Misconceptions About 64 Different Animals

[@TRDPaul]

Elephants are notoriously afraid of bees, the sound of bees is often used as a deterrent to keep elephants away from areas they are not wanted

[@regularly_priced]

Probably due to their acute hearing abilities

[@Zen-Learns]

@@regularly_priced The hearing helps them detect bees/wasps, but they are actually afraid because they have extremely thin and vulnerable skin around their face and swarms of bees are capable of taking down a grown buffalo with enough stinging

[@regularly_priced]

@@Zen-Learns that makes more sense

[@ChauncyCharm]

​@@Zen-Learns buffalos arent Elephants tho?

[@jsgv7935]

@@ChauncyCharm if it can kill a buffalo it can definitely hurt an elephant.

[@AnAlbinoGiraffe]

Disappointed you guys didn’t talk about how hamsters usually only eat their young when they’re stressed. Usually that stress comes from inadequate housing, like the way-too-small Crittertrail cages and other popular brands which are actually way too small for a happy hamster

[@felixthelemon978]

Definitely. And hamster mills often starve the hamsters so much that they have to cannibalize to survive. In natural conditions, they would have no reason to go to such lengths

[@wannabewyvern]

a lot of mammals will kill and eat their young is they are super stressed, it’s sad really

[@lillucifer393]

Rabbits are worse. It dont take much for them to pack the whole family up and take a trip to the digestive system.

[@DustyHoney]

They also eat their babies when they lack the nutrients to produce milk. Many pet hamsters are fed improperly. If you consider this on top of the fact pet hamsters are often kept in cages which are too small, put in hamster balls, sometimes kept with/within sight of other hamsters, the chances of eating their babies are much higher than a healthy and properly cared for hamster.

[@daforkgaming3320]

Rlly? I always thought it was just because they didn’t have enough milk to feed them all

[@goldenappel]

38:26 I had a relative who owned a small flock of sheep and I sometimes helped out with shearing and dipping. They are as obstinate and independent as any other intelligent animal when you're trying to coerce them into something they don't want to do.. I always laugh when I see the word 'sheeple' being used because sheep are stubborn b*stards who will kick and bite against anything they don't like, even if it's in their best interests.

[@invisibleninja86]

Yeah, the only farm animal Ive ever been attacked by was a sheep. Haha

[@rickwrites2612]

I mean that last part of last sentence is exactly what sheeple do

[@pokeypoker6208]

​@@rickwrites2612 From my experience, it's what people who tend to call others "sheeple" do.

[@awlig]

Stubborn bstrds who Kick and bite at something they dont like even if it's good for them? Sounds like a human to me lol

[@pumkin610]

People who are afraid of being manipulated are really easy to manipulate, just tell them they are being manipulated and they will say "I knew it!", Just tell them that they are being lied to and they'll be much more willing to accept things that are clearly lies as truth. The most mundane and simple and obvious answer is usually correct and maybe the most commonly accepted thing is accepted for a good reason.

[@johnjohnson8575]

I've worked with sheep and I can tell you they do have different personalities. Most in my flock would be willing to follow my command but there were two sheep that just didn't care. I literally had to push them to move on. The other sheep were much more timid at different levels

[@velonico]

Let's all send our thanks to the Happy Farmer with this dillema.

[@fireincarnation2348]

Ugh and one with an escape issue will lead the whole herd out.

[@barbararowley6077]

My favourite misconception featuring an Australian animal is about a small, mouse-like marsupial called the antechinus. The males die immediately after their breeding season, and the widespread misconception (that you’ll even find in some textbooks) is that it’s from exhaustion. Whilst it is a rather frenetic breeding season, they’re actually dying of old age. The females live a month or so longer, dying shortly after the young are weaned. The main lecturer in Marsupial Biology, back in my Uni days, was one of the few people to manage to successfully keep them in captivity and made sure we were disabused of the myth.

[@otterspotter]

Pigs most certainly don't sweat much to cool off. Worked on a small pig farm and there are few things more full of joy than when I busted out the hose on them during the summer. They were livid with happiness. Second only to that was when I would bring them apples from the orchard. And I recently explained to someone from a non-skunk part of the world, they almost never spray. They will spray dogs, but that's because dogs are stupid and chase them all up in their business. There is a skunk that currently lives under my back deck. I see him at times, though he's mostly nocturnal. They're very cute, very passive, mostly just like to be left alone. One of their lesser known defense mechanisms is that skunks are also extremely fluffy, which makes them appear larger to any potential predators. Their defense is fluff... how cute is that?

[@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043]

Hey, just as a question, do pigs make more sounds when they are happy??? Or how do you know they were happier?

[@lithunoisan]

Happy Pig happy gig.

[@maxdickens2347]

ive dealt with a handful of skunks and the worst i got was we spooked each other and they did this stomping hiss before running off. (i to jumped back and kinda yelped in shock.) most of them just glanced a few times before going on their way. they are so cute and sweet

[@indyduinmeijer6435]

To add to the flamingo fact, they are actually born tiny very white fluffballs, they grow a bit, then they turn grey, when they have all their full adult feathers without ever having eaten carotene they would actually be more like white again and not grey. When parent flamingos feed their chicks they also feed them the carotene which often results in the parents losing a significant amount of their own pink color resulting in the parents starting to turn white :)

[@sciverzero8197]

The toreador's cape isn't arbitrary, its actually functional so that the audience can see the toreador and what they're doing easier. Bright red is traditional, but any bright color that doesn't blend in with the surroundings would be valid. Red does come with other benefits like hiding blood.

