True Facts: Deception in the Rainforest

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  • @zefrank
    @zefrank  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2765

    Please take a minute to go and check out David Weiller's channel: th-cam.com/channels/bKqmkO1RNRsK8uwX8rUZtQ.html

  • @Ulubai
    @Ulubai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2927

    I appreciate Jerry going out of his way to show bugs pooping.

    • @snarkamedes
      @snarkamedes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Must worry all the science consultants Frank and Jerry have on call now when they turn to them and ask "Can we have all your videos of camouflaged insects as they are pooping and peeing?"

    • @Trund27
      @Trund27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Jerry’s doing God’s work 😹

    • @_Solaris
      @_Solaris 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I saw that.

    • @leowu988
      @leowu988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ive wathced this channel a long time, but seriously, who is jerry?

    • @_Solaris
      @_Solaris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@leowu988 probably a collaborator of some kind: -production -collation -research -something like that.

  • @jyavant
    @jyavant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4984

    “A shitty day versus a very shitty day”
    The only comparison needed.

    • @snarkamedes
      @snarkamedes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      The difference between a shitty day versus being shit out.

    • @erinhallmakes777
      @erinhallmakes777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Story of my life. Need it on a t shirt

    • @climbtheladder9440
      @climbtheladder9440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@snarkamedes man, they live a crazy life! 🤯🌟

    • @PrometheusV
      @PrometheusV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Is that a 2020 summary?

    • @Caninecancersucksrocks
      @Caninecancersucksrocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now officially known as “The 2020+ Comparison” 🤪

  • @heathermillsphantomlimb9314
    @heathermillsphantomlimb9314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1124

    “Jokes on you. Bet you puke up my lifeless body in 5 minutes. Burn.” That line was great.

    • @Thunderbender18830
      @Thunderbender18830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I’m glad he addressed what the point of that was because I’d been wondering about that ever since learning about poisonous animals as a little kid. Like what’s the point of killing the predator after it already ate you?

    • @Rivergirl2878
      @Rivergirl2878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Thunderbender18830 sometimes they don’t even die. Birds in my area usually have to eat a butterfly and get sick once before learning not to do it again.

    • @anhedonicauthor
      @anhedonicauthor 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Commenting to say I'm the 1000th like and I think that's cool.

  • @ToaArcan
    @ToaArcan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +871

    Shout-out to the Margay, a species of mostly arboreal cat that has learned to mimic the distress calls of baby monkeys, so it can lure in and eat the parents.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      that's some slasher movie crap.

    • @unicornkitteh5332
      @unicornkitteh5332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      That is metal as fuck 😂

    • @dimetrodon2250
      @dimetrodon2250 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are many folk tales about fae and other malicious spirits or entities mimicking humans voices calling for help in order to lure and catch their victims. To think that there are real life animals that do this is really terrifying. Other examples of this are how glow worms can mimic the pheromones of moths, or how some predatory fireflies mimic the flashes of the the fireflies they feed on.

    • @HalleluJah337
      @HalleluJah337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I. . . Like cats. . .

    • @cookeymonster83
      @cookeymonster83 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And house cats that have evolved to cry like human babies so we give a shit about them being upset.

  • @warmedhorizons
    @warmedhorizons 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2470

    "When threatened it waves itself around like a dangerous..... third of a snake" 😂😭😭

    • @xjunkxyrdxdog89
      @xjunkxyrdxdog89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      But can we talk about how that's still a massive caterpillar?

    • @12mjk21
      @12mjk21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      at least it's the head third of a snake. imagine if it was the middle or tail third of a snake, it will get eaten immediately lol

    • @Lance_a_Lot116
      @Lance_a_Lot116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@12mjk21 now 5hat would be awkward ahhahaa

    • @RyanSmith-wo2pi
      @RyanSmith-wo2pi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @MystMagus
      @MystMagus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      As long as it includes the business end that's probably enough.

  • @theendangeredwildlifesanctuary
    @theendangeredwildlifesanctuary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    The rainforest: *Spiderman pointing at Spiderman*

    • @itsnerdybirdy2363
      @itsnerdybirdy2363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I like my memes the way I like my TH-cam content, science-y

  • @kristinb8172
    @kristinb8172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3165

    Note to self: never casually put my hand on a tree trunk in the rainforest.

    • @mwperk02
      @mwperk02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +393

      Just don't casually a rainforest. They has spooders and sneks.

    • @aarondodo4076
      @aarondodo4076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      ... Why would you put your hand in a tree trunk ANYWHERE? ... Use a stick, it's better, trust me. Oh, but not THAT one.

    • @mitab1
      @mitab1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Don't put your hand in anyhole ever you don't know what is in the other side

    • @Amaroq64
      @Amaroq64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Just don't go to a rainforest. There's a chance you come back infested with parasites.

    • @theshuman100
      @theshuman100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Its like that time scientists landed their sub on the seaflloor only for it to bleed

  • @rufiblub
    @rufiblub ปีที่แล้ว +468

    "Who is not dead, but based on the other two I'd be worried" that one was unexpected

    • @Roerco
      @Roerco ปีที่แล้ว +14

      it was all a setup to the question at the end, Is Aristotle dead?

    • @sebastianbroscheyoga
      @sebastianbroscheyoga ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Made me cough for 20 seconds

    • @blam9360
      @blam9360 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's what makes it funny.

    • @Cheshieruu
      @Cheshieruu ปีที่แล้ว +8

      well to be fair, to my knowledge life has a 100% lethality rate.
      maybe 99.99% to account for error.

  • @alienz8641
    @alienz8641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8217

    You are the best science teacher ever. I guess that’s just how a zefrank do.

    • @Thurmanism
      @Thurmanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Biology

    • @zanzull
      @zanzull 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@Thurmanism biology is technically sience

    • @Z7Sakari
      @Z7Sakari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      He’s definitely one of the best.
      You should check out TierZoo as well if you like this kind of thing.

    • @apollofell3925
      @apollofell3925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Spoken like a man who's never been to Biology lab

    • @oswizzle8542
      @oswizzle8542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Teir zoo too

  • @AlStone2
    @AlStone2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2743

    It's actually very impressive how well he balances the humour with actually being educational

    • @jeffw8218
      @jeffw8218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How is it “impressive”?? It’s literally “fact, then joke”, repeated.
      Edit: Lolz, I was questioning the "impressive" claim.

