The Biology of the Grub-Dog family from the Pikmin Series.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2025
- and they said it couldn't be done.
Music used in this video:
forest navel - pikmin 1
twilight river - pikmin 3
valley of repose - pikmin 2
wistful wilds - pikmin 2
mission mode - pikmin 3
title theme - pikmin 4
For everyone talking about the random stops in the video and the stutters. I would just like to say that I did NOT use my first take and I cut out 99% of my stutters, some of them just slipped through the cracks since I was rushing to get out this video before Christmas, plus it’s the longest video I’ve ever made. I am taking all of the criticism to heart and I will be more careful from now on. Just know that if you heard the original audio before I edited it to use only the best take…. Holy crap it’s stutter central lmao.
you got this man, just need a bit more practice and honestly you need to feel more comfortable not saying verbatim whats on your script. I can tell thats whats messing you up. My advice, try to practice doing slight improvisations and not sticking to the exact words you wrote but rather get across the message and essence of them in whatever way feels natural as it comes out the mouth.
Otherwise, straight up, you will most likely not overcome this issue.
that’s actually something I’ve noticed myself doing as I’ve been getting the hang on script writing! I definitely have been coming up with ideas while recording that I’ll just slide into an already finished script.
@@JGPanther26 You did great man, all the greats start from somewhere. Loved the video, sub definitely earned!
Plz do arachnorbs
One more complaint
More pikmin pls
This video made me realize that the reason the orange bulborb is super high strung and doesn’t sleep well isn’t because it’s some kind of elite predator with quick reactions it’s because ITS scared of being predated which is probably also why it can be found more commonly in caves,hiding, and in groups
Right as I replied with this I pressed play and you said basically the same thing 😭
@@jollythewolf4998 I feel ya, that happens a lot with me too
It all gets put into perspective when you realize how tiny even the Bulblax is when you consider how large creatures on Earth currently are in our world. I wonder if we'll ever see a "large" mammal or bird in Pikmin 5
@absolutezerochill2700 The biggest one we have seen is the mudclops and I swear I can cup it in my hands
@absolutezerochill2700 Ducks can be heard mid-flight (presumably migrating south for winter) in Wistful Wild. Those orange bulborbs in front of Dream Den are absolutely not sleeping well.
I never thought I'd see the word 'sperm' in a Nintendo game. What a time to be alive.
what a time
ITS CANON, OLIMAR SAID SEX
I mean, there’s modeled penis and boobs in Animal Crossing New Horizons on some statues, so yknow,
@@spiritbear7781👀
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“Bulborb c*m is canon” - JGPanther 2024
Fun fact:
If dwarf bulbears are seperated from their parent, they will wait for the parent to come back to them before following them again.
(this is an actual ingame mechanic.)
that's really cute actually
"Mom please pick me up I'm scared"
Dwarf bulborbs aren't even real bulborbs so they leaching off the real ones
@@Engieanimations that's only the case for dwarf bulborbs
Dwarf bulbears are actual juveniles
Olimar really isnt a great namer. He calls the breadbugs posing as Spotty Bulborbs Dwarf Bulborbs, which, fine that's how they appear. But then he calls juvenile Bulbears Dwarf Bulbears like... no? That's not how you name things.
And he removes Spotty from the Spotty Bulborb for no reason, which is like removing the Black from Black Bear and just calling it bear. Something no biologist would ever do.
10:44
There IS actually another gameplay detail you've missed here!
Enemy Spirits!
Whenever an enemy dies, they spawn a particle that vaguely looks like the spirit of the enemy flying away.
Bulbears and Groinks don't spawn these particles after their health is depleted, so it can be assumed that they never died in the first place and were indeed knocked unconscious.
Yep, they get right back up if you don't load them into the pod as soon as possible.
@@Christian-g6qanother kinda related thing to enemy spirits is that when bulbmin die, they don't have PIKMIN spirits, they have enemy spirits
9:38
there's actually a word for this! this type of irregular sleep/wake cycle is known as cathemerality. cathemeral animals typically don't follow day/night cycles, instead being active just... whenever they need to, no matter what time it is. it's likely this is what bulbears are!
also ill probably leave some replies with more thoughts since biology and specbio are my spinterests and i love video game specbio specifically
14:02
EUSOCIALITY MENTIONED!!! eusociality and eusocial species are another one of my spinterests :] grub-dogs being semi-eusocial is so interesting to me!
17:30
maybe it's the result of an evolutionary arms race. would explain why such drastic and specific adaptations emerged!
