Why Elephants DON’T Think You’re Cute

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  • @martinkragl9980
    @martinkragl9980 Před 2 lety +14578

    "The worst lies are those you tell yourself!" Absolute wisdom, man.

    • @nodiggity9472
      @nodiggity9472 Před 2 lety +91

      I'm so smart, I never believe any of the lies I tell myself. So yeah, those *are* the worst lies, because they never work.

    • @eddygiron2390
      @eddygiron2390 Před 2 lety +34

      @flower has eaten Yeah, yeah, finally it's there... good for it!😑

    • @raider7876
      @raider7876 Před 2 lety +27

      @flower has eaten when will your dad be here

    • @SUPERBOLT65
      @SUPERBOLT65 Před 2 lety +9

      Idc I’m still going to give a bear a hug if I run into one. I’m either going to get mauled to death or make a new friend. And I like those odds…

    • @blacksheep8227
      @blacksheep8227 Před 2 lety

      Telling ourselves that governments are here to protect and serve us would be the worst lie we tell ourselves. Government means mind control. Government is LIES

  • @fallenangel2572
    @fallenangel2572 Před 2 lety +8192

    "Facts like this only go viral when people take human traits and try to put them onto animals"
    this man is spitting straight facts

    • @mizcs
      @mizcs Před 2 lety +185

      I have to object. Humans are not special, we are animals like the rest of them so any traits present in humans could conceivably be present in other animals as well

    • @yasininn76
      @yasininn76 Před 2 lety +10

      Ever heard of IQ?

    • @fallenangel2572
      @fallenangel2572 Před 2 lety +180

      @@mizcs I agree with you! Humans are esentially animals, and even though some years back many would have argued that animals and humans have lots of differences, studies have proven that we are more similar than we had originally thought. However, I do think that we still have some fundamental differences (and I don't mean that makes us "more special")

    • @itsmejerkface
      @itsmejerkface Před 2 lety +18

      Thanks Disney

    • @petkofuchalski9809
      @petkofuchalski9809 Před 2 lety +113

      @@mizcs the only diffrence betweeen us and any other mammal is that mammals rely mostly on instinkts, while we (well, most of us) rely more on inteligance and critical thinking. Also we are not forced to fight for our survival anymore, which makes that iliusion that we are supirior to any other animal.

  • @whitewaves7788
    @whitewaves7788 Před rokem +1371

    "If elephants found us cute, it'd be like if people found Ted Bundy Cute".
    Well said. I enjoy your comedic value.

    • @jeffersonclippership2588
      @jeffersonclippership2588 Před rokem +78

      I mean... some people do find Ted attractive

    • @digimonalvatrax2738
      @digimonalvatrax2738 Před rokem +50

      @@jeffersonclippership2588 they even said they wanted to be killed by him

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 Před rokem +86

      The irony is that women did find bundy cute/attractive.
      That's how he got a good amount of his victims.

    • @digimonalvatrax2738
      @digimonalvatrax2738 Před rokem +13

      @@warbossgegguz679 Sometimes women make me confused.

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 Před rokem +48

      @@digimonalvatrax2738 I mean the dude is kinda handsome, we just have the benefit of hindsight.

  • @TheMarrification
    @TheMarrification Před rokem +167

    "Facts like this only go viral when people take human traits and try to put them onto animals". Thank you sir! I've been trying to point out that's what people have been doing for ages. You're one of the few who've shown they understand this.

    • @bc1284
      @bc1284 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Anthropamorphization ain’t just for the furry fandom it’s also for people who like to pretend animals think in the same way we do.

  • @lemonlimethewolf7087
    @lemonlimethewolf7087 Před 2 lety +4553

    Thank you! Too many people fall for that fake ‘Elephants think humans are cute and their brain reacts the same way ours does to a puppy.’
    No it doesn’t lol
    My dad and I found out a few months ago we both watch your channel when we recommended you to each other, I showed my sister and my mom your channel too. We all think your videos are very funny and enjoyable, never fails to make me laugh

    • @therawebster3285
      @therawebster3285 Před 2 lety +23

      People are just that arrogant..lol

    • @Ilivedbih
      @Ilivedbih Před 2 lety +95

      @@therawebster3285 I don't think it has correlation with arrogance as much they are naïve lol

    • @Lord_of_Proboscidea
      @Lord_of_Proboscidea Před 2 lety +48

      I visited a zoo and heard people say that lol, I wanted to turn around and say everything he said.
      It is very unfortunate that it’s a myth as we all love elephants

    • @sparklingwater925
      @sparklingwater925 Před 2 lety +15

      When I first I thought it didn't make sense given the things people do to elephants but since Im no expert I just accepted it.

    • @andrewespinoza2896
      @andrewespinoza2896 Před 2 lety +15

      Bet the same people who believe the elephant myth would also believe hippos are kind and gentle creatures.

  • @myinnermagpie
    @myinnermagpie Před 2 lety +1033

    Once had a zookeeper explain to me that elephants can be really dangerous. She said people assume that all animals have the same degree of emotional control that people have.

    • @gebbygeb3547
      @gebbygeb3547 Před 2 lety +65

      the only zookeeper that gives a crap to the animals perhaps, difficult to come by cus the rest are busier keeping their paycheck / think the same way as the guests

    • @Margatatials
      @Margatatials Před 2 lety +41

      It's impressive how thoughtless some people are

    • @UmCaraNormalnumPlanetanormal
      @UmCaraNormalnumPlanetanormal Před 2 lety +7

      Thats something i think about a lot

    • @scoutintime
      @scoutintime Před 2 lety +35

      "the same degree of emotional control that people have"
      im hoping youre talking about a functional human adult otherwise we're all fucked

    • @kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376
      @kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376 Před 2 lety +16

      They do though. I imagine if someone got in your face and harassed you, you'd physically retaliate.

  • @zapdog_
    @zapdog_ Před rokem +39

    “no amount of wildly inappropriate fanfics will ever change that”
    I hate how I know what he’s talking about.

    • @oscarglad5284
      @oscarglad5284 Před měsícem

      Please tell me, watching all his videos and not knowing what rutting is makes me confused

    • @rieioo9827
      @rieioo9827 Před měsícem

      Ever heard of googling?​@@oscarglad5284

    • @alvedonaren
      @alvedonaren Před měsícem

      @@oscarglad5284 I think it's Omegaverse stuff

    • @mistakesregretsandimperfec7740
      @mistakesregretsandimperfec7740 Před 20 dny +1

      Oh, there's a lot of smvt in that genre, that's for sure!
      But I've read some really wholesome and/or hilarious ones as well! (Honestly, one of my favourites was a family taking care of their omega family member during heat. Kinda reminds me of how my mother took care of my siblings and I during our first periods. All the warm blankets and hot chocolates, heck yeah!)
      P.s. Knew about rut and heat from nature documentaries first and silly omegaverse stuff second, so you can't blame me for knowing both. Besides, I know too much to begin with. I've *witnessed* some things...

  • @madeofmandrake1748
    @madeofmandrake1748 Před rokem +598

    I once picked up a fledgling in my suburb, thinking it was abandoned. It even opened its mouth to me as I came to look at it. I took it home, read online that that was wrong of me, and properly brought it back to where I found it and waited for mom to find it. Mom did come back to check on her baby after about a half hour of waiting, fledglings aren't abandoned folks. Just on a little adventure with the whole world as their playground, with mom and dad watching from above. Same goes for deer foals as well, unless they look all skin and bones, their mom is hiding behind a tree 100 feet away, leave em be.

    • @lyndonwesthaven6623
      @lyndonwesthaven6623 Před rokem +91

      If you happen to be coastal, same for harbor seal pups, the parents are just fishing. Snap a picture, thank your lucky stars, and leave them be

    • @koy5902
      @koy5902 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Baby deer are called fawns, not foals

    • @Beans_the_third_cheese
      @Beans_the_third_cheese Před 14 dny

      (Foals are baby horses btw just want to let you know) but i found a fawn laying their while i was driving my four wheeler around and it was skin and bones (i thought it was dead for a second) but i didnt touch it then it stood up and screamed like i was trying to murder it and i just about jumped. I drove about five feet to see the mother about to charge me- so uh is she just neglecting the fawn?

    • @madeofmandrake1748
      @madeofmandrake1748 Před 14 dny

      @@Beans_the_third_cheese If Mom is willing to fight an ATV for her baby then no, she's taking care of it. Could just be hard times I guess, or the fawn (ty) could have just been extra young? Maybe it was thin because it was getting weaned? I'm from suburbia, I don't see many animals larger than a poodle, so I'd say you know better than me.

    • @Beans_the_third_cheese
      @Beans_the_third_cheese Před 14 dny

      @@madeofmandrake1748 oh ok! I mean i dont study deer so i dont know a lot i study horses but thx for telling me!

