Are Mongooses OP?

[@TierZoo]

No, it's not "mongeese"

[@AnNobody_]

First reply?

[@nebulan]

But it's a funny word!

[@Toastedwaffle6743]

It’s always a good month when tierzoo uploads

[@unwashedhands2087]

You psychic or something?

[@SandWithDip]

We could change that

[@Theology.101]

8:14 Can’t believe Timon and Pumbaa is canon

[@wombat4191]

Yeah that's awesome

[@dansattah]

Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase... 🎶

[@somesortofjam5231]

Timon is a meerkat

[@Luigicat11]

@@somesortofjam5231 Meerkats are mongeese, haven't you been paying attention?

[@RorikH]

​@somesortofjam5231 Well, he did say that Meerkats are a kind of Mongoose, and show a meerkat hanging out with a warthog, so it seems that it may still apply.

[@Vociferous]

Mongooses were introduced to most of the major islands in Hawaii by sugar plantation owners to control rats, but have had a devastating impact on native bird populations, mostly by eating the eggs of ground-nesting birds. These bird species are doing much better on Kauai, the biggest island that does not have mongooses.

[@kaotic300]

except they didn't really control the rats because the rats would come out at night lol this got referenced in pokemon sun & moon 😁

[@Leto_0]

Example #4092 of humans damaging their own habitats and often destroying local populations of natives after bringing an invasive species in to "help"

[@AveragePearEnjoyer]

​​@@kaotic300 they should have used cats lol. The bird population is screwed either way but at least the cats actually hard counter the rats & are comfortable enough around humans to specifically hunt mice going after human loot.

[@kaotic300]

@@AveragePearEnjoyer they now have rats, mongeese and cats snakes could get the rats in their burrows too, but that would also be really bad for the birds and for the Hawaiian islands being "snake free"

[@AveragePearEnjoyer]

@@kaotic300 weasels might have been a good pick too. Experts at breaching rodent tunnels and killing everything. They can climb but not particularly well. So, birds might be safe.

[@giantWario]

One important thing to note that I really feel should have been added to the video is that Mongooses are the build that engage in team killing the most in the entire game. 20% of Meerkats die from being attacked by another Meerkat.

[@thelonelyregigigas6126]

Humans have entered the chat

[@giantWario]

@@thelonelyregigigas6126 Humans are absolutely nowhere near these numbers. Even during their huge PvP events like from 1939 to 1945, only around 10% of deaths were from other players. And when there is no PvP event, it's not even 1%.

[@marshallbradshaw3817]

​@@giantWario Humans have left the chat, horrified yet impressed.

[@finnsword8286]

If people are interested in meerkats, they should really watch Meerkat Manor. It's basically Games of Thrones but with tiny adorable animals living super violent and sad lives. Was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

[@markusdegenhardt8678]

@@giantWario 30 years war and mongol conquest have entered the chat

[@prettypic444]

Don’t forget that Mongooses also get a musical harmony boost when they team up with warthogs

[@WilliamTheWatchful]

Took me 30 years to learn that mongooses and warthogs are actually on friendly terms in the animal kingdom. This makes me happy. :)

[@ruffnerb32]

Timon and Pumba!

[@ryanparker4996]

Don't mind me I'm just having Halo flashbacks

[@tomispandacuddle]

thought it was just makebeleve all my life now 27 watching the lion king and being like wow thats for real lol

[@megavore97]

@@ryanparker4996Holy shit I never made the Halo connection 😮

[@Celebration-p3u]

HAKUNA MATATA

[@GabrielMPaixao]

This reminded so much of the quatis (coati in english) from Brazil. They are cousins of the racoons. They act really well together and devise smart plans. I remember once I went for a picnic with my family and they sent the younger ones to greet us and distract us while the older ones went behind our backs to steal our food

[@fatalshore5068]

Clever

[@Seoulmoonrhee]

