So, odd anecdote: An old carpenter buddy of mine would regularly get divebombed by hummingbirds on job sites. It was consistent across county lines, so we knew it had nothing to do with an action he may have done. But we could never quite figure out why they constantly went after him. I guess I can call him up to tell him that he looked owlish enough for the hummingbirds to see him as a mating test of courage. Ha!
@@fariesz6786 I can see it both ways; Owlish meaning serious and intelligent definitely makes it more of a compliment but comparing how someone looks to an animal is usually considered rude unless you know for certain they love the animal.
I've had an emu put me in a position where I needed to decide between fight or flight. I chose flight. With emu breathing down my neck, I grabbed a garbage bin lid and switched to fight.
Birds are fragile... only because they're small. Larger birds like swans will absolutely fck you up. Even chickens are surprisingly dangerous if they decide to fight you.
@@pierrecurieAbsolutely. I grew up on a farm and one time I saw a rooster (who knows what pissed him off) dig its talons into my brother's back, latch on, and beat him about the ears with its wings. It was frikkin' terrifying.
@@pierrecurie Yes, and many of them are fearsome predators too, even though they might not look like it at first glance. A couple of weeks ago I saw a rufous hornero (aka ovenbird) hunt down and eat a house gecko
It's just insane that hummingbirds even have the time to troll owls like that. They've got the metabolism of a lightning strike and they can die of starvation in like a couple hours.
Honestly, bird is the very first thing I think of when you talk about animals taking risks. We will forever remember the bird that took a calculated risk but was bad a math
Watching Hankschannel kind of ruined his videos this channel. I absolutely know if he was writing the script more in his personal style there would be more swearing.
I have said it before and I'll say it again: Birds KNOW they descend from dinosaurs, and they refuse to let us forget it. Mammals may be the dominant species now, but every single bird seems to intuitively know their ancestors called the shots once, and they've been petty ever since lmao
We have peafowl, which are 💯 disco turkey dinosaur puppies. When it snows, their tracks in the snow look just like their ancient Therapod ancestors, it's great. They also get very curious, but they are big, so they scare things off like deer and vultures that are minding their own business in our yard. They are very proud of this. 😂😂 🦖🦚💚💙🩵
@victoriaeads6126 Chickens cannibalize each other with such alarming frequency that you can purchase anti-cannibal spray for chickens. And I don't mean like factory farmed chickens living in inhumane conditions, I mean pet chickens who are being cared for by a loving pet owner. Apparently chickens just wake up and choose violence sometimes, lmao. I remember one anecdote where someone went to check on their pet chickens in the garden and found them fighting over a snake. Chickens really be out here channeling their inner t rex at all times.
Well, no, they don't. You've got a mighty odd fantasy running there. Birds are what they are because they evolved that way, and some are timid, some are bold.
@@DuBCraft21 @DuBCraft21 oh i don't mean any kind of birds that are ready to fly yet or with any intention to fly, their intention is to crash on the rocks below to walk after their parent. Arctic Geese.
@@DerNunu I was referring primarily to OP :d Also it has since come out that the lemmings thing you are referencing was fabricated. It came from a Disney documentary in which the producers essentially forced the lemmings off a cliff for the bit.
cool video, wish you did more on the "fire raptors" though, I think it's disputable if "eating fire" really is more risky than picking up burning sticks/branches to carry to the location where the bushfire is desired for prey flushing. I mean those birds will decide there's too many humans at the active bushfire, interfering with their hunting & so dive down into the bushfire to collect burning branches to take to a new location to start their own private hunting fire! Alaska/NZ commute has to be the winner though imo, I mean even human planes won't fly that route due to it being too dangerous with no emergency landing sites!
Having watched what happens when more than one hummingbird wants to drink from a feeder, I can confirm that they have no chill, at least not while active.
once, as a kid, i saw a killdeer feigning injury on the side of a gravel road. i knew i had to be close to its nest so i stopped in my tracks and looked around until i found it. took me several minutes of searching; the eggs are *very well* camouflaged! of course, i left the nest undisturbed... i just wanted to see if i could find it.
