I think that it's part of a more general trend that we could name 'wormization'. Almost every division of life have worm-like species, with the remarkable exceptions of birds and mammals.
@@rushdude90 Well, more or less, yes, but they have only the elongated part, they lack the limbless part (aquatic mammals don't have limbs but that would be 'piscification' more than 'wormification') I think the most promising worm-like candidate is the naked mole rat. They still have limbs, but they dig with their teeth, so maybe they become limbless in the future. I'd love to see a worm-lke bird too!
Thank you for talking about how common terms like lizard and snake aren't necessarily super biologically useful or correct. These little dudes are so cool.
@@Nikki0417the Mexican alligator lizard**, silky anteater, volcano rabbit, vaquita dolphin, quetzal, cacomistle, etc. just to name a few also look like Pokémon creatures.
Hey, when you do these episodes, in addition to what makes it bizarre, could you please talk about some base stats such as if the animal is diurnal or nocturnal, what it eats and how it fits in the food web? For example, you talked about how the Mexican mole lizard can burrow but not why it would. Thank you.
In this case the ecology of mole lizards is kind of given away by the name, they live like moles spending the vast majority of their lives underground. They eat worms and other invertebrates that live in the dirt.
@@FirstDagger I always assumed the xenomorph head was based on, well, a human penis because H R Giger based a lot of the alien franchise on genitalia but I do see this skull being a possible inspiration.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat well, the living mole worm looks a lot like long, skinny penis, so it’s not like he could be inspired only by one or the other.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat ; Of course you are right, and my prior comment is purely speculation. Especially seeing as Gigers early Chestburster sculpt lacks hands.
I....have never heard of this animal before. I'm used to weird animals -- I come from the land of the platypus! -- but this thing...not a mole, not a snake, not a lizard, circle scales, two legs, weird locomotion...what the hell, nature?!
The Mexican Mole Lizard (Bipes biporus) to me is really adorable. it reminds me of the Tatzelwurm or Tatzlwurm a creature of the Alps, described as a lizard with only two short legs and a stubby tail or a snake with a cat's head.
@@germanomagnone Where I grew up we had a restaurant called "Zum feurigen Tatzelwum" next to a remote waterfall where a Tatzelwum lived. I never saw the beast myself but they had a big mural painting which clearly showed the fire-spitting
This comment just sucked me down into the depths of the internet. I feel like Alice returning from Wonderland now that I'm back to the relative safety of RUclips.
I so want to be friends with one of these little guys! As others have said, there's so much to learn in this video. Many of the choices for Bizarre Beasts have been at least a little familiar to me, but not this cool little creature. They are really cute, in my opinion, yet those images of their skulls? Right out of the Alien franchise!
It seems like every time a biologist goes to one of those questionable South-East Asian Meat markets they categorize a new species that the local hunters have known about for years. Which is usually then quickly driven extinct by aforementioned local hunters.
I remember reading about these animals in a book about animal species as a child. Then, for so many years I literally never heard or saw anything about them at all. I even forgot their name. Nice to finally see something about them again. It is weird how these animals are so unknown by the general public and you rarely ever hear anything about them at all. When people think of reptile groups, most think of lizards, turtles, snakes and crocodiles, but almost no one thinks of Amphisbaenians as a separate fifth group. Great to see these interesting and unusual animals get some attention.
They're so rediculous looking, I love them. On one hand I want one on the other hand our little friends are better off living their own free little lives.
Those skulls look like they would be more terrifying than even a T rex skull if they were scaled up. Such Teeth! Very interesting little critters here!
Honestly, a lot of reptiles have surprisingly scary teeth. I mean, just looking at bearded dragons - commonly known for their super chill and friendly disposition, but if one of them yawns you'll see that their teeth looking surprisingly similar to those of sharks
Fascinating. I had never heard of this creature. Loved the vid. Also, I had heard or read the term amphisbaenians before, but I didn't know what they were until now. If I had known about them before, it had been so long that I had forgotten.
