The Bird Poop That Changed The World

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  • @joen0411
    @joen0411 5 лет назад +953

    My dad grew vegetables in our backyard and my neighbor raised pigeons. My dad used the pigeon poop for fertilizer, he grew tomatoes bigger than I’ve ever seen at any supermarket.

    • @sleepingkirbo2393
      @sleepingkirbo2393 5 лет назад +33

      Then did you're dad share tomato to you neighbors

    • @joen0411
      @joen0411 5 лет назад +58

      Bactiea Phage if I remember correctly they liked my dad’s cabbage more which was fine with me because I hated it :)

    • @jacobliu1274
      @jacobliu1274 5 лет назад +14

      symbiosis in humans h wait it's called co-operation

    • @shellz_pipsky
      @shellz_pipsky 5 лет назад +6

      How many pigeons were there? And my dad had a lot of pigeons until now we don’t have pigeons no more
      And did they move or no

    • @badlandskid
      @badlandskid 5 лет назад +1

      joen0411 no shit?

  • @jedigecko06
    @jedigecko06 5 лет назад +603

    MinuteEarth: The No. 2 science channel on RUclips.

    • @jeankok9036
      @jeankok9036 5 лет назад +17

      No is No.1

    • @4ltrz555
      @4ltrz555 5 лет назад +43

      @@jeankok9036 r/whooosh

    • @roy4173
      @roy4173 5 лет назад +64

      No. 2 is euphemism for poop. There, no more whooshing

    • @char1194
      @char1194 5 лет назад +9

      @@4ltrz555 Not a whoosh since he realized what the joke possibly was

    • @lapislazuli3748
      @lapislazuli3748 5 лет назад +4

      @@jeankok9036 sorry but asapsciencr is ranked #1 by youtube

  • @vampiricdemoncutie
    @vampiricdemoncutie 5 лет назад +151

    some farmers will also switch a years crop to beans because beans put nitrogen back in the soil, where im from, farmers will have 1 or 2 years of corn then 1 or 2 years of soy beans

    • @DavidRamirez-lq2co
      @DavidRamirez-lq2co 5 лет назад +8

      In the "barbecho" some times the let the grass to grow and it also give the soil nutrients

    • @rfldss89
      @rfldss89 5 лет назад +6

      @@DavidRamirez-lq2co I'm not sure, but I think it's mostly because grass isn't a very demanding plant, since it doesn't grow huge fruit that's to be harvested. Which gives the nitrogen-fixating bacteria already present in the soil, enough time to do their thing.

    • @kevinmartin7760
      @kevinmartin7760 5 лет назад +3

      The grass might have a lot of clover in it, which enriches the soil just as beans do.

    • @Birginio420
      @Birginio420 5 лет назад +3

      @@rfldss89 nitrogen fixing can't be done by bacteria alone. It's a complex process that requires the bacteria to form nodes, a kind of symbiotic relationship, in the the plant's roots. Not all plants can form this symbiosis tho; beans, clovers and peas are some that can, and that's why people farm corn and then beans. So if you see wild clovers growing near your plants, don't remove them, they're good for them

    • @Sergedfabre
      @Sergedfabre 3 года назад

      just use the three sisters 1 corn , 2 beans & pea, 3 pumpkin/squash.

  • @lxik2677
    @lxik2677 5 лет назад +247

    Peruvian here, a couple things about guano in our country:
    1 The income for selling guano made us rich, and allow us to improve our capital city a lot, but that money was minimal compared to the actual price of guano when sold due to bad deals with the European ships that transported it.
    2 Sadly, the people "harvesting" guano were poor Chinese immigrants who were heavily discriminated against. Still, they managed to include their culture in ours.
    3 Guano caused a war with Spain, who wanted to keep this millionare resource. We say we won and managed to scare their ships with artillery; they say they only intended to send a message and left after bombarding us.
    4 Guano stopped to give us such wealth with the Pacific War. We had to give a lot of guano to Chile, a lot of the income was diverted into rebuilding our country, and coincidentally prices of guano dropped due to artificially industrial made fertilizers, which were much cheaper

