Fantastisch - ich brauche meinen Lieblings-RUclipsr nicht mehr in Englisch kommentieren - er kann jetzt perfekt Deutsch! Danke Frank, für deine genialen Videos und dafür meine Muttersprache gelernt zu haben! 🤣😂🤣😂😉
"But acid isn't the onl -- oh sorry. Butt acid isn't the only thing they have to look out for!" A great switch-up on the usual joke, and it actually works in this case!
I used to keep a few fiddler crabs with a moon crab(pretty orange, black and purple land crab). One of the male fiddlers once tried to intimidate the moon crab, about five times it's size. He kept waving his claw, get closer, wave again, get closer. He finally got to the top of the tank where the moon crab was and was waving his claw right in his face. XD The moon crab just grabbed him by the claw and tossed him across the tank. The fiddler was fine except for his pride, which he recovered by going over to a female and doing a victory dance despite having lost.
"Hey baby, you see how I just got thrown across the room by that guy five times my size, and I'm still alive and intact? Don't you want your children to be that durable?"
6:22 imagine if that hermit crab thing was something people did. Like you're about to get laid, you start undressing, and then some random dude steals your pants.
The perfect transitioning from land crab to coconut crab to hermit crab was excellent. Like, smooth to the point where I was waiting for him to go back to coconut crabs before I realized he had just moved on to hermit crabs.
I remember the original True Facts videos. They were funny, a bit informative, but comparatively short. The True Facts videos we get now are delightful masterpieces of both comedy and informative facts, and I look forward to every video that gets released. Thank you so much for all of your hard work, and for your science hippies who help provide you with amazing videos and information
The crabs were so close to completing their mission, unfortunately crab-based assassinations follow toy-story rules: you can't do it while being observed by a human.
Crabs are pretty fascinating. There are so many different kinds with so many weird and amazing adaptations.The biggest arthropods on land and sea, claws half the size of their bodies, wearing other animals for camouflage or protection. No wonder everything keeps evolving into them.
The ability of invertebrates to regenerate through molting is amazing! I got a tarantula for Christmas when I was nine years old. At the time I got her, she was missing one of her legs- no idea why or how. Over the course of three or four molts, it grew back completely! The first was actually the most impressive: as small and spindly and shriveled as it was, it had grown under a hard exoskeleton of nothing! With each next molt, it grew back a little bigger and stronger, until it was just as good as of the other legs. Super amazing! Especially for a curious nine / ten year old. I had that pet tarantula for eighteen years. Nature is fascinating!
Knowing that coconut crabs are actually gigantic hermit crabs is a bit life changing for me. My little herbies were some amazing pets and I always wanted bigger and bigger ones. Now I know I can get gigantic ones. Side quest unlocked. Acquire coconut crab.
According to what I've read in the researches done on Birgus latro(Coconut Crabs), they wear shells only when they are tiny little babies, like only few mm-long. After they grow a bit more, they abandon the usage of shells. The 'hermit crab' shown in the video as a Coconut crab is actually a Coenobita violascens, another hermit crab.
@@hjfabre All true but the fact remains they are giant hermit crabs. Though it is sad we don't have gigantic land dwelling and shell wearing species hehe.
@@Innomen The closest we get is probably Coenobita brevimanus, the biggest growing species. But imagine having an actual Coconut crab wearing a shell... How terrifying and awesome it will be!
Just realize that they may or may not have eaten Amelia Earhart. So you know..... feed them often enough, but not so often that they get big enough to eat you
I had a female fiddler crab who lost all but one leg and one claw to some mudskippers (this combo was recommended to me but clearly it doesn’t always work depending on species), and she had a full set of functional limbs after her next molt! I was honestly impressed, and glad I didn’t put her down before then.
New ZeFrank lore just dropped in the ad!!! Dude's first language was German?!? I know I was too young for "The Show" era, but I've still followed for a decade and didn't know. Much love Ze!
Everytime i see this man post a long video, Theres this unmistakeable amount of joy that fills my body.. Keep it up sir, the energy in these videos is just always comical and informative I love it
And I go back and go back and go back just for fun. ZeFrank has been doing True Facts over 15 yrs. The jokes are never stale and the information is always a good biological review.
