About a year ago I read a National Geographic article about a man in South Africa who owns a large plot of land where he keeps rhinos. And every so often, he tranquilizes one of his rhinos, uses a high power saw to cut of the horn, and then lets the rhino go. And in like a year, the horn grows back.
Topic to explore: Snow melt. My specific interest is drying roads. A snow covered road has high albedo. A wet road is pretty dark, so it absorbs more heat. But evaporative cooling will slow the drying.... And how does salt play into it all? A related topic could be spring avalanches.
why not have ppl go on the black market selling keratin got from other sources(like fingernails) and say that its rhino horn but sell it for cheaper to put the ppl selling avtual horn out of business?
There are people that do this. I live in China and sometimes in the parks you see people selling what are obviously fake tiger claws and stuff. Generally speaking, however, Chinese people would want to see the whole horn/claw/product first then have it ground for them due to the fakes on the market.
It's a bit better than actually selling fingernails. They're actually replicating and making false horns that have pretty much the exact make up of an actual horn.
But the point of using rhino horn isn't the chemical makeup, as traditional chinese medicine has very different principles from western medicine. We incorporate aspects of chi, auras, 'temperature', dryness, etc in regulating the body, and many rare animal parts (though VERY illegal and I'm by no means condoning it) such as bear, tiger, rhino, elephant, crocodile etc are believed to possess less scientific and in a sense more spiritual properties. I don't believe in it, but many of my relatives and even my parents do (though they have not at any point partaken in illegal medicine) and since it appears to actually work, there really isn't a way to knock the practice unless somehow it is completely debunked and disproven.
+Declan Chiu Hell, even sugar pills make people feel better. Not because they actually do anything but because you've tricked yourself into believing that they will.
Many Western scientists are now just learning that there is a lot if scientific validity to traditional Chinese medical practices. not saying that the rhino horn works, but people shouldn't so readily dismiss a whole medicinal practice that's been in the works for 4000 years (far longer than western medicine) because it had a few goofs. it's a very sophisticated system of knowledge that has saved a lot of people for a very long time.
Great episode. Love the science show cross-overs. You should also definitely dedicate an episode towards the importance of the recently found quadruple helix.
is systematic "down thumbing" the most awesome science show on youtube an actual job ? god i hope theses ppl are actually paid for this. otherwise what's their excuse ?
I heard youtube adds dislikes on popular videos sometimes to balance things out on their recommended lists. Some people also (understandably) don't like seeing wild animals displayed.
@@RomrotMechanikos The truth is sadly not as simple as you would like it to be. Peta accepts ALL animals. No-kill shelters only accept certain animals, to keep up their good image. Where do you think the rejected animals go?
Hi SciShow! Really fun format! Emily's mention of the rhino horn's lack of medicinal properties made me wonder what role placebo effect has in perpetuating that belief. I think a video on the placebo (or even crazier, nocebo!) effect in general might be interesting, too!
Love the "Stump Hank" segment. There SHOULD BE MORE! And maybe more on endangered species awareness. The fox is so cute! The whole time, I was like, 'HANK! PET HIM! PET HIIIIM!' Then I realized that he was a wild fox and not my cat.
When I saw it was twelve minutes I was bit deterred due to it's length, but I was pleasently surprised to be engaged and entertained throughout the entire show. Looking forward to more
I am positive that the image of ostriches is from the Ostrich Farm at Picacho Peak. Which I drove by yesterday. My dad was wearing one of their old shirts.
I work at the Bronx zoo in NYC and I finally got my license to own an arctic fox! They are my absolute favorite breed and i hope to see more adorable animals on your show! Nerd Girl fighters forever!
The Woodland Park Zoo has two arctic foxes, but I have only seen them in their summer coats. They're very shy so they're almost always hiding. But so adorbz!
One thing they didn't quite explain in the video was the ear size, it's not frostbite rather that canine/vulpine species lose a lot of body heat through their ears. Arctic foxes with their tiny ears can't cool down easily as a result. On the other hand if you look at desert species like the jackal and fennec fox their ears are huge letting them cool down very easily.
