More Bird Facts (with Brennan)

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  • @siennahartle9069
    @siennahartle9069 2 года назад +5054

    I love how you can tell that Brennan isn’t trying to think of bird facts but rather trying to decide what bird facts to share

    • @jacobtorres1835
      @jacobtorres1835 Год назад +136

      I know, I fucking love it. The next bit is related, I swear. My friends and I have a drinking game called animal facts. We each take a sip of our drinks and then they name an animal and I list some facts about the animal. We go until either they can't name animals or I can't name facts about an animal they pick. They often think they've stumped me, but it just gets harder and harder which fact to say first because they're all so good and cool. Especially birds

    • @LeoparDusk
      @LeoparDusk Год назад +39

      @@jacobtorres1835 That sounds like so much fun! I wish I knew that much about animals to make an entire game of it.

    • @oliedmis97
      @oliedmis97 Год назад +18

      @@jacobtorres1835 Tell me you're neurodivergent without telling me you're neurodivergent XD would love to have you at a party!

    • @jacobtorres1835
      @jacobtorres1835 Год назад +13

      @@oliedmis97 I'm terrible at parties for the first 7 minutes until I'm 2.5 drinks in

    • @aldar8240
      @aldar8240 Год назад

      @@jacobtorres1835 life hack: bring 2.5 drinks to the party and down them just before you enter

  • @anthonyross3418
    @anthonyross3418 2 года назад +1466

    I love how he immediately made his second fact extremely wholesome to help everyone mentally recover from the first fact because man that is nightmare fuel.

    • @bakedpotato7201
      @bakedpotato7201 2 года назад +55

      Come down here to Australia u will be fine i promise (totally not be coerced by a Cassowary)

    • @cheeseburgerowl937
      @cheeseburgerowl937 Год назад +16

      Not all penguins mate for life. Emperor penguins mate with one partner per season.

    • @hostilepancakes
      @hostilepancakes Год назад +11

      @@bakedpotato7201
      *drop bears say hi*

    • @BonesCapone
      @BonesCapone Год назад +13

      I'm gonna go back and ruin it for you:
      If a penguin loses an egg, they may lash out to steal another, or even murder other eggs.
      If one penguin slights another, the slighted penguin may choose to attack the offending penguin's egg, rather than the offending penguin.
      And some species of penguin are so horny they're rapey, to the point of finishing with the ground, and dead bodies.

    • @edwardwilson7459
      @edwardwilson7459 Год назад +14

      @@BonesCapone im gonna unruin it:
      in situations where an egg is abandoned or the rarity that a penguin lays 2 eggs unpaired male penguins will pair up and adopt it.

  • @Parodox306
    @Parodox306 3 года назад +23310

    Owls may be nature's slowest bird but I feel like getting my acceptance letter from a pigeon slamming into my window at 60 mph would kinda take the whimsy out of it.

    • @javidproductions9353
      @javidproductions9353 3 года назад +1292

      That sounds amazing though.

    • @blazerheata6479
      @blazerheata6479 3 года назад +1243

      @@javidproductions9353 "I got ur maaaaail! I got ur- oh heck oops haha that's embarrassing lemme just..
      Ouch- hey uh there's the thing again??? Can you uh- dispel this or something you have- ugh, you have mail!!!"
      I very much imagined Perry the Pigeon from Unsleeping City and Hooty from Toh as I read your comment.

    • @seanwaddell2659
      @seanwaddell2659 3 года назад +230

      Just so you know, they’re not the slowest, slowest in regular flight is the house sparrow and slowest overall would be the American or Eurasian woodcock or snipe

    • @ivocorte1580
      @ivocorte1580 3 года назад +77

      In my mind, pigeons have always been just flying rats... yeah im sticking to owls

    • @avixenk
      @avixenk 3 года назад +232

      A dumbass pigeon slamming into my window with a letter in it's beak would be the funniest thing I'd ever see

  • @mediocreboi
    @mediocreboi 3 года назад +723

    "Get a falcon" is such American wizard energy I love it

  • @cryofpaine
    @cryofpaine 3 года назад +3124

    It cuts off where he explains the reason why owls are so slow, which is that they are super stealthy, but all the padding that lets them be so silent slows them down.

    • @Uhdksurvhunter
      @Uhdksurvhunter Год назад +116

      They also glide very well, so compared to some birds, do not have to flap their wings as often to maintain lift.

    • @alexandernoname6339
      @alexandernoname6339 Год назад +67

      I know really old comment but I have a cool fact 2 add: Owls are so stealthy because they have specially shaped feathers at the end of their wings, that breaks up the flow of air making it much quieter. Someone experiment with applying the shape of them to blades of airplane turbines making them much quieter, without a speed reduction. Maybe in the future we will have quieter planes, wind-turbines and so on thanks to owls!

