MinuteEarth Explains: Food

In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we examine the weird world of what we like to eat.
We originally created the videos in the “MinuteEarth Explains” series for another project. But we know that lots of people right now are looking for really good online educational content - and something to take their mind off current events - so we decided to release them here as well. We’d love to know what you think, so leave us a comment below!
These are the episodes featured in this compilation:
0:14 - Why Do We Eat Spoiled Foods?
• Why Do We Eat Spoiled ...
3:26 - The Story of Frozen Food
• The Surprising History...
5:35 - Why Don't Americans Eat Reindeer?
• Why Don't Americans Ea...
7:36 - Why Do Animals Eat Their Babies?
• Why Do Animals Eat The...
Photo Credits:

[@MinuteEarth]

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[@MinogFarted]

Still too poor lmao

[@MinogFarted]

Also you forgot about timestamp in this video

[@user-kx9qb4mj5q]

My name is Emily!

[@raven50x]

Interviewer: Tell me about yourself. Emily: Hi I'm Emily. And I wouldn't eat my own baby. .... Interviewer: When can you start?

[@daredevil6145]

🤣🤣

[@some_wingless_thing8466]

haha

[@CharDhue]

Start to eat her baby?

[@alexmcd378]

The bar has gotten pretty low for public office these days.

[@quack2390]

@@CharDhue no

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"And under no circumstance would I eat my own baby" Woah, that was unexpected for an intro

[@lucidnonsense942]

I think the lady does protest too much... Just what exactly goes on at a minute earth job interviews!?

[@MrJacobElias]

Ye, im also shocked that she wouldnt eat her own babies

[@Kilgorio]

hi

[@madil2259]

Welcome, friend.

[@andrewgutmann9432]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache Suspiciously specific IMO

[@clyde5450]

“Hunter-Gatherers often settled down for love of bread or beer” Tribesman: “So why did you start farming? I did it to feed my family.” Secretly Alcoholic Tribesman: “Uh yeah me too“

[@crystalmcwhirter5436]

This deserves more likes :( it’s so sad how I made an unoriginal comment on a video about using suntan as makeup and got a bunch of likes in a short amount of time. While you make a funny,original comment on a very informative video and got very few likes in a YEAR. This makes me sad :( keep doing what you’re doing. :)

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

@@crystalmcwhirter5436 it is what it is

[@sillysiblings4834]

Lol

[@missidkthegreat123]

The amount of comments is 299 💀 299 / 13 = 23 💖

[@Hyper_TheOne]

10 minute earth

[@helloguys4068]

Why the curve face me

[@epIanChen]

I got your long face, man. I could not accept this arrangement either. What a betrayal

[@mpred8606]

@@epIanChen its just for now cause of covid-19 thats why they're compiling vids

[@epIanChen]

Jared Solano ha i was just joking. They are great.

[@foxdragon4430]

Hi

[@naryosh_]

10 seconds in and we're already discussing cannibalism

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Oh dear lord 😱 🤣

[@gamethrough5530]

The stores are empty so not a surprise

[@spadaacca]

Welcome to America.

[@some_wingless_thing8466]

haha

[@randominternetuser3672]

You are what you eat

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

My goodness! How is the stick figure managed to draw such a picturesque 3D human?

[@primroserain1739]

Ikr? A true mystery too this day

[@Aquatic25]

Lol

[@tsg-froak9845]

Ye ikr

[@cormanec210]

You’re stupid for questioning that. Everyone knows how easy it is for stickmen to draw humans realistically, have you been living under a rock?

[@Bergmann.08]

Ha ha grammer

[@psypsy751]

I love the writing on this one. It's different but highly entertaining.

[@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme]

Errrrrr

[@rainbowthedragoncat6768]

"Depends on whether or not you're a hamster." *Sweats nervously*

[@VenusMoonBunny]

Hey I have a cat fursona with dragon wings as arms!

[@fordsfords]

"order off the kid's menu" I usually don't comment on puns, but that one got a genuine snort out of me. (-:

[@SexiTexi123]

Same

[@soggycereal8626]

20 years from now: Breaking news! Baby hamsters become a new snack food in the United States

[@HaBBiSiFy]

7:55 that demonic sound got me off-guard

[@jcwils2009]

I'M GOING TO EAT YOU👹

[@MarkAlcarezBoston]

IM ACTUALLY ABOUT TO EAT YOU 7:57

[@MarkAlcarezBoston]

Or 7:56

[@LV-oo7jd]

I am scared to touch it

[@amy9424]

I thought: woah! Kool down

[@Mark-ci6ln]

“food is delicious” I agree it’s my favourite type of food

[@paperstraws634]

Same

[@BierBart12]

I only talked to a few people whose childhood hamster ate its own babies. That must be so traumatizing to a kid, especially if they've already found an emotional bond with the babies

[@spoilxdROTTEN]

About four to five months ago, I had one of my rabbits get pregnant accidentally (Too late separating the siblings, I take good care of my rabbits ad missed a day, they are both healthy and safe.) She gave birth, and ate them ALL, every single one. My aunt had to see my rabbit eating her babies because she didn't believe that the mom wouldn't eat her babies.

