@@nagualdesign "Bugs" and "insects" are often used interchangeably even if they're not exactly the same thing. The former rolls off the tongue easier. But you are correct.
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Isn´t it the same with humans ? Dumb Girls are looking for Guys with muscels, while smarter ones are looking for also smart and/or good looking ones. Fat ones quite often go for either ugly or ultra slim and complet inhuman ugly ones swallow theyr pride and become crazy cat womans ?
What an incredible line at the end. "Butterflies and moths are not here to please us. Their beauty is an accident - as is their occasional horror. We are merely spectators." An amazing way to describe many things in and about the natural world.
@@austinhernandez2716 oooookay?? Are you saying that I sound like I'm pushing creationism by appreciating a cool line about nature? Because I assure you I very much am not. And tbh saying that nature's beauty is an accident would, if anything, be an anti-creationism standpoint, would it not?
+Leopardmask I'm not so sure. Humans are very effectively de-terraforming the planet. And species-ism plays an extremely large part in the selection of microhabitats that get conserved or managed. Look at how many rivers are stocked with a preferred sport-fish, or how many people have jumped onboard the 'protect the milkweed' campaigns. It's more about human interest than ecology. And I'm not convinced that 'beauty by accident' is a valid evolutionary concept.
About 12 years ago I took a picture of a swallow tail butterfly on a thistle flower. didnt notice till I put the picture on my computer that you can clearly see its proboscis snaking down into the flower. best wild life photo I have ever taken.
I raise Monarch butterflies each year, and this year, they are coming back so strongly as a species after being endangered. This is a very good sign for the overall environment ❤️
I always advise budding lepidopterists to save years of painstaking time and effort differentiating Moths from Butterflies by simply saying Moths come into the house and fart about and Butterflies don't.
I had a friend who was terrified of butterflies but not moths. Never believed him until a butterfly landed on him and be passed out for a hot second there O.o
I'm glad you guys told me about this because I would NOT want to come across one of these moths without knowing what was going on. Now that I know what it's for, it probably won't scare me half as much.
hi im neurodivergent and butterflies have been my largest hyperfixation practically since birth. thank you for adding more information to my infodumping arsenal.
Hey,! I had a pet cockroach. Found her on her back in front of my office door apparently after a hard life of insecticide abuse. American cockroach, palmetto bug. I nursed her to health. She was always excited when I came to work. She loved broccoli and bagels, tea, too. I think she lived for two more years and in the end was all gray, but got back up and died on her feet.
Sweet girl thank you for giving her bagels 🥯 and love . I have a colony of pet Dubia roaches, ik they're usually feeders but they're so darn cute to me I decided to raise some up. They're really docile and let me hold them and they freaking LOVE carrots. To roaches carrots= cocaine
Choosing a mate based on overall health is totally what humans do too. And we might gravitate toward a pretty face, but when we're actually deciding to pass on our genes I would say health is a big, if somewhat subconscious, factor.
@@andmicbro1 Just want to add that pretty faces usually mean no heavy scarring i.e. an easier upbringing, less stupid accidents, no genetic deformities in the area, etc. Pretty faces could indeed signal health as well as good genes.
@@supersonictumbleweed I was imagining frat bros with flashy wings, shouting their traditional mating call of "Hey baby!" But yeah, same basic thought.
I had a nightmare where swarms of vampiric butterflies started swarming people and animals and draining their blood. Mercifully, it was a dream, and also butterfly proboscises aren't strong enough to penetrate animal flesh.
I think I've heard that the claws on their feet might be able to break skin; at least I know I saw something about them scratching caterpillars & drinking their blood.
I got two 'what the eff' moments out of this episode, the first from the roach (I have a roach phobia) and the second from the tentacles! Bugs are the worst! (Not really, I still love moths!)
Im at the point where the only bugs i have no problems at all with are the dragonflies. Even though they are a 100% efficient predator and would gladly eat us if the sizes were right. With the current atmospheric O2 levels that are my favorites because the are cool and eat so many pest bugs like mosquitoes in a very normal way. (Catch and munch, no weird horrific laying eggs in the victim like parasitic wasps or disolving and drinking the soup like spiders, just the classic bite your head off)
Butterflies evolved from day-flying moths, and there are still day-flying moths, more colorful than their night-flying relatives. And day exposes them to more predators: birds, reptiles, amphibians, and other insects.
I can't say I have ever thought of the pheromone structures as tentacles. Mayhaps a writer on the team are afflicted with the phobia? To me they are more like feathers or crest. Worst case, balloon, lol. So interesting to hear a different interpretation.
They have nothing to do with tentacles, though. They aren't manipulation tools, they're literally just balloons. Y'all with penises should be familiar with the concept of an organ that inflates and looks weird not being a tentacle.
I never knew of the term lepidopterophobia, but it’s cool that’s the name of my fear of moths lol Not a big fan of those butt tentacles either, that was definitely NOT cool.
bro the butt tentacles are sick, it's like something out of Stark Trek or Star Wars. nature is wacky and metal af. it's beautiful how weird things can be
I wonder if there is a way to differentiate between a phobia of moths vs butterflies. To me, moths are out at dusk or night, are attracted to lights, fly in a really erratic manner, and are more likely to be fuzzy and ugly. It all started with a horror story I was told while camping as a kid about someone who had a moth lay eggs in their ear and that some types of moths just do that all the time. Yeah, I have zero idea if this is true, but I still can't sleep if there is a moth anywhere near me.
