What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? - Dan Kwartler

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  • Опубликовано: 16 сен 2018
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    Human beings are everywhere. With settlements on every continent, we can be found in the most isolated corners of Earth’s jungles, oceans and tundras. Our impact is so profound, most scientists believe humanity has left a permanent mark on Earth’s geological record. So what would happen if suddenly, every human on Earth disappeared? Dan Kwartler investigates.
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  5 лет назад +2000

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    • @HariprashadRavikumar
      @HariprashadRavikumar 5 лет назад +15

      This title is not currently available for purchase

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 5 лет назад +19

      The World Without Trump! 😏

    • @realsandeep
      @realsandeep 5 лет назад +4

      +TED-Ed , Create 'How do alcahol affect the body?' just like you guys did in the very last video 'How do cigarettes affect the body? '. I am waiting for it.

    • @niharteraho6954
      @niharteraho6954 5 лет назад +1

      I was always thinking about this but still I was survived

    • @shevonabrahamsamuel2683
      @shevonabrahamsamuel2683 5 лет назад +9

      TED-Ed What about nuclear power plants??

  • @jordansamson6071
    @jordansamson6071 4 года назад +3967

    Somehow, some way, your abandoned cell phone would still get annoying calls about your car's extended warranty expiring.

    • @AN-ou6qu
      @AN-ou6qu 4 года назад +17

      Maria Isabelle Villacorte except the battery would run out

    • @addust
      @addust 4 года назад +4

      Only if they're automated.

    • @wigglyfruit4708
      @wigglyfruit4708 4 года назад +2

      Yea robo calls

    • @illumi9044
      @illumi9044 4 года назад +2

      YES

    • @jj6148
      @jj6148 4 года назад +8

      What if you left your phone on a charger?

  • @bernie9728
    @bernie9728 4 года назад +10101

    My guess is that crimes rates would go down dramatically.

    • @kellyphillips9743
      @kellyphillips9743 4 года назад +550

      No, because video games would still exist

    • @hyphenated-name881
      @hyphenated-name881 4 года назад +32

      It's gonna go down if they're no humans.

    • @moonlitm3285
      @moonlitm3285 4 года назад +254

      @@hyphenated-name881 R/woooosh

    • @ra_alf9467
      @ra_alf9467 4 года назад +23

      My guess is Fallout 77 wouldn't exist

    • @realprisec
      @realprisec 4 года назад +13

      @@kellyphillips9743 ikr, videogames and gamers are pathetic shits

  • @babyspice945
    @babyspice945 2 года назад +1347

    “The world can survive without us, but we can’t survive without the world”

  • @LuxSmash
    @LuxSmash 2 года назад +969

    "Domestic animals wouldn't be able to survive without us"
    - Human extintion cancelled -

    • @aishwariyasweety2433
      @aishwariyasweety2433 2 года назад +59

      Exactly! That's the only part where I wanted this event to stop.

    • @sexysadie2901
      @sexysadie2901 2 года назад +22

      Many of them would adapt.

    • @missyouwish88
      @missyouwish88 2 года назад +3

      Yeah, we didn't need to be reminded of that part 😔

    • @guitarrobot9056
      @guitarrobot9056 2 года назад +19

      Well they are not supposed to exist in the first place

    • @T0mtoma
      @T0mtoma 2 года назад

      @@guitarrobot9056 true

  • @beckanthony7788
    @beckanthony7788 4 года назад +8299

    Humans : disappear
    Plants : hippity hoppity this is now my property

    • @erikagabz
      @erikagabz 4 года назад +41

      omg this needs more likes

    • @zub4516
      @zub4516 4 года назад +26

      Underrated comment spotted!!!

    • @samruddhi7262
      @samruddhi7262 4 года назад +5

      Tiikkkk tokkkk

    • @piepost6327
      @piepost6327 4 года назад +7

      it is tho 😳

    • @cheese5207
      @cheese5207 4 года назад +5

      beck Anthony
      Humans : disappear
      Thanos : hippity hoppity the Earth is now my country

  • @drag0nerd
    @drag0nerd 4 года назад +4672

    2018: haha as if
    2020: *sweats profusely*

    • @waspman7775
      @waspman7775 3 года назад +76

      I dunno man I think earth has had enough of humans and decided 2020 would be the year to kill of all humans so it can heal, honestly I could go with or without life on earth

    • @xavdior
      @xavdior 3 года назад +15

      EmeryDuhGamerz you good?

    • @waspman7775
      @waspman7775 3 года назад +27

      @Xavdior no I am not please help me

    • @gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635
      @gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635 3 года назад +5

      @@waspman7775 agreed

    • @rishikapaul4740
      @rishikapaul4740 3 года назад +4

      @@waspman7775 true.

  • @luckycharm1
    @luckycharm1 2 года назад +136

    I guess I need to start making bronze sculptures of myself so I can be remembered for 10 million years.

    • @aleinad34
      @aleinad34 Год назад

      lmso nice one xD maybe i should make ones as well

    • @furrycircuitry2378
      @furrycircuitry2378 Год назад +1

      Bronze rots away easily exposed its heavy and expensive opt for solid plastic sculpture of yourself it's easy to get easy to make and will withstand the test of time for minimum 1000 years I've been wanting to make a 1:1 solid plastic bust of myself but haven't had the resources or time yet maybe you can and maybe when someone finds our sculptures they'll stop and think about these two crazy people and their wacky ideas and smile :)

    • @Kunbeeb
      @Kunbeeb 2 месяца назад

      ​@@furrycircuitry2378 or maybe 10,000 years later their find your comment from digital archives instead and have a hard time decoding it with all that grammatical mess. :D

  • @chrisnotap
    @chrisnotap 2 года назад +932

    And don't forget about the 443 nuclear plants on the planet that would simultaneously go into nuclear meltdown.

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 2 года назад +267

      the large majority of nuclear generators have safety switches that will shut things down, so in reality, they would all silently "die".

