The spear-wielding stork who revolutionized science - Lucy Cooke
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- Explore ridiculous ancient theories of bird migration and discover how scientists finally solved one of the field's oldest mysteries.
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In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long wooden spear. The stork had been speared in Africa and then flew over 2,500 km. This astonishing flight proved to be an essential clue in a mystery that had plagued scientists for centuries: the seasonal disappearance of birds. Lucy Cooke digs into the discovery of bird migration.
Lesson by Lucy Cooke, directed by Visorama.
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Thank you for always making awesome videos...especially the physics and riddles ones :D
Thankyou Ted ed xD
Make a video on why should you read the Mahabharata. It will be worth it
Nice video! however it mentions the first proof of migration 00:40 by saying that from middle of Africa to North of Germany is over 2500Km, but it is NOT! From south of Italy to North of Germany is about 2500Km so it would easily be more than double of that. It's still a cool video. Cheers 😀
Subtitle is stating "Aristotle told in 1666"... 2:42
Imagine you’re hunting for food and the food just continues flying away with your spear
"I can never financially recover from this"
@@nunyabiznes33 lol
Imagine if the bird continued to fly even after it got shot by the German dude
Not only this but in dying he solved a mystery .I hope they kept him or a memory of him
I can't imagine
“Hey, Jake, you have a spear through your body.”
“It’s only a flesh wound jerry!”
Tis but a scratch
Tis but a flesh wound
Only a flesh wound
You know what's sad?
It's that most comments or replies on CZcams will be forgotten in less than an hour, including mine
"Can't stop, won't stop."
Imagine flying 2500 kilometers surviving being impaled only to be shot down
Unlucky 😢
...
Bad Luck Brian's earlier incarnations.
Stork had to power through the pain, he had a baby to deliver.
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Narrator: "if barnacle geese were made of wood..."
Me who watched Monty Python: THEN SHE'S A WITCH
EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!!!
"Who are you so wise in the a ways of science"?
does it bother anyone when ted ed changes their video names?
@@enchantedshears5357 not really mr trident
@@AbdulGhani-gc8zc ok mr falcon
I’m sorry, am I suppose to just accept the fact that storks can be impaled with spears and fly 2,500 km?
Yeah
I tried to confirm this through wikipedia. I found article about Pfeilstorch. Turns out 25 similar cases have reported since!
Stork strong 💪💪
@@fullmetalalchemist9126 stronk stork
ape together strong
throwing a spear at a bird flying in the air, thats some real skill right there
Surviving that skillful spear is an even greater one...
Or.. LUCK
easy when millions of them are flying together, you will hit one.
Okoye's skill with a spear travelled far and wide ( Wakanda)
I think that was one unlucky bird.
Something about claiming a bird is wood as justification for eating it is just absolutely hilarious.
I would like a source on that. What I've heard as a justification for what constitutes "meat" in a catholic fast is completely different.
"Fish aren't meat, so we can eat them. Since beavers and otters live in the water, they're fish too, so we can eat them as well"
That's the justification I know.
@@SKyrim190 Try watching Lenten recipe from Tasting History. It is a good primer on how monks find loopholes in fasting days...
Religious people are like that
@@SKyrim190 you live in a different time
1:09 Damn, Aristotle is jacked. All that philosophy really payed out.
Ancient Greek Philosophers were hardcore gym bros.
For other example, Plato isn't Plato's real name, its his wrestling name, after how broad his shoulders were.
Maybe they had philosophy wrestling back then
Chidi from the good place
The weird thing is, it might have an element of truth in it since Plato was known to be well-built in physique...
for us, the idea of migrating birds is common knowledge but for them its a revolutionary discovery and this blows my mind
We probably have hypotheses that will be considered equally ridiculous 500 years from now.
"Hold on lemme get some food"
*Throws spear*
"Um, hey Dad? I lost your spear..."
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@@classicgaming1025 It's useful... but why??
it's my friend's channel and I think this helps in your editing progress
@@classicgaming1025 dont do that, it makes you look desperate to get views (im saying you since some people will think that the channel is actually yours) along with HIM (if it is actually your friend's channel) looking desperate to get views. Makes me NOT want to watch it
"You WHAT!"