    • @durere
      @durere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@jeffw8218 exactly, perfect balance.

    • @wholeshebang1
      @wholeshebang1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is it, *_"actually"?_*

    • @AlStone2
      @AlStone2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@wholeshebang1 I stand by my word choices

    • @meauxjeaux431
      @meauxjeaux431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@AlStone2 Yes, I like his style also, and it makes the video way more interesting to look at and LISTEN to.

  • @l0rf
    @l0rf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +640

    It's like listening to sir David Attenborough, only he's intentionally being a prankster to see what the BBC will let him get away with

    • @Luna_Spiritus
      @Luna_Spiritus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Holy Shit that sounds AMAZING

    • @glenglenson1593
      @glenglenson1593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Thats exactly what Round Planet is! It's great

  • @Andrea-tc9mw
    @Andrea-tc9mw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    Zefrank: **mentions scientist**
    Zefrank: “who is dead.”

    • @detectiveh7399
      @detectiveh7399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Laughed too much when he says that 😂

    • @masterjedi8670
      @masterjedi8670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "Science Hippies"

    • @brendansunra
      @brendansunra ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In an economics class, the phrase "dead white guy" was used to introduce virtually every economist that we talked about.

    • @kungfucius10
      @kungfucius10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brendansunra care for some political correctness?

    • @brendansunra
      @brendansunra ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kungfucius10 Beg your pardon, I don't understand.

  • @snarkamedes
    @snarkamedes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1992

    Recap time then: Müllerian mimicry = various toxic animals all adopting the same look; Batesian mimicry = tasty animals being cheaty and cosplaying the look of toxic ones; Gilbertian mimicry = looking like the predator who's trying to nom you. And there's a two-thirds chance you die when naming a new method of camouflage?...

    • @Tim3.14
      @Tim3.14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Bad news, there's actually a 100% chance you die after naming a new method of camouflage. Eventually. 😉

    • @OlleLindestad
      @OlleLindestad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      There's also Vavilovian mimicry, when a wild species hijacks agriculture: it evolves similarity to a farmed species, which helps it get inadvertently spread by humans.
      Vavilov is hecka dead, so make that 75%.

    • @apollomars1678
      @apollomars1678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      waifu mimicry: to be such an adorable livestock, that your abuser will start to worship your existence and create a similar advanced body for you......for.......well.......for.....you know..... :3

    • @EEnde
      @EEnde 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      There is a high probably that if you name something after you, you will die someday. I'm not taking those odds.

    • @aguyhere7945
      @aguyhere7945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      But how do we know they're dead? They could just be that good at mimicry!

  • @jenius00
    @jenius00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8159

    Technically, the best hiders in the rain forest are the one's we haven't found.

    • @jeannichols4104
      @jeannichols4104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +342

      That is how hide and seek works isn't it?

    • @hassanmfaume4265
      @hassanmfaume4265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      This is true

    • @Kyle_Reese
      @Kyle_Reese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +326

      @@jeannichols4104 no
      That is how hide N seek Do

    • @jeannichols4104
      @jeannichols4104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@Kyle_Reese lmao

    • @RaraZeCat
      @RaraZeCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Well yes but actaully yes?

  • @marywinter6160
    @marywinter6160 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I was just setting here, totally BORED, and I thought of you. At last, ENTERTAINMENT!!! . I'm 74 and most tv is the same thing, over and over and over, you get the idea. Rarely ever is there anything NEW. But you Ze Frank are new and entertaining. Thank you.

    • @ricky-6657believe
      @ricky-6657believe 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As I. I am 67 and hate even turning on the TV. Can watch a program and know what's going to happen next. This guy is a hoot.

  • @MarginallyUseful
    @MarginallyUseful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +548

    This episode of True Facts mimics the usually jokey-jokey version of True Facts but is really more of the educational, thinky-thinky variation. Well done good sir.

    • @DavidGuild
      @DavidGuild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      They've been trending that way recently. Some of the early ones were mostly made up "facts" that were funny, but I think the newer episodes are actually true facts.

    • @alexglase765
      @alexglase765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The useless facts side of TH-cam is the best part of the whole platform.

    • @lairdcummings9092
      @lairdcummings9092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's very well camouflaged.

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DavidGuild they’ve always been true you’re just too uneducated to realize it.

    • @juliah9307
      @juliah9307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jerry, is that you?

  • @CanalTremocos
    @CanalTremocos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +927

    I once went to a beekeeping convention and, to my surprise, the winner of the bee photography competition was the photo of a hoverfly. When I mentioned it to one of the judges he told me they would open exceptions to good pictures of wild bees. I said nothing about the unusual number of wings and the shape of the back legs because my invitation to the closing banquet was hanging on a thread by that time.

    • @TinySwanGrandAdventures
      @TinySwanGrandAdventures 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      I'm gonna hazard a guess and say that said judge wasn't well versed in Batesian Mimicry when it came to the multitude of bee mimics? Was the banquet worth it at least? 😅

    • @CanalTremocos
      @CanalTremocos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@TinySwanGrandAdventures Free food is always worth it!

    • @CrypticCocktails
      @CrypticCocktails 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      “How I got ejected from a beekeeping convention” would have put the icing on the cake here, jus’ sayin’..

    • @The_Bird_Bird_Harder
      @The_Bird_Bird_Harder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      You'd think they would... Know what a bee is.
      I mean I probably couldn't tell them apart either, but I'm also not a beekeeper.

    • @suppeccnole6787
      @suppeccnole6787 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Well, i guess the hoverfly mimicry really paid off there! We are technically their predators after all.

  • @jaadriel
    @jaadriel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    the caterpillar pretending to be a dangerous third of a snake really killed me

    • @arcguardian
      @arcguardian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Not gonna lie, it looked scary AF.

    • @satrickptar6265
      @satrickptar6265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@arcguardian 1/3 of a snake is funny lol.

    • @tylerjohn4607
      @tylerjohn4607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@arcguardian Seriously, that would scare me

    • @doomyboi
      @doomyboi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The head was pretty damn good but by the second act you could tell he'd burned through his budget.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's only funny until you find a third of a REAL snake and it suddenly comes back to life to chase after you.

