The Nature of Predators Vol 1 - Science Fiction Audiobook

[@L_Monke]

Slanek and Marcel are the best bromance I have heard in a while.

[@medical-cyanide1526]

Oh indeed. Two other good ones that gone to mind is the pair from hunting with predators viki and the… LT.? Pardon don’t remember the names well, I have a bit of catching up to do. True predators is pretty good to, although it isn’t a bromance and more of just a friendship

[@renewius4932]

Can’t let the homies be unhappy y’know?

[@marseluskrumpa4598]

Man I want an alien bro

[@FroggyMosh]

Yeah, it really is panning out to be. Chapter 11 had me in tears just now.

[@anticarrrot]

"You need to make an exception! What kind of predators are you?" The human looked down at him. "I'm a lawyer. You're not small or green enough to attract my interst." :P

[@MotivatedReign]

Blows my mind how little action these stories get on here....

[@nvfury13]

You know, everybody stereotypes predators as violent, predators fight for territory or to protect their young and kill to eat; non-predators fight for the same reasons, and kill for fun, out of annoyance, or out of irrational fear.

[@silenttitan416]

Yea lol I've seen some herbivores just kill for the fun of it. Cows, horses, elephants, moose, buffalo. They weren't threatened at all and just killed a weaker and far more harmless animal. Bulls are ridiculously aggressive sometimes 😂 i honestly dont believe beings that haven't moved past the incredibly primitive mindset of "predator and prey" would develop an advanced civilization beyond tribal gatherers. Herbivores could for sure but one that views themselves as prey would die out quickly. Humans arent naturally predators, we became predators. We are both. Aussies know this 😂 no predators other than a croc that you couldn't beat in a fight or fight off. But a kangaroo will mess your ass up 😂 but all it takes it to not watch where you're putting your feet and bam, you just got bit by an eastern brown snake at your doorstep and didnt feel it, 40 mins later you're dead. 😅 when/if humans ever become space faring adventurers, aussies should be the ones cataloging creatures of other planets, a BUNCH of us will die but that's the way it goes 😂 steve irwin in space would be an awesome show 😂🎉

[@AnD1262]

@@silenttitan416 i feel a species that views itself as purely pray would only evolve as a dominant species if some time in their past killing in "self defence" becomes "preemptive self defense" and in sumary be more swayed by false victimhood, therefore more prone to violent racism... while I don't believe it would certainly kill them all, probably a horrible society with slave "hives" seen as the same as we see dog breeding if the don't out right genocide them

[@atashgallagher5139]

I mean predators also kill for those reasons. Look at chimps who kill in intentionally painful ways their past enemies after getting into blood feuds, or dolphins that kill baby porpoises for no reason other than sport.

[@am45_001]

Spoiler warning, you can sort of see this play out in the story, especially towards the end

[@respawnredemption7997]

'Send us everything you know about them, my people have a phylosophy we would like to introduce them to... we call it Karma!' hooked

[@atashgallagher5139]

Remember, if brute force isn’t working, you aren't using enough of it.

[@adammyers3453]

SFIA fan, a fellow of culture I see.

[@TechNinjaSigma]

This series is a masterful display of writing; phenomenal 👌

[@badpop987]

This would make a great movie franchise.

[@nicholas19696]

It's so nice hearing you voice this great series! I'm currently up to date with the series and I am enthralled with how well it's been written. There is so much that goes on and the dynamic of the federation species and politics that proceed to go on is incredible!

[@nicholas19696]

Addendum: I hate that prick Nikonus.

[@He_Grows]

Is there more after this then? 🤞😁

[@nicholas19696]

Yes there is a subReddit called HFY, where it's regularly posted. Current chapter is 110.

[@thequietqueen2315]

This was amazing! I am itching for a volume 2!!!!!

[@rimworld64]

Lucky you there is one now

[@ASNRandomSHtuff]

Glad you enjoyed

[@rowbot5555]

NOP, truly one of the best series in the whole roster of all hfy!

[@watchfullbird6381]

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[@gabagoogaming4272]

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[@watchfullbird6381]

@@gabagoogaming4272 It was a comment made from the phone being in my pocket playing the video. Now it has ab up-vote and a reply. . .