18:39
some fluffy boys on our hands! with how unique fur is in the grub-dog family and the unique properties of the hair of this specific subspecies, i choose to believe it's not fur at all! rather it's something similar to the fuzzy setae on moths and tarantulas. explains why it's so brittle, and maybe it can be used as a defense mechanism! those hairs can be irritating, after all
25:47
yeah you got it pretty much right from how i assume it's "supposed" to be pronounced. also hold your horses, taxonomy nerd alert, where the hell did they get "felinis" from? that makes me think of... y'know... felines. cats. "ichthyosa" makes sense, ichthy is a prefix associated with fish and water-dwelling creatures, but... felinis? really?
water dumples in certain models DO have whiskers so maybe that's where it came from?
11:20 I'm pretty sure Bulbears are just playing dead. This is why they don't have a soul when you "kill" them in Pikmin 2
Yeah presumably the bulbear just gets knocked out
@@mailcs06they do since they can wake back up if you dont send em to the pod fast enough
Reminder that Olimar isn’t an actual biologist and probably just stitched together things he thought made sense from what he does know about biology
Or maybe he is a biologist, or at least was at some point. Maybe his wife is a biologist, and Olimar showed her the creatures he encountered and she provided some Insight.
"This is a fake scientific study"
Bruh i love you so much. The amount of effort you put into just making sure people know this is a fictional study is commendable. Youve earned my subscription. Please, please continue with the realistic scientific study of fictional beings
really love this video! a few notes and/or questions from a biologist!
7:56 you state that bulbears and bulborbs are the same species and can reproduce, which appears inaccurate! theyre classified differently in the games, and while its not impossible for separate species to reproduce, we see no evidence of hybrid offspring.
13:44 I think theres some confusion about what bulborb larvae are. Any bulborb larvae that are found in the game can be of any species, but are not every species. Basically, all species' larvae look the same, and so its impossible to tell which one youre looking at until they mature. The empress bulblax that we see birthing larvae is of the O. kageyamii species, and thus all of her offspring would be regular red bulborbs like her. the extra "matriarcha" tacked on her name implies subspecies, but its more likely that its a way to signify the phase of life she is in. There are probably empress forms of other related species that we do not encounter.
25:00 this i agree with entirely! we actually still see some red on the rear of the orange bulborb, which suggests a VERY recent divergence.
36:00 again, unlikely that the empress is the source of ALL bulborbs, and each member likely doesnt breed with others. However it is probable that O. kageyamii russus, orangium and foliculus DO all interbreed or at least have the capacity, as they are the only true subspecies of one another within the grub-dog family. all other members are separate species.
45:00 I really like your conclusion at this point, and would love to emphasize that its probable that most grub-dogs have their own empress form! recognition of young is a very important aspect of bulborbs, atleast in my opinion. I think its interesting that grub-dogs that prey on their young are also those that tend to have mimics trying to pose as their young. Maybe the cannibalistic behavior is a result of parents trying to "weed out" false offspring? if this is the case then it could mean that all grub-dogs have parental instinct, and that those that appear to lack it are simply at odds with their nesting parasites.
amazing video, keep up the fantastic work and good job with how you presented the information. it was very well-done!
You have all the same thoughts that I did, except you've put them in a much more clear way. So... huzzah!
Interesting speculation, but I think it was stated that grub-dogs who prey on their young use the spotted patterns on their backs to identify members of the same species. This would explain them thinking of bulborb larvae and albino dwarf bulborb as prey, but confusing bredbugs as others of their species.
Is your name actually Nick Fuentes?
I wonder how many of us watching this video are biologists😂
I would suspect the Fiery Bulblax isn't on fire because of its prey but rather its predators or competitors. They're not very common, it would definitely make sense they have to compete with other bulborbs and being on literal fire is a great way to push around other species.
It's a defense mechanism so good that it ALMOST makes them immune to the relentless indiscriminate wrath of the purple pikmin in 2. If they weren't either blocking a path or holding some treasure I know I couldn't be bothered.
0:00 - Intro (obviously!)