  • @karldettmann7780
    @karldettmann7780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    6:58 zefrank trying to trick us by putting a normal bee in with the fakers

    • @2ndlittlekingryan654
      @2ndlittlekingryan654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He just puts a dog there hoping noome would notice

    • @lapsijahti
      @lapsijahti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@2ndlittlekingryan654 🤫

    • @the_bad_signal9034
      @the_bad_signal9034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@2ndlittlekingryan654 woosh

    • @goldngamer1365
      @goldngamer1365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah the little details🐝🐶🐝

  • @StopWhining491
    @StopWhining491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +891

    I could watch/listen to Frank's True Facts all day. He's such a giggle.

    • @Deepen_Pardeshi
      @Deepen_Pardeshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr

    • @pouncelygrin6699
      @pouncelygrin6699 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeee :D

    • @joelong7812
      @joelong7812 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      fr

    • @sarahburke5839
      @sarahburke5839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And sooooo cute!!

    • @slickback69420
      @slickback69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I understand it’s their propose to reproduce and pass on their genes but the raw mating facts and images can scar 😂

  • @dotdotlar
    @dotdotlar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +849

    “Better to be bit on the butt, than dead.” Words to live by.

    • @PGGreatOak
      @PGGreatOak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ask the guy bitten on the butt by the Alaskan Bull Worm, TWICE!

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      always good advice

    • @alexglase765
      @alexglase765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is it strange that I like being bit on the butt?

    • @blizzard2508-k7n
      @blizzard2508-k7n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexglase765 you've been bitten on the butt?

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@blizzard2508-k7n Some people are into that.

  • @LiamMcEvoy
    @LiamMcEvoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +947

    4:49 I've never seen a butterfly poop before 🤔

    • @1.8millionvolts87
      @1.8millionvolts87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same lol

    • @davidnetix
      @davidnetix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Fuck now i can’t unsee it

    • @Danae78
      @Danae78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Until now

    • @Purpose_Porpoise
      @Purpose_Porpoise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I used to work in a little butterfly tent at a zoo, and I've pretty much seen everything with butterflies from them pooping to them drinking sweat off my hand. The funniest part was seeing that a surprising percentage of people are afraid of butterflies.

    • @Danae78
      @Danae78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Purpose_Porpoise 🦋 = 🐜 = 🐝 =🐞 = 🦗 =🕷 =🦟= ☠ (You know that this is how it's added up for some people) 🤔 insects equals insects.

  • @ResurrectionRefuge
    @ResurrectionRefuge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Even though my biology teacher (who is dead) taught me this, I am grateful to watch all of this amazing video footage. Thanks for putting it all together, zefrank1 (who is alive).

    • @jacksands3403
      @jacksands3403 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      But based on the last one I'd be worried XD

    • @annebruecks7381
      @annebruecks7381 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have you seen his short TED talk 'Are You Human'? Have tissues handy.

  • @flamelily1
    @flamelily1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Dear Jesus that monkey caterpillar thing disturbs me on a primal level.

    • @toniodivichi5749
      @toniodivichi5749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Spiders, slime, wriggly things. Understandable

    • @EduardoEscarez
      @EduardoEscarez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, its very effective 😨

    • @Spot_Faceless-Soldier
      @Spot_Faceless-Soldier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Imagine having a phobia of gooey/wormy things, that's how terrified i am.

    • @Oddworld2024
      @Oddworld2024 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry really... Jesus’s won’t ever answer he’s long gone. Sorry for bursting that bubble. Lol might want to ask Mother Nature. Not Jesus.

    • @flare8197
      @flare8197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Oddworld2024 nah

  • @TY-up1xp
    @TY-up1xp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1348

    "Who isn't dead, but based on the last two, I'd be worried."

  • @keithdafox2257
    @keithdafox2257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Mimic flies are fun when you, a biologist, can tell it's just a fly when everyone's screaming "AHHHHH BEEEEEEEEE"

    • @isidoreaerys8745
      @isidoreaerys8745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      All the bugs make me itchy and uncomfortable until he got to the hover flies which immediately put me at ease.
      The pest control experts have arrived!

    • @goldenhydreigon4727
      @goldenhydreigon4727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *A BEE?!*

    • @keithdafox2257
      @keithdafox2257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@goldenhydreigon4727 *insert troll face* murder hornet

    • @BMAN-eb4jk
      @BMAN-eb4jk 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Well, I’m not a true biologist yet though I’m working on it. But I don’t fall for their mimicry.

  • @dominikbeitat4450
    @dominikbeitat4450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love how educational these videos are! Like, if you've got a mimicry technique named after you, you'll die.
    So, the best way to avoid death by mimicry naming is getting yourself a cozy lil' pseudonym, just like how a rockstar do.

  • @isanayashiro2376
    @isanayashiro2376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    This is how zefrank do :
    Birds = Be-urds
    Babies = beh-bees
    Humour = Jerry

  • @shelby0210
    @shelby0210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    these vids left too much of an impression on my speech i cant stop saying "bebbies" its been six years

    • @gailbrezinka9766
      @gailbrezinka9766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And it's fun to say, 😂🤣😂😂 bebbies!!!!!!😂

    • @findy0uinanotherlife363
      @findy0uinanotherlife363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol... we're american over here and my daughter speaks like this.... not from me... or anyone else of that matter.. it's just her... and now, this feller, I find... and she seems to think, all insect bugs, are cute "li'll bebbies...."
      🤔..

    • @alihaidersultan671
      @alihaidersultan671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gailbrezinka9766 its beh behs

    • @zed7038
      @zed7038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      BEOAURDS

    • @blumelein6332
      @blumelein6332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hidey holes

  • @hylaherping9180
    @hylaherping9180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    As someone who loves and studies butterflies his whole life I really enjoyed how accurate this video is. Great job Zefrank!

  • @videolabguy
    @videolabguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    I had a history teacher who, on Monday's, would tell us about some important event as though it was written up in Mad Magazine. The rest of the week, we delved into the facts of the real story. But, we never forgot the facts because of the wacky metaphors he told us about on Monday. Rest in peace, Mr. Eggers. Yeah. He's mega dead too.

    • @Danka42
      @Danka42 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Teachers like this are to be treasured and praised until the end of time.

