This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms - Kenny Coogan

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  • @osmonion9123
    @osmonion9123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9645

    Finally a solution to all my problems

    • @omegashuro8626
      @omegashuro8626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      😂😂😂

    • @user-zakee
      @user-zakee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      This comment will get more than 1K likes i bet

    • @kwkw5711
      @kwkw5711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Nothing like a few worms for a tasty snack.

    • @moosetwin
      @moosetwin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      god am I a worm

    • @vince6390
      @vince6390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is gonna blow up

  • @MayorofAvabruck
    @MayorofAvabruck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    This makes sense. I remember helping to build a fence on a farm, using a piledriver, and I remember being puzzled by how many worms were on the surface nearby. At the time I just assumed the soil was really healthy and was just bursting at the seams with worms. This explanation makes more sense. Also explains why the chickens kept following me around that day.

    • @kiarona.
      @kiarona. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      The chickens must have loved you! 😂

  • @noregerts8038
    @noregerts8038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6894

    Of course. This is what I was missing in life. The ability to summon endless worms

    • @PaulJohn01
      @PaulJohn01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      You never know when that skill will come in useful. 😁😁 Wonder if the Boy Scouts shouldn't have a merit badge for this ?

    • @theenlightenedone1283
      @theenlightenedone1283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      U Will be the worm king

    • @PaulJohn01
      @PaulJohn01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@theenlightenedone1283 Or "The King of Worms" Elder Scrolls reference 😀😀

    • @Fafr
      @Fafr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Well, it is quite useful for... fishermen? anglers? I'm not sure how are they called, but still useful

    • @PaulJohn01
      @PaulJohn01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Fafr Human survivors for when we have an Apocalyse .

  • @hosatus2433
    @hosatus2433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1921

    My whole life, I've always thought: "Damn, I wish I could just spontaneously summon a nondescript number of worms"
    This video has completed my life
    I am finally whole

  • @datcatcatcat
    @datcatcatcat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3999

    How wonderful that we have people so curious about the oddest subjects!

    • @albertoaguilar9773
      @albertoaguilar9773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Isn't our world full of interesting stuff?

    • @khayegarais9643
      @khayegarais9643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yes, yes!

    • @WordUnheard
      @WordUnheard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I never knew I wanted to summon worms until I saw this in my suggestions, and watched this video.

    • @angelface925
      @angelface925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you'd be interested in this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize#:~:text=The%20Ig%20Nobel%20Prize%20(%2F%CB%8C,pun%20on%20the%20Nobel%20Prize%2C
      It's an award for useless research. It's research and studies designed to be humorous, yet factual! That's the wiki page on it. If you thought this was interesting, you'll like this part of the science world!

    • @glazed6178
      @glazed6178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Could use scientific process and time to aid the world or explore ailments..... spends 40 years watching worms

  • @caloocanboy5800
    @caloocanboy5800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    I learnt about this a while ago and also did it but no worms emerged. I just watched the video and realized that this behaviour is caused by worms trying to escape from moles and there's none here in the Philippines.

    • @EMcKelvyF
      @EMcKelvyF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Do you have any tunneling rodents? It doesn't have to just be moles but animals that make similar noises burrrowing through the ground.

    • @jamsekun1810
      @jamsekun1810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      True xD

    • @caloocanboy5800
      @caloocanboy5800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@EMcKelvyFRats tunnel but I'm pretty sure worms aren't on their menu.

    • @AaronSiegel001
      @AaronSiegel001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@caloocanboy5800 Do it in a place where there are a lot of worms.

    • @hurb9188
      @hurb9188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BAahahahahahh

  • @mildlydistressed
    @mildlydistressed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3354

    as a person born in the panhandle of florida, my grandpa told me when i was little that "worming" brought the worms up from the ground because "they're tryin' to see what you're up to"

    • @EfeFlet
      @EfeFlet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      This is so cute!

