In the olden days, in Europe, in the mountain villages, people used to sleep 20 hours a day during winter, barely staying awake to get something to eat and take care of the necessities. Not quite hibernation, but definitely a slowing down of the metabolism.
I have been wondering about this since it got dark noticeably earlier. It rarely gets very cold where I live, which suits me, but I can’t bear the darker days and the abundant rain.
@@kellydalstok8900 I feel you. I live in Canada. Last winter we barely had snow. Everything was dark and gray. At least, snow brings a little bit of light
Those who did not hibernate spread their genes more widely, while those who hibernated were gradually removed from the gene pool, ultimately exemplifying survival of the fittest.
@@TheDennys21 this is true, also a great example of midwit brain slop, there are more potent issues on Earth than pollution. There is a war on truth and the human essence and people are too easily distracted.
@@TheDennys21bro, you literally replying to something someone wrote on a little box with a screen potentially hundreds of miles away from you. Wym we not smart? We probably the most interesting thing in the universe😂
I spent last winter (December thru to April) in the hospital on strict bed rest. I basically slept most of the time. Closest I've gotten to hibernating
I grew up in a sunny part of the southern hemisphere (Durban, South Africa) with basically year round sun, dry sunny winters etc... in my first UK winter, i could absolutely comfirm that without the world being the way it is (with constant external communication and expectation to be productive every singe day) i could easily have slept for 20 hours a day with the sudden perceived lack of usual daylight resources
I'm at my 45th winter here in Norway and do get into a kind of mental hibernation during winter. Then after 6-7 months of cold, it's like someone plug me into an electric socket and with warmth, flowers, songbirds and life everywhere again, it's like levitating weightless above ground when I'm outside, feeling a deep euphoria. The lambs, when they are let out after a long winter, they jump around with the back legs up into the air. It's called being "vårkåt" here, or "spring horny".
(not saying you have seasonal depression) but this comment reminds me of a thought I had during the video. there are many different perspectives in psychology, one approach considers the theory of human evolution. some psychologists believe anxiety disorders, for example, could be a byproduct of human evolution - a function that was once vital for our survival is now mainly defunct, and as such can cause impairment in our lives. while there are other factors that come into play, such as environmental changes, it could also be possible that perhaps seasonal depression and hibernation could potentially be linked as well, if it is allegedly a process humans could potentially genetically unlock through technology and science.
@@fleetwoodmak777 I think most people suffer from winter depression of to some degree here, specially a bit further north, where the sun don't rise above the horizon at all, they just get a hint of some blue sky at mid day and then back to black black black days with dead dead dead vegetation and silence silence silence from the birds no longer there... It's an interesting theory you have. I can trace my lineage back to the first written sources here in Norway, so perhaps there's some evolutionary things happening in me during winter, because it feels totally like things are really slowing down inside of me. I get more sleepy, don't wake up as early in the morning when the morning is still like night time. More mood sick, more depressed, less social ETC. Also I have my very blonde, almost white hair, that evolutionary I guess is meant to let sunlight give the few vitamin D it can give, with as little covering as possible, letting sunlight penetrate through the scalp and neck. Also I've read that blonde people also actually have the most hair, or the most dense hair growth of all. I guess that's because it need to keep the head warm, but also why so many men also, that are used to be outside, develop the male pattern balding, I think it's called, something that don't seem to be common at all outside of northern Europe, to give the part of the head with most access to the sun the most Vitamin D and the same time as dense "fur" as possible to isolate the rest of the head. Gladly I haven't suffered from what seem to be common in the rest of my family, but then again I've been suffering from depression too, and have had lots of suicides in my family, that often seem to happen during the dark season... Currently I'm feeling as I'm on the way into my hibernation-LIGHT. I guess that's how God have made it all. Hope you and yours have a nice weekend. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas. It was very interesting. With kind regards, Alv, Norway.
