True Facts: Five Freaky Eels

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

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  • @zefrank
    @zefrank  4 месяца назад +288

    Go to imprintapp.com/Ze_Frank_LIB_1 to get a 7-day Free Trial and 20% off an annual membership! Try it! It's great.

    • @zuxta
      @zuxta 4 месяца назад +12

      Balls

    • @denifnaf5874
      @denifnaf5874 4 месяца назад +2

      Fun fact: Morays can bite off a human finger

    • @TheGentleTotoro
      @TheGentleTotoro 4 месяца назад +2

      you re the only youtuber I insta watch when a new video is released

    • @Vicus_of_Utrecht
      @Vicus_of_Utrecht 4 месяца назад +1

      I am a meat popsicle

    • @corrinsweet758
      @corrinsweet758 4 месяца назад +3

      Crossgates mall? Your not from Albany N.Y are you?

  • @greg6097
    @greg6097 4 месяца назад +948

    "When 2 eels are fighting, it's hard to tell who's a' winning, and who's a' knot!"
    Man, I love True Facts!

    • @jaybingham3711
      @jaybingham3711 4 месяца назад +8

      Ze always goes hard with the dad jokes. Which we of course thoroughly enjoy. 😁

    • @kaprkapr
      @kaprkapr 3 месяца назад +4

      I’ll just come right out and admit that I missed the pun until this comment. Really really makes me want to go back and see what else I missed in his videos!

    • @Kamala-tm3ys
      @Kamala-tm3ys 3 дня назад +2

      MEEEEEE toooo

  • @pyalot
    @pyalot 4 месяца назад +261

    „Ribbon eel is an ambush hunter“
    Prey casually swims away in no particular hurry being ambushed.

  • @pianocat254
    @pianocat254 4 месяца назад +7607

    When the jaws open wide, and there's more jaws inside, that's a moray

  • @Strawberrymilkdrink
    @Strawberrymilkdrink 4 месяца назад +376

    "they have to shut the dams down some have special turbines to let eels get through" this warms my heart

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 4 месяца назад +41

      * this worms my heart.

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 4 месяца назад +49

      Some dams have built fish ladders that allow fish to bypass the dam without closing and a few have 24/7 live streams here on YT from the ladder's viewing panel. Umpqua is a popular one and now is the time of year when certain salmon species are migrating so the ladder has a good amt of traffic!

  • @kaloofy3500
    @kaloofy3500 4 месяца назад +895

    Learning that some eels hunt on land has unlocked a wonderful feeling inside me that might be fear but also awe

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 4 месяца назад +38

      That is definitely fear and might also be awe.
      Fixed it

    • @canoa223
      @canoa223 4 месяца назад +41

      At any giving moment there's an eel behind you

    • @toryumau6798
      @toryumau6798 4 месяца назад +8

      ​@@canoa223 ... Statistically accurate. >):^]

    • @TK-ij2xi
      @TK-ij2xi 4 месяца назад +7

      Mine is fear. Definitely fear.

    • @Thomas-hx3pr
      @Thomas-hx3pr 4 месяца назад +13

      It’s a new entry in the mental checklist of “is that a snake ooooor….?”

  • @Insanabiliter_In_Linea
    @Insanabiliter_In_Linea 4 месяца назад +117

    I love how garden eels are basically just fish grass.

    • @serversurfer6169
      @serversurfer6169 2 месяца назад +1

      Hence the name. 😜

    • @Insanabiliter_In_Linea
      @Insanabiliter_In_Linea 2 месяца назад +1

      @@serversurfer6169 I'm aware lol, I'm just expressing that I think it's really neat.

    • @darkdragoness5
      @darkdragoness5 2 месяца назад +4

      Fun fact, people at one point were able to face time garden eels in a zoo

  • @jakeedwards9770
    @jakeedwards9770 4 месяца назад +3348

    Whenever I watch Ze Frank I feel like a true int-eel-lectual.

  • @DanGamingFan2406
    @DanGamingFan2406 4 месяца назад +449

    "Wetzel's Pretzel. Which is the name of an eel sex position, btw." I don't know how Ze Frank keeps coming up with these hilarious lines, but I hope he never runs out.

    • @watershipup7101
      @watershipup7101 4 месяца назад +16

      "That is how the eels do... eachother"

    • @genjis5155
      @genjis5155 4 месяца назад +10

      Of course he won't run out, he's the master.

    • @thusnameddigital9397
      @thusnameddigital9397 4 месяца назад +4

      Definitely my new favorite.

    • @toppersundquist
      @toppersundquist 4 месяца назад +11

      He has Jerry for that.

    • @burninator9000
      @burninator9000 4 месяца назад +6

      I had a physics teacher named Wetzel. I now have that imprinted (ha) in my brain for his spring lecture.

