MinuteEarth Explains: Animal Winners and Losers

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In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we keep score on the winners and losers of the animal kingdom.
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Why Only Some Monkeys Have Awesome Tails
• Why Only Some Monkeys ...
1:57 - Rise Of The Mesopredator🎵
• Rise Of The Mesopredat...
6:01 - Which Bear Is Best?
• Which Bear Is Best?
8:20 - Invasion of the Yellow Crazy Ants!
• Invasion of the Yellow...
11:55 - Outro

[@MinuteEarth]

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[@NF-le7wc]

No

[@kaizillakingofthemultivers7881]

MinuteEarth bye-bye

[@kaizillakingofthemultivers7881]

Never make a single joke in your videos ever again

[@aytj2073]

@@kaizillakingofthemultivers7881 why?

[@chiranjeevsahoo4960]

Please don't try to copy Gucci gang next time

[@Nchinnam]

OK the music definitely caught me off guard at 3:45

[@worldwithcuriosity148]

I watched that video about a 100 times The song video

[@timo9po311]

i too

[@ellamcghee8293]

Naganachiketh Chinnamuttevi do you have be mean???

[@frogglen6350]

I was wondering why it has a higher dislike ratio than usual. But I think that moment is why

[@Bamboodle349]

so good

[@bunger5578]

"are our puns becoming unBEARable?" yes, 100%, i want more

[@gogy7844]

Hey ya want some jackal skin?

[@edgardomendez1703]

Cub on bears are great bearants

[@Naokarma]

Me going into the video: "Why does this have a significant dislike ratio?" 3:40 "Hello."

[@____-pb1lg]

It was cool, liked cos of that

[@Ebu26]

It wasn't that bad

[@ultearmilkojohn1145]

it was fking garbage

[@Gabriel-to8uo]

Food chain got a smile out of me but yeah lol

[@ElectricChaplain]

@Anthony Jose Angeles People can have different tastes in music and that's ok. Where's my death metal and free jazz style songs about nature? All in all people will decide what they like by their views, watch time and like/dislike ratios. Don't need to worry too much about it.

[@FutureNow]

The clear winner here is Kate's doggo.

[@UnPuntoCircular]

The real question is: Where's the Hyena?

[@wazfeerukon3464]

True that

[@toymationstudios8613]

He's just chilling

[@FutureNow]

UnPuntoCircular More like hye-not amirite?

[@birbsareverycute8074]

True

[@DominikJaniec]

I must admit that, I was not sure about this new video format, however now I love it. Many beautifully animated clips with interludes of human who introduces or summarises topic is great and keeps my attention focus. Thank you :)

[@skz5k2]

And more puns! XD

[@wilms2328]

It's also a good way for new viewers like me to catch up with all of their amazing older content!

[@marcosmith6613]

Loving the format.

[@am_Nein]

Yep!

[@Dinostickynotes]

@@skz5k2 that makes it more Punny and unfrogettable

[@rainbowthedragoncat6768]

We need to introduce dragons to earth to keep the humans in check.

[@kevinbatan3123]

Yes

[@amaliciousgoose]

Yes

[@DragonGamer0713]

I second this notion. When do we start and how do we do it?

[@kevinbatan3123]

@@DragonGamer0713 make giant komodo dragon and hyrbid them bombadier beetles

[@kingdinodragonite3470]

Cdp grey story

[@gonderage]

You had me at the Gucci Gang parody, it actually flowed better than the other songs.

[@stormysamreen7062]

Everyone: "Gucci gang" Me: *"Food chain food chain food chain"*

[@Soul-Burn]

Woof!

[@amogh6534]

@@Soul-Burnlol

[@spider6060]

@@Soul-Burn i was gona say that im sad

[@demo_egg2769]

Whhhhhyyy

[@bep8029]

Proof

[@GrayBlood1331]

at 2:11 I was like "hey, isn't that the opening chord to Bohemian Rhapsody?" well turns out I was right!

[@dogemon11music]

I realized that too

[@whodatboi2567]

"Food Chain" was better than it had any right to be

[@marybutler9250]

Right though? First time I've genuinely laughed at some silly shit in an educational video. Quality

[@am_Nein]

@Zoey Thomas Nein it didn’t

[@jyotisrivastava1122]

@@am_Nein Ja

[@Patchouli.Knowledge.]

@Zoey Thomas woo

[@user-ii3mz1zm6t]

😂😂😂❤❤

[@danielm.1441]

I think Kate's dog is glued to that sofa... it never moves.