[@gabagoogaming4272]

​@@watchfullbird6381 P!

[@rowbot5555]

@@watchfullbird6381 P!

[@longbow3082]

my only issue is that the author keeps referring to railguns as energy weapons. They do take a lot of energy to fire, but railguns shoot a solid slug of metal using electric currents to create magnetic fields, which in turn propel the projectile.

[@nvfury13]

Unless their railgun create charged plasma and magnetically fire it. Even then it’s an edge case.

[@Wwillswords]

​@@nvfury13thats a plasma weapon..... not a rail gun as it wouldn't use rails to accelerate the plasma like a proper rail gun maybe a coil gun could do both?

[@allster0crowly]

@@Wwillswords it is possible for a railgun to shoot both energy or solid projectiles in the case of how it is described and a cooling period it is likely a particle based railgun meaning it gathers matter and fires it at a superfast and superheated rate, this type of gun while within the scope of railgun is more along the lines of a energy cannon but because it uses matter or anti matter and condenses it before firing and needs to cool down before firing again it can be classified as a railgun.

[@Wwillswords]

@@allster0crowly no it would qualify as a guass weapon or magnetic accelerator then. Rail guns require rails otherwise they use coils both use similar principles but are not the same.

[@allster0crowly]

@@Wwillswords yeah I understand that, but a lot of depictions of "railguns" are not actual railguns like i was trying get across in in my comment but it has become a blanket term for a weapon that requires matter and a cooling off period between shots, I agree it seems like a gauss or energy cannon more than a railgun but neither of those terms carry the same visual as railgun, thus it has become a catch all term.

[@derekdrake8706]

It's kinda funny because 'herbivore' and 'carnivore' aren't absolutes, they're generalizations on a species *preferred* diet. Many "herbivores" eat meat and vice versa. Everything is an omnivore, if hungry enough. I find it hard to believe there's hundreds of space faring species that are all strictly herbivorous, what was their evolutionary pressure to develop the intelligence to reach ftl travel?

[@James-cu2rm]

They actually explain this exact issue in later chapters of the story. 10/10 would read again

[@Kayessee]

Exactly. I've seen horses and deer eat meat.

[@derekdrake8706]

@@Kayessee I once saw a dairy cow eat a field mouse. It just sucked it up with the grass and never stopped chewing. I was just a little kid and I've been nervous around cows ever since lol.

[@jakevex4198]

​@derekdrake8706 Yeah, doesn't surprise me 22 deaths a year are caused by cows

[@ThisIsATireFire]

Deer will eat birds nests if they can get to them, eggs, babies, and all. But they bypass empty nests.

[@Krojester]

The story telling and structure is fantastic, I reach the end of each chapter chomping at the bit to find out what will happen next. That said, I do find the foundational precept that herbivores would be more pacifistic and collaborative than carnivores lacking and ironically anthropomorphizing. Hippos and cape buffalo are some of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and a number of carnivores have shown interspecies cooperation. I'm thinking specifically of crows and wolves, as well as coyotes and badgers. Still, as far as a narrative, top notch.

[@JohnDoe-yk3ji]

My head Canon for stories like this one specifically is that omnivores are rare but since they happen to exist on our planet, there is blurring of rules that other planets evolutionary psychologists have made. And that our assumption that the lines are blurred is an Earth bias, not a Human bias. Like if in 10k planets, there are only herbivores and carnivores, and only 1 in 10k picks up omnivorous mutations and then those lead to sentience down the line, then I can understand it. I personally think that it's probably gonna be super common for the dominant species to be omnivorous, and have some kind of predator and prey duality in their evolutionary history. Just because I think that having an omnivorous digestive system increases the caloric intake available for mutations favoring intelligence.

[@abdielcaballero2593]

L😢 45:56

[@jester9217]

I agree especially given how often tigers and other predators take to prey animals when the pressures of survival are no longer an issue.

[@stephenstonge7968]

Image someone being hated only for eating meat.. oh wait..😂

[@everetcassady-causey5788]

Didn't realize this isn't a month old lol. Good story.

[@demondeity9816]

3:48:58 Tarva mentioned the lab rats but that idea of humans using lab rats disgusted come characters in later chapters. Most likely just a continuity error, but it would be interesting if Federation governments were hiding more stuff.