@@elvenkind6072 thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts and share your own, you've given me more things to think about. & that's really awesome that your lineage traces that far back! have a nice weekend as well, and good luck through the winter :)
Humans do somewhat participate in a form of hibernation. Humans sleep an average of about an hour and 10 minutes more in the winter. Humans also eat considerably more in the winter time and fall leading into to to gather calories in order to produce a thicker layer of fat to insulate us in the winter time. Skin becomes thicker, about .58 centimeters in order to deter cold. Your hair naturally grows faster and thicker in the winter. And humans have a tendency to become extremely lazy during winter, on average 72% of humans will choose to stay inside over going out, even if theres options of going to a place that has heat. While humans dont sleep the entirity of a cold season, we do technically hibernate in an unorthodox context.
I've been crusading for years to have hibernation in the winter be not only possible but socially acceptable and encouraged. Even if you're not sleeping during that time, who wants to go outside in the cold and wet? Not me!
I'm with you, but we seem to be in the minority, I mean in March 2020, the Australian government announced it was "putting the economy into hibernation for the next 6 months" & sent everyone home to sleep & do jigsaws &, well, hibernate. Across the ditch though, NZ announced they were doing only a 6 week hibernation & Australia being super competitive, especially when the Kiwis are involved, had to win & so within 4 weeks, before winter even had a chance to begin, both countries were announcing hibernation was over cause virus was wiped out. Melbourne got it back & returned to hibernation, but the rest of the country never did. The masses it seems just don't like hibernation
not sure about that, but aging is technically a metabolic process - the more the molecular machinary is used, the more likely it is to accumulate minor faults and damages. Thus, slowing metabolism down to near stop is non-surprisingly slowing down aging, no matter how long your life span is.
I love the humor in the editing ❤ Had a loud laugh a couple of times with this one, whilst joe was just explaining. But overall the way how captivating and entertaining you people make these videos is just amazing. Big thanks for that :)
Hibernating species live longer than nonhybernating ones of the same size, because, as you exactly said, they slow down their metabolism, that is like slowing down the time, also decreasing wear and tear of the organism... like slow motion... also engine wears less if you let it on idle , than when you give it a gas all the time ...netabolism is and heart rate is like an internal clock..if you slow it down, you age slower ... your time perception is faster tho..naturally
Some freshwater turtles have waaaaaay more awesome way of coping with winter. Ice prevents the exchange of gasses between the water and air, thus slowly depleting the dissolved oxygen level in a pond. Therefore Painted Turtles not only slow their metabolism, but convert it into being entirely anaerobic. Specifically they use lactic acid fermentation to survive in the absence of oxygen. If that sounds familiar, it's because our own muscle cells do this when we can't deliver oxygen to them quickly enough, but in the aforementioned conditions these turtles use it for everything (well, everything that the turtle is still using with its slowed metabolism). Turtles avoid fatal acidosis by using their shell to buffer the lactic acid.
do you know any other adaptations do freshwater turtles have that enable them to live in varying environmental conditions, like in extreme seasonal changes?
I had a major stroke and was in a coma for about a week, the thing about being in a coma is that you still age even though I didn't appearance any time lost. What good is it for space travel if you hibernate so you don't get bored only to find out you just slept your life away.
i think the point of hibernating instead of being comatose is that in a coma your metabolism keeps going at the same rate, but hibernating slows down the whole metabolism, which will slow down ageing as well, yes you’ll still lose a good chunk of life, but less than a comatose state
Hibernating 6 months is very different than hibernating 6000 years. We would also have account for radiation damage - not just from the radiation in space, but also radioisotopes in our bodies. The closest potentially habitable planet is actually the moon - once we terraform it. (This is a problem of economics, not so much technology)
Same! Im Canadian, so Ive got both extremes, and I've learned its easier to get warm when you're cold than cold when you're warm. One just takes a sweater, the other costs me a fortune on my power bill. Actually, Im not even sure the heat works in my apartment, I've quite literally never tried to turn it on.
Correction- Bears enter torpor, not hibernation. While clearly similar, hence being discussed in this video, it is technically different than true hibernation.
I have trouble falling asleep, but, as it turns out, all I needed was to watch a video on hibernation. I'm barely 2 mins in and it feels like I am falling a
Addendum: The process of Hibernation for most species includes Torpor, Hummingbirds are just the best/most commonly known example of what Torpor is. (or so claim some renowned Biologists)
11:25 having sepsis didnt hurt or anything, but it wasnt fun. Especially with all the other infections that teamed up with it. However, studying in a hospital bed for a week was pretty nice.