    • @vitoscalita
      @vitoscalita 2 года назад +21

      @@MrKlausbaudelaire what about nuclear bombs and warheads ?

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 2 года назад +218

      @@vitoscalita considering they are kept in very secure silos, once left untouched, the radioactive components inside of them (and inside nuclear powerplants as well) will all decay and lose radioactivity over time. Uranium, for example, takes 4.5 billion years to become lead.

    • @alexdavis-mann8513
      @alexdavis-mann8513 2 года назад +15

      @@MrKlausbaudelaire except that the fuel rödd need to be in water , if no water being pumped in then it will eventually go boom

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 2 года назад +100

      @@alexdavis-mann8513 if I recall, the cooling system of a reactor automaticaly triggers, "killing" the head of the rod. A nuclear reactor is using fission, but fission isn't something ENTIRELY self-sustainable, it needs to be triggered every once in a while to cause the rod to head up, essentialy making a nuclear reactor able to "cool down" and stop working.
      For instance, Chernobyl, its still radioactive, sealed inside a huge lead "tomb" after they managed to drain the water that could've leaked into the superheated reactor and cause an explosive expansion.
      Nuclear powerplants nowadays are designed to never go BOOM, worst-case scenario is a meltdown that causes a leak of radioactivity, and I think even that have its own killswitch. Hence decades later all we had was Fukushima because of an earthquake that killed the cooling system. Meltdown ensued, no Boom.

  • @ishak_hassan
    @ishak_hassan 5 лет назад +16103

    And then all the Nokia 3310s will go from 100% to 99%.

  • @danier21
    @danier21 5 лет назад +13726

    Alright, but seriously, how is no one talking about how beautiful this art-style is?

    • @screamingcat142
      @screamingcat142 5 лет назад +43

      Ik right

    • @weirdo6821
      @weirdo6821 5 лет назад +20

      It’s a company

    • @anshuman6243
      @anshuman6243 5 лет назад +11

      starry figs
      But you did

    • @j_cannot_type
      @j_cannot_type 5 лет назад +1

      You're right!

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 5 лет назад +17

      Literally in every video people are constantly commenting about the art style

  • @Im_hungry.
    @Im_hungry. 2 года назад +49

    "The goes dark for the first time in centuries" this line gave me goosebumps

  • @TrimonLeip
    @TrimonLeip 2 года назад +37

    "within 75 years suburban houses..." - maybe in the US, not in europe, though, where almost all of them are made of stone and concrete.

  • @thickbmo3108
    @thickbmo3108 5 лет назад +4661

    So many phones would hit the ground

    • @anown315
      @anown315 5 лет назад +321

      it produce global earthquake

    • @gene4438
      @gene4438 5 лет назад +135

      And McDonald's hamburgers 😂

    • @InvitedRhino683
      @InvitedRhino683 5 лет назад +27

      @Cheryl 🅱️ o i

    • @alenjacob1003
      @alenjacob1003 5 лет назад +126

      @Cheryl Ok Cheryl we get it you're vegan

    • @bambino7133
      @bambino7133 5 лет назад +26

      @Cheryl i've been eating chicken and im still lovin it, never regretted eating animals, ty slaughterhouse-chan for giving me the nicest of keat :)

  • @lukewiratama
    @lukewiratama 4 года назад +3035

    "The cocroaches will eventually died out"
    .
    .
    .
    Now I can rest peacefuly

  • @Valir_Gordoma
    @Valir_Gordoma Год назад +61

    I remember watching this video a few years ago and immediately sitting down and writing out a story. It’s so inspiring to see what would happen to the earth without us.

    • @sirn5551
      @sirn5551 5 месяцев назад +1

      Did you ever get to finish it

  • @Bristol92
    @Bristol92 2 года назад +15

    *Humans disappear*
    Earth: Good, they were starting to get on my nerves

  • @rigzmoviediaries654
    @rigzmoviediaries654 4 года назад +6245

    Imagine being an alien flying to Earth after humans went extinct, and then discovering Mount Rushmore.

    • @OscarBoscar889
      @OscarBoscar889 3 года назад +817

      ha imagine one day finding humans, and being like "OMG WE FOUND LIFE!" then travel back home to get more of your alien friends, but when you come back the humans are all gone.

    • @waspman7775
      @waspman7775 3 года назад +80

      @Name honestly the aliens would probably still think humans were there tho since statues Mount Rushmore

    • @cerridianempire1653
      @cerridianempire1653 3 года назад +105

      @@waspman7775 well they now know what our heads looked like

    • @blueberrychclate5109
      @blueberrychclate5109 3 года назад +38

      Imagine Mt. Everest, there are tons of rubbish there-

    • @jeremywj
      @jeremywj 3 года назад +114

      Interesting thought. To make it a bit more interesting, if they discovered Mount Rushmore, or any other remnants of intelligent life that remains, but they discover long enough after we are gone that it is clear no intelligent life has been present for hundreds of thousands of years, they would have to consider the fact that possibly the "aliens" have moved on to some other planet. They would have to consider the possibility that "we" never truly resided here but discovered earth, played around a bit, and moved on. In other words, just like them.

  • @chanelhanson9944
    @chanelhanson9944 5 лет назад +8448

    Damn sounds like Earth is living her best life without us😂😂💀

    • @slvrrgld9
      @slvrrgld9 5 лет назад +36

      Uh.. No

    • @itsmeak7693
      @itsmeak7693 5 лет назад +556

      @@slvrrgld9 uh yes

    • @night-v5258
      @night-v5258 5 лет назад +244

      definitely... which makes me sad

    • @sophiegerlofs4611
      @sophiegerlofs4611 5 лет назад +46

      Dogs and cats have a struggle and things that eat humans would have a struggle

    • @neajar9649
      @neajar9649 5 лет назад +24

      She is.