    • @hfbnffsdugai3754
      @hfbnffsdugai3754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@EfeFlet it's also terrifying for children that are scared of worms(groomed to fear worms)

    • @jaydedepato6995
      @jaydedepato6995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      That's the innocent explanation

    • @LlamaCraft
      @LlamaCraft 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      @@hfbnffsdugai3754 bro what are you on about

    • @EfeFlet
      @EfeFlet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@hfbnffsdugai3754 ahh i guess it can be used as the boogeyman or something, yes. I think worms are cute but from a distance, I think my should would left my body if I had to actually touch one lmfao

  • @QuickSmasherEXE
    @QuickSmasherEXE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    What I find truly fascinating about this video is how people have puzzled over this behavior for decades, only for the answer to have been almost perfectly guessed by Charles Darwin over a century ago.

    • @MayFlora
      @MayFlora 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It wasn’t guessed though, if he wrote a book about it was probably well researched

    • @prat_wallow4210
      @prat_wallow4210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      didn't it say it was a hypothesis

    • @judgedbytime
      @judgedbytime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is a pattern you should see repeating often.

    • @StealthyDead
      @StealthyDead ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It wasn't nearly perfect, it was exactly perfect

  • @rollintweeds234
    @rollintweeds234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1407

    Who knew worms led such dramatic lives, fraught with danger, vigilance and intimacies! And love how Papa Darwin, in his sunset years, found them so worthy of study.

    • @stellaleicht4035
      @stellaleicht4035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I love how darwin proposed the correct theory centuries before it was proven

    • @andyhaochizhang
      @andyhaochizhang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@chessematics actually there's no confirmation that the universe is infinite. All we know for certain is its bigger than what we can observe, but it may be infinite or finite, we simply can't know for sure.

    • @chessematics
      @chessematics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @fdbhdsaa damnn sorry i totally forgot.
      Sorry again

    • @essenceofexcellence1832
      @essenceofexcellence1832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @fdbhdsaa as with all theories, it may not be correct. if it's unobservable, there's no way to confirm that it's expanding. that's not to say it's definitely wrong, it could be true.

    • @RoachDoggJr106
      @RoachDoggJr106 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stellaleicht4035 it’s still a theory

  • @ianwtarrant
    @ianwtarrant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My granddaddy taught us how to do this as a small boy. He always called it grubbing. Any time we wanted to fish, we went out to the yard, drove a wood stake into the ground and rubbed a brick over it until they came up. I’ve never seen or heard anyone else doing this, so when I saw this video title, I had to see if my hunch was right. Thanks for bringing back memories of my granddaddy and my youth.

  • @sakura2646
    @sakura2646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1970

    Breaking news: Florida Man defeated USA by summoning an army of worms

    • @noahwebber8318
      @noahwebber8318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      As long as we have Florida we are safe

    • @amanikyalarao6728
      @amanikyalarao6728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Just make this much better by adding Florida man at the begining

    • @brentfellers9632
      @brentfellers9632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I believe they call themselves "magats " not worms...lol

    • @sakura2646
      @sakura2646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@amanikyalarao6728 done

    • @Raven-kv9mb
      @Raven-kv9mb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LOL!!!! Good one!!!!

  • @CharlesAngelus
    @CharlesAngelus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    On my walk to college I would sometimes notice Seagulls pitter-pattering on the ground. Very cool to finally learn what they were actually up to.

  • @ezra7088
    @ezra7088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    There have been a lot of inspirational quotes at the beginning of a TED-Ed video. This one may just be the best. It's incredibly groundbreaking, and it just made me look at the world in an entirely new way

    • @ahryaghardensan2753
      @ahryaghardensan2753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      i got a whiplash istg i thought i was gonna read pathbreaking quote by a white man

    • @hfbnffsdugai3754
      @hfbnffsdugai3754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I hope they find my pinterest comment and use it someday

    • @tanvikhare9710
      @tanvikhare9710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely

    • @1person69races8
      @1person69races8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No pun intended? Hahahah

    • @hfbnffsdugai3754
      @hfbnffsdugai3754 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      omg ted ed

  • @DatHeris
    @DatHeris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    During cross country practice we (~30 people) used to have to essentially run in place as part of a workout. So all of us would be in a big group stomping on the ground for a few minutes, and I remember looking down to see like dozens of worms in the dirt at my feet. Lol it was so strange but pretty cool at the same time and I'm glad have found this video years later.

  • @earthling_parth
    @earthling_parth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    I believe this is the first time a Ted-Ed narrator has spoken with a little zest and kick in their speech. I love it 🤩

    • @mayurdahiwale5907
      @mayurdahiwale5907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      No its definitely not the first time... i have seen many TED videos with that speech. It depends on the topic of the video actually

    • @tunturikuningas5393
      @tunturikuningas5393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I really like the "yes, it was literally called that-" part especially!

