Studying Poop to Save Species

[@heyitsjustaz]

I love that SciShow is willing to discuss the weird icky things that most people don't want to, as proper science should.

[@PabloSanchez-qu6ib]

Willing? I'm pretty sure hank enjoys it.

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

every 2nd video is about poop or farts and it's getting annoying

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

I agree.

[@Megan-nt7dm]

We can't just study the things that are 'pretty'

[@zeratullotus2790]

This is exactly the kind of s*t I have come to expect Hank 😬

[@sebby5336]

I love the grind him and the team has been hustling on for nine years. Let's go sci show!

[@injunsun]

Yay! More poop! Lol! Coprolites are also vital to understand ancient animal diets. Anyone disliking poop just doesn't understand what-all it can tell us.

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Glad to see this subject still shines. I always analyze my dog when goes out to poop to check his health and I say "aw poopy time" in a childish way. Then again he was such cute dog with pointy ears like the wolf he is.

[@LuinTathren]

I do the same! My mother thinks it's gross. I'm checking my dog's health. You can tell a lot from her poop.

[@darkcreatureinadarkroom1617]

@@LuinTathren "My mother thinks it's gross." I'm sure she did the same for you as a baby... I do check my dog's poop too (and my cat's) for health reasons and imho it's one of the most important reasons for picking up your dog's poop (aside from being, you know, a thoughtful neighbor...).

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

@@darkcreatureinadarkroom1617 well best to see what see but of course pick up to clean up. Except the watery ones. That would have to wait but that also involves trying to change their diet. In the end you report to your veterinarian. Good thing I study but I'm not certified or have the skills. Heh. That's why it's best to consult with your veterinarian.

[@angriface1603]

Nothing is beneath the emperor of Tamriel!

[@Cantimule]

Everyone: Hank, you're always trying to give me turds, what is it with you? Hank: I just think they're neat.

[@fredmench4552]

Always with the poop. I'm not complaining it just seems to be a central theme.

[@meisteremm]

It makes things grow. It is essential to our survival.

[@ikocheratcr]

You find it everywhere, why not take a look and study it?

[@nedludd7622]

Do you not like scatological jokes either, they go from limericks to Mozart? A lim’rick packs laughs anatomical In a package that’s quite economical The good ones I’ve seen So seldom are clean And the clean ones so seldom are comical.

[@LuinTathren]

@@nedludd7622 Ah, yes. The scatological humor of Mozart is well studied. Now I think I'll go listen to Mozart's "Leck du mich im Arsch" ("Lick My Arse").

[@fredmench4552]

@@nedludd7622 you have brought me great pleasure. Thank you 😂

[@111455]

i understand the topic but... *DID THE ZEBRA HAVE TO BE THAT THICC???*

[@SIyMarbo]

*me seeing thumbnail* ahh the majestic striped ant eater Zefrank taught me all about these backwards zebras

[@LuinTathren]

I love zefrank! I want to have his behbehs!

[@vivienschmidt8506]

That's fascinating. Learning about social structures from animals by analyzing hormones and enzymes in their poop.

[@azula-3875]

missed opportunity to say "Studying fecies to save species" :D

[@angriface1603]

I looked at this video’s thumbnail out of the corner of my eye and I swear, for the briefest of moments I thought I was looking at the back of Ashoka Tano’s head!

[@Trag-zj2yo]

If it's poop it's gonna be Hank

[@andromeda7758]

Of course this is hosted by Hank 😂

[@jellyfiredragon]

SciShow is obsessed with poop lol. I love it. Need a new sister-channel: SciShow Poop

[@DaneeBound]

coming soon at some 1st of April

[@flux.aeterna]

“ShitShow”

[@Substantial-hf1rm]

@@flux.aeterna Why did youtube mark this for translation?

[@LuinTathren]

They did have a joke channel called SciShow Pee.

[@tldrafaik6144]

Hank is associated with poop videos now 🤣🤣🤣

[@trubbeltron]

I thought the thumbnail was Ahsoka's head from the back, cant unsee it now...

[@MaxBrix]

Time for a new Scishow channel.

[@bloodcarnage8285]

I don't care what others think of me but poop data is amazing. It's like extreme Sherlock homes work.

[@minnymouse4753]

The males could be be spending more time mating with each other

[@victoriawilliams2786]

This is interesting! Its pretty interesting that scientists are checking human sewers to test for Covid-19 outbreaks in some areas too.

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

Fascinating right

[@KabeerKishore]

Reminded me of the multiple dinosaur droppings scenes from the Jurassic Park trilogy.

[@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540]

You didn't call this video "Studying Feces to save Species"?

[@UtahSustainGardening]

Poop database? We used to call it a -hit list in the army....

[@joelsmith4394]

When Hank said they were synthesizing the enzymes from the vultures that protect them from toxins in the rotting food, my first thought was, therapeutic antitoxins for people with food poisoning?