  • @heihei2697
    @heihei2697 2 года назад +17

    Whenever I get down in the dumps, I just watch this. It reminds me that nothing matters, and the world will forget us eventually

  • @feffermickel
    @feffermickel 2 года назад +1

    Gorgeous video. Post-human environments, especially the underwater city are my favourite

  • @crisis688
    @crisis688 4 года назад +7835

    Imagine, how cool it would be to explore a world like this, structures made by us covered in plants. Wow, it would look pretty cool

  • @nadiabouk8712
    @nadiabouk8712 4 года назад +2790

    “If all insects die, life will fail...
    If all humans die, life will prosper.”

    • @clockworkdave9850
      @clockworkdave9850 4 года назад +32

      Correct..

    • @cargill200
      @cargill200 4 года назад +32

      And nuclear meltdown is assured. 😅

    • @my88110
      @my88110 4 года назад +6

      we are the locust

    • @arlarl5122
      @arlarl5122 4 года назад +12

      You are a bacterial infection. Congratulations.

    • @anonjan82
      @anonjan82 4 года назад +15

      I think neither proposition is true

  • @kurisktan
    @kurisktan Год назад +2

    Why does this make me cry? I feel a certain level of peace watching this.

  • @archer2624
    @archer2624 Год назад +1

    This video is poetry. I keep coming back to it ❤

  • @confucius2616
    @confucius2616 2 года назад +2725

    I’d finally be able to make a left turn in downtown LA

  • @icantcomeupwithagoodusername
    @icantcomeupwithagoodusername 2 года назад +4346

    This scenario would be truly terrible for the economy!

    • @bruhbobent
      @bruhbobent 2 года назад +429

      NOOO NOT THE ECONOMY

    • @Ultramanchan
      @Ultramanchan 2 года назад +264

      Let’s hope I’d still have my job

    • @bellamckinnon8655
      @bellamckinnon8655 2 года назад +90

      This is what would happen if you voted for the left!!!
      EDIT: sarcasm

    • @jkifgjf2173
      @jkifgjf2173 2 года назад +37

      Your username's sentence is the reason why I have this username

    • @HelTra91
      @HelTra91 2 года назад +7

      @@HangingDGrunt sarcasm dear

  • @saymynameice-zen-berg511
    @saymynameice-zen-berg511 2 года назад +10

    One of my favourite books is, ‘The World Without Us, I highly recommend it’. Also I recommend one of my favourites tv shows the documentary series, ‘Life After People’. Because it’s very interesting to find out what things would be like without us. I also enjoyed that NATGEO special, ‘Aftermath: Population Zero’.

  • @saa6673
    @saa6673 2 года назад +2

    And Earth weeps tears of joy in our absence.

  • @Kee010893
    @Kee010893 3 года назад +3362

    This was oddly comforting and I’m not really sure why.

    • @celinechien8598
      @celinechien8598 3 года назад +47

      wow really? this made me sad

    • @ridaali8545
      @ridaali8545 3 года назад +341

      yeah, the thought that life would still go on for animals and plants after we all die was strangely comforting to me too

    • @lavenderhuman
      @lavenderhuman 2 года назад +170

      @@ridaali8545 yeah, It’s nice to think how strong our planet is that it can reverse all the effects we’ve made

    • @mazeknox
      @mazeknox 2 года назад +69

      Hopefully we all disappear/die out before we destroy the earth 🤔

    • @mazeknox
      @mazeknox 2 года назад +34

      @@ghrndez lol 😁

  • @plushy2865
    @plushy2865 4 года назад +1947

    The earth doesn’t need us, we need it.

    • @eightbitfeline1415
      @eightbitfeline1415 3 года назад +106

      r/im14andthisisdeep

    • @dimps8574
      @dimps8574 3 года назад +7

      Ye kind of why we are living here AND DINT FREAKING R/WOOOOOOOOOOSH ME

    • @blueberrychclate5109
      @blueberrychclate5109 3 года назад +21

      Yes, true. But some animals need us because of us.

    • @sachinghumre7380
      @sachinghumre7380 3 года назад +3

      Actually if earth threatens us we would blow it up lol

    • @industrialfuture6929
      @industrialfuture6929 3 года назад +2

      @@eightbitfeline1415 r/reddit

  • @robertohoyos545
    @robertohoyos545 Год назад

    Great for the book recommendation. Excellent read.

  • @kmetz878
    @kmetz878 Год назад +1

    I thought that's what this was! It was required reading for me when I was a freshman in college (I went to an environmental college). Really fascinating read, I would highly recommend!

  • @day7372
    @day7372 5 лет назад +1860

    Thanks for making me feel like more of a parasite on the earth

  • @jjwang7597
    @jjwang7597 5 лет назад +2504

    I’m like: hey this all sounds pretty good . . . OH GOD NO THE MOSQUITOES NO PLEASE

    • @netraeng8676
      @netraeng8676 5 лет назад +9

      NOOOO!!!

    • @kiwicat2345
      @kiwicat2345 5 лет назад +51

      Well at least we don't have to deal with them since we're all gone :D

    • @tealty
      @tealty 5 лет назад +7

      My goodness I swear mosquitoes are the worst

    • @shirosocool2938
      @shirosocool2938 5 лет назад +12

      The mosquito bois can go comm8t non live

    • @blacklotus2533
      @blacklotus2533 5 лет назад +6

      Me too but then he said mosquito and since i played Fall out I SUDDENLY REMEMBER THOSE ANNOYING BIG MUTATED MOSQUITOS ackk.

  • @lollieandpop2895
    @lollieandpop2895 Год назад +2

    I don't know if this sounds weird, but this is the most comforting thing I've heard this month.

  • @jeremiahjohnson7515
    @jeremiahjohnson7515 2 года назад +6

    A unique look into a possible future. I was interested in the 'urban rivers' and how they would provide current archaeologists proof of previous civilizations.