[@AmaraJordanMusic]

The horse thing makes me think of cats. Cats take “cat naps” where their heads are off the ground and lightly sleep, but to get deep sleep, they have to succumb to gravity and put that head down!

[@AlbieStarr]

65: hippo milk isn't pink. Their sweat turns a dark red when it's exposed to sunlight, and sometimes it gets mixed with their white milk - making it look pink

[@ettinakitten5047]

Given that cats have been known to win fights against large dogs and even bears, and solitary predators tend not to be risk-takers when hunting for food, it makes sense that foxes aren't a big threat to most cats.

[@kira3835]

Source for a domestic cat winning a fight with a bear/large dog? 'Cause coyotes kill cats all the time, and it certainly doesn't require a pack of them.

[@serixskylark]

@@kira3835 it probably depends on how skittish and/or meek the opponent is. A large animal trying to go after a generally smaller animal might be quite startled when it stoically stands it’s ground and even fights back, and may just give up or leave as a result. Some bears are wusses- acting more like large raccoons than a fearsome bear- and might just turn tail and run when something comes at it with it’s claws swinging, as well as making a lot of noise, with the most likely candidates being smaller bear species. I doubt a grizzly would be at all phased, unless it is somehow severely caught off guard. Large dogs being put off by cats is something I have actively witnessed, both on the streets and in my own home. They will generally choose to just walk away, after a good deal of looking confused by the cat’s posturing. Other times they just won’t appreciate being scratched in the face and will either run or fight back twice as hard. Again, depends on the animal, and even the individual dog. Not all cats are brave enough to actually stand their ground, either.

[@kira3835]

@@serixskylark @SerixSkylark I agree with all that, but what you're describing is not a fight, it's just an encounter. You said that cats have survived fights with bears. I read a study where a number of coyotes were tracked for a period of time. They found that 50% of the time a coyote encountered a cat, the cat did not survive. It seems to me that the other half where the cat did survive *probably* had everything to do with the coyote's disinterest, and very little to do with the cat's fighting ability. And back to your original comment, foxes are very close in size to a cat. So foxes not messing with cats makes perfect sense for that reason alone, they simply don't have a strong enough upper hand.

[@serixskylark]

@@kira3835 tbf I wasn’t the person who said they survived, I was just giving possible reasons they could’ve. It’s all just theory crafting besides those times I did witness a few events.

[@theymi]

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[@JackieOwl94]

5:32 Elephants also HATE bees, and farmers in elephant habitat have set up real and artificial beehives around their crops as a pollinator system and deterrent for a lot of crop pest animals.

[@dollybentley4029]

The cows having 4 stomachs misconception proper annoys me! I have a zoology degree and I could literally tell people that a cow and a dog are the same and people would believe me! But I say a cow has 1 stomach with 4 chambers and no one listens! 😩😩😩

[@PabloSanchez-qu6ib]

Cows don't have 4 stomachs?. OK. But what about teenage boys?

[@neoqwerty]

@@PabloSanchez-qu6ib It's a stomach of holding, that's all

[@ploopy8780]

"just because the species is super old, doesnt mean horse shoe crabs arent livin it up. infact, they even engage... in group sex" lmfao that caught me off guard

[@fluxster1022]

I had a dog and a rabbit in the house at one point. I always gave the dog a piece of meat while I was cooking breakfast. One morning a threw a piece of bacon down for him and the damn rabbit came in, took it, and ATE it. The dog and I looked at each other with basically the same "wtf" expression 🤣Miss you both!

[@lithunoisan]

Thus the Killer Rabbit was born.

[@julzhunt7790]

😳Rabid Rabbit😆

[@SteamHyenaz]

Having a dog and rabbit in the same house is an incredibly bad idea

[@amarketing8749]

​@@SteamHyenaz Animals that are raised together as a family often defy expectations.

[@avanelletheclockfriend2515]

*Misconception: Wasps are jerks* The truth is, wasps are not nearly as aggressive as many people seem to portray them. While they will defend their nests if you get too close, or sting if you try to swat at or grab them, they do not actively seek out people to hurt. Usually, when they’re buzzing around you when you’re outside, they just want to figure out what you are, or are interested in any food you might have. If you’re out having a picnic or something you can easily prevent run-ins by just giving them their own plate or napkin with a small amount of food away from the group; they will choose that over getting close to the giants and their feast. They are incredibly intelligent as far as insects go; studies have shown they can recognize and remember different people, and will communicate with their colonies whether or not someone is a friend or foe. If you establish yourself as someone who isn’t a threat, they will eventually stop becoming nervous around you, so long as you don’t threaten them or their nest. In fact it’s entirely possible to befriend a colony by giving them fruit or unprocessed honey or the like; they will remember and pretty much teach new workers “that giant is nice, it gave us yummy food, it is an ally”. Of course, that will change if you try to kill any of them or take down their nest, but that’s your own fault for befriending a bunch of little guys and then betraying them. *Misconception: Wasps don’t do anything useful* Wasps are actually very good to have around, especially for gardeners. They are not only important pollinators, but influence the populations of many different insects we consider to be pests. They can be both predators and parasitoids of caterpillars, beetles, cockroaches, etc. Because of that, they act as all-natural, free pest control, and without them all agriculture would suffer greatly. *Misconception: All bees live in colonies* This is far from the truth, as in reality most bees(and wasps) are solitary! Among them are mason bees, carpenter bees, sweat bees, and others, and they live in all kinds of environments. Did you know there’s a species that carves their homes in sandstone, and will even use water as a tool to make the work easier? They only live in one small area of the United States, and older individuals can be identified because their mandibles will be worn down by the work. Did you know there are multiple kinds of blue bees? You have the blue carpenter bees in Australia, for example, that look like plush toys made with the wrong color; there’s the tiny blue orchard bee here in the United States, too, which are shiny and quite docile. Did you know that there are bees with relationships to plants so specific, those plants would likely die out without them? There are flowers that get pollinated by tricking male bees into trying to mate with them; in fact, the reason vanilla has to be hand-pollinated is because the bee it relied on was driven to extinction. These are the bees that are in danger and need to be saved, NOT honeybees. The latter is actually quite invasive in many areas they’ve been introduced and have been slowly outcompeting native bees, often at the expense of the ecosystem. They introduce diseases and parasites, and take nectar and pollen in such large quantities that native bees don’t have enough for themselves. They may not produce honey, but solitary bees are still vital to the earth and human agriculture. Even if they weren’t, why must an animal be directly beneficial to us to be considered worth saving? Why do they need to justify their existence solely in terms of what they do for us; is being a beautiful and unique part of nature not enough reason to be worth preserving for the future? And finally *Misconception: rats are inherently filthy* Rats are only as dirty as their environment. They actually groom themselves more often than domestic cats, and prefer to be hygienic when possible. Basically, imagine if someone washed their hands or took a shower on the spot whenever they were nervous, bonded with their friends by bathing each other, and also just did their best to avoid getting dirty. That is how rats tend to live. They are intelligent animals and are fully capable of bonding with people, and one of the ways domestic rats will express affection to their owners is trying to groom them. They’ll groom themselves to calm down or each other to establish close bonds. Rats said “giving and taking showers is a love language”, and I’m inclined to agree after going to a crowded convention not too long ago. (Shoutout to the Arlington NARBC for teaching me that there are in fact people who seem to have a violent aversion to showers and deodorant and it wasn’t just a meme)

