6 Animal Myths - Dispelled!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2017
- Animals are awesome, but sometimes fantastic facts can turn into wild tales that just are not true. Do camels store water in their humps? Do porcupines shoot their quills? Do snakes suffocate their prey?
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"What happened to your arm?"
"Porcupine."
"I thought porcupines couldn't throw their quills."
"They can't. But bears can throw porcupines."
--Red Green Show
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This comment made my day! HAHAHA
THIS IS CRAZY
Sweating like a pig was another saying I heard a lot growing up...but pigs have very few sweat glands. Instead they wallow in mud to cool off. 🐷
in the saying sweating like a pig, it does not refer to the animal pig, but a greedy, dirty, overweight or unpleasant person.
so it's not really an incorrect pig myth, unlike the "pigs are dirty animals" which they aren't.
I always thought "sweating like a pig" meant like a pig being cooked! Like the Spanish expression "sweating like a fried chicken"
That sounds like way more fun than sweating.
My cats know tricks, both know how to give high five, spin around and lay down. they respond to my hand movements for each trick and I sometimes say 'up up' or 'down down'. They will do the tricks for treats or when they ask to go out on the balcony. I'm trying to teach them to jump on command at the moment. They enjoy the attention and getting treats obviously.
KT Greer Yep, cats know tricks, like purring while you're petting them and tricking you into a false sense of security before they rip your hand to shreds. ;-)
Cats are very good at tricking humans into thinking the cat has been 'trained' to do something. Far closer to admit that the cat trains the human in most cases I've found.
RealLuckless my cat is trained, hasn't trained me. I'm the boss and she will only listen to me, no one else. Also doesn't have to do tricks for treats, but sometimes I'll just give her a little treat cause I feel like it. She walks on leash and goes to the beach with me, etc.
Primalxbeast my cat has never once done that. She also loves belly rubs!
Thats so cool! I wish i had more time to teach mine stuff like that!
So the snake thing wasn't exactly a myth since it was believed to be true by scientists until recently. Thanks for including it though since I hadn't heard about the new information.
Well, to be exact, it's not an _urban_ myth since it's not born "on the streets". It's arguably still a myth, but a... Hum... How could one call it? A professorial myth?
Zogg from Betelgeuse A scientific error that was corrected. Science makes mistakes all of the time without calling the previous scientific consensus a myth.
The snake one reminds me of a myth in martial arts and fighting about how to choke your opponent. Trained fighters cut off blood supply to brain, not oxygen to lungs, which only takes seconds to put someone to sleep compared to minutes.
So if these scientists had simply asked a martial artist how snakes most likely kill, blood or oxygen pressure, they would had guessed blood, if only they'd asked.
Primalxbeast When I was little I thought that it was the snapping of the spine and possibly the ribs spearing the heart. I never thought about the lack of air. Well I guess it's the lack of blood flow to be exact now.
+The Sapien
Is that move a part of Snake-style kung fu?
The myth that goldfish have a 2 second memory is completely false, they can apparently remember things for up to 5 months.
The myth I hate the most and is often pictured in movies:
The wolves are agressive.... FALSE!
Wolf is an animal that doesn't like human contact and noise.
@dav2470 Does anyone like human contact or noise lol
One good rule of thumb is that Cute = friendly. Wolves are extremely cute and friendly :)
This also applies to tigers, cheetahs, polar bears, leopards, bobcats, lions, raccoons, foxes, otters, skunks, and many others. The cuteness is so intense that the only danger is the risk of cuteness overload (if you are not used to experiencing such intense levels of cuteness).
@razro2048 tigers, bears bobcats, leopards and lions? sure you go try cuddling them, I'll keep my distance, being ripped to shreds is very low on my to-do list
Everybody loves wolves. I have walked with wolves and they’re literally like massive dogs. Really headstrong and independent dogs! They fought a lot with their pack, like squabbling brothers and sisters 😂
@Kamdais I don't.
My cat trained herself to play fetch.. or rather she trained me to play fetch with her.
I didn't realize my cats were 'trained' until my bf told me he was surprised they did what I told them to, they seem to just be motivated by me acting excited and saying how good and clever they are when they do something I like.
"You can't teach an old dog new tricks" is a figure of speech, not an actual myth that people believe
Super fascinating video! I love how it's not just debunking myths, but also teaching us a whole lot of additional facts. Water retention in camels is super interesting! I will have to read more about them. :)
My cat trained himself to let me know when it was dinnertime. In other words, he meows his head off 🤣
These were all new to me! So very cool. The camel one was the coolest! And thank you for dispelling the cat myth. Both of my cats were trained as kittens to not jump on counters and furniture and unless we relaspe on the follow thru, (like with most animals im sure) they always listen!