The bloodied exomorph(yes, EXO, not xeno) at the Ripley clip was a nice touch! I wouldn't say the nearest potentially habitable, I would say the nearest extrasolar planet.
Bears: lose half their synapses in a few months of hibernation. NASA: astronauts would probably be fine hibernating for 6,000 years. It's not like colonizing a new planet or operating an interstellar craft needs cognitive function.
I don't know if you've addressed this Joe, but one question I have is why are some people less tolerant of heat and others less tolerant of cold? For example I can wear a T-shirt and shorts in 50° weather while my wife wears jeans and sweaters in 80° or even 90° weather
Biologolgy it would make sense for us to have a "cool down" period. After working spring through fall. However our overlords wouldn't allow us. I know for me if it was possible I would go back to having winter off. While working through spring and fall for winter prep.
I have ME/CFS and the current research is that in the first stages of this could be a sort of hibernation mode. All I want to do is sleep, I can't eat and strangely I feel warmer 🧐
You mean when I work all week without sleep, and then I sleep for a day and go back to work it isn’t hibernating? That would explain why I’m always tired.
I'm so grateful we don't hibernate lol. From cognitive decline to fecal buildup, it sounds incredibly unpleasant, not like a giant nap. And while animals that can hibernate live longer than their non-hibernating counterparts, that's just time they're not using! Besides, winter is quite nice & I wouldn't want to cut that season, specifically, out of my year. Cozy, multi-layer clothing, unique cuisine heavy in spices like clover & cinnamon, and incredible sports like ice skating and snow boarding all exist because we remain active in winter! ⛸️✨️
6:45 "i didnt know we still had that animation" I FRICKING HATE YOU FOR BRINGING IT BACK LMAOOOOO like fr why do i remember it?? it is a good animation but still 😭😭😭
I live in southern Brazil. Our houses weren't made to sustain winter because of the abnormal heat that summer inflicts on us, thus, our winters consist of temperatures that vary between 1~15°C both outside and inside. I noticed that during winter, I spend more time sleeping, but when I'm awake, I have more energy than during the summer. I wonder if that's because of slower metabolism when it's cold. When I allow my body to slow down, I get really sleepy and lazy, but when I get up and start doing stuff, I can still have energy (at the cost of a lot of food, I get so hungry in winter...)
I've heard of a case where a woman was found frozen for a few hours. Her skin was so hard a needle couldn't pierce it. The doctors surrounded her body with heat packs and she woke up without any permanent damage
As someone who hasn’t used their brain in The past few years, humans do hibernate, thank you very much.
😂😂😂
Welcome back from the long sleep!
When I use my brain now adays I start to feel like I'm OD'ing on crazy pills so it's better for my mental health to just shut everything down
Millennial
Mental hibernation
Live. Laugh. Fecal plug.
hello minuteearth!
You people rock just so you know 😊😊😊
😂😂
Your order is all messed up. It goes fecal plug, laugh, then live.
this is exactly what minuteearth talks about half the time
In the olden days, in Europe, in the mountain villages, people used to sleep 20 hours a day during winter, barely staying awake to get something to eat and take care of the necessities. Not quite hibernation, but definitely a slowing down of the metabolism.
By this fact I am a European coz I also can sleep approx 16 hrs a day
I think this is called torpor
Yea wow
I biologically agree with this claim. I can definitely sleep almost that much, especially in cold winter days.
Sources please? Or at least a region name, name of the people, or something?
"Nap like a fat bear among the stars" is an dream we can all get behind.
I was thinking that sounded REALLY nice, yeah :D
Better than this hellish society we've made for ourselves
I cant even sleep through the night.
Lol, exactly
😂 This is sad, but happens to me also.
The mitochondria (THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL *thunder*) comeback was amazing
I ask myself this question every day of winter
I have been wondering about this since it got dark noticeably earlier. It rarely gets very cold where I live, which suits me, but I can’t bear the darker days and the abundant rain.
Winter is great your just weak
@@Angel-xj3wf there has to be a correlation between enjoyning winter and high IQ i refuse to believe people like summer
@@kellydalstok8900 I feel you. I live in Canada. Last winter we barely had snow. Everything was dark and gray. At least, snow brings a little bit of light
@@Angel-xj3wf For real
I love the conclusion that essentially, we're too smart to hibernate lol
We're like Hillary Clinton
Those who did not hibernate spread their genes more widely, while those who hibernated were gradually removed from the gene pool, ultimately exemplifying survival of the fittest.
