Was ready to light some shit on fire after spending 30 seconds on twitter. Had to balance it out with 30 minutes of milkweeds and dunes. Fantastic as always
@SuperAWaC4 жыл бұрын
looks like you're getting punked by the social media brainwashing machine
@selfdribblingbasketball97694 жыл бұрын
delete twitter
@BenTheBeastFranklen4 жыл бұрын
Delete Social Media
@klincecum4 жыл бұрын
@@BenTheBeastFranklen You realize you're on it right?
@birdraft58754 жыл бұрын
Some feedback: I dig it when you describe how things smell. And when you provide temperatures, elevations, those kinds of details. Thanks for making these videos, for doing the work. I find them inspiring on many levels. GFY.
@wade80674 жыл бұрын
Yá'át'ééh (hello) from the Navajo Nation. Keep the videos coming, I'm learning a lot while laughing my ass off. Life on the Rez can be kinda shitty but like the native botany we're pretty resilient, goddamm invasives.
@florascent9ts4 жыл бұрын
hehe stay strong brother
@csheadtrip4 жыл бұрын
10 minutes in, I'm already feeling like a better person. Your videos are always a welcomed treat!
@joshdfox4204 жыл бұрын
Kinda makes me not wanna die so much, ya know
@johnrangel22264 жыл бұрын
"Psyche ward green!" Can't wait to tell my wife the new color our bedroom's gonna be painted! Mil gracias!
@samuelkorger35673 жыл бұрын
Man had me wheezing with that one
@johnqburkhart58883 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite episodes of Crime Pays. All sorts of great plants, good commentary, and laughs.
@joshdfox4204 жыл бұрын
Looks like a wonderful place to be during the insanity going on. No people = best place to be
@larjkok11844 жыл бұрын
Where the hell do you live?
@Faroresama4 жыл бұрын
the color and texture of that sand is incredible
@lucyb154 жыл бұрын
what a visually stunning place! the light, the shadows, the plant etchings, the mules' ears...I love how they grow in troops. So much beauty ! (deserts and psychedelics are old pals) love the colors, love it all, thank-you!
@kayazzara1084 жыл бұрын
Just a note, Monarch Butterflies eat milkweed before their migration in order to make themselves very poisonous to predators.
@adriansaninja4 жыл бұрын
"What's this guy doin is he stoned? What's he doin over there?" I feel personally attacked
@christianclark27634 жыл бұрын
Yes
@markchinguz44014 жыл бұрын
Lol yeah, when I'm in the forest, looking at things with my loupe, sometimes people ask me if I'm ok
@roberthollandsworth18094 жыл бұрын
Those milkweeds are gorgeous. Love a good fluffy leaf.
@doctorgravel85724 жыл бұрын
24:44, that is an amazing stand of milkweed. What a wonderful plant.
@davidnilsen73364 жыл бұрын
AND... a wonderfully bizarre and beautiful PLANET!!
@gnored4 жыл бұрын
This has got to be one of your best. So many beautiful plants, and in such a beautiful place too!
@Fragrantbeard4 жыл бұрын
gnored isn't it spec fucking tacular?
@larryclark15184 жыл бұрын
Man, your enthusiasm is contagious, I swear. Thanks for the tour of the Martian-like landscape(with flora bonus). I am thrilled that you took us along.
@damiangraham35714 жыл бұрын
3 EPISODES OF TONY BACK TO BACK AND MY GUTS ARE ACHING. YOU’RE DOING WONDERS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ALL OVER THE WORLD. THANK YOU
@kiara-kh7nh4 жыл бұрын
I love clicking on your work of art thumbnails, then hear “WHELCOME TO CRIME PAYS-
@thedudegrowsfood2844 жыл бұрын
As a matter of fact, the last time i was in the 4 corners area, i was on cubensis. At night. Full moon. Niiiiice.
@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt4 жыл бұрын
Psilocybe aztecorum can be found at elevations above 5,000' in Colorado and Arizona. Ask Alan Rockefeller.
@AlAllerton4 жыл бұрын
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt I remember reading about that. They thought it was two different species of Psilocybe and after sequencing it wound up being the same. Kinda like how P. ovoids are found in the U.S. north east and the north west with none in between for thousands of miles. Kinda makes you wonder what happened there. Did they get separated over time by environmental changes or is this part of the homogenocene?
