Acid resilience doesn't work in a black and white gradient between "Weak" and "Tough". Steel is much stronger than glass, yet a vulture's stomach acid has no effect on glass.
Weerewet that analogy doesnt work in this case. Glass is non reactive and so, corrosion resistant. Our stomach linings and those of vultures are comparable because they are made of the same material, flesh. So dave was actually asking what material they are made of.
+MinuteEarth I Love Your Videos! You Answer Questions I Always Think About! Suggestion For A Future Video: How Do Whales Sleep And Wake Up To Come Up For Air?
+Ike Zhang lol yes, I thought that was funny too. Yes, being 13 in 2001; I remember clearly all the news going on. But seeing the mail-hyena; that's cute in a dark-humor way, lol.
yeah americas starting to become too clean with everybody indoors all day and constantly using hand sanitizer leading to immune system problems like allergies
Same with peanuts. Here in Canada (I think in America too) there are so many people with peanut allergies, you're not even allowed to bring them to school. A relative of mine in Israel, where they feed toddlers a peanut candy called Bamba all the time, was surprised asked if this was new, even though it's been this way for a loooong time. I know correlation doesn't equal causation, but judging by what we know of allergies (i.e. them forming because of bodies attacking non-harmful substances that it's never been exposed to) we really need to feed babies and toddlers peanuts more.
some person agreed. kids should be slowly exposed to more germs as they age, as well as foods, like nuts. kids won't be healthy if parents are too soft on them, they'll just end up as weak hypochondriacs.
+some person I agree with what you said about early exposure to foods such as peanuts to prevent allergies. when I was beginning to eat solid foods my parents would sometimes give me eggs. After eating them I would break out in mild rashes around the mouth. My parents became concerned and consulted a GP who said that I had an allergy to eggs and told them to not feed me eggs. My parents continued feeding me eggs and as a toddler I could eat eggs without having an allergic reaction to them.
+Matthew Keith For some allergies, limited exposure to the allergen can actually diminish or "cure" the allergy. Research is being done on this topic, and it doesn't work for all allergens, but still :) This was told to me by an allergy specialist in the hospital.
+Justin Greenawalt Yes. He said that they build immunity every time they eat the spoiled meat too. What we don't know yet is how it survives the first few meals.
Just throwing out a random guess as to how vultures can survive their first few encounters with harmful pathogens. Maybe they can somehow weaken the bacteria or viruses before they make it to the intestine. This would expose their immune system to a weakened form of the pathogen and help to build immunity. Just a guess though.
My guess is that baby vultures are fed antigens by their mothers while in the nest. I didn't check this hypothesis, but I believe that nesting behaviour of vultures is similar to other birds, so their mothers probably feed their young in similar fashion - by regurgitation. Exposing them to an microbial flora that has some of the antigens of the more dangerous diseases and they build their own immunity based on those. Just a hipothesis.
TheChemistryShack What about toxins that arent created by pathogens in the intestine? Many microbes create toxins as waste products. That would be in the meat and no immune system could counter that. ??
TheChemistryShack thsi is exactly the same like the venom from snakes, they rarely get poisoned by their own venom or the saliva of the komodo dragons. Somehow all this snakes, komodo dragons and scavengers has their own defenses against it.
It would be interesting to know how domestication - thus a "cleaner" food supply - has changed certain animals (our carnivorous dogs and cats spring to mind) immunity profiles.
@@Observer-p7u There was some disease outbreak on border between Russia and Finland, Finland being more "hygienic" had more cases of illness. Exposure to harsher environment and getting dirty does build immunity
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The flying, corpse-stripping nightmare creatures with necks and heads adapted for plunging into rotting animals have weapons-grade stomach acid. _Got it._
0:34 I would hazard a guess that they can tell by the smell. If a creature is diseased, they can smell “off”, and in advanced cases they will look “off” as well.
0:40 they can smell the other animal on the animal carcass, that's how every animal does it not just foxes. Any animal that bites will leave their scent on the thing they bit.
***** I thought so too. Checked the comments to see if anyone found fit to say that it reinforced the stereotype of science being primarily a male interest or whatever. Found none, faith in fellow humans went up slightly.