    • @romanski5811
      @romanski5811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The narrator in the video has narrated other videos on this channel before.

    • @earthling_parth
      @earthling_parth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mayurdahiwale5907 oh, I don't seem to remember any. I'll be on the lookout for those 👍

    • @florpflop6364
      @florpflop6364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Naw lol watch more

  • @Izolus
    @Izolus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That little turtle stomping animation was far more adorable than it had any right to be

  • @stillme4084
    @stillme4084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    Cool info. We used to do this in Missouri but never knew why it worked.

    • @g.c.5065
      @g.c.5065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But why do you do this ? Fun ? To eat them ? FOr agriculture ? Fishing ?

    • @stillme4084
      @stillme4084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@g.c.5065 Fish bait. So in a way, food.

    • @michaelwilson9037
      @michaelwilson9037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My brother and I did this in Missouri as well. We would sell the worms to fishermen for $5 per 100 and rent Nintendo games.

    • @Edward_Npc
      @Edward_Npc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelwilson9037 one bucket of worms?

    • @michaelwilson9037
      @michaelwilson9037 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Edward_Npc we would get a couple five gallon buckets, and we had a worm bed made from an old refrigerator at the house that we would dump them in.

  • @benny_lemon5123
    @benny_lemon5123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The animation of the gull and wood turtle doing a stompy dance was exactly what my day needed.
    Also gonna go grab a pitch fork and see if I can rustle up a special snack for my flock of birbs

  • @dhairyashildeshpande9808
    @dhairyashildeshpande9808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    OMG I can literally feel the voice actress enjoying the narration

    • @Blue_Pumpkin
      @Blue_Pumpkin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Such a sweet voice

    • @Blue_Pumpkin
      @Blue_Pumpkin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Max Powers Why do you hate it? You have a wonderful ability to imagine how a person feels it's called Empathy. 🥰🥰 Love yourself more. You are s beautiful soul - start saying it to yourself everyday when you wake up, geniunely look for reasons/logic to love yourself. Don't miss an opportunity to love yourself, not praising or admiring yourself too much - that will lead to arrogance and narcissism.

    • @genericname2747
      @genericname2747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Who wouldn't enjoy narrating about worm summoning?

    • @GalacticTommy
      @GalacticTommy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@LieutenantVague welcome to 2022 where being a genuinely nice person is considered “cringe”

    • @GalacticTommy
      @GalacticTommy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Blue_Pumpkin nice comment :)

  • @AcceleratorTF2
    @AcceleratorTF2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Very accurate depictions of Catania and Darwin 👌

  • @ShirleyTimple
    @ShirleyTimple 2 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    We used to carve notches in one stick that had a sharpened tip. Drive that stick into the ground and then use a second stick to rub up and down the length of the first. It works best in places with good soil, near trees that had fallen leaves and such. I did this several summers for a part time job as a kid, selling the worms to local bait shops

    • @stevend4544
      @stevend4544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      5 am Going fishing today. I guess the algorythm blesses me today

    • @Black_Sheep-01
      @Black_Sheep-01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cool! How much did you get doing that?

    • @ShirleyTimple
      @ShirleyTimple 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Black_Sheep-01 not much, honestly lol. I want to say like it was like a a nickel or a dime per worm. It's been almost 30 years ago so i can't recall

  • @teirdalin
    @teirdalin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thanks TED-Ed. Finally going to be able to work on my army of worms.

  • @UATU.
    @UATU. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    If I had known there was an occupation called “worm grunter” I would have apprenticed.

    • @Eyes0penNoFear
      @Eyes0penNoFear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The title Master Worm Grunter does have a certain ring to it.

  • @mr.clymate7489
    @mr.clymate7489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My library of knowledge of things I may or may not use in my lifetime has expanded and I’m here for it.

  • @theminish8710
    @theminish8710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    The good information i didn't know i needed. Thanks TED-Ed! And worms deserves more love

  • @penguino2686
    @penguino2686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Finally, TED-Ed teaching something useful.