  • @bendykirby4828
    @bendykirby4828 Před 2 lety +6254

    Some other popular myths not mentioned here:
    - “Male lions are lazy and don’t hunt” - They will absolutely make their own kills if not part of a pride. The reason why they don’t participate in hunts with females is because they’re busy defending their turf. (Also, as others have said, male lions will occasionally join hunts if the pride is handling tough prey like giraffes or buffalo.)
    - “Komodo dragons intentionally wait for their prey to die after biting them once” - The big lizards would much rather kill their prey outright, and the documented cases of them supposedly letting go and waiting are really just the result of failed hunts.
    - “Albatrosses can stay in the sky for years without ever touching down” - This one’s probably just a misinterpretation of a true fact. Albatrosses can indeed go on flights that last years without touching the ground, but they still have to rest on the ocean water.
    - “You can tell the age of a rattlesnake by counting its number of rattles” - While it’s true they gain a rattle ring every time they shed, they do so several times a year, so there’s no way of knowing their age in years from that alone.
    - "Vultures have bald heads to keep clean as they stick them in rotting corpses" - The bald heads are more likely for thermoregulatory purposes. Plenty of non-scavenging birds also have bald heads, such as ostriches and turkeys. These birds live in areas where the temperature can change drastically, so the lack of feathers on the head make it easier to cool off, and can be tucked into the body to keep warm. There are also a number of birds that eat carrion with fluffy heads, such as eagles, petrels, and even bearded vultures, so keeping clean is more likely an added benefit than the main cause.
    - “Goldfish have a 3-second memory span” - Goldfish can associate certain sounds with feeding times and are able to recognize others of their kind, so I have no idea where this one came from.

    • @kindadumb916
      @kindadumb916 Před 2 lety +121

      I am pretty sure he addressed the last fact in another video. I forget which one though

    • @spawnofmutran5198
      @spawnofmutran5198 Před 2 lety +220

      Also, rattlesnakes sometimes break their rattles.

    • @squirlis1189
      @squirlis1189 Před 2 lety +206

      While goldfish arent all that smart by other fish standards, the certainly have a higher interlligence than people give them credit for. Going by that logic cats have their memory dissolved after 10 minutes and in the case of humans, it would be about 30 seconds at best. While having a bad memory is true regarding all animals in this sense the entire fact is that this is true regarding only certain visual parts of memory and short term memory. In reality, goldfish have a pretty good memory and like most fish, can recognise their owner and can also be trained to perform tricks like following your finger, swimming through hoops and going through an obstacle course. As a matter of fact, goldfish have a better attention span than most humans, with the fish averaging 9 seconds to a human's 8 seconds. Scientists had trained goldfish to press a lever to deliver food....but only for a certain hour of the day and by the end of three months of training, the goldies were found patiently waiting till that one hour to come up to push the lever and get lunch. They can also be trained to anticipate food at the ring of a bell like Pavlov's doggies and remembered it upto 5 months after being released.

    • @jamespotter1436
      @jamespotter1436 Před 2 lety +60

      Also, the rattles of a rattlesnake will break off if it gets too big

    • @legotheepic3611
      @legotheepic3611 Před 2 lety +43

      Okay, who the hell made up the first myth and how did it gain so much traction

  • @eradragon3090
    @eradragon3090 Před 2 lety +1354

    So I've raised turkeys for over a decade. The toms are dense, it's the hens you have to watch. I had a domestic turkey hen escape a fully enclosed run and run off to live with the wild turkeys. I then continued to see her on my trailcams for 3 years. Also the videos of them going in circles is always a hen getting a tom to exhaust himself so she can get away from him.

    • @Johnpinckney98
      @Johnpinckney98 Před 2 lety +95

      Hens really want the "bad boy" lifestyle, huh.

    • @big_ute
      @big_ute Před 2 lety +85

      I raised em too, can confirm the toms being that dense and the hens being the smart ones.

    • @sheriru0072
      @sheriru0072 Před 2 lety

      @@floofy4659 "becky please, lemme smash" 😂🦃

    • @Leapingriver
      @Leapingriver Před 2 lety

      Like humans, it seems the female of the species have a few more brain cells 🤣

    • @juliestevens6931
      @juliestevens6931 Před 2 lety

      If you raise the broad breasted whites, they are all stupid - toms and hens. They WILL drown in a rain storm by looking up and they WILL suffocate themselves by all piling in a corner for hardly any reason (was that a branch hitting the roof?) by the hundreds so the ones on the bottom die. My uncle raised turkeys by the hundreds of thousands at a time.

  • @Jneedstostopobssessing
    @Jneedstostopobssessing Před 8 měsíci +14

    Small correction: the sloth quote from Douglas Adams isn't from any Hitchhiker book. It was in "the Salmon of Doubt" which is basically a load of things they found on his computer after he died. This one doesn't seem to have ever been published until this book was put together.

  • @Jay-gurl
    @Jay-gurl Před 10 měsíci +62

    Honestly the wolf bit and how putting unrelated animals into one enclosure alters natural behavior just got me thinking of orcas. Since in wild pods are lead by old grannies, lots of mommas and babies and a few males, each with own unique communications.
    So yeah, put dozens of unrelated orcas into a bathtub of a enclosure who can't communicate properly and people wonder why they get so aggressive

  • @sandraswan9008
    @sandraswan9008 Před 2 lety +1283

    The thing about otters seeking "compassion" from predators is the most pathetic case of anthropomorphism I've seen

    • @underplague6344
      @underplague6344 Před 2 lety +213

      Yea, especially considering the most "compassionate" species on earth still brutally hunts and kills animals without remorse

    • @druggy1868
      @druggy1868 Před 2 lety +17

      What is anthropomorphism?

    • @gregorhellmundt9559
      @gregorhellmundt9559 Před 2 lety +196

      ​@@druggy1868 It means attributing human behavior to something that isn't human. In this case assuming that an animal would do something the same way or for the same reasons a human would.

    • @leadpaintchips9461
      @leadpaintchips9461 Před 2 lety +116

      TBH my initial response to this 'fact' was that the otters weren't trying to get compassion, they were offering up a snack to survive because nature sometimes be like that.

    • @Anonymous_Gambito
      @Anonymous_Gambito Před 2 lety

      This shit was so stupid not even my dumb ass could believe it

  • @bendykirby4828
    @bendykirby4828 Před 2 lety +1830

    For the record, when he talks about birds’ poor sense of smell, he’s talking about songbirds specifically. There are plenty of other birds that can smell well, namely storks, vultures, seabirds, and kiwis, which is how they’re able to track down food over long distances.

    • @spicylizards4714
      @spicylizards4714 Před 2 lety +48

      I did not know kiwis had a good sense of smell...

    • @kronykaal3824
      @kronykaal3824 Před 2 lety +173

      @@spicylizards4714 imagine a kiwi tracking you for days, waiting for the right time

    • @spicylizards4714
      @spicylizards4714 Před 2 lety +93

      @@kronykaal3824 predatory kiwis

    • @corvusastrum2982
      @corvusastrum2982 Před 2 lety +85

      Kiwis can also outrun humans at about 19kmh. A mini t-rex. With whiskers.

    • @iagreewithyou3478
      @iagreewithyou3478 Před 2 lety +65

      @@kronykaal3824 No I want a movie about evil murdering kiwis.

  • @paulmasuicca5304
    @paulmasuicca5304 Před rokem +13

    Bruh, you are rapidly becoming one of my favorite Zoology educators. Please keep these videos coming!

  • @jbach1738
    @jbach1738 Před 9 měsíci +11

    I have to say, you sir, are the most entertaining distributor of wildlife facts I have ever seen. I can't get enough of your videos. In a world that is filled with the absolute refuse of humanity, you are more valuable than a priceless gem. Thank you for being here.

  • @grandnands5235
    @grandnands5235 Před 2 lety +145

    "Because in the wild, morality gets you 404'd and put on someone else's 4 for 4."
    This man's wordplay is god tier

  • @ol6halodude577
    @ol6halodude577 Před rokem +491

    “Hug your mother DON’T hug an elephant unless it asks you to first”. Words to live by.

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 Před 10 měsíci +12

      it's generally a good idea not to approach a non-human animal unless they demonstrate, in clear terms, that they want you to approach.
      that includes even dogs.
      in fact with dogs it's best to let the dog be the one approaching you, and then you can pet them.
      so far i've never been bitten by a dog, and i've pet A LOT of dogs....just let them approach you when ready.

    • @oddalfhutlur6760
      @oddalfhutlur6760 Před 10 měsíci +5

      My mom is so fat that it really doesnt make a difference
      I love her

    • @MsAnimefan95
      @MsAnimefan95 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I mean, if an elephant decided it wanted to hug me, I don't think I'd get a choice.

  • @annehealy6234
    @annehealy6234 Před rokem +74

    Thank you so much for these videos, I appreciate all you do. I worked as a veterinarian assistant, a zookeeper, and I've rescued alot of poor creatures that couldn't fend for themselves. Like you, I grew up learning about animals, I've done alot of reading and research, and I've had alot of exotic pets for many reasons. I even had a wolf dog, "F-1", which means it's as close to wild as you can get. I get upset with people and argue when they start talking myths. It's hard to educate people who have been told ,over and over, a myth. Thank you for helping educate people! There, I'm done saying my piece, and just wanted to say, great job!