Aa Campbell That's why I came down here too, and that's my reaction as well to the fact that no one has said that here yet. The first time Harry's was his sponsor, I saw a comment saying exactly that about male stereotyping. All the spaghetti spilled out of my pockets that day.
its also worth noting that Vulture's urine also often dissolves whats left of what they dont eat which destroys the infections the rotting bodies cause, meaning area's with high vulture density result in fewer bacterial outbreaks then area's with scarcer vulture population
1:05 For those wondering: according to my Google search, vulture stomach acid has a pH of 0-1 and human stomach acid of 1.5-3.5, so vulture stomach acid is between ~3 and an ~3000 times stronger than human stomach acid. If you take the median pH values (0.5 for vultures, 2.5 for humans), VSA is 100 times stronger than HSA. Also according to my Google search, a pH of 5.5 is already corrosive to galvanised steel and urine has a pH of 5-7.5, so even that could be corrosive to steel if you ate the right stuff, I guess.
in school, in my science class, im learning about this and saw it on my recommendations and immediately pressed this video so I can learn more about decomposers and scavengers :) edit : Thanx for the tips
9:00 pm:"I promise, tonight I'm gonna sleep!"
3:00 am: "Why don't scavengers get sick?"
Giacomo Ricci
Your comment is 7 years old but postet 6 months ago, you’re 6.5 years late
Bro it’s 3:03 rn lol
Honestly same
It's almost 4 am for me
It's 4: 45 am
What the hell is a vulture's stomach lining made of?
Me
Acid resilience doesn't work in a black and white gradient between "Weak" and "Tough". Steel is much stronger than glass, yet a vulture's stomach acid has no effect on glass.
Or your own? We have hydrochloric acid in our stomachs (very strong acid), and mucose on the lining to protect the stomach walls.
Weerewet that analogy doesnt work in this case. Glass is non reactive and so, corrosion resistant. Our stomach linings and those of vultures are comparable because they are made of the same material, flesh. So dave was actually asking what material they are made of.
Not Dave's Channel acid....?
Scavengers are not usually held in high esteem, but they have a job to do: they clean the earth of organic garbage
#respect
Scavengers are just the janitors of the animal world
Organic?
I'm not sure if corpses are garbage some Insects eat them or they become nutrients or whatever for the ground
Leave bro alone he made this comment 9 years ago lol
@@thepriestofvaranasi youtube never forgets!
can't imagine what its like for a vulture to throw up man that's gotta burn
Hans Modvig Imagine when it has to pee
Quadraxon uhh what?
farhanz rez Acid reflux. If it burns when it throws up, it'll burn when it urinates.
Hans Modvig sometimes turkey vultures throw up to defend themselves.
They probably are incapable of throwing up. Even mice don’t have the mechanism to throw up.
I'm hoping that the knowledge of vulture stomach acid being able to corrode steel will come in handy at some point.
It could probably help us transplant different stomach acids so we could eat different things
Possibly, but a vulture's stomach may be a lot stronger than ours. I don't know if a transplant would work very well...
Crowe then lets play god
In the apocalypse from WW3 we can make vulture acid fuelled weapons
9/11. The plane was fueled with vulture stomach acid.
The illustrations for this episode were AWESOME. Interesting video!
Thanks!
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I find it humorous to have the mail-hyena come in whilst talking about anthrax
+Ike Zhang lol yes, I thought that was funny too.
Yes, being 13 in 2001; I remember clearly all the news going on.
But seeing the mail-hyena; that's cute in a dark-humor way, lol.
I was thinking the same! The lil birdos are so cute
Next weapon of mass destruction, Giant bag full of vulture stomach acid
I was thinking the same thing lol
It'd be hard to store it somewhere, as it can, you know, corrode steal.
Yeah, it would corrode through the bag or anything else you try to put it in
@@Burn_Angel We will put it in Vulture's stomach then.
@@Nileshmadhav95 Okay, have fun carrying vulture guts then .-.
So if eat that old steak full of worms in my fridge... Will i be ok ? I could build a good defense !
Are you a vulture? If yes, go for it. If not, it's probably not a good idea. ;)
Nice joke, but the point is to do small doses of what you're building a resistance too.
MinuteEarth ive always wanted to be a bird...
Sure, if you make it hot enough you can eat almost anything! :D
Marcelo Azocar CAWWWWWWWWWW
This video just showed up on my recommendation after 9 years. Absolutely amazing animation.
1:44 "...like anthrax..." *shows mailhyena with a letter* I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE!!!!
