A knitting friend of mine has a cat that goes on bike rides and canoe rides with her. Seamus rides around in her backpack with his head sticking out when on a bike and he likes to alternate between the bow of the canoe and being down inside it. He's easily the coolest cat I've heard of.
There is also a fresh water seal species in Finland. Among domestic cats, the Turkish Van Cat is known to like to take a swim, but only for recreational purposes.
Nicholas Emerson other big cats too ; they literally can take down caimans and other reptiles of that size . Such beautiful critters . My late cate also didn’t mind bath time , and would jump in when I bathed my dog .
One of the only advantages of failing memory: I got to watch this video a second time, since I couldn't remember having seen it before. OTOH, I wish I could "Like" (i.e.--thumbs Up!) it again. REALLY Fascinating!
Mind you the "Norppa" seal name is a Finnish name and there are TWO subspecies of Norppas, one in the lake Ladoga in former Finland lost to Russia over the wars, and one in lake Saimaa in eastern Finland, of which there are only about 300 left.
Ah, but I think the point was the presenter said "only species in only one freshwater lake". Check wiki, doesn't seem a bit accurate-too bad. So even in Finnish version-I guess Finnish norppa are even close relatives/can reproduce with this video's mention. As usual, take all of these with grain of salt, I've found so many mistakes I don't bother correcting them in these videos.
@@tonikotinurmi9012 You are correct.There are so many inaccuracies that one can't take these videos too seriously.It's comical when they say that an animals relatives don't ever do what unusual thing it does.If you know about the animals relatives,you know that it is common for them to do exactly what "they don't do".What is so strange about a Parrot eating insects,mice and picking at bones, particularly for the calcium.If the bones have a bit of meat on them,why wouldn't a parrot eat a bit of meat while chewing the bones for calcium?After that,why wouldn't they perhaps seek out Carrion? Nothing strange about a Parrot hunting or acting like Vulture.Only strange to the presenter.
The ”Spider-Mite” common to North America is part of the arachnid family, and also feeds on plants. Mainly the different types of grass. It’s a rather bizarre little spider that typically grows to the size of a pin head. It has a type of snout that more resembles a mosquito, and is used in the same fashion-to get dinner.
Andy Mitkos yes sir. I'm from Southern Illinois. Approximately 60 miles from stlouis Missouri. Where I grew up was a river called the big Muddy river. It has several runoffs that go into a huge man made lake called rend lake. I lived maybe a mile from rend lake. The Mississippi River has several runoffs that go into the big Muddy. I firmly believe that bull sharks are in rend lake. I quit letting my children swim in it years ago after I saw a doc on snake head fish. Everyone told me I was crazy. It was not possible for snake head fish to be in rend lake. 2-3 years after I quit letting my children swim there my brother caught a 5ft snake head fish in the lake. Now I live in the Tennessee Alabama state line off the Elk River. I firmly believe we have alligators in our river here. Again I'm getting laughed at because they say none have ever been caught in Tennessee but several years ago a little boy was attacked in Kentucky swimming in the Ohio River. Authorities claimed it had to been a pet released. I strongly disagree. With all the weather changes in the past several hundred years I believe that alot of creatures have evolved with it. Therefore I believe that alligators can handle colder weather than we thought and bullsharks can more than likely survive longer than the 5 years originally thought in fresh water. It's common sense to me. Even armadillos. Living in Tennessee I see them everywhere. In Illinois I never 1 time saw one. But now they are being found all over Illinois.
@@synisterv7703 They are harbor seals that have become cut off from the sea and adapted. similar populations are seen in several other near-ocean lakes. Also, there are a couple of populations of ringed seals (normally marine) in Lake Ladoga and Lake Saimaa. These populations of harbor seals and ringed seals have adapted to fresh-water life, so they may be thought of as fresh-water seals.
I love this channel's uploads! It's so nice to see an educational and informative video surpass 1 million views (as opposed to some of the smut...initials L.P. come to mind).... Thank you guys for all the hard work and research you do! 💚
Nerpa is Baikal seal living in lake in siberia and (Saimaan/)norppa is Saimaa ringed seal living in lake in Finland. Both are seal's living in lakes. Only thing is that Saimaa ringed seal isnt doing well, Critically Endangered only 320 individual's.
I love that you talk fast and don't 'hem' and 'haw' like some speakers, those speakers are so so boring. Thank you Simon for this great and very interesting video!
The seal species in the video is not the only freshwater seal species in the world - there's also a unique species of lake seal in Finland, in a large lake called "Saimaa", that, in Finnish, is called Saimaannorppa (latin name: Pusa hispida saimensis). They are pretty cool looking seals; the adults have an interesting blotchy pattern on their skins. Image google it to see!
Add a random R at the ends of words where it doesn’t belong, but say “ahh” where there should actually be an R. e.g. Americur (America) & fahhpahh (firepower)
He's British - just because there's a bunch of countries that are native English speakers doesn't mean they all say words the same way. Here in the U. S. in Sane we say "Nick-err-AH-gwah" I suggest we pronounce it the way the Nicaraguans pronounce their country's name.
