But they do sound like fun, like your naughty but oh so funny little nieces and nephews that you know you're not supposed to encourage by laughing (or feeding).
Haha, I heard the Kiwi in @musicevangelist words. Also: Is it possible to teach them a constructive habit? Or at least film and profit from their naughtiness?
@@kevboard I love a bit of pedantism but I'm feeling generous, so I'll leave your comment alone. I agree, that is not how you pronounce IKEA. It's pronounced "cheap crap." 😁
@@kevboard Eh, as a Swede, that's just how you pronounce it in English. It's fine. We probably pronounce English brands wrong (in fact I know we do), that's just how languages adapt to loanwords.
Just FYI: don't drive over traffic cones. a friend did this and the cone went under the bumper, popped back up and tore off the bottom of the radiator, all the coolant poured out, the engine overheated... and that was the end of that car. I'm sure the odds of that happening are very low but... why risk it?
Considering how many newer cars have plastic oil pans or plastic parts on the radiators, I don't think the odds of that happening are actually that low.
I once saw a crow dropping a walnut so I picked up the walnut and opened it. After that the crow would drop a nut whenever it saw me. At one point I started using a nut cracker. After the crow saw me use the nut cracker a few times I wanted to see what the crow would do with it, so I left it by the nut. The nut cracked was imposable for the bird to use, but it was clear it wanted to It tried a long time to work out how he could use it. Crows are scary smart..
Yeah, I think I've had a crow do that stoplight trick to me. I didn't see the nut but it ran up to my car as I was parked, then when I was moving again I saw it run back. So either it had a nut or it was very interested in that spot of road and annoyed that I was in the way.
So now you put up a sign that says "ignore traffic cones blocking tunnel" and then if you need to stop traffic cover the sign, then the birds will learn to cover the sign before moving the cones over.
@@lucbloom Don't give the kea any ideas. They might get inspired to find better ways to block traffic. If you aren't careful, there will soon be a world wide kea tax.
As someone who regularly has to use cones at their job (and a high vis vest) I regret to inform everyone that a depressingly high amount of people do not infact follow the rules about cones.
Yup, I once yelled at a lady because she just drove over our cones to use the blocked-off parking space we had reserved for the other work truck, and then wanted to drive off _with the cone stuck under her car_ claiming she didn't hear the loud scraping noise.
I used to work at a gas station and when a pump wasn't working, we'd put a cone in front of it. The number of times someone would move that cone so they could pull up to the pump, and then come inside to yell at us that the pump isn't working is way too high.
Yeah, I read an article about this and that just said that the keas found it fun to control where the cars would go. Possibly it was another flock of birds who “just” made the road more challenging instead of fully stopping the cars.
Had a hunch this would be kea related, entirely because they're crafty little jerks which is why we love them, but didn't realise they were capable of moving road cones. Also found it slightly amusing that I think Ceri heard the word "island" and assumed the South Island is a small wee island and not 3/4 the size of Great Britain and New Zealand's largest land mass lol
If it's called South Island, it's either the only island to the south or way bigger than all the others. The former is unlikely, because island countries tend to have a lot of islands, in all directions except up.
Those crows are even smarter than suggested. They first learned to drop nuts on the road so that cars would crush them, but they then had a hard time collecting their loot because of the traffic. They then learned to drop the nuts near intersections, and then wait for the light to change before getting the goodies.
You know a joke is so utterly terrible when it's simultaneously being the most on the nose AND having someone said "I feel like there's a joke in there" at the same time 😭
Just a couple of weeks ago I got tired of tree branches hanging down on my bike path to work. So I put on high-vis, sunglasses and ear protectors, then brought my cutting gear to start pruning. No-one questioned me and gave a wide and respectful berth for me, even crossing to the other side of the road so that I could cut branches. Perhaps not fully legal to prune municipality trees, but I feel like I did a community service (I also did dispose of the cut branches properly).
