As a molecular biologist who worked with DNA for many years, can confirm the way ZeFrank read out the DNA sequence is exactly what we do in lab. All day. Everyday.
"...but what's _a-maze-ing_ (kill me)" completely broke me down into fits of goofy laughter. Well, even more so than the constant stream of giggles already taking place.
what was extra amazing about it is that if you're not listening carefully you could miss it entirely--he's usually a bit obvious in the puns, but this one he rushed through and dared anyone to notice!
I remember when I was studying slime molds and our professor told us of a case where an intern of hers accidentally left the lab window open during the weekend and the mold "ran away", so to speak. I had trouble believing the story at first, but the more I learn about them the more I am starting to believe...
And by better we mean they are engaging. Now, you hear "engaging" like a lovely couple looking to wed, when in reality it's engaging like the band Killswitch Engage
So I recently saw moving yellow slime mold during a walk in the woods. It was visually moving, so much so that I thought it might've been some sort of really weird caterpillar. Apparently the mold wasn't seen before in the "reserve" so I reported it to the people at the desk. Apparently it was non-toxic and not dangerous to the environment, but I was congratulated for finding it nonetheless.
As a child, I misunderstood the words "but savages ..." from the Disney movie Pocahontas as "butt savages." I was around four or five and asked my mom, "Mom, what are butt savages?" She was very concerned.
I did science fair projects with slime molds back in the early 2000’s, including seeing if they could navigate mazes for food. Unfortunately, my ability to build slime mold proof mazes was not good enough and the dang things cheated and just grew over the walls to go straight over to the food. I love these bizarre and wonderful little things.
@@callmecalicoo Maybe it would be kind of like the "salt bridge" he was talking about, coat the walls in some kind of substance that they won't assimilate and force them to "walk" on the ground lol, idk just my thoughts
7:15 "What's a-maze-ing, kill me-" got me so hard I lost my ability to take a full breath without it hurting. Thank you Frank, for delivering such good comedy. These documentaries are literally the only ones I can watch because otherwise I get bored.
In middle school I would watch zefrank videos and get excited to learn so much about animals, annoying my friends to death with fun facts. Now I’m getting a PhD in biomedical science, I thought I pretty much had the low-down on fungi (though it’s not what I study), and I am still in awe at how much I just learned and laughed from a zefrank video. Thank you! And sorry to my labmates who will learn about slime moulds against their will today.
This mans voice is so calming that if he was my doctor and told me that I had 4 weeks to live, I would be like oh sure. And leave with no knowledge of how serious the situation is.
I'd also want him to say something coy in that voice too. That would be my dying wish. Like one last dose of sarcasm mixed* with genuine humor to top the news off with. 😂🤣
I'm going to choose to blame you specifically for the newest video, and the horror stories ZeFrank just told me. I hope you're eating while you watch it. >:( (I'm messing, but seriously parasitic fungi are cruel)
"I remember" makes it sound as if it's out of its hellish state by now... uuuhm, not sure about that part from what creators are saying and with the YT algorithms new, unhealthy addiction to people's underwear videos!
This is the first time ever I've been able to sit through nonstop images of amoeba because the desire to experience the content is greater than my squeamishness and disgust. Like, since a kid in school, I could not. Congrats, Ze Frank. Your comedy has cured a life long condition.
I keep a worm compost bin, and I occasionally see little slime mold colonies in it! They are absolutely vital decomposers, just like worms, fungi, bugs, and bacteria. They are everywhere in outdoor environments, and because they're microscopic for 99% of their life cycles, they rarely get the attention or appreciation they deserve. Thank you so much for this video for our little blob friends! ^_^
@@peggedyourdad9560 Consider that they just join up along meeting fringes, and they actually CAN get pretty big... It just depends on the habitat and food availability at the time... Even so, it doesn't take size to make something fairly horrifying, depending on what exactly horrifies you... I'm allergic to quite a lot of molds and spores and related... SO it doesn't take much more than a "wisp of smoke" from a podlike structure in view, and I'm usually pretty agitated about it on instinct... Bombardier Beetles aren't especially large, but by producing and discharging a combination of alcohol and peroxide NATURALLY, the little bastards quite literally SPIT FIRE in practically any direction when excited... Bees, Wasps, and Hornets have envenomating stingers, some of which can be quite brutal in their chemical make up and effects, even if you're NOT especially sensitive or allergic... AND some of these species like to swarm, led by pheromones to call an entire colony/nest (up to 100's of thousands strong) to assault you from the air... Ants may have venom, but may also apply acid, from acetic to formic adding a caustic blast to enhance their bites... AND they can swarm you, so your limb(s) can entirely feel like they've been plunged into fire... or worse. For larger "fiends" from nature, you can always look to plants, whether the relatively mild venoms of the Hawthorne (really more the thorns breaking off and festering infection) and Pyrocanthus (fire bush) to stinging nettles, and Poison Ivy or Poison Oak... AND we can even accept some "thermo-sensitive" plants from the Arizona Jumping Cactus (kind of a misnomer) and onward to a horde of vicious species, even including barbed needles and thorns similar to the porcupine for "wiggling deeper" with every motion until the barbs eventually drive the needles/pieces completely through whatever they've pierced... My mom used to warn folks "Dynamite comes in small packages." whenever they brought up size as a reason to measure something or someone for ferocity... I'll just point out that you should not so much consider the size of a dog in a fight, but rather the size of the fight in the dog. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 This is all very true, but I meant horrifying in the sense of something being a serious bodily threat to humans and larger animals, like, big enough to eat them like it does with the much smaller things it usually feeds on.