Convertibles might have a vinyl type material for a top. Also, don't ask me why this was ever a thing, but lots of classic cars that are not convertibles also have vinyl covered roofs.
OMG!!!..I've never heard of a poison bird in my life!! Great video... Interesting informative & a little scary.. Thanx Simon for another great video...
There is also a golf course in Queensland with Bull Sharks in its water hazard. They were trapped there after a major flood, and have now grown to two meters in length.
Yes you can. Shark need to keep moving in order to... breathe. Shark can't breathe if they're stop moving. Their gills didn't work like normal fishes does.
You forgot to mention that wild kea are actually really curious and friendly birds..... And theyll strip everything off your car that they can get their beaks around. And they may even deflate your tyres 😂😂😂
6:33 ...don't break those spinal protrusions. They don't look all that important until you've fractured a few... Trust me, it sucks. You quickly learn how hard it is to sit and stand upright when they are damaged. You can lift stuff and do lots of normal activities people usually associate with back injuries, but you can't sit up or stand for very long. The pain will slowly overtake you to the point you can't focus on anything else. It's interesting to me that this was referenced as the antelope's evolutionary advantage to enable it to stand upright. I guess that means the Jeep Cherokee and Mitsubishi Outlander that hit me de-evolved me... Damnit.
It’s the voice, your commitment to great knowledge, great research, your body language that make your videos soooo great. Thank you Simon for all the great stuff I can learn about, but would never be able to see otherwise. Yes we have a great planet and thanks again for taking us into its depths time and time again. 👍😉✌️
The swimming cat seems to still avoid contact with the water when it can. And when it's walking in water it seems to be doing it delicately and cautiously.
The pollution and dam in China killed off a whole lot of unusual creatures. And they seem to be eating the rest. I really don't want their products anymore because of this.
Kahn Family - Everyone knows about cats who fish. Cats hating water has never been a real thing with cats. Some breeds of cats, yes, but even within the so-called water hating house cats, there are those who love water. If we're talking hard and fast species rules, a mammal who lays an egg when one of the criteria of being a mammal is live births and, this doesn't change at all between individuals, it weirder. And the plant is Puya chilensis.
Ray White 👍 theres a pride of lions in Africa that are used to hunting in water. They are more wolf then cat....I hope the pride is still thriving. Its been a long time since Ive seen the doc.
Where to place this in my top ten videos I shouldn't have watched, but did. OK, to be honest, the video was somewhat informative, but there is no reason whatsoever these animals shouldn't exist, their existence isn't even against the odds, but who would click on a video named: "ten animals that differ from their closest relatives because of the environment they adapted to"?
The Kea isn`t that odd. They aren`t related to Hawks and Eagles....But, then neither are Falcons. Falcons are most closely related to.......PARROTS. So, a parrot that eats meat isn`t that surprising.
The fact that they're the world's only Alpine parrot is what makes them weird. They're also (like other parrots) super intelligent. I'm not normally a bird fan, but keas are adorable.
My blue and gold Macaw will kill for a chicken bone, or any other meat for that matter! She will eat that bone until there is nothing left! She loves the meat too, but I get to eat first...😉
Mentioning Keas as a species "that should not exist" and not mentioning that quite probably it is the second most smartest animal on this planet, with problem solving skills second only to humans? Come on guys.
@@loonyt22 - and when you refuse to give them food, they'll strip the rubber off your door rims or attack your external aerial. Just like super genius children, they can be seen as assholes when they're bored.
it's not the water that was ever the issue. It's what's in the water and the fact that it messes up the whiskers on their feet. it's like water on your face after a shower.
The impression that "cats" dislike water is only true for the only cat humans have a long history with, the African wildcat, from which most or all modern cat species are developed. It's an arid-land cat and rarely encounters bodies of water big enough to immerse itself in, and like most such bodies of water in Africa is probably full of crocodiles, so yeah they instinctively avoid water. As there's no reason for them to ever immerse themselves, it makes sense that they would never develop such habits. Other dry-land cats that usually avoid water are the Pallas cat, the snow leopard, the cheetah, and the lion. The leopard, having the widest geographical distribution of any cat, has some arid land species that never see water deep enough to swim in, and tropical subspecies that will go into water to kill crocs, caimans, big fish, etc. If there's a prey animal that weighs over 30 pounds in its territory anywhere, the leopard has a strategy to kill it, even if it's in the water. Jaguars, which are either the ancient precursors or descendants of the leopard (depending on which scientist you talk to) regularly hunt in the water for animals as powerful as anaconda and crocodiles. Another thing the fishing cat is known for is being especially powerful, tough, and belligerent. There's at least one recorded incident at a zoo of one climbing an "unclimbable" barrier to settle a beef with a leopard in the next enclosure. The fishing cat killed(!) the leopard, which was literally three to four times its size. Leopards are not known for being easy to kill.
