True Facts: Plants That Explode

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    IMPORTANT CORRECTIONS BELOW:
    At 2:51: The SEM’s of the cross sections of Sphagnum moss capsules hydrated and dried out are both from Edwards et al. 2019.
    At 01:50: The left image is from Whitaker, Webster and Edwards, 2007. The righthand image is from Edwards et al. 2019.
    The videos of the sphagnum moss capsules exploding are all from Whitaker and Edwards, 2010.
    We must also additionally thank Dr. Joan Edwards at Williams College for her incredible research and videos. Many of the videos used in this episode were from the Edwards Lab!
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    Credits:
    Dr Joan Edwards, Williams College
    Dr Justin F. Jorge
    Dr Dwight L. Whitaker
    The Patek Lab
    Dr Philippe Marmottant, LIPhy CNRS Grenoble
    Dr Tom Lindtner
    Dr Callin Switzer
    Dr Simon Poppinga
    Dr Robert Deegan
    Dr Shuto Ito
    Dr Dennis Evangelista
    John Innes Centre, Germplasm Resources team, led by Dr Noam Chayut. The GR is supported by UKRI-BBSRC
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    Cooper ES et al. Gyroscopic stabilization minimizes drag on Ruellia ciliatiflora seeds. J R Soc Interface. 2018 Mar;15(140):20170901. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0901.
    Deegan, R.D. Finessing the fracture energy barrier in ballistic seed dispersal. doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2...
    Duckett, J. Et al. (2009). Exploding a myth: The capsule dehiscence mechanism and the function of pseudostomata in Sphagnum. The New phytologist. 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02905.x.
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  • @zefrank
    @zefrank  Před 9 dny +371

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    • @researcherchameleon4602
      @researcherchameleon4602 Před 9 dny +23

      Matpat actually did a theory saying that the Minecraft creepers are plants, they are green, they sound like leaves, and the evolutionary advantage of exploding like that is that an unalived Steve can make for good fertilizer, and if he survives, then he can distribute the seeds as he walks around

    • @mylittleheartscar
      @mylittleheartscar Před 9 dny +8

      I've never been this early hi! Could you do another vid on sea creatures or shrooms?

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      @paulosborne6517 Před 9 dny +15

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    • @andrewgivens5070
      @andrewgivens5070 Před 9 dny +1

      You didn't watch to the end

    • @skipjack91
      @skipjack91 Před 9 dny +9

      Is there a place where one can listen to the music you make? There's a tune you used to have on some older videos that I KNOW I have heard in a full song format but cannot find anymore
      Also I love your content ♥

  • @TheDeltaSight
    @TheDeltaSight Před 9 dny +2976

    there's something fucking hilarious about an educational channel getting tired of telling you the names of things

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před 9 dny +78

      When people are too lazy to do their own search typing....this is validation. The struggle is real

    • @samhaines8228
      @samhaines8228 Před 9 dny +14

      so true!

    • @cutedogsgettingcuddles9862
      @cutedogsgettingcuddles9862 Před 9 dny +67

      "I'm on to you, science hippies." 😆

    • @andrewfleenor7459
      @andrewfleenor7459 Před 8 dny +54

      I remember a day when True Facts contained no actual true facts. :D

    • @KarmaCadet
      @KarmaCadet Před 8 dny +32

      @@andrewfleenor7459 is that the one about the backwards hippo? I still have nightmares about that one

  • @0cellusDS
    @0cellusDS Před 9 dny +1368

    I swear, whenever science fiction comes up with alien species, they are so much less weird than what's already going on on earth.

    • @nathanielalderson9111
      @nathanielalderson9111 Před 9 dny +39

      God is indeed an amazing Creator!

    • @Tylendal242
      @Tylendal242 Před 8 dny +28

      This video certainly made The Day of the Triffids seem a lot less fantastical.

    • @sunnyd9884
      @sunnyd9884 Před 8 dny +21

      i think you need to watch scavengers reign, then

    • @Xenomorthian
      @Xenomorthian Před 8 dny +23

      ​@sunnyd9884 I'm getting real sick of hearing exclusively good things about scavengers reign if you all don't stop I might have to watch it and we don't want that now do we

    • @Mereologist
      @Mereologist Před 8 dny +47

      "Real life is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."

  • @_Mute_
    @_Mute_ Před 8 dny +454

    1:20 "You don't want to be covered with baby juice."
    You don't know how I like to spend my weekends sir

    • @wendywoo7031
      @wendywoo7031 Před 7 dny +31

      I would have hit like on this, but the juvenile part of me was amused the hit count was at 69 and I didn't want to ruin your weekend

    • @h0ly208
      @h0ly208 Před 7 dny

      ​@@wendywoo7031well it's at 99 now so you might as well hit like!

