Animal Facts They Don't Teach You in School

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  • @TheUnseenArsonist
    @TheUnseenArsonist ปีที่แล้ว +1554

    I love how he boasts about having every animal that has ever lived.

    • @iselok
      @iselok ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Laughs while having an illegal t rex skull

    • @isaacsandgren2306
      @isaacsandgren2306 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      WUT IS DIS GUTS JOB? BESIDES MY DREAM JOB WHAT IS THISS!!!

    • @Fan_Of_Things6876
      @Fan_Of_Things6876 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He has water bears and brine shrimp don’t forget the hybrids

    • @siryizzur
      @siryizzur ปีที่แล้ว +49

      it isn't actually "his" collection. it is an institution that he is allowed to access (via career, volunteering, or education)

    • @hikarihakai1285
      @hikarihakai1285 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@siryizzur basically he has great connection

  • @2js4lifeplayz86
    @2js4lifeplayz86 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    I love how he said "Do you ever just look at your beaver skull and wonder what is that gap?" like we have a beaver skull laying on our table.

    • @wakin7907
      @wakin7907 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      you're telling me you don't have a beaver skull laying on your table?

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@wakin7907 ikr i have to remove mine from the table if i want to use it like everyone i know

    • @null0357
      @null0357 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@wakin7907 yeah it's pretty tedious task to clean em

    • @JazzyAndJayz
      @JazzyAndJayz ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@null0357 ikr

    • @Sukunasleftnut
      @Sukunasleftnut ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Seriously such an inconvenience when I'm trying to use my computer

  • @princepratihar370
    @princepratihar370 ปีที่แล้ว +646

    What I love most about his videos is the storytelling, the charisma and the sheer amount of flex of him having every animal ever

    • @siryizzur
      @siryizzur ปีที่แล้ว +6

      he doesn't have every animal ever. he has access to an organization's facility containing every animal ever.

    • @Pjs2008
      @Pjs2008 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@siryizzur it’s a joke but okay

    • @siryizzur
      @siryizzur ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Pjs2008 what's a joke? he literally has people convinced that this is his own private collection. it's not a joke, it's a lie. big difference.
      "bUt OkAy" 🤓

    • @m4nman
      @m4nman ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@siryizzur he is not lying or convincing everyone this is a private collection. at the start of one of his videos he names the Chicago academy of science and he always references the space he's in as "the museum" or "the collection" etc.
      if you're confused or were convinced that this *one* guy had all of these scientific specimen all to himself(which he never claimed), that's your problem.

    • @siryizzur
      @siryizzur ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@m4nman please link me a single video where he mentions "the museum".

  • @OddAnimalSpecimens
    @OddAnimalSpecimens  ปีที่แล้ว +462

    Hey hey - so I have access to one of the largest natural history collections in North America. We basically have specimens of every animal that's alive on earth. I need more video ideas, so what animals would you like to see / learn about next?

    • @engelucy1
      @engelucy1 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      marsupials, deep ocean fish that live in the dark, animals that are missing a sense (blind, no mouth..etc) and how they've adapted. Are there any poisonous birds? Invasive species and the damage they can do--that'd be interesting. We've got spotted lantern flies here and there are signs everywhere encouraging people to kill them. I also remember zebra muscles were a big problem when I was a kid and that in Hawaii wild pigs are an issue. It'd be interesting to know what they each do that's so bad.

    • @beppemorris573
      @beppemorris573 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Smallest specimens maybe?

    • @srp4551
      @srp4551 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Orcas!

    • @kailawkamo1568
      @kailawkamo1568 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Snake hemipenes

    • @alyagami1304
      @alyagami1304 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      komodo

  • @francobuzzetti9424
    @francobuzzetti9424 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    please never stop saying "my collection, of every fish..ever"

  • @engelucy1
    @engelucy1 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    remember those animal countdowns from the 90s on animal planet? Worlds most dangerous etc. this reminds me of that but much more chill. Into it.

