Life or Death Farts: How Animals Use Passed Gas

[@mrt88music]

The best part is how much Hank is loving this

[@DefnitelyNotFred]

I really love when Hank goes off script. Maybe the other hosts do it too, I've noticed some of them infusing* their own personality into the script, but Hank is always so theatrically funny 😆

[@ryanmckenzie279]

:yu

[@markchapman6800]

Olivia would have had a ton of fun with this too.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

He's a dad! What do you expect!

[@redstonegenius2609]

That's the best part of everything Hank does

[@laneyh2121]

I had the privilege of snorkeling with manatees. They are gentle, friendly creatures, but I can confirm first hand that they fart, a LOT

[@MrMarinus18]

The Manatee is a really interesting animal. Large marine herbivores are very rare. Manatees have a lot of gas in them which they off-set with extremely dense bones. Manetees have some of the densest bones of any mammal.

[@Pannedcakes-90]

"Basically the worst fourth-grade word problem ever" I'm not sure how recently you told a fourth-grader to solve a word problem involving farts, but I guarantee you that they won't even notice that you said 'Dead Pigeons' because they're too busy laughing about "Farts"

[@timthompson7205]

So that’s why they finally bumped you up to grade 5.

[@osmia]

I'm curious how many people are using the millipede/pigeon data to incorporate into their lessons after this

[@Great_Olaf5]

Millipedes that spew cyanide into the air as a defense mechanism. That's pretty metal.

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

Actually it's non-metal, since cyanide (CN-) has no metals in it.

[@mooshlovely639]

@@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai nice burn bruh

[@mannysong1752]

@@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai actually dork...

[@dan_loup]

And of course a beetle is adapted to feed on em. It's a 5 second rule, where a new beetle species will emerge to feed on the food you dropped if you don't pick it in time.

[@Dragrath1]

@@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai depends on your definition of metal astronomers call everything but Hydrogen and Helium "metals" for some reason so they are astrophysical metals(as we cringe at the poorly chosen definitions of the past) Also fun little note is that any atom can become a metal if you can force it to have more free electrons than its thermodynamic energy balance supports. Quantum degeneracy of electrons is what causes the properties we call metals which is why white dwarfs despite being composed of carbon oxygen and neon exhibit metallic properties

[@markchip1]

Was anyone else imagining turbojet-powered manatees???

[@jlw35cudvm]

What? You’ve never seen them? It’s awesome

[@treker2379]

Intestinal swim bladders are cool and all, but it sure seemed like that was where he was going.

[@47.alessandrosyafeirashid83]

search "Gasopod" from Subnautica lolll literal farting manatee in a game XD

[@melissasaiz19]

Lmao 😂

[@theluckyaceco]

"For some animals farts are a matter of life or death" for the rest of us, however, it's more of a hobby

[@tammymccaslin4787]

One time I ate an entire bell pepper and it sure felt like a life of death situation.

[@sdfkjgh]

@@tammymccaslin4787: How delicate are you? Bell peppers have 0 Scoville. Are you sure it was a bell pepper?

[@tammymccaslin4787]

@@sdfkjgh I was talking about the gas. I thought I was going to explode.

[@sdfkjgh]

@@tammymccaslin4787: Ah. That might be an allergic reaction, in which case you should have that tested by an allergist, or it could be that you've been eating too much preprocessed foods, in which case you should eat more fruits and vegetables.

[@tammymccaslin4787]

@@sdfkjgh bell peppers don’t give everyone gas? I thought it was like cabbage.

[@mal9369]

They could have called them fast AND repetitive ticks

[@iotaplays]

or just Fast Auditory Repetitive Tics

[@illesizs]

I'm disappointed by the lack of sound samples in this video.

[@Kartoffelkamm]

Me too.

[@jnmsks6052]

Maybe that's how this video has some dislikes because I was wondering how someone would dislike this video.

[@MauriceApophis]

Me too! ;) Especially that snake at the beginning was interesting me...

[@melissasaiz19]

Lmao....Right! 😂

[@jamjar5716]

😂

[@-Neo_Genesis-]

Disappointed you didn't include the sounds they make. ☹

[@tituswilkinson4911]

Haha

[@madbyinstinct]

Indeed

[@MarkWTK]

they always don't give us the sounds or video clips, I think it's more of a copyright issue, and they have to ask for permissions from the clip's owners

[@melissasaiz19]

Lmao....Me too! 😂

[@SquirrelASMR]

*A N A L P O P P I N G* I hope this catches on and becomes the new standard 😂😂😂 well done Hank

[@AndiNewtonian]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@therongjr]

As a scientist, I veto "anal popping." We would never get anything done because we would be laughing so much!

