Why isn't the world covered in poop? - Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning
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- Опубликовано: 25 мар 2018
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Each day, the animal kingdom produces roughly enough poop to match the volume of water pouring over Victoria Falls. So why isn’t the planet covered in the stuff? You can thank the humble dung beetle for eating up the excess. Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning explain how these valiant insects make quick work of an endless stream of feces.
Lesson by Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning, animation by Anton Bogaty.
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Hi TED-Ed team! Thanks for the great video! As a Spanish native-speaker, I would like to help to translate the subtitles to Spanish. But when I tried, it was not possible. Is somebody else working on that? Or if not, if you want, I will be more than happy to lend a hand! Best regards from Costa Rica!
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I need an arabic subtitle😓
TED-Ed Evolution is a Theory.How do you expound theory as fact?
TED-Ed There is no such thing as global warming.
Do not talk nonsense, but in addition cool movie.
“Somewhere near you, an animal is defecating”
Me, sitting on the toilet: 👀
💩👀
🤣🤣🤣
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@jamesmiconeil lmao
When you realize that you're also an animal, but a rational one...
Not all heroes wear capes.
Some rolls poop
Lol
Amen.
@@rico6546 Hallelujah
Yea like spider man, right? 🙄🙄
Imagine you're an elephant casually taking a dump on the ground and suddenly a swarm of beetles come charging towards you.
Yikes, he seems like he doesnt give an attention
I would have a heart attack
While singing: " She loves you,
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"😜
*approaching calmly
And the cameraman film you, the researchers taking note intensively , some animate the series of it and another talk about it, then 2 mils people see it
Imagine, in their perspective.
"Thank God, these creatures don't know how to recognize such valuable treasures"
🤣🤣
😁😁😁👏👏👏👍
there thinking capacity is nowhere near that
@@businessmanbrute2211 u must be fun at parties
Your 666 like
Those beetles are way more important than me.
Agreed
Ditto
feels bad man
They got the worst job on this planet, feel bad for them.
Gabsomniac but at least they love it Lol
I've never been more appreciative of a bug
I know right
Ikr
I know right
Ikr
i know right
I love getting answers to questions I’ve never asked
Let's take a moment to appreciate how they made the most out of this video by injecting subtle yet incredibly funny puns.
U muslim?
I love how Ted is so serious while talking about poop thieves
I'd rather call them poop angels
@@marziasadat5591 lmao
It is serious indeed.
In a large scale could be apocalyptic if it wasnt for these insects...
ted
One man's poo is another man's livelihood
At least we don't have to pay them
TheTankyTurtle 1 YEAH MAN
THE POOP DEALERS
TheTankyTurtle 1 bless those creatures
Psst. Got the good stuff?
This is why humans go to school.
This was just… way too cute. I love it so much. The whole thing was about poop and they somehow made it one of the most adorable things I’ve ever seen.
🤣😂
I have the same opinion as yours
Exactly what I was thinking
You think poop is cute? Get outa here
Exactly!
The sounds of them just humming just having a good time is so heartwarming
"Somewhere near you, an animal is defecating"
Words of wisdom
Local hot shits near you
@@railpwn1268 🤣🤣
@@railpwn1268 Loll
I thought ur pfp was something else
As you lock eyes with your cat in the litter box
Nobody:
TED: Why isnt the planet covered in poop
HAHAHAAHAHAHAH X'D
Lel
M478LH
Nobody:
M478LH: Why did i watch this?
because its covered IN poop
@@Puppy_Puppington oh shut up
Throughout the years, I have learnt that every organism is important as any other. In fact the smaller creatures are more valuable to the ecosystem than the big ones. Every organism either microscopic or gigantic is extremely precious.
Mosquitoes though...
except flies
Not ticks
@@kimaya.3563 Well flies exist because we have dead bodies, rotten meat somewhere 🤢
@@doburu4835 ....you can't use human centric desire to determine the value of the mosquito
The extinction of the mosquito will sent terrible shockwave both ways in the food chain to both prey and predators. That itself may cause a mass extinction event that you can't forsee.