    • @christineroberts7524
      @christineroberts7524 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Exactly . Instead of believing everything you read, it is so easy in this day and age to educate yourself and look at legitimate sources for the truth. Our whole education system needs revamping, it used to teach us to think.

  • @eshitasahu
    @eshitasahu Před 9 měsíci +34

    10:20
    Shit…he knows about the fanfics….he’s too powerful…he must be stopped

  • @ZenoDovahkiin
    @ZenoDovahkiin Před 2 lety +5748

    I knew about the wolf thing. The "alpha male/female" are not "higher ranking" because they are the toughest, they are just the most experienced because they are everybody else's mum and dad.

    • @D50Music
      @D50Music Před 2 lety +65

      If only women realised that 😆

    • @Kay-kg6ny
      @Kay-kg6ny Před 2 lety +4

      @@D50Music Lol i mean most of the people i see unironically talking about real-life people being "alphas and betas and sigmas" are men but ok.
      Like it's one of things where most dudes don't buy into it, but out of the people who DO buy into it, most of them are dudes.

    • @aanyakolleri4315
      @aanyakolleri4315 Před 2 lety +1

      @@D50Music no bitches

    • @jerrycantrellsgirl
      @jerrycantrellsgirl Před 2 lety +882

      i dont think its women that need to realize this evidenced by just looking at any “alpha male podcast”

    • @kiriki4558
      @kiriki4558 Před 2 lety +2

      @@D50Music Women aren't the ones who go around saying "i"m an alfa male".
      It's very obious that you are a worthless incel.

  • @okaythenn
    @okaythenn Před 2 lety +56

    “the worse lies are the ones you tell yourself” 😭😭

    • @rsetobe6614
      @rsetobe6614 Před 2 lety

      @Don't Read My Profile Photo shut up

  • @Ramsaygojo
    @Ramsaygojo Před 10 měsíci +12

    Thank you for educating people and debunking myths🙏

  • @lorettaellis49
    @lorettaellis49 Před rokem +4

    Young man your the only person on the net that doesn't talk crap keep up the excellent work ❤ hi from Australia ❤

  • @ericwlezniak2081
    @ericwlezniak2081 Před 2 lety +457

    Praying Mantis rarely cannibalize their mate in the wild. The reason why the myth that they do it almost every time is because they based it off of Mantis in a bunch of small cages with all these strange primates monitoring their every move.
    Years later, someone tried a similar observation but gave them some space and a more natural environment. 9 out of 10 mantis did the deed, and carried on, with only one female making herself a widow.
    I don't know if you've covered this before, but I felt it was appropriate with the Alpha wolf "fact".

    • @lykiaookami6070
      @lykiaookami6070 Před 2 lety +90

      Spiders don't eat the males all the time as well. Only if they don't have enough nutrients for the eggs or are under stress. We bred a lot of tarantulas and always fed them very well before mating them with the breeding male and they never once ate the males for dinner (even when it was time for the male to die soon and we just left him in the same enclosure as food for the female.). The females just shooed the males away into some corner and left them alone afterwards.

    • @glowcloudwheatproducts495
      @glowcloudwheatproducts495 Před 2 lety +51

      Keep in mind, you both may be overgeneralizing to the entire groupings. I know that different species of spider have vastly different rates of cannibalism, and in some species, the males actually "volunteer" themselves to be eaten. I am less familiar with the habits of mantids however.

    • @christyanaadams4959
      @christyanaadams4959 Před 2 lety +2

      @Lykia Ookami Isn't it the Black Widow spiders that kill their mates not tarantulas?

    • @lykiaookami6070
      @lykiaookami6070 Před 2 lety +37

      @@christyanaadams4959 Almost all spiders cannibalize their mates after mating - for a lot of different reasons, btw only one species of black widow always cannibalizes their mate after breeding, two other species of black widow have never been observed to cannibalize their mates while another one only sometimes cannibalizes them. And the males that get cannibalized a lot of the time offer themselves up for a snack because doing so apparently allows them to breed for longer - increasing their chances of fathering a large clutch. Most of the females who ate their mate don't breed with another male so the males offer themselves up to pass on their genes.
      I don't know about all spiders (obviously) but tarantulas do eat their mates. Our male we partnered up that ended up just chilling with the female for his last months of life, did his courtship of tapping on her silk multiple times in a rhythm (papal drumming) and our female accepted him by slowly coming out of her burrow, then slowly lifted her up while gently tapping on the female the whole time (something that's thought to relax the female's fangs) and after mating gently let her down and made his way slowly to a corner of the enclosure. The whole time the female seemed mostly dazed and after she came out of it she just went back to her burrow. But everything the male did is specifically to ensure tarantula males don't get eaten by their mates. They first court so only females that accept the courtship will be mated, then do something that calms the female or keeps her fangs away from them during mating, and right after when the female is immobile they scram. In the wild only males that hurry too much, approach a female without courting first or don't leave quickly enough after mating get eaten but it still happens. Funny enough we wanted him to be eaten afterwards because that was his only purpose in our home but she just lived with him as a kinda roommate until he died of natural causes lol.

    • @tylerconnell5663
      @tylerconnell5663 Před 2 lety +10

      @@lykiaookami6070 I don’t know why I find it funny that the males will just “tap” the females to daze them. Spiders are so damn interesting

  • @saravanroosbroeck5414
    @saravanroosbroeck5414 Před 2 lety +2260

    THANK YOU for the wolf-prison comparison! Of course, wrong science about wolves is bad, but it's way worse when we simplemindedly copy pasted the theories onto dogs and started interacting with them accordingly. I think that suffering we caused dogs was one of the main reasons that David Mech wanted his alpha wolf theories removed.

    • @Lazyspaceout
      @Lazyspaceout Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/_D1pcjh5dqM/video.html

    • @anakinlowground5515
      @anakinlowground5515 Před 2 lety +12

      I thought it was Sigmund Freud who came up with the alpha/omega idea.

    • @MosssyFox
      @MosssyFox Před 2 lety +106

      @@anakinlowground5515 nope, even if he was that guy was crazy and was discredited.

    • @Lethal_Spoon
      @Lethal_Spoon Před 2 lety

      my dad beats my 10 year old dog so that he’s the alpha

    • @ZirayaAlex
      @ZirayaAlex Před 2 lety +197

      @@CaptainSaveHoe There is indeed a hirearchy, but in recent studies (there is a great documentary called Kingdom of the white wolf) where wolves are observed in their true natural habitat it's pretty clear that the wolf pack is indeed a family, guided by a matriarch and her breeding partner. This doesn't mean that there is a fighting hirearchy. The wolves lower in the chain so to speak are their offspring. The offspring help take care of the breeding pair's puppies. They are families and the inate hirearchy is simply that of a family union. Wolf packs do not generally take in wolves from other families if there is a breeding pair, unless the circumstances are very dire such as starvation where a larger pack is temporarily needed for hunting.

  • @Its_A_Dulla
    @Its_A_Dulla Před 3 měsíci +3

    2:38 FINALLY!!!!! SOMEONE GOT IT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!

  • @naxireal869
    @naxireal869 Před 7 měsíci +27

    "Turkeys aren't that stupid"
    😂 We had a Bourbon, Angelica, on the ranch that we were pretty certain convinced her sister off the census. Jumped off the fence right in front of an incoming semi. Angelica was still sitting on the fence completely unphased.
    Though she also tried to pick fights with the dogs and goats, even saw one of the donkeys chasing her one day. So 50/50, she may have just been psychotic.

  • @thecrimsonalpha2537
    @thecrimsonalpha2537 Před 2 lety +208

    Just when I thought the day was gonna be boring, the legend uploads

    • @imoninikol
      @imoninikol Před 2 lety +2

      Facts! I was doing school work then I got a notification and was like ayyyee I been bored all this time 😩😂😂😂

    • @Potato_power12
      @Potato_power12 Před 2 lety +2

      Yay

    • @Potato_power12
      @Potato_power12 Před 2 lety

      @Don't Read My Profile Photo shut up

    • @JokersVsZombies
      @JokersVsZombies Před 2 lety +1

      @our hero spammmmmmmmm
      I ain't clicking shit

  • @hackcubit9663
    @hackcubit9663 Před 2 lety +380

    "In the wild, morality gets you 404'd and puts you on somebody's 4 for 4," I laughed a lot at that line. Beautiful!

  • @smk4428
    @smk4428 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I love the thoroughness and quality of research on this channel. The metaphors and simile are hilarious.

  • @minamarie1983
    @minamarie1983 Před rokem +3

    I love that long stare after calling out the serial killer fan girls & boys. Excellent. 💚

  • @logy650
    @logy650 Před 2 lety +2546

    I always found it hilarious that the “Alpha” wolf concept is often applied to humans when there is zero correlation. Not even to mention that it’s made-up gobbldigook.

    • @thespecter6416
      @thespecter6416 Před 2 lety +14

      >Zero correlation
      You mean besides being mammals and social animals in general?

    • @Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit.
      @Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit. Před 2 lety +201

      @@thespecter6416 I think he meant it doesn't make any sense or it doesn't have any correlation with how wolf's behave, but I might be wrong.