If I seen that Tiger Moth doing that in the wild I would ponder if I'm looking at an alien species. Then I would have to remind myself that I lack knowledge, and the massive diversity of terrestial life this rock holds. Yes nature has surprised me many times before.
The Lek Paradox is interesting, but is it really that big a mystery? If sexual attraction selects for shiny hair, then shiny hair is an indicator of health rather than accident of birth.
Do human parties (especially frat parties) count as leks? If so that sorta solves the paradox in that selecting for 1 or 2 traits doesn't have to be a genetic problem but can still weed out bad genes/unhealthy individuals.
What if someone starts faking it though? As in activating gene, that pools their resources and instead of investing them into being strong and healthy butterfly, they invest it in growing big tentacles, making them overall weaker specimen, but with strong desirable trait.
@@jasonreed7522 I understand this is a joke. However, I feel like for frat parties to be comparable to leks, women would have to believe that frat boys are desirable sexual partners... And they just don't have that good of a reputation.
as long as i know they aren't parasites, i actually find those butt-tentacles rather cute but i also think cockroaches are cute ... at least when well contained
That was unexpectedly just _beyond_ fascinating to me! I've always liked butterflies and moths, but I've never had any particular preference or predilection for them... but dang, these videos are really showing me how complex and remarkable they are in all stages of life and I'm developing a new passion for them. Cheers, thanks SciShow 🦋
Fun fact, I am afraid of butterflies and moths, but when I was a kid I was only afraid of moths until one day a well meaning family friend said, "Moths are just nocturnal butterflies." So from then on out I've been afraid of both XD
@@johncoops6897 It's such a subjective design! I'm sure some people find it rather fetching and others find it odiously repellant! It truly is perfect for this video.
What I learned on scishow today is: -Hank's shirt is cool -Butterflies hail from planet Lepidop -Bikini Bottom citizens had every right to burn down their city. (WormyS2,E5) -Heres 9 failed ways youtube subtitles spelled coremata (in order): coromada, kormata, quaramatta, cora mata, coramada, choromata, koramada, quaramata, and coramatta. -SciShow tells us how to spell this beautiful word @2:00
I still like butterflies, but no creature is always so “nice and cuddly” even hamsters have a darker side But also yeah as a fan of the Kirby series I always check to watch out for certain orange butterflies because it absorbs a powerful vessel and transforms into a knight of doom th-cam.com/video/Odu96JmUF0E/w-d-xo.html
I watch this show to learn things, in the hopes that I will be less scared of the uncertain reality around me. This was awful. That said, I will begrudgingly watch the next one.
Omg I have a video of one of these butterflies sitting on a wall with butt tentacles waving in the air. Lol Had to immediately conduct some strangely-worded internet searches to figure out what was going on.
This is so weird and the title and thumbnail are perfect. Like, I don't see anyone who wouldn't press it out of sudden unbearable curiosity, so well done!
I really thought this was gonna be about how they love blood and will descend on roadkill to feast. Cool to know why some butterflies and moths look like they've had the tip of their butts cut off/been circumcized.
Who remembers a SpongeBob episode where he had a worm as a friend and then it became a butterfly? And its face looked so scary? I hate butterflies thanks to that episode. Their faces look horrendous. Thank you SpongeBob for letting me know that.
@@balanc-joy9187 Oh that's actually something I wasn't aware until now! But I still think butterfly faces look scary.... 🤣🤣 After watching that episode, I remembered that my mom had a jewelry box on which had a stuffed butterfly. So I took a close look at it, and realized that SpongeBob was absolutely right as always... I guess they're both ugly!
When everyone your age is married, dating apps kinda feel like you're one of those butterflies just waiting til later in the day when the first round of mating has cleared out. 😅
My wife and I decided that "butterfly" is an impossible word, it must be a mistake. Now we talk about flutterbys and say butterfly must be a spoonerism that took hold :-)
It isn't. The English word evolved from an Old High German word that directly translated to "butter-fly", most likely in reference to the common brimstone butterfly, whose males have butter-colored wings.
1:45 "Not aliens from the planet Lepidop" ...except that in Ben 10, there actually are aliens called Lepidopterans, person-sized bugs that smell horrible and can shoot viscous goo stuff from their eyes and have a big spade tail thing that can pack a wallop. Ben calls his Stinkfly.
That it for butterflies having an ugly side?...not a problem for me, there's much worse out there, and butterflies are gorgeous, even if it isn't to look good for _us_ I am now imagining a bunch of humans, and a bunch of butterflies that are done mating standing around and watching other butterflies and casually agreeing on how pretty they are...
@@mopnem Not really insanity complete metamorphosis in insects developmentally comes from the larvae being an immature embryo that has evolved to hatch and become free living early in development. The genes and tissue rearrangement in question are the same as those found in embryonic development of other animals. Given similar kinds of tissue development and rearrangement occur within the brains of young human children calling them freak shows for expressing post natal embryonic type development comes back around to us.