    • @NoMusiciansInMusicAnymore
      @NoMusiciansInMusicAnymore Před 6 dny +14

      At least with your user name we can assume you'd be discrete

    • @hfordfett809
      @hfordfett809 Před 6 dny +7

      You can tell he was still smiling while saying this

    • @emordnilap4747
      @emordnilap4747 Před 5 dny

      His browser history must be pretty tame, if he thinks nobody wants to get covered in baby juice, by a squirting cucumber.

  • @xXAkirhaXx
    @xXAkirhaXx Před 9 dny +530

    " A jacket called 'who gives a shit what it's called'" is what made me giggle for the rest of the episode.

    • @solraccarpy
      @solraccarpy Před 9 dny +7

      But what is it called

    • @PatriotOSRS
      @PatriotOSRS Před 8 dny

      Yea that one caught me off guard too

    • @danielleking262
      @danielleking262 Před 8 dny

      same, I was just about to comment this 😂😂😂

    • @mrlucasftw42
      @mrlucasftw42 Před 7 dny +5

      When the naming committee has run out of coffee and just wants to be done with it.

    • @redhotmoon1656
      @redhotmoon1656 Před 7 dny +8

      Jerry was on vacation

  • @alexianluqman6275
    @alexianluqman6275 Před 9 dny +2442

    Squirting Cucumber sounds like a bad euphemism

    • @freerangemtb
      @freerangemtb Před 9 dny +176

      It's also a good name for a rock band.

    • @roempoetliar7995
      @roempoetliar7995 Před 9 dny +48

      of all cucumbers that i know only the real one that cant squirt

    • @Immortalrounin
      @Immortalrounin Před 9 dny +89

      Not your average veggieTale😂

    • @28russ
      @28russ Před 9 dny

      It sounds like the other end of a euthanasia 🤷‍♂☠😂

    • @28russ
      @28russ Před 9 dny

      It sounds like the other end of a euthanasia 🤷‍♂☠😂

  • @gabdraws7003
    @gabdraws7003 Před 9 dny +2217

    the sound effects for the flower launching mechanisms are just magnificent

  • @rustygears6211
    @rustygears6211 Před 8 dny +47

    I never thought seeing spores walk could bring me so much joy

    • @themosaicshow
      @themosaicshow Před 7 hodinami

      every day when you walkin down da street

  • @HLBear
    @HLBear Před 8 dny +101

    I was about 10 years old and home sick one week. The Southern Magnolias were blooming by my dad's work. He brought home one bud and put it in a vase beside the couch where I was napping, and it smelled great. Then, in the morning, it POPPED open and threw what I assume were stamens across the room. I'll never forget that - it was such a shock and made me laugh. 😊

  • @brianbrian1769
    @brianbrian1769 Před 9 dny +551

    And the award for the most innuendos in 11 minutes goes to.

    • @BradleyBellwether-oy2qi
      @BradleyBellwether-oy2qi Před 9 dny +39

      Idk. The 10 minute videos on "nudibranchs" and "proboscis monkeys" might have more.
      But this one is definitely choked full.

    • @DragoonMS
      @DragoonMS Před 9 dny +35

      You oughta check out an older one about armadillos...that comes out swinging right out the gate: "Here are True Facts about the armadildo...oops, that's a typo. Here are True Facts about the ARMADILDO...oh, I said it again." 😂🤣

    • @MsVorpalBlade
      @MsVorpalBlade Před 9 dny +17

      and yet 'sowing wild oats' was completely left alone

    • @jamrockprincess
      @jamrockprincess Před 9 dny +5

      @@MsVorpalBlade Hahahah Right???? How could he miss that???!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @tazzyanderson1192
      @tazzyanderson1192 Před 9 dny

      I didn't think he could beat his video on the corkscrew penis of a duck, but he outdid himself here 😂

  • @Rock_on_R0bita
    @Rock_on_R0bita Před 9 dny +470

    "Yay~!"
    "Whoppie~!"
    "Woohoo~!"
    "I'm not ready~!"
    I can't! 😂

    • @mo_streetheat3217
      @mo_streetheat3217 Před 9 dny +3

      literally took me out 🤣🤣

    • @SetiSupreme
      @SetiSupreme Před 9 dny +3

      You better begin to can!

    • @rebeccakoch9203
      @rebeccakoch9203 Před 9 dny +3

      I want to like this, but it's at 69 and I'm not about to ruin that

    • @134StormShadow
      @134StormShadow Před 9 dny +1

      😂😅😂🤣🤣👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @KellyHeggem
      @KellyHeggem Před 5 dny

      I'm of the not ready variety, never did like amusement park rides.

  • @ajmatheson2807
    @ajmatheson2807 Před 8 dny +16

    "Its like backstage at the nipple" has got to be one of the best opening jokes ever

  • @LeaC-lw8xl
    @LeaC-lw8xl Před 9 dny +42

    Took botany in college. It was not boring and your video proves it. All Life is amazing. We used to pop the operculum to watch the spores blow out. I love your humor Ze. Behbehs get me all the time!
    Will be watching this at least twice more. Thank you!