@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt4 жыл бұрын
@@AlAllerton probably been there for hundreds of thousands of years if not millions. Not sure what substrate they're digesting though. When we saw them on Nevado de Toluca they were growing beneath a massive Asteraceae shrub, Senecio cinerarioides.
@Lucas227804 жыл бұрын
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt huh, so it wasn't growing in cow shit
@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt4 жыл бұрын
@@Lucas22780 No. Cubensis is the only species out of however many dozen that does. The rest are saprotrophs on decaying plant material.
@davidx82494 жыл бұрын
17:14 ought to be a t-shirt, "Quell ur rage". The shadows of the plants blow me away.
@stoneylrobertson3 жыл бұрын
I don't think I've ever appreciated a desert environment more. Just awesome.
@antonioponce65444 жыл бұрын
I never thought I'd enjoy a botany video. Great job. Thanks.
@CurrentlyBlazed4 жыл бұрын
Hey, I bought a book you recommended and have started learning botany. Thanks for the great videos man, keep it up you beautiful bastard
@J-Lander4 жыл бұрын
How great is this you get a stand up session, calming vistas, and an education!
@pamappleby14004 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful place, too short a visit with ya, but thank you for providing some much needed nausea reducing footage of some stunning plant life!
@kimheartsuds4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your adventures with us! Your dogs are adorable!
@royriley62824 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, angiosperms had yet to evolve insect mediated pollination.
@brokenheart1722 жыл бұрын
Really awesome vid. Great shots of all kinds of flora and fauna in this one. Loved seeing the plants from the dunes with cameos from the insect life that also inhabits the ecosystem.
@18SchabergRafe4 жыл бұрын
favorite channel, thanks for all the knowledge.
@wildmntflower4 жыл бұрын
That Sophora is gorgeous! I'll be looking for that at nurseries. Fabaceae does it again. What a beautiful family!
@cooperolm96874 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous thing, that milkweed is. More and more Asclepias becomes one of my favourite genus.
@CRMayerCo4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. That was a nice little virtual get-away. 👍
@shaneflickinger4 жыл бұрын
Damn! Can't argue with that beautiful dune landscape! I'm so glad you are able to bring us to these amazing spots!
@Biophile234 жыл бұрын
Wow to see a Tradescantia in the desert! If that species is anything like the several species farther east (not just T. ohiensis), they only flower from mid morning until about noon. So if you're too early or too late, no petals for you! ;) Does Eriogonum not have ocrea like most members of Polygonaceae? I didn't see any, maybe some reduced ones but not much. Maybe they're on the basal rosette? Love that Scabrethia! The milkweed, gorgeous leaf hairs, guessing that's a herbivory deterrent. Crazy how different the seedlings are from the adults. Love the Sephora too . . . The moving sand . . . O_O Suddenly realized the danger of sand dunes collapsing . . . Beautiful vistas. Thank you for this video, fantastic! :)
@rivitraven4 жыл бұрын
Most sand dunes rarely collapse because of the way the sand locks itself together like a puzzle.
@rogerb49714 жыл бұрын
Dude, as a Hoya head, your milkweed descriptions are delightful, spot on and insane. I love your videos. GFY. Good day!
@tauceti83414 жыл бұрын
I love when my wife throws you on speakers. I yell from across the room, This fjuckin gui. I love your candor though, its actually got me lookin at these flowers now.
@collecter34564 жыл бұрын
I do love milkweeds. Cool and pretty looking plants. Their leaves are so thick, it makes them look so unique.
@WhiffleWaffles4 жыл бұрын
These videos really make me appreciate nature. Can't wait for the thunder to clear up so I can go out and just take it in for myself.
@elsagrace38932 жыл бұрын
Why wait?
@contemporiser4 жыл бұрын
I suggested to my friend to get the ruler tattoo. He has a foundry, and sometimes he wants to know the shrinkage of the pattern. I just told him to use a slightly different body part.
@gardnersmith35804 жыл бұрын
16:14 "Can you imagine being here on mild psychedelics?" The smell of some sophora flowers ARE mild psychedelics, such as Sophora secundiflora (Texas Mountain Laurel) in the Hill Country. Don't know about this one, S. stenophylla, but most members of the genus have toxic seeds and foliage.
@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt4 жыл бұрын
This species smells incredible, as well. Aromatic from 8' away
@hugmynutus4 жыл бұрын
That shot of the (sun) flowers on the hill was incredible. thanks for that.
