The amazing ways plants defend themselves - Valentin Hammoudi

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  5 лет назад +621

    $1 = 1 tree! Go to TeamTrees.org to learn more. Unable to make a donation? Become part of #TeamTrees by amplifying this campaign and sharing this video far and wide: bit.ly/TEDEdTeamTrees

    • @JoJo_AA_
      @JoJo_AA_ 5 лет назад +7

      Ok!

    • @Jensenrobinb
      @Jensenrobinb 5 лет назад +10

      Well I don’t have money right now because I’m using it on taking care of my turtle!

    • @junsantiago5542
      @junsantiago5542 5 лет назад +4

      Only 11 likes in 3 weeks

    • @rigdd1361
      @rigdd1361 4 года назад +4

      I am 11

    • @binfingames7266
      @binfingames7266 4 года назад +4

      ayyyyyyy already put $100

  • @robepicboy
    @robepicboy 7 лет назад +3322

    Plants start with +10 defense and +15 alchemy, but no speed.

    • @nvel5612
      @nvel5612 7 лет назад +19

      nice

    • @mrspelly6193
      @mrspelly6193 6 лет назад +47

      Robert Perez Ohh, thats why they always get chosen for guilds.

    • @miggyOhara
      @miggyOhara 6 лет назад +29

      Robert Perez they only got 0.10 speed because they are just slow

    • @ailahmashod
      @ailahmashod 6 лет назад +5

      Mr Spelly grand kingdom

    • @expertoflizardcorrugation3967
      @expertoflizardcorrugation3967 6 лет назад +16

      Robert Perez... Nice those are pretty nice skills... A tanky cleric plant... Im making that a joke in my next campaign

  • @zeuxlaught2797
    @zeuxlaught2797 7 лет назад +1283

    Here's what i learned something new,
    Plants can communicate.
    Plants are electric and grass type
    Ability :static

  • @lemongrandad9964
    @lemongrandad9964 5 лет назад +1812

    Peppers has capsaicin to defend against predators.
    Humans:mmm delicious

    • @glowstonemine
      @glowstonemine 5 лет назад +55

      ghost pepper: hold my beer

    • @helaven235
      @helaven235 5 лет назад +82

      @@glowstonemine Should be
      Ghost pepper : hold my capsacin

    • @lizlee8715
      @lizlee8715 4 года назад +31

      Carolina reaper: *"You doubt my CAPSAICIN"*

    • @kaypeezee
      @kaypeezee 4 года назад +20

      @@lizlee8715 heat freaks: _what?_

    • @SirPraiseSun
      @SirPraiseSun 4 года назад +3

      yea doesnt mean its good for u

  • @redcharget5894
    @redcharget5894 4 года назад +592

    Koala: only eats eucalyptus leaves
    TED Ed: shows koala trying to eat a random sapling

    • @kinyeelisaoneoh16
      @kinyeelisaoneoh16 4 года назад +10

      I was looking for this😂

    • @gabrielraboy5359
      @gabrielraboy5359 4 года назад +8

      Well, exactly explained why Koala doesn't eat anything else aside from eucalyptus

    • @Jacob42086
      @Jacob42086 4 года назад +7

      @@gabrielraboy5359 cuz thats all they can eat or something in Australia

    • @funkyrgbmess1463
      @funkyrgbmess1463 4 года назад +16

      What if it's a eucalyptus sapling

    • @bodgertime
      @bodgertime 3 года назад +1

      stock animation, no correlation to the talk, yet childish and affordable

  • @tarunyadav6808
    @tarunyadav6808 5 лет назад +1473

    Plant : Oh I will make this chemical to help me survive better!
    Humans : OHHHH SPICES!!!

    • @youtubeguy415
      @youtubeguy415 5 лет назад +110

      *when you become spicy to make humans not like you but it backfires*

    • @nekowolf2336
      @nekowolf2336 5 лет назад +21

      @@youtubeguy415 we could help out the plant in a way. Simply pooping outside XD the circle of life! We eat the plant for its spices, we poop outside, the soil takes it as fertiliser for the spice plants, more spice plants grow and the cycle repeats.

    • @NuniaBiznaz
      @NuniaBiznaz 4 года назад +34

      @@nekowolf2336 We are already helping the plant out by properly caring for it, cultivating it, and making use its seeds actually go in the ground and become proper plants themselves, which we give the same treament to.

    • @NotSoCrazyNinja
      @NotSoCrazyNinja 4 года назад +32

      It's an unintentional way for plants to avoid extinction. Once humans find a good use for a plant and begin cultivating it, that plant is very unlikely to ever go extinct. Look at tomatoes. It would take an act of God or the extinction of humans to make the tomato plant run the risk of going extinct.