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My cats know to lie down, sit down, stand up and scratch my eyes out.
...they also know how to open doors... Wish they didnt teach themselves to do that
To train a dog on a long leash, train for 'go around' or anything that doesn't sound like other 'orders' you use. The meaning to transmit is 'go back following the leash until you have a clear sight on me again'. I trained 2 dogs for that one a long time ago. That was useful to let them have some liberty and disentangled themselves. I thaught that on vocal order and made a transfer to finger's lead. That work amazing to go around a fence, an electric post, a chair's leg, some bushes... That let build some great confidence between them and myself.
There is an American living in Australia who is an animal trainer that holds two Guinness world records for training his cats to do various tricks and ride skateboards. His TH-cam channel is CATMANTOO and he does amazing work. Great job on the video again Jessi and Matthew.
I've seen him before.
There’s an animal rescuer that uses a “circus” type traveling show to showcase adoptable cats (I can’t find her name! Grrr!). What an amazing and creative way to enrich cats’ mental stimulation and intrigue potential adopters! I saw a YT video of one of her shows that the first cat adopted decided the treats weren’t as enticing as one of the people in the front row, wow!
I’m an animal lover and drive people crazy by saying “sweating like a horse”, “blind as a naked mole rat”, “deaf as a snake” and “loyal as a pit”.
I don’t get people that run from skunks, just stay still! They give several warnings allowing you to walk away and unless you’re having to trap and relocate them getting sprayed means you made a mistake. Same with so many small wild animals, enjoy them from a distance they’re comfortable with.
I have a cat named ice cream and she is actually pretty good at training. (Fun fact about her: whenever she is around, and the tv is turned on, she is ALWAYS watching it too!)
I knew all these things when i was little. And for some reason the only thing people refused to believe is camels didn't store water. I distinctly remember one day I told that to my entire class and everyone was like "what the hell are you talking about?"
I did a report on camels in 4th grade so I've known for apparently way longer than most people that camels store fat in their humps
the enthusiasm of this channel is so great. keep it going.
Another snake myth I hear all the time is that baby rattlesnakes are more dangerous than adult rattlesnakes because they can't control the amount of venom they release. But that's not true, and even if it was the amount of venom they can release is minuscule compared to that of an adult snake.
"Mythconception" episode. Excellent!
1. Some tarantula can fling their urticating hairs though.
2. I actually knew about snakes. It was very recent that it was discovered. Humans tend to get suffocated by their fear of them. Sad, because snakes are gorgeous and elegant creatures. I'd be happy in Slytherin, which btw, gives snakes a bad rap.
3. Camels also have an elaborate nasal system designed to capture water from exhaled gasses. Similar to humans, but much, much better.
4. The only animals I find hard to train are wives (that's just a joke.. haha), old people, and me. But for me, food is *very* effective too.
5. I have a big fat black cat that we've trained to tell time. He knows when it's 5:30 AM on the dot, and 7:30 PM on the dot every day and begs for food at those points.
6. Batman was well adapted too. Maybe they put more thought into him than it seemed. I bet he's hard to train though, because, you know, he's pretty old by now.
But does your cat comprehend daylight savings time?
For just a moment, when you mentioned a bat's "sense of hearing," I thought you were going to say "sense of humor." Of course that makes no sense, but now I can't help picturing a bunch of bats laughing at each other's jokes!
Bats don't get the giggles that easily. That would make them too vulnerable to Jokers!
Here's a psychology myth dispelled: positive reinforcement does not refer to rewarding good behavior. It actually refers to punishment.
Great video! I learned something new about camels :-) thanks guys!
With relation to camels, I heard that they also lose far less moisture through their breath than humans- they have specialized nostrils!
My least favorite animal myth is plague-breaing rats.
Great job Jess (& crew!)!!!
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I own two birds who are both male, they’ve spent most of their lives together so they feed each other plus preen each other. My friend came over and saw them preening each other so she called them gay 😂 She didn’t understand that they can bond with each other in a friendly way and not romantic 😂
I learned a lot today - mostly that what I thought I knew was wrong. Thanks for sharing!