@teresaoconnell47904 жыл бұрын
THIS GUY!!! Your knowledge is amazing and astounding! I would like to mention that the survival of the Monarch Butterfly depends on Milkweed. We tried to eradicate milkweed as a farm weed many years ago. Now we find that Monarch populations are endangered. If you want Monarch Butterflies in your area, plant Milkweed. They have a huge migration path that extends to the east coast as well.
@WayneTheSeine4 жыл бұрын
The view 10:00 was a stunner as was 20:21....beautiful shots..it is all so damn beautiful.
@dawnbreak32994 жыл бұрын
I just cant... there is literally NO OTHER channel i could ever sit and watch of any other man walking through the desert talking bout plants and bugs for 30 minutes like this guy ova here...i just cant💜
@rlsingle004 жыл бұрын
Love the views and plant life. Thank you for sharing. Great video as always.
@earlystrings14 жыл бұрын
About eating milkweed: I’ve heard never to eat any milkweed species west of the rockies due to toxicity. Eastern common milkweed is quite pleasant when young, a bit like broccoli. Lovely video. I live in Colorado, a long day’s drive from this landscape but the desert might as well be a different planet from the mountains.
@ho2cultcha4 жыл бұрын
Wow! i never would have guessed that Eriogonum alata was in the buckwheat family! that Scabrethia and the Sophora are great candidates for horticulture! love the color of the sand too. another great vid!
@SuperDaveP2704 жыл бұрын
Dammit another Asclepias! You had me back at A. albicans but you just keep on delivering straight to my heart
@rolo24154 жыл бұрын
My man, you make my life better. 🙌
@user-yw9mw9hv8o4 жыл бұрын
beautiful plants, beautiful scenery, beautiful little insect bastards, some philosophical takes i gladly watch this. really is almost therapeutic. awe and comtenplation. i hope ya keep doin whatcha doin. thank ya
@MUSTASCH1O4 жыл бұрын
This week is the second time my house has had to go into isolation. With these videos I at least feel like I am going for a walk myself, and always learn a thing or two too!
@wendysalter4 жыл бұрын
I love your schooling man - we need this, these plants are unique and magical, exquisite miracles of life. A desert full of jewels. Thanks of taking us on this adventure of discovery.
@saltrocklamp1994 жыл бұрын
I'm sure I've been here! It's a beautiful area, the sand seems to act almost like snow, muffling sound. Hiking around in the dunes is surreal. It's a beautiful place and it ought to stay protected.
@carolshannon65224 жыл бұрын
A true pleasure. Thank you.
@sonex4134 жыл бұрын
"psych ward green" LOL Thanks for another great video. What a visually beautiful habitat!
@hypercube334 жыл бұрын
So weird seeing that milkweed in the desert like area when we have them in the midwest chilling
@philsphan68654 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, brother! Much needed moment of peace!
@demonorse4 жыл бұрын
Milkweed here at my house in Detroit just beginning to bloom. I can smell it inside the house. I haven't found any monarch caterpillars here yet, but I found 3 at work.
@theresamcmullen48414 жыл бұрын
Should I assume that those cliffs in the background will be those dunes in fifteen thousand years or less? I’m glad to see all the bugs too. And the footprints.
@JimmieK20104 жыл бұрын
Amazingly intense colors, almost surreal. Absolutely stunning.
@dandelionbomb4 жыл бұрын
Yucca fruit is super tasty. Like a watermelon and a kiwi had a baby.
@growmiezhomiez87604 жыл бұрын
It’s a trip seeing pines In the desert.
@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt4 жыл бұрын
It is. Remember the elevation here is 6100' however.
@falldogg86064 жыл бұрын
U still have any extra auto seeds
@falldogg86064 жыл бұрын
Lets trade
@growmiezhomiez87604 жыл бұрын
Falldogg i think so. I got look thru my beans. Email me. Kevinlongscreenprinting@gmail.com
@willi-fg2dh4 жыл бұрын
always nice to hear you describe places i'll never be able, any more, to get to . . . i can tell you love these places.
@FrostyDelights4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Cpbd definitely needed this today
@deadzipper17774 жыл бұрын
Jesus this place looks amazing to walk for hours in. Also have some milkweed growing near me, can't wait for it to fully bloom.
@nmnate4 жыл бұрын
Just started watching... man this is refreshing. Also a reminder to plant some more native plants in the yard (we're in northern NM, pinon / juniper mostly). Would love to get some SW native asclepias in the yard eventually.