    • @ishanpednekar6576
      @ishanpednekar6576 3 года назад +14

      @@NotSoCrazyNinja Bananas would like to have a word with you

  • @rustyshackleford4076
    @rustyshackleford4076 7 лет назад +458

    The concept of plants alerting their neighbors or forming alliances is sooo cute 😊

    • @lilaclizard4504
      @lilaclizard4504 7 лет назад +55

      You should look up "mother trees" in forests then. They've actually shown the big mother trees absorb the nutrients from the sun & then intentionally feed it to their babies that are too short to reach the sun themselves :) Just like in Avatar, but real! Plants are really cool when you really look at what they can do

    • @FioreCiliegia
      @FioreCiliegia 2 года назад +2

      I know pines do that too which is why pine forests smell so good :)

    • @Tower_Swagman
      @Tower_Swagman 2 года назад +12

      @@lilaclizard4504 Plants are the coolest things in the planet, they give us oxygen, they are also quite exotic in some cases, and they are also pretty good as a food source

    • @FraudkunaStrongCleave
      @FraudkunaStrongCleave Год назад

      sounds pretty messed up when it's on humans

    • @mixedmartialnutrition1746
      @mixedmartialnutrition1746 10 месяцев назад

      its cute until you end up thinking that plant toxins are healthy and rid your natural diet of carnivory.

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 7 лет назад +484

    0:32 that seamless transition though.

    • @ankitbal7917
      @ankitbal7917 7 лет назад +1

      D.A.B Science and More! Lol

    • @Big-km3kq
      @Big-km3kq 7 лет назад

      D.A.B Science and More! II

    • @ef46058
      @ef46058 7 лет назад

      D.A.B Science and More! I

    • @MM-tn9cf
      @MM-tn9cf 7 лет назад

      D.A.B Science and More! Lol 😆

    • @BobRossCat
      @BobRossCat 6 лет назад

      The Science Biome ikr

  • @kanedafx
    @kanedafx 4 года назад +510

    Caterpillars: "Mmmmm, cotton."
    Cotton: "Yo wasps, can we get an assist here?"

  • @erinheils2184
    @erinheils2184 5 лет назад +2387

    Plants: *Creates defenses to protect itself. *
    Humas: *Eats them anyways*
    Plants: Am I a joke to you?

  • @ayushkanth7565
    @ayushkanth7565 4 года назад +402

    Humans: we discovered long distance communication systems.
    Plants: Hold my air borne chemical messengers.

  • @aura_above
    @aura_above 7 лет назад +3357

    I wanna be a plant when I grow up

    • @duckwithachainsaw2459
      @duckwithachainsaw2459 7 лет назад +57

      Zenny LZ You do that. LUV YO SELF

    • @Baldoxxx4000
      @Baldoxxx4000 7 лет назад +24

      search in youtube: feed me dexter

    • @hemapler5295
      @hemapler5295 7 лет назад +30

      Zenny LZ If I was a plant I would be a large Venus flytrap

    • @spritemultipack
      @spritemultipack 7 лет назад +75

      I was a plant once, I was tripping on shrooms at the time. It was a beautiful sunny day and I was lying down in the grass of my friends garden. It felt like I was in a David Attenborough documentary on the garden of eden, birds flying all around and I even saw a pheasant. Lying down in the grass with no shirt I felt the sun beating down on my back,I was photosynthesizing and growing roots. I wasn't moving but I could feel myself growing along with the plants that surrounded me. There was one particular white clover flower that I was focusing with my 'third eye',I felt like we were sharing information but I just couldn't comprehend it.
      When the trip was over I was kinda depressed, my incarnation as a plant was the happiest I had ever been.

    • @yojiviriak675
      @yojiviriak675 7 лет назад +13

      Jack Duck what!

  • @LaylaCassidy
    @LaylaCassidy 7 лет назад +730

    Koalas, elephants, turtles:
    We:awwww sooo cute!
    plants: CTHULHU!!!!!

  • @fqidz
    @fqidz 6 лет назад +5711

    I guess plants vs. zombies was actually acurate

  • @azad2000001
    @azad2000001 5 лет назад +1332

    weed: *makes amazing neurological defense*
    humans: *harvest weed for its neurological defense*
    weed: do I look like a joke to you?

