Hare Hair & Fuzzy Bunnies | SciShow Talk Show

[@nerdsaregods]

Dr. Mills is very well spoken and REALLY good at explaining things in layman terms. Loved hearing him talk!

[@Gam3B0y23r0]

This guy looks like Hank from future ))

[@Raxerm]

I was so sure he was gonna be like _"I'm Hank Green and I'm joined today by Professor Mike Green, aka. my dad."_

[@Gam3B0y23r0]

Lemonstate actually that was also my thoughts, but time travel sounds cooler :D

[@mildlydazed9608]

My pet bunny sat down to watch this too.

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

Bunnies are the cutest animals in the world.

[@loveapureheart]

yes

[@srodgers7351]

Umm have you seen a Quokka?????

[@gyrrakavian]

May I introduce you to the pocket mouse and the deer mouse?

[@microwaveoven9170]

I can't argue with you

[@CatBarefield]

Yup

[@opalwhisker]

oh my gooood I LOVE that the rabbits are named after Watership Down characters. that is some A+ nerdiness right there

[@danielalexander6017]

Jesse and fluffy rabbits start at 20:45

[@alaricsmith8158]

I'm not okay with seeing this at the top of my subscription box immediately after reading the last two chapters of Of Mice and Men.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Don't worry, Lenny, you'll take care of the rabbits...

[@jakedowney270]

@@IceMetalPunk Can you tell me about the rabbits again?

[@Adam-lc6mk]

Lol are you 12yr old or something.... points for empathy lololol

[@alaricsmith8158]

@@Adam-lc6mk do 12 year olds read classic works of literature where you are from? If so congratulations I guess.

[@CarnSarnit]

@@alaricsmith8158 Of Mice and Men was assigned reading when i was in middle school, though other people i know got it in high school

[@DevPreston]

What an interesting show! I love that there are lots of general lessons about evolution contained within this topic of Winter coat colour.

[@SaryTheWolf]

The hare reminds me of a cat, it's about the same size and would rather explore the space and then sit in a corner then cooperate.

[@tonijintabunyat8362]

SciShow Talk Show is the best part of SciShow.

[@aspiringcloudexpert5127]

Don't agreeShow completelyShow, but IShow respectShow yourShow opinionShow.

[@EyeHeartThePanda]

OMG WATERSHIP DOWN reference!!!!

[@mikeunleashed1]

future hank travels back in time to warn present hank

[@LePedant]

Soooo, that guy is Old Hank, right?

[@DeRien8]

totally looks like an aged Hank

[@musclehank6067]

Fuzzy bunnies are for the extremely strong!

[@Spicy_Riker]

Muscle Hank They’re BADASS GRRRRRAAAAA

[@friedtofu4568]

Yup.. yup.. yup... Yup

[@1224chrisng]

wheres Hustle Hank

[@sourgreendolly7685]

Random Guy On that nonstop grind. Ah that pained me to type 😂

[@sebastianelytron8450]

@@1224chrisng We all miss him😔 Some of his comments were absolute gold.

[@JGregoryNoel]

Hazel and Bigwig?!? Yes! One of my favorites! So, where's Fiver?

[@anagabrieltrevino5439]

How pure is it to see four brilliant, amazing, admirable, people just taking a moment to smile at a snow shooed fluffball bounce around free! 21:00 As always, super informative, incredibly enjoyable, and the perfect way to remind myself of all the good in the world!! Dftba!!

[@midknightsorina]

There should be .....a like harder button that goes beyond a simple like

[@GlacialScion]

There is. Give them money.

[@rockhardcelery1214]

and subscribe. although im guessing with the comment you already have.

[@rockhardcelery1214]

and the comment too. idk if they read them idk im drunk

[@midknightsorina]

@@GlacialScion I have none. Some time is all I got

[@GlacialScion]

@@midknightsorina Same. Just regular likes for us.

[@shaorandra]

In german we have the word Kaninchen for rabbits and Hase for hare. It took me years to understand that i learned it the wrong way. I always thought that rabbits are Hasen so I was thinking what Kaninchen would be in english. I wish I would have seen this video about 10 years ago, then all that confusion would have never taken place.

[@AllTheArtsy]

Experts in their field are so cool. AHHH

[@Emetris]

this was very good. after 5 years of watching scishow:quick facts, infusion, news and all the other categories i cant name, I'm thoroughly impressed =)

[@Brainstorm69]

Great interview. It's always fascinating to see how daylight is used by so many species as a regulatory mechanism for seasonal changes.

