Shame Plant: This Plant Is Socially Awkward

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  • @burntcinnabun5232
    @burntcinnabun5232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1713

    Since everyone else is mentioning the plant's name in their mother tongue; in Indonesia, it's called Putri Malu (Shy Princess) and I think it's pretty cute

    • @irfankhairulazam9403
      @irfankhairulazam9403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      In malaysia we call it semalu

    • @piyapataiyamart8840
      @piyapataiyamart8840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      In thailand, it's called "mai-ya-larp" (ไมยราพ)

    • @koushuu
      @koushuu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Vietnamese us call this plant "cây xấu hổ" aka "shame plant". Ye not very creative haha

    • @parzivalparzival5590
      @parzivalparzival5590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      In the Philippines, we call it "Makahiya" from the root word "hiya" which means "shy" in English.

    • @gazeintomyeyes3394
      @gazeintomyeyes3394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ayee Indonesia, sama 🗿

  • @bfitz5610
    @bfitz5610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1109

    Meanwhile, on Floratube: "These strange hairless mammals will keep touching you if you move your leaves! If you're a grad student, help us understand how animals learn!"

    • @Svensk7119
      @Svensk7119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So, you're saying plants envy our digestión as we envy their photosynthesis?

    • @ParrotGab
      @ParrotGab 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Svensk7119 oh no

  • @officialregirock4021
    @officialregirock4021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    When someone tells you to go outside and touch grass, but not even the grass wants you to touch it

    • @poopturds8757
      @poopturds8757 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      lmaoo

    • @mendicius_jade
      @mendicius_jade หลายเดือนก่อน

      The plant is quite common in my country.. it is even pleasant to the skin... It feels like rough and thorny.

  • @swatibose1994
    @swatibose1994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Since everyone's doing it, it's called "Chhui Mui" in India, which means sensitive or over-dainty. Pretty cute tho

  • @hadriennogueira3726
    @hadriennogueira3726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +857

    Here in Brazil my father used to trick me and my siblings as kids, saying that if you touched and told the plant "Maria sua mãe morreu" (Mary your mother died) it would get sad and shrink.
    We all tested it then started crying and apologizing to the plant lol

    • @DestroyerOfWeebs
      @DestroyerOfWeebs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      That's cute, i'm brazilian too

    • @pessoahumilde
      @pessoahumilde 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tinha um monte na minha casa, não sei oque aconteceu com elas kkkk

    • @MarkWTK
      @MarkWTK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      haha gonna borrow that whenever I see kids and mimosa plants

    • @shannenlibres2365
      @shannenlibres2365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That's so cute and sadddd

    • @smashbrosguyt915
      @smashbrosguyt915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol that’s smart

  • @alkatraz706
    @alkatraz706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1247

    we call it "MAKAHIYA" right here in the Philippines, used to see them alot when I was young..now not so much. I kinda missed it tbh. being a kid back then requires only the littlest things to be entertained 🤣

    • @peanutsaber8837
      @peanutsaber8837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yas! Pilipino!

    • @gallnior9244
      @gallnior9244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Hay salamat, kala ko ako lang nanonood (oh thank goodness, though I was the only one watching)
      Makahiya, we have lots of it here in Gensan, though not as often as it used to be, we can still find some here and there

    • @nadzingers
      @nadzingers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Filipino here!!! Di ka nag-iisa! Also for everyone reading, "Makahiya" stems from "hiya" which either means shame or shy! Both appropriate names!

    • @luisfontan4337
      @luisfontan4337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      In Puerto Rico, we call them Moribibis

    • @123cityperson
      @123cityperson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      would have commented about makahiya but finally a fellow filipino

  • @Hyraladen
    @Hyraladen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Loved this! But you forgot to mention that these plants do have thorns, it's on their stems. If you're walking barefooted and you walk on this plant, You're gonna regret it Soo much!

    • @mambayt9596
      @mambayt9596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's also know as a pest tbh

    • @poopturds8757
      @poopturds8757 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      eh humans suckk@@mambayt9596

  • @advanceringnewholder
    @advanceringnewholder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    4:01 I cringed when I saw the hand casually brushing that plants. It's usually really thorny

    • @CryoflareTheWolf
      @CryoflareTheWolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't imagine how terrible it would hurt

    • @advanceringnewholder
      @advanceringnewholder 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CryoflareTheWolf one day I was pulling weed with my father and I try to pull that plant. Needless to say, my hand covered in thorns

    • @Elvyne
      @Elvyne 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ouch

  • @cintronproductions9430
    @cintronproductions9430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    In Puerto Rico we have this type of plant, and it's locally called "Moríviví", which translates to "I died and lived".