As an American living in New Zealand, my guess is that it involves either sheep or earthquakes in some way. 04:27-Oh, wait, now I’m thinking it's keas at the Homer tunnel to Milford. They’ve been known to absolutely destroy cars parked in a nearby car park.
Crows don't place nuts in front of cars they drop them from overhanging power lines, some miss and hit your windshield. The smart ones do it on pedestrian crossings because they know the cars stop when the light is red
It's a little known fact that not only do New Zealanders have weather, everywhere they go, they always take their weather with them. Everywhere they go, always take the weather.
They’re quite strong and they will have a go at anything, they’ll destroy the trim on your car. They’re insanely smart and amusing to be around, they love being close to people.
Please do not cut to other cameras when the question is being read for the first time. I need the text. During the re-read would be ok. I love the channel
my first idea was wind then I thought maybe do to the shape of the tunnel and the speed of the car maybe it cause vibration that cause the cone to walk. this would be more likely on a bridge but I could see it happen in a tunnel just slower.
Think of Kea as Trash pandas but they will rip pieces off your car like the rubber that holds your windscreen or wipers, because they love getting into stuff.
I have had a crow try to use me to assassinate a magpie. The crow held the magpie down, and let it go as I drove past. I *think* the magpie survived even though it hit the bumper.
Don't try car bowling with cones.. when they melt onto your exhaust they stink for some time. I believe so anyway, no evidence to prove this, honest.. :-)
Everyone else: "So yes the Kea birds are moving the cones but why?" Daniel: "duh, can they even move the cones? Are they big enough?" No daniel, despite just saying that bird is why moving the cones, no, see what they do is hop into their little trucks to move the cones around with ropes, they even got a little schedule and mini gas station! Brain dead, is he just the comic relief? Ive seen smarter 4 year olds.
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"I was interested in a girl...That's a big reason why I learn stuff." ooooo, I felt that one HARD.
As a New Zealander I knew this straight away. They are not the messiah, they are very naughty birds.
I have never left Europe but my mind immediately went to the world's most annoying parrot.
But they do sound like fun, like your naughty but oh so funny little nieces and nephews that you know you're not supposed to encourage by laughing (or feeding).
Same, as an "honorary kiwi", i immediately knew it had to be SH94 to Milford
Haha, I heard the Kiwi in @musicevangelist words.
Also: Is it possible to teach them a constructive habit? Or at least film and profit from their naughtiness?
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"You can feed a Kea from a Kia while going to IKEA" Unfortunately not, we don't have an IKEA... yet...
alsoy that's not how you pronounce IKEA...
yes, I am being pedantic about that 🤣
@@kevboard I love a bit of pedantism but I'm feeling generous, so I'll leave your comment alone.
I agree, that is not how you pronounce IKEA. It's pronounced "cheap crap." 😁
@@kevboard Just out of interest, were you referring to how it is usually pronounced in Sweden or is it a different claim to proper pronunciation?
You could be driving to the airport to go to the nearest IKEA, so in a sense you're "driving to IKEA"
@@kevboard Eh, as a Swede, that's just how you pronounce it in English. It's fine. We probably pronounce English brands wrong (in fact I know we do), that's just how languages adapt to loanwords.
Just FYI: don't drive over traffic cones. a friend did this and the cone went under the bumper, popped back up and tore off the bottom of the radiator, all the coolant poured out, the engine overheated... and that was the end of that car. I'm sure the odds of that happening are very low but... why risk it?
Also, some cones are placed *over* steel posts.
That will ruin your day... and probably the day for any with or following you.
Considering how many newer cars have plastic oil pans or plastic parts on the radiators, I don't think the odds of that happening are actually that low.
I once saw a crow dropping a walnut so I picked up the walnut and opened it. After that the crow would drop a nut whenever it saw me.
At one point I started using a nut cracker. After the crow saw me use the nut cracker a few times I wanted to see what the crow would do with it, so I left it by the nut.
The nut cracked was imposable for the bird to use, but it was clear it wanted to It tried a long time to work out how he could use it.