"this is cool... but is it as cool as pooping candy?" it’s the thought that guides all my desicions.
“Yeah you’re pretty cool... but are you as cool as pooping candy?”
I did not see that coming.
Peak human form (ﾉﾟ0ﾟ)ﾉ~
i will never be able to eat candy again......
This animation is so cute
It always is
What an original comment
@@Alkalus Lmaooo
But is it as cute as pooping candy?
This makes me miss birds during the winter time.
I feel sad for the stork who had spear through her... imagine the pain she must have felt...but continued her journey.
Also, the animation and specially the background music were awesome! 👍👍
"But is it as cool as pooping candy?"
That is a weird weird question 😂
Pls make a video on the current theories about bird migration. The magnetic field point seems particularly interesting!
Man: I am gonna hunt him down with my spear.
Stork: I am gonna end this man whole dinner and spear.
I live like 10 minutes from Bothmer's castle and visited it a couple times, but only found out about this story today. As always, very interesting video. Thank you, TED-Ed!
Arctic tern: Imma fly across the world now
Blue Grouse: Alright fam gonna climb a hill now
The stork when he got impaled by the spear :
Ti's but a scratch.
Aristotle's theories are more immense than Plato's
Man that stork has tons of determination up its wings and boi it is tough as bricks
I grew up only 10 km from the place were the count shot down the stork! So happy to see a place I know in an educational video!
And btw: Bothmer is pronounced like 'boat-mer' - long o and no th ;-)
Can we appreciate the animation it's so beautiful
"... but is it as cool as pooping candy"
is a sentence I never thought I hear
The truth of where birds go and why is even more amazing than what we could’ve thought of.
Aristotles: makes theories about birds
Also Aristotles: BUT HEY THAT'S JUST A THEORY, A BIRD THEORY, thank for watching
I can never get bored of ted talk videos, always fascinating me
Babeminzgirlsszz.SpaCe
Imagine if the Stork just did an uno reverse card and threw the spear back at them
Make me wonder if there were any historical records of people who got impaled by a falling bird impaled by a spear
When the government hear an LIC is developing:
Better send the drones
Again thankyou Ted ed for making me even a bigger nerd ....this means a lot 👍
my heart just dropped when I see that impaled stork by a yard long wooden spear ,can't imagine the pain he goes through
I dont know why, but I somehow find the Image of a flock of birds flying to the moon in a chill winter night strangley beautiful
I love ted- ed. Thet helped me with school so much. Thank youuuu!!!
Such a sad story. The stork put in so much effort into staying alive after being speared and in the end it still got killed by a human.
Probably the weakest and slowest in the flock at the moment, hence easy to target
For science!
*Stork gets impaled*
Also Stork: *"'Tis but a scratch'"*
Continues to fly from Africa to Europe like nothing happened
I reall like these 3 key theories and the animation.
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Thanks 4 making this video...I found it very helpfull
Ya!!🤗
Man this video's animation and music are just beautiful! What a work of art! Thank you so much for sharing!
Ted's animation is incredible i would love to see a Ted movie or a Ted cartoon in the future
This was such an inspirational and awesome video it made me cry! Science can be so beautiful. Also all that epic music helped a lot.
Pretty sure the guy who threw the spear at the stork had enough kids and didn't want any more.
Me: All goosebumpy towards the end, filled with facts and enjoying the soothing bgm...
Narrator: Is it as cool as pooping candy🤦
Can't believe this video didn't mention the fact that BIRDS WORK FOR THE BOURGEOISIE.
Please explain it 🤔
@@عِمامة That's what a bird working for the bourgeois would say
You mean the bird-geoisie?
@@soubhiksmp7403 watch this video its 19 seconds long:
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@@ELYESSS accusing others to distract us from the fact that you are a bird working for the bourgeoisie... i see
So this is what it feels like to arrive early
Pathetic
What do you feel like
absolutely amazing video.
Omg we literally just talked about this in EVS
That stork story gave me goosebumps, that is the coolest thing I have ever heard!!!
Wait, birds *don’t* fly to the moon every winter?!
Birds: its so cold in winter lets fly to the moon
Later on...