As a science channel, I wish you'd stop dissing on birds in general and chickens in particular. Chickens are very brave. Roosters will face down much larger threats (including us) and will give their life for the flock. And when there's no rooster, a hen will take over this role including the dying part.
We lived in Bali for years. Everyday we would walk past a rice field that frequently had ducklings swimming in it. One day a cobra was waiting to snack on them. A friendly hen stood in its way, guarding the ducklings and threatening the cobra.
Chickens aren't Brave, they're crazy the difference being something brave will stand up for itself, something crazy will attack anything it doesn't like. Almost as crazy as Geese the little things.
No other type of animals have conquered so many type of habitats like birds do. Mammals are limited to land environments (exception whales and dolphins) Birds are masters of the earth, land and sea. They can even imitate human speech and dance and build their own houses. Truly fascinating creatures.
There’s more marine mammals than just the whale family (Cetacea) You also have sea cows (Sirenia) which includes manatees, Seals (Pinnipeds), sea otters, and polar bears.
i would argue arthropods have locked down way more environments than birds. have you seen any birds hanging out at the bottom of the ocean? but i take your point, they're certainly a diversely adapted group, one which even gave up such an impressive evolution like flight to conquer a new environment (shout out to penguins
I have birbs, am a birder, and can say they aren't shy. To humans sure, but I've seen many mockingbird flights, crows mobbing, and the most interesting was about a year ago (I've moved from the house since) there was a pattern, the neighborhood was home to jays, which had been kicked out by crows once but regained the territory, but the crows didn't give up, about once a month or so all 3 would fly over the neighborhood loudly calling to tease the jays, and would chill for a bit before returning to their territory. They didn't want the area, but they sure as heck weren't gonna let the jays think they were complete winners.
That's why colloquially in Britain, they are known as Stormy Petrels. They've been out in force in The Channel, courtesy of more energy in the Atlantic Ocean, making our Autumn and winter gales much worse.
Killdeer are fun. We have a lot of them around where I work and they've pulled the injured wing trick on me a few times. First Time I saw it, I was completely fooled.
We have killdeer around here. You will be walking around a parking lot or hours storage lot in the spring and here one squawking at you. So you look around to see where it is at and then try to find its eggs so you don't accidentally step on them because they do blend in with gravel really well. Once I know where its nest is at I can give it some space and kind of protect the area a little bit and mama bird tends to calm down once she realizes I'm not a threat.
@nycbearff can any neurologically explain what instinct actually is? . Concept of instincts was thought up by philosophers not scientist back when the brain being center of thought was top neurology .
@@MindMelding-t5e We don't understand the brain yet. So we can't answer most questions about the brain. That doesn't mean we don't know anything - built-in behaviors that exist from before birth have been observed in plants, animals and humans, and they have been proven to exist repeatedly, although we don't understand the mechanisms yet.
@nycbearff I'm not sure you can differentiate it so obviously. Idk. I recommend the book Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram, it talks about phemenology in evolution, among other things
Tom is so adorable, all the way to his long hair, glasses, and snail hat. Him being a super nerd makes it even better. I could watch him talk about science all day.
Anyone who thinks chickens live up to their name has never been around real chickens before. Anyone who has, has seen the lineage between modern chickens and their ancestors, T-Rex.
To be fair, birds should be considered risk taking; their primary mode of transportation is controlled falling and they gave up all their bone integrity to do it. Their eggs are also fragile and at risk of fall damage but they nest high up in trees and on cliffs. Birds don't let a lil danger stop em!
I am a spaniard, and thank you for calling the disputed with portugal desertad islands just as islands in africa, nothing about the country they are in. Nice touch to keep peace.
8:30 I can already hear my mom, 'everybody pee before you get in the van we're not stopping' we would start in South Anchorage Alaska and go way up North just to pick blueberries. They were good and probably the most expensive blueberries you would ever get.