Camels sort of do store water in the fat in their humps, metabolic water. They can gain water from the fat through lipid oxidation.
rdizzy1 sure, but the amount of water per pound of fat is so low, it's probably not an advantage in any considerable way.
+mwalsher
Not to mention mean! :'(
Oh so I can teach my tortoise?I mean, my tortoise only knows the come trick
Thanks guys for another cool episode 😊 Give Kemo a hug for me... no wait!
Another myth "Pitt Bulls have lock jaw". Pitties are extremely hyper and play driven and get excited and sometimes over enthusiastic. They have an extremely strong bite force and the excitement of the situation can make them resistant to let go. But that doesnt mean the jaws are "locked".
I HATE the one when people say that you can't train a cat. That so much BS and it's the owner's own fault if they don't even try. Cats might not react as quick as dogs - but I have often noticed that cats actually seem to learn short sentences better than dogs. Not just words.
But of course every animal has it's own individual intelligence level - so it might vary. And with cats is good to start teaching then as early as you can so they're a bit more use to it.
Don't let these myths distract you from the fact that in 1998 The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell and plummeted 16ft through an announcer's table.
I have an unrelated question - why do you often have nail polish only on your left-hand index finger? Is it for training some animal? As for the video - great and educational as always!!
Thanks so much..that was very interesting!
I heard one last night that really annoyed me and it was said by a so called animal expert, and that is that shingleback lizards or shingleback skinks as they also known can not only drop their tails but can shoot them off to distract predators, this of cause is not true as if they did loose their tails they would die.
Hedgehogs quills do get released xD Its called quilling. its when they lose their baby quills and get bigger ones. Their quills also fall off occasionally (not too often though).
I allow my friends to hold my snakes and their faces are priceless when they realise they aren’t slimy 😂
fourforaboy I never got why people would think that. I've never touched one, but they don't look slimy to me 😁
+Rara Avis
Maybe they'd figure they have to be to be able to slither like that? They do move as smoothly as if they've been greased or something.
That or those people were given caecilians to hold once and were told they were snakes?
Jascha Bull Ah, good point!
Whaaat? Here I was still thinking that snakes suffocate their prey. Turns out they just give them a heart attack :-)
Would you ever do a video on how you got into all this? Did you get into veterinary medicine? What got you here?
When your're asleep, Kemosabe does shoot his quills, silly little Jessi! When the moon is full and the Orion is above the horizon, Kemo is leaving his cage and is fighting the older ones from the outer worlds! These are entities, whose existence you haven't even been thinking of in your little earth life! Kemo protects you and your world and your family and your sleep by fighting the not to be named ones .....by shooting his quills!
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The myth I hate the most is that goldfish are fine to live in fish bowls. Really NO fish belong in bowls (Too small, no filtration, little oxygen transfer, no heat etc. etc. )
Sam Wallace The problem with goldfish may be that they're so cheap that people don't care if they die when they can be replaced for a couple bucks. People would take better care of them if they cost as much as some salt water fish.
I agree. My betta had a 10g tank all to himself and he was so happy and active in there, compared to the poor miserable ones that just float around in the little bowls hardly moving. It's sad :(
Everyone I come into contact with asks me if my porcupine shoots quills.
you have a new subscriber! (though I feel this channel is meant for a demographic younger than myself). I wish I could live your life for a day, seems like such rewarding, hard work :)
Love this video!!
Jessi I can't convince my cockatiel to perch on my finger
He wasn't hand trained as a baby and he was abused by his previous owners and I rescued him and he has some trauma. He freaks out when I stick my hand in his enclosure and hisses at me and potentially bites me. He needs to come out of his enclosure for interaction.
What do I do?
Here’s another one “moths eat clothes” sure there are one species that does do this but the other moths are actually sometimes good pets and they usually eat honey water sugar water or nectar from plants
Also my cat can handshake and hi fi- hi paw and they have forgotten yep you have to to the trick frequently and show them how it works for example you put your hand up take they’re paw and put it on your hand keep doing this and let them do it themselves ITLL work it just takes a bit longer then training a dog
I trained my oscar fish to jump out of the water and grab his food pellet from between my fingers. I guess it's easiest to train greedy animals.
I did the same with my betta, except it was a bloodworm for him.
And that's for sure, about greedy animals. I'm way out in the country so it was no big deal doing this, but we put out food for the wild raccoons if they are waiting at the door (mostly so they'll stay out of the bird food out there). They get so grabby though, and I trained them to move away from the door when I say "back up" so we can safely put some apple slices or something out for them without worrying about being bit or scratched. Didn't take them long to catch on, and it was fairly easy to train them to do that. In return each year we get to see them bring their little babies up to the back porch to explore and play.
