Feathers | SciShow Tangents Podcast

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[@nothanks9503]

If I was a vampire I would exclusively live off horse shoe crab blood just to be the biggest nuisance possible

[@JeskaDax]

Naked owls look like aliens

[@nottsork]

to Hank, doi you know your intro speech , is getting faster and faster compare to eariler episodes

[@Woolm810]

Five dollars say that Brennan Lee Mulligan watched this episode.

[@LawTaranis]

I'm disappointed he isn't IN the episode. 😂

[@brightknight1965]

When I’m not watching I just picture Sam as a bat. I’ve been watching too much scishow kids with the littles

[@ElizabethChronis]

Im glad I’m not the only one

[@andii64]

Bat-Sam needs to be a thing

[@fahim_arif]

18:24 is one of the best moments in SciShow history period.

[@billyalarie929]

My favorite part is a tie between Hank catching it and Ceri laughing especially hard at it

[@charliecrossing]

I just came from the podcast version because I had to see that moment on video

[@JesterTBP]

I had to watch this one only to see Ceri crack up after Hank saying "Humans are really the only animal that looks good naked..." LOVE YOU GUYS!!

[@EtherRainbow]

I always thought it was spelt "Saree" omg!!!

[@DrScherzo]

I hope Ceri gets to see this! The linguistic link between the Latin and Germanic words is explained by Grimm’s law. This was a development in the Proto-Germanic language that occurred around the first millennium BC where, among other changes, voiceless stops became voiceless fricatives, e.g. p > f. Grimm’s law shows a strikingly regular correspondence between many words in Germanic and non-Germanic languages. Some examples: p > f Latin, pēs; Greek, πούς (poús) | English, foot; German, Fuß Latin, piscis; Greek, ψάρι (psári) | English, fish; German, Fisch t > þ French, trois; Welsh, tri | English, three; Icelandic, þrír k > h Latin, canis; Greek, κύων (kýōn) | English, hound; Dutch, hond That solves the initial consonants. As for the middle of the words, they come from different inflections of the Proto-Indo-European root word *petH- (“to fly”). Proto-Italic (parent of Latin) developed *petnā (later Latin penna) from the PIE form *petHén- while Proto-Germanic developed *feþrō from the PIE form *pétHr̥ (we can see both the p > f and t > þ shifts here).

[@mayaenglish5424]

Lol they were in a _MOOD_ for this shoot. 😂

[@pixelpantsplay]

Hank should go back on Drawfee to get that hairy dolphin 😂

[@victoriaeads6126]

Peacock primary feathers are a beautiful cinnamon color. They make great quill pens, too. In LoTR Rings of Power, Elrond is using a peacock quill in his first scene. I haven't found anything online about this, but I have three peacocks, and those primaries are very distinctive. Their train feathers might be what people think of, but they are just beautiful all over, males and females.

[@VGlauren]

19:30 I disagree that there are no differences between dolphins and porpoises. The most notable difference between dolphins and porpoises are the teeth: Dolphins have conical teeth, whereas porpoises have spade-shaped teeth. Both are in the Delphinoidea superfamily, but porpoises are in the family Phocoenidae while dolphins are in the family Delphinidae. Other physical differences are the rostrums: Dolphins may either have short or long rostrums, but porpoises always have short rostrums, so any Delphinoid with a long rostrum is a dolphin. Both dolphins and porpoises may lack dorsal fins, but in the species that do have dorsal fins, porpoises tend to have triangular dorsal fins, while dolphins tend to have curved sickle-shaped dorsal fins.

[@victoriaeads6126]

Feathers are incredible! We have peafowl (I liken them to dinosaur puppies, because if you spend time with them, that's how they act, it's hilarious) and have had ducks and quail. The variety of shapes, types, colors, etc. is wonderful! Bonus: peafowl shed their train feathers yearly, so you can just collect them if you happen to have access to shed feathers.

[@elainebelzDetroit]

Ceri's comment about patchy birds reminded me of this. My sister bred parakeets, & had one mother who would pull out her feathers if she didn't have eggs to sit on. So she had a little collar she had to wear when she wasn't actively breeding. Other than that, IIRC she was an excellent mama bird.

[@_andrewvia]

When Sam said "Aroo" it was the most energetic I've ever seen him. Also, 40 or 50 years from now, the hallway music in nursing homes will be rap and hip-hop.

[@victoriaeads6126]

Wing feathers aren't just one type, either. There are typically at least...uh, I would say four types of feathers on most bird wings. Ratite feathers are very different, and birds like penguins also have extra specialization, which is only the tip of the iceberg.

[@krellend20]

Thank you for just posting this and not making it a premiere. I appreciate it.