Hey, you mentioned and showed the legless lizards from my area, too! 😁 These little fellas are _really_ little, aren't they? But, goodness, how many colors does it come in? I saw white, pink, and pale blue on this video, so now I'm wondering, since they seem to be in such a small area in Baha! Thanks, Hank and company, for this and so many other cool videos - and channels, for that matter! ❤️❤️
I love amphisbaenians! I read some papers on them when I was doing research on snake locomotion in my undergrad! Definitely getting this pin! 😄 (Btw, I would love a pin option for just the one, not a subscription, I only like to get the pins of animals I could correctly guess from the silhouette post)
These little creatures are the cutest little animals i am have seen i love them in the free and wild habitat of theirs they bless god holy holy holy god.
I have been watching your channels for years and I only just now found this channel. What the heck how many channels do you have all my knowledge come from your channel this is just one more I need to subscribe to.
Hey! I don't appreciate you calling me a bizarre beast. I'm just a little guy that was torn between losing my legs or keeping them. And now I'm stuck with two derpy front legs! It's not my fault
When I was a little kid in the 80s I carried around with me an animals encyclopedia like my own personal Bible. And this little beastie was one of my favorites.
Its little legs are so cute!! We find legless lizards in our backyard a lot when we're getting our gardens ready. We didn't know what they were at first. Just a harmless weird snake, but I eventually found out that they were a type of glass lizard. Really cool and VERY fast.
I like the idea of many butts as a conversion, and exchange, point for some nutrients the sponge finds difficulty in metabolizing. It answers a number of the questions, while obviously opening the door to bolo for parasitic variants, etc.
...so like As far as I know and correct me if I'm wrong for like most lizards the untailing is also a one time trick. They can throw it off once, the one that grows back tends to have a different structure
'Mole lizards are much more efficient movers with concertina locomotion than snakes' Huh, very weird, it seems like limbs could be useful to move around? XD Just joking though, it's interesting to see how that crossover of body parts leads to unusual qualities. In unrelated news : that is a CUTE animal. I'm gobsmacked.
Remember that time when Han ,Leia and Chewie ducked into that crater ,when a star destroyer followed them into that asteroid field and they had no clue that they had inadvertently entered the gaping maw of giant space-dwelling amphisbaenian? That was…kewl.
How is something so weird looking so cute!?! It's adorable!
Hey, just like me!
Right ❤i want one
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That’s what she said
i agree! It's truly adorable!
Finally, somebody talks about how all the squamates are turning into snakes! I always found that one more interesting than carcinization.
dont forget small carnivorus mammals turning into weasle like things (Mustelidae-zation lol)
I think that it's part of a more general trend that we could name 'wormization'. Almost every division of life have worm-like species, with the remarkable exceptions of birds and mammals.
@@juanausensi499 mammals have worm-like species - ferrets, weasels, minks, etc.
I'd love to see a worm-like bird though
@@rushdude90 Well, more or less, yes, but they have only the elongated part, they lack the limbless part (aquatic mammals don't have limbs but that would be 'piscification' more than 'wormification')
I think the most promising worm-like candidate is the naked mole rat. They still have limbs, but they dig with their teeth, so maybe they become limbless in the future.
I'd love to see a worm-lke bird too!
@@rushdude90 So "mustelidation" and "serpentation" are one and the same!
For such a derpy looking critter, the closeups of its skeleton is the stuff of nightmares.
should check out hippo skeletons
Right? It looks so badass if you were to only see the skeleton. But then it's just a soft little tube guy in reality.
looks like the Xenomorph from the Alien movies
@@fergq9529yep, chest burster haha
@@fergq9529 it looks like a miniature Lindworm to me
I love that you provide updates on what funds are used for...more people should do that! Great facts, great march, and great results produced!
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Hey bizarre beasts DO AXOLOTLS
Yes we indeed had a very good month of march 😊
I'm sure that 1 cent makes a difference in Africa..
@accelerationquanta5816 only when the money is from billionaires
Thank you for talking about how common terms like lizard and snake aren't necessarily super biologically useful or correct. These little dudes are so cool.