This is the best episode ever! Not only are people using science to dye rhinos pink, but Hank is surrounded by gorgeous women and the most adorable arctic fox I have ever seen! D: I definitely wish I could be a part of something so awesome. ;__;
Very educational! I learned quite a few things, about the black eyes, the curl up tail, the ears and snout being short to conserve heat, the exact thickness of their fur, their winter coat, how small their skull is!
I adored artic foxes, but not because they were cute, I watched Wild Kratts, including the episode about how they jump and catch their prey, looked amazing.
Great show, looking forward to more episodes. I thought that it was a head too, but I thought that it was oriented the other way and that the vertebrae were teeth and the other bones were tusks of some sort. Also, Ostrich Synsacrum is the name of my Black Crowes cover band.
I've been on a scishow binge these past couple of weeks. Very much enjoy it. I normally just watch documentaries, but now I'm addicted to this. Anyways, I did some research and found out Hank's brother is a writer, you guys have several channels, do a vlog to each other, which is just awesome. But my mind was blown when I found out that your brother wrote the book that was made into a blockbuster film recently, "The Fault in Our Stars". Mind. Blown.
Yeah, I think you're right. From what I've read in "Covenant of the Wild" by Stephen Budiansky (if I remember correctly), even the easiest animals to domesticate took well over a thousand years of co-habitation before we could consider them domesticated.
SI (metric) units are advantageous because they're used by the vast majority of people. Including scientific institutions within the US and most military branches as a result of their NATO commitments (though not the US Navy). You can still use fractions to express numbers, and these are frequently used in mathematics - you're not somehow restricted to multiples of 10 by using a standardised system.
Foxes are members of the genus Vulpes, which is different from the wolf/dog genus Canis, but is still a member of the canine subfamily. The two are closely related genera.
YAY! I guessed that it was an ostrich pelvis before Hank. ^^ I'm also liking this new addition to the Scishow - Scishow Takl Show. Promises to be very educating and fun.
You misunderstood, pheebz was talking about the poachers tranquilizing and removing the horns, not the authorities. I was saying that in the context of poachers removing their horns and leaving them to fend for themselves against others, they wouldn't be likely to survive. But yes, you're correct in that situation. And it's good to know that they actually grow back.
The difference is that music and language are cultural mediums, whereas a standardised system of measurement is not. It is a mechanical means to an end which facilitates important things such as science because it is commonly understood by most people. This is a series of science videos, which report science news, and they should therefore include SI measurements so as to accurately and commonly convey information.
I didn't think I could love SciShow anymore than I currently do, BUT HOLY CRAP I WAS WRONG! (Yes, the capitalization was vitally necessary.) I loved all the segments of SciShow Talk Show, and now feel contractually and morally obligated to share this to the point of spamming.
I love this idea. Not for every episode, obviously, but once per week or month, it'd be great to have another guest on to just chat about science and discuss scientific news. Another win for Brotherhood 2.0!
Eee! Cas is so cute! I didn't know they were called "arctic fox" in English (though it makes sense, obviously). Here it's "naali" (or "napakettu" which translates to "polar fox" but it's not the same as polar bear because we call polar bears "ice bears", but anyway naali is the more common name).
Cas is so ridiculously cute I can barely handle it! Arctic foxes are definitely my favorite species of fox, especially in their winter fur.
Little Elly Cubone! 😄
About a year ago I read a National Geographic article about a man in South Africa who owns a large plot of land where he keeps rhinos. And every so often, he tranquilizes one of his rhinos, uses a high power saw to cut of the horn, and then lets the rhino go. And in like a year, the horn grows back.
The fox is just thinking "Did these sick things just show me my granddads fur?!?"
AND SKULL TOO
REVENGE....soon the fox will learn kung-foo..and then Hank beware!!!
Hank and Emily look like they could be siblings.
I want to hug Cas the fox ^^
meeee toooooo
omg i want to cuddle him so bad it hurts
If you hugged him he would take it as an act of dominance and probably warn you off
+slut4berniesanders Me too!!!!