Crow: That's not how you use fire. Remember that farmer taking pop shots at your mom? Barn engulfed in flames. Now this is how you use fire. Go get everyone you can find and tell them we're having a BBQ.
I've seen crows eating the wick in the lamp(usually ghee(clarified butter)) after it stops burning as some of the ghee always remains at the bottom. Sometime they even carry the whole lamp with themselves to a tree.
5:22 I mean, for humans it doesn't directly involve predators, usually, but a lot of us guys to engage in riskier actions for the sake of impressing girls or our friends. Watching a horror movie on a date is a very mild example, it can show you as fearless and even a source of safety when the girl cuddles up to you. A lot of guys pull off dangerous stunts they normally wouldn't to impress a girl, speeding on the highway, bungee jumping, cliff diving, etc because again, it shows you as fearless like a hero
Reminds me of a meme about a very menacing-looking penguin: "Whoops, you just triggered my fight-or-flight instincts. Unfortunately for you, I am a flightless bird."
I think #4 is the mindset I adapt when I use Greyhound to take trips to hang out with online friends, just with happiness and tolerance towards humanity instead of food and physical energy haha.
personally i think the most ballsy birds are the black billed magpies in my neighbourhood. they’ll start one-on-one fights with cats and coyotes and win, they’ll go right up to humans to steal food (i once watched a magpie on my uni campus steal a fry straight out of someone’s hand). they also eat my shingles for reasons unknown
There was a snake in a tree in our yard. The birds and squirrels put a halt to their years of war to team up to attack the snake. The squirrel would distract the snake by yelling at it while the birds would dive bomb it. It was a sight to see.
So, odd anecdote: An old carpenter buddy of mine would regularly get divebombed by hummingbirds on job sites. It was consistent across county lines, so we knew it had nothing to do with an action he may have done. But we could never quite figure out why they constantly went after him.
I guess I can call him up to tell him that he looked owlish enough for the hummingbirds to see him as a mating test of courage. Ha!
ah yiss, a worthy opponent! ( Ô)く
While reading, i was completely certain his favorite cap had an own pattern on it or smth, so i did not expect that burn xD
@Yamyatos wait, is "looking owlish" a burn? i would have taken it as a compliment
(/ÖvÖ\)
@@fariesz6786
I can see it both ways; Owlish meaning serious and intelligent definitely makes it more of a compliment but comparing how someone looks to an animal is usually considered rude unless you know for certain they love the animal.
@@captncapri1094 the worst part is that owls are actually pretty dumb
Never put an emu in a position where it needs to decide between fight or flight.
It takes it personally.
Doubly so for cassowaries
@@ShirinRose That's one of the reasons I avoid Queensland. The other two reasons are crocs and Queenslanders.
I've had an emu put me in a position where I needed to decide between fight or flight. I chose flight. With emu breathing down my neck, I grabbed a garbage bin lid and switched to fight.
@@madbrowndog4887 did you win?
If you allow an emu to choose shoelaces, it will choose shoelaces. I used to work with a couple of them. They never let me leave with tied shoes.
Anyone who thinks birds are shy, fragile creatures hasn't being around birds for long enough. Don't forget they're avian dinosaurs
That's what I was thinking! Also, anyone who thinks they fly instead of fighting/biting probably hasn't ever had a pet parrot lol
Birds are fragile... only because they're small. Larger birds like swans will absolutely fck you up. Even chickens are surprisingly dangerous if they decide to fight you.
Who thinks that?
@@pierrecurieAbsolutely. I grew up on a farm and one time I saw a rooster (who knows what pissed him off) dig its talons into my brother's back, latch on, and beat him about the ears with its wings. It was frikkin' terrifying.
@@pierrecurie Yes, and many of them are fearsome predators too, even though they might not look like it at first glance. A couple of weeks ago I saw a rufous hornero (aka ovenbird) hunt down and eat a house gecko
Tom on scishow as a host more often. i love his energy and hes very clear love of science. MORE i need MORE
Can he speak without shivering and gyrating? It seems like he's about to have a seizure.
What else are they on? I've never seen them before and I also love the energy and presentation style!