  • @Chimera-man-man
    @Chimera-man-man 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    “Except in the rainforest your roommates want to eat you” you’re assuming a lot about my college dorm roommates

  • @intotheopendoor1308
    @intotheopendoor1308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    The batesian mimicry seen in the Canis familiaris bee is astounding.

    • @SpiderkillersInc
      @SpiderkillersInc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am ashamed to admit I looked this up.
      Reminds me of a story about giant bugs blending into human society.

    • @ithinkimarealboy2402
      @ithinkimarealboy2402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wouldn't 'Batesian' be capitalized since it is originally from a person's surname?

    • @KaladinVegapunk
      @KaladinVegapunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's just always been so mind blowing that some of the rainforest mimics can adapt to mimic even different variations within the same species, have like 8 alternate colorations as the base animal does, I'm glad he mentioned that haha
      Mullerian mimicry is just as rad though
      I've always been so fascinated with this field, it's just such an impressive evolutionary tactic

    • @intotheopendoor1308
      @intotheopendoor1308 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ithinkimarealboy2402 forgive my lack of the correct capitalization.

    • @ithinkimarealboy2402
      @ithinkimarealboy2402 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@intotheopendoor1308No need to apologise, I wasn't criticizing. I am actually curious wether or not it should be capitalized.

  • @Meansi
    @Meansi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2124

    I used to thing that whole “mimic a dangerous animal and things won’t eat you” was crap but then one day a bug I’d never encountered before flew at me flashing black and yellow stripes and i ran as fast as I could and was maybe 15 feet away before I realized it hadn’t looked like a wasp. Guess they’re not so dumb.

    • @JD_tcb
      @JD_tcb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Glad you had a change of heart. Unfortunately, you're so dumb that your approval probably means very little to them...

    • @inoriyorita3972
      @inoriyorita3972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Hi Megan, just wanted to mention that it has nothing to do with intelligence per se. I think Zefrank mentions it briefly in the video too. Basically, a random mutation occurs, and there can be one of 3 scenarios: it is harmful to survival, it is neither harmful nor beneficial, it is beneficial to survival.
      If it is harmful to survival, the individual(s) with that mutation will not be able to survive to pass on those genes. This does not mean that the same mutation may not occur at some other point again, as perhaps the mutation itself is a result of something in the environment or other reasons, but that's another topic.
      If it is neither beneficial nor harmful, it tends to stay around, just it usually doesn't or may take a long time to become a consistent feature of a population. Take blue eyes, for example. All blue eyed persons stem from one man thousands of years ago who had that blue eye mutation. It isn't particularly helpful or unhelpful, unless you're somewhere where there is a lot of sunlight, in which case blue eyes would be more prone to damage from the UV rays of the sun, which is why we don't see many naturally blue-eyed people in places with a lot of sunshine.
      If it is beneficial to survival, such as all these animal "disguises", then those with the mutation have an advantage and have a much higher rate of surviving to pass on their genes, and after dozens of generations, those without the mutation would no longer be around since they survived in increasingly smaller numbers compared to those with the mutation.
      Hope that makes it clear that the way these animals look is not an intentional effect but rather a result of random chance, the environment and hundreds of life cycles!
      By the way, the same is true of features when our environment changes :) We still have our appendix, wisdom teeth and tailbone, even though we no longer need them for anything anymore, because they don't actively harm our chances for survival, they haven't been "evolved" out of our DNA yet!

    • @ndemers
      @ndemers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      For sure! There are hoverflies in my neck of the woods that look very bee-like, and they totally fooled me the first time -- that's all you need to make a predator move along. It's only after I stopped, used my brain, and looked closer, that I understood the deception.

    • @YeeSoest
      @YeeSoest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      If a strange bug flew up on me, flashing colors...
      I don't think the exact hue actually matters, I'm gone ^^
      Might be in a gang or something...

    • @themockingdragon135
      @themockingdragon135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@inoriyorita3972 technically the appendix still sees use. I've heard that it acts as a backup cultivar for gut bacteria in the event of the bacterial microbiome that benefits us getting destroyed.

  • @Trowa71
    @Trowa71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    "All warfare is based on deception."
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

    • @redbuck1385
      @redbuck1385 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Don't tell your enemies exactly what you're about to do."
      - tactical genius

    • @Trowa71
      @Trowa71 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@redbuck1385Makes me think this was happening enough Sun just had to write it down for them.

  • @thebestcentaur
    @thebestcentaur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    "Mullerian mimicry, after Fritz Muller, who is dead."
    Gee, thanks for clearing that up

    • @volcryndarkstar
      @volcryndarkstar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Well not everyone is dead, just most people.

    • @Z4RD4N34
      @Z4RD4N34 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Also, avoid mimicking Fritz Muller for as long as possible.

    • @kb-ww1uw
      @kb-ww1uw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lesson from this video:
      If you study zoology, you're most likely dead.

    • @vsezaye
      @vsezaye 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol i laughed so hard at that moment

    • @BMAN-eb4jk
      @BMAN-eb4jk 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well there’s also batesian mimicry, after Henry Walter Bates, who is dead.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    “If nature finds a hole, it’ll put an animal in it”
    This is actually accurate. I dare anyone to name a single hole life hasn’t been found in.

    • @nipunagunarathne4882
      @nipunagunarathne4882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Black hole?

    • @horsehorsehorsehorse8500
      @horsehorsehorsehorse8500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The ass hole?

    • @Av3ntur1n
      @Av3ntur1n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@horsehorsehorsehorse8500 I fear there are parasites for that 😅

    • @soggytoasts1300
      @soggytoasts1300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      the urethra, probably
      edit - i wish i didn't commented this because now my mind is cursed with things i never want to hear again

    • @Av3ntur1n
      @Av3ntur1n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@soggytoasts1300 again, parasites... 😅

  • @coryzilligen790
    @coryzilligen790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    So is nobody else going to comment on the dog in the bee costume when he's showing all of the wasp mimics at 6:58 ? 🤣

    • @Greyheart67
      @Greyheart67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Oh thank god someone else saw it too! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🐝🦮

    • @ToriKo_
      @ToriKo_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      What are you talking about?

    • @zanelewar8429
      @zanelewar8429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂

    • @nora-pt7hg
      @nora-pt7hg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      WHAT DOG???
      ALL I SEE IS BEE !!