Crows are scary smart..
Where are the bird-accessible nutcrackers. Where are they. I can think of like five ways off the top of my head, engineers get on this
Yeah, I think I've had a crow do that stoplight trick to me. I didn't see the nut but it ran up to my car as I was parked, then when I was moving again I saw it run back. So either it had a nut or it was very interested in that spot of road and annoyed that I was in the way.
So now you put up a sign that says "ignore traffic cones blocking tunnel" and then if you need to stop traffic cover the sign, then the birds will learn to cover the sign before moving the cones over.
The kea should put up a sign that says "Do feed the kea"
@@beatrix1120 Or just cover the signs that say "don't feed the kea".
Dammit, don't give them ideas
Why not store the cones somewhere else? Or make a guiding rail bolted down?
@@lucbloom Don't give the kea any ideas. They might get inspired to find better ways to block traffic. If you aren't careful, there will soon be a world wide kea tax.
As someone who regularly has to use cones at their job (and a high vis vest) I regret to inform everyone that a depressingly high amount of people do not infact follow the rules about cones.
Or the speed limits around road works
@@Thermalions Or speed limits in general.
This could extrapolated to pretty much and rule governing the use of cars on public roadways.
Yup, I once yelled at a lady because she just drove over our cones to use the blocked-off parking space we had reserved for the other work truck, and then wanted to drive off _with the cone stuck under her car_ claiming she didn't hear the loud scraping noise.
I used to work at a gas station and when a pump wasn't working, we'd put a cone in front of it.
The number of times someone would move that cone so they could pull up to the pump, and then come inside to yell at us that the pump isn't working is way too high.
I wouldn't rule out "Kea just like messing with humans" as a motivation.
Yeah, I read an article about this and that just said that the keas found it fun to control where the cars would go. Possibly it was another flock of birds who “just” made the road more challenging instead of fully stopping the cars.
Had a hunch this would be kea related, entirely because they're crafty little jerks which is why we love them, but didn't realise they were capable of moving road cones.
Also found it slightly amusing that I think Ceri heard the word "island" and assumed the South Island is a small wee island and not 3/4 the size of Great Britain and New Zealand's largest land mass lol
If it's called South Island, it's either the only island to the south or way bigger than all the others. The former is unlikely, because island countries tend to have a lot of islands, in all directions except up.
1:57 can confirm. In fact we are having weather as I comment this.
I appreciate that Hank's subtitles are in fact Green
Those crows are even smarter than suggested. They first learned to drop nuts on the road so that cars would crush them, but they then had a hard time collecting their loot because of the traffic. They then learned to drop the nuts near intersections, and then wait for the light to change before getting the goodies.
That's me awake for another 9 minutes then 😂
anonymous insomniacs group meeting.
@@mortuos557 Damn. I forgot to bring biscuits
@@Albatross-365 Tom has some biscuits, I wouldn't trust them though.
@@MegaLokopo How mysterious ...
I certainly feel seen
Tom's new drip is pretty neat. It symbolises the end of the red T-shirt/grey hoodie Tom Scott era.
He kept those outfits going for far too long in my opinion.
Blasphemer @@ajs41
Drip?
@@Albatross-365 yeah, he didn't close the tap all the way
As a New Zealander, as soon as I heard the story I knew kea were involved. Loved Tom’s story too!
"All the Rush songs I know... are thanks to Heather."
Props to Heather!
just wait until Heather sees this!
Soon the Kia will be charging motorists to use the tunnel.
5 peanuts for a bike.
10 peanuts for a car.
20 peanuts for a lorry.
and 200 peanuts for a school bus because they know all the pupils are going to want to feed them anyways
@@widicamdotnet
😂
I had a hunch it would be kea, but I half expected them to be hunting and harvesting windshield wiper blades.
When kea are involved, "just to watch the chaos" is a valid answer.
@@adamsbja I was about to ask why the kea would steal windshield wiper blades, but you kinda answered that for me.