@alisonburgess3454 жыл бұрын
Fantastic milkweed. I hope it has some protection order on it. Only 8 wild populations! Perhaps it could be brought into horticulture - it’s pretty enough - could be good garden specimen. It’s what they did with the Wollemi Pine here and, given we nearly lost the last wild stand in the January bushfires, it’s just as well. It’s not ideal, but better than being left with a few pressings in a herbarium.. Terrific video. I haven’t watched in a while but should have.
@brianballa30864 жыл бұрын
nice to hear from ya ...thanks for sharing
@Lilith_marie7774 жыл бұрын
Love your videos...always makes my day haha
@AlAllerton4 жыл бұрын
About those white moths at 26:00 I was reading about other milkweeds tonight and an article mentioned Cycnia tenera, the dogbane tiger moth. [Copied from wiki...] It is a common feeder on Apocynum cannabinum (dogbane, Indian hemp) which produces a milky latex containing cardenolides, toxic cardiac glycoside that defend against herbivores. It also feeds on milkweed species, Asclepias, at least in parts of its range, but is most commonly reported from dogbane. Its interactions with bats have been much studied, but are an area of dispute regarding whether the clicks emitted by adult moths are disruptive of bat echolocation, or merely aposematic warning signals.
@happyraccoon47914 жыл бұрын
I visit Utah every year since 1987. I know this area. I spend most of my time a little north, in the Abajos, behind The Needles, ...stay out of Moab!
@happyraccoon47914 жыл бұрын
@@tommypetraglia4688 I had left Jellystone, late August 1987 and meandered down 191. Near Arches I saw "Dead Horse Point...". The name drew me up. The road had Just been paved. $6 it was to camp....I walked to the point. A sign "hang gliders Please check in...". Please. Then I saw the goosenecks. The view. So I jumped on my Moto Morning 501 dual sport and wandered. I went behind Moab and 90 miles of dirt to 211 near Needles Outpost. Back to Dugout Ranch to Beef Basin. I was hooked. When I first saw Moab I was in love. But Suddenly I Knew ...."this is gonna be like The Vail Colo of the desert." By1989 mountain bikers were pouring in in late April. The building boom began 1991-2. I rarely go there since then. Beef Basin back to Alice Springs has many ruins. Ruin Park is in this area. It's amazing. From this area you can ascend the Abajos, past Duck lake, Dark Canyon (E. Abbey) , The Knotch, Kilgalia, down to Natural Bridges, Blanding. Blue spruce. You'll love it. All dirt, passable when rain free.
@happyraccoon47914 жыл бұрын
@@tommypetraglia4688 Dittos!! My first reaction to the area was "whata great place to die". Got this fantasy of finding a nice natural sepulchre....the Needles Outpost sold in 1992 for $250,000!! 600+ acres...I was freshly divorced....resold in recent past and is now some kinda hoity toity Gucci loafer place. So I'm gonna treat it like Moab. Do go up thru the Bears Ears, past Duck Lake to intersection that goes to Beef Basin...you can go to the Needles if you like. Climb up Elephant Hill. This requires Backing Up steep slopes maybe 3 times. A motorcycle can not make the turns! You must move the bike around the turn. But it's fun.
@barrypoontang4 жыл бұрын
love it mate, who knew plants could be interesting. You should do species identifying videos more.
@jesserivera97044 жыл бұрын
I love your videos. makes me want to go out but I dont know what im looking at ahaha. reminds me always of this proverb of hell: "To create a little flower is the labor of ages." -William Blake
@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt4 жыл бұрын
Anybody can learn. Just requires being observant and curious and asking questions.
@jesserivera97044 жыл бұрын
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesntwell yeah, thanks, I know, but like, what do I do, just go walking with a botany book? I'm a somewhat successful autodidact but with Botany I have no clue where to start. And are there even plants worth checking out here in Toronto? Wanna come visit sometime and get me started? You'll always have a place to stay up here if you need bro!
@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt4 жыл бұрын
@@jesserivera9704 download inaturalist, start uploading observations, and when you learn what a plant is that you observed go read about it in Wikipedia and see what family it's in (and thus what it's evolutionarily related to) and any other pertinent informsiton that may be listed
@ho2cultcha4 жыл бұрын
that sand - the color and texture are wonderful!