2:29 - Red Bulborb
6:38 - Dwarf Bulbear
8:48 - Spotty Bulbear
11:50 - Emperor/Sovereign Bulblax
13:50 - Empress Bulblax
15:54 - Fiery Bulblax
18:34 - Hairy Bulborb
21:23 - Orange Bulborb
25:33 - Water Dumple
27:55 - Whiptongue Bulborb
32:05 - Bulborb Larva
33:19 - Albino Dwarf Bulborb
37:25 - Jumbo Bulborb
39:18 - Dwarf Frosty Bulborb
42:42 - Frosty Bulborb
45:50 - Honorable Mentions (including H*y Pikmin)
49:30 - Bulbmin
50:20 - Pikmin Adventure (Nintendo Land)
51:30 - Conclusion and Final Chart
53:40 - Final Thoughts
55:30 - Special Announcement™ and ending rambles/outro
These timestamps are optimized for convenience. If the video's owner would like to steal them for use as Chapters, honestly go for it boss I don't mind lmao
Yoooooo no way I got recommended this let’s goooo. This vid was gas btw dude I’m subbing excited to see what you do next
“We’re trying to reach 1000 subscribers”
1000????? No joke I thought this channel had like at least 7000 subs or something this is some quality content! I’m definitely subbing
I only started a few months back, even getting to just 700 this fast is far more then I expected lmao.
@@JGPanther26 Hey! It looks like you're on track to reach over 3,000 subs before the end of the year! I think you've done an amazing job with the video, and your passion really shines through.
I've had a small taste of editing, and I know it can take a LONG time to make sure everything is perfect. To put it in perspective for everyone else, that's finding exactly the right time you need to cut the audio at, (if splicing the clips, finding exactly the right time down to the milisecond sometimes, which can be heard in the video at least twice), actually editing it (which DOES take time), and rewatching the clip for every time you've edited it to see if it sounds right (which alone takes 3-10 times as long as the video), and that's without audio and text overlay, transition screens, planning the video, and writing the script.
In short, a lot of work was put into this. I'm glad we get to appreciate it all :). If it were me, this kind of project would sit on the backburner for years
Yo this type of video could be an awesome series for other pikmin creatures
YES
It would be not as long tho since only the bulborbs are this ubiquitous, besides the spider types, others are only 2-3 species maybe 5 at most, so maybe after the large and small spider types he can do multiple groups at once, and some are unique to a certain game like the gattling groink in p2
I’d watch that
I had a thought about the Hairy Bulborb that also extends to the rest of the Grub-Dog family.
SPOILERS FOR PIKMIN 4!!!!
We know that the Grub-Dogs are named as such because they resemble Olimar’s dog, Bulbie. We never see Bulbie proper, but there is a doodle of him in one of Olimar’s voyage logs that shows he does greatly resemble a Bulborb. But it’s not just him. Oatchi of Pikmin 4 fame is also a dog that closely resembles a Bulborb in terms of structure. But what’s really interesting is that Oatchi is implied to be a distant descendant of the Ancient Sirehound, the final boss of Pikmin 4. We don’t know what family the Sirehound is apart of, but based on the fact that it loosely resembles the Bulborbs, it’s possible that it is also the ancestor of the Grub-Dog family as well as Oatchi. The fur the Sirehound possesses is probably caused by a gene that was most likely rendered vestigial in other Grub-Dogs due to it being unnecessary for survival, but the Hair Bulborb needs it, hence the gene was made more dominant. Also, Bulborb Larvae don’t have legs at birth, but they do have an appendage that resembles a tail, something the Sirehound also has and adult Grub-Dogs do not.
Nah I think the sirehound came from space too
@@Shnarfbird if it came from space it would have been pikmin-ified like every other foreign lifeform exposed to pnf-404's air. We do know that oatchi is related to it though, so OPs theory, that "dogs" like Oatchi and Moss are descendants of the Ancient Sirehound that were brought to space long ago seems very likely.
I thought the Sirehound was one of the dogs seen in the photo in Hero's Hideaway. Since a dog bowl is also found near the Cavern for a King.
Pretty sure the “tail” on the larvae is an umbilical cord ending… which calls into question, are bulborbs placental? You would think they’d be ovoviviparous, after all how could every one of an empress bulblax’s thousands of larvae each have their own umbilical cord otherwise?
I came to learn some Pikmin knowledge, only to be jumpscared by wip Pokemon rom hack along the lines of Pokémon puffy pink. So worth it.
puffy pink was the inspiration! I saw that game and I was like “that’s cool… I feel like this concept would work well with Pikmin” and then what ensued was the game development equivalent of “hey ferb! I know what we’re gonna do today!”
I want to give a shoutout to the Shockcake. An entirely new enemy they came up with, modeled, and programmed, just to use ONE time and never again. There is one Shockcake. None in Dandori Battles. None in Dandori Challenges. There is ONE Shockcake in some random cave given no special attention other than guarding one of the several landing sites on the sublevel.
