Baobabs Are Massive Hydro Homies

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CREDITS
Created by Dylan Dubeau
Executive Producer, Director, and Director of Photography: Dylan Dubeau
Host: Tasha the Amazon
Editors: Cat Senior and Jim Pitts
Researcher, Producer: Andres Salazar
Writer: Lauren Greenwood
Camera Operator: Colin Cooper
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Exploring the World of Plants and Fungi

[@animalogic]

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[@antoniorojas8759]

Next logical shooms eating plastic

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Mushroom eating plastic

[@antoniorojas8759]

We need to support the mushroom eating plastic for our dumps

[@antoniorojas8759]

Mushroom eating plastic Convoy

[@antoniorojas8759]

Tuscore space we're going to do plastic eating mushroom Convoy

[@unclescar5616]

Mabuyu is what we call them in Zambia. The site of one these trees has actually been preserved a heritage site (Ing'ombe Ilede) because it served as a 16th century trading post in South Central Africa.

[@mukhtaralbahlani5273]

It's called ubuyu in kiswahili, and Tabaldi in Omani Arabic

[@sbaxter3252]

Thank you for sharing

[@malcolmmutambanengwe3453]

Mavuyu is what we call them in neighbouring Zimbabwe ☺, in Shona or chiShona language

[@tshilidzimadzhege4949]

Mbuyu in Limpopo

[@luna39900]

and kibuyu in Swahili means container that stores water

[@theartofnina]

As a kid I was genuinely terrified of these trees cause of the passage in The Little Prince where it says they could cause a planet to split apart

[@RaspberryTTN]

BRUH =|

[@erichtomanek4739]

Baobabs are succulents!? This is the first time I have ever heard this. Thank you for increasing my knowledge.

[@siggyvdz8213]

Well after verification, Baobab are Malvacea so not a succulent at all .... but a very tree-stuff plant. I dont know why they said that thus :(

[@siggyvdz8213]

Baobab are in the same family of cacao tree, durian, hibiscus and linden !!!

[@sandra-jones]

@@siggyvdz8213 what is tree-stuff?

[@siggyvdz8213]

@Lilith google is your friend my dear xD

[@bugglemagnum6213]

​@@sandra-joneswood

[@just_pluto_]

BAOBABS!!! FINALLY GETTING THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVES

[@lebronjamesharden3958]

WHY DO THEY DESERVE IT?? AND WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING??

[@Svensk7119]

@@lebronjamesharden3958 Love your reply! I burst out laughing.

[@MiracleWinchester]

I've first learned about Baobab through Little Prince. Decades later, I met my first Baobab. Believe me I hugged that tree.

[@sankimalu]

They sold these seeds outside my school for a couple of shillings when I was younger! Delicious! If I knew they would be marketed as a superfood 30 years later, I would have planted a few of them back then…

[@sillycheese301]

Shillings? How old are you??

[@okal]

@@sillycheese301 The shilling is the name of multiple currencies to this day. The poster probably grew up in a country where it is.

[@boarbot7829]

@@sillycheese301 in the uk, not that old!

[@HonorTrees]

I have about 30 I planted 5 years ago digitata variety.

[@Kualinar]

Those so called «superfood» are mostly marketing ploys based almost entirely on pretend «benefits» that are attributed to their consumption. Almost as baseless as the use of rhinoceros horn to cure impotency or as some panacea medicament.

[@justgotserious9124]

Baobab has become my favourite tree since I was 7 when I first read Le Petit Prince. Contrary to their representation on the novel, Baobabs are majestic trees that deserve the title “The Tree of Life.”

[@catedoge3206]

i read them in a "I wonder why" book. real interesting fellers!

[@anishaditya4400]

Absolutely prehistoric looking trees

[@420frankp]

Succulent*

[@yourdad5523]

As prehistoric as yo' mom

[@polykoma]

@@yourdad5523 ahahahaha

[@pennydreadful5163]

@@yourdad5523 yo mama’s so old

[@sandra-jones]

Even educational channels get immature comments.

[@DanGamingFan2846]

I know about these trees because in _Madagascar,_ King Julien's throne room is in a plane crashed atop a massive one.

[@yomeiko]

I remember first reading about these trees on The Little Prince by Antonie de Saint Exupéry, where the prince needs a goat to eat the baobab sprouts to keep them from completely covering his little planet.

[@ProjectPhysX]

I didn't know these even existed. I'm only very familiar with the local plants in Europe. Thanks for educating me on flora on other continents!