@@camplethargic8 ok noun adjective number.
His main gig is a podcast called Let’s Learn Everything. He also has his own RUclips channel.
If you enjoy energetic teachers try @lidsaynikole or Lindsay Nikole IDK how to find her but she awesome to watch also 🎉
It's just insane that hummingbirds even have the time to troll owls like that. They've got the metabolism of a lightning strike and they can die of starvation in like a couple hours.
Honestly, bird is the very first thing I think of when you talk about animals taking risks.
We will forever remember the bird that took a calculated risk but was bad a math
Tom has Hank Green energy, and I'm absolutely here for it. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE WHO GET EXCITED ABOUT TEACHING PEOPLE THINGS!💖😤
As long as I can avoid a classroom and children, I'd love to educate more people.
Watching Hankschannel kind of ruined his videos this channel.
I absolutely know if he was writing the script more in his personal style there would be more swearing.
I prefer calm curiosity, personally. His high energy stuff doesn't make the subject more interesting or the facts more factual.
Tom, you should do more episodes in the future. You're an awesome host and perfect for scishow!
I have said it before and I'll say it again: Birds KNOW they descend from dinosaurs, and they refuse to let us forget it. Mammals may be the dominant species now, but every single bird seems to intuitively know their ancestors called the shots once, and they've been petty ever since lmao
We have peafowl, which are 💯 disco turkey dinosaur puppies. When it snows, their tracks in the snow look just like their ancient Therapod ancestors, it's great. They also get very curious, but they are big, so they scare things off like deer and vultures that are minding their own business in our yard. They are very proud of this. 😂😂 🦖🦚💚💙🩵
@victoriaeads6126 Chickens cannibalize each other with such alarming frequency that you can purchase anti-cannibal spray for chickens. And I don't mean like factory farmed chickens living in inhumane conditions, I mean pet chickens who are being cared for by a loving pet owner. Apparently chickens just wake up and choose violence sometimes, lmao. I remember one anecdote where someone went to check on their pet chickens in the garden and found them fighting over a snake.
Chickens really be out here channeling their inner t rex at all times.
@@victoriaeads6126And peacocks will eat any snakes- including the king cobra!
I call them Glamourchicken rex.
Well, no, they don't. You've got a mighty odd fantasy running there. Birds are what they are because they evolved that way, and some are timid, some are bold.
Host: You might not think birds take risks...
Birds: *Constantly flinging themselves off surfaces and hoping not to hit the ground*
First thing i had to think of after he said that was the baby birds that jump down mountain cliffs before they are able to fly.
Arctic barnacle gosslings jump off cliffs. Its harrowing to watch. Some don't make it. National Geographic: ruclips.net/video/H1S6UCX4RAA/видео.html
As a wise man once said, the key to flying is throwing yourself at the ground and missing :)
@@DuBCraft21 @DuBCraft21 oh i don't mean any kind of birds that are ready to fly yet or with any intention to fly, their intention is to crash on the rocks below to walk after their parent. Arctic Geese.
@@DerNunu I was referring primarily to OP :d
Also it has since come out that the lemmings thing you are referencing was fabricated. It came from a Disney documentary in which the producers essentially forced the lemmings off a cliff for the bit.
I feel like a lot of humans throughout history tried to get dates by pulling a lion's tail.
Most of those were between the ages of 13 and 16
Google Maasai warriors
“Other birds have caught on to the grift” made me laugh.
OMG it's Tom!! Seeing his face here makes me so happy, he's been creating awesome content for years, and he seems like a perfect fit for SciShow.
where is his other content? i love his personality and presentation!
@TomLumPerson
@@LightBlueVans let's learn everything!
