Oh dear John Green, I've missed you so much! I was off the internet for a while and when I came back a few months ago I was so upset to not see you hosting this. Welcome back!
A bunny with myxomatosis will become suddenly lethargic, sometimes having red, runny eyes. Their little bodies will become swollen and they will more than likely die within 48 hours. Myxomatosis is quite literally the opposite of binkying. Binkying being a very natural expression of uncontrollable joy--if your rabbit Binkies, you know you are a good bunny parent.
I bet M&Ms have more calories per volume. Bears are omnivores like us, and would have similar tastes for sweets because they're a valuable calorie source in the wild.
I agree. It's probably a biological advantage for us to taste things that are high in fat and calories as "amazing!" Well, not so much anymore. We need to tweak our genes to make us like veggies more!!
The metric system... If you say 400 miles, I know what that means. If you say 400 kilometers, I have to pause the video and use Google's conversion tool to find that it is equal to 248.548 miles.
YoungBrave2006 They could also be from Burma or Liberia. Also considering they're talking about Miles vs. Kilometers, they could also be from the UK, which uses mph.
mnlizzi Yeah, it's really annoying that we use miles in the UK. Most people also only know their weight in stones and their height in feet. Apart from that, everything else is metric. I know the weight and length of anything I need to know the weight and length of in kilograms and metres respectively. I know I'm around 14st but I can't relate that to anything else I know. If you asked me how much a stone weights in terms of water, I'd be clueless.
The writing is sharp is this episode; with good delivery. The other hosts don't seem to be as comfortable behind the camera as John Gree. His comedic timing is impeccable
This is basically "40-some Facts About Mammals, and a Few About Some Other Animals". How about how 70-75% of all animal species are insects? The second most species-populous type of vertebrate is birds, with around 9,000 species. There are that many types of ant alone.
Nobody cares for insects, look at popular culture many characters who express an interest in them are serial killers, pedophiles, or just plain weirdos you would avoid
Kyle McHale I beg to differ. Insects have been and will continue to be a popular area of study. They have an entire science devoted to them (entomology). Not to mention insects have pretty much won the game of evolution and survival. Insects have populated the world more than humans. Are they pests? Some of them are, but the rest are pretty vital to the environment.
The title is "51 Astounding Animal Facts". Not "51 of the most important animal facts" or "the most complete and comprehensive list of animal facts ever" or even "These are BioniclesaurKing4t3's favourite animal facts" If it's 51 animal facts, and only 51, no matter which ones you use, there's A LOT that you've left out. Not many people have the time for 510,546,327,005 astounding animal facts, however. If you'd like to watch an informational video about insects, why not make one? I'd be interested to see it too, insects are fascinating. But so are the other animals, so lets not be so dismissive, ok?
BioniclesaurKing4t2 I agree. I don't know why people are giving you shit about this. David Attenborough's Life in the Undergrowth is a good series for land-dwelling arthropods.
Another amazing animal fact: the tiny giraffe in front of Seal the seal is an exact replica of the tiny giraffe I found on the floor of a movie theater a few months ago!
I always enjoy animal facts and enjoy the mental floss videos from time to time. I am curious about some of your facts. I think you may have meant 40 types of Puma and not Cougar's. Also at one time the most endangered animal in north America was (may still be) the Florida Panther a sub species of the Puma. So there is a panther, it is just a sub species of Puma. I think you may have meant to say no such thing as a black panther. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are often called black Panthers but that is not correct. I have worked with these animals and I am pulling this info from memory with no fact check. I know, brave right? That being said, I think you are pronouncing Maqacue incorrectly. When you say it it sounds like.........never mind. Thanks for the great videos.
Similar to how a reindeer changes his eye colour, wolves also do so as well. However, the colour change that wolves go through is permanent. Pups eyes are bright blue and change to several different shades of yellow/brown.
Also opossums do get used to you if you feed them. Mine eat while I talk to them, let me check for wounds, etc. They're quite soft, also they do go blind when older, have one of those too. Wave in front of her and she can't see and no reaction. Mine love yogurt as well, any fruit but love bananas. I better stop rambling now. XD Nice list.
