How Is That Not Killing You?
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- When Hank watches nature documentaries he always comes away with one big question: how is that not killing you? In today's episode of SciShow he looks at three unusual ways that animals manage not to get killed by nature.
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I feel that this channel has become more educative than Discovery Channel and History Channel put together, all they show is aliens, pawn shops, and a bunch of mechanics fixing cars.
Props to you SciShow, I hope you become big.
+Daruny Beoulve Discovery and History went into negative education values.
+Aroused Squirrel. the only good channel for some learning is the travel channel. it has expedition unknown which is actually knowledge
Amen to that, bro.
+Daruny Beoulve 3 million+ subscribers doesn't constitute as "big"? ooooooohhhh-kay....
chewynickerson Not big enough for what the channel brings. There are Video Games channels with more than 3 mil.
This is funny because I've just watched Hank on CrashCourse and he's all tidy and polite. In comparison, it sounds like he's drunk here lol
he's much more manic and frenetic on this channel
Check out Journey to the Microcosmos, another channel he narrates. If you've only heard him here, it's hard to believe it's the same narrator!
Humans are pretty amazing at not dying as well. We can drink alcohol without getting sick the way other animals do, we can breathe in gasses that would be lethal to most birds, given enough time, at a long enough distance, we will eventually outrun a horse, out of pure endurance, and for all of our weaknesses, we create our own defenses, like medicine, armor, weapons, tools and complex machines. A mongoose may survive a cobra bite due to its biology, but a human can survive it just out of its sheer brilliance.
skalmaa most animals can't consume alcohol. It's a club for humans, apes, some monkeys and the elephant, basically. And we still have the ability to run for longer periods than other animals. And don't discard the intelligence as if we can't count that. We couldn't fly, so we built machines that let us. We couldn't breath under water, so we built tools that made it possible. We've built vehicles that let us travel faster than any other animal, on land, on sea and in the sky. We can tunnel through the earth like moles, but when the mole hits stone, it has to stop. We don't. Dolphins may be smart, but they are nowhere close to the human intellect.
NaiOni Not to mention we have far better eye sight. Most mammals can only see in black and white. We have opposable thumbs, highly maneuverable limbs for grasping etc.
Eratic Music Bullshit. Birds can see in ultraviolet and we can't.Hawks and eagles have far better eyesight than us and their vision doesn't get blurred.Most animals see colour that's why some creatures are brightly coloured to warn predators they are poisonous as most animals CAN see colour.
BiologistVon Riemann Not all birds can see ultra violet. Parrots can, some birds of prey do as well, but not all birds of prey. Many of the less colorful parrots have feathers that reflect ultra violet light as a substitute, that won't break their camouflage
But the claim that humans have superior eyesight in general is fallacy, that's the claim I'm getting at.
Help i cant stop watching these videos
me
Why? These videos are all the help you need!
Watch it more. Maybe it will help :3
That's because you love it
This a cry for help
I'd like to see a video "How is that not killing us?". There's a couple of things deadly to many animals that humans are perfectly okay with. There should be a video about it.
That's what I thought this video was about..
Like chocolate!
Hans A. Morgenstierne Indeed! I'm always wanting to give my dogs a taste of desserts I have, but then I'm like "Oh wait, shit, this could kill them!" :O lol
IrishEyes1989 my dog is fine with chocolate and tbh I have no idea why people say chocolate is deadly to dogs (and I do mean normal chocolate not special dog chocolate)
Mormee Mo_ It depends on the breed of dog. Some breeds can eat a whole chocolate cake and be fine, while others will go into shock from one square of a chocolate bar. Definitely something every dog owner should look up and be aware of. Since (and I'm sorry) the general public is stupid, it is easier to just tell everyone not to feed chocolate to their dogs. Also it can get tricky when you have mixed breeds to know what kind of reaction they will have. However I strongly recommend not giving human food to dogs in general. Its sort of the equivalent of eating eating fast food all the time, or trying to live off of bags of chips. While human food might not be toxic and make them instantly sick, their digestive systems are not built for it, and it will shorten their life spans and cause many health problems over the years.
Honey badger don't care.
Honey badger got places to be.
ROFL XD
u w0t m8.
So true
"some animals are just really good at not dying" ahahaha
Wow, I never stopped to think how amazing woodpeckers are. This is great.