Considering what humans are doing to Earth i wouldn't call us smart.
@@TheDennys21 this is true, also a great example of midwit brain slop, there are more potent issues on Earth than pollution. There is a war on truth and the human essence and people are too easily distracted.
@@TheDennys21bro, you literally replying to something someone wrote on a little box with a screen potentially hundreds of miles away from you. Wym we not smart? We probably the most interesting thing in the universe😂
The frogs that freeze through during winter are mind blowing. Anti-freeze blood they thaw and seem to just reanimate. I love it.
Frogs are amazing
I spent last winter (December thru to April) in the hospital on strict bed rest. I basically slept most of the time. Closest I've gotten to hibernating
Was it refreshing and restful at least? Hope you're feeling better.
Wow.... Are you feeling better now?
@aurathedinosaurguy4378 yeah I'm pretty well now, thanks.
@@willryan8694 can i ask what happened? its ok if you dont want to talk about it.
I grew up in a sunny part of the southern hemisphere (Durban, South Africa) with basically year round sun, dry sunny winters etc... in my first UK winter, i could absolutely comfirm that without the world being the way it is (with constant external communication and expectation to be productive every singe day) i could easily have slept for 20 hours a day with the sudden perceived lack of usual daylight resources
I live in Phoenix. I’d like to sleep through summer!
I'm at my 45th winter here in Norway and do get into a kind of mental hibernation during winter. Then after 6-7 months of cold, it's like someone plug me into an electric socket and with warmth, flowers, songbirds and life everywhere again, it's like levitating weightless above ground when I'm outside, feeling a deep euphoria. The lambs, when they are let out after a long winter, they jump around with the back legs up into the air. It's called being "vårkåt" here, or "spring horny".
(not saying you have seasonal depression) but this comment reminds me of a thought I had during the video. there are many different perspectives in psychology, one approach considers the theory of human evolution. some psychologists believe anxiety disorders, for example, could be a byproduct of human evolution - a function that was once vital for our survival is now mainly defunct, and as such can cause impairment in our lives. while there are other factors that come into play, such as environmental changes, it could also be possible that perhaps seasonal depression and hibernation could potentially be linked as well, if it is allegedly a process humans could potentially genetically unlock through technology and science.
@@fleetwoodmak777 I think most people suffer from winter depression of to some degree here, specially a bit further north, where the sun don't rise above the horizon at all, they just get a hint of some blue sky at mid day and then back to black black black days with dead dead dead vegetation and silence silence silence from the birds no longer there...
It's an interesting theory you have. I can trace my lineage back to the first written sources here in Norway, so perhaps there's some evolutionary things happening in me during winter, because it feels totally like things are really slowing down inside of me. I get more sleepy, don't wake up as early in the morning when the morning is still like night time. More mood sick, more depressed, less social ETC. Also I have my very blonde, almost white hair, that evolutionary I guess is meant to let sunlight give the few vitamin D it can give, with as little covering as possible, letting sunlight penetrate through the scalp and neck. Also I've read that blonde people also actually have the most hair, or the most dense hair growth of all. I guess that's because it need to keep the head warm, but also why so many men also, that are used to be outside, develop the male pattern balding, I think it's called, something that don't seem to be common at all outside of northern Europe, to give the part of the head with most access to the sun the most Vitamin D and the same time as dense "fur" as possible to isolate the rest of the head. Gladly I haven't suffered from what seem to be common in the rest of my family, but then again I've been suffering from depression too, and have had lots of suicides in my family, that often seem to happen during the dark season...
Currently I'm feeling as I'm on the way into my hibernation-LIGHT.
I guess that's how God have made it all.
Hope you and yours have a nice weekend. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas. It was very interesting.
With kind regards, Alv, Norway.
@@elvenkind6072 thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts and share your own, you've given me more things to think about. & that's really awesome that your lineage traces that far back! have a nice weekend as well, and good luck through the winter :)
Unless ur birthday is at the beginning of winter wouldn’t it be more than 45 winters
@@aCrocodileMan Pardon? I didn't quite understand what you mean here
11:25 realistically, a stoma bag hooked up to a draining machine might work. Downside is either permanent stoma or a surgeon will need to be on board.