[@dolphin5177]

I mean technically she didn't say lab rat because it's translated. I could just be the translated putting it in that phrase for the humans

[@JORpify]

Psshhhh don’t act like herbivores never kill each other. Rams, bison, moose, even docile sheep are known to clash and duel and KILL. Though this is a great piece of fiction that I thoroughly enjoy.

[@yaboi7239]

watching all the xenos doubting their views was so satisfying

[@qinby1182]

Better than MANY books I buy from AMAZON.... This author should get a publisher... I liked this. Not "Literary MasterPiece" but a good told story based on a good storyline. That is as much as you can "demand" The fact I have listen thru this with interest... 5? hours and will listen to the rest is as far as I can promote this.

[@Blitzozs]

good news is that even now the story continues to be continued

[@kaiserwilhelmthememer6996]

I can't picture the Venlil as anything other than furry femboys

[@charisgehman7941]

Man, and I was just thinking giant walking rabbits.

[@alexanderawe8031]

I think of them as big cats with a squirrel tail and herbivore teeth, but your description paints a whole new picture for the relationship between Slanek and Marcel

[@cgreenland05]

Your channel is a needle in a haystack. Gold

[@Alpha00Fox]

6:29:37 That was an amazing chapter. I felt myslef tearing up at the pure emotion on display. The author has done an amazing job making me feel this way. Following him to that point, desperately wanting Marcel to his revenge but also knowing that we are better than that. Seeing him choos the higher ground and him statiing that he won't let that monster take his humanity... I felt that frustration tight in my chest as I yerned for retrubution for him thorughout the story! Knowing that you can be better even if you suffer from trauma... Marcel is a very well done character and these emotions I describe were made even stronger thanks to such a great reader sharing it with us! Thank you!

[@nigelsmith7366]

These are the greatest scifi stories I have ever heard... And I have literally read All of the classic and modern stories from all the best authors

[@Elusivearth]

This is the beauty of the internet, it has its horrors but it allows people with insane levels of talent but no capital to publish their amazing works of art

[@travisstrong3783]

I don't think I would have been able to give this story a chance without your voice reading this through. I tried another audio source and couldn't do it. Thought the story might not have been for me, but luckily you put the work in and I appreciate that very much! Some occasional word mixups here and there but nothing that got in the way of enjoying the story. Thank you again for all the work you put in for this!

[@ragnarrskulkrew6232]

Damn, The end of chapter 11 hits harder than I thought!

[@klinetalladen]

i wasn't sure which to focus attention to, the narration of this great story... or the showcase of someone making miniatures.

[@KG-jm1zl]

FOR THE YOUNGLINGS! IT'S JOHN CONNOR TIME!

[@seanrobert9661]

K'er-Ch'aK

[@samuelfabian8929]

I love how when they curse they sound like South Park characters

[@teknicron1080]

painting, 3d printing, and narrating . . . ahh, the sweet life. XD

[@nvfury13]

4:03:07 That makes no sense for prey species, their instincts would demand expecting attack. Hyper vigilance and paranoia are prey traits.

[@Randomando24]

this is wholesome in many many ways

[@John-ci8yk]

My second time around, thank you and thumbs up. Particular thanks for breaking it down into chapters so I can cherry-pick.

[@mbfun9298]

As a person that had a history of anixiety and panic attacks I resonate well with the anxious nature shown here, writer seems to really understand cues and things that can make one have anxious or panic attacks when facing overwhelming stress.

[@sleeping2696]

Noah is definitely going down in history in that dimension 4:22:19

[@amberkat8147]

Geez, I KNOW this is fiction, but the stuff the Arxur was doing to kids still made me cry. Honestly, if I were in this world I'd probably ask for a list of all the Arxur genocides and get them all tattooed on my skin. After all, I don't have money to build a monument, I can't volunteer anyone else's land or money to build one, I have only myself, so my own body would have to make do. If I was capable of fighting I think I'd volunteer for it too. It would be very fitting for someone who's a walking memorial to their victims to be killing the Arxur.

[@nk_3332]

Careful jumping to conclusions like Captain Marcel Torturer, later in the story you'll find out the truth.