    • @tofystedeth
      @tofystedeth Před dnem

      I dunno, that wild oat seed looked like it was boring (heyooo)

  • @jamies6337
    @jamies6337 Před 10 dny +1439

    Ahhhh the popper, I'm distraught.

    • @cozmoos
      @cozmoos Před 9 dny +14

      Dam you speedy

    • @brianbrian1769
      @brianbrian1769 Před 9 dny +6

      @cozmoos Hmm. 14 hours ago huh? It only 'came out 14 minutes ago. Odd.

    • @stolenlaptop
      @stolenlaptop Před 9 dny +20

      I found a giant popper in my mom's room when I was a kid. She wasn't happy I was playing with it...

    • @jamies6337
      @jamies6337 Před 9 dny +35

      @brianbrian1769 It was released members only first. I love Zefrank content okay lol

    • @brianbrian1769
      @brianbrian1769 Před 9 dny +4

      @ja.ies6337 How'd you manage to comment 13 hours before the video was 'released? You came too soon. Can you explain that to an old science hippy?

  • @LendriMujina
    @LendriMujina Před 9 dny +340

    How fitting that one of the more dramatically-exploding plants is called the "impatiens". I, too, explode all over the place when my patiens runs out.

  • @frankschaeffer6545
    @frankschaeffer6545 Před 9 dny +36

    0:33 These are called “gemmae” and the inverse nipple is called a gemmae cup. A gemma is essentially a clone that will grow into another liverwort. Liverworts also produce spores but that is after they do sexy time.

    • @LabGecko
      @LabGecko Před 5 dny +8

      So a developing gemmae is a behbeh gehmmeh?

  • @wrongsalvation8904
    @wrongsalvation8904 Před 8 dny +21

    I love how you acknowledge people being upset about the popper not popping.
    I also find it very funny. I think it's very fitting for a video that was about reproduction of plants, plants that explode. No one was completely satisfied😂😂😂

  • @Merfolk_
    @Merfolk_ Před 9 dny +358

    They're called "get off your lazy ass and google it" LMAO

  • @FrisbeeGorbeh
    @FrisbeeGorbeh Před 9 dny +532

    Today I learned that leaves could be jealous of flowers and try to copy them. I guess you could say they're green with envy 😎
    I'll see myself out

    • @t.c.2776
      @t.c.2776 Před 9 dny +5

      🤣

    • @ethanpflederer3395
      @ethanpflederer3395 Před 9 dny +28

      I guess you should leaf after that joke

    • @JustCallMeNaz
      @JustCallMeNaz Před 9 dny +2

      And never come back

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před 9 dny +11

      Ok, leaf, go where the wind takes you, but never forget your roots

    • @darkocelot7342
      @darkocelot7342 Před 9 dny +4

      You could say they're green with envy but the ones showcased were anything but!

  • @exotank
    @exotank Před 8 dny +7

    I was not ready for the "I'm not ready"! 🤣😂

  • @Kiyoone
    @Kiyoone Před 9 dny +16

    Those plants are just amazing. Any NASA space engineer would be jealous of those incredible mechanisms that they use. Nature is just unbeatable and humans still have so much to learn.

  • @ChIGuY-town22_
    @ChIGuY-town22_ Před 9 dny +699

    "You don't want to be covered with baby juice"
    Sounds like a threat, it's quite effective...unless you are a Emporer shrimp.

  • @its_deer
    @its_deer Před 9 dny +555

    imma call one of my friends a sphagnum today as a social experiment

  • @noladavis5085
    @noladavis5085 Před 9 dny +53

    I wish my friend was around to watch this video. RIP Brian, I miss you my dear friend. You introduced me to ZeFrank and taught me so much. I'm forever grateful to have met you.

    • @user-nu8in3ey8c
      @user-nu8in3ey8c Před dnem +2

      Yeah, I used to watch these with a family member who passed away, it is sad. I used to wait to watch them, so that we could watch the new Ze Frank videos together. I love this channel, it is a fun channel.

  • @mikecook6553
    @mikecook6553 Před 8 dny +8

    Your channel is the only channel i dont skip the advertisements.

  • @angieemm
    @angieemm Před 9 dny +570

    It's the sound effects of the spore propulsion that really makes this video.

    • @1000PaperBunnies
      @1000PaperBunnies Před 9 dny +30

      Agreed. There's something so satisfying about knowing you aren't the only one that makes sound effects no one asked for but everyone NEEDED.

    • @Erhannis
      @Erhannis Před 9 dny +9

      I am struggling to not try to replicate the sounds, in the crowded airport.

    • @angieemm
      @angieemm Před 9 dny +6

      @@Erhannis dooooo iiiittttt

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před 9 dny +4

      ​@@Erhannisbetter in the airport than in the crowded plane....

