The Great Barrier Reef | I Don't Know About That with Jim Jefferies #94

In this episode, the team discusses The Great Barrier Reef with marine biologist, teacher at Cambridge University, and author of the Guardian bestseller "Spirals in Time", Dr. Helen Scales.
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[@garywylie2772]

When Jim said Dr Scales must be a Dr of weight loss... I thought her name relating to her profession would be unlikely... but then Dr Scales turned out to be a Marine biologist!

[@tobygibson3806]

I am a huge fan of Jim and this show, and also my daughter is a PHD in Marine Biology/botany and her main focus is saving the coral reefs! She grew up surfing and diving in Hawaii, and now wants to go to Australia or New Zealand, because she wants to work with a more international community of scientists, because she says too many Americans bring the same stuff to the table- she likes the diversity of culture applied within the sciences! I LOVE HER!

[@sativarosegold3604]

OT but wish I had a dad who loved me lol

[@JK_Clark]

348,700 km² (133,000 sq mi), 900 islands, 2,900 individual reefs, can be seen from outer space, the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms, composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms called coral polyps, awesome!

[@paulclissold1525]

And yet the people of queensland couldnt care less about the reef. Every election they vote to ignore the greenhouse. Their sugar industry pours chemicals and nutrients out into the reef. They also have major coal mines and a dependence on the coal industry as does our prime minister scott morrison.

[@vmwindustries]

A can is like a hockey puck in the summer. CHEERS 🍻 FROM CANADA 🇨🇦 👍

[@benbarker95]

If I wanted to see Forrest's calves I would visit his farm. 😁♥️🐮

[@clackersclarke4450]

I have scuba dived on the reef. That fish that swam with Forrest, I think is a moari wrass. When I was there the instructer took some food down for it. It swam between us, loved a scratch on the side of it`s head. Reminded me of a dog, so cool.

[@sativarosegold3604]

Aww

[@BPH55]

Jim refraining from making a joke when she said “It’s all about the testicles.” Was his best decision ever as a show host.

[@wosd]

I feel fortunate that I live in a place where I can spearfish the GBR on a day trip. Also, I feel fortunate that the JJ on OandA clips are still on KZbin :P

[@MrMarmatt]

I need a tissue Jack! Wipers 👏👏!!

[@Throttlemouth001]

📯📯📯 "Summon the royal wipers!" 📯📯📯

[@therealseals]

I'm so happy I found this pod, love the history and science ones the most! Lol

[@timharper3390]

I’d be happy to relearn the manner of pronouncing algae with this much learned and delightful barrier doctor.

[@gusgus8134]

Great as always! Keeping my brain full. Thanks!!!

[@BraniusBalki]

Cheers for the show. Great Barrier Reef, last chance to see.

[@BeauMedas]

I think they give Jim WAY too many hints and clues in the guessing what the episodes about portion! His guessing is hilarious maybe my fave part of the episode! Make it take longer guys kmaaaahn!!!

[@sativarosegold3604]

Lately they just tell him lol

[@DaveWhoa]

it takes a good half hour boat ride to get out to the Great Barrier Reef (my sea sickness cant handle that!)... just go to Western Australia instead, where you can walk out in ankle-deep water into the Ningaloo Reef, and feed wild dolphins in ankle-deep water every day at Monkey Mia

[@jeremymoore7377]

It takes a good 12 hour car ride to get to to Monkey Mia. 😂 😆 it's is good tho.

[@gtr5973]

“Just” go to Western Australia

[@manfran1]

I was surprised that no one got on Kelly for her blonde moment when she referred to Norway as Norwegia. :-D

[@sativarosegold3604]

They tune her out

[@pepelucho1751]

She was making fun of jim who said norwegia earlier

[@chrispiccolo7186]

Coat hanger tour! Lmao

[@sativarosegold3604]

A starfish looks like the same material when it's dried up

[@christophersmith6999]

Jack just photobombing the shot

[@sativarosegold3604]

Hotmail sounds cooler, I had Hotmail first before Yahoo

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

11:47 - Forrest freaking out that Jim's going to ask about the Great Barrier Reef photo hahah. He almost messed it right up!

[@paulclissold1525]

Hanna barbera cartoons were created in sydney we had a thriving cartoon industry. Going back to felix the cat we were at the start. And the first major feature film was filmed in australia in 1904? It was a film about our most famous bushranger ned kelly.

[@gart9680]

We played kick the can, but, we played road football (soccer) with it. Great fun. Just have to keep an eye out for cars.

[@sidarthur8706]

strong start jim

[@schwek99ify]

nitrogen runoff from agriculture and cities is really bad too

[@jefflabbecomedy]

32:10 The evolved form of Seel. Give the people what they want!

[@v8holdentiger]

Hanna Barbara land? It was inside Wonderland Sydney, Jim. I’m sure you’ve made a Bush Beast joke before

[@GODHAND42]

$10 says Forrest brings up the manatees again

[@rochellesassbug931]

I have to pause the vid and go look up Hannah Barberaland immediately

[@rochellesassbug931]

It's adorable. The mascot characters are somehow not creepy like the Disney ones. Yogi and Snaglepuss are especially cute. Would hug. The George Jetson one would not hug. But it comes off as funny rather than creepy. Looks like it closed. Well at least now I don't have to offer to babysit as an excuse to go.