    • @acanthafiore
      @acanthafiore ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Most eXtreme? I used to watch it alot back in early 2000s

    • @fricklet9684
      @fricklet9684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never lived in the 90’s to really compare the two, but I can imagine what you mean.

    • @snug_as_a_bug
      @snug_as_a_bug ปีที่แล้ว

      DEADLY 60 WITH STEVE BACKSHALL

  • @mightypanda1349
    @mightypanda1349 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "Do you ever look at your beaver skull " 🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Man it is so cool to have beaver skull at home.

  • @rodrigoVgaspar
    @rodrigoVgaspar ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Amazing content. Biology student here, and it’s really nice to see all that info presented like this!

    • @littletinygamer2396
      @littletinygamer2396 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Biology student? I'm just some random kid watching random thing I can find on youtube

  • @onlysnowflakesreplytomycom2080
    @onlysnowflakesreplytomycom2080 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:48 "We're gonna review the Stingray on the floor. No reason why."

  • @gigibiru913
    @gigibiru913 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I don't like to look at beetles and katydids but he keeps mentioning interesting facts that makes me keep on watching. So uncomfortable yet entertaining. Good video.

    • @Hyuzuka
      @Hyuzuka หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same, bro. The bigger the insect, the more unsettling it is to look at. At least they're not moving during those close-up shots, could you imagine? 😣😣

  • @jP-zt8cz
    @jP-zt8cz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    *When he said “except” at **5:01** an ad just came up.*

  • @quocbao0898
    @quocbao0898 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how he takes a special part of a creature to talk about another creature with similar details

  • @cannibalbananas
    @cannibalbananas ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I'm always sad seeing dead animals, but I love the way all of these facts were presented. So educational and entertaining. Nature is super fascinating.

    • @Munchkin.Of.Pern09
      @Munchkin.Of.Pern09 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same thing. Then my Natural History and Ecology of Ontario professor brought in a taxidermy arctic fox and I was all over that thing (metaphorically. No touching allowed).

    • @Munchkin.Of.Pern09
      @Munchkin.Of.Pern09 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      THIS TIME HE BROUGHT A WOLVERINE.

  • @mysticusfreeze
    @mysticusfreeze ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stingray barbs were long used for piercing the skin to shed blood in Mesoamerican religious rituals. Seeing the barbs up close made me realize why lol.

  • @martinaps
    @martinaps ปีที่แล้ว +10

    dude i love these videos they teach me so many interesting things

  • @prosuperbrobaboozel255
    @prosuperbrobaboozel255 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    We need this guy as our science teacher

  • @griffithwes0074
    @griffithwes0074 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fun fact: the stingray color camouflage can also be found on aircraft camouflage, a lot of older aircraft had a bright almost bluish or white bottom and a green or tan terrain color on top.

  • @CodingCorvus
    @CodingCorvus ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Might be because of my dad being a biology teacher or that I was fortunate to have some passionate teachers myself, but I was taught a couple of these facts.

    • @CodingCorvus
      @CodingCorvus ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And as for the specimens me and my dad own. We have some skulls of birds. I have the skull of a snapping turtle and the skull of a fox. And a dried flying dragon(Draco Volans if you want to look it up without going to fantasy land)

  • @pardeep_08
    @pardeep_08 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    İt was worth watching
    Amazing

  • @wylinout2257
    @wylinout2257 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This channel is freaking AWESOME!!!
    Thank you so very much!!!
    Keep up the fascinating work 👍

  • @feebieloo
    @feebieloo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your videos are quite possibly my favourite thing on TH-cam ❤

  • @onyxwolfreaper21
    @onyxwolfreaper21 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The transitions are so subtle and smooth

  • @LionessTruth
    @LionessTruth ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I just joined your channel. thank you so much for sharing info that I never knew about. your videos are super interesting and your teachings makes me realized there is so MUCH in this world that I never knew seen or learned.