[@evilsharkey8954]

Other countries and continents can have some incredible, almost unbelievable plants. Another channel to watch for unusual plant info is Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t. His videos tend to be longer and more vulgar (he’s a Chicago Italian with the accent and attitude to match), but he has some really cool ones from South Africa, Chile, Western Australia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, New Caledonia, and several US states.

[@mersito3955]

The taste of the Baobab fruit really surprised me. It tasted like a citrus jogurt for me. It would definitvely become a popular ice cream or candy flavor if it was better kwown.

[@montblancnoland4034]

Don't make it hot next thing we know we gunna have yuppie tree huggers while this tree out of existence and complain later

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

I had no idea they were succulents!

[@biohazard737]

Yet they still call it a tree!

[@Arthion]

@@biohazard737 People call tomatoes vegetables and bananas fruit when they're both technically berries. People will call things whatever based on how they look like or what they're used for no matter the real scientific truth.

[@biohazard737]

@@Arthion i just learned a banana is a berry lol

[@tylerjones1574]

Doesn't it seem time for Tasha to get her own channel for plants. I'd watch both and we'd all get more of what we want.

[@LorgeDelta]

I agree, but it's probably for branding and getting her content seen by more people.

[@basedarsonist]

Plantologic?

[@rinzo2009]

@@LorgeDelta I hate to burst the bubble, but Tasha already has her own channel.

[@Sinaeb]

I thought this was love nature

[@LorgeDelta]

@@rinzo2009 Oh no, my bubble is so burst.

[@seanc6128]

They look so dang cool.

[@brendanhoffmann8402]

Human's likely transported Baobab seeds to Australia as a food source but some must have germinated. The indigenous story of how the baobab came to be is also the same in Australia as in Madagascar and Africa.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

If it was brought with the Australian Aboriginals on their track it would have appeared elsewhere on their way there. I think it was a far more recent introduction still ancients probably but not 70,000 years ago ancient. 1. Marooned East African sailors from the height of the Swahalli coast. 2. Marooned Tamil sailors on their way back from Swahalli coast. 3. Marooned Malagasy sailors blown waaaaaaaaaaaaay oof course.

[@slewone4905]

@@ANTSEMUT1 The only people I know who travel to Australia are the Malaysians/indonesians in a Sea Cucumber trade. I forgot what Island, and looked it up right now. Sulawesi. Of people who most likely visited that has Baobob trees would be Arabs. But My belief, with such long lived trees, none of these explanations are sufficient.

[@willowdelosrios4326]

I first read about Baobab trees in the novel “The Little Prince”, but I don’t think I’ve seen any photos of them until this video.

[@kiri101]

Weird Explorer did a fantastic video where he travelled to the Avenue of the Baobob you showed here in a few stills, his channel revolves around exotic (to us) fruits. Great to hear from Tasha as always, long live Floralogic!

[@josesalinasmorales5332]

The baobab is also featured in Disney's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨.

[@RosheenQuynh]

Yay, someone mentioned it so I don't have to! 😄

[@yoelarmasjr.5660]

Yeah, Rafiki’s tree

[@melaneykk5986]

I would love to see Y'all do either the Florida Cypress tree, the Jacaranda, or the Banyans. I truly love all these trees. I missed one, the Mangrove.

[@philipozminkowski8200]

I second Jacaranda

[@victoriajeanleslie3116]

We have small ones here in Queensland Australia. Somewhere around 2-3 metres tall, we call them bottle trees because of their shape and ability to sequester water.

[@strandloper]

The accepted pronunciation is bay-o-bab; I've never heard it pronounced bow-bub before. In Afrikaans, they are known as kremetart because the powder in the pods is a natural form of cream of tartar.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

The pronunciation could be an accent thing, sometimes it happens.

[@Phyto.]

Fellow Afrikaner here, I have only heard it pronounced "bow-bub" - the "bay-o-bab" seems to be limited to American/European pronunciation.

[@blazethecat363]

this tree has also inspired the trees you see in Central Thanalan in FFXIV.

[@Allyourbase1990]

Africa has some of the coolest scenery in the world . Just the greet alone seem so ancient looking . It’s really cool

[@theclipreaper]

I've been trying to grow one for years, damn thing always develops spider mites!

[@CaraTheStrange]

Tasha The Amazon is smart, charismatic and beautiful!