[@rocketdino3206]

I will personally cause the extinction of every wasp I don’t care about the ecological ramifications of my actions

[@greghaggerty9996]

Woah I didn't realize wasps could type youtube comments

[@elihyland4781]

THIS is the propaganda I needed. Verrrrry cool stuff. Had zero idea. Kinda love how misunderstood they are

[@BroYoutubeRuinedMyUsername]

As somebody who lives in the Northeastern United States, the wasps here, much like our people, are very aggressive.

[@MiaTheSpinoQueen]

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[@missheadbanger]

The birds we call Penguins are named after the extinct great auk (Pinguinus impennis). Both are flightless, and they look similar, with black and white coloring. Their habitats are on opposite poles and are not closely related to each other. The razorbill or lesser auk is the closest living relative of the great auk, The bird can both fly and dive.

[@phillipcooper1605]

Impennis lol

[@bradsports]

Was the great auk a common site in coastal Europe before extinction? I know they were quite plentiful here in Newfoundland. I’m just wondering when exactly the auk was discovered in relation to the penguins of the Southern Hemisphere

[@beew.7904]

⁠@@bradsports Yes they were!! They were actually dispersed throughout the North Atlantic area before going extinct. :)

[@JamieDenAdel]

The one time I was at a goat farm, a large portion of the juveniles were crowded up against the barn wall, eating the paint.

[@greggdilligaffshelly]

What's your paint? Sorry ..do you have a complaint??

[@OneBentMonkey]

Lead paint has a sweet taste.

[@brianargo4595]

​@@OneBentMonkey one of the reasons the Greeks and Romans served wine in lead vessels, it added sweetness and reduced their leaders to morons

[@amberkat8147]

I sure hope it wasn't lead paint.

[@pussyslayer1484]

maybe the walls were whitened with calcium. they dometimes eat it cuz it's nutritious.

[@matthiaso57]

For half of these i thought "who believes this?" Ponies are baby horses? Really????

[@Brendawallingbear]

Children.

[@Derekreallysaidthat]

What about the other half 😅

[@mikeingyu580]

As someone who learned english as a second language, I thought they were synonyms

[@jordanclarke2889]

I blame Pokémon

[@draco_1876]

A lot of people unironically do

[@paulmiddleton8699]

I know another owl fact, they don't mate when its raining because it is too wet to woo. Lol.

[@HayTatsuko]

Squirrels at the Sumter County (Alabama) courthouse in Livingston learned that the front ends of vehicles parked on the sides of the square were a fine source of chitinous critters to add to their diets. They were frequent visitors, raiding whatever auto grilles they could reach, and sometimes even climbing up onto taller vehicles to get better access to the pre-squashed insects they craved, or going inside the engine compartment for a finer dining experience from the front of the radiator.

[@k-oticheart1573]

So, it's a good place to get the bugs cleaned off your car then. Noted.....😂

[@bradsports]

I wonder what larger animal will then learn to seek out these bug covered vehicles in hopes of finding a broiled squirrel or two caught in the engine. #the circle of life

[@juliagoolia5604]

Omigosh! That lemming story is unbelievable! Poor lil guys

[@markpimlott2879]

Yes, the cinematographers dumped voles and southern Canadian species similar to the three Arctic Lemming species, from containers into the Bow River just upstream of Calgary Alberta! That was during the mid-50s; however, unfortunately, there's still fraudulent nature footage being created since 'the real thing' is often so difficult and time-consuming to capture! 😮😢🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 😢😮

[@arunb2282]

i always thought that the salmon jumping was because they needed to swim up rivers and waterfalls to get to their breeding spots. Isn't that the general consensus?