I just realized I haven't watched any of your vids in awhile, which is a shame. So to make sure I don't lose track of such an awesome channel again, I subscribed.
AMAZING! We have a fishing cat at our local zoo & I love to watch it. Ever since my son was a toddler, the cat had always watched him intently. I get pictures of them every time we go
Some of these are well known, but nothing on the ducks that have taken to killing and eating songbirds? Or tree-climbing goats? Many of these are likely snapshots into evolution, a look at the beginning of new families of species, adjusting to changes in their environments. Oh, and more nocturnal birds: the nightjar family.
It's still a raptor. It may have adapted its appetite to some plant-based foods but it still has the lethal equipment of the raptor. A tiger doesn't stop being a tiger if it decides to eat tofu. If it wants to kill and eat what it kills, it can.
Richard Nava given their physical evolutionary developments id consider them special imo, and leopards just in a whole other league they are like a jack of all trades
I am absolutely terrified of spiders, to the point where I can't even look at photos of them. BUT I accidentally saw a video of the mating dance of the jumping spider, and it's one of the cutest and hysterical things I've ever seen. Knowing that they're vegetarians and also scare ants before running off further enders me to them. :D
Are you kidding me? These animals deserve to be part of our world. They're unique the way they are. Either poisonous or venomous or any other trait, they still deserve to be part of our world
Sue Macfarlane I am open to correction but I believe they don't land on land for up to three years but they do float on the sea if it is calm and sleep there during that time. Can anyone confirm this? I have been told that it is a misnomer that they fly in the air for a full three years at a time without landing anywhere.
Bulls are the top dangerous shark, one of the 3 top dangerous sharks. Bulls will latch one and refuse to let go, unlike a great white which will "bite and release" to see if you are edible.
Divje jezero (= Wild Lake) in Slovenia is 160 meters deep, at the bottom of the lake there is a submerged cave that they managed to explore 124 meters deep (several divers already died there), but it's still unexplored beyond that. They managed to go 284 m deep in extremely dangerous conditions and they still didn't reached the bottom.
Vegetarian vultures sounds scary think about it. They are willingly to kill to just eat a correct. But most disgusting part leaving the dead corps behind is just disgusting think to do with a animal. Well of course bugs will have use for it and plants.
The CCs say fishing cats have short tails but Simon says long. The pictures say middling short. Also, you left out the Vampire Finches of the Galapagos. (Bleeding ornithologist: "Get the camera!")
Maybe it's a stretch, but could the Gerenuk have inspired the Minoan myth of the minotaur? It's not that far a stretch that people in the Mediterranean could have either seen, heard accounts of, or perhaps even held a Gerenuk in captivity.
Where are these beetles, If a frog and a bird could get poison ability, I must try as well, just think what I could do with all that poison, they would never know what struck them muhhahahhaahahaa!
We've now discovered that dinosaurs really didn't look much like reptiles at all, so it was disappointing to see that outdated comparison repeated twice in an otherwise decent video.
On my last trip to the south island of NZ I set my camera on a tripod and went to the car for a film holder When I got back I found the parrot you mentioned slowly working its way up a tripod leg with its claws eventually sitting on top of the camera. Cheaky little bugger!
No Platypus!? A mammal with a bill, webbed feet, poisonous spurs on it's hind legs and LAYS EGGS! Of course it's indigenous to Australia :)
Charles Jones bgtdmyebrsjugl
The F-100 Super Sabre looks like a platypus
Platypus is s stupid name,I would have called it a Wooremugunga mate
My Favorite. The Mighty Godless Superfluous Platypus !
@@levilandes1719 You might want to edit that comment mate
You missed out a species of hairless ape that, contrary to survival insticts, destroys it's own habitat
Most of his other videos talk about those crazy things though 😏
So no mention to bug-eating hyenas called aardwolves? They're literally one of the cutest animals to exist but barely anyone knows about them.
Never heard of them must check them out🤔ty
Your comment made me curious so I looked them up. They really are adorable!!!
Clears throat in wild kratts*
I'll look at them ,personally I like maned wolves they are crazy 🤪
oooh, so that's where the Wolfenstein3D secret comes from
A knitting friend of mine has a cat that goes on bike rides and canoe rides with her. Seamus rides around in her backpack with his head sticking out when on a bike and he likes to alternate between the bow of the canoe and being down inside it. He's easily the coolest cat I've heard of.
I could have sworn he called that first bird a peter queef and spit out my tea lmao.
Me too!!
I heard that too
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You're not the only one
Simon is funny😎
This is one of the best narrative documentaries on you tube! It is flawlessly narrated , by a human and not robotic. It is so refreshing, thank you!
I can listen to Simmon explain anything... his swagger is soothing
"Their diet is entirely plant-based, except for when it isn't" >.>
Mercenary Tau much like a chimpanzee is vegetarian except when it hunts down, rips apart and eats other monkeys.