[@russelldavis1539]

As somebody with a background in biology, I feel like there's some pretty big misconceptions here. There are plenty of herbivore species with binocular vision. This actually has more to do with the environment then just feeding behavior. Second, the fact that no planet has a concept of social carnivores I find difficult to believe. If you have animals that form herds, social instinct exists and will be adapted by predators. I get with the author is going for but it seems like none of the alien races have any concept of even a basic understanding of ecology.

[@nagirok1]

The Gojid commander's ark is impressivly well written, went from a random to target number 1 to kinda a good guy, to cheering his bloothirstyness against the axors... Hope i see more of him

[@AshCrash5538]

I absolutely love this story and you’ve done an amazing job narrating it!!! Can’t wait to listen to the rest. Particularly love chapter 28. Just the raw emotion written into it was near perfect

[@gideonroos1188]

Feels more like the goat is becoming Marcel's pet.

[@NeflewitzInc]

Binocular vision isn't only for predators.

[@Enterprise6126]

It is more prevalent though

[@nvfury13]

Every binocular non-predator we have found has diverged from a predatory ancestor.

[@SeanWhalen-il9xy]

Thank you, for your fabulous rendition, Dear sir.

[@Alpha00Fox]

Damn even through the hardest moments of the story so far I've been at the edge of my proverbial seat but 4:24:20 kinda snapped me back to reality... Its hard for a bro to have a chance to be sad around other dudes, yeah. The hold-it-in mentality is constantly reinforced by the world as a whole. Showing emotions, they say they want them to be shown, that its ok, but that's always a lie. You can see it in their eyes after or even during that vulnerability... their opinion definitly goes down after that. No one is ever honest least of all with their feelings and sadly that won't change any time soon. Moment of super real problems aside; I love this story!

[@Fusako8]

I'm curiosity what the watch length statistics are for this.

[@SpookyPancakes]

42:17 at that moment, the writer finally started cooking.

[@hollyferay8131]

Desperately need you to post "The Nature of Predators Part 2" PLEASE 🙏. I know there is easily enough material for a part 2! I ask this as a seasonal holiday gift from you to your fans.😁⛄🌲☃️🎄🎽🎁'Pretty Please, may we have another, ....sir'?🥺😃 I am on my 3d time through part 1.

[@lucienfury2606]

Funny and serious in so many ways.

[@poesero]

i still need new chapters but this will do... love you

[@poesero]

here i'm... once again, yep i like this story very much

[@poesero]

Soblin: "i want someone that challenge me" also that facker: "that unruly comms matter facker"

[@Candleknight]

Hot diggity dang this was a GREAT story!!! I can't waitnfor the next installment!!!!!!!

[@crossdagostino5778]

Thank for the longer version

[@Coal2956]

I wish there were better descriptions of characters. Hard to put together what they look like in my head

[@Batatkacom]

Slanek and Marcel, my boys 😭💕💕💕

[@Blitzozs]

jerulim out here being a menace

[@hollyferay8131]

When will we be able to hear new chapters?

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

ah this one... exquisite and also that... is a perfect thumbnail to start it of why ? ...if it is what i think it is ...those are real ones famoused for the fact the ptsd they got during captivity as cubs caused them to ignore the species barrier in a desperate need for any affection so when animal rescue people tryeed seperate them later concerned they start get aggresive to each other as adults for natural reasons etc... nope ...signs of depression etc happened either you housed them together or kill them quick as 'mercy deaths' ....showing predators might have to hunt to survive but they sure as hel have emotions and can form bonds just like any herbivore pack animal

[@notrel3005]

Great story, but the modelling and painting techniques were painful to watch. I get that you were going for quickly throwing together some heavily damaged wreckage for what I assume is wargaming scenery (the bolted on field repair armour plates on the turret, the half-melted main gun, the orange I'm assuming was meant to be rust...) but still.... A large piece like that deserves some love, not piles of superglue and hastily splashed on unthinned paints.

