badass Maleficent." 😆

    • @someone2506
      @someone2506 Před 4 lety +4

      Can't breathe !@(#"&@!! 😂
      True comedy genius.

    • @roseheartbreaker6716
      @roseheartbreaker6716 Před 4 lety

      Hahahaaaa

    • @excoc07
      @excoc07 Před 4 lety +1

      StarUnreachable I think rather than Maleficnt, the helmet looks more like that of Thor's sister Hela.

    • @roblewis3454
      @roblewis3454 Před 4 lety

      Some things in this world are unbelievable. By u

    • @Obstreperous_Octopus
      @Obstreperous_Octopus Před 4 lety

      So... live-action Maleficent dressed up as animated Maleficent?

  • @gapeape3895
    @gapeape3895 Před 4 lety +1830

    This was like, the most wholesome episode of True Facts ever, lul

  • @PsylomeAlpha
    @PsylomeAlpha Před 4 lety +744

    "here is one poking around for a vein on a leaf like a hung-over nurse on blood drive day"
    This was glorious, thank you!

    • @jabloko992
      @jabloko992 Před 4 lety +2

      are you a nurse by chance?

    • @susanneconway
      @susanneconway Před 4 lety +4

      "like a Sagittarius"

    • @Shelleybean3315
      @Shelleybean3315 Před 4 lety +3

      I frigging died when he said that....all 200x that I've watched this, so far 🤣🤣😂😂😂

    • @Shelleybean3315
      @Shelleybean3315 Před 4 lety +3

      @@susanneconway Lmfao! I'm a Sagittarius...didn't know whether I should be insulted or not, lol! 🤣

    • @PsylomeAlpha
      @PsylomeAlpha Před 4 lety +4

      @@jabloko992 Nah, just the poor schmuck with difficult-to-puncture blood vessels. Good in knife fights, bad when they need to draw blood.

  • @Astrobrant2
    @Astrobrant2 Před 3 lety +1113

    I'm 71 years old and still discover things about wildlife that blow my mind. What an amazing diversity of tiny insects -- all in one class!

    • @ResponsibleBread
      @ResponsibleBread Před 3 lety +29

      Wow. You seem very caught up with the times! Thats impressive for your age group/demographic, keep it up gramps.

    • @Astrobrant2
      @Astrobrant2 Před 3 lety +45

      @@ResponsibleBread But I do have one problem. I keep forgetting that I'm old.

    • @Constantine_Cvl8
      @Constantine_Cvl8 Před 3 lety +28

      @@Astrobrant2 don't we all?

    • @trainerlsw
      @trainerlsw Před 2 lety +8

      I forget that I’m 16.

    • @Astrobrant2
      @Astrobrant2 Před 2 lety +17

      @@trainerlsw SHOW-OFF!!
      😉

  • @downtown_abown
    @downtown_abown Před 4 lety +1523

    "I'm going to a black tie event and then a rave. Do you have something?"
    - That is how the leafhopper and friends do.

  • @dannyc.4188
    @dannyc.4188 Před 4 lety +176

    "and I love them."
    ZEFRANK YOU ARE SO WHOLESOME

  • @Spud24
    @Spud24 Před 4 lety +3553

    "The best science a long, slow, passive aggressive argument."
    As a biology student, no truer words have ever been spoken

    • @VetinariClone
      @VetinariClone Před 4 lety +26

      Only passive?

    • @ArtoriusBravo
      @ArtoriusBravo Před 4 lety +62

      *Paper review flashbacks intensify*

    • @dynamicworlds1
      @dynamicworlds1 Před 4 lety +24

      It's funny because it's true.

    • @bd008716
      @bd008716 Před 4 lety +4

      Niamh (yup that's how it's spelt)
      Hi Niamh!
      I love your name.
      My name is Bradley.

    • @dustind4694
      @dustind4694 Před 4 lety +7

      ...Yeah he's not wrong.

  • @Astrobrant2
    @Astrobrant2 Před 3 lety +481

    1:32 Woah!! That thing moved side to side in order to gauge the distance -- like owls do! I know it's instinctive, not conscious, but it's amazing to think that a tiny insect like that could have a neurology complex enough to judge distance that way and jump with the right amount of force to hit the target!

    • @mineduck3050
      @mineduck3050 Před 3 lety +52

      I sometimes think about the conscious level of animals compared to ours. Regardless of how it all started the end design maybe dictates the communicable intelligence. Or recognized consciousness.
      If you were the design of these insects, perhaps because it does things well that it's design dictates it has to do, they are also experiencing a parallel level of understanding where it applies to them.
      For instance as hairless weak animals, our design is one of manipulation and creation to use the world around us. This implies the intelligence of reasoning out the manipulations available and understood. This as a survival trait imparts us with the same ability in our society and our communication...all useless values if we were armored millimeter sized leaf jumpers.
      So maybe it's the difference between abacus and calculator in comparison, yet the application of either are both applied to the same result.