My first thought was "me too!" Cus I remember finding the chameleon video in like 5th grade. I'm going into my college senior year now (I feel so old and decrepit)
You know this guy is a legitimately good teacher. We actually come back just to eagerly hear what he has to teach us each video. I only wish school teachers had his capability to make it interesting.
I live near a forest where I often take walks and see slime. Never knew that slime was so smart. Going to take time to appreciate that now. Thanks you Ze Frank for the education.
The best part is, they aren't smart at all. They have sets of very very simple instructions for each individual component, just reacting statically to certain inputs and reacting to neighbors actions. These cause amazing emergent properties at a larger scale, appearing as one large intelligent organism. Its the same for ant colonies, the actions of an individual are very simple, but the interactions of dumb individuals creates a smart whole. This is also how proteins and things work, and how the right combinations of non-living proteins can replicate and eventually create complex structures leading to living creatures. The cells in your body are all individually following unintelligent simple instructions, but the network is complex enough that it gives your body life.
I love this man. When I was a teenager, I got stuck in a bad bout of depression. Didn’t shower for almost a month, couldn’t really move out of bed and barely ate. He would make these videos just sitting and talking to you and talking about life lessons and thoughts that you’d think alone in your room. Those videos helped me get out of bed and start showering and getting back to life. When I feel myself slipping back into that I go and find the teddy bear videos and older ones. I wish he’d still make those videos.
Sounds like they've already done what you needed at the time. The fact you don't need them anymore speaks to your perseverance, and that you come back and watch the new stuff even if it isn't why you were here in the first place shows that you changed along with him and his content. I think that's great.
I also everyday look at what I do have not what I may have lost. I am grateful I still have life; 2 separate occasions I really could have drawn my last breath. Illnesses can be serious. I truly thankful many animals and plants have given their lives for me; I am thankful there has been a standing army & police to be protection. Yes, I have much for which to be thankful. I am glad I learned to processed grief; yes, there will always be a hole where I have lost important people in my life. I now can rejoice in what I received from them, although I can never gain anymore from each of them. That process took awhile, but I accomplished it. I will face it again since I have others whith whom I have bonded if I outlive them. I still am thankful they are in my life.
It's great how the humor in these never fails. It hasn't grown old, become outdated, zefrank is just naturally funny. And you always learn something new!
I studied Botany in college, with a course in Mycology, and I was really excited to see a video about plasmodial slime molds. They're so cool! I got to see one solve a maze in lab, and it was amazing.
That was such a poetic ending. Before the snail part. Edit: Never mind, I was writing that as the post credits were rolling. Poetry just dove head long into a dumpster fire.
I just cant do that. All the spider videos disgusts me on a different level. Its not really fear, but intense feelings of illness and agitation. My first instinct is to puke when i see a Tarantula, not to run away. And nobody takes that serious loooool fuck my life
I was chortling throughout this whole video, but I absolutely lost it at "It looks like a Goth sinus infection..." You are a *TREASURE*, ZeFrank, you truly are.
This is some authentic Ze Frank commentary, between telling the camera man to switch shots because of how weird the current shot is, or describing things in the weirdest way possible...I can never get enough Ze Frank. P.S. when the nuclei split and it had teeth...my first thought was, "Looks like a demon coming to eat me" and then Ze said nearly the same thing, I'm so glad I'm slowly turning into him
I knew a kid who also marked where he'd been with mucus. We called him Blacktooth on account of his black tooth. Good to know he shares his innovation with this intrepid organism. Godspeed, Blacktooth. Godspeed.
The time lapse of the slime molds moving kinda looks like visuals from an acid trip!! So fascinating fungus are! They deserve more recognition than they get
I do a lot of work in the woods in Oregon, and I always love coming across the different slime molds! I've mostly seen bright yellow ones, but occasionally I'll spot an orange one. I always take pictures of them, just in case I bump into the same slime mold again. I've got pictures of the same yellow slime mold from the morning and afternoon on the same day, and it's impressive how much it changed in a few hours!
Before i used to eagerly await his upload and watch them the second it's uploaded. Now ill go weeks restraining myself cause it's such a treat to watch! Man's a scientific & comedic genius.
Check out his video on Killer Surfing Snails and Tree/Leaf Hoppers. They're all so good, but those are personal favorites. Zefrank videos are always a treasure.
AND ...check out the Peacock spiders episode with the should be smash hit ..Shiney Hiney. It's true art and you can dance to it...I do...shakin my rear like it could knit a sweater...it's awesome... really...
It's funny that despite watching almost a dozen videos about these slime molds, you still taught me something new about them. Your research is very in-depth, and by far the most informative and entertaining when it comes to covering topics about living creatures.
As a 90s kid I grew up addicted to The Crocodile Hunter and any other nature show....As an adult I am so happy to have found this Gem of a channel! I could watch for hours and hours ✌️🤟🤘
Okay, the bulk of this video made me giggle, but that last comment about the dog getting into the blueberries literally made my laugh out loud. Please, never change.
I laughed out loud and scared my mom! Had a chow hound that once ate a gallon of huckleberries, didn't check out her poo, though. She also ate 3/4 of a 2 layer chocolate cake!
Once again, ZeFrank giving all us Dungeon Masters more material to incorporate into our D&D campaigns. Imagine you venture into the Abyss, to fight Juiblex, Demon Lord of Slimes. Only to discover a forest of stalks, on which rest colorful spheres full of spores. But you better not touch them, lest the spores hatch into slimes that try to eat you. Or, worse, you better hope you didn't arrive when all the stalks dried out, and then the wind picks up. Spores all over your skin, in your hair, in your _lungs._ If you survive all that, then you see, on the horizon, the _pulsing mass._ And it's coming right for you. Run all you like. Hide in the cyclopean structures dotted around the landscape. Juiblex WILL find you. So where do you take shelter in Slime Hell? Well, on the shell of the Titan Snail, of course. This beastie is more interested in eating the spore stalks to really be interested in humanoids. To the point where a whole city has been constructed on its shell. A moving refuge against the predations of Juiblex.