Just the sort of pick-me-up I needed. Thanks for *_never failing_* to put a smile on all our faces, Ze! ❤😊 _edit: No, that's not fair... Also a _*_Thank You_*_ to Caitlin and all the Science Hippies!!_ ❤ _edit2: Yes... 'Jerry' as well! lol_
@@veramae4098 That's the grocery store lobster turned pet, yea? It's been in my recommendations a time or two, but never figured it'd be of interest... Maybe I'll give it a watch. Thanks!
It never fails on these videos that I see 15-20 minutes for the length and think "I'll watch the first 30 seconds, I don't have 15 minutes" and then the whole video is over and I want it to be longer because it's so good.
I remember after the slime mold video, Zefrank got a message from one of the scientists he referenced saying his papers got a sudden increase in downloads. Citations help everyone
I don't think I've ever laughed this hard and frequently to a single True Facts video before. By far the most hilarious and witty, both in visual content and narration. Got me right out of my crabby mood! 😂
I am always so excited when I see a new True Facts video. The older ones were so short and more focused on the jokes, but now we get longer, very informative and hilarious videos about nature and it tickles my brain folds in the right way. I’ve been following this channel for years and I find the content just gets better and better as we go.
Yeah they're crazy. And something to keep in mind about crabs is that they're constantly evolving so Coconut Crabs actually have an ever increasing (albeit quite slowly and minutely) maximum mass because being the largest land invertabrate has proven massively successful.
@@frofrozzty with people eating the largest ones, we are actually finding the biggest individuals being less common in many places (or just never even reaching their maximum size)
I mean, if you're gonna eat an endangered species, the biggest and healthiest ones are likely the best targets so it gives the smaller ones a chance to catch up.@@astick5249
This is actually one of the few times I've watched a full sponsored segment. Not because I'm that interested in learning a new language atm, but because I didn't expect you to know German. Your pronunciation is pretty good!
My brother passed away in the hospital today. We always watched these together, and we never got a chance to watch this one. He's with morgan freeman now.
Watching crabs be themselves is so satisfying. I owned a pair of hermit crabs for years and they truly were little characters with attitudes, personalities and lifestyles. Thanks Zee, I was hoping you'd get to hermit crabs someday.
i think myself as a fairly knowledgeable dude about animals and such since i've been passionate about zoology and weird creatures since i was a child, but this man zefrank always finds some even weirder creature to talk about i have never heard before. insane work keep it up
The crab might be purposefuly split the anemone in half when the size is too big and they will regenerate afterward. I think that's how the crab control the size of their pom-poms. Kind of harsh symbiosis.
This is probably the best YT channel out there. Every single True Facts has around 137% to be the best shit you see that day. Thank you for that Frank!
When Christmas Island was first discovered there was no mention of the millions of crabs. But there were 2 native rat species, found nowhere else. Sadly they became extinct. Around 2 decades later people started to write about the large numbers of red land crabs.
Crabs really do have such wild adaptations! Loved the footage in this one SO much, brought to life facts I knew in passing and the humor as always just puts the best sparkle in my day. Thank you for another amazing True Facts!
Dude, you're freaking so funny. Like an amazingly comedic David Attenborough. Please keep making these, I can't wait to show these to my kids... When I have.. kids. ...someday. Much love and respect from Chicago! 🤘🏼
Coconut crabs grow up to 3 feet, can crush human bone, they walk forward and climb trees. They also drop down from trees up to 15 feet without being hurt. One of the creepiest creatures on the planet.
I have no idea how I didn't know about ZeFrank until now, but I am so thankful for that one random comment on RUclips that helped me find this channel. I haven't laughed this much in half a decade and I am learning a lot too.
I think it goes even deeper than that! I believe his parents are German, as in born in Germany. Also, his first name is Hosea (Hoe- zee-ah) and the Franks settled in Germany in the 2nd/3rd century. Also last name is Frank. I think it is a clever name with several layers. Or maybe he’s not at Taylor Swift-levels of riddles and it’s just a funny name
Ze rhymes with “play” and is short for Hosea. His dad is the award winning Joachim Frank. Yes, they’re German-American. Ze was born in the US, but his father was born in Germany. I think his mother was also born in Germany, but I can’t confirm that as a fact.
True facts has to be one of the few youtube series that not only started off strong, but managed to change for the better consistently. So many things changed their formula but lost their flare whereas true facts has just become better.