    • @c0niferal
      @c0niferal Год назад +22

      ​@@goku03458 a lot of his facts are outdated or urban legend style facts. I often do similar where my brain hears a cool thing & remembers it, whether or not it's true, now I just try to google them quickly if I'm telling someone

    • @b.c.9358
      @b.c.9358 Год назад +12

      @@alexandernoname6339 not just that, but their whole feather design is for quiet flight. They have fuzzy feathers with little structures at the fronts of their wings to break up the air flow around their wings.

    • @DustyStarrs
      @DustyStarrs Год назад +8

      good for secret messages then?

  • @ashleycook6025
    @ashleycook6025 3 года назад +748

    Ravens have one more primary feather on each of their wings than crows.
    You could say the difference between the two corvids is a matter of....a pinion.

  • @rafaelcalmon2858
    @rafaelcalmon2858 3 года назад +17698

    The fact that Cassowaries can basically track where your heart is and basically do a fatality on you caught me really off guard O.o

    • @DebTheDevastator
      @DebTheDevastator 3 года назад +548

      They do attack people and killed a couple. And they also make this deep terrifying bass call.

    • @fenixmeaney6170
      @fenixmeaney6170 3 года назад +378

      So they're somewhere between velociraptors and vampires in my mind now according to that fact

    • @DrumDudeMatt
      @DrumDudeMatt 3 года назад +142

      Cassowary monk op

    • @madhattergodess
      @madhattergodess 3 года назад +93

      Mortal combat bird

    • @kanrahatake3626
      @kanrahatake3626 3 года назад +20

      Well of it was any bird it would be the cassowaries

  • @katietrout8069
    @katietrout8069 2 года назад +240

    The slight horror in Aabria's eyes at the cassowary fact is so relatable. Also I just realized she's referenced happy feet multiple times on dimension 20

    • @jonathankhuzkian6419
      @jonathankhuzkian6419 Год назад

      Better that fact than some other penguin facts he could have told. Fuckers are almost as bad as dolphins

    • @tycol322
      @tycol322 Год назад

      Erica isn't far off on the horror meter either

  • @pocketlint4182
    @pocketlint4182 3 года назад +2694

    I need a full series of Brennan Bird Facts

    • @axeldornelles5292
      @axeldornelles5292 3 года назад +18

      I second that.

    • @kanrahatake3626
      @kanrahatake3626 3 года назад +58

      I want the um actually card game to have an expansion of bird facts written by brennan

    • @ElijahCem
      @ElijahCem 3 года назад +44

      Um actually episode titled oops all birds

    • @TheRisen2
      @TheRisen2 3 года назад +23

      Brennan's Biweekly Bird Bits

    • @hush8108
      @hush8108 3 года назад +8

      You'd be listening to a bunch of nonsense and the occasional fact

  • @anenemystanduser2129
    @anenemystanduser2129 2 года назад +69

    Brennan gives me “taking care of his kids” vibes. Every time he dms it’s like he’s teaching children how to be normal. And the “they tap dance really good” was so adorable and he is gonna be a great father one day

    • @TamarieWallace
      @TamarieWallace Год назад +1

      In an episode of game changer I believe he said his greatest dream was to have kids and i- 🥺

    • @khromatickarma
      @khromatickarma 9 месяцев назад

      @@TamarieWallacelie detector

  • @UnorthodoxSoundwave.
    @UnorthodoxSoundwave. 3 года назад +1422

    I'm so glad I'm not the only person who realized how mean that was to the owls

    • @wanderingtrombonist7244
      @wanderingtrombonist7244 3 года назад +98

      They’re also nocturnal, and people mostly send mail during the day…
      That always bothered me when reading Harry Potter

    • @UnorthodoxSoundwave.
      @UnorthodoxSoundwave. 3 года назад +26

      @@wanderingtrombonist7244 Extremely valid point omg

    • @shridharbiju7370
      @shridharbiju7370 3 года назад +17

      They are also one of the most silent flyers so maybe it would be good to use them to preserve a secret society.

    • @SergeantBrowning
      @SergeantBrowning 3 года назад +25

      @@shridharbiju7370 in a world where people still use carrier pigeons to deliver messages as a hobby and you can shrink items for easier lifting, why not pigeons?

    • @UnorthodoxSoundwave.
      @UnorthodoxSoundwave. 3 года назад +22

      @@shridharbiju7370 I mean, sure they're quiet, but they're still both nocturnal and slow flyers so it's still mean to the owls

  • @kentonbaird1723
    @kentonbaird1723 3 года назад +124

    I am Australian.
    We are taught in primary school what a cassowary growl and rumble sounds like, and to step quietly away if it's heard.
    We're fond of messing with foreigners when it comes to our wildlife, but we are never anything less than DEADLY SERIOUS when a cassowary is involved; there's a bloody good reason Steve Irwin was known for tackling crocodiles and not the gods damned reaver birds.

    • @VelociraptorsOfSkyrim
      @VelociraptorsOfSkyrim Год назад

      Cassowaries are proof Dinosaurs never went extinct, they just rebranded.