  • @sterlingstauffer2915
    @sterlingstauffer2915 2 года назад +4864

    Humans: disappear off earth entirely
    Earth: literally breaths a breath of fresh air

    • @sheridan5175
      @sheridan5175 2 года назад +243

      And nearly chokes to death on nuclear meltdowns lol

    • @RealSupaHotFireVEVO
      @RealSupaHotFireVEVO 2 года назад +29

      Earth would be much worse without humans.

    • @CelVini
      @CelVini 2 года назад +159

      @@RealSupaHotFireVEVO Nah

    • @beatleslover8519
      @beatleslover8519 2 года назад +26

      @@RealSupaHotFireVEVO Okay can you please explain that??

    • @ibelziiinatorf1387
      @ibelziiinatorf1387 2 года назад +76

      @@beatleslover8519 there Are thousands of nuclear reactors worldwide. They all can’t cooled down without humans so we would have thousands of nuclear meltdowns. This means that there would be an unbelievable amount of radiation worldwide. Any type of animal can’t survive this dose of radiation. So basically the earth needs humans at the moment ;)

  • @lydiabrowning7240
    @lydiabrowning7240 4 года назад +1257

    “and we won’t be here forever” my anxiety: 📈

    • @Yohannai
      @Yohannai 4 года назад +42

      To be fair, it would be so much worse if we were here forever. Both in a personal sense (if you're immortal, I can bet that you would be wishing for the sweet, sweet release of death at least a few lifetimes after you would normally have died, let alone millions of years more) and just for humanity to last forever, to war forever, to pollute forever, and to destroy everything forever... It would be awful.
      But yeah, my anxiety spiked a bit too, hahah

    • @user-rc2gy5ik5n
      @user-rc2gy5ik5n 4 года назад +9

      @@Yohannai not being on earth forever doesn't necessarily mean that humanity ended. The only possible scenario is if a huge climate change happens ,only like this we can completely disappear and still it's not completely sure. If an asteroid hits earth it needs to be huge enough to end humans everywhere ,but in this case it would end earth too,same goes with nuclear war ,if it can kill every single human then it would destroy earth completely,so in both cases earth dies with us. What is more possible is that humans will destroy earth and not the humans dying before earth, unless we die together!

    • @XandriaRavenheart
      @XandriaRavenheart 4 года назад +7

      Shiro I don,t think a nuclear war would destroy Earth completely. It would kill our eco-system. But earth has always been there even when it was full of molten volcanos and explosions, life might not, but the Earth will exist.

    • @WideAwake-bl7gw
      @WideAwake-bl7gw 4 года назад +4

      Um, you won't be here in less than a hundred years. Most of us won't be.

    • @afan2326
      @afan2326 4 года назад +9

      Actually mine went 📉

  • @yanaray5334
    @yanaray5334 2 года назад +2

    Life after People...great series.

  • @petersavieri
    @petersavieri 2 года назад +2

    Why was that so relaxing..? (as I start planning a bronze statue of myself)

  • @anni_ie991
    @anni_ie991 4 года назад +3450

    *"the earth goes dark for the first time in centuries"*
    Night: am I a joke to you?

    • @darkcomet1607
      @darkcomet1607 4 года назад +32

      Joke aside, can someone tell my why earth would go dark just because we humans disappear?

    • @anni_ie991
      @anni_ie991 4 года назад +72

      @@darkcomet1607 maybe because of the ashes/ gaseous waste

    • @kuku8846
      @kuku8846 4 года назад +294

      Night: Am I joke to you?
      Humans, while holding a light switch: Yeah, sort of.
      Jokes aside, I’m guessing they’re referring to light pollution. If every human disappeared, every light would eventually be turned off.
      Right now, even during the night, cities can be seen glowing from space. And even if an entire city in one country is shut down without electricity, there’ll be other countries in a different time zone with their lights still on.
      So when humans disappear, light bulbs will run out and the Earth will “finally go dark.”

    • @darkcomet1607
      @darkcomet1607 4 года назад +8

      Thanks that makes sense

    • @emme3734
      @emme3734 4 года назад +54

      ....lights in cities. There will be no more electricity to power the lights at night..so earth will be completely dark beside moonlight.

  • @Alexjust2bomb
    @Alexjust2bomb 2 года назад +3042

    There’s no way we let this happen! There can’t be a world where the mosquitoes win

    • @apaloosa01
      @apaloosa01 2 года назад +78

      There's a comics called "mosquito wars" about that...

    • @zombos_9989
      @zombos_9989 2 года назад +129

      Humans shall become immortal to stop mosquitos

    • @hi-sn1pw
      @hi-sn1pw 2 года назад +6

      @@apaloosa01 isn't it in webtoon

    • @ekerslithery5955
      @ekerslithery5955 2 года назад +31

      They might decrease a bit because they rely a lot on human blood for reproduction

    • @flygod.
      @flygod. 2 года назад +3

      @@apaloosa01 Theres a manga or manwha that is terrifying

  • @heyman10987654321
    @heyman10987654321 Год назад +1

    there was a show a while ago called Life After People that explores this exact concept in more detail, I very much recommend

  • @nicolenecsefor7912
    @nicolenecsefor7912 2 года назад +1

    This is beautiful.

  • @TommoCarroll
    @TommoCarroll 5 лет назад +1667

    "Life ...uh....Finds a Way" - Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park (AKA the best film ever made?)

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 5 лет назад +4

      😎

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 5 лет назад +18

      Unbreakable Patches Ohhh you've got to defend that statement now! Dinosaurs (kind of): check. Jeff Goldblum: check. A T-Rex running after a jeep, seen in a mirror that says "objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear": check! What more could you want!?

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 5 лет назад +3

      Jay Kay I like your style

    • @VidzOnComputer
      @VidzOnComputer 5 лет назад +9

      John, the kind of control you're attempting simply is... it's not
      possible. If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh... well, there it is.

    • @VidzOnComputer
      @VidzOnComputer 5 лет назад +10

      "No. I'm, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way" - Dr. Ian Malcolm.

