Does It Pay To Cheat?

[@MinuteEarth]

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[@eagle7396]

hello

[@raynaamara8608]

Hi

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

How do you guys come up with these topics and puns?😂

[@lourdthebluefoxie]

U

[@abhijitvarade8332]

Hi

[@Pacer-456]

Imagine walking your baby in the park (baby in a babycart). You take your eyes off it for a bit. And when you look back there is suddenly a second baby as well.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

What's wrong with that? twenty grand on the black market for a baby.

[@DylanDkoh]

@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n nobody is gonna pay 20k for a newborn baby... They want someone a bit older

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

@@DylanDkoh Maybe you won't. Maybe YOU want someone older. You absolutely don't speak for anyone else.

[@BeanOnTheFlipside]

@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n I completely agree they were selfish dealing the babies i'd sell it for 30k cause it's fresh out of the womb but their preference

[@HMAOO86]

Wait...That's not common?

[@jur4x]

Cowbird: What a nice eggs you have here! It would be such a tragedy if something happened to them...

[@banger5283]

@@therandomguy1701 unnecessary

[@sillygooberwholovesfrogs]

Cowbirds seem evil.

[@E008-b4s]

If u don't let me lay mine in ir nest

[@frog4880]

Bird mafia

[@rjbucc3201]

Lol

[@jaschabull2365]

"Why pay your babysitter when you can just force them to work via hostage situation?" - cowbirds

[@GooseGirl1037]

Imagine if they actually did that’ they were too weak to fight off predators so they evolved to hunt for other birds and they protect the babies

[@Dromarz]

Great exemple of how game theory drives evolutive strategies. But in the end it's all about energy.

[@iseriver3982]

Well, it's not game theory. Its evolution.

[@mrWade101]

@@iseriver3982 Evolution utilizes game theory.

[@iseriver3982]

@@mrWade101 it can't utilise anything, it isn't sentient.

[@Dromarz]

@@iseriver3982 evolution is based on game theory. Everything that is alive is based on game theory and 2nd law of thermo

[@iseriver3982]

@@Dromarz no, evolution isn't based on game theory. And the only thing that doesn't conform to the 2nd law of therm dyn is my perpetual motion device. But even so, evolution isn't based on 2nd law of thermodynamics. Evolution is just change over time. The only thing its 'based' on is survival of the fittest.

[@sharktos3218]

Imagine a Cowbird threatens a Cuckoo who then brings their eggs into another nest

[@sufferfr0mlag506]

Imagine a Cuckoo sneaking an egg into a cowburd then the cowbird forces a bird to tale care of their "eggs"

[@futuregmchess1561]

imagine that... I don't have a good one

[@dombelly3343]

if you listened carefully you would realise that cowbirds and cuckoos don't make nests

[@operandwriter]

Imagine a Cowbird watching over a nest that got "volunteered" to watch its egg, only to see a Cuckoo trying to sneak an egg in there.

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

New world cuckoos aren't parasites. That job falls exclusively to the cowbirds lol.

[@kiwiabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw]

the birds when they grow up: mom, am i adopted! momma bird: yes! bird: oh...

[@AndyHappyGuy]

This reminded me of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3y5fp6OmNKfZ5Y the sentences almost match up perfectly!

[@misterterra1225]

Mum am I adopted? - Tommyinit

[@SembeiNorimaki]

Cowbird: -Nice nest you have here, it would be a pity if something bad would happen to it...

[@MinuteEarth]

Make 'em an offer they can't refuse...

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

@@MinuteEarth oof

[@mohammedabdelhafez9507]

This information is really helpful for me, because I am in a developing country; the education system is extremely flawed and we do not have strong scientific curriculums. As a result, many people in my country, Egypt, believe in pseudo-science and superstition. These nice animations and wonderful puns, combined with easy explanations of science (biology, ecology, geology), helped me develop critical thinking skills, improved my communication abilities and enhanced my vocabulary in English. I want to thank all the directors, writers and illustrators of the Minute Earth team, and most importantly, the patrons who help make this free for people like me. Thanks a lot for your hard work and detailed illustrations. Thanks for the entertainment and education. Thanks for the funny puns. Science has also helped me understand the world and know facts from lies. It saved me from developing radical ideas. These videos have a huge effect on me. So, thanks for everything

[@raddiecat6528]

I have a question: are the click farms still thriving?

[@mohammedabdelhafez9507]

@@raddiecat6528 I would never work for them, even if I have no job. I do not know where they are and I will never work for less than 3.5 dollars an hour.