[@MichelleEvans_CatLady]

Animal science graduate here, I don't love to correct the cows have four stomachs myth 🙂. and my cat does greet me at the door with a meow

[@Sarappreciates]

*Top 10 Reasons Marine Animals Jump:* 1. escape a predator 2. catch prey 3. scratch an itch 4. sheer curiosity: what does this do? 5. change of scenery 6. doin' it for the gram 7. autoerotic asphyxiation 8. reset a dislocated fin 9. school shooting 10. dislodge parasites

[@GenericDan]

6 and 9 are the most plausible.

[@montgomeryfortenberry]

I kinda thought they jumped due to migration

[@Sarappreciates]

@@montgomeryfortenberry I think that's #5.

[@montgomeryfortenberry]

@@Sarappreciates most def

[@MikeP2055]

Comedian Nate Bargatze's lengthy bit about a "dead horse" is one of my favorite stand-up premises.

[@tenzhitihsien888]

Generally speaking, "bug" can refer to any arthropod. It doesn't have to be an insect.

[@nerdwisdomyo9563]

I once saw a Fox scaring off a cat on a walk, the cat was like “ok ok geez quit bugging me” and walked away

[@TheSkinnyZ]

8:15 can confirm that although goats might not eat tin cans, they do eat paper bags. At least we had one that did that when I was a kid.

[@flowertrue]

This channel continues to put out consistently excellent content. -- a seal watching this channel

[@jimgsewell]

It is a misconception that turkeys are so dumb that when it rains, they look up, open their mouths and drown.

[@rexology_bg]

Turkeys are dumb, just not quite that dumb.

[@kyleellis1825]

It's a specific disease/parasite that can make turkeys do it as far as I remember.

[@nikkicat254]

I know one fact, that Pigeons and Doves part of the same bird family, but most people think Pigeons are nasty and annoying, but love Doves, when both makes the same cooing sounds, there is just more Pigeons apparently! Of course Doves are on average are smaller then Pigeons! I for one love both, years ago there were these Doves that made a nest on my mothers Carport, in this planter she had set on the air-conditioner, every year for at least a decade! They would come and lay their eggs there like clock work!

[@jeremywanner4526]

Pigeons generally carry more parasites than dove like fleas and lice because of living in close proximity with livestock.

[@gabrielbernard5440]

Dove and pigeon is truly an even more puzzling thing than horse and pony. Because fruit doves are some of the biggest pigeons ever. And even the Dodo was a pigeon. Even our domestic pigeon came from...the rock dove. And the white doves released at weddings are also simply white breed pigeons. Unfortunally often not homing breeds, and therefor totally helpless, like if you throw a persian cat out into the forest. Especially those show pigeons, like fan tails and wedding ones, are breed to be handled by humans, seek out humans and have no real sense of danger, so they either get eaten, or starve to death because they are often very bad at foraging. Some more ethical providers breed white homing pigeons for these events, which are not as docile, know their way home, know dangers and can find food without human help, and those fly back to their breeder. I had one once, who had a single black tail feather and was therefor either to be eaten, or given anway. I took her, she was the most agressive, dominant pigeon I had, good for survival in the wild, especially if you are as easily visible as a white bird. And like 90% of feral pigeons are homing pigeons, or their offspring, very few ornamental breeds make it without human help. But if you see a very colourfull pigeon, one with fluff on the head or feet or otherwise different to what you see as a *normal* feral pigeon, it has some show breed ancestors. Just like 70 years ago pigeons were part of many households, also for meat and because you just let them out during the day and clean the place you keep them it, and get fertilizer for the garden. There were laws that punished pigeon thieves rather hard, and during the war where they were used not only as mail carriers, but also used to find soldiers lost on sea(because their eyesight is so much better than humans and yes you can train pigeons to alert to humans while sitting in a plane, or to warn about medical emergencies like low blood sugar/seizure), at worst you could be shoot if you killed a pigeon. Some pigeons also became war heroes, because despite losing an eye and a leg, Cher Ami made it back through enemy fire and saved a few hundred soldiers. You can train pigeons like parrots, they will listen to commands and are much less destructive than big parrots. Also, feral pigeons do not really get humans sick, you would have to roll around in their droppings or eat the pigeon raw for getting a disease from them. Chicken and their eggs are a much more greater risk to your health. Not one case of salmonella per year from pigeons, but sure many from chickens. But if you are sensitive to dust, pigeons might not be for you, same as other birds, because they produce dust-dunes to powder their feathers and make them water resistant. It is the same with feral cats and dogs, if you release a pet and do not care for it and it has to survive on garbage, do not be surprised for them being sick and thin, or them pooping everywhere. That is something people have to realise when they harp on about pigeon poop. Justz like other bird poop, healthy pigeons produce firm balls that can be easily wiped away while sick birds produce diarhea that can stain wood, plastic and even metal.

[@tecumsehcristero]

Fun Fact- sloths can swim faster than most people

[@nyeeeessss7674]

+ it's due to their stomach gas that keeps them buoyant

[@tecumsehcristero]

@@nyeeeessss7674 That's pretty cool. thanks for the neat science fact

[@HoboThatIsHigh]

Fun fact: My cat loves laying on my lap every day when I get home from work

[@SillyGnome]

I wonder if the foxes hunting cats one started with people simply confusing foxes with coyotes

[@gabrielbernard5440]

Also, some people like to blame foxes when the greater danger is dogs, cars, rat poison and humans themselves. If the cat does not come back from a stroll, it is easier to blame a fox than your neigbours dog, or the car...or the neighbour. I won't let my cats roam free anymore because there are too many bad people our there harming cats

[@kyleellis1825]

@@gabrielbernard5440 Outdoor cats are a menace to the wildlife anyway. They shouldn't be outside.