Cobra venom doesn't kill honey badgers because honey badgers are too damn mean to be killed by much less than a nuclear explosion.
nah the aura of sheer anger drives the bullets back into the guns
FLAMETHROWERS!!!
THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING!!!!!
Or a broomstick
Hank is such a wonderful human, his energy gives me hope.
Hank is simply THE best. I wish all my teachers at school were THAT interesting to listen to.
Humans are good at not dying too, just in different ways.
Teagan P well not the stupid ones who die in the most stupidest ways
We would be better if we still 'participated' in natural selection. But, I think our tech/science advances could count. Our brains are cool so we fix our problems. Its not exactly physical evolution, but its still an adaptation I feel.
@@flamingturnip We still participate, just not in *natural* selection.
I knew it, when I wake up tomorrow I'm gonna down a gallon of antifreeze from the garage and test my diving in Antarctica
seriously.. how did the woodpecker evolve.. what the heck..
so the tongue wrapped around his skull.. slowly..? lol
***** I'd like to see the one that was halfway there.. lol "guys this is gonna be big I swear.."
unappropadope ugh, people don't understand evolution.
there is no goal that the animal is trying reach. there is no preset course of evolution. its just what is happening.
its easy: you ever been so frustrated you bang your head against a wall? imagine doing that for a few hundred generations.
It started slamming its head into trees, and the ones that didn’t die the longest won
Salt reduces the freezing point? Well that explains why lol players don't freeze to death
That reference tho
OH SHIT
GODDAMN WHAT A FUCKIN' SAVAGE
Achilleas Georgiou LOLS......why do people have to be so Salty
Achilleas Georgiou not funny
Gotta love that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi reference.
Im a 7th grader and I read that story at the beginning of the school year!!!
Omg, I got it. Hahaha. Thanks for pointing out
When I hear it I just went "Why do I know this reference?"
Yes now I can't stop saying it :)
The book is in the public domain now (in the US) and can be downloaded from the Gutenberg Project website.
I have an idea! What if the crumple zones in cars were designed somewhat like woodpecker skulls? Buckled-in drivers in car crashes can sometime experience up to 30 G's. Well-made crumple zones can reduce that number in half, decreasing the risk of fatalities. If woodpecker skulls can withstand 1200 G's, maybe a crumple zone designed in a similar manner could be a breakthrough in car safety.
Source:
Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics
When he said Rikki-tikki-tavy, I laughed out loud because I've spent the last month in school writing a class essay about it,
I love your pronunciations. They make it funny, informative and keep my attention.
the honey badgers just don't give a shit.
nope
patheticmada nope. they still don't give a shit.
actually. nothing gives a shit after it's head explodes. it is then incapable of giving a shit.
+umidontno040394 well they can since all their muscles relax so they poo
Make a follow-up to this video where you explain how Keith Richards is still alive.
And how Steve Irwin is also...oh...wait *feels*
lumburgapalooza drugs are a helluva drug
he's already embalmed and just hasn't stopped moving
@@Lolibeth that was pure genius
Ah, Rikki Tikki Tavi. 7th grade.
Wow. I read that in 7th grade also. It's a small world after all.
Lol same
Me three :)
Me 17
Zachary Harrison Seems legit.
Some people say that humans would be completely destroyed by animals if the playing field were level... Well, it is! Humans' intelligence is our main survival factor, so our ability to create and use guns and such is our power. Having us fight without that is like having snakes fight without fangs, venom, or constriction. Then, they're just a legless lizard, as humans would just be weak apes without our intelligence.
Bro, we still will have sweating which is one of main thing to allow us run really long distance chasing prey to weaken it.
Our intelligence ? Have you watch the news lately ?
Always entertaining and informative! Excellent!
I thought you'd talk about stuff like how some people can take bullet to the chest and live while others who would get shot in the exact same spot and suffer the same damage die :/. None the less interesting video but I would like this topic to be discussed.
Sometimes the bullet hits something important, like an organ or major blood vessel, and sometimes, it doesn't. There is no exact same spot, because every body is slightly different.
i always love stories like that. I'm actually in a long term medical study because I took a "lethal" dosage of a couple medications during an experimental cancer treatment and survived. My dad survived getting kicked in the back a large horse despite the doctor saying that he should have died or at least spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. I have an uncle who had a large cedar tree (i think 120-150ft) fall, roll down the mountain side, and literally flatten him like a Wille Coyote cartoon. On the other hand i had 1 grandpa die from taking some aspirin and another who died of a cold. Humans are weird.