    • @martaiswatchingyoutube5063
      @martaiswatchingyoutube5063 Před 3 lety +25

      i had a millipede.dieter was his name and I was traveling with him, so he did his dieter things.for example he had his cocnoutshellhouse ,normally he slept curled in that, only when we were in Paris he slept on it instead.every time lol.insects hav character as all of us do-greets from Berlin

    • @AK-jt7kh
      @AK-jt7kh Před 2 lety +39

      It’s very likely that the neurology of insects is much more complex than we appreciate.
      The issue is that we find it hard to understand anything that doesn’t have a brain structure we can already identify with. So the intelligence of things like insects, fish, birds, and reptiles, is beyond our comprehension.
      We’re constantly finding out they’re way smarter than we thought. Ants, for example, are regarded as the most intelligent insect, and they seem to display emotions and complex behaviors like learning from experience.

    • @jasperpeer3489
      @jasperpeer3489 Před 2 lety +9

      I learned more science from a comment section!

    • @thedoomlord8618
      @thedoomlord8618 Před 2 lety

      @@AK-jt7kh It's still very debatable if they could be classified as "intelligent", since 90% of them lack the ability to understand and solve complex problems from analyzing and comparing them to past situations.
      Having a single subject constantly have it repeat certain things to make it understand how they have to do it is no sign of actual intelligence, but rather memory. Emotions are no sign of intelligence either.
      As a counterpoint, take jumping spiders. They're proven to actually do calculations on their jumps, try them out before going for the real deal, aswell as understanding how their prey works and how to abuse specific weakness.
      But afaik, that's literally a unique and outstanding feat for an invertebrate, that almost never finds an equal in the same weightclass.

  • @adamshoe9910
    @adamshoe9910 Před 4 lety +1855

    Something about the way he says “Bey-bah’s” makes the little guys actually seem adorable..

  • @justinpickering4271
    @justinpickering4271 Před 4 lety +312

    "Mildred is camouflaging herself. See... you can barely find her" :D

  • @Enneamorph
    @Enneamorph Před 4 lety +1949

    Imagine accelerating so fast you look like you’ve teleported

  • @MFlari
    @MFlari Před 2 lety +78

    Everyone's talking about Mildred but "highlighter got into a fight with a glowstick" around 3:20 is an _amazing_ line.

  • @gosiamalaczek
    @gosiamalaczek Před 4 lety +496

    "Here is Mildred pictured next to a ballpoint pen, so you can get the sense of how hard it was for her to write her novel"
    I am dead!!! 😂😂😂

  • @md.shahidchy7659
    @md.shahidchy7659 Před 4 lety +107

    The Way He Says "And I Love Them" Is So Wholesome.

    • @senna5922
      @senna5922 Před 4 lety +6

      4:43
      I had to time stamp it because you’re right!!! It’s adorable!

  • @williamglass2223
    @williamglass2223 Před 4 lety +976

    Did anyone see David’s cameo? He stopped carrying poop and started eating honeydew. Way to move up in the world. You go David!

    • @MissGilAllen
      @MissGilAllen Před 4 lety +85

      Pft. David only got that job because his aunt used to date the leafhopper that produced this video. Pure nepotism.

    • @CrownofMischief
      @CrownofMischief Před 4 lety +27

      But...but it's still poop...

    • @anthonys7311
      @anthonys7311 Před 4 lety +34

      David just likes butt stuff.

    • @Wrennbird
      @Wrennbird Před 4 lety +25

      David loves his honeydewrrrr

    • @anthonys7311
      @anthonys7311 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Wrennbird honeydoook

  • @SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial
    @SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial Před 3 lety +211

    1:01 I will never forget when I saw this exact insect for the first time.
    I was probably about 8, going for a hike in a big national park that was basically just a huge forest and I saw these funny looking insects that were as I described it, "headbanging their mohawks" and at first I only saw a few of them in a low branch but as my eyes looked up THE ENTIRE TREE was covered in them and it was a big tree, probably at least 45 feet tall. And the tree leaned over the path and had branches that locked with another tree AND IT WAS COVERED TOO. Eventually I looked around we were surrounded by these things, rocking and rolling something fierce. And it was so funny and cool and crazy to see these insects that I thought were headbanging just everywhere. I have no idea what they were doing but I have to assume they were opening some sort of rock and roll insect hall of fame and I was lucky enough to get to watch.

  • @Bee-bup
    @Bee-bup Před 4 lety +1275

    “One scientist proposed that this structure had evolved from a third pair of wings. And then another scientist said, ‘Oh, interesting. Too bad you’re totally wrong.’”
    Absolutely perfect.

    • @raph009
      @raph009 Před 4 lety +46

      Accurately depicts the scientific community lool!!

    • @CaptainEdMercer
      @CaptainEdMercer Před 4 lety +11

      That's why I love science. You can have it all figured out, but someone else can study it differently than you and they can come to a conclusion that makes it totally different. I think science is awesome in a thousand different ways.

    • @stanamilanovich3956
      @stanamilanovich3956 Před 4 lety +11

      The way the best science is a long slow passive aggressive argument. ❤

    • @timpassmore7455
      @timpassmore7455 Před 4 lety

      It's a lot like the pi$$ing match under any article on AOL, et al, except they use much larger words...correctly. However, they are rank amateurs when it comes to advanced debate techniques like incorporating the other science guy's genealogy/heritage/species or sexual practices/affinities/shortcomings...