    • @bakkysak1681
      @bakkysak1681 Год назад +22

      I remember one time in his show he I think noticed signs of a cassowary near where he was looking for wildlife and straight up dipped so he could film it near his car and extra far away

  • @astoroidea6502
    @astoroidea6502 3 года назад +2316

    I love how most of these comments are bird facts so I'll add my own. Bearded Vultures have a unique ability to flush blood to the sclera of their eye, which makes them literally blood red, to express anger or fear.

    • @ZyroShadowPony
      @ZyroShadowPony 2 года назад +91

      So because they cant draw eyebrows with a marker they resorted to evolution to do it for them. Rad

    • @GamerGrovyle
      @GamerGrovyle 2 года назад +17

      I think it's the Tasmanian Lake Duck(?) which has nature's biggest penis by scale, the member being as long as it's body which is roughly 40 centimeters

    • @Candoran2
      @Candoran2 2 года назад +15

      @@GamerGrovyle Probably not nature's, since barnacles can have ones up to 8 times their body length. Maybe if we're talking about among vertebrates.

    • @Tiber5eptim
      @Tiber5eptim 2 года назад +13

      @@Candoran2 So you're saying that Barnacle Boy from SpongeBob is, ya know....

    • @jorgerosas2516
      @jorgerosas2516 Год назад +3

      You just gave me a great idea for a tattoo, thanks!

  • @TheUncannyDani
    @TheUncannyDani 2 года назад +147

    Crow fact: I recently learned crow's nests on ships were named after the bird because they would release them on ships and the crow would fly to the nearest solid ground. So sailors could find a closeby island or landmass to dock at.

    • @blakeharris58
      @blakeharris58 Год назад

      Well if you read the bible you would already know that🙄😂

    • @TheUncannyDani
      @TheUncannyDani Год назад +25

      @@blakeharris58 I'm not subjecting myself to such a terrible book again.

    • @matissequaylepetit7592
      @matissequaylepetit7592 Год назад +13

      @blakeharris58 not everyone had a cult shoved down there throats as kids dawg

    • @IrisGlowingBlue
      @IrisGlowingBlue Год назад +12

      @@blakeharris58 I've never read the Bible or intend to but I'm 90% sure that was a dove

    • @scribblegale4298
      @scribblegale4298 Год назад +5

      ​@@IrisGlowingBlueyea im pretty sure

  • @Syrkyth
    @Syrkyth 3 года назад +7176

    Owls may be slow but they're also crazy long distance fliers.
    The weirdest problem with owls as mail carriers?
    They're not waterproof.
    No flying in the rain or sleet. Or wet snow or heavy fog. Or through clouds . . . yeah, owls are a bad choice as a mail delivery service.
    Then again, so are ravens.

    • @jeronp420
      @jeronp420 3 года назад +363

      Owls are also completely silent when flying. Something about their wings make them stealthy.

    • @OmegaII
      @OmegaII 3 года назад +467

      @@jeronp420 Correct, the rest of this scene was Brennen explaining the the adapting to be silent is the reason they are slower.

    • @jeronp420
      @jeronp420 3 года назад +34

      @@OmegaII ah cool didnt see this one

    • @skeptic_knight1777
      @skeptic_knight1777 3 года назад +78

      If you get a shining Raven, you get an example
      If you get a bright owl, you get a lesson
      If you get a pigeon or a falcon, you're just about in.

    • @Razkharn
      @Razkharn 3 года назад +92

      That would make them perfect mail carriers, your letters would never get wet if they don't fly in the rain.

  • @hunterhewa7623
    @hunterhewa7623 3 года назад +13

    I love that Brennan is fighting for owl rights constantly 😂 I laughed too hard at this

  • @bluechord2928
    @bluechord2928 3 года назад +6397

    why the hell don't wizards just use messenger pigeons. Really fast, bred for that purpose and you're not gonna have anyone going "ayo look at that big ass bird!" if it's a pigeon holding something weird, pigeons pick up shit all the time

    • @calvinwarlick8533
      @calvinwarlick8533 3 года назад +631

      Wizards can teleport, and send communate through fire places, why the hell do the need mail in the first place?

    • @donb7519
      @donb7519 3 года назад +279

      @@calvinwarlick8533 not everything is connected to the fluu network especially muggle born students and you arent allowed to apperate into muggle areas so at best you still need a way in the early 90s to communicate with muggleborn students

    • @-Big_Big
      @-Big_Big 3 года назад +51

      or a phone

    • @calvinwarlick8533
      @calvinwarlick8533 3 года назад +103

      @@-Big_Big which they basically have, thanks to those magic mirrors that the 5th book introduced.

    • @donb7519
      @donb7519 3 года назад +23

      @@-Big_Big it takes place in the very early 90s so not everyone will have one

  • @happylittlemachine
    @happylittlemachine 2 года назад +7

    Cassowaries are the birds that remember that they used to be dinosaurs and are only too happy to remind you of that fact.

