Cuscus: The Weirdest Animal You've Never Heard Of

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  • Опубликовано: 18 май 2023
  • Half sloth, half koala, all weird. This is the Cuscus.
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    Examining the nature of the beast.

Комментарии • 425

  • @watchmecatchpike7145
    @watchmecatchpike7145 Год назад +355

    "Because of this the bear cuscus is very slow, very lethargic and slothlike." Me too Cuscus. Me too

  • @gavinlamp5426
    @gavinlamp5426 Год назад +14

    "Okay, what do you want to be?'
    Cuscus: "I want to be a lemur. No, a sloth. No wait! An opossum! No wait, a binturong!"

  • @isaacthemonke233
    @isaacthemonke233 Год назад +18

    This looks like somebody tried to draw a monkey from memory, then made it a marsupial

  • @wormworm580
    @wormworm580 Год назад +56

    I got scratched by a cuscus once and so I went and put neon coloured bandaids on but when I came back to see the cuscus again it got really invested in my neon bandaids and scratched me even more. The moral of the story: don’t wear neon pink and green bandaids into cuscus territory.

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol Год назад +2

      No way. No one knows what these are

    • @wormworm580
      @wormworm580 Год назад +4

      @@SoulDelSol Oceania moment I guess

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 Год назад

      Maybe the cuscus confuses them for leaves.

  • @darhaha3391
    @darhaha3391 Год назад +118

    There are some others marsupials that are also rare and few know about them. I'd really like to know more about the water possum. World's only semi-aquatic marsupial. I think in a few million years they could evolve into marsupial whales 😂 imagine that

    • @siggyvdz8213
      @siggyvdz8213 Год назад +4

      Amazing ! Thanks for this discovery !

    • @juritudi57yearsago59
      @juritudi57yearsago59 Год назад

      Thatd be so cool having a marsupial whale, it probably give birth on the surface tho

    • @plasmarine5781
      @plasmarine5781 Год назад +1

      Wow they are so cool! I had never heard of them before this. Absolutely love them

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol Год назад +1

      Can't happen bc how is it going to breath stuck in a pouch

    • @darhaha3391
      @darhaha3391 Год назад +2

      @@SoulDelSol lol 😂🤣

  • @casbot71
    @casbot71 Год назад +26

    For some reason calling someone a _"Cuscus"_ was a insult in a school I went to in Sydney Australia (pre internet), with full awareness of what it was.

    • @facewrinkles3886
      @facewrinkles3886 Год назад +5

      Well people use sloth as a derogatory term and I could totally see a similar characteristic animal being thrown around like that. Australia moment!

  • @tristenallen6693
    @tristenallen6693 Год назад +45

    Finally, leaser known animals are getting the spot, can you do bee flies next most people have never even seen one and when they do they are often terrified and try to swat them despite their ecological importance and being completely harmless to humans and animals in general they also look cute and weird like if a humming birds and bumble bee had a baby only down side is that their larva are parasitoid for other insects

  • @TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz
    @TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz Год назад +12

    Spotted Cuscus: "It's a miracle! It's an Australian Christmas bloody miracle!"

  • @Nondualstandpoint01
    @Nondualstandpoint01 Год назад +90

    I’d love to see a video of the super rare giant japanese salamander! Love your videos💚

    • @isaiahmcguire1822
      @isaiahmcguire1822 Год назад +2

      They did a video on the giant salamanders.

    • @obamessiah
      @obamessiah Год назад +1

      There's probably a video of one on RUclips. Do a search for it. It's real easy.

  • @ToxicWyvern1
    @ToxicWyvern1 Год назад +10

    Cuscus, the creature so nice, they named it twice

  • @quayevano
    @quayevano Год назад +8

    I'm 51 years old and from the Philippines, but it's my first time to hear and know about these beautiful creatures.

  • @Semirotta
    @Semirotta Год назад +8

    Adorable little critter.

