Seriously this video has everything. Bad accents, Dad jokes, exotic locations, poop, clever banter, fires, extreme insects, a multi-continental adventure, sports (okay, not really just sort of) -- THIS IS BASICALLY THE NATURE DOC EQUIVALENT OF A SPIELBERG EPIC.
Gotta say that slight of hand that your guide pulled there at the start was GREAT Dips his middle finger in and then puts his index finger to his mouth 😂😂
@@TraceDominguez OMG! TRACE! I've loved your work since way back on Discovery! I love that you and Emily are on this channel now. I hope it's not just a special series, but a permanent thing. (Not that I don't love your work, too, Joe. I even told you that years ago in the live stream where you and Wheezy Waiter built the Lego rocket. Not that I'm a stalker or anything. Just do us one small favor, please. Bring back the globe.:) )
Flashback to when we were given an assignment in late elementary to write a letter in informal speech (aka we were supposed to use lots of slang). After two or three classmates had read their assignment out loud the teach stoped us and asked how many needed help from adults and almost everyone raised their hands. I'll never forget the expression of sheer disbelief and amusement.
Here in Louisiana, I am used to seeing a variety of dung beetle species in my backyard (though they are smaller than the ones you see on TV). One species is a brilliant metallic green color, which really surprised me when I first found it rolling a ball of s***.
This collab contains the most fascinating and interesting lessons about biogology I could imagine. On top of that, you guys keep it entertaining to watch and your passion about the topics is undoubtable. Keep up the good work! Cheers.
2:58 [DB: Dung Beetle] DB1: Hey! I made that one! DB2: Well, too bad it's mine now! DB1: No! Give it back, you thief! I spent hours making that! DB2: *stolen* hehe free nest, dont have to make one for mine now DB1: *sobs in beetlish*
They eat the unburt wood underneath... The reason they prefer charred wood is because most animals run away from forest fires... So, reaching the place of fire first means there are no predators or competitors. Its a safe place to lay your eggs, basically.
@@mahadevparmekar2565 makes so much sense but i also feel that this first became a genetic reqirement (as u see their ability they have did build some strongity ) and then what u said came by as a follow-up profit?. I mean that's how I somehow feel
It is an overwhelming thing!!! I was in the Vindhyachal range CG - MP border, around 7-8 O'clock night, and then, it was there, absolute darkness and gazillions of stars. A must see for every one, living in light polluted areas. 🤯🤯🌟🌟⭐✨💫🌌
Did anyone notice he switched fingers before licking? Still gross that he touched it, but well played on his part. He knew most people would be so focused on the gross factor that they wouldn’t notice the switch. Good trick.
I was hesitant at first to watch this series because I didn't know the other people who were featured, but really happy I gave it a chance! I agree with you. Very well edited with a fairly unique format and interesting co-hosts.
@@Inspirement Hi, if you don't know the other 2 people, please allow me totally recommend them, Emily Graslie has a channel called: The Brain Scoop, one of her very first videos many years ago was the dissection of a wolf, pretty intense. Trace Dominguez used to be the host of DNews, pretty cool channel as well.
Something else that dung and charred wood have in common is that they are both HOT. Not only does poop come out of the shoot at steaming body temperature, but the degradation/fermentation process also generates heat energy. Also - both burnt wood and poop contain substantial amounts of nutrients - which means abundant food for newly hatched...larvae? (I have no idea what baby beetles look like, or what their life cycle consists of).
Two years later and youtube finally recommended to me. Of all the things in these videos this was the one that had me balling. Bless you for the timestamp.
this is the most interesting video in a long time. I learned about fungi and viruses this week, so I feel small. the complexity of the world is mind-bending.
If you want to feel so big as to be a galaxy unto yourself I suggest Journey to the Microcosmos. It'll show you a layer of life so infinitely small by comparison that whole populations can live within a single other organism.
I think the ancient Egyptians understood the value of dung beetles, since scarabs are apparently the Egyptian representation of a dung beetle. So much for those fantasy meat-eating scarabs of so many horror movies....
I am pretty sure I saw a different video on this exact topic not too long ago. The presentation of the It’s okay to be Smart team makes it well worth the look again.