I want one! MOMMY, I WANT ONE!
he is sooo cuuuuuuuuuttee!!! ITS SO FLUFFY!!!!
I just want to give Cas a huge hug. He's so fluffy, he looks like cotton wool.
I don't think I'll ever see these 2 and not think of Hank as being a cute big brother to Emily even though they're totally not actually related
Topic to explore: Snow melt. My specific interest is drying roads. A snow covered road has high albedo. A wet road is pretty dark, so it absorbs more heat. But evaporative cooling will slow the drying.... And how does salt play into it all?
A related topic could be spring avalanches.
The fox is magnificent!
I love when Emily and Jessi are on they have such great chemistry all together
The fox is so adorable!!!
I love how hank started using a "cute thing" voice when the fox was there!
why not have ppl go on the black market selling keratin got from other sources(like fingernails) and say that its rhino horn but sell it for cheaper to put the ppl selling avtual horn out of business?
There are people that do this. I live in China and sometimes in the parks you see people selling what are obviously fake tiger claws and stuff. Generally speaking, however, Chinese people would want to see the whole horn/claw/product first then have it ground for them due to the fakes on the market.
It's a bit better than actually selling fingernails. They're actually replicating and making false horns that have pretty much the exact make up of an actual horn.
@@BMarie774 And exactly the same medicinal properties! I.e. none. :)
I had never heard of this, I just watched the introductory video they put out, looks amazing! A million thumbs up.
so cute :3
the fox is alright too
thats what i meant XD
Starting my second round of watching the SciShow Talk Show all the way through; it's my favorite segment!
But the point of using rhino horn isn't the chemical makeup, as traditional chinese medicine has very different principles from western medicine. We incorporate aspects of chi, auras, 'temperature', dryness, etc in regulating the body, and many rare animal parts (though VERY illegal and I'm by no means condoning it) such as bear, tiger, rhino, elephant, crocodile etc are believed to possess less scientific and in a sense more spiritual properties.
I don't believe in it, but many of my relatives and even my parents do (though they have not at any point partaken in illegal medicine) and since it appears to actually work, there really isn't a way to knock the practice unless somehow it is completely debunked and disproven.
+Declan Chiu Hell, even sugar pills make people feel better. Not because they actually do anything but because you've tricked yourself into believing that they will.
Many Western scientists are now just learning that there is a lot if scientific validity to traditional Chinese medical practices. not saying that the rhino horn works, but people shouldn't so readily dismiss a whole medicinal practice that's been in the works for 4000 years (far longer than western medicine) because it had a few goofs. it's a very sophisticated system of knowledge that has saved a lot of people for a very long time.
@@ksun5545 It works due to placebo effect. It could be anything else.
omg do more of these!! i love them!!
when she said it was a bird i actually thought of an ostrich :D
and the arctic fox was so adorable!!
so, what does cas say?
Great episode. Love the science show cross-overs. You should also definitely dedicate an episode towards the importance of the recently found quadruple helix.
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This is a really neat format. :) I hope you do more!
also the arctic fox is so cute!
is systematic "down thumbing" the most awesome science show on youtube an actual job ?
god i hope theses ppl are actually paid for this. otherwise what's their excuse ?
I heard youtube adds dislikes on popular videos sometimes to balance things out on their recommended lists. Some people also (understandably) don't like seeing wild animals displayed.
+notnormalyet who doesn't like seeing wild animals? Probably PETA, they hate animals. they kill 90% of the dogs they take into their shelters.
@@RomrotMechanikos The truth is sadly not as simple as you would like it to be. Peta accepts ALL animals. No-kill shelters only accept certain animals, to keep up their good image. Where do you think the rejected animals go?
Hi SciShow! Really fun format! Emily's mention of the rhino horn's lack of medicinal properties made me wonder what role placebo effect has in perpetuating that belief. I think a video on the placebo (or even crazier, nocebo!) effect in general might be interesting, too!