[@Hidemyname78]

Great episode but couldn't help notice Scott is still getting his summer beard or is he an early changer? Great info great guest

[@TinaLynn]

I enjoy the animal talks. Great addition to the show. Keep it coming!

[@repentia1]

is it just me or does this look like hank is talking to future hank

[@calcaware]

I think it would be really awesome to be able to focus years of research on a single species. You get to know so much about them and by extension general things about other animals.

[@theoryaction]

I thought this was an exceptional episode! It seems like Hank did a ton of research before sitting down and talking to Dr. Mills, and it allowed you to have a very intelligent conversation that everyone enjoyed, including the expert being interviewed. I hope you decide to follow this format for SciShow Talk Show in the future.

[@narutohorsegirl]

There were a couple hints that this was filmed about six months ago. I guess I didn't realize just how far in advance these are filmed before being aired! Pretty cool.

[@MtnTow]

Awesome video. Thank you very much! Answered a couple things i didnt know like how many species do this and who if anyone is watching. Ive been watching the hares locally and they are definitely at a disadvantage. If the hare hears you coming and feels safe, it will try to hide on snow but if you are coming fast, they revert to freezing in place.

[@DuluthTW]

Great episode. I never knew there was so much dependent on how animals change their coat color or the difference between hares and rabbits. Thanks for sharing!

[@haileyfindlay8069]

this made me so happy i love my gothic black bun. and adore the bunnies literally just chilling in their lap and now moving. if anyone cares what mine looks like look up black holland lop!!

[@vincentcournoyer5522]

This is my favorite talk show!

[@illiteratemochi4150]

From what I've learned, I believe that socialization is a huge factor in how easy it is to domesticate an animal. Most domesticated animals are highly social such as rabbits, dogs, cattle, horses, some birds like chickens, goats, etc. Other animals that are similar except for being solitary are hares, zebra, and some bird species. There are others factors, but socialization definitely makes a big difference.

[@veronika1159]

That was a super awesome episode!!!! I work with rabbits as lab animals, and our handling/training amount is about in the middle of Jessi’s rabbits vs the research hares. Super interesting to see how different groups handle rabbits and other animals differently than we do depending on what the purpose and species is. Fantastic video all around!!!

[@Adam-lc6mk]

Future hank is punking the freak out of present day hank... like hey man , you have no idea what you're gonna see in the next 20+ years lol.... different accent though :D

[@ryn3872]

Now I’m curious as to whether hares binkie...

[@lovelaughlisten]

Yes they do.

[@ryn3872]

lovelaughlisten thank you!

[@Snarethedrummer]

Thanks for bringing your uncle on

[@Azzarinne]

1:50 Fisheries researchers do exactly this right in Bozeman!

[@Azzarinne]

This episode is so much fun. 😂💗🐇

[@thegameres816]

I thought the thumbnail was hank green but really aged.

[@VeronicaGorositoMusic]

It's Hank Grey, then.

[@ToutCQJM]

But with a better body.

[@Azzarinne]

Veritasium has a thumbnail like that... It's weird...

[@Error-eb9gv]

Hair hair there there here there hair everywhere

[@eaterdrinker000]

I agree.

[@pleochrome]

Hazel's colouring is my favourite.

[@yeeteevee]

Why is everyone saying the guy looks like old Hank? I clicked because I thought it was Adam Savage...

[@Tassadar237]

That's because Adam Savage is Older Hank, obviously.

[@alfredogonzalez8735]

LOVED THIS LONG STUFF

[@golddragonette7795]

Love that they're named for Watership Down

[@imenhashim6943]

You can tell Jessie (the redhead) doesnt like the rabits being test subjects. shes nicely throwin shade the whole time xD

[@erililil]

Is Hank a time traveler?

[@erkdoc5]

Best episode

[@leelulady2010]

Awesome content!

[@ArnimSommer]

Bigwig, Hazel... Does Animal Wonders reside at Watership Down?

[@Yvonne2214]

Very noticeable in arctic foxes. The one we cared for in a Florida sanctuary grew a winter coat every winter regardless of temperature. However with arctic foxes it might mean their demise because not only are they more visible to predators, but as it warms further north red foxes are moving into their range. And even preying on them since arctics are smaller.

