That's kind of terrifying if you think about it. "Bob tried to escape, but no matter how far he ran, the human just. . .kept coming. It didn't stop!" "Was it faster than him?" "No, it just kept. Following." "These are truly the end times." --Conversation between two mammoths, 20,000 BCE
So humans are the horror movie monster of the animal kingdom? You run and run but the human just keeps getting closer despite not being all that fast. :)
Oh the whole tree of life. We use animals, plants and microorganisms. If you're big enough to be seen and step into our garden, you'll get shot. That's why only microorganisms can fight back now. But we still use them for cheese and beer.
Actually, we're even scarier than that - because being hunted by palaeolithic humans often meant being hunted by other, equally terrifying monsters at the same time. Tens of thousands of years ago we teamed up with another predator that uses the same basic hunting strategy, allowing our two species to use our respective strengths to counteract each-other's weaknesses. Wolves are faster, have a better sense of smell and are extremely intelligent and social, while we're just as social, even more intelligent, have much better eyesight, and can make and use tools like weapons that kill from a distance. Our senses of hearing are complimentary too: wolves' ears can detect sounds well outside our range, but human ears have evolved to deal with speech as our primary form of communication, so our sense of hearing has a clarity that wolves lack. Net result: together we are an even more effective hunting team. An aurochs, woolly rhino or Irish elk might have had a chance of escaping either a pack of wolves or a band of humans, but when both worked together that animal was dinner.
A while ago I saw a post somewhere that went a bit like this: "If you ever feel down, just remember that you're human. This means you can literally power-walk anything on the planet to death if you wanted to."
When you realize that to our prey, ancient humans were like '70s slashers: chasing you at a leisurely pace, but no matter how fast you run, they will eventually catch up.
The humans can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. And then they will eat you roasted à la mammoth.
The two cultures that still use endurance hunting are the Raramuri(Tarahumara) of northern Mexico, and the Saan/San(Bushmen) of the Kalahari in southern Africa(Namibia, Botswana, South Africa)
@@mkmasterthreesixfive I agree, it's pretty awesome that there are people still doing it. I think Sir David Attenborough did a video with a San tribe, and there might be some videos of Raramuri people competing in marathons, if you want to see them in action.
@@tec-jones5445 Yea, I've watched that particular video on the San many times on separate occasions because it was just so incredible. Definitely worth a watch for anyone reading this comment chain!
Actually, you cannot be sure whether it's a new independently invented techniques, or the remnants of the old tradition. Humans CAN do that, but it's not evident that that was the style of hunting that was used millions years ago. Being the middle-of-the-day hunter doesn't necessary mean hunting by running down animals as a primal hunting style, though it really seems like that.
While true we don't know for sure just how old the technique is, the fact that humans are so adept at it means we most likely had to some extent. It's not something we'd have or want to do all the time, constantly chasing prey means expending more energy. It'd only be needed for much more agile prey, otherwise it could be tracked until it tired out. Like any other predator early humans would have picked the easiest prey first. Take lions for example, why take on a wildebeest when you can hunt zebra instead?
wild NUKE appers! HUMPBACK used BUBBLE! no effect! NUKE used go boom boom! its supper effective! HUMPBACK is incinerated... Along with NUKE, you,and everything in a 500 mile radius.
Also, with the stoat dancing thing. Doing something for play does not mean it isn't a hunting technique too. Just look at how dogs play. They often bite and claw at one another and pounce on eachother... cats too.
Not really. The animal just stops and the hunter usually delivers a single death blow, like spear to the neck. It knows something is wrong but its not like the animal is being eaten alive by a pack of lions.
I did that last one to my dog in high school. He had a tendency to make a break for freedom at any point someone left the back door open too long. One of those times was around 2am in the summer. I was trying to sleep. My mother was afraid of him being taken to the pound. Again. Mostly because she didn't want to pay the fee. I didn't feel like doing the whole "Walking around and calling his name bit" and I couldn't drive at the time. Plus, he wouldn't come anyways. The aggravating mutt (I still love him to this day) was just sitting right outside the boundary of our backyard. Every time I tried to walk close to him, he would go a little further away. So; I started jogging. He ran and I kept jogging after him with the determination that I wasn't stopping until I had him. It wasn't a hard run and I was in running shape back then. Wow I was young. He had been outside and generally raising hell for two hours before I had been called to the task so he was already more weary. It took me about a mile and a half and finally he just stopped and lay down. That was the only time I had ever seen my dog truly afraid of me. Granted, I was pretty upset with him. He had dragged me out of bed after all. It was the only time he had ever tried to actually snap at me. So I booped him under his snout (gently), and picked him up like a brindle, panting, purple-tongued sheep and carried him home. We both collapsed on my bed after some water and went to sleep.
