This time of year, cattails become an amazing phenomenon! The seed heads explode in our hands. It's like a warm, fluffy blizzard all around us. Millions of seeds everywhere! What a perfect Autumn adventure!
Not even sarcastically, you are correct. Depending on how many people do this, we could be influencing them through natural selection to make bigger, better puffs.
I don't know why but this video made me cry.You guys all seem to be having so much fun and loving each other.You sir is so lucky to have a family like that and i wish you,your wife and your beautiful children the best luck.Bless.
These are seed heads, not flowers. That means there’s no pollen, which is the most common source of seasonal allergies. Many in my family have strong seasonal allergies to pollen, and we have never been bothered by playing with cattails. All parts of the plant are edible until the seed heads are fully mature (like what you see in this video).
We’d have to inhale pretty deliberately strongly for any of these little parachutes to make it much farther than the back of our mouths, I’d bet. They’re so delicate, and they attach extremely easily to nearly any surface, especially wet surfaces. I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying, but I think the chances of any seed parachutes making that very long journey through incredibly tiny and sticky passageways is extremely remote.
You Can actually eat cattails by cutting up the white part of the stem. Slime comes from them which is used as medicine and can treat septic wounds. You have to tear away at layers and then you can get to a part where it’s completely edible
@@OZZ_BALL Right! I would assume that if the cattails had thoughts, they would be happy that we're helping them do what they spend all their energy doing -- producing and distributing seeds so that more cattails can grow.
I remember finding a cattail when I was like 6 and I never knew that they exploded I just held onto it in a little play house and treated it like it was my child
From Wikipedia: Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail,[4] bulrush, common bulrush, common cattail, cat-o'-nine-tails, great reedmace, cooper's reed, cumbungi) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genusTypha. It is found as a native plant species in North and South America, Europe, Eurasia, and Africa.[5] In Canada, broadleaf cattail occurs in all provinces and also in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and in the United States, it is native to all states except Hawaii.[6][7] It is an introducedand invasive species, and is considered a noxious weed, in Australia and Hawaii.[8] It has been reported in Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.[5] Typha latifolia has been found in a variety of climates, including tropical, subtropical, southern and northern temperate, humid coastal, and dry continental.[7] It is found at elevations from sea level to 7,500 feet (2,300 m).
cattails are a wonderful resource, they are great for fire-making as well, harvest the cattail heads (without exploding them...LoL) and I usually dry them but those are right to go. They are good for ember transfer and used as a coal extender, or if the heads are broken down into the fluff you can treat them with potassium nitrate and fluff is fantastic, it takes a spark from flint and steel well and smoulders fiercely. The untreated fluff is also a flash tinder and takes a spark from a ferro rod or titanium striker.
I've wondered that, too. We've tried filling bags with the fluff, and it seems to get crushed fairly easily. I think a pillow would go flat rather quickly. I still want to try it, though ...
@@alexandru7727 I have pretty strong seasonal allergies to many weeds and wildflowers -- same with many of my kids. Playing with cattails like this has never bothered us. What you see here are the seeds and the fluffy little parachutes that they're attached to. Allergies are usually caused by pollen, which for cattails comes much earlier in the season, long before these big seed heads appear on the plants.
This is truly the greatest discovery I've ever made on the internet. 💜💙💜💙 All this time I've had the equivalent of a bazillion dandelions growing in my swamp just waiting to be blown away and I NEVER KNEW IT!!!! 😱😱😱
You have to catch them at exactly the right time -- too early and they just break apart without the fluffy explosion; too late and the seeds will have already all blown away. I don't know how long the window is for this kind of fun, but I imagine it's not much more than a week or two. In mid- to late autumn, look for stands of cattails where you can see a little bit of fluff already showing up on the seed heads. Those should be ready to burst apart like these ones did.
I’m not sure what you’re basing that claim on. The whole plant is edible, and it’s no more of a danger than dandelions - just much more impressive. Kids have been playing with these for millennia.
We’d have to inhale pretty deliberately strongly for any of these little parachutes to make it much farther than the back of our mouths. Each parachute is so delicate, and they attach extremely easily to nearly any surface, especially wet surfaces. I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying, but I think the chances of any seed parachutes making that very long journey through incredibly tiny and sticky passageways all the way to sensitive lung tissues is extremely remote. Thanks to the parachutes, I would bet that these have much less of a chance of reaching our lungs than most dust and ash particles that we far more commonly expose ourselves to when spending time outside, around campfires, etc.