    • @swapnilmankame
      @swapnilmankame 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Useful" is subjective from person to person

    • @starsnipe-yp5hx
      @starsnipe-yp5hx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@swapnilmankame now i have a way to summon worms to get rid of a corpse

  • @elenacatt
    @elenacatt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Thank you for the information. I will now restore world peace with my worm army.

  • @boythefather9868
    @boythefather9868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:56 Nice voice
    "So, unlike those containers, this hypothesis just didn't hold water."

  • @jheremiahwayco3589
    @jheremiahwayco3589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    3:34 the turtle looks kinda dope tho

    • @mrfoxyx
      @mrfoxyx ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He the dance better than me lol

  • @SaiSantoshMARU
    @SaiSantoshMARU 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love the quote @0:03

  • @geminichann_n
    @geminichann_n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love how the quote at the beginning is just some random Pinterest user and I'm here for it

  • @HannibalKantter
    @HannibalKantter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Gotta love Ted for giving an 8 year old the chance to come up with his first animation :)

  • @stomierpine
    @stomierpine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    I was just worm hunting yesterday. Strange how these things work.

    • @UC3rm0aNC4ysyZipDZotXnZA
      @UC3rm0aNC4ysyZipDZotXnZA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Learned that nature would prefer "works most of the time" rather than "works rarely" is kinda "I didn't realize that", so thats why humans near the sea didn't evolve merfolk like features.

    • @sortof3337
      @sortof3337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow.

    • @NnotKnott
      @NnotKnott 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Google is listening as you live your life and recommending when you use their apps

    • @ThermaL-ty7bw
      @ThermaL-ty7bw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      8 billion people on the planet , someone else is worm hunting at this very moment
      once you actually get/have this notion in your head , that there's 8 billion of us ,
      coincidence is just totally out of the question , it's just ignorance of the amount of things that Can happen and will
      things happen , We make the connections , that's all it is

    • @Zak-tk8wv
      @Zak-tk8wv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yessss

  • @slimeyar
    @slimeyar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Man I need that "The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms, with Observation on their Habits" book ASAP

  • @Atomic-Superbear
    @Atomic-Superbear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This so the most interesting Ted-Ed video I've watched yet.

    • @mkks4559
      @mkks4559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And probably the most interesting that will ever be made.

    • @osmonion9123
      @osmonion9123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True

  • @LevanEvan
    @LevanEvan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:28 The worms be like: "Come my brethren, our Queen summons us."

  • @dalesnow1707
    @dalesnow1707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    l love how the opening quote is just pinterest user lol

  • @bubbie2982
    @bubbie2982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This will help me practice my faith of Wormism

  • @spmagic9083
    @spmagic9083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    It’s like the sandworms on Arrakis: they’re attracted to rhythmic noises!

    • @luc7478
      @luc7478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True

    • @jordantucker9799
      @jordantucker9799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      But these worms avoid predation. Sandworms prey on unruly trespassers.

    • @barbabambis
      @barbabambis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh wait, that's true

    • @spmagic9083
      @spmagic9083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jordantucker9799 Frank Herbert might not have known about this when he wrote the book, and worm charming could have been inspiration. I don’t know, but it’s a cool similarity.

    • @benny_lemon5123
      @benny_lemon5123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe he just didn't mention the colossal sand moles...

  • @EchoPrograms
    @EchoPrograms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    TED-Ed - Lessons worth sharing. Ah yes, the art of worm summoning.

  • @albertamalachi3560
    @albertamalachi3560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "Walk without rhythm, and you won't attract the worms."
    Or so it was told somewhere.

    • @bottomless_pit
      @bottomless_pit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Finally I was looking for a Dune comment

    • @m0_chi0
      @m0_chi0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I am going to read dune guys wish me luck ಥ‿ಥ

    • @spaghetti-zc5on
      @spaghetti-zc5on 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@m0_chi0 it might take a long time, but it’s worth it

    • @genericname2747
      @genericname2747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I WILL walk with rhythm

  • @nd_otd
    @nd_otd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I'm curious if worms in a place where there's no moles also have this behavior. I'm not sure if there are moles here in the Philippines since I haven't ever seen any of them once in my life, or if there's any other worm predators similar to moles here.

    • @GuardianTiger
      @GuardianTiger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same.