    • @talcbba
      @talcbba 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      in Brazil we call it "malícia" (malice) or "dormideira" (sleeper)

    • @WGarita2001
      @WGarita2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@talcbba In Costa Rica we call this plant "dormilona", which also translates as "sleeper" 😅

    • @hoseasylvester2596
      @hoseasylvester2596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I live in the English Caribbean, we call this on my particular island sleeping beauty

    • @fennecfoxrocks649
      @fennecfoxrocks649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn, beat me to this comment...

    • @silveredfred
      @silveredfred 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeeeah I remember these! I used to have fun touching em all to get them closed! I completely forgot what they were called, but yup, we called them Moriviví for sure! Fun times XD

  • @lostinthelookingglas
    @lostinthelookingglas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    I love these plants so much. I've always heard them called 'shy' rather than 'shame'.

    • @OctoSlender
      @OctoSlender 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same!

    • @someonejustsomeone1469
      @someonejustsomeone1469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Some languages have the same word for shy and shame.

    • @stormisuedonym4599
      @stormisuedonym4599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@someonejustsomeone1469 Yeah, but not English.

    • @Mini-wd7qz
      @Mini-wd7qz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish they was in the uk but they don’t exist here

  • @jaulrojas23
    @jaulrojas23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Here in Costa Rica we call them "Dormilonas" or "sleepy ones". It's very common in our yards and kids love to play with them :)

    • @FWU100
      @FWU100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Brazil is "Dormideira" "the one who sleeps"

  • @TimAllen624
    @TimAllen624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I know it's probably not as interesting as carnivorous plants but I'd love to see more videos of common houseplants like you did with orchids.

  • @12raben28
    @12raben28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    My mother used to say: "sei nicht so eine mimose." Which literally means: "don't be such a mimosa." Meaning to not be overly sensitive or stop moping. don't know, if the phrase is used by many germans today. Is that common in other languages?

    • @rianantony
      @rianantony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Mimosa in portuguese for sure relates to a person who is "overly sensitive". Though the meaning is a bit hazy to me. Could also relate to a person being sweet kinda?

    • @AliNeisy
      @AliNeisy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      We still use it quite often in germany! Most times we would just refer to a sensetive person as a "mimose" but the phrase is also not uncommon

    • @ju_scy
      @ju_scy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      As a german I can still relate to that. Mine used that phrase too.

    • @mmmmmmolly
      @mmmmmmolly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's used in Hungarian too to say if you think someone is too sensitive, like "he's such a mimosa"

    • @snowball_from_earth
      @snowball_from_earth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still know the phrase, but haven't heard it used in a while, only when I was a child

  • @mateuslanza1586
    @mateuslanza1586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    In Brazil, my grandmother call this plant "Maria fecha a porta", in English that means "Mary close the door", and when we go to touch the leaves she says "Mary, close the door because a cow is coming."

    • @margaretcrawford7952
      @margaretcrawford7952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's exactly what we call it in Trinidad too. I also remember them having thorns and you would get pricked when their leaves closed.

    • @Cuestrupaster
      @Cuestrupaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ou mais comumente Dorme Dorme...
      ~engraçado que eu lembro do pessoal chamar também de "inça de gato" porque quando grande é cheia de espinho e vira um arbusto desgraçado de conseguir passar por/sair dele...

  • @IanTheGabriel
    @IanTheGabriel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Weird enough, back at grade 5 we were assigned a mini activity to conduct a theory or hypothesis on why these plants fold, none of us knew, not even our teacher, and my genius just suddenly hypothesized "maybe it's a defence against predators". I never get to look up if I was right, until now.

  • @anicapreston3198
    @anicapreston3198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In Montana (USA) we have a similar plant that everyone calls "Trail Blazer" there are a lot of local stories about people getting lost in the woods and it helping them find their way out

  • @jacerebil
    @jacerebil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    This is everywhere in the Philippines. Used to love playing with them as a kid.