Or alternatively, the rectal version of a catheter
Sounds practical enough 😂😂😂
I have a permanent stoma, it's not hard to maintain at all but changing the bag is the only problem. Otherwise you get skin infections 😅
Humans do somewhat participate in a form of hibernation.
Humans sleep an average of about an hour and 10 minutes more in the winter.
Humans also eat considerably more in the winter time and fall leading into to to gather calories in order to produce a thicker layer of fat to insulate us in the winter time.
Skin becomes thicker, about .58 centimeters in order to deter cold.
Your hair naturally grows faster and thicker in the winter.
And humans have a tendency to become extremely lazy during winter, on average 72% of humans will choose to stay inside over going out, even if theres options of going to a place that has heat.
While humans dont sleep the entirity of a cold season, we do technically hibernate in an unorthodox context.
I've been crusading for years to have hibernation in the winter be not only possible but socially acceptable and encouraged. Even if you're not sleeping during that time, who wants to go outside in the cold and wet? Not me!
I'm with you, but we seem to be in the minority, I mean in March 2020, the Australian government announced it was "putting the economy into hibernation for the next 6 months" & sent everyone home to sleep & do jigsaws &, well, hibernate. Across the ditch though, NZ announced they were doing only a 6 week hibernation & Australia being super competitive, especially when the Kiwis are involved, had to win & so within 4 weeks, before winter even had a chance to begin, both countries were announcing hibernation was over cause virus was wiped out. Melbourne got it back & returned to hibernation, but the rest of the country never did. The masses it seems just don't like hibernation
@@mehere8038we've created an evil system that stops us from enjoying real pleasures like sleep.
😊😊
You mention the benefit of decreased aging…but do any of the species that hibernate have especially long lifespans?
They have longer lifespans than similar animals that don't hibernate! Can't really compare mice to tortoises though, apples and oranges
not sure about that, but aging is technically a metabolic process - the more the molecular machinary is used, the more likely it is to accumulate minor faults and damages. Thus, slowing metabolism down to near stop is non-surprisingly slowing down aging, no matter how long your life span is.
The talked about turtles there, right?
@@besmart Are you saying that apples hibernate in the fridge longer than oranges?
@@TMtheScratcher what is it good for if you are basically paused? Unless its to literally skip some time period.
I love the humor in the editing ❤
Had a loud laugh a couple of times with this one, whilst joe was just explaining.
But overall the way how captivating and entertaining you people make these videos is just amazing.
Big thanks for that :)
4:28 the Three body problem joke hits hard
Looking for someone who know that. :v
0:27 IS THAT BLUEY
Human hibernation does happen occasionally. The triggers just tend to be weird and extreme.
As a Canadian, I would love to hibernate
Only if I wouldn't need to work like crazy in the summer to make up for the lost in revenue
You're Canadian that's bad enough.
Hibernating species live longer than nonhybernating ones of the same size, because, as you exactly said, they slow down their metabolism, that is like slowing down the time, also decreasing wear and tear of the organism... like slow motion... also engine wears less if you let it on idle , than when you give it a gas all the time ...netabolism is and heart rate is like an internal clock..if you slow it down, you age slower ... your time perception is faster tho..naturally
Some freshwater turtles have waaaaaay more awesome way of coping with winter. Ice prevents the exchange of gasses between the water and air, thus slowly depleting the dissolved oxygen level in a pond. Therefore Painted Turtles not only slow their metabolism, but convert it into being entirely anaerobic. Specifically they use lactic acid fermentation to survive in the absence of oxygen. If that sounds familiar, it's because our own muscle cells do this when we can't deliver oxygen to them quickly enough, but in the aforementioned conditions these turtles use it for everything (well, everything that the turtle is still using with its slowed metabolism). Turtles avoid fatal acidosis by using their shell to buffer the lactic acid.
do you know any other adaptations do freshwater turtles have that enable them to live in varying environmental conditions, like in extreme seasonal changes?
mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell will never get old
it's only logical hibernation would expand lifespan because for the same reason a car that gets driven less "lives" more..