    • @TF2CrunchyFrog
      @TF2CrunchyFrog Před 4 lety

      @@CaptainEdMercer Well, hopefully they sjould come to a correct conclusion that explains the observed phenomena better than the previous hypothesis. Otherwise it's not science, but academia.

  • @minimonstermikaela
    @minimonstermikaela Před 4 lety +71

    "Giants compared to these tiny creatures that some call pests, hunkered down training their macro lenses on leaves, because they're curious."
    This is such a good line omg

  • @urulai
    @urulai Před 4 lety +317

    This series has made me appreciate just how strange, and absolutely morbidly fascinating nature can be.

    • @shymickey6
      @shymickey6 Před 4 lety +2

      Morbidly fascinating?? What's that?

    • @Marina-sd3uy
      @Marina-sd3uy Před 4 lety +6

      Ask this question, Why the heck these tiny creatures, barely visible to the eye, possess such outrageously beautiful coats? These perfect colors, symmetry, harmony... They aren't just splotches of brown, gray, black or red, misformed and unorganized - no, they literally look black tie! How could they make themselves that way?!

    • @TheJarJarKinks
      @TheJarJarKinks Před 4 lety +3

      @@Marina-sd3uy Well, because the coats are probably meant to attract others of their species, not us? We just happened to enjoy their appearance, hard as they are to see.

    • @Invizive
      @Invizive Před 4 lety +2

      @@Marina-sd3uy and then there are species of fish that enjoy anal cavities of sea cucumbers
      Nature is wacky and with millions of attempts some of them are doomed to be attractive for us in their special wacky way

    • @PrincessArielAngel
      @PrincessArielAngel Před 4 lety

      Marina God created them so lol

  • @everrileyraye9369
    @everrileyraye9369 Před 3 lety +201

    Mildred is her own damn sign of the zodiac.
    You go, girl.

  • @baalrogg
    @baalrogg Před 4 lety +837

    Zefrank saying “deew” has always made me happy for some unexplainable reason.

  • @megamangos7408
    @megamangos7408 Před 4 lety +332

    "Like a Hung-over Nurse on blood-drive day"
    I burst out laughing

    • @SunflowerSpotlight
      @SunflowerSpotlight Před 4 lety +2

      That was my favorite part. 😅 So true. 🤣

    • @niveknanorc7316
      @niveknanorc7316 Před 4 lety +1

      busted a gut laughing at that too,,this guy wins the prize,,,

    • @walter1383
      @walter1383 Před 4 lety +1

      I cringed hard at that, brings back some childhood nightmares of rolling veins and an overly persistent nurse.

  • @darioiii9773
    @darioiii9773 Před 4 lety +35

    Those last lines about being thankful to the scientist's curiosity was beautiful.

  • @nadimac5105
    @nadimac5105 Před 3 lety +51

    No matter how many times I hear him chuckle, ill always love it

  • @an.cr.9676
    @an.cr.9676 Před 4 lety +1449

    When a Zefrank1 video notification appears : *leafhopper speed activated*

  • @dangerouscolors
    @dangerouscolors Před 4 lety +349

    rip dr andreas kay, his work will forever be remembered in the entomology community. thank you for dedicating this video to him

    • @godgreenie9187
      @godgreenie9187 Před 4 lety +4

      Wait wait wait, did something happen?

    • @dangerouscolors
      @dangerouscolors Před 4 lety +16

      @@godgreenie9187 dr kay sadly passed very recently

    • @godgreenie9187
      @godgreenie9187 Před 4 lety +6

      @@dangerouscolors Oh man, I just read the description of the most recent video, thank you for letting me know. I hadn't watched the last video posted, that really sucks holy shit

    • @peffs
      @peffs Před 4 lety +10

      :( Wonderful photos and work. I love the Flickr site, too. www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/

    • @iamalexkempton
      @iamalexkempton Před 4 lety +1

      Such a lovely dedication. He will be missed x

  • @Bxdarealest
    @Bxdarealest Před 4 lety +153

    ‘’Here’s one poking Around looking for a vein like a hangover nurse in a blood drive day" this dude is the best...

    • @Axelrun1994
      @Axelrun1994 Před 4 lety +3

      Fucking genius comparison right there

  • @jamiemiller7316
    @jamiemiller7316 Před 3 lety +11

    "Yes, Mildred, we like your new dress too." Omg I about died.

  • @Bargainteers
    @Bargainteers Před 4 lety +800

    Leafhoppers: I heard you eat the booty like groceries
    Ants: why yes I do

  • @facelessfigure7985
    @facelessfigure7985 Před 4 lety +1635

    "These are truly some of the most varied and delightful creatures. And I love them. Especially this one. He's very cute.
    And it makes me thankful for the scientists and enthusiasts; giants compared to these tiny creatures that some call pests, hunkered down, training their macro-lenses on leaves...
    ...Because they're curious."

    • @animelvr329
      @animelvr329 Před 4 lety +58

      FacelessFigure This made me feel all warm and fuzzy :)

    • @daalelli
      @daalelli Před 4 lety +11

      This was my favorite part!