And dogs are some of the better runners in the animal kingdom. I used to use my dog to drive my rabbits to exhaustion when they dug out of their pen. And my dog is only a Maltese, hardly the best running dog haha.
woodfur00 yep! And another one is the fact we learned how to throw things to harass larger prey to keep them running and to obviously kill smaller prey like birds. Try practicing throwing rocks or something for a bit quite effective and if you want to get advances try learning how to make a sling with some leather or something though they are dangerous and you should be careful.
Even without complicated tools humans are still great predators, there's a reason that most megafuana and apex predators went extinct not long after humans came to town. Even other pack hunters like wolves and lions usually only hunt in small groups and use simple tactics but thanks to our language skills we can set traps, lay ambushes, and funnel prey and bring down multiple large animals in a single hunt. There are even structures built by early humans that were designed for us to flush herds towards these stone "Funnels" that corral them into a tight space, allowing other people in the hunting party to ambush in the artificial bottleneck. There are many of these still found throughout Europe and Asia, with many still found in the middle east
“The ability to run prey to the point of exhaustion while barely breaking a sweat.” Me: Gets out of bed in the morning and nearly collapses in exhaustion.
@@spinyslasher6586 yes, so many old people can run in their old age. Not like bones lose their density and are more likely to snap. Can you imagine a small old lady chasing a bison with her walker?
Introverted Bear yes i can and it makes me giggle so hard i nearly lost my chicken strips, be careful when saying things that are funny as all dear hell lol
Wow, early humans are persistent when hungry! It also kinda makes sense that we'd team up with early dogs like wolves because they do a simular hunt at times too. Plus both species are intelligent to use each other for more success.
and thanks to those early humans' persistence for the sake of survival, me, you and everyone else on this comment section are able to be here :3 thank you ancestors!
My personal favorite is when Green Tree Pythons use something called caudal luring. They sit on a branch completely still waiting for a prey to come by, but they can lure prey in by wiggling and moving their tail to look like a worm or tasty treat
I endurance hunted my rooster, we had just got from somebody for free and we took him home and put him with the hens we had, they got along fine. Then he just took off into the woods, he was in the woods (keep in mind we had no idea where he was as it was large woods) all night, about 7 am I heard him crowing I followed the crowing for about 1/4 of a mile 3 houses away from mine and there he was. For 45 continued minutes I chased him. Even after that he didn't give up it was only until he jumped onto a tree that I was able to grab him. Was terrible
my 6 years old daughter use persistance hunting around the house on my cat util she (the cat) gives up and let my daughter pet her ^^ i don't know if my cat let my daughter chase her just for S&G since my daughter just pet her for a few seconds then go do soemthing else, my cat could just stand there and wait for my daughter to get bored and go away.
3:00 - "how are we going to call this weapon" -"well it has 2 balls and a string to fling it around how about we call it balls and string" -"that's ludicrous... Just call it string... No... Balls"
7:32 hey man, wondering up to my pray then breakdancing until I get close enough to bite it in the neck is actually how I catch my food every day So don't call it strange
this is a great video for me. i was getting bored of going to the store to get food, but now i have 6 new was to try and get food!!! will try #2 at work tomorrow!!!!!
I respect (and absolutely love) spiders for their patience and ability to build those wonderful webs! :3 they look gorgeous when you wake up after a damp morning and see raindrops on their webs with the sun shining on to the raindrops so they sparkle! so pretty ^^
As long as you maintain a relatively healthy body and jog daily you would be able to run well enough to exhaust most prey. But looking at the Burger King across my street I think you're right.