@MichaelCarolina4 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your videos. ;) Keep em coming.
@cosmicbackwoods4 жыл бұрын
thanks man. your videos helped before everything got super weird so they are especially meditative now. also that place looks sick, might have to go check it out
@RedGrassEater2594 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your vids for about a year now, and i love them! A couple months ago I was out at the coral sand dunes with my roommates and we saw some weird guy with a camera yelling at the ground. Thought what the hell is this guy doing, just yelling at the ground and recording it? It wasn't until i saw this that I realized it was probably you! Thanks for pointing out the great smell of the sophora, nobody i was with could smell it!
@VOST0K4 жыл бұрын
Gotta say, that's the most beautiful sand I've ever seen. If you can call this seeing.
@Fragrantbeard4 жыл бұрын
Vladivostok isn't it? I'll take that over the black sand in Hawaii any day - it glows! Stunning!
@odinbriem91834 жыл бұрын
Always exited to see videos from my territory, thank you very much
@teamuncle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a very beautiful landscape and educational commentary. Suitably quelled. From SE England Glaswegian.
@jaewok5G4 жыл бұрын
that is _really_ nice looking sand.
@Indoor_Man4 жыл бұрын
Thank you to you for being you. I just watched my first video. That was awesome!
@Indoor_Man4 жыл бұрын
Professional entertainers with a writing staff are less entertaining than you. Thank you.
@margiekn3 жыл бұрын
I raise Monarch butterflies. I grow Tropical milkweed from seeds. This is such an interesting segment! Did you see any Monarchs there?
@TrackZero4 жыл бұрын
Human Tumor, that's going in my lexicon.
@carlosgalvan84784 жыл бұрын
Come South! I’m in Kearny AZ and I will make you homemade salsa!
@Rachel-vz6gw4 жыл бұрын
I am a huge fan of your videos! Could you put together a playlist of your videos for the midwest?
@WhiffleWaffles4 жыл бұрын
That would be cool for a playlist of different areas: east coast, Midwest, etc.
@SeanDahlman14 жыл бұрын
I am currently studying Penstemon with the Forest Service RMRS and yeah... It feels like there are 100000 species haha. Love your videos, if your in Idaho our crew would love to show you around.
@MaleficusPhasma4 жыл бұрын
STRAIGHT UP! these videos are my favorite thing on the internet!
@sky1ar4 жыл бұрын
look at the new thumbnails, production value baby
@jcv30614 жыл бұрын
As always, thanks so much for your awesome vids and sense of humor, man! These A. welshii look very, very similar to some milkweeds (that I haven't been able to identify) that I've seen growing in urban Managua. People call'em "dog's balls" plants, because the seed pod looks uncannily like a tight, green [air-filled] n*tsack! The ones down here are probably invasive, I'm guessing; I took some pictures of some I found growing in the street today because I remembered watching your video a few weeks ago.
@stephenhelmbock61554 жыл бұрын
When you were talking about the temperature difference on the leaves of the A. welshii, it made me wonder if anyone has done any thermal images of desert plants to show off how the adaptations work. I know that thermography can be on the expensive side with the "cheap" smartphone attachments running around $400, but maybe someone with some school backing or inspectors that have the equipment for work?
@alexcarter88074 жыл бұрын
Sniff some Pondorosa pines for me! I mean, stick your schnozz right up against that bark and have a good huff. Half of them smell like vanilla, and half smell like butterscotch.
@jackwood83074 жыл бұрын
Hey your back! Was starting to worry!❤️
@jeannettelee28064 жыл бұрын
Love the measuring tape tattoo.
@Wonderhussy2 жыл бұрын
Yes I can imagine being there on mild psychedelics... I want to hear more about this lewd man you met in New York
@markweidemann46413 жыл бұрын
Such an Amazing and Surreal High Desert Landscape... Very Cool!!! 😉🤟🏻💯
@nathanaelcard4 жыл бұрын
That red sand is unmistakable. Reminds me of the land around Page AZ. Haven't been out there since this bastard got me into plant id, but now I definitely wanna go back
@creativeusername87604 жыл бұрын
Clicked this video with the quickness
@newbotany4 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite channel... By a mile. One to imitate, though with your own individuality. Is Tony the first entertaining scientist?
@mikewendland49824 жыл бұрын
What a pretty desert with all those colors!
@Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad4 жыл бұрын
I live in northern Arizona thank you for this video