    • @moonmannd7501
      @moonmannd7501 Před 4 lety +20

      He was so much more positive and childlike in his appreciation this ep, I wonder if Dr. Andreas' passing and dedication had something to do with that.

    • @animelvr329
      @animelvr329 Před 4 lety +8

      Ryan Sneddon That’s most likely the case. Very sweet.

    • @tambourini
      @tambourini Před 4 lety +2

      Love it! Love Leafhoppers 'n' Friends!

  • @AdamFunk
    @AdamFunk Před 4 lety +647

    "Business up front, and party in the butt."
    My motto, always.

    • @codyofathens3397
      @codyofathens3397 Před 4 lety +5

      It really, like, speaks to me, y'know, as a person.

    • @crackedemerald4930
      @crackedemerald4930 Před 4 lety

      @@codyofathens3397 ok then, cody

    • @linux750
      @linux750 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ericolens3
      Chocolate covered eggplant? I believe you mean "fudge frosted eggplant" since butt stuff is usually referred to as "fudge packing"

    • @Sonichero151
      @Sonichero151 Před 4 lety +1

      Is this code for anal?

    • @zshocksoda1128
      @zshocksoda1128 Před 4 lety

      Danny Caracciolo You interested?

  • @dutch_blades
    @dutch_blades Před 3 lety +63

    1:25 Her natural habitat is a popcorn machine.

  • @popsiclecat4562
    @popsiclecat4562 Před 4 lety +610

    "What's your zodiac sign?"
    "M I L D R E D"

  • @AgentTomcat
    @AgentTomcat Před 4 lety +770

    "The best science is often a long, slow, passive-aggressive argument." This is so incredibly accurate it hurts.

    • @fuzzyizmit
      @fuzzyizmit Před 4 lety +3

      Oh, I totally agree!

    • @turtlemanfromgatherspond6382
      @turtlemanfromgatherspond6382 Před 4 lety +16

      That is insightful but you are wrong.

    • @sneakycactus8815
      @sneakycactus8815 Před 4 lety +15

      @@turtlemanfromgatherspond6382 I disagree

    • @davebuchan81
      @davebuchan81 Před 4 lety +8

      @@sneakycactus8815 I think you'll find I am correct and it is you, Sir, who is wrong :)

    • @sneakycactus8815
      @sneakycactus8815 Před 4 lety +11

      @@davebuchan81 you see, the words that you are saying just don't have any basis in fact. If you take the time to do research and study you'll realize that it is I, Sneaky Cactus, who is in the right and you, davebuchan81, who is wrong

  • @astern.7425
    @astern.7425 Před 4 lety +3916

    "Mildred is her own sign of the Zodiac"
    Why's no one talking about this quote?

    • @Omnilatent
      @Omnilatent Před 4 lety +30

      Probably because no-one besides you got it.
      Me neither lol

    • @astern.7425
      @astern.7425 Před 4 lety +48

      @Blood Beryl What made you think i was butthurt, i didn't say "bruh" or something

    • @davidec.4021
      @davidec.4021 Před 4 lety +3

      What is it from? I don’t recognise it

    • @astern.7425
      @astern.7425 Před 4 lety +8

      @@davidec.4021 1:17

    • @Gregarman
      @Gregarman Před 4 lety +52

      If popcorn was a zodiac sign

  • @rkaiser1333
    @rkaiser1333 Před rokem +13

    I'm literally crying I love this so much....thank you to the scientists and everyday people who just love bugs so much they want to share their love with the whole world.

  • @silverstory1118
    @silverstory1118 Před 4 lety +716

    This... Is the cutest video on true facts by zefrank1 I've ever seen. When he said "I love them" my whole body went into awww mode.

  • @wonder5487
    @wonder5487 Před 4 lety +1755

    "Mildred just marches around like a tiny snuffleupagus on a high humidity day." Hilarious! (She also looks like little piece of popcorn.)

    • @capertillar4634
      @capertillar4634 Před 3 lety +32

      4 yo me about to eat the moving popcorn

    • @_chifalafel
      @_chifalafel Před 3 lety +23

      @@capertillar4634 everybody gangsta until the popcorn starts marching with the whole bag onto our mother's plants that she bought off amazon for no reason but only to decorate until 1 by 1 of them dies

    • @Kinel_ski
      @Kinel_ski Před 2 lety +11

      The forbidden popcorn

    • @kf10147
      @kf10147 Před 2 lety +2

      1:18

    • @MasterYenSid5695
      @MasterYenSid5695 Před 2 lety +5

      Didn't realize until watching today, but He names two different Nymphs Mildred.

  • @Shelleybean3315
    @Shelleybean3315 Před 4 lety +152

    "I'm going to a Black Tie event, then to a rave...do you have something?" 🤣

    • @BobtheBlob6969
      @BobtheBlob6969 Před 4 lety +1

      " i only have a green and yellow crying to color and 5 minutes to do so" got me. 😂👌

  • @brece5452
    @brece5452 Před 3 lety +126

    Plant hoppers would make cool bosses, like each one has different “hats” so there is a lot of variety. Seriously, I want a game we’re these plant hoppers, or something based off plant hoppers, are the bosses or at the very least one. Sure a scorpion boss is cool, but does it have a cool hat?
    Also female trilobite Beatles, those are wicked.