    • @dtm934
      @dtm934 5 лет назад +28

      its "am I a joke to you"

    • @DedEternal
      @DedEternal 5 лет назад +3

      @@dtm934 Anoop Fogg yenCHers e hat

    • @detachsoup6061
      @detachsoup6061 4 года назад +3

      dtm yess weed is a pretty good joke

    • @randallmokjialung3592
      @randallmokjialung3592 4 года назад +13

      @@dtm934 give him a break,the lad doesnt have a master's in memeology

    • @jawoski
      @jawoski 4 года назад +2

      *Mission Failed

  • @marryvickmanzano6067
    @marryvickmanzano6067 5 лет назад +215

    They Protecc
    They Attacc
    But most importantly,
    They learned how to fight Bacc

    • @nickyguy1451
      @nickyguy1451 4 года назад +17

      But we like them as a snacc

    • @harrycornboi7653
      @harrycornboi7653 4 года назад +10

      But movement they lacc

    • @dragoon8675
      @dragoon8675 4 года назад

      @@nickyguy1451 I at vegan

    • @SingularPhasmid
      @SingularPhasmid 3 года назад +1

      Bruh fighting back is protecting and attacking at the same time.

    • @GUGIGACHA123
      @GUGIGACHA123 3 года назад +1

      @@dragoon8675 you and the donnie above me ruined the chain

  • @kellylorena4823
    @kellylorena4823 7 лет назад +2192

    plants protec but they also attac

    • @sangly3400
      @sangly3400 7 лет назад +7

      Kelly Lorena no god stop

    • @bripi244
      @bripi244 7 лет назад +136

      Kelly Lorena they also attrac

    • @Abu_Shawarib
      @Abu_Shawarib 7 лет назад +9

      This meme is spreading fast

    • @mr.rection6916
      @mr.rection6916 7 лет назад +55

      But most of all the respec wamen

    • @MrNazir10
      @MrNazir10 7 лет назад +45

      Kelly Lorena but most importantly they a snacc

  • @ananya.a.
    @ananya.a. 7 лет назад +1722

    What I expected
    *Houseplant jumps out from nowhere with nunchacks* fite me

    • @emmah1408
      @emmah1408 7 лет назад +11

      On The Wall Well i do not think it have a nunchack.

    • @Kihidokid
      @Kihidokid 7 лет назад +15

      On The Wall random does not equal funny

    • @aasthasapkota9773
      @aasthasapkota9773 7 лет назад

      On The Wall a

    • @emilyl3358
      @emilyl3358 7 лет назад +7

      On The Wall PLANTS VERSUS ZOMBIESSS!!!!!!

    • @ananya.a.
      @ananya.a. 7 лет назад +3

      Sandeep Bjm wth no, I live in Mumbai.

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 6 лет назад +183

    2:40 in the Philippines we call a Mimosa plant, Makahiya which means "shy" in Filipino.

    • @dzikrinasaira3475
      @dzikrinasaira3475 5 лет назад +27

      Wow it's similiar here :) In Indonesia we call it "Putri Malu" means shy princess hehe

    • @haniejoycemallorca1239
      @haniejoycemallorca1239 4 года назад +4

      @@dzikrinasaira3475 why shy princess? What's the story? Please do tell

    • @evanraymond8728
      @evanraymond8728 4 года назад +26

      @@haniejoycemallorca1239..
      Interesting, I did some research on it, and got the story behind it.
      Well, once upon a time, there was a princess named Kaniawati. Because of her beauty, many princes from other regions came to propose her. But she was so shy, so she repeatedly reject them, she didn't even reveal her face for them. Nevertheless, somehow, a prince Jaka Amparan made it into her room, and accidentally saw her face to face. Due to her excessive shame, she fell down and faint. Local people linked this story with Mimosa Pudica, they thought this princess has similar act and behavior, just like this plant. So they called this plant "Putri Malu" which means "Shy Princess".

    • @dzikrinasaira3475
      @dzikrinasaira3475 4 года назад +5

      @@evanraymond8728 Wow, you took the words right of my mouth. Thank you for explaining :D

    • @evanraymond8728
      @evanraymond8728 4 года назад +6

      @@dzikrinasaira3475..
      You're welcome. Have a nice day

  • @drag0nerd
    @drag0nerd 4 года назад +240

    3:55 Even plants self-quarantine, guys. STAY INSIDE

    • @ar2279
      @ar2279 4 года назад +3

      lmao🤣

    • @videoawesomeness5234
      @videoawesomeness5234 4 года назад

      @Kavya Murthy Yes me too

    • @yousefhadi2332
      @yousefhadi2332 4 года назад +6

      Plants quarantine better than the world (and America). The infection looked small, but no, the plant had to make sure it was all good and took the extra step of self destructing that huge entire section around the infection to quarantine it. Mean while trump decides to quarantine only when it starts to become serious.

    • @videoawesomeness5234
      @videoawesomeness5234 4 года назад +2

      @@yousefhadi2332 yes sooooooo true

    • @dragoon8675
      @dragoon8675 4 года назад +2

      @@yousefhadi2332 so your saying we should self destruct too?