Not saying first, just pointing out the fact that 1: says 0 comments and 2: I've never been in this situation before. Looking forward to watching the video!
If the entomologist has found the way to copy the exact way thats fire bettle works we can have super IR sensors placed in the forest, national park, etc that can making the prevent bigger fire forest happening in the future and alarming the fire fighter to the location more accurately and secure the fire @@, whats a mind blowing invention if they can found it :). Dung Beetle, hardly hear the name of the beetle on my country, im live in Indonesia, SEA Region, but somehow i know it from the games called Monster Hunter World, and i think thats beetle just fantasy things but in the end they're real xD, and whats more fantastic are they animated it very similar on the nature xD, what a blast day, thanks
I loved seeing the map of dung beetle paths traced out with angle markers in a circle in the planetarium. Felt like the essence of science right there!
8:45 Just when I was thiunking "How annoying must it have been for that stadium to be built right next to peoples houses!" then oh, turns out the stadium came first...
We feel weird about what they feed upon. In parallel universe trees will be discussing on similar topic about humans. We eat fruits/flowers which are like wombs/reproductive organs of trees and we drink their juice like maple juice.. So it's all weird.
I didn't know that I needed to know that dung beetle experiments in planetariums happened. But I swear I'm a better human with a richer life experience because I know that. Do more of these!
Trace, again, makes me want to beat my head against a wall. Please make an alternate version to accommodate people who don't want to be self-concussed.
You said that if there is a resource to be used, there is something that has evolved to take advantage of that resource. What resource did humans evolve to take advantage of in this way?
Everything. We are in charge because we are capable of taking advantage of everything. We are generalists, not specialists. Dung beetles can't use fire. Fire beetles can't use dung. We can use both.
Seriously this video has everything. Bad accents, Dad jokes, exotic locations, poop, clever banter, fires, extreme insects, a multi-continental adventure, sports (okay, not really just sort of) -- THIS IS BASICALLY THE NATURE DOC EQUIVALENT OF A SPIELBERG EPIC.
Also, for the record, I am an excellent wedding dancer 💃💃💃💃
@@TraceDominguez I won the parallel Earth lottery!! I'm not going to any other Earth. You can't make me!!
👌
Welcome to the "It's Okay To Be Smart" channel. :D I guess you're new here. I've been a big fan ever since I discovered them.
@@fyaerwe Not new at all. I've been here a very long time.
"Even if your work is sh*t don't stop looking at the sky"
- a dung beetle
beautiful
@@GloryBlazer And also shitty. xD
I just screencapped this and shared it on social media. You might go viral. You're welcome. Lol. (I thought it was comment gold 👍)
"Keep your eyes on the sky and your feet on the poop"
Deep
Gotta say that slight of hand that your guide pulled there at the start was GREAT
Dips his middle finger in and then puts his index finger to his mouth 😂😂
I THOUGHT that’s what happened! I’m gonna re-watch…for the FOURTH Time!
@@TheAbcjohnson lol he’s talented, it was a simple trick but well done!
Oh thank goodness, I thought he'd actually put the poop finger in his mouth 😅🤢
whether it's a trick or not it was still disgusting lol
@@Patmccalk i am also doing that to trick my friends lol
"I don't know what the kids say. I'm not cool." That, right there, is the story of my life, even when I was a kid.
thank you. same. even when I was a kid.
@@TraceDominguez OMG! TRACE! I've loved your work since way back on Discovery! I love that you and Emily are on this channel now. I hope it's not just a special series, but a permanent thing. (Not that I don't love your work, too, Joe. I even told you that years ago in the live stream where you and Wheezy Waiter built the Lego rocket. Not that I'm a stalker or anything. Just do us one small favor, please. Bring back the globe.:) )
Me too.
Flashback to when we were given an assignment in late elementary to write a letter in informal speech (aka we were supposed to use lots of slang).
After two or three classmates had read their assignment out loud the teach stoped us and asked how many needed help from adults and almost everyone raised their hands.
I'll never forget the expression of sheer disbelief and amusement.
Being cool is over rated🌻
Here in Louisiana, I am used to seeing a variety of dung beetle species in my backyard (though they are smaller than the ones you see on TV).
One species is a brilliant metallic green color, which really surprised me when I first found it rolling a ball of s***.