Just because mosquito harm us does not mean their extinction will benefit any of us. In fact their disapperance will likely harm us in a very roundabout indirect way.
Which is the exact reason why such videos are made. To educate.
This just shows us that nature has a solution for every problem if know where to look.
Well I wasn't planning on watching a 5 minute video about poop, but here we are
Me too
Yo
L
same!
Ssaammee....
Same
This video is just so cute even though it talks about poop.
Yes u r right...even first time I didn't feel uuuuuhhhh to see such video..
Is your profile picture Widowmaker hentai?
Alecxis Thunnery damn your profile picture be lookin thicc! Obviously because it’s widowmaker
Things are only un-cute when thinking makes them so.
The f is widowmaker??? I dont know that sht, this is anime chrctr
I don't know why I find
Rollers:- amazing
Tunnelers:- Fighters and cheaters
Dwellers:- Lazy
2:43 Imagine just being born and having a 4 course meal right there in front of your face
Sounds like an luxury to me
What do you do for a living, little beetle?
"I'm a pooper scooper."
because ｙｅｓ
poopity scoop
@@crow7421 🤣
"I eat $hit"
I ate dirt when I was a kid...
O noes
Oh shi..
correction: you ate something that you thought was dirt..
god knows whats in it..
No u
Same
We all did
3:00
Monke: *poops*
Beetle: *HMmmMMMMmMm*
Hmm
Hmmm
That was funny 😆
3:04
3:16 plant: *I give u an offer that u can't refuse*
POOPER SCOOPERS I JUST CAN’T ANYMORE.
666 LIKES AAA!!!
777 Likes
899 likesssss I AM GRATEFUL FOR RABBIT POO.
doodoo coopers
Thank God this was an animation and NOT real footage
Boghara 11 wow actually
Yep true
Omg😂
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If it would won't it be demonetized
“To claim some of the bounty” Lmao that got me
The work of such a small creature and yet absolutely essential for the entire planet’s ecosystem. Amazing
*so what's the point of picking up my dogs poo*
So trueee
Giving the poo to the dirt so the beetle can burry it.
u touched dodo
Dev Dev because beetle don’t live everywhere
just dont let it poop on the sidewalk
Well that’s a question I never knew I really wanted answered🤔
Ike Rants its always been a question rolling around my head
I had a similar comment :)
I know right?
TED-Ed is a nutshell
Just Flush
A plant gives fruit which smells and looks like poop, lmao, I literally laughed at that point.
Those beetles look adorable. Nice job artists!
2:10 top 10 anime betrayals
Whatshup old man
You mean NTR ?
She's cheating on her boyfriend :(
ayy hes rockin that escapists profile
Why did I decide watching this is a good idea after breakfast
I'm watching it while eating breakfast.
Dont feel bad. I watched this while eating Mac & Cheese.
cuz you could chock
lol
You did
I'm eating before dinner
Wow 😮 never knew something so small could have such a big impact
Sub atomic particles : Hold my quantum beer !
4:34
pooper scooper
"You'll be tempted to take a look!"
Me: No, I don't think I will
😂😂😂😂 fr
I actually will though idkw
Probably cuz the video is so impactful
1920: We'll have flying cars in the future!
2018:Why isn't the world covered in poop?
Fro-Yo sorry to ruin your meme , but knowledge is way more important than flying cars
*cough* it was actually the 80's when that happened
sorry when the taught dat
the more you know...............................
i dont understand the deal with flying cars. we(science and technology) have progressed a lot and have been able to answer mysteries and cure diseases. why need a flying car just fly in planes.
2:06 ok I know this is normal animal kingdom stuff, but this still kinda broke my heart. imagine defending ang fighting for someone just for someone else to take her as their own
Happens to humans too💀
This was very interesting and informative! I really appreciate what those beetles do!