    • @CAMSLAYER13
      @CAMSLAYER13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Something else might fill the same niche as a mole and illicit the same response. If not its unlikely. There might be a different noise that will cause something like this depending on what eats the worms.

    • @margaretthemagnificent
      @margaretthemagnificent ปีที่แล้ว

      Another Filipino tried it and commented that it did not work.

  • @SLZABBJNGO
    @SLZABBJNGO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Genuinely fascinating! I was for sure that the worms believed the vibrations were rain!

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta5642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worms: “Haha! I avoided the mo-!”
    Other animals: “YOINK!”

  • @therewillbejoy465
    @therewillbejoy465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    the way she said “yes it was literally called that” made me straight-up cackle, props to this narrator lol

  • @hintn9636
    @hintn9636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    True joy is summoning a bunch of worms to hangout with

  • @BrigantinosDoRoudos
    @BrigantinosDoRoudos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Katanya and Darwin must've fallen asleep in the tanning bed again

  • @AbandonedMines11
    @AbandonedMines11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love these obscure, off the wall, brief videos where you can actually learn something in less than five minutes.

  • @Operator_Monocle
    @Operator_Monocle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will now take over the world with this knowledge

  • @pushyasaieraag2141
    @pushyasaieraag2141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Avatar: The last Wormbender.

    • @ricelovesriceee
      @ricelovesriceee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh

    • @200135673
      @200135673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      :Bloodworm bending

    • @Manowar458
      @Manowar458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Water, earth, fire, worms

    • @benny_lemon5123
      @benny_lemon5123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      These sequels are getting out of hand

  • @Deathstorm501
    @Deathstorm501 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If that title is clickbait to make me willingly watch a TED Talk, it worked. Congrats. Edit: Twas not clickbait, may now summon worms at will.

  • @sarkarasm285
    @sarkarasm285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Just watched dune. The author probably got the inspiration of sandworm of arakis from here. Mind blowing!

    • @bulletgrazer2184
      @bulletgrazer2184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Frank Herbert spent years researching and world building the ecosystem of Dune, so I wouldn't be surprised if he spent some of that time looking into worm behavior.

    • @rosiecarter6631
      @rosiecarter6631 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine dune moles....

  • @neogamess
    @neogamess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just the video I needed.
    I plan on starting some earthworms on my garden.

  • @KNSVTV
    @KNSVTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I really like the girl's voice, it's really inspiring!

  • @TraeKryzer
    @TraeKryzer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Pretty cool stuff!
    One thing that that bugs me a little is the connotation that every adaptation in evolution is purely overall beneficial. Or heck, are beneficial at all. The question "Why do worms still have this feature," or why does any other species still have something is, to put simply, because they aren't extinct yet. It's like asking someone why they left the lights on. "Well I didn't turn them off" is the only totally honest answer. You can say you forgot, but when the analogy goes back to evolution, you have to remember that there is no thought behind it. There is no mind saying "Shoot, I forgot to remove that feature" even though it doesn't work anymore. In fact this type of thing happens all the time. They're called vestigial structures. For example, whales still grow finger bones and hind legs, but are never used.
    The rare vs common predator is a good reason for explaining why they aren't extinct yet *because of this feature. But it does not explain why they have this feature in the first place or why they still have it. To put into other words, let's say for example that moles all disappeared one day and the amount that other animals exploited this feature went way up. Way up to the point where these worms are in danger of extinction. Now you can then ask "Why do worms still have this feature" and the only honest answer is that they or the feature hasn't gone away yet. And one or the other eventually will in this scenario. But nothing has really changed. The worms of course didn't, and the structure of evolution didn't change, so neither does the question.
    I'm very much not narking this one video. It is actually really interesting stuff! I just notice this kind of thinking about evolution is super common. To think that everything happens for a reason, often an environmental one. I mean, a lot of things do happen for environmental reasons, but it's not why things don't happen.

    • @heymayday8761
      @heymayday8761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes! thank you for your comment, this is important! also it was interesting to read /gen

  • @Sid-mj1qf
    @Sid-mj1qf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Love the fact that TED-Ed quoted a Pinterest user 😂

  • @GoonShredder9000
    @GoonShredder9000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'll watch the rest of this video once im done with my worm fiddling

  • @Hak616
    @Hak616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Everytime I think I am not good enough to make a career in science, TED-Ed reminds me why we do it

  • @JunoCat1890
    @JunoCat1890 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great! I always wanted an army of hattifatteners in my garden.