Polyploidy (having extra full sets of genes) happens more often in plants, where it can result in larger sterile varieties of fruit, i.e. seedless grapes and oranges. That is almost certainly the fun fact they had in mind with the Jumbo Bulborb! Since it's usually a lethal genetic defect in animals, the Jumbo Bulborb surviving to adulthood is actually interesting, and IMO another example of weirdly plant-like biology at play.
A thought occurs on the convoluted nature of Grubdog biology: the earliest scientific notes on the family come from Olimar and Olimar is not a biologist. He clearly has a keen interest, not unlike mine own self, but he is no specialist; case in point, he originally classed the bulborb larva as a separate species from the Empress Bulborb that birthed them. With this in mind it’s possible that later xenobiologists started building on this initial body of knowledge without immediately realizing the faulty nature of its source, as has happened in real life on many occasions.
All that said, the conclusions you come to are fantastic, we merely need to rejigger the scientific nomenclature as under your theory the various adult Bulborbs, Bulbears and Bulblaxes would be morphs rather than subspecies.
Enjoyable video so far (I'm on the whiptongue bulborb currently), and I've got some feedback for ya, particularly on audio. I think you're genuinely going places and I offer this advice in the hopes it helps you continue to improve. Sound design is all about feeling natural, so that's what I want to focus on.
When you're using background music, you do a good job of remembering to attenuate it (that is, lower the volume a bit) before you start talking. To help make that transition a bit smoother, you might consider a half-second or so of sliding the volume down so it's less jarring. This'll also let you get back into your voiceover any time you want instead of waiting for the music to reach a good point to cut the volume.
Speaking of background music, always make sure that you are clearly audible over it! The last thing you want is for your "background" music to become the foreground, and your voice to get lost somewhere behind it. A good example of what I mean is around the Orange Bulborb section, where the music gains high-pitched strings (around 22:24) that take attention away and drown out your voice. I would recommend either using a different track or further attenuating the music, but you may have other solutions.
Not a note, but a praise: using the bulborb scream as censorship is absolutely genius, lmao
That's all the advice I've got that I haven't seen from others. Again, this is a great video, and hopefully the big break that starts your career in earnest. Remember not to overwork yourself!
(I shall now proceed to write a timestamp comment)
The other thing I would like to add is that at multiple times it sounds like there's either spliced some audio together in the middle of words or you stutter so fast it sounds like a weird skip in the words. There are a handful of times where it sounds like your words peter out as you lose some confidence in reading the script.
Just practice reading off a script and making it feel like you're normally telling this to a friend or something. Also don't feel too forced into saying everything on the script exactly how it's written. A lot of people will accidentally put too much stress on themselves and subconsciously ruin some of the flow of the lines. Make sure you're drinking a lot of water and if you need to, you can record lines at a slightly lower volume than you normally talk at to help with your vocal endurance on longer script readings. Also you should be listening to all of your recorded audio after you record it, so you can very quickly do a new take in case there's something in the background that you didn't notice at first.
Now for compliments. You do a great job at leaving the proper amount of space between sentences, and it never feels like every single line is a completely different recording that is stapled together. You're doing great at controlling the start of your line readings. A lot of people when reading lines tend to start too loud and then quiet down after they realize they're too loud. You also do a great job at naturally changing up your voice and the way you say words to convey a transition or something that's more important.
You've got a great foundation and you've definitely got a natural grasp on this. Keep this up and you'll grow pretty quick. Get some more practice in and really focus in on how to get yourself into the script reading zone and you'll be able to develop a very dedicated community.
This video was awesome, dude! The Ecology of the Pikmin games is one of my favorite aspects, and I LOVE how much attention to detail there is in those notes. This just made me love it all the more!
Others have stated this better than I can but it's unlikely that a bulborb larva can become any form. The piklopedia states it is difficult to discern what species an albino Bulborb is, which implies that they are separate species but all their larvae look identical.
The piklopedia also describes some as subspecies but uses just species for others
Furthermore the scientific names were changed between games, and while still not accurate to real life as different life stages are named like subspecies, it seems to imply that many are separate species. One example is the Empress Bulblax who was changed to have the same name as the common Bulborb but frosty bulborbs have a different name. Granted larva and albino ones all have the same names, but that's probably for video gamey reasons (can't have 10 identical versions whose only difference is piklopedia name, though that would be neat)
Anyway, amazing video, Orange Bulborbs deserved better
It's 2am and I see an hour of pikmin lore discussion? YES PLEASE.
Same
Brother! This is not an offense, whenever you messed up the words or stuttered a bit, it actually got me to relock into the video when I was drifting reading something else! So I loved it! Good work brother keep it up!