  • @scpdatabase969
    @scpdatabase969 Před 9 dny +125

    It never occurred to me pinecones use dehydration to open up. This makes so much sense.
    These videos are actually so educational. I love it

    • @bluesioux9538
      @bluesioux9538 Před 8 dny +13

      There is even certain pines whose pinecone won't open until there's a fire...a cool way to reseed after a forest fire!

    • @danielleking262
      @danielleking262 Před 8 dny +2

      me neither! I was surprised by that

    • @TK-ij2xi
      @TK-ij2xi Před 5 dny +5

      About a decade ago I decided my pinecones were too dark, and bleached them. They closed right up and I thought it was my job to tell everyone I knew what happened. I was in awe of my closed, pale, pinecones.
      Wait - is context necessary? This was for holiday decor. They dried out and reopened. I'm not bleaching pinecones on trees.

    • @MsVilecat
      @MsVilecat Před 5 dny +1

      Those pinecones have a waxy exterior to keep the seeds safe during the fire.

  • @Encaris
    @Encaris Před 8 dny +8

    This is by far my favorite Ze Frank video (and there are alot of great videos) but people tent to forget how amazing and cool plants, lichens, mosses, and ferns are and this just goes to prove that. Awesome video as always.

  • @konnosx1213
    @konnosx1213 Před 7 dny +4

    "Creeping Wood Sorrow" sounds like a creepypasta title, i love it

  • @graphite2786
    @graphite2786 Před 9 dny +336

    The sounds of seed pods exploding were unbelievably appropriate
    Flllt-oing!
    Pffffftt!
    yay upi! Wuhu! noredi!
    doooosh!
    Bleerrrrh!

    • @RaccCity55
      @RaccCity55 Před 9 dny +8

      Like the sounds we made as kids popping the seed pods on the balsam flowers around our porch. Sproingigigig!

    • @tishie42
      @tishie42 Před 9 dny +4

      I love onomatopoeias. 😂

    • @xaayer
      @xaayer Před 9 dny +16

      That third one was the voice of the seeds celebrating release lol
      "Yay"
      "Whoopie!"
      "Woohoo!"
      "I'm not ready! :("

    • @burtbacarach5034
      @burtbacarach5034 Před 9 dny

      MINT!NEWT!

  • @partack1
    @partack1 Před 9 dny +106

    oh thank god, the popper actually popped. Ze Frank isn't a PSYCHO.

    • @eledatowle8767
      @eledatowle8767 Před 9 dny +14

      I don't think the two are mutually exclusive, LOL

    • @xenopsychologist4943
      @xenopsychologist4943 Před 9 dny +12

      i was hoping it wouldnt, but some people just wanna watch the world burn, i guess.

    • @Mereologist
      @Mereologist Před 8 dny +5

      Yah... that totally didn't bother me until he MENTIONED that it might bother me. Then it TOTALLY bothered me...

    • @kareningram6093
      @kareningram6093 Před 8 dny +3

      I was starting to sweat a little towards the end there. 😂

  • @shidiwen9329
    @shidiwen9329 Před 8 dny +7

    This was honestly one of your best videos to date. This must be a personal best for sound effects too. You’re really challenging yourself to keep each explosion fresh. I appreciate that.

  • @liquidnick
    @liquidnick Před 8 dny +3

    @zefrank Thank you for being the best thing on the internet. I can always count on you to make my day better no matter what.

  • @syrenet
    @syrenet Před 9 dny +38

    ah yes, my childhood entertainment, back when we didnt have mobile phones, pc's.
    just go around poking random plants and the ones that blew up became my favourites.

    • @stylogaming..
      @stylogaming.. Před 8 dny +5

      And later realizing you're just inhaling straight shroom spores because you were pretending they were smoke bombs.

  • @CallumPRobertson
    @CallumPRobertson Před 9 dny +235

    I remember as as a kid (and mega-nerd) I found a patch of Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera, invasive in the UK, evil) by the local river.
    I invited all the local kids round to see them - they weren't impressed (again, I'm a mega-nerd) - so instead of me showing them the cool seed dispersion... I got one of them to poke the seedpod - and being spring-loaded (the outside of seed pod curls up rapidly and fires the seeds up to 7 meters apparently)
    Well, the kid got a fright and pushed me in the river.
    Definitely worth it. =D

    • @jayde4872
      @jayde4872 Před 9 dny +8

      What were the other kids’ reactions?

    • @rookregent5623
      @rookregent5623 Před 9 dny +22

      "Invasive in the Uk, evil" got me cackling AND noddin my head in agreement invasive plants are in fact a prime evil that cannot truly be fixed 😔

    • @S3lkie-Gutz
      @S3lkie-Gutz Před 9 dny

      we have them in western canada too, especially in roadside ditches and sloughs. evil lil bastards.

    • @onyxxninja3262
      @onyxxninja3262 Před 9 dny +11

      mum! mum! some kid at school shot me with a plant!!