  • @thr3ddy
    @thr3ddy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    My grandpa taught me this trick in Holland in the 80s, even told me about the mole bit. It's nice that science finally caught up ;)

    • @edwinbruckner4752
      @edwinbruckner4752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here, I guess in Holland this is common knowledge... maybe because we have lots of canals, and worms are perfect for fishing. I always did this trick with a shovel, stick it in and out of the ground real fast. Tapping it is new to me though...

  • @lisat273
    @lisat273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another inspiration for Diglett 😂

  • @iamlegallyblind-roar
    @iamlegallyblind-roar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you Ted-Ed, my worm army shall spare you

  • @vistalover9607
    @vistalover9607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:45 Adaptations aren’t maintained because they’re beneficial. They are passed down because they’re beneficial hence increasing the likelihood they are passed down

  • @erickfalcon2321
    @erickfalcon2321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is certainly one of the most videos I've watched of TedEd. Would like to meet Mr. Ted one day

    • @AwfulnewsFM
      @AwfulnewsFM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I loved it when Ted said 'its teding time' and tedded all over the earth worms

    • @katzea.a7880
      @katzea.a7880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One of the videos of all time

    • @yesfinallygot1
      @yesfinallygot1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      did you just assume ted's gender?

  • @TonyMontana-yp1lh
    @TonyMontana-yp1lh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Her voice is perfect for these types of videos

  • @medusagorgon9
    @medusagorgon9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Oh yes. My ex-husband use to purchase worms on the rear times he decided to go fishing. I never understood this because all he had to do was flip the dirt anywhere in our yard and there would be an abundance of worms! The soil was extremely soft and rich so it wasn't like he had to dig for long. But he never did.

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm glad you left him.

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      People buy worms because it saves lot of time.
      It's same with wheat. Why u dont just farm your own wheat and make it flour and then make your own bread?

    • @qxqp
      @qxqp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DBT1007 um.. I think farming actual wheat probably takes a wee bit longer than flipping some mud

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@qxqp that's just analogy thing.
      If u have money, u tend to buy stuff to save time. Fishermen also be like that. Not just worms. It's also about fish n crab for bait. Some of them just buy it from the bait store or something.

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DBT1007 Are you really comparing digging up worms (15 minutes) with becoming a farmer and growing wheat and grinding it into flour just to bake bread? Do you also argue that guns don't kill people, people kill people?

  • @laithnukho8342
    @laithnukho8342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What ever would I do without this

  • @Narissa_1248
    @Narissa_1248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i just want a minute or two of the herring gull and the wood turtle stomping with no narration. that would heal my soul.

  • @jayb9540
    @jayb9540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The spice must flow

  • @flyhigh9944
    @flyhigh9944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don’t usually have a need to summon worms but I guess I’ll watch this video just in case

  • @mickhannett5858
    @mickhannett5858 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We don't have moles in Australia. After learning about this my chooks have a 16% increase in eggs verry happy

  • @creatore1359
    @creatore1359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Ferb... i know what we are doing today"

  • @unkn0wnus3rs
    @unkn0wnus3rs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice. Now whenever that gaslighter in our group gets angry because we didn’t give her virtual currency in a video game, I can summon my worm army to hide a pipebomb in her mailbox 😎👍

  • @jalankaky
    @jalankaky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Worm: yey, we are save guys.
    *Hand picking worm.
    Worm: ah sh*t, here we go again.

  • @IAmSuyogJadhav
    @IAmSuyogJadhav 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That turtle 🐢 patting the ground is soo cute 😄

  • @AegisAuras
    @AegisAuras 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’d summon worms not to use them as bait, but instead just to have some wormy pals

  • @NS-er1gd
    @NS-er1gd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As someone who raises chickens this could actually be useful.

  • @blackdragon796
    @blackdragon796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Can you make a video about how the worms conquered the world? Because it's weird that they exist on islands in the middle of the sea. Someone did not put those here on purpose then run away😹

    • @hibernator8399
      @hibernator8399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Most likely the worms ancestors moved around when the Earth was still in it's Pangea form and then once land broke away, each worm populations evolved seperately to what we have today.