That one got me as well. 😂 Had to roll back to watch again. Savage.
the good old days!
Clue me in please
@@kevinotah antrhax letters
@@TheManinBlack9054 what letters?
I have to say, the artwork in these videos is amazing!
Yes
The "why wolves don't chirp" thumbnail is my favourite
Jesus Christ what kind of art are you used to that makes this artwork good?
Amazing? More like childrens doodles lmao
Right
Classic immunity!
**COUGH**Illuminati**COUGH**
Your Average videowatcher [Skeptic Commenter] thanks, your coughed improved my immune system
I’m the 40th like yaaaayyy
I have the power to transform 111 likes into 112
I just made it 144- a nice, round number@@hi-sn1pw
1:42 not the envelope anthrax 🤣🤣🤣
Few people get the reference 😂
Poor frog 🐸 0:13
0:59 hahahah, so cute! That bug with spray bottle reminds me of my grandma, sprays everything down with vinegar.
That's why its not a bad thing for toddlers to be around pets like dogs and cats because they can start building up a strong immunity at an early age.
yeah americas starting to become too clean with everybody indoors all day and constantly using hand sanitizer leading to immune system problems like allergies
Same with peanuts. Here in Canada (I think in America too) there are so many people with peanut allergies, you're not even allowed to bring them to school. A relative of mine in Israel, where they feed toddlers a peanut candy called Bamba all the time, was surprised asked if this was new, even though it's been this way for a loooong time.
I know correlation doesn't equal causation, but judging by what we know of allergies (i.e. them forming because of bodies attacking non-harmful substances that it's never been exposed to) we really need to feed babies and toddlers peanuts more.
some person agreed. kids should be slowly exposed to more germs as they age, as well as foods, like nuts. kids won't be healthy if parents are too soft on them, they'll just end up as weak hypochondriacs.
+some person I agree with what you said about early exposure to foods such as peanuts to prevent allergies. when I was beginning to eat solid foods my parents would sometimes give me eggs. After eating them I would break out in mild rashes around the mouth. My parents became concerned and consulted a GP who said that I had an allergy to eggs and told them to not feed me eggs. My parents continued feeding me eggs and as a toddler I could eat eggs without having an allergic reaction to them.
+Matthew Keith For some allergies, limited exposure to the allergen can actually diminish or "cure" the allergy. Research is being done on this topic, and it doesn't work for all allergens, but still :)
This was told to me by an allergy specialist in the hospital.
This whole video can be boiled down to this: "we don't know"
He said himself that a certain kind of disease can survive that stomach acid. Re-watch the video dude.
+Justin Greenawalt He also said their stomach acid is 5-10 times stronger than ours.
+Justin Greenawalt Yes. He said that they build immunity every time they eat the spoiled meat too.
What we don't know yet is how it survives the first few meals.
Your whole comment can be boiled down to this: ''I didn't listen''
but it adds much more info to list the things we already kinda know. plus it's only two mins long
Just throwing out a random guess as to how vultures can survive their first few encounters with harmful pathogens. Maybe they can somehow weaken the bacteria or viruses before they make it to the intestine. This would expose their immune system to a weakened form of the pathogen and help to build immunity.
Just a guess though.
Good guess!
My guess is that baby vultures are fed antigens by their mothers while in the nest. I didn't check this hypothesis, but I believe that nesting behaviour of vultures is similar to other birds, so their mothers probably feed their young in similar fashion - by regurgitation. Exposing them to an microbial flora that has some of the antigens of the more dangerous diseases and they build their own immunity based on those.
Just a hipothesis.
VaeSapiens I would support that idea.
TheChemistryShack What about toxins that arent created by pathogens in the intestine? Many microbes create toxins as waste products. That would be in the meat and no immune system could counter that. ??
TheChemistryShack thsi is exactly the same like the venom from snakes, they rarely get poisoned by their own venom or the saliva of the komodo dragons. Somehow all this snakes, komodo dragons and scavengers has their own defenses against it.
Maybe vultures first exposure was there mom's digested food
vultures have a powerful immune system
Yeah!! The strong gut.
It would be interesting to know how domestication - thus a "cleaner" food supply - has changed certain animals (our carnivorous dogs and cats spring to mind) immunity profiles.
And our own as humans.