  • @GTNoName
    @GTNoName ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This channel is so underrated, hope youtube algorithm hit soon .
    Love ya vid man, keep it going, the content is superb

  • @ernie6421
    @ernie6421 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the transition questions between topics and topics are flawless

  • @CretaceouscCreator
    @CretaceouscCreator ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man skeletons really were just lego sets all along. 💀

  • @IchiHishi
    @IchiHishi ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My teacher actually taught me some of these stuff here in Brazil. Dude, how I miss those classes.

  • @Xhardrocker
    @Xhardrocker ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this was informative and entertaining, pacing is perfect as well

  • @user-bp1is6gl9k
    @user-bp1is6gl9k ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your canal! Amazing stuff!

  • @burpboy-
    @burpboy- ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "every animal ever"
    me sitting with my cat which he doesnt have

  • @fricklet9684
    @fricklet9684 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    This is quite fascinating, I’ve wanted to go into Psychology/neurology, but I’m wondering about studying the brains of various animals.
    Possibly even evolutionary patterns, such as figuring out how exactly the anglerfish found a way to make it’s modified dorsal spine bioluminescent, or what the advantages of having “breathing holes” in an insect’s legs are. (Perhaps it assists in feeling vibrations in the ground?)
    Anyways, keep up the good work!

    • @AngryBitterNeckbeard
      @AngryBitterNeckbeard ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Evolutionary adaptations are not intentional. Anglerfish didn't find a way to make their modified dorsal spines bioluminescent, it's just that the Anglerfish that had bioluminescent bacteria growing on their dorsal spines were more likely to attract prey, causing the traits that allowed those bacteria to thrive in them to be passed down to further generations with greater success.
      The same goes for breathing holes for insects. The point of breathing is to provide oxygen to an animal's cells. If an animal is small enough, this can be done by simply allowing oxygen to get close to their insides and letting it diffuse into the cells. Insects are suitable for this. Our system of breathing through lungs (and its ancestral system of gills) are later adaptations developed by animals that have too much mass for their surface area to diffuse ambient oxygen into their cells by default. That's why when a vertebrate animal evolves to become extremely small compared to its lunged ancestors, its lungs begin to disappear because it becomes easier to diffuse oxygen through contact with air. For example, some salamanders, shrews and frogs have very limited and vestigial lungs. Likewise, the reason we don't have gigantic insects that can eat us is because the diffusal-based breathing system used by insects would not be able to deliver sufficient oxygen to an animal of that size. We see evidence of this in prehistoric insects, which got to be waaay larger than their modern descendants because the planet had more oxygen available at the time.

    • @bompkin1506
      @bompkin1506 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AngryBitterNeckbeardGod created them so

    • @nicolasfreiria2862
      @nicolasfreiria2862 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      breathing holes, called spiracles, are found along the abdomen of bugs not on the legs. The small holes found on the legs of the katydids are for hearing not breathing. We learn about insect and fish breathing systems during a-level biology in the UK, if you're in the UK and going into A-Level and interested in evolution I strongly recommend you do biology!!!

  • @Zl0N
    @Zl0N ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You’re very good at explaining things and articulating your thoughts well thank you bro 🙏

  • @mudbucket1354
    @mudbucket1354 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    what do i need to study in order to study animals like this cause wow. you're making me want to drop forensic anthropology

  • @kyegaming3193
    @kyegaming3193 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Entomophobic human here. Thank you for helping to make these amazingly evolved creatures less scary ❤

  • @joshuavideoproductions8526
    @joshuavideoproductions8526 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "do you ever look at your beaver skull? "

  • @tahmid8918
    @tahmid8918 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man I love this kind of video

  • @shhh673
    @shhh673 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's like you took the mantle from Jaques Cousteau and now you're presenting us the entire animal kingdom.