@@TheChipmunk2008 ah yes, you're right. I was speaking a little tongue in cheek...like I know nothing is perfect. Thanks for pointing that out though, as I have little gardening experience, and just planted my first vegetable garden this past month. Take care.
It's also important to note : Chickadee parents need to find 350 to 570 caterpillars every day, depending on the number of chicks. Multiply that by the 16 to 18 days it takes to fledge, and that’s a total of 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars to bring a clutch of chickadees to maturity.
Could apply the whole mating thing to humans too. People being attracted to external factors like money or popularity when choosing a mate instead of whether or not they are actually a capable parent for their offspring.
You always have to ask yourself what the selection pressure is for the behaviour you're seeing. In a capitalist society, having less money and power directly result in worse success rates for your offspring. It effects your access to food, housing, education, spare time and energy. Does a rich business owner live in the ghetto and send their kid to community college? No, they live in a mansion and send their kid to Harvard. It's really sad that capitalism causes wealth to accumulate in the hands of those who already have it, and the rest of us get screwed over for the less and less that's available.
@@cursedGalataea wouldn't it be nice if that were the worst behavior driven by unbridled capitalism? Alas, it is but the tip of the ice burg. Those who would further the wellbeing of all are shunned in favor of short term gains and doomed to never have the resources needed to advance unless they wish to cause great harm before the good.
@@cursedGalataea - "Less that's available"??? Have you seen our society? There are riches beyond measure. All you have to do is tap in to it! Getting ahead in life is no big mystery. It's not luck or family traits. There's a reason why poor people remain poor - and it's not some sort of systemic _____________ (you fill in the blank with whatever "ism" you want). Not directed to you personally, but in general... get off your butt, put down your electronic devices, stop smoking and buying lottery tickets, get a job, work hard, spend less than you make, and invest wisely. Sorry for the rant, but we always seem to sit around and complain about the "evils of capitalism", when we could be doing things that actually help our situation instead of waiting for the government to solve our problems. I'm done!
A so a lek is what I see walking to the bar on Friday nights. Monster energy shirts, soaked in Axe body spray and all. Also great job scientists. How that cancer research going?
There are literally like at least 4 different cures for cancer now. Want me to list them? Chemo injections, chemo pils, radiation, surgical removal. Grow up.
And if you know somebody who didn't get cured, I imagine either the timing was simply bad (too late finding the cancer or they had it before a cure was found) or else they just had such bad genetics predisposing them to cancer than nature wanted them to die. Sorry, but stop spreading conspiracies about cancer and its curability.
Ha! 2:47 i remember that video, when i first saw it i was kind of terrified, and it still looks kinda terrifying. But now when I know what im looking at, its less so and i feel educated. Thx!
in norwegian lek is still used as a common word which means "play/game" a lek is a game but not a video game, its a playful generally physical game u play with other humans. "å leke" is to play, and thats pretty cool if u ask me. i guess english stopped using it outside of biology since we probably both did back in the old days since were both germanic and shared alot of words. interesting!
My aunt has a phobia of butterflies. Will beat up a threatening crocodile in a heart beat. Will scream and run away if she sees a picture of butterflies. It's funny, confusing, and I feel bad because she has such a phobia.
To be fair, alot can be learned about an object (or in this case, individual) by scent. Like, if dogs can smell cancer on someone's breath, who's to say a butterfly can't smell health problems on other butterflies?
I never have fear of cockroaches, but large butterflies and moths been my childhood fear #1. Now this fear are going from me. 3 years ago I even catch large spurge hawk-moth.(sorry for my bad English, it's not my native language)
AND I thought it might be that they are at least rumored to have "tastebuds" on the soles of their feet... though I find it dubious at best... LOTS of creatures gather where things have died... and for a myriad of reasons. They deserve to live, too, though... I suppose... AND think of just how messy all the death in the world would get if something didn't go about cleaning up after it. ;o)
The worst thing? I think you mean the best thing. I love weird stuff like that, stuff that makes an animal look like something from another planet, like those freaky jaws eels have or the horrifying snout of a saw shark.
Oh man, hearing my hero Hank say everyone hates roaches just broke my heart! Keep in mind praying mantises are just predatory roaches And there are more than 4.5k roaches, of which about 30 find human dwellings a reasonable habitat due to our waste :/ sad face Hank, sad face 🪳🤎 check out 'extinct in the wild' roaches, or the adorable domino and questionmark roaches! So cool 😎 Bug Love
We got them horrible are the apartments I work at and I'll always say it's not the roaches fault that people that live there a disgusting lazy trash that dont clean up after themselves they should look In The mirror b4 they look on the ground
Butterflies are also selective drinkers. While working on Hayman Island in the Whitsundays the butterflies were observed to prefer rum and cola to any other drink. Seriously.
Honestly, only bug that doesn't make me freak out are dragonflies. I don't mind butterfly sitting on top of me, only when I am aware. I've gotten scared when butterflies sat on my arm out of nowhere.
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Butterflies are not bugs. Their mouthparts are incapable of biting or piercing.