    • @comkver
      @comkver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      All I see are spicy sky raisins 😹😹😹😹

  • @user-vk7cp1op9p
    @user-vk7cp1op9p ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Every so often, I find that I miss your "voice."
    I miss your casual joking, and go back and indulge myself again, viewing some favorite, in my library of your creative podcasts.
    Then I laugh and feel so much better, having shared a little humanity, or words and laughs from the master, and feel right as rain. Thank you again.

    • @katewheeler3984
      @katewheeler3984 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly. I feel the same way. I just sit here and smile and laugh and I just appreciate him

  • @GranRey-0
    @GranRey-0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    "...Gilbertian mimicry, after Lawrence Gilbert; who is not dead, but based on the last 2 I'd be worried." lol

    • @gigastrike2
      @gigastrike2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Statistically, there is a 99.93% chance that he will die.

    • @kingofflames738
      @kingofflames738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@gigastrike2 so you're saying there's a chance that he's Immortal

    • @gigastrike2
      @gigastrike2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@kingofflames738 In the same way that it hasn't technically been proven that anyone still alive is mortal, yes.

    • @GranRey-0
      @GranRey-0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gigastrike2 He's 79 this year, so you're giving a 0.07% chance that immortality or everlasting life will be discovered in the next ~10 years? I'm not sure if that's optimistic...lol.
      Most things I've read say 2050 at the earliest (obvs he won't make it to) and even if it happened by 2030, would he want to be functionally immortal in a decaying body with degenerated brain function from his ~90 years of non-immortal life? I think we've lost this one...

    • @AtomickPhoenix
      @AtomickPhoenix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GranRey-0 that’s if he isn’t already immortal though

  • @paulhollier6382
    @paulhollier6382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I *saw* that dog, in a bumblebee costume, that Jerry tried to sneak in with the bumblebees! Nice subliminal cut, though. Thx!

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      it's not a dog in a bumblebee costume, but rather Jerry in a dog costume in a bee costume, showing the rare Jerrian mimicry method.

    • @ElaAusDemTal
      @ElaAusDemTal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@neoqwerty.... Brilliant!

    • @PrydeWater901
      @PrydeWater901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@neoqwerty He’s not dead, is he?

    • @jeremyg9323
      @jeremyg9323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@PrydeWater901 nah, he's not even next on the hitlist. Once Gilbert dies, then jerry needs to start worrying

    • @ChillavaKirby
      @ChillavaKirby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I found little stuff like that to be way funnier when he just sneaks it in instead of making a jerry joke

  • @nyxlocke1229
    @nyxlocke1229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +651

    "It is called Gilbertian Mimicry, after Lawrence Gilbert, who is NOT dead"
    He had me in the first half, ngl XD thought poor Lawrence had met his end

    • @merlinious01
      @merlinious01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Someone should warn him to look out

  • @MH-ms1dg
    @MH-ms1dg ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm an exhibit explainer at the AMNH for the butterfly vivarium, and I just loved everything you said! I'm always trying to explain things better like you.

  • @lrunyon60
    @lrunyon60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    And the other butterflies were like, "whatever." Lol

  • @Glitch_Online
    @Glitch_Online 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    ".. But based on the last two, i'd be worried." i this made me break the room silence.

  • @josephstone4842
    @josephstone4842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    I hope that “who is dead” continues to be included for all name references where the person is in fact dead.

    • @occultplatypus
      @occultplatypus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Another phrase for the Ze Frank drinking game!

    • @yarororororor6417
      @yarororororor6417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are just playing camouflage at the next lvl

  • @filthycasual78
    @filthycasual78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3178

    Don't act like we didn't see the dog wearing a bee costume.

    • @dommyshan
      @dommyshan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      That costume was a bit ruff.

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Timestamp? Fucking missed it unless i am being fooled here
      Edit: found him at 6:58, must've looked away from the screen for a second

    • @lillynasshi4582
      @lillynasshi4582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@defensivekobra3873 6:58

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@lillynasshi4582 already found him, but thanks anyways

    • @vincem3748
      @vincem3748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Doggo barking up the wrong tree, I see

  • @satinekryze2893
    @satinekryze2893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:59 🤣 the dog truly is the best at defending against predators by pretending to be a bee

  • @YeeSoest
    @YeeSoest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    "Joke's on you! Bet you'll puke up my lifeless body in 5 Minutes. Burn?!"
    I died

  • @TheRogueCommand
    @TheRogueCommand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    "After Fritz Muller, who is dead."
    Are...are you suggesting he'd be alive if he evolved to looking like someone else?

  • @seraphim-kpopdreamcorpsear5255
    @seraphim-kpopdreamcorpsear5255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    I thought it said "decepticon" damn it I was so excited

    • @ragingpanda2207
      @ragingpanda2207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      yeah they thought since they failed so many times at taking over human life, they would try for the slightly less intelligent members of our planet. little did they know they were getting into a whole different type of war...one of lies and camoflauge

    • @not_a_german_weeb_spy7078
      @not_a_german_weeb_spy7078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Its does th-
      Oh I see I was deceived

    • @boozypixels
      @boozypixels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You've failed me for the last time... again

    • @GoGojiraGo
      @GoGojiraGo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      In this case, it would be Predacon.

    • @barrylucas8679
      @barrylucas8679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude!

  • @obergfamily9049
    @obergfamily9049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    9:00
    "Getting a predator to strike away from vital organs can be the difference between a shitty day and a very shitty day."
    I'm stealing that for my self-help book.

  • @deadlydingus1138
    @deadlydingus1138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Adding “Aristotle is Super Dead” to the list of Zefrank songs that I want a full version of.

    • @deistmutt
      @deistmutt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      great idea!

    • @helljack
      @helljack 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It sounds like a Rob Zombie in both title and vibe more than Rob Zombie own's songs and that is (ze)frankly awesome :D

  • @whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286
    @whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    "When threatened it waves itself around like a dangerous 1/3 of a snake" - 3:59 my favorite part

    • @whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286
      @whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My bad 6:25

    • @cTRudeboy
      @cTRudeboy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286 Thank you 😅. I was like 🤔

    • @hdezn26
      @hdezn26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When other creatures try that stunt . . . they catch a public indecency charge and maybe a trip to a local "hotel".

