The INTESTINE SUCKING Endemic Mosquito Population Explained

[@RoanokeGaming]

Thanks for watching guys! Literally covering my whole childhood movies at this point lol hope you enjoy watching them as much as I enjoy putting together the ideas! If you would like to support the channel, consider looking at my merch!: www.roanokemerch.com

[@kingshadow8782]

Nice.

[@kingshadow8782]

😅

[@stevo2jet-yt599]

Bro please do turok evolution on the gamecube so much great lore and biology you could make a whole series. PS. I'm still down to work for you my man you rock.

[@Re_Rinvy]

Have you ever watched FrankeinFish It's like an angular fish on steroids

[@adrianf.6845]

Noice 😎

[@toxictricity2742]

"Hey angler fish, why are you always so happy?" "Heh... I live rent-free in Roanokes head."

[@66bloodmoon]

哈哈

[@themaskedmysadaean8885]

Because you can't hate the night, if you lived your whole life without light. And you can't hate the dish, if you've only ever eaten fish. And you can't feel alone, if it's all you've ever known. Well, the Deep Sea Angler Fish has no reason to be happy, but she has no frikkin idea just what else to be.

[@DIHVLD]

Just don’t google translate it into Spanish and we’ll be ok.

[@Kurze1988]

​@@DIHVLD......lot of miscommunication possible there

[@bladester0128]

When Roanoke dies he wont go towards the light because he'll think its an angler fish

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

And nothing of value would be lost.

[@meredithgrubb4497]

What if it is a giant angler tho?

[@thenerddungeon]

Or he will go to the light and it WILL be an angler fish🤣🤣🤣

[@loreman2803]

That sounds like a horrible existential SCP

[@operationd--msday]

​@@adrammelechthewroth6511 ???

[@patrickcheesman]

The disdain Roanoke has for the anglerfish is hilarious

[@michaelhamilton3169]

Can you blame him?

[@patrickcheesman]

@@michaelhamilton3169 not at all

[@gabrielboorom2683]

I like to think that, in some parallel universe, there's a group of Anglerfish discussing their disdain for this man.

[@Humongous420]

Someone needs to make a fan film of him being hunted by a giant angler fish

[@sagenod440]

One of the best Star Wars channels out there, Generation Tech, has a similar disdain for dolphins. With that, Roanoke’s hatred of anglerfish, as well as other pieces of evidence I cannot disclose at this time, I have reason to believe there is a secret cult of KZbinrs that seek to INDOCTRINATE US AGAINST OCEAN LIFE, so that we don’t care when the oceans are DRAINED BY BIG CORPORATIONS because we HATE ALL THE FISH

[@nightlistic8012]

This might sound silly coming from someone darn near 50 years old. But I've always been stubborn about going to the doctor, and I wanted you to know that it was from watching your channel, and remembering one of your episodes going into depth about the effects of Tetanus on the human body that instantly came to mind last night after cutting my leg on a piece of rusty metal that convinced me to call my doctor only to find out I hadn't had a Tetanus shot in over 15 years that I'm going to be getting tomorrow to basically save my life. This old Veteran has learned so much from your site, and I wanted to say how much I appreciate it to the point its actually helped me in real life. So thanks you! 👍

[@Yay4IamCute]

Roanoke: Anglerfish is utter abomination. Anglerfish: *_Bruh..._*

[@bjorndanielsen4680]

You know they're as long as a person?

[@AvishkarIyyappan]

@@bjorndanielsen4680 😮

[@AvishkarIyyappan]

MAN WAS MADE IN GODS IMAGE NOT THE ANGLERFISH

[@CallMeKes]

At least he's not a male angler. Their TINY compared to the females. They spend their whole lives following the female's pheromone trail. When they find her they bite her and slowly dissolve into her until they're just a pair of balls for the female to use when she feels like it.

[@CallMeKes]

@@bjorndanielsen4680 Some of them. I mean, look at the males.

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

I think 0:17 must be a new record for getting to mention the disgusting Angler Fish in a video. Especially one not directly about the ocean!!

[@mrhidie4529]

when the anglerfish appears in the first 20 seconds you know its gonna be a good one

[@Xbalanque84]

Relevance to a given piece of media be damned!