I've wondered if people do, and we've tried filling bags with the fluff. It seems to get crushed fairly easily and doesn't bounce back like down or feathers.
Possibly. However, these are mature seeds. Allergies are most often triggered by pollen, which is long gone by the time cattail seed heads are this old. I get very strong seasonal allergies from a lot of weeds and wildflowers, and I've never been bothered by playing with cattails like this.
It's remarkable when you pull them off the stem. They start out feeling like hard felt, and then when you pull the seeds off and they start to expand, they go from suede to velvet to cotton-y fluff that's as light as air. Truly magical!
Nah - these are seed heads, not flowers. There’s no pollen anywhere. It’s pollen that’s the source of most allergies. Cattails are entirely edible, very human-friendly. They’re even used as folk remedies for burns and for stopping bleeding.
My family is truly wonderful. You don't see all of our kids here in this video. We've adopted six children from foster care -- three at birth and three as older kids. It's been a miracle for us. You can see some of our other kids in my video "Makes Me Wanna Pray"
Not at all. Kids have been playing with these for literally millennia. They’re no worse than dandelions. They’re just much more impressive and less well known. You’d have to inhale very deliberately strongly for any of these little parachutes to make it much farther than the back of your mouth. Each parachute is so delicate, and they attach extremely easily to nearly any surface, especially wet surfaces. I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying, but I think the chances of any seed parachutes making that very long journey through incredibly tiny and sticky passageways all the way to sensitive lung tissues is extremely remote. Thanks to the parachutes, I would bet that these have much less of a chance of reaching our lungs than most dust and ash particles that we far more commonly expose ourselves to when spending time outside, around campfires, etc.
RIP These are mature seed heads, not flowers with pollen. Pollen is long gone by the time these seed heads start to appear. The entire cattail plant is edible, and juice from the cut stalk is apparently used in folk remedies for burns and for stopping bleeding. I am very prone to seasonal allergies all throughout the non-winter months, and cattails have never bothered me.
I have pretty strong seasonal allergies to many other plants and wildflowers -- same with many of my kids. Playing with cattails like this has never bothered us. What you see here are the seeds and the fluffy little parachutes that they're attached to. Allergies are usually caused by pollen, which for cattails comes much earlier in the season, before these big seed heads appear on the plants.
No need to feel bad at all. The cattails loved it. I guarantee. #1 - The plants were already going dormant for the winter season. The stalks were already “dead”. That’s why they are mostly yellow and brown in the video. #2 - The thing the plants spend literally ALL of their energy doing - their whole purpose in life - is to make and spread seeds in order to reproduce more of their species. This shaking and blowing of the seeds is HELPING the plants do that very thing.
The whole plant is edible, and the juice from the stalk is a well-known folk remedy similar to aloe vera, I believe. If the seeds are swallowed, I think there’s no need to worry.
Um … you know why plants make seeds, right? So they can be spread to make more plants. This is HELPING the plants reproduce. The plants are already dormant for the winter. You can tell by the yellow and brown stalks. Nothing here harmed the living plants. It only benefited future generations.
I have horrible hayfever and am allergic to pollen all throughout the non-winter months. Cattails have never bothered me. That’s because what you see here are mature seed heads, not flowers. There is no pollen anywhere here.
Not at all. Kids have been playing with these for literally millennia. They’re no worse than dandelions. They’re just much more impressive and less well known. You’d have to inhale very deliberately strongly for any of these little parachutes to make it much farther than the back of your mouth. Each parachute is so delicate, and they attach extremely easily to nearly any surface, especially wet surfaces. I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying, but I think the chances of any seed parachutes making the very long journey through incredibly tiny and sticky passageways all the way to sensitive lung tissues is extremely remote. Thanks to the parachutes, I would bet that these have much less of a chance of reaching our lungs than most dust and ash particles that we far more commonly expose ourselves to when spending time outside, around campfires, etc.
actually no but yes, by exploding them they are carrying their seeds everywhere and actually even making cattails breed bigger, fluffier puffs by exploding the puffy ones.
@@supacoolmeimei Right! Helping spread the seeds when the plants are already in the process of going dormant for winter is actually the opposite of killing them. And judging by the health of this stand of cattails the following year, our activity did not seem to harm them. 😊
I've had a lot of comments like this. I get pretty strong seasonal allergies to many weeds and wildflowers -- same with many of my kids. Playing with cattails has never bothered us. What you see in the video are the seeds and the fluffy little parachutes that they're attached to. Allergies are commonly caused by pollen, which for cattails comes much earlier in the season, before these big seed heads appear on the plants. The pollen is long gone here. Some other wildflowers will give me a mild rash on my hands when I break apart their seed heads. I'm guessing it's because of oils or other compounds on the plants that are mildly toxic or allergenic. Cattails don't do that for me.