Frogfish : I literally fish. Bolas spider : I mimic a moth Humpback whale : I create a pool of bubble to trap preys Bullet shrimp : I have a stun-gun claw Stoat : I dance to confuse my prey *Humans :* unarmed *RUN*
Really cool video, but I suggest you start putting some clips in your future videos. It's quite frustating to hear you talk about how some phenomena or behavior and not have a single video to show it...
They showed a clip for the first critter, so I was optimistic that I'd get to see the rest in action, too. Now I have to go look them up individually and I'm way too lazy for that.
I hear you ask for topics. Not sure if this would work, but I am curious how evolution could bring us so many different blood types in our species. Do other mammals have different blood types? How did 8 different blood types come about?
I get a feeling our ancestors were like a horror film for the animals chased. I mean, imagine something that chases you so persistently, never stopping, so that you can't really rest for long, lest it catches up with you.
I’ve been lucky enough to watch Humpback whales bubble net feeding in person, in Seward AK, we also used a hydrophone to hear the lead whale call out when it was time rise to the surface mouths wide open, it was incredible!
I've had pet ferrets for over 8 years and what we call the pregame excited twisting and chirping they do before wrestling as a "war dance" but this is the first time I've heard it described as an actual tool for a predator! Awesome.
Interestingly I've seen squirrels "dance" in a similar manner, even more erratic with back flips. It makes me think that it has nothing to do with hunting but has another purpose.
I'm very glad you touched on humans, when i saw them in the thumbnail i knew you would discuss this hunting style. I believe this method of hunting is also used by polar bears as well, or am i wrong?
I do the last one with my dog when she won't come inside. She loves to run so its mostly just play for her, which means she runs more than fleeing prey and runs out of energy quicker. I dont even have to jog most of the time, I just walk towards her and she runs off at top speed and we repeat until she lays down to rest and I can carry her inside.
QUESTION: When the frogfish’s esca gets bitten off on occasion, how does it catch it’s prey for the 4-6 months that it takes for it’s esca to grow back? (This question also applies to the pistol shrimp and it’s “stun gun” claw).
they can probably still catch food without an esca, they just have to work a little harder for it. just walk over to a busier patch of reef and wait for a fish to wander into range. plus, their less active lifestyle means they can probably go without food for longer than most fish, so even without an esca they manage to get by.
Humans have a second very large advantage, even more unique. Throwing, as opposed to humans things like gorillas can't throw like humans. Projectiles are one of the reasons we have upper bodies built like they are.
8:50 Another ability humans have no other animals have, is to throw objects hard and long. Spears and even stones can be used to kill big and small prey. And defence ofc.
honestly those weasel looking creatures do that in a playing motion. This makes their pray think they're are friendly and they come closer, once they're close enough, they strike.
Bola is singular. The weapon is a bola, not a bolas. Maybe you are thinking of a bolus, which is a small ball of stuff, most often used when discussing your bite of food after you've chewed it up.
Ferrets also do a kind of "weasel war dance" when stalking prey just how effective it is? I have no idea, mine do it as a play behavior and it is highly entertaining!
Out of curiosity, how did early humans kill prey once they caught up? We don't exactly have powerful biting jaws, sharp teeth or claws. Did we just beat the animals to death, or like, pick them up and strangle them?
Language. We would bore the animals to expiration with long-winded rambling anecdotes about the political intricacies of living in social groups. And pointy sticks.
@@coryman125 , you're right though, we're not much of a physical match against things with claws, horns and teeth. (I've been badly mauled trying to catch a feral kitten.) I assume we got into weaponry quite early. Running on two legs frees up the hands to carry stuff, like a pointy stick, a club, or just rocks.
@@massimookissed1023 It is honestly something I've wondered about for some time. I figure against something like a bunny, it wouldn't be hard to grab it and do what you will, but against something larger like a wolf I guess we'd have to resort to punching and kicking. Weapons would definitely make a big difference
That's kind of terrifying if you think about it.
"Bob tried to escape, but no matter how far he ran, the human just. . .kept coming. It didn't stop!"
"Was it faster than him?"
"No, it just kept. Following."
"These are truly the end times."
--Conversation between two mammoths, 20,000 BCE
Wow that got dark.
Make a video abt this it would be cool
It follows
Humans used to be the slendermen of hunting 💀
wrgg
So humans are the horror movie monster of the animal kingdom? You run and run but the human just keeps getting closer despite not being all that fast. :)
Like zombies!