The doctor tells me your fever has gotten worse. They say this infection may kill you. Even if it doesn't, my doctor tells me again and again that you may never wake. And yet, I wait. I grew up quite poor. We lived in the hills. In a place my brothers built from things they found. Metal sheeting, plywood. When it rained, it smelled like hay. We were always hungry. But there was a lucuma tree. Scrawny. Barely alive. My family had given up on it years before. Never bore fruit. When I was seven, I became fixated on it. I watered it, tended to it. It took a long time, but the buds grew into green fruit. I was so proud. I didn't tell anyone. I plucked one and hid behind our shack. I ate the whole thing, I'd never tasted something so sweet. It was like caramel. At first, we ate the fruit ourselves. And then I began taking it to the village to sell. One day, much of the fruit was gone from my tree. Pieces were scattered on the ground, half-eaten. I thought it was probably a coati. Have you ever seen one? About the size of a large house cat. Opportunists. I built a snare, using branches and wire. It didn't take long for the animal to set it off. But the coati trashed so hard it broke out of the snare. Broke its leg as well. I tried to grab it, but it slipped away. It ran under the house. I knew it would show itself sooner or later. So I waited, for hours, into the night. When my brothers called for me, I did not answer. I didn't make a sound. I was so still. Finally, it came out. It knew I was there, but it was hungry. This time, I was ready. I caught it. It fought me, but I was stronger. The merciful thing would've been to kill it. I kept it. It lived for quite some time. I believe you will wake, Hector

[@korganrocks3995]

@@fatalshore5068 Girl

[@user-ko4zp1wm2i]

🤡 ​@@korganrocks3995

[@JakeLovesSteak]

"Coati" is not an English word.

[@TEOX977]

I like how the baboon at the start is considered part of the DK series

[@metallord6960]

Rafiki Kong.

[@catimakittycat3849]

9:40 look at this omniscient disembodied voice trying to say he has a corporeal form. Nice try

[@Zed9659]

bro thinks we are dumb

[@jstan5802]

Seriously duh, it's cheating for the narrator to play the game

[@breitve]

the intro jingle TierZoo uses was a beloved part of my childhood. we only had 3 channels on the TV back then, but once of twice a year, we would hop in the car for 10 hours to go to grandma and grandpas house, and he, he had satelite TV. i think it was on national geographic, but for the life of me, i cant recall the name of the show. so that annoys me :) you make great videos, thank you for sharing them with us.

[@TierZoo]

It's from a show called Eyewitness

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

You saw them on TV? When I was a kid I watched the DK Eyewitness VHSs many times. You can actually find quite a few full episodes here on youtube if you ever feel like a stroll down memory lane.

[@abrahamames911]

Dude the tune hits me right in the nostalgia too, but I can't remember why.

[@Bigerburger]

didnt know i could learn this much about mongooses this fast

[@NicoEdgy]

A mongoose in real life (sus, sus)

[@virtsie]

bruh you commented before you even watched the video

[@exart8409]

@@virtsiemaybe he has nebula

[@Bigerburger]

@@virtsie yeah

[@Bigerburger]

@@exart8409 nah he is right

[@Samanimates292]

8:11 “Because they are very dangerous” *Shows lion just casually tanking the warthog*

[@TheAngryCoyote]

It was a low level warthog tbf

[@Kat-Kobold]

The warthog was sandbagging

[@Guimhj]

The warthog didn't go all out

[@LostArchivist]

The warthog was off-specced.

[@lumburgapalooza]

The warthog had to use the bathroom so they handed the controller to their little brother

[@kbstudios_64]

Yo I didn't know Timon and pumbaa where in real life, this changes so much 7:47

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

Makes me respect the film more.

[@Lamme91]

Did you just think they were made up beasts?

[@sowmya17779]

@@Lamme91 bruh he means that he wasn't aware that warthogs and meerkats actually have a symbiotic relationship. I'm assuming that he, like me and many others, assumed that Timon and Pumba were just paired up randomly for comedic effect and that it wasn't actually rooted in reality.

[@chronomenter]

@@Lamme91no but i wasn’t aware they had symbiotic relationship

[@mihirshetye4624]

Only learned that now,so that makes Timon and Pumbaa such a natural and great team.