As someone firmly on the North side of the North/South rivalry I was delighted when you said that cougars have over 40 names and panthers don't even exist.
There was actually an even older eel (called Branteviksålen) in Sweden that recently died, it lived in a well (a kid had put it there) for about 150 years (if I remember correctly). When it died it was donated to science :)
If another list show does not have john, I think I'm gonna break my computer.... maybe john can do the other shows too, like ALL of mental floss's videos
10/10 quality video, an emotional rollercoaster that kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I laughed, I cried, I learned 42 new ways to season and cook a pork shoulder. Truly a new standard has been set that all future videos will be held in comparison to.
No Alex the grey parrot? He was the only non-hominid animal known to ever ask a question! An existential one at that. He asked what color he was. Not even apes ask questions.
1:00 This fact is misleading. Deer antlers do NOT perpetually grow. There is a growing season of about half a year, and after the antlers are grown, they remain that size and do not grow during the other parts of the year. Then in the spring, they shed their antlers and shortly thereafter begin the growing season again.
What would be the benefit of a reindeer's eyes changing color throughout the year? Does have gold or blue eyes help it to see better in different lighting? Or does it help them blend in with the environment? Or is it just a weird evolutionary tick they developed along the way?
Human eyes can change colour to some extent, too, mine can have orange in them during summer. I presume the change is because of more light during summer, maybe it's some chemical reaction that doesn't have an evolutionary benefit.
For real though, a lot of reindeer live in the far north of Scandinavia, up there, you get long periods of sunlight in summer (including times where it doesn't set) and long periods of dark in winter (including times where it doesn't rise). The light gold colour in summer would help them see better in light conditions, while the dark eyes help them see better in the dark. It sounds a bit counter-intuitive, but if you look at the eyes of nocturnal creatures vs. those of diurnal creatures you'll see that creatures that need to see in the dark normally have large, round, dark eyes.
measuring by mass what animal is there the most of. like if you combined the masses of all animals of one species and compared the total to the mass of other animals what species would have the largest total mass
From what I've found most diurnal lizards have a third eye. Not just iguanas, but bearded dragons, anoles, and even one kind of small thorny lizard here in Texas. Probably also thorny toads. Another kind of thorny lizard here in Texas. Though that kind can spray blood out of their eyes. And before you ask. Yes it is terrifying to have a tiny lizard spray blood at you out of its eye.
I don't think you want to be specifying just how many insects you could consume in a day while you have an outstanding punishment due in other quarters, John.
Oh dear John Green, I've missed you so much! I was off the internet for a while and when I came back a few months ago I was so upset to not see you hosting this. Welcome back!
"They share a recenter ancestor" - New York Times best selling author John Green
Of all the pictures of a Quakka you pick the only one where you can't see its smile
Slight correction, it's only roughly 1 in 9 reindeer who develop a red nose at Christmas.
'Is that thing gonna kill me?
Can I eat that thing?
Is that thing appropriate to mate with?
Those are the basic questions.'
I have a pet bunny and he does the binky think all the time :D it's one if the cutest things ever!
My bunnies do this too! :) they dance and dance when they're happy :P
Guinea pigs do a similar thing, but it's more of a little hop. It's called "popcorning." So cute!
Does it have myxomatosis?
A bunny with myxomatosis will become suddenly lethargic, sometimes having red, runny eyes. Their little bodies will become swollen and they will more than likely die within 48 hours. Myxomatosis is quite literally the opposite of binkying. Binkying being a very natural expression of uncontrollable joy--if your rabbit Binkies, you know you are a good bunny parent.
My bunny does it too all the time .
Its so adorable.
It's not just iguanas, most lizards have a third eye, and so does the the tuatara, frogs and even some fishes.
Really? Didn't know that :D
halsoy Yep! It's what our pineal gland evolved from :)
***** neat :D
That explains why most lizards are big fans of the band Tool.
halsoy Tuatara have the most pronounced ones
John has seen the movie "friday" and now, I may rest in peace.
word i heard him say that was his best ice cube impression and just died. this man is the shit
All I've gotten out of this is that kangaroos have 3 vaginas.
Really? I'm more interested in those elephant related hyraxes.