[@mohammedabdelhafez9507]

@@raddiecat6528 I mean, I am 15 years old, I have basic scientific literacy, I can distinguish science from pseudo-science. I can separate my beliefs and prejudice from science and daily life. I am capable of critical and philosophical thinking. I have studied logic and algorithms in school. Would I work for a click farm?! Would I know even about it?? Maybe people who have no money would work for it, but fortunately, I do not need money.

[@MAA-kw4ez]

@@mohammedabdelhafez9507 Yeah, but I keep on falling for them.

[@whatdidyousay1235]

My mom told me when I was a child, “Cuckoos hide their eggs in the nest of crows. Always be careful of people who speak sweet! ”😅😬😂

[@firedragon5743]

I don't think that the cuckoos eggs would even stay in the nest cause crows are one of the smartest birds in the world so they would probably know that's not their egg

[@jamescalderon5280]

Best Christmas present ever! Two vids back to back! Thank you for your amazing videos!

[@arielalfaro4720]

Imagine having the video before it’s out...can’t relate

[@iammalkav7034]

Cowbirds differ. Some lay eggs identical to their host birds eggs, or as near as they can. But recently scientists have noticed that the host birds are going through and finding the cowbird egg and pushing it out of their nest. Some birds have begun to change their eggs patterns so the cowbirds egg is more noticeable. Extinction might be coming for a few breeds of cowbirds.

[@Oktopoosay]

Does it pay to cheat? Well... yes, if you dont get caught

[@zkkaik]

Or cheat big enough that even if you get caught the courts refuse to have your case argued in fear that the truth would cause major rioting

[@jasoncarto]

Or if you do just call someone a racist and that works out for you.

[@user-zn6iv7ge3b]

This is interesting, nice video, keep it up

[@bananahat3350]

Maybe this was a weird video to watch a few hours after finding out my boyfriend is cheating on me lmao.

[@ronwesilen4536]

You can knock his eggs out of the tree too

[@hassanahmohammed2190]

I hope you're ok.:(

[@bananahat3350]

@@hassanahmohammed2190 It’s rough, but I’m gonna hang out with some friends later so that’s nice

[@hassanahmohammed2190]

@@bananahat3350 Yay for u! 😄😇🎉

[@shinobix4925]

@@bananahat3350 Good luck in life

[@ipsumquaerere6927]

The question I ask befor every test

[@goodrage]

0:21 yellow bird: *there is an impostor among us*

[@killdozer7792]

Which is why some species of cuckoo, after they hatch, push all the other eggs out of the nest, so the parent has to feed them.

[@roadkillfriday]

Thanks for this video David! Have a great day

[@MinuteEarth]

Thanks!

[@KnowArt]

I like the white outlines in addition to the black lines!

[@Derpster2493]

Putting all the eggs in one basket has the benefit that someone only has to eat from one basket.

[@yoshikagekira6166]

And you also need less baskets.

[@sidjindal]

"Cuckoos are so sneaky we aren't even sure." Damn cuckoo bird! 2:09

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

You can get that same "gut check" from a free public health clinic here in the US. On a side note, all the pounds (free dogs and cats) are EMPTY YAYYY! All the babies given up have been adopted! Thanks everyone.

[@Bruh-yf3wp]

To be honest, this video was really educational and fun to watch as well just like your other videos :D

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[@smurfyday]

1st thumbs up, and comment! And to confuse people who love to complain about comments 8 days ago when the video just showed up.

[@ricktherat929]

Ah yes a channel member

[@antimatterg]

And you got first heart too!

[@apatriot6421]

Are you a member, I mean I can't see the batch, or if pay once you become member for lifetime?

[@UnPuntoCircular]

@@apatriot6421 Patrons also get to watch videos early :3

[@gato_feliz605]

record for when eh changed the comment: he was probably bragging his channel member status/ patreon on Minuet Earth

[@dungluong575]

I love your channel so much, I've been learning English through your stimulating videos, great content ❤❤❤

[@langnails1731]

2:24 Deserve to be a meme! It's sad, pathetic but it's hilarious to look at.

[@THE-CHEESE1]

I used to have cow birds because there was a farm with cows near by and since we had a feeder they would scare away other birds so whenever they came we scared them and now there gone. If you have bad birds just scare them whenever they come

[@StoryTeller796]

Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad!

[@liquidkey8204]

Eek I'm so early and so excited! This is very interesting (as usual of course)! Thank you!

[@Crake1]

I am starting to feel like every video now is just a leadup to a final pun.

[@WanderTheNomad]

It has been for a while now.

[@sagacious03]

Great video! Thanks for uploading!