  • @flyingmako
    @flyingmako 4 месяца назад +1146

    See that fish on the reef with the two sets of teeth, that’s A Moray!
    Stick your hand in the crack and he won’t give it back, that’s A Moray!

    • @swordsmancs
      @swordsmancs 4 месяца назад +31

      What’s funny is that most fish have pharyngeal jaws, likes it’s actually pretty common since a lot of fish have that “okay now how do I get you in my belly” problem

    • @1st1anarkissed
      @1st1anarkissed 4 месяца назад +3

      Best. 🎉

    • @dpidcoe
      @dpidcoe 4 месяца назад +4

      if the jaws open wide and there's more jaws inside

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 4 месяца назад +5

      These moray "songs" never get old!

    • @gobert12
      @gobert12 4 месяца назад +3

      Or a xenomorph

  • @blueguy2128
    @blueguy2128 4 месяца назад +44

    The Grouper and Moray hunting together is the coolest thing I've seen all month

    • @johnboats9075
      @johnboats9075 4 месяца назад +5

      Gives me an idea for an 80s style cartoon villan duo.

    • @socialist-strong
      @socialist-strong 3 месяца назад +2

      Badgers and coyotes actually do something similar! Coyotes are fast enough to catch prey that runs in the open, like groupers, and badgers can follow prey through dens and holes, like eels!

  • @Tonikane
    @Tonikane 4 месяца назад +195

    Its amazing no one knew how the hell eels actually reproduced till 2022, I honestly thought we werent ever gonna find out till it turns out the damn eels go thousands of miles to their mating grounds to get it on lol. Crazy

    • @lisajean228
      @lisajean228 4 месяца назад +18

      Thank you science hippies !

    • @kehlcassidy9562
      @kehlcassidy9562 4 месяца назад +23

      ​@@lisajean228*stalkers

    • @ExtremeMadnessX
      @ExtremeMadnessX 4 месяца назад +14

      They know for decades where eels are going to reproduce. They just never see them in the moment of actually doing it.

    • @ryomaanime4563
      @ryomaanime4563 4 месяца назад +3

      Funny thing about that, christianism likes fish because we didn't see them reproduce so they looked pure

    • @Br0nto5aurus
      @Br0nto5aurus 4 месяца назад +2

      Maybe for freshwater eels, but many other species have been observed breeding, and even bred in captivity. Aquariums were breeding morays in 2014, and garden eels reproduce readily in home aquaria.

  • @zachwilson768
    @zachwilson768 4 месяца назад +52

    4:50 and what’s crazy is that Morays and groupers are not the only pair of long and stocky fish that team up to hunt. I have seen freshwater American eels work with smallmouth bass to flush prey from underneath rocks. Interesting how certain specific interactions seem to repeat themselves in other species.

    • @pemo2676
      @pemo2676 2 месяца назад +2

      the same kind of interaction of humans and wolves at the beginning, i can imagine. slimmer, more versatile in movement, and longer-stamina humans pairing with the muscle, tracking and speed of wolves.

    • @iruns1246
      @iruns1246 2 месяца назад

      Also with badgers and coyotes. Very similar division of labor too. Badgers can go inside tunnels while coyotes can run better.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 месяца назад +993

    I desperately want a buddy cop comedy about a moray eel and grouper.

    • @kitlee172
      @kitlee172 4 месяца назад +54

      That needs the 1970’s vibe music this ended on. 💃🏽🕺🏿🪩

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 4 месяца назад +41

      Harassing the angelfish

    • @fredericapanon207
      @fredericapanon207 4 месяца назад +34

      Somebody call Pixar about this.

    • @ashleyklotz3762
      @ashleyklotz3762 4 месяца назад +8

      I totally read that that as "moray eel and groper" 😂😂😂 still works!! 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @yogawitherikacovey4209
      @yogawitherikacovey4209 4 месяца назад +9

      The sequel to finding nemo

  • @suicune690
    @suicune690 4 месяца назад +19

    Another thing about American eels: they're escape artists and can slither out of any tank they're in, even pushing the lids off. It's also impossible to hold them because they're so slippery. I do think they're handsome fellas, though and hope they can bounce back from their population crash.

  • @puttiplush
    @puttiplush 4 месяца назад +367

    The delivery on "Negligent." was superlative. I felt slapped across the face. Powerful intonation of just one word to shame all of eel-kind. Great work!

    • @xenopsychologist4943
      @xenopsychologist4943 4 месяца назад +9

      eel fins appear to have typed the above comment.

    • @catsj1767
      @catsj1767 4 месяца назад +3

      Another shame from Ultra consevatives

    • @ClanImprobable
      @ClanImprobable 4 месяца назад +1

      *cackling* Same, same!

    • @Max.Paprika
      @Max.Paprika 4 месяца назад +6

      That one word got the most sudden belly laugh from me. Perfect delivery.