@@ferretfez6976 or horses, which are opportunistic grazers who'll eat chicks and rodents
Damn nature you indecisive
He forgot the best part of the Marine Iguana. To rid their body of excess salt, they sneeze it out.
Yeah, i was disappointed he didn't mention that.
Blue Coyote like my ex with souls
MARINE IGUANAS ARE THE CUTEST!! They're baby godzillas!
they can also shrink their skeletons and reduce their size when food is scares
Markus Nävergård no way really that's cra cra
Best part about this channel is it sounds like (and he probably did) do this himself and there isn't a completely boring and robotic voice instead.
There is also a fresh water seal species in Finland. Among domestic cats, the Turkish Van Cat is known to like to take a swim, but only for recreational purposes.
My cat likes water. He loves the beach!
Tigers are known to swim all the time
Nicholas Emerson other big cats too ; they literally can take down caimans and other reptiles of that size . Such beautiful critters . My late cate also didn’t mind bath time , and would jump in when I bathed my dog .
Tigers, also, seem to love playing and swimming in water.
One of the only advantages of failing memory:
I got to watch this video a second time, since I couldn't remember having seen it before.
OTOH, I wish I could "Like" (i.e.--thumbs Up!) it again.
REALLY Fascinating!
I'm not sure whether to say "I'm sorry for your memory" or "That's pretty cool."
That's pretty cool, but sorry for your memory.
@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 ,
You already posted this mate
Mind you the "Norppa" seal name is a Finnish name and there are TWO subspecies of Norppas, one in the lake Ladoga in former Finland lost to Russia over the wars, and one in lake Saimaa in eastern Finland, of which there are only about 300 left.
nerpa, norppa... same genus
Ah, but I think the point was the presenter said "only species in only one freshwater lake". Check wiki, doesn't seem a bit accurate-too bad. So even in Finnish version-I guess Finnish norppa are even close relatives/can reproduce with this video's mention.
As usual, take all of these with grain of salt, I've found so many mistakes I don't bother correcting them in these videos.
@@tonikotinurmi9012 You are correct.There are so many inaccuracies that one can't take these videos too seriously.It's comical when they say that an animals relatives don't ever do what unusual thing it does.If you know about the animals relatives,you know that it is common for them to do exactly what "they don't do".What is so strange about a Parrot eating insects,mice and picking at bones, particularly for the calcium.If the bones have a bit of meat on them,why wouldn't a parrot eat a bit of meat while chewing the bones
for calcium?After that,why wouldn't they perhaps seek out Carrion? Nothing strange about a Parrot hunting or acting like Vulture.Only strange to the presenter.
There's five different fresh water seals. Lake iliamna (Alaska), seal lake (Canada), lake Saimaa (Finland), lake ladoga and baikal (Russia)
@@tonikotinurmi9012 ei. Saimaannorppa on norpan alalaji, baikalinhylje oma laji. Se on se ero.
The ”Spider-Mite” common to North America is part of the arachnid family, and also feeds on plants. Mainly the different types of grass. It’s a rather bizarre little spider that typically grows to the size of a pin head. It has a type of snout that more resembles a mosquito, and is used in the same fashion-to get dinner.
The kea is not that surprising when one realizes that the closest relative of the falcon is not the hawk , eagle , buzzard or vulture, but the parrot.
Parrots have very sharp beaks and African Grays enjoy chicken legs.
Everyone and anyone who knows about that animal knows it's the world's largest parrot, and it's only carnivorous
Dude those cats... I need one..
There is a species of cat that always looks like a kitten even when full grown it's called a sand cat
Bull sharks have also been found in the Mississippi river in the US, as far north as St. Louis, Missouri
If you've ever been to the Corning Glass plant in Alton IL.You can see them swimming in the rivers.
also been found in Ohio.
They like brackish water
and, as their other - Zambezi Shark - name says, the Zambezi River in Africa.
Andy Mitkos yes sir. I'm from Southern Illinois. Approximately 60 miles from stlouis Missouri. Where I grew up was a river called the big Muddy river. It has several runoffs that go into a huge man made lake called rend lake. I lived maybe a mile from rend lake. The Mississippi River has several runoffs that go into the big Muddy. I firmly believe that bull sharks are in rend lake. I quit letting my children swim in it years ago after I saw a doc on snake head fish. Everyone told me I was crazy. It was not possible for snake head fish to be in rend lake. 2-3 years after I quit letting my children swim there my brother caught a 5ft snake head fish in the lake. Now I live in the Tennessee Alabama state line off the Elk River. I firmly believe we have alligators in our river here. Again I'm getting laughed at because they say none have ever been caught in Tennessee but several years ago a little boy was attacked in Kentucky swimming in the Ohio River. Authorities claimed it had to been a pet released. I strongly disagree. With all the weather changes in the past several hundred years I believe that alot of creatures have evolved with it. Therefore I believe that alligators can handle colder weather than we thought and bullsharks can more than likely survive longer than the 5 years originally thought in fresh water. It's common sense to me. Even armadillos. Living in Tennessee I see them everywhere. In Illinois I never 1 time saw one. But now they are being found all over Illinois.