    • @sandrastreifel6452
      @sandrastreifel6452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think 6:59 is the best! “Bee and wasp cosplay” indeed!

    • @deprofundis3293
      @deprofundis3293 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286 you know you can edit your original comment, right?... Lol

  • @kevinstuart5105
    @kevinstuart5105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    It's amazing how zefrank never has to say "just kidding". He can stuff a video full of facts and funny and it's always just apparent which is which.

    • @Clipped_Angel
      @Clipped_Angel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In his recent videos at least
      When he started out he was funny but a bit problematic on a factual level

    • @zubairbaloch481
      @zubairbaloch481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kris's
      2

  • @glennrobert4101
    @glennrobert4101 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The comical nature of these educational videos is fabulous. It makes me want to watch and give a thumbs up to all of them.

    • @penguinista
      @penguinista 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'll be glad you did. His videos are all great.

  • @nuno_das_fotos
    @nuno_das_fotos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +501

    I googled Blue Jay Barfing butterfly, was not disappointed.

    • @Luna_Spiritus
      @Luna_Spiritus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Neither was I

    • @brettlejeune7009
      @brettlejeune7009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Awesome that I wasn't alone 😂. I even paused the video just to go Google it.

    • @studionightshade
      @studionightshade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The Google algorithm is going to be quite confused by the spike in that search for he next 24 hours...

    • @damianbruno3507
      @damianbruno3507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I Googled puke butterfly by mistake. Not what i expected...

    • @gingerhansen1902
      @gingerhansen1902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That ain't even shit, man. I googled "Butterfly barfing Bluejay". I tell ya, THAT was some shit!

  • @nuclear_nautilus
    @nuclear_nautilus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    "A genetic Swiss Army knife of deception" is a phrase I didn't know I needed until now

  • @EquinoxGT
    @EquinoxGT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I like how the majority of the clips aren't just animals camouflaging, camouflaging like dead things, or camouflaging like bodily waste, they're also creating bodily waste while camouflaging sometimes like bodily waste. Genius.

    • @stanamilanovich3956
      @stanamilanovich3956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I liked the random dog in a bee costume, beagle in leaves clips.

    • @essboxxessboxx3993
      @essboxxessboxx3993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤔👏🏻👏👏👏🏾💥🙃🙃👏👏🏾👏🏿👏🏻👏👏🏿👏🏾🤓

    • @deprofundis3293
      @deprofundis3293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So...Insectption? ;)

    • @EquinoxGT
      @EquinoxGT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deprofundis3293 pooception pehaps, lol

  • @pat5196
    @pat5196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3:55 what is that its amazing how these animals and bugs look just like the plants 😮

  • @admiralsnackbar7689
    @admiralsnackbar7689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    “Getting a predator to strike away from vital organs can be the difference between a shitty day and a very shitty day.” Words of wisdom. Lol

  • @DerpyEinstein
    @DerpyEinstein 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1412

    I like camouflaged animals when there literally aren’t any in a picture shown so people get stuck trying to find it.

    • @shelbysmama4974
      @shelbysmama4974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Mother Nature's version of Where's Waldo

    • @evientually
      @evientually 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I was wondering if I was losing my mind or not.

    • @Michaelkaydee
      @Michaelkaydee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      1:08, 1:09? 🧐

    • @harrypoore
      @harrypoore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@Michaelkaydee that one is a bark mimicking frog. He’s in the middle!

    • @zaasasdadad
      @zaasasdadad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      All the shots in the video do contain one. You just gotta be keen.

  • @kevinpotts123
    @kevinpotts123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2:55 that tail evolved into a leaf is just amazing. Isn't it incredible what millions of years of evolution can make?

  • @starsilverinfinity
    @starsilverinfinity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    So rainforests are just a big game of:
    hey can i copy your homework?
    _sure but just change it alittle_
    The homework:

    • @xacharon
      @xacharon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh sure, when nature does it, it's clever "mimicry" and "camouflage", but when I do it, it's "You've been expelled for plagiarism".

  • @noel1626
    @noel1626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The way he chuckles at his quick gags just makes this channel

  • @del5981
    @del5981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The flash of that dog in a bee costume actually killed me

  • @pattygilson9669
    @pattygilson9669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Everyone has like 50 roommates, all of them with dietary restrictions..."
    It's like you know me, zefrank!

  • @403.FORBIDDEN
    @403.FORBIDDEN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    I wish I had a hidey hole, God knows I can't blend in.

    • @Zlukaka
      @Zlukaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Have you tried developing toxins and a bright color scheme to protect your family? 🤣

    • @BunnyChamberX
      @BunnyChamberX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      cuz thats how the human do~

    • @MissRebekah1974
      @MissRebekah1974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hi my Lovely,
      Just pretend to be Human until that becomes Habitual/Auto Action.
      Then most of the other fakers will not point you out.
      Some will, but those fakers are Snot Nice, Slug Snotted, Meanies, and always will be. Everyone can see that at a glance, and sometimes, they lose the point on top of their head.
      Then they are Pointless! Snot Nice, Slug Snotted, Meanies.
      I admit it, I DO enjoy snapping off the point off the top of their head, so they will be seen as Pointless!!
      Don't be Pointless!! OR Slug Snot!! both of these are bad but ...
      don't ever be ...
      Pointless Slug Snot!!
      Aunt B

    • @deenam2567
      @deenam2567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watch the cuttlefish video 😊

    • @jamesdakis826
      @jamesdakis826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My hidey hole is my home office...but my wife found it.

  • @LTDragoonIII
    @LTDragoonIII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Why is almost every single animal in this pooping or peeing?

    • @zacks8815
      @zacks8815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed

    • @kevinreese8224
      @kevinreese8224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      It’s what zefrank do 🤣

    • @korrafey1044
      @korrafey1044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      How does one even find this many videos of that?ive never even considered that butterflies pee

    • @PolarisGrace
      @PolarisGrace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Because Jerry.

    • @pansepot1490
      @pansepot1490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@korrafey1044 check the pinned comment. There’s the link to the channel of the guy who filmed most of the footage.

  • @J.TiberiusKirk
    @J.TiberiusKirk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    The lesson to be learned from this video is this: Do not try to camouflage yourself like Fritz Muller or Henry Walter Bates, because they are dead.