    • @belphegren2062
      @belphegren2062 Před 2 lety +6

      Had to look up that last one. Oh my god I’m in love those are so cool looking.

    • @cecillewolters1995
      @cecillewolters1995 Před 2 lety +4

      Those trilobite Beatles are amazing!
      Tell me, do you have more awesome creature suggestions?

    • @beepboop7219
      @beepboop7219 Před 2 lety +3

      @@cecillewolters1995 Toxodera integrifolia?

    • @cecillewolters1995
      @cecillewolters1995 Před 2 lety +3

      @@beepboop7219 Those are cool too, thanks! :D

    • @beepboop7219
      @beepboop7219 Před 2 lety +3

      @@cecillewolters1995 No probbie :)

  • @HalvoDraws
    @HalvoDraws Před 4 lety +161

    Imagine having a family going through a high fasion phase, that is how the leafhopper do

  • @wanfu5634
    @wanfu5634 Před 4 lety +138

    "Highlighter got into a fight with a glowstick" You got me right there.

    • @violetthebat8810
      @violetthebat8810 Před 4 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

    • @grayfox6930
      @grayfox6930 Před 4 lety +1

      Me too, i held in up till that moment! XD

  • @natravenfeld8278
    @natravenfeld8278 Před 4 lety +36

    Sounds like he genuinely loves these creatures, and it's adorable

  • @God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd

    I love how Frank seems to genuinely love each and every one of his little leaf hoppers

  • @Amblin80s
    @Amblin80s Před 4 lety +344

    “I have a green-and-yellow crayon and only five seconds to color.”

  • @clockworkkirlia7475
    @clockworkkirlia7475 Před 4 lety +80

    Genuinely an instant click, and never a gladder one. This video was incredibly sweet and cute and excellent!
    Rest in peace, Dr. Andreas Kay.

    • @JeweledRoseStudios
      @JeweledRoseStudios Před 4 lety +7

      Just the most kind video, I was floored by how warm ZeFrank was, and then saw the dedication

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 Před 4 lety

      @@JeweledRoseStudios Aaaw yes. It was such a kind video, towards these beautiful beasties and the scientists who study them. "And I love him" was so tender and good.
      (So very tender from the "Your face might get PrAAAgnent" guy. :P )

  • @kataisa3
    @kataisa3 Před 4 lety +810

    “I’m going to a black tie event and then to a rave, do you have something?” 😂

  • @ravenplaze8972
    @ravenplaze8972 Před 3 lety +179

    "And then there's Mildred."
    Shout out to all the Mildreds reading this comment.

  • @imperialfistsmarine5064
    @imperialfistsmarine5064 Před 4 lety +891

    Tree hopper: Do you eat ass?
    Ant: Yes
    Tree hopper: Perfect.

  • @masterman3178
    @masterman3178 Před 4 lety +1065

    Damn these Pokémon’s final evolutions are boss

    • @szymanowski7
      @szymanowski7 Před 4 lety +22

      It might be their mega-evolutions

    • @FlexBeanbag
      @FlexBeanbag Před 4 lety +4

      @@szymanowski7 czcams.com/video/Bmc9NFfhx74/video.html

    • @bluelegocrane7754
      @bluelegocrane7754 Před 4 lety +1

      I can't even wait for the Gigantamax forms!

    • @scoutkirby144
      @scoutkirby144 Před 4 lety +4

      Heavy Lego Crane Yeah about that
      They didn’t even make it into the Galarian Pokedex...

    • @airotiv7916
      @airotiv7916 Před 4 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @stumpwizard6226
    @stumpwizard6226 Před 4 lety +1573

    “Drink right out of the OJ container and wear yesterday’s underwear?”
    I feel called out.

    • @kristenharral4707
      @kristenharral4707 Před 4 lety +27

      Nothing wrong with that if you turn your undies inside out and wipe the lipstick off the milk/ OJ carton.
      Ps- great underwear hack for even longer wear= once the inside out trick has passed its prime, just turn those undies around 360°and you get 5-7 more days of wear. Or, just do like I do and _never_ take them off. Outta sight outta mind. 🤢

    • @Orangecat680
      @Orangecat680 Před 4 lety +23

      I was so offended i had to go change my underwear and drink oj out of the bottle

    • @d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7
      @d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7 Před 4 lety +32

      If you toss them and they dont stick to the wall, they are safe to wear.

    • @abdiabdi1990
      @abdiabdi1990 Před 4 lety +17

      Y'all are disgusting.

    • @destraw6221
      @destraw6221 Před 4 lety +6

      "It's like a new pair of underwear, ya know? At first they're constricting... but after awhile, they become a part of you."

  • @paperclip9558
    @paperclip9558 Před 2 lety +16

    I'm astonished how diverse and alien looking bugs can be. Amazing.