As someone who works with birds: yeah, they never forgot they're dinosaurs. The amount of spunk and spitfire in those things is insane
I've never seen Tom before this week or on other channels. He's a great host
I have seen him in Tom Scotts podcast Lateral
He's subbing for the regular hosts who are on holiday I suppose.
i’d love to see him join the crew permanently! he has the perfect energy, presentation, and personality for it😊
cool video, wish you did more on the "fire raptors" though, I think it's disputable if "eating fire" really is more risky than picking up burning sticks/branches to carry to the location where the bushfire is desired for prey flushing. I mean those birds will decide there's too many humans at the active bushfire, interfering with their hunting & so dive down into the bushfire to collect burning branches to take to a new location to start their own private hunting fire!
Alaska/NZ commute has to be the winner though imo, I mean even human planes won't fly that route due to it being too dangerous with no emergency landing sites!
They didn't because they already did a video on the firehawks
@@Lolibeth ok, good point & rational reason there :)
Having watched what happens when more than one hummingbird wants to drink from a feeder, I can confirm that they have no chill, at least not while active.
So I’m just learning butter candles are a thing. I shouldn’t be surprised, but I am.
and if you don't want to waste the butter, a jar of vasaline will work just fine as a candle too :)
Whoever says I’m a “bird brain” I just say thank you!
I’d forgotten chasing Killdeer through tumbleweeds. Thank you. Never caught one or stepped on eggs. I never stood a chance.
once, as a kid, i saw a killdeer feigning injury on the side of a gravel road. i knew i had to be close to its nest so i stopped in my tracks and looked around until i found it. took me several minutes of searching; the eggs are *very well* camouflaged!
of course, i left the nest undisturbed... i just wanted to see if i could find it.
Hummingbirds playing Counting Coo on Owls is wild.
As a science channel, I wish you'd stop dissing on birds in general and chickens in particular.
Chickens are very brave. Roosters will face down much larger threats (including us) and will give their life for the flock. And when there's no rooster, a hen will take over this role including the dying part.
Wow. That is amazing. Who knew chickens are brave! How ironic 😅
We lived in Bali for years. Everyday we would walk past a rice field that frequently had ducklings swimming in it. One day a cobra was waiting to snack on them. A friendly hen stood in its way, guarding the ducklings and threatening the cobra.
Chickens aren't Brave, they're crazy the difference being something brave will stand up for itself, something crazy will attack anything it doesn't like. Almost as crazy as Geese the little things.
I’m really enjoying Tom’s energy. He’s a great host. Let’s keep him!!
No other type of animals have conquered so many type of habitats like birds do. Mammals are limited to land environments (exception whales and dolphins) Birds are masters of the earth, land and sea. They can even imitate human speech and dance and build their own houses. Truly fascinating creatures.
You forgot bats, as bats are mammals, too. 👀
There’s more marine mammals than just the whale family (Cetacea)
You also have sea cows (Sirenia) which includes manatees, Seals (Pinnipeds), sea otters, and polar bears.
@ True. I didn’t include more marine mammals because I wanted to keep my comment relatively short.
i would argue arthropods have locked down way more environments than birds. have you seen any birds hanging out at the bottom of the ocean?
but i take your point, they're certainly a diversely adapted group, one which even gave up such an impressive evolution like flight to conquer a new environment (shout out to penguins
@ Arthropods are up there too. I thought about them as well, but decided to mention only animals in the phylum chordata for this exercise.
I have birbs, am a birder, and can say they aren't shy. To humans sure, but I've seen many mockingbird flights, crows mobbing, and the most interesting was about a year ago (I've moved from the house since) there was a pattern, the neighborhood was home to jays, which had been kicked out by crows once but regained the territory, but the crows didn't give up, about once a month or so all 3 would fly over the neighborhood loudly calling to tease the jays, and would chill for a bit before returning to their territory. They didn't want the area, but they sure as heck weren't gonna let the jays think they were complete winners.
Many bird species aren't shy - but some are. You don't see the ones who are!
That's why colloquially in Britain, they are known as Stormy Petrels. They've been out in force in The Channel, courtesy of more energy in the Atlantic Ocean, making our Autumn and winter gales much worse.
There are also Storm Petrels, which are their own family of pelagic seabirds.
@@falcoperegrinus82 Thank you for the information, they look very similar. My excuse is I'm waiting for cataract surgery.