[@pikasnipe1]

I had a sneeze like that the night before. Cheeers Mornin' crew

[@KickassUncle]

Back in form.

[@Chris-bc4hb]

Was about to subscribe to the patreon until Jim sneezed

[@redneckshaman3099]

I'm addicted to pigger nussy 😎

[@jeremymoore7377]

"The people of Norwegia won't be happy"

[@hrfdude4234]

4:30 Zoidberg?

[@DrBojanglez105]

If he had gone with scales as in the ones on a fish…

[@tobygibson3806]

"The Great Barrier Reef". Kind of demeaning to the other reefs. Who want's to say, "On vacation I dove the less than mediocre barrier reef (because I couldn't afford the great one!)". With my luck I'd buy a house on the beach and be all stoked that I finally made it, and then I'd find out my house is in front of "The Complete Shite Barrier Reef". :)

[@antybee2736]

Do they call it Kickada the Canada?

[@bloodyrobchan]

lol im the same as jim, yahoo and never use it haha

[@peterford8973]

Id rather hear Jim sneeze than Jack talk

[@sativarosegold3604]

Jim could do the pod on the toilet by himself and I'd enjoy it more

[@sativarosegold3604]

I've only known one chick named Coral, from when I was growing up and she was slow

[@BraniusBalki]

Lol Looks like Peter Dutton.

[@Phoenix-ug1ru]

please do an episode on veganism

[@jayclark8284]

Love Jim, and even met him once at an after party when he gigged Bali...but the enormity of his lack of knowledge about the reef is astounding. 🤣 In its present form, it's only 8-10,000 years old. Just like the Great Lakes, these ecosystems came into existence BECAUSE of global warming...namely the end of the last ice age. After 20 years of working in the commercial fishing industry in Queensland, I can say with truthfulness that the threats to the reef are GREATLY exaggerated in order to convince uninformed folks to be anxious about its long term prospects.

[@sativarosegold3604]

And you're not biased at all my friend

[@captianxanax]

"The sea anemones are not your friends...they're your enemies."

[@jcdrnosecone]

We just came back from there ...reef activities 3000$ 7 days not including flight and accommodation

[@sativarosegold3604]

Wow

[@tranquilitybase7860]

Christopher Reeve.

[@BrokedDownPalace]

I was just thinking, you guys were going on about how much you pay to set up all the cameras/talking about getting rid of KZbin, but other podcasts like Ari Shaffirs skeptic tank are run off just old iPhones that he stitches the video together to get the angles (pretty sure he said that) fuck using professional equipment iPhones and mics cut it

[@sativarosegold3604]

J'ing it

[@sparkywatts3072]

Jim, have you always had that foot tapping thing and if so is there anyway to MAKE IT STOP?

[@l3wd475]

I do the same thing. My wife hates it but it's completely subconscious and I don't even realise I'm doing it most of the time. I would assume it's the same for Jim and many other people.

[@redneckshaman3099]

I'm addicted to pigger nussy 😎

[@sativarosegold3604]

Lotta guys do that, doesn't bother me. There are ways to release that pent up energy

[@jessedickey8851]

Forests voice gives me depression.

[@ike134]

I'm a bit of a nerd and I love marine biology, but this episode was a little dry🤷‍♂️ Or maybe I was just tired lol. Still love this podcast 🙂

[@FourOneThreeOh]

Yo

[@joesikic6531]

Fish is the plural of fish, not fishes.

[@lachlanmcintosh3410]

Ebola was like skype

[@ashwhole666]

What kind of pants is Forrest wearing? is he wearing fat ppl Capri pants and flip flops with socks?

[@sativarosegold3604]

His pants legs are always rolled up like he was wading through a swamp

[@odt4492]

4/10, not nearly enough walking dead coral memes...

[@pittypatterputzzler5311]

Make comedy not war.

[@keifwoki]

Bloke looks like a dugong... Large male with a mo? 😅

[@barnysimpson5229]

I get that the KZbin video is the overall wrap of the podcast, and maybe I should just listen to the actual podcast? The first 10 minutes (maybe longer) is pure rubbish

[@markbutler5707]

You need to do a show about comedy . This way forest might learn how to be funny .

[@BPH55]

I think his whole crew are duds.

[@EZapar]

But do you know about judging a stupid singing show? Jeez. Shark jumper.

[@pauljoseph8338]

Wow…Forrest, the bum bummer, of Jim’s podcast, has his own bummer “comedy” shows???

[@wosd]

Forest has issues. He hates this relationship.

[@YortOK]

He irritates me when Jim starts going into an Australian tangent and you can hear Forrest mumbling over him in the background.

[@keifwoki]

@@YortOK I think it helps Jim and Kelly bounce off him... The three of them come together so well.