I remember the original Ze Frank videos of him talking to the camera. They really touched my heart and was what I needed back then, I find myself needing them again now and like a field that has had two many harvests the old videos don’t yield the same feelings. Hopefully you feel inspired to do some of your old style videos at some point ❤
Thanks, I was feeling really crabby before watching this. I was being so snippy. But I feel like I have been able to come out of my shell after watching this.
Ze Frank you are .... the ORIGINAL MAN OF THE PEOPLE.... it thrills me so that you are still so active and influential and -dammmmiitt- THANK YOU for all the labors of love you have given and also clearly delighted in with your labor..... for the community - for all of us.
I love that every one of your videos I watch, I learn something new and interesting, because you put some real effort into finding recent research on the animals! 😊
I predict that in the near future True Facts will have a movie / series in movie streaming service. let this be a prayer to show the world the amazingness of true facts!
I just gotta say, animals and nature are so cool. This channel is one of the highlights of this entire platform. Funny, informative and genuinely entertaining and interesting. I love learning stuff, especially if it’s presented in a unique way.
Zefrank you are amazing thank you for creating such amazing content! please keep making such inspiring content, also can you do one video where you explore the animals of the deepset parts of the sea, like viper fish etc.
I can't get enough of your content, also blew my mind when you started talking about sponge and decorator crabs because I've never even seen or heard of either of them and I love learning about ocean oddities!
I've been watching for a long time. These never fail to be simultaneously both the most educational and hilarious videos on youtube. You..... are funny, sir!
my zodiac sign is cancer and i hated that it was a crab until i saw this. i am now so intrigued. schools should honestly show edited versions of your videos. so engaging, so informative, so fun. your most exciting video for me, yet.
You'll be happy to hear that SOME DO! He has a sister channel that contain the edited versions that are better suited for younger audience! But even these ones get played in highschool and college, based on comments I've seen 🤘 But yea, I share your sentiments! Something I've said many times: this is the future of teaching. I would've been far more engaged in school classes with _this_ style of teaching... I can say that with certainty as I *did* have a couple teachers in highschool who were kind of like this. _(problem is, they were elective classes, and by that point it was too late heh)_ I envy the kids who get to watch these videos on class, and praise those teachers who ate utilizing them ❤️
@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE absolutely, so glad kids growing up today have access to this amazing content. subscribed to both channels. very happy to hear they are actually utilized in schools.
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Your German pronounciation is great!
I didnt know you were German, Herr Frank. Sehr gut!
Unfortunately babbel doesn't support Japanese, which isn't supported 😢
Fantastisch - ich brauche meinen Lieblings-RUclipsr nicht mehr in Englisch kommentieren - er kann jetzt perfekt Deutsch! Danke Frank, für deine genialen Videos und dafür meine Muttersprache gelernt zu haben! 🤣😂🤣😂😉
As one of your German followers, I was both delighted and disturbed in equal measure to hear you speaking German. And a little bit aroused too.
"But acid isn't the onl -- oh sorry. Butt acid isn't the only thing they have to look out for!"
A great switch-up on the usual joke, and it actually works in this case!
It's cozy in their butt, um, I mean it's cozy in there, but!
I loved that! It was like the long con until it finally worked in reverse, lol.
The switch up made me laugh so hard! His cleverness has always delighted me.
He did it before in a video that mentions gastroenterologists where he says "but doctors, sorry Butt doctors..."
yup hahaha, such a great switch-up.
I used to keep a few fiddler crabs with a moon crab(pretty orange, black and purple land crab). One of the male fiddlers once tried to intimidate the moon crab, about five times it's size. He kept waving his claw, get closer, wave again, get closer. He finally got to the top of the tank where the moon crab was and was waving his claw right in his face. XD The moon crab just grabbed him by the claw and tossed him across the tank. The fiddler was fine except for his pride, which he recovered by going over to a female and doing a victory dance despite having lost.
The story we didn't know we needed
Fiddler crab: alright, we’ll call this one a draw
"Hey baby, you see how I just got thrown across the room by that guy five times my size, and I'm still alive and intact? Don't you want your children to be that durable?"
@@nihilvox Bro was cooking fr
Sounds like any Saturday night at the bar, frankly.
6:22 imagine if that hermit crab thing was something people did. Like you're about to get laid, you start undressing, and then some random dude steals your pants.
It’s more like some random dude comes and steals your house, which also happens to be your only pair of pants
and instead of predators, you have police trying to arrest you for public indecency
💀☠💀☠
Going to an orgy just to steal some pants
wait, that doesnt happen to you?