Snakes are a biological group, i.e. all snakes more related to each other than to any animal that is not a snake.
Seeing that tree was really helpful. I had no idea how far separated the different lizards were.
The worm with tiny hands. My favorite.
First I learned about the axolotl, now the Mexican mole lizard. How many animals in Mexico look like adorable Pokémon?
😂😂
You'd be surprised. May not look like a Pokemon, but you should check out Xolozcuintles, very funny and adorable looking dogs
I'm a bit late but you should check out Abronia lizards 😉
@@dangerousbutterknife7988 okay, Pokémon are definitely from Mexico.
@@Nikki0417the Mexican alligator lizard**, silky anteater, volcano rabbit, vaquita dolphin, quetzal, cacomistle, etc. just to name a few also look like Pokémon creatures.
i loved the " which also don't have legs, except for when they do" 😂😂😂😂
Do there legs grow back
@@bugsmousey9183 There?
Amphisbaenians are truly one of the 200 different things I’ve never heard of. Aside from that one time with….autocorrect.
Hey, when you do these episodes, in addition to what makes it bizarre, could you please talk about some base stats such as if the animal is diurnal or nocturnal, what it eats and how it fits in the food web? For example, you talked about how the Mexican mole lizard can burrow but not why it would. Thank you.
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In this case the ecology of mole lizards is kind of given away by the name, they live like moles spending the vast majority of their lives underground. They eat worms and other invertebrates that live in the dirt.
Second this motion! Two sentences of context would make a big difference.
+1! Like along with their natural native range, giving us size/weight, average lifespan, etc.
@@sampagano205 that makes sense to me, but I wouldn’t mind a part two on this creature anyway it’s pretty fascinating
“We’ve wanted to find aliens in space for so long we’ve forgotten about the ones in our backyard.”
I can't get over how terrifying the skull looks. Espacially in the contrast to this little wriggly tube
I bet that was used that as inspiration for the Xenomorph Chestburster in Alien.
@@FirstDagger That was exactly my thought as well.
@@FirstDagger I always assumed the xenomorph head was based on, well, a human penis because H R Giger based a lot of the alien franchise on genitalia but I do see this skull being a possible inspiration.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat well, the living mole worm looks a lot like long, skinny penis, so it’s not like he could be inspired only by one or the other.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat ; Of course you are right, and my prior comment is purely speculation. Especially seeing as Gigers early Chestburster sculpt lacks hands.
These little guys are like what would happen if a lizard decided it wanted to be a worm and a mole, but couldn't decide which and got really confused.
or if a penis decided to crawl with its newly found tiny little legs...
Can we talk about how absolutely adorable they are? I want to talk about how absolutely adorable they are.
First you see it, and it's kind of creepy, but then it moves its legs and then look soo adorable ❤️
I....have never heard of this animal before. I'm used to weird animals -- I come from the land of the platypus! -- but this thing...not a mole, not a snake, not a lizard, circle scales, two legs, weird locomotion...what the hell, nature?!
The Mexican Mole Lizard (Bipes biporus) to me is really adorable. it reminds me of the Tatzelwurm or Tatzlwurm a creature of the Alps, described as a lizard with only two short legs and a stubby tail or a snake with a cat's head.
but the Tatzelwurm does spit fire
@@eljanrimsa5843 I'm not sure
@@germanomagnone Where I grew up we had a restaurant called "Zum feurigen Tatzelwum" next to a remote waterfall where a Tatzelwum lived. I never saw the beast myself but they had a big mural painting which clearly showed the fire-spitting
This comment just sucked me down into the depths of the internet. I feel like Alice returning from Wonderland now that I'm back to the relative safety of RUclips.
I so want to be friends with one of these little guys! As others have said, there's so much to learn in this video. Many of the choices for Bizarre Beasts have been at least a little familiar to me, but not this cool little creature. They are really cute, in my opinion, yet those images of their skulls? Right out of the Alien franchise!
i appreciate that you said "western science". it's important to remember we only really have access to what about half of the world is doing/has done.