@@nagualdesign "Bugs" and "insects" are often used interchangeably even if they're not exactly the same thing. The former rolls off the tongue easier. But you are correct.
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Isn´t it the same with humans ?
Dumb Girls are looking for Guys with muscels, while smarter ones are looking for also smart and/or good looking ones.
Fat ones quite often go for either ugly or ultra slim and complet inhuman ugly ones swallow theyr pride and become crazy cat womans ?
What an incredible line at the end. "Butterflies and moths are not here to please us. Their beauty is an accident - as is their occasional horror. We are merely spectators." An amazing way to describe many things in and about the natural world.
ppl saying universe is accidently one ......so y so serious abt beauty of a butterfly
Sounded a little bit like the Microcosmos Hank
Theists that use aesthetics as an argument for intelligent design:
@@austinhernandez2716 oooookay?? Are you saying that I sound like I'm pushing creationism by appreciating a cool line about nature? Because I assure you I very much am not. And tbh saying that nature's beauty is an accident would, if anything, be an anti-creationism standpoint, would it not?
+Leopardmask I'm not so sure. Humans are very effectively de-terraforming the planet. And species-ism plays an extremely large part in the selection of microhabitats that get conserved or managed. Look at how many rivers are stocked with a preferred sport-fish, or how many people have jumped onboard the 'protect the milkweed' campaigns. It's more about human interest than ecology. And I'm not convinced that 'beauty by accident' is a valid evolutionary concept.
About 12 years ago I took a picture of a swallow tail butterfly on a thistle flower. didnt notice till I put the picture on my computer that you can clearly see its proboscis snaking down into the flower. best wild life photo I have ever taken.
Can you imgur link the photo? I wanna see the picture now lol
@@N54MyBeloved yeah same
Pics or gtfo
That's so awesome, wish I could see! 🦋
Send it
I raise Monarch butterflies each year, and this year, they are coming back so strongly as a species after being endangered.
This is a very good sign for the overall environment ❤️
It's turns out when humans are restricted from causing damage for two years, the environment gets to recover exponentially!
@@cursedGalataea AGREED 🦋
I started raising them this spring, swallowtails, gulf fritillaries, giants, I’ve about raised 200 butterflies so far. Love it!
How do you raise them?
Hats off to anyone who is selflessly helping our environment keep up the good work
I always advise budding lepidopterists to save years of painstaking time and effort differentiating Moths from Butterflies by simply saying Moths come into the house and fart about and Butterflies don't.
😂😂😂
Seriously why is that?!
@@tessarae9127 Maybe because moths fly at night and orient themselves using the moon (and get confused by artificial light)?
Hahaha I appreciate the advice. Saving this for later use 😂
And what does thow say of skippers?
I’ve had a phobia of butterflies ever since I was about 8 years old. It’s all making sense now. This is terrifying.
Same here, but my phobia started when I was an infant. Somehow, no idea how or what my parents did to me as an infant to cause that. But yes.
yo wtf that's just the age i got it too, these buterflies are trying to hit us while we are weak little 8 year olds in order to rule the planet
I had a friend who was terrified of butterflies but not moths. Never believed him until a butterfly landed on him and be passed out for a hot second there O.o
I'm terrified of moths. Now I hate butterflies too. Thanks Hank lol.
Same
I'm glad you guys told me about this because I would NOT want to come across one of these moths without knowing what was going on. Now that I know what it's for, it probably won't scare me half as much.
hi im neurodivergent and butterflies have been my largest hyperfixation practically since birth. thank you for adding more information to my infodumping arsenal.
Hey,! I had a pet cockroach. Found her on her back in front of my office door apparently after a hard life of insecticide abuse. American cockroach, palmetto bug. I nursed her to health. She was always excited when I came to work. She loved broccoli and bagels, tea, too. I think she lived for two more years and in the end was all gray, but got back up and died on her feet.
Aw! Rip little buddy ❤️
Sweet girl thank you for giving her bagels 🥯 and love . I have a colony of pet Dubia roaches, ik they're usually feeders but they're so darn cute to me I decided to raise some up. They're really docile and let me hold them and they freaking LOVE carrots. To roaches carrots= cocaine
An american one!? That's like the worst kind 😭
Very nice of you though. I'm too scared of them to do something like that
These kind of stories always warm my heart. Thank you for giving the cockroach comfortable final days!
This reminds me... people might like Brady Brandwood's channel - he's been doing an ongoing series about a rescued supermarket lobster :)
That Lek paradox draws so many parallels to dating in humans. I’m puzzled why this is even deemed a paradox. It seems quite intuitive.
same here! Maybe it’s more complicated than the video was able to simply explain, if not then yeah, no idea why they’d even consider it paradoxical
Their milkshake brings all the boys to the yard
Choosing a mate based on overall health is totally what humans do too. And we might gravitate toward a pretty face, but when we're actually deciding to pass on our genes I would say health is a big, if somewhat subconscious, factor.
@@andmicbro1 Just want to add that pretty faces usually mean no heavy scarring i.e. an easier upbringing, less stupid accidents, no genetic deformities in the area, etc. Pretty faces could indeed signal health as well as good genes.