[@GORTROG]

8:20

[@insanityOfMe]

LOL XD

[@a.sucker.for.love.]

I totally love the food chain song. It’s hilarious

[@mitchellmdl7278]

So when will Food Chain be available on Spotify?

[@jyotisrivastava1122]

idk

[@brianachavez4796]

Fr

[@beeneko7106]

My town had gotten invasive mitten crabs in our waters. They had some how manage to hold onto a boat from Alaska and has been messing with our native fish. I remember seeing a wanted sign for them, dead or alive, on the beach.

[@adeaddeity7265]

At the start, I was just looking at Kate’s dog.

[@watsontheminuteearthdoggo9502]

WOOF

[@llordmakisigsantiago7098]

Is Kate the dog

[@zhuoxingshao9425]

Me to

[@lunaeclipsestars1381]

Me too it so cute

[@hirandompeopled4968]

Your worst nightmare wut

[@cantwait2bking544]

Video: *Starts* Everyone: Imma head to the comments

[@nabeelkhan7506]

That's the reason I don't like being early, very few good comments

[@PuppyCat705]

Not everyone does that. I'm here to learn not read random comments.

[@ninja1676]

Yep

[@cloudybuns3423]

LOL TRUE

[@mennogroen4200]

Definitely didn't see that rap coming 😲 but.. foodchain woof.. gonna be in my head for a while now!

[@mugamba1000]

Nobody: My brain at 2 AM: Food chain, food chain, food chain, food chain, WOOF!

[@thelastcube.]

Honestly I loved the song explanation. Especially food chain, the right amount of cringe to enjoy

[@aquilazyy1125]

That little song really resembles Bohemian Rhapsody. Especially @2:49 I thought he was going to sing “easy come, easy go”...

[@shonarwabwogo8425]

Minuteearth: no one likes the song Me: vibing to it

[@samp7228]

Shona Rwabwogo true dat

[@edria1752]

You know i vibing on the song too!!

[@tschichpich]

Food chain Food chain Food chain woof I love it

[@DominikJaniec]

I agree that it is the winner song here :D

[@albertgarcia2892]

It's so good I watch it

[@albertgarcia2892]

2 time's

[@Kyitz255]

3:45The MesoRap Food chain song Begins!

[@knifetoucher]

8:21 doggo didn't like that pun

[@EverythingRandomYT]

When I’m about to go to sleep: yawn minuteEarth: *uploads* Me: *ignores doctors saying you shouldn’t watch devices at night* Edit: thx for all the likes, this was the highest amount of likes I got on a comment :) (Plus, I’m releasing a music video on my channel)

[@Dogwolf12]

I'm here at 3:30 am. I can relate.

[@big_baller420_blazin6]

I like that there's not only one apex predator, but a bunch of mesopredators.

[@randomwonders6320]

00:18 I think we have a clear winner of the animal kingdom who totally photo bombed

[@watsontheminuteearthdoggo9502]

WOOF

[@rainbowthedragoncat6768]

@@amiyavatsa Of course not lol, did you really think a dog was on the internet and typed woof perfectly?

[@voiceremos6347]

really love the musical and the rapping lmaoo very creative way of teaching

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Cebus" I immediately thought of the Filipino province when I read that name. Love the Philippines

[@pierreabbat6157]

The Brahman bull that lives down the street speaks Cebuano. (It's actually Greek κήβος.)

[@kerzariz8717]

Hey it's you again!! And I live in Cebu! Hahahaha I like your comments

[@myriahkeays3846]

Dude I’m loving that song 😂

[@danielbriones2938]

3:07 I'm not crying you are!

[@king_bee3577]

No *SNIFF*

[@imsyed5]

Who else loves Kate? Love her even before seeing her

[@JAEratt13]

I like Kate but I kinda miss Emily. They sorta changed hosts suddenly. Wonder if Emily didn't like being on-screen or left.

[@natanoj16]

I don't like this animated version of her. It is jarring seeing them give her so many facial features and dimension.

[@jessicaloh6807]

My school just ended, and we had science homework. It was about the wolves in Yellowstone being removed.