  • @eskfro
    @eskfro 7 лет назад +1595

    Lol i cant even defend myself

    • @Au16227
      @Au16227 7 лет назад +152

      When you realize that a plant can put up a better fight than you can.

    • @aidann6045
      @aidann6045 7 лет назад +66

      Well you do... It is called your immune system.

    • @HarryFordManson
      @HarryFordManson 7 лет назад +27

      Yeah.. your words just disrespect the amount of works "immune system" have done to you. :(

    • @bunbunnbunnybun
      @bunbunnbunnybun 6 лет назад +2

      Use your fists

    • @DylanBegazo
      @DylanBegazo 6 лет назад +1

      Easy fix. Learn Krav Maga at official school near you. Then purchase Bruce Lee’s Official notes published by His wife Linda Lee and friends from back in the day and study that. You’ll become a self defense machine in no time

  • @HobbesHobbiton
    @HobbesHobbiton 7 лет назад +172

    When I learn more from Ted-Ed then when I'm in school...

    • @naniengine
      @naniengine 7 лет назад +10

      Clearly. Because it's *than. :)

    • @HobbesHobbiton
      @HobbesHobbiton 7 лет назад

      XD my bad

    • @rubbish9231
      @rubbish9231 7 лет назад +1

      Hobbes Hobbiton you can't learn grammer by ted ed videos

    • @noeljobc.silveron8859
      @noeljobc.silveron8859 7 лет назад +3

      Umesh Sonune
      *grammar,I guess they don't teach spelling at your school too.

    • @hanmckenna9700
      @hanmckenna9700 7 лет назад

      Hobbes Hobbiton ii

  • @ethandat1026
    @ethandat1026 7 лет назад +1990

    When a plant is sad,
    What do other plants do?
    They photoSYMPATHIZE

    • @siddoo6778
      @siddoo6778 7 лет назад +26

      Ethan Dat dude,do you make puns before watching the video to get likes.I mean,they are nice puns but watch the vid first.

    • @RizwanAhmad-ru8sk
      @RizwanAhmad-ru8sk 7 лет назад +2

      r u ethan hunt

    • @spudfellow
      @spudfellow 7 лет назад +1

      i get it

    • @omarmoustafa8634
      @omarmoustafa8634 7 лет назад +1

      Ethan Dat
      Anyone else got his min blown ?!!

    • @durpddurke4633
      @durpddurke4633 7 лет назад +15

      Science class will never be the same again.....

  • @read8694
    @read8694 5 лет назад +425

    Insects: *Touches plant*
    Plant: Calls for allies -> Sends 10+ chemicals out -> Tells near by growing plants to do the same
    Human: Takes something sharp *Chop Chop*. Ah yes, a nice salad to start the day with :)

  • @scoa15pratikjoshi58
    @scoa15pratikjoshi58 3 года назад +90

    Didn't knew that plants can inter communicate. Now I wonder what sweet things my plants might be saying about me when I water them every morning :)
    My plants (seeing me) - " And here comes the weirdo"

    • @deftheocelot9125
      @deftheocelot9125 3 года назад +13

      Trees in forests actually have complex fungi web systems underground that connect whole forests, and allow trees to share food with and communicate with even unrelated species of trees.

    • @Jahmzu
      @Jahmzu 3 года назад +4

      @@deftheocelot9125 that’s actually insanely awesome

    • @akiraaidenpadilla3598
      @akiraaidenpadilla3598 2 года назад +1

      My plants when they see me go outside "The crazy ones gone quick get the uno"

  • @cyrildominictan4478
    @cyrildominictan4478 7 лет назад +66

    I think one of plants' most overlooked defense mechanism is their ability to have an indefinite cell division in their apical meristem throughout their lifetime. This way, whenever all of the other mentioned mechanisms fail, they will always grow back.

  • @eurovisioncyan9550
    @eurovisioncyan9550 7 лет назад +1394

    What I learned today:
    TED-Ed host a coloring competition

    • @jackegor5649
      @jackegor5649 7 лет назад +5

      Cyan Stickmin you again

    • @faheemmuhammad4468
      @faheemmuhammad4468 7 лет назад +15

      Cyan Stickmin
      And nothing else really? Gosh, the information in the clip are just mind blowing! I simple love the video

    • @sandeepbjm
      @sandeepbjm 7 лет назад +5

      Cyan Stickmin I

    • @jinnychin2171
      @jinnychin2171 7 лет назад +3

      Cyan Stickmin i

    • @hamsacc
      @hamsacc 7 лет назад +1

      Cyan Stickmin I think you did that last time with gifs

  • @Mochibear_
    @Mochibear_ 5 лет назад +28

    Amazing job with the visuals. Especially when illustrating defenses like the raphides, I totally winced as if I were in pain. Good work!