Michael Myers
Oh the whole tree of life.
We use animals, plants and microorganisms.
If you're big enough to be seen and step into our garden, you'll get shot. That's why only microorganisms can fight back now.
But we still use them for cheese and beer.
Actually, we're even scarier than that - because being hunted by palaeolithic humans often meant being hunted by other, equally terrifying monsters at the same time. Tens of thousands of years ago we teamed up with another predator that uses the same basic hunting strategy, allowing our two species to use our respective strengths to counteract each-other's weaknesses.
Wolves are faster, have a better sense of smell and are extremely intelligent and social, while we're just as social, even more intelligent, have much better eyesight, and can make and use tools like weapons that kill from a distance. Our senses of hearing are complimentary too: wolves' ears can detect sounds well outside our range, but human ears have evolved to deal with speech as our primary form of communication, so our sense of hearing has a clarity that wolves lack.
Net result: together we are an even more effective hunting team. An aurochs, woolly rhino or Irish elk might have had a chance of escaping either a pack of wolves or a band of humans, but when both worked together that animal was dinner.
tavdy79 amazing
Human: *pace walks aggresively*
Prey: what the heck
A while ago I saw a post somewhere that went a bit like this: "If you ever feel down, just remember that you're human. This means you can literally power-walk anything on the planet to death if you wanted to."
Imagine being a prehistoric bison and seeing a bunch of humans in the distance jogging towards you
When you realize that to our prey, ancient humans were like '70s slashers: chasing you at a leisurely pace, but no matter how fast you run, they will eventually catch up.
I feel like such a scene isn't complete without the humans menacingly posing at their incapacitated prey.
You can run, but I can run...better
The humans can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. And then they will eat you roasted à la mammoth.
@@Petr75661 Like most, if not all animals
The two cultures that still use endurance hunting are the Raramuri(Tarahumara) of northern Mexico, and the Saan/San(Bushmen) of the Kalahari in southern Africa(Namibia, Botswana, South Africa)
pretty neat tbh. We actually have physical evidence of humanity doing so.
@@mkmasterthreesixfive I agree, it's pretty awesome that there are people still doing it.
I think Sir David Attenborough did a video with a San tribe, and there might be some videos of Raramuri people competing in marathons, if you want to see them in action.
@@tec-jones5445 Yea, I've watched that particular video on the San many times on separate occasions because it was just so incredible. Definitely worth a watch for anyone reading this comment chain!
Actually, you cannot be sure whether it's a new independently invented techniques, or the remnants of the old tradition. Humans CAN do that, but it's not evident that that was the style of hunting that was used millions years ago. Being the middle-of-the-day hunter doesn't necessary mean hunting by running down animals as a primal hunting style, though it really seems like that.
While true we don't know for sure just how old the technique is, the fact that humans are so adept at it means we most likely had to some extent.
It's not something we'd have or want to do all the time, constantly chasing prey means expending more energy. It'd only be needed for much more agile prey, otherwise it could be tracked until it tired out.
Like any other predator early humans would have picked the easiest prey first. Take lions for example, why take on a wildebeest when you can hunt zebra instead?
Humans can also throw things better than any other animal.
Yup, our body framework is perfect for throwing stuff efficiently and with power without losing balance.
Because we have thumbs
You forgot that we can also drive cars better than any other animals
Wild KRILL appeared!
HUMPBACK used BUBBLE!
It's super effective!
Enemy KRILL fainted!
HUMPBACK gained 3 EXP. Points!
+
Omg that's so perfect.
This is actually already a Pokemon. He's called Clauncher
wild NUKE appers!
HUMPBACK used BUBBLE!
no effect!
NUKE used go boom boom!
its supper effective!
HUMPBACK is incinerated...
Along with NUKE, you,and everything in a 500 mile radius.
Well, the only thing wrong here is that the humpback probably gained about 500,000 experience or more.
No mention of Cuttlefish hypnotizing prey by strobing alternating bands of colors at them?
They tried to study it, but they got hypnotized themselves
(also the strobe made their game crash)
Not confirmed.
@DannyDaDuffyDucking Daffer oh hi PETA,
Also, with the stoat dancing thing. Doing something for play does not mean it isn't a hunting technique too. Just look at how dogs play. They often bite and claw at one another and pounce on eachother... cats too.