WTF! showing a fox the pelt and skull of its kin? are you fucking kidding me
in the wild they would constantly see things like that. it has no idea what it is.
+cosmicaverage yeah youre right....
Yeah if someone shows you human spleen and you dont know what it is, you would totally freak out.
aww Cas is just so adorable and his name is perfect!
hehe, also love how I guessed that those were ostrich bones :D
i liked the plan of 3d printing fake rhino horns and flooding the market, making them worthless.
Love the "Stump Hank" segment. There SHOULD BE MORE! And maybe more on endangered species awareness.
The fox is so cute! The whole time, I was like, 'HANK! PET HIM! PET HIIIIM!' Then I realized that he was a wild fox and not my cat.
When I saw it was twelve minutes I was bit deterred due to it's length, but I was pleasently surprised to be engaged and entertained throughout the entire show. Looking forward to more
More of this please, every minute was full of awesome
That was really nice! Was great to slow the pace a little for once and just be in the moment. :) thanks!
this episode was awesome! would like to see more of these! thanks, hank, for producing entertaining yet educational amazing videos!
Hank's phone goes off at 8:37 and you can see him trying to turn it on silent through his pocket. I love that they left that in!
Jessi and her animal highlights are the only reason I tune in :3
Awwwwwwwwwww it looks like a corgi
I love watching Stump Hank and actually answering correctly.
I am positive that the image of ostriches is from the Ostrich Farm at Picacho Peak. Which I drove by yesterday. My dad was wearing one of their old shirts.
I work at the Bronx zoo in NYC and I finally got my license to own an arctic fox! They are my absolute favorite breed and i hope to see more adorable animals on your show! Nerd Girl fighters forever!
The Woodland Park Zoo has two arctic foxes, but I have only seen them in their summer coats. They're very shy so they're almost always hiding. But so adorbz!
This is SUCH a good idea! I was hoping to see SciShow expand its horizons and start including more scientists. Fantastic!
One thing they didn't quite explain in the video was the ear size, it's not frostbite rather that canine/vulpine species lose a lot of body heat through their ears. Arctic foxes with their tiny ears can't cool down easily as a result.
On the other hand if you look at desert species like the jackal and fennec fox their ears are huge letting them cool down very easily.
Hank did a good job in this format.
These vids are awsome! Thank you so much SciShow!
This is the best episode ever! Not only are people using science to dye rhinos pink, but Hank is surrounded by gorgeous women and the most adorable arctic fox I have ever seen! D: I definitely wish I could be a part of something so awesome. ;__;
Hank's phone rings/beeps at 8:40 and he grabs his phone in his right pocket :3 I think it's a message or notification lol
awesome new layout, hope you do more like these hank!
"Why is his mouth open." Too funny!
Very educational! I learned quite a few things, about the black eyes, the curl up tail, the ears and snout being short to conserve heat, the exact thickness of their fur, their winter coat, how small their skull is!
Oh and the thing with the ostrich, those bones at the side help them to balance!
I adored artic foxes, but not because they were cute, I watched Wild Kratts, including the episode about how they jump and catch their prey, looked amazing.
I really like this format. Keep it up! Also, how cute was that arctic fox?!
Absolutely thrilled about the talk show idea!
Great show, looking forward to more episodes. I thought that it was a head too, but I thought that it was oriented the other way and that the vertebrae were teeth and the other bones were tusks of some sort. Also, Ostrich Synsacrum is the name of my Black Crowes cover band.
Great segment, you guys! Love to see more.
I've been on a scishow binge these past couple of weeks. Very much enjoy it. I normally just watch documentaries, but now I'm addicted to this. Anyways, I did some research and found out Hank's brother is a writer, you guys have several channels, do a vlog to each other, which is just awesome. But my mind was blown when I found out that your brother wrote the book that was made into a blockbuster film recently, "The Fault in Our Stars". Mind. Blown.
4:15. The cutest picture ever.
The talk show is a great idea, keep making more!