[@ericf9479]

Lovely refill of random facts to dump on my friends and family, i love this

[@MrMegaGeoff]

When did your ad reads get so good? Lol love them!

[@disky01]

Finally, the science communication community is starting to come around to what I've been telling people on Reddit for years. Baseballs 👏 are 👏 just 👏 human 👏 eggs 👏

[@AquilaCat]

You know... parasitology is fascinating to me, so I absolutely loved the tapeworm metaphor for the sponsor. That was fantastic. Thank you!

[@nene_blimboblambo]

SciShow Tangents: come for the facts, stay for the wild promos! 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@Bluesmudge]

Anyone else find themselves later remembering the wrong truth or fail? I love this show. This is my happy place.

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

sam: feathers easy to define. late triassic paleontolgests: allow us to introduce ourselves. edit imagine in 2060 like ok gen alfpha i feel like that dosent work the boomers got the best old people name everyone else sounds like the thing that escaped the laboratory in sci fi movies.

[@IceMetalPunk]

To be fair to Hank about the Outkast mistake, "Hey Ya!" was from the album The Love Below, which was one half of their double album (the other being Speakerboxxx). The double album was really just a bundle of each of their solo albums; as such, "Hey Ya!" was written, produced, and performed only by Andre 3000, with Big Boi not being a part of it. So while it's attributed to Outkast, it really is very much an Andre 3000 solo song -- making "he should have told us" valid 😁

[@megapiglatin2574]

I was unaware of Megapode species, and the existence of superprecocial birds in general, but *oh my goodness* are their hatchlings ADORABLE 🥹

[@kaitlynoddie9649]

i’ve been playing the resident evil 4 remake and when hank said “amber from spain” i was immediately like oh god

[@charliecrossing]

SAME, I'm so glad someone else thought that too

[@gordonwerner]

Hank. Check the article _Feathers, Hair, or Scales: Not Much Difference_ by Candice Gaukel Andrews

[@arthursamuel301]

KZbin really knows i love this episode. The only thing i can't comprehend is that despite having listened to this several times, every time Hank is about to say what dry dolphin hair would look, i think he's going to say they look like mango pits.........? 😂

[@victoriaeads6126]

Those sand grouse look like an adorable cross between a Coturnix quail and a pigeon.

[@HikiKronau]

I love these videos by the way keep it up

[@victoriaeads6126]

Baby peafowl are peachicks. ALL peafowl can be peababies-if they are YOUR peababies.

[@CorbiniteVids]

putting batteries in the fridge or freezer absolutely does not keep them working longer. I work in tech retail and I'm constantly having to tell older customers not to do that. You need to keep them away from moisture and keep them away from big temperature swings, and fridges and freezers both swing wildly in temperature as you put things in. You also don't want them to burst and contaminate your food. Just keep them in a drawer somewhere

[@Fooma777]

3:50 you tripped my Siri on my phone when you said that

[@Blue-Science]

NOT MY SIRI ACTIVATING WHEN SAM SAID IT

[@nataliefoley1117]

33:35 Well now I need to know, Does keeping batteries in the freezer keep them fresh longer?!?

[@michellemiller86]

I always love you guys, but you were particularly entertaining in this episode. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Thank you!❤

[@HaarmannE]

no worries, hank! I am working on a song to my neighbor actually.

[@HaarmannE]

its very aggressive and anti lawn. you'd love it

[@rebeccazegstroo6786]

For over 10 years we were able to raise peafowl. Then we had to sell our acreage. The one white peacock was attacked and eaten by something just when he reached the age to have his full tail. The developed the long feathers in May and dropped them in August. I miss the birds.

[@appelster11]

When I need to picture whales or dolphins with hair I just picture a sealion with a dolphin shaped head. I think that's pretty close

[@osmia]

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[@IceMetalPunk]

On the question of "what's hair vs feathers?", according to things I just found from a Google: feathers are just scales that have extended into a long central shaft as their main structure, and emerge from specific tracts along the skin called pterylae; while hair is conical in shape and emerge from the dermis. Feathers and hair are both made of beta keratin, while scales can include both alpha and beta keratin. Hair and feathers evolved independently, but both came from the scales of a single common reptile ancestor who lived about 300 million years ago. Additional fact: reptile scales also have an additional waxy layer between the keratin layers, which helps keep the animal from drying out; while fish scales often have layers of bone between the keratin instead.

[@ponyote]

Hank treating batteries like popsicles. Why am I not surprised.

[@dalilaj3558]

you take some rotting compost… haha i so enjoyed this

[@miltonpound763]

Liquified toenails and feather mush. Part of a complete breakfast.