  • @Picaricaro
    @Picaricaro Před 4 lety +725

    "Now treehopper adults have an obsession with hats."
    Just like every TF2 player

  • @jacobmamiye
    @jacobmamiye Před 4 lety +102

    For the past few years I've been a natural sciences teacher and would like to express my gratitude for your True Facts series. I love your engaging and hysterical content! Your humor has inspired me to better engage my audience and its made a world of difference. Keep making these videos of the weird and wonderful nature we have all around us!
    - Also I'm in favor of this Netflix partnership, If you can work on some sort of agreement I think a series would be a really great idea!

  • @Cassy1plus2
    @Cassy1plus2 Před 4 lety +188

    I JUST REALIZED.
    THIS IS WHAT THE ANTZ DRANK AT THE BAR IN THE ANTZ MOVIE.

    • @kf10147
      @kf10147 Před 4 lety +17

      Cassidy this is very upsetting information 😨

    • @josephinejekyl5848
      @josephinejekyl5848 Před 4 lety +3

      Yurp.... 😑

    • @sumdud2129
      @sumdud2129 Před 4 lety +24

      @@kf10147 why if anything it's pretty cool how they paid such close attention to ant physiology that they incorporated that into the movie.
      P.S. we all drink milk how is it that different?

    • @crofregernish4695
      @crofregernish4695 Před 4 lety +22

      @@sumdud2129 For someone talking about physiology, you don't seem to know cow and goat's milk doesn't come from their butt.
      That is why it is different.

    • @sumdud2129
      @sumdud2129 Před 4 lety +13

      @@crofregernish4695 I mean a secretion is a secretion, is it really that different? They are both coming from an unwashed crevice, so who cares? So long as it's pasturized.....

  • @wstavis3135
    @wstavis3135 Před 2 lety +12

    "A hungover nurse on blood drive day".... That's gold people, pure gold.

  • @adriannaz7954
    @adriannaz7954 Před 4 lety +687

    “Hungover nurse on blood drive day.”
    That’s a true horror movie

    • @nschwartz311
      @nschwartz311 Před 4 lety +9

      as long as there’s one sober nurse around and a willing participant nurses sometimes practice giving saline injections when they’re drunk. I know this because I was the willing participant at a party my nurse sister had that a bunch of her friends who are also nurses went to

  • @ScreamingScallop
    @ScreamingScallop Před 4 lety +650

    "Mildred's her own damn sign of the zodiac."

    • @FoxVyars
      @FoxVyars Před 4 lety +3

      I have Mildred in my 10nth house in mercury. Lol

    • @anondecepticon
      @anondecepticon Před 4 lety +16

      cuallito As an Aquarius, I’m inclined to agree. Dressing up as an oversized cotton ball is now on my bucket list.

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute Před 4 lety +2

      @@anondecepticon Everybody needs goals.

    • @lilithvondark5103
      @lilithvondark5103 Před 4 lety +2

      I bet she s a Libra.... Draamaaaa look at my fancy new dress!

    • @gooblepls3985
      @gooblepls3985 Před 4 lety +5

      She's Popcorn.

  • @audoldends6799
    @audoldends6799 Před 4 lety +201

    “The best science is often a long slow passive aggressive argument” truer words have never been spoken

  • @alicetippet6007
    @alicetippet6007 Před 3 lety +42

    I love how you have such genuine enthusiasm about them! "and i love them" got me in the heart :')

  • @travis2659
    @travis2659 Před 4 lety +2004

    If school educated me like this , I would pay attention more.

    • @roseeast3066
      @roseeast3066 Před 4 lety +18

      Exactly

    • @bassmunk
      @bassmunk Před 4 lety +57

      I've learned more from CZcams than school. Not exaggerating

    • @CaptainEdMercer
      @CaptainEdMercer Před 4 lety +24

      @Cosmonauteable it is to a degree, but go off I guess? You may be a dropout but you lack intelligence, something anyone can have, even highschool drop outs.

    • @thesilentangrycat9801
      @thesilentangrycat9801 Před 4 lety +1

      Travis true

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 Před 4 lety +17

      I'm studying and training to be a teacher, and i'm seriously considering teaching ZeFrank style just to see if it works while having fun...albeit i also don't want to get fired by someone blaming this behavior on negligence.

  • @selgie7535
    @selgie7535 Před 4 lety +85

    1:18 mildred resembles popcorn with tiny legs attached to it

  • @MissingPatel
    @MissingPatel Před 4 lety +221

    I want somebody to encourage me the way zefrank encourages those leafhoppers.

  • @elisabethtison8391
    @elisabethtison8391 Před rokem +7

    This was surprisingly even more wholesome than normal!!

  • @OlEgSaS32
    @OlEgSaS32 Před 4 lety +237

    This may be the one episode where he doesnt say "Hidey-hole"

    • @michael68mifsud
      @michael68mifsud Před 4 lety +26

      Or "that is how the ___ do"

    • @humblehunk9022
      @humblehunk9022 Před 4 lety +10

      The hidey-hole is at the bottom of the anal tube... obviously

    • @Redbikemaster
      @Redbikemaster Před 4 lety +6

      @@humblehunk9022 yes, that is how the tree-hoppers do

    • @dboot8886
      @dboot8886 Před 4 lety +3

      OlEgSaS32 But he did make up for it with plenty of "bebes" and that lil "honeydyerr".