  • @gerryhouska2859
    @gerryhouska2859 Год назад +4

    Never heard of? Bought one from Koki market, Port Moresby, sold as food, bought as a pet for my children. Nice, gentle creature.

  • @sassa82
    @sassa82 Год назад +4

    Its so fascinsting that there are so many different mammals on this planet.

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 Год назад +40

    I had heard of this animal, but didn't know anything about them. Now that I do, they're one of my favorite marsupials. Thank you.

  • @agerven
    @agerven Год назад +18

    You are right, never heard of these nice animals before!
    Learned a lot in this video, especially about how cute and special they are :) Diversity and evolution of nature seem almost endless!

  • @zaidnail3544
    @zaidnail3544 Год назад +29

    I've never heard of a cuscus, what a beautiful animal.
    You think you can talk about the blue spix's macaw next, please.

  • @3r3bu5x9
    @3r3bu5x9 Год назад +30

    this animal used to be abundant in my locality 20years ago. Fascinating creatures.

  • @TheVeritas1
    @TheVeritas1 Год назад +23

    Danielle,
    Don't feel bad. I'm older than you and had never heard of the cuscus until one appeared in a RUclips video. What a fascinating creature.

  • @Turdfergusen382
    @Turdfergusen382 Год назад +4

    You’re a beautiful human. Thanks for all the cool content

  • @elNathNY
    @elNathNY Год назад +9

    Very cute. They look similar to strepsirhini primates.

  • @estervillafane
    @estervillafane Год назад +45

    Que maravilla de programa.
    No tenía idea de que existía este animal con estos bellos colores 😮

  • @EATSxBABIES
    @EATSxBABIES Год назад +2

    My favorite Disney character. David Spade did such a good job voicing him. :)

  • @farhanatoerien3437
    @farhanatoerien3437 Год назад +2

    I have never heard of or seen of this creature- THANK YOU 🙏🏾

  • @fullscorpion5285
    @fullscorpion5285 Год назад +1

    "Big...round...(zooms away from balls)...spots! " Got me! 😂

  • @rickkwitkoski1976
    @rickkwitkoski1976 Год назад +4

    And these sweeties are EAST of "The Wallace Line", so within the Australian fauna area. It makes sense that they are marsupials.

  • @fish-champ
    @fish-champ Год назад +76

    Can you do the livestreams of drawing the animals weekly? It’s really relaxing to watch them

  • @Numbskulli
    @Numbskulli Год назад +5

    Excited to watch this!! I just recently learned about these fellows.

  • @Nikki0417
    @Nikki0417 Год назад +3

    They really are like a mash-up of all the other marsupials. 😂

  • @Astrapionte
    @Astrapionte Год назад +5

    I just love marsupials. Oddly, my favorite feature of theirs are their hands.
    Koalas and cuscuses, for example, have those amazing fingers and bird like claws 😊

  • @AlainaLindsay
    @AlainaLindsay Год назад +4

    This was so cool!! Thank you for the great video

  • @hihigh9627
    @hihigh9627 Год назад +1

    I used to love the cuscus in like 3rd grade when I was obsessed with animals. I’m so happy they finally have their own video!

  • @greenserenity
    @greenserenity Год назад +2

    I really appreciate this channel. I love how you add a tad of humor and how you offer the information. And then all those cuuuuute animals! Amazing!! Thank you for being such a great inspiration!!

  • @yallimsorry5983
    @yallimsorry5983 Год назад +2

    Wanna say I love these videos, and so does one of my cats! He comes in and watches the entire thing! Or we watch them together in the bed, lol. Thanks so much for making these.

  • @obidean3964
    @obidean3964 Год назад +2

    "Cuscus"
    Adorably exotic name, just like itself

  • @DestroyerOfWeebs
    @DestroyerOfWeebs Год назад +5

    Cuscus is also the name of one brazilian food, you don't know how scared i get when i saw that exist an animal called cuscus

    • @e.s.lavall9219
      @e.s.lavall9219 Год назад

      Isn't the food spelled couscous?

