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  • čas přidán 13. 10. 2022
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Komentáře • 471

  • @animalogic
    @animalogic  Před rokem +58

    Thanks for watching! Create your own passion project with Squarespace. Head to squarespace.com/animalogic to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code animalogic

  • @unclescar5616
    @unclescar5616 Před rokem +493

    Mabuyu is what we call them in Zambia. The site of one these trees has actually been preserved a heritage site (Ing'ombe Ilede) because it served as a 16th century trading post in South Central Africa.

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 Před rokem +154

    Baobabs are succulents!?
    This is the first time I have ever heard this.
    Thank you for increasing my knowledge.

    • @siggyvdz8213
      @siggyvdz8213 Před rokem +17

      Well after verification, Baobab are Malvacea so not a succulent at all .... but a very tree-stuff plant. I dont know why they said that thus :(

    • @siggyvdz8213
      @siggyvdz8213 Před rokem +16

      Baobab are in the same family of cacao tree, durian, hibiscus and linden !!!

    • @sandra-jones
      @sandra-jones Před rokem +6

      @@siggyvdz8213 what is tree-stuff?

    • @siggyvdz8213
      @siggyvdz8213 Před rokem

      @Lilith google is your friend my dear xD

    • @bugglemagnum6213
      @bugglemagnum6213 Před rokem

      ​@@sandra-joneswood

  • @theartofnina
    @theartofnina Před rokem +185

    As a kid I was genuinely terrified of these trees cause of the passage in The Little Prince where it says they could cause a planet to split apart

  • @just_pluto_
    @just_pluto_ Před rokem +320

    BAOBABS!!! FINALLY GETTING THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVES

    • @lebronjamesharden3958
      @lebronjamesharden3958 Před rokem +6

      WHY DO THEY DESERVE IT?? AND WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING??

    • @Svensk7119
      @Svensk7119 Před rokem +2

      @@lebronjamesharden3958 Love your reply! I burst out laughing.

  • @MiracleWinchester
    @MiracleWinchester Před rokem +58

    I've first learned about Baobab through Little Prince. Decades later, I met my first Baobab. Believe me I hugged that tree.

  • @sankimalu
    @sankimalu Před rokem +89

    They sold these seeds outside my school for a couple of shillings when I was younger! Delicious! If I knew they would be marketed as a superfood 30 years later, I would have planted a few of them back then…

    • @sillycheese301
      @sillycheese301 Před rokem +2

      Shillings? How old are you??

    • @okal
      @okal Před rokem +14

      @@sillycheese301 The shilling is the name of multiple currencies to this day. The poster probably grew up in a country where it is.

    • @boarbot7829
      @boarbot7829 Před rokem +2

      @@sillycheese301 in the uk, not that old!

    • @HonorTrees
      @HonorTrees Před rokem +4

      I have about 30 I planted 5 years ago digitata variety.

    • @Kualinar
      @Kualinar Před rokem

      Those so called «superfood» are mostly marketing ploys based almost entirely on pretend «benefits» that are attributed to their consumption. Almost as baseless as the use of rhinoceros horn to cure impotency or as some panacea medicament.

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 Před rokem +22

    I know about these trees because in _Madagascar,_ King Julien's throne room is in a plane crashed atop a massive one.

  • @anishaditya4400
    @anishaditya4400 Před rokem +137

    Absolutely prehistoric looking trees

  • @justgotserious9124
    @justgotserious9124 Před rokem +43

    Baobab has become my favourite tree since I was 7 when I first read Le Petit Prince. Contrary to their representation on the novel, Baobabs are majestic trees that deserve the title “The Tree of Life.”

    • @catedoge3206
      @catedoge3206 Před 2 měsíci +1

      i read them in a "I wonder why" book. real interesting fellers!

  • @yomeiko
    @yomeiko Před rokem +36

    I remember first reading about these trees on The Little Prince by Antonie de Saint Exupéry, where the prince needs a goat to eat the baobab sprouts to keep them from completely covering his little planet.

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH Před rokem +39

    I had no idea they were succulents!

    • @biohazard737
      @biohazard737 Před rokem +3

      Yet they still call it a tree!

    • @Arthion
      @Arthion Před rokem +10

      @@biohazard737 People call tomatoes vegetables and bananas fruit when they're both technically berries. People will call things whatever based on how they look like or what they're used for no matter the real scientific truth.