    • @alkatraz706
      @alkatraz706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      same.. makahiya 🤣

    • @nadzingers
      @nadzingers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same!!!

    • @mango_floating
      @mango_floating 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm a teenager now and I still do!

    • @purdoy25
      @purdoy25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Literally everywhere and sometimes there's the disappointing fake makahiya that doesn't close.

    • @UnFunniManYT
      @UnFunniManYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@purdoy25 there's literally a bush of fake Makahiya beside our house and i always get dissapointed when I remember it's fake

  • @dimaius01
    @dimaius01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    I love this plant. When I was a boy in Colombia i used to play with them all the time

    • @Lithium...
      @Lithium... 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Now are you a girl? Cool

    • @brendyfernandez9669
      @brendyfernandez9669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I did the same in Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 when I visited as a child!!!

    • @luisfontan4337
      @luisfontan4337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I still love playing with this plant. Where I'm from we call them Moribibis

    • @MarkWTK
      @MarkWTK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same in Malaysia. but now I kinda feel bad that they said it costs the plants energy 😅

  • @mizuki3183
    @mizuki3183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    In Germany we call them "Mimose" but that is also a word for someone who is very sensitive. I think it fits the plant very well

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In Australia those flowers we'd call wattle.
    So the cells increase or decrease in size. But how does the water enter and exit the cell in the first place?

  • @mypal1990
    @mypal1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Ah yes. A plant I can relate. An introverted one!

    • @Eleora1997Msia
      @Eleora1997Msia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      is a turtle but in plant version

  • @starlightfox1211
    @starlightfox1211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    In my country we call them "Dormilonas" which translates to sleepies or snoozies

    • @justnikyta6455
      @justnikyta6455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here

    • @byrlink
      @byrlink 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You could have told us the country you are from.

    • @starlightfox1211
      @starlightfox1211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@byrlink Ah yeah, my bad, i'm from Colombia

    • @byrlink
      @byrlink 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@starlightfox1211
      Jaja, yo también.

    • @alkzavaleta7876
      @alkzavaleta7876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We call them like that in El Salvador too

  • @thegoatarmy6699
    @thegoatarmy6699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m from Puerto Rico, and I remember this plants been called “morí víví” which translated to “I died I lived” because they look like they had died and then come back to life.

  • @ZarieTudiskava
    @ZarieTudiskava 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I usually called them "Touch me nots", not sure if something else goes by that though

    • @chickenlover1880
      @chickenlover1880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      SAMEE 😂🤣😅🤣🤣😅

    • @Luigicat11
      @Luigicat11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is that one species with the exploding seed pods that caterpillars eat, often to get yeeted across the forest.

    • @GreenThumbGardening
      @GreenThumbGardening 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      YAAAA

  • @lemonringo566
    @lemonringo566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Yup, this plant is everywhere in my country. We call it 'semalu' which more or less means shy/shame.

    • @advanceringnewholder
      @advanceringnewholder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In Indonesia we called it Putri Malu, of Shy Princess

    • @adhiprajna4127
      @adhiprajna4127 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@advanceringnewholder yea boi my home country

  • @spoopyd.8910
    @spoopyd.8910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Wouldn't Shy plant be a better name? Maybe I'm just biased, to the Mahiyain.

    • @anonymousdratini
      @anonymousdratini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My brother calls them “very sensitive plants”

    • @nikkoukun8158
      @nikkoukun8158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Makahiya tawag namin ehh, Pero ganon don yun😂

    • @nerfherder4284
      @nerfherder4284 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anonymousdratini that's what I've heard them called. Don't really like shame being associated with touching 🤔

    • @anonymousdratini
      @anonymousdratini 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nerfherder4284 I’m not sure what you mean. There’s nothing wrong with being sensitive and not like being touched.
      My brother and I liked the name because we’re autistic and related to the plant’s reaction to unexpected touch, and we’ve both been called “very sensitive” before. lol

    • @its2cloudy528
      @its2cloudy528 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its name mean its mimics shyness

  • @neftalyroman3654
    @neftalyroman3654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That plant brings me so much memories... like crying after stepping on them when I was a kid 🤣🤣
    The name I learn growing was: Morivivi ( I die I live). It's in Spanish. Another plant I remember, growing along "morivivi" was one that the dried pouch of seeds explodes when it touches water. Obviously I don't know the name, but it would be fun knowing it.
    Great video. Love it!!