    • @facturacionvh9379
      @facturacionvh9379 5 лет назад +1

      Guano is dil Peru

    • @usuarionormal6778
      @usuarionormal6778 5 лет назад +1

      @@facturacionvh9379 *LAUGTHS IN CHILEAN*

    • @GamextraMC
      @GamextraMC 5 лет назад

      At least I have a Peruvian friend

    • @mikecon3570
      @mikecon3570 3 года назад

      HUMILIATES BOLIVIA

    • @N12015
      @N12015 Год назад +1

      And well, after the 30 years he described, people replaced "Guano" with "Salitre", which is fundamentally mineralized Guano for crops purposes, which exploited lots of poeple into working 100 hours/week or so (Not really slaving, that thing was illegal since Chile became a country and wasn't forced, but paying them with tokens instead of money which is not good either) and forced actual work rights.

  • @ossi_2429
    @ossi_2429 5 лет назад +1409

    Our fields are no longer fertile!
    What’re we guano do?

    • @marquizzo
      @marquizzo 5 лет назад +56

      I guano high-five you for that fantastic joke.

    • @KW-kp7go
      @KW-kp7go 5 лет назад +9

      @@marquizzo AND YOU MADE A JOCK

    • @IsakC
      @IsakC 5 лет назад +11

      ossi_ you FINished that joke well

    • @SilverGamingFI
      @SilverGamingFI 5 лет назад +4

      You finnised that joke well, ossi

    • @Dataism
      @Dataism 5 лет назад +5

      Pretty punny

  • @ventu2295
    @ventu2295 5 лет назад +272

    Oh boy here we go with another poop video!

  • @MinuteEarth
    @MinuteEarth  5 лет назад +389

    A few footnotes:
    1. The guano isn't totally gone, because Peru has conserved some of the birds that make it. And people still harvest it, but the amounts are really small because there are way fewer birds and we now have to wait for them to poop.
    2. The fertilizers we add to our fields have led to some other good things (like, being able to feed as many people as live on earth today), and some pretty big problems of their own (like water pollution and climate change).
    3. Because of fertilizers, we no longer have to move our farms into natural areas, but we’re still making lots of NEW farms in those areas (like in the Amazon).
    4. From Alex: I'm uncomfortable to see a specific instance of my ancestors benefitting from the exploitation of resources & humans in other parts of the world, though I’m glad to have learned about it. If you want to learn more about the political & historical context for this story, check out these articles: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-the-western-world-ran-on-guano and 99percentinvisible.org/episode/guano-mania/

    • @nneizmen
      @nneizmen 5 лет назад +17

      MinuteEarth why wouldn’t you talk about pollution in the video. How many people do you think read the comments 🤷‍♀️

    • @abramthiessen8749
      @abramthiessen8749 5 лет назад +1

      Like eutrophication of nearby water which can kill basically all multicellular life in that body of water.

    • @SmilingJack100
      @SmilingJack100 5 лет назад +6

      Q&A: "Man you guys sure a lot of vidoes about poop"
      @MinuteEarth: "Hold my beer"

    • @dryzalizer
      @dryzalizer 5 лет назад +4

      Plus the fertilizer-reducing solution of planting crops that fix nitrogen into the soil and working those crops into a rotation with the others would have been an important thing to mention.

    • @64standardtrickyness
      @64standardtrickyness 5 лет назад

      why do you not put your all videos playlist ruclips.net/video/ARU1WbtO7qQ/видео.html
      on your page?

  • @davidbuschhorn6539
    @davidbuschhorn6539 5 лет назад +9

    Everyone who's ever owned chickens knows how powerful their poop is. Let it age and it's *_great_* for crops. Put it on without aging and you get burned-up plants :-)

    • @cktorm
      @cktorm 5 лет назад

      Yes, but guano was different because much birds in Peru poop in the islands. You couldn't even the the island below the guano so it was super easy to mine/extract.