It seems like every time a biologist goes to one of those questionable South-East Asian Meat markets they categorize a new species that the local hunters have known about for years. Which is usually then quickly driven extinct by aforementioned local hunters.
They look surprisingly cute. I'm wonder if they still breed as quick as many other reptiles their size.
So glad to see this lovely creature getting some great attention!
I remember reading about these animals in a book about animal species as a child. Then, for so many years I literally never heard or saw anything about them at all. I even forgot their name. Nice to finally see something about them again. It is weird how these animals are so unknown by the general public and you rarely ever hear anything about them at all.
When people think of reptile groups, most think of lizards, turtles, snakes and crocodiles, but almost no one thinks of Amphisbaenians as a separate fifth group.
Great to see these interesting and unusual animals get some attention.
Tuataras are similarly forgotten...
They're so rediculous looking, I love them. On one hand I want one on the other hand our little friends are better off living their own free little lives.
I just really appreciate Hank's "look at this squiggly lil guy! He's so good". The pin art is indeed, so good.
Hank and John still making us all more informed a decade in is pretty darn cool.
when I find a cool/cute shortform science youtube channel its always Hank Green
Those skulls look like they would be more terrifying than even a T rex skull if they were scaled up. Such Teeth!
Very interesting little critters here!
Honestly, a lot of reptiles have surprisingly scary teeth. I mean, just looking at bearded dragons - commonly known for their super chill and friendly disposition, but if one of them yawns you'll see that their teeth looking surprisingly similar to those of sharks
Finally, I caught the pin club sub window at a time when I have a paycheck coming in! Can't wait to get my wiggly little guy.
So basically, it’s a lizard (ish?) that wanted to become a worm but didn’t want to give up all of its legs
I love him! He looks like he's made of bubblegum!
TRULY a bizarre beast! Those are pretty ferocious looking teeth in that skeleton. I'm surprised you didn't mention them!
One of the few big RUclipsrs I know who won't have a controversy about him bc he's just upfront and here for education and fun
Fascinating. I had never heard of this creature. Loved the vid. Also, I had heard or read the term amphisbaenians before, but I didn't know what they were until now. If I had known about them before, it had been so long that I had forgotten.
Hey, you mentioned and showed the legless lizards from my area, too! 😁
These little fellas are _really_ little, aren't they? But, goodness, how many colors does it come in? I saw white, pink, and pale blue on this video, so now I'm wondering, since they seem to be in such a small area in Baha!
Thanks, Hank and company, for this and so many other cool videos - and channels, for that matter! ❤️❤️
I couldnt afford to stay on ur pin club, but ty so much 4 showin some of what it went to making progress. I teared up .
Sometimes I wish there was a zoo with only bizarre beasts....
Yes! I would totally go there
Such beautiful animals. The tiny hands are the cutest thing.
I love amphisbaenians! I read some papers on them when I was doing research on snake locomotion in my undergrad! Definitely getting this pin! 😄
(Btw, I would love a pin option for just the one, not a subscription, I only like to get the pins of animals I could correctly guess from the silhouette post)
One of my favorite reptiles. So glad you guys covered this species! Awesome video covering their biology
one of my favorite animals! they’re adorable
i'm actually surprised how cute they are, thought i'd be creeped out
Wow, how many channels do the Green brothers have. I mean I’m grateful they share their knowledge with us.
Thank you for the important update about your work in Sierra Leone!👍❤ from🇨🇦.
aww smol lindwurm
I adore these things, they're one of the cutest animals ever 💜
I had no idea such creature was a thing. Adorable af!
This thing exists and my mind is blown.
you can't fool me hank, that's an alien
These little creatures are the cutest little animals i am have seen i love them in the free and wild habitat of theirs they bless god holy holy holy god.
This is exactly what I have been looking for, it is so difficult to find videos and stuff about them as entertaining and informative as this one!
Geez it looks harmless crawling around but those x-rays of their heads show a mouthful of teeth that would put a T-Rex to shame!