@@Observer-p7u There was some disease outbreak on border between Russia and Finland, Finland being more "hygienic" had more cases of illness. Exposure to harsher environment and getting dirty does build immunity
Are there any surgeries to transplant a vultures stomach in place of mine? I'm tired of not being able to digest steal
“Steel” Couldn't resist being a db today
stop swallowing your spoons!
@@Zzrdemon6633bro woke up and chose to be a database (db)
@@Zzrdemon6633mf out here correcting a 9 year old comment
2:04 Those guys are dangerously close to apex predators that can rip your throat out with ease. I'd eat that turkey elsewhere.
lol
BEING RIPPED APART BY A PACK OF SAVAGE HUNGRY VIWO- I MEAN HYENAS
I wouldn't want to eat near humans either
1:00 RIP jerry
0:02: unless it's a Pacific tree frog (it's the only one which goes Ribbet!
What doesn't kills you makes you stronger.
derLPMaxe - Generischer Name, Generischer Kanal. Fly a little taller
derLPMaxe - Generischer Name, Generischer Kanal. sounds like some marvel comics. lol
Vincent Jack Nope. I claim it's Friedrich Nietzsche.
+derLPMaxe Assuming it doesn't kill you first.
+derLPMaxe Cutting your arm off with an axe , from the shoulder. Definitely makes you stronger!
Nature never fails to impress me. Thanks for making these wonderful videos !
Congrats on a milli!
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LastRellik Amen!
LastRellik well, throw him in a fire then. I won't stop you!
0:35 they tell the difference by smell. It’s well determined.
The "after dinner' vulture in the comfy chair is my favorite visual for this month, and the reason I subscribe.
Loved this video again thank you and keep making video's
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"After all, we have more in common with them than you may think " *shows a nice thanksgiving dinner *......... LMAOOOO SHOTS FIRED
I dont get it
Good video guys.
I love these kinds of science channels :3
0:40 around 90% Of what hyenas eat is usually what they kill most of what lions eat is usually what hyenas kill
Yeah Lion King just gave hyenas a bad rep.
The flying, corpse-stripping nightmare creatures with necks and heads adapted for plunging into rotting animals have weapons-grade stomach acid. _Got it._
Those hyenas are cuuteee :)
Btw maybe little vultures get the anti bodies from their mums when they feed them?
Benedek Farkas Hyenas is pretty ugly.
Benedek Farkas Actually this is also my guess. I would believe the momscan pass it,but gemetically
GammaGears Hyenae?
1:22 OMFGGGGGG SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE *-*
0:34 The hyenas tell the difference between newly dead and a corpse when it smells bad
They meant how the animal died, not how fresh it is.
+Xin Guan Thank you for clearing my misunderstandment
0:34 I would hazard a guess that they can tell by the smell. If a creature is diseased, they can smell “off”, and in advanced cases they will look “off” as well.
0:25 I liked that quality control vibe though😂😂
"As vultures gain experience and level up, their resistances against diseases also increase."
What's with the mail wolf. Is that a post 9-11 reference?
YEs.
I noticed that too.
William Badgreen What?.... How?
William Badgreen Anthrax and mail doesn't ring any bells for you?
No , it's a reference to anthrax . Terrorist send anthrax through the mail to spread toxins
I've tried to watch this on vessel numerous times, but the connection was just too slow...
Same problem with me
Many videos stopped and it says that to reload again and again
Vessel sucks
+Pale.Rider
Nobody knows.
The hyena mailman that popped up when you mentioned anthrax was a nice touch.
The titles of your videos are so ironic, I ask myself these questions almost every day.
Our stomach acid is also able to corrode steel, so saying that theirs is able to is not saying much.
1:44 antrax letter
...dude, “went there” with the Anthrax graphic...
I love that the conclosion is: Humans are not all that different from other carrion feeding scavengers (paraphrasing)
0:40 they can smell the other animal on the animal carcass, that's how every animal does it not just foxes. Any animal that bites will leave their scent on the thing they bit.
Scavengers don't get sick because they r
*_scavage_*
Wolves can probably just smell if an animal died from a disease, no?
0:19 This man is insane
Vulture: Did you just call me a man?!
I was going to sleep and this just randomly popped out 😂
this video left so much information out
0:23 what the hell is this creature? with a weird small body and a head sized like the body?
Its a Vulture I believe
Nobody show this man the wikipedia page on birds
He's asking about the dead animal on which the vulture is feeding
Vultures are evil. That is how they survive pathogens. For vultures, pathogens are healthy. This is how evil works.