What you came for is here 8:50
I had a major stroke and was in a coma for about a week, the thing about being in a coma is that you still age even though I didn't appearance any time lost. What good is it for space travel if you hibernate so you don't get bored only to find out you just slept your life away.
i think the point of hibernating instead of being comatose is that in a coma your metabolism keeps going at the same rate, but hibernating slows down the whole metabolism, which will slow down ageing as well, yes you’ll still lose a good chunk of life, but less than a comatose state
I hope you've been feeling better ❤
Well as with all mammals we do have the hibernation gene,it's just a matter of turning it back on.
Hibernating 6 months is very different than hibernating 6000 years. We would also have account for radiation damage - not just from the radiation in space, but also radioisotopes in our bodies. The closest potentially habitable planet is actually the moon - once we terraform it. (This is a problem of economics, not so much technology)
Rather hibernate through the summer. I hate the heat, i much rather deal with the cold.
Same! Im Canadian, so Ive got both extremes, and I've learned its easier to get warm when you're cold than cold when you're warm. One just takes a sweater, the other costs me a fortune on my power bill. Actually, Im not even sure the heat works in my apartment, I've quite literally never tried to turn it on.
Yea same, it’s 3 degrees right now, it’s exactly noon right now
Hell yeah
Are there places where it’s between 16 and 20 degrees centigrade all year round? Because those are the temperatures I thrive at.
@@kellydalstok8900 that's what the average temp in CT is right now 60-70F
So, if you find a big, dry, caky scat in the woods in spring, look around for grumpy, sleep-deprived, hangry Mrs. Bear & her adorable cubs.
5:21 the frogs Aang got for Katara and Sokka
4:05 100% me
Correction-
Bears enter torpor, not hibernation. While clearly similar, hence being discussed in this video, it is technically different than true hibernation.
And it’s not Me and my friend. It is my friend and I. This show is called Be smart and they got two things wrong.
so educational.. You've just gained a new subscriber🎉
What should we poop out if we didn't eat anything during hibernation?
The body still produces waste even if you don't eat but not as much. Mostly dead tissue cells and bacteria from the gut.
I have trouble falling asleep, but, as it turns out, all I needed was to watch a video on hibernation. I'm barely 2 mins in and it feels like I am falling a
I would absolutely hibernate if I could get enough PTO.
i'm willing to translate your videos to Arabic just to be able to share your videos with my friends ❤ that's how much i love them
busily taking notes: "starbucks... affects ... hypothalamus....causing ... hunger..."
I literally fell asleep last night thinking about this very topic. Thanks, Be Smart!
Addendum: The process of Hibernation for most species includes Torpor, Hummingbirds are just the best/most commonly known example of what Torpor is. (or so claim some renowned Biologists)
"Putting my biology on slo-mo" describes a typical Sunday for me so I don't know what you're on about.
When a bear says "Whew, I feel 20 pounds lighter" they're not joking
I slow down during fall and winter months. I don't feel as motivated as spring and summer. I just look at it as a natural cycle.
Remote working allowed a kind of winter hibernation that's good enough for me.
I'd just like to call attention to the absolutely brilliant match-cut at 4:22 that the editor just kinda slipped in there like it was nothing
"feel free to add that to your self care routine" as I'm finishing up my morning face care routine 😅
THE POWER HOUSE OF THE CELL. I love that animation 😁
11:25 having sepsis didnt hurt or anything, but it wasnt fun. Especially with all the other infections that teamed up with it.
However, studying in a hospital bed for a week was pretty nice.
4:26 I caught that Three body problem by Cixin Liu Reference ! Y'all ain't slick hehe
Im not supposed to do that? Oh. Ok well I kinda have a whole routine now so...Ill get back to you in the spring about this
I might have a mutation for hibernation when winter comes I just wanna stay on bed and sleep til spring 😔😔😌
Appreciate that Remeberance of Earth reference 👌
1;19 Whole video is worth it just for this moment
The bloodied exomorph(yes, EXO, not xeno) at the Ripley clip was a nice touch!
I wouldn't say the nearest potentially habitable, I would say the nearest extrasolar planet.
0:28 Bluey!?
Luffy!?
@@histijoe183muscleman!?
what is Zorin os😂
Bears: lose half their synapses in a few months of hibernation.