[@Flawed-Awed-Gawed]

You got the rabbit pregnant? Is that what you meant? Are you a robotic rabbit writing on KZbin? Or are you a human?

[@lhl2500]

"ordering off the kids menu.." Lol!

[@RevenantCheetosx]

Jared says hello

[@GurisaYudistira]

Thanks for compiling old videos very timely. We need this to feed our curiosity outbreak.

[@RuSa_Frantic]

Underrated comment [No seriously, this made me chuckle XD]

[@thebigenderqueen1586]

“...and plenty of other delicacies that *don’t* start with ‘k’” Lol I laughed so hard lol

[@amy9424]

LoL

[@Matiburon04]

My "under no circumstance would I eat my own baby" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

[@oyun_doktoru1236]

"a few months later, we have salami, rather than salmonelli" that's a huge difference you have right there

[@wonk123]

this is literally my *lunch period*

[@8is]

where are you?

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

How disturbing enjoy lunch XD

[@lollian]

ew If u mean time zone, probably American Central Time

[@manavsingh5501]

Where are your kids

[@billyboy5590]

Don't disrespect my favorite food: salmoneli

[@purple6242]

Lamo

[@Insert-thing-here-Fan]

Good one dude. Hi five 🤚

[@puppeteerpuppet528]

XD

[@nblmqst1167]

Love the sheep and bird in leopard skins. Just great.

[@Jared7873]

That cracked me up!

[@jaysons8050]

Emily is such a great host. She has a great voice that keeps me focused with a pleasant inflection. I've seen some host from other channels speak with the kind of inflection that comes off like every sentence ends in a question mark. Also can't stand bad vocal fry, which she has none. She is also easy on the eyes(beautiful) and comes off very natural on her delivery

[@romella_karmey]

Nobody gonna talk about the male host. Oh because you love to get laid by her. I know it.

[@goo3ychipmunk322]

Simp

[@TheDamien6699]

@@romella_karmey oof, jealous much?

[@kilryelee7525]

SIMP

[@waltervanbrunchem2462]

Most of the time she's a stick figure though

[@AWIRE_onpc]

5:17 How is that smart marketing?! I would never buy a food with a baby that makes Annabelle look safe.

[@Ascertivus]

The transition at 5:29 was so cool! 😮

[@Pedritox0953]

1:20 "... after a few months we ge5 salamy and not SALMONELLY" xD

[@aprilphinazee9288]

0:37 that kid looks like u just told him chocolate is poop

[@Insert-thing-here-Fan]

Lol true

[@parkergray5346]

3:26 Right after this I got a Burger King ad, WTF LOL.

[@kadidotognuratreb8267]

You lucky , I get anime girls

[@shivaprasadnayak5963]

3:11 Our ancestors settled down either for Bread or beer, whatever the case one thing is clear..... Nice rhyme

[@andrewbailey4991]

"Humans build the nuclear bomb, but mice would never build a mouse trap." 🤷‍♂️ "Mice eat their own little mice, but humans would never eat their own babies." 🤷‍♂️ Every species has their self-destructive behaviors.

[@harisiqbalralph]

Only that we just found out that the species who do gobble on their babies do NOT do it as a self-destructive habit.

[@ccgarciab]

Mice would totally build mouse traps if they had the brains for it. Humans would probably eat our babies if we were extreme r strategists (instead of extreme k strategists, which makes us invest great amounts of parental care).

[@LENZ5369]

Neither of those are "self-destructive". Nukes are always for "killing the other guys"; not suicide, and (as pointed out in the vid) the fact that offspring eating (Filial Cannibalism) has survived in the populations implies there is a beneficial reason for it.

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@ccgarciab hM

[@andrewbailey4991]

@@ccgarciab So you're basically saying that humans and mice would act differently if they weren't like humans and mice? :D

[@GeorgTheGr8]

Pretty much all food was discovered by accident when humans tried throwing stuff together to see what tasted good

[@spiritbond8]

This is a very stupid perception of humanity. They were no more "banging things together" then than we are today. There was never a time when humans didn't have an established way of doing things or a time when they were fully aware of the gap in their understanding.

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

@@spiritbond8 and before that there were humanoids, and before that there were apes and .... they all knew what they wanted to eat, no problem.