[@emperorkraglint9792]

When did he start rambling about his hatred for them? I wish to find the origin

[@timsmith6702]

Lol

[@williansnobre]

The suffix "ito" at the end of mosquito indicates small size, a giant one would be the legendary El Mosco

[@Ninus316]

El Moscow!? It was the commies!

[@dr.altoclef9255]

Now see there’s also ‘Junji Ito’, which suggests that there is also in fact an El Juanjo…

[@kesegoe9488]

I love humanity 😂

[@samiamrg7]

+dr.altoclef9255 *Junji Ito Kaiju intensifies*

[@JaxonHumphrey-lw1gs]

​@@Ninus316МОСКВА, МОСКВА, БРОСИТЬ СТАКАНЫ В СТЕНУ, РОССИЯ ПРЕКРАСНАЯ СТРАНА, ХО-ХО-ХО-ХО-ХО, ЭЙ! (Eng. Version of Moskau: Moscow, Moscow, throw your glasses at the wall, fame and fortune to us all, ho-ho-ho-ho-ho, hey!)

[@theironworks6797]

Roanoke: *Brings the car to a screeching halt.* Lois: "Roanoke, what's wrong?!" Roanoke: "I HATE ANGLERS!"

[@gabrielboorom2683]

"Sir this is a Wendy's drive-thru..."

[@yusefwebb9727]

HEY NO HARD R

[@erite_zx4499]

@@yusefwebb9727 my bad my angla

[@Peusterokos1]

What people expect when clicking on a Roanoke Gaming video: - Full movie exposition to avoid having to spend 1h30 of their time watching a movie, for better or worse What actually goes on during a Roanoke Gaming video: - anglerfish slander - pro-humanity jingoism - unsafely wise life lesson advices - roanoke's expert knowledge on car models - Team Fortress 2's 'more guns' playing in the background intensifying sprinkle in some 2-3 reuploads per video from either because the first time wasn't enough, or more likely due to youtube's jankiness, we've got an amazing man with a great channel

[@marygoround1292]

I made a similar list! I'm actually making a bingo version. I like your "unsafely wise life lessons" Key components if a Roanoke Gaming video: 1. Science (0bviously) 2. Age references 3. Fangirling over cars 4. All forms of chad 5. Pro-humanity 6. 'Murica (includes but not limited to, lock n' load brides of Christ, freedom units) 7. Angler fish 8. Cats 9. Creative word use

[@TheSoCalledZoner1]

Forget the feet cause it’s a old veteran Roanoke meme Oh Crap Dan Schneider would befriend him

[@jasonlow6943]

Anglerfish slander...Tali superiority... Mosquito extinction... This one's got it all

[@fuhkyu8146]

Violently pro human don't forget that

[@____Carnage____]

@@fuhkyu8146 Tali is the exception

[@raptorcell6633]

​@@fuhkyu8146"Made in God's image."

[@TheMightyX]

I genuinely love the contrast with Roanoke of “I’m a giant nerd” and “omg can you believe anyone ever drove a (insert obscure [to me] vehicle here)?” And I’ll never get tired of the anglerfish stuff. Wishing you a smashing spring!

[@felwinterpeak1674]

Out of all zombie movies, I'm surprised Roanoke hasn't covered Planet Terror. A classic Quentin movie. Shooting from a leg stump and the pulsing zombies.

[@codyjames3416]

I think he has?

[@felwinterpeak1674]

@@codyjames3416 it might be taken down or something. I searched his playlist.

[@ollehkacb]

He did it recently. If I'm not wrong.

[@mariawhite7337]

He didn't? I thought he did.

[@HashknightGaming]

Certainly has the feet. 😂

[@lupusdei6354]

A virus to kill mosquitoes is how a zombie virus starts

[@doot4246]

if im driving and i hit an *insect* big enough to COAT the entire wind shield, im taking pictures for proof, and hauling ass. i aint gettin closer to that thing than i have to. this is why im a winter person

[@candacefullrv9291]

Amen brother

[@Goldenkitten1]

....winter....where you can hits bears and moose's instead.... My uncle hit a bear. Got out, thought it was dead and headed down the road to get help. Road back with the tow-truck a few hours later. Totaled car was still there, bear was nowhere to be seen. Hit that thing at 70mph. Don't fuck with bears.