[@city55_2]

"An intelligence similar to a rat which is quite clever"-TierZoo 2024

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

FYI, The Mongoose is the closest relative of the Hyena, period. Both Herpestoids, Mongoose and Hyena about as close as Humans are to Gorillas. Civets are the next closest (about as close to either of them as Humans are to like, Orangutans), and after that it opens way up and like half the Feliforms are there including the Feilds/Cats.

[@PeterGregoryKelly]

Strange about that relatedness to hyenas. Mongooses are cute and hyenas are a byword for awful.

[@FlavorQuestKitchen]

9:44 Tierzoo is handsome?

[@archeogeek315]

Tierzoo is human ?

[@donner_sauce]

fr bro is cute

[@fernandohernandezqu8984]

Didn't expect less from someone that makes this content

[@keiongaustad8091]

He must have spent time in the Character creation menu

[@dankim7488]

Tierzoo is S tier. Both the channel and the person

[@josephrion3514]

Meerkats are mongooses are felididforms huh. And muskelids like stoats and weasels are on the candid side. Neat.

[@TierZoo]

yep!

[@georgewang1444]

I love the knowledge TierZoo gives us

[@issaphae9659]

up until now i thought a warthog/meerkat duo was a work of disney fiction. goes to show how much research went into making the lion king!

[@ShayyTV]

5:22 no matter where i go i can't escape him

[@robloxlofl]

Ain't no way no one noticed shayy

[@rizu-kun9687]

The editing on this is some of the best I've seen in a TZ vid. Really nice work!

[@the_miracle_aligner]

My whole life I always thought the plural of Mongoose was Mongeese, always learning something new when I tune in to TIERZOO.

[@jaynajuly2140]

they're only spelled the same in English, but the words are derived from totally different languages!

[@tomispandacuddle]

ngl going to keep calling it mongeese

[@ButzPunk]

the fun thing about language is that if enough people use "mongeese" as the plural, it becomes the plural

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

lol no, it's just a joke to call them that... maybe one day in the future th language will shift

[@amberbydreamsart5467]

@@ButzPunk we tend to not end up changing the plurals from loan words, though. moose has stayed plural moose for plenty of time.

[@Mightydoggo]

Housecat: 30MPH Housecat when a can opens: *Warp 9*

[@ryanparker4996]

Instant transmission via feline teleportation

[@trepan4944]

"My cat went to plaid"

[@Theology.101]

My guy Rikki-Tikki Tavi is the GOAT so I can believe it

[@savannadearing3020]

Yay Rikki Tikki Tavi wasn't a weird fever dream. Someone else knows! 😂😂

[@RicardoMoralesMassin]

Jungle Book stans UNITE!!! Rikki-Tikki Tavi 4 life, get that cobra!

[@Ransacksix]

Mythical reference

[@joshuahunt3032]

I wonder how much of that fanfic was based on some actual legendary mongoose player

[@Toast-com]

He was the goat, fr.

[@jeffbenton6183]

I first discovered this channel years ago and have long considered it one of the best uses of KZbin I've seen. Still do

[@SteveNavarro-qc3vl]

Great to see how far this channel has come, I remember watching some of your first vids and they never disappoint 🤙

[@jameswachira7331]

6:38 Cheetahs are always catching strays😂

[@Monte_Carlo451]

They are the ☝️🤓 who thought their min-maxing optimized their builds lmao

[@Daniel-yy3ty]

If they didn't want the attention they shouldn't have gone for a meme build

[@collinbeal]

I can't knock cheetahs too hard; I also get anxious easily. I will knock them a little it, though: Meow? Seriously? You gotta up your game, Big Chee.

[@matyaskassay4346]

I will die on the hill that hating on cheetahs is perhaps the biggest recurring Tierzoo L.

[@mwase7782]

​@matyaskassay4346 They are nice, they help everyone else by doing the hunting for them 😂

[@halleyalex7544]

5:21 Looks like a certain player just wiped out this mongoose's party, and now is ready to give them a bad time

[@avpguy11]

"I'll have you know I have the reflexes of a cat and the speed of a mongoose. Throw it! I dare you!" - Ace Ventura

[@elfabrip]

...a mongoose NO

[@ennothedishonorable5530]

I heard some Mongeese have the ability to look into the sun, without suffering from the usual graphic bugs. This is used to spot the already mentioned birds of prey, who like to attack from the direction of the sun since most animals won't look there.