***** kek
***** the possibilities!!!!
Google the males kangaroos anatomy...you'll be just as shocked
One for even days, one for odd days, and one for special occasions. Seems pretty reasonable to me.
2:09. I have to do it. ~Baby Baluga in the deep blue sea, swim so wild and you swim so free!~
Please show yourself out. hahaha just kidding.
A bear got into food when I was camping too. And it ignored the steaks in favour of M&Ms/ Bears are weird.
Gotta have them M&M's.
I'm with the bear on that one.
Interesting, bears like candy. I wonder if they like sweet pastries too, and if they ate a Bear Claw... would that be cannibalism?
I bet M&Ms have more calories per volume. Bears are omnivores like us, and would have similar tastes for sweets because they're a valuable calorie source in the wild.
I agree. It's probably a biological advantage for us to taste things that are high in fat and calories as "amazing!" Well, not so much anymore. We need to tweak our genes to make us like veggies more!!
The metric system... If you say 400 miles, I know what that means. If you say 400 kilometers, I have to pause the video and use Google's conversion tool to find that it is equal to 248.548 miles.
That means you're American, and not a scientist. All other countries, and even American scientists use the metric system.
YoungBrave2006 They could also be from Burma or Liberia. Also considering they're talking about Miles vs. Kilometers, they could also be from the UK, which uses mph.
mnlizzi Yeah, it's really annoying that we use miles in the UK. Most people also only know their weight in stones and their height in feet. Apart from that, everything else is metric. I know the weight and length of anything I need to know the weight and length of in kilograms and metres respectively. I know I'm around 14st but I can't relate that to anything else I know. If you asked me how much a stone weights in terms of water, I'd be clueless.
Sorry non-metric system user. You choosed to use the weird and different system.
Justin Briand not to mention an inferior one. I know because I live in America.
Best closing line for a Mental Floss to date.
When he talked about the wallaby fact, that was literally my first thought.
The writing is sharp is this episode; with good delivery. The other hosts don't seem to be as comfortable behind the camera as John Gree. His comedic timing is impeccable
That was the slickest Friday reference i have heard.... You Mr. Green are awesome. Smokey and Craig!!
At 2:05 when you made a comment to Mark, my daughter turned to me with a surprised look on her face because she thought you were talking to me :)
This is basically "40-some Facts About Mammals, and a Few About Some Other Animals". How about how 70-75% of all animal species are insects? The second most species-populous type of vertebrate is birds, with around 9,000 species. There are that many types of ant alone.
BioniclesaurKing4t2 Maybe they'll do another episode on ants alone?
Nobody cares for insects, look at popular culture many characters who express an interest in them are serial killers, pedophiles, or just plain weirdos you would avoid
Kyle McHale I beg to differ. Insects have been and will continue to be a popular area of study. They have an entire science devoted to them (entomology). Not to mention insects have pretty much won the game of evolution and survival. Insects have populated the world more than humans. Are they pests? Some of them are, but the rest are pretty vital to the environment.
The title is "51 Astounding Animal Facts". Not "51 of the most important animal facts" or "the most complete and comprehensive list of animal facts ever" or even "These are BioniclesaurKing4t3's favourite animal facts"
If it's 51 animal facts, and only 51, no matter which ones you use, there's A LOT that you've left out. Not many people have the time for 510,546,327,005 astounding animal facts, however.
If you'd like to watch an informational video about insects, why not make one? I'd be interested to see it too, insects are fascinating. But so are the other animals, so lets not be so dismissive, ok?
BioniclesaurKing4t2 I agree. I don't know why people are giving you shit about this. David Attenborough's Life in the Undergrowth is a good series for land-dwelling arthropods.
Good to c u again john😀😀😀😀😀
Another amazing animal fact: the tiny giraffe in front of Seal the seal is an exact replica of the tiny giraffe I found on the floor of a movie theater a few months ago!
One of the most interesting list shows i've seen in ages!
Quokkas are adorable and fearless.
I can die happy now that I've heard John Green say "bye Felicia"
Baboons who have pet dogs! This is amazing and adorable.
So cool! I had no idea that reindeers' eyes change colour!
I said out loud 2 seconds in that John needed a haircut.
