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[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Is it sad I was really proud of that football edit towards the end? I'll answer that myself.. yes, yes it is sad.. For extra content etc: patreon.com/Homemade_ecoystems

[@rustyhookfishing]

SUIIIIIII!

[@rustyhookfishing]

Thanks for the unboxing!

[@haynabrahma3635]

Hi ❤ur videos❤

[@judymcnaughton9991]

We need a face reveal

[@trueaussieray9093]

Your "Woosh" was to rival any big screen performance! Lol😊

[@oakharts]

I wouldn't mind you narrating my life, with every third sentence being monotone pun or piece of sarcasm..

[@oakharts]

I want the drugs you take @@jjcatsura

[@dukefang1001]

When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.

[@Skillanimation]

​@@oakhartswhere's his comment

[@jaydenjayden3778]

@@Skillanimation They probably deleted it

[@deechsea]

I had to google springtail to see what it was. Apparently, it's considered a nuisance--not because it bites, stings, or damages anything in your house, but merely because people don't want to see it. If it eats mold, I feel like it should be honored and not hated. Poor little, misunderstood bug.

[@daisypekin6787]

insect.

[@mattnar3865]

@@daisypekin6787 "Springtails were once classified as insects, but after discovering their external mouth parts, scientists have classified springtails as hexapods."

[@CormacHolland]

@mattnar3865 correct! Collembolans, or “springtails,” are the primitive Apterygote (wingless) insect-like organisms.

[@pixiethebug]

I agree! Since it doesn't do any harm to us and does a lot of good, I feel like we should appreciate it more. Besides, I kind of like its coloring!

[@morpheusgreene2704]

there is no "we", some of us already appreciate small animals. instead of focusing on a "we", focus on you.@@pixiethebug

[@Hmrogers97]

Please never apologize for your voice or the shots of you stuffing moss into dirt; we all love it.

[@MrNombik]

Hear hear!

[@nanyur3013]

Fr 😁😊

[@sabrinarolim235]

YES

[@stevejenks9940]

I love these videos. Just my style of communication and ̶b̶u̶l̶l̶s̶h̶ skillful terrarium building.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

🤣

[@SussyBaka694-20]

i never thought i would see an ultra scientific terrarium building youtube channel flip off the viewers this is legendary

[@endrankluvsda4loko172]

This is by far the most hilarious educational channel there is. Thank you for the content and spending so much time trying to record an uppity mantis do all the cool stuff.

[@zulgadams5837]

OMG yes, he is soo funny!!!!

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Since the mantis kicked the fly, the football edit was spot on 👍 It's okay, I have the attention span of a fruitfly 🪰

[@bruhbruh9895]

I haven't watched the video yet, but if that animal isn't named Bob, I will NOT put dirt in jar.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Your going to need a jar

[@bruhbruh9895]

@@HomemadeEcosystems LESGOOO! HIS NAME IS BOB!

[@fbcan15]

Do you have small shovel ?

[@2shy1151]

The tiny shovel and Bob's are a delight to see! Always a giggle!

[@fbcan15]

@jlorrainekoopps my bad. of course it must be the TINY shovel because we all love that little TINY thing :D

[@ashikat413]

I LOVE BOB SO MUCH!!!!!!! I looove mantids! Where I live, we only have two species and they're just very plain green mantids, but I catch one or two every year at the end of the season. I wait until they have most likely mated already, and it's starting to get too cold for them to live in the wild much longer. That way I'm not too worried about messing up the ecosystem, and I get to watch some elderly mantids live out the rest of their days in peace vuv Sadly, they only live for a couple of months if you catch them that late in the year, but hey. It's a good couple of months for the old fuckers

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

That is awesome! In my country there isn't even 1 species in the wild unfortunatly

[@DrMalsyn]

Be the change you want to be in the world. (Do not actually release mantids into the wild.)

[@dazultra2000]

Takes a lot for me to laugh out loud but you manage it every time. Good work dude!

[@martinberlanga6272]

Great video! Best part was the box unboxing!

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

I know I had to put that in

[@backwards7]

A mantis that looks like some dead leaves, whose flycatching technique is a trade secret that is considered too hot for KZbin. A large beetle whose back markings perfectly imitate a KZbin silver creator award, which it uses to ensnare likes. The natural kingdom is filled with wonders and pieces of bark.