[@overcookedwater1947]

If minute earth made a 1 hour video about potatoes I would watch it till the end

[@manjotbali8985]

So would i

[@lemmingsgopop]

Then it would be HourEarth. OurEarth?

[@ohnice4665]

This channel is my favorite Learning Channel

[@NetAndyCz]

Cheating pays when the cheaters are the minority, the whole system collapses if they ever become a majority.

[@BlastFurnace10]

Now I think there are 1 in a million who is printing money for himself illegally.

[@Rabbitsliver]

A new strategic card game looks good.

[@reconpuffin]

You should do what animals see such as snakes only see green and blue...

[@pedroff_1]

And infrared, through those nostril-like structures, if I remember correctly

[@reconpuffin]

wasn't there a magic school bus video on what certain animals see? I think chipmunks see in slow motion. I've heard tortoises and turtles can see better then we can.

[@Tyler64-b1u]

I love your videos hello I’m always happy to see a new one thanks for putting out such great videos and I hope you never stop also please heart

[@Tyler64-b1u]

Thank you and also thank you for such the great content I like all of you and have watched all your videos

[@Tyler64-b1u]

Literally every single one I watch so many minute earth videos there all so good And I have learned so much

[@deltalord6969]

Wow its somewhat fitting for this video to come out while the whole dream speedrunning debacle is going on

[@YapaneseExpert]

Wdym?

[@johanlahti84]

A minecraft speed runner who has been accused of cheating in his speed runs by changing data values for drop rate on important items.

[@bp_cherryblossomtree723]

How convenient! But really, the whole Dream, a Minecraft speed runner, was or wasn’t cheating has been argued alot

[@pilesofkittens]

Hey I really love your videos! Could you make a video about lions? I would really like to learn more about them.

[@jolenewee1848]

Found this video again and just wanna say Ze Frank made an AMAZING video on this subject too! It delves into the constant evolutionary back and forth slapping and how cuckoos birds have eggs that even become similar enough through evolution to their host birds that take care of their young to prevent detection It's called Parasite birds if anyone's curious

[@mfaizsyahmi]

I didn't know that I needed to know about bird mafia but here I am.

[@foxbatmc8457]

2 episodes in one day im so happy

[@firedragon5743]

Minuteearth is a really good channel I am surprised that they don't have more subscribers

[@violetskiy854]

The animations and drawings have been getting better.

[@selvizhisubramanian]

in the time that the cow bird spends in threatening and keeping an eye on the other birds AND looking for good nests, THEY COULD RAISE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF BABIES IF THEY JUST LOOKED AFTER THEIR EGGS.

[@ДарханСибатов]

This is awesome. Thanks!

[@honeyjuice219]

THE PUNS!!! I can't breath.

[@alexeecs]

Did anyone else think it meant cheating on their partners...

[@andrewk9267]

This is the first time I can ever ever recall that a sponsored product on a YT video has asked me to shit in a box and send it in the mail

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Well put

[@AmazedAnimes]

Hey I like to say this videos are so cool that I can learn anything anywhere easily and that's why if I start to watch then I can't stop watching MinuteEarths videos.. so if you notice my comment then can you please make a video about home gardening's benefit disadvantage etc etc.. I would be greatfull..

[@Sivah_Akash]

How concerned should I be about my microbiome? Than my diet?

[@kyawlwinhein5245]

Bruh the animation is sooo good now

[@sufferfr0mlag506]

So how many offspring do you have Cuckoo:Yes

[@unnanaojopeter3076]

Love your videos

[@BilliBeeDedeDawnJrIII]

I really want to know how they get the threat across to the other bird.

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

And sometimes cowbirds get the absolute shit beaten out of them. There's actually a video of bluebirds doing just that. It's doubtful the cowbird even survived.

[@YTBeyondBorders]

Wow! Never thought there are bullies amongst birds. :|

[@killdozer7792]

To be fair, both cuckoos and cowbirds have legit reasons for not raising their own young - they simply don't have time. The majority of cuckoos that are brood parasites are migratory by nature and often have to travel vast distances to find the best food, leaving them with little time to raise a family. Cowbirds are the same - they frequently follow cattle and bison and eat the insects they either disturb or attract. As the cattle are always moving, the birds are always moving too.

[@leanneyee2323]

that's interesting! do u know of any papers discussing this?

[@sillysiblings4834]

This is so AWSOME! :0

[@gustavofrisk]

What about the birds that search for abandoned eggs in the forest and then raise them? Oh wait that's the easter bunny

[@ipadair7345]

did the animatics ger better cause they look different I like the new art style, though still bit nostalgic about the previous one though

[@MinuteEarth]

Haha - just experimenting!