He knows......
Same, I said it in my head right before he said it...
***** Me too! His comment startled me a little...
Cougar names...Demimoore lol. His "bye Felicia" is hilarious.
LOL.... man I lost it at when he said the gecko eats his tail for some of the nutrients and he said "Thats how my son feels about boogers!" LMAO. ^_^
"Recenter". Love it!
I'm from Winnipeg!!! And I totally remember hearing about the whale thing from one of my teachers in bio class! ^-^
that 88 year old eel in an aquarium made me think "how did it not get bored ?"
and then
"is this gonna be my life ?"
Is it bad that I only like watching Mental Floss videos that John Green is hosting?
"...Demi Moore." lol
I always enjoy animal facts and enjoy the mental floss videos from time to time. I am curious about some of your facts. I think you may have meant 40 types of Puma and not Cougar's. Also at one time the most endangered animal in north America was (may still be) the Florida Panther a sub species of the Puma. So there is a panther, it is just a sub species of Puma. I think you may have meant to say no such thing as a black panther. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are often called black Panthers but that is not correct. I have worked with these animals and I am pulling this info from memory with no fact check. I know, brave right? That being said, I think you are pronouncing Maqacue incorrectly. When you say it it sounds like.........never mind. Thanks for the great videos.
"Ma qacue" lol
Yes he's back!!!
Similar to how a reindeer changes his eye colour, wolves also do so as well. However, the colour change that wolves go through is permanent. Pups eyes are bright blue and change to several different shades of yellow/brown.
I've missed you so much John.
I can't believe you got through this episode without contributing to the Staff Pork Chop Party Fund.
Liked for the Friday quote.
1:32 I'm british and i was like "those are all the same thing!?!?" i thought they were different
I've heard this a few times already but I'll never get over the squirrell arrest.
John Green has spoken the name of the city I live in. Yay Winnipeg!
I can now die happy...wait, no I can't. Not until Hank says it too. :)
1:51 Heyo winnipeg, that's kinda where I live. Ya.
Awesome!
Chinchillas have like 300.000 hairs in one follicle. They can start to grow mold if water gets into their fur
Thanks for including Australia in your facts more often!! DFTBA
04:03. That gets my seal of approval
Washoe used to live where I go to school now. There were other chimps who lived with her and they all also knew sign language
Also opossums do get used to you if you feed them. Mine eat while I talk to them, let me check for wounds, etc. They're quite soft, also they do go blind when older, have one of those too. Wave in front of her and she can't see and no reaction. Mine love yogurt as well, any fruit but love bananas.
I better stop rambling now. XD
Nice list.
You are John Green. I love you John Green.
Me watching for the first time in 2020: "Is that John's quarantine hair?"
Ohhhh.... Oh, no... John, you have no idea what is coming....
When I went on camp to Rottnest Island there was a baby quokka who raided our tent. We named him Steve.
Hyraxes are now my favourite animal.
I was hoping he'd go into how hyraxes' feet look similar to elephants' -- it's pretty amazing.
As someone firmly on the North side of the North/South rivalry I was delighted when you said that cougars have over 40 names and panthers don't even exist.
I think Reindeer can also see ultraviolet after one of the changes? At least that's what I remember from what I read on BBC
Listen for the sound in 1:29.
There was actually an even older eel (called Branteviksålen) in Sweden that recently died, it lived in a well (a kid had put it there) for about 150 years (if I remember correctly). When it died it was donated to science :)
I was hoping for a "Bye Felicia." I was not disappointed.
I wanna take you up to Winnipeg, that's in Canada!
If another list show does not have john, I think I'm gonna break my computer.... maybe john can do the other shows too, like ALL of mental floss's videos
he should be on jeopardy. He know the most random things
10/10 quality video, an emotional rollercoaster that kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I laughed, I cried, I learned 42 new ways to season and cook a pork shoulder. Truly a new standard has been set that all future videos will be held in comparison to.
I'm part of the under 301+ club!!! Yay!!!
You've never tasted Rainier Beer. It was not good, though my dad loved it!
Love the show!
Were you on pot when you recorded the intro?
Keep up the good work!