  • @yaksa9081
    @yaksa9081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In Cambodia, we call this "ព្រះខ្លប" or "Presh Clorb" It's everywhere in my farming field. it's also use for traditional medicine.

  • @Ghost812many
    @Ghost812many 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    We have a Mimosa tree here in West TN. Gets up to bout 20 ft, makes fluffy pink and white flowers, is loved by hummingbirds, and has the same type of leaves but they are way slower to react to touch.

    • @anotoman123
      @anotoman123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tree? Wow... I would love to see a tree version of that. We used to have only these ground hugging shrubs to play with when we were kidd.

  • @callmebite
    @callmebite 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In our country, the mimosa pudica has a very weird folktale/legend, talking about a girl that was turned into a plant wished by her parents to protect her from the bandits that would potentially kidnap her or kill her. But that's without context tho there's still more story regarding to this plant.
    The Makahiya!🥬

  • @enzoramirez9140
    @enzoramirez9140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    OMG this brings back childhood memories! Back in northern Argentina we called them "hierbas vergonzosas" and they grew everywhere, specially near highways.

  • @mmmmmmolly
    @mmmmmmolly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had a small mimosa plant when i was in middle school, it first it closed it's leaves as soon as i touched it but i think i desensitised it because it didn't close its leaves at all after a while if it was touched, only at night. And we had huge mimosa trees in a part of town what weren't sensitive to touch either.

  • @Glory2Snowstar
    @Glory2Snowstar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I kid you not, I JUST came back from a trip to the museum and they had these things. It was so, so cool seeing and interacting with them first-hand! It's such a surreal and beautiful thing to observe!

  • @fakenails
    @fakenails 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's called ”hti ga yone” (pronounced tea ga yown) in the Burmese language, which means "one that twitches from touch". . Also we eat them as side dish salad or meal accompanying item for sauce dips.

  • @solchapeau6343
    @solchapeau6343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    "Shame" plant is a terrible name. I've heard this called the "shy" plant, and Tasha called it that in the video.
    Plus "shame" implies consciousness, guilt, and the ability to do something to feel guilty of.

    • @MrThatnativeguy
      @MrThatnativeguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Being “shy” also implies consciousness and the ability to feel the need to shy away from things

    • @myrinsk
      @myrinsk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@MrThatnativeguy yeah hut shy sounds better than shame

    • @noustrant
      @noustrant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      In my country they're called shy princess. I agree with you, shame is harsh word

    • @kuzunohacompany8891
      @kuzunohacompany8891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@noustrant putri malu, Indonesia ?

    • @bloodboodbloodbood2640
      @bloodboodbloodbood2640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In my country it is named " Makahiya", Hiya means shy on our country here in the Philippines

  • @skywanderer
    @skywanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    People do be saying "I have a spirit animal". Bro', I found my spirit plant right there!

  • @renoirrr
    @renoirrr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i dont remember what we called it but i always said it was "the plant that closes when you touch it" and we had so much of those at our school until they eventually got rid of the savannah that had all the nature. its a shame that happened. there also used to be many clovers and we often found 4 leaf ones too but those also disappeared with the savannah

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There was an empty lot beside my house full of that plant when I was a kid. In Brazil, we call them "dormideira" ("sleeping one").

  • @Hamboleo
    @Hamboleo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ive stumbled upon them before! In puerto rico we call them “Mori Vivir” Which roughly translates to death and life

  • @tracybowling97
    @tracybowling97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I appreciate the time it takes for you and your team to share these exceptionally interesting plants with us!

  • @RoseKarr
    @RoseKarr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this has been my favorite plant for yearssss, i saw it as a child in some plant museum type thing. its also called "tuntokasvi or tuntomimosa" in finnish, straight translation is "touchplant or touchmimosa"

  • @captainstroon1555
    @captainstroon1555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Haha! I always knew the plant we had at home was a mimosa! Turns out the rest of my class was right too though, they just rather believed the other kid who said mimosa were just yellow flowers than me who claimed it was a plant which closes their leaves if touched.

  • @TheTiagones
    @TheTiagones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yeah, I'm from Brazil and I used to play with these all the time as a kid.