  • @thenobody3225
    @thenobody3225 4 года назад +1798

    “domestic pets will not survive"
    that crushed my heart :(

    • @beepbeepcasucha
      @beepbeepcasucha 4 года назад +168

      Actually, domesticated cats will be able to survive! Their hunting and defensive instincts are still very much in tact and used. Not sure about dogs though

    • @macon8638
      @macon8638 4 года назад +35

      hob that’s if they can find a way out of your house

    • @seankauder9721
      @seankauder9721 4 года назад +84

      I actually think cats would do extremely well. Our buildings and food stores would become breeding grounds for rodents, which would support a large cat population.

    • @oxiw.608
      @oxiw.608 4 года назад +45

      @@seankauder9721 only if they can escape your house.. that's the sad part

    • @seankauder9721
      @seankauder9721 4 года назад +45

      @@oxiw.608 Yeah indoor cats would be in some hot water if there wasn't an open window or a cat door they could escape through. They can drink from toilets, so water's probably not an issue, but they only have about one to two weeks to escape and find food before starving (except for the cats whose owners dissapeared while preparing, cooking, or eating meat or with an open cat food container).

  • @midnightflare9879
    @midnightflare9879 2 года назад +3

    This is exhilarating!

  • @goose7676
    @goose7676 2 года назад

    this is my comfort video i love it sm

  • @reymarksacedon
    @reymarksacedon 5 лет назад +2723

    If thanos claps

  • @guyguy3345
    @guyguy3345 4 года назад +1072

    "Domestic animals wont survive"
    *shows a picture of the skeleton of what i assume is the same dog in the picture frame*

    • @Ghostfrog
      @Ghostfrog 3 года назад +83

      That made me so sad😭

    • @kaykovuskerteus90
      @kaykovuskerteus90 3 года назад +18

      He should have say "probably "

    • @irelynbever2960
      @irelynbever2960 3 года назад +1

      😭😭

    • @cookiecakeeater6340
      @cookiecakeeater6340 3 года назад +31

      @@kaykovuskerteus90 it’s not probably, do you have a pet? I’d assume so based on what you said, and they don’t know how to fend for themself. The whole point of having a pet is to have a companion to care for

    • @ALROD
      @ALROD 3 года назад +1

      My poor cockatiels

  • @praveshshrestha4052
    @praveshshrestha4052 13 дней назад

    my favourite ted video I seem to come back to this video time to time when being overwhelmed in life 😉

  • @sen0440
    @sen0440 2 года назад +5

    "humanity hasn't always been here, and we won't be here forever"

  • @vienlussac
    @vienlussac 4 года назад +1506

    Why is this on my recommended when there is a Corona Outbreak

    • @Sahandfaghihi
      @Sahandfaghihi 4 года назад +55

      "...And we won't be here forever"

    • @OHYS
      @OHYS 4 года назад +8

      Lol how will that kill everyone?

    • @alipercapita
      @alipercapita 4 года назад +24

      Come on. With 2% mortality corona virus may have a horrible impact on a lot of people, but it won't wipe out humanity.

    • @janekay4147
      @janekay4147 4 года назад +14

      Same... Google has a strange sense of humour

    • @badimaaa4a548
      @badimaaa4a548 4 года назад +12

      can't wait for the Vodka outbreak

  • @coreykelly2107
    @coreykelly2107 4 года назад +416

    There's an entire series called "Life After People."

    • @drswag0076
      @drswag0076 4 года назад +12

      i saw that many times. i love it.

    • @geeselmrm9864
      @geeselmrm9864 3 года назад +3

      Where can I watch it?

    • @hyowon6522
      @hyowon6522 3 года назад +3

      Where can I watch it?

    • @jgaming7003
      @jgaming7003 3 года назад

      hyowon, search it up

    • @Ad_Astraz
      @Ad_Astraz 3 года назад +1

      Life After People is one of the best documentaries and series I’ve ever watched.

  • @chirag.r
    @chirag.r 2 года назад +1

    Awesome👏👏

  • @CraigLumpyLemke
    @CraigLumpyLemke 11 месяцев назад

    I would enjoy looking through the bibliography for this piece. The facts behind the show.

  • @mrbyorself
    @mrbyorself 3 года назад +1231

    A.I.: What is my purpose?
    Human: Save our environment!
    A.I.:

    • @user-fy7hx9gd6u
      @user-fy7hx9gd6u 3 года назад +36

      That'd be a sick idea for a movie or a book ngl

    • @mrbyorself
      @mrbyorself 3 года назад +24

      @@user-fy7hx9gd6u The Mass Effect series is kind of like that. An AI tasked with preventing intelligent species from destroying themselves, decides the best option is to "harvest" intelligent species every 50k years and preserve them in new AI constructs.

    • @justaguywhocomments4795
      @justaguywhocomments4795 3 года назад +5

      Or...
      A.I.: What is my purpose
      Humans: Save the environment and keep us alive!!!
      A.I.: Yes Master

    • @kyuhyeonkim9314
      @kyuhyeonkim9314 3 года назад +2

      @@justaguywhocomments4795
      A.I: Skynet is online

    • @justaguywhocomments4795
      @justaguywhocomments4795 3 года назад

      @@kyuhyeonkim9314 what

  • @cadunkus
    @cadunkus 5 лет назад +2076

    Everyone in the comments: "Hey Earth would be better."
    Me: "NOT DOGGOS!"

    • @slvrrgld9
      @slvrrgld9 5 лет назад +31

      I don't think they have watched the whole video, since all the Oil Refineries will kill most animals

    • @danielwalshh1640
      @danielwalshh1640 5 лет назад +29

      a lot of Dogs from country's that don't have as much human city's and life everywhere: South America, New Zealand and Australia just to name a few or places that have feral dogs: India, some of Australia and third world country's, dogs will thrive and become pretty dominant predators!