    • @DestroyerOfWeebs
      @DestroyerOfWeebs Год назад

      @@e.s.lavall9219 None of my parents or friends spelled like that, so idk

  • @dmedina6835
    @dmedina6835 Год назад +4

    Always a great video and 34 - I was thinking 22 - rock on and keep sending that awesome content

  • @rivaljunior6369
    @rivaljunior6369 Год назад +3

    I'm majoring Biology Education now, and one of my task is to research Marsupials and from that task i learned about this species and suprisingly i found this animal actually from my country 😂😂😂

  • @sharendonnelly7770
    @sharendonnelly7770 Год назад +3

    The cuscus is truly and enigma, fascinating and truly an excellent example of convergent evolution, i.e. monkeys, sloths, marsupials. Every video I watch I grow to appreciate the incredibly intricate artwork that represents the animal discussed. Wow factor 10+. Great video!

  • @ToastedTater420
    @ToastedTater420 Год назад +2

    They looks somewhere between a possum and a lemur. Very cute

  • @TeethToothman
    @TeethToothman Год назад +2

    Danielle and I are pretty much the same age and I learned about Cuscus' from Jack Hanna when I was little. I think around 6 years old or so. I never forgot because of how much he talked about them smelling like popcorn.

  • @rakshithprajwal5069
    @rakshithprajwal5069 Год назад

    Clicked on Animalogic Video after Years. Happy to see Danielle still with the Team!

  • @NWforager
    @NWforager Год назад +5

    its a cute slothy gecko cat monkey 💖 Hi Danielle

  • @marymccluer1630
    @marymccluer1630 Год назад +2

    Hey, you asked for suggestions on other animals to cover. I grew up in a swamp on the East coast of central Florida in the 70s. There were these amazing large grasshoppers in our area that were bright yellow with large red and green spots. They moved very slowly, at a crawl or would else sit still, and avoided jumping. I thought they must be poisonous, but I wasn't sure. Over the years, I've looked for information on these grasshoppers but have never found mention of them. I'm not sure if they even still exist. Thanks.

    • @oliviapriest8986
      @oliviapriest8986 9 месяцев назад

      you may be thinking of lubber grasshoppers! they're amazing!

  • @tessat338
    @tessat338 Год назад +3

    I have never heard of this animal before!

  • @lovenature
    @lovenature Год назад +3

    Awesome!!

  • @theburningman5047
    @theburningman5047 Год назад +1

    Damn… the Illustration at the beginning is breathtaking 👍🏼 Really well done

  • @sdizzy3863
    @sdizzy3863 Год назад +1

    Love you Danielle! You make me smile and your love for animals is commendable!

  • @JackieMatthews610318
    @JackieMatthews610318 Год назад +3

    Due to their arboreal life, cuscus seems to have evolved somewhat in a similar direction to primates, especially lemurs and other primitive monkeys.

  • @SkunkySpinda
    @SkunkySpinda Год назад +1

    wow! a new scruggly to add to the collection! I love them~ Maybe for an episode you could do fish with funny names like BoopsBoops or the fat innkeeper worm?

  • @erickj.933
    @erickj.933 Год назад +12

    Make a video about mandrials, those monkeys with colorful faces😮 pleaseee🥲

  • @tutubism
    @tutubism Год назад +3

    i thought they were some type of lemurs at first. their existence reminds me that marsupials are incredibly diverse & adaptable animals. thank you for sharing! :)

  • @emm6064
    @emm6064 Год назад +4

    I knew about them but somehow keep forgetting they are marsupials. (no idea why). Bit of a marsupial sloth/monkey combo.

  • @Boogie_the_cat
    @Boogie_the_cat 11 месяцев назад +1

    Very cute.
    Here was me thinking there was only one noun in the world pronounced like "cooscoos"
    Yet here is this cutie, and there is the couscous in the supermarket!