I believe we have those same green metallic ones in Florida as well. I've only seen them once, rolling dog 💩 away.
@@American-Plague we have the best stuff here in the southeast United States tbh
@@jamesd5366 Yep! 😎👍 Southern Appalachia (where my family lives) is almost like a rainforest in summer.
The species I've seen is Canthon viridis, the rainbow scarab is a different genus altogether apparently.
@@jamesd5366 hmmm do you a picture? For us to see
This collab contains the most fascinating and interesting lessons about biogology I could imagine. On top of that, you guys keep it entertaining to watch and your passion about the topics is undoubtable. Keep up the good work! Cheers.
I'd say that they are overacting it a bit though.
Ikrr they're a greay trio lmao
Extra props to Joe @2:43 for "beetles battle brutally on a bounty from a bowel -- it's a brutal bowel bounty beetle battle"
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I like you Emily 😊
cute 🥰bettle earings
This may sound really dumb but I just found out the Dung Defender from Hollow Knight is real and this is awesome.
*Dung Defender
@@MCjossic ah, that. Thanks.
B r u h
So, can light pollution cause those beetles to lose their way home??
Yea as for flies that cant find their way back home anymore because they are stuck with the artificial lights thinking its the suns light
@@kurehahwagguk8976 Oh no
@@kurehahwagguk8976 sucks to be galaxy grazing beatles in this days but human neither the earth is already on a stove
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"Poop is in Leo today" 🤣🤣
I'm dead.
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Ok, y'all need to add a gross-o-meter for videos like this! I was NOT prepared for a high definition elephant poop show! 🤣
Tell me about it, i had a plate of food in front of me lolol
After this episode I learned that elephants never suffer from hemorrhoids with such large a**holes.
2:58
[DB: Dung Beetle]
DB1: Hey! I made that one!
DB2: Well, too bad it's mine now!
DB1: No! Give it back, you thief! I spent hours making that!
DB2: *stolen* hehe free nest, dont have to make one for mine now
DB1: *sobs in beetlish*
u know that feeling when you work so hard but someone else takes it away
@@aarushikishore1417 that school project or that 1 kid who copied ur homework.
@@warduxe :''''''''')
@@aarushikishore1417 its like cooking the food and the food is gone before you even eat
@@nethercrocodile5859 ya xP
Those beetles watching the milky way to navigate might just be the best thing any insect does, ever.
My chemical teacher did the same trick to show how important observation is… watch close at the poopfinger
YOU CAUGHT IT
I just posted the same.
You teacher is a chemical? xD
@@kaizokujimbei143 We all are, friend. 😎
@@rougnashi I guess we are chemicals. xD
And now that I think about it, it sounds kinda metal. UwU
Of all the puns in here, "Liverpoo" was the one to actually kill me.
ikr???
It's why I love this show 😂😂
You three are the best science youtube combo team ever, I know these are old but more of these in the future would be fantastic
What's amazing is a larva can eat charcoal, do they eat it though or do they eat the mostly unburned wood underneath?
I would guess the second. 🤔
They're eating the unburned wood underneath. Good on ya!
They eat the unburt wood underneath...
The reason they prefer charred wood is because most animals run away from forest fires...
So, reaching the place of fire first means there are no predators or competitors. Its a safe place to lay your eggs, basically.
Offtopic-sorry this deserves more like (right now it's in 42)
@@mahadevparmekar2565 makes so much sense but i also feel that this first became a genetic reqirement (as u see their ability they have did build some strongity ) and then what u said came by as a follow-up profit?. I mean that's how I somehow feel
“Brutal bowel bounty beetle 🪲 battle!” Yessss!
After watching this , I m now jealous of dung betels because they can see the milky way and I can't because of city 🤦♂️
Relatable
It is an overwhelming thing!!! I was in the Vindhyachal range CG - MP border, around 7-8 O'clock night, and then, it was there, absolute darkness and gazillions of stars.
A must see for every one, living in light polluted areas. 🤯🤯🌟🌟⭐✨💫🌌
The dung beetle scene in Microcosmos is...actually, that whole film is sublime.
Man, I love these Nature Series. Thank you for your effort and time in making these wonderful videos.