[@malcolmmutambanengwe3453]

Beautiful tribute to the mighty baobab, you've got a new subscriber. ☺

[@0n1x]

U should do Dragon blood Trees(Dracaena cinnabari), they're amazing

[@applegal3058]

Weird Fruit Explorer, Jared, has a great video series on Madagascar. I'd recommend searching that out if you'd like to see more plants and fruits, including the Baobab.

[@scoopam_art]

Another floralogic episode yayyyyyy

[@siggyvdz8213]

So, after verification Baobab are not succulents at all. That a huge mistake between a type of plants and one of the baobab caracterists, which is only an evolutionnary convergence. Baobab are from the Malvacea family, like cacao tree, hibiscus and linden.

[@taOGrimace]

This tree got style This tree got grace This tree will help you re-hydrate!

[@Sienisota]

I had never even heard of these. Amazing plants. Like out of some fantasy book. I really hope we don't destroy them.

[@baobabchildrenfoundation]

Reading all these beautiful comments warms my heart …. sending everyone love & sunshine 💓☀️

[@philipozminkowski8200]

I'd love for you to talk about ferns and how crazy they are.

[@abebrosiczki637]

These are legit so unique unlike any other. 👏 Though I like the Socotra dragon tree more, make a video on it, please! 🌳🇾🇪

[@hemanthk4075]

One of the iconic tree species on the planet, Thanks for the video 🙌

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

I love these trees! Why didn't your writer suggest Bao-bye 🤨???

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

Can we talk about algae, puffball mushrooms, moss, & kelp forests? Any of those 4 topics would groove me. Please & thanks!

[@jeffgegos7333]

Got a relative of this called marsh mallow that people used to make marsh mallows. Others relatives are cocoa, cotton, durian, money tree, kola nut which they used in Coca Cola and hibiscus and roselle.

[@Cillana]

Also okra

[@jellybubbles]

Thought this was going to be a giant mushroom. So educational and glad I found this channel.

[@caitsidhe4560]

I call that, I call that, I call that.

[@TheXimena711]

I had no idea you make music, Tasha! Your style is 100% something I vibe with 🎶

[@DiabolicGoth]

The guy at the end "no~oooh" 😂

[@Gurtington]

I love finding WILD and other worldy plants and animals that ACTUALLY exist on earth TODAY. It really makes earth that much more interesting.

[@jpbaley2016]

I’m surprised you didn’t reference that they are also referred to as the upside down tree because their crown of branches resemble a root system.

[@hg6996]

This year I was able to grow three Baobab plants out of seeds which I brought 19 years ago from Senegal. Amazing plant ☘️

[@jasonburke1074]

-I call That a Huge F-ing tragedy This quote gives me life

[@nikovanegas2735]

That lilacish-blueish-pinkish hair color looks amazing on you Tasha 😍

[@anthonymadhvani5593]

Just because they're succulents doesn't mean they're not trees. If we're going by the common definition of perennial + branching + woody. Love your videos btw!

[@JustSomeDude42]

Ah yes, the moose, my favorite unit of measurement.

[@MonteCarey]

I think I am more impressed by your unbelievably wonderful art ability!!! You rock the world of art & should be on the list of the better artists out there today! Thanks for the beauty, my friend!

[@shame2189]

I love the end credit blooper 😂

[@Kalithrasis]

I get why you folks wrote the script to say that they "aren't trees but succulents" because it has "punch" to it, but it can be both a tree and a succulent, considering "tree" isn't a scientific classification at all (and neither is "succulent"). Even having fibrous wood isn't enough to say they aren't trees considering Ochroma pyramidale, or the Balsa wood tree has wood so soft that it is spongy, able to be easily scratched away with a finger nail and is used to make break away props.

[@rhoff523]

Ilove your shows, including this one. That being said I never thought I would be correcting you. Flowering plants date to 130 million y.a.. Perhaps you meant 20 mya? I would think it later than the Mesozoic based on its pollinators but suppose it could be Cretaceous?

[@fabricdragon]

baobobs .. the first time i heard about them was in "The Little Prince"! i didnt know much about them though- thats neat!

[@raphlvlogs271]

they are also closely related to silk cotton trees too

[@chadgarrett6947]

Fartin tragedy indeed! These things stuck around for THIS LONG, and us humans are going to be the things to end it. Sadly like so many things on this planet. Heres to hoping they resurge!

[@famineinfernal1]

I would love to one day see an episode on the Ceiba from Puerto Rico.

[@stanleyhyde8529]

Humans really are an amazing species. Absolutely nothing is sacred. Nevermind the cultural significance of these plants, the predate first fish to put it's head above water for a breath of air. Huge groups of our population have no problem cutting and burning it all down in the name of "progress."