  • @shim2dawg
    @shim2dawg 5 лет назад +34

    Did you get the record for the most poop related videos on RUclips yet?

  • @ruthcunningham8477
    @ruthcunningham8477 5 лет назад +1

    this channel is good fun and good entertainment i binge watch it on a rainy day! i love dis channel!

  • @asy0ulikeit
    @asy0ulikeit 5 лет назад +15

    2:09: and that, my friends, is how the people saying, “first” evolved.

  • @רימוןכרמל
    @רימוןכרמל 5 лет назад +4

    Great video! You always have the cutest animation when it comes to earth studies.
    You should make make a follow up video explaining nutrient washing to the Mississippi and algar blooms. That would be great!
    Keep up with the awesome work!

  • @nbaarchives5424
    @nbaarchives5424 5 лет назад +90

    I live in Sandy Spring bro thats wild

    • @unsubidontusethis1023
      @unsubidontusethis1023 5 лет назад +3

      Simms i live in salty springs

    • @VlidOnTheLead
      @VlidOnTheLead 4 года назад +2

      Welcome to episode two of a series called why the fuck do people lies for likes.

    • @SheshadriMondal
      @SheshadriMondal 4 года назад +3

      @@VlidOnTheLead give this person on Nobel prize for truth

    • @PenPen-xy3xd
      @PenPen-xy3xd 4 года назад

      Wiki cancer you answered your own question, likes

  • @RiggingDoctor
    @RiggingDoctor 5 лет назад +2

    My great grandmother used to let her chickens run over the fields all winter long. They pooped all winter long and her crops grew wonderfully the next year.

  • @BlackBobby69
    @BlackBobby69 5 лет назад +4

    Your old video "Why Farming Is Broken" touched a bit on this, as did this video. I find it fascinating how agriculture is now a net negative in terms of energy. We're putting more energy into farming than we're getting out as crop yields. The Haber-Bosch process might be worth its own video. Having a cutesy fan blow Nitrogen into a machine where fertilizer drops out doesn't really compare to the reality of a chemical process that sucks up 2% of world-wide energy production each year.

  • @wolfie_emperor5548
    @wolfie_emperor5548 2 года назад +1

    Haven’t watched this in two years still good as new!

  • @InspectHistory
    @InspectHistory 5 лет назад +81

    This video make me remember about Frizt Haber & "Bat Guano" from Chile 🤓
    How food security at that time, actually depends on "poop"
    Wkwkwkw

  • @ericjpedersen
    @ericjpedersen 5 лет назад +7

    Great video! I hope you follow up on this with a video on what adding all this phosphorus has done to our lakes. We're not only fertilizing our crops, but also a bunch of nasty algae species in lakes downstream.

  • @ant51006
    @ant51006 5 лет назад +9

    new video: **gets uploaded**
    everyone subscribed: 2:09

  • @springrollwang4441
    @springrollwang4441 5 лет назад +93

    That's good shit.

    • @hayona1011
      @hayona1011 5 лет назад

      l am 😠😠😠😠😠😠 with you Sprin

    • @hahabiged6270
      @hahabiged6270 5 лет назад +2

      NU SWEARING

    • @maulwurf9414
      @maulwurf9414 5 лет назад +1

      SpringRoll Wang *NO SWEARING ON MY CHRISTIAN MINECRAFT SERVER* !!!

  • @MrSamulai
    @MrSamulai 5 лет назад +66

    Just rename the channel into MinutePoop already.

  • @catman8965
    @catman8965 5 лет назад +3

    I always remember back in the 1970's my grandmother said for the best strawberries use chicken manure.

  • @shakirr6863
    @shakirr6863 5 лет назад +22

    "Guano"
    i remember Ace Ventura.

  • @YoushaAhmad
    @YoushaAhmad 5 лет назад +1

    Harvesting the guano also disturbed nesting birds which is another reason why it isn't as common today, at least not in a large scale.

    • @facturacionvh9379
      @facturacionvh9379 5 лет назад

      Yeah but also due to a high demand compared to "those years".