54:30 youtube mysteriously summoning 1 thousand more people to subscribe to you just before the year's end
"We may not reach 1 thousand subs by the end of the year, but we got damn close."
2 days later, and you have 1.92k subs.
Good job. The Algorithm has picked you up. Your days are numbered.
3k now before the end !!
I came into this video knowing most of the things you told me but it was worth watching for your humour and your delivery for info. Thanks for the video and thank you for the time you put into!
I think you did a good job explaining the biology and taxonomy of these creatures and that if Nintendo wants to designed further variations of these creatures, they should watch your video for inspiration
I agree with a lot of what you said, especially the fact that those in the "bulblax" classification do seem to be separate in some way. Although, I do have some issues with your theory, in a purely academic way.
I feel like you neglect to consider the fact that the Albino Dwarf Bulborbs are classified as "1st Molt", whereas the two true Dwarf grub-dogs we see are classified as "2nd Molt". This indicates that there are 2nd Molt forms of all the other bulborb species, as indicated in the description of the Albino, when it talks about how the differentiating characteristics between each species only come in during further molts. And if these 2nd molts didn't exist for the other Bulborb species, what would the Breadbug mimics be mimicking? Also, classing the adult stage as the 3rd molt kinda disregards what a "molt" even is. In this case, it would probably be referring to a insect-or-reptile-like shedding of their outer skin in order to grow in size. The size difference between a 1st/2nd molt, Dwarf-sized bulborb and an adult is MUCH higher than what could be accounted for in one molt. The only reason we don't see these 2nd molt versions of the known species in-game, is for gameplay reasons. They'd be functionally identical to the existing dwarfs, and would require a separate Piklopedia entry, which would degrade the gameplay, hence they are excluded.
Another thing to note is that, in the older games, like Pikmin 2, the scientific name classification was pretty spotty, and not exactly accurate to real-world taxonomy. While it isn't exactly accurate even in Pikmin 4, changes were made to make things more accurate. For example, the Empress Bulblax and Bulborb Larva were changed from being their own separate species, to being within the Kageyamii species, but just lacking a subspecies in the case of the Larva, or having one of their own, in the case of the Empress. Thus, we can assume that those who *weren't* changed were done so intentionally, such as the Emperor still being put under the "Supremus" species, not the Kageyamii like some others, indicating it has its own separate life cycle.
I personally assume that all the Bulborbs that are classed as the "Kageyamii" species (the normal, Orange, and Hairy Bulborbs, plus the Albino dwarfs, the larvae, and the Empress) are able to inter-breed (as is the definition of a species), but ordinarily don't do so, being able to breed as any other organism would. The offspring they produce resemble the Bulborb Larva, no matter the species, and they all grow into young that resemble the Albino Dwarfs. However, they are generally left to fend for themselves, due to the fact that breadbug mimics cannot reliably be differentiated from actual Bulborb young past their 2nd molt. However, in times of crisis, one *existing adult female* female can develop into a Empress. I believe that the Empress we see is, in fact, simply an empress developed from a red Bulborb, and one could hypothetically develop from a Hairy or Orange Bulborb. We only don't see this because it wouldn't really improve the game experience. Then, all the Kageyamii bulborbs around her arrange into that ant/beetle-like social structure mentioned, to ensure the survival of the population, until the crisis ends and/or the Empress is killed.
Those species without breadbug mimics, however, do take care of their young, as can be seen with the Frosty Bulborb and the Spotty Bulbear. We can assume this is due to their unique morphology that would be difficult for a breadbug to evolve to mimic (eg. ice crystals and the intelligence and facial structure of the Bulbear) The same can be applied to the Whiptongue, having their signature tongue and snoot, but we don't see their young in-game, either because they simply don't come out to hunt with their parents, or just because adding another Dwarf to the game that functions exactly like the other existing three would be unnecessary and not improve the game experience.
Overall, great video, and I LOVE this sort of discussion about the ecology and biology of Pikmin's ecosystems. But we can't let ourselves forget that they are, in fact, games, and just because something doesn't exist/happen in-game, doesn't mean it doesn't happen in the universe.
Really enjoyed this video, very well done, kept both fun and informative while also keeping yourself in their. Only criticism I could give is I felt the transitions between Species was a little bit too long, it began to feel a little bit like dead air around the 28 minute mark.