    • @calcal6508
      @calcal6508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@hibernator8399 U jenyus

    • @LG-xg8fw
      @LG-xg8fw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its because humans spread them, earthworms aren't even native to North America. Trade ships would take on dirt which contained earthworms as ballast and dump it in various places.

    • @stellaleicht4035
      @stellaleicht4035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@hibernator8399 thats actually what happened. Earthworms evolved over 209 million years ago. Pangea broke apart about 200 million years ago

    • @nessidoe8080
      @nessidoe8080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@stellaleicht4035 Nah, that's way to rational. I'd say aliens are responsible 😂

  • @MANGLORIOUS
    @MANGLORIOUS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the amount of puns and dry humor there is in this video

  • @petergriscom3431
    @petergriscom3431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:06 Charles Darwin Netflix reboot.

    • @LangstonDev
      @LangstonDev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💀

    • @Thejigholeman
      @Thejigholeman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      glad to see im not the only one that noticed that.

    • @petergriscom3431
      @petergriscom3431 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Thejigholeman They did the same thing to the scientist they featured, Kenneth Catania.

  • @pancake-yum
    @pancake-yum ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never knew i needed this

  • @JinxxSphinxx
    @JinxxSphinxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Blessed be the Maker and his water!!

  • @crusader3957
    @crusader3957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you take dish soap and water and mix a good amount in a bucket and dump it in a spot where you would already find a few, like under a large rock or something, you can get like over 20 under the tight conditions to come up all at once. It's not as effectas this but it's a nice little experiment, especially if your kid was like me and liked digging around in the backyard. My dad showed me this and it blew my mind when big giant worms came up out of the ground rather than the little ones I would just find every once in a while

    • @rainbowconnected
      @rainbowconnected ปีที่แล้ว

      Not very nice to the worms, given that they breathe through their skin. Covering them in dish soap and water would likely lead to them suffering and probably dying. Better to find other, harm free ways of summoning them.

  • @ghadah2015
    @ghadah2015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My dream is to work with TEDx as a translator 😭

  • @eggmcguffin4794
    @eggmcguffin4794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:05 SCARY JUMPSCATE ‼‼⚠⚠

    • @goldngamer1365
      @goldngamer1365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😑😑😱😱😱😱😱😱❗❗❗they shouldve put a jumpscar worning😡😡😡

  • @kingshark422
    @kingshark422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:21 lol I laughed so hard at the silence followed quickly by “Yes is was literally called that” 😭😭

  • @Mydnie
    @Mydnie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you. Now I can continue my mission to take over the world.

  • @hackermanack3393
    @hackermanack3393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally I can take over the world with an army of worms

  • @lordtaz201
    @lordtaz201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Captivating ! I love learning about these kind of things

  • @superawesomepayton6038
    @superawesomepayton6038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    imagine someone is going to kill you unless you surprise them with a trick, lets also say you magically have a wooden pike and metal plating, this video has just saved your life

  • @TheSwissGabber
    @TheSwissGabber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why are both Catania and Darwin drawn brown?

  • @StolenPw
    @StolenPw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The stomping turtle is so precious 🐢

  • @Guergeiro
    @Guergeiro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Darwin always ahead of its time... Great video.

  • @worshipwormking2327
    @worshipwormking2327 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    my favorite part has got to be the stompy turtle. funky little fellow doin his little worm dance. i love him.

  • @actuallrealgaming
    @actuallrealgaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    White guy Kenneth Catania looking like an african in the drawing is very amusing

    • @fl2cabiking888
      @fl2cabiking888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They did it to my man darwin too

  • @carlogaytan7010
    @carlogaytan7010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks, I wanted to attack my neighbor, so this is a use!

  • @alexandrastimens1828
    @alexandrastimens1828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top tier video. Answered every question I had. Loved the narration, too!

  • @OliverTheAmpersandCat
    @OliverTheAmpersandCat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:20 “Yes it was literally called that” BRO WHY IS IT SO FUNNY TO ME 😂😂😂😂

  • @Corvus__
    @Corvus__ ปีที่แล้ว

    Surprisingly more fascinating than I expected!

  • @paranormalackivvity4866
    @paranormalackivvity4866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    absolutely horrifying and i will be using this in the future at my enemies