  • @axeldornelles5292
    @axeldornelles5292 3 года назад +339

    I could honestly listen to a podcast exclusively about Breenan telling us bird facts

    • @orbismworldbuilding8428
      @orbismworldbuilding8428 3 года назад +2

      Same

    • @thewingedporpoise
      @thewingedporpoise 3 года назад +3

      it just makes me want to talk to him about bird facts

    • @katherineminor3402
      @katherineminor3402 3 года назад +7

      Brennan doing anything is a great podcast or tv show.
      He has a +20 charisma

    • @harrisonzachar
      @harrisonzachar 3 года назад +4

      Brennan and Ben "Accidental Ornithologist" Bailey would make a great duo for said podcast.

    • @AlmoWantsHalo
      @AlmoWantsHalo 3 года назад +4

      @@harrisonzachar I would totally watch them play Wingspan together, and just talk bird facts together

  • @joymoding
    @joymoding Год назад +13

    I love how you can tell that Lou knows EXACTLY what fact he's gonna share based off the first three seconds, and then mentions "you were gonna tell that one earlier but we stopped you." Like??? Remembering all that? That's true friendship right there

  • @lastnamefirstname8655
    @lastnamefirstname8655 3 года назад +659

    as expected of trivia encyclopedia brennan lee mulligan.

    • @wiiblewobble
      @wiiblewobble 3 года назад +11

      That’s why he won who wants to be a millionaire

    • @trex0004
      @trex0004 3 года назад +7

      If you want to make universes,
      Ya gotta know faxx

  • @hopoffz
    @hopoffz 2 года назад +6

    He has such a gentle way of expressively speaking

  • @georgiairving1234
    @georgiairving1234 3 года назад +164

    “and they tap dance really good” killed me

  • @Spectrum0122
    @Spectrum0122 2 года назад +11

    Brennan has been waiting his whole life for this moment

  • @cyberphantom99
    @cyberphantom99 3 года назад +328

    Another fun bird fact! Owls cannot move their eyes around because they have eye tubes instead of eye balls.

    • @jerrodbates8480
      @jerrodbates8480 2 года назад +45

      Thats why they move their heads around in circles and up and down, to gain better depth perception

    • @eafesaf6934
      @eafesaf6934 2 года назад +3

      Lol for real? Crazy.

    • @blake031299
      @blake031299 2 года назад +8

      @@jerrodbates8480 chickens too

    • @lilporky8565
      @lilporky8565 Год назад +1

      ​@@eafesaf6934 Yeah, you should try it yourself irl right now! 😉

    • @eafesaf6934
      @eafesaf6934 Год назад

      @@lilporky8565 have you any oats my dear brother?

  • @woodrobin
    @woodrobin Год назад +2

    The look of horror from learning about Death Cassowaries is perfect.

  • @GrannyBender
    @GrannyBender 3 года назад +161

    That's honestly super cool to be so passionate about something.

    • @pon3d120
      @pon3d120 3 года назад +18

      Iirc the question he got wrong on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire was about birds so he’s got that on lock now.

    • @BradTheAmerican
      @BradTheAmerican 3 года назад +5

      @@pon3d120 I think the one he got wrong was about a singer being alive at the same time as JK Rowling.

    • @jon_flop_boat
      @jon_flop_boat 2 года назад

      Passion? No. He just remembers everything that happens at all times. Dude’s memory is frankly obscene.

    • @GrannyBender
      @GrannyBender 2 года назад

      @@jon_flop_boat I prefer to believe that he does have a not so secret passion for birds, it might not be true, but I like it better.

  • @woodrobin
    @woodrobin Год назад +2

    I am now convinced that Oswald Cobblepot has groupies that call him "Penguin Daddy". I refuse to believe otherwise.

  • @crownlessking6436
    @crownlessking6436 3 года назад +216

    anybody else thinking back to the Adventuring Academy short of Brennan and Matt Mercer talking about Hogwart's Abuse of owls?

    • @Jackie_Tikki_Tavi
      @Jackie_Tikki_Tavi 3 года назад +8

      and off i go in search

    • @jocosesonata
      @jocosesonata 2 года назад

      @@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi
      If, or when, you find it, do drop a link here.
      For convenience sake.

    • @Jackie_Tikki_Tavi
      @Jackie_Tikki_Tavi 2 года назад +2

      @@jocosesonata Here you go: the video is called "Building Your Own Campaign Setting (with Matthew Mercer) │ Adventuring Academy"
      it's really good for GMs and writers/editors alike
      ruclips.net/video/sig8X_kojco/видео.html

    • @jocosesonata
      @jocosesonata 2 года назад

      @@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi
      Thanks, m'dude!
      Do you remember the timestamp, by the way?