[@JudgeNicodemus]

​@@Goldenkitten1 I would rather a bear start a life long grudge with me than live in a world with gigantic mosquitoes. But yes irl don't fuck with bears and moose.

[@BigNerd111]

Saaaaaaaaaaame

[@PromethiaSHADOW]

Sadly this was the 90s and camera phones were not a thing yet, but polaroid cameras were EVERYWHERE

[@kevinkerwin4118]

Roanoke me boi, this is my new favorite video of yours. Between the discussion of ethics behind willfully erasicating a species (and possible cascading effects on other species like bats) to the Lil Debbie Crew consisting of Snackov Smirnov, Inebra-cakes, and Thicker Doodle, I must say this is well done. And they call it the Dodge Shadow because it's not actually meant to be seen.

[@chilomine839]

Telescope fish: Glad this human hasn’t heard of me yet.

[@davidhiggs6335]

i looked it up and legitimately screamed lmao

[@chilomine839]

@@davidhiggs6335 I'm not apologizing. XD

[@mindisfrozen]

I remember first seeing this movie on sci-fi channel. (Scy-fy? Sci-fi?). Well anyway, the opening for the movie was edited out so you didn't see the alien ship or alien. So giant mosquitos were just coming out of nowhere. And giving where I live that crane flies are the norm, that terrified me as a kid.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Same

[@GeryonM]

Fun fact: the new name for the channel Syfy is Polish slang (pronounced sif-ee) for shit. Which is appropriate as that is what that channel is since well before the name change. In Poland it is still labeled as the SciFi channel even though the channel has turned to syfy.

[@daniel3553]

Oh my God I thought I recognised this lol, thank you for recovering that memory for me. Shout out to ice spiders 😂

[@assomekid350]

Dude same. Saw this as a kid back then was scared to shit when a mosquito would bite me 😂😂

[@gmork1090]

Scarred me for life and I also saw the edited no aliens version.

[@deansheets]

Please do the movie Ticks, this movie still haunts me since seeing it as a kid.

[@thisaccountnameiscompletel8949]

The shot at 21:40 is simply glorious

[@necroavirus]

Lol

[@gabrielboorom2683]

"You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars... I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it!"

[@TopsyTriceratops]

To add to the mosquito dilemma, only the females drink blood. The males are strict pollinators. So removing mosquitoes might not only threaten some animal species (such as bats which have mosquitoes as a huge part of their diets) but farms may also have problems as well. Granted there are other pollinators, but we only have a general idea on what species does the most work. EDIT: Also, never stop the dad jokes, my man. I salute thee.

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

At least some of you people using your brains for once.

[@Misty-up4jz]

We have better pollinators, fuck the mosquitos and even fuck wasps too

[@amenandhis7kids724]

Cap

[@EffeminateCowardlyVillain]

@@Misty-up4jz But then youd be fucking up the innocent bats 😔

[@thezackast2752]

We can find other pollinators. I don't know of any other species that is a vector for so many diseases

[@MrShukaku1991]

On the mosquito topic, I believe Badger put it best "These give us the right, but not the obligation to send any creature on our planet back to God for any reason at any time."

[@vla1ne]

*_THE E.D.F. DEPLOYS!_*

[@spacesatan5840]

Yeah but id be 100% for killing off ticks Worse then mosquitos by a 101%

[@riddell26]

​@@spacesatan5840too many animals rely on ticks for food. Only frogs and fish really eat mosquitos even then its more out of conveniece and availability.

[@boggart159]

​@@riddell26not true plenty of animals eat mosquitoes, there one of bats main sources or food

[@theboxoftea9112]

@@boggart159 Bats also do not rely on mosquitos, not even the strictly insectivore ones. Mosquitos simply don't provide enough food to be worth the energy to catch them. Bats will take a handful when they start congregating in swarms, but they don't actively hunt them. As far as I know, NO animal are strictly mosquito consumers. There is, like, one bat species in Australia that has on average a 55% diet of mosquitos. Bats ARE, however, good at controlling the population of mosquitos when they get too large.