Did anyone notice he switched fingers before licking? Still gross that he touched it, but well played on his part. He knew most people would be so focused on the gross factor that they wouldn’t notice the switch. Good trick.
I would emphasise the "still gross" part... unnecessary move to say the least
these bettles are so good with their job. all i can say is... well dung bettles! Well dung!
I actually really dig this collaborative format 😁♥️
I was hesitant at first to watch this series because I didn't know the other people who were featured, but really happy I gave it a chance! I agree with you. Very well edited with a fairly unique format and interesting co-hosts.
I don’t. It reminds me of those TruTV shows where a bunch of idiots keep interrupting videos with some unfunny snark.
@@Inspirement Hi, if you don't know the other 2 people, please allow me totally recommend them, Emily Graslie has a channel called: The Brain Scoop, one of her very first videos many years ago was the dissection of a wolf, pretty intense. Trace Dominguez used to be the host of DNews, pretty cool channel as well.
@@emmettturner9452 Same, honestly. I wish they would cut the jokes because they're not working.
Ah yes, the perfect video to watch while Im eating
Who says nerds have no fun? You guys rock when you’re together. Keep it up.
Just noticed Emily's dung beetle earrings! Love it!
I know so did I 😊
"It's a brutal, bounty, beetle battle."
Me: (Singing) 🎶 Dung! Dung! Dunnnnnnnnggg! 🎶
His legs are sweaty,
knees weak, arms are heavy.
There's poop on his body already
Brutal beetle battle, Serengeti
I love the old finger swap to make it look like you sample the dung.
Emily is so beautiful and interested in beetles that shes wearing a painr of graceful beetle ear rings :)
Imagine being born, and then your job is to literally roll poop.
When people ask why I don't watch TV, I link them to this show
This trio is my most favourite trio in TH-cam......
Something else that dung and charred wood have in common is that they are both HOT. Not only does poop come out of the shoot at steaming body temperature, but the degradation/fermentation process also generates heat energy. Also - both burnt wood and poop contain substantial amounts of nutrients - which means abundant food for newly hatched...larvae? (I have no idea what baby beetles look like, or what their life cycle consists of).
Basically little naked caterpillars.
This is quite literally the coolest thing I have learned about in a very long time. Thank you guys!! Hahahaha
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This was disgustingly amazing
15:28 Absolutely brilliant. I laughed hard... "Lay some eggs in it" god darn I laughed so damn hard.
Two years later and youtube finally recommended to me. Of all the things in these videos this was the one that had me balling. Bless you for the timestamp.
this is the most interesting video in a long time. I learned about fungi and viruses this week, so I feel small. the complexity of the world is mind-bending.
If you want to feel so big as to be a galaxy unto yourself I suggest Journey to the Microcosmos. It'll show you a layer of life so infinitely small by comparison that whole populations can live within a single other organism.
I think the ancient Egyptians understood the value of dung beetles, since scarabs are apparently the Egyptian representation of a dung beetle. So much for those fantasy meat-eating scarabs of so many horror movies....
Plot twist: *You did not understand the title but clicked anyways.*
hahahahhaha good one
whats hard in it tho
No
It's an old chidren's trick. Play it on slow motion. He changes the finger. Hahaha.. You, guys, are lovable people. And smart.
This series is awesome.
I am pretty sure I saw a different video on this exact topic not too long ago. The presentation of the It’s okay to be Smart team makes it well worth the look again.
Next time I'm looking up at the Milky Way I will be thinking of dung beetles!
4:12 funniest line ever
Respect these heroes...
Thanks for this interesting talk
If I had a sister a science nerd like Emily would be the best. Joe & Trace would make great brothers too. Fun and interesting show this week!
this is shaping up to be my favorite quasi-documentary series!
Dung beetle pokemon that's Bug-Ground and evolves into Psychic-Ground
and Fire beetle pokemon that are, well, Fire-Bug type, or Fire-Grass type
You guys are such nerds😂😂.....
I love it, I'm happy there's others like me 😊... Such bad puns and jokes I just love it 😊
If only I was as enthusiastic about leg day as these beetles😔
Getting real princess carolyn vibes with the brutal bowel bounty beetle battle 😂
Love this type of content delivery with the the three of you.