    • @biohazard737
      @biohazard737 Před rokem +7

      @@Arthion i just learned a banana is a berry lol

  • @ProjectPhysX
    @ProjectPhysX Před rokem +51

    I didn't know these even existed. I'm only very familiar with the local plants in Europe. Thanks for educating me on flora on other continents!

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 Před rokem +6

      Other countries and continents can have some incredible, almost unbelievable plants. Another channel to watch for unusual plant info is Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t. His videos tend to be longer and more vulgar (he’s a Chicago Italian with the accent and attitude to match), but he has some really cool ones from South Africa, Chile, Western Australia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, New Caledonia, and several US states.

  • @mersito3955
    @mersito3955 Před rokem +23

    The taste of the Baobab fruit really surprised me. It tasted like a citrus jogurt for me. It would definitvely become a popular ice cream or candy flavor if it was better kwown.

    • @montblancnoland4034
      @montblancnoland4034 Před rokem +2

      Don't make it hot next thing we know we gunna have yuppie tree huggers while this tree out of existence and complain later

  • @tylerjones1574
    @tylerjones1574 Před rokem +174

    Doesn't it seem time for Tasha to get her own channel for plants. I'd watch both and we'd all get more of what we want.

    • @LorgeDelta
      @LorgeDelta Před rokem +47

      I agree, but it's probably for branding and getting her content seen by more people.

    • @basedarsonist
      @basedarsonist Před rokem +8

      Plantologic?

    • @rinzo2009
      @rinzo2009 Před rokem +14

      @@LorgeDelta I hate to burst the bubble, but Tasha already has her own channel.

    • @Sinaeb
      @Sinaeb Před rokem

      I thought this was love nature

    • @LorgeDelta
      @LorgeDelta Před rokem +3

      @@rinzo2009 Oh no, my bubble is so burst.

  • @seanc6128
    @seanc6128 Před rokem +16

    They look so dang cool.

  • @brendanhoffmann8402
    @brendanhoffmann8402 Před rokem +28

    Human's likely transported Baobab seeds to Australia as a food source but some must have germinated. The indigenous story of how the baobab came to be is also the same in Australia as in Madagascar and Africa.

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 Před rokem +2

      If it was brought with the Australian Aboriginals on their track it would have appeared elsewhere on their way there. I think it was a far more recent introduction still ancients probably but not 70,000 years ago ancient.
      1. Marooned East African sailors from the height of the Swahalli coast.
      2. Marooned Tamil sailors on their way back from Swahalli coast.
      3. Marooned Malagasy sailors blown waaaaaaaaaaaaay oof course.

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 Před rokem +1

      @@ANTSEMUT1 The only people I know who travel to Australia are the Malaysians/indonesians in a Sea Cucumber trade. I forgot what Island, and looked it up right now. Sulawesi. Of people who most likely visited that has Baobob trees would be Arabs. But My belief, with such long lived trees, none of these explanations are sufficient.

  • @taOGrimace
    @taOGrimace Před rokem +4

    This tree got style
    This tree got grace
    This tree will help you
    re-hydrate!

  • @willowdelosrios4326
    @willowdelosrios4326 Před rokem +9

    I first read about Baobab trees in the novel “The Little Prince”, but I don’t think I’ve seen any photos of them until this video.

  • @josesalinasmorales5332
    @josesalinasmorales5332 Před rokem +16

    The baobab is also featured in Disney's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨.

  • @kiri101
    @kiri101 Před rokem +11

    Weird Explorer did a fantastic video where he travelled to the Avenue of the Baobob you showed here in a few stills, his channel revolves around exotic (to us) fruits. Great to hear from Tasha as always, long live Floralogic!

  • @strandloper
    @strandloper Před rokem +5

    The accepted pronunciation is bay-o-bab; I've never heard it pronounced bow-bub before. In Afrikaans, they are known as kremetart because the powder in the pods is a natural form of cream of tartar.

    • @peggedyourdad9560
      @peggedyourdad9560 Před rokem +1

      The pronunciation could be an accent thing, sometimes it happens.

    • @Phyto.
      @Phyto. Před rokem

      Fellow Afrikaner here, I have only heard it pronounced "bow-bub" - the "bay-o-bab" seems to be limited to American/European pronunciation.