    • @puttiplush
      @puttiplush 4 месяца назад +2

      @@xenopsychologist4943 Ghost Eel Fins, for after abandoning the 2000 bebbehs, we river eels face naught but death as due payment for our Negligence.

  • @beegchunguz7425
    @beegchunguz7425 4 месяца назад +42

    Grouper: Did we just become best friends?
    Eel: YEP!

  • @NateC983
    @NateC983 4 месяца назад +311

    "I could show you anything here." That got a good belly laugh cuz I've long contended to my wife that he(You, Mr. Zefrank) could really put anything on the screen and more than half of us watching ain't going to question it😂

    • @slwrabbits
      @slwrabbits 4 месяца назад +5

      cytology is especially confusing, though

    • @FantasyAddict95
      @FantasyAddict95 4 месяца назад +4

      ​@slwrabbits I believe it was something like a goblet cell that he had up there. I was studying to be a histotechnician up until Covid hit, shut down my college's histo program, and I ended up moving before it opened again.

  • @DanGamingFan2406
    @DanGamingFan2406 4 месяца назад +152

    "When an eel has a maw, with a second set of jaws, that's a moray"
    Or, as Ze Frank would put it. "That is how the Moray do." Thanks for the learning & laughs.

    • @watershipup7101
      @watershipup7101 4 месяца назад +5

      There's a phrase I've not heard in many years.

    • @genjis5155
      @genjis5155 4 месяца назад +2

      Very nice. I love all these song verses.

    • @garnetbird7557
      @garnetbird7557 4 месяца назад +2

      And making great videos is how the Ze Frank do.

  • @paradox7358
    @paradox7358 4 месяца назад +2015

    When an eel has a maw with a pharyngeal jaw, that's a Moray

    • @ImperialVitriol
      @ImperialVitriol 4 месяца назад +25

      Well that won best comment

    • @monicamacie1807
      @monicamacie1807 4 месяца назад +5

      😂

    • @druc02
      @druc02 4 месяца назад +14

      Congratulations on rendering the comment section redundant

    • @davidhendropurnomo2902
      @davidhendropurnomo2902 4 месяца назад +63

      If it hides in a reef and has two sets of teeth, that’s a moray

    • @thelocust619
      @thelocust619 4 месяца назад +25

      When it charges your car, and it starts to shoot sparks, that's zignagghxhm¿¿dj?!
      *FUCK PISS DAMNIT that one's not a moray, don't touch that one.*

  • @cressrose
    @cressrose 4 месяца назад +8

    I will never tire of these delightful videos. The Butt/But jokes, the silly wordplay, the "Wait, Jerry, that's--" bits. And I always learn something new about this wild planet we live on! What an awesome series. Thanks for the knowledge and the joy. ^v^

  • @Evelyn_Okay
    @Evelyn_Okay 4 месяца назад +691

    I had no idea eels and grouper fish developed their own language to hunt together

    • @michaeldougherty6036
      @michaeldougherty6036 4 месяца назад +74

      I think there are a few land predators that do similar things. I seem to recall coyotes and badgers will occasionally team up.

    • @indigofenix00
      @indigofenix00 4 месяца назад +113

      Also groupers and octopuses. But if the grouper doesn't want to team up, the octopus will sometimes punch them.

    • @leirawhitehart1236
      @leirawhitehart1236 4 месяца назад +9

      I had no idea that groupers could change color patterns like cuddlefish. 🤔

    • @MilotheShrike
      @MilotheShrike 4 месяца назад +18

      Their just friends going out for brunch

    • @redwitch12
      @redwitch12 4 месяца назад +37

      It's like an MMO. "Lvl 50 moray looking for grouper!"

  • @cupidwxings
    @cupidwxings 12 дней назад +1

    Me and my sister went to bristol aquarium (UK) and were blessed enough to walk by the garden eels just as they were being fed a shit ton of food, it was so adorable to see them fighting and sticking out. It was probably very violent to them but rediculously cute to us lol.

  • @Absolutely_Nobody
    @Absolutely_Nobody 4 месяца назад +243

    Oh, this will definitely be a clean video with no innuendos at all.

  • @Arkios64
    @Arkios64 4 месяца назад +59

    Well, I definitely didn't have "Ze Frank is the first person to explain those weird blue spirit worms in the Elden Ring DLC" on my bingo card, but here we are.

  • @chocolatefrenzieya
    @chocolatefrenzieya 4 месяца назад +918

    As a novice diver, I'm imagining myself cluelessly floating into this "patch of sea grass"...

    • @macaronsncheese9835
      @macaronsncheese9835 4 месяца назад +150

      You joke but like if you actually managed to get to the sargasso sea at the right time to catch eel mating season you'd probably be lauded for it, we've never seen them mate in the wild and it's only been a few months since we finally got any sort of confirmation they were going there. The whole "being in the open ocean" thing would be scary but the eel nerds would be very excited to hear what you saw.