    • @sdfkjgh
      @sdfkjgh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @J Tiberius Kirk: Oh, I don't know, disguising oneself as carrion sounds like a pretty good idea. The majority of predators don't go after rotting flesh, and most of those that do aren't all that aggressive. It all depends, once again, on the realtors' credo: 3(location)*. I do know that in Africa, lions and hyenas regularly go after carrion, so mebbe don't do it there, but in other places, the strategy seems pretty viable.

      *These realtors are also math majors.

    • @lairdcummings9092
      @lairdcummings9092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "... pretty viable."
      Until the vultures show up.

    • @SharynS.
      @SharynS. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sdfkjgh But if carrion are bigger than 24 inches, they have to be checked.
      (Read it out loud.)

    • @sdfkjgh
      @sdfkjgh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lairdcummings9092: Yeah, but vultures are pushovers, and won't really go so far as to create more carrion. I actually had vultures in mind when I typed "most of those that do aren't all that aggressive".

    • @lairdcummings9092
      @lairdcummings9092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sdfkjgh I wasn't thinking so much of the vultures doing harm, as that they'd force you to break cover, giving yourself away to things which can turn you into *real* carrion.

  • @devyaniworlikar7431
    @devyaniworlikar7431 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love from india sir and thank you for showing nature mother so closely

  • @tippib2222
    @tippib2222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I’m not generally afraid of bugs but that singularly crawling mass of caterpillars touched my brain in a bad heebie jeebie place.

    • @xxJOE6210xx
      @xxJOE6210xx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      When I was a kid I was climbing a tree once and put my hand directly into a big mass of caterpillars like that - I seriously think there were hundreds of them. I fell out of the tree right onto my back and had a bunch of caterpillars fall all over me and several had been squished on my hand. That was like 20 years ago and it still terrifies me.

    • @justinvarghese6852
      @justinvarghese6852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@xxJOE6210xx omg lmao. What happened after?

    • @KinreeveNaku
      @KinreeveNaku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought they were adorable.
      Such a cute writhing mass of impenetrable defense! Yes you are!

    • @xxJOE6210xx
      @xxJOE6210xx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@justinvarghese6852 I just got up screaming and ran away. Did not like those caterpillars.

    • @Tatusiek_1
      @Tatusiek_1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KinreeveNaku I kill caterpillars, they are pests

  • @wolffsutcliff3145
    @wolffsutcliff3145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I lost it at "like a dangerous... third of a snake" lol

  • @amandac8836
    @amandac8836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "Tongue with a mullet" caught me off guard and I burst out laughing

  • @jacksands3403
    @jacksands3403 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "based on Laurence Gilbert, who is not dead. But based on the last two I'd be worried." Killed me

    • @FEARSWTOR
      @FEARSWTOR ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Know who it didnt kill? Dr. Lawrence E. Gilbert! Dude is immortal (So far. I'd still be worried).

  • @wheezywaiter
    @wheezywaiter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +456

    I'm one of those roommates with dietary restrictions (tree nut allergy). :(
    Great video once again, sir!

    • @yayalu8650
      @yayalu8650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Do you make too much noise in the morning?

    • @timwoods2852
      @timwoods2852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      So, to not be eaten, your roommates regularly dress up like coconuts, almonds, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, and (if they're having an off day) acorns.

    • @Astro_The_Man
      @Astro_The_Man 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just turn off restricted mode

    • @wolfafterdark
      @wolfafterdark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dat's ok. i'm da no-no on aminalbits one. read an ingredient label like a comic strip.

    • @AgarioSplitrunner
      @AgarioSplitrunner 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Says Max (Life is Strange)

  • @CG_GamingChannel
    @CG_GamingChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    He's showing pictures and clips of animals in camouflage but it just looks like a slideshow of rocks, moss, leaves and tree bark

    • @oriontigley5089
      @oriontigley5089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      _ZeFrank could totally still make a slideshow of Rocks, moss, leaves & trees funny though_

    • @incognitoburrito6020
      @incognitoburrito6020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most of them have frogs in them, but I love when people upload pictures of camouflaged animals that really are just trees.

  • @joshuavildor2824
    @joshuavildor2824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    The comedy is gold but nature is simply amazing. The fact that animals evolved to mimic their environment and other animals is astounding. It’s amazing how how their aware of their own appearance and their like “I’m going to lay on the leaf that look just like me.”

    • @TechySeven
      @TechySeven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      It is quite very amazing, but I might add that most of them aren't actually all that Aware of those things... so much as they're simply Just Doing What they Naturally Do Already, instinctively... subconsciously, to survive.

    • @MrJakewray
      @MrJakewray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      That moth caterpillar who looks like a third of a snake is impressive as hell

    • @wolfafterdark
      @wolfafterdark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@TechySeven Seeing as how you can't know that, better to assume they ain't dumb, as that's an instinctive, subconscious, superiority complex at play.

    • @TechySeven
      @TechySeven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@wolfafterdark I can agree that a self-centric notion of superiority could indeed potentially bias my point of view.
      However my point rests on a relatively objective position nevertheless. You say I can't Know that, but the fact that We Can Know Anything at all is part of what separates us from most animals.
      Conscious Self-Awareness, a phenomenon arising from a feedback-loop that results from us Actively choosing both what to perceive as well as How to perceive and experience it (in Near real-time)... simultaneously with active control over our senses that allow us to store such experiences as memory in the first place.
      It is Possible that a camouflaged insect could be aware of its camouflage, sure, but the fact that they aren't Actively Conscious or Actively Self-Aware would indicate that it's only instinctive awareness... which Really isn't quite the same thing as Knowing something, which is having the ability to store accurate & justifiable information about something in conscious memory for retrieval. Instinct isn't knowledge, it's an Automatic ingrained Reaction to things.

    • @VJETRA
      @VJETRA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because those who didn't like stay on the leave is DEAD

  • @dodobean7620
    @dodobean7620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the "named after so&so, who is dead"
    followed by
    " named after so&so, who is alive - but based on the other 2 i'd be worried "
    *chefs kiss*
    well done!

  • @kalashnikovdevil
    @kalashnikovdevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    For a human use of disruptive camo, please see dazzle camouflage from WW2. It looks like a fever dream, but it's extremely effective in making it very hard to aim weapons accurately at the ship so painted. It got left behind when we "adapted" to radar.