  • @melaneykk5986
    @melaneykk5986 Před rokem +13

    I would love to see Y'all do either the Florida Cypress tree, the Jacaranda, or the Banyans. I truly love all these trees. I missed one, the Mangrove.

  • @victoriajeanleslie3116
    @victoriajeanleslie3116 Před rokem +4

    We have small ones here in Queensland Australia. Somewhere around 2-3 metres tall, we call them bottle trees because of their shape and ability to sequester water.

  • @malcolmmutambanengwe3453

    Beautiful tribute to the mighty baobab, you've got a new subscriber. ☺

  • @blazethecat363
    @blazethecat363 Před rokem +2

    this tree has also inspired the trees you see in Central Thanalan in FFXIV.

  • @scoopam_art
    @scoopam_art Před rokem +5

    Another floralogic episode yayyyyyy

  • @theclipreaper
    @theclipreaper Před rokem +5

    I've been trying to grow one for years, damn thing always develops spider mites!

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH Před rokem +9

    I love these trees!
    Why didn't your writer suggest Bao-bye 🤨???

  • @0n1x
    @0n1x Před rokem +7

    U should do Dragon blood Trees(Dracaena cinnabari), they're amazing

  • @abebrosiczki637
    @abebrosiczki637 Před rokem +12

    These are legit so unique unlike any other. 👏 Though I like the Socotra dragon tree more, make a video on it, please! 🌳🇾🇪

  • @applegal3058
    @applegal3058 Před rokem +9

    Weird Fruit Explorer, Jared, has a great video series on Madagascar. I'd recommend searching that out if you'd like to see more plants and fruits, including the Baobab.

  • @siggyvdz8213
    @siggyvdz8213 Před rokem +2

    So, after verification Baobab are not succulents at all. That a huge mistake between a type of plants and one of the baobab caracterists, which is only an evolutionnary convergence.
    Baobab are from the Malvacea family, like cacao tree, hibiscus and linden.

  • @stanleyhyde8529
    @stanleyhyde8529 Před rokem +2

    Humans really are an amazing species. Absolutely nothing is sacred. Nevermind the cultural significance of these plants, the predate first fish to put it's head above water for a breath of air. Huge groups of our population have no problem cutting and burning it all down in the name of "progress."

  • @CaraTheStrange
    @CaraTheStrange Před rokem +2

    Tasha The Amazon is smart, charismatic and beautiful!

  • @jellybubbles
    @jellybubbles Před rokem +4

    Thought this was going to be a giant mushroom. So educational and glad I found this channel.

  • @hemanthk4075
    @hemanthk4075 Před rokem +4

    One of the iconic tree species on the planet, Thanks for the video 🙌

  • @philipozminkowski8200
    @philipozminkowski8200 Před rokem +9

    I'd love for you to talk about ferns and how crazy they are.

  • @Sienisota
    @Sienisota Před rokem +4

    I had never even heard of these. Amazing plants. Like out of some fantasy book. I really hope we don't destroy them.

  • @chadgarrett6947
    @chadgarrett6947 Před rokem +7

    Fartin tragedy indeed! These things stuck around for THIS LONG, and us humans are going to be the things to end it. Sadly like so many things on this planet. Heres to hoping they resurge!

  • @caitsidhe4560
    @caitsidhe4560 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I call that, I call that, I call that.

  • @Allyourbase1990
    @Allyourbase1990 Před měsícem

    Africa has some of the coolest scenery in the world . Just the greet alone seem so ancient looking . It’s really cool

  • @Gurtington
    @Gurtington Před rokem

    I love finding WILD and other worldy plants and animals that ACTUALLY exist on earth TODAY. It really makes earth that much more interesting.

  • @jasonburke1074
    @jasonburke1074 Před rokem

    -I call That a Huge F-ing tragedy
    This quote gives me life

  • @rhoff523
    @rhoff523 Před rokem +4

    Ilove your shows, including this one. That being said I never thought I would be correcting you. Flowering plants date to 130 million y.a.. Perhaps you meant 20 mya? I would think it later than the Mesozoic based on its pollinators but suppose it could be Cretaceous?

  • @baobabchildrenfoundation
    @baobabchildrenfoundation Před 7 měsíci

    Reading all these beautiful comments warms my heart …. sending everyone love & sunshine 💓☀️

  • @basalt8151
    @basalt8151 Před rokem +1

    Never forget the original hydro homies..