    • @chocolatefrenzieya
      @chocolatefrenzieya 4 месяца назад +56

      @@macaronsncheese9835 AFTER I was done sprinting across the Sargasso. With flippers.

    • @Sepi-chu_loves_moths
      @Sepi-chu_loves_moths 4 месяца назад +39

      ​@@macaronsncheese9835 add to that the fact that they likely occur around 150 metres below the surface

    • @OnlyKaerius
      @OnlyKaerius 4 месяца назад +24

      @@Sepi-chu_loves_moths Yeah, not for novice divers. More like trimix rebreather divers, a very small subset of the world's divers. (I've done both individually, but not combined, yet). The dives would still have to be kinda short affairs, as decompression obligation would stack up very quickly. I'd have to check the software and build a dive profile, but I'm thinking 30 minutes on the bottom would result in a total dive time of around 4 hours, at least half of which would be spent at 3-6m/10-20', and would be on the ragged edge of how much oxygen load you can take, CNS and OTUs both.

    • @ivechang6720
      @ivechang6720 4 месяца назад +6

      Thank you all for nerding out on this subject. 💌 Love from non diver.

  • @michellegore8878
    @michellegore8878 4 месяца назад +13

    Ze: "Hanging out at the Tapes and Such at the Crossgates Mall"
    Everyone from Albany: "Wait, WHAT?"

    • @Ambertrine
      @Ambertrine 13 дней назад

      Exactly! I was like "Crossgates Mall"?!

  • @Bingo_Dingo_Dango
    @Bingo_Dingo_Dango 4 месяца назад +960

    There are few RUclipsrs I get so excited to see post.

    • @andii64
      @andii64 4 месяца назад +11

      Me too! I get so excited when ze posts!

    • @adidasfan360
      @adidasfan360 4 месяца назад

      I want that character in your profile picture to sit on my IAP while I play with its snout, chin, and the mouth. I would open its mouth with my hand before sticking it in there to play with the creature's teeth. This would be most fun since it demonstrates the action of trust. At any given moment, this grey reptile-like creature could chomp my hand. If it does bite my hand then the potential injury would be entirely my fault. However, if it does not bite then that will tell me that it enjoys me playing with its tongue as much as I enjoy doing it. I picture my hand getting covered in its slobbery saliva that I could rub on my body.

    • @happynoodleboy2794
      @happynoodleboy2794 4 месяца назад +3

      How was your comment from 9 hours ago when this came out 22 minutes ago?

    • @JTvTK
      @JTvTK 4 месяца назад +10

      ​@happynoodleboy2794 probably part of being a member? idk

    • @JTvTK
      @JTvTK 4 месяца назад +2

      this is the first I've seen him since i was in college.....in 2015😭
      im glad to see he's still uploading
      i haven't even been away from RUclips, just the first time in years since I've seen anything from zefrank & matthew santoro's channel too😂

  • @partituravid
    @partituravid 4 месяца назад +8

    Love this. Erudite-sounding narration, anodyne classical music, innuendo, puns, cultural references + just a whisper of a chuckle/ smirk/self-satisfaction...+ info.

    • @orchdork775
      @orchdork775 Месяц назад

      Erudite and anodyne are words I've never heard before. That's impressive!

  • @selinesbeau
    @selinesbeau 4 месяца назад +85

    The hydro dam where my dad worked has an eel ladder built into it. Runs right through the structure from one side to the other.

  • @spartanhawk7637
    @spartanhawk7637 4 месяца назад +24

    "This is an excellent way to weed out the dumbest fish" had me rolling.

  • @origulator
    @origulator 4 месяца назад +72

    the delivery of that "Negligent" at 10:40 was top tier

  • @many_lives4925
    @many_lives4925 4 месяца назад +11

    Whenever he starts losing it trying his best to explain these goofy things is the best part 😆😅🤣😂😁

  • @parkerdixon-word6295
    @parkerdixon-word6295 4 месяца назад +114

    Now O want an index of all the animals accurately described by the sentence "One day they get the gonads and that's when the trouble starts." Because I feel like it applies to a lot of invertebrates and sea creatures.

    • @slwrabbits
      @slwrabbits 4 месяца назад

      Plenty of vertebrates, too.