[@fbcan15]

We love you man. You are the best youtuber/biologist.

[@neskey]

He's swaying in the nonexistent wind thats so cute

[@rolmops883]

I've not lived, or even been in Belgium for years, but I do remember many nights that started with a joyous "ééntje is geentje", only to turn in to blurry, scattered memories, and ending in me waking up the next day (way too late) with unexplained bruises and a splitting headache. Perhaps my mistake was that I never had any rocks on me at the time

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

That is the life motto of almost every Belgian person

[@JDeppFan2272]

Am I the *only* one more interested in this guys sense of dry humor and voiceover than the actual content?

[@guufiplays2681]

Bob is such a beautiful apex, thank you for caring for him

[@MusicFreak0426]

My fella I fucking love your sense of humor.

[@claydillard6811]

"Once you grow moss, you can never get a loss." This quote needs to be in history books.

[@fantomghost6213]

Another masterpiece from the ...er.....master...Thanks!!

[@FriendlyKat]

3:26 Incredible. 5:13 I knew you were gonna say that. I've seen so many of your videos that I know your self deprecating humor now. LOL We love Bob.

[@tsukikoafton1235]

"That's actually very beautiful" ~Me at 2:50

[@whimsicalgarbage]

couldn't imagine a better start to my day

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Have a nice day!

[@InfernoVerse975]

The way he always names the main creatures “Bob” 💀

[@rococogoth]

"These isopods feed on decaying matter, which is why they love my hand." Fixed it. :D

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

😂

[@_-_Mushroom_-_]

I just love your vids bc there educational and funny. Something a lot of KZbinrs can’t do❤❤

[@chunkybird1241]

Best of luck to you, Bob 💪

[@vindafler]

Someone should say him that "most boring part" is in the same way interesting/comforting as the rest of video

[@wanderer8336]

Bob's got some awesome creepy ninja moves. 🖤 Never thought I'd find a mantis "cute",... but here we go. My views on bugs have changed a lot since i started to collect dead ones. Now i love pinning them myself. And i also can't seem to unalive them anymore. Mosquitoes, ticks and other human-bloodsucking f*ckers are fair game though. How is adorable spider Bob doing? 😍 Thanks for the delightful video. Did miss the bubble wrap. 🤔 Have a nice weekend! 🖤🤘

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

The spider is doing great! She is eating a lot and has already molted once

[@harlymeyer1073]

Love your style and vid. perfect. i would donate if i wasnt poor.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Don't worry, you help me by watching!

[@cleandeskpolicy]

Congratulations on 100k followers! Another brilliant and hilarious video, loved it! 😂

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Thanks!

[@wojtazonix]

i love watching u when u putting some moss into terrariums!

[@gezellige_poes967]

So Cool! Love all your content and dry sense of humor! Praying mantises are one of my all-time favorite creatures! I've been fortunate to find the green mantis in my yard, a most welcome inhabitant. Mantises have been around since the Jurassic age, some 200 million years ago... Would love to see a follow up video of Bob!

[@Onsvaltti]

I seriously haven't laughed as often than in your videos in a loooooong time. No "try not to laugh" video get even a smile out of me. And I'm from Finland. We don't laugh. Unless we are drunk. Which I'm not. Maybe. I seriously appreciate your narrative style and humor. Never change.

[@showmeyourkitties]

Bob is so cute! I miss my ghost mantises. They have such great personalities.

[@JaRule6]

I've been experiencing a lot of stress in my life and your videos bring me joy ❤🙏🏻 I love your deadpan humor and I absolutely adore puns. You're a punny guy😂😂😂

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

🤣

[@UnderASwiftSunrise]

Glad to see the return of the moss!

[@robimsel]

This is just peak level humor. I love it.

[@hanscoelmont6383]

I think quite a lot of us have the attention span of a gold-worm here

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

🤣

[@sammygreen066]

What a lovely little creature, I like the pointy crest of its head

[@rebeccanorth8896]

His commentary is perfect 🤣🤣

[@CosmicCorals1]

This is the best voice for this video

[@eamonahern7495]

That's a good looking terrarium. I enjoy watch mantis hunting and eating.