    • @ashwen337
      @ashwen337 5 лет назад +12

      It''s not doggo it's dog get it right

    • @slvrrgld9
      @slvrrgld9 5 лет назад +45

      @@ashwen337
      _that's a way of saying dog in a more joke way_
      Get your humour right

    • @cadunkus
      @cadunkus 5 лет назад +3

      gary merasty no u

  • @namlyxuan6511
    @namlyxuan6511 2 года назад +1

    “A handful of resourceful pigs, dogs, and house cats”
    *flashbacks to animal farm*

  • @Duo_20
    @Duo_20 2 года назад

    What a beautiful story

  • @scptime1188
    @scptime1188 4 года назад +2542

    The best way to solve climate change: *d i e*

    • @user-rc2gy5ik5n
      @user-rc2gy5ik5n 4 года назад +48

      Then nuclear powerplants fails,explodes and melts down and Boom you solved climate change by ending earth completely.

    • @scptime1188
      @scptime1188 4 года назад +98

      @@user-rc2gy5ik5n i guess no earth = no climate change

    • @user-rc2gy5ik5n
      @user-rc2gy5ik5n 4 года назад +24

      @@scptime1188 well ,you have a point.

    • @annoyingcat6980
      @annoyingcat6980 4 года назад +2

      Reminds me of that onion video

    • @savenetneutralityanti-repu7029
      @savenetneutralityanti-repu7029 4 года назад +18

      The most efficient way to control our unsustainable population of nearly 8 billion without ruining the environment would be to release a plague. Release a superbug that is resistant to vaccines and everything. The bubonic plague wiped out over 2/3 of Europe's population. The world's population would be sustainable again if a new plague killed 2/3 of the world indiscriminately.

  • @macchiatodimila7907
    @macchiatodimila7907 4 года назад +1654

    Every depressed person who clicked on this video: oh, would you look at that; the world is a better place without me

  • @Anthro777
    @Anthro777 2 года назад +4

    There was a whole TV series about this, it was really interesting.

  • @kaerusan777
    @kaerusan777 2 года назад +1

    This is beautiful

  • @MyPeanutButtersHairy
    @MyPeanutButtersHairy 5 лет назад +754

    The only thing that will survive forever that humans made is the nokia 3210

  • @noahgreer1497
    @noahgreer1497 5 лет назад +402

    I love speculating about ideas like this, wish this were more explored in scifi

    • @sedna16
      @sedna16 5 лет назад +4

      Read Dr. Stone manga. It has the same story setting.

    • @rodrigoborges3876
      @rodrigoborges3876 5 лет назад +8

      If you own or happen to know someone who owns a PS4, give horizon zero dawn a playthrough. You'll love it

    • @ignatiamaya5785
      @ignatiamaya5785 5 лет назад +1

      if you like japanese comics you should check out dr.stone

    • @MooChooAdoo
      @MooChooAdoo 5 лет назад +1

      Try 'The Earth Abides' by George R. Stewart.

    • @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n
      @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 5 лет назад +1

      so everyone here is an Otaku ?

  • @theotherview1716
    @theotherview1716 2 года назад

    Fascinating.

  • @muggyrootbeer
    @muggyrootbeer 10 месяцев назад

    Sounds wonderful!

  • @user-xh5by6lc6d
    @user-xh5by6lc6d 5 лет назад +3626

    May be a new species superior than us arise and hunt for human fossils in the future.

    • @mortarpestle.4267
      @mortarpestle.4267 5 лет назад +78

      Humans actually formed in the sweet spot of ambient radiation to produce sentient life in the Earth's lifespan, no human-like creatures beyond ayys for us

    • @realsandeep
      @realsandeep 5 лет назад +50

      Samsayamilla. Maybe the entire humanity will be destroyed just like how dinosaurs went extinct

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 5 лет назад +76

      To be honest, this could totally happen. Just simple evolution over a long period of time. It doesn't _have to_ happen, by any means - just look at how long dinosaurs were around and how intelligent they didn't become - but it could.

    • @lorenzo_br5803
      @lorenzo_br5803 5 лет назад +10

      Raccoons, baby!

    • @lice7897
      @lice7897 5 лет назад +1

      dolphins

  • @kalaiaras3658
    @kalaiaras3658 2 года назад +1699

    Hearing things like this makes u humble and let's us look at life from a different perspective

    • @ViggoSkath
      @ViggoSkath 2 года назад +13

      A few thousand years of human civilisation, and the earth will need millions of years to reverse our work. That sure doesn't make me very humble. Humans are incredible.

    • @hamzamahmood9565
      @hamzamahmood9565 2 года назад +27

      @@ViggoSkath What's a few million years for Earth? It's been around for 4.5 billion years in a universe that's much older than itself. Our existence is insignificant in every way imaginable.

    • @SahilSingh-xq7do
      @SahilSingh-xq7do 2 года назад

      yes

    • @Li_Trey
      @Li_Trey 2 года назад +3

      @@ViggoSkath HUMANS MESSED THIS PLANET UP WE WERE BETTER NOT EXISTING

    • @Droid6689
      @Droid6689 2 года назад +7

      @@hamzamahmood9565 Our existence is the only thing that gives the universe significance in the first place.

  • @Laura-sg6ss
    @Laura-sg6ss 2 года назад +2

    3:45 that was tooo real😭😭😂 I flinched SOO HARD

  • @victorw5796
    @victorw5796 2 года назад

    That is really scary how detailed this is :S

  • @Cainmak
    @Cainmak 5 лет назад +130

    That's why when explaining environmental protection, we need to stop talking about how we're destroying our planet, but how we're screwing ourselves.

    • @nestoriantumaob5255
      @nestoriantumaob5255 5 лет назад +1

      👌

    • @xFirebird925x
      @xFirebird925x 5 лет назад +1

      Well both are important, but some people needs emphasis on one or the other to be convinced (sadly)

    • @alexrowe7063
      @alexrowe7063 5 лет назад

      Exactly finally some words that make sense

  • @PuzzlesExplained
    @PuzzlesExplained 5 лет назад +758

    I like how you guys used present-tense in this one, fits well. Awesome animation as always!