  • @Lexyvil
    @Lexyvil 2 года назад +1

    Another reason to prevent animals from being extinct.

  • @Gothead420
    @Gothead420 5 лет назад +11

    Next step for us should be a closed circle of those nutrients, especially by treating our waste water.
    Sustainability or extinction.

    • @TheFivetimesdead
      @TheFivetimesdead 5 лет назад

      our planet is kinda a close system in the end and waste water is getting treated one way or another, just a cycle is much longer)) But yeah, our main issue is waste recycling.

    • @ObjectsInMotion
      @ObjectsInMotion 5 лет назад +1

      The air isn't gonna run out of nitrogen any time soon bud, the bigger issue is fossil fuels.

    • @Gothead420
      @Gothead420 5 лет назад +1

      @@ObjectsInMotion Nitrogen is more of a problem for ecosystems in comparison to phosphorus, which we should retrieve during waste water treatment.
      So, you are right, kinda.

    • @MottyGlix
      @MottyGlix 5 лет назад

      In current wastewater treatment, we try to recover the phosphorus by running the wastewater through alternating anoxic (oxygen-poor) and oxic (oxygen-rich) zones, which makes the bacteria in that water first eject their phosphorus, then take it back up more than they ejected. Ultimately, we settle out the bacteria and other solids, try to get them to decompose (and give up their carbon and hydrogen as gas), and then use the remaining sludge for fertilizer. Or at least New York City does.

  • @SylvEdu
    @SylvEdu 5 лет назад +14

    Can we finally turn this channel into MinutePoop? Way more accurate.

  • @NirHL
    @NirHL 5 лет назад

    I study chemical oceanography and we've actually just talked about this a few days ago in class. Thank you for explaining it so clearly!

  • @Luredreier
    @Luredreier 5 лет назад +2

    Great video.
    That said at the end you mention that we no longer need to move to fertile soil.
    Well, let's just say that those phosphorus rich rocks you mentioned are starting to run out.

  • @GregoryTheGr8ster
    @GregoryTheGr8ster 3 года назад

    This story is truly inspirational.

    • @mad_max21
      @mad_max21 11 месяцев назад

      Is it still if guano were mined by slaves and migrants who got tricked into mining guano, practically making them slaves too?

  • @vishva8kumara
    @vishva8kumara 3 года назад +1

    Clover and many other plants when grown as a cover crop enriches the soil with much available and slow releasing nitrogen packets.
    There are some tall trees that attract lots of bats. Also, leftover vegetables and fruits can be piled up away from home if one has a long back-yard - to attract bats that drop poop rich in phosphorous.

  • @SimonTangers
    @SimonTangers 5 лет назад

    I thought something was wrong with my internet connection when the video ended without an advertisement linking the video to a sponsor of the topic

  • @aquasouf1
    @aquasouf1 5 лет назад +1

    Just to not forget that it is a little bit more complicated than that and that adding nitrogen and phosphorus should not be said as "saving" the soil. It could be used as "exhausting the capacity from the soil to ensure crops a few more times". Although this video could be true from a primary view, it is now important to add this chapter to the story.
    Love the drawings anyway and will subscribe the channel!
    Cheers.

  • @Brainstorm69
    @Brainstorm69 5 лет назад +17

    Who would have thought bird pooped made the demographic growth in the US possible? Guano FTW!

    • @Azknowledgethirsty
      @Azknowledgethirsty 5 лет назад +1

      Demographic growth in the northeast US, the Mississippi basin has more than enough rich soil

    • @Brainstorm69
      @Brainstorm69 5 лет назад

      @@Azknowledgethirsty Hey Alejandro. Great point! Not for the entire US just the northeast. Thanks for the clarifying comment mate :)

    • @Azknowledgethirsty
      @Azknowledgethirsty 5 лет назад

      @@Brainstorm69 that's what we're for in this channel right? To learn new info. You're welcomed!

    • @cktorm
      @cktorm 5 лет назад

      Most guano exported from Peru was shipped to Europe, not America.