    • @zephyrirons4658
      @zephyrirons4658 Před 2 lety +149

      @@thespecter6416 you must identify as an alpha?

    • @thespecter6416
      @thespecter6416 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit. Well, it still has correlation how chimps, our close apes behave.

    • @alexforce9
      @alexforce9 Před 2 lety

      Alpha just means dominant. And apes, you know - those animals that share 96 % DNA with us - have Alphas.

  • @1Kitykat
    @1Kitykat Před 2 lety +867

    OMG!! Thank you so much for adding the 'Alpha Wolf' myth!! As a professional dog trainer, it is beyond frustrating to repeatedly have to explain this myth to clients.

    • @murdermyinsanity
      @murdermyinsanity Před 2 lety +78

      You poor poor human. I get sick of people mentioning alphas in comment sections. I can't imagine having a job that requires convinving them they're wrong. You are a hero.

    • @Criminal_Turtle
      @Criminal_Turtle Před 2 lety +30

      Oh God, I can already imagine how they try to throw Ceasar Milan into the discussion, although his methods are messed up

    • @1Kitykat
      @1Kitykat Před 2 lety +34

      @@Criminal_Turtle Yes, when his name comes up I am quick to remind people that he actually set the dog training world back 50 years!

    • @adrigl3371
      @adrigl3371 Před rokem +5

      @@1Kitykat man that guy was part of my childhood, I feel so betrayed

    • @amberkat8147
      @amberkat8147 Před rokem +8

      Yeah. I grew up with dogs, so to me "alpha" just means "real or adopted parent or elder sibling who meets their needs well and understands them." I was better at handling dogs than anyone else in the family, and it wasn't because I was the most dominant, but because I made it a point to understand their physical and emotional needs and try to make sure they were met.

  • @jasonrr9817
    @jasonrr9817 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Dude, your information is good, lines are great, but your delivery is amazing. Drooped eyes, deadpan matter of fact voice inflection while calling a honey badger a felon ferret or assault oreo is absolutely priceless. I have to pause your videos regularly to laugh hysterically.

  • @dangernoodleproductions8383

    Thank you. I've been telling people the wolf thing for years, yet none of them believe me.

  • @ti9372
    @ti9372 Před 2 lety +153

    I always joked that the elephant one was made up by elephants with a grudge to make us lower our guard, turns out I was right

  • @fluffypanda75
    @fluffypanda75 Před 2 lety +502

    Thank you for mentioning the correct facts of the "alpha wolf" and the "bird scent". I learned they were fake a few months ago and I'm glad many people will learn it through your videos.

    • @hoodinisoar
      @hoodinisoar Před 2 lety +29

      Unfortunately there are people that will still believe that an alpha wolf exists in a pack regardless of what our homeboy said

    • @isthatbraised
      @isthatbraised Před 2 lety +21

      @@hoodinisoar Yeah they're pretty cringe ngl
      "YoU haVe tO bE a BiG BurLy alPha wHen YoU hAve A doG", like ok dude, not like you know jackshit about animals(context, I used to have a neighbor who did this and I felt bad for the dogs ngl)

    • @Timmycoo
      @Timmycoo Před 2 lety +10

      The Alpha Wolf thing was totally exacerbated by that Liam Neeson movie "The Grey" and it bothered me so much lol.

    • @mrszmatan2727
      @mrszmatan2727 Před 2 lety

      @@hoodinisoar Overall it seems funny to me that this big Alpha behavior that people try to put into human society is taken from wolves which are totally different types of animals and their hierarchy is different than ours, but actually now I learned that this whole Alpha is even fake in wolves hierarchy making it even more stupid to put it as legitimate way of judging anything.

    • @chuckwood3426
      @chuckwood3426 Před 2 lety +3

      He is wrong about the wolf example though. Wolves have different kind of packs depending on circumstances. In good times wolves have small packs that consist of a mating pair and their descendants. And it that case CG is correct. But in times of starvation wolves will form much larger packs that are not families and those follow the alfa/beta formula much better.
      The reason as to why they form bigger packs in worse times is partly because a big pack can hunt bigger prey. But mostly its because if there are too many predators for the prey population to sustain the only way to fix that is to get rid of predators. And the easiest way to do that is to go to war and kill the other predators nearby. Including other wolves. And in war, the bigger pack tend to win over the smaller.
      Once the bad times are over the big packs tend to break up again. Because most wolves dont want to live under the paw of a tyrannical alpha couple.

  • @vidkilla795
    @vidkilla795 Před rokem +2

    The RuneScape music!!! Thank you

  • @allengilby3054
    @allengilby3054 Před rokem +2

    Some of best writing and delivery in the business. Well done as always.

  • @ulfhunden
    @ulfhunden Před 2 lety +820

    The "Mother bird will reject a baby with a human's scent" thing is just a thing parents say to discourage children from putting their mitts all over parasite infested critters.

    • @meangengar8053
      @meangengar8053 Před rokem +26

      huh? If baby birds had parasites it's unlikely they would be able to stay alive at that point.

    • @0iqgremlin414
      @0iqgremlin414 Před rokem +119

      @@meangengar8053 some animals are affected less by certain parasites than others, meaning what might be harmless on a bird would be dangerous for a small human child

    • @goldenhate6649
      @goldenhate6649 Před rokem +24

      @@meangengar8053 well the specific parasite is mites, of which will not kill a baby bird to my knowledge.

    • @kusanagi-no-tachi5303
      @kusanagi-no-tachi5303 Před rokem +54

      @@meangengar8053 You need to know that in nature, what doesn't kill you may kill others, and what doesn't kill others might kill you.

    • @LuluTheCorgi
      @LuluTheCorgi Před rokem +2

      You aren't gonna get parasites from touching a bird lmao
      Mites aren't dangerous to even the smallest children

  • @firstwaddledee9182
    @firstwaddledee9182 Před 2 lety +578

    I’m glad to say that I was only corrected on two of these “facts” though, I honestly don’t know how I believed the hatchling smell one when I knew that some birds have like no sense of smell.

    • @KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking
      @KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking Před 2 lety +30

      Birds are some of the smartest animals on Earth. Even if the chick smells funny (to a crow, vulture, or a bird with a good sniffer,) - they don't care. The myth came about when people thought birds were stupid. Just like the turkey thing.
      "Bird brain!" Remember when that was an insult?

    • @xsleep1
      @xsleep1 Před 2 lety +2

      I only got corrected on one. My father's parents raised turkeys when he was a kid. I'll give you one guess.

    • @lorddog7249
      @lorddog7249 Před 2 lety

      @@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking
      Being called a bird brain still insinuates you have the mental capacity of a child

    • @alexcrazy1492
      @alexcrazy1492 Před 2 lety +3

      To be honest though it still gives you the right advice no?

    • @pergrineheel3018
      @pergrineheel3018 Před 2 lety

      Same lol. I don't know how I missed that.

  • @_Nope.i
    @_Nope.i Před rokem +3

    This dude know almost anything it cracks me up how he explains it to 😂

  • @thegreatestcrewmate9195
    @thegreatestcrewmate9195 Před 2 lety +1355

    I know from meeting turkeys myself they can be incredibly, eerily smart.
    I saw two having an argument, screaming in each other's faces. They had the same body language and tone of extremely angry humans. Some of them seemed to be trying to get them to stop, and others were gleefully goading them on. I could imaging them chanting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" They acted so much like humans it was weird.

    • @BlueCraneBlue
      @BlueCraneBlue Před rokem +66

      reminded me of the squirrels from rick and morty lmao

    • @xakirax_8864
      @xakirax_8864 Před rokem +132

      Haha i can imagine them stopping ,they'd catch you staring ,freeze like a deer in headlights and act 'normal' like Toy Story 😂

    • @kimberlyharshfield8629
      @kimberlyharshfield8629 Před rokem +41

      ​@@xakirax_8864 or the Gary Larson cows standing on 2 feet sipping martinis, until one shouts "car" and they all get back on all 4's and begin to graze again! 😆

    • @jimmytecker
      @jimmytecker Před rokem

      turkeys?

    • @southsiren
      @southsiren Před rokem

      Turkeys are so mean. They hang out in little gangs and chase me down the hill when I walk to school. They just like to scare people

  • @tchase4726
    @tchase4726 Před 2 lety +243

    I wanted to give you props for calling penguins “cloacas” instead of “assholes” because than was galaxy-tier and yet you just dropped it so fast! So I wanted to make sure you knew it was received and found to be wake-the-dog-laughingly hilarious!

    • @rrai1999
      @rrai1999 Před 2 lety

      i've only ever heard one other use of it in this context, and it was an alien scientist from mass effect with a penchant for being fast and murder. maybe only cool people say cloaca

    • @JohnJones-is5ec
      @JohnJones-is5ec Před 2 lety

      It could be instead of dick as well.

  • @33jamesds
    @33jamesds Před 2 měsíci +1

    Obviously I love the video content, but I also LOVE all the musical references you have in your vids to old games, etc. I'm sure most people didn't catch it, but the real ones see what you're doing, and we approve!