[@Coolboi-t5h]

8:39 the Mongooses as pikmin is so cute

[@kylgrv]

7:54 Timon and Pumbaa!!! I loved seeing the Lion King references in this video.

[@possummagic3571]

Nah man, Timon and Pumba is a reference to real life.

[@rhymebeat1142]

@@possummagic3571 I mean he directly put Lion King lyrics on screen for two segments. So it's more than just Lion King reflecting reality.

[@cognozzle]

You, Casual Geographic and Ze Frank are basically the holy trinity of fun educational videos about nature.

[@donngreitontordilla1456]

Don't sleep on Real Science. TierZoo is my all-time favorite, though.

[@varanus5622]

I’d also like to point out that Casual Geographic made an entire video about facts he got wrong. You won’t find that level of maturity often on social media, especially among people with as many followers as he has.

[@Rose-yx6jq]

It's always a great year when Tierzoo uploads.

[@JacobAwsum]

Ben 10 fan detected. Subscription imminent.

[@Skyypixelgamer]

I just wanted to add that while mongooses do have an oppressive match up against most venomous snakes. The one snake they are most renown for killing, the king cobra actually commonly scare them off and are kind of a counter to mongooses. If you don’t believe me look up mongoose attacks adult king cobra and the videos will be scarce or straight up a different cobra species.

[@astuteanansi4935]

Is that because its venom is stronger, or do they just get scared of the hood? EDIT: it's most likely because a king cobra is *fucking enormous,* measuring 3 to 4 meters. That's just way too much for a mongoose to beef with. Forget the venom, an adult king cobra can just swallow a mongoose whole.

[@Skyypixelgamer]

@@astuteanansi4935 yeah the cobra just out sizes it to much along side the hood and deeper hiss make it far more intimidating then most. It’s also due to just the sheer amount of venom it produces sort of by passing the resistance.

[@chaoticneutral1090]

Can't believe there was a "special eyes" meme reference in there, that's like one of my favourite old memes, I'm happy haha

[@larsdamen9115]

Perfect timing I just opened youtube

[@Catwithpaintbrush]

Same

[@תומרבןחורין-ט2ה]

Lucky us

[@petergriffin6346]

wow

[@adamstpierre8574]

Hard same lol

[@j-core2895]

I just woke up 💀

[@yescooliotime]

The only way I now discuss animals are is if they are builds in an MMO.

[@VictorBE]

It's always a good day when TierZoo uploads ❤️

[@spacepirate289]

I was dealing with existential and very hard philosophical questions, and cooking up big ideas, a TierZoo video is just what i needed to calm down with 😊 thanks for the break 👏 keep doing your thing, chanting: long live the channel! 🎉

[@EvanLichtblau]

never stop uploading. I love these videos

[@Whapadoodle]

i've spoken to loads of mongoose mains and thy all say the plural of mongoose is "mongeese"

[@LordStarbeard]

i was looking for that 🤣

[@JacobShowens]

Personally, I've only heard it from a human main with the gamer tag Peter Griffin

[@Paveway-chan]

That's only so they can make mong deez nutz jokes

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

I heard it was polygoose.

[@entity4465]

A mongoose

[@dtay8913]

I was hoping you'd upload soon. I love these animal videos.

[@jonathanmroczkowski4481]

5:03 the knuckles from sonic adventure reference gave me such a big smile

[@Burn2themall]

2:07 the lion king 1.5 reference has not gone unnoticed that song still gets stuck in my head sometimes

[@ParkerVGC]

DIG!

[@cyrus6379]

AMAZING intro dude, got me very hype to learn about something I was only clicking on bc I’m a simple man & this is tierzoo

[@joekat6451]

Me: acting like teamwork isn't an overpowered ability Mongoose Mains: hold my beer Snake mains: _logging off_

[@renedog23]

Mongoose. Warthog. This was perfect for a Halo CtF gag somewhere in there lol. Love it as always

[@ResBlix]

4:13 The Rocket League save effect and sound made me laugh so hard 🤣

[@SteveScapesYT]

When Disney produced the anime re-make, I had no idea that Timone and Pumba were actually canon to the real gameplay Outside!