Lots of animals learn to hunt prey by playing.
Being run til exhaustion then eaten sounds like an awful way to go tbh
humans nowadays do much crueler things to eat other animals
Not really. The animal just stops and the hunter usually delivers a single death blow, like spear to the neck. It knows something is wrong but its not like the animal is being eaten alive by a pack of lions.
Sounds like a horror movie to be honest
@@BigMobe single blow? Lol.
Ya gotta killit before yah çan grillit
I did that last one to my dog in high school. He had a tendency to make a break for freedom at any point someone left the back door open too long. One of those times was around 2am in the summer.
I was trying to sleep. My mother was afraid of him being taken to the pound. Again. Mostly because she didn't want to pay the fee.
I didn't feel like doing the whole "Walking around and calling his name bit" and I couldn't drive at the time. Plus, he wouldn't come anyways. The aggravating mutt (I still love him to this day) was just sitting right outside the boundary of our backyard. Every time I tried to walk close to him, he would go a little further away.
So; I started jogging. He ran and I kept jogging after him with the determination that I wasn't stopping until I had him. It wasn't a hard run and I was in running shape back then. Wow I was young.
He had been outside and generally raising hell for two hours before I had been called to the task so he was already more weary. It took me about a mile and a half and finally he just stopped and lay down.
That was the only time I had ever seen my dog truly afraid of me. Granted, I was pretty upset with him. He had dragged me out of bed after all. It was the only time he had ever tried to actually snap at me.
So I booped him under his snout (gently), and picked him up like a brindle, panting, purple-tongued sheep and carried him home. We both collapsed on my bed after some water and went to sleep.
With my previous dog, I would warn him "Don't you make run after you!"
Natural human behaviour.
Behold, the monsters are coming! The Juan race will jog you to death or exhaustion
when he was tired, he forgot the pet dynamic. his primal brain kicked in and saw u as a threat.
Did he still run away whenever he could? Or did that kick the habit?
And dogs are some of the better runners in the animal kingdom. I used to use my dog to drive my rabbits to exhaustion when they dug out of their pen. And my dog is only a Maltese, hardly the best running dog haha.
I'm so glad you talked about humans! It's amazing how many people think we don't have a specialty!
I’ve never used a gas chamber to catch food.
A specialty other than destroying ourselves that is. We are the number 1 cause of death for our own race.
woodfur00 yep! And another one is the fact we learned how to throw things to harass larger prey to keep them running and to obviously kill smaller prey like birds. Try practicing throwing rocks or something for a bit quite effective and if you want to get advances try learning how to make a sling with some leather or something though they are dangerous and you should be careful.
Even without complicated tools humans are still great predators, there's a reason that most megafuana and apex predators went extinct not long after humans came to town. Even other pack hunters like wolves and lions usually only hunt in small groups and use simple tactics but thanks to our language skills we can set traps, lay ambushes, and funnel prey and bring down multiple large animals in a single hunt. There are even structures built by early humans that were designed for us to flush herds towards these stone "Funnels" that corral them into a tight space, allowing other people in the hunting party to ambush in the artificial bottleneck. There are many of these still found throughout Europe and Asia, with many still found in the middle east
“The ability to run prey to the point of exhaustion while barely breaking a sweat.”
Me: Gets out of bed in the morning and nearly collapses in exhaustion.
Tbh with a few months of training even you can endurance run. It's a natural trait of humans and we can do it even well into old age.
That’s because you don’t train and watch too much RUclips. ;3
@@spinyslasher6586 yes, so many old people can run in their old age. Not like bones lose their density and are more likely to snap.
Can you imagine a small old lady chasing a bison with her walker?
@@IntrovertedBear Obviously, we can't start endurance running at old age, quipster. But we can preserve that ability if done regularly.
Introverted Bear yes i can and it makes me giggle so hard i nearly lost my chicken strips, be careful when saying things that are funny as all dear hell lol
Powerwalk gazelles to exhaustion.
Bears catch their food with their bear hands.
I can't bear all these puns
these puns are pawful
I keep my bear hands over my fireplace.
Those were bearly punny. You need to cub your enthusiasm.