Aside form the 10/10 describing; i appreciated strongly the sources used. And then i started thinking about the INSANE mount of work it must take to make one of your videos. Not only spitting facts, but making it entertaining. Goated.
this whole series was so helpful in my "sex, evolution, and behaviour" course last semester I am so grateful for the oodles of examples to apply when discussing animal sexuality
I've been following Ze / True Facts for close to seven years now. I can't think of any other channel that has done a better job creating content of continually improving quality while keeping the spark that made it so great to begin with. Ze cracks me up just as much as the first video I ever say (True Facts about the Mantis Shrimp), but can now make me go slack-jawed with awe, or even tear up at times. Thanks for the great work you do!
8:12 you know what this means right? Big corporations and governments are gonna look for a way to use this to their advantage. Imagine losing your job to automation but instead of a bot you’re replaced with a damn slime mold. That’s just insult to injury right there.
3:43 suddenly a mouth full of teeth appeared and the fangs went open right away looking ready to strike. Scared the bejesus out of me. Edit: ok, shouldn't have paused and realized Ze Frank would mention it ^^
Wow. I love slime moulds and I've seen quite a few videos on them, but you summed up pretty much everything in one video; and with extra information on their full lifecycle and great visuals. That plus comedy in under 12 minutes! Bravo
@@markusgorelli5278 Of course, any self-respecting scientist knows the entire DNA sequence of S Cerevisiae. Actually, I plugged the sequence into a software called BLAST, from NCBI.
It's amazing how an organism with no brain can learn so much and pass on that knowledge. And I love the way you explain it.your videos never fail to impress me.
I WAS LITERALLY JUST THINKING ABOUT MAKING A MOLD D&D CHARACTER. JUST A CLUMP OF MOLD. AND I WANTED TO DO RESEARCH. YOU PUT THIS OUT AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME THANK YOU.
he could use ai to do the whole thing in his voice w/fluctuations that seem realistic. ... I suggest this approach and then see who listens the longest. I would make a hip hop remix of it.
Man this channel is so good. The selection of creatures to make videos about is absolutely immaculate. All of them completely crazy things I’ve never heard of.
Perfect timing as a companion to the HBOs The Last of Us. The part where they can dry out and be reanimated play perfectly into the idea that the plague in the TV show/game came from a flour factory.
“The Last of Us” isn’t a real video game. It’s an Ellen Paige lookalike training wheels version of a real video game that NPCs play to give them the idea that they’re doing anything with their lives when they’re not.
@@sentientdogma1206 I've been thinking the exact same thing. Except once you realize that, you also realize that life is just a training wheels version of the simulation we're all in. There is nothing here worth living for, except to train our minds to meld with the universal consciousness and transcend. Your life is a joke. Acceptance is the only path forward.
"...using this strategy it can solve a maze, but what's amazing kill me is that the solution..." Love that line - had to rewind to make sure I'd heard what I thought I'd heard. 🙂
I chose a course involving microbiology for my degree, but I don't really have anything I want to do in life, so I just went with something that was fun in high-school. Going with the flow, in other words. I love your videos, especially these recent ones to do with micro-organisms, and they make me feel like I picked the right field after all. These are such fascinating lifeforms.
It blew my mind. Granted, it was a simpler representation of Tokyo, but to think this single cell that isn't exactly conscious in the way that we know it is capable of solving problems like this.
People learn at a faster rate if said learning is entertaining. I am in awe of you, because you figured this out and ran with it. I bet most of us who follow you hold you in a top position when it comes to videos we wait for.
God, i've always loved slime molds, but i never knew some of the things here, so, added with the absolutely beautiful and poetic ending, i almost cried. Yes, at zefrank of all people talking about slime molds of all things.
It’s ok Jerry, you’ve got a tough job! This is, by far, my favorite channel. I wish science was taught like this in schools. We wouldn’t have as many scientifically illiterate people on this planet (or in government positions).
In microbiology class we grew slime mold (P. polycephalum), fed them with single rolled oats, and looked at their networks of "vessels" under the microscope. Because they are native to our area, we were allowed to take them home and release them into our yards or local parks. My mother vetoed me on that, which was extremely disappointing. (PS, for years, my dad's nickname for me was Baby Slime Mold.)
Just found this channel recently and I have to say it has to be one of the very best channels I’ve ever seen or likely to see , keep up the awesome work ❤🇦🇺👍😎
Keep learning at brilliant.org/zefrank Get started for free, and
hurry-the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.
In the wake of the success of the new “The Last of Us” show, can we get a video on Cordyceps? Pretty please, with a zombie fungus on top
Where have you been. It’s been a while since your last video until now lol. I love your videos
Always so happy to see your videos
No Ze. Zero smartest slime is you. BRILLIANT
I bet that 20%off is only for the first payment though... 😓
It's impressive how it's 100% education and 100% comedy. They don't cut into eachother at all, perfect fusion cuisine of the two.
That’s the formula! The best teachers are ones that make learning fun.
Our minds are fully focused on what’s in front of us, when it’s entertaining.
Just like slime molds!
It really just shows how well a person understands the material if they are able to explain it in different ways and make jokes out of it.
that's why i watch them twice
Also 100% gross and 100% beautiful. That's 400% Ze Frank!
As a molecular biologist who worked with DNA for many years, can confirm the way ZeFrank read out the DNA sequence is exactly what we do in lab. All day. Everyday.