#10 That vulture is not "vegetarian" but actually omnivorous, granted that is unusual for a vulture.
There are norppas (saimaa ringed seal) also in Lake Saimaa in Finland :)
I was just about to point this out.
Baikalinhylje on ainoa makean veden laji - saimaannorppa ja laatokannorppa ovat taas norpan eli kiehkuraishylkeen alalajeja.
"A rebel against vultural ways." I love that phrase!
This narrator come up with amusing phrases!
The Baikal seal isn't the ONLY species of fresh water seals! There are also seals living in the lakes Saimaa and Ladoga.
He also forgot Saltwater crocs which are often found in coastal estuaries and swimming in ng along Australian beaches
He said they are the only truly freshwater seals...
Meaning that while they are some seals that appear in fresh-water their primary habitat is marine
Chukwuka James-Ibe
Seals in lake Saimaa are only fresh water seals. They only live in fresh water in lake Saimaa and not in ocean.
And the seals in Lake Illiamna, in Alaska.
@@synisterv7703 They are harbor seals that have become cut off from the sea and adapted. similar populations are seen in several other near-ocean lakes. Also, there are a couple of populations of ringed seals (normally marine) in Lake Ladoga and Lake Saimaa. These populations of harbor seals and ringed seals have adapted to fresh-water life, so they may be thought of as fresh-water seals.
I love this channel's uploads! It's so nice to see an educational and informative video surpass 1 million views (as opposed to some of the smut...initials L.P. come to mind).... Thank you guys for all the hard work and research you do! 💚
Nerpa is Baikal seal living in lake in siberia and (Saimaan/)norppa is Saimaa ringed seal living in lake in Finland. Both are seal's living in lakes. Only thing is that Saimaa ringed seal isnt doing well, Critically Endangered only 320 individual's.
Oh l hope they save them
I love that you talk fast and don't 'hem' and 'haw' like some speakers, those speakers are so so boring. Thank you Simon for this great and very interesting video!
Tigers like water too, they just don't hunt for fish.
William Kelly
They hunt people instead....
they don't hunt. they just catch
They hunt fish, crocodiles and tortoise.
And fear is their bacon bits lol
The seal species in the video is not the only freshwater seal species in the world - there's also a unique species of lake seal in Finland, in a large lake called "Saimaa", that, in Finnish, is called Saimaannorppa (latin name: Pusa hispida saimensis). They are pretty cool looking seals; the adults have an interesting blotchy pattern on their skins. Image google it to see!
You should do more animal vids. I've only heard of about half of these, fascinating as hell
Honorable mention for 11. Flat-earthers.
I thought it was antivaxxers
Look into it
@@usernotfound6648 I know about flat earthers, usually get paid with some other level of stupidity on top of it
@@Tobillama yea, their kids will die at 40
Oh, I dunno which is scarier.
As Jeff Goldblum said in "Jurassic Park" - "life finds a way." At least I think that's the quote. Fascinating.
Linda Ciccoli I think it's "life will always find a way."
Uhhhhh life... Finds a way.. Lol Jeff is awesome
It's actually "Life uh finds a way"
Dustin James Adams
BINGO!!
YOU nailed the "Goldblum" way.
“Life uhhh uhh finds a way”
I ❤️ the odd one out. They are what gives our world colour and contrast and beauty 💕
I'm confused on pronunciation now.
Nik-car-ar-gyew-ah
Huh
Pronounce this:
Voht Tr-uhmp twuhn-ty twuhn-ty
Add a random R at the ends of words where it doesn’t belong, but say “ahh” where there should actually be an R. e.g. Americur (America) & fahhpahh (firepower)
He's British - just because there's a bunch of countries that are native English speakers doesn't mean they all say words the same way. Here in the U. S. in Sane we say "Nick-err-AH-gwah"
I suggest we pronounce it the way the Nicaraguans pronounce their country's name.
@@privateuser7 Glad someone said this, since it's sooo appropriate for the subject!
What a cocky sucker you are ;)
Safe to say Polly does NOT want a cracker 😳🐦
Kea Parrots will tear lengths of vinyl off cars as new owners of vinyl roofed cars in New Zealand discovered in the 1970.
Why would you want a vinyl-roofed car?
Convertibles might have a vinyl type material for a top. Also, don't ask me why this was ever a thing, but lots of classic cars that are not convertibles also have vinyl covered roofs.
@@JahRandom That's fine, but convertibles aside, it makes no sense! Vinyl roof?!? That's like just ASKING for someone to poke holes in it!