I contributed about 4 seconds of fiddler crab footage to this video at 13:38 and I feel honored 😂 This channel is amazeballs.
Amazeballs? Ew, how old are you, 40?
Nice! True Facts always have such great footage. Appreciate your contribution!
That’s awesome, thank you for your research and contribution!
Thank you for being so kind to share and for the time you take to get such amazing footage!!!
Hell yeah man
The perfect transitioning from land crab to coconut crab to hermit crab was excellent. Like, smooth to the point where I was waiting for him to go back to coconut crabs before I realized he had just moved on to hermit crabs.
I remember the original True Facts videos. They were funny, a bit informative, but comparatively short. The True Facts videos we get now are delightful masterpieces of both comedy and informative facts, and I look forward to every video that gets released. Thank you so much for all of your hard work, and for your science hippies who help provide you with amazing videos and information
Yeah they were a funny parody of nature videos and now they are nature videos that are funny
I love the but/butt jokes he does 😂😂😂
@@faithowens2698"but doctors- oh I'm sorry, butt doctors[...]"
I wish this were a full weekly TV show.
I kinda miss the Morgan Freeman voice but idk if I'd want 15mins of it lmao.
Man the feeling you get from clicking on a new video immediately as it comes up on your screen is so satisfying
Confirmed truth dawg
100%
No shit, less than 1hour old...feel like I won a lottery.
You need to get out more
Sooo true
Wow, first time I've heard of sponge and decorator crabs, and that there are crabs that carry anemone pom poms. So much to learn from ZeFrank.
I was the same 😅, even posted the same msg.
Let us hope he does lots of sequels because this is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to crabs
Here's a fact. There's also freshwater sponges that are very rare in the aquarium trade. Also, freshwater jellyfish, but everyone knew that, right??
My new favorite crabs.
@@RaptorRockDrakeJesusI didn't 🙋🏻♀️. Thank you 😊
A friend of mine in the navy was stationed on Christmas Island, and woke up covered and surrounded by millions of crabs! Kinda freaked him out!
Woah! Lol. I'd be freaked out too!
The crabs were so close to completing their mission, unfortunately crab-based assassinations follow toy-story rules: you can't do it while being observed by a human.
At least he wasn’t covered by those horrifying ants. 😮
That’s the kind of thing that happens in sleep paralysis, but it’s actually real. Horrifying!
there is no way he hadnt accidentally swallowed a few
@9:11 🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅. That octopus was like "there is no damn way I'm dealing with that nonsense, what in the hell did that crab hit me with??!!"
Why are you laughing at 9/11?!?! How dare you! Never forget! 'Merica!! 😂😂😂
Crabs are pretty fascinating. There are so many different kinds with so many weird and amazing adaptations.The biggest arthropods on land and sea, claws half the size of their bodies, wearing other animals for camouflage or protection. No wonder everything keeps evolving into them.
Evolution: I just think they're neat.
Evolution is a lie :D
Agreed
It's called Carcinization.
Hmm...into them, or into their likeness?
The ability of invertebrates to regenerate through molting is amazing! I got a tarantula for Christmas when I was nine years old. At the time I got her, she was missing one of her legs- no idea why or how. Over the course of three or four molts, it grew back completely! The first was actually the most impressive: as small and spindly and shriveled as it was, it had grown under a hard exoskeleton of nothing! With each next molt, it grew back a little bigger and stronger, until it was just as good as of the other legs. Super amazing! Especially for a curious nine / ten year old. I had that pet tarantula for eighteen years. Nature is fascinating!
Didn’t know tarantulas did that.
I had no idea tarantulas could live for almost 2 decades
@@mrjoe332my friend has one that's well over 30. I think it's actually a record, but they don't have the proof of when they got the guy.
@@pizzapie4me that's really cool.
@@311Bob, That doesn’t gel with the various moltings.
I can never get tired of learning about biology when Ze Frfank is teaching. Never. ❤
Knowing that coconut crabs are actually gigantic hermit crabs is a bit life changing for me. My little herbies were some amazing pets and I always wanted bigger and bigger ones. Now I know I can get gigantic ones. Side quest unlocked. Acquire coconut crab.
According to what I've read in the researches done on Birgus latro(Coconut Crabs), they wear shells only when they are tiny little babies, like only few mm-long. After they grow a bit more, they abandon the usage of shells. The 'hermit crab' shown in the video as a Coconut crab is actually a Coenobita violascens, another hermit crab.