You know a joke is so utterly terrible when it's simultaneously being the most on the nose AND having someone said "I feel like there's a joke in there" at the same time 😭
...not RUclips opening this on 0:20 so I got blasted with Hank Green saying COOMS out of nowhere 😭😭
I love Hank's hosting he's so supportive of everyone's ideas
I've said it and I'll keep saying it, Tech Diff for P4A
So glad they gave a certain man a certain subtitle color. I know there are only three options, but somebody must've thought of that.
I only regularly listen to 3 podcasts: Lateral, Tangents, and Dear Hank & John. So Hank and Ceri on Lateral is joyous to me!
Tom Scott's face after "two [points] if you get 'em stuck on your antenna!" ! 😁
"Uhmmm, ackshually" ... 🤓
This is another group with great chemistry.
As a New Zealander I can confirm that New Zealand has all of the weather, usually all at the same time
obviously the gang from toy story 2 have been doing their thing
Just a couple of weeks ago I got tired of tree branches hanging down on my bike path to work. So I put on high-vis, sunglasses and ear protectors, then brought my cutting gear to start pruning. No-one questioned me and gave a wide and respectful berth for me, even crossing to the other side of the road so that I could cut branches. Perhaps not fully legal to prune municipality trees, but I feel like I did a community service (I also did dispose of the cut branches properly).
Even going in being pretty sure this was Kea-related, the answer was still a delightful surprise.
Now, you see, my first thought was that one scene in Toy Story.
There's no Ikea in new Zealand
Yes, there is.
It's not scheduled to open until late 2025.
@@MegaLokopo Not yet - due to open next year
@@nataliedrest5679 lt still exists. Does chick-fil-a not exist on sunday because it is closed?
Actually my company is tendering to put some dock leveller in for that Ikea.
It's very much in the works
Minor linguistic point -- we talk about being "in" the South Island, not "on" it.
"while going to Ikea" That hurt 😔
Having Hank green on is awesome
As an American living in New Zealand, my guess is that it involves either sheep or earthquakes in some way. 04:27-Oh, wait, now I’m thinking it's keas at the Homer tunnel to Milford. They’ve been known to absolutely destroy cars parked in a nearby car park.
Yes, New Zealand does have weather - of many different kinds. its also not a little Island...
Ceri ruling out the supernatural right off the bat, no many contestants do that
I believe the Kakapu used to live in mountainous areas, too. (Now only on one preserve island, iirc)
Will be honest when I saw the title for this one my mind immediately went to toy story 2 and crossing the road
Crows don't place nuts in front of cars they drop them from overhanging power lines, some miss and hit your windshield. The smart ones do it on pedestrian crossings because they know the cars stop when the light is red
birds are just so amazing, I'm always stumped by how intelligent a lot of species can be
As a Dwarf Fortress player I immediately thought of keas
It's a little known fact that not only do New Zealanders have weather, everywhere they go, they always take their weather with them. Everywhere they go, always take the weather.
I got this. I hope some others do too 😀
Not being familiar with New Zealander fauna, I was wondering why Korean cars would need a gymnasium
For those wondering, here is an old video of them moving the cones:
ruclips.net/video/FuA5tO_c7s4/видео.html
Was this on Cone-y Island?
The fastest dad in the west
Different cone-tinent.
Please, I cone't deal with any more puns.
That's so awesome. It's astonishing how long it's taken humans to realise that the derogatory term "bird brain" is a complete misnomer!
Depends on the bird. Owls are ironically dim.
Australia doesn't have any koala bears, because koalas are not bears.
but do they have drop bears
@@nate_storm Yes, they masquerade as koalas, and then attack when you're least expecting it.
Tardigrades are even less bear than koalas are, but we sometimes call them water bears.
Most of the video has Daniel Peake, however 3:39 introduces his alter-ego Peake Daniel
I'm surprised he went for cone-ala bears, instead of the infamous cone-garoo!