  • @burnadze
    @burnadze 4 года назад +41

    Chilly: Through centuries I developed a difficult system of chemicals to prevent mammals from eating me
    Humans: hUrT plAnT mAke mOuTh Go Broom broom

  • @endy7630
    @endy7630 4 года назад +60

    Plants: The amazing ways we defend ourselves
    Me: *F I R E*

  • @byram101
    @byram101 7 лет назад +145

    What a fabulous insight into these remarkable organisms. Everything around us is now being revealed to be infinitely more complex than we first perceived years ago. From bats being blind to Tortoises being the oldest animals... it it time to abolish old textbooks (now basically crock-pots of mis-information) And move toward digital learning everywhere. -cheers for this video.

    • @asrnyigit4040
      @asrnyigit4040 5 лет назад +4

      Well, not "infinitely" more complex. What in the universe can be infinitely complex?

    • @unicorns537
      @unicorns537 5 лет назад +2

      @@asrnyigit4040 The universe itself.

    • @reliomese2873
      @reliomese2873 5 лет назад

      Aofwotfp
      With opposite goutlewwew
      No boy with oetfwvviloate

    • @rickrolluniversity2237
      @rickrolluniversity2237 2 года назад

      @@asrnyigit4040 for example, a chair

  • @repmel
    @repmel 7 лет назад +159

    Words I understood:
    bugs
    coloring
    fridge

  • @rishabhdhiman9422
    @rishabhdhiman9422 7 лет назад +886

    What did the plants do in the maths class?
    They started growing square roots

  • @UmamaGoblin
    @UmamaGoblin 5 лет назад +99

    Weird to hear “electrical signals” when talking about plants

  • @penyu1913
    @penyu1913 4 года назад +84

    plants : in constant fighting for his love everyday
    vegan : lets eat them

  • @magnumbeans8030
    @magnumbeans8030 7 лет назад +20

    *when you're a bedbug and a bean plant comes out of nowhere and stabs your leg*

  • @E--Drop
    @E--Drop 7 лет назад +1096

    When you're a vegetarian and you're trying to figure out if the people spamming "Take that vegan" in the comments applies to you...

    • @mechanical_hexate
      @mechanical_hexate 7 лет назад +116

      E drop those comments are usually to the vegans who scream "staph murderingb aninals blah blah blah"

    • @laundrewashington3734
      @laundrewashington3734 7 лет назад +71

      There's a difference between vegetarians and vegans yet some people don't even know that including the vegans lol

    • @TheSomeawesome
      @TheSomeawesome 7 лет назад +72

      This is probably a longer response than you need or want, but...
      No, it doesn't really. The "take that vegans" comment or any comment anywhere that is directed toward vegans is done to poke fun at how persistent vegans are in imposing their ideas and lifestyle onto other people. I personally don't know many vegetarians who constantly belittle people for eating meat/seafood the way they want to and are more conscious of their own diet.
      Tl;dr nah you're good.

    • @kobeblackwell5465
      @kobeblackwell5465 7 лет назад +4

      E drop I have seen 0 of those comments

    • @opalthediloalt9595
      @opalthediloalt9595 7 лет назад +15

      Humans weren't ment to eat plants... at least not without a fare bit of meat, fun fact, our eyes would be on the side of our heads and we would be much stupider if we were herbivores.

  • @muriloloiola6490
    @muriloloiola6490 7 лет назад +9

    2:10
    There is a fruit native to Brazil called "pequi" (I don't know if it has a translation).
    It has this same natural defense where it expells a lot of small spikes when bitten.
    So be warned, if you come to Brazil (or see a yellow overgrown bean), do not bite pequi under any circunstances. Its okay to eat the yellow slimy-like substance in the surface, just be careful.

  • @mikitimiki8604
    @mikitimiki8604 4 года назад +35

    I didn't know the tingling, stinging feeling in my throat after eating pineapple is actually the plant's defense mechanism! 😆😆😆 Probably shouldn't be having too much of these!

  • @Humongoose
    @Humongoose 4 года назад +14

    Isn't it fascinating how simple life forms such as plants learn to adapt various defense mechanisms from spikes traps to chemical warfare?

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 7 лет назад +136

    Congratulations on 5 million subscribers!!!

  • @BraulioCassule
    @BraulioCassule 7 лет назад +106

    now my life's goal is to have my painting on Ted-ed's Office fridge!

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  7 лет назад +43

      Life goal achievable! :) You're welcome to join us on Patreon, Braulio!