Like why our species will all need glasses at the rate we are going.
I feel like there's a human analog for everything in this video, and it would be hilariously revealing to make a video describing just that.
I was just thinking the same thing. The immature child in the back of my brain just kept giggling.
I kept laughing at this video because of this
Pub lekking?
@@supersonictumbleweed I was imagining frat bros with flashy wings, shouting their traditional mating call of "Hey baby!" But yeah, same basic thought.
Rich old men attracting pretty young women and fathering children, but meanwhile those men might be ugly and fat, and are spreading bad genes.
I feel so grateful that I have access to this kind of information, very interestingly presented as well, all for free. I love your channel!
I had a nightmare where swarms of vampiric butterflies started swarming people and animals and draining their blood.
Mercifully, it was a dream, and also butterfly proboscises aren't strong enough to penetrate animal flesh.
I think I've heard that the claws on their feet might be able to break skin; at least I know I saw something about them scratching caterpillars & drinking their blood.
Well there are Vampiric Moths though.
But vampire moths are real.
Yet. Evolution has time. MUHAHAHAH
but they are, google vampire moth!
That is literally horrifying. I would be so freaked out if I saw that in person.
"My coremata is bigger than yours."
I got two 'what the eff' moments out of this episode, the first from the roach (I have a roach phobia) and the second from the tentacles! Bugs are the worst! (Not really, I still love moths!)
Im at the point where the only bugs i have no problems at all with are the dragonflies. Even though they are a 100% efficient predator and would gladly eat us if the sizes were right. With the current atmospheric O2 levels that are my favorites because the are cool and eat so many pest bugs like mosquitoes in a very normal way. (Catch and munch, no weird horrific laying eggs in the victim like parasitic wasps or disolving and drinking the soup like spiders, just the classic bite your head off)
Right with you! At 2:48 I literally recoiled in my chair and went "AUGH!"
That is WAY TOO MUCH tentacle.
@@narnigrin Now, this begs the question, what would be an acceptable level of tentacle for you?
When a butterfly flaps it’s wings in Brazil, a Utube vid is uploaded on Sci Show.
This is the exact kind of stuff that keeps me coming back to this show. WTHeck are butterflies anyway?
Moths with a good pr team same with doves just being more likeable pigeons
I've heard they're moths who are too wimpy to fly while there are bats out.
Butterflies evolved from day-flying moths, and there are still day-flying moths, more colorful than their night-flying relatives. And day exposes them to more predators: birds, reptiles, amphibians, and other insects.
all those responses are WRONG!!! Butterflys are not insects, they are self-propelled flowers.
I can't say I have ever thought of the pheromone structures as tentacles. Mayhaps a writer on the team are afflicted with the phobia? To me they are more like feathers or crest. Worst case, balloon, lol. So interesting to hear a different interpretation.
They are horrifying , tentacles match perfectly
They have nothing to do with tentacles, though. They aren't manipulation tools, they're literally just balloons.
Y'all with penises should be familiar with the concept of an organ that inflates and looks weird not being a tentacle.
when I see them in real life I call them *!!&*@#*!?&*, so "tentacle" is a tame understatement for me...
Its not that different from a chicken comb actually.
If you zoom in on any insect it tends to become monstruous and alien after all
No, just reading a lot of Lovecraft lately.
I never knew of the term lepidopterophobia, but it’s cool that’s the name of my fear of moths lol Not a big fan of those butt tentacles either, that was definitely NOT cool.
yea i dont have that and it distrubed me XD
bro the butt tentacles are sick, it's like something out of Stark Trek or Star Wars. nature is wacky and metal af. it's beautiful how weird things can be
moths are cute sometimes
I wonder if there is a way to differentiate between a phobia of moths vs butterflies. To me, moths are out at dusk or night, are attracted to lights, fly in a really erratic manner, and are more likely to be fuzzy and ugly. It all started with a horror story I was told while camping as a kid about someone who had a moth lay eggs in their ear and that some types of moths just do that all the time. Yeah, I have zero idea if this is true, but I still can't sleep if there is a moth anywhere near me.
I couldn't sleep with a moth in my room as a kid
Wow that really is terrifying looking. I was really hoping this was clickbait
same i was hoping it was, like, about their mouth thing. i regret clicking
I'm usually okay with all bugs, but oh god those tentacles freaked me the hell out. That moth would've been squashed if I saw that in my house!
I literally just listened to the podcast where you guys discovered this.
Same, I listened to it this morning.
If I seen that Tiger Moth doing that in the wild I would ponder if I'm looking at an alien species. Then I would have to remind myself that I lack knowledge, and the massive diversity of terrestial life this rock holds. Yes nature has surprised me many times before.
If you think that looks alien you should see slugs mating 😂
The Lek Paradox is interesting, but is it really that big a mystery? If sexual attraction selects for shiny hair, then shiny hair is an indicator of health rather than accident of birth.
@Zee Aye yes they are resource intensive to create, therefore the more impressive the feathers the better the health of the bird
But there could be genes that produce shiny hair.
Do human parties (especially frat parties) count as leks? If so that sorta solves the paradox in that selecting for 1 or 2 traits doesn't have to be a genetic problem but can still weed out bad genes/unhealthy individuals.