Reading this makes me very happy I never aspired to be a molecular biologist. My condolences to you and your DNA-sequencing molecular biologist pals.
So how many nipples do you have?
That's so gaga!
that's what the human genome project was, right? Finding a human with the patience to sound out all our genes?
wizardry...
"...but what's _a-maze-ing_ (kill me)" completely broke me down into fits of goofy laughter.
Well, even more so than the constant stream of giggles already taking place.
Millennial r-word energy
Honestly I have the same reaction whenever I make a pun
what was extra amazing about it is that if you're not listening carefully you could miss it entirely--he's usually a bit obvious in the puns, but this one he rushed through and dared anyone to notice!
7:15 btw
I remember when I was studying slime molds and our professor told us of a case where an intern of hers accidentally left the lab window open during the weekend and the mold "ran away", so to speak. I had trouble believing the story at first, but the more I learn about them the more I am starting to believe...
It was probably still making its way down the outside wall...
Sounds like the premise of a horror movie
It's living in California and are having a 200$/day crack habit..
oldest trick in the book: open the window but hide in a closet.
Do we need to be concerned where this slimemold is today? I mean, it could be practicing law or sitting in high office somewhere by now.
ZeFrank’s way of describing things is better than any nature documentary I’ve seen
It's even better than the way how my biology teacher explains it
100%
The explain like I'm five method is insanely difficult, but insanely good
It's like David Attenborogh had a babeh with Ron Burgundy.
And by better we mean they are engaging. Now, you hear "engaging" like a lovely couple looking to wed, when in reality it's engaging like the band Killswitch Engage
So I recently saw moving yellow slime mold during a walk in the woods. It was visually moving, so much so that I thought it might've been some sort of really weird caterpillar. Apparently the mold wasn't seen before in the "reserve" so I reported it to the people at the desk. Apparently it was non-toxic and not dangerous to the environment, but I was congratulated for finding it nonetheless.
new slime mold just dropped
@@themosaicshow Yeah, and apparently this new species has sentience
@@Soulful_01 it WHAT
@@Soulful_01keep it and name it Jim
@@nekomimicatears Good idea person from two months ago!
7:14 "But what's amazingkillme is that the solution it settles on..." the way that line is so smoothly spoken is wonderful
It was so smooth that I didn't notice it
I- how didn’t I notice that-
I’m glad someone else caught that. I was like wait, did he 😆
Freaked me out a bit
"aMAZEing" (kill me) 🤣
“Butt food isn’t always plopped in front of you.”
I swear, this joke never gets old. 😂
Tell that to my German Shepherd as she’s waiting for butt food to plop from my Labrador. An added “euw,” she’s a face kisser.
"And no, there's no such thing as a butt anteater."
As a child, I misunderstood the words "but savages ..." from the Disney movie Pocahontas as "butt savages."
I was around four or five and asked my mom, "Mom, what are butt savages?"
She was very concerned.
@@janeeyre1990 sounds like a derogatory term for a gay man.
oh THAT'S what the joke was, thank you
3:40 "Like the scream of a night demon." Got me falling out of my chair LMAO 🤣!!!
I did science fair projects with slime molds back in the early 2000’s, including seeing if they could navigate mazes for food. Unfortunately, my ability to build slime mold proof mazes was not good enough and the dang things cheated and just grew over the walls to go straight over to the food. I love these bizarre and wonderful little things.
That’s so cool, but how do you even slime mold proof the maze?
@@callmecalicoo Maybe it would be kind of like the "salt bridge" he was talking about, coat the walls in some kind of substance that they won't assimilate and force them to "walk" on the ground lol, idk just my thoughts
@@callmecalicoo I never figured that out but obviously others have based off footage in this video 🤣
@@brycehickenbottom7686Oh, that makes a ton of sense, thank you!
Outsmarted by a slime mold
7:15 "What's a-maze-ing, kill me-" got me so hard I lost my ability to take a full breath without it hurting. Thank you Frank, for delivering such good comedy. These documentaries are literally the only ones I can watch because otherwise I get bored.
I... I didn't even catch this the first time I watched. Now I am having trouble breathing. Thank you.
It got me too :)
"got me so hard"
You might want to rephrase that.
It was so smooth! I didn't catch it until I read your comment! Haha
Yeah it got me hard too, which was awkward while standing next to an older lady on the bus.
In middle school I would watch zefrank videos and get excited to learn so much about animals, annoying my friends to death with fun facts. Now I’m getting a PhD in biomedical science, I thought I pretty much had the low-down on fungi (though it’s not what I study), and I am still in awe at how much I just learned and laughed from a zefrank video. Thank you! And sorry to my labmates who will learn about slime moulds against their will today.
I really like Ze Frank's model of quality over quantity, you may have to wait, but when he uploads, it is ALWAYS a treat.
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You must've grown several auxiliary heads by now 😲
Me too. I would totally eat up more episodes though
They're so good
but i hope he never makes a 4 year break again
I prefer to call it the CGP Grey model but plenty of creators do something like it.
This mans voice is so calming that if he was my doctor and told me that I had 4 weeks to live, I would be like oh sure. And leave with no knowledge of how serious the situation is.
"Very complex outcome indeed, once the frontal lobes liquefy. Jerry, put the formaldehyde away, it hasn't gotten THAT complex yet."
Sounds kinda like Morgan Freeman
@yes kindly whizz off, bot.
I'd also want him to say something coy in that voice too. That would be my dying wish. Like one last dose of sarcasm mixed* with genuine humor to top the news off with. 😂🤣
Absolutely
so while i regret watching this while eating, this is by far one of the most fascinating subjects you've covered. more molds and fungi!!