@@hjfabre All true but the fact remains they are giant hermit crabs. Though it is sad we don't have gigantic land dwelling and shell wearing species hehe.
@@Innomen The closest we get is probably Coenobita brevimanus, the biggest growing species. But imagine having an actual Coconut crab wearing a shell... How terrifying and awesome it will be!
@@hjfabreRight? I fell in love with them as a kid because they are like those toys, Rock Lords. Only cooler XD
Just realize that they may or may not have eaten Amelia Earhart. So you know..... feed them often enough, but not so often that they get big enough to eat you
I had a female fiddler crab who lost all but one leg and one claw to some mudskippers (this combo was recommended to me but clearly it doesn’t always work depending on species), and she had a full set of functional limbs after her next molt! I was honestly impressed, and glad I didn’t put her down before then.
The little conversational skits at the end always do it for me! Wonderful work as always.
Jerry is a great foil.
Me too, it’s perfection on perfection!
New ZeFrank lore just dropped in the ad!!!
Dude's first language was German?!?
I know I was too young for "The Show" era, but I've still followed for a decade and didn't know. Much love Ze!
His dad was born in Germany, and moved back there when Ze was a behbeh, so I suspect he learned German and English as a child.
@@SuziQ. His dad is a Nobel Laureate in chemistry
@@rumblefish9 ,
Yes, I know, and Ze is a published neuroscience hippie.
It always catches me off guard. I knew he spoke German, but every time he does, his perfect pronunciation gets me.
You know your day will be good when ZeFrank uploads his new content again. Keep up a good work Sir!
In thirty minuets nearly 20k of us also know this.
I was having kind of a lousy day, but I cannot tell you how much I laughed at 1:19 .... I backed it up to rewatch at least three more times. 😂😂😂
We rewatched that part at least 5 🤣🤣🤣
Thats funny
I could listen to this guy all day, what a voice!
I grew up watching Nature on PBS
It's really refreshing to have someone flip the script. lol
Thank you.
Take that Jacques Cousteau
*Marlin Perkins laughs in Mutual of Omaha*
If this is your particular flavor, try Round Planet.
Flip the script… so now we’re watching PBS on crabs?
@@SenorHomeslice I'm 37 years old
Everytime i see this man post a long video, Theres this unmistakeable amount of joy that fills my body.. Keep it up sir, the energy in these videos is just always comical and informative I love it
I feel the same! I love edutainment an ZeFrank is the master of it!
And I go back and go back and go back just for fun. ZeFrank has been doing True Facts over 15 yrs. The jokes are never stale and the information is always a good biological review.
Yes! I think it's because he puts so much effort in and we don't get bombarded with the same stuff. It's original, funny, and educational ❤❤❤
@@Corrie-Lee The small giggles as he goes through his sentences always mess me up, its always a great watch.
@@sorrow5399 right 😊. Knowing that he's enjoying himself while doing the work makes it even better ❤️
Just the sort of pick-me-up I needed.
Thanks for *_never failing_* to put a smile on all our faces, Ze! ❤😊
_edit: No, that's not fair... Also a _*_Thank You_*_ to Caitlin and all the Science Hippies!!_ ❤
_edit2: Yes... 'Jerry' as well! lol_
More smiles: Leon the Lobster.
@@veramae4098 That's the grocery store lobster turned pet, yea?
It's been in my recommendations a time or two, but never figured it'd be of interest... Maybe I'll give it a watch. Thanks!
What about Jerry? ☹️
@@shawnycoffman *You are absolutely right...* I did forget about Jerry! Also the guy _before_ Jerry, but the name escaped me lol
@@shawnycoffman,
Does an invisible friend get credits?
The thing on the tyres was an excellent idea. Something like that would definitely work for other species too, like frogs and toads.
And little tortoises too
Ze frank speaking German was the most satisfying thing I ever heard
Wir brauchen einen deutschsprachigen Channel 😂
Listening to Ze articulate the symbiotic relationship between crab & anemone absolutely made my Sunday. Many thanks ❤
It never fails on these videos that I see 15-20 minutes for the length and think "I'll watch the first 30 seconds, I don't have 15 minutes" and then the whole video is over and I want it to be longer because it's so good.
da hell?? i didn't even realise it was 15 min until you mentioned it! Ze Frank is too good!
I just did the exact same thing!