[@gargipopere]

Pretty interesting video 🤔

[@sonal8109]

MinuteEarth, please make more videos

[@shaladddin5687]

Hi MinuteEarth I have an interesting question: Why we human not make a copying technology of plant photosynthesis instead of reducing Co2 emissions isn't it will be better? even better if we also harvest the Carbone to recycle it for fuel and food can you make a video about it?

[@hannahwalters3602]

Interesting. God bless and have a wonderful day

[@Thebeetlemangr]

Baby cowbird: Mom, am I adopted ? Female cowbird: look son...it's complicated...

[@mangomations]

Hey we've been waiting for 1 month for a new video....... I love this channel. Plz post new videos fast 🙂

[@donotdisturbmode]

My bird bio prof LOVES cowbirds because of this. Calls female cowbirds the queens of birds

[@deathlygamer9820]

Imagine if cowbird layed an egg in cuckoo's nest

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

I don't think they make nests

[@ravemasterdbzwwe]

how do the cowbirds even convey such a complex concept

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

the subtitles screw up at the end and the ad isn't subbed correctly

[@Galaxia53]

Cowbirds are like the mafia of birds

[@lynzcan0n_]

Minute earth , I have a question. This channel said the burmuda is moving Sorry if the grammer and spelling is wrong , Im bad

[@gabrielrangel956]

Sounds like worker birds need a revolution

[@ryanyang3347]

I feel like every single minute earth video is just a setup to a pun that one of the creators came up with in the shower.

[@Т1000-м1и]

He has an example the radio st

[@satishchandrasinha3636]

Yup

[@vincentx2850]

Cowbird can be all gangster until it lays its egg in a house finch nest. You can intimidate all you want, but house finch feeds its brood a seed-based vegetarian diet, a diet which the cowbird chick could not live upon

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

Cuckoo bird is voiced by Kristen Schaal. Cowbird is voice by Jane Lynch. Bird who gets the bad wrap is voiced by Ali Wong. If this was a Pixar movie did I get it right?

[@BVasquezp]

Do cowbirds do anything to protect the nests from predators?

[@Charles-ks4pe]

cowbirds are just insane parents in a nutshell

[@stoevo]

Always apreciate a good joke at the end

[@marmaje69]

Cheaters never Prosper!

[@liem11]

So then why do they do it if it isn't an advantage to them?

[@josedelgado7479]

0:30 Reminds me of KENNNYYYYYYY!

[@stonium69]

Apparently it does if you're dream

[@rachitkarki7604]

Mother nature has its own way of balancing the system the host is always greater than the predator and we human are always trying to destroy that

[@zabbers]

they made this entire video just so they can say "don't put all your eggs in one basket" at the end

[@nyphiiblue7619]

Some cuckoo species actually kick off the competition from the nest and the fake parents..warblers in this case..will still continue to take care of them! The main idea is that the cuckoo baby doesn't have any intent to kill, it just wants space and so it uses it's feet to grab on the nest and proceed to toss the eggs with it's butt. Oh and it's still blind.

[@brandonpham]

now i just feel bad for the birds :(

[@rushp4614]

Cuckoo : *sees a bird laying eggs* Also Cuckoo : Its free real estate

[@decoyboy483]

Just wait till warblers get new nesting grounds...

[@RingoA]

Hey, minute earth, can you see what the most likely creature from hilda(a show on Netflix) to exist in real life? I love the show and I just saw the Pokemon video and thought of this! :D

[@vincentx2850]

There is also brood parasites among fish and insect, many of which are name after the most famous of them all, the cuckoo.

[@fubberpish3614]

yep! like the Cuckoo Catfish (Synodontis multipunctatus) from Lake Tanganyika in Africa, that finds spawning cichlid fish, and then dashes in and spawns it's own eggs. The cichlids are mouthbrooders (a form of parental care practiced by many fish, where one parent protects the eggs by holding them in their mouth), and will mistakenly pick up and care for the catfish eggs as well. When the catfish fry hatch, they will then begin to voraciously gobble up the cichlid young, as well as unhatched/infertile eggs. You may well have seen a Cuckoo Catfish and not even have known it - they are sometimes kept in aquariums. Their bold spotted patterning and lively, active swimming makes them an attractive fish. However, they require a large tank and due to their lack of scales, are more sensitive to water conditions than other fish.

[@fyukfy2366]

How do the birds carry the eggs tho

[@Sarahbryson321]

Don’t know

[@0xBADFECE5]

Cheaters win in a system where honest players don't know how to fend off cheaters