    • @traveel9409
      @traveel9409 7 лет назад +12

      TED-Ed
      Wait a second, you write comments and are able to reply?

    • @jhonpaulmejia3988
      @jhonpaulmejia3988 7 лет назад +2

      Lol
      Damn

    • @adeade3978
      @adeade3978 6 лет назад +2

      Traveel they only reply to worthy comments

  • @brainarwhaltheillogicalpar6739
    @brainarwhaltheillogicalpar6739 7 лет назад +49

    Next thing you know, plants will he teaching us a thing or two about self-defense.

  • @chessplatinum8312
    @chessplatinum8312 6 лет назад +34

    Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up?
    Me: I want to be a plant!

  • @draconiclucard3738
    @draconiclucard3738 6 лет назад +23

    1:12 poor trees,their bark has ligma

  • @KD-lx1cr
    @KD-lx1cr 7 лет назад +349

    Is it just me or when I eat kiwis and pineapples my mouth always has a weird numb sensation

    • @somecat22
      @somecat22 7 лет назад +161

      Enzyme activity. Especially pineapples. That enzyme can actually "digest" your mouth, which might be where that numbness comes from. That being said, Kiwis and pineapples are extremely healthy for you.

    • @taiana2323
      @taiana2323 7 лет назад +42

      Lightning McCoy They're high in vitamin C. I can't eat normal kiwifruit only golden kiwifruit as they are less acidic.

    • @Milk_Honey11
      @Milk_Honey11 7 лет назад

      Tends to go with a latex allergy...

    • @mau345
      @mau345 7 лет назад +5

      I think its the latex get yourself some good quality pineapple

    • @golammorshed9082
      @golammorshed9082 7 лет назад +7

      You don't eat the middle whitish part of the pineapples

  • @59master60
    @59master60 11 месяцев назад +3

    It’s amazing that plants are somehow aware of the existence of other living beings despite not having brains.

  • @ClemensJason
    @ClemensJason 7 лет назад +19

    Damn that background song is so calming

  • @riot_baby2296
    @riot_baby2296 3 года назад +6

    “Cotton plants under siege of caterpillars” is one of the most epic sentences I didn’t know I needed to hear. I can just picture the battle field

  • @Brian-ib8sh
    @Brian-ib8sh 4 года назад +2

    2:38. My grandma has those. They are satisfying to touch and watch them curl up

  • @powersettingsm7172
    @powersettingsm7172 4 года назад +7

    5:00
    Cotton plants: "I use the insect to kill the insect!"

  • @JustARegularEverydayNormalGuy
    @JustARegularEverydayNormalGuy 4 года назад +59

    Caterpillar: Haha, you cannot defeat me
    Cotton plants: I cannot but they can
    **releases scents to attract wasps that lay egg inside caterpillar**
    Caterpillar: Am i a joke to you?

  • @AL-wc8oy
    @AL-wc8oy 3 года назад +6

    it's so amazing that plants themselves have communication with each other

  • @SlamaWolfPlays
    @SlamaWolfPlays 5 лет назад +4

    Some plants shoot peas to defend themselves

  • @Elliyan4
    @Elliyan4 4 года назад +1

    5:54 the fridge of honor

  • @vulaiminh8135
    @vulaiminh8135 5 лет назад +6

    they have their own soul and thoughts as well. I used to think these just the rumors or myths from elder generations, but actually it really makes sense until i have watched this video.

  • @crackedemerald4930
    @crackedemerald4930 5 лет назад +7

    2:10 whoa, there are plants that straight-up produce histamine? That's awesome

  • @insanebruh9678
    @insanebruh9678 3 года назад +6

    Jalapeno: *Noooooo, you can't just eat me I'm supposed to be hot*
    Humans: "Haha, Hot sauce goes brrrrr"

  • @verygoodquality1449
    @verygoodquality1449 5 лет назад +23

    0:40 they also face the attack of vegetarians.

    • @prism2451
      @prism2451 4 года назад +2

      Even non vegetarians eat plants, you can't live on 100% meat diet

    • @mahtajr5157
      @mahtajr5157 4 года назад +1

      No, the truth is we can't survive. We just trying to last longer by recharging with animals and plants.