  • @mikemcconeghy4658
    @mikemcconeghy4658 2 года назад +5

    Ancient man carried the animals and plants he liked, as well as some he didn't like, all over the world. It would have been a very different place without us.

  • @ellaeadig263
    @ellaeadig263 2 года назад

    There is also a fantastic show called Life Without People that covers all these different facets in way more detail.

  • @thesisterlycousins1428
    @thesisterlycousins1428 4 года назад +570

    I can imagine the poor dogs being like: wheres master? ;-;

    • @marte-asbjrn8521
      @marte-asbjrn8521 4 года назад +23

      i cri evertime

    • @noah-gs2rn
      @noah-gs2rn 4 года назад +42

      Apolgy for bad english
      Were were you when master die
      I was at home chasing my tail when howl
      “Master is kil”
      “No”

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 года назад +5

      @@noah-gs2rn 😔

    • @WillowLiv
      @WillowLiv 4 года назад +11

      So basically all my minecraft dogs I ended up abandoning when I stopped playing.
      I miss you ;-;

    • @hugo57k91
      @hugo57k91 4 года назад +4

      God damn you I'm sad now

  • @ggspring8913
    @ggspring8913 4 года назад +444

    out of all of this the saddest thing i could think of is that my dog will be trapped in the house until it dies

    • @samst.germain6488
      @samst.germain6488 4 года назад +6

      :(

    • @ballisticbee6001
      @ballisticbee6001 4 года назад +37

      And the cats, along with birds, reptiles, and amphibians locked in cages with no food source

    • @ballisticbee6001
      @ballisticbee6001 4 года назад +9

      It wouldn’t be just dogs

    • @Zone10Permaculture
      @Zone10Permaculture 4 года назад +7

      It all depends how we die, because maybe they will die right along with us.

    • @realosc1710
      @realosc1710 4 года назад +3

      Ballistic Bee my guinea pigs tho

  • @spydersoup8447
    @spydersoup8447 2 года назад

    This actually reminds me of this game called Tokyo Jungle where it follows this same "What if" question and the parts it goes into is mostly the same as here.

  • @xbo1025
    @xbo1025 5 лет назад +534

    Who else flinched when hearing the mosquitoes. lol

    • @JesusMartinez-rr2ry
      @JesusMartinez-rr2ry 5 лет назад +6

      I hate mosquitoes.

    • @joseoku6946
      @joseoku6946 4 года назад +13

      Lmao Ikr... Everything else was peaceful till I heard mosquitoes

    • @baharsabet2895
      @baharsabet2895 4 года назад +3

      I READ THIS COMMENT LITERALLY STRAIGHT AFTER I FLINCHED SO HARD😂😂😂

    • @IamINERT
      @IamINERT 4 года назад

      Wouldn't mind mosquitoes disappear

    • @ashgarden5863
      @ashgarden5863 4 года назад

      MOSQUITOES WILL BE THE NEXT DOMINANT SPECIES. HAHAHAH

  • @almightygeck4121
    @almightygeck4121 3 года назад +193

    At the start I was thinking it would be cool to explore the earth like this but then they mentioned the mosquitos and I changed my mind

    • @Sonicbro-xx6sg
      @Sonicbro-xx6sg 2 года назад +1

      Why? No wifi, no good entertainment, no other people. Just you. Won't you get lonely?

    • @AlphaNinjaFTW1
      @AlphaNinjaFTW1 2 года назад +21

      @@Sonicbro-xx6sg explore doesn't mean live there

    • @XD-nv9ey
      @XD-nv9ey 2 года назад +6

      Some species deserve to be gone with us. Like roaches and mosquitoes

    • @AlphaNinjaFTW1
      @AlphaNinjaFTW1 2 года назад +7

      @@XD-nv9ey mosquitos are actually a vital food source for some animals such as bats. Roaches only bother humans becuase we are extremely controlling of our environment compared to other animals.

    • @Ikajo
      @Ikajo 2 года назад +1

      There is a few animes that explore this concept. Doctor Stone to a degree. Seven Seeds is another. The latter is on Netflix.

  • @Apple_Teck
    @Apple_Teck 2 года назад +6

    The entire planet would let out a big sigh of relief, then live on in paradise.
    The End.

  • @NigelMarston
    @NigelMarston 2 года назад +3

    There was a great TV series called Life Without People which explored various elements of this per episode. The main take-away for me is how the nuclear powerplants are left. The actual reactors should be safe enough as they will go into safe-mode but the cooling pools where the spent rods are stored will evaporate and this will lead to a meltdown resulting in water tables becoming unsafe for animals. There aren't many corners of the globe where nuclear powerplants don't exist.

  • @leomaso7894
    @leomaso7894 5 лет назад +780

    You’re an alien: your people have just landed on a new planet inhabited with strange unintelligent life forms and rich plant life! You’ve been issued a new life on this planet, and have decided to explore this strange new alien world. After a while of hiking, climbing, and exploring, you finally find something that sends a chill down your spine. A towering structure, a mass carving of four beings you don’t understand. They’ve been worn, eroded, etc. and you realize, maybe you aren’t alone here.

    • @netraeng8676
      @netraeng8676 5 лет назад +99

      Sounds like an interesting film idea!

    • @Anna-zp1ok
      @Anna-zp1ok 5 лет назад +70

      You sir need to make a book/movie out of this.

    • @danyagha5654
      @danyagha5654 5 лет назад +5

      Not Today…

    • @lazyskull7949
      @lazyskull7949 5 лет назад +41

      that gave me goosebumps. definitely needs to be a film idea.

    • @Katerina-kqkq
      @Katerina-kqkq 5 лет назад +24

      MAKE A FANFIC

  • @Nitrinoxus
    @Nitrinoxus 4 года назад +946

    What's funny is, the world's currently seeing the answer to a similar question: *"What would happen if every human had to stay indoors for three months?"* The outcome hasn't been quite so mind-blowing as the projections in this video, but it's been kinda fascinating to see nature beginning to recover in our absence.