    • @muttthingy9908
      @muttthingy9908 Před 9 dny +1

      i used to love popping them when i was a kid!

  • @limpychick4724
    @limpychick4724 Před 9 dny +3

    I felt so seen with the popper bit at the end 😂

  • @xolwora2762
    @xolwora2762 Před 9 dny +3

    The added explosion sound effects made me smile. I thank you!

  • @Draedaja
    @Draedaja Před 9 dny +181

    I don't know what's better - the sound effects or the "it's called nunya business" bits xD

  • @originalprecursor
    @originalprecursor Před 9 dny +74

    I've got a fever of 102 and honestly feel like death. But as long as I'm watching Ze Frank's creature madness, I noticed I can't stop smiling, regardless of how I feel. Thanks Papa Ze!

  • @NaimoAqio
    @NaimoAqio Před 7 dny +1

    The ideal balance of humor and knowledge. It's lovely.

  • @glen1ster
    @glen1ster Před 9 dny +5

    2:31--sphagnum moss is well known to gardeners.

    • @erikjohnson9223
      @erikjohnson9223 Před 9 dny +1

      Or at least those of us obsessed with carnivore bogs. People who think only of Clematis probably wouldn't care.

    • @dragoncubes1074
      @dragoncubes1074 Před 4 dny +1

      @@erikjohnson9223 I use it for my orchids and carnivores.

  • @skipmage
    @skipmage Před 9 dny +52

    Looking forward to the Creepy Dave version of this, with him trying to justify why plants is best favourite animal

  • @joshuamahon260
    @joshuamahon260 Před 9 dny +154

    The perfect blend of silliness and education. It's beautiful

  • @BrunoCortina
    @BrunoCortina Před 8 dny +1

    This for me, is most likely the best channel on youtube. I can not imagine my life without trying to hold on my laugh while learning incredible facts about science, animals, plants and life and humor all in one. Thank you so much Ze Frank, you are unique!

  • @grudge6648
    @grudge6648 Před 9 dny +1

    No matter how bad my day was these videos are a 100% guarantee it’ll end with a smile. Thank you for all the smiles and laughs.

  • @orthochronicity6428
    @orthochronicity6428 Před 9 dny +99

    Liverwort is about to become an exam problem the next time I teach intro mechanics. I'm always happy to find a reason for making watching YT a workplace activity.

  • @RumBrave
    @RumBrave Před 9 dny +121

    I'm so glad this built up to stork's bill, also known as filaree! I found out about this plant when they got all curled up in my dog's fur after a romp in a frequently mowed-to-death field that sprang up full of stork's bill. I was so amazed by them and excitedly brought the seeds in a little baggie to show my family. It was met with a resounding, "cool..." yet as foolish as I felt, my awe of the brilliant little plant didn't leave me! I still grab a pod every time I see it to play with the seeds. It really is a fascinating thing.

    • @quietone748
      @quietone748 Před 6 dny +3

      I have one in my new flowerbed and have let it grow, as I didn't know what it was and I'm curious. Now I know my entire yard will be covered in this plant for the foreseeable future and that's ok!

    • @RumBrave
      @RumBrave Před dnem

      ​@@quietone748it's generally regarded as invasive but I think you're lucky! They have cute little purple flowers and they're fully edible, too. Tastes a bit like parsley, I quite like it. Very healthy for people and livestock alike!

  • @devanpauline8334
    @devanpauline8334 Před 6 dny +1

    I show this channel to my friends who didn’t do much/well in school, I’ll tell you man the excitement and engagement from them is crazy. Gotta find a way to make a PG version for kids to learn in a new way.

    • @quietone748
      @quietone748 Před 6 dny

      He does have another channel that is child-friendly. Or friendly for those adults who don't act like children :)

  • @alexisgrunden1556
    @alexisgrunden1556 Před 9 dny +4

    I love this so much; not just the seeds that explode (I always loved playing with Jewelweed and Impatiens pods as a kid!), but the whole damn channel. Learning cool science sh*t while laughing yourself silly; now THAT'S edutainment!

  • @hadesbaby2180
    @hadesbaby2180 Před 9 dny +142

    It always surprises me how alive plants are

    • @Alfred-Neuman
      @Alfred-Neuman Před 9 dny +17

      My cucumber is very alive, it can throw its seeds surprisingly far.

    • @TiredofGaming
      @TiredofGaming Před 9 dny +25

      @@Alfred-Neuman Sir this is a Wendy's

    • @Alfred-Neuman
      @Alfred-Neuman Před 9 dny +12

      @@TiredofGaming
      Yes, I know.
      I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

    • @unlikelysuspect5491
      @unlikelysuspect5491 Před 9 dny +4

      It's cus there so damn slow

    • @ippanpedrozo1162
      @ippanpedrozo1162 Před 9 dny +6

      yeah that's why im a carnivore, plants are too 'alive' for me

  • @SeeingSebastian
    @SeeingSebastian Před 9 dny +112

    The glued wood bending when it loses its moisture is so interesting. I've always been curious as to why a pinecone in water is never open like the ones on the ground. These videos are fanfriggintastic 👏🏾

    • @CardZed
      @CardZed Před 9 dny +6

      It's also something you need to account for when woodworking! Furniture has to have some wiggle room for the wood to be able to expand and contract without cracking.