  • @garrettingle6728
    @garrettingle6728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Have very fond memories of this plant, grew everywhere in Houston

  • @krislaracoelho8643
    @krislaracoelho8643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here in my corner of Brazil, we called them "dormideiras", which would roughly translate as "sleepers" or "sleepy ones". We used to have a little rhyme about them too, "dorme, dorme, dormideira, até chegar segunda-feira"
    ("Sleep, sleep, sleeper, until Monday comes")

  • @Annie_Annie__
    @Annie_Annie__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These grew all over my neighborhood growing up. They were considered a common weed. Usually folks called it “touch-me-not” or “sensitive weed”.
    As kids we *loved* them! We had so much fun brushing the leaves and watching it close up. I also loved the fuzzy pink flowers it grew.
    I’ve never seen it where I live now and never considered growing it as a house plant. I might have to do that now. Show my kid the joys of touch-me-nots.

  • @lauriepenner350
    @lauriepenner350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    New Animalogic episode: Cool, I'll watch this later when I'm bored
    New Floralogic episode: Clicking that link so fast

  • @muhamadamin3
    @muhamadamin3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    In Malaysia, this weed is called “Pokok Semalu” which means Shy Plant and it’s literally everywhere

    • @robjohnston1026
      @robjohnston1026 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      idk man that don’t look like weed to me

    • @muzallisam5068
      @muzallisam5068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@robjohnston1026 it's a weed in malaysia.

    • @RViND
      @RViND 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was wondering if the title called it the "shame plant" because they literally translated "semalu" to malu meaning shame when malu depending on context can be shy as well (which in this case is more accurate).

    • @robjohnston1026
      @robjohnston1026 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@muzallisam5068 i meant marijuana

    • @mfra959
      @mfra959 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robjohnston1026 plants doesn't have to be woody
      Grass also Plants

  • @lavonnewr
    @lavonnewr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was a brave swipe, those have some sharp pickers. Called TiMarie in Trinidad btw or the sensitive plant. I didn't realise mimosa flowers were so similar. The roots of those with the pink flowers are supposed to be a natural antibiotic.

  • @dragon_empress_1
    @dragon_empress_1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol! We grew up calling this plant 'Ti Marie' in the Caribbean. This was my favourite thing to play with on the way home from school.

  • @issacmartinez6452
    @issacmartinez6452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I forgot this plant existed, I remember playing with this plant all the time when I lived in Puerto Rico.

  • @vincentcarleonv.samaniego
    @vincentcarleonv.samaniego 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    In the Philippines in my province this plant is called the "Makahiya" due to the very reason that when it senses sudden movement it closes it's leaves like it's shy : hiya in Tagalog and exposes it barbed stems to protect itself.

  • @le_quill8968
    @le_quill8968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In Brazil we call this plant dorme-dorme, meaning sleepy plant.
    Really cool video! I always wondered why they closed to touch when i was a kid.

  • @SorenNido
    @SorenNido 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In my country, Puerto Rico, those plants are called "Morivivi"

  • @KaleidoSTARPH
    @KaleidoSTARPH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    in Philippines, we call it "Makahiya" in Tagalog
    the root word "Hiya" mean either shy or shame depends on how you use it
    btw, I recognize that "Vitameatavegamin skit" on one of the outtakes when Lucy become drunk on it! 😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣

    • @Durio_zibethinus
      @Durio_zibethinus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oho, in Indonesia we called it quite similar. "Putri Malu" means "Shy Princess", putri could be a girl or princess depending on the context.

  • @navandozer
    @navandozer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Plant pulls back because it doesn't like to be touched.
    Humans: neat, touch it more.

  • @BRUtahn
    @BRUtahn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for doing a video on this plant!! These grew where I'm from and I always wondered what it was!

  • @itzmiggyl2423
    @itzmiggyl2423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahhhhh I remember first seeing these at the catwalks of our school... I wanted to get them but the school doesnt allow to bring plants outside of campus, plus it was thorny so I gave up lol. I just wanted to plant these so I can enjoy touching the plants everyday before we leave school.😅

  • @earthling_parth
    @earthling_parth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I kept touching similar-looking plants on treks in Seattle and Oregon hoping they turn out to be this as we have plenty of them in India. In India, in the Gujarati language, they're called "Sharmilu jhaad" (shy tree).