[@KelsaRavenlock]

Sounds like the dark side of 80's dance culture.

[@SquirrelASMR]

Now I'm just imagining that thing were you put your finger in your mouth then twist and lever it out so it makes a loud popping noise... but instead of your mouth you use your backside.

[@KelsaRavenlock]

@@SquirrelASMR I'm sure if you ask Jim Carrey he'd know if that was possible.

[@craigtevis1241]

And I always thought that coral snakes were silent but deadly.

[@Crackie420nl]

Yeah as if millipedes arent scary enough yet

[@nolankeohane439]

Tenth to learn about flatulating snakes. What a day.

[@flipnshifty]

10th?

[@herbalterrorist420]

Ruben shifty they probably don’t realise KZbin stats are not updated in real time and they think they were the 10th person to watch the video.

[@gardenhead92]

I think what the beetles are doing would be classified as "sharting"

[@adilsongoliveira]

"... a passive way to steer". Not sure if this was a pun or not :)

[@mwnbeme]

When Hank mentioned that it helps with pitch my mind automatically thought he meant sound pitch not tilt pitch. Like sonic waves help them jet a long easier like a balloon shaped manatee. Pwo-oo-oot! ===3

[@Camperniki]

I just love hearing you talk about such wonderful and silly things

[@DeRien8]

I just watched a TED-Ed about the same topic with a similar list. It's fun to see the memetic trends of the online Science Edu-tainment community.

[@MrTwotimess]

My mother-in-law used her farts to propel herself forward. Massive booms were needed to get up from a chair, then rapid little brrrts for locomotion.

[@alkh2624]

On behalf of all horror movie directors thank you for this intel 8:13 8:31

[@nicoleonfeels]

I definitely fall into the death fart category.

[@Solace6428]

So has anyone who's ever farted in the shower

[@BradenJohnYoung]

Me who ate week-old beans I found at the back of the fridge a few hours ago: Now THIS is relatable content!

[@myopicmind6300]

I wish I could be this excited when talking about farts.

[@MikadoWhispers]

"It should be possible to fart so hard they achieve OR...bit" yes! That's the exact word i was thinking also. No one can prove otherwise.

[@sbomorse]

The slide shows the Ants "poison gland" That should say venom gland, ants that sting are venomous.

[@asvarien]

Any toxic substance that is introduced to it's victim via flesh impalement is venom. It's only poison when it's consumed orally.

[@igormac88]

Cool... manatees fart as propulsion system. The more you know...

[@marchclem3688]

Hank is a good host! Passionate and really forward. My respects, I like my mind being blown and someone accentuating how much it was blown!

[@westlink-west]

So THATS why King Arthur said it was IMPOSSIBLE to cut that tree down with a herring?

[@splatoongoon968]

Exactly, he didn’t want to get the FRTs all over his fancy british armor

[@westlink-west]

Yet, that would NOT make it impossible-just disgusting. Perhaps you should consult one who is more wise in the wats of science. Start with consulting the works of Sir Bedimere.

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

When I was a teen, I went to camp. O e of the other campers could do the burp trick, but with his butt. Dude could fart on command, and even store up enough air to straight up hovercraft slide across the floor. Everyone has a skill...his was the fartercraft.

[@Dan-Simms]

The amount of quotes and sound clips that could be made from this episode are great.

[@movezig5]

"Remember the kid at summer camp who could swallow air and burp his ABCs?" Well, of course I know him. He's me.

[@NadDew]

Whaat not everyone can do that??!!!

[@tleilaxu42]

"And yes, we did check." Rachel G. is doing The Lord's work.

[@נירכהן-ס8ס]

The moral lesson is that even if you think you have a perfect defense, nature will find a way to eat you

[@christianheichel]

I swear I thought you would have mentioned the bombardier beetle. I did like your farting snake though. Cheers... And bottoms up lol

[@k.2358]

"Effortlessly killing 18 pigeons" 😂😂😂

[@markdaniel8740]

The snake is like a giant finger. What do you expect to happen when you pull it?

[@DFFfanalltheway]

Underrated comment

[@PeterHamiltonz]

"If you enjoy this particular style of episode, I have some good news..." Expecting "...we have a channel dedicated to farts".

[@RideRevival]

You're not gonna cover hippo farts? C'mon, they have got to be the most impressive.

[@CMyBigHarryBLLS]

I guess the bombardier beetle was too main stream lol

[@timmcdaniel6193]

I was going to express (heh) my pleasure that they didn't go for the easy one there. Also not quite as fart-like, since there's a lot of substance being sprayed.