[@alicewilloughby4318]

I bet this guy's favorite TV character is Jack Hodgins from Bones.

[@Zhinoi]

Been sleeping on zebras 👀💀

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Reading the shitty jokes in the comments, I nearly fell off my stool.

[@ryank1273]

You're full of s***!

[@LuinTathren]

Bah dum sh*t

[@chinookvalley]

My dogs eat poop for a reason. Brilliant! They know their science!

[@minnymouse4753]

Testosterone alone doesn't lead to violence. Its testosterone mins serotonin an or. Oxytosin

[@handy864]

At first glance I thought the thumbnail was a picture of the back of a twi'leks head. I was walking through the woods and I found a brown pile, it looked like crap, so I leaned in and smelt it, it smelled like crap, so I reach down and touched it, warm and soft, it felt like crap, so I took a taste it was awful, tasted like crap, sure enough it was crap, I'm really glad I didn't step in it.

[@Substantial-hf1rm]

Sounds like a shitty experience

[@denys-p]

I just wonder why this video not on “It’s ok to be smart” channel :)

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

This is the fifth SciShow video I’ve watched in the past week that talks about poo 🤔

[@NukeTheOG]

4:24 I refuse to believe that you said "poop database" with a straight face

[@donchonealyotheoneal5456]

What I didn't get from this is everything down the line eats pretty much the same thing so every organism builds upon the previous organisms intake of food and so therefore every organism and bacterial builds upon the previous food source down the line

[@misterflibble6601]

After watching this video I'm pooped...💩

[@chuckwilliams6261]

🎵 I'm a scat man...

[@muhammadumair8126]

From where i can get that database for my own research?

[@dv_wild]

This is mindblowing 😳😳😳

[@chrisemmert1387]

POOP also contains chemicals that show if the animal has a cancer and it also contains NATURAL Substances that are used to fight cancer.

[@erfquake1]

Arlo Archer: HAH! Pay up!

[@oceanlabrees5376]

Or.....saving feces to study poop👌

[@Inannawhimsey]

Who knew that some animals come with Ikea-like instructions showing where to go

[@mehmeta]

I thought the video was about Ashoka when I see the thumbnail!

[@cocotte4746]

Do you have the source of the metagenomics database at 4:24 ?

[@michaelpytel3280]

POOP, There it is !

[@satiralu788]

As a mastozoologist, I confirm the amount of poop I have had to analyze is too much. Probably any amount is too much, tho.

[@maximilianosalvador9559]

Day 49 of asking for the return of Scishow Quizshow

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

I MISS THAT QUIZSHOW!!!!😭😭😭 Bringing it back - 🥰🥰😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@delusionnnnn]

Covid plus it wasn't very good as a quiz show. Hard to judge buzzes when everyone is reaching for the same buzzer. Solve both problems by widening out the shot and having a proper "Quiz Bowl" style buzzing system that sells for like $50-200.

[@Tabbasco2012]

Crazy, I thought this was a compilation video and only clicked on it in the app after I could see it was only 5 mins. Too bad there wasn't some way for me to distinguish between compilation videos from the title...

[@orchdork775]

So how much information could you get on a person by only studying their poop? That could be an interesting experiment/challenge!

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

Well, there are things that smell worse than poo.

[@leflipmo]

Video title should have been: "Studying feces to save species"

[@dv_wild]

I can't open the link source for Vulture's article

[@minnymouse4753]

They should study stuff in sem . Hormones . .

[@kfl611]

What about extinct animal's poop?

[@alkaliaurange]

well... that baboon example was a little... disturbing

[@madarauchiha8469]

Poop is trending in scishow these days

[@shoukanju]

Who else saw Ahsoka Tano in the thumbnail?

[@LuinTathren]

I didn't at first. Now I can't unsee it.

[@militaryav8r]

1:05 I don’t know if they’re Cape Mountain Zebras, but if you want to study Zebra poop for cheap, come to Prince George’s County Maryland. There are 3 zebras on the loose here! They escaped just this week.

[@LuinTathren]

😳😳😳

[@AllDayBikes]

Two poops in a week? Nice

[@geccpls]

Hypothesis: More male competition is a sign of overpopulation in zebras, so females adjust to produce fewer offspring. Human encroachment causing habitat loss could be forcing them to compete more. I could see this being a type of evolutionary trap, where decreasing populations drive competition higher, resulting in a positive feedback loop that drives population downward.

[@Jwheezy_]

Anyone know the name of the intro, it's one the tip of my tongue and reminds me of something but just can't remember

[@busysaru888]

You just raise them to make burgers, they they won't be endangered.

[@Matt0sh]

This is the weirdest video title ever 😂😂

[@karlharvymarx2650]

Man, I have to say that zebra has a nice butt. I mean, artistically, that's a nice butt, the bold pattern, the firm muscles, nicely glued on skin. Ok, now I can pay attention to the poop on poop.

[@Rivarya]

My poop got fight stories to tellll.