[@vasilzahariev5741]

Can we appreciate, as gamers, that in Halo the UNSC jeep is called "Warthog" and the ATV/quad bike is called "Mongoose", which reflects their real life alliance?

[@Free_Percent]

You know it's gonna be a good day if tierzoo uploads

[@Leoninhk]

3:34 Sandevistan activated

[@AveragePearEnjoyer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqe0kGmvgstqfsk&si=mIdHX5-TJZbto9AM feliforms seem to have a sandy. Its crazy.

[@biguzivertt]

2:30 swatted like a house cat 😂

[@curtiswfranks]

I hear that the warthog-mongoose-lion party is highly effective against hyenas and other lions.

[@GTXanatos13]

Thank you so much. I wanted to hear about these since I discovered this channel.

[@-Raylight]

Wait Timon and Pumbaa are real all along??? Hakuna Matata xD

[@rmlgaming2091]

0:06 bro had that HBox DI

[@MrHardanheavy]

I hate when I match up against the mongoose class. They never leave stealth

[@WigglyPon]

2:06 the deep-cut Lion King 1½ reference goes WILD here

[@Nzcade]

A mongoose is closely related to a cat? Cool

[@mauricesteel4995]

and even closer to Hienas.

[@theproplady]

Yeah. It's funny that most of the cast of the Lion King were Feliforms. Basically distant cousins.

[@amphicyon4359]

One of my favourite builds that can take over less competitive servers. Something interesting with the most gregarious mongooses is that there isn't really a dominance hierarchy. Because the risk of going alone to find new mates is so much higher than staying in a group, mongoose mobs are just an extended, inbred family. As a result, to avoid the worst effects of inbreeding, they are not as strict as other pack mammals in controlling mates

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

They have also been introduced to Europe.

[@exalt2674]

It should be noted that isn't the case with Meerkats. Alpha females will kill unwanted grandchildren, and both sexes vie for supremacy at times. Additionally, around half of inter-mob violence is initiated by alpha males.

[@Propain4eva]

I was hoping your corporeal form would be that of a peacock mantis shrimp or an elephant but I guess a hairless ape works fine 👍

[@gigachad.-]

When TierZoo references your favorite video game

[@Galaxy-Jessie]

Mongooses were introduced to islands in Croatia to kill snakes, which did work, however mongooses are real generalist animals who will hunt a lot, and hunt what's the easiest; that includes amphibians and other reptiles, which they were killing before snakes. So islands where they were introduced first had no frogs and a lot of lizards, and later snakes. And now there's so many of them it's almost impossible to kill them all and restore native ecosystems. My group also found mongooses in Bosnia, and we caught them in a place where a lot of birds nest. So in the tierlist I'd also add a section of "non-native ecosystems" to show how dangerous mongoose can get

[@KevinThomas-hb9ig]

Tier Zoo video My day is better now

[@de_g0od]

1:05 what. Is. That. Blue. Bar.

[@Firefly-Simp-HSR]

Intimidation i think

[@TheRealTemper]

It says PER so I'd assume it's perception

[@RaVen99991]

Defense

[@PersonOfRandomnesss]

Seems like Perception looking at the "Per" and the sound wave shapes around the exclamation point (an alert to sound)

[@llamatokitatng]

Alertness maybe?

[@Skullnezz]

Dig a tunnel, Dig, dig a tunnel, quick before the hyenas come 2:07 Love the MxR reference

[@lemmor6791civ]

Yeah!😃

[@cascada5200]

yall aware that jeannie is just singing a song from Lion King 1 1/2 which is probably what tier is referencing, all things being considered.

[@lemmor6791civ]

@@cascada5200 The original song has a middle line, "what was that?", that Jeannye didn't sing, so I do think this is a reference to MxrPlays, may that channel rest in peace...

[@----x-----]

my immersion is ruined, can't unsee real life tierzoo

[@2324gr]

Is it possible that Tierzoo videos are getting better?!?! Amazing!