    • @OlEgSaS32
      @OlEgSaS32 Před 4 lety +1

      @@dboot8886 That is very true, lots of "bebes"

  • @lemon-io5zj
    @lemon-io5zj Před 4 lety +279

    "Here we see a wild popcorn... Oh wait it's Mildred"

  • @itsanon9343
    @itsanon9343 Před 4 lety +1922

    1:35
    Him: “They can Accelerate from 0-12 miles an hour in less then a Mil-second, ready ?
    Me: Ye-
    The hopper: *Teleports*
    Him: *there*
    Me: 👁👄👁

    • @f.b.lagent1113
      @f.b.lagent1113 Před 4 lety +93

      that’s some anime shit right there

    • @rapturekevin
      @rapturekevin Před 4 lety +39

      I can move at the phenomenal rate of 10 ft. Per minute when I wake up for work with a hang over. Beat that lol.

    • @iainmawhinney8867
      @iainmawhinney8867 Před 4 lety +21

      rapturekevin that’s faster than a dead sloth _or_ a living sloth, you have done well

    • @SILVERSTRIPE_
      @SILVERSTRIPE_ Před 4 lety

      Lol , 🤯🤯🤯🤔🤐🤯🤯

    • @blountjuice4932
      @blountjuice4932 Před 4 lety

      It’s Anon I’m a black violinist! Check meh out!

  • @bonniebrooks9324
    @bonniebrooks9324 Před 3 lety +10

    I love how he pronounces baby!! Always makes me smile!

  • @kattriella1331
    @kattriella1331 Před 4 lety +282

    "Mildred's her own damn sign of the zodiac."
    You keep doing you, Mildred, you funky little walking popcorn kernel.

  • @matthewgillis6366
    @matthewgillis6366 Před 4 lety +211

    "Some even look like Maleficent, dressed up as an even more badass Maleficent."
    Sounds like someone heard about the 2nd Maleficent movie being released soon XD

    • @mth1022
      @mth1022 Před 4 lety +2

      I was thinking it looked more like Hela from Thor: Ragnorok

  • @backwash69777
    @backwash69777 Před 4 lety +225

    "How about a highlighter got in to a fight with a glow stick?" That caught me off guard

  • @wassapM8
    @wassapM8 Před 2 lety +7

    Mildred looks like popcorn.

  • @poodlehat
    @poodlehat Před 4 lety +259

    Zefrank liked this video so much he uploaded it twice

  • @cadetgamester
    @cadetgamester Před 4 lety +90

    I was waiting for him to say, That is how a Leaf Hopper do.

  • @66Roses
    @66Roses Před 4 lety +255

    "Ready?"
    *disappears*
    "There!"

  • @lyria261
    @lyria261 Před 3 lety +38

    I just discovered this channel. The narration is amazing. Entertaining and educational. Not everyone can pull that off. This is a great video

  • @LisaBowers
    @LisaBowers Před 4 lety +118

    "Treehopper adults have an obsession with hats that would make a milliner or haberdasher squeal." LOL 😆

  • @markusgorelli5278
    @markusgorelli5278 Před 4 lety +251

    "these are truly some of the most delightful and varied creatures, and I love them"
    Zefrank, you are a delightful and varied creature, and I love you. 🤗

  • @rakshithprajwal5069
    @rakshithprajwal5069 Před 4 lety +236

    Animal Planet- we have David Attenoborugh
    Zefrank- hold my eyebrows

  • @cozyfrogASMR
    @cozyfrogASMR Před 2 lety +5

    I've had a bad day that's turned into the last 6 months which has been connected to the past 3 years . This really makes me feel safe and the commentary perfect enough to help me crack a smile on an especially hard day. Thank you

    • @jasond.5723
      @jasond.5723 Před 2 lety +1

      Hi, I also enjoy his videos and I’m sorry your having a hard time. It may not help, but your troubles seam larger when you connect them. Naturally your brain categories and compartmentalizes your experiences of the past, and you hold onto them like they are still happening, (even worse all at once) but their not. The past already happened and no longer exist. If today was bad, it was an entirely original and new bad, that has nothing to do with the last 3 years. But I hope you have much more fun on your adventures of tomorrow

  • @CatholicZola
    @CatholicZola Před 4 lety +188

    "marches around like a tiny snuffalupagus on a high humidity day"
    Just tag me next time, Frank, geez

  • @chasewilliams6797
    @chasewilliams6797 Před 4 lety +3209

    Petition for this to be a Netflix Series
    👇🏼

    • @Mortthemoose
      @Mortthemoose Před 4 lety +31

      I'd sign!!!!!
      One of the funniest things on CZcams.......and very informative, of course! 😂😂

    • @white6502
      @white6502 Před 4 lety +13

      Do it

    • @Geek_n_Glamour
      @Geek_n_Glamour Před 4 lety +13

      1000% percent would watch and sign! 😂😂

    • @ReggieTime
      @ReggieTime Před 4 lety +9

      Definitely get on NetFlix

    • @channel5980
      @channel5980 Před 4 lety +9

      No

  • @gosiamalaczek
    @gosiamalaczek Před 4 lety +317

    "Honeydeaew, which is the prettiest name for a TURD in nature" 😂😂
    Had me laughing my lungs out!