Master Therion GET OUT :))
Wow, early humans are persistent when hungry! It also kinda makes sense that we'd team up with early dogs like wolves because they do a simular hunt at times too. Plus both species are intelligent to use each other for more success.
and thanks to those early humans' persistence for the sake of survival, me, you and everyone else on this comment section are able to be here :3
thank you ancestors!
My personal favorite is when Green Tree Pythons use something called caudal luring. They sit on a branch completely still waiting for a prey to come by, but they can lure prey in by wiggling and moving their tail to look like a worm or tasty treat
I love how sci show doesn't just say "oh whales hunt with bubbles" but actually go into how the anatomy helps and more!
I endurance hunted my rooster, we had just got from somebody for free and we took him home and put him with the hens we had, they got along fine. Then he just took off into the woods, he was in the woods (keep in mind we had no idea where he was as it was large woods) all night, about 7 am I heard him crowing I followed the crowing for about 1/4 of a mile 3 houses away from mine and there he was. For 45 continued minutes I chased him. Even after that he didn't give up it was only until he jumped onto a tree that I was able to grab him. Was terrible
5:16
I really love these episodes about weird animal traits/characteristics/behaviors/etc!!!!!
Look up Cuttlefish hypnotizing prey. Now that's a fascinating hunting technique.
my 6 years old daughter use persistance hunting around the house on my cat util she (the cat) gives up and let my daughter pet her ^^
i don't know if my cat let my daughter chase her just for S&G since my daughter just pet her for a few seconds then go do soemthing else, my cat could just stand there and wait for my daughter to get bored and go away.
cats sometimes exercise like that, just running for no good reason
That last animal caught me by surprise. Great episode, thanks.
Child: Why are we such a successful species, Mommy?
Mother: It's cause we sweat so much, honey.
Running: throwing yourself forward and then making sure you keep missing the Earth.
Humans collect their food by driving into a fast food place and buy food there
Or welfare for illegals
Or stealing anything while riot broke out
@@tompossessed1729 really?
Im an illegal love the free money 😊
Brendan Fernandez don't forget to pay taxes so i can live off them 😂
3:00 - "how are we going to call this weapon"
-"well it has 2 balls and a string to fling it around how about we call it balls and string"
-"that's ludicrous... Just call it string... No... Balls"
Chuck Norris just dumps protein powder down my throat while I'm bench pressing.
Muscle Hank Chuck Norris dumps down your throat?!?!?! You probably should have kept that a secret...
Muscle Hank how do you hunt your prey?
@@iainhansen1047 he taps his finger hard enough to achieve nuclear fusion and uses that as a weapon to hunt
@@mrniceguy7168 Why on earth would anyone keep that a secret?
Something tells me protein powder isn’t the only high protein thing you have another man dump down your throat....
Humpback whale: *makes bubbles as a weapon*
Caesar Anthonio Zeppelli: *WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN*
Thank you for covering persistence hunting briefly!
so pistol shrimp are basically tiny marine version of Thanos?
More like the inspiration for Crabrawler.
I believe Crabrawler takes inspiration from Mantis Shrimp. Clauncher and Clawitzer, on the other hand, is likely inspired by the Pistol Shrimp.
@@AifDaimon Well, they're from the 2 most recent generations.
@@samiamrg7 Crabrawler is also based on the coconut crab
you should have aimed for the claw!
A third of these creatures were covered by Zefrank!! Simply amazing!
@5:05 the "Tubercles" are used to INCREASE drag. Not reduce it.
Great video!
7:32 hey man, wondering up to my pray then breakdancing until I get close enough to bite it in the neck is actually how I catch my food every day
So don't call it strange
Sounds like an immigrant.
@ You are the worst
@@grymkaft no that would be the guy that uses dance to distract you right before he murders you and eats you.
Well, dancing and sneaking a love bite is pretty common in any disco.
Dear Hollywood, we need this in a vampire movie!
You are awesome Hank and I love all the SciShow channels I love learning and knowledge its the only thing that is keeping me sane!!
Had to watch the Frog fish eat the other fish on 0.25X
the prey fish wish they had such tech
You can just press " , and . " to play the video 1 frame at the time and it have to be pause or it will not work
@@RandomDude2 Im using a phone?
@@desolatexslayer627 understandable have a nice day
Nah
Maybe they dance not to play but to practice for their hunt.
that's what all play is.