Aside from that I hope you don't hit 1K soon but 10K instead. 🎉
I had the same thought at the same time
I am furious that TH-cam kept a game universe biology video from me for 3 days of its existence. No other notes.
love the video man! i personally think the transitions are a bit too long but other than that this was a fantastically researched video
bro justice for the Orange Bulborb i always loved their colour scheme
Pretty good video! I got a bit suprised bc it didnt get views even tho the production is pretty great lol
I mean its only been out for 2 hours so lets hope it gets more lmao
in love with you, to be honest. i just got pikmin 4 for hannukah! love this video, excited to see what else your channel offers
I know im not helping by saying this, this video was such a breath if fresh air, the video has what youtube was ment to be a placevto put amature videos in a place for others to view. The stuttering was fine barely noticed until i focused in great and fun video
Hearing the way you talk and engage with this video makes me feel like I'm watching a video by me from another life, and I mean that in the most positive of connotations. Amazing job!
wow that pikmin 4 title theme cover was awesome! oh and uhh the video was great too!
yeah, whoever made that is probably pretty epic
As a minor pikmin fan, this is my favorite youtube video
I really love this video, I love pikmin, and this is just the type of video I've been looking for
"can a firery bulblax mate with an emperess?"
"THAT SOUNDS INCREDIBLY PAINTULL-"
What a fantastic video! I really love your attention to detail and occasional jokes! I look forward to that full series on Pikmin!
I'm also looking forward to that new project!! My two favorite Nintendo properties in one hack!
Instant subscribe!
Recently started watching pikmin videos and am sorely hurt by the lack of lore videos and species discussion like this!! Except this is EXCEPTIONALLY in depth and has been such a lovely video to watch. In short, I would absolutely be down to watch videos you make about the other pikmin games 👔
Fantastic video, scratches a certain itch that’s rare to find. 57:11 about the call for sprite artists, I might be able to help :D
the way you’re concerned over the very not haphazardly elemental bulborb matings entertains me very much and deserves a sub
Was not expecting Nintendo land to show up here, but I guess that’s what happens when you have an almost quarter of a century old series that only has 4 1/2 games. (AND YET SQUIDS WITH GUNS GET 3 GAMES IN LIKE 5 YEARS)
Look I love splatoon. It's a great game series and it deserves the love it gets. BUT GODAMN PLEASE GIVE PIKMIN SOME MORE LOVE
@@JGPanther26I guess I shouldn’t be mad splatoon is given the treatment we deserve, and btw take your time on pokemin, I make some pixel art, (I mean it’s not very good, but the point stands) so I know how long it can take, and that’s just one aspect of the game.
Incredible video!!! I look forward to seeing what other videos you make about the Pikmin series!!
I’ll be honest the way you sounded so genuine asking for subs made me do it lol. Also the video itself was just straight up a very pleasant watch
you're doing amazing so far! my personal suggestion would be not to try and rush things out for specific timeframes. as a content creator myself (i make art on various social medias), i can attest that taking the time to polish things is absolutely worth it
Just wanna say that this video is amazing! I'm a bio major and love video games so anytime I find a vid that combines my 2 interests I watch it all the way through. Keep it up!
I'm not a huge pikmin fan (yet) but i LOVED this video. As an avid pokemon player ill definitely be playing FlowerWhite when it's out. Congrats on nearly doubling your sub goal dude, I'm looking forward to seeing more content!!
Is pretty unlikely that bulborbs confuse bread bugs with their offspring. Rather, they lack a good sense of size and simply view them as smaller members of their own species. Never in their history would they have had babies that looked like the bread bugs, so this is not a confusion but an incomplete mimicry that is sufficient. We never see parental care from bulborbs towards bread bugs, only acceptance. If there's a lot of size variation that we just haven't seen, there could even be actual young or small bulbords mixed in or the entire relationship could be mutualistic and reinforced independent of similar visuals as is seen in the fauna of Earth.
I would've sworn you'd have AT LEAST 5K subs. Keep up the good work dude!
Couple quick facts:
Olimar and the scientific community of these games should not be so quick to give different species and subspecies names to the bulborbs and bulblaxes considering they can mostly all breed with the empress. That is how we actually mark things as the same species. Since they could be from the same mother but growing differently due to the environment, they would have the same name.
Cool thing:
The way the environment affects how your body reads your genes is studied in a science called epigenetics.
Last fact:
Down syndrome is just an extra copy of one chromosome. Polyploidy is when the entire chromosome gets doubled, and it’s the reason we wind up with some potatos with five times the genes as others.
Great video, and don't worry about the delivery. Keep working at it, looking forward to seeing more!
How the hell does this channel have only 2k subs?!?! This is some good quality content!!!
I love biology you making this video about for Bulborb is wonderful, I look forward to another one like this.