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 года назад +108

      U know in Northern India the air has cleared up enough to see the Himalayas from a place where they were not visible for the past few centuries due to pollution

    • @Nitrinoxus
      @Nitrinoxus 4 года назад +73

      @@srijanumesh5355 And I know that waterfowl, fish and dolphins have been sighted in the canals in and around Venice, now that the boat traffic has vanished. It really goes to show just how big an impact we humans have on the world, and how much we can change if we all work together.

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 года назад +37

      @@Nitrinoxus ikr it has just been 3 months! Imagine the magnitude of pollution to be removed if out of every year, 3 months are self quarantine imposed by government
      We have a solution here

    • @Nitrinoxus
      @Nitrinoxus 4 года назад +46

      @@srijanumesh5355 It's just a matter of persuading people to agree to such a solution. Humans are a stubborn bunch, unfortunately.

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 года назад +12

      @@Nitrinoxus Well....... We *are* humans.......... We could be stubborn too

  • @AmigaA-or2hj
    @AmigaA-or2hj 2 года назад

    It reminds me of Robert Harris’s book- The Second Sleep.

  • @PiaRxxxx
    @PiaRxxxx Год назад

    This reminds me of the intro of the movie "The 10th Kingdom" (which always fascinated me)

  • @methmemelab8819
    @methmemelab8819 4 года назад +1056

    So basically Earth would be just like it's shown in Wall E

    • @johnpangarakis396
      @johnpangarakis396 4 года назад +53

      Meth Meme Lab except their would still be life on earth

    • @summer460
      @summer460 4 года назад +34

      @@johnpangarakis396 True! in Wall E we destroyed everything before we go
      But if we dissapear now Earth will be saved

    • @goke1528
      @goke1528 4 года назад +3

      Meth Meme Lab more like dr stone

    • @bobababy6089
      @bobababy6089 4 года назад +2

      Eva!

    • @akagrimreaper6702
      @akagrimreaper6702 4 года назад

      Deb San Eve*

  • @Vedrajrm
    @Vedrajrm 5 лет назад +890

    What if the humans reappear after disappearing for centuries?

  • @LA2047
    @LA2047 2 года назад +12

    The most heartbreaking part about this is knowing all the family pets who would perish from starvation and thirst, locked inside dwellings, scared and wondering why they'd been abandoned by their owners.

  • @sofiasaviranta5640
    @sofiasaviranta5640 7 месяцев назад

    This makes me happy 😊

  • @millianarakuzen
    @millianarakuzen 5 лет назад +1888

    From this video I learned that human's disapearence is a good thing

    • @minhha8981
      @minhha8981 5 лет назад +70

      Milliana Rakuzen unfortunately, Mother Nature lacks any degrees to deal those Nuclear Reactors lying around the globe....

    • @minhha8981
      @minhha8981 5 лет назад +65

      Camryn Tompkins why do people always blame US? Yet last time I checked, folks from developing countries kept dragging their butts at Sammy’s front door... if they don’t like US, stop coming here for fortune seeking.
      NOTE: Other tough cookies like China, Russia, and even India also do have Nuke reactors

    • @lieberte
      @lieberte 5 лет назад +10

      Um, no it wouldn't

    • @acertainpigeonman9064
      @acertainpigeonman9064 5 лет назад +74

      Matija “we can’t live without nature, but nature can live without us”

    • @ryx4992
      @ryx4992 5 лет назад

      It is but their are nuclear reactors in quite a number of nations such as a lot in the u.s,China,France,Russia,Japan,india and 2 in Pakistan

  • @blaze5754
    @blaze5754 4 года назад +366

    Humans: *Disappear*
    Earth: "I can finally take off my breathing mask!!"

    • @user-rc2gy5ik5n
      @user-rc2gy5ik5n 4 года назад +3

      No not really

    • @commonsense4993
      @commonsense4993 4 года назад

      Only to find out that climate change occurs because the earth doesn't repeat its orbit around the Sun for 26,000 ruclips.net/video/82p-DYgGFjI/видео.html

  • @Fofo-cs2op
    @Fofo-cs2op Год назад +1

    I like your art style 😁

  • @dannybenhur6123
    @dannybenhur6123 2 года назад +2

    Now I want a movie about Post Human Earth.

  • @SyriusStarMultimedia
    @SyriusStarMultimedia 4 года назад +283

    Humans: We are important
    Angler Fish: What’s a human?

  • @claireis
    @claireis 2 года назад +603

    “humanity won’t be here forever” that’s such a strange thought

    • @annapratico2838
      @annapratico2838 2 года назад +56

      It rly is. Like we are kind of the most successful species ever (I think)? I feel like our demise would be self-caused. Idrk it’s so weird to think about millions of years in the future. It’s possible we could move to a different planet, but I’m not sure it’s a really creepy thought.

    • @r3trobananas33
      @r3trobananas33 2 года назад +2

      ikr were awesome

    • @maxwybranski1413
      @maxwybranski1413 2 года назад +17

      @@annapratico2838 our demise will definitely be global warming. not in our lifetimes, but definitely in our kids/grandkids’ lifetimes. i doubt humans will survive another 200 years.

    • @shahaffiq5860
      @shahaffiq5860 2 года назад +4

      Our universe will die soon so yes what's strange about it?

    • @RealSupaHotFireVEVO
      @RealSupaHotFireVEVO 2 года назад +2

      @@maxwybranski1413 Global warming is a hoax. But even if it is, humanity is doing everything to combat it, so I highly doubt it'll be the cause of our demise even if it was the real deal.

  • @tonifrancis
    @tonifrancis 9 месяцев назад +1

    There is a documentation 2 seasons tv series called "Life After People" from 2008. Its quite nice.

  • @tammieknuth6020
    @tammieknuth6020 2 года назад

    Its gorgeous. Which coloring book??