    • @Jackie_Tikki_Tavi
      @Jackie_Tikki_Tavi 2 года назад +1

      @@jocosesonata ah, probably not, but it's somewhere in the first third i think

  • @AnimeSunglasses
    @AnimeSunglasses 3 года назад +1

    HOW does he go from violently frightening cassowary fact to stupendously wholesome penguin fact with ZERO CHANGE OF TONE!!??‽‽

  • @tylerboyce4081
    @tylerboyce4081 3 года назад +38

    This is just the next logical step for "Pigeon Facts with Peter Parker" from Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

  • @shad0wpers0n29
    @shad0wpers0n29 3 года назад +30

    Fun fact: penguins also commit prostitution for rocks which they use to build a nest

  • @mebibyte9347
    @mebibyte9347 3 года назад +33

    I love how he almost gave 3 facts per bird

  • @samreid6010
    @samreid6010 2 года назад +1

    Making owls carry the mail is like if the post office made a rule that only old people and people with crippled legs are allowed to deliver mail. But no mail trucks, they walk their routes

  • @athormaximoff4634
    @athormaximoff4634 3 года назад +187

    Aabria's face after the first fact is a work of art

  • @joebennett9422
    @joebennett9422 Год назад +2

    Cassowaries are also INCREDIBLY unpredictable and as a result, most zookeepers are usually given literal assault shields when entering cassowary enclosured just in case the bird charges

  • @normal6483
    @normal6483 3 года назад +285

    Bird Fact: Emus are the only birds to win a war against humans. (c. "Great Emu War" 1932)
    EDIT: I stand corrected, as Sparrows won a war against the US in the 1870s. (And lost a war against China in the Four Pests campaign of 1958, though it was a Pyrrhic victory for China that resulted in a massive famine due to locusts losing a natural predator.)

    • @astoroidea6502
      @astoroidea6502 3 года назад +6

      not quite, sparrows also won a war although i've forgotten the year

    • @DrReplaySC2
      @DrReplaySC2 2 года назад +3

      Lol china

    • @red_leader11
      @red_leader11 2 года назад +8

      Crows are currently winning the war against most of the world lol

    • @freddogrosso9835
      @freddogrosso9835 Год назад

      Birds shit on us all the time and we do nothing about it. They already won the war.

    • @Devlerbat
      @Devlerbat Год назад

      ​@@red_leader11Crows are winning the secret war, but now I have said too much and my apartment is surrounded by crows and I am afraid to go outside.

  • @OrpheusSpyros5
    @OrpheusSpyros5 Год назад +2

    The Cassowary fact is one of the main reasons they weren't featured in Alfred Hitchcock's Horror Movie The Birds (technically the first in the Horror animal sub-genre, the next one was Jaws) as they couldn't get close enough to film them in action for fear if getting killed, as their toe talon is armor piercing(it's been recorded going through an inch of carbon steel)....

  • @perhapsahumanbeing
    @perhapsahumanbeing 3 года назад +638

    A good owl fact: owls are actually super stupid, because they never needed intelligence to survive. They have an incredible success rate while hunting, because their wings are so quiet and their eyesight so precise.

    • @rikardosilva1754
      @rikardosilva1754 3 года назад +127

      High Wis, Low Int, got it

    • @LoonyTunes
      @LoonyTunes 3 года назад +63

      @@rikardosilva1754 you'd sure hope they have high wisdom considering they're the literal symbol of the goddess of wisdom xD

    • @Huschel1988
      @Huschel1988 3 года назад +159

      @@LoonyTunes Maybe Athena only surrounds herself with stupid birds so she can appear wiser in comparison.

    • @puffyhowler615
      @puffyhowler615 3 года назад +63

      @@Huschel1988 well that's pretty big brain if you think about it.

    • @iiiivvvv9986
      @iiiivvvv9986 3 года назад +14

      Wait, so you're telling me they can make armour and sling flaming hot coals at their enemies like in Owls of Gahoole?

  • @glitch-3107
    @glitch-3107 Год назад +1

    Brennen brings a TON of camp counselor energy to this short

  • @blandedgear9704
    @blandedgear9704 3 года назад +178

    The unique feathers of the owl make it one of the quietest birds in flight, clearly the wizards found some reason to prize this. Also, if you want level flying speed, as opposed to diving speed, the fastest is actually a type of bat.

    • @pandakatiefominz
      @pandakatiefominz 3 года назад +10

      A bat isn't a bird though

    • @redfrog9717
      @redfrog9717 3 года назад +31

      You’re right, it’s cooler

    • @jiffylou98
      @jiffylou98 3 года назад +3

      Or better yet, owls are fucking magic

    • @blazerheata6479
      @blazerheata6479 3 года назад +17

      God can you imagine a wizard in the Philippines or so using the human sized bat as mail service? I just thought of that and man that's the coolest and most frightening thing ever.

    • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
      @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 3 года назад +13

      If they want their mail to be delivered quietly, then why is there a whole subset of letter that’s just long-distance screaming at somebody who’s upset you?

  • @Libertyprime2
    @Libertyprime2 3 года назад +1

    Penguins are basically doing squats their entire lives

  • @NStripleseven
    @NStripleseven 3 года назад +40

    Imagine some wizard thinking to himself one day, “Hey, I should get a bird to carry my messages to other people easier. Hmmm, let’s go with literally the slowest species available.”