    • @UGNAvalon
      @UGNAvalon 4 месяца назад +1

      Literally every insect that goes thru metamorphosis. From cicadas to mayflies, life goes from months/years of chilling as a big bebe to suddenly having mere hours/days to find a mate. 😅

    • @lisahall6869
      @lisahall6869 4 месяца назад

      Pretty much all creations...🧐

  • @chrismichellijr9217
    @chrismichellijr9217 4 месяца назад +50

    Bob: Hey, uh, George. You’re looking a little yellow. You good?
    George: Call me Georgia, handsome.
    Bob: 👁️👄👁️

  • @serpentinious7745
    @serpentinious7745 4 месяца назад +279

    I never get tired of the "X butt ... X, but" joke 😂

    • @UGNAvalon
      @UGNAvalon 4 месяца назад +19

      Best one is still the “but scientists, sorry. Butt scientists” or something along those lines. 🤣

    • @fritzthelibrarygoblin
      @fritzthelibrarygoblin 4 месяца назад +5

      I always know it's coming, and it still gets me every single time.

    • @ferociousfeind8538
      @ferociousfeind8538 2 месяца назад

      "Butt-first orgy" was really subtle

  • @TheCthultist
    @TheCthultist 4 месяца назад +4

    I missed like half the jokes in the ribbon eel section because I was just laughing too hard at their faces and their truly incredible hunting skills.

  • @denisia1111
    @denisia1111 4 месяца назад +294

    Ah yes eels, the angry sock puppets of the sea.

    • @vincem3748
      @vincem3748 4 месяца назад +9

      Eels
      Ells is the name of the guy who founded Chipotle Mexican Grill

    • @denisia1111
      @denisia1111 4 месяца назад

      @@vincem3748 Fixed it, thanks.

    • @breemapry
      @breemapry 4 месяца назад +3

      😂😂😂😂

  • @JohnLynch-b7e
    @JohnLynch-b7e 21 день назад +1

    8:54; truly loving this refreshing banter.

  • @cheezemonkeyeater
    @cheezemonkeyeater 4 месяца назад +71

    When the grouper comes by
    with a nod and a sigh
    that's a moray!

  • @fishdude666ify
    @fishdude666ify 4 месяца назад +7

    Moray eels always look like they just finished a joke and are waiting for the audience to laugh. "...and then the priest said "These aren't my pants!" Aaa? Aaa?"

  • @ObsessiveReaderLuv
    @ObsessiveReaderLuv 4 месяца назад +188

    I’m sorry, eels that HUNT ON LAND????? Why the actual hell has no one told me about this before now?????? You are doing the world a service, sir

    • @penguin44ca
      @penguin44ca 4 месяца назад +13

      I was going to say the same thing 😂 I audibly said, next to my wife who is sleeping, 'I'm sorry, what the fuck you just say?' my wife bolts upright.
      What?
      Whats the matter?
      Did you know eels hunt on land?
      She paused, realizing fairly quickly what I forgot.
      I was wearing headphones. I was actually shouting. I in fact woke up the house.
      😂😂😢

    • @TPPMac1
      @TPPMac1 4 месяца назад +4

      My property backs onto a small creek that is full of eels. In rainy weather, they're often crawling around in the yard feasting on earthworms.

    • @mohawk4759
      @mohawk4759 4 месяца назад +3

      @@TPPMac1what the fuck

    • @Smileyrat
      @Smileyrat 4 месяца назад +3

      Nowhere is safe now.

    • @djraztah2462
      @djraztah2462 4 месяца назад +1

      Some eels crawl up on land in the Pacific Islands beaches, usually after midnight

  • @goodun2974
    @goodun2974 4 месяца назад +5

    There was a New York band in the 1960's known as the Holy Modal Rounders; a spinoff group was the Moray Eels, and one record was titled "The Moray Eels EAT the Holy Modal Rounders". The revolving cast of members included playwright Sam Shephard and famed guitarist Jeff Skunk Baxter, later of Steely Dan and the Doobie Nrothers.

    • @brandunndrowned
      @brandunndrowned 4 месяца назад

      I've recently started listening to the Holy Modal Rounders!

  • @TheJudiBambiPurrsParadox
    @TheJudiBambiPurrsParadox 4 месяца назад +105

    "...an excellent way to weed out the dumber fish..." 😂🤣

  • @mzmegazone
    @mzmegazone 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow - Crossgates Mall reference smacked me hard. I was 13 when it first opened, and within a couple of years I was biking from all the way over in Scotia, NY to Crossgates with high school friends. It has since doubled in size - the theaters used to be at one end of the mall, now they're in the middle.
    Just odd to have it pop up from Ze Frank. But now I see he's from Guilderland, and just a year younger than I am. We were probably hanging out at Crossgates at the same time. 🤣

  • @April4YHWH
    @April4YHWH 4 месяца назад +604

    "Wetzel's Pretzel which is the name of an eel sex position btw"🤣🤣🤣

    • @SuperAmyRose01
      @SuperAmyRose01 4 месяца назад +24

      Well, never look at pretzels the same ever again 😐🫥

    • @littleperson8315
      @littleperson8315 4 месяца назад +6

      idk, i think Pretzel Maker would be more apt XD

    • @April4YHWH
      @April4YHWH 4 месяца назад +3

      @@littleperson8315 just quoting what zefrank said

    • @bluegold1026
      @bluegold1026 4 месяца назад +1

      Lmao!!