[@amarketing8749]

​​@@kyleellis1825This is a misconception based on faulty science. The original scientist has been trying to correct the mistake, but it is hard to convince people, especially when they have been gifted the prey their cats have killed. Cats are amazing hunters, but are not the environmental menace they have been made out to be. The exceptions are Island nations that had no native predator. In that case large amounts of cats were brought in to counteract the original invasive rabbit. The rabbit had also been released in quantities and without a natural predator quickly got out of control. Really the terrible species in all this is man. Without human interference those specific problems wouldn't exist.

[@billyr2904]

The difference between a cougar and big cat, is that big cats can roar while cougars cannot.

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

yeah this comes from the shape of a panthers skull vs other types of cats

[@ericvandenavond8748]

Doesn't this also apply with the ability to purr?

[@billyr2904]

@@ericvandenavond8748 yes

[@gabrielbernard5440]

this is why cheetas are not big cats, because they meow and purr

[@Dicyroller]

It is crazy how many of these things I was taught in school.

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

Brain-washed and lied to, not 'taught'.

[@matchi457]

"average person eats 3 spiders a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[@SilverionX]

It occurred to me that the whole sheep thing was from Christianity and their use of sheep metaphors. Calling a congregation the flock and the priest the shepherd and Jesus the lamb of god and so on. Since the church was really keen on keeping common people docile and compliant for the most part, it seems like a logical connection because that's what you're implying when you call someone a sheep. Maybe that's overthinking it.

[@AutodidactEngineer]

Aa an atheist I felt offended

[@ToastedTater420]

I actually went on a Caribbean cruise In march and got to see some flamingos in person. I actually knew the fact of where their color comes from being from what they eat and the tour guide said “the babies are grey and the males will grow up to be pink but the females will go white” I explained the real reason why they are pink to my family and we had a little chuckle. It’s crazy how common some of these misconceptions are. Very entertaining and educational video you earned a sub ❤

[@indyduinmeijer6435]

To add to the flamingo fact, they are actually born tiny very white fluffballs, they grow a bit, then they turn grey, when they have all their full adult feathers without ever having eaten carotene they would actually be more like white again. When parent flamingos feed their chicks they also feed them the carotene which often results in the parents losing a significant amount of their own pink color resulting in the parents starting to turn white :) they are also born with straight beaks and over time it grows into the famous curved beak!

[@WorldWeaver]

To add onto what you said abt coral: The algae is what gives it those bright colors and makes its food, but it leaves if the conditions in the area get too harsh. That exit is known as Coral Bleaching, and is the bane of many reefs. Sharks are older than trees. Leaf sheep are one of few photosynthetic animals. Whale sharks identify each other based on the unique patterns on their backs. Have a wonderful day/night :)

[@bicivelo]

"Yes, customer service? Yes. Please cancel my porcupine order."

[@stephaniemcgivern2508]

I knew we didn't swallow spiders in our sleep but why not mention spiders georg? it's the best evidence against the myth

[@theunspoke815]

YEP!!! Born in '75 & when I was 2, I REALLY didn't want that bath & ran past my mom, out the back door & all the way to the back fence wearing my "birthday suit" & looked down and said "OOOOO a PRETTY KITTY & tried to pet it!! YEAH!!! Right in the face!!! And let me tell you, that's something you DO NOT FORGET!!! You also don't forget that mom believed the tomato juice hack so I got THREE baths of tomato juice everyday for MORE than a week!!! I'm almost 48 and that really feels like yesterday!! AAAHHH!!! THE 70'S!!! ✌

[@missoula2213]

I found a cat through an ad in the paper as a present to my wife when we were first married, but for these last 18 years, the cat has claimed me as his human. He loves her too, but he clings to me and always has. I am convinced that he genuinely loves me.

[@izzym4318]

so sweet

[@ZENegade]

Dunno if anyone's mentioned this: Mythbusters did an Elephant vs Mouse experiment. The Elephant legit jump-scares when it sees a Mouse.

[@anthonykent00]

Yes!

[@pumkin610]

Elephant mouse syndrome a human condition uhhhh

[@ettinakitten5047]

Mythbusters also "debunked" the martial arts saying "he who strikes first loses" while ignoring that blocking to set up a counter-attack is a big part of basically every martial art, so I wouldn't trust their scholarship.

[@ZENegade]

@Ettina Kitten kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaG3hHSVZ5qqfac SOLID scientific method at play, here. I cannot vouch for martial arts, but I can absolutely say (type?), with conviction, that they did their due diligence with this specific myth.

[@Yanivosaurus]

Bro someone needs to myth bust if mythbusters are real

[@jinxmaude]

Goats will eat anything they can get their curious mouths on 😭 my dad once had to write a note to my teacher to confirm that my goat, did in fact, eat my homework. 😂

[@obambagaming1467]

The panda problem is actually quite a big problem. Not only is it insanely difficult to breed them or release them to the wild (if they lived only in captivity), but they arent even that important to the ecosystem, if at all. Many keystone species are in danger of going extinct. Even if we prevent this, their low numbers still hurt the ecosystems. But pandas literally get too much spotlight. Tons of wildlife organisations, zoos around a world, and even a whole country, the Peoples Republic of China, have dedicated themselves to saving just this one animal (in which they actually succeed). Pandas are now so important in the PRC, that they are even used for diplomacy. And fortunately, the panda being cute but also endangered, has helped to gain a lot of attention and support for eco-friendly policies and conservation efforts in china. But i still think that too many people and organisations focus too much on the panda. There are many keystone species and whole ecosystems that really need our attention.