Humming birds: "we have you 7 to 1"
Owl: "i like those odds"
Owl: "make it a bakers dozen, I have a family to feed"...lol
Killdeer are fun. We have a lot of them around where I work and they've pulled the injured wing trick on me a few times. First Time I saw it, I was completely fooled.
Tom, I appreciate the genuine enthusiasm
We have killdeer around here. You will be walking around a parking lot or hours storage lot in the spring and here one squawking at you. So you look around to see where it is at and then try to find its eggs so you don't accidentally step on them because they do blend in with gravel really well. Once I know where its nest is at I can give it some space and kind of protect the area a little bit and mama bird tends to calm down once she realizes I'm not a threat.
Those birds playing sick shows theory of mind
Yes. I've often wondered how broad we should understand the idea if it seems so present in many predator prey relationships
It's an evolved, instinctive response - it may look like learned, thought out behavior but it's not.
@nycbearff can any neurologically explain what instinct actually is? .
Concept of instincts was thought up by philosophers not scientist back when the brain being center of thought was top neurology .
@@MindMelding-t5e We don't understand the brain yet. So we can't answer most questions about the brain. That doesn't mean we don't know anything - built-in behaviors that exist from before birth have been observed in plants, animals and humans, and they have been proven to exist repeatedly, although we don't understand the mechanisms yet.
@nycbearff I'm not sure you can differentiate it so obviously. Idk. I recommend the book Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram, it talks about phemenology in evolution, among other things
Real life Talonflame
Good to know I wasn’t the only one thinking it lol
I love birds
Tom is so adorable, all the way to his long hair, glasses, and snail hat. Him being a super nerd makes it even better. I could watch him talk about science all day.
I recently saw a hummingbird mobbing a bald eagle at the park right next to my house. What a brave bird.
Yeahhhhh.. Nature is CRAZY sometimes. Well, always. So many crazy adaptations out there!
Anyone who thinks chickens live up to their name has never been around real chickens before. Anyone who has, has seen the lineage between modern chickens and their ancestors, T-Rex.
Especially when a mouse gets in their pen!
T-Rex isn't a direct ancestor of birds. It's only a "close" relative of them.
This guy is SOOOO animated! I love it.
I find it hard to watch him. His arm movements are excessive and distracting but also not really conveying anything useful.
@@michaelp.4890 It is a bit much, but I guess I find it more endearing than annoying.
@kindlin I understand, it's very subjective and gestures are influenced a lot by culture. For me, it's the same with Niba videos as well.
If birds can risk it all for love, maybe I should reconsider my dating app efforts.
To be fair, birds should be considered risk taking; their primary mode of transportation is controlled falling and they gave up all their bone integrity to do it. Their eggs are also fragile and at risk of fall damage but they nest high up in trees and on cliffs. Birds don't let a lil danger stop em!
I am a spaniard, and thank you for calling the disputed with portugal desertad islands just as islands in africa, nothing about the country they are in. Nice touch to keep peace.
hummingbirds are so good at flying that they are really not risking much
At least, they're living dinosaurs
there is a myth that warriors come back as huming birds, so not so surprising to learn this.
I know of that ! Such a wonderful reference ty ❤
8:30 I can already hear my mom, 'everybody pee before you get in the van we're not stopping' we would start in South Anchorage Alaska and go way up North just to pick blueberries. They were good and probably the most expensive blueberries you would ever get.
Crow: That's not how you use fire. Remember that farmer taking pop shots at your mom?
Barn engulfed in flames. Now this is how you use fire.
Go get everyone you can find and tell them we're having a BBQ.
Ah yes, the Russian Firebird
Stravinsky approves.
SciShow on the rocks! Thanks, Hank!
I've seen crows eating the wick in the lamp(usually ghee(clarified butter)) after it stops burning as some of the ghee always remains at the bottom. Sometime they even carry the whole lamp with themselves to a tree.