Or perhaps to impress the ladies - "Look at these cool moves, baby! I'm such a mean hunter!! Wanna hang?"
Might be a tad more work but it would be really cool if you could find videos of these creatures.
this is a great video for me. i was getting bored of going to the store to get food, but now i have 6 new was to try and get food!!! will try #2 at work tomorrow!!!!!
I think spiderwebs for catching prey is absolutely amazing.
I respect (and absolutely love) spiders for their patience and ability to build those wonderful webs! :3
they look gorgeous when you wake up after a damp morning and see raindrops on their webs with the sun shining on to the raindrops so they sparkle! so pretty ^^
I really enjoy this show. Keep it coming guys!!! Especially now. Being locked up can get pretty mentally challenging.
8:58 "proverbially anyways"
Haha, I doubt that even half the human population can run 2 miles without resting.
As long as you maintain a relatively healthy body and jog daily you would be able to run well enough to exhaust most prey. But looking at the Burger King across my street I think you're right.
I've seen probably 25 different skillshare sponsorships, this is the first time I realized what's it for and what they do, it's actually cool
Sometimes you take someone home for a one-night stand, sometimes you're devoured by a giant spider. Stuff happens.
The title of this show *caught* my attention.
Michael H
That’s how they get you
Ba dum tiss
Wow, the way these animals hunt is *an absolutely remarkable thing*
Stoats: dances
Rabbits: stop giving my position away I'm trying to catch this human!!!
Frogfish : I literally fish.
Bolas spider : I mimic a moth
Humpback whale : I create a pool of bubble to trap preys
Bullet shrimp : I have a stun-gun claw
Stoat : I dance to confuse my prey
*Humans :* unarmed *RUN*
"Humans run prey down"
Pepe Ley Pew: Oh mocherie! Oh mi amor! Oh my sweet swee.... puff of dust... hehe, she is shy, no?
I would like to see some scishow videos about the science of art!
Really cool video, but I suggest you start putting some clips in your future videos. It's quite frustating to hear you talk about how some phenomena or behavior and not have a single video to show it...
yeah, also getting the rights to the videos
@@rin4641 they dont have to
Fair use exists
They showed a clip for the first critter, so I was optimistic that I'd get to see the rest in action, too. Now I have to go look them up individually and I'm way too lazy for that.
@@lucasbeck1391 Not on youtube it doesn't
@@veryberry39 that's your problem, not theirs
I hear you ask for topics. Not sure if this would work, but I am curious how evolution could bring us so many different blood types in our species. Do other mammals have different blood types? How did 8 different blood types come about?
*Beast boy should take notes* .
I get a feeling our ancestors were like a horror film for the animals chased. I mean, imagine something that chases you so persistently, never stopping, so that you can't really rest for long, lest it catches up with you.
"In the animal kingdom, it's eat or be eaten." In the RUclips kingdom, the algorithm decides who will view and who will stray.
8:40 Really? That guy is gonna represent 'Humans'?
I’ve been lucky enough to watch Humpback whales bubble net feeding in person, in Seward AK, we also used a hydrophone to hear the lead whale call out when it was time rise to the surface mouths wide open, it was incredible!
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Good to know that humans actually had a 'physical advantage ' over other animals when it came to survival..
I've had pet ferrets for over 8 years and what we call the pregame excited twisting and chirping they do before wrestling as a "war dance" but this is the first time I've heard it described as an actual tool for a predator! Awesome.
Imagine dancing so badly that the preys get so confused that they let you kill them :0
Happy to see humans in a list like this!
I'm interested in why this makes you happy?
@@derfred527 Makes me proud to be a human being at least! :P
@TheGhost I completely agree with you on this :)
Interestingly I've seen squirrels "dance" in a similar manner, even more erratic with back flips. It makes me think that it has nothing to do with hunting but has another purpose.
Just because you don’t see a rabbit doesn’t mean there isn’t one. I know, I’ve seen Harvey more than once!
Human: "You Can Run But Cant Hiiide."
Gazell: 0_0"
5:05 tubercles reducing drag? is this correct or is it supposed to be they increase drag to enable better movement as it's more 'grippy' in water? :D
I'm very glad you touched on humans, when i saw them in the thumbnail i knew you would discuss this hunting style. I believe this method of hunting is also used by polar bears as well, or am i wrong?