Just found your channel
This was a very nice watch and I had a few good laughs
I hope you cover the Pikmin games and I can’t wait for that Pokemon pikmin game hope the final boss is the emperor/sovereign bulblax
I definitely can’t wait
The pokemon flower white is kinda goofy but absolutely lovely and charming ^-^ good luck with your future endeavours and I hope everything goes well for you
Pikmin 4 perplexes me with how it uses and brings back enemies
They bring back enemies that had crystal armor in 3 and rock pikmin, but doesnt bring back the crystal armor
They have baldy long legs, yet no hairy long legs and have the programming of the pikmin to climb onto its legs to supposedly knock off its non-existent hair (which makes me question why not use the classic beady long legs)
Like the video said, there is only 1 orange bulborb in the entire game on one specific level
Theres probably more im just not remembering
I love the game but it just makes me a lil confused with some decisions, though everything in that game kinda just gets hard countered by Oatchis charge so mmmmeh
Dang. 943 subs? This content is 45k level. Amazing work, may the algorithm be on your side
This is an incredible video, and I'm genuinely surprised you have so few subscribers! Typically I don't regularly consume Pikmin content, but I found myself subscribing anyways just because I enjoyed the format of this video! Honestly, no matter what sorts of things you put together, I look forward to seeing them :D
You mentioned needing sprite artists for Pokémon FlowerWhite, and I was wondering if that's still the case. I'd be happy to help, since I've actually been wanting to get back into spritework for a while now :>
yes absoluetly! my @ on dc is “shinypikmin.” You can contact me there. I may not respond immediately but I will get back to you if you reach out.
Something I do want to note: There are very short notes for a couple of the pikmin adventure "species" that you can get by unlocking statues of them in the hub area (I have played too many hours of nintendo land)
Bulborb: These grub-dog predators tend to sleep during the day and attack aggressively if woken from a nap. Bulborbs come in a wide variety of colors--now on sale at our gift shop!
Bilious Bulborb: The different-sized spots suggest that these may not be a true subspecies of Bulborb at all. Or perhaps they're just normal Bulborbs feeling a little under the weather
Bulblord: With its sharp teeth and devastating roll attack, this is a foe to fear. I highly advise you to take caution if you don't want to get crushed into scrap metal!
Of course, given that Nintendo Land is meant to be a theme park of sorts, they likely are just made up for the attraction, but they're neat little lines to have anyway.
Honestly the best thing this Christmas (for me anyways).
Also FlowerWhite looks amazing- I love the idea!
Congrats on almost reaching 1.5k subscribers! I literally discovered you last night when you had a lot to over 800. You make some great videos and I'm looking forward to seeing more from you! Ps. As a newish Pikmin player this video was super helpful on understanding a lot of the lore!
I'm a biology major and your video is great! Here's a few notes I've made
Most True Grub-Dogs seem to be different species, but all closely related to each other. Fiery and Frosty are most likely different tribes from Bulborbs due to needing very different skin tissue for their adaptations. They probably diverged to better adapt and compete with True Grub-Dogs. Whiptonges are probably a different tribe too since their mouth and tongues are structurally different. Bulbears are probably different genus than true Grub-Dogs. They are similar but have very different hunting, family, and facial features.
As for why we only have 2 out of many 2nd molts, it's probably that we have but we think they are Breadbugs because of how common Breadbugs are. It's very possible that very few Grub-Dogs make it to the 3rd or 4th stage of development. Hence, why Larva are birth so quickly but we don't see many adults. Imo, only females that are going to be a matriarch, have a 4th molt. Males do not. We see this in ants, where the queen becomes immobile. We do know what 2nd molt Red Bulborbs, because they are infected Bulbmin (juvenile)
Water Dumples was a divergence that is similar to Orcas are to mammals. A divergence that was fairly recent because they are amphibious and are not fully aquatic and still have feet. (ignoring Hey Pikmin!)
The entry for Moldly Dwarf Bulborb uses 'Bulborb' in a generic sense. similar to how we use 'bug' to describe animals that may not be insects like spiders and millipedes. This is also used like in Dwarf Bulborb. These Bulborbs may not be Frosties as the parasite presents in the skin. The blue skin may be either the parasite or the breaking down of skin tissue after death or a combination. This is also assuming Olimar is correct that these are Grub-Dogs and not infected Breadbugs. (What would be funny because moldy Rye bread is what ergot poisoning and LSD comes from.)
It's important to note that Olimar, while very intelligent and resourceful, is not a biologist. It's why he has had to make a lot of corrections in his notes on PNF-404.