What if someone starts faking it though? As in activating gene, that pools their resources and instead of investing them into being strong and healthy butterfly, they invest it in growing big tentacles, making them overall weaker specimen, but with strong desirable trait.
@@jasonreed7522 I understand this is a joke. However, I feel like for frat parties to be comparable to leks, women would have to believe that frat boys are desirable sexual partners... And they just don't have that good of a reputation.
as long as i know they aren't parasites, i actually find those butt-tentacles rather cute
but i also think cockroaches are cute ... at least when well contained
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I took psychic damage after viewing the tiger moth tentacles. def not for me
Still love butterflies but that is horrifying and now I love them because of the overwhelming eldritch horror
Do butterflies remember being caterpillars?
Yes
FUN FACT: Some butterflies drink blood, urine, tears, and sweat.
What about well you know. 🥛
That fact wasn't fun at all!
D:
Butterflies are awesome! They can look so whispy and beautiful, but are also just bad ass!
That was unexpectedly just _beyond_ fascinating to me! I've always liked butterflies and moths, but I've never had any particular preference or predilection for them... but dang, these videos are really showing me how complex and remarkable they are in all stages of life and I'm developing a new passion for them. Cheers, thanks SciShow 🦋
Fun fact, I am afraid of butterflies and moths, but when I was a kid I was only afraid of moths until one day a well meaning family friend said, "Moths are just nocturnal butterflies."
So from then on out I've been afraid of both XD
Same, my language has the same word for butterflies and moths, so I basically saw them as the same thing, and I'm still terrified of them
*_hello_*
In a video about how males of some species evolved incredibly flashy traits to attract mates, Hank wore that amazing shirt!
That shirt is the perfect way to repel potential mates.
@@johncoops6897 It's such a subjective design! I'm sure some people find it rather fetching and others find it odiously repellant! It truly is perfect for this video.
@@queens.dee.223 - It's an old "cowboy" shirt design from the 1960's or 1970's. Not cool.
"So they wait for females that haven't mated yet..." - yeah, that hits home :D
What I learned on scishow today is:
-Hank's shirt is cool
-Butterflies hail from planet Lepidop
-Bikini Bottom citizens had every right to burn down their city. (WormyS2,E5)
-Heres 9 failed ways youtube subtitles spelled coremata (in order): coromada, kormata, quaramatta, cora mata, coramada, choromata, koramada, quaramata, and coramatta.
-SciShow tells us how to spell this beautiful word @2:00
An "How is cormanda formed?" video has to be done
RIP Wormy :(
I still like butterflies, but no creature is always so “nice and cuddly” even hamsters have a darker side
But also yeah as a fan of the Kirby series I always check to watch out for certain orange butterflies because it absorbs a powerful vessel and transforms into a knight of doom
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Hamsters DO have a dark side... they grew wings and turned into bats! LoL
what doesn't have a dark side? let's see. hognose snakes. hognose snakes all the way. oh, and capybaras, probably
@@613-shadow9 indeed, a very true statement indeed
I watch this show to learn things, in the hopes that I will be less scared of the uncertain reality around me.
This was awful. That said, I will begrudgingly watch the next one.
This doesn't bother me at all. My coremata are much bigger. Pain in the arse to keep clean though.
Omg I have a video of one of these butterflies sitting on a wall with butt tentacles waving in the air. Lol Had to immediately conduct some strangely-worded internet searches to figure out what was going on.
Thank You for educating us with this weird and fun facts😂 I’m here for it!
This is so weird and the title and thumbnail are perfect. Like, I don't see anyone who wouldn't press it out of sudden unbearable curiosity, so well done!
I really thought this was gonna be about how they love blood and will descend on roadkill to feast. Cool to know why some butterflies and moths look like they've had the tip of their butts cut off/been circumcized.
Who remembers a SpongeBob episode where he had a worm as a friend and then it became a butterfly? And its face looked so scary? I hate butterflies thanks to that episode. Their faces look horrendous.
Thank you SpongeBob for letting me know that.
I was looking for this comment, that close up of the butterfly is peak comedy
That's actually a horsefly close-up, just so you know...not that butterflies can't look scary to some when close up.
@@balanc-joy9187 Oh that's actually something I wasn't aware until now! But I still think butterfly faces look scary.... 🤣🤣 After watching that episode, I remembered that my mom had a jewelry box on which had a stuffed butterfly. So I took a close look at it, and realized that SpongeBob was absolutely right as always... I guess they're both ugly!
@@alik5883 they're not even close to the same, but ok
2:45 Reminder: this is a terrestrial animal and not an alien.
When everyone your age is married, dating apps kinda feel like you're one of those butterflies just waiting til later in the day when the first round of mating has cleared out. 😅
Hank is one of the best nerds available. I approve.
Indeed...Hank is a nerdlord of the highest order. 🤴
@@svenmorgenstern9506 WE'RE NOT WORTHY
I love it when a scishow tangents episode directly leads to a scishow video 🤣
absolute worst thing is they exists
#TEAMMOTH
for legal purposes this is a joke
how DARE you
Should’ve been a trigger warning in there a 2:48 😂 sheesh
Bru i got so revulsed by that footage wt actual f
I had to look away when that thing popped up on the screen.