Lost it imagining walking somewhere and suddenly a wild breakdancer appears out of nowhere, dances for a while and then brutally murders me. xD
you are the best host for this show, everyone else pales by comparison.
Persistence Predation is also the most terrifying mode of predation in the animal kingdom.
Ferrets do the same war dance as stoats! It's really great, I loved watching those little idiots jig
Brilliant video! X
I do the last one with my dog when she won't come inside. She loves to run so its mostly just play for her, which means she runs more than fleeing prey and runs out of energy quicker. I dont even have to jog most of the time, I just walk towards her and she runs off at top speed and we repeat until she lays down to rest and I can carry her inside.
Very nice video Hankie ♥
Those knife skills sound handy... I've cut my index finger on the blunt side because I was holding the knife like a tennis racket.
Yungoos used Confused! It's super effective!
skillshare got my sub. i love cooking skills.
QUESTION: When the frogfish’s esca gets bitten off on occasion, how does it catch it’s prey for the 4-6 months that it takes for it’s esca to grow back? (This question also applies to the pistol shrimp and it’s “stun gun” claw).
they can probably still catch food without an esca, they just have to work a little harder for it. just walk over to a busier patch of reef and wait for a fish to wander into range. plus, their less active lifestyle means they can probably go without food for longer than most fish, so even without an esca they manage to get by.
So bola spiders just turn into lamps. Nice
Humans have a second very large advantage, even more unique. Throwing, as opposed to humans things like gorillas can't throw like humans. Projectiles are one of the reasons we have upper bodies built like they are.
8:50 Another ability humans have no other animals have, is to throw objects hard and long. Spears and even stones can be used to kill big and small prey. And defence ofc.
honestly those weasel looking creatures do that in a playing motion. This makes their pray think they're are friendly and they come closer, once they're close enough, they strike.
Stoats being breakdancing vampires is not something I was prepared for.
Bola is singular. The weapon is a bola, not a bolas.
Maybe you are thinking of a bolus, which is a small ball of stuff, most often used when discussing your bite of food after you've chewed it up.
Human were basically the Jason of the animal world. No matter how far you ran we were always right behind.
I lil bit of video about the animals you were talking about would have been awesome
I hate it when I'm out looking for a date and get eaten by a spider.
I thought that you needed a lämp to catch moths
Now i have to search RUclips for all the animals to see it. They all sound interesting.
Is that the "Smarter Every Day" logo flying out of the animated SciShow logo in the beginning?
No.
Ferrets also do a kind of "weasel war dance" when stalking prey just how effective it is? I have no idea, mine do it as a play behavior and it is highly entertaining!
Hank is the best
4:52 My brain really wanted him to say, “...that makes them more maneuverable than a bus.”
Out of curiosity, how did early humans kill prey once they caught up? We don't exactly have powerful biting jaws, sharp teeth or claws. Did we just beat the animals to death, or like, pick them up and strangle them?
Language.
We would bore the animals to expiration with long-winded rambling anecdotes about the political intricacies of living in social groups.
And pointy sticks.
@@massimookissed1023 Ah, of course, that's gotta be it xD
@@coryman125 , you're right though, we're not much of a physical match against things with claws, horns and teeth. (I've been badly mauled trying to catch a feral kitten.)
I assume we got into weaponry quite early. Running on two legs frees up the hands to carry stuff, like a pointy stick, a club, or just rocks.
@@massimookissed1023 It is honestly something I've wondered about for some time. I figure against something like a bunny, it wouldn't be hard to grab it and do what you will, but against something larger like a wolf I guess we'd have to resort to punching and kicking. Weapons would definitely make a big difference
They still chase animals today and i hear they die of exhaustion
I love when I love people I don't know. Like u
Finding Nemo shrimp: “My bubbles!”
Summary of human persistence hunting: knees weak, palms sweaty.
I remember that time I thought I saw a hot girl. It was actually a spider...
I keep getting trapped in some girl's web. I never learn.
I should have known better when they started squirting out sticky white stuff
First they dance then bite your neck, sounds like my last experience in a Florida night club
I wish I would have seen this episode before. Skillshare had a freebie!?!😔