[@user-bt8zk8ib1k]

@@spiritbond8 what you say was is like to say they knew how to make fire before they discovered it why you cant believe that humans werent aways as smart as they are now before science most discoveris happened on random fire,cooking

[@hhiippiittyy]

@@user-bt8zk8ib1k Fire ain't food, though. Food is as universal in the animal kingdom as reproduction. Fire, less so.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

MinuteEarth: mentions cheese Wallace: Look Gromit, cheese!

[@aqiiiiiiiil]

Avery the Cuban-American Cheeesee

[@MidnightSt]

the more I learn about (bio)chemistry of food, the harder it is to believe that we figured all of this stuff out on our own, and most of it even before we knew such things as biology or chemistry even exist...

[@laurenrussell6805]

I just realized that the most ‘romantic foods’ you might see on a date are the ones in this video about spoiled foods, like bread,wine,chocolate,cheese

[@V1ralB1ack]

Because looooooove hurts... looooooove stinks

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@V1ralB1ack hM

[@topilinkala1594]

About freezeing food. Lalplanders used to store slaurgered raindeer on top of the roof. Birds eat the suet so the meat was lean when you took a part of it inside and using knife carved slices of it onto the pan. Even today in Finland raindeer is mostly eaten as thinly carved slices pan fried with smashed potatoes and lingonberries.

[@j._san]

Thank you for creating very informative videos!

[@Leafy17]

Minute earth- *talks about "birds eye"* Me- *checks freezer*

[@Feeluck]

i like those compliations. keept it on, great job! :)

[@alphaprime1871]

Emily's voice is so relaxing and comforting ❤️

[@elloradavidson2653]

4:44 Actually, I think that looks pretty interesting.

[@annieboiy]

@5:47 They forgot Mexico in the 'North Americas'..

[@aledner_lw7685]

Thank you, nice germs, for making my food taste good.

[@hiimryan2388]

Until they switch to the bad guys

[@bigteo90]

i love this format keep it going

[@DavidJackson-ml6rj]

I really loved this one, very informative, and wonderfully entertaining. And who would have thought that two tiny lines could change a hamster from adorable to threatening!

[@plumeater1]

Predator: Give me the eggs! Mother: *eats own eggs* Predator: *surprised pikachu face*

[@taurominos]

i watched this channel all the time as a kid. seeing it again, it makes me feel at home

[@amog8335]

Oh man, finally. An actual educational channel. Thank you so much Minute Earth, I’ve been so bored since quarantine.

[@vanguard616]

Check out Veritasium! Or Tom Scott!

[@AnhTran-tw6dl]

may I introduce to you a few channels? if you're into Physics: minutephysics - Math: MindYourDecisions - History: OverSimplified - Engineering: Jared Owen - General Knowledge: Ted, Ted-Ed, SciShow, MonsterBox, Kurzgesagt, It's Okay To Be Smart, AsapSciene and so on...

[@HunterDigi]

and: Animalogic Because Science CGP Grey Kyle Hill Kurzgesagt minutephysics Physics Girl SmarterEveryDay Steve Mould Up and Atom Vsauce (... Michael here...) Vsauce2 Vsauce3 zefrank1

[@kbye2321]

Don't forget Overly Sarcastic Productions and Extra Credits!

[@meta04]

How has 3blue1brown not been mentioned?

[@sillylotusedits]

Minute earth I love your vids please make more this is such a fun way to learn

[@kevinshen9391]

This is kinda like a compilation of Minute Earth Videos... I like it!

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

I am surprised we got another video so soon. I thought this new Emily would take longer to animate. (She still didn't wave when she said "Hi, I'm Emily.")

[@kcostello2007]

At 2:27 I laughed so hard because there was a microbe eating a toe lol 😂🤣🤣😂

[@Pindrop22]

Thank you so much guys!

[@Arcterion]

4:45 -- Thanks for the random bird brains, MinuteEarth.

[@doctorpicardnononono7469]

this video really worked up my appetite!

[@kaydenpawz]

I’ve learned a lot from this channel but unintentionally because I mostly watch these videos for entertainment 😂

[@mellembrnenema2219]

“Salmonelli” I’m dying😂

[@anandgavasane2986]

Loved the video content and presentation by Emily.

[@claymation7619]

Me hearing humans eat spoiled food: nah i wouldnt eat spoiled food Me after watching the first 1:53 minute video : do i really eat spoiled food?