[@ollieworth7341]

i really like the vibes here:) I feel like i could listen for hours while you fill the ground with moss. i really like moss, am not great at growing it somehow (except in a single place we'll get there) and i used to tend to the big patches in my yard as a kid and nothing made me happier than to sit in the dirt with a lil notebook, draw the moss i saw, and name it. once i got a little older, i would ask the adults at school is they could write the "fancy name for my moss", and the gym teacher used to spend time learning about moss so he could teach me things about it and tell me scientific names. recently i've set up lots of plants in my room, got sad and yknow how it is. i have a silver pothos with some pink polka-dots in a lil fishbowl because it fit perfectly on my window, the glass is covered of course but i like to see the roots, which through the year its getting pretty root bound. the polka-dots have taken off like CRAZY to the point where they're propagating with almost all of my other plants, and one of them even fell over and started rooting in a neighbouring pot like a strawberry vine hehe but most shockingly, this lil fishbowl has become superior at growing moss. maybe i overwatered once? but the entire surface, my lil rocks, my cool piece of wood that my pothos used to grow on, is now thick and tall moss that i cant identify! looks nothing like most of my native mosses. like mini grass but each little strand is super super tiny. its even started popping up under the soil where my cover is getting thinner. your terrariums are gorgeous, and little mantis friend looks super happy! ive seen your channel a few times, and im sad i haven't subbed until now, your content is a genuine joy to watch:) cant wait for the next upload!

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yeah moss can be hard to grow sometimes so it is indeed super cool to watch it pop up out of nowhere! Glad you like the videos!

[@MeanDean423]

Love your ecosystem videos and your humour. They are very entertaining. You make me laugh out loud also. Keep up the good work and lots of love to Bob, from Scotland. 😂😂😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Mendafaen]

You get me with the circle every time. So, The Game, you lost it. Hah.

[@calm_lu]

I saw a little car with the name Bob on his license plate today, what are you doing in my city 🧐😂

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Getting another Bob!

[@JamesFromTexas]

Another great video! Love to see your channel grow!

[@Chillykitten42]

Your content is… incredible. I’m almost done binging all of your videos, and I’m not looking forward to completing the task. Please, keep it up dude. So entertaining and so informative. I’m definitely going to build one of my own in the future, thanks to you.

[@damonmcdaniel1570]

Still love the sarcasm lol, ready to see(or not see) the next update. Good luck buddy.

[@xtrellahh]

I was very happy i identified the ghost mantis from the blurred thumbnail

[@pixiethebug]

I actually enjoy watching you put the terrariums together. Also, the Mantis is adorable and I like him ❤ I now want one! 😂 this channel makes me wants animals. I love animals! They're so cool! ❤ ❤❤ I am working on getting my biology degree.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

awesome! Good luck with getting your degree, it can be hard sometimes!

[@pixiethebug]

@@HomemadeEcosystems Thanks ❤ I had worked on getting it before and gave up, but thought I'd go back and get it.

[@btnoodles2952]

This is the perfect channel to get high to while watching. Chill vibes, funny, and educational in just the right amounts.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

You are not the first to say that 😂

[@FuriosoDrummer]

Preying Mantises are truly the coolest bug.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

They really are!

[@mogwiawolf4354]

Hey building it isn't boring also you could maybe talk more in detail on why your adding things to not have awkward silence also yes finally not a sand one the ant ones were kinda boring cause now plant life in their homes so am glad to see plant life in this one

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yes I know, I want to do a more natural setup for my ants too

[@Lusewing]

I love ghosts so much. Just had an ootheca hatch out 9 new babies

[@Static140]

I hope Bob and Bob get along with all the other little Bob's running around 🍻

[@raymondj8768]

I love when you drop a new video Brother you are so funny n make really cool videos keep up the great work !!!!!!!

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Thanks!

[@balghair1]

Love the sense of humour..🙂 dad jokes and puns all around

[@2shy1151]

I hope my 6 yr old nephew likes this as much as i do! He doesn't understand any of the cheeky comments, but he loves any and all your Bobs. However, i dont think any video will top the one where you can see a snail taking a poo. That is a favorite!

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Awesome that he likes nature / animal stuff!