Lol, I've been munching through pizza crackers and wine and I didn't even think of that! 😄
I'm going to choose to blame you specifically for the newest video, and the horror stories ZeFrank just told me.
I hope you're eating while you watch it. >:(
(I'm messing, but seriously parasitic fungi are cruel)
@@Saiavinn yes gooood, GOOOOOD 😈
this message has been brought to you by the federation of slime molds and fungi
Grow a stronger stomach
Same.🥴
I'm so happy Ze Frank didn't quit TH-cam. I remember the hellish state of this platform 5 years ago with his 4 year absence
"I remember" makes it sound as if it's out of its hellish state by now... uuuhm, not sure about that part from what creators are saying and with the YT algorithms new, unhealthy addiction to people's underwear videos!
He finally overpowered the science hippies and escaped. Jerry helped.
“Five years ago… sorry, millions of years ago…”
I think that's because he had a short stint at Buzzfeed of all places.
Well it's still full of too many ads and runs on a platform of hypocrisy and sexist content rules. I'm not sure it's in much of a better state.
This is the first time ever I've been able to sit through nonstop images of amoeba because the desire to experience the content is greater than my squeamishness and disgust.
Like, since a kid in school, I could not. Congrats, Ze Frank. Your comedy has cured a life long condition.
Don't worry, the slime-mould can give that back to you! 😄
When you started read the DNA sequences, I busted out laughing and have to pause to recover and type this. That was brilliant. Thank you!
Me too!🤣
What he said!😂
I keep a worm compost bin, and I occasionally see little slime mold colonies in it! They are absolutely vital decomposers, just like worms, fungi, bugs, and bacteria. They are everywhere in outdoor environments, and because they're microscopic for 99% of their life cycles, they rarely get the attention or appreciation they deserve. Thank you so much for this video for our little blob friends! ^_^
Imagine how horrifying this thing would be if it was a few 100 times larger 0 _ 0.
@@peggedyourdad9560 Consider that they just join up along meeting fringes, and they actually CAN get pretty big... It just depends on the habitat and food availability at the time...
Even so, it doesn't take size to make something fairly horrifying, depending on what exactly horrifies you... I'm allergic to quite a lot of molds and spores and related... SO it doesn't take much more than a "wisp of smoke" from a podlike structure in view, and I'm usually pretty agitated about it on instinct...
Bombardier Beetles aren't especially large, but by producing and discharging a combination of alcohol and peroxide NATURALLY, the little bastards quite literally SPIT FIRE in practically any direction when excited...
Bees, Wasps, and Hornets have envenomating stingers, some of which can be quite brutal in their chemical make up and effects, even if you're NOT especially sensitive or allergic... AND some of these species like to swarm, led by pheromones to call an entire colony/nest (up to 100's of thousands strong) to assault you from the air...
Ants may have venom, but may also apply acid, from acetic to formic adding a caustic blast to enhance their bites... AND they can swarm you, so your limb(s) can entirely feel like they've been plunged into fire... or worse.
For larger "fiends" from nature, you can always look to plants, whether the relatively mild venoms of the Hawthorne (really more the thorns breaking off and festering infection) and Pyrocanthus (fire bush) to stinging nettles, and Poison Ivy or Poison Oak... AND we can even accept some "thermo-sensitive" plants from the Arizona Jumping Cactus (kind of a misnomer) and onward to a horde of vicious species, even including barbed needles and thorns similar to the porcupine for "wiggling deeper" with every motion until the barbs eventually drive the needles/pieces completely through whatever they've pierced...
My mom used to warn folks "Dynamite comes in small packages." whenever they brought up size as a reason to measure something or someone for ferocity... I'll just point out that you should not so much consider the size of a dog in a fight, but rather the size of the fight in the dog. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464: You forgot a couple of plants on that list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrocnide_moroides en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 This is all very true, but I meant horrifying in the sense of something being a serious bodily threat to humans and larger animals, like, big enough to eat them like it does with the much smaller things it usually feeds on.
wait, you keep worms? like nightcrawlers? i want to do that now! my 4 y/o self woke up in an instant
ZeFrank, you are my childhood. Thank you for being awesome and hilarious for however many years it’s been!
Hear, hear! I feel we grew up together, he just doesn't know me. Feels weird. Kinda unjust.
The number of people in the "Teddy" vid comments saying similar is incredible. Man iz genius u huh youbetcha
our dancing teacher
Not when you see the video about ducks
My first thought was "me too!" Cus I remember finding the chameleon video in like 5th grade. I'm going into my college senior year now (I feel so old and decrepit)
You know this guy is a legitimately good teacher. We actually come back just to eagerly hear what he has to teach us each video. I only wish school teachers had his capability to make it interesting.
😢
I have had some teachers like this and its awesome
@@arandomnerd2432 me too. Shout-out to Mr. Olsen
@@xanderwarwick9973 Shout out to him!
I don't think many teachers allow mildly interesting (vulgar) air vibrations.
I live near a forest where I often take walks and see slime. Never knew that slime was so smart. Going to take time to appreciate that now. Thanks you Ze Frank for the education.
Don't worry, they're not a bad slime.
God is amazing. The God of the Bible.
The best part is, they aren't smart at all. They have sets of very very simple instructions for each individual component, just reacting statically to certain inputs and reacting to neighbors actions. These cause amazing emergent properties at a larger scale, appearing as one large intelligent organism. Its the same for ant colonies, the actions of an individual are very simple, but the interactions of dumb individuals creates a smart whole. This is also how proteins and things work, and how the right combinations of non-living proteins can replicate and eventually create complex structures leading to living creatures. The cells in your body are all individually following unintelligent simple instructions, but the network is complex enough that it gives your body life.