Americans are crazy. I would've been afraid of this triggering some allergy or my kid(s) suffocating after biting it 😅 Note: i don't have kids but i'd never let them bite into cat tail plants
😢 so sorry! Try looking for them, just in case. They’re found almost everywhere, in some places as an invasive, non-native species. They’re always around standing fresh water - lakes, marshes, streams, springs.
This plant successfully utilise human to spread their seeds.... lol
Yes as it’s really fun
Not even sarcastically, you are correct. Depending on how many people do this, we could be influencing them through natural selection to make bigger, better puffs.
@@alexrusset8614 oh ma gosh.
@@alexrusset8614 evolution at its best, fluffy time
The seed get into lung and you know what happen it grow in.......there why the fuck i comment zis
Cattails are the best. We discovered them several years ago. If you catch them at just the right moment, they really do explode with seeds. Amazing!
Wait, so if you kill them, you get more?!
Exploding one in my back yard.
@@TheTopazCactus
They need REALLY wet environments like lakes/marshes to grow and survive
@@mewyorkcityf46607 hehe boi its fluffy time i live near a lake
@@TheTopazCactus spreading the seeds of a plant that has gone dormant for the winter is not killing anything. It’s helping it reproduce.
I don't know why but this video made me cry.You guys all seem to be having so much fun and loving each other.You sir is so lucky to have a family like that and i wish you,your wife and your beautiful children the best luck.Bless.
Why's that lol
We are VERY lucky to have the family we have. Thank you. I think about this all the time. I wish you all the best, too.
Looks like great fun except I might end up in ER for allergies. 😁
lmfao that SUCKS
I think im allergic to wind
These are seed heads, not flowers. That means there’s no pollen, which is the most common source of seasonal allergies. Many in my family have strong seasonal allergies to pollen, and we have never been bothered by playing with cattails. All parts of the plant are edible until the seed heads are fully mature (like what you see in this video).
This looks really fun. I didn't know cattails are like dandelions.
I don’t recommend eating/breathing them as the seeds can drop into your lungs and cause a lotta problems
even its so satisfying, I feel like i wanna sneeze already to death
YOLO
@@michelledavila108 lol
Really i think its cant grow in lung
We’d have to inhale pretty deliberately strongly for any of these little parachutes to make it much farther than the back of our mouths, I’d bet. They’re so delicate, and they attach extremely easily to nearly any surface, especially wet surfaces. I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying, but I think the chances of any seed parachutes making that very long journey through incredibly tiny and sticky passageways is extremely remote.
I use them as flares.
You Can actually eat cattails by cutting up the white part of the stem. Slime comes from them which is used as medicine and can treat septic wounds. You have to tear away at layers and then you can get to a part where it’s completely edible
Imagine being those other cattails and having your friends’ guts flying around you lmao
I feel like semin would be a closer comparison. They are their seeds after all.
@@holyassasin0544 Yeah, it’s more like being happy because now your going to have a thousand new friends.
@@OZZ_BALL Right! I would assume that if the cattails had thoughts, they would be happy that we're helping them do what they spend all their energy doing -- producing and distributing seeds so that more cattails can grow.
I remember finding a cattail when I was like 6 and I never knew that they exploded I just held onto it in a little play house and treated it like it was my child
We still have a bag of those corndogs in our garage
Are the hot dogs the actual seeds?
Mary Jane yes
What country do they grow in? Cause i wanna see a cattail now :3
@@Cingiturvin They can be found all over North America in freshwater puddles and marshy areas.
From Wikipedia: Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail,[4] bulrush, common bulrush, common cattail, cat-o'-nine-tails, great reedmace, cooper's reed, cumbungi) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genusTypha. It is found as a native plant species in North and South America, Europe, Eurasia, and Africa.[5] In Canada, broadleaf cattail occurs in all provinces and also in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and in the United States, it is native to all states except Hawaii.[6][7] It is an introducedand invasive species, and is considered a noxious weed, in Australia and Hawaii.[8] It has been reported in Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.[5]
Typha latifolia has been found in a variety of climates, including tropical, subtropical, southern and northern temperate, humid coastal, and dry continental.[7] It is found at elevations from sea level to 7,500 feet (2,300 m).