[@elainebelzDetroit]

I enjoyed hearing Sam call his generation "Zoomers" I hear "Gen Z" more often, & really want Zoomers to win out. (FWIW, I'm GenX - and remember that "GenX" was coined b/c x is a variable, & we supposedly didn't "stand for anything." That we've kept numbering generations like it's a good pattern is just weird.)

[@Bluesmudge]

We need a poetry book!

[@lutilda]

If I were a cryptid I'd definitely want to be one that can transform at will. Like how vampires can become a bat or mist. 😂

[@athanatic]

There is Whale Fur in the Dune universe. I think it is from Caladan! "Accolades" is what you meant for Ceri, I think "Ho! The Megapode!" -- Archchancellor Ridcully, Terry Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals."

[@janusatthegate6201]

All ground and water birds are born precocious.

[@astrocoastalprocessor]

could a cryptid manage the chronic wasting deer issue? or did they cause it 😅🤔🤔🤔

[@osmia]

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[@Rufflesandrage]

It was Louis

[@lutilda]

Oh no! 😂Poor Ceri's dad getting duped! 😂 Stephanie Meyer isn't even from Washington! She's never even lives in the PNW. 😭😭

[@Finvaara]

I propose that since there is no such thing as a fish, we just start calling whales and dolphins fish.

[@chelseahill1293]

Is the bird that hatches fully fledged a brush turkey from Australia? Cause they have nests made from leaf litter

[@Zengief77]

Liquefied feather food sounds horrifying.

[@shalenkleats]

I saw a comment on a Rhett and Link video saying they were exhibiting “typical boomer behavior” so yes, I think that will just end up substituting for anyone people see as “old.”

[@geoffreymartin6363]

Apparently hair, feathers, and scales are all homologous structures. I would reckon the last common ancestor of birds and mammals would likely have had proto-scales of some sort

[@cykcyko1]

would the mound building bird be a Cassowary.....

[@SuLokify]

"Bone Territory" on a shirt or socks pls

[@kari-gs4eq]

Hairy dolphin=seal

[@osmia]

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[@coviox]

I know it’s called tangents, but this is so unhinged XD

[@TicaAndEnemies]

Huh wait. I have seen my bird eat one of their own stray feathers. Arent they capable of eating their own feathers without bacteria???

[@zolacnomiko]

Tangents really struggling to stay on topic today

[@janelwilliams9144]

Hence the TANGENT part rite? lol 😂😂😂 my fave episodes though...❤

[@zolacnomiko]

@@janelwilliams9144 Exxxxxxactly~

[@jesseriggs455]

Do we even know what chicken nuggets are made from? Prove that they don't have feathers in them.

[@janusatthegate6201]

People were writing laws and grocery lists.

[@TourniquetRules]

They hard missed an opportunity to say "scrubscription" and I'm disappointed.

[@littlemissevel3607]

We already have quorn nuggets and similar ... i don't need hair nuggets ...

[@yellowflowerorangeflower5706]

Cool

[@lisanorwoodtreefarm]

re Sam's movement isolation: Sam is secretly a raqassa

[@janusatthegate6201]

Evolution torments birds. Man.

[@arc4705]

33:23 Did u just say you used to put batteries in your mouth as a kid

[@sashabrown1796]

Soilent Green... it's chicken feathers?

[@lostchips]

Don't they make food for very allergic dogs out of feathers?

[@rivkashapiro8119]

Instead of rocket money Sam's teeth whitener should sponsor bc he looks fab

[@janusatthegate6201]

Microbes will definitely be the last living things besides plants.

[@janusatthegate6201]

All birds have bugs.

[@justinwatson1510]

If people are going to eat the animal, they should also have to eat the feathers.

[@mackea1]

Dolphins are hairless. Cetaceans aka Whales Elephants are not hairless. But they probably have they sa.e amount of hair as the average human.

[@janusatthegate6201]

Plenty of birds behave absurdly.

[@footshotstube]

that feathers to chicken feed sounds terrible recalling BSE turn feathers into plastic , theres an idea

[@janusatthegate6201]

Ze Frank says science hippies.

[@AidanRatnage]

If pokémon level is equivalent to their age, how to wartotrle live to 10000 years?

[@janusatthegate6201]

Orcas are porpoises, not whales.

[@apilki]

Wait, what was the butt fact??

[@scottcampbell96]

Would you rather fight one T-Rex sized chicken or 100 chicken sized T-rexes?

[@darcieclements4880]

This is a shockingly difficult choice.

[@stephanie22345]

Is Hank a rat? 🐀✨

[@kap5160]

Naked owls are a horror show!

[@janusatthegate6201]

Littles? Their conversations are too doofy for little kids.