[@tUbocU90]

14:09 Wolfs also have the tendency to get into a blood frenzy, when too much prey is enclosed and can't escape. Which we conveniently provide. It's true that they hunt only as much surplus as they know they need, if they are out in the nature. But if a sheep herd for example is not fenced off properly and wolfes can get in, it often appears to us as if they did it for fun. When in reality they are constantly triggered to hunt by animals that flee in circles with no where to go.

[@toniedemare]

I was not prepared to learn about what they did to the lemmings 3:08

[@emedezcerrezero710]

The wolf one about killing for sport I think comes from European Wolves, which were, if I well remember, more aggressive than their american or asian cousins. I think that is one of the reasons wolves in european fairy tales are Big Bads, while, for example, in some Amerindian Tales, they were not counted as that. Now the European Wolf has been driven away or outright extinct since the urbanisation of Europe. If I well remember, of course. Appreciation from Portugal.

[@DustyHoney]

I’d like to add that even European wolves did not hunt for sport. People projected our emotions onto wolves because that’s what we do.

[@mandiemoore3272]

I've actually noticed it every fact or pseudo fact about spiders having to have the number eight in it which leads me to believe that absolutely zero of them are true

[@daforkgaming3320]

The number of eyes and legs are probably the only thing about a spider which has 8 as the correct answer

[@aeyelashbug6311]

Well idk about _picky_ eaters. Goats may not eat tin cans but they're certainly much more indiscriminant than cows and horses

[@lalaineefarmer2945]

I think salmon jump for the same reason we take a dip in a lake. They can't live up here but it's nice and warm and sunny so it's fun and feels good

[@Bennep214]

Lemmings are real?! I thought they were green headed little guys from 90’s computers

[@marymary83436]

I lived that game especially the ones with dynamite 🧨😊

[@jphilb]

Disney - Let’s throw cute critters off a cliff. Okay!

[@Sarappreciates]

...Disney Magic? 😳

[@pumkin610]

Money is God

[@marymary83436]

I remember my dad telling about this when I was a kid way before seeing the video

[@brontewcat]

I have never heard of possums in Australia being eaten by giant spiders. The largest spiders in Australia have body sizes that grow to up to 6cms (which is a little over 2.5 inches). They have been known to eat small frogs and lizards. I would be surprised if any were big enough to eat a possum.

[@tynebaker]

Wow. That’s some brave research… swabbing dragon mouths?!

[@nvdawahyaify]

Goats don't eat tin cans. They do however chew on them because they like the glue used to stick the labels on.

[@NickRoman]

One of these days, they need to come out with a channel, or at least an episode, of misconception video misconceptions where they talk about explanations about misconceptions that are wrong.

[@daforkgaming3320]

Also for the bird myth, I thought it was worth mentioning that while it doesn’t apply to birds, it applies to rabbits. If a rabbit notices its den has been tampered with, it will assume a predator ate its children and will abandon the den.

[@gabrielbernard5440]

or rather, the predator knows where the nest is, they will come back and eat them if they haven't done already so. Same goes for example for baby deers, buffalo cows..like basically any mammal that has to fear predators. Baby deers for example have basically no smell for the time they hide in the bushes for the first few days, if you scent them by touching, the mother will stay away because it now smells of danger. But also, birds will not care for babies out of the nest if they are not ready to move/fly yet. Because any predator can get to them, and they can not keep the baby warm out of the nest, It relies on parents and siblings for that, so any bird out of the nest that can not evade danger on its own, is forgotten by the parents, which makes sense from a nature standpoint. Birds can smell very well, they just do not care if their babies smell like humans as long as they are healthy together in the nest. So if you find a baby that obviously can not fly, or like owl babies, climb a tree and escape you, it will die out of the nest, so either put it back, or put it in a box with a warm water bottle wrapped in a towel and bring it to a wildlife rescue (source, me, having worked for wildlife rescue for a few years)

[@p4our587]

Our cats look at the fox around here like acquaintances. Fox - "Lo Dot." Cat - "Sammy."

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

Imagine your 3 year-old kid being less capable of recognizing themselves than a pigeon. At that point I'd give up.

[@devinsmith5926]

Excellent video good sir! Much appreciated! I knew of quite a few of these, but not all! I love actual informative videos, this legitimately NEEDS to be shown in EVERY AMERICAN SCHOOL starting in the 3rd grade

[@Guy_H3re_tv9917]

Elephants also dont like bee's, for essentially the same reason they dont like ants.

[@bikilee3896]

My dad keeps sheep and oh god, whenever I hear someone saying sheeps are kind and polite I can’t help but get war flashbacks of trying to tackle sheeps to give them medicine or sheer them, hose heartless mfs will bite and kick and ram into you at any chance they get.

[@montgomeryfortenberry]

And glare at you with those weird eyes the whole time

[@aleckcain4142]

You showed a falcon hunting while talking about owls hunting

[@gabrielbernard5440]

Also that was a domestic dwarf hamster(short tail/grey colour) on the tree stump, set there on purpose for a hunting video, because hamsters will not run off as fast as mice do, especially not dwarf hamsters.

[@jaschabull2365]

I remember my Vertebrate Zoology professor explaining that the term "sweating like a pig" referred to lead bricks that manufacturers nicknamed "pigs", which drip water at some point in the manufacturing process. Though that same professor also said primates are the only mammals that are trichromats and able to distinguish red as well as blue and green, mentioning that "a tiger doesn't know it's orange". Though by the sounds of this, maybe there are ungulates which are dichromats that don't have either the green or blue detecting type of cone? As for goats, I've heard the reason a goat will seemingly try to eat a can is that it enjoys the taste of the glue attaching the can's label, but it doesn't have much interest in swallowing the can itself.