[@alexstone691]

I wish for a figure of that mantis, its so frickin cool like a warhammer40k creature, i might 3d print one lol

[@Yourfriend_Noobyt]

When I first saw and ecosystem it was awesome and then I ran into this guy. Keep up the good work

[@AlfieBDoesStuff]

Here to witness a fresh video which i dont usually do cuz I’m a lazy piece of dirt. That mantis looks nice

[@MrGosvi]

Nice videoo, i missed your bad jokes, they always make me smile, keep up the good work :) Recently I started a closed ecosystem (basicaly some rocks, dirt and isopods in a jar) and I have to say that there is something about lifting rocks looking for bugs, who hasnt done it has no idea about what i am talking, but the expectation and suddenly finding a colony of isopods makes me happy in a way that few things do

[@damienk5011]

Hiya 🌞 just wanted to say how much lm appreciating your narratives, vocal intonations,et al! Am laughing so much,(love the original names ! "Bob") Keep safe, well and content (& prosperous!) Best wishes J.I.M.K Mrs. Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 ♥ 😊

[@uhsaywhatnow]

I’ve always got a like for Bob.

[@JackKahunaLagunaFGC]

Simply incredible 🤯

[@ZorryCafe]

LMFAOO, man i love these vids, your style is so funny, keep it up!!

[@amandahugankiss4110]

oh, my.. that fern-in-my-face was intense

[@othersunsets]

i love bob!! i think it would be so cool to have a mantis. i love your terrarium and those zebra isopods as well!!!

[@gauravkumarshaw7344]

I love a good WOSH

[@Bambisgf77]

That is a gorgeous terrarium!! 🎉

[@rink7723]

i love those Bob Burger Puns :D

[@KayBeeStew]

Love your videos!! Funny, entertaining and I learn a little bit!!

[@robertbaker4186]

Good video, Lovely cat

[@karlyl7616]

What a beautiful little critter Bob is! Hope they're still doing well and munching on lots of flies.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Hi is still very well !

[@joshuakarr-BibleMan]

Did you say people thought that terrarium was too big for him to find food? They normally live in a terrarium large enough to cover a planet, and they find food there.

[@Sapo2125]

Love your Woosh, never stop ❤

[@alexx3847]

I fucking love this channel, this is great lmao

[@londoeblack]

Three thumbs up! Great video. Thanks!

[@yec4073]

Maybe you can put up multiple cameras around the terrarium that are constantly filming, or you can get a camera arm with a programmable interface and have an AI follow the mantis around

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

I want that now

[@WhiteCircle63]

Nice 👍

[@alexvader9873]

Omg, you are so damn funny. Love watching your videos.

[@aearnold1001]

What a coincidence right when you said so if the weather is nice, I hear thunder

[@SeriviusR]

Love your videos, so much sarcasm I would have almost thought you were a fellow Aussie :)

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Belgians have a lot of sarcasm too 🤣

[@jamnoise72]

Please can we talk about the 'cinematic shot'? .. Please...? You are too funny and you are dry as the moss you got me pissing myself here. Love from the UK. New sub x

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

No one should ever talk about that....

[@jamnoise72]

@@HomemadeEcosystems I wish to discuss it at some point 🤣🤣

[@bubblegumcupcake3216]

“Woosh.” “I have real woosh sounds but it always sounds better when you do it yourself doesn’t it?” “Yeah I should not do that again.” “…” “Woosh.”

[@crazybro6585]

I am so happy I subscribed

[@robandrews9165]

Dudes a legend!

[@davidthornton5327]

Your dead pan humour is brilliant by the way. +1 subscriber 👍✌️

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Welcome

[@drinkinbuddy8264]

2k like let’s go. Always appreciate the work you do and it always looks great

[@greypatch8855]

Mantis are amazing

[@Mr.Ice777]

Takes a lot for me to laugh out loud but you manage it every time. Good work dude! I definitly dindt copy anyone😏

[@JJ_Ginnus]

I like these videos because it actually has humor

[@Rajdeep007lol]

Damn you get me every time with 👌😂😂 Great video btw❤❤❤

[@teamboyle]

The second I sore this video I new it would deliver

[@waterisgold]

I love this so much

[@florabelas8021]

Bob is so cute!

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Great video!