  • @jasonvoeltz6872
    @jasonvoeltz6872 Před 2 měsíci +2

    The sloth one is funny for my family because one time my sister was told that in the most serious tone possible and laughed the hardest she has in her life. The "fact" makes her laugh to this day.

  • @17catkins16
    @17catkins16 Před 2 lety +418

    So, turkeys might not drown themselves by looking up at the rain. However, I live on a sheep farm. And I'm not even joking, we did have a sheep that did drown itself in the rain because it wouldn't look down.
    There was also one that had drown in 5 inches of water because it tripped in a small stream and just..gave up

    • @offscreenvoice359
      @offscreenvoice359 Před 2 lety +137

      That sheep said:
      Too tired, brain failing, thinking about choices, *death* .

    • @Ollybollyk
      @Ollybollyk Před 2 lety +110

      Bro are your sheep depressed or something?

    • @TheSpiritsLease
      @TheSpiritsLease Před 2 lety +34

      @@Ollybollyk Probably.

    • @17catkins16
      @17catkins16 Před rokem +87

      @@Ollybollyk I hope not 😅 it happened when I was a kid so I couldn't tell ya😂
      Most prey animals try to flee or even put up a fight for their lives, but since sheep are very docile and don't really have a "defend" instinct they kind of just give up if they think they're going to die. We've had some have a really rough birth and after that they do this thing called the "death roll" where they literally will roll over and die after that. But if you prevent them from rolling they live. Nature is fuckin wack dude 🤷‍♀️

    • @eggy6745
      @eggy6745 Před rokem +54

      Sheep have to be one of the most stupid animals out there, its creative the ways they kill themselves

  • @anthonyfanchin1144
    @anthonyfanchin1144 Před 2 lety +699

    Congratulations on getting 2 million subscribers on CZcams, man. Your videos are so educational, it makes all the teachers at school look like fools.

    • @Maytrixwasheree
      @Maytrixwasheree Před 2 lety +4

      Maybe the science and the social studies teachers

    • @Lord_of_Proboscidea
      @Lord_of_Proboscidea Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah, teachers should just use you as a resource lol

    • @marmyeater
      @marmyeater Před 2 lety +3

      They don't need him to make them look like fools.

    • @bpanda8310
      @bpanda8310 Před 2 lety +1

      ​@Don't Read My Profile Photo down the rabbit hole I went😹😹😹

    • @LadyCoyKoi
      @LadyCoyKoi Před 2 lety

      You were okay till you had to sh*t on teachers. If you don't like education, than drop out and home school your kids, because you think all teachers are fools. You know how to read and write due to those teachers, because your parents were too busy to get that plate of food, roof over your head and getting you the things you need and want... ungrateful sh!T!!!

  • @lauragroenendaal8615
    @lauragroenendaal8615 Před rokem +1

    "someone feels called out and they should be" 👏👏👏🤣🤣

  • @j-roll2264
    @j-roll2264 Před rokem +1

    "your feelings may or may not be hurt with this first one" immediately shows a Huel advert 🤣

  • @SaskiaSketches
    @SaskiaSketches Před 2 lety +921

    Thank you for addressing the alpha wolf myth, too many dog trainers still use this DEBUNKED theory to justify their (sometimes abusive) methods of "teaching their dog who is in charge".

    • @Lazyspaceout
      @Lazyspaceout Před 2 lety +56

      blame ceasar for that

    • @925263
      @925263 Před 2 lety +36

      Ok, no. A dog actually does need to know you're in charge.

    • @SaskiaSketches
      @SaskiaSketches Před 2 lety +140

      @@925263 yes, of course you are responsible for your animal and it is important for a dog to listen to its owner, nobody is denying that. I put "teaching their dog who is in charge" between quotes because many people hurt their dogs and put them in uncomfortable situations for the purpose of supposedly teaching them who's boss, which is neither an effective nor a humane way to train a dog, all it does is build up a negative association with the owner. They do this on the basis of the alpha wolf theory, even thought that has been debunked many times. Besides, dogs are not wolves, and dogs know that we are not dogs.

    • @brianhsly
      @brianhsly Před 2 lety

      @@925263 What do you mean, "Ok, no." ? Like it's some kind of hard fact that's been proven by science. First off, people own dogs for a very large number of reasons. Most raise them as companions, and don't need an animal that will "sit, speak, lie down, and get off the sofa" on command in order to get that. They need the animal to be companionable, and to not be destructive or violent.
      A dog that is destructive or violent, is a dog that is not having it's needs met. Like people, dogs require more than just their physical needs to be met in order to remain well adjusted. They require sufficient exercise, sufficient mental stimulation, (which can come through a large variety of methods, which I wont cover here), and sufficient social interaction. The best science has been able to detect, dogs tend to view their owners the same way that we view our parents.
      If your dog is violent or destructive, the reason will almost always come down to unmet needs, abusive training methods, or neurological issues, and NOT it thinking it's some kind of "mythical Alpha figure", or the boss of the house.
      There are very well some dogs out there that require their owner to assert themselves as the one in charge. There are some people like that too. This is absolutely not a universal however. There are different breeds, and differences between dogs within each of those breeds, and what each animal needs is slightly different.
      Just because coercive methods work on all of them, does not mean they are the best, or the healthiest, method to use. The same is true for people as well. A teacher would have a MUCH easier time keeping her classroom in check, and capable of regurgitating information, if she could use shock collars on each of her students, and shock anyone who misbehaves. Yet we don't seem to be using those methods in classrooms.
      It's not an exact comparison because humans are capable of verbal communication, but even were we not, there are many other methods are far superior. The same is true in dog training. Sure these methods, but they are far from the optimal methods.

    • @Oddizy
      @Oddizy Před 2 lety +20

      @@Lazyspaceout no blame humans for not paying attention to science to be cool 👁️👄👁️

  • @iwillcrushyourdreamspeacef5747

    I met a baby elephant once, and I have a such fear from elephants slapping me in the face with their trunk or stomping on me.
    But this elephant was quite sweet, and had no problem with me getting close.. I'm not saying elephants think humans are cute, I'm just saying they can sometimes be a lot more sweeter from experience.. even though there's a sweet sweet chance you can die

    • @goldenhate6649
      @goldenhate6649 Před rokem +62

      Though technically that could apply to really any animal. Theres been dogs that have snapped and put people in the forever box, or a usually docile tiger at a zoo that knocks a zoo keeper 6 feet under. Even reptiles can be this way.
      Don’t even get me started on humans.

    • @obsidian465
      @obsidian465 Před rokem +15

      @@goldenhate6649 with the only exception being hippos

    • @simplyrohith2163
      @simplyrohith2163 Před rokem +5

      ​@@goldenhate6649 you're imitating somebody

    • @reaper_exd7498
      @reaper_exd7498 Před rokem +22

      Elephants can easily think your cute. Doesnt mean that the cute feeling cant easily be overwhelmed by annoyance, anger, or mating season.

    • @geddon436
      @geddon436 Před rokem +2

      Same with people. Never know if stranger your talking to is good or bad person.

  • @Fredfredfredfredfredfredfred

    “A disrespectful vulture away from having sleep for dinner”

  • @cosmicduality1341
    @cosmicduality1341 Před rokem +1

    This man is extremely talented and brilliant, please share him as much as possible.

  • @9usuck0
    @9usuck0 Před 2 lety +315

    There are a lot of turkeys in my area that come into town during turkey hunting season. They hang out in yards and parks. Smart birds. Some deers do it too.

    • @nobodysfavourite6953
      @nobodysfavourite6953 Před 2 lety +3

      Can they really chase a dog away? I saw a clip like that :D

    • @fuckyoutube5584
      @fuckyoutube5584 Před 2 lety +3

      Not in my hood. They be captured and farmed for future use. Mission, homeless shelters and orphanages

    • @9usuck0
      @9usuck0 Před 2 lety +17

      @@fuckyoutube5584 can't just grab a turkey in city limits. Lol
      Here at least.

    • @9usuck0
      @9usuck0 Před 2 lety +1

      @@nobodysfavourite6953 I've never seen it happen. But I mean, they get pretty large.

    • @leslie2149
      @leslie2149 Před 2 lety +25

      I had a brother-in-law that used to go deer hunting with his brother every year. At one time they moved to a small house that butted up against wooded area and a small creek. He said he could eat his breakfast and watch the deer in his backyard. He once joked that, come hunting season, he could just sit at the table and shoot out the window. Everybody laughed. Okay. Come hunting season, he said not one deer was to be seen in his backyard (even though he couldn't have shot any there if he'd wanted to). He said they all disappeared until after hunting season was over. I was always amused by that story.

  • @tarfielarchelone2674
    @tarfielarchelone2674 Před 2 lety +60

    Guessing the wolf thing is similar to how years later full grown adults believe survival of the fittest means.
    (The strongest, biggest and fastest) and not (the one best suited to the current environment).

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion Před 2 lety +27

      One of the first things discussed in a college science class was that it was Survival of the *Fit*.
      Not the most optimum, not the strongest. Survival of the Good Enough.
      They were trying real hard to shoot down that misconception.