    • @littleperson8315
      @littleperson8315 4 месяца назад +2

      @@April4YHWH and im adding on to it lol

  • @jasonjimerson7046
    @jasonjimerson7046 4 месяца назад +9

    "...When whose a winning and whose a not."
    Great pun, I approve!!! 😂😂😂

  • @arglebargle17
    @arglebargle17 4 месяца назад +83

    To the tune of "That's Amore": If you're feeling an eel and it's biting your heel that's a moray. If it slithers and slides as it swims through the tides, that's a moray.

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 4 месяца назад +5

      If its as cute as a dog, but the shape of a log, thats a moray.

    • @enricogattone432
      @enricogattone432 4 месяца назад

      Guys you made my day 😂

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 4 месяца назад +1

      When you comment for fun, but all the good jokes are done, that's a moray.

    • @enricogattone432
      @enricogattone432 4 месяца назад

      @@shanerooney7288 🤣🤣🤣

  • @daryllwilson3708
    @daryllwilson3708 4 месяца назад +5

    9:51 “would normally be called stalking, but in this case- research”😂

  • @MrLaithtayyem
    @MrLaithtayyem 4 месяца назад +448

    butt jokes never get old

    • @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz
      @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz 4 месяца назад +153

      Oh, sorry. But jokes never get old.

    • @carolshannon6449
      @carolshannon6449 4 месяца назад +4

      Au contraire, they start old, but they never die

    • @corythomas4427
      @corythomas4427 4 месяца назад +3

      You kneed to include more details.

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 4 месяца назад +3

      And ZeFrank knows that

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 4 месяца назад +5

      Anyone who _DOES_ tire of them... is *not* someone I care to be around!
      Thankfully, we're all in good company down here in Ze Frank's comment section. 🍻

  • @nhmooytis7058
    @nhmooytis7058 4 месяца назад +17

    My housemate heard me laughing and asked what I was watching. I said a vid about eel anuses. She said “No, seriously what is so funny?” I said “Eel anuses.” She left me alone after that 😊.

    • @jjescorpiso21
      @jjescorpiso21 2 месяца назад +2

      your housemates sounds boring

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 2 месяца назад +1

      @@jjescorpiso21 yup. No imagination or sense of humor.

  • @awesomecronk7183
    @awesomecronk7183 4 месяца назад +29

    This is one of those channels that you love watching and you don't regret it in he slightest, but you dare not show your family

    • @goodun2974
      @goodun2974 4 месяца назад +7

      I forward the link of almost every Ze Frank video to my family, which probably says even more about them than it does about me!

  • @veltealexander
    @veltealexander 4 месяца назад +3

    Keep these videos coming! Please never stop!

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 месяца назад +51

    I think I heard somewhere that gulper eels are so adept at swallowing food that's larger than their own bodies that it's a legitimate concern it might decay inside their stomachs before it can be fully digested.

    • @deanahopkins6988
      @deanahopkins6988 4 месяца назад +5

      Gah! That is a truly horrifying thought.

    • @greg_4201
      @greg_4201 4 месяца назад +2

      I didn't know eels had legitimate concerns

    • @slwrabbits
      @slwrabbits 4 месяца назад

      and/or will explode out of the far too inadequate belly ...

    • @lolnamelollastname9788
      @lolnamelollastname9788 2 месяца назад

      😮😮 OMFG

  • @DennisKeyser79
    @DennisKeyser79 4 месяца назад +2

    Kudos on the Crossgates reference. I spent many days of my youth there.

  • @NavajoNinja
    @NavajoNinja 4 месяца назад +20

    *life changing
    "All living things are all just tubes. Tubes with more bits and pieces." -ze

  • @norfolknwhey4787
    @norfolknwhey4787 4 месяца назад +3

    I’m so glad I found this channel. By far the greatest nature commentary in existence. 😂
    Then you mention Crossgates Mall?!? Some of my fondest memories are in that mall back in the early 90’s… Had an epic 4-story Macy’s with the weirdest expensive tech stuff on the top floor, and a sweet arcade. Do you remember when Dick’s was placed right above a store called “The Whizz”?! Good times.

  • @LisafromNOLA
    @LisafromNOLA 4 месяца назад +47

    The grouper-eel relationship is amazing! Also, the pelican eel segment made me realize I miss your clay models - they were so wholesome. Love you so much Ze! Love from New Orleans ♥️⚜️♥️⚜️♥️⚜️♥️

  • @ModelAuroreSicard-n4j
    @ModelAuroreSicard-n4j 4 месяца назад +66

    I love how I now know Zefrank is watching the same NOAA broadcasts as me. Those NOAA commentators are pretty frickin funny, too, for a bunch of nerds with science degrees!