[@Galardomond]

Whats the game at 9:05? Edit: its civ v

[@liloukonjar9922]

I think ARK

[@florinadrian5174]

10:25 Was it a good idea to spoil the trick?

[@neil.forrester]

The audience is in on the trick the whole time. It's not a spoiler except for the players.

[@williamhamilton8438]

sounds spot on! 👀

[@BoubeTheCat]

You know it's a good century when TierZoo uploads

[@Poonda-ju8xe]

That is a killer thumbnail. Makes it look like a movie.

[@sixtenwidlund4258]

Watched this when it came out on Nebula, it’s a hit!

[@ultimate_animal_showdown]

MONGOOSE MENTIONED!!! WHAT IS A CAT OR DOG!?!?

[@Lukanimate709]

5:51 hehehe *amongoose*

[@blakdeth]

So mongooses are basically goblins?

[@JamesJeong-d6m]

I appreciate the MXR reference

[@ethansexton2590]

8:27 to 8:39 is one of the fastest, funniest edits you’ve ever done 😂😂😂

[@dawnstag7267]

BABE. WAKE UP. TIERZOO POSTED.

[@bladdnun3016]

This is getting so old.

[@lertox00]

Actually it’s “Moctopi”

[@Wobbmin]

1:16 okay I'm sorry what on earth is that bird

[@B1tcharp]

I can tell you never watched the lion king. It's zazu aka a hornbill bird

[@Wobbmin]

@@B1tcharp Oh really? I didn't really look like Zazu to me

[@B1tcharp]

@@Wobbmin look up live action zazu

[@B1tcharp]

@Wobbmin look up live action zazu

[@B1tcharp]

Google live actionzazu

[@003dylan]

So many awesome GameCube UI's in this video. I love it!

[@Istoleyourbanana-k5d]

U know it's a good year if tier zoo uploads

[@4whomittolz846]

Crazy that the venom meta was so oppressive that the Devs felt the need to add a direct counter. I wonder if there's any correlation with the Human faction of the Irish server?

[@theshadowsagas3617]

You can't sneak all those Lion King references past me lol

[@Imaginita]

2:07 AAAA Lion King 1 1/2 reference!!! Dig a tunnel, dig dig a tunnel, when you’re finished, dig another tunnel 🎶

[@ligma..-gp5bb]

Lets gooo

[@Voc_spooksauce]

Awesome video as always man, thank you for all the hard work. Also, i never saw you before but i respectfully have to say that you are pretty handsome. Congrats!

[@jsmith108]

Thank you for putting the music

[@thegavin0072]

Amongoos

[@thegavin0072]

sus

[@Sweatpants_Steven]

What are you doing? Watch the video!

[@Catwithpaintbrush]

You just did opposite of what you said. So did i

[@user-jv1bd4hp5l]

Nuh uh

[@Doc.gigan.]

Shlawg i am

[@swwl5461]

you caught me

[@jadentetzlaff1108]

Gotta leave a comment first, plus I'm gonna prepare breakfast before eating.

[@legendphantom1692]

Can we get Human Race tier list?

[@OzOz-l3y]

Yes

[@Jondicio]

That’s a blueprint for a penguinz video

[@hansfranzwilli1958]

Let’s go

[@braydenswinhart]

You played fabulously in the getaway btw!

[@guilhermeportugal6389]

This editing is just way too good!

[@hyfan6195]

I’m just disappointed they’re not called “Mongeese”

[@johntupper1369]

Be the change

[@illirei]

1:00 YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A PIECE OF MUSIC USED ON PIRATING ADS THAT HAD IRONICALLY BEEN PIRATED

[@Celtmane]

Nerf Mongooses

[@Gamer-hp4gc]

Merry Christmas!!

[@Malvikins]

The amount of work you put in for a gag that lasts half a second is insane!

[@The_Darke_Lorde]

It's always a BEAUTIFUL balance patch when Tierzoo drops a video 😊

[@Raskieru]

nerf caitlyn

[@vipRLH]

*insanely British accent* A mOngoose?!

[@TheFirstAndLastObserver]

What