  • @watchdealer11
    @watchdealer11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This plant is socially awkward.
    Guess I'm a plant. 🤨

  • @kingrileyp.i.4749
    @kingrileyp.i.4749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have these plants in Texas on the gulf coast. As a kid we always touched them on the way looking for honeysuckles and black berries.

  • @whatwhowhyhow
    @whatwhowhyhow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mimosa: I’m just like you
    Introverts: You’re just like me

  • @NoobyWassabi
    @NoobyWassabi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I, as a Filipino, got really hyped seeing this on my recommended

  • @kattfish6135
    @kattfish6135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's called "dead and wake", or "shamer macka" in Jamaica.

  • @13pixels35
    @13pixels35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was playing around with these plants earlier today. Glad that I found this video today.

  • @embroideredragdoll
    @embroideredragdoll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I was living in Manchester, I used to go to a garden centre with my school. I can’t remember why we did it but it would always end with us touching the plants seen in the video. We call them “sleeping plants”.

  • @Irfanhill
    @Irfanhill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I've seen this plant for the first time in Vietnam and I was in awe by how strange and cute it was, for such a "simple" plant. Quite funny. Let's hope we're not endangering this plant when having fun caressing it and making it close, because it sure uses quite a lot of the plant energy just for a giggle.

    • @overcookedwater1947
      @overcookedwater1947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      judging from the comments, i dont think it will get endangered anytime soon

    • @Quazex
      @Quazex 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@overcookedwater1947 It's also invasive in quite a few places, so it's quite frankly not endangered enough.

    • @overcookedwater1947
      @overcookedwater1947 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Quazex definitely

  • @azel7056
    @azel7056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Huh I remember these while i was in the Philippines for a few years🥺 I used to play with them every chance I got

  • @hondalie123
    @hondalie123 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've been touching one of these plants back in 2022. And my second home is in construction. The plant was near the construction of my second home that is built. By the way these plants also existed in Indonesia.

  • @RJavierYepesDeV
    @RJavierYepesDeV 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always great video!
    Quito-Ecuador
    2021

  • @foxxtail06
    @foxxtail06 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've been calling them sleeping grass since I was a kid

    • @buxomboba8210
      @buxomboba8210 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Hawaii we called it sleeping grass too!

  • @Popkmon
    @Popkmon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is this plant me? Just wondering.

  • @Cattyzin
    @Cattyzin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen many of these plants here in Brazil, and to this day I find it very impressive that it closes when touched.

  • @tetsuoshima2314
    @tetsuoshima2314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always loved these plants, there were a bunch out in the woods where I grew up, east coast USA. Childhood memories.

  • @justicierodelaliga
    @justicierodelaliga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for the video!!!! I´ll make a correction and add that they´re found in the Caribbean as well. I´m from Puerto Rico and we call them "Moriviví" (translation: to die and live).

  • @latte2837
    @latte2837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My grandpa used to take me to his farm and I would loom for them every single time! They were so fun to touch! Ah,The memories.

  • @animalogic
    @animalogic  2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Thanks for watching!

    • @DustyMcFarland
      @DustyMcFarland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whoever the mixed lady is in the orange is so cute

    • @foopiez
      @foopiez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol why is no one mentioning how badly these plants hurt! they're thorny af! 😭😭

    • @ninolifegawd4826
      @ninolifegawd4826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DustyMcFarland same feels

    • @72marshflower15
      @72marshflower15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The plant has thorns, just small ones that only hurt when you’re trying to purge an area of them. They’re pretty invasive in the subtropics, and I’ve even heard that they’re one of the 70 some odd pairing plants for the banisteriopsis capi/ayahuasca vine.

    • @twallace6262
      @twallace6262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can we please do a conservation episode? Thousands of flamingos have died in Turkey and I've been asking for a flamingo episode for years. Animal logic, please discuss this bird before we lose them all 😥

  • @lyn5333
    @lyn5333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    aww! i remember playing with this plant a long time ago with a few friends
    but since everyone in our class touches them its kinda like a jackpot if you find a opened one and a competition on whos gonna touch it

  • @brianbatie6650
    @brianbatie6650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mimosa also grows in South-East Asia, and is called "Shy daughter", in the Indo-Malay language, putri (daughter) malu (shy).
    They do have thorns, which is why people in those areas usually treat them as undesirable weeds, as they aren't fun to walk on.
    No need to worry about them though, they reproduce quite readily and rapidly, and are quite difficult to get rid of.