I got one:
how do insects survive winter?
Yea,when you'll stop being one.
apply cold water to burned area.
+Ex Lyoko By attacking Russia during winter time
NoHecks
lol
+firmly grasp it sorry to say but you got burned to the equivalent of 3000 blue giant suns
I love your enthusiasm for everything!
Do more of these! This was great!
FISH CUBES! I find that hilarious for some reason.
I can definitly see Thai or Japanese people eating fish Popsicles or fish cubes
Nice throw in for Rikki Tikki Tavi
Awesome video, keep up the good work guys. Not looked at your previous videos yet so apologies if you've already done one. But maybe do a video on the hippocampus and the influence if has on memory formation? The case studies of HM and EP would be great starting points
Totally awesome episode!
Honey badgers have really tough skin. The only sure way to kill one is with a gun, club, powerful bow or crossbow, or piercing arrows or piercing crossbow bolts
Honey badgers are just in general very hard to kill.
Explosive arrows.
Explosive bullets.
Explosive clubs.
Solved.
The Nemean badger.
Peter Smythe Lol explosive clubs
+Peter Smythe Ted Nugent. Done
Honey badgers fucking love snake venom.
cuz honey badgers don't give a shit
D0omC0okie Honey badger just takes what it wants
ZachValkyrie Honey badgers straight outta Compton
It gets them high. It gives them... pleasure... mmm...
Thank you! I like how you put ACTUALLY in there ^_^!
Thank you Hank for the rickie ticki tavi reference. Brought up so many memories, loved that cartoon/book.
I've never really thought that humans where bad at survival. I mean if a bear sees a man holding a stick which is lit on fire, they didn't see it cause they're already dead
Hank, how are you not dying from pushing your eyeglasses up on your nose so often?
And why haven't scientists or at least engineers yet made a pair of glasses that doesn't slip on your nose without pinching it so hard that it leaves indentations?
Wow. I'm going to have to stop reading while I'm flat on my back looking up toward the ceiling so my brain won't collapse from the weight of my glasses on my face.
***** The nose doesn't have any bone in it, it and our ears are supported by cartilidge.
I have the same problem as Hank. Actually I have had glasses for so long I have indents in my skull behind my ears where the arms go, but they still always slip down my nose.
WOW! That was awesomely informative! Thank You!! : D.
YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT RTT REFERENCE.
Now I feel even more like a wus. Thanks, SciShow.
XD
Oh, what's that? Evolution, Creationists?
This should definitely become a series.
The into to this epi is literally me everytime I watch animal planet. You are spot on sci show spot on
Uh, the honey badger doesn't die from the snake bite because the honey badger doesn't give a s**t. It's not that complicated.
death is scared of da honey badger
cepson Honey badgers are tough they fight back
Can you maybe talk about the science/history of dragons?
I love it when they answer questions I didn't know I had
Oh I like this! Do more of these please Hank!
I have a question, and I think it would be nice to see a SciShow video about this topic...
Aside from the obvious answers to this question, I'd like to know why humans by and large do, and or consume, things which harm us to the point of death. For example, smoking cigarettes, or eating fast food, and things like that. You don't see much of this in the rest of the animal kingdom. Imagine a monkey smoking cigarettes without being given them by a human.
+mskillo81 Aside from the fact that animals base all their actions on natural instinct and that smoking cigarettes or any recreational activity for that material is not essential to their survival, humans can pick and choose what they want, I smoke cigs, I know they're bad, I know they harm, but to me its worth it, and i have the ability to reach that conclusion, but that's just my mentality. so who knows maybe smoking monkeys did exist, but they just lung cancered them selves and diedededed.
+mskillo81 There are naturally occurring drugs in nature, and animals love them.
+The Somber Seeker Catnip. Though I learned from an ER Vet that my cat was deliberately eating the drugged flies in a spider's web, to get high off the low-dose of the venom. Little tripper.
+Stu VS
Pretty much this though. The brain doesn't really care where the chems come from, so long as it gets them. We could live artificially hooked up to machines our entire lives and have an absolute blast. The only reason we have any drive to do anything now of days is because all of our needs can't be met so easily, as we often aren't even aware of what we are lacking.