I said a lot of words to say in short, irl the taxonomy would look very different than what Olimar thinks it would be
Good video. But the transition between sections is quite long and I would recommend that you shorten them. If you want
I LOVE BIOLOGY VIDEOS ABOUT THINGS THAT ARENT ACTUALLY REAL!!!
This video was SO GOOD. Also very exited for what’s seen at the end!
Congrats on 1k subs :)
I watched the first 15 seconds of this video about 3 times because the gun bulborb made me laugh so hard
Perfect intro to a really fun video!
3 things:
1) Holy crap, keep up the good work! You’re clearly super passionate about this kind of content, great stuff
2) Only slight critique is maybe to hold on the title card of each species for just a bit less time. I watch videos on 2x speed (all, not just yours) and it still felt like it lingered on the species names for a bit too long.
3) Tiiiiny nitpick, but at 38:30 you say that polyploidy in humans leads to Down syndrome. Technically, Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of exactly one chromosome, chromosome 21. Polyploidy implies an extra copy of EVERY chromosome.
If you’re referring to meiosis mishaps leading to genetic disorders, then polyploidy and aneuploidy both exist, but are different, and cause wayyyy more disorders than just Down syndrome (turners syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome are the names for a human with XO and XXY sex chromosomes, respectively, as an example).
Why am I watching this and why do I love it so much?
Lovely video! I really enjoy analysis of fictional animal species, I think it's so fun to do thought experiments about.
was shaking in my boots for this entire video, best horror content on youtube
Do i have work tomorrow? Yes.
Am i going to watch an hour long video on a game im not familiar with from someone ive never seen before? Yes.
Youve got a voice pretty suited to long form content, i look forward to seeing what happens in the future
I’m so glad to hear this! I have listened to long form videos at my work for months. I started doing youtube with the intent of creating videos that people can easily listen to about my weird interests and opinions on video games. I have made all of my videos with both watching and listening in mind because of situations exactly like this!
i'm so glad someone did a deep dive into this because i'm too lazy to but very interested
Have my sub this is wonderful work and the little studders are quite amusing and adorable
Nice video! It was a pleasant watch
On the topic at the end, I have a bit of practice with spriting in case it's still needed :)
Always wanted this type of vid, glad to see someone caring to my niche tastes
38:40
I knew several kids with Down Syndrome in Elementary school. They’re all very sweet people and I became good friends with a few of them. I didn’t learn until high school that they were a few years older than the rest of us.
Good video! You forgot one thing; Bredabugs most likely are close cousins to Grubdogs due to the both having two legs and forwards facing eyes.
I expect an improved version with a branch of Bredabugs near the Grubdogs...
36:00 “can a fiery bulblax mate with an empress?”
“THAT SOUNDS INCREDIBLY PAINFUL.”
Im so excited this was recommended to me right up my alley as an environmental biologist and video game nerd
This was an AWESOME Video Great job😁👍
I love the Pikmin Content
The opportunity for Pokemin was not taken
absolutely love it! Pikmin biology videos just scratch something in my brain
Same! But I feel like I never see them on the site. Glad I could help scratch that itch!
@@JGPanther26ive only seen one other - it was from a taxonomy biology guy. Im trying to find it again
Judging by the shape of the Orange Bulborbs pupils it is also likely to be active during twilight hours
I like the part where a lighter gets near a bulborb thingy and it goes, Rrioooooorrrrrr!
As someone who stutters, I think you did great.
Very fun and informative video!
looks like it got you way past you sub goal :D
And I’ll definitely be checking out Pokémon FlowerWhite once it’s ready :0
The Orange Bulborb rant at 22:45 was too funny, bro
Not gonna lie i never seen your video before but this video make me happy
I think it's funny how they made the mimicking bread bugs so similar to grub dogs that they confuse themselves sometimes.
10:30 my personal interpretation for this behavior in pikmin 2 is that they're playing dead, when seen as this it also leans into the intelligence thing you mentioned and explains why dwarfs dont do this as they're likely not smart enough yet
This video blew up! Congrats!
A one hour video on a fictional species, man I love Pikmin
Cool video, as has been said elsewhere in the comments more videos like this talking about other species, like blowhogs for example, would be cool. My only issue is the transition periods between each creature seems a little long.
I’m decent at sprite work if you guys still need some help! Also I loved the video. It was amazing to listen to while I knitted
The edit of setting the Bulborb on fire was definitely the funniest edit in the vid
Bro I spent hours trying to find a lighter without a background before I eventually went. “Yknow what it’ll be funnier this way” 💀