    • @niveknanorc7316
      @niveknanorc7316 Před 4 lety +3

      they sit around drinking sap all day, of course its coming out clear liquid,,this guys good,,,

    • @deplorablemecoptera3024
      @deplorablemecoptera3024 Před 4 lety +1

      Unfortunate that he didn't mention the sharpshooters, so named because they shoot honeydew at considerable speed.

    • @DaveOyooSnr
      @DaveOyooSnr Před 4 lety +1

      As soon as corporate touches anything you better be prepared for disappointments. Say no to Netflix.

    • @jlang8213
      @jlang8213 Před 4 lety

      @@deplorablemecoptera3024 I think you mean "honeydeaw"

    • @barbarahouk1983
      @barbarahouk1983 Před 4 lety +1

      This description made me think of any alcohol because alcohols are the excretion of bacteria. We humans kill other bacteria by using this excrete to smother the bacteria.

  • @aves4081
    @aves4081 Před 3 lety +4

    I don't count anymore how many times I have watched this since it came out...

  • @12stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon

    Mildred is basically the popcorn of the insect world.

    • @generic2858
      @generic2858 Před 4 lety +4

      I thought "Hey look, Its a popcorn flee" 😅

    • @TheDizzy101hrv
      @TheDizzy101hrv Před 4 lety +6

      Just not as delicious

    • @bloodywonder16238
      @bloodywonder16238 Před 4 lety +6

      Forbidden snack

    • @lunestiacrescent827
      @lunestiacrescent827 Před 4 lety +2

      I've seen Mildred and her kin a whole lot in my life but never figured out what they were until now. THANK YOU ZEFRANK!

    • @Jan_372
      @Jan_372 Před 4 lety

      @@Humongous_Pig_Benis you just had to 🤣🤣🤣

  • @lunaticplantlover
    @lunaticplantlover Před 4 lety +424

    They should really make some clothes inspired by these insects, just saying

    • @daronbroekstra130
      @daronbroekstra130 Před 3 lety +25

      Im literally planning on starting a clothing brand and wrote down that I need to remember these prints for inspiration lolll

    • @adogsbrunch
      @adogsbrunch Před 3 lety +3

      Spring collections at dillards rn

    • @valeryasteel4167
      @valeryasteel4167 Před 3 lety +2

      A lot of McQueen's were inspired by nature and some kinds resemble those little guys. Worth checking out

    • @NutmegBGB
      @NutmegBGB Před 3 lety +9

      @@daronbroekstra130 Good luck! Nature is the best designer, so taking a page out of her book is always a good idea!

    • @martesdemoluscos773
      @martesdemoluscos773 Před 3 lety +2

      @@daronbroekstra130 i'm taking your entire stock

  • @Cherrymilktea2003
    @Cherrymilktea2003 Před 4 lety +77

    "Some even look like Maleficent. Dressed up as a more badass Maleficent."
    THAT GOT ME ROFL! OMG XDXD

  • @Annatomova7
    @Annatomova7 Před 3 lety +4

    These are my new obsession. Leaf/tree/plant hoppers are so adorable. 🥺

  • @theGzusMan
    @theGzusMan Před 4 lety +249

    ".. so you know how hard it was for her to write her novel.."

    • @JacopoSkydweller
      @JacopoSkydweller Před 4 lety +12

      I love how I think I'll know what he'll say then it'll be something completely off the wall like that statement

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 Před 4 lety +1

      I wonder what it was about.

    • @JennianaCross
      @JennianaCross Před 4 lety

      @@merrittanimation7721 Butt-nectar erotica?

  • @SIenderplier
    @SIenderplier Před 4 lety +34

    The channel that never fails to deliver the goods, honestly one of the best comedic/educational channels there is.

  • @sheFEISTY.43110
    @sheFEISTY.43110 Před 4 lety +348

    "Some even look like Maleficent. Dressed up even as a more badass Maleficent." 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tarajoyce3598
    @tarajoyce3598 Před rokem +1

    This script, hilarious, with that voice, warm purring eloquence, is perfection. Not to mention the fashion show.

  • @mediocregamer2484
    @mediocregamer2484 Před 4 lety +203

    When zefrank starts uploading more often again
    "THE RETURN OF THE KING"

    • @thundafromdownunda8340
      @thundafromdownunda8340 Před 4 lety +2

      I was at the Adelaide Museum a week back and all I could think was "if Zefrank was my tour guide, id pay top dollar" 😂 that'd be freakin awesome 😂

  • @candace200
    @candace200 Před 4 lety +108

    Spot on for the “I’m going to a black tie event and then a rave” Best description of that leaf hopper

  • @headsgrowback1
    @headsgrowback1 Před 4 lety +63

    "science is a long, slow, passive-agressive argument". That is a perfect statement.

  • @NoName-rs8pg
    @NoName-rs8pg Před 2 měsíci +7

    4:27 Mahoraga