    • @whitenoise509
      @whitenoise509 2 года назад +1

      Hope you like your mail delivered at 2 am! Most owl species are nocturnal.

  • @G.r.e.g.g.l.e.s
    @G.r.e.g.g.l.e.s Год назад +1

    The cormorants found all over the Galapagos archipelago can dive 200+ feet, and hold their breath for 25 minutes.

  • @canolathra6865
    @canolathra6865 3 года назад +45

    I feel like using owls to carry messages in the HP universe probably originated during some conflict in which having a slow messenger was better than having a messenger with audible wingbeats.

    • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
      @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 3 года назад +7

      Why? Who gives a shit?
      It’s not like they’re sending letters during the war, or something. How quietly their mail is being sent shouldn’t be an issue. If I, a nonmagical person, hear a pigeon flying by, my first thought isn’t gonna be “Hmm, that pigeon is being loud. Suspicious”.
      Because it’s a pigeon. It’s a benign animal I see a million of every day. On the flipside, an owl is going to attract A LOT of attention, during the day especially, quiet or not.
      Besides, in the incredibly specific event where wizards want their mail delivered quietly…they’re magic. Just cast a spell on your delivery vermin of choice.

    • @Ghiaman1334
      @Ghiaman1334 2 года назад +1

      Nah it doesn't mean anything, I'm sure it's just something else Rowling stole from someone else

  • @connormcnulty6377
    @connormcnulty6377 2 года назад +5

    Owls weren't used for speed, they flew them in the night so Muggles wouldn't notice them. The really weird part is why they keep using owls when they can animate the letters to deliver themselves, and make the letters invisible.

  • @combatpanda4264
    @combatpanda4264 3 года назад +4

    Cassowaries really out here with a built in Byakugan tracking people's heartbeats ready to strike. Nature is vicious

  • @taylorbrown661
    @taylorbrown661 Год назад +3

    Brennan either really loves birds or is actually terrified of them

  • @kelzbelz313
    @kelzbelz313 3 года назад +11

    A bird living in a city will have a higher pitched song than a bird of the same species living in a less urbanized area.

  • @LoveLee_Dreamer
    @LoveLee_Dreamer 2 года назад +1

    You'd think at some point the Wizarding world would invent instant messaging.

    • @theduckyninja1086
      @theduckyninja1086 2 года назад

      Bunch of dramatic wizards refusing convenience just to be all fancy and mystical or whatever.

  • @jaimebibelot4398
    @jaimebibelot4398 3 года назад +7

    We need a full on series where Brennan get to tell weird obscure facts to people who are into whatever the topic of the episode is.

  • @varung-x8e
    @varung-x8e 2 года назад

    i love the switch up from "cassowaries are the ultimate killing machine." to "penguins mate for life!"

  • @JacobsEvelien
    @JacobsEvelien 2 года назад +3

    Owls actually are silent when flying as well. My love for owls finally comes in handt

  • @urbangoose001
    @urbangoose001 2 года назад +1

    The fact over Cassowaries made me go back to Jurassic Park 3 to see the Mr. Pendansky get Toe-d in the back...

    • @urbangoose001
      @urbangoose001 2 года назад +1

      Mr. Pendasky?! Mr, Pendansky!!

  • @blairbird8022
    @blairbird8022 3 года назад +38

    Harry Potter would be way different if they used falcons instead of owls.

    • @OneNerdyAce
      @OneNerdyAce 3 года назад +8

      It would be so much cooler

    • @sagescribe_
      @sagescribe_ 3 года назад +16

      If Hedwig was cassiowary instead of an owl she would have fucked up Voldemort when he was chasing Harry to Ron's house at the beginning of book 7

    • @blazerheata6479
      @blazerheata6479 3 года назад +5

      @@sagescribe_ God I want Cassowiary!Hedwig fanfic now.

  • @owenleal
    @owenleal Год назад

    Im just imagining a cassowary's arm locking in place and making the tranformers transformation sound, like "engaging Heartstopper mode" and then just Kalli-Ma ing your heart out of your chest with an ungodly squawk.

  • @Missiletainn
    @Missiletainn 3 года назад +31

    Okay, so the worlds slowest flying bird is actually the American Woodcock, not Owls.

    • @sixofone8663
      @sixofone8663 3 года назад +13

      So that's what the American wizards use for their mail then?