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

The first one really explains why the monkey Pokémon Aipom and Ambipom have hands on they're tails

[@ricardoperez8879]

3:54 Food chain...Food Chain...Food Chain (Woof) Apex OUT...we the new thang (Youth) And we dont need a huge range (Ooh) As you get killed by the humANS (Ewwf) Messo predators gonna move in (Truth) *BARS*

[@shaider1982]

8:27 you shoud do a collab with Callie from pbs Eons regarding those puns🤣👍

[@HawkinsPetersen]

The official food-chain-woof is an all time favorite M.E. video in our house. My kids love it!

[@samuk912]

What the hell is with the musical and rapping

[@devluz]

I still passionately hate this video xD I had to skip over it. I support trying new things but I hope they never do that again!

[@mayonaise7547]

I respect your opinion but I thought it was great XD

[@LordOfBrownies]

@@devluz Food chain Food chain Food chain Food chain Food chain Food chain Woof

[@collinhaas6137]

Straight up wtf lol

[@chiranjeevsahoo4960]

I don't have much problem with the singing but the rapping omfg. Don't ever copy Gucci gang

[@xxbarry_blyat69xx5]

New Zealander here! We introduced POSSUMS not ferrets to help with our rabbit population.

[@sanjablazina2879]

I like how random Pokemon are included in these videos.

[@adamcallaghan9584]

That music was absolutely shockin, I'm embarrassed for who ever thought that was a good idea

[@BrindarAxlMeson]

I really like it how, caused by corona, we see the face of the narator. It was strange in the beginning, but now it makes me feel more connected to the video.

[@OGA_-lo3js]

The bears are called moon bears in ashia Because of the moon on there cest

[@tealblade2994]

2:09 If you had to take a shot every time there was a double o, even Michael Malloy wouldnt survive

[@kiitix9858]

Me: Kills Coyotes Me: For Warrior Cats! Mesopredators: Suprised Pikachu face

[@MoMo-sf8vk]

but humans are meso

[@kiitix9858]

@Quantum Gaming ye

[@PancakeTheKat]

Do you read warrior cats? I do!

[@PancakeTheKat]

@Quantum speed Gaming YES! There is nothing like warrior cats!

[@Zero_Is_Stopping_Time]

I was reading one of the books while reading this

[@_AseOfHearts_]

Kate's dog: mom, stap with your puns. It's embarrassing! *Goes back to sleep *

[@juanfallas7402]

I looooove those puns, I try to use them as often as possible! Hahaha

[@jovianguyen3135]

You aren’t early,your just on time

[@TheWolphren]

The dog's reaction to the bear puns make this a winner!

[@serix3238]

0:42 that's not a fish that's a Pokémon

[@leonfisher6214]

Oh great now that food chain song is stuck in my head. I'm singing it while I flip the burgers.😁

[@giorgiorbeladze1166]

emily:"what can we do to insure that ecosistems dont BEAR the bront of our actions" me:did you see that coming.

[@buhhhg]

Everyone: This is quite fascinating, thought-provoking data. I'll have to comprehend this to contain it in my head. Me: i lik animalz and kate's voice is prity

[@king_bee3577]

Five minute earth have taught me more about the world than books and school and I like animal pretty may not like me but I like them

[@jaygent2727]

OMG I forgot about this channel and then when I watch this video like I wish I could find a song that just popped up I love your channel by the way!!(sorry if I’m spelling wrong I legit just woke up and I’m too lazy to spell so I’m using microphone XD)

[@Dykadda]

"Most people don't want a wolf in their backyard"... Me: chokes on coffee, trying to shout "I'm not most people, I would make a lovey space for my fluffy buddy"🤣😂

[@AryanKumar-jo1pz]

Quarantine has made MintueEarth go crazy. The song made me laugh, so thank you. PS: I take that back, the RAP was soooo goooddddd!!!! WOHOOOO PS: OMGGGG!!!!!! The 3rd SONG!!! Its soo good!

[@hirandompeopled4968]

PS: that wasn’t an actual ps, there wasn’t an edit so it was intended on the first go

[@_elenaio_]

I can't take my eyes from the beautiful doggo lying on the couch

[@watsontheminuteearthdoggo9502]

WOOF

[@martinederoo3230]

Same

[@jujuoof174]

Omg that unexpected musical number!! I’d love an individual video of just this beautiful part!

[@Meow-dr3pr]

2:54 LOL I didnt know that I am so brutal.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Kate’s dog is the star of the show

[@watsontheminuteearthdoggo9502]

WOOF

[@randomwonders6320]

00:28 butt hand

[@user-pm5vk2mu6f]

3 years later and im still rocking this song

[@srelma]

Awesome video. Learned so much.