2:00 the cutest fighting noise I’ve ever heard 🥺
heuy
@@nickyguy1451 I'm pretty sure that's the name of a Vietnam War helicopter?......
It's like a p*rn scene
Do they also defacate?, and if so,do they lay eggs in them?
gamerax yeah!
🤔
no
Oh yeag yeah
Have you ever seen an insect poop it's super tiny
Seen these guys doing their work, I was so amazed! I just let them do their business and went my way impressed.
i can *definitely* see why this is a lesson worth sharing
They are nature's unsung heroes.
undung heroes lolololol
More like UNDUNG HAHAHAHAHAHA
Lotta unsung heroes in the Animal Kingdom.
You know your life is good when u click on a video about poop
really 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🕞😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅🕒😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆🕖😒😒😒😒😒
“Pooper Scoopers” should be their official name.
I like the noise they make. When they ready to fight its so funny
okay everyone's talking about important things in the video and I'm here like, "the friction sounds the animated beetle makes is gosh darn adorable"
_so_many_ regrets_ icr
I found it adorable as well
@@adidesh07 same!
We jave the same braincells
Ooh 404 lickes
Wow they are so helpful creating trees and cleaning dump and helps farmer and fight global warming
Global warming?
Sleman Ahmed
they dont help farmers at all.. they just clean up poop..
Actually climate change is a natural process that just kinda happens
That’s how to ice age happened and ended
Sarthak Borgaonkar I know but human impact is as much as they say
Yeah unlike humans
This is so great! Thanks for the information!
The animation style is so awesome
Better love story than twilight
boggles the mind how some still use dead memes
If memes are still used then they're tecniclly not dead. (Sorry for my spelling)
Okay. (Sorry for my English)
Abiyyi Ramadhan ur welcum
Orly?
*that moment you’re watching this on the toilet*
Yeah good pioopo
My poo will not be for the beetles
I fart in the toilet so hard I cry😂😂😂😂😂
2:06 Even among the smallest creatures, there's drama in romance 😂
They are one of the real treasures of our world.
Any video when the opening line is "Somewhere near you a animal is defecating ." has to be worth watching!
XD
3:24 this plant is da real mlg
Nice short and sweet video!
Omg the little sound it makes 🥹🥹🥹
0:03 - that pun tho...
Maruf Khan I don't get it
srivengadesh varatharajan stool means chair.. Stool also means poop💩
Will be on reddit soon
Why would he find poop in a bar?
Stanno Goswill Haven't you ever found some??? Guess I'm going to the wrong bars....
Haha it is kinda funny to think that while the "alpha" beetles are fighting, the female they are fighting for is mating with the sneaky "beta" beetle :D :D
Then the fights winner beetle reacts to the female telling that he is too late allready :DDD
Flamma dont work hard, but smart is the exact saying in this lmao
It’s like when two best friends like one girl, and they start arguing over how much they want her. Then some nerdy dude walks up to her and they walk away together right as the argument between the two other guys ends
I LOVE this art style, it's SO CUTE
Thanks for answering the question I didn’t even know I had!
“Some where near u, an animal is defacating”
Me: don’t call me an animaL!!
Daniel Asefa ur basically a animal.
But you are
You are
We all are.
Humans are a type of animall
You can always count on Ted for life's unanswered questions.
but what about _ed_
And unasked questions...
More like: "unquestioned answers".
Yes!
I appreciate this animation i like it.... Simple and clean.. thanks
“Somewhere near you, an animal is defecating” - Library of Babel
Dry poop is just like mud with grass.