[@KaninCotton]

my bunny eggnog sitting on the bed with me like "it me"

[@hotpinkkt]

Aww, I love bunnies! I have 2, and my mom has 2, one of which is a Netherlands dwarf! I'm a literal rabbit expert though, and my bunnies are freeroam indoors, and are super spoiled.

[@DylanFergusC]

It is so funny to see a Walls joke! I drove through Walls once but I joke about it all the time.

[@francoislacombe9071]

I hope they filmed their efforts to catch the hare.

[@mursuhillo242]

1:21 "August" ?? for realsies tho? We had snowfall in midsummer a couple of years ago, that is june 20th ish, the time of year when it's supposed to be hottest...

[@brianhester1996]

Agh! The puns! Great show about something that I suspected, but didn't know (day length determines hair color).

[@22noel2]

yay biology and evolutionary rescue!!!

[@dhawthorne1634]

As a kid, a few years in a row I noticed a white bunny out in winter here in Lancaster, PA. I always assumed it was one of the bunnies that lived under our deck until I found out that only Snowshoe do this. Now I am wondering if it was albino but without the red eyes or if it was actually a snowshoe someone had displaced. The weird thing is that I only ever saw it in late fall and throughout winter.

[@Yurt_enthusiast7]

there is a lot of hare hair here!

[@jacobjamar]

I kept wiping the screen of my phone cause of your darn shirt Hank!

[@ithinkimightbelost]

FASCINATING

[@katiekane5247]

You guys call this work? Would love to sit in this group!

[@jscotthatcher380]

i was talking about coats of small mammals earlier today. neat.

[@just-a-silly-goofy-guy]

The only things we need in life

[@rox4884]

Awesome, we know so much about Evaluation, I can't believe people don't think it is real. A while ago I saw a video where they moved an animal to a different environment to effect a change and then brought them back to the initial place. When they were taken back to the other environment they adapted very quickly. That's what junk DNA is for though, right? Watching the rabbits reminded me that we have a chinchilla named Hank, named by my daughter.

[@crystaldaugherty3532]

Hank, hope you really got to keep the bunny! If so, he could be your sidekick in future episodes!

[@pwnyyGaming]

Dr. Mills looks like an older version of Hank hehe

[@KotaBearclaw]

Please tell me someone got the Watership Down name references for the two rabbits

[@RangerRuby]

Isn't wjite actualy a colder color? It absorbs less heat than darker hair. So they give up being warmer for camoflauge?

[@bitsnpieces11]

Weelll, think of polar bears and caribou, their white hair actually allows MORE light through to warm the skin, I suppose by letting light bounce back and forth instead of being absorbed. The caribou hairs are hollow for insulation.

[@requiembeeblebroxx]

I suspect they get more advantage from camouflage than they are losing in failure to absorb heat. I'm also not sure that these species spend enough time basking in direct sunlight to get much heat that way anyhow (though I am definitely not an expert in this part of biology, so maybe solar-powered hares are possible).

[@162manoj]

1) its more advantageous to be not eaten than to be warmer, so yeah it is actually favorable to be white and hidden than be a little darker and warmer, but with potentially shorter lifespan. 2) some animals, like polar bears, have transparent fur coats, which seem white, to allow for more solar radiation to pass through. Mainly because the skin of polar bears is black to help them absorb the heat. 3) they are warm blooded creatures, which means they keep warm by increasing their base metabolic rates and that body heat keeps them warm enough. (also im not sure, someone could confirm, but I think the core body temp decreases by a few degrees in winters). All this means its better to stay alive longer by staying hidden and catching more food and burning more calories. Hope this is clear :)

[@firstlast-cs6eg]

Could you feed domestic netherland dwarf rabbits pine branches? So how does the rabbit know if the foods gone through once or twice, the texture?

[@FireBird7766]

Those rabbits were very tame for Netherland Dwarfs. Used to own a couple and they were skittish as anything, much more so than lops we had previously. I think giant rabbits are the way to go really.

[@vickymc9695]

Depends on the bunny, but these two have trained to go to schools for presentations. So are better with being held with groups of people around. :-)

[@seleuf]

Hear the hare here in my hair.

[@JugheadJones03]

Make Jessi a co-host. : )

[@andrewkelly4195]

Can you guys do a video on gallium oxide and how it could replace silicon in semi conductor manufacturing

[@PinkChucky15]

Bunnies! 😍

[@bland9876]

Imagine a bald Guy saying he has hare at home and then you go with thinking it will be a wig and its not

[@jennim7]

Awww...this set makes reminds me of how much I miss HFS. When is that coming back?! 😭

[@jasepoag8930]

Hear, heir, here hare hair.