One of the few channels out here that puts actual citations in the end credits. Ze is the shiznit.
I remember after the slime mold video, Zefrank got a message from one of the scientists he referenced saying his papers got a sudden increase in downloads. Citations help everyone
I don't think I've ever laughed this hard and frequently to a single True Facts video before. By far the most hilarious and witty, both in visual content and narration. Got me right out of my crabby mood! 😂
I am always so excited when I see a new True Facts video. The older ones were so short and more focused on the jokes, but now we get longer, very informative and hilarious videos about nature and it tickles my brain folds in the right way. I’ve been following this channel for years and I find the content just gets better and better as we go.
I was feeling crabby this morning, but a new ZeFrank video always cheers me up in a pinch.
crabby... hehe
I see what you did there 😂
Coconut crabs terrify me --- still, I want to see one. At a safe distance!
Thank you, Ze. Another genius production.
Coconut Crab: DEATH FROM ABOVE!
Yeah they're crazy. And something to keep in mind about crabs is that they're constantly evolving so Coconut Crabs actually have an ever increasing (albeit quite slowly and minutely) maximum mass because being the largest land invertabrate has proven massively successful.
@@frofrozzty with people eating the largest ones, we are actually finding the biggest individuals being less common in many places (or just never even reaching their maximum size)
I mean, if you're gonna eat an endangered species, the biggest and healthiest ones are likely the best targets so it gives the smaller ones a chance to catch up.@@astick5249
FUHUHUCK THAT!
This is actually one of the few times I've watched a full sponsored segment. Not because I'm that interested in learning a new language atm, but because I didn't expect you to know German. Your pronunciation is pretty good!
8:19 "And of course the anemone, hagh a crabgh in iff moufh. Win-win!" My sides hurt from laughing so hard
My brother passed away in the hospital today. We always watched these together, and we never got a chance to watch this one. He's with morgan freeman now.
Watching crabs be themselves is so satisfying. I owned a pair of hermit crabs for years and they truly were little characters with attitudes, personalities and lifestyles. Thanks Zee, I was hoping you'd get to hermit crabs someday.
i think myself as a fairly knowledgeable dude about animals and such since i've been passionate about zoology and weird creatures since i was a child, but this man zefrank always finds some even weirder creature to talk about i have never heard before. insane work keep it up
Crab and anemone symbiosis has to be my favorite pair. It's always interesting seeing how a crab selects and cultivates their partner
× partner
√ slave
Pom pom crabs: "What partner?"
@@AngryKittensyeah more like slave master and kidnapper look how happy they are after released from their own crabkel
The crab might be purposefuly split the anemone in half when the size is too big and they will regenerate afterward. I think that's how the crab control the size of their pom-poms. Kind of harsh symbiosis.
The sound effect of shaking crab bebes off in the water!!! Priceless
3:53 YES! A true victory! You got to reverse the “but sorry but” joke! Amazing! 😆😆😆
This is probably the best YT channel out there. Every single True Facts has around 137% to be the best shit you see that day. Thank you for that Frank!
You forgot the word chance my dude lol
When Christmas Island was first discovered there was no mention of the millions of crabs.
But there were 2 native rat species, found nowhere else.
Sadly they became extinct.
Around 2 decades later people started to write about the large numbers of red land crabs.
That explains quite a lot, actually.
RIP
That's a turnabout from the usual situation, where rats wipe out native species
These two extinct Rat Species if you are curious are the Maclears Rat and the Bulldog Rat
Apparently it was a disease brought by introduced black rats what did the native rats in.
There are several islands named Christmas Island. They should number them by latitude and longitude, or by date of discovery.
Man, hearing zeFrank speaking nearly accent-free german is wild. In a good way!
Crabs really do have such wild adaptations! Loved the footage in this one SO much, brought to life facts I knew in passing and the humor as always just puts the best sparkle in my day. Thank you for another amazing True Facts!
Earth truly is a planet mede for various types of crab.
Dude, you're freaking so funny. Like an amazingly comedic David Attenborough. Please keep making these, I can't wait to show these to my kids... When I have.. kids.
...someday.
Much love and respect from Chicago! 🤘🏼
The ratio of facts to laughs in this particular video is absolutely not disappointing. 😂❤
The transition from the first crab to hermit crabs was brilliant
The return of Dr. Adrian Smith was extremely unexpected.