    • @Missiletainn
      @Missiletainn 3 года назад +5

      @@sixofone8663 Obviously

    • @sixofone8663
      @sixofone8663 3 года назад +4

      @@Missiletainn Naturally

    • @Bloberis
      @Bloberis 3 года назад +15

      the American Woodcock is also known as a Timberdoodle, which is the best bird fact because you get to say Timberdoodle

    • @grey8288
      @grey8288 3 года назад +3

      THANK YOU I WAS JUST THINKING THIS

  • @lil_weeb7095
    @lil_weeb7095 2 года назад +1

    He forgot to mention that penguins will also mate with anything, heartbeat or no heartbeat

  • @zinc4175
    @zinc4175 3 года назад +21

    F’s in the chat for owls

  • @Heartrok
    @Heartrok 2 года назад

    I'm still stuck on the works " penguin daddy". 😆

  • @qbc_03x65
    @qbc_03x65 3 года назад +31

    Also Pelicans can “regurgitate” their spine through their mouths to cool themselves down

    • @misterdayne2792
      @misterdayne2792 3 года назад +20

      What,
      and I cannot stress this enough,
      the fuck

    • @whitenoise509
      @whitenoise509 2 года назад +4

      Wtf? How does puking up your spine cool you down? Seriously wtf

    • @qbc_03x65
      @qbc_03x65 2 года назад +5

      @@whitenoise509 because they’re exposing their spines (specifically the blood vessels around their spines) to the colder air, allowing heat to escape.
      It’s basically their version of sweating, like how dogs pant

    • @sl33pw17h4ng3l5
      @sl33pw17h4ng3l5 2 года назад +4

      @@qbc_03x65 Except, y'know, infinitely more horrifying O_o

    • @boonsaplenty3924
      @boonsaplenty3924 2 года назад +1

      This isn't true, it's a common misconception. Pelicans cannot expose their spine out of their mouth. The phenomenon people frequently identify as "regurgitation" is actually the pelican exposing the glottis, the soft tissue of their lower beak by stretching it over their neck and chest. This is basically just them turning their mouth out a little. And it's not to cool down, it's to yawn basically; it clears out the beak and let's the air flow more freely

  • @bizzbazzfrickinagiraffe6154
    @bizzbazzfrickinagiraffe6154 Год назад

    I could listen to bird facts all day lmao

  • @jetvulcan2020
    @jetvulcan2020 3 года назад +8

    Brennan an expert in bird law

  • @blutygergaming8789
    @blutygergaming8789 2 года назад

    Her smile is just so cute

  • @ninnusridhar
    @ninnusridhar 3 года назад +52

    One of my least favourite part of most urban fantasy(even the reeealy good ones like Dresden files) is the magic Vs tech battle. Why? Give me more tech + magic... Give me someone who just prints out a rune rather than painstakingly draw it. Give me wikimagica that's hidden in plain sight. Give me more synergy between magic and technology

    • @blkbrdmntrvimes6438
      @blkbrdmntrvimes6438 3 года назад +10

      That's usually the problem tech is a physical representation of logic, normalcy, reason, order.
      Magic is belief, faith, dream, chaos.
      And while they're 2 sides of the same coin.
      They're not spokes on the same wheel.
      Which hopefully will explain why tech goes wonky in the presence of strong Magic.
      And why dresden has to take cold showers.

    • @ninnusridhar
      @ninnusridhar 3 года назад +6

      @@blkbrdmntrvimes6438 I've always seen Dresden magic as science + a little extra. The laws of physics apply to almost all magic. Everything is still cause and effect. They're all still reactions that follow a logical course Be it summoning, evocation or even thaumaturgy. And as the series has progressed this idea has just gotten more imprinted in my mind. But yeah, Harry will continue taking cold showers

    • @gornfoo
      @gornfoo 3 года назад +3

      If I ever write an urban fantasy I'm making wizards responsible for that idea. Use urban fantasy to train everyone to think the old cook in the woods with no running water is the wizard, definitely not the bespectacled man in a turtleneck running a multi billion dollar company he started out of his garage. Definitely no magic in that success. And magic couldn't have anything to do with the moon landing, despite the fact in wizard worth his wand would absolutely love some moon rocks, after all if a wizard were on board that thing it would have just exploded.

    • @ninnusridhar
      @ninnusridhar 3 года назад +1

      @@gornfoo that's exactly something i was planning on doing too lol! Its just waaaay more fun that way

    • @stephanieleon5970
      @stephanieleon5970 2 года назад

      The Artemis Fowl movie was pretty meh but the books are great!

  • @wileecoyotegenius5955
    @wileecoyotegenius5955 2 года назад +1

    I love their horrified expressions after fact 1

    • @benalexander9669
      @benalexander9669 Год назад

      Erika is looking at Brennan the same way her character looks at Evan Kelmp.
      If anything happens to Izzy, put an APB out for Erika.

  • @EmilM-pb2hn
    @EmilM-pb2hn 2 года назад +3

    Slowest bird but perhaps the most silent.

  • @gigglezz811
    @gigglezz811 Год назад

    I loved when he went in on the wizards that can teleport using the slowest birds for courier services. 😂

  • @thatkippy
    @thatkippy 2 года назад

    That funny little noise morning doves make when they take off is actually their wings

  • @yoyohayli
    @yoyohayli Год назад

    I like that he gave an adorable bird fact after a horrifying one to kind of soothe the fear.

  • @Dr_Monitor
    @Dr_Monitor 2 года назад

    Erica's cackle gets me every time.