  • @shahadjastaniah2445
    @shahadjastaniah2445 Před měsícem +1

    All those videos of elephants showing humans how tough love can be had me rollin XD

  • @MarisaElyse
    @MarisaElyse Před 3 měsíci +1

    That Ted Bundy call out was EVERYTHING!!! lol. I watched this when it came out last year and still think it's hilarious.
    Also, saying "get into your stomach" .... Well, I'ma have to steal that.

  • @jonathanromo4104
    @jonathanromo4104 Před 2 lety +448

    I like how wolf factoid follows closely to the double slit experiment, or even Schrodinger's cat. As long as we aren't forcing conditions on the thing we want to observe, then its condition can be many things; even conditions we don't expect because of direct and/or strict observation.

    • @Marcelelias11
      @Marcelelias11 Před 2 lety +28

      Schrodinger's cat isn't a real theory, it's literally Schrodinger mocking Quantum Mechanics. As for the Double Slit experiment, while it's a very real thing, I... have my problem with Quantum Mechanics, but I don't have the necessary knowledge to create something to replace it (NOT debunk it, because QM is true. Even if only technically.)

    • @skeletor2837
      @skeletor2837 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm so happy, I could pee.

    • @chuckwood3426
      @chuckwood3426 Před 2 lety +18

      He is wrong about the wolf example though. Wolves have different kind of packs depending on circumstances. In good times wolves have small packs that consist of a mating pair and their descendants. And it that case CG is correct. But in times of starvation wolves will form much larger packs that are not families and those follow the alfa/beta formula much better.
      The reason as to why they form bigger packs in worse times is partly because a big pack can hunt bigger prey. But mostly its because if there are too many predators for the prey population to sustain the only way to fix that is to get rid of predators. And the easiest way to do that is to go to war and kill the other predators nearby. Including other wolves. And in war, the bigger pack tend to win over the smaller.
      Once the bad times are over the big packs tend to break up again. Because most wolves dont want to live under the paw of a tyrannical alpha couple.

    • @crppledizzle9374
      @crppledizzle9374 Před 2 lety +4

      The Uncertainty Principle

    • @jonathanromo4104
      @jonathanromo4104 Před 2 lety +2

      @@crppledizzle9374 lol now I have something new to learn about.

  • @jas9574
    @jas9574 Před 2 lety +970

    With the alpha wolf factoid, I think people liked taking it as a fact since it helped solidify egotistic ideas of superiority. Some people I'm sure like to think of themselves as an alpha male, and seeing something else in nature following that narrative of alpha behavior I guess makes them feel like nature backs up their sense of superiority.

    • @TomFranklinX
      @TomFranklinX Před 2 lety +18

      Wolves technically do have "alpha behavior", but it only happens when unrelated wolves congregate together to form large packs. In most situations, wolves operate in family units.

    • @Kerze
      @Kerze Před 2 lety +108

      @@TomFranklinX It only happens when they're forced together in captivity. There's no reason for them to congregate to make larger packs as that means they have to cover more ground to feed everyone, instead of regular sized ones that are more spaced out from one another.

    • @TomFranklinX
      @TomFranklinX Před 2 lety +6

      @@Kerze Wolves will congregate when large herds of prey congregate. This is more common in winter when prey are scarce and wolves must travel far and wide in search of food .

    • @Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit.
      @Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit. Před 2 lety

      Doesn't the term "alpha masculinity" comes from this stupidity?

    • @Dan_Kanerva
      @Dan_Kanerva Před 2 lety +9

      you talk as if people don't inherently choose a leader among them all , based on "powerful" traits...
      Why are we a hierarchical species ?
      In a group of people , there is ALWAYS that one person everyone looks up to as a leader because is either very responsible , or smart , or pretty . or strong , or brave , or charismatic

  • @tritonmole
    @tritonmole Před rokem +7

    Turkeys are very smart. At my moms farm we had very nasty torkey that liked to bully some people, me included. It alwasy recognized its victims even after weeks of not being around. It would chase people around the garden and if you thought you can escape going around the house it would understand that and change his direction of attack and jump you from the other side of the house.

  • @ichaffee1
    @ichaffee1 Před rokem +4

    I love your podcast. Youre hilarious. And I've learned so much from watching you

  • @Lord_of_Proboscidea
    @Lord_of_Proboscidea Před 2 lety +350

    It’s very unfortunate elephants don’t see us as cute, but you hit some good points. It’s even worse what we do to them, so it’s really no surprise they don’t see us as cute. We must protect these magnificent creatures 🐘🦣

    • @zackufrezs.9247
      @zackufrezs.9247 Před 2 lety +10

      Who's we I think you mean "what people do to them" cuz I know I aint one of them

    • @isthatbraised
      @isthatbraised Před 2 lety +9

      @@zackufrezs.9247 Yeah same, I dont think I'll put myself in the same league of people who illegally hunt and poach animals, especially near-extinct ones.

    • @elhammo7478
      @elhammo7478 Před 2 lety +1

      I mean, I always knew that fun fact was pulled out of someone's ass, but at the same time... we have no idea if they think we're cute. Maybe they do, maybe they don't.

    • @mrszmatan2727
      @mrszmatan2727 Před 2 lety +2

      Elephants don't see us as cute but red and flat

    • @shockwavecg
      @shockwavecg Před 2 lety +1

      @@isthatbraised Neither would I. I certainly don't ride them or use them for labor.

  • @fecesmuncher2448
    @fecesmuncher2448 Před 2 lety +44

    Dude could survive any wild animal with just impressing them with facts lol

  • @garrettospageto7659
    @garrettospageto7659 Před rokem +6

    I once found a bird on the ground while feeding my horses, and my dad told me the same myth, but I was able to convince him it wasn’t true, and the bird had no feathers, we put it back in the nest, the same family of birds is still there. That was 2 years ago

  • @jaheimmaduro5897
    @jaheimmaduro5897 Před 2 lety +184

    I wish he would make a video on just all the weird and crazy things we have done to animals in order to "study" them

  • @WhatTheWoF
    @WhatTheWoF Před rokem +1319

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate how he can take the dumbest, laziest, most not-wanting-to-learn person and make 'em love zoology. Bravo

    • @brooklyna007
      @brooklyna007 Před rokem +79

      Damn bro, you didn't have to roast yourself like that.

    • @Cheese11117
      @Cheese11117 Před rokem

      Yes

    • @vvoof2601
      @vvoof2601 Před rokem +7

      Not wanting to learn about zoology doesn't make one dumb or lazy.

    • @sereghost844
      @sereghost844 Před rokem +18

      @@vvoof2601nah bro he’s just praising Casual Geographic for being too entertaining to ignore/miss

    • @WhatTheWoF
      @WhatTheWoF Před 11 měsíci +14

      @@vvoof2601 I'm not saying that, I'm just saying that pretty much anyone could watch him so easily no matter what their interests are.

  • @micaarnold2589
    @micaarnold2589 Před rokem +1

    I'm very glad every time he said I know what you're thinking or I'm on to you I was like "what?"

  • @edamariko
    @edamariko Před rokem +3

    We recently just saw Hokuto no Ken and I am SO HAPPY you used Kenshiro's famous finishing quote at minute 3:00!! Also noticed you used the instrumental portion of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's ending theme at the beginning of one of your earlier videos on this playlist. MAD PROPS!!

  • @trainingwithnikita7153
    @trainingwithnikita7153 Před 2 lety +646

    The fact about wild wolves being like a family is something I am well versed on. It affects domesticated dogs big time, as a dog trainer I see it a lot. Would love to hear you talk about that. Really love your style. Keep it up

    • @JasperTheServiceDemon
      @JasperTheServiceDemon Před rokem +73

      I’m working on being a dog trainer (I’ve got lots of work today before I’m a pro) but I cringe anytime I see “be the alpha show them whose boss” it seriously ruins dogs 😭

    • @connermckay4012
      @connermckay4012 Před rokem +29

      @@JasperTheServiceDemon to be fair, the pack leaders of wild wolves will still reprimand the rest of the pack. The fact their superiority isn’t determined through strength doesn’t necessarily change the way they express that superiority. A lot of people who have this flawed mindset actually still raise healthy, stable dogs. The real problem comes when people think that “being the alpha” means rough housing the dog. Generally reprimands in wild dogs involve loud noises, body language, and occasionally pinning the offender down if they’re being aggressive. It doesn’t usually involve any kind of attack or damage. You can still raise a dog in a healthy manner even if you’re playing up the alpha thing, but any kind of rough handling tells the animal you’re a threat to them, not an authority figure.