Like a year ago I accidentally step on one and the crunch is still haunting me every time I step on a leaf or twigs
8:25 You're not cool, Trace. You're FIRE!
Not saying first, just pointing out the fact that 1: says 0 comments and 2: I've never been in this situation before. Looking forward to watching the video!
You such a fire chasing bettle 😂
If the entomologist has found the way to copy the exact way thats fire bettle works we can have super IR sensors placed in the forest, national park, etc that can making the prevent bigger fire forest happening in the future and alarming the fire fighter to the location more accurately and secure the fire @@,
whats a mind blowing invention if they can found it :).
Dung Beetle, hardly hear the name of the beetle on my country, im live in Indonesia, SEA Region, but somehow i know it from the games called Monster Hunter World, and i think thats beetle just fantasy things but in the end they're real xD,
and whats more fantastic are they animated it very similar on the nature xD, what a blast day,
thanks
The level below being Friend Zoned. Being told you guys are totally like the Brothers she has never had. Waah waah.
The banter is everything
I loved seeing the map of dung beetle paths traced out with angle markers in a circle in the planetarium. Felt like the essence of science right there!
10:42 HANS! get se Flammenwerfer! oh wait. no hans; stop! Rückzug!
so glad i read the title before clicking. was about to eat and watch a vid
This video is so EXTREME!
8:45 Just when I was thiunking "How annoying must it have been for that stadium to be built right next to peoples houses!" then oh, turns out the stadium came first...
This is good I will watch this later when my dog goes to bed
I hope y’all have kids. Awesome dad jokes. Very entertaining and educational. Kids learn best when they’re having fun.
I just moved from the bay area and damn do I miss the academy of science, I'd go there every few months with my dad!
I think I have chosen the perfect episode for today's toilet session. I REALLY feel part of the circle of life
Nice my teacher made me watch this I never thought I will get this in science class
Is this why ra (sun god ) related with the dung beetles ?????
“…I think we have a future in Liver-poo.” 10/10 🤣
the camera focusing on the moment the elephant... released, makes it clear how important it is to eat your veggies.
I was watching this in the morning during breakfast... Shouldn't have done that... That's on me...
Great Episode! The 3 of you work great together. Loving this series!!
Congrats on 4 million subs!
Really awesome video which make me feel I am smarter than other because now this two facts are known to me which are told in video.
What a video to watch while eating meatballs for dinner ...
Am I the only one that found the Elephant #2 close up Hilarious?
1:32
"hell, thats poop! were lucky we didnt step into it"
FASCINATING
Best episode ever!!!
Yay Trace! Here for it!
We feel weird about what they feed upon. In parallel universe trees will be discussing on similar topic about humans. We eat fruits/flowers which are like wombs/reproductive organs of trees and we drink their juice like maple juice.. So it's all weird.
Can I populate my backyard with dung beetles to clean up after my dogs?
Been a wildland firefighter for seven years now... Fire beetles are the devil.
I didn't know that I needed to know that dung beetle experiments in planetariums happened. But I swear I'm a better human with a richer life experience because I know that. Do more of these!
My Dad would say, “cut it out, you’re having too much fun.”
stuff like this relieves depression
This was the coolest video. It just made my mind go pffft!!
Trace, again, makes me want to beat my head against a wall. Please make an alternate version to accommodate people who don't want to be self-concussed.
Love the Beatles puns/jokes at the end 🤣
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So much fun and learning
Awesome! Great outro 😂 😂 😂
ohhh how cool to see Emily with beatle earrings its like she ready to take you in her magic school bus to teach you about coleoptera
I love this series
I was today years old when I realized Joe and SciShow's Hank Green are different people. =X
1:30 How many of you noticed it the first time?
The guy dips his middle finger in the elephant poop, then licks his index finger! Observation folks 😁
Socially better than the other way around.
That may be one of the greatest video titles on YT
You said that if there is a resource to be used, there is something that has evolved to take advantage of that resource. What resource did humans evolve to take advantage of in this way?
Everything. We are in charge because we are capable of taking advantage of everything. We are generalists, not specialists.
Dung beetles can't use fire. Fire beetles can't use dung. We can use both.
@@keithfaulkner6319 win.
Really loving these videos. I hope you continue to make more of these.