[@FIZZGIG-RARF]

I had some gerbils i saved from testing. Woke up one day to some screaming. When I went to the cage, one of them had babies... and had eaten all of their limbs off. One of the most HORRIFYING sights i have ever seen!😱🤢

[@AdamLewer]

I like your quick and Informative Content! Much I knew, much I learned. Thank you!

[@robertmatch6550]

The real myth is that most of these myths are really believed. They are COMMONLY known to be myths even though they are constantly referred to.

[@kyleellis1825]

They are commonly beleived among the people who don't look into animal facts. Anyone who does will know most of these.

[@matthewdrummond1340]

I live in the Canadian Prairies. We have a research station funded by the federal government. I'm not sure if they still do but they used to have a very alive cow set up so you could see the inside of its stomach. Can't remember if visitors could but researchers could glove up and reach inside.

[@Sarappreciates]

I saw a thing like that at a state fair, I think. I remember glass windows that looked like small ship portholes in a live cow's side. I don't recall anyone reaching in, but I can see how they could do that if the glass was removed. The cow was just standing there, eating grass, not caring that she had HOLES in her side!!

[@matthewdrummond1340]

@@Sarappreciates might not be reaching inside here either tbh

[@someguynamedrob]

I’m from Saskatoon. They have this at agrabition in Regina

[@ettinakitten5047]

@@someguynamedrob They also do this at Vetavision every four years at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, so you don't need to leave Saskatoon to put your hand in a cow's stomach.

[@nonsensicalramblings9167]

That's so so horrifying

[@robynw6307]

Pill Bugs - we've always called them Slaters where I live in Australia.

[@jacksonrocks4259]

“average person eats 8 spiders in their sleep a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders in their sleep per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted”

[@nathanvleugels1]

Interresting video, but half of these 'misconceptions' I had never even heard of.

[@canigohome2896]

6:36 I saw a video of this one disgusting zoo that featured a tortoise “game” where the poor thing had a red solo cup duct taped to its shell so kids can try to throw ping pong balls into it. Even if turtles couldn’t feel through their shell what is ok about letting uncoordinated children throw items at an animal?! Even if you believed that “turtle shells are invincible” bullsh*t, there’s still an animal “beneath” that shell. Fun fact; the shell also has nerves that lead back to their nervous system.

[@C0RR0DEGAM1NG]

18:21 there are also (sometime) small traces of sulfur in human FARTS too, giving them the pungent smell we all know and hate.

[@kellidinit3725]

We believe owls are wise because they know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. 😂😂

[@macaylacayton2915]

fun fact:Horseshoe crabs are even used in biotechnology scenes! They're blood has a clotting mechanism that clots around basically any form of contamination, making it easy to spot and thus deal with. Plus blue blood really helps.

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

Fun fact: "They're" is a contraction of "they are."

[@macaylacayton2915]

@@gaminawulfsdottir3253 not everyone is perfect you know

[@GenericDan]

@@macaylacayton2915 They were simply correcting you. The "fun fact" was unnecessary though.

[@macaylacayton2915]

@@GenericDan I didn’t think I sounded defensive I was just stating a fact in return

[@GenericDan]

@@macaylacayton2915 Oh. Sorry.

[@rinpaisys]

I would not have made it through the spider one without making a spiders georg reference. I applaud your professionalism.

[@Tammy-v6e]

I love watching birds in the spring. Especially starlings building their nests. 🐦 s are great house builders.

[@Topgglerd]

People who think pigeons are dumb have obviously never studied World War 1 or 2 very much or they would know about homing pigeons that would deliver messages from the front line back to HQ and vice versa. Pigeons saved thousands of lives during the course of the wars by delivering information quickly, a few even received medals

[@gabrielbernard5440]

Ah, someone of my thinking. I love pigeons, they are just as intelligent as parrots but much easier to keep, and domesticated, which makes it much easier to handle them. They were often used in circus shows before it got easier to get wildlife. Same as poodles and similiar breeds were trained to do tricks. And even better, you basically can get them for free, just go on the streets and grab one, free pet ;) In wildlife rehab I always got squabs and raised them to keep as pets bcs they are domestic animals. I really miss having them, they were so cuddly.

[@a.l.pittman1762]

It's a small percentage but narwhals can have two tusk.

[@zeuszo_o1593]

Living in Michigan, we call the spider Daddy Long Legs. I don’t know what people call it in the cities though since I grew up out in the country

[@KatrinaVoshell]

I learned in school that the O at the beginning of Opossum is supposed to be silent.

[@altairuwu893]

10:08 There are actually 4 species of hyena. 1. Spotted hyena 2. Brown hyena 3. Striped hyena 4. Aardwolf

[@doktorhyena]

The thing is, aardwolves are in a different subfamily from the bonecrushers. Bonecrushers are hyaeninae, aardwolves are protelinae.

[@aquawarper7328]

Aardwolves aren’t hyenas. They look like hyenas, but they’re not

[@SteamHyenaz]

​@@aquawarper7328 wrong. "Aardwolves are one of four hyena species in the subfamily Hyaenidae, along with spotted hyenas, striped hyenas, and brown hyenas. Like all hyenas, aardwolves' front legs are longer than their back legs, allowing for a loping, low-energy gait that they can sustain for long distances."

[@SteamHyenaz]

​@@doktorhyenathey are still one of the 4 hyena species

[@senny-]

@@aquawarper7328 They are. All are from the gamilt Hyaenidae

[@monicamares9198]

Rabbits do not need pellets unless they aren't eating their hay but they do need veggies and a huge variety and kept indoors and in a large area and with a buddy

[@molly1949]

My goats ate the paper on cans ( labels)due to the kind if glue used..but it did promote the whole can eating goat myth.