  • @Jaycobb07
    @Jaycobb07 Před rokem

    damn imagine being that one guy that included the phrase "hydro homies" in his comment and seeing that it's in the title of the video lol

  • @TheXimena711
    @TheXimena711 Před rokem +2

    I had no idea you make music, Tasha! Your style is 100% something I vibe with 🎶

  • @JustSomeDude42
    @JustSomeDude42 Před rokem +1

    Ah yes, the moose, my favorite unit of measurement.

  • @MonteCarey
    @MonteCarey Před rokem +1

    I think I am more impressed by your unbelievably wonderful art ability!!! You rock the world of art & should be on the list of the better artists out there today! Thanks for the beauty, my friend!

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426

    Can we talk about algae, puffball mushrooms, moss, & kelp forests? Any of those 4 topics would groove me. Please & thanks!

  • @anthonymadhvani5593
    @anthonymadhvani5593 Před rokem +1

    Just because they're succulents doesn't mean they're not trees. If we're going by the common definition of perennial + branching + woody. Love your videos btw!

  • @jpbaley2016
    @jpbaley2016 Před rokem +2

    I’m surprised you didn’t reference that they are also referred to as the upside down tree because their crown of branches resemble a root system.

  • @deepjyotibhowmik3845
    @deepjyotibhowmik3845 Před rokem +2

    Thank you as always for making me and many nature lovers aware of the unique species mother nature is proudly to have!!❤️🍀🌏

  • @Kalithrasis
    @Kalithrasis Před rokem +1

    I get why you folks wrote the script to say that they "aren't trees but succulents" because it has "punch" to it, but it can be both a tree and a succulent, considering "tree" isn't a scientific classification at all (and neither is "succulent"). Even having fibrous wood isn't enough to say they aren't trees considering Ochroma pyramidale, or the Balsa wood tree has wood so soft that it is spongy, able to be easily scratched away with a finger nail and is used to make break away props.

  • @DiabolicGoth
    @DiabolicGoth Před 5 měsíci

    The guy at the end "no~oooh" 😂

  • @jeffgegos7333
    @jeffgegos7333 Před rokem +1

    Got a relative of this called marsh mallow that people used to make marsh mallows. Others relatives are cocoa, cotton, durian, money tree, kola nut which they used in Coca Cola and hibiscus and roselle.

  • @dancreyes
    @dancreyes Před rokem +1

    Take a shot everytime she says "I call that..." and think the trees can talk to you by the end of the video.

  • @shame2189
    @shame2189 Před rokem

    I love the end credit blooper 😂

  • @ryanguenette3835
    @ryanguenette3835 Před rokem

    I love watching these mini docs that are clearly marketed towards kids. The only difference between docs on netflix, and the ones marketed towards kids is that the kids docs use random shit like "school bus" or "elephant" as a metric.

  • @pheebs887
    @pheebs887 Před rokem +3

    Can we talk about why hardware stores sell spray painted aloes and hot glue fake flowers onto cacti?

  • @neelcashyap7879
    @neelcashyap7879 Před rokem +1

    Trees on Mars would look like this, I guess....

  • @gamegod6859
    @gamegod6859 Před rokem +5

    wait bowlo-bub? not bae-o-bab?

    • @dexterlohler9473
      @dexterlohler9473 Před rokem +1

      Yup had me tweaking when I heard her pronounce it 😂

  • @victorb5
    @victorb5 Před rokem

    So cool, pretty amazing that it's actually a succulent!

  • @famineinfernal1
    @famineinfernal1 Před rokem +3

    I would love to one day see an episode on the Ceiba from Puerto Rico.

  • @fabricdragon
    @fabricdragon Před rokem +1

    baobobs .. the first time i heard about them was in "The Little Prince"! i didnt know much about them though- thats neat!

  • @fergarza4032
    @fergarza4032 Před rokem +1

    i would love to see the Jaranda. When they are blooming it's one of the most beautiful sights in my city

  • @joshuaphillips3999
    @joshuaphillips3999 Před rokem +3

    wouldn't this be an ideal plant for re greening efforts in areas affected by monsoon weather cycles? if it can provide sustainable wood, store water and produce fruit in the dry season then it's offering two major solutions to drought

  • @f.d.c.willard8768
    @f.d.c.willard8768 Před rokem +2

    I'd like to see you cover Kudzu in the future. Love your show! :)

  • @nikovanegas2735
    @nikovanegas2735 Před rokem +1

    That lilacish-blueish-pinkish hair color looks amazing on you Tasha 😍

  • @zerafina6623
    @zerafina6623 Před rokem

    This tree looks like out from a fantasy world. Hope it would be protected forever

  • @talscorner3696
    @talscorner3696 Před rokem

    I love Tasha's choice of colours!