[@CMyBigHarryBLLS]

@@timmcdaniel6193 yes It would have been too easy and like the skunk wouldn't have really been in line with a fart

[@curls22]

An episode just on how terrifying and horrifying millipedes are would be awesome!

[@anarchyantz1564]

Why was I not surprised Hank was listed to present this one. He gets all the bodily functions from farts to fossilized puke and coprolites.

[@kfcroc18]

Meanwhile the planet Uranus is farting across the solar system, this is real, and you are welcome.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Uranus is full of methane, smells like rotten eggs, and is absolutely massive. I love how all of human history lined up to make a language where this joke is possible.

[@jamesmueller8701]

Uranus is circled by the star ship Enterprise,,, they are searching for Klingons...

[@mr.lahgcomics5712]

Millipedes after that eating at Taco Bell can kill over 69 pegions

[@JiveDadson]

Five hundred mg of metformin twice daily, and I can accompany the 1812 Overture.

[@batya7]

Manatees..."fart their way around the ocean." Heh heh.

[@tafazzi-on-discord]

i want to taste well done manatee meat

[@trevorkett1655]

@@tafazzi-on-discord only if it was produced by an animal, though. I could inject you with a poison, for example. But a snake injects venom

[@tafazzi-on-discord]

@@trevorkett1655 what does that mean? It's not english, try again.

[@mosquitobight]

Maybe they can use them for sonar or communication

[@tafazzi-on-discord]

@@trevorkett1655 I'll try yet again to ask for clarification. What does your original comment mean? I want to taste manatee meat, what does venom have to do with it?

[@seionne85]

"A passive way" 😂 puns are my fave

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Oh of course this would be a Hank episode. Anyway, continue.

[@adamqazsedc]

He's perfect with these kind of videos

[@sandybarnes887]

Im fairly certain Fast Repetitive Ticks were not meant to be abbreviated as FRTs but as FaRTs

[@Trag-zj2yo]

The cosmos started with a quantum fart

[@mariakasioni416]

I've been watching your videos for quite some time now, but I have to say that this was the funniest one I've seen so far. Thanks! :)

[@reginaldx]

Can confirm that sonoran coral snakes will fart at you. I live in southern AZ and had the pleasure of finding one in my back yard. I put on gardening gloves and picked it up, and then it emitted sounds like a squeaky shoe from its back end; it left a residue on my gloves that smelled like sweaty gym socks. Pretty cute li'l guys.

[@jeremiasrobinson]

I knew I contributed something important.

[@CogswellThatEndsWell]

I had to pause on my Roku and sign in to YT on my phone to comment that this is my new favorite Sci-Show episode. Kudos to whoever wrote this episode!

[@ari505]

Okay I was taking this episode serious. But I lost it when Hank said "blessed them " about the manatees 🤣💨💨💨

[@Gwilfawe]

I swam with a wild manatee in silver glenn FL a year ago, and I thought it had pretty good pitch. Seriously, beautifully, manatees are so gentle and peaceful.

[@tafazzi-on-discord]

I'd farm them. They taste good and don't need too much space to be content.

[@Gwilfawe]

@@tafazzi-on-discord I'm not really a fan of animal agriculture in that way but, okay. To each their own.

[@Fayanora]

I love that there's a species of snakes that queefs to scare predators.

[@themagicman2022]

this episode is a great example of why I love Hank so much. He's so energetic and clearly loves what he does

[@Optamizm]

When I was a kid, we were taught to call farts "pop offs".

[@sdfkjgh]

@Optamizm: Certainly gives somewhat new meaning to the phrase "'ello, love! How 'bout we pop off for a quick one?!" Eproctophilia, anyone?

[@Optamizm]

@@sdfkjgh hahaha

[@maddycarbuncle7567]

I'm unashamed to admit that this is my favourite SciShow video. Of, like, all-time. *filing under bookmarks*

[@decide2think]

What?! No fart sounds included in this video?

[@ludwigiapilosa508]

I also use farts as a means of self defense to deter predators.

[@markchapman6800]

7:39 "The queen goes right in through the front door" even if it would be more fitting to go in through the back door 😁

[@renaissanceman5847]

Left out the most interesting farting bug ever... the bombardier beetle. Literally explosive farts

[@highwinds2c]

Question: Do dragonfly count as something that can propell with gas? I'll need to find sources but I heard they're able to expel water and gas through their abdomen not sure it's a significant propellant but worth looking into XD

[@helenamcginty4920]

Somewhere in my schooling a teacher suggested that manatees were the origin of sailors' stories about mermaids. Those sea voyages must have been very very long.