    • @BlutoBlutarsky
      @BlutoBlutarsky Před 8 dny +2

      Try leaving a sheet of plywood out in the rain. Or don't if you want to actually use it for something. 😁

    • @pong9000
      @pong9000 Před 7 dny

      There's far more to watertight barrels than one would imagine.

  • @owenmuschette6943
    @owenmuschette6943 Před 8 dny +1

    The elaborate adaptations are amazing in my opinion. Plus this dude's a comedy gold mine, so it's a win win 👌🏾

  • @chemistryguy500
    @chemistryguy500 Před 8 dny +1

    Loving the OG "Here are true facts about..." intro.

  • @thepleblian2079
    @thepleblian2079 Před 9 dny +100

    Plants that have perfected the art of the money shot.

  • @Pren0110
    @Pren0110 Před 9 dny +103

    Whenever Ze Frank says, stop it, after saying something that can be misconstrued, it’s like a college professor giving a presentation and they’re saying things that people laugh at 2:06

    • @thatdarnkitteh
      @thatdarnkitteh Před 8 dny +4

      He's talking to me. Sorry.

    • @JackDanyaKemplin
      @JackDanyaKemplin Před 8 dny

      When I was in college, my biology professor asked, "Does anyone know what capraphage means?" I said, "Eat shit!"

  • @ABronyNamedBurnie
    @ABronyNamedBurnie Před 9 dny +3

    The scientists making those biodegradable seed spinners to better spread plants are God damn heroes as far as I'm concerned

  • @Triairius
    @Triairius Před 7 dny +1

    The popper at the end. You are truly a man of your craft.

  • @pavarottiaardvark3431
    @pavarottiaardvark3431 Před 9 dny +42

    Broom plants pop their pods with such force that on a summer's day you can actually hear them cracking

    • @janelj54
      @janelj54 Před 9 dny +14

      My friend's Ring camera kept getting triggered by exploding wisteria pods.

    • @dragoncubes1074
      @dragoncubes1074 Před 4 dny +2

      @@janelj54 We had a huge wisteria across the front of our house. It would sound like kids throwing rocks. The seeds would wind up about 30 feet away, and when they were popping, you had to run from the driveway to the front door.
      My Dad took some wisteria pods to work and gave them to his co-worker, who left them on top of a filing cabinet and forgot about them. In about three weeks, they exploded, scaring the co-worker and making my Dad laugh. Thankfully no one got hurt.

  • @thrdai
    @thrdai Před 9 dny +52

    Oh boy, the mating song at the end should be a real banger..

    • @c1borgen
      @c1borgen Před 9 dny +18

      Fr, Ze Frank should make full versions of his songs. I'm still waiting for "Cricket that don't give a fuck" and "Pigeon love"

  • @flordeespinart
    @flordeespinart Před 8 dny +1

    sound effects are 5 michelin stars. cheff's kiss. top tier!!

  • @ryanhicks5371
    @ryanhicks5371 Před 8 dny +1

    😂😂 00:38 I had to rewind several times just to hear the splash noise that you made it hit the funny bone just right🤣🤣

  • @sleepyzeph
    @sleepyzeph Před 9 dny +136

    dunno how common it is for little guys to use rain to propel themselves, but bird's nest fungi do it! they're tiny little fungi that look like tiny tiny bird nests with eggs in them, and the eggs are spore sacs that go flying when a raindrop hits the nest. some of them even have a sticky goop trail so when they fly, the goop can stick to a plant and the egg becomes spiderman.

    • @qwertydavid8070
      @qwertydavid8070 Před 9 dny +1

      sticky goop trai 😳

    • @benmcreynolds8581
      @benmcreynolds8581 Před 9 dny +11

      I've always wondered what those bird nest fungi do with their little basket of eggs looking stuff. They look like little forest fairy decorations. Nature is so freaking creative

    • @RoySATX
      @RoySATX Před 9 dny +3

      "some of them even have a sticky goop trail so when they fly, the goop can stick...." so they not only look like birds' nests, but they also mimic the birds that fly over my car?! Nature can be so full of shi, er, goop at times!

    • @caseytenney2150
      @caseytenney2150 Před 9 dny

      Favorite comment ever

  • @malraj427
    @malraj427 Před 9 dny +141

    "Some plants are shady" 😂

  • @kevincage1641
    @kevincage1641 Před 9 dny +1

    This is too fascinating and amazing is an understatement. The complexity of Nature is beyond thought. The details, the precision and the symbiotic relationships between organisms and Nature.
    All of this is thought out by something. It’s too perfect.