    • @JasperTheServiceDemon
      @JasperTheServiceDemon Před rokem +13

      @@connermckay4012 dogs actually descended from a wolf like canid that isn’t the wolf we know today. The canid was smaller in stature and they only came together in groups for mating, eventually half of the species went and started following humans around getting into their garbage, and the other half eventually found out hunting was better done in packs. So the dog we know today isn’t even descended from a pack animals (at the time they weren’t) and when stray dogs form groups, it’s usually to hang out, eat together, terrorize the cats together, etc. but there isn’t one dog that controls the recourses. If we take the definition of dominance, being whoever controls the food, water, territory, any recourse really, then yes you could say we are dominant over dogs, but at the end of the day, you’ll never see a dog controlling these recourses while living as strays (not talking about recourse guarding as that stems from a different issue all together) and you’ll never see a dog trying to fight the human for these recourses. As far as the aloha theory itself, it’s a problem when owners begin to get physical with their dogs (pinning them down, alpha rolling, etc.) I’ve personally seen where this can cause dogs to behave very fearfully, and usually humans will do this type of think for a reason that a wolf in the wild or another dog wouldn’t even care about (like growling because you’re in their space, a dog won’t correct a dog for doing that, they’d simply back off knowing they are in the wrong, I hope this isn’t becoming confrontational though, I am just passionate about dogs, I have done loads of research, read a lot of books, and am currently working under a professional dog trainer to eventually become a dog trainer myself)

    • @anthonymaximus8561
      @anthonymaximus8561 Před 10 měsíci

      ​​@@JasperTheServiceDemonDogs can smell high and low Testosterone and many other animals too, and it exist studys that the behavior to humans then is different. And i made my own Tests. I had in the past 430ng/ml (modern men have always low levels, a today 22 years old has the same level as a 67 years old in the 80s) then i use Tricks, healthy food, pine pollen tincture, weight Lifting etc. After one year i had 870ng/ml and trust me Dogs were different to me. Elephants in the musth (60x more Testosterone) are very aggressive and kill many rhinos in this 3 month and other animals or rape them. This animals know in this Moment the Elephant has high Testo

  • @clairvaux8459
    @clairvaux8459 Před 2 lety +16

    "...Someone feels called out now and they should be." 👁👁 The pause, the slow look he gave-that took me out 😂💀

  • @deic1d3
    @deic1d3 Před rokem

    Bro, your soundtrack is giving me some serious nostalgia 😄 Thank you for that

  • @wendys390
    @wendys390 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you for telling truths about animals. They need all the help they can get, in a human's world. God bless you.

  • @AngryReptileKeeper
    @AngryReptileKeeper Před 2 lety +215

    I always heard the thing about baby birds when I was growing up, but I knew even then it was a crock of shit since my mom and I had put many baby (as in still mostly featherless) birds back in their nest and they were still there and being cared for by their parents later.
    We also had a bird house in our back yard that was inhabited by the same set of sparrows every year. There were a couple of occasions where we found baby sparrows on the ground elsewhere with no parents in sight. Being the softies that we were, we decided to shove them into the bird house. The "adoptive" parents took care of them with as much dedication as if they were their own chicks. Eventually, we also did this with a couple of other species, including a baby robin and a baby grackle. The cared for those babies, too. It was quite a sight to behold.

    • @AmayaHinageshi
      @AmayaHinageshi Před 2 lety +10

      Imagine going to the store to buy food and coming back to see that, one again, the mountain dwelling giant who lives nearby has put another strange and unfamiliar baby inside your child’s crib. I mean like… what are you going to do? That’s your child now.

    • @PrincessAmanante
      @PrincessAmanante Před 2 lety +3

      @@AmayaHinageshi I kinda wanna read a story along those lines now.

  • @juliabondi8889
    @juliabondi8889 Před 2 lety +650

    The disproving of the elephant one makes sense (as much as I wanted to believe it). What humans find cute is usually based how they compare to the standards of our own babies, so assuming elephants are the same way, adult humans are...not very similar to elephant babies (whereas we find elephant babies cute because they waddle around and play like human toddlers). I’d guess that they see us more like bugs - some of them like us, but some of them just wanna squash us and be done with it, especially once we start stabbing and shooting at them

    • @catatoblob8598
      @catatoblob8598 Před 2 lety +79

      Yea but that reasoning in itself is bogus. Humans find cats and dogs cute, and neither of those bear any resemblance to human babies. Infact, dogs are and 4th greatest killer of humans in the animal kingdom, coming in just after mosquitos, humans, and snakes. Humans find things like fluffball Keychains or rounded geometric shapes cute, and those don't bear any resemblance to anything. The correlation between cuteness and infant care or even safety just seems like speculation to me.

    • @shaeby8123
      @shaeby8123 Před 2 lety +90

      @@catatoblob8598 The reasoning is correct but the conclusion is wrong. We find things because of similarities to babies. The traits that are similar to babies that we find cute are
      *Large Eyes (compared to the head)
      *Large Heads (compared to the body)
      *Plumpness
      *Clumsiness
      It is important to note that fur can give the allusion of being plump.
      These are traits that make us feel protective.
      What elephants think of us? Matters on their experience with us, but if they have no experience with us, they likely see us just as a potential threat.

    • @catatoblob8598
      @catatoblob8598 Před 2 lety +19

      @@shaeby8123 I agree that infant like features make up a subset of what we find cute. But if we look at cute plushes, we also see common traits such as emoji facial expressions (feature of communication), pastel colors, spotted patterns and geometrical regularities (I'm not sure what these are associated with), features that are reminiscent of small animals, features that look like sweet food items or things that smell good, etc. I currently have a square tissue paper box cover covered with stripy cartoon umbrellas that I bought because it was cute.

    • @castonyoung7514
      @castonyoung7514 Před 2 lety +21

      @@shaeby8123 While what you say makes sense, why then aren't babies the cutest things? I suppose rabbits, seals, and co. have a greater eyes to head ratio, but why would we even have a perception of cuteness beyond babies? Bunnies aren't just slightly cuter either, they make babies ugly in comparison.
      Edit: Having just gone to see my cousin's daughter. I have to say that it isn't so much things that look like babies, but toddlers that are cute. The girl was even more adorable than when Iast saw here. Even could give a rabbit a run for its money. So while nothing is going to beat a pair of little bunnies in teacups twitching their noses. I'm definitely seeing the [looks like human child] argument holding some water.

    • @yeemawheaver1387
      @yeemawheaver1387 Před 2 lety +17

      I'm not sure what you are suggesting about humans finding animals cute because they look like babies. If anything we find animals cute the more they don't look like us. Not many people find apes cute and they are simikar to us. Naked mole rates and cats aren't considered cute and they look closer to us. But normal Harry cats and dogs are cute. Usually things with a lot of hair are considered cute.

  • @buddydavidson8549
    @buddydavidson8549 Před 2 měsíci +1

    😂😂 he was right about the coconut thing I had to pause the video and think about that

  • @PriestessAusetRaAmen
    @PriestessAusetRaAmen Před rokem

    I Love this young Godz, commentaries so entertaining and engaging ❤😂

  • @DanFloresII
    @DanFloresII Před 2 lety +189

    Wonderful and entertaining as always. I just want to thank you for including the "alpha wolf" lie. I read about that a couple of years ago and it blew my mind, mostly because of how often people go to it. I like how they original author tried to shut it down by openly correcting himself. Shame people didn't listen.

    • @Lazyspaceout
      @Lazyspaceout Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/_D1pcjh5dqM/video.html

    • @MegaNymphia
      @MegaNymphia Před 2 lety +20

      that myth is the single worst thing to influence dog training. it makes me want to rip my hair out when dealing with dog owners at work who have no idea they are completely wrong and very possibly causing harm

    • @leadpaintchips9461
      @leadpaintchips9461 Před 2 lety +12

      It doesn't help that the spread of the correction to this myth was pretty stifled. For some reason, we like the idea of the alpha, probably because it excuses the assholes in a way.

  • @aniruudhh
    @aniruudhh Před 2 lety +43

    Elephants are my favourite animal, but its so scary watching them throw humans like we’re toys lol

  • @veganvocalist4782
    @veganvocalist4782 Před rokem

    that little baby elephant at the end swinging its trunk accompanied by silly music did mek me giggle . Love your channel , born comedian ...."hug your mamma , don't hug an elephant" ;D))))

  • @kawaiajackson9037
    @kawaiajackson9037 Před rokem

    Very informative and funny at the same time. Beautiful work.

  • @misselizabethplays8070
    @misselizabethplays8070 Před 2 lety +388

    When he said turkeys in the wild are actually really smart, I felt that. They're so good at surviving hostile environments that in Northern California, they have become pests, and we actively court hunters to keep their population numbers under control. If you go literally anywhere in my county, the odds of seeing at least one turkey are very high. I even live next to an entire wild flock that makes its home all of three hundred yards from my front door, next to a small creek. Toms, hens, lines of little chicks all in a row- I see them strutting around through our backyards scratching for bugs all the time. The one thing keeping them from breaking into my house and living here rent-free is the tribe of feral cats who claim the same creekside territory (yet another animal control problem in my area, where dense underbrush, invasive manzanita tree growth, and thorny blackberry vines make catching them next to impossible).
    Also, I did once move a magpie fledgling despite knowing what it was, but only because it crash-landed headfirst into a supermarket wall and ended up on the sidewalk, dazed and vulnerable. I was concerned not that it would be abandoned, but that it might end up being hurt by other humans before it could recover. For its safety, I put it in a small box and called a wild bird rescue to handle things from there.

    • @dopaminedi
      @dopaminedi Před 2 lety +23

      Actually, a bunch of feral cats are called colonies!!,

    • @aesyamazeli8804
      @aesyamazeli8804 Před 2 lety +37

      All feral animals are really intelligent, but when you cramped them in one place with thousands of their own species they get dumber because of the depression and stress. Even humans are like that much less animals.