NASA: astronauts would probably be fine hibernating for 6,000 years. It's not like colonizing a new planet or operating an interstellar craft needs cognitive function.
When did NASA say that
Yeah,that part is a dealbreaker.Our species need many connections to even leave diapers,losing half would be catastrophic.
Understanding hibernation in humans could be great for space travel
During the little ice age in the 17 and 18th centuries, a lot of armies would normally take breaks in the winter with a couple exceptions.
I don't know if you've addressed this Joe, but one question I have is why are some people less tolerant of heat and others less tolerant of cold?
For example I can wear a T-shirt and shorts in 50° weather while my wife wears jeans and sweaters in 80° or even 90° weather
The best Channel of the whole You tube.
"Like a fat bear among the stars" so like Ursa Major?
Karolina Olsson of Sweden supposedly hibernated for 32 years.
I like this video but its a good thing I have finished eating before I watched the part on the fecal plug.
Only because society doesn’t allow us. Work gets annoyed when I don’t turn up in winter because I want to stay in bed all day - nice, warm and asleep
Love the Three Body Problem reference. Such a good book
Glad ur doing okay still boss hair looks great
With that ending sentence im def gonna stay curious now
Haha, great reference to 3 body problem series
thank you for this cause this is something I've been wondering recently
Actually, humans do hibernate, although it is a feature only available during the weekend.
Carl... if you need help, blink three times!
Biologolgy it would make sense for us to have a "cool down" period. After working spring through fall. However our overlords wouldn't allow us. I know for me if it was possible I would go back to having winter off. While working through spring and fall for winter prep.
The thumbnail is hilarious, made me laugh
I have ME/CFS and the current research is that in the first stages of this could be a sort of hibernation mode.
All I want to do is sleep, I can't eat and strangely I feel warmer 🧐
You KILLED with that image 😆
Autolike before watching.
You mean when I work all week without sleep, and then I sleep for a day and go back to work it isn’t hibernating? That would explain why I’m always tired.
I'm so grateful we don't hibernate lol. From cognitive decline to fecal buildup, it sounds incredibly unpleasant, not like a giant nap. And while animals that can hibernate live longer than their non-hibernating counterparts, that's just time they're not using!
Besides, winter is quite nice & I wouldn't want to cut that season, specifically, out of my year. Cozy, multi-layer clothing, unique cuisine heavy in spices like clover & cinnamon, and incredible sports like ice skating and snow boarding all exist because we remain active in winter! ⛸️✨️
Thank you
“The power house of the cell” meme never get old 😂
0:43 I feel like there should have been a Bear Grylls joke.
Mark that was 2 cool of a video thx man.
Very interesting question, should make a video about that too
Thank you!
Billions and billions..*shhh* haha live your videos
That was Deep, definitely food for thought,, thank you
Can we get a video on quantum computing? Love the videos.
6:45 "i didnt know we still had that animation" I FRICKING HATE YOU FOR BRINGING IT BACK LMAOOOOO
like fr why do i remember it?? it is a good animation but still 😭😭😭
As a Canadian bold of you to assume i cant hibernate all winter ! , the cold temperatures really do make me sleepy
I thought was a bat bear when I looked at your thumbnail
I live in southern Brazil.
Our houses weren't made to sustain winter because of the abnormal heat that summer inflicts on us, thus, our winters consist of temperatures that vary between 1~15°C both outside and inside.
I noticed that during winter, I spend more time sleeping, but when I'm awake, I have more energy than during the summer. I wonder if that's because of slower metabolism when it's cold. When I allow my body to slow down, I get really sleepy and lazy, but when I get up and start doing stuff, I can still have energy (at the cost of a lot of food, I get so hungry in winter...)
I am just happy you censored the bear's business
The one question I have always wanted.......
🔊🗣️The Powerhouse of the cell 🔊🗣️
I've heard of a case where a woman was found frozen for a few hours. Her skin was so hard a needle couldn't pierce it. The doctors surrounded her body with heat packs and she woke up without any permanent damage
I really want to hibernate in winter 😩 worst season
There’s a cool book by Jasper Ffjorde called Early Riser that’s about what if humans hibernated.
excellent 3 body problem reference