@@Charmlie.R Meaning they are smart.
Just try not to think about how the slime is judging you.
8:35 I think I watched this part 10 times over. What an angelic, beautiful sound to grace my sound holes.
I love this man. When I was a teenager, I got stuck in a bad bout of depression. Didn’t shower for almost a month, couldn’t really move out of bed and barely ate. He would make these videos just sitting and talking to you and talking about life lessons and thoughts that you’d think alone in your room. Those videos helped me get out of bed and start showering and getting back to life. When I feel myself slipping back into that I go and find the teddy bear videos and older ones. I wish he’d still make those videos.
My favorite from that time: Hack to Power, Brian!
Hope you are OK now. Great story.
Sounds like they've already done what you needed at the time. The fact you don't need them anymore speaks to your perseverance, and that you come back and watch the new stuff even if it isn't why you were here in the first place shows that you changed along with him and his content. I think that's great.
Glad to hear you're doing better! 😊
He kind of did, with “when the world becomes small”! I loved that one
You know… even when life doesn’t seem like it’s worth living, it’s always worth sticking around for another Ze Frank video.
So true
Absolutely... Use whatever inspiration you need to put one foot in front of the other. The good moments are so worth it...
I also everyday look at what I do have not what I may have lost. I am grateful I still have life; 2 separate occasions I really could have drawn my last breath. Illnesses can be serious. I truly thankful many animals and plants have given their lives for me; I am thankful there has been a standing army & police to be protection. Yes, I have much for which to be thankful.
I am glad I learned to processed grief; yes, there will always be a hole where I have lost important people in my life. I now can rejoice in what I received from them, although I can never gain anymore from each of them. That process took awhile, but I accomplished it. I will face it again since I have others whith whom I have bonded if I outlive them. I still am thankful they are in my life.
@@syaondri that's very kind of you, bro, you focused on his personal statement and not the compliment to the video
Damn Skippy...now get him to say "bebes" again...
It's great how the humor in these never fails. It hasn't grown old, become outdated, zefrank is just naturally funny. And you always learn something new!
Can I get a ten minute video of ZeFrank just reading DNA sequences? It sounds like ASMR to me for some reason.
It sounds to me like he's doing a Mr. Krabs impression, but it certainly is unique
I was taking a drink at that moment
Please don't I don't want another nipple
People with polymastia listened to the whole thing :( F
Do you really wanna risk growing an extra nipple?
I studied Botany in college, with a course in Mycology, and I was really excited to see a video about plasmodial slime molds. They're so cool! I got to see one solve a maze in lab, and it was amazing.
Was it a-MAZE-ing?killme
i was raised by slime molds in a bio lab
That was such a poetic ending. Before the snail part.
Edit: Never mind, I was writing that as the post credits were rolling.
Poetry just dove head long into a dumpster fire.
Don’t even care what the subject matter is… these “info comedy sketches” by Ze Frank are always so entertaining to watch. Never want them to end.
I just cant do that.
All the spider videos disgusts me on a different level.
Its not really fear, but intense feelings of illness and agitation.
My first instinct is to puke when i see a Tarantula, not to run away.
And nobody takes that serious loooool
fuck my life
I love you ZeFrank, usually laugh my ass off, definitely makes breaks at work more enjoyable lmao.
I was chortling throughout this whole video, but I absolutely lost it at "It looks like a Goth sinus infection..." You are a *TREASURE*, ZeFrank, you truly are.
I loved the very last one xD
"Looks like what happens when my dog gets into the blueberries" 😆
Goth sinus infection did me in as well
"Looks like a scab in a jacuzzi"
I have no idea how you come up with such analogies but they're always specifically, disturbingly, accurate
This is some authentic Ze Frank commentary, between telling the camera man to switch shots because of how weird the current shot is, or describing things in the weirdest way possible...I can never get enough Ze Frank.
P.S. when the nuclei split and it had teeth...my first thought was, "Looks like a demon coming to eat me" and then Ze said nearly the same thing, I'm so glad I'm slowly turning into him
So the Jerry he keeps talking to is an imaginary camera man?
I knew a kid who also marked where he'd been with mucus. We called him Blacktooth on account of his black tooth. Good to know he shares his innovation with this intrepid organism. Godspeed, Blacktooth. Godspeed.
Did he go on to get a degree in civil engineering and now designs railway systems?
😂😂 Very good! 😂😂
The time lapse of the slime molds moving kinda looks like visuals from an acid trip!! So fascinating fungus are! They deserve more recognition than they get
".....& Why Would You You're Far Superior" LoL🤭
I do a lot of work in the woods in Oregon, and I always love coming across the different slime molds! I've mostly seen bright yellow ones, but occasionally I'll spot an orange one. I always take pictures of them, just in case I bump into the same slime mold again. I've got pictures of the same yellow slime mold from the morning and afternoon on the same day, and it's impressive how much it changed in a few hours!
2:26 read like a true kindergarten teacher. Thank you Zefrank
Before i used to eagerly await his upload and watch them the second it's uploaded. Now ill go weeks restraining myself cause it's such a treat to watch! Man's a scientific & comedic genius.
Is this art, comedy, educational content? Or is this simply awesome? This channel is amazing
Hey man, don't be trying to put zefrank in a box dude
educomarty?
Answer ..yes..a thing can be more than just that one thing at any given time. And the best things like this, are..
Check out his video on Killer Surfing Snails and Tree/Leaf Hoppers. They're all so good, but those are personal favorites. Zefrank videos are always a treasure.
AND ...check out the Peacock spiders episode with the should be smash hit ..Shiney Hiney. It's true art and you can dance to it...I do...shakin my rear like it could knit a sweater...it's awesome... really...