*****
What you said is kind of insulting, and insults are evil. They are a form of hate speech!
GregoryTheGr8ster no, not really.
GregoryTheGr8ster lmfao
Extreme Cancer great arguement
+TheFallenHuman
Yeah, but some people can't tell sarcasm.
0:18 when you don’t know how to kiss someone but do it anyways
"The tongue does _not_ go in the throat. At least not on the first date."
For a second I was wondering why there was one hyena dressed as a postman holding an envelop, and then it hit me, ...anthrax. 😅
The best part of the video is still when he says : " I dont shave , but my dad does " . So funny !
That's a very random sponsor but who cares. Good for you, Henry!
***** I thought so too. Checked the comments to see if anyone found fit to say that it reinforced the stereotype of science being primarily a male interest or whatever. Found none, faith in fellow humans went up slightly.
Well, maybe it's hard to find sponsorships, let alone appropriate sponsorships.
Aa Campbell That's why I came down here too, and that's my reaction as well to the fact that no one has said that here yet. The first time Harry's was his sponsor, I saw a comment saying exactly that about male stereotyping. All the spaghetti spilled out of my pockets that day.
Not a very random sponsor at all. If you looked at sponsored channels more often, you'd see them around quite a lot.
Vulture did 9/11
I can already hear the anti-vax parental screaming from the corner ... 1:52
MinuteEarth
Looks inside
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its also worth noting that Vulture's urine also often dissolves whats left of what they dont eat which destroys the infections the rotting bodies cause, meaning area's with high vulture density result in fewer bacterial outbreaks then area's with scarcer vulture population
Same as everybody from India.
Any visitors should think about the fact they will definitely consume the local faeces wherever they go on their trip.
rain world???
Real
rian worl
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm the 301+ viewer
And so are you!
absolutely loved the little letter carrier illustration when anthrax was mentioned, delightful easter egg!!
Instructions unclear, ate anthrax to survive terrorist attacks in future.
Cute but you didn't answer you own question.
Yes it was. 1:01
Why are the drawings so adorable
I didn't realise this wasn't a Sam O'Nella Academy video until half way through.
1:05
For those wondering: according to my Google search, vulture stomach acid has a pH of 0-1 and human stomach acid of 1.5-3.5, so vulture stomach acid is between ~3 and an ~3000 times stronger than human stomach acid. If you take the median pH values (0.5 for vultures, 2.5 for humans), VSA is 100 times stronger than HSA. Also according to my Google search, a pH of 5.5 is already corrosive to galvanised steel and urine has a pH of 5-7.5, so even that could be corrosive to steel if you ate the right stuff, I guess.
0:21 that vulture stuck it’s head in there like there was treasure in their
the hyena as a post office worker when they said anthrax completely killed me
Almost at 2M hope you get there
He got there (5M now)!
Why did I think this is going to be best video for breakfast
the dog mailman made me subscribe
always been curious about how scavengers worked
thanks again minute earth, my curiosity is quenched
“…like anthrax”
*shows a mailman with a letter*
Lol
0:43 "But sometimes, severely rotten flesh is the only item on the menu."
Thank God for ketchup!
So vultures are basically xenomorphs
1:50
Antivax mom: * laughs at her son's funeral *
1:35 "Hyenas pass around small doses of gyrms", next moment, hyena vomiting in another hyenas mouth
omg these cartoons are so educational and awesome in the same time
0:37 "But sometimes, rotted meat is the only option available on the menu."
- Driving around at 2am and only fast food is open. 😬...
1:58 are you suggesting we eat off of some animal carcass we find on the street?
You give answers to questions i never knew needed to be answered
Vultures evolving a Fort Knox tier immune system and a stomach that digest cutlery just to eat bison that's 4 months past the "best before" date
in school, in my science class, im learning about this and saw it on my recommendations and immediately pressed this video so I can learn more about decomposers and scavengers :)
edit : Thanx for the tips
That vulture in the beginning was having fun
social immunity , plz bring that video back in 2021 !!!
Very informative as always.
0:22 lmao the bird is like "no one saw that ryte?"
Frogs croak all the time!
1:16 I like how the fat bird is sitting
And here I am can’t even eat dairy product without farting
6:30 am on Christmas Eve.... Here I am...
The mailman was a little dark but funny 😂