OMG!!!..I've never heard of a poison bird in my life!! Great video... Interesting informative & a little scary.. Thanx Simon for another great video...
The only rivers in Australia without sharks are the ones with croc s in them as they eat the sharks
sue mcfarlane really?
There is also a golf course in Queensland with Bull Sharks in its water hazard. They were trapped there after a major flood, and have now grown to two meters in length.
sue mcfarlane
No: just no Sue. Stop pulling legs.
Croc's dont eat underwater sharks they drown there food untill it starts to decompose an then they eat it you can't drown a shark
Yes you can. Shark need to keep moving in order to... breathe. Shark can't breathe if they're stop moving.
Their gills didn't work like normal fishes does.
You forgot to mention that wild kea are actually really curious and friendly birds..... And theyll strip everything off your car that they can get their beaks around. And they may even deflate your tyres 😂😂😂
Lemme guess, aussie?
@@metisi7683 incorrect, New Zealand lol. They live in Alpine areas. Anyone that travels to Fiordland would have come across these very cheeky birds
Really enjoyed that one a lot, Simon. Thank you. It's nice to see something I had no idea about. 👍
Simon: "Nicarag you an..."
Everyone who has even the slightest knowledge of Spanish: "NO."
British style of pronouncing as in Jaguar (Jag-yoo-ar)
Lol! I thought that's what he was saying
Finally someone said something, almost like he try’s to say it so bad..
6:33 ...don't break those spinal protrusions. They don't look all that important until you've fractured a few... Trust me, it sucks. You quickly learn how hard it is to sit and stand upright when they are damaged. You can lift stuff and do lots of normal activities people usually associate with back injuries, but you can't sit up or stand for very long. The pain will slowly overtake you to the point you can't focus on anything else.
It's interesting to me that this was referenced as the antelope's evolutionary advantage to enable it to stand upright. I guess that means the Jeep Cherokee and Mitsubishi Outlander that hit me de-evolved me... Damnit.
I swear, that Marine Iguana is the model species for Godzilla!
That kisser especially.
Really think that the plant eating spider was the most unusual and surprising. 🕷🌱hard to believe
Aren't there spider eating plants? It's war!
The one that blew my mind the most is the plant eating spider.
What about Saimaa ringed seal, Ladoga ringed seal, Ungava seal and Iliamna lake seal?
Loved the Kea when I visited New Zealand. Very quirky birds, though when you see the beak up close its not hard to believe they happily eat meat.
It’s the voice, your commitment to great knowledge, great research, your body language that make your videos soooo great. Thank you Simon for all the great stuff I can learn about, but would never be able to see otherwise. Yes we have a great planet and thanks again for taking us into its depths time and time again. 👍😉✌️
The swimming cat seems to still avoid contact with the water when it can. And when it's walking in water it seems to be doing it delicately and cautiously.
I will remain in my bubble until Simon informs me that is not safe
"Vegetarian Vultures" then explains how they are actually omnivores.
Yeah I really thought the platypus would be number 1. An omnivorous vulture shouldn't be number 1.
Right...he goes on to say that as adults only half their diet is from plants.
To be fair, many herbivores eat bones, insects and carrion.
Excellent production and content.
There used to be a species of river dolphin in China, but the pollution killed them off. D:
The pollution and dam in China killed off a whole lot of unusual creatures. And they seem to be eating the rest. I really don't want their products anymore because of this.
Pft. Fishing cats aren't anything. What about the 2 species of mammals who lay eggs or that plant in Chile that eats sheep? xD Those are weirder.
Ray White everyone knows about Platypuses and Echidnas but sheep eating plant?!
Kahn Family - Everyone knows about cats who fish. Cats hating water has never been a real thing with cats. Some breeds of cats, yes, but even within the so-called water hating house cats, there are those who love water. If we're talking hard and fast species rules, a mammal who lays an egg when one of the criteria of being a mammal is live births and, this doesn't change at all between individuals, it weirder. And the plant is Puya chilensis.
Kahn Family you’d be surprised at how many ppl don’t know that 2 species of mammals lay eggs.
Ray White 👍 theres a pride of lions in Africa that are used to hunting in water. They are more wolf then cat....I hope the pride is still thriving. Its been a long time since Ive seen the doc.
Knew about the platypi laying eggs & giving milk too, but didn't know echidnas also shared that property!!!
“Meat Eating Birds” Wtf Are Worms😂
Students at Eton.
Vegan noodles.
Worms
Where to place this in my top ten videos I shouldn't have watched, but did.
OK, to be honest, the video was somewhat informative, but there is no reason whatsoever these animals shouldn't exist, their existence isn't even against the odds, but who would click on a video named: "ten animals that differ from their closest relatives because of the environment they adapted to"?
Omg, you look exactly like the guy in the video...
@@Galidorquest let me put on my glasses so I can see for myself.