[@gardevoirmaster5743]

Fun fact red Pandas are not related to pandas and are in fact their own species and are the ORIGINAL panda. The giant panda was discovered after the red panda

[@prestonstubblefield5802]

24:15 “to keep predators from where they actually live, lodges within the dam off site” idk man sounds like they live in the dam to me

[@DianeDfictionfan]

"The dammed-off site" means the resulting pond. The dam is a wall; the lodge is a mound somewhere behind it. Would you say a house-owner lives "in" the property's security fence?

[@gabrielbernard5440]

A dam is over the whole diameter of the river, to keep the water back, a lodge is just a very big pile on one side of the river, not stretching fully over it, a heap of wood covering the entrance to the lodge/burrow, because they also burrow into the river bank to build a home

[@houliemon1315]

If you find a baby bird ? Before you put it back in the nest and see there is another one in it ? Make sure it isn't a COW BIRD chick ! If it is throw it out ! The little bugger pushed the other chick or chicks out ! Cow birds are lazy and lay their eggs in the nest of other birds for them to take care of ! And the hatchling (There's usually only one ) will push the others out ! Even the unhatched eggs get kicked out !

[@yaboku1686]

The thing about the bees seems weird to me. That statement about the flight doesnt mean that the other 80% dont do anything. Its just that tasks are divided between workers and some require more flying than others.

[@gabrielbernard5440]

The drones are not only used as an air conditioner in the hive, moving their wings to cause better air flow during hot weather, or warm the hive in cold weater by vibrating, they also feed the larvaes. The food the bees bring in also needs to get pre-digested, concentrated and filled with enzymes, same as the pollen. Guess who does that? The bees who do not fly out of the hive. Also, what a bee does depends on their age, so can basically say how old a bee is depending on what job it does.

[@rosehipowl]

from personal experience, I can tell you I will never forget that hamster mothers can eat their babies

[@miskyx5447]

14:58 sadly this one is true... At least in Chile. 2 of my barn cats were killed by foxes and they returned every other night to look for the other ones, thankfully nothing ever happend to my male cats but I believe its cause they're too big to kill anyways (like you said), my female cats weren't as lucky though, falling victim to the fox's around the area. (I know this is MY story but I promise there is so many more)

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

Our local domestic cats definitely group together and act as look outs when foxes are about. I've seen them team up to intimidate and discourage foxes. A few times two foxes have worked together to corner and kill solitary cats. But mostly they are just wary of each other. Sometimes we've seen a fox and a badger going about the housing-estate together, clearly friendly and at ease with each other. Netheredge, Sheffield, UK.

[@SteamHyenaz]

My old farm cat used to attack foxes

[@pengen_gantinama]

1:00 how about the myth that frogs have super long tongue like chameleons?

[@c.h.r.i.s.t.i.n]

Who else knew Matadors were bull killers and Toreadors only tease the bulls. Because i was today years old when i even ever learned there's even such a thing as a toreador. Anyone else?

[@jaschabull2365]

I knew about them from the tune from Carmen. Also, I remembered hearing that matadors had a bunch of other bullfighters in with him to torment the bulls from Ferdinand, the story which is the earliest reference to bullfighting I can recall in my childhood memory.

[@c.h.r.i.s.t.i.n]

@Jascha Bull I had no clue what "bull fighting" really was I guess. I might have heard there used to be matadors that killed bulls but now didn't but had some similar ceremony. It's disturbing is what it is.

[@planchetflaw]

This is a weird N64 Mini announcement.

[@darkstarmoonshadow]

Thank you for clearing my brain of nonsensical doodoo. You are awsome bro

[@aliendilo3105]

Okay, so I can't just let the apes aren't monkeys thing go. So to make sure I we're working on with the same language lemme define some terms, · Clade. A group of animals which share a common ancestor, all animals who share this common ancestor are part of this group. · Primates. Primates are a large mammalian clade, they include lemurs, lorises, baboons, humans and everything in between. · Monkeys. Because there are two types of monkeys in the world, new world and old world monkeys, we need a clade that includes both, Simiiformes, or Simians is the smallest clade that contains both. · Apes. Apes must include greater and lesser apes, which means the best clade to describe apes is Hominoidae, which includes all lesser and greater apes. With these laid out we have to see if Hominoidae sits inside of Simiiformes. Which is does, infact Hominoidae sits in Catarrhini clade, which is the clade which includes all old world monkeys. There is no way to make a clade of animals which includes both old world and new world monkeys without including apes. If you cut out apes from the clade it's no longer a biological group as there are animals in the group which share a more recent common ancestor with animals outside the group, than they do with other animals inside the group.

[@harryf9885]

Same-sex genital rubbing… you mean homosexual sex. I don’t think that this is intentional, but stuff like ‘same-sex genital rubbing’ is part of the culture of minimizing homosexual activities in animals and in history. It’s probably what the paper you read described it as though so it isn’t your fault. I just think it’s kind of funny. For example, some scientists will literally say that bonobos aren’t gay because they don’t say that they’re gay and we can’t know if they truly feel attraction to the same sex… I wish that worked for me. “Oh yeah I’ve got a boyfriend and I’ve never been with a woman, but I identify as straight so that’s what I am.”

[@gabrielbernard5440]

Most likely it is also an youtube issue with demoneytizing that a lot of lgbt+ channels have to fight with, because the tiniest mention of words like gay, homosexual or lesbian will cause band and/or demoneytizing