Do a video on jelly fish. They have no heart, brain, blood, or any form of nervous system. How the hell does it live?
Hey man I love sci show, I feel smarter every time I watch it and I like how your able to give information and be funny at the same time
I love this guy.... he's so good at it
3:14 GLaDOS - *HEAVY COMPUTING*
could you genetically engineer someone to make their own antifreeze, so they could live in really cold places without coats or whatever?
Scientifically, it's possible. In practice, however, it's really complex. First, you`re going to need to know what elements antifreeze is made of. You also need to know how the body will react to cold, how much antifreeze needs to be produced, how the body will use the antifreeze, how cold it is, and many other variables. But, given enough time for numerous studies and basic trial and error testing, you could genetically make a human that could produce one. (Though it would probably be easier to steal genes from trees, specifically maple trees. Syrup is antifreeze.)
***** Can we fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking contribute to the discussion?
***** i hate jumping into useless youtube comments but the word tangent definitly doesnt mean what you think it does...fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks comment was completely related to what he replied to where a tangent is a completely different line of thought or action
no because i followed the train of thought that followed directly before i commented..therefore not a tangent
Looking for that Nord 50% Frost Resistance are we? XD
this guy pretty much know everything.
i got addicted watching his show already, v. informative channel.
Very informative and interesting thank you guys
Ah, amazing traits that Evolution can create and accomplish over enough time frame.
Great to know. Now, how are scientist using this for our benefit? Ex; better helmets for football players, bicyclists, and motorcyclists, or immunizing professional herpetologists specializing in neurotoxic venomous snakes. Or is there no way we can use this to help humans be a little tougher?
I like your thought process, awesome.
This would be a great series. Very interesting.
So the pecker is the ultimate headbanger. (heavy metal joke)
So if I get bit by snake I should eat a snickers bar?
Can you send me your results?
If you get bit by a snake can I have your Snickers bar?
you sure can, not sure if it will make you live any longer but it should make your last few minutes a little less unpleasant.
I loved this one! 🤣 The info was great. But mostly I liked Hanks presentation. 👍
glimpses of creatures in their physical worlds is a great book for some more information on this stuff
Well, humans have a different kind of intelligence that keeps us alive. We know we can't survive in ultra cold waters or banging our heads against a tree. 👍🏼
ricky tickey tavey
+Ariel Kozak That one's sticking with me.XD
I love that story. PS, it's Rikki Tikki Tavi
wubba lubba dub dub!!!
this should be like a series!
That was a good one. I wondered about those things before.
Is it normal for humans to lose consciousness at just under 5 gs? Or rather, is that something you can "train" yourself out of, for lack of a better term? Formula 1 drivers regularly endure 5gs braking deceleration on several circuits, and I think that Suzuka's 130-R corner in Japan has had lateral loads of like, 6gs.
It depends how long it lasts, the Intimidator coaster has a load of 5.5 and it causes a grayout due to lack of blood but your brain does not shut down because it is such a short time. Fighter pilots can experience up to 10 gs in a supersonic turn.
The 5 Gs mentioned is continuous. it takes a couple seconds for you to fully black out since that's due to blood being pulled out of your brain. Some are more tolerant than others and there are things that can be done to combat it.
Instantaneous acceleration needed to knock you out is higher.
its definitely possible to train yourself so you can withstand more g's.
For example some jet pilots are often put through 10g's and even more, but they've been trained and it will take at least 2 years to be able to withstand 10 g's.
Not many can withstand 10 g's. My dad used to work for the Royal Canadian Air Force fixing jets. We apparently have an air base in Germany and my dad was best in his class during training so he was one of a select few who got to go there. While he was there, there was a group of pilots in the local bar where only those who had made it to 10 g's in their plane could hang out with them. You're pretty special if you can make it to 10 g's.
So imagine... if a human had wood-pecker DNA or design, he would essentially be knock-out-proof. This would be like the most ultimate boxer. He could never be knocked out, no matter what.
A human with wood pecker DNA wouldn't be human any more, and it would most likely would not be able to live.
let's make a movie about woodpecker man and sell it to marvel!