  • @OdariArt
    @OdariArt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love plants. Love the video and the bloopers at the end. You are too silly. Thanks Tasha!

  • @BeastGuardian
    @BeastGuardian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Huh, in Michigan (a state in the U.S.), we usually call this by the common name "sensitive plant". I loved the Mimosa pudica I kept as a kid.
    It's been neat to see all the common names in these comments.

  • @dorkied9553
    @dorkied9553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    in the philippines, it's named: "makahiya plant" and that means "shy plant" my mother loved these when she was young, her and her friends always played with this and so do i! :)

  • @InsaneCitizenErased
    @InsaneCitizenErased 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man, i love the tags at the end. tasha's mistakes are so fun!

    • @calliemyersbuchanan6458
      @calliemyersbuchanan6458 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've been scrolling for any comments about Tasha! She rules! Omg!! First they had me crushing on Danielle. Now they're throwing Tasha at me too? Just Stahp!! 😭 I can't with these girls!! lol

  • @singularit_y
    @singularit_y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another plant I know does this is starfruit.
    Not as sensitive, but still pretty cool to know that other plants evolved the same mechanism.

  • @Bacopa68
    @Bacopa68 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In North America we have a similar plant we call "partridge peas" or the "sensitive plant". They are about the most tenacious weed ever. They never give up. lawnmowers do not deter them.
    These plants have extrafloral nectar producing structures to attract wasps and ants. They want to be cleansed of the vermin that will eat them.

  • @billbillson3129
    @billbillson3129 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yah!!! I loved playin with these lil guys! Thank you for sharing!!

  • @nbrown6325
    @nbrown6325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We have Sunshine Mimosa here in Florida. I believe it’s found in a bunch of the southern states in the US. It’s cool that you focused on one species of mimosa, but don’t most mimosas react to touch, heat, or light? Like almost all 400 types of mimosa all over the world?

  • @coltworks
    @coltworks ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay...the outtakes after credits roll are to live and die for... you're amazing.

  • @MarcusAgrippa390
    @MarcusAgrippa390 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Tasha, and I love bloopers...
    Perfect combination!

  • @Lazyan_dbored
    @Lazyan_dbored 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    in my country indonesia, it called "Putri Malu" which means Shy Princess, and for some reason it have a thorns

  • @markludwiglabadan6161
    @markludwiglabadan6161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have a bunch of them in our backyard.. and i always think that I have powers where every living things I touch dies... It can really be quite immersive.😆

  • @garrett1847
    @garrett1847 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another interesting species would be:
    Boquila trifoliolata
    This species can apparently mimic leaves quite well. This can includes leaf veins, size, even spines can be mimicked. The vines can also mimic more than one species / leaf at a time.
    It can also mimic plastic leaves. Researchers aren't sure of how it does this.

  • @ajhoward8888
    @ajhoward8888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Grandma had one of these potted in her office. Called it the Sensitive plant.
    I poked it so damned many times over the years. I bet it needed therapy.

  • @isabellah558
    @isabellah558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A video about the gympie gympie plant would be really cool! :)

  • @brainr0t711
    @brainr0t711 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of my favorite plant! Everytime I go somewhere that’s very grassy I always find these-

  • @jellybelly1490
    @jellybelly1490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ive seen some here in Texas. I like pointing them out to people. I always found these so interesting!

  • @TROLLGURL34
    @TROLLGURL34 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I planted some in May and they blossomed this week!

  • @MK-dr7dx
    @MK-dr7dx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've heard some people refer to this plant as touch-me-not. It doesn't grow where I live, but I have seen an entirely unrelated plant called touch-me-not for its seed pods that burst on contact. Its scientific name is Impatiens capensis, and it's also called common jewelweed. It always pays to include scientific names if you're addressing a global audience, as many common names can refer to multiple species depending on context.

  • @Forever_Rayne
    @Forever_Rayne 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this plant. Very fascinating to touch and has pretty flowers ☺️

  • @safeguard5848
    @safeguard5848 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We have tons of this in our backyard. It's so common that many people would just literally step on it or remove it from the ground since they consider it just a random grass growing everywhere