  • @DragonMaiden77
    @DragonMaiden77 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whenever I want my comment to stick out, I’ll go to the longer videos instead of the shorts.
    When you showed us the Saw fish, I noticed it had the same looking mouth/facial anatomy as the stingray.
    Are they related?

  • @dumbfukx
    @dumbfukx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    all rodents have a gap like that tbh, as a rat owner, when one suddenly died and others started cleaning up, i had the experience of seeing a skull and there was a gap too, since they are chewers

  • @razkaji
    @razkaji ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The whole knee-ear thing is just mind blowing 🤯🤯

  • @Ownagegast2
    @Ownagegast2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how you did the transitions going from animal to animal, really good job man

  • @icaroporpino
    @icaroporpino ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is so amazing. It deserves so much more views and likes jeez

  • @adrianaa3059
    @adrianaa3059 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are very charismatic! =) Subscribed!

  • @infallibleblue
    @infallibleblue ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love this guys pacing and personality. Amazing collection!

  • @Maddismukke
    @Maddismukke ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fellt ma brain growing while watching this!
    Hopefully someday this phenomenon will be explained when I will be in a specimen-jar like this...

  • @justanalien6317
    @justanalien6317 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy is the most underated animal channel

  • @dreamlord1979
    @dreamlord1979 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Amazing segways from topic to topic! I couldn't look away!

  • @findleythegolden3054
    @findleythegolden3054 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He is amazing at transitions!

  • @StolasOwl27
    @StolasOwl27 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro took Animal cemetery to the next level (all jokes aside your videos are awesome)

  • @demonking86420
    @demonking86420 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:00 so THAT'S what happened to Mr. Puff

  • @myself3209
    @myself3209 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:37 Because it makes them harder to see. If you look down into the water, the dark color blends in with the dark er seaground, while if you look at them from the downside against the brighter surface of the water, their brighter belly makes them harder to see too. Many sea creatures use that.

  • @TotallyTinyHatBoy
    @TotallyTinyHatBoy ปีที่แล้ว

    “So guys you havent seen the other room, of, you guessed it! A ROOM FULL OF WHALE AND SHARK SPECIES!”

  • @jjjc0711
    @jjjc0711 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That “rainbow cricket” looks like it’s actually a rainbow grasshopper.

  • @lynx3662
    @lynx3662 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not me casually staring at my pufferfish taxidermy

  • @NomadicSheep01
    @NomadicSheep01 ปีที่แล้ว

    Handsome and great subject matter 💕😊 biology always has been my favorite class, more reason to stay glued 😄 keep up the great work

  • @darakhshanmushtaq7005
    @darakhshanmushtaq7005 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos ...a new subscriber

  • @emilybrackett2840
    @emilybrackett2840 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, the first video I've watched, and I've learned so much.

  • @blessedandbiwithahintofmagic
    @blessedandbiwithahintofmagic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These are such amazing understandings - wonderful diagnostics!

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Entertaining and educational. I learned a few new things today.

  • @badguacamole3709
    @badguacamole3709 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the most evergreen short I've ever seen

  • @RamArt9091
    @RamArt9091 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always though the spinal cord was completely encased within the vertebra. Well, i suppose I finally found out.

  • @ctitan3751
    @ctitan3751 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I nearly jumped out of my seat hearing that with headphones

  • @moppupaws
    @moppupaws ปีที่แล้ว

    "i'll go into my collection of every fish ever"
    what a flex

  • @user-vy8nr8fp2k
    @user-vy8nr8fp2k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite types of videos

  • @hutglass
    @hutglass ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found this channel, so happy I did lol

  • @lucasg.4009
    @lucasg.4009 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic video, nice humor and really interesting facts. I am new to this channel, but I will stay my biology friend, that is for sure

  • @thedarkassasin8316
    @thedarkassasin8316 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your collection is just wow

  • @IDKLOLLL-oy7yo
    @IDKLOLLL-oy7yo ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay but why is this the most entertaining thing I have ever watched

  • @nobodiesbusiness2731
    @nobodiesbusiness2731 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this channel so much.