[@Roonasaur]

They are lol. Ever tried crossing a continent in a car? takes a while. Now remember that the Earth is 70% ocean, and you're going 1/4 the speed . . . and much less than that if relying only on wind power . . .

[@RobSojourn]

Sounds like manatees are more like blimps than just in appearance

[@WvlfDarkfire]

when you think your a badass just remember there is a beetle that eats a millipede capable of producing hydrogen cyanide gas there will always be someone strong and better this is why you must always strive to do better in everything you do

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Okay. I will strive to be cyanide resistant.

[@jackh7183]

“Farting is a matter of life and death.”

[@MorgenPeschke]

Hank: she eats the queen and wears her skin Also Hank: After Hours is for stuff we can't talk about here. Me: 😱

[@grumple_gloop]

What kind of treason happens there??? Should I be scared???

[@ferrywijaya2557]

Cannot stop giggling on how excited he is talking about farts and FRTs

[@grumple_gloop]

I love that I can fall asleep to seal fart steering thanks to scishow it's great thank you for this amazing opportunity

[@takatacheroki2624]

The fact that there's a type of tree called a "loblolly" is very amusing to me

[@Jeremiah13tears]

I just text my best friend “snakes Fart”!

[@mslee3345]

Yo imma do this too

[@Bassotronics]

I’m a simple man. I go to KZbin and learn about farts.

[@sohopedeco]

It's very fitting that "sonora" means "sounding" in Spanish.

[@flipnshifty]

Probably not a coincidence ..

[@napatora]

also i'm really glad you guys noted that it was only an artist's impression of the manatee using its gassy swim bladder

[@sirlagsalot8474]

I thought you'd include the part where lemurs bite and rub those millipedes to get high, I saw it at nat geo before

[@gildedbear5355]

Nature abhors a vacuum, and that's why creatures release gas out into it 8)

[@brandongunnarson7483]

I love the energy in this video

[@mechasentai]

Fast Repetitive Ticks... FRTs 😂

[@jacobendriss7912]

It should be called Backtalin instead of frontalin

[@kimbratton9620]

This was really neat and Hank is one of the best hosts!!

[@chillsahoy2640]

It's an episode about farts. OF COURSE Hank would be hosting it.

[@rogerhinman5427]

When scientists get to make fart jokes.

[@Epicmonk117]

*FRT jokes

[@jimranlet7363]

One of the best episodes I’ve ever seen!

[@InezAllen]

the best fact i know about farts is that in Proto-Indo-European, the reconstructed language that is the common ancestor of English, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, etc. linguists have reconstructed one word that means a loud fart and another that means a soft fart

[@lashamartashvili]

I wonder if there's a link betweeb FRTs and Fast Radio Bursts. What if we have found a life identifying signatures?

[@MrBillyT03]

This was hilarious...and educational...PURE GENIUS!

[@clown454]

5:22 I could just picture Paul and John trying to killing a tree

[@Johnnythefirst]

I wanna hear the snake. Should have been included! :p

[@atltopbud4963]

So manatees are literally "just farting around" ....lol... you are welcome

[@tafazzi-on-discord]

why don't we farm manatees? They're said to taste good and I can't imagine that they'd eat stuff too different from cows.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Bombardier Beetles should have gotten an honorable mention.

[@oswaldjh]

Can't help thinking about the Ass Blaster creatures in Tremors 3 that launched themselves by farting.

[@samadritapathak9944]

Birds have to protect their reputation by not farting, but pooping anywhere and everywhere, and literally dumping these poop bags on everything is okay for their reputation? Okay dude 🙄😂😂

[@SanctuaryReintegrate]

7:59 We need a "Hank with no context" video.

[@SquirrelASMR]

Imagine the scientists that chose to dedicate their life work to studying animal farts. Their parents must be so proud...

[@Fusako8]

Shoulda talked about Labyrinth fishes and Catfish that breath air through their intestines. And add a side note for how adorable Corydoras catfish reproduce. . .

[@sarahs3832]

My kids are gonna love this one!

[@napatora]

i have never even considered whether or not a snake could fart, but if you'd asked me if they did i probably would have guessed no.

[@johnanderson5500]

Ooooo i wanna join the patron so bad but i don't have the money to keep it going. After hours sounds absolutely awesome!!!!!

[@kokroucz]

About FRTs there is a thing called 4 Fs of surviving. Fighting Fleeing Feeding and ... mating