  • @rarefarera6946
    @rarefarera6946 Год назад +3

    Thank you for consistently expanding my knowledge or animals with lovely entertaining videos

  • @canis2020
    @canis2020 Год назад +1

    These things look like a possum and a lemur did the forbidden dance

  • @salejrei3564
    @salejrei3564 Год назад +2

    As a kid I used to collect sticker albums, one of the very first I had was about wildlife, the cuscus was there, it seemed pretty interesting but I never searched about it until 25 years later I came across your video, it's amazing to actually see it 😍 it feels like going back in time, great job 🙌🏿

  • @edchanful
    @edchanful Год назад +3

    Aahhh yess cuscus from my country
    Hopefully Animalogic can make a video about a red cat from Kalimantan, the cat is almost extinct n not a lot of people know bout this creature

  • @Chaos89P
    @Chaos89P Год назад +1

    Heard of the cuscus back in the 90's. I forget what the commercial was about, but one of the things the announcer said was to the effect of "Ever have a cuscus on your head?" There was a cuscus clinging to the guy's head, probably just hanging around.

  • @aggrotits.thunderbelch
    @aggrotits.thunderbelch Год назад

    Fuzzy tree goblin. I love him.

  • @robcouncil1592
    @robcouncil1592 Год назад +1

    Hi Danielle! 👋🏿😎 Your illustrations and presentations are always awesome!!!! Thank you for sharing the vids. #Cuscus! 👏🏿🙌🏿👍🏿

  • @Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr
    @Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr Год назад +3

    I’ve heard of them, but when I ate one at a Moroccan restaurant I assumed it was some kind of cereal. How do they turn them into those little granules?

    • @Remissio712
      @Remissio712 Год назад +1

      Has more like a rice like texture or bulgur texture 🤣

  • @chimz1310
    @chimz1310 Год назад

    no because this is the realest channel on yt sometimes love y’all!!!

  • @stefandurbaba
    @stefandurbaba Год назад +2

    Yes! I have been waiting for this one for a while.

  • @jwanaavery9599
    @jwanaavery9599 Год назад +1

    Looks beautiful and slow, but really scary at night

  • @golfgrabu
    @golfgrabu Год назад +1

    Soo cuuute! But for me the weirdest animal will always remain the platypus.

  • @e.s.lavall9219
    @e.s.lavall9219 Год назад +1

    I knew cuscuses existed but didn't realise there were more than one species! (I'm Australian)
    One thing hasn't changed- I LOVE THEM

  • @ElephantSoul
    @ElephantSoul Год назад +1

    Amazing video

  • @luzmarinavillafane8779
    @luzmarinavillafane8779 Год назад

    Espectacularrrrrr. Gracias Animalogic.

  • @francosalinas4459
    @francosalinas4459 Год назад

    Bahahah! “Big round…spots” nicely done

  • @zain1smith
    @zain1smith Год назад +1

    Awesome. I heard this animal before since I used to live in that large island

  • @braendyn
    @braendyn Год назад +2

    oh a panther-monkey. They seem like they would be friends with Yapoks, Kinkajous, and Binturongs.

  • @dwightehowell8179
    @dwightehowell8179 Год назад +1

    Did she really say these things can jump between branches? Yes she did!!😆😆😂😂🤣🤣

  • @TopFix
    @TopFix Месяц назад +1

    New drinking game, take a shot every time she says cuscus

  • @Seadalgo
    @Seadalgo Год назад +2

    I think the Mara was that for me. I think I was 29 when I first heard of it and wondered how it slipped by me

  • @crimsonfirelily
    @crimsonfirelily Год назад +3

    I love these Cuscus! I had no idea we had so manu Opussum species. I absolutely love learning this! Thank you 💜 this is a new favorite! ✌🥰

  • @DavidThorMoses
    @DavidThorMoses Год назад +2

    now I want an episode on possums!