That looks like a blast! "Summer Snow" HA!
cattails are a wonderful resource, they are great for fire-making as well, harvest the cattail heads (without exploding them...LoL) and I usually dry them but those are right to go.
They are good for ember transfer and used as a coal extender, or if the heads are broken down into the fluff you can treat them with potassium nitrate and fluff is fantastic, it takes a spark from flint and steel well and smoulders fiercely.
The untreated fluff is also a flash tinder and takes a spark from a ferro rod or titanium striker.
Now I feel bad for living in a tropical place
So I can't get one of those
Cattails are like better versions of dandelions.
Nature's glizzy, so beautiful.
Imagine someone is chasing you for no reason and you have a cattail with you to blind him :)
HAHA! Brilliant!
@@beingdad3103 then pulls out glock 😉
I wonder what sleeping with a cattail seed pillow would be like
Same
sneezy, that thing causes allergies
I've wondered that, too. We've tried filling bags with the fluff, and it seems to get crushed fairly easily. I think a pillow would go flat rather quickly. I still want to try it, though ...
@@alexandru7727 I have pretty strong seasonal allergies to many weeds and wildflowers -- same with many of my kids. Playing with cattails like this has never bothered us. What you see here are the seeds and the fluffy little parachutes that they're attached to. Allergies are usually caused by pollen, which for cattails comes much earlier in the season, long before these big seed heads appear on the plants.
How incredibly fun! And it's a free family activity!😂😤😆
Omg so happy to see this!
It was so much fun!
I can’t be the only one who are scared of cattails, right?
You are
@@jimhalpert1590 🤣🤣🤣
just you
They dont look... comfortable
No ur not-
Mom: darlin where's the cattail you were just holdin?
Kid: gone, reduced to atoms...
😁❤️
This is probably the best plant every
*I love cattails*
I opened 3 cattails today on my doorsteps and ended up cleaning up all the fluff for 20 minutes
I hope it was worth it!
holy shit i thought you were me for a second
This is truly the greatest discovery I've ever made on the internet. 💜💙💜💙 All this time I've had the equivalent of a bazillion dandelions growing in my swamp just waiting to be blown away and I NEVER KNEW IT!!!! 😱😱😱
You have to catch them at exactly the right time -- too early and they just break apart without the fluffy explosion; too late and the seeds will have already all blown away. I don't know how long the window is for this kind of fun, but I imagine it's not much more than a week or two. In mid- to late autumn, look for stands of cattails where you can see a little bit of fluff already showing up on the seed heads. Those should be ready to burst apart like these ones did.
Everybody gangsta till u realize the next day there is something growing in ur mouth
OH FUCK CALL THE AMBULANCE
Yes
Or your lungs, for that matter.
Haha. No more chance of that happening than with dandelions. Or milkweed. Or the many other seed heads that kids play with.
00:01 “corn dog.”
*PFFFFFFFFFFF-*
If I wod have like this in my country I would be enjoying it everyday-
It’s really bad to breathe it in. Your whole family is standing in loads of it.
It seem they gonna die all the f a m i l y
@@bessberg7335 Luckily, none of us died
I’m not sure what you’re basing that claim on. The whole plant is edible, and it’s no more of a danger than dandelions - just much more impressive. Kids have been playing with these for millennia.
We’d have to inhale pretty deliberately strongly for any of these little parachutes to make it much farther than the back of our mouths. Each parachute is so delicate, and they attach extremely easily to nearly any surface, especially wet surfaces.
I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying, but I think the chances of any seed parachutes making that very long journey through incredibly tiny and sticky passageways all the way to sensitive lung tissues is extremely remote.
Thanks to the parachutes, I would bet that these have much less of a chance of reaching our lungs than most dust and ash particles that we far more commonly expose ourselves to when spending time outside, around campfires, etc.
Looks like smoke and fur at the same time
A few days ago i didnt even know they existed... now i want em too ;-;
We malaysia use it as cotton .... it can stop breeding when you have a cut ... it is working ..we keep in dry can
It’s like snow lol
This is so cool to watch
0:01 boy now lemme tell you the amount of bugs living in those things
Haha! Let's not think about that ...
Less deadly than whatever virus is in the human beings nowadays .....
DNS i'd say lol
OOF I DIDNT KNOW THERE IS A BUG LIVING IN CATTAIL
if humans got over their fear of eating bugs we could solve world hunger on bugs alone
Forbidden corn dog.
We should stuff pillows with these
I've wondered if people do, and we've tried filling bags with the fluff. It seems to get crushed fairly easily and doesn't bounce back like down or feathers.