Birds: aww man its COLDER here
The moon has no post office - they got no rings returned from there.
@@PMA65537 the mail rates were expensive, smh
Those TED-Ed videos are incredible. Amazing content, great quality, nice narrating voice.
Oh, and did I mention the artwork and animation
I'm a new subscriber and I plan to like all this channel's video after I watch them and I thought I can watch one after the other but I was wrong, I couldn't take all this "knowledge" at once. One video is enough for the day to ponder upon haha. Thanks for all of this great videos! I need to keep up with the recent video. :)
"This isn't so farfetched"
Someone at Ted-Ed is a pokemon fan
Love Ted-Ed!!!
What a great episode!
I love your animation and voice actor Ted-ed. Nice video.
This is a very inspiring story.
Omg i am crying. Nature is wonderful...
Living through getting speared and then getting shot, either the worst or luckiest bird ever? I can’t figure it out
Yes
The music is very calming.
Creative work
Love you TED ED
Animation steals the show⭐🌟💫✨
Bohot acha kam karta hai munsuk bahi(very good job👏)
Me: "How do you sleep on the fly?!" *Cue Jacky Chan's meme*
Birds: "Watch and learn 😏"
Interesting. God bless and have a wonderful day
This gives storks a whole new meaning...
BIRD: Fly me to the moon
ELON MUSK: Pay first thru Paypal
Can't wait to watch this video
Omg same
this is mind-boggling... thanks for this, TED-Ed... it's amazing how "where the birds go in winter? oh they fly to the moon" was scientific back in those days
2:50
When birds go to the moon 303 years earlier than humans. What should we learn from this as an "intelligent" species?
Nice video.
Man in africa: I'm about to end this stork's whole career......whAt?
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Uno reverse card....
That epic music made it more awesome
Now I love birds 200% more than ever
Is there any field that Aristotle did not propose his opinions?
I have seen him everywhere.
2:50 I almost threw my laptop out the window just seeing the dotted lines
also 5:25 wtf
Well this will be interesting 😯
A really long and really painful flight that stork took.
At least he ended the stork's suffering.
Whoaaaa
What the determination of stroke is!!
The poor stork got speared, shot, flew thousands of miles, and paved the way for proving the theory of seasonal migration of birds...LEGENDARY, simply iconic
Bird: Gets speared
Also the bird: ‘tis but a scratch
That stork had tough life.
Impaled by spears, flying 2500 km and after all of this being shot in Germany.
😵
On that last point, while he proved definitively that they migrate to Africa and the route they take, that doesn't definitively prove they don't also migrate to the moon, as unlike Africa, the moon and everywhere along the way, has no humans and no postal service which could confirm any storks along the route, so any tags flying that way would be totally lost and not returned. This is still completely insane in this case but it is an important distinction in other scientific work, as proving a theory does not necessarily disprove all competing theories.
Man throws spear at bird
Bird: Tis but a scratch
Birbs seeing the moon during winter: It's free real estate
Stork: *gets impaled by a spear*
Also stork: Tis but a scratch
That was an item on the SGU's science or fiction several years ago.
Dad: Now son, it's time for your hunting lesson. Today you're gonna learn how to hunt a bird. Let's give it a try, there's a flock of storks up there
Son: **hits a stork**
Dad: Good job, so-
Stork: **casually continues flying**
Everyone: **surprised pikachu face**
Imagine getting killed by a gunshot after surviving a spear shot and flying over 2,500km with it...
Imagine being hit by an arrow but still keep flying with the thing impaled in you body, only to get shot down after your probably very painful fligth
I’m a Japanese high school student.Recently, I have studied English. It’s difficult for me but it’s exciting .Thank you for seeing.
Other stork: dear God Jerry you have a stick through your chest
Jerry: tis but a scratch!
It’s honestly pretty badass that a stork managed to travel that far with a spear through it. If that guy hadn’t shot it I wonder how long it would have survived.🤔
God, I love this channel!
*stork gets hit through the body with a literal spear*
Stork : tis but a scratch
People said that neil arm strong are the first person to step on the moon,little did they know that fly has been doing that for hundred of years regularly and low cost efficient