See?! SEE?! Spongebob was trying to warn us! They're flying monsters!
So what *do* we call aliens from the planet Lepidop?
My wife and I decided that "butterfly" is an impossible word, it must be a mistake. Now we talk about flutterbys and say butterfly must be a spoonerism that took hold :-)
Ditto. 😅 Flutterby makes so much more SENSE! 😂
You're right
It isn't. The English word evolved from an Old High German word that directly translated to "butter-fly", most likely in reference to the common brimstone butterfly, whose males have butter-colored wings.
@@dweebteambuilderjones7627 Aha! How dare you destroy a beautiful theory with an inconvenient fact!
@@alanmckinnon6791 That was a hypothesis, not a theory. A theory is a hypothesis that has been tested and verified.
1:45 "Not aliens from the planet Lepidop" ...except that in Ben 10, there actually are aliens called Lepidopterans, person-sized bugs that smell horrible and can shoot viscous goo stuff from their eyes and have a big spade tail thing that can pack a wallop. Ben calls his Stinkfly.
Thanks for this, SciShow. Now when people call me a freak for having inflatable tentacles that come out of my butt, I'll show them this video.
People can be so cruel about these minor differences in appearance.
Prolapse is effectively used to attract certain types of mates in some sub-cultures.
An very informative video with a super smart person like Hank Green saying "butt tentacles," this is why I love this channel lol
well i'm definitely never going to look at butterflies the same way again
It can't be that bad
2:46 _oh yes it is_
I have hated butterflies since Spongebob. 🚫🦋❌
Which is Wormy up Close
that wasn't even a butterfly. it was just a regular fly
@@613-shadow9 you mean a Horsefly?
@@juliensavoie9299 yeah
That ain’t right… That ain’t right at all…
That it for butterflies having an ugly side?...not a problem for me, there's much worse out there, and butterflies are gorgeous, even if it isn't to look good for _us_
I am now imagining a bunch of humans, and a bunch of butterflies that are done mating standing around and watching other butterflies and casually agreeing on how pretty they are...
Butterflies are only “pretty” from afar. They’re actually freak shows on the highest order
@@mopnem To _you_ perhaps...
@@balanc-joy9187 objectively lol. I mean, it’s cool yr cool with them but the metamorphosis process is actually insanity lol
@@mopnem Not really insanity complete metamorphosis in insects developmentally comes from the larvae being an immature embryo that has evolved to hatch and become free living early in development. The genes and tissue rearrangement in question are the same as those found in embryonic development of other animals. Given similar kinds of tissue development and rearrangement occur within the brains of young human children calling them freak shows for expressing post natal embryonic type development comes back around to us.
My homie from childhood was scared af of butterflies
I don't believe that there's anything bad about butterflies! They're pretty and fluttery, and they don't bite or sting, nor do they infest homes.
They can definitely infest homes but it's very rare
Never tried growing vegetables near 'cabbage white' butterflies then
@@TheChipmunk2008 ah yes, you're right. I was speaking a little tongue in cheek...like I know nothing is perfect. Thanks for pointing that out though, as I have little gardening experience, and just planted my first vegetable garden this past month. Take care.
@@kf10147 OH wow, really? That's interesting.
I guess that you don't own any wool clothing. Moths suck.
YAAAY! Finally a good video on Coremata
Hank: the horrifying fact is many butterflies have furry tentacles that pop out their butts
Me: that just looks like a fluffy bunnytail
Ummm, I’ll stick to my monarchs and milkweed. That thing was terrifying.
Some of us weirdos actually like cockroaches. At 1 point I kept 25 species
It's also important to note : Chickadee parents need to find 350 to 570 caterpillars every day,
depending on the number of chicks. Multiply that by the 16 to 18 days it
takes to fledge, and that’s a total of 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars to
bring a clutch of chickadees to maturity.
Chickadee is a brand of chicken-flavoured snacks here in Australia.
@@johncoops6897 Thing only thing that would snack on a chickadee around here would be a falcon. And it's not that pretty to watch.😝
Could apply the whole mating thing to humans too. People being attracted to external factors like money or popularity when choosing a mate instead of whether or not they are actually a capable parent for their offspring.
You always have to ask yourself what the selection pressure is for the behaviour you're seeing. In a capitalist society, having less money and power directly result in worse success rates for your offspring. It effects your access to food, housing, education, spare time and energy. Does a rich business owner live in the ghetto and send their kid to community college? No, they live in a mansion and send their kid to Harvard.
It's really sad that capitalism causes wealth to accumulate in the hands of those who already have it, and the rest of us get screwed over for the less and less that's available.
@@cursedGalataea wouldn't it be nice if that were the worst behavior driven by unbridled capitalism? Alas, it is but the tip of the ice burg. Those who would further the wellbeing of all are shunned in favor of short term gains and doomed to never have the resources needed to advance unless they wish to cause great harm before the good.
@@cursedGalataea - "Less that's available"??? Have you seen our society? There are riches beyond measure. All you have to do is tap in to it! Getting ahead in life is no big mystery. It's not luck or family traits.