    • @rieqgreg2138
      @rieqgreg2138 4 года назад

      @@prism2451 eating plants is just as bad as eating meat because we're just killing a living being.. we should only eat fruits like tomato, mango and etc because we can replanted the seed

    • @othmane0313
      @othmane0313 4 года назад

      @@rieqgreg2138 plants aren't sentient tho

    • @rieqgreg2138
      @rieqgreg2138 4 года назад

      @@othmane0313 they are still a living being who produced oxygen, without plants and trees the world is dying.. look at it a lot of animals in Ocean gonna extinct because of climate change

  • @mazas9713
    @mazas9713 4 года назад +13

    Plant:*Has defences to deter animals from eating them*
    Humans:”mmm spicy”

    • @alexawolfy9211
      @alexawolfy9211 3 года назад +1

      Humans: *learned to not detect heat on tounge*

  • @stormysamreen7062
    @stormysamreen7062 5 лет назад +67

    They protecc
    They attacc
    But most importantly,
    They use life hacc

  • @ChiseledDiamond
    @ChiseledDiamond 7 лет назад +11

    Stinging nettle is a a-hole, I'm not trying to touch you I'm tending to the sheep!

  • @allanthomas3701
    @allanthomas3701 4 года назад +27

    After watching this video, I’ve realized that plants have feelings too and only want to live. I will no longer be a vegan, I am now going to follow a Breatharian diet only.

    • @dragoninjapan4401
      @dragoninjapan4401 Год назад

      Same

    • @SimNomis
      @SimNomis 2 месяца назад

      Mate just eat a natural chimp diet, it isn't about feelings it is simple predation all life has to do it. All life is equal, regardless of sentience or not, but that doesn't mean we cannot eat.

  • @NotSoCrazyNinja
    @NotSoCrazyNinja 4 года назад +1

    Sheep and blackberries and other thorny similar plants are an interesting mix. A blackberry stand can capture a sheep so well that it will not escape and slowly starve to death if a human doesn't come along to free it. Once it dies, of course, it will fertilize the stand. Not really a "defense", but a coincidental offense. Or is it?

  • @joanhoffman3702
    @joanhoffman3702 5 лет назад +2

    The mimosa species shown is Mimosa pudica. It has little spikes on it. I was in Trinidad may years ago, and made the mistake of walking bare legged through a patch of them. The resulting scratches combined with sunburn was a painful reminder for the next three days. Ouch!

  • @cjmccrary2604
    @cjmccrary2604 4 года назад +14

    2:14 what my pizza roll sees on it's way too my mouth

  • @eocalive
    @eocalive 7 лет назад +8

    Ted-ed quality has improved even more after they have started monetizing and receiving patreon ☺.

  • @antitheist3206
    @antitheist3206 7 лет назад +14

    Plants are smarter than they look

  • @TITANIUM-Oxcytocin
    @TITANIUM-Oxcytocin Год назад +1

    3:05 I have that one in our province it's called "touch me not" or "makahiya" in Filipino

  • @int16_t
    @int16_t 5 лет назад +1

    Every cactuses is gangsta until the camel appears.

  • @johnspinelli9396
    @johnspinelli9396 4 года назад +4

    Me, sees plants: Aww look at how cute it looks!
    Plants: *Am I a joke to you?*

  • @supercanadian0640
    @supercanadian0640 7 лет назад +28

    Guess I'm sticking to grass

    • @theguy3956
      @theguy3956 7 лет назад +5

      The Ace Of Spades I think grass has defends too
      And that is there sharpness

    • @hemapler5295
      @hemapler5295 7 лет назад +1

      Flip a clip motions And the way they taste?

  • @Paper_Brain
    @Paper_Brain 3 года назад +3

    Plants: develop tiny little needles to stab the inside of predators
    Humans: “mmmmm I love the funny feeling you get when you eat pineapples”

  • @michaelmajid5142
    @michaelmajid5142 5 лет назад +1

    Haven’t seen a ted ed since along time forgot how beautiful and informative they are

  • @danielr.
    @danielr. 5 лет назад +1

    That sound at 2:41 😱😱

  • @SR-kd4wi
    @SR-kd4wi 4 года назад +7

    0:51 You sure humans ain't in that list.

  • @scromberprofessionalautist1017
    @scromberprofessionalautist1017 4 года назад +4

    Can we all just take a sec and go give any nearby plants recognition for how metal some of them can be.

  • @bobrosspham2341
    @bobrosspham2341 6 лет назад +9

    THE HORSE DIED

  • @peyt332
    @peyt332 4 года назад +2

    had to watch this bc of school almost fell asleep

  • @jasminez5185
    @jasminez5185 5 лет назад +2

    The fridge part made me crack up in the middle of a boy scout meeting, resulting in my headphones being broken.

  • @joshuachambers3372
    @joshuachambers3372 5 лет назад +3

    You completely failed the mimosa pudica animation. It FOLDS not curl.

    • @ValentinHammoudi
      @ValentinHammoudi 5 лет назад

      thanks for your very nice input !