Also the "but" "butt" switch joke is so good
This may be the most you have struggled to deliver educational information without laughing at all, and I love it!
If crabs could walk forwards they’d be terrifying.
This why the coconut crab is so disturbing
Coconut crabs grow up to 3 feet, can crush human bone, they walk forward and climb trees. They also drop down from trees up to 15 feet without being hurt.
One of the creepiest creatures on the planet.
@@Vincent_Beersthey also ate Amelia Earhart
They can, can’t they? They're just slow.
I know a lot of people watch these just to laugh but I've never come away from one of these videos without learning quite a lot about nature.
Absolutely loved this one. Another crazy crab for anyone interested is Echinoecus pentagonus, which lives in the anal pore (rectum) of sea urchins.
The symbiotic relationships in nature can be kinky, but there's no butt kink shaming here 🤣
But crabs, sorry, Butt Crabs... oooh, do they make a salve for that?
Good timing thank you again you cheered up a very depressed veteran and now I'm giggling keep them coming thank you
Anytime I'm feeling down, two or three of his videos will definitely do the trick. Better than medicine!
I agree, this is exactly what I needed right now. Laughs a plenty from a new ZeFrank video ❤ best medicine ever. 😊
I have no idea how I didn't know about ZeFrank until now, but I am so thankful for that one random comment on RUclips that helped me find this channel.
I haven't laughed this much in half a decade and I am learning a lot too.
I used to have a hermit crab, what a cool pet! Now I want to visit Christmas Island to see these guys!
Its like Christmas when an episode comes out. lol , learning a bunch while laughing can't get any better.
Finding Ze Frank gave you crabs on a Sunday morning. It's like I'm in college again 🦀
When your freckles start to migrate, you got issues 😂
@@saranonimus9211, Thanks for that memory of behbeh nymph ticks on my torso.
I've been having a shitty few months, and you made me smile so big, while teaching me things I didn't know, thank you 😊❤
I just had the epiphany that ZeFrank is basically TheFrank just pronounced in German 😭
Ist mir immer wieder eine Freude, deine Videos zu schauen ❤
I think it goes even deeper than that! I believe his parents are German, as in born in Germany. Also, his first name is Hosea (Hoe- zee-ah) and the Franks settled in Germany in the 2nd/3rd century. Also last name is Frank. I think it is a clever name with several layers. Or maybe he’s not at Taylor Swift-levels of riddles and it’s just a funny name
Ze rhymes with “play” and is short for Hosea. His dad is the award winning Joachim Frank. Yes, they’re German-American. Ze was born in the US, but his father was born in Germany. I think his mother was also born in Germany, but I can’t confirm that as a fact.
Man! I have loved you since the BuzzFeed and Dear Kitten days. My cats thank you for the moist delicious wet food, and I for the comedy. THANK YOU!!
As a German it's a bit uncanny to hear him speak German. So this video is very well timed
Niemand bewirbt seine Sponsoren besser als @Ze Frank.
Way to go! 🦀
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You forgot the most important part about the ad... "Blahblahblahblah" 😂
Auf jeden!
That was fascinating, Mr. Ze. Crabs are incredible. So incredible in fact, everything keeps evolving into them!
I was learning while being entertained.
True facts has to be one of the few youtube series that not only started off strong, but managed to change for the better consistently. So many things changed their formula but lost their flare whereas true facts has just become better.
I remember the original Ze Frank videos of him talking to the camera.
They really touched my heart and was what I needed back then,
I find myself needing them again now and like a field that has had two many harvests the old videos don’t yield the same feelings. Hopefully you feel inspired to do some of your old style videos at some point ❤
I was drinking coffee at 12:12 when he said "it's like a literal pyramid scheme". You guys can imagine what happened to my poor monitor. :))))
I try not to drink liquids when watching this channel. 😂
Thanks, I was feeling really crabby before watching this. I was being so snippy. But I feel like I have been able to come out of my shell after watching this.
Кроме юмора и уникальной подачи, черт возьми, до чего же здесь много качественного видеоматериала!🤩
Yes, but the humor and unique presentation tops it off perfectly ❤
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Ze Frank you are .... the ORIGINAL MAN OF THE PEOPLE.... it thrills me so that you are still so active and influential and -dammmmiitt- THANK YOU for all the labors of love you have given and also clearly delighted in with your labor..... for the community - for all of us.
I just came across this channel by chance. What a treasure! I love every video here and can't wait to watch them all
A great Sunday starts with ze Frank!