[@LFPaiser]

4:13 I like how they say "by default"

[@MrBrick-vb3xh]

4:53 is it just me or does the boy thats fishing looks sad

[@xxlexidragonxx8716]

I love these new videos ♥️❤️

[@KitsuneKaitoSai]

I once had a Hamster that we bought already pregnant (a female that was with the males due to misgendering. So we thought its a male hamster until she had her babies) and we were worried she will eat her young, but she made a nest in a hollow decorative item and slept in her cage (we then had to peave the door open all the time for her to provide for her small ones) and all 8 babies grew up well and healthy. After that explanation i guess she felt save and well fed in our care and felt confident all the babies will make it. Also we fed her hamster food that has insects (protein) in it, so her nutrition was in balance. No one cares about my hamster comment anyways so i add for fun, that until we bought that food she somehow managed ro raise her own little maggot farm behind the furniture to eat them. We asked why and were told she needs protein. This hamster was only half a handful but a full handfull to take care for, but her live in relative freedom (the entire living room was her playground) made her so charming and trusting and even responsive to her name. I miss that furball.

[@nono-fb8tr]

I am just glad there was one light in a sea of hamsters eating their young

[@solisruben296]

1. Food is food. 2. That's it, you're not allowed to dislike food.

[@lilypad895]

love your work stay safe out there

[@VinodSingh-vb3gt]

Thanks for entertaining knowledge ☺☺☺❤❤❤❤

[@zaubergarden6900]

she's my favorite elemenary school teacher. those are the type of videos we can show to our kids

[@Mum2five2014]

I really love your videos

[@crimsonmapping8525]

*Rudolf with his nose so bright will now be on your plate tonight*

[@dylreesYT]

When is the next video in this series? It's great!

[@burningdisgrace362]

2:26 AYO WHAT'S THAT BACTERIA DOING WITH THAT TOE

[@tajuddinahmed3379]

Eating?

[@user-qh9ft7lh8o]

Love your videos

[@myysterio2]

Need to start calling you 10 minute earth

[@peke9499]

This food sounds cool, maybe I'll try it

[@jellycrab]

Edutainment at its finest :3

[@saraangel6696]

"Order of the kids menu" man, that was dark.

[@adamwishneusky]

oh my god the puns! Never stop please 🤓

[@Pedritox0953]

7:30 -Rudolf's song xD

[@dominicmckeough9930]

I really like this style of video

[@larkinslides2479]

“And considering what’s at *steak* that makes sense” you guys made a pun without even trying lol

[@powderclan8702]

KIDS MENU 1.toes 2.kids 3.hungry cucumbers

[@mew.shroom]

2:51 MinuteEarth: "If we didn't let food spoil just a little bit, we would have no sauerkraut, " Everyone: I wish we didn't spoil our food, because MARMITE would never ever exist in the first place Aussies: *OFFENDED*

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

Muhammad Al - Idrissi, Issac Butterfield likes Marmite more than Vegemite after Vegemite decided to make their food vegan entirely, so he buys Marmite for now on.

[@Insert-thing-here-Fan]

Bro im portuguese and i loooooveee Marmite with honey

[@superking3790]

7:56 this part got me laughing so much

[@Insert-thing-here-Fan]

Ya

[@xrn769]

Aw man I love the food videos

[@Zahri8Alang]

I'm loving it

[@jedmarie6942]

*9:34* ,dude this fish has done the deed with another type of fish and a mermaid haha

[@nehemiahwestercamp3542]

8:46 Imagine being the extra hamster babies chosen to be sent to their inevitable demise.

[@jur4x]

@@wynturbailey9497 Agh, if she did choose you, you probably are too weak to run away.

[@LegendarySalboy]

Yess they are posting every week 2 vids

[@NtcPedroPeterNews]

OH THE PUNS, LOVE THEM

[@lunargacha4788]

I love your videos😜

[@Kansasavation]

I love minute earth even though they’re short too short

[@seicom7818]

wow! kimchi! im korian! I love minute earth! 2:58

[@Marshie_M]

Me: "hey mom what's for dinner today?" Mom: "you" Me: "WHAT?!?!"

[@PostWarKids]

lol Australia holding vegemite 2:50

[@crux4018]

Why have i watched all these videos like a hundred times?😭

[@le_bunni1626]

Lol I can see the baby hamsters being trouble makers and the mom would be just “DO YOU WANNA END UP LIKE YOUR BROTHER BILLY???”

[@LeeoJohnsonTV]

00:59 I get it!!!

[@Randomlyme]

Hey emily from minute earth...😂😂Great creation

[@dariodalcin5177]

3:39 *two in the pink...*

[@Insert-thing-here-Fan]

Wut?

[@punkbeluga5091]

"And sometimes, kids, you know get in the way, so they just have to go" It justifies me yeeting my sister out of my bedroom when my bf's over 😅😂

[@NirrumTheMad]

20 seconds in and I can hear Nihonium furiously working to make a video