  • @noonda7
    @noonda7 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hi @animalogic! Love you and your videos! Can you please cover a Colugo next?!

  • @pulsarecho1952
    @pulsarecho1952 Год назад

    4:00 Right, "spots" 😂

  • @rickybryan1759
    @rickybryan1759 Год назад +1

    I had them in an animal book as a kid I loved them!

  • @ReeveProductions
    @ReeveProductions Год назад +1

    I love learning about all these weird and interesting animals. Can we do the Kenyan sand boa next? So cute and derpy!

  • @crystalheart9
    @crystalheart9 Месяц назад

    I was trying to remember this animal's name for days. Thank you for the video.

  • @chermal7311
    @chermal7311 Год назад +2

    Imagine discovering a brand new type of animal that shares similarities to sloths and koalas but looks like it could be more related to our distant relatives.
    Even Charles Darwin would be amazed!

  • @nicolasmarkovic922
    @nicolasmarkovic922 Год назад

    I was waiting for a cuscus video since I discovered your channel

  • @shlingusdingus4174
    @shlingusdingus4174 Год назад +2

    This animal looks like a gecko if it was a mammal.

  • @papasmoke89
    @papasmoke89 Год назад

    I've known about the Cuscus because of Jack Hanna. When I was a kid I loved my Zoo Life with Jack Hanna VHS tapes.

  • @theitineranthistorian2024
    @theitineranthistorian2024 Год назад +1

    i have learned, somewhere. the name, personalities, appearance and behavior is delightful. they move in stages.

  • @tuliko8678
    @tuliko8678 Год назад

    I love these guys and have done since I was a kid!

  • @microwaveoven9170
    @microwaveoven9170 Год назад +1

    As big of an animal nerd that I am, I was also surprised when I didn't know what a cuscus was

  • @omiNITROUS
    @omiNITROUS Год назад

    That one chair everyone's grandma had but its been animated by a warlock.

  • @naturegirl92584
    @naturegirl92584 Год назад

    Wow. You win. It has been a good long time since I've seen an animal I haven't been acquainted with

  • @escanorpride9652
    @escanorpride9652 4 месяца назад

    Cuscus: The weirdest animal.
    Platypus: Hold my beer.

  • @hugotavaresgomes9539
    @hugotavaresgomes9539 Год назад +2

    Cuscus is a coconut sweet famous around Brazil, and consumed everyday in Nor-west of Brazil.

  • @dmanthetiger7179
    @dmanthetiger7179 Год назад

    thank ya for the video!

  • @kodoklengket
    @kodoklengket Год назад +2

    Come to Sulawesi. Go to Tangkoko National Park. Last time I was visited, there were are home-stays near the park. Get a day time and night time tour from the rangers there, you will find tarsiers, kuskus, and macaques. Manado has an international airport, so easier to access worldwide.

  • @brendanhoffmann8402
    @brendanhoffmann8402 Год назад +1

    Good animal! I've been intrigued by cuscus for a long time... being close to Australia

  • @Crakinator
    @Crakinator Год назад +2

    Amazing! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of these. They really remind me of the marsupial lion Thylacoleo, if it were turned into a teddy bear.

  • @TaraMolohon-lb1zn
    @TaraMolohon-lb1zn 7 месяцев назад

    I found this to be one of the critters that wouldn't leave us without losing all the terrible things we did over time. Yup, you can kinda see why when you watch this crazy entertainment on the sidewalk right in front of us. I'm glad they decided to just be nice and hope for the best with this wild behavior and hope for the future.

  • @arfriedman4577
    @arfriedman4577 Год назад +3

    I'm older than you and I never heard of either. They're beautiful.

  • @leost152
    @leost152 11 месяцев назад +1

    They look like a tree marmot. Once I scared a marmot and he climbed a tree. He was hanging from a branch with one hand and a friend from Brazil called him a Canadian sloth.