[@caliberthecow3727]

thanks now i am forever cursed to notice that part and im not even halfway through yet

[@jilll7074]

These stories have been hilarious, and I love this guy's voice. But this made me cry😢

[@tommydeamon7657]

Just a pure compliment but i have this feeeling that you could narrate a tech book or instuction manual that would normally bore me strait too sleep suddenly intresting and worth a listen

[@tarmacbenson9579]

Thank you I really enjoy these

[@midnightfenrir]

The human I talked to was named Buck. He said he was from a continent called "America", in the northern part. He talked at great length about something called a Constitution and Inaliable Rights. "Man I tell ya. I saw that footage! Scary stuff. I seen videos on the internet talking about this day comin. Heck, all God fearing creatures just wanna be left alone, free from Tyranny of Predators." For the most part, he was a fairly good natured person.. For a predator. He seemed very concerned about something called the ATF and IRS. I wasn't sure what those were, but the way he spoke about them was as if they were even more predatory than he was. "You tell me how Tia right a man can't defend himself and his property in the way he sees fit. Taxes is nothin but theft, I tell ya! Here we are going to space to help you God fearing people out, but here at home I can't have a barrel under 9 inches on a rifle less I wanna risk my life! You tell ME how it's just TAXES if theys can send Po Lease to my property to arrest me for keeping ALL the results of the sweat of my labor." It was strange, but after a while, I saw myself agreeing with him. Though I didn't understand wholey what he was talking about, I felt myself pulled to agree with his sentiment. Aren't we ALL entitled to the results of our labor? Why should anyone be penalized for how they choose to protect themselves? We ourselves had almost annihilated his world because we felt a threat from them. "Its a shame you're all vegans up there. We got some good barbecue down here, I know for sure you'd enjoy it. I wouldn't want to offend, though, or make you go against your beliefs. Time was in this country people respected people, like the Lord said to do, and let live and all that. But I'm sure we could find someone knows how to make some good tofu. You seem like good people, we definitely need to go rafting down the crick, maybe shootin" Then suddenly he stopped replying. I read about a month later he had been arrest by someone called the Dee Eee Aye? Something about a common recreational drug called Mheth. It seems on his world there's always a bigger predator.. And I decided to spread his message about America and the Constitution on the Internet, to see how my people felt about it.

[@n0r8u]

Tbh. Watching the printing is kinda mesmerizing

[@David-p9y9c]

“Carnivorous” animals eat plants, cats and dogs eat grass, dogs love fruits, vegetables and can digest carbohydrates. Other predators will include plants as part of their diets.

[@Bendiraisho]

Ok so I heard this story in another posting I’m trying to pick up where I left off. Is this a more expanded version of the story. Also I’m at the part of the arksor being found out and starting a rebellion against the prime. Please someone help me so I can continue the story.

[@beverlywhitman303]

imagine us as aliens (the movie) Xenomorphs to all the other races in this book, now you try and snuggle with one :)

[@adamhubbert8896]

Recel is a true hero.

[@alonnehring402]

Do you want to know something funny because of this series I found out that also herbivores eat meat and the we had forward facing eyes before we became omnivores

[@caliberthecow3727]

2:55:10 OH MY GOD THEY ARE SPACE PUPPIES

[@davidjonathan3623]

Amazing book i cant wait fir the third

[@Fan_nec]

Honestly I thought it was gonna escalate after the petting even further

[@TheBOB235]

I find it hard to believe that a species that managed to make it into space doesn't have better control over the base instics, cause you would need to overcome the hurdles to reach that level of civilisation

[@boingboingresearcherph.d.2871]

Wait... It's already been almost 8 hours!?

[@adamhubbert8896]

If I didn't need more of a reason to hate him. But after 20 years of naval service I have a special disdain for a Captain that doesn't know the name of his bridge crew.

[@DubiousFIN]

After reading the series to the 74 addition (at the time newest) Ive desided to listen the series again while im waiting for the 75

[@kosgoth]

I really enjoy the reading, but it seems you change the words a bit, normally not an issue, but changing family to military, and some of the other ..miss speaks... change the meaning a bit

[@atanaciogarza7176]

Is it me or are these aliens "extra zesty." "I brought the protein to his lips." "He slept on my belly" This series works well as a rough draft but needs some major editing. At one point the aliens mention fishing, why would a non-preditor species have any concept of fishing regardless of the context. 3/5

[@Enterprise6126]

Probably picked up some human vernacular It was a reference to the human wanting a real compliment you know: fishing for a compliment The alien had probably picked up some slang and such

[@joshuafischer684]

It also could be that the translators adapt idioms to their nearest equivalent.