I didn't see that part and I thought you were refering to hank lol, great talk by the way
Cas is adorable! Please have more special guests like her :)
Oh my gods, more of this, please!
Cas is so adorable !!!!!I'm surprised there are no top comments referring to him.
Yeah, I think you're right. From what I've read in "Covenant of the Wild" by Stephen Budiansky (if I remember correctly), even the easiest animals to domesticate took well over a thousand years of co-habitation before we could consider them domesticated.
I'm loving this new segment!
Stump Hank is such a fantastic idea and I love the idea for the show!
Cas was adorable. I'm glad you guys got to see such an interesting creature up close.
I almost fell out of my chair when Cas popped up on my screen. He is too cute, I can't handle that.
More of this please. So much more.
I really enjoyed this Hank, please do this more often.
I love the conversation and everything, very interesting and informal. I wish the setting was more 'warm' and well-lit though. :)
SI (metric) units are advantageous because they're used by the vast majority of people. Including scientific institutions within the US and most military branches as a result of their NATO commitments (though not the US Navy).
You can still use fractions to express numbers, and these are frequently used in mathematics - you're not somehow restricted to multiples of 10 by using a standardised system.
Foxes are members of the genus Vulpes, which is different from the wolf/dog genus Canis, but is still a member of the canine subfamily. The two are closely related genera.
I cannot express my supreme joy at the level of fluff in this episode. I need more fluffy animals! Or snakes! They're all great.
where has this been all my life.
Jessi is awesome bringing all the awesome animals in! Thanks Jessi!
Emily should totally do a Truth or Fail episode where we have to guess which animals different bones are from!!!
YAY! I guessed that it was an ostrich pelvis before Hank. ^^ I'm also liking this new addition to the Scishow - Scishow Takl Show. Promises to be very educating and fun.
You misunderstood, pheebz was talking about the poachers tranquilizing and removing the horns, not the authorities. I was saying that in the context of poachers removing their horns and leaving them to fend for themselves against others, they wouldn't be likely to survive. But yes, you're correct in that situation. And it's good to know that they actually grow back.
This episode was just all kinds of awesome!!!
this was an awesome episode!!!
I love Hank's face at 3:03 because he doesn't know what the word Emily said means. It makes me feel better that I didn't know either. :)
This was an awesome idea. Thanks for making it a reality! :)
The show is getting better and better. That's always good news...
That makes a lot of sense, thank you for the reply.
I wish these were longer. 20 minutes would be great.
agh the arctic fox is so cute! and emily was just sat there trying to compare it with her dead arctic fox with the summer coat
So much cuteness. And one of them is even a redhead.
The difference is that music and language are cultural mediums, whereas a standardised system of measurement is not. It is a mechanical means to an end which facilitates important things such as science because it is commonly understood by most people. This is a series of science videos, which report science news, and they should therefore include SI measurements so as to accurately and commonly convey information.
So proud of me right now!
I'm always a little nervous when there's a live animal around Emily. I'm just worried she'll try to dissect it.
I didn't think I could love SciShow anymore than I currently do, BUT HOLY CRAP I WAS WRONG! (Yes, the capitalization was vitally necessary.) I loved all the segments of SciShow Talk Show, and now feel contractually and morally obligated to share this to the point of spamming.
how can you two resist petting him???? i'm not even a canid person and i was like aaaawwww :D
sci show needs a podcast
I wish they would make this a series!
I love this idea. Not for every episode, obviously, but once per week or month, it'd be great to have another guest on to just chat about science and discuss scientific news. Another win for Brotherhood 2.0!
Scishow just reached a whole new level of awsomeness!
when ever cas gets picked up he's like noooooo i wanna go explore
Cas is so adorable and awesome :D
Eee! Cas is so cute! I didn't know they were called "arctic fox" in English (though it makes sense, obviously). Here it's "naali" (or "napakettu" which translates to "polar fox" but it's not the same as polar bear because we call polar bears "ice bears", but anyway naali is the more common name).
I love arctic foxes they're so fluffy and cute like Cas!
Lol that hanks phone rang while the fox was there!