Kangaroos must have a hell of a menopause.
koalas you nasty!!!! but sooo cute.... F it I'm rollin the dice on holding that bugger
Simian Stareyes Erm, it’s NOT the same Chlamidia as humans.
@@k8lynmae cold sores arent genital herpes... Dont mean I want em
But there's only 1 bat MAN! (air karate sounds)
0:12 There are 1,100 different bat species, and half of them are adorable and the other half grotesque.
1:53 THAT'S IN CANADA
I like the rainer beer drinking bear.
Where can I get the 'we can do it' picture that hangs on the wall in the salon?
New Zealand long-fin eels (female) have been known to live to over 100 years old.
No Alex the grey parrot? He was the only non-hominid animal known to ever ask a question! An existential one at that. He asked what color he was. Not even apes ask questions.
I believe the thing about goats having accents. I've seen a goat on TV that has a Latino accent. Her name's Shakira. :)
I have also, but she had a southern drawl, she was named Dolly Parton
sweet 301!, the same amount of views you will have until some numbers get crunched!
did anyone else laugh when john said Bye Felicia?
Bye Felicia.
LOL
You should do mirror facts. Mirrors are actually pretty cool
1:00 This fact is misleading. Deer antlers do NOT perpetually grow. There is a growing season of about half a year, and after the antlers are grown, they remain that size and do not grow during the other parts of the year. Then in the spring, they shed their antlers and shortly thereafter begin the growing season again.
Iguana-on-a-stick.
Just wanted to add a fact about the Cassowary:
It haunts my dreams.
That is all.
:/ as happy as i am to know all these new facts, i already knew a bunch of them and now i can no longer seem smarter in this area to my friends
Mother wallaby: "Would you like milk or diet milk?"
John pronouncing "jaguar" reminds me of benedict cumberbatch pronouncing "penguin"
i would count that 52 facts for the last part.
One eel in a swedish well might have lived to 155!
We just read a news article in Spanish class about the koalas with chlamydia. That's what you do in Spanish 3 honors kids.
do 70 facts about the 70's!!
My cousin Beaver does break a ton of stuff
What would be the benefit of a reindeer's eyes changing color throughout the year? Does have gold or blue eyes help it to see better in different lighting? Or does it help them blend in with the environment? Or is it just a weird evolutionary tick they developed along the way?
Human eyes can change colour to some extent, too, mine can have orange in them during summer. I presume the change is because of more light during summer, maybe it's some chemical reaction that doesn't have an evolutionary benefit.
It's so that their eyes can match the dress.
You know which Dress I'm talking about. B)
That joke first killed me and then revived me
For real though, a lot of reindeer live in the far north of Scandinavia, up there, you get long periods of sunlight in summer (including times where it doesn't set) and long periods of dark in winter (including times where it doesn't rise). The light gold colour in summer would help them see better in light conditions, while the dark eyes help them see better in the dark. It sounds a bit counter-intuitive, but if you look at the eyes of nocturnal creatures vs. those of diurnal creatures you'll see that creatures that need to see in the dark normally have large, round, dark eyes.
measuring by mass what animal is there the most of. like if you combined the masses of all animals of one species and compared the total to the mass of other animals what species would have the largest total mass
Knew #41 already. My grandparent*s* had peafowl on their property... (As I'm typing this, only one of my grandparents are still alive)
From what I've found most diurnal lizards have a third eye. Not just iguanas, but bearded dragons, anoles, and even one kind of small thorny lizard here in Texas. Probably also thorny toads. Another kind of thorny lizard here in Texas. Though that kind can spray blood out of their eyes. And before you ask. Yes it is terrifying to have a tiny lizard spray blood at you out of its eye.
So Rudolph is actually the normal one?
In Nahuatl "jaguar" is called Ocelotl, while the Ocelot is a completely different cat. For some reason.
Thanks John for showing me that I can ALWAYS learn something new and interesting. :)
Actually John, there is a specie called the panther, the PzKpfw V Panther ausf. D, A, and G.
Maybe I should get a group of rattlesnakes (rhumba) and have them vacuum our home.
I don't think you want to be specifying just how many insects you could consume in a day while you have an outstanding punishment due in other quarters, John.