  • @sjenkins91812
    @sjenkins91812 Год назад +1

    Ask for 3 bird facts...
    Brennan: _"each for 3 seperate birds?"_

  • @Musicalfate24
    @Musicalfate24 2 года назад

    Omg finally another person who can spout random bird facts in a campaign. You should come join our Sunday group so I'm not alone

  • @Ando1428
    @Ando1428 2 года назад +1

    I always thought it was a joke. (In boyscouts we learn various things about birds depending on your state) so the owl being of the slowest always thought it was reminiscent of snail-mail.

  • @sinny721
    @sinny721 Год назад

    This is the kind of conversion I imagine Ryan, Alex and Steph would have

  • @ToasterToastMan
    @ToasterToastMan 2 года назад

    I love how Brennan’s hill is the Harry Potter Owls 🤣

  • @sumanoskae
    @sumanoskae 2 года назад

    The image of a cassowary, ridiculous giga-turkeys that they are, chasing someone down and efficiently executing them is both terrifying and hysterical.

  • @scooterdooter7123
    @scooterdooter7123 Год назад

    It makes me so happy when he info dumps

  • @DynamicMagi
    @DynamicMagi 2 года назад

    Im gonna train an army of Cassowaries to do this... AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME

  • @benjaminleo7011
    @benjaminleo7011 2 года назад

    The last fact is just a huge back handed dig from Harry Potter to the mailing world

  • @thetomfooler3192
    @thetomfooler3192 2 года назад

    Everyone wants your bird facts, Brennan!

  • @own492
    @own492 2 года назад

    "get a falcon" OR TELEPORT BECAUSE YOU'RE MAGIC

  • @basementdwellercosplay
    @basementdwellercosplay Год назад

    Everyones reaction the the first fact are all perfect

  • @benjaminoechsli1941
    @benjaminoechsli1941 2 года назад

    I love Brennan's "um"s in this one, it sounds like he's standing in front of this _massive_ bookshelf and thinking to himself, "I can only pick three facts, which are the coolest? Wait, I can cheat by giving three related facts about cassowaries as 'one' fact, so that's good. What else..."

  • @Pippis78
    @Pippis78 2 года назад

    I've once seen an owl in flight and was actually stunned by how non-aerodynamic it looked. Flying that big flat face first.

  • @R3dCol0r
    @R3dCol0r 2 года назад +2

    He already mentioned 3 bird facts for the first bird alone.

    • @benjaminoechsli1941
      @benjaminoechsli1941 2 года назад

      Yup. If Aabria weren't keeping count I think we would've gotten more as a freebie. Brennan has bird facts.

  • @tonyastark1215
    @tonyastark1215 2 года назад

    This has been another use of Bird Facts with Brennan!

  • @annikathewitch3950
    @annikathewitch3950 Год назад +1

    My favorite bird fact is that Australia once declared war against Emus. Like with a formal declaration and everything. The best part? The Emus won. Turns out they are surprisingly resistant to machine gun fire.

  • @superhero6785
    @superhero6785 2 года назад

    Owls also fly silently. In the Wizarding world, they'd rather get their mail late than be bothered with the sound of birds flying everywhere around them LOL

  • @orionphalynx6192
    @orionphalynx6192 Год назад +1

    Owls may be slow, but their carrying capacity is respectable.

  • @RaryRow
    @RaryRow Год назад

    Hoatzins, affectionately called “stink birds”, hatch with claw-like hooks on their wings. As they grow, they eventually shed these extra wing talons.

  • @eppystein2953
    @eppystein2953 2 года назад

    Other then the guit with the Freddy kruger sweater, everyone had extreme bug eyed

  • @lilysk98
    @lilysk98 2 года назад

    as someone who loves cassowaries/bird facts in general, the cassowary heartbeat sensor + stabbing claw is Very Good and I'm going to tell everyone i know, thank u Brennan

  • @zeybarur
    @zeybarur Год назад

    It's so in character for Brennan to list 3 facts as one (the first)

  • @benmccarroll117
    @benmccarroll117 2 года назад +2

    Fun fact, Shrikes will impale their prey on branches, bramble and barbed wire so they can pull their food apart easier and store it for later

    • @bast713
      @bast713 Год назад +1

      Hozier has a song called Shrike that references this bird. In a video of a live performance he was describing it.

  • @tpsplatinum3562
    @tpsplatinum3562 3 года назад

    I think the logic behind making owls the mail couriers is because they’re the most quiet fliers.

  • @MonkeyDLuffy-420-69
    @MonkeyDLuffy-420-69 Год назад

    "Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts saltwater into freshwater" - Dean Venture

  • @JarlHavi
    @JarlHavi Год назад

    If you thought Amazon, FedEx, or UPS was slow wait till you see an Owl fly it’s hilarious

  • @thatoneguy9843
    @thatoneguy9843 Год назад

    Penguins are uh *don't say necrophiles, don't say necrophiles, don't say necrophiles* ....they mate for life!

  • @PhoenixFires
    @PhoenixFires Год назад

    I will never again underestimate a cassowary in mortal combat.