  • @Direblade11
    @Direblade11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I WAS taught about the top/bottom water camo in school

  • @chickendrawsdogs3343
    @chickendrawsdogs3343 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now I'm really curious about the dyeing process of the specimens.

  • @fslurrehman
    @fslurrehman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting and informative. It's because the presenter loves his work.

  • @fatherplatypus2316
    @fatherplatypus2316 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Evolution truly is fascinating

  • @secretvanilla7279
    @secretvanilla7279 ปีที่แล้ว

    that was cooler than I expected

  • @yinja3406
    @yinja3406 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think it is funny how he says "now do you ever look at your beaver skull" as if we have all organisms to live on earth

  • @sillyst4rz
    @sillyst4rz ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these videos sm it helps when ur a animal nerd !! :))

  • @robertisbell1075
    @robertisbell1075 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is quite informative. I really enjoyed learning this. 👍

  • @cattz.are.silly.
    @cattz.are.silly. ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s funny how hard he shakes the snakes tail

  • @L8zar-boy15
    @L8zar-boy15 ปีที่แล้ว

    The king of informational transitions, take notes middle-schoolers

  • @twilightraven1232
    @twilightraven1232 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video helped me identify a weird bone I found on the beach. I had no clue what it belonged to. It's a puffer fish spine. 😱

  • @type1hero146
    @type1hero146 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro completed his animal crossing museum 💀💀💀

  • @That-Google-Guy
    @That-Google-Guy ปีที่แล้ว

    10:30 “that way, when they’re CHOMPING WOOD they don’t SWALLOW or (long pause for emphasis) CHOOOKE (spikes camera HARD) on any wood chips
    The jokes are getting more subtle y’all, but also much funnier.

  • @titaniumdiveknife2
    @titaniumdiveknife2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep on keeping on, my boy!

  • @lizazagirova
    @lizazagirova ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that’s really informative!

  • @thatonecloud7694
    @thatonecloud7694 ปีที่แล้ว

    My Tripophoby went FERAL

  • @zafran156
    @zafran156 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice explanation dude!👍👍

  • @jamesyoung16
    @jamesyoung16 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was amazingly educational

  • @ridermaut99
    @ridermaut99 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro explains things by explaining, explaining things💀 I love rewatching your videos and learn things i didn't know :)🦈

  • @ashobiz
    @ashobiz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't understand anything but I love watching your video. It is top quality.

  • @thelastorangetictac5294
    @thelastorangetictac5294 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Do you ever look at your beaver skull..." Me who doesn't have a beaver skull: ☻☻☻

  • @nayeem7359
    @nayeem7359 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very Informative!

  • @Pixer_14
    @Pixer_14 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cricket one, yeah that one, my school already teached me that

  • @YTUser4
    @YTUser4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro probably prank someone with a rattlesnake’s tail

  • @danshikshin
    @danshikshin ปีที่แล้ว

    so cool, there so many things i don't know, great content

  • @kingsnake6434
    @kingsnake6434 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like the transitions between animals🙂

  • @tatter_vroom
    @tatter_vroom ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this isn't a bar of soap... guess what comes next
    its a miniature angler fish :)

  • @mogenoof
    @mogenoof ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that was the longest run on paragraph ever
    also you and casual geographic should do a collaboration

  • @lopo889
    @lopo889 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine this vid becoming a series of the channel

  • @victorbeil9516
    @victorbeil9516 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that shit.
    I always find it very interesting, to learn about things someone else thinks of as common knowledge. We learned about the rattlesnake fact in preschool. But i also for a long time didnt realize that February just has 28 days.

  • @I_am_looking_for_GF
    @I_am_looking_for_GF 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The stingray camouflage is like ww2 plane camouflage