[@madisonsara6012]

Petition to save the animals that change color. Teach them to roll in mud for camouflage!

[@skgalindo7466]

Lol! That would be adorable. Imagine, a bunny bootcamp! 😆

[@bland9876]

If it was both length of day and temperature cues then it would work the best

[@daltonriser1125]

How did hank manage to talk to future hank

[@dennisengea1]

very interesting video. And to lindsey barnard.. wow girl, you have such a beautiful smile! I was looking at you the whole video

[@eaterdrinker000]

Nice

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

🐰 “My hair stylist needs to adapt to climate change.”

[@connieembury1]

Don't Snowy Owls change colour? The ones I grew up with in northern Canada did!

[@ferociousmaliciousghost]

That face at 22:48

[@Cora.T]

What is the difference between rabbits and bunny's?

[@Tfin]

Oh no, they actually did it. They have Watership Down names.

[@crescentpumpkin3483]

I wish I could get my bunnies to be so well behaved. They are treat lovers not cuddlers. It was nice to meet Future Hank though. Hi.

[@Yvonne2214]

Some species are dying off, but being replaced by species more suited to the weather and color pattern. In the case of arctic foxes their area is being encroached upon by red foxes. This would be a common way evolution handles changes an ecosystem. Similar to when we depleted wolf populations in a given area some coyotes began to hunt together in order to take down larger game previously the food source of the larger canine. P.S. changes of the length of daylight also makes my budgies go nuts because of mating season. Thank God for cage covers. I'm giving them the cover is going on if you don't quiet down look right now.

[@spongebobsquarepants675]

I thought the thumbnail was hank when old

[@sushilbarua8862]

Do insects affected by Corona or bees special

[@Intrigarium]

this dude makes me think of a mix betwen adan savage and a bunny.

[@LaineyBug2020]

BUUUUNNNIIIIEEEESSSS!!!!!

[@bland9876]

Her face at 22:50

[@warriorcatskid003]

Old Hank discovered time travel obviously.

[@KarlFFF]

Dr. Scott Mills looks a lot like Mark Hamill to me, but some also say he looks a lot like an old Hank, which he admittedly also does. Is Hank a time traveler or is there several clones of him activated at different times? If only there was a nice KZbin science show that could look into it and explain it.

[@therugburnz]

Climate has changed many times, only now it is changing waaaaaay to fast for previous evolutionary adaptations to track correctly. I do wonder if there are other evolutionary mechanisms that track fast changes by a different mechanism that will prevent total species loss. IDK, something like the predatory animals become more visible to the prey or the predatory animals' starve before the prey population gets to low.

[@tenaciousteacher1500]

I am still often dismayed by learning that reproduction and violence are commonplace, but really??? Adorable Hares have violent sex? I am flummoxed.

[@Ash-yh5oy]

I like to remember that we are always viewing the behaviour through human eyes. We don't really know what is happening and they can't just say and understand when she doesn't want to so they communicate in this way. Presumably the hares are not traumatised by the behaviours or else they would avoid mating and the behaviour would change.

[@LKAChannel]

Consenting to sex is a very human thing

[@tenaciousteacher1500]

@@Ash-yh5oy I like your emphasis on point of view, yet the animal kingdom includes some pretty undeniable sexual trauma (death included) for unwilling and willing participants alike. How traumatized they feel by resulting injuries, etc. is unknowable from our point of view. However, the forcible nature of nature is something that I freely admit is something I would rather not anthropomorphise, but I do it sometimes anyway.

[@GlacialScion]

It might make you feel better to recognize that as one of things that makes humans better as a species than many others. We're one of the least violent species on Earth. Not that we aren't violent; It's just that other species are more so.

[@Ash-yh5oy]

Julie Yandell we're only human and it is hard not to sometimes look on those experiences as if these animals were experiencing them the same way we were and some are (traumatic insemination anyone? It's just easier since it is the way it is and we can't do anything to help them if they are actually being hurt to try and view it in a less human manner.

[@1224chrisng]

Scott Mills? the BNC Radio 1 host?

[@rodigoduterte9192]

Fuzzy bunnies For the win, but hell Bunnies are harder to pet than a stray cat and dog, or even a fish

[@yonimushermusic]

Pineal gland omgggggggggggg LMAO