[@ekrathrawl]

Meal team Six and the Gravy Seal, Snack Ops, and the Pastriot made me full-on cackle I was not remotely prepared for that little slice of hilarity.

[@rafaelpurnama1987]

As a longtime viewer of this channel i'm literally laughing my ass off at how this channel evolved from being known as the funny channel that starts with the feet to being that channel where a former scientist talks the maddest smack about anglerfish whose inciting reason shall remain elusive to our knowledge forever P.S. if you're reading this roanoke, i clicked on one of your dead space videos that randomly appeared on my feed one bored morning 4 years ago (i can't quite remember which one that was) and i have never regretted instantly subbing to you for every single day afterwards, you have been doing nothing but putting out some quality content that i always look forward to and seeing this channel grow this big has brought indescribable joy to me

[@Preirin]

If movies like MIMIC taught me anything, it’s to definitely NOT genetically alter bugs and set them loose. Imagine if mosquitoes adapted to not only continue to reproduce, but now made every human they bit sterile. Looking at the state of the world today, that might not actually be a bad thing, come to think of it….

[@PositivelyMyrdd]

Team Eater was played by Gunnar Hansen. Better known for playing the original Leatherface, hence the chainsaw scene.

[@stepheneddington1667]

I was going to point that out too. Can't believe he did the whole video without mentioning it as I'm sure he has to seen it at some point in his life.

[@Scudboy17]

RIP Gunnar. He was a legend. Good poet too.

[@boggart159]

​@@stepheneddington1667maybe he just didn't know

[@Jamblesquack]

Lol a park ranger once pulled me over and i had no insurance, no registration, and outdated tags. And i smelled like weeeed. He looked at me and questioned me and then said, “ah i used to be a wax and dab man myself.” Then ended up letting me go scott free

[@theminerwithin9316]

Based ranger. You only get one lol.

[@ornu01]

And they assured us that putting the 'squitos through CRISPR would have no ill effects.

[@HashknightGaming]

I am fairly certain that they have already been doing this I seen very few of them in last few years.

[@adarkwind4712]

​@HashknightGaming you don't live in the south.

[@ornu01]

@@HashknightGaming If anything the mosquitoes have gotten even more vicious where I live.

[@HashknightGaming]

@ornu01 Yeah, if you live anywhere in the south, I can understand I visited the place and went camping in my sleeping bag as the blood suckers love my flavor, I guess. 😋

[@ornu01]

@@HashknightGaming Yeah, no amount of mosquito netting is enough to convince me to camp out here, I like having blood in my veins.

[@firelightmlpoc]

Won’t wiping out mosquitoes completely just massively ruin the food chain of things like bats & things that feed directly on mosquitoes? Not to mention that humanity is already taking out bugs at a ridiculous rate, something like a 2.5% loss yearly of all insect general biomass, so that + wiping mosquitoes out would probably be just directly disastrous for the food chain

[@mahirtamang9461]

Nothing like getting knowledge about obscure topics from Roanoke gaming on a Sunday.

[@Akandofaul]

much as i dislike mosquitos, their larvae are a primary food source for pretty much every freshwater species of fish and amphibians in their early stages of development.

[@ShikiHisashi]

Dude this movie was awesome. I remember watching this on the OG Sci-Fi channel when I was like 6

[@pascaldossenbach1821]

And now imagine lookin out your window That dodge stopping and a anglerfish sits on the driver seat. Staring right at you

[@lil_mcnuggs]

Interesting enemy to lover story

[@kingdragonthefirst4686]

The meet the engineer soundtrack in the background is awesome

[@mattias969]

Those crabs are so funny he is like "oh i forgot to bring my sand"

[@KryptidKammy1966]

Damn I'm so glad these old Syfy movies are getting attention even if it's debunking how silly they can be. Strange too, I JUST watched Larva without knowing and got reccomended your video on it IMMEDIATELY afterwards, and this previous Friday I watched Mosquito (because I mixed it up with the other one called Mosquito Man), but