    • @darcieclements4880
      @darcieclements4880 4 месяца назад +5

      It's kind of necessary if you're a biologist to have sense of humor.biology is kinda dark

  • @serpentinious7745
    @serpentinious7745 4 месяца назад +41

    5:45
    🎶 When an eel bites your thigh
    Then you bleed out and die
    That's - A Moray!
    Put your hand in that crack
    And you won't get it back
    That's - A Moray!
    Wheeen the jaws open wide
    And there's more jaws inside
    That's - A Moray!
    When it seems on a reef
    And has two sets of teeth
    Thaaaaat's - A Moray! 🎶

  • @user-vk7cp1op9p
    @user-vk7cp1op9p 4 месяца назад +3

    Demon-possessed tonsils! You were the kind of teacher we all desired and adored as the best possible treasure a student could locate. You are the ideal!
    Your mind seems always thinking so fast that is jet propelled, leading a magical circus of thinkers, tumbling acrobats who went where ever imaginable to think faster and do more leaps chasing words, than anyone could even imagine, but children, of all ages, found it addicting, and mesmerizing to see it done with such delight, clarity, and amazement! Words are spring-loaded the way they attach to ideas, and bloom gloriously

  • @vibeslide
    @vibeslide 4 месяца назад +13

    I've been subbed to Frank for about 10 years and this video holds the definitive record when it comes to WTF!-moments.

  • @AdelekeChukule
    @AdelekeChukule 4 месяца назад +2

    I love the variety in your content. It keeps me coming back for more. Well done!

  • @dylanbailey8464
    @dylanbailey8464 4 месяца назад +9

    "I could show you anything right here couldent I?" I love these videos so much

  • @dragonart6555
    @dragonart6555 4 месяца назад +1

    This is the best series ever. I'm so glad you are still making them.

  • @51tetra69
    @51tetra69 4 месяца назад +17

    Ze Frank is the undisputed master of imaginative metaphors! Great stuff!

  • @joemama1691
    @joemama1691 4 месяца назад +1

    I always learn so much while having a chuckle. Love this channel and content!!

  • @michaelthomas5433
    @michaelthomas5433 4 месяца назад +19

    Truly it is the Orange Julius that sets us apart from eels. The classic one, not the hippie flavours that came after.

  • @okayipulluphoppinouttadaaf2012
    @okayipulluphoppinouttadaaf2012 4 месяца назад +1

    Im catching up on your videos after not seeing you for 2 years, still excellent videos!

  • @fleafrier1
    @fleafrier1 4 месяца назад +337

    When your swimming in the sea, and an eel bites your knee, that’s a Moray

    • @ArturoGarcia-zx3ov
      @ArturoGarcia-zx3ov 4 месяца назад +6

      no, thats a moroon

    • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
      @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks 4 месяца назад +13

      When your jaws open wide
      And there's more jaws inside
      That's a moray

    • @Sarika38
      @Sarika38 4 месяца назад

      😂😂😂

    • @feliciagaffney1998
      @feliciagaffney1998 4 месяца назад

      That doesn't even make any sense.

    • @ladybuggger
      @ladybuggger 4 месяца назад +4

      When you swim in a creek, and an eel bites your cheek, that's a moray

  • @m.ferashida7422
    @m.ferashida7422 2 месяца назад

    The mood of this channel's documentaries gives me an unexplicable joy.

  • @buzzsburner.8286
    @buzzsburner.8286 4 месяца назад +24

    charles darwin is watching this from the afterlife shaking his fists in the air at his misunderstanding

  • @iancowan3527
    @iancowan3527 4 месяца назад +1

    Bless you and yet again thank you thank you thank you ~ for giving such awesome content the unique flair of humor and education for videos of creatures and places rarely seen and rarely shown!

  • @bonelordkaz
    @bonelordkaz 4 месяца назад +7

    I've waited many moons for Frank to talk about eels, I was not disappointed. 10/10.

  • @BasicallyBaconSandvichIV
    @BasicallyBaconSandvichIV 4 месяца назад +2

    Next time you get an imprint sponsorship you should do a true facts about imprinting or related.

  • @GhettoSenpai
    @GhettoSenpai 4 месяца назад +29

    Finally, Ze 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂

  • @SireDevathrius
    @SireDevathrius 4 месяца назад +13

    Nahhhh chafing butt was legitimately genius, truly a mastered punchline

  • @denisovan_the_menisovan
    @denisovan_the_menisovan 4 месяца назад +28

    You will say “What the heck?”
    There’s a mouth in its neck,
    That’s a moray!

  • @timothylawver5265
    @timothylawver5265 4 месяца назад +1

    What we all need is a hole with some integrity. Well said.