Me
I wish I will remember all these strange cases. These are casualties that demand attention
The Kea isn`t that odd. They aren`t related to Hawks and Eagles....But, then neither are Falcons. Falcons are most closely related to.......PARROTS. So, a parrot that eats meat isn`t that surprising.
prismstudios001 I did NOT know that! Though my macaw likes to eat chicken....
The fact that they're the world's only Alpine parrot is what makes them weird. They're also (like other parrots) super intelligent. I'm not normally a bird fan, but keas are adorable.
My blue and gold Macaw will kill for a chicken bone, or any other meat for that matter! She will eat that bone until there is nothing left! She loves the meat too, but I get to eat first...😉
Learn something new everyday..👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Mentioning Keas as a species "that should not exist" and not mentioning that quite probably it is the second most smartest animal on this planet, with problem solving skills second only to humans? Come on guys.
Z Zs yep. Any bird that moves traffic cones to make tourists' cars stop so it can beg and/or steal food is way to smart.
Z Zs what!! Are u saying
@@loonyt22 - and when you refuse to give them food, they'll strip the rubber off your door rims or attack your external aerial. Just like super genius children, they can be seen as assholes when they're bored.
You know what really shouldn't exist...........
Furries
13:16 the way he said "...in the warmer weatha," really stood out to me lmfao
Good vid.
Woodpeckers. Especially their tongues.
While not quite as dramatic as the Fishing Cat, Servals are aquatic hunters.
Actually most cat species are fine with water, tigers practically love it.
And raccoons.. them luvs water 💦
it's not the water that was ever the issue. It's what's in the water and the fact that it messes up the whiskers on their feet. it's like water on your face after a shower.
Your right. I feel like house cats are the only cats that don't really like water all that much
The impression that "cats" dislike water is only true for the only cat humans have a long history with, the African wildcat, from which most or all modern cat species are developed. It's an arid-land cat and rarely encounters bodies of water big enough to immerse itself in, and like most such bodies of water in Africa is probably full of crocodiles, so yeah they instinctively avoid water. As there's no reason for them to ever immerse themselves, it makes sense that they would never develop such habits. Other dry-land cats that usually avoid water are the Pallas cat, the snow leopard, the cheetah, and the lion. The leopard, having the widest geographical distribution of any cat, has some arid land species that never see water deep enough to swim in, and tropical subspecies that will go into water to kill crocs, caimans, big fish, etc. If there's a prey animal that weighs over 30 pounds in its territory anywhere, the leopard has a strategy to kill it, even if it's in the water. Jaguars, which are either the ancient precursors or descendants of the leopard (depending on which scientist you talk to) regularly hunt in the water for animals as powerful as anaconda and crocodiles.
Another thing the fishing cat is known for is being especially powerful, tough, and belligerent. There's at least one recorded incident at a zoo of one climbing an "unclimbable" barrier to settle a beef with a leopard in the next enclosure. The fishing cat killed(!) the leopard, which was literally three to four times its size. Leopards are not known for being easy to kill.
What an AMAZING video !!! So great to have a human not a computer speaking.
I just realized I haven't watched any of your vids in awhile, which is a shame. So to make sure I don't lose track of such an awesome channel again, I subscribed.
awesome channel? he thinks a vegitairian eats 30% meat?
AMAZING! We have a fishing cat at our local zoo & I love to watch it. Ever since my son was a toddler, the cat had always watched him intently. I get pictures of them every time we go
really fascinating stuff!!
0:45 Bruh, I thought you said Peta-queef LOL
Some of these are well known, but nothing on the ducks that have taken to killing and eating songbirds? Or tree-climbing goats? Many of these are likely snapshots into evolution, a look at the beginning of new families of species, adjusting to changes in their environments. Oh, and more nocturnal birds: the nightjar family.
Trine Daely cannibal ducks, omg!
sometimes horses eat baby birds =(
How can that Vulture be a bird of Prey, if it's a vegetarian? Well, I suppose it could chase after and attack a Triffid.
It's still a raptor. It may have adapted its appetite to some plant-based foods but it still has the lethal equipment of the raptor. A tiger doesn't stop being a tiger if it decides to eat tofu. If it wants to kill and eat what it kills, it can.
Well, the fishing cat isnt THAT special. Jaguars are great marine hunters, too.
Richard Nava Ya, snatching up caimans! Jaguars are badass!
Richard Nava given their physical evolutionary developments id consider them special imo, and leopards just in a whole other league they are like a jack of all trades
lmao jaguars* i mix them up all the time
Richard Nava marine is salt water
Also tigers swim... and kinda love it
Watching this during Covid-19...Fascinating!
Just think some day some other people may think we should not have been here. Happy 2019 ☺
This is much more interesting than the name of the video suggests
The 15 second commercials r annoying...
Subscribe to play music or youtube red. I always forget ads exist on youtube until someone says something about them. Ad free youtube is the best!