    • @joshuachambers3372
      @joshuachambers3372 5 лет назад

      Valentin Hammoudi you’re welcome! Next time you could make it fold like a Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). If you live in the southeastern USA you could go outside and look for Mimosa strigillosa which folds the same as M. pudica.

  • @areadenial2343
    @areadenial2343 7 лет назад +18

    Wow, who knew that something as simple as a plant could be so complex? It's almost as if it was carefully designed...

    • @Ricky-by3zm
      @Ricky-by3zm 5 лет назад +5

      Thats what many years of evolution will do

    • @anthonyc4138
      @anthonyc4138 5 лет назад +1

      @@Ricky-by3zm yep

    • @Mecflura
      @Mecflura 4 года назад +2

      Simple? Life didn’t just happened and existed, there’s a lot of time and evolvement for that

  • @firenzarfrenzy4985
    @firenzarfrenzy4985 3 года назад +3

    Cotton: Under siege by caterpillars
    Also cotton: Airstrike inbound!

  • @tp3677
    @tp3677 4 года назад +1

    It can be extremely relevant to talk about the enormous and almost unknown impact of mycorrhizae on the defense of plants to understand what plants do (exchange with mycorrhizae) and what mycorrhizae return to the plant (protection, energy, communication via the mycorrhizae network).
    An episode only on this subject could fascinate many people.
    Thank you for the quality of your videos.

  • @elijaharriaga6719
    @elijaharriaga6719 2 года назад +2

    Imagine being a caterpillar eating a cotton plant and hearing boss music slowly getting louder

  • @funguseater2568
    @funguseater2568 5 лет назад +3

    5:08 those are bees not wasps

  • @Pamven
    @Pamven 7 лет назад +7

    TED-Ed is awesome. 😫 Thanks so much for the lessons.

  • @ValentinHammoudi
    @ValentinHammoudi 7 лет назад +4

    Thanks for all the positive comments. I know mimosa plant does not exactly fold this way, the only think I can add to that is "just imagine it's folding in the animation as it should" !

    • @pzmich53
      @pzmich53 2 года назад +1

      I just watched this video in 2022 because I was looking for anything to support a theory I have made. I have a large Bur Oak , Quercus macrocarpa in my yard that has dropped an alarming number of leaves over the past 24 hours. Upon examination, virtually all of the dropped leaves have kermes scale on them. I am wondering if the oak could be aborting the infected leaves as a defense to the infestation, dropping them before the scale reach the crawler stage. I would love to hear your thoughts on my theory.

    • @ValentinHammoudi
      @ValentinHammoudi Год назад

      @@pzmich53 I can't tell, but that's possible !

  • @chloeunderwood4597
    @chloeunderwood4597 4 года назад +1

    1:07 For anyone wondering, I'm pretty sure that flower is an oleander.

  • @neogamess
    @neogamess 5 лет назад +1

    Plants can even repel zombies.

  • @jonesbrothers134
    @jonesbrothers134 7 лет назад +6

    Looks like a preview for a new tank/alchemist class in a videogame :)

    • @Anastas1786
      @Anastas1786 6 лет назад

      New Class Unlocked: Gossypium, the Long-Staple Sorceror! Special Move: Tyrant of Wasps!

  • @drawnwithlove3499
    @drawnwithlove3499 3 года назад +3

    0:56 voice went down a whole octave when he said *fruits* 🥵

  • @_.vampirellax_
    @_.vampirellax_ 4 года назад +3

    3:57
    I think we r all familiar with this word now 😂😂

    • @Kishin15945
      @Kishin15945 4 года назад

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @niyatimahawar9464
    @niyatimahawar9464 3 года назад +1

    How wonderful it would it be, if our lectures are taught with such great visuals.

  • @KillaCatzGames
    @KillaCatzGames 3 года назад

    2:41 when I usually see these plants, I just poke them with my shoe cause cause it's satisfying to watch it close

  • @drsharkboy6568
    @drsharkboy6568 7 лет назад +4

    In this world it's kill or be killed
    -Flowey

    • @yote847
      @yote847 5 лет назад +1

      *your best friend intensifies*

  • @gabrielkawa3477
    @gabrielkawa3477 3 года назад +4

    Gotta say, I didn't think plants defended themselves as well as they do. It's impressive.

  • @gracesun5982
    @gracesun5982 4 года назад +8

    Ted Ed: kiwi can cause wounds in mouths
    Me: eating kiwi

    • @nonec384
      @nonec384 4 года назад +3

      do you eat the skin?

  • @turkeyman100
    @turkeyman100 Год назад

    I gotta say, the visuals for this video were really cool

  • @miraculousaddictiontrash9819
    @miraculousaddictiontrash9819 5 лет назад

    I watch these videos to go to sleep bc his voice is so soothing.