  • @MaraJadeSkky
    @MaraJadeSkky Před 7 dny +1

    I use sphagnum moss in most of my reptiles' humid hides...I've never thought about how the sphagnum moss came to be before I bought it. Fascinating as per usual, Zeee Frank!

  • @relyc_
    @relyc_ Před 9 dny +34

    You can genuinely hear how much fun Ze Frank had with the noises in this video 😁

  • @ravensmythe1
    @ravensmythe1 Před 9 dny +150

    Please please please Ze Frank, please do a video on horseshoe crabs! I grew up by the Atlantic Bay and used to fish off a bridge. The horseshoe crabs would gather and breed at night and I remember thinking how creepy, fascinating, ancient, and bizarre they were! As always, your videos are amazing!

  • @theoriginalmakaaka101
    @theoriginalmakaaka101 Před 9 dny +1

    The fact that seeds use moisture as a way to power movement is amazing, I had no idea that the structures could generate movement with functionality.

  • @GardenUPLandscape
    @GardenUPLandscape Před 9 dny +3

    OMG my favorite topic 😍😍😍
    I feel like you missed a great opportunity here - the word for this is Explosive Dehiscence and most of the plants I know of that do it you didn't cover here. The most common in my area is a weed called Hairy Bittercress, which that right there is a perfect set up for a number of jokes. I think that's the clip that you said curls up like a mustacheio 😆 I have a video about it on my channel but I mainly cover how to weed it out without spreading the seeds.
    Then there's mistletoe, which is not a romantic holiday decoration, it's a parasite that can shoot it's sticky seeds at speeds of around 40mph trying to hit a neighboring tree.
    Then there's also a tree in the Eastern US with exploding seeds that will kill you if you get hit by one! Actually, everything about that tree will kill you. It's called the Sandbox tree. Freaking crazy!
    You covered lots of plants I didn't know about though, and I always enjoy your excellent content!

  • @crazywilly85
    @crazywilly85 Před 9 dny +34

    6:58 I'm not ready 😂

  • @drobvensick
    @drobvensick Před 9 dny +21

    My favorite exploding pods from Philippine Mahogany. Its audible and the seeds have wings, so you hear a loud pop then the seed fly and spirals down. Beautiful sight to see during windy days.

  • @wendywoo7031
    @wendywoo7031 Před 7 dny

    Thank you for popping it at the end. The relief! It's the most action I've had in years. I feel so much better now

  • @ObsoletePerson
    @ObsoletePerson Před 9 dny

    Thank you so much, Forge and Whitaker. We appreciate this bloody fantastic video. I have shared it with all my friends.

  • @CosmicEnbyOllie
    @CosmicEnbyOllie Před 9 dny +33

    I don't know why I need these "totally accurate exploding noises" to be my new text tones. I've been holding back laughing at work so hard I almost exploded like one of these seeds lol! Always fantastic content dude. Never fails.

  • @Secret_Takodachi
    @Secret_Takodachi Před 9 dny +26

    As someone with ADHD & not OCD:
    That ending was hilarious, this video was 10 minutes longer than my regular attention span & I still managed to half-watch the whole thing while I folded laundry. ❤ thanks for brightening my day with your humor-tainment

  • @tainalorenz6767
    @tainalorenz6767 Před 8 dny +1

    This so freakin’ awesome!!! Thank you ZeFrank!!

  • @arspsychologia4401
    @arspsychologia4401 Před dnem

    The addition of rifling to the seed pod was a wonderful design touch.

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat Před 9 dny +44

    You had me at wild hairy petunia and creeping wood sorrow 😂

    • @FitzChivalryFarseer2
      @FitzChivalryFarseer2 Před 9 dny

      The first an innuendo and the latter a band name

    • @SuziQ.
      @SuziQ. Před 9 dny +4

      It’s “creeping wood sorrel” and launches its seeds in a similar way to oxalis, another yellow flowered invasive.

    • @erikjohnson9223
      @erikjohnson9223 Před 9 dny +2

      ​@SuziQ. "Wood sorrel" is a common name for many, if not most, species of Oxalis, at least in English speaking areas. It is not similar, it is identical.

    • @jadewalker2443
      @jadewalker2443 Před 9 dny

      Those were the names of the two bullies at my middle school.

    • @SuziQ.
      @SuziQ. Před 8 dny

      @@erikjohnson9223 ,
      We have many varieties of oxalis, some cultivated, but many are weeds. We don’t get the wood sorrel that looks like the common oxalis weed (probably because we don’t have much land that counts as typical forest).

  • @MrGeekFreek
    @MrGeekFreek Před 9 dny +86

    Death by exploding plant seeds is an episode of CSI I want to see.

    • @kolbywilliams7234
      @kolbywilliams7234 Před 9 dny +11

      Sandbox tree.