    • @giothefew4300
      @giothefew4300 4 года назад

      Me

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks Minute earth, for taking me on an informative and poopy journey.

  • @ethanw2450
    @ethanw2450 5 лет назад +1

    Great video! Consider doing one on over-use of fertilizers and it’s impact on aquatic ecosystems

  • @Zorander.
    @Zorander. 5 лет назад

    Awesome, I learned something new today about soil and plant's needs.

  • @RotMyAngel
    @RotMyAngel 5 лет назад +3

    I can just imagine this:
    Person: aw yes. I have gotten the bird shit.

  • @guliya0000
    @guliya0000 3 года назад

    gotta admit this really is magical

  • @clawcakes
    @clawcakes 5 лет назад +2

    all of minuteearth's videos but every time it's about poop it gets faster

  • @unicornnumber1987
    @unicornnumber1987 5 лет назад +1

    The first word I thought after watching this was:
    Awesome!

  • @theriseofthefreg2687
    @theriseofthefreg2687 5 лет назад

    I was waiting quite a while for this.

  • @MrARock001
    @MrARock001 5 лет назад +1

    The invention of synthetic fertilizers is one of the most unsung epics of the modern world, having allowed hundreds of millions of people to avoid famine.

  • @blueice8111
    @blueice8111 5 лет назад

    That was very informative clip. Thank you.

  • @noahreiniers8186
    @noahreiniers8186 5 лет назад

    You can also grow weeds that put nutrients into the soil or let your chickens walk on your field when it is empty.

  • @peachygirl5861
    @peachygirl5861 4 года назад

    One of my ancestors had 12 children (props to the mom for not dying during birth)

  • @aa-to6ws
    @aa-to6ws 5 лет назад +1

    Fun Fact: Guano is also a word referred to bat's poop, which instead of being helpful for us, it is toxic.
    There are many big caves in México were you can't go inside due to the high amounts of bats, and of course, their waste.

  • @lektraburux
    @lektraburux 5 лет назад +7

    Fum fact: Chile, Bolivia and Perú went to war over these sediments of guano. The Pacific War all but oblitearted Bolivia, as Chile conquered all of her coastline and render her landlock.

    • @cktorm
      @cktorm 5 лет назад +5

      No, we went to war because of Salitre. But that is just an oversimplification of facts. It's like saying the american revolution was due to tea. The bolivian president tried to increase taxes from chilean 'salitreras' in bolivian soil. Bolivia and Peru had a secret pact, so Peru got in the fight, then Bolivia got out of the war and Chile took advantage of peruvian political inestability to overcome and remain in Peru for 3 years.

    • @lektraburux
      @lektraburux 5 лет назад

      @@cktorm ok, thanks for the correction. It was a wrong and irresponsable oversimplification by my part.

  • @briggsrocks5938
    @briggsrocks5938 5 лет назад

    i think i learned more from this yt channel that all my school combind

  • @froogletanimations1086
    @froogletanimations1086 3 года назад +2

    “My ancestors were one of the first people to use bird poop in farms”
    Weird flex but okay

  • @hairnoorsaba1241
    @hairnoorsaba1241 5 лет назад

    You guys are so amazing

  • @andrewknorpp9415
    @andrewknorpp9415 5 лет назад +9

    beautiful state flag 2:17

    • @wyllaila
      @wyllaila 5 лет назад

      Even though this flag(🇹🇹) wasn't in the video, it's beautiful too! All flags are beautiful!

    • @duck1ente
      @duck1ente 5 лет назад

      @@wyllaila No one cares. And if all flags are beautiful, how will you explain the county flags of Liberia??!!

    • @wyllaila
      @wyllaila 5 лет назад

      @@duck1ente What?