I am absolutely terrified of spiders, to the point where I can't even look at photos of them. BUT I accidentally saw a video of the mating dance of the jumping spider, and it's one of the cutest and hysterical things I've ever seen. Knowing that they're vegetarians and also scare ants before running off further enders me to them. :D
When you can grow a beard but can't grow hair. Evolution.
Haha
Actually his head is upside down
I want to bet that, if Simon looked,
he could EASILY find 10 More!
What is it with the Galapogos island? First Darwin, now Simon.
l sometimes think that place is the physical embodiment of contrariness.
When watching an older video of Simon without glasses and beard to watching newer ones makes me think the older videos look like Simon's son narrating
You forgot carnivorous caterpillars
Those are just maggots that grow up to have pretty wings.
Australia has a carnivorous snail. Because of course it does.
Are you kidding me? These animals deserve to be part of our world. They're unique the way they are. Either poisonous or venomous or any other trait, they still deserve to be part of our world
If I ever meet Simon I will go out of my way to pronounce his name as incorrectly as possible. Oh hello there Sih-Mahn Why-sTeler
😁I'm sure you're not the only one. I enjoy so many of his videos, but so often cringe at some of his pronunciations.
@@valerierodger7700 I have to admit I pronounce empire as "empahhh" now
he couldn't care
@@chrisgroth2949 I mean he COULD, but he probably wouldn't
It's possible that the jumping spider may be the one spider that could cure my intense fear of spiders in general. They are actually quite cute
Doont really understand how/why they " shouldnt exist" when they full on have a reason for their weird charecteristics
I attended a seminar where Dr Dumbacher explained his research on poisonous birds. It was amazing and really informative!
What do albratos do at night as they don’t land for ages
Sue Macfarlane
I am open to correction but I believe they don't land on land for up to three years but they do float on the sea if it is calm and sleep there during that time. Can anyone confirm this? I have been told that it is a misnomer that they fly in the air for a full three years at a time without landing anywhere.
Autopilot mode
Maybe they do the dolphin thing of half sleeps while the other half moves???
They don't fly for years at a time...... sometimes up to weeks though. They do need to feed chicks and mate
Hey dude just subscribed an I wanna to say that your vid is way past cool nice job man 👍🏼
bull sharks have been seen in the mississippi river
Robbie berg probably smarter that the locals.
SLAVE 702 ooooohhh shots fired!!!
Really
Bulls are the top dangerous shark, one of the 3 top dangerous sharks. Bulls will latch one and refuse to let go, unlike a great white which will "bite and release" to see if you are edible.
Divje jezero (= Wild Lake) in Slovenia is 160 meters deep, at the bottom of the lake there is a submerged cave that they managed to explore 124 meters deep (several divers already died there), but it's still unexplored beyond that. They managed to go 284 m deep in extremely dangerous conditions and they still didn't reached the bottom.
it's great to see interesting and educational videos on-line in a world full of kardashians and constant political bickering.
I'm sure someone else has already pointed this out, but the Nerpa doesn't only exist in Lake Baikal, but we have them in Finland as well.
I want a Swimming Cat And a Vegetarian Vulture.THAT Would be COOL!!
tigers and jaguars swim.
Vegetarian vultures sounds scary think about it. They are willingly to kill to just eat a correct. But most disgusting part leaving the dead corps behind is just disgusting think to do with a animal.
Well of course bugs will have use for it and plants.
The Jaguars feast on the Giant Catfish in the Amazon.
Jaguars also hunt caiman.
AnnaAnnaYes Turkish Van cats. Nicknamed the swimming cats.
The CCs say fishing cats have short tails but Simon says long. The pictures say middling short.
Also, you left out the Vampire Finches of the Galapagos. (Bleeding ornithologist: "Get the camera!")
„The only ocean lizard.“
You say that but Komodo Dragon is laughting at you xD
Komodo Dragons don't live off the ocean like that. They just live on islands. And that's not what marine lizard means.
Maybe it's a stretch, but could the Gerenuk have inspired the Minoan myth of the minotaur? It's not that far a stretch that people in the Mediterranean could have either seen, heard accounts of, or perhaps even held a Gerenuk in captivity.
poison dart frogs get their poison from the ants they eat. since the birds possess a similar poison, isnt it possible they acquire it from ants also ?
From the beetles
Where are these beetles, If a frog and a bird could get poison ability, I must try as well, just think what I could do with all that poison, they would never know what struck them muhhahahhaahahaa!
Problem with that is...would YOU survive ingesting those beetles?
Another great video.
Remember, Truth is always weirder that fiction.
We've now discovered that dinosaurs really didn't look much like reptiles at all, so it was disappointing to see that outdated comparison repeated twice in an otherwise decent video.
Some of them did especially herbivores
Duck billed platypus!! How cool are those.
Always thumbs up
On my last trip to the south island of NZ I set my camera on a tripod and went to the car for a film holder When I got back I found the parrot you mentioned slowly working its way up a tripod leg with its claws eventually sitting on top of the camera. Cheaky little bugger!