[@barackyip3286]

Need timestamps? I got you covered. 0:00-0:10 Intro 0:10-1:57 Why Only Some Monkeys Have Awesome Tails 1:57-6:01 Rise Of The Mesopredator 6:01-8:20 Which Bear Is Best? 8:20-11:55 Invasion of the Yellow Crazy Ants! 11:55-12:57 Outro

[@atomic-gojira1012]

5:06 best song of the bunch and also another winner Food chain Food chain foodchain WOOF

[@edria1752]

2:07 what did you found on the floor doggo

[@sagacious03]

Well, glad to have another big MinuteEarth video. Could've gone without the musicals, informative as they were. Still, fun informative video! Background doggo is super cute, too!

[@Kyitz255]

5:47 The Mesopredators's Rise

[@danielmirandacastro7161]

I'd say trap part was actually the one passable song in the video lol

[@DheerajBhaskar]

I love the food chain food chain song. Wow!

[@deematmok8156]

That song is even more emotional than the lion king mufasa death scene One the other hand: *that rap is lit*

[@3_up_moon]

I really enjoyed the musical renditions. I would like to request the lyrics be posted so we can follow along and not miss any of the little things you put in there. I have trouble hearing the words when music is in the background. I just feel like theres a lot that I'm missing. I wish to enjoy the entirety of you guys' talents.

[@MinuteEarth]

Thank you, we're so glad you enjoyed them! You can follow along the lyrics by turning on subtitles for the video, or you can also find them here: genius.com/14774391

[@3_up_moon]

@@MinuteEarth Thank you for that!

[@thechessmaniac7200]

Food Chain, Food Chain, Food Chain, Food Chain, Food Chain, Food Chain, Food Chain, Food Chain, WOOF!!!!

[@Augustus...]

This vids are just unbelievably great

[@TheFlutterQueen]

I just noticed the fact that different parts of the video have different progress bars. Does youtube do that or is there a way to do that yourself?

[@snchxz]

Apex animal: dies Second tier apex: food chain food chain food chain food chain.

[@TheRealBelovianna]

15 seconds ago?! :0 gosh I'm early! Can't wait to enjoy this video.

[@soup-flavored-soup6613]

I am loving these recap like vids

[@ramelep]

Loved the Food chain Rap!!! Awesome

[@nishantbansal8669]

Help me *food chain food chain woof* I can't get this song *food chain food chain woof* out of my head *food chain food chain woof*

[@aguywhospitsfacts2804]

Me to XD food chain food chain woof

[@shaider1982]

11:45 COVID19 might slow this down by slowing humanity down

[@0vlogger]

Always an awesome episode when we can see Kate 😘

[@carlosjenkins3473]

The songs are awesome!!! Enjoying sooo muuuch!

[@zedspoint4614]

The parodies just killed me. Its awesome :D

[@spookyskeleton3756]

But why humans don't have long tail in at least south America

[@Wingedshadowwolf]

Humans probably didn't live there long enough to change. Studies show the humans of South America moved there from elsewhere about 10 thousand years ago. The monkeys were there much longer.

[@spookyskeleton3756]

@@Wingedshadowwolf ok

[@smart_cookie9191]

Hi I love your vids!

[@Corruptedhope]

The song is GREAT. I never get tired of that song :D

[@delourhossainpranto5856]

The first song was amazing....

[@shi6147]

Early gang where ya at??

[@chocolatebug7059]

your puns are the main reasons i watch your vids with the info

[@Ishareandyouwatch]

The rap was soooo good

[@charlesphilips2045]

What??? I can't believe anyone hated that rap. I absolutely love it! It's one of my favorite episode. I don't think that I can ever forget about a Mesopredator. Meanwhile Kate's doggo is a lowkey apex cutie.

[@joeltm8697]

The most physically versatile species is definitely the octopus, IMO

[@abc.animal5143]

Take a look at their lifespans and breeding, it’s really not great

[@GigaChadBrooskie]

03:47 damn lit played like three times

[@geetarana5890]

This channel is the pun lord

[@thedoruk6324]

Omnivores are the Winners!

[@Alienrookie]

The foodchain was a little to cringe, but nice video nontheless.

[@WeeklyLexi]

My school actually did a hole L.A chapter on what happened to the wolves in yellow stone!

[@brookestewart7913]

What school do you go to I did to oof

[@auburneytuckerson2959]

Why am I getting a Gucci Gang vibe from this? Oh yeah! The melody!