    • @wyllaila
      @wyllaila 5 лет назад

      @@duck1ente Some of my family is Liberian... so I don't understand what your talking about

    • @itstoolate3186
      @itstoolate3186 5 лет назад +1

      Google “Liberian County Flag”

  • @PatrickReuploaded
    @PatrickReuploaded 4 года назад

    my ancestors came from Ireland during the great potato famine

  • @Justme-nvm
    @Justme-nvm 5 лет назад +1

    People on RUclips: first... first
    Europeans: *Hold my bird poop*

  • @alvinlajara2337
    @alvinlajara2337 5 лет назад

    MinuteEarth is awesome!

  • @PompomYourkey
    @PompomYourkey 4 года назад +1

    well im glad we have NPK fertilizers now these days

  • @adrianolson8940
    @adrianolson8940 5 лет назад +2

    As soon as I saw this, I screamed and clicked on it because I love your videos💗💖💕💞💓❤

  • @rickytorres9089
    @rickytorres9089 5 лет назад

    Pet poops can also be used as natural fertilizers. From dogs to cats to your guinea pigs to even your tanks (fresh water obviously). Most of these are straight forwarded (just compost it with the correct balance of poop to carbon) but for cats you has to first use a biodegradable litter mix if you aren't already. Then you can compost their deposits and their boxes once a change is an order.

  • @nomoreofme3136
    @nomoreofme3136 5 лет назад

    My dad has a garden is our front yard. He has cantaloupes, strawberries, peas ect

  • @Sarahbryson321
    @Sarahbryson321 5 лет назад

    Harvest -> bird -> Peru-> poop->spray on fields -> restart

  • @JcXtreme72
    @JcXtreme72 5 лет назад +5

    Shows my ignorance. I thought guano was only used to refer to bat poop. Look at that. I learned something!

    • @Chaos89P
      @Chaos89P 5 лет назад

      I think guano refers to the ... waste of all winged animals. Don't quote me on that.

  • @Т1000-м1и
    @Т1000-м1и 3 года назад +1

    First grade teacher explains why not just the direction which are not a description for me in unfolded in

  • @markfriese5970
    @markfriese5970 4 года назад

    0:14 when you just GOTTA make that chocolate pie.

  • @moncefalahlah6325
    @moncefalahlah6325 5 лет назад

    the thumbnail is great

  • @Audreysaurus808
    @Audreysaurus808 5 лет назад

    Yay more videos Funny I have my science test today. GREAT VIDEO!

  • @mandycarranza6622
    @mandycarranza6622 Год назад

    I used to farm chickens and when we grew food we used that fertilize the ground

  • @naniunii-chanuwu1143
    @naniunii-chanuwu1143 5 лет назад +2

    So your saying my birds poop changed the world

  • @Sena-yk6mm
    @Sena-yk6mm 5 лет назад +1

    my professor told me about this, and i was like "this man must be joking". it turns out to be true 😂

  • @GandalfTheTsaagan
    @GandalfTheTsaagan 5 лет назад +1

    Also important to keep in mind that agricultural management based on science is important (@SarahTaber_bww on twitter knows a buttload about this)

  • @CharlesTheClumsy
    @CharlesTheClumsy 5 лет назад +21

    Half As Interesting did a video about this.

  • @hannahwalters3602
    @hannahwalters3602 4 года назад

    Interesting. Have a blessed day

  • @topsekrit9836
    @topsekrit9836 5 лет назад

    Because of the poop related videos
    (Sorry MinuteEarth)
    MinuteEarth is now *MinutePoop*

  • @rasmusn.e.m1064
    @rasmusn.e.m1064 5 лет назад

    "Iguanodon" has gained a new connotation today....

  • @renatoe9648
    @renatoe9648 5 лет назад

    now most of the islands off Peruvian coast are protected and guano is collected from a few each year respecting nesting seasons and quotas and if pass by you can see hole islands covered in birds to the point they turn black.
    There's not as many birds than in the beginning, but they are more affected by climate, el Niño and fisheries

  • @teethepenguin2652
    @teethepenguin2652 5 лет назад +1

    When you realize poop changed the world more than yourself.

  • @ahm6006
    @ahm6006 5 лет назад

    Watching MinuteEarth is like taking a poop course

  • @justbreathe7816
    @justbreathe7816 5 лет назад

    Geez that bird is way more useful than I am.