[@wambutu7679]

A most excellent story. Thank you.

[@cruelmilk4465]

Man love this!😊

[@hollyferay8131]

Where is volume 2? please.

[@hollyferay8131]

38 -6?

[@seanrobert9661]

[REDACTED] frak around and find out , [REDA-CTED]

[@Krojester]

Also, what is the purple Kool-Aid? I assume its related to 3D printing, but I am not that familiar with the process, and I assume, you don't drink the purple Kool Aid... at least not more than once.

[@human-tk2fo]

I believe it's part of the curing process, the liquid printers print finer than the open air ones, but they have a couple more steps before the print is properly solid

[@kdrapertrucker]

Light based 3D printing uses a purplish resin that is fairly nasty stuff before it is completely cured. You have to wash off he excess and then finish curing under a UV light.

[@AlexanderPearson]

I really don't like having the video obscuring the text, sometimes I like to read ahead so I can pay attention to something else for a minute or two. I found it really distracting and much prefer your other videos without the extra video.

[@AlexanderPearson]

This seems more complainy than I meant. I really appreciate what you do, I just prefer the other way you usually do this 🙂

[@elmateo77]

Railguns use an electromagnetic rail to accelerate a metal projectile, they do not shoot plasma. Otherwise good story.

[@MrSterling.]

5:42:00

[@DragonPriem]

This story does an amazing job of showing congative dissonance

[@ehehe84]

These are quiet meek herbivores, lot's of them eat meat occasionally IRL. example: see video horse eating a days old chicken

[@sleeping2696]

Looks like im off to part 2 7:52:11

[@Fuxy22]

The logical thing to do would be is to go with the standard first contact not clouded by his assumption and pre conceptions of what they are but for a galaxy of foolish herbivores it may be very difficult. Instinct is not always the best response for a intelligent interaction especially in deplomacy or generals.

[@palmerzero]

Im sorry idk if thats you dripping uv resin on that model but it sickened me lol sorry. Im a model builder and painter. If you have gaps like that.. Fill gaps with baking soda.. And drip super glue on it.. It takes less than a second for it to harden and fill in the gap at the same time.. Easy sanding

[@anon_lulz7334]

Predators have greater intelligence quotients due to simple pack hunting tactics. This was written by someone clueless of actual human development, or the biology of the animals on our planet, but it is incredibly interesting and intriguing, almost as if an alien intelligence is viewing us from the outside in(with incredible ignorance on the actual substance of hunting/killing) I would like to read such a story written by an actual hunter of our species.

[@waldo2543]

wait!. there was a story being told and not just a asmr or figurines getting painted?

[@selador11]

Sooooooo.... What are the Venlil? Rabbits? Cats? Gophers?

[@lonelyboy9852]

Great series can wait to see vol 2 but can i shout out angary t1t5 for being one of the few 25 dollar donators plus he has a funny name

[@David-p9y9c]

I’ve heard of and seen videos of “herbivores” eating chicks and other animals or insects and scavenging

[@TheAquaAuthor]

Algorithm better pick you up soon.

[@mortenw7777]

i like the making . but the 3d printer video is fucking with my head . please make it a timelapse .. keep up the good work .LOVE the chanel 2 weeks binge and not tired . Love the updated version of the old ones

[@richardscathouse]

Lol, yes humans are still monsters. I barely survived childhood because the monstrous humans assumed I was weak. Simply because I had no friends and joined no clics 😢 I was attacked, chased and beaten relentlessly. Don't get me started about humans. 😮😮😮

[@sadcabbage5105]

7:03:02 adorable

[@TheSanien]

Love this story so far. This has got to be the most gay level bromance I have ever seen hahaha

[@billymiles6870]

I like this series. But I would think that the predator species of a planet would be the ones to become the top species of a planet, i.e. the most advanced. Because that they would be the ones that would have to be at the top of the food chain. It would be hard for the pray species to advance.

[@collinfulling3223]

That’s actually covered a lot as the story progresses; and the Vegan Reich is far more insidious than they let on

[@snappa_tv]

Now I’m hungry. I want a huge chicken sandwich or bbq

[@maacll4343]

This needs some jenkins