I love that every one of your videos I watch, I learn something new and interesting, because you put some real effort into finding recent research on the animals! 😊
Amazing footage and explanations. This is my favorite animal information channel. Top marks.
Hearing Ze speak german gave me chills..didnt knew i needed to hear that.
ZeFrank even makes the ads enjoyable!
I love it when ZeFrank uploads and I'm learning about stuff that I normally don't care about.
I’m hoping a lot of educators are using your content, you make science fun. Keep up the good work ❤️
They aren't... This shit is not for kids butt it.. sorry, this shit is not for kids, but it is fun to watch.
My professor in college showed us one of these True Facts vids lol
@@erisdiscordia5429 He did recently start doing some classroom-appropriate versions of his videos, which is neat.
@@erisdiscordia5429,
Ze usually makes an edited version for kids, and they are being used in classrooms with cool teachers.
@@SuziQ. Cool teachers like censorship? Sweet!
I was waiting for the day that he'd cover the coconut crab in some way. Fantastic episode. Crabs are so cool
These are the best nature educational videos ever
4:35 Imagine a crab coming at you with claws made of "DRAGON STEEL"
It would change literally nothing. In fact you can start calling it dragon steel now, and nothing will happen.
BIG STEELY CLAWS 🦀 🦀
@@joshyoung1440you're fun at parties😒
@@joshyoung1440you're fun at parties😒
I'm so glad people don't have to molt. Thanks for putting that thought in my head.
🤣🤣 me too lol. Love these gems from zefrank.
This series is one of those things I can hit the like button before watching because I already know it's going to be awesome.
That crab who couldn't get away from the crane and when frank said, "well maybe not that one" had me in tears😂🤣
I predict that in the near future True Facts will have a movie / series in movie streaming service. let this be a prayer to show the world the amazingness of true facts!
Yes! A new True Facts! It’s going to be a good day!
I just gotta say, animals and nature are so cool. This channel is one of the highlights of this entire platform. Funny, informative and genuinely entertaining and interesting. I love learning stuff, especially if it’s presented in a unique way.
I live for the BUT jokes, they always get me off guard. Fantastic video as always, Superb!
This man is amazing with creating fun educational content. If only 10% of the video out there were like this the world would be a better place
The power in the line, "I know what you want, you want the Claw!"
I come back regularly just for that bit at the end
Thank you and all of your collaborators for the infortainment. I thoroughly enjoy every video and short that you upload.
Zefrank you are amazing thank you for creating such amazing content! please keep making such inspiring content, also can you do one video where you explore the animals of the deepset parts of the sea, like viper fish etc.
(like niche/ underrated animals)
The pictures of swarming crabs and little "crablets" was like something right out of a horror movie. I guess the people who live there get used to it!
They looked like swarming ants, and to my horror, the swarming ants arrived.
oh gosh these vids are gold mines for me. I wish these up on all high school kids who get to giggle while learning real knowledge.
Frank is most entertaining and creative “docuseries” creator on the inter webs. One of the main reasons why I don’t fully despise the internet.
It feels like CHRISTMAS because of this video! Merry Crabby Christmas everycrab! 🦀🎄
I can't get enough of your content, also blew my mind when you started talking about sponge and decorator crabs because I've never even seen or heard of either of them and I love learning about ocean oddities!
6:40 I cannot get over this muppet-from-hell crab.
I've been watching for a long time.
These never fail to be simultaneously both the most educational and hilarious videos on youtube.
You..... are funny, sir!
my zodiac sign is cancer and i hated that it was a crab until i saw this. i am now so intrigued. schools should honestly show edited versions of your videos. so engaging, so informative, so fun. your most exciting video for me, yet.
You'll be happy to hear that SOME DO! He has a sister channel that contain the edited versions that are better suited for younger audience! But even these ones get played in highschool and college, based on comments I've seen 🤘
But yea, I share your sentiments!
Something I've said many times: this is the future of teaching. I would've been far more engaged in school classes with _this_ style of teaching... I can say that with certainty as I *did* have a couple teachers in highschool who were kind of like this. _(problem is, they were elective classes, and by that point it was too late heh)_
I envy the kids who get to watch these videos on class, and praise those teachers who ate utilizing them ❤️
@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE absolutely, so glad kids growing up today have access to this amazing content. subscribed to both channels. very happy to hear they are actually utilized in schools.