THE JOKE LANDED SO WELL.... *cries into coffee*
@@myladycasagrande863 Given an extra 10 seconds, this would have been a better joke. *continues crying into coffee*
They’re quite strong and they will have a go at anything, they’ll destroy the trim on your car. They’re insanely smart and amusing to be around, they love being close to people.
I wonder if Heather is the same Girl Who Listened to Rush that Nerf Herder was singing about...
my first thought was "i wonder if this is in New Zealand" when I saw the title because of our culture around road cones hahaha
Please do not cut to other cameras when the question is being read for the first time. I need the text. During the re-read would be ok. I love the channel
Behind the scenes glimpse: when that happens, that may be to cover an edit point. -- David (producer)
@@lateralcast That's fair.
Catching up with Lateral episodes in reverse order of publication blessed me with a big ol' spoiler for this episode in the next one :'(
I'm disappointed by no Toy Story guesses in there
Great! Tom with his "Thanks! Now I'm thinking of an elephant." made me loose the game. Thanks, Tom!
The capacity for critical thinking and tool use on these birds really is astonishing.
And now we know where the koalas caught chlamydia.
Sorry, no Ikea in NZ... yet!
my first idea was wind then I thought maybe do to the shape of the tunnel and the speed of the car maybe it cause vibration that cause the cone to walk. this would be more likely on a bridge but I could see it happen in a tunnel just slower.
1:18 Tom Scott plus??
the Kea seems from some photos (colour and shape of head) look like that mossy green boss dragon from HTTYD1 :)
I for one welcome our future avian overlords
It has to be the hobbits, right? I'll let myself out.
Hobbits aren't that small. Or traffic cones aren't that large.
I've been to NZ many times, i know exactly whats happening, naughty birds, but you gotta love them.
I know many people who are incapable of such level of planning.
Isn't this called Lateral with Tom Scott but there is no Tom Scott
Coneala Bears genuinely hurt
Think of Kea as Trash pandas but they will rip pieces off your car like the rubber that holds your windscreen or wipers, because they love getting into stuff.
That's MY life hack, get your own hack keas!
literal highway robbery
I'm pretty sure the past three ones of these i've clicked on tom had to step out
I was thinking goats/sheep, was not familiar with kea.
If it's the South Island, I'd blame the Kea first & foremost (simply out of due caution)!
😊
I still don't get why there have to be traffic cones at the entrance to the tunnel, to begin with?
If it's New Zealand it's Keas.
Are you suggesting traffic cones migrate?
1:32 ...aand I just lost the game
Cur-Ly Hank!!
Giraffe pimp.
I have had a crow try to use me to assassinate a magpie.
The crow held the magpie down, and let it go as I drove past.
I *think* the magpie survived even though it hit the bumper.
Did they copy each other, or did they teach each other? 😮
😂😂😂
For when you've heard the answer: ruclips.net/video/FuA5tO_c7s4/видео.html
0:50 and then 4:34 I see you’ve not been to Italy 😅
Antenna? Wow you're old 😅
Don't try car bowling with cones.. when they melt onto your exhaust they stink for some time. I believe so anyway, no evidence to prove this, honest.. :-)
Big hermit crabs using the cones for their home?
4:58 sad that no one made an "damn it, KEA drivers" joke
However: DO NOT feed birds, *especially* in New Zealand. Some species are incredibly vulnerable and *need* to be able to find/gather their own food!
My first thought was turtles. I was close! Insofar as turtles are also animals...
Everyone else: "So yes the Kea birds are moving the cones but why?"
Daniel: "duh, can they even move the cones? Are they big enough?"
No daniel, despite just saying that bird is why moving the cones, no, see what they do is hop into their little trucks to move the cones around with ropes, they even got a little schedule and mini gas station!
Brain dead, is he just the comic relief? Ive seen smarter 4 year olds.
Bears were using them as hats.
Sad that no one made a Toy Story joke
why does tom have the worst video here