[@ChrispyNut]

[@mikehorton6195]

Look on the thumbnail. It’s joe rogan after ivermectin. Looks great

[@MH3DragonKiller]

Yessss, more content for poop compilations

[@markberry3496]

Is it National Turd Month? I didn't get the memo.

[@orientalshorthaircats]

there is an answer as to why there are fewer babies born when testosterone levels are high: often female has a choice about whether she has her baby or not. high level of male aggression is considered to be an unsafe environment for the newborn, so no. it can also be the cause why more males are born in aggressive environments.

[@raoulselten9480]

*studying feces to save species

[@sedatoyundaturkiye1448]

First, read about cool projects such as Flirt Invest and then tell tales about growth

[@juslangley]

So instead of studying the entrails of animals, perhaps the Romans should have studied the poop.

[@akumaking1]

At least he didn’t talk about coprophagia.

[@LuinTathren]

Eww

[@aliassan5752]

What's up with that thumbnail haha

[@Aerox90]

Whose baboon's grooming whom? 😂

[@likebot.]

I like poo especially. See... I happen to know that everything that isn't rock, air and sea feeds on or is the poo of something that eats rock, air or sea. Everything is built upon poo.

[@likebot.]

everything

[@illeagle6140]

Great episode! I've been looking for that World Poop Database!!! Does ANYONE have a link???

[@knockdoun]

why not say Studying Feces to Save Species. it rhymes more

[@lucystephanieproperties]

Haha poop has a lot of information! Whew. Maybe scientists should study human poop too to see what's going on. 😆

[@LuinTathren]

They do. In fact, sewer plants have been a great place to determine how badly COVID-19 has spread in a community.

[@NeonsStyleHD]

You people are obsessed with poop. You've done more videos on it than any other topic!

[@jrgaskin01]

why does it smell worse when you smear it?

[@mal9369]

larger surface area allows for more diffusion into the air

[@artifactland69]

too fast for me to keep up

[@kingjames4886]

what's with all the poop lately?

[@kevinjordan6677]

Alot of poop study on this Chanel:) :(

[@mikefinn]

I'm sorry, but that picture of the Zebra rump made me think of Trump's "tan" line. And, when the zebra tail lifts, the trump mouth opens and the same thing comes out. I watch way too much politics.

[@terryarmbruster9719]

Scat Catch Receivers?

[@JeanPierre7788]

First. Lol, I'm a child

[@devina8812]

💩 lets study you next turd

[@p.hilten]

Don’t look at the zebrass 👀

[@misterflibble6601]

Certainly a childish "game". What's the point anyway? Is it just so you can go to the playground and brag to all your playmates about how many "firsts" you had last week?

[@dustbunnys]

Hahaha poop

[@SaucerJess]

♥️💩♥️

[@JohnDoe-jh5yr]

Perhaps heightened testosterone levels in other animals produce antisocial behaviors similarly to as exhibited in humans?

[@minnymouse4753]

Its not testosterone alone its also lack of Serotonin . Or lack oxytocin or some times both . Planty of guys like cuddle and get giddy playful not in spite lack of testosterone but because of it.

[@minnymouse4753]

Also estrogen also lead anti social aggression mood swings feeling harrassed by social interactions

[@minnymouse4753]

Also most viol male species lions . Elephants Grizzily bears polar bears . Chimps the males are forced out early earlier while females maintain social bonds whiles are on more survival mode

[@handsomesquidward121]

Why y’all so into boo boo 🤨🤔

[@twocvbloke]

Still a crappy job though... :P

[@shmowen]

Love the video, but y'all really missed out on naming it "studying feces to save species" 😁

[@whatsagoodusername823]

Unul pentru algoritm

[@squireob]

This channel could do with about 90% less fecal material.

[@misterflibble6601]

I disagree. I think the fecal material makes this channel, I say pile it on

[@squireob]

@@misterflibble6601 They could spin off a dedicated channel. It's basically there now. Call it The Straight Poop.

[@orchdork775]

@@squireob They already have a channel completely dedicated to pee!! 😂

[@asimovstarling8806]

I'm going to answer the testosterone vs willingness and ability to breed question for you because scientists often fail to understand that things that apply to humans still apply to other mammals. If you have too many males with too high of a testosterone level in an environment with able to breed females they will become turned off and their hormonal levels will drop because the male behavior becomes so obnoxious, desperate, violent, pathetic, which ever term applies to the individual that it literally puts the females out of the mood. We need to stop the arrogance of a human centric model where we're the only ones with emotions. serious guys, there is a social world out there bigger than the lab. it's called planet earth.

[@sanjim.8334]

You literally had the opportunity to title this "Studying faeces to save a species".🤦🏽‍♀️

[@misterflibble6601]

Studying faces to save species? Oh, I see it's that British vs American spelling thing

[@soubhikmishra]

💩💩💩💩😍😍😍😍

[@husnainanwaar1992]

please don't talk in a harsh voice