You need to make a tv show out of this SOO addicting! You sit have just earned one more subscriber. :D
I love this channel. I watch it when I have anxiety :))
Seems like Creation to me :-)
i am currently scishow surfing and convienently remember you (mainly because i watch the show your picture is of) but while i do respect your religious beliefs (dont let the science trolls get you its your mind do whatever the fuck you want with it) but that is the beauty of evolution you can see the distinct changes in some( idk about all havent memorized the fossil record) animals where they did not have these traits and now do in order to be able to do the things they do...evolution is a fact the word theory might not mean what you think it mean...but you could say god made evolution happen in which case theres no argument for or against that...plus any atheist or agnostic with some self respect ( im technically one of those 2) will tell you that there will be and can never be proof of a god....but the opposite is also true, there will never be any evidence to prove he doesnt exist so carry on believing as long as what you believe doesnt harm others
Sounds like natural selection to science.
TheTraveler Actually natural selection in combination with punctuated equilibrium because natural selection itself is far too slow to create new species. (Need a population of 100 million and a life cycle of 3 months) to overcome extinction rates and unfavorable mutations ( 1 favorable mutations occurs about every 10,000 mutations )
You all need the love of Jesus Christ in your lives :^)
and you need to keep your love with him personal the way it should be and let us continue with our personal struggles
Well Hank the thing is that humans have become soft and weak from living in civilization too long. Now we whine and complain about the tiniest problems. Our ancestors would be disappointed in us for what we have become.
The fact that you're using the internet to express that opinion hurts me deeply. We have a network for exchanging information nearly instantly around the world, we've learned how to fly, we've been to space, and we've vastly extended our lifespans. Do you really think our ancestors would be disappointed in us?
Weak physically? Maybe. Weak? Never. Sam Oberwetter makes an excellent point, and to be honest if our ancestors saw us they'd probably be incredibly jealous. I mean, would you rather buy your food from Sainsbury's, or have to hunt it down with a crudely built spear. Call me weak if you want to, but I'm sticking with my microwavable ready meals, thank you very much ;)
***** Yes I would rather grow food than eat reheated chemicals in a microwave and am digging a plot in my backyard to do so. It's much more nutritious. It will also save on my food bills I hope.
Sam Oberwetter They would be impressed once they figured out it wasn't sorcery of some kind conjured by the Devil. They would also bemoan the things we've lost just as I do. I wrote a longer more detailed response, but my computer did something stupid and it got deleted and I didn't feel like retyping it all. Basically we use too many gadgets and have become fat, lazy and complacent blobs is the summary of it.
iammadness But that's not even true. We haven't 'lost' anything. Most people don't hunt for or grow their own food, but they still can if they want to. Most people aren't tough independent woodsmen, but if thats what you want to be you can certainly go live that way. We haven't lost our ability to survive in nature, we simply don't need to employ it any longer.
This was super awesome to watch xD!
Do more of these!
SciShow team, I love your videos!
Hank, you taught me so many things Im happy I found you out of crash course chemistry.
you should do this some sort of series of this!!
good episode!
the wood pecker's tongue really impressed and surprised me.. that sooooo coooll!!!
This was more amusing than it ought to be. I love it when Hank gets all baffledly excited
Thanks for uploading one more loads full of informative video .
One question though - How do you find all the reference materials through ? When I try to google articles for my college assignments , I struggle to get the interesting article and news . Any tips ?
make more of these! please?
Just found out about this channel and just subscribed
Lol love the delivery man.
This guy is hilarious! Another sub at this location!
That rikki tikki tavi reference was amazing.
I love that story.
I just found SciShow and I am really liking it. Its kind of like Vsauce or Veritasium or Crashcourse. I subscribed already
Just random fun facts, Crash-Course and Scishow are ran by the same people basially, Veritasium is partnered with them, and Vsauce is friends with them :D
The way that wild animals and birds have been created so that they can perform the functions they need to simply amazes me!
Funniest Intro I've heard Hank do XD, that was fantastic.
A very interesting vid. Good job SciShow
Yay it's Hank!! Lol I love this show and am incredibly addicted to it 😂🤣
I wanna give Hank a hug.
Something tells me this episode could go on for hours. Are there going to be sequels?
cool episode :)
haha i love such vids, most interesting vid i've seen in long time.
Great book reference!
you could totally do more of these episodes based off weird durability in nature
Damn....i like the way hank does that alignment thing with his glasses!!!