5:22 I mean, for humans it doesn't directly involve predators, usually, but a lot of us guys to engage in riskier actions for the sake of impressing girls or our friends. Watching a horror movie on a date is a very mild example, it can show you as fearless and even a source of safety when the girl cuddles up to you. A lot of guys pull off dangerous stunts they normally wouldn't to impress a girl, speeding on the highway, bungee jumping, cliff diving, etc because again, it shows you as fearless like a hero
8:10 welp, you just gave me an idea for Find the Fowl Fridays
I like how Tom hosts episodes:)
Awesome topic. Awesome host. 10/10
The enthusiasm the host has is infectious. Fantastic content well delivered!
As a Canadian, I can assure you that birds are very much invested in risk/reward behavior. Cobra chickens choose fight every time...
Next time you feel daring, remember-some birds eat fire for fun.
Great job, Tom!
Love the hat Tom! And the vid... appreciate all your hard work bringing us this vid SciShow team!
0:32 A rare zebra? it's so rare that it looks like a bird! Never seen a zebra like that before
Sea bird
@@RealChristopherLoPresti nope, pretty sure that's a zebra, just look at it!
Reminds me of a meme about a very menacing-looking penguin:
"Whoops, you just triggered my fight-or-flight instincts.
Unfortunately for you, I am a flightless bird."
Birds definitely aren't cowards. Magpies taunt my cats when they're having supervised outside playtime
The Godwitt literally just rawdog a migration GIGACHAD
THE PHOENIX
My favorite SciCommer (hello from LLE) talking about niche bird facts!? Christmas came early for this ornithologist!!!
Shout out to the Let's Learn Everything (LLE) podcast if you need more Tom in your life
Tom is a great presenter, and this was a fascinating episode! Bar-tailed godwits are the GOAT.
I like this guy, this episode was very excitingly narrated
Birds love doing things the hard way
Imagine being a burrowing owl minding your own business and this hummingbird randomly attacks you out of nowhere
That “chicken out” joke was fowl. 😊😂
Those fire eating birds are hardcore Zen.
Literally the first risk taking animal that comes to mind, they have to jump out of their nest
Not trying to sound negative but see it could be read that way, awesome video
i find your joyous, smiling presentation uplifting!
Every time I feed fire to a bird, my family and guests enjoy the results.
I think #4 is the mindset I adapt when I use Greyhound to take trips to hang out with online friends, just with happiness and tolerance towards humanity instead of food and physical energy haha.
A bird that doesn't poop in flight? Perfection.
Top notch video Tom
Wow!!! That was such an interesting & well narrated video I really enjoyed it 👍
Tom is just adorable and I love the video
I LIKE TOM LUM! I hope he comes back many times in the future to host more videos
I definitely enjoy this host. Tom I hope you're joining the scishow crew!
More bird videos please
Tom is awesome
they're good bird's Tom
"The Birds That Eat Fire," sounds like the newest Stieg Larson book.
I was already half convinced that hummingbirds are all adrenaline junkies. Now I think I'm fully convinced.
Aww I really like this new host! They’ve got such an awesome vibe
Yeah he does
Would just like y’all to know y’all’s channel is awesome
3:46 I see the blackbords in my neighborhood fight hawks once in a while, and they are vicious
I like Tom.
Give this man a raise!
Tom is awesome. We like Tom. Please keep him as a host longer!!!
ngl "the birds that eat fire" is a sick band name
personally i think the most ballsy birds are the black billed magpies in my neighbourhood. they’ll start one-on-one fights with cats and coyotes and win, they’ll go right up to humans to steal food (i once watched a magpie on my uni campus steal a fry straight out of someone’s hand). they also eat my shingles for reasons unknown
Vote to keep Tom on SciShow!
Birds are amazing for sure.
Birds are simply superior organisms
You rock, and I am excited for you to become our new host!
Awesome energy, cool info
I read this as "The Birds With a Flat Tire""
There was a snake in a tree in our yard. The birds and squirrels put a halt to their years of war to team up to attack the snake. The squirrel would distract the snake by yelling at it while the birds would dive bomb it. It was a sight to see.