    • @deezyroyale6313
      @deezyroyale6313 Před 2 lety +14

      Cat's vs turkey's sounds like a show I would watch... well for at least the first two episodes.

    • @isthataspider7410
      @isthataspider7410 Před 2 lety +8

      @@dopaminedi nah, they’re clans. Warrior cats for life 🤘🏻

    • @missiamtwinkles0169
      @missiamtwinkles0169 Před 2 lety +2

      @@isthataspider7410 AYEE

  • @defiante1
    @defiante1 Před 2 lety +3845

    Thank you, the whole "Alpha" thing is unironically the biggest meme ever. It does not and has not ever existed. Wolf packs are families, and lone wolves are young males who leave the family to go off to find a female to start their own. There is no Alpha male, Beta male thing with wolves. Its a flawed concept that people ran with and then began applying it to people so randomly no one can even agree on wtf it means anymore. Which makes sense because it was broken to begin with.
    (Edit, since this blew up) - Beta actually refers to the second in command in the flawed wolf hierarchy, it never meant submissive. The Beta would become the Alpha when the Alpha died. Its what I mean by people constantly get this wrong, plus it was a flawed theory from the start. If your referring to the broken idea of wolf Alpha's and that, calling someone a Beta actually means their the next most dominant and the Alpha's right hand man. So even within this wrong idea, people still get it wrong.

    • @murdermyinsanity
      @murdermyinsanity Před 2 lety +309

      I like to imagine people who call themselves alphas are really saying they're super mommys. Because that is what they're actually saying. Makes me feel better about the world.

    • @blacklight4720
      @blacklight4720 Před 2 lety +50

      Video explained why, and there is reason for that. Even if people don't call it by the right term, it does not mean that they(people) don't understand the behavior. By behavior I mean heriarchy and dominance. While it might not exist in the wild(wolf pack), it certainly exists in captivity as the video pointed out. Feline, canine and even us humans share this behavior. Two dogs can't live on the same heriachal level, one of them has to be above the other, while the human is in charge. With humans it's more subtle but still there. So running around CZcams wolf- videos- comment- sections, retyping on how everyone are fools, is not making you any smarter.

    • @r.r.4563
      @r.r.4563 Před 2 lety +135

      People are always gonna look for a reason to feel superior to each other. As black light said, there certainly is no alpha or beta but social animals will constantly have members who can’t accept their place in a society and will want to climb higher. A thirst for superiority is what often leads to violence and power imbalance. People then believe all kinds of wild notions.

    • @defiante1
      @defiante1 Před rokem +3

      @@blacklight4720 It's really not, the closest example is humans in captivity. The rest is nonsense. They don't even use beta right. Beta isn't a submissive male, it's the next most dominant below the Alpha. So calling someone a Beta Male if they even understood the term would be saying their the next most boss guy in the room. The way people use it now is gibberish and mostly an ego trip to compliment themselves and put down other people. "Oh I'm an Alpha guy, that guy is so Beta." Its why they keep inventing new shit like Sigma and so on. Its so oversimplified and nonsensical, its not a good analogy of human behavior in any respect. Humans are more complicated than wolves.

    • @alexisventura7191
      @alexisventura7191 Před rokem +164

      "Im a lone wolf"
      "oooh, so you left your family home and are now trying to find a life partner?"

  • @madmanminkler1382
    @madmanminkler1382 Před 2 měsíci

    I love all the reality checks on your channel

  • @kermitrogers840
    @kermitrogers840 Před rokem

    I am so hooked on this channel right now.

  • @SuperAdnan117
    @SuperAdnan117 Před 2 lety +264

    Speaking from the cheetah's perspective, I too would be anxious as hell if I was about to eat something and then I suddenly remember there's a thermometer plugging up the exit hatch, I feel like there could have been much better ways to measure their core temperature non-intrusively

  • @SuperGamefreak18
    @SuperGamefreak18 Před 2 lety +409

    my 2 cents on the elephant thing I used to agree with the puppy thing, now think they look at us like we look at a stray dog at most...if possible. You know that thought when we wonder if a stray has rabbies and/or aggressive or if it's just curious and staring at us. I think that's how they view humans. Wary curiousity I think is the right term.

  • @trollmomjo
    @trollmomjo Před rokem

    I love listening to you and I learn so much! Thank you very much!!!

  • @TheStruggl3Bus
    @TheStruggl3Bus Před rokem

    “…and say it with my whole chest..” 😂 you’re the man

  • @VoidDragon82
    @VoidDragon82 Před 2 lety +339

    The "alpha" thing makes me laugh. The fact that people put human males into 2 (and just 2 categories) of "alpha" and "beta". Yet most (if not all) the traits that "alpha males" think are good would be considered psychopathic, and all the "beta male" traits would just be considered... human.

    • @TomFranklinX
      @TomFranklinX Před 2 lety

      The ironic thing is in highly social primates like chimpanzees and us, the "alpha male" is not the male that dominates and oppresses everyone via brute strength, it's the male that can form the largest coalition of allies. Even the biggest chimp can be defeated by two chimps 75% as strong.

    • @Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit.
      @Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit. Před 2 lety +73

      We also have the sigma male mindset. Soon enough we'll get the whole Greek alphabet and I'm not ready for the embarrassment I will feel.

    • @VoidDragon82
      @VoidDragon82 Před 2 lety +31

      @@Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit. sigma what now?? Seems like some people want to reduce the complex nature of the human experience into Greek chicken scratch. Sad that people think men aren't psychologically complex, and sad that some men want to be placed in a box.

    • @loopsjam4713
      @loopsjam4713 Před 2 lety +20

      @@VoidDragon82 Sigma male is just a meme

    • @Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit.
      @Dog.This_Identifier_Is_Shit. Před 2 lety +18

      @@miltain Sure...

  • @Catghostsoda
    @Catghostsoda Před 2 lety +207

    “Coconuts can be classified as mammals cause they have hair and produce milk”
    No no, he’s got a point

  • @cl3488
    @cl3488 Před 6 měsíci

    Dude, I love your videos so much! Thank you for teaching in such an interesting way. You rule!

  • @natashacampbell8450
    @natashacampbell8450 Před rokem

    I love this dude's content! He's informative and funny 💯

  • @Olav_Hansen
    @Olav_Hansen Před 2 lety +113

    I think I knew just over half of them of being untrue, with the other half either never having heard or wrongfully assumed to be true. You are truly doing good work fighting lies.

  • @blitz-o-byte
    @blitz-o-byte Před 2 lety +25

    10:09
    AAAND I GET CALLED OUT BY THE FICS???
    WHY AM I HERE - JUST TO SUFFER

    • @Homestuckfan413
      @Homestuckfan413 Před 2 lety +1

      What is it?

    • @23v_
      @23v_ Před rokem

      @@Homestuckfan413 I think it’s when you shove a boat oar up someone’s rectum, and use them to steer the boat

    • @classysnek9210
      @classysnek9210 Před 9 měsíci

      Tf is rutting

    • @SutaFokusu
      @SutaFokusu Před měsícem

      ​@@classysnek9210breeding season basically (no i do not read those things, i just like zoology :P )

    • @classysnek9210
      @classysnek9210 Před měsícem

      @@SutaFokusu o h n o

  • @WickedSk8rGrl
    @WickedSk8rGrl Před 2 měsíci

    I never understood spreading misinformation. Thank you for clearing these up!

  • @tenryuublackrose2176
    @tenryuublackrose2176 Před 2 lety +196

    I be waiting for these uploads, one of the few people that can make learning about animals and insects entertaining

    • @seanrallis6714
      @seanrallis6714 Před 2 lety

      you gotta watch zefrank too

    • @solus8685
      @solus8685 Před 2 lety +1

      Insects are animals tho lol

    • @zilusviridian2196
      @zilusviridian2196 Před 2 lety +1

      @@solus8685 there always has to be one person to ruin a party…congrats

    • @solus8685
      @solus8685 Před 2 lety +1

      @@zilusviridian2196 how did I ruin anything? Some people genuinely believe insects aren't animals

  • @severedproxy
    @severedproxy Před 2 lety +62

    100% on the turkeys, they are actual hellspawns with wings.
    disclaimer: I may just be biased because I was chased by 5 turkeys as a child.

    • @slavoisheir4129
      @slavoisheir4129 Před 2 lety +8

      They are also called patalmeyur (Hellish Peacock) in Sanskrit

    • @severedproxy
      @severedproxy Před 2 lety +13

      @@slavoisheir4129 thank you, I'll add this knowledge to my turkey hate/fear folder.

    • @idontknowyoumitch
      @idontknowyoumitch Před 2 lety +11

      No i can confirm they are hellspawns that have no fear. My brother drives an amazon truck and they not only chased him to the truck but attacked it with wild abandon, tossing their bodies against it like they were ready to die to ruin his day.

  • @666Wizardsleeve
    @666Wizardsleeve Před 9 měsíci

    Came across you from watching a reaction from No Protocol. Love your work mate, I just bought your book.