There's a reason why poor people remain poor - and it's not some sort of systemic _____________ (you fill in the blank with whatever "ism" you want). Not directed to you personally, but in general... get off your butt, put down your electronic devices, stop smoking and buying lottery tickets, get a job, work hard, spend less than you make, and invest wisely.
Sorry for the rant, but we always seem to sit around and complain about the "evils of capitalism", when we could be doing things that actually help our situation instead of waiting for the government to solve our problems.
I'm done!
Wait... wasn't this about butterflies?
@@bobfleischmann5208 large amounts of money=lekking
jeez Hank, I can't unsee that moth with the four... THINGS... I'm going to have nightmares now, I just know it
A so a lek is what I see walking to the bar on Friday nights. Monster energy shirts, soaked in Axe body spray and all.
Also great job scientists. How that cancer research going?
There are literally like at least 4 different cures for cancer now. Want me to list them? Chemo injections, chemo pils, radiation, surgical removal. Grow up.
And if you know somebody who didn't get cured, I imagine either the timing was simply bad (too late finding the cancer or they had it before a cure was found) or else they just had such bad genetics predisposing them to cancer than nature wanted them to die. Sorry, but stop spreading conspiracies about cancer and its curability.
Ha! 2:47 i remember that video, when i first saw it i was kind of terrified, and it still looks kinda terrifying. But now when I know what im looking at, its less so and i feel educated. Thx!
I'm glad we're finally exposing butterflies for the disgusting insect that they are. Their faces are just... I can't.
in norwegian lek is still used as a common word which means "play/game" a lek is a game but not a video game, its a playful generally physical game u play with other humans. "å leke" is to play, and thats pretty cool if u ask me.
i guess english stopped using it outside of biology since we probably both did back in the old days since were both germanic and shared alot of words. interesting!
So it’s their blessing and curse that they get pretty privilege
i saw the title and instantly knew what it was about, that episode of tangents was a wonderful one!
My aunt has a phobia of butterflies. Will beat up a threatening crocodile in a heart beat. Will scream and run away if she sees a picture of butterflies. It's funny, confusing, and I feel bad because she has such a phobia.
Today I learned about butterfly inflation, thanks SciShow!
This is one way to trigger more outbreaks of butterfly phobia.
The absolute worst thing about butterflies?
Moths exist. That's all. They should not have been a thing. Ever.
To be fair, alot can be learned about an object (or in this case, individual) by scent. Like, if dogs can smell cancer on someone's breath, who's to say a butterfly can't smell health problems on other butterflies?
I never have fear of cockroaches, but large butterflies and moths been my childhood fear #1. Now this fear are going from me. 3 years ago I even catch large spurge hawk-moth.(sorry for my bad English, it's not my native language)
I remember you guys having a real moment about this very topic on a scishow tangents episode
Let’s not forget about the ones with the eye looking marks. Creepy af. Would smush immediately
I couldn't help but picture Mel Brooks saying, "Corrematta you?"
That tiger moth was absolutely TERRIFYING
When a butterfly uses chemicals to induce women into having sex, it's a cute factoid. But when I do it, nooooo! 🤣
Love the butterfly effekt image in the intro
See, I always thought the worst part of butterflies was the whole “gather where something died” thing
AND I thought it might be that they are at least rumored to have "tastebuds" on the soles of their feet... though I find it dubious at best...
LOTS of creatures gather where things have died... and for a myriad of reasons. They deserve to live, too, though... I suppose... AND think of just how messy all the death in the world would get if something didn't go about cleaning up after it. ;o)
The worst thing? I think you mean the best thing. I love weird stuff like that, stuff that makes an animal look like something from another planet, like those freaky jaws eels have or the horrifying snout of a saw shark.
I'm glad I watched this after waking up and not when I was trying to go to sleep.
Just like Wormy Up Close from SpongeBob SquarePants but, Kinda Creepy…Right?
Oh man, hearing my hero Hank say everyone hates roaches just broke my heart! Keep in mind praying mantises are just predatory roaches And there are more than 4.5k roaches, of which about 30 find human dwellings a reasonable habitat due to our waste :/ sad face Hank, sad face 🪳🤎 check out 'extinct in the wild' roaches, or the adorable domino and questionmark roaches! So cool 😎 Bug Love
We got them horrible are the apartments I work at and I'll always say it's not the roaches fault that people that live there a disgusting lazy trash that dont clean up after themselves they should look In The mirror b4 they look on the ground
Butterflies are also selective drinkers. While working on Hayman Island in the Whitsundays the butterflies were observed to prefer rum and cola to any other drink. Seriously.
Maybe because of the sugar content?
I dropped my phone the first time you showed the tiger moth. That's absolutely wild!
That was absolutely horrifying.
Dang, moths and butterflies a HUNG.
"butt tentacles" I write into my notebook for notes on upcoming D&D sessions
Yup. that is absolutely terrifying.
Honestly, only bug that doesn't make me freak out are dragonflies. I don't mind butterfly sitting on top of me, only when I am aware. I've gotten scared when butterflies sat on my arm out of nowhere.
Now I want to read a science fiction story about the planet Lepidop