If "Bizarre Beasts" was called "Bizarre Beasts with Hank Green" I'd have been here ages ago
Oh wow, this is definitely a bizarre beast! I love it!
snakes are the weirdest lizards. i challenge you to prove me wrong
I enjoy this channel and the content, just being broke sucks. But I watch your channels often. 💯❤️
Clint’s Reptiles would love this video!
I was obsessed with Herpetology as a teen and saw illustrations of these sorts of creatures im so excited to see what they really look like!!!
**Gets a massage**
Yo, this sh*t is fire!!!👍
I have been watching your channels for years and I only just now found this channel. What the heck how many channels do you have all my knowledge come from your channel this is just one more I need to subscribe to.
I love hims lil arms and hands
It's the Alaskan Bull Worm!
Hey! I don't appreciate you calling me a bizarre beast. I'm just a little guy that was torn between losing my legs or keeping them. And now I'm stuck with two derpy front legs!
It's not my fault
It’s a beautiful lindworm
me : 🏃♀️
Snake with leg: “why r u runnin’?”
When I was a little kid in the 80s I carried around with me an animals encyclopedia like my own personal Bible. And this little beastie was one of my favorites.
New favourite animal unlocked, right here.
:D this was a good find, thanks hank
Aww. This little fellow gets my vote for cutest lizard.
"I never wanted to be a snake, Father! I want to walk! And run! And dance! And do jazz hands! Why won't you accept me Father?"
Its little legs are so cute!!
We find legless lizards in our backyard a lot when we're getting our gardens ready. We didn't know what they were at first. Just a harmless weird snake, but I eventually found out that they were a type of glass lizard. Really cool and VERY fast.
3:31 the fact these beings exist only on a small peninsula is really sad
I have heard of amphisbaenians ONLY because I follow a herpetologist with a snake blog X)
Those aren't legs, Those is 'lil Leggies'
Cutest lizard legs of all time
5:43 it looks really cute in the flesh, but those teeth tell a more fierce story.
I like the idea of many butts as a conversion, and exchange, point for some nutrients the sponge finds difficulty in metabolizing.
It answers a number of the questions, while obviously opening the door to bolo for parasitic variants, etc.
Alright but for real. they're really cute!
can't wait for the pin! hope I get the pink one
2:01 OH MY GOD LOOK AT THE CUTE SNAKEYS
If it didn't have legs, it would look like the Alaskan Bull Worm.
@6:12 "Pink Earthwormy", , Yeah we'll go with that lol.
weird freaky worm my beloved
Non-specist:
The Two-Legged Lizards Who Hear With Their Skin
I love it! Do caecilians next!
Damn, thankfully it evolved in Mexico because I can not fathom how monstrous it would have become in Australia.
Wow what an interesting animal. I've never seen anything like it before until now
...so like
As far as I know and correct me if I'm wrong for like most lizards the untailing is also a one time trick.
They can throw it off once, the one that grows back tends to have a different structure
I hate myself for immediately wanting one as a pet 😂
Organisms I didn't know existed before seeing it here for the first time
'Mole lizards are much more efficient movers with concertina locomotion than snakes'
Huh, very weird, it seems like limbs could be useful to move around? XD
Just joking though, it's interesting to see how that crossover of body parts leads to unusual qualities.
In unrelated news : that is a CUTE animal. I'm gobsmacked.
This is the weitest reptile I ever seen but I love it is so cute and silly looking, thank you for showing us this wonderful creature
wow that's so awesome about their scales!
Some lizards actually can grow their tail back but I forget which one it was
When you have armor for a different class but it’s better then you current class armor
Look at those tiny little arms and feet! Adorable
1:22 oh look, a Wyrm!
Remember that time when Han ,Leia and Chewie ducked into that crater ,when a star destroyer followed them into that asteroid field and they had no clue that they had inadvertently entered the gaping maw of giant space-dwelling amphisbaenian? That was…kewl.
concertina locomotion sounds way too much like that spell from Bedknobs and Broomsticks I need to listen to that song now
im not used to seeing this guy outside of shorts
The name is bizarre enough.