  • @blankx15
    @blankx15 Před rokem +4

    Is it legal to plant in any country?

    • @oranjmusemeyer968
      @oranjmusemeyer968 Před rokem

      The problem really is environment, it tolerate cold weather, or excessive heat... plus the grow very slowly.

  • @homosapien5684
    @homosapien5684 Před rokem +1

    She looks like she's made of CGI. WTF IS SO PRETTY?

  • @ebonyenchantress3471
    @ebonyenchantress3471 Před rokem +3

    It’s so sad to know everything is going extinct , how is 97% of its habitat gone already

  • @hg6996
    @hg6996 Před 8 měsíci

    This year I was able to grow three Baobab plants out of seeds which I brought 19 years ago from Senegal.
    Amazing plant ☘️

  • @MrRodrigomarcola
    @MrRodrigomarcola Před rokem +2

    How many of you got introduced to baobs by The Little Prince written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?

  • @WrinkleFitzGerald
    @WrinkleFitzGerald Před rokem

    You’re telling me that 97% of Madagascar Forrest is gone? Yea okay.

  • @The-three-eyed-Prophet
    @The-three-eyed-Prophet Před 5 měsíci +1

    we need to save, preserve and plant those trees i want to see a hughe baobab forest in my life time !!! ...

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 Před rokem +2

    they are also closely related to silk cotton trees too

  • @karthik7361
    @karthik7361 Před rokem

    Baobabs:- A.k.a giant succulents with huge water storing stems

  • @joeyAP200k
    @joeyAP200k Před rokem

    I wanna hug one weirdly enough

  • @iodinev
    @iodinev Před rokem +2

    I love your style!

  • @Fall.0.Yamihere
    @Fall.0.Yamihere Před rokem

    Rafiki from the lion king: What up mtv cribs welcome to my house come on in

  • @alfred_philip
    @alfred_philip Před rokem

    We call in Kuka, here in Northern Nigeria, The dried leaves are ground up into a powder and used to make a kind of stew

  • @patrick247two
    @patrick247two Před rokem

    What! You're eighteen metres tall! Great Huge Amazon, Batman!

  • @gebbygeb3547
    @gebbygeb3547 Před rokem

    not me reading the title at 10PM thinking it's "boobabs"

  • @morganmarshall450
    @morganmarshall450 Před rokem

    Great episode!

  • @emmanuelweinman9673
    @emmanuelweinman9673 Před rokem +1

    I love these trees and I love your hair! ❤

  • @lokiiago_x0x
    @lokiiago_x0x Před rokem

    Awesome work 💜

  • @sacrom5398
    @sacrom5398 Před rokem +3

    So they made the mystical wise tree in real life? That’s crazy

  • @naturalistmind
    @naturalistmind Před rokem

    I may have some growing in my yard but it's hard to tell because all I have is woody sprouts

  • @albertines4827
    @albertines4827 Před rokem +7

    Growing up in perth (boorloo), australia, I've always heard these called boab trees. Pronounced Bo-Ab. I found this super interesting and learnt a lot.
    Thank you, I love tashas plant pieces!

  • @leod2303
    @leod2303 Před rokem +1

    There are trees like this in Brazil specifically in NorthWest Bahia. It could be a similar species. Here it is called Barriguda

  • @curtisthomas2670
    @curtisthomas2670 Před rokem

    There's a large old baobab next to a police station in Botswana and its hollow trunk was allegedly used as a holding cell for prisoners 🤣

  • @pixie7349
    @pixie7349 Před rokem +2

    Your hair is so beautiful! I love the color you look like a faerie! 💜

  • @domystic20
    @domystic20 Před rokem

    I love this tree.. i always use this for my animal crossing island

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Před rokem

    Baobabs are featured in the classic novel The Little Prince.

  • @rcane6842
    @rcane6842 Před rokem +1

    3:46 what about its roots? Does it grow horizontally, or vertically in general? And average span/depth of it? Question is related to spacing of baobab trees