My eyes would be two punching bags after playing with that
Possibly. However, these are mature seeds. Allergies are most often triggered by pollen, which is long gone by the time cattail seed heads are this old. I get very strong seasonal allergies from a lot of weeds and wildflowers, and I've never been bothered by playing with cattails like this.
Cattails are Awesome and *DELICIOUS*
Omg this is so fun!!
It's remarkable when you pull them off the stem. They start out feeling like hard felt, and then when you pull the seeds off and they start to expand, they go from suede to velvet to cotton-y fluff that's as light as air. Truly magical!
YE FUCKING FUN IF YOU BREWTH THOSE FLUFFY THING I MEAN THE SEED IT GIVE YOU A FREE TICKED TO GO IN THE HOSPITAL
@@bessberg7335 Sir, grammar is a nice thing.
@@bessberg7335 not at all. Kids have been playing with these for millennia. They’re as safe as dandelions, just more impressive.
This video so underrated
Share it!
Thanks for the comment!
So youve seen the guy eating cat tail? Well youtube recommend this
It's a magical wild corndog
looks like sooooo much fun! (other than biting them lol)
My nose is itching just watching this...
Nah - these are seed heads, not flowers. There’s no pollen anywhere. It’s pollen that’s the source of most allergies. Cattails are entirely edible, very human-friendly. They’re even used as folk remedies for burns and for stopping bleeding.
life tip for all you viewers: don't mistake a cattail for a corn dog
😄
this, kids, is how snow was discovered
I wish I could have a family like yours :'(
My family is truly wonderful. You don't see all of our kids here in this video. We've adopted six children from foster care -- three at birth and three as older kids. It's been a miracle for us. You can see some of our other kids in my video "Makes Me Wanna Pray"
Oddly satisfying!
Somehow some reason we are watching this 2 years later noice
0:01 hear 👂 that cronch 👁👄👁 🤣
Ah yes, we found some Wiiild Gliiiizys!
My 7th cattails video
Cattail are amazing
2 min later they are in hostipal lol
Bruh, its just a family having fun, shut up you are like that one kid that makes everything unfun
How about you breath that white fur in you are seriously dangerous it relly bad for your lung
@@bessberg7335 i am seriously dangerous?
you said
"you are seriously dangerous"
Not at all. Kids have been playing with these for literally millennia. They’re no worse than dandelions. They’re just much more impressive and less well known.
You’d have to inhale very deliberately strongly for any of these little parachutes to make it much farther than the back of your mouth. Each parachute is so delicate, and they attach extremely easily to nearly any surface, especially wet surfaces.
I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying, but I think the chances of any seed parachutes making that very long journey through incredibly tiny and sticky passageways all the way to sensitive lung tissues is extremely remote.
Thanks to the parachutes, I would bet that these have much less of a chance of reaching our lungs than most dust and ash particles that we far more commonly expose ourselves to when spending time outside, around campfires, etc.
found some wild glizzies🥰
*I found some wild glizzies*
1:47 the boy: bruhh
I really love this video😭🥰
Beautiful
It was a perfect way to celebrate Autumn!
Used to have some by my house. Fun
I want to be there!🥺
Love the content keep it up
This looks so fun
plot twist:there too yummy that he spits it out
Am I the only one that wants to try them
Cattails are fully edible. Just seeds! Might get a tummy ache though
Forbidden glizzy
Cattails shoots homing hotdogs
I love this lol
I, as a person allergic to dust and pollen, died in 0:09
Then how did you post this comment?
RIP
These are mature seed heads, not flowers with pollen. Pollen is long gone by the time these seed heads start to appear. The entire cattail plant is edible, and juice from the cut stalk is apparently used in folk remedies for burns and for stopping bleeding.
I am very prone to seasonal allergies all throughout the non-winter months, and cattails have never bothered me.
Is this what it's like to not have seasonal allergies? Hell lol
I have pretty strong seasonal allergies to many other plants and wildflowers -- same with many of my kids. Playing with cattails like this has never bothered us. What you see here are the seeds and the fluffy little parachutes that they're attached to. Allergies are usually caused by pollen, which for cattails comes much earlier in the season, before these big seed heads appear on the plants.
1:02 WAS HE TRYING TO DO A VAPE TRICK OR SOMETHING WITH THE CATTAIL??
0:58 she ate that like corn on the cob
I like how you used balkan music
Them : *Sees Cattail*
Them : Lets Eat & kill them...