This. Poop is simply a combination of microbes and various materials, including the waste products of said microbes. Whether it's healthy to eat or not depends on what exactly is in it, as well as your own intestinal fauna (the balance of microbes in your gut), and what type of critter you are. Any time you eat any fermented products (cheese, yogurt, alcoholic beverages, traditional brine-fermented pickles, vinegar, etc), you're eating poop. Technically, some amount of microbes (live or dead) exist on/in everything we eat, so everything we eat has a little bit of poop on it. Going even deeper, everything we eat is completely made of nutrients that existed as poop at some point. Everything was/is poop. But of course, like everything else, poop is made of light. (E=mc^2)
@@Real_Lion_of_Judah OMG.. Thanks for the information.
@@venkatasaravanan4942 And thanks to you. Om Tat Sat.
@@Real_Lion_of_Judah poop is made of light?
*that's how they roll...*
Ted videos are always informative
EXCELLENT INFORMATION
1:24 Roller: Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. Never gonna roll around and desert you!
k
@@nickyguy1451 r
😂😂😂
Is that choices in your pfp?
i'm getting rick rolled EVERYWHERE !!
THEY SOUND SO FUGGING CUTE, WHAT THE HECK 🥺🥺🥺❤️
Never questioned this but i got curious then i clicked the video.
It satisfied me
this art style is perfection
Content of the video:
10% about the answer of the video
90% about explaining beedles
Why are they so cute LOL
Sarah Williams the sound they made though 😍🤣
Voice. Acting.
How they made that sound? 😁
Sarah Williams they are the opposite of cute if you see them In real life
www.google.ro/search?biw=1366&bih=638&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=LC25WqaYD4P5wQLQh6zYCg&q=the+humble+dung+beetle+&oq=the+humble+dung+beetle+&gs_l=psy-ab.3...257023.257023.0.257285.1.1.0.0.0.0.88.88.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.WOcuSRSBHaE#imgrc=qMU3fgM4WhPHkM:
very useful for kids and students
love u so much Ted-Ed
The cartoons look so cute!and by this explanation it's really easy to understand thanks!
Great way to start off my day
“Right now, an animal near you is defecating”
Plot twist, the animal is you (Remember, we are rational animals)
Because the poop is covered in the world
Soylent green is people!
took me 20 seconds to get it
I am confusion
Twist..twist.. Plot
*visible confusion*
Answers I never knew that I needed.
The animation is soo cute! Hat's off to the Animators!
What happens when bettles poop do they eat that
They eat any feeces coming from insects, animals, or themselves.
Infinite loop.
of poop
15 questions science still cant answer
I'm Board top 10 questions science still can’t answer
Where does their poop go?
luke sumberg wow 😂
luke sumberg They eat it too. A long lasting cycle
luke sumberg ;0
..do they even poop?
Wait.. If our poop is there food, that means.. THERE POOP IS OUR FOOD!
Jk I'm kidding I'm just messing around
Waohhhhh.never knew these tiny insects could be thisssss important.
The animation is so funny that I subscribed😄
The sound of the beetles in this video... Perfect lol... Cute af..
My habit is to watch some TED-Ed videos after work resting myself and having a dinner. It's good videos to make myself relax. I everyday look forward to this moment.
But for the fist time, it ruined my dinner😂😂😂
great question sir.
This video is awesome! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Am I the only one who finds them fighting out POOP hilarious?
The perfect video while eating dinner.
Thank you, RUclips algorithm.
Me at 3 am: let's go to sleep
RUclips: Hey watch this
The hero we need but not the hero we deserve
I knew this was gonna be a good one cause of the title! and I was super surprised after googling to see if there are any of those beetles in the uk to find out that there are over a hundred species here! I've never seen one!
You r a bot
Science with Katie see is on every "science" channel I ever saw (like Infographic show etc)
Science with Katie Try pooping in the open
Prithu Sharma No
Prithu Sharma she's a real person. check out her videos
Good question TED ED 😂
Esra Dönmez 😂
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Esra Dönmez in this video i call it turd ed
0:07 me watching this on the toilet: "Of cource I know him, he's me!"