Out of interest Jessi, I was wondering about your name "Animal Wonders Montana" is the Montana part of the Name part of a desire to start other sites in different states or is it just
simply you just saying Hey, by the way, we are in Montana?
On the other hand, tarantulas CAN shoot quills off their abdomens.
I HATE when people say snakes are slimy
I think they say that because they are so smooth and shiny that people think it’s a goo
Can we get another Creepy Crawly Halloween Special?
Mind-Blown🤯
A few more: 1. alpha wolves (really only applicable in artificial packs) 2. dogs don't sweat 3. pigs are dirty 4. scorpions are aggressive and will seek you out to sting you (at least this is a myth where I live) 5. slugs are snails out of their shells 6. if you touch a baby bird the mother will reject it.
Hi I have a question, I've heard that tiger's leg are so powerful that they can remain standing even after they're dead, is this true or just another myth?
The other day I heard people saying that weasels kill for fun, and that they drink the chickens blood and then leave the bodies. Im amazed people know so little about animals!
Maxii M they actually do kill for fun so do raccoons...
Most predators kill for fun, it's more obvious in animals that are better hunters because you get to see them hunt after they've already eaten. While ones that aren't as successful at hunting are lucky to bag something before they starve.
People thought they could shoot their quills out ? What the .. How and why
It's pretty common in cartoons. Kind of like how cartoon turtles' shells come off easily and stuff like that.
(though I've never heard of someone who thinks birds have boxers under their feathers, which makes about as much sense, but still...)
Lol indeed or a Coyote who shops at Acme for equipment to kill a Roadrunner ! But i guess cartoons might spread info like that if you've never seen the animal in question before .. shooting quills just has never entered my mind, he'd be quite the adversary if he could!
Well, I *have* drawn pictures of roadrunners before and had people tell me I left out the poking-out tongue...
Not sure if animals wonders has any ball/royal pythons, but it would be awesome to see a video on their care! And maybe also get some myths dispelled about them being "pet rocks" who don't need a good amount of room and enrichment in their homes.
fruit bats actually have very good eyesight as they start flying before twilight, I'm talking about the kind that lives in Israel and native to Egypt
I LOVE LEARNING
Chameleons change colour due to their mood and temperature, not because of their surroundings.
Do you have to do anything to keep Kizmit and Kemosabi from slathering poop on their quills?
That is something hedgehogs do, not porcupines.
Ah, I misunderstood her wording. Either way, what do you do to prevent it?
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Here’s a surprising myth busted: A blue whale cannot swallow a whole car. The largest thing a whale can swallow is a grapefruit
I though that the fact was that a blue whale's tongue weighs as much as a car? Or is that big?
I think that’s a humpback whale
Honestly my cat trains me not the other way around lol
Can you redo this video for SciShow Kids? I'd love to show some of my elementary school students, but a lot of the language is way too advanced.
Some fruit eating bats and other megachiroptera have good eyesight and don't use echolocation.
Do you have Red Eye Tree frogs or Waxy Monkey Frogs, if So can you make a video on one of them?
Tsk, its not called Pokéanimals, It's Pokémons silly Jessie :-P
I trained my guinea pigs to run in a circle and stand up on command.
RIP LOL HAHAHA
I've heard like all of these myths
Pawsative reinforcement
Hey could you please do a video of dinosaur myths please
Good to know they cant shoot quils
I was thinkinging maybe...good to know i cant get Quil-shot
I want to be like you when I grow up 😊😊😊
I love animals to
Correction: cardiac arrest not heart attack
can you plz make an episode about ants ? :p
Yeah go gettem girl!
I have never understood this "porcupines shoot their quills" bullshit. Literally no animal does that.
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Perfect saying is blind as a mole
Training cats is a piece of cake compared to training TTRPG players. *sigh*
I was literally eating syrup as she said that the camels pee could be as thick as syrup
Hey Jessi!
Can I train my Guinea pig?
Can we get more parrot videos?
It would be better as blind as a mole xD
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that was very intersting jessie
can you train a spider Jessi?
Can you train a hedgehog?
Snakes are not poisonous.I mean literally.
more chinchilla videos!!!
Snakes inject venom into their prey
*Pythons* on the other hand *suffocate their prey*
United pythons are snakes you mean members of the viper family