    • @Kagomai15
      @Kagomai15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that's so frickin cool!! and now I want to see pirate and space ships painted like this, wouldn't that be neat 🎉

    • @szametha
      @szametha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Developed as an attempt to disrupt range and direction estimations by u-boat crews, dazzle camo didn't prove to be very effective. At the most it bought the target ship a little time. So after a short time of experimentation combat livery went back to dark sea grey/blue.

    • @Kagomai15
      @Kagomai15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@szametha thanks for the extra history! ☆

    • @szametha
      @szametha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kagomai15 With pleasure. You can see remnants of dazzle camo theory in liveries of famous battleships from WW1 throughout WW2, like diagonal striping, fake head waves and fake horizon patterns, but generally spotter and fire-control crews were just too well-trained and well-selected to be fooled by these creative trompe-l'oeil schemes. It was found that a bland grey scheme was more effective for evasion in forecast or stormy weather, prevalent in the Atlantic for instance. Exception is the US Navy, with ships painted completely in a very dark blue during Pacific WW2 operations.

    • @Backinblackbunny009
      @Backinblackbunny009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dazzle camo was jjust razzle dazzle with no substance

  • @notleefy9837
    @notleefy9837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    This is what science class should be.

    • @900nutboys
      @900nutboys 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My high school biology class was almost exactly like this lmao

    • @saffronarts9080
      @saffronarts9080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You mean your not watching this channel for science class

    • @wasteddemise2286
      @wasteddemise2286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would show this in class if I was a teacher

    • @kingplunger6033
      @kingplunger6033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This would just be an introduction to get people interested though, you can't actually learn that much with pretty videos and fun facts...

    • @notleefy9837
      @notleefy9837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kingplunger6033 i mean sure, not everything works for everybody, but it's still funny and attention grabbing.

  • @sernoddicusthegallant6986
    @sernoddicusthegallant6986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    When David Attenborough dies the BBC needs to make this guy the new face (or rather voice) of their nature documentaries.

    • @katelillo1932
      @katelillo1932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don’t you dare speak that into existence. David Attenborough must be protected at all costs!

  • @luffycenter
    @luffycenter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cant wait to show these to my kids some day

  • @Ordanborniv
    @Ordanborniv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    One day we'll get a video on the elusive and wiley, "Jerry. "

    • @peggywoods4327
      @peggywoods4327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Jerry isn't elusive, he just has a very effective hidey-hole.

    • @johnsonlabarbear4741
      @johnsonlabarbear4741 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Daniel
      How are you keeping,
      Where are you from?

  • @vedddddd
    @vedddddd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    "getting predators to stay away from vital organs can be the difference between a shitty day and a *very* shitty day"

  • @hexx3dd
    @hexx3dd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That puppy in the bee costume was the best, thank you for that

  • @Tarkov.
    @Tarkov. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    "Based on the last two I'd be worried."
    Look out, Gilbert, Zefrank's got your number.

  • @LeafseasonMagbag
    @LeafseasonMagbag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Though there is no rule for this established, you can generally gauge how poisonous an insect is by how many other insects mimic in!
    In North America, 20+ non-poisonous species of butterflies and moths all mimic one poisonous one, all with overlapping ranges.
    It’s because even though the predator’s chance of getting the poisonous one can be low as one-in-six, the poisonous ones are so bad that most predators won’t take that chance.

  • @PatentPended
    @PatentPended 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    “Yeah, I suppose that is a bit dirty-“ -gets cut off by a vacuum cleaner ad-

    • @spikem5950
      @spikem5950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Later on: "Nature is a whore with a vacuum"

  • @karenbass5812
    @karenbass5812 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love 😍 these. Wish we had these videos in high-school for everything. Especially history. I think I would have remembered more.

    • @truthsRsung
      @truthsRsung ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yeah,
      Do you remember ANYTHING from this video?
      Anything at all?
      You wish that the humor made you remember, but it's what's between your ears that decides intelligence.

  • @averyheart4480
    @averyheart4480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "Who is not dead but based on the last two I'd be worried"

  • @rimshot223
    @rimshot223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    We need a “true facts” about the potoo bird.

    • @blissopulence8319
      @blissopulence8319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes please!

    • @timwoods2852
      @timwoods2852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Oh geeze, just looked it up, the ones with solid eyes are very cute, and then there's the crazy eyed ones.

    • @ryanforde4873
      @ryanforde4873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@blissopulence8319 utube royal family

    • @Kickiusz
      @Kickiusz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just looked them up. They look like living Funko Pops.

    • @breshannondevereaux5712
      @breshannondevereaux5712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Kickiusz HOLY COW, Kickiusz! You weren't kidding! Someof these birds look aa if their cheese has PERMENANTLY slipped off of their cracker! OR they look as though they were goosed in the bum right before someone snapped the picture! Crazy looking birds, DANG!

  • @tabithareacts
    @tabithareacts ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for making the internet a better place.

  • @darthralin
    @darthralin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    "Genetic Swiss army knife of deception" is just such an apt expression.

  • @TinaLynn
    @TinaLynn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Friend: "What did you do today?"
    Me: "I watched butterflies pee"
    Friend: "Oh, you saw the new zefrank video?"
    Me: .... at least I'm not alone in the madness.....

  • @dragonshadow1902
    @dragonshadow1902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Was watching another video when the alert this was posted. Didnt even hesitate, I judt left the other video

  • @angielala9453
    @angielala9453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing Ze!!! All 15 years!! 18? Give Teddy a hug 🤗

  • @nitemayer17
    @nitemayer17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    “But in the rainforest, some of your roommates want to eat you.” CLASSIC

  • @MatchaBunBunTea
    @MatchaBunBunTea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Hm, yes, I see, so basically, all the rainforest inhabitants are in a never-ending cycle of "Oh yeah? Well I can do you one better."

    • @MetronaJ
      @MetronaJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well that's just nature
      Like how there is a tree which is poisonous but koalas went "but what if I could ignore that?"
      And thus is the neverending cycle of yugioh episodes of the animal kingdom

    • @Skycube100
      @Skycube100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pretty much yah 🤣🤣🤣

    • @braintwo3398
      @braintwo3398 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MetronaJ this made me laugh out loud, even through I'm nursing a toothache XD