  • @Secret_Takodachi
    @Secret_Takodachi 4 месяца назад +83

    I love how I now know Zefrank is watching the same NOAA broadcasts as me. 😂 Those NOAA commentators are pretty frickin funny, too, for a bunch of nerds with science degrees! ❤❤❤

    • @4362mont
      @4362mont 4 месяца назад

      That's why Trump's first-day agenda involves getting rid of NOAA. He hates free-smart.

    • @literaterose6731
      @literaterose6731 4 месяца назад +22

      Science hippies! 🔬💖

    • @Madlymarmalade
      @Madlymarmalade 4 месяца назад +15

      I have found nerds that hold science degrees to be funnier than the general population....

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@@Madlymarmaladeit's easier to be funny if you actually have knowledge to joke about

    • @Lythiaren
      @Lythiaren 4 месяца назад

      The stream with the gulper eel clip was great. "What's wrong with it? Is it engorged?" "???????" [eel resets jaws] "OHHHHHH"

  • @bobbuilder3748
    @bobbuilder3748 4 месяца назад

    These are some of the best videos on RUclips. I enjoy learning facts while being entertained.

  • @TheCEOMrGrizz
    @TheCEOMrGrizz 4 месяца назад +200

    Eels, the rich man’s worm of the sea.

    • @MonoSuerte
      @MonoSuerte 4 месяца назад +19

      The poor man's dragon of the ocean

    • @justhearmeout3959
      @justhearmeout3959 4 месяца назад +11

      I read this as "Eat the rich man's worm of the sea" for some reason.
      Really need to work on my reading comprehension 😅

    • @TheCEOMrGrizz
      @TheCEOMrGrizz 4 месяца назад +9

      @@justhearmeout3959 the dyslexia is everywhere

    • @lichtsprecher
      @lichtsprecher 4 месяца назад +6

      Slenderfish

    • @yublockme
      @yublockme 4 месяца назад +2

      nice pfp

  • @user-lp3ew1xb5u
    @user-lp3ew1xb5u 3 месяца назад +1

    had an eel swim toward me once while I was snorkeling ... to this day, I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or not. It didn't attack but it scared the shit out of me.

  • @derhuhnerhabicht5870
    @derhuhnerhabicht5870 4 месяца назад +8

    One of the best channels RUclips has to offer. You can really be proud of yourself ❤

  • @Ezox2408
    @Ezox2408 4 месяца назад

    this has been one of my favourites in a while. Thank you Jerry

  • @BigBongly
    @BigBongly 4 месяца назад +10

    them eels rlly do just be aquatic sock puppets, even got the mouth moves down pat

  • @Trymebeyonce
    @Trymebeyonce 4 месяца назад

    Garden eels are my favorite aquatic animals and it made me so genuinely happy that you talked about them!!

  • @cyb0rgirl
    @cyb0rgirl 4 месяца назад +5

    the way Ze Frank has been on the internet The Whole Time and has always made awesome content is fucking CRAZY

  • @CandeIero
    @CandeIero 4 месяца назад +3

    At 3:52 you cannot convince me that this is not just a human arm inside of a long blue sock.

  • @chrisbarry9345
    @chrisbarry9345 4 месяца назад +7

    The only RUclips alert I'm excited to see and the only channel where youre most excited for the credits 😅

    • @ClanImprobable
      @ClanImprobable 4 месяца назад

      You are so correct, I never realized I always stay through to the end!

  • @Katastrophii
    @Katastrophii 4 месяца назад

    This man was my childhood and now is with me still in adulthood. Ily ze frank.

  • @emmyali920
    @emmyali920 4 месяца назад +11

    I saw this video pop up and I was SOOO happy!

  • @cashandrews25
    @cashandrews25 2 месяца назад +5

    those are some 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓎 eels

  • @aandreiws2
    @aandreiws2 4 месяца назад +17

    Thank you! This was fun.

  • @MsLeenite
    @MsLeenite 4 месяца назад

    Thank you, Ze. I didn't realize how much I needed to look at eels today.

  • @ravensmythe1
    @ravensmythe1 4 месяца назад +6

    Thank you, Ze Frank for yet another amazing, educational, and hysterical video!

  • @MikevanMeer
    @MikevanMeer 4 месяца назад

    Im so grateful Arlo gave a shout-out to this channel. Peak RUclips content

  • @Chasingscalesspecieshunt
    @Chasingscalesspecieshunt 4 месяца назад +9

    Well I've officially made it I've got my eel clips on a ze frank video!

    • @SuziQ.
      @SuziQ. 4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, you did! 🎉

  • @ubeia4857
    @ubeia4857 4 месяца назад +3

    Eel looks so much like the ocean's belligerent noodles. At least that's how I think their predators see them.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 4 месяца назад +36

    Hits ya right in the eels.
    Feels..... feels.