    • @brettbaker8497
      @brettbaker8497 Před 9 dny +8

      "Murder weapon?"
      "Well, we think he deliberately planted these exploding seeds near the---where are you going?"
      "Nope. Nope. I'm out."

    • @anderporascu5026
      @anderporascu5026 Před 9 dny +1

      Apparently death by chocolate is a dime a dozen according to police records.

    • @chezmoi42
      @chezmoi42 Před 9 dny +2

      @@kolbywilliams7234 Oh, thank you, that's new to me! And a good suspect.

    • @ericpresler3935
      @ericpresler3935 Před 9 dny +1

      CSI: Gotham

  • @gidthekid8445
    @gidthekid8445 Před 8 dny +1

    The explosions sound effects were top notch.

  • @spiritofeli
    @spiritofeli Před 8 dny +1

    Some plants are shady. Lol, your sound affects always have me crackin up so hard I start crying.

  • @Daelyah
    @Daelyah Před 9 dny +16

    We always underestimate how plants can be so dirty.

  • @TheSkunkyMonk
    @TheSkunkyMonk Před 9 dny +32

    Is it time for Jerry to get a raise yet? Thanks for all the content never fail to make me laugh.

  • @beegchunguz7425
    @beegchunguz7425 Před 8 dny

    The sound effects are a combination of him being funny but also genuinely creating imagery with his mouth as accurately as possible.

  • @matthewt1772
    @matthewt1772 Před 9 dny

    Thank you for another amazing episode; I watch these with my mom and we just sit there slack-jawed as you spotlight the weirdness (and give use the context for it.)

  • @SeeingSebastian
    @SeeingSebastian Před 9 dny +32

    The explosion sound effects are killing me😂😂😂

  • @sammaguire5787
    @sammaguire5787 Před 9 dny +24

    Jerry really keeping his head down this episode

    • @castonyoung7514
      @castonyoung7514 Před 8 dny

      I haven't even heard of Jerry in a long time, like multiple episodes. Did he get fired?

    • @user-lf3kr1nq2d
      @user-lf3kr1nq2d Před 8 dny

      @@castonyoung7514 No he was scolded a couple of times in the previous episode.

    • @MossyMozart
      @MossyMozart Před 7 dny

      @@user-lf3kr1nq2d - Are you SURE he's okay? Sometimes ZeFrank sounds............ _dark._

  • @abrampana4858
    @abrampana4858 Před 6 dny

    Creeping wood sorrow has the greatest jacket name I've ever heard 😂😂 I always love these videos so informative and humorous, my only source of plants and animals

  • @curio_sphere
    @curio_sphere Před 8 dny

    This is my favourite video of yours, and its a damn HIGH bar. Underrated amazing topic, hilarious voiceover, thank you for this!

  • @armartin0003
    @armartin0003 Před 9 dny +22

    The ending. Sweet release. You're such a tease, Zefrank.

  • @elizabethebbighausen9341
    @elizabethebbighausen9341 Před 9 dny +24

    Came to the comments to give props to the magnificent sound effects and I'm so happy to see that I'm not the only one who appreciated them. As always, your videos bring laughter with education which are my two favorite things in the world. Thank you, ZeFrank! 💜💜💜

  • @ninascott-stoddart9031

    This is one of the greatest Ze Frank videos ever made. An instant classic.

  • @irocurseoxoff
    @irocurseoxoff Před 9 dny +1

    This one might be my favourite of the recent true facts vids. So good!

  • @TheCappuccino04
    @TheCappuccino04 Před 9 dny +11

    DROP EVERYTHING BABE NEW ZEFRANK UPLOAD ABOUT PLANTS

  • @suprisex4999
    @suprisex4999 Před 9 dny +122

    8/10, very scary.
    - an ant

    • @Bow2me..
      @Bow2me.. Před 9 dny +2

      How does the uncle feels though?

  • @robertm7120
    @robertm7120 Před 8 dny +2

    I never realized just how Fascinating a few seeds could be. If my high school teachers would have communicated like Ze Frank does, I would have been much more excited to learn!

  • @MsLeenite
    @MsLeenite Před 8 dny

    Thank you, Ze. If you take "awn" and change one letter, it becomes "awl" which it moves like. But if you add one letter instead, it becomes "yawn" which expresses most people's reaction to this news.

  • @1961Lara
    @1961Lara Před 9 dny +40

    OMG…. I always click immediately when notified ZeFrank has a new video. They never fail to make me laugh out loud. He is a treasure!!!

  • @FloridaMeng
    @FloridaMeng Před 9 dny +17

    Ze Frank I need you to know that I grew up watching discovery channel for the documentaries and before you I greatly missed their narration style. You are the adult version of my childhood and I couldn't imagine anything better. If anything happened to you I would riot.

  • @megan5867
    @megan5867 Před 8 dny +1

    Just watched this yesterday. I'm already back. There isn't enough Ze Frank content out there. I need more, constantly.