Edit : bruh i feel bad for the cattails that they destroyed lol :(
well those were mature cattaill and the people spread their seeds
They can make more cattails by spreading the seeds
No need to feel bad at all. The cattails loved it. I guarantee.
#1 - The plants were already going dormant for the winter season. The stalks were already “dead”. That’s why they are mostly yellow and brown in the video.
#2 - The thing the plants spend literally ALL of their energy doing - their whole purpose in life - is to make and spread seeds in order to reproduce more of their species. This shaking and blowing of the seeds is HELPING the plants do that very thing.
❤️❤️
AMAZING
perfection
What happens if the stuff that comes out of the explosion is swallowed?
The whole plant is edible, and the juice from the stalk is a well-known folk remedy similar to aloe vera, I believe. If the seeds are swallowed, I think there’s no need to worry.
Large hotdog dandelions
Early Christmas?
Cattail genocide.... I will be reporting this to the FBI
What?! No! It's just the opposite! We're helping them make MORE cattails. 😂😂
Um … you know why plants make seeds, right? So they can be spread to make more plants. This is HELPING the plants reproduce. The plants are already dormant for the winter. You can tell by the yellow and brown stalks. Nothing here harmed the living plants. It only benefited future generations.
0:46 *thanoses snap*
Power of Plantv
I'm not even there but my allergies started acting up. weird.
I have horrible hayfever and am allergic to pollen all throughout the non-winter months. Cattails have never bothered me. That’s because what you see here are mature seed heads, not flowers. There is no pollen anywhere here.
Italian 🧢 😍 (im italian hahaha)
Yeah. I'm not Italian. Haha. I got that hat when my family visited my sister who does live in Italy. Amazing country with beautiful people.
oohh
ahhhh
That’s so dangerous... especially around kids!!!
I keep hearing that its really dangerous but I played with them all the time as a kid can someone ples explain lol ;-;
@@supacoolmeimei If you inhale the fluffy stuff or the seeds, you can easily suffocate from fluff
Not at all. Kids have been playing with these for literally millennia. They’re no worse than dandelions. They’re just much more impressive and less well known.
You’d have to inhale very deliberately strongly for any of these little parachutes to make it much farther than the back of your mouth. Each parachute is so delicate, and they attach extremely easily to nearly any surface, especially wet surfaces.
I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying, but I think the chances of any seed parachutes making the very long journey through incredibly tiny and sticky passageways all the way to sensitive lung tissues is extremely remote.
Thanks to the parachutes, I would bet that these have much less of a chance of reaching our lungs than most dust and ash particles that we far more commonly expose ourselves to when spending time outside, around campfires, etc.
Looks really fun but it looks that you are smoking too
I just realized that they are literally killing the plants
Except that they are spreading the seeds of the plant, which was the goal all along, thus the circle of life
actually no but yes, by exploding them they are carrying their seeds everywhere and actually even making cattails breed bigger, fluffier puffs by exploding the puffy ones.
@@supacoolmeimei Right! Helping spread the seeds when the plants are already in the process of going dormant for winter is actually the opposite of killing them.
And judging by the health of this stand of cattails the following year, our activity did not seem to harm them. 😊
I got allergies just watching this video
I've had a lot of comments like this. I get pretty strong seasonal allergies to many weeds and wildflowers -- same with many of my kids. Playing with cattails has never bothered us. What you see in the video are the seeds and the fluffy little parachutes that they're attached to. Allergies are commonly caused by pollen, which for cattails comes much earlier in the season, before these big seed heads appear on the plants. The pollen is long gone here.
Some other wildflowers will give me a mild rash on my hands when I break apart their seed heads. I'm guessing it's because of oils or other compounds on the plants that are mildly toxic or allergenic. Cattails don't do that for me.
what if you puffed 100 cattails on a highway and lit it on fire?
Looks i lil SUS OR SHOULD I SAY BIG SUS WHY U STRETCHIN THAT MEATTT BOI
I never met this plant 😭
I'm glad you spread the seeds everywhere but putting it in your mouth........I'm not sure thats good tho....
Americans are crazy. I would've been afraid of this triggering some allergy or my kid(s) suffocating after biting it 😅
Note: i don't have kids but i'd never let them bite into cat tail plants
There's no cattails in my country :'(
😢 so sorry! Try looking for them, just in case. They’re found almost everywhere, in some places as an invasive, non-native species. They’re always around standing fresh water - lakes, marshes, streams, springs.
Surely this can’t b good to inhale!
Meh … no worse than dandelions. Just a lot more fun.