I love how you use ACTUAL scientific terms such as "touchy touchy" and "food stank"
I seriously hope the science hippies use such terminology 🤣
I was not ready to hear you read DNA sequences like that. I had to pause and laugh for a minute straight :D
Bringing smiles to people is truly noble work. And Ze does it while educating us. Thank you, Ze.
Yes I agree bringing slimes to people is a very admirable profession. Oh wait, you said... never mind.
@@lavamatstudios I'm fecken weak, I thought they said slimes when I first read it 🤣🤣🤣
@griffy ye no one wants to hear your mates awful rap or whatever that video is i aint clicking it, but, i will report it, youre welcome
It's funny that despite watching almost a dozen videos about these slime molds, you still taught me something new about them. Your research is very in-depth, and by far the most informative and entertaining when it comes to covering topics about living creatures.
As a 90s kid I grew up addicted to The Crocodile Hunter and any other nature show....As an adult I am so happy to have found this Gem of a channel! I could watch for hours and hours ✌️🤟🤘
Okay, the bulk of this video made me giggle, but that last comment about the dog getting into the blueberries literally made my laugh out loud. Please, never change.
I laughed out loud and scared my mom! Had a chow hound that once ate a gallon of huckleberries, didn't check out her poo, though. She also ate 3/4 of a 2 layer chocolate cake!
Once again, ZeFrank giving all us Dungeon Masters more material to incorporate into our D&D campaigns.
Imagine you venture into the Abyss, to fight Juiblex, Demon Lord of Slimes. Only to discover a forest of stalks, on which rest colorful spheres full of spores. But you better not touch them, lest the spores hatch into slimes that try to eat you. Or, worse, you better hope you didn't arrive when all the stalks dried out, and then the wind picks up. Spores all over your skin, in your hair, in your _lungs._
If you survive all that, then you see, on the horizon, the _pulsing mass._ And it's coming right for you. Run all you like. Hide in the cyclopean structures dotted around the landscape. Juiblex WILL find you.
So where do you take shelter in Slime Hell? Well, on the shell of the Titan Snail, of course. This beastie is more interested in eating the spore stalks to really be interested in humanoids. To the point where a whole city has been constructed on its shell. A moving refuge against the predations of Juiblex.
Glad you’re not my DM
Having played in a dungeon exactly like you're describing many years ago, it is very horrifying but also kind of cool
Holy shit thats so creative I love that.
Sounds like something that wouldn’t be too out of place in Morrowind.
Just Fireball
I honestly love how excited he gets about this clever moving snot
I love how the lifeforms he covers just continue to become more and more primitive.
Aside form the 10/10 describing; i appreciated strongly the sources used. And then i started thinking about the INSANE mount of work it must take to make one of your videos. Not only spitting facts, but making it entertaining. Goated.
7:14 that small "kill me" cracks me up every time
this whole series was so helpful in my "sex, evolution, and behaviour" course last semester I am so grateful for the oodles of examples to apply when discussing animal sexuality
2:34 Damn that actually worked. Thanks mate!
Now I got 4, damn
I've been following Ze / True Facts for close to seven years now. I can't think of any other channel that has done a better job creating content of continually improving quality while keeping the spark that made it so great to begin with. Ze cracks me up just as much as the first video I ever say (True Facts about the Mantis Shrimp), but can now make me go slack-jawed with awe, or even tear up at times. Thanks for the great work you do!
Time to get the lotion out
We puts it on our skins
AYO!!!
@vapormissile Else, we gets the hose again
😤😤😤
You're gonna use it to moisturize your skin right?
2:56 I love the way he says little moving splat
8:12 you know what this means right?
Big corporations and governments are gonna look for a way to use this to their advantage. Imagine losing your job to automation but instead of a bot you’re replaced with a damn slime mold. That’s just insult to injury right there.
I legit lost it and laughed out loud when he started reading the DNA sequence. Bravo.
Me too!!
i swear i legitimately almost spit my coffee
(i'm responding to your comment to push it up due to a bot stealing your original words)
3:43 suddenly a mouth full of teeth appeared and the fangs went open right away looking ready to strike. Scared the bejesus out of me.
Edit: ok, shouldn't have paused and realized Ze Frank would mention it ^^
Wow. I love slime moulds and I've seen quite a few videos on them, but you summed up pretty much everything in one video; and with extra information on their full lifecycle and great visuals. That plus comedy in under 12 minutes! Bravo
Those slime molds seem smarter than some of my co-workers! Great video as always!
In case anyone is curious, the DNA sequence Ze Frank read is from Chromosome 9 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast used to make beer.
Did you recognise it when he was reading it out? "Hey that DNA sounds familiar. Oh wait! It's Saccharomyces cerevisiae!" 😂
Whose by-products are used to make spreads like Marmite, Vegemite, etc.
@@markusgorelli5278 Of course, any self-respecting scientist knows the entire DNA sequence of S Cerevisiae.
Actually, I plugged the sequence into a software called BLAST, from NCBI.
Appropriate
This timing is impeccable ..... Some HBO series you may have watched latley can relate very well
I remember discovering Ze Frank's cuttlefish video during a boyscouts trip. So glad I kept up with this channel. I love it a lot!!
That was some amazing information. Fungi is hands down the most underrated kingdom.
Despite the name, Slime Molds are more closely related to Protists, not Fungi.
“Um, actually”, slime moulds aren’t fungi - they branched off well before the whole multicellular craze.
@@adamrodaway9116 🤓
Dude, such funny points, awesome info, dope research, and poetic descriptions perfectly balanced. I love these.