[@pheebs887]

Can we talk about why hardware stores sell spray painted aloes and hot glue fake flowers onto cacti?

[@basalt8151]

Never forget the original hydro homies..

[@dancreyes]

Take a shot everytime she says "I call that..." and think the trees can talk to you by the end of the video.

[@ebonyenchantress3471]

It’s so sad to know everything is going extinct , how is 97% of its habitat gone already

[@deepjyotibhowmik3845]

Thank you as always for making me and many nature lovers aware of the unique species mother nature is proudly to have!!❤️🍀🌏

[@joshuaphillips3999]

wouldn't this be an ideal plant for re greening efforts in areas affected by monsoon weather cycles? if it can provide sustainable wood, store water and produce fruit in the dry season then it's offering two major solutions to drought

[@ryanguenette3835]

I love watching these mini docs that are clearly marketed towards kids. The only difference between docs on netflix, and the ones marketed towards kids is that the kids docs use random shit like "school bus" or "elephant" as a metric.

[@fergarza4032]

i would love to see the Jaranda. When they are blooming it's one of the most beautiful sights in my city

[@gamegod6859]

wait bowlo-bub? not bae-o-bab?

[@dexterlohler9473]

Yup had me tweaking when I heard her pronounce it 😂

[@MrRodrigomarcola]

How many of you got introduced to baobs by The Little Prince written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?

[@alfred_philip]

We call in Kuka, here in Northern Nigeria, The dried leaves are ground up into a powder and used to make a kind of stew

[@homosapien5684]

She looks like she's made of CGI. WTF IS SO PRETTY?

[@joeyAP200k]

I wanna hug one weirdly enough

[@The-three-eyed-Prophet]

im 100% Convinced that australien baobabs are so geneticaly similiar to african ones is that early ariving people that we now know as aborigines broght baobab seeds with them and those are probably not the only seeds they brought with them ...

[@victorb5]

So cool, pretty amazing that it's actually a succulent!

[@Jaycobb07]

damn imagine being that one guy that included the phrase "hydro homies" in his comment and seeing that it's in the title of the video lol

[@The-three-eyed-Prophet]

we need to save, preserve and plant those trees i want to see a hughe baobab forest in my life time !!! ...

[@neelcashyap7879]

Trees on Mars would look like this, I guess....

[@f.d.c.willard8768]

I'd like to see you cover Kudzu in the future. Love your show! :)

[@blankx15]

Is it legal to plant in any country?

[@oranjmusemeyer968]

The problem really is environment, it tolerate cold weather, or excessive heat... plus the grow very slowly.

[@talscorner3696]

I love Tasha's choice of colours!

[@DjurrenArt]

How does one acquire this for their succulent collection? Asking for a friend.

[@zerafina6623]

This tree looks like out from a fantasy world. Hope it would be protected forever

[@sacrom5398]

So they made the mystical wise tree in real life? That’s crazy

[@rcane6842]

3:46 what about its roots? Does it grow horizontally, or vertically in general? And average span/depth of it? Question is related to spacing of baobab trees

[@iaindavis4417]

Looks like the Australian bottle tree

[@patrick247two]

What! You're eighteen metres tall! Great Huge Amazon, Batman!

[@alanalionalike]

Rafiki from the lion king: What up mtv cribs welcome to my house come on in

[@naturalistmind]

I may have some growing in my yard but it's hard to tell because all I have is woody sprouts

[@karthik7361]

Baobabs:- A.k.a giant succulents with huge water storing stems

[@garbagegremlins4707]

I was not expecting it to be a succulent

[@iodinev]

I love your style!

[@pamelamays4186]

Baobabs are featured in the classic novel The Little Prince.

[@albertines4827]

Growing up in perth (boorloo), australia, I've always heard these called boab trees. Pronounced Bo-Ab. I found this super interesting and learnt a lot. Thank you, I love tashas plant pieces!

[@DepressionKnowsBest]

"I call that, someone who needs a writer..."

[@emmanuelweinman9673]

I love these trees and I love your hair! ❤

[@WrinkleFitzGerald]

You’re telling me that 97% of Madagascar Forrest is gone? Yea okay.

[@ThisGuy76]

"As wide as a moose is long" is to Canada as something being "a football field" in length is to U.S.A.

[@pixie7349]

Your hair is so beautiful! I love the color you look like a faerie! 💜