  • @danielthecake8617
    @danielthecake8617 4 месяца назад

    Note that guano refers to bird, bat, and seal poop.

  • @hawkeyestegosaurus5680
    @hawkeyestegosaurus5680 5 лет назад

    I learn something new and disgusting all the time, thanks Minute Earth!

  • @tibby386
    @tibby386 5 лет назад +6

    Hi! I've been supporting on Patreon since March of 2017, but I wanted to know if there are other platforms I can support on instead? Thank you!

    • @MinuteEarth
      @MinuteEarth  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks for supporting us! Patreon is our #1 way (unless you have lots of extra $$ sitting around and want to sponsor a video ;), but people can also support us as "Channel Members" through RUclips by clicking "JOIN" below the video.

    • @tibby386
      @tibby386 5 лет назад

      @@MinuteEarth Thanks! I have Joined the channel!

  • @JohnSmith-td7hd
    @JohnSmith-td7hd 5 лет назад +1

    That outro sounds a lot like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme :)

  • @charstringetje
    @charstringetje 5 лет назад

    This reminds me of that Hello Internet episode about vexillological disaster in the US.

    • @massimookissed1023
      @massimookissed1023 5 лет назад

      You mean like Wisconsin ?
      (If you have to write the name on the flag, then it has failed as a flag.)

  • @AlienValkyrie
    @AlienValkyrie 5 лет назад

    You forgot to mention that because it was so useful, there was the rule that any island with bird poop on it could be claimed for the US.

  • @TheFivetimesdead
    @TheFivetimesdead 5 лет назад

    Nice video. Although should have also mentioned role of the guano in the niter and gunpowder

  • @searchingfortao
    @searchingfortao 5 лет назад

    I love that little "First!"

  • @murkish8268
    @murkish8268 5 лет назад

    suddenly, life is more exiting than anime

  • @Cleeon
    @Cleeon 5 лет назад

    Ok, this video give the next idea to optimize the profit from the land

  • @CaptainCosyJuice
    @CaptainCosyJuice 3 года назад

    You're a genius

  • @tusharpapnai2907
    @tusharpapnai2907 5 лет назад

    Awesome video

  • @Prospector32
    @Prospector32 5 лет назад

    One problem with one of our new fertilizer sources. Potash, the main source for potassium, is running out worldwide and unfortunately, we have no source of cheap easy to find potassium. Poop might have to make a comeback, but from another source. Seeing as the ocean receives most of nutrients we eat once they get flushed, these tropical bird islands are one of the few places where we can find concentrated potassium that is pulled directly from the ocean and recycled on the land. Maybe we ought to start protecting these islands more so we can have a source when the mines run dry.

  • @la912
    @la912 4 года назад

    The Sahara desert used to be such a fertile land, just before the practice of agriculture came in

  • @saturn7437
    @saturn7437 5 лет назад

    0:05 *cuts to Jontron*
    "Harata out Harata 10/10 Best flag, best flag."

  • @Voicelet
    @Voicelet 5 лет назад

    I like how that girl uses fan to propel air into grinder.

  • @Kosmica-h4h
    @Kosmica-h4h 5 лет назад

    Woah thats *guano* insane

  • @urboychon
    @urboychon 5 лет назад

    I only watch MinuteEarth when im pooping

  • @harrytsang1501
    @harrytsang1501 5 лет назад

    Bird poop passed the Maryland point where it is so bad that made it actually good

  • @IndianBoy77
    @IndianBoy77 5 лет назад +1

    Positive nitrogen balance 👍

  • @samstreubel1387
    @samstreubel1387 5 лет назад +1

    Peru:The original comment section.

  • @sebastiangardemeister7990
    @sebastiangardemeister7990 5 лет назад

    Cool i never knew about this before

  • @hamchan7778
    @hamchan7778 5 лет назад

    This channel I should just call it,
    "The mostly poop related channel, but sometimes make other videos."