The timing on the end with the "unless you're eaten by a snail" was so good.
It's amazing how an organism with no brain can learn so much and pass on that knowledge. And I love the way you explain it.your videos never fail to impress me.
They *are* the brain
Their just like humans. Brainless and they keep multiplying
People with brains don’t think, beings with no brains do.
I guess you can't use slime mold as an insult of intelligence 😅
Have you been on Reddit? Lol
I WAS LITERALLY JUST THINKING ABOUT MAKING A MOLD D&D CHARACTER. JUST A CLUMP OF MOLD. AND I WANTED TO DO RESEARCH. YOU PUT THIS OUT AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME THANK YOU.
I watched while half asleep and was scared shit out at this 3:49
Fascinated by that raised spore cluster supporting the weight of the snail consuming it at 11:04
that melding of 2 into 1 and the ensuing exchange of information looked more like a terrifying insight into Carpenter's Thing...
this true facts series has been so consistently brilliant for years
i demand a Ze Frank audiobook of the entire human Genome!
he could use ai to do the whole thing in his voice w/fluctuations that seem realistic. ... I suggest this approach and then see who listens the longest. I would make a hip hop remix of it.
I second this demand! Which means, Sir ZeFrank, you need to get busy making dreams come true. Ahhhh such bliss is shall be.
Is it done yet?
So happy to see you do a video on slime molds! Such beautiful and fascinating little blobs
1:46 "...But the babies who aren't getting murdered" made me chuckle 😆
Man this channel is so good. The selection of creatures to make videos about is absolutely immaculate. All of them completely crazy things I’ve never heard of.
I clicked on it because we had this slime mold in our yard last year. I found this video very informative AND very funny. I will subscribe.
And yet the craziest one might be about ducks... Haven't looked at them the same since.
the 'cheat day' thing with the tiny bug being consumed made me laugh xD
Perfect timing as a companion to the HBOs The Last of Us. The part where they can dry out and be reanimated play perfectly into the idea that the plague in the TV show/game came from a flour factory.
“The Last of Us” isn’t a real video game. It’s an Ellen Paige lookalike training wheels version of a real video game that NPCs play to give them the idea that they’re doing anything with their lives when they’re not.
@@sentientdogma1206 I've been thinking the exact same thing. Except once you realize that, you also realize that life is just a training wheels version of the simulation we're all in. There is nothing here worth living for, except to train our minds to meld with the universal consciousness and transcend. Your life is a joke. Acceptance is the only path forward.
"...using this strategy it can solve a maze, but what's amazing kill me is that the solution..." Love that line - had to rewind to make sure I'd heard what I thought I'd heard. 🙂
Same. The delivery does it.
Amazed at the many microscopic worlds that are all around us and completely ignored by the average person. The design of this world is incredible
“Little moving splat”
Oh the joy and humour and education of a ZeFrank video 😄
I chose a course involving microbiology for my degree, but I don't really have anything I want to do in life, so I just went with something that was fun in high-school. Going with the flow, in other words.
I love your videos, especially these recent ones to do with micro-organisms, and they make me feel like I picked the right field after all. These are such fascinating lifeforms.
Perhaps you can learn videography too so you can generate more material for zefrank to narrate. 😁🥰
im glad a video on youtube validates your entire adult education, sheesh
Did you know about the Tokyo train line thing? I was fascinated by that.
It blew my mind. Granted, it was a simpler representation of Tokyo, but to think this single cell that isn't exactly conscious in the way that we know it is capable of solving problems like this.
Yeah, it's the little things. Wasn't really gonna find it any other way.
This guy never ceases to make me chuckle and teach me at the same time.
Love when this guy posts, makes my day. Thanks Ze Frank.
@yes We get it already
Educational and hilarious at the same time. Amazing! Thanks and keep it up!!
The slime passing on knowledge to other slimes is CRAZY to me
People learn at a faster rate if said learning is entertaining. I am in awe of you, because you figured this out and ran with it. I bet most of us who follow you hold you in a top position when it comes to videos we wait for.
okay. them making an efficient train map is seriously impressive.
You make learning fun! I’m glad you are still making videos.
5:19 I’ll never get tired of that joke 💀
04:25 Oh hey! My Bachelor-thesis was a part of that work! :D
Ze Frank reading DNA sequences is now my ringtone.
God, i've always loved slime molds, but i never knew some of the things here, so, added with the absolutely beautiful and poetic ending, i almost cried. Yes, at zefrank of all people talking about slime molds of all things.
That's cute lol
I'd probably do the same thing if he did a video about bees, I love them SO much
@@wardedthorn6523 I feel like bees and ants would make great videos.
This is amazing to me personally, because it feels like a fantasy creatures existing in real life
Yeah ... I mean, if we didn´t know about these things and sombody wrote a story about them ...
I think less fantasy and more sci-fi, à la John Carpenter's The Thing.
Reminds me of that episode of Fringe "Alone in the World" with the slime mold that formed a sort of neural network and connected with that kid.
It’s ok Jerry, you’ve got a tough job! This is, by far, my favorite channel. I wish science was taught like this in schools. We wouldn’t have as many scientifically illiterate people on this planet (or in government positions).
The world would be crawling with science hippies!
In microbiology class we grew slime mold (P. polycephalum), fed them with single rolled oats, and looked at their networks of "vessels" under the microscope. Because they are native to our area, we were allowed to take them home and release them into our yards or local parks. My mother vetoed me on that, which was extremely disappointing. (PS, for years, my dad's nickname for me was Baby Slime Mold.)
Just found this channel recently and I have to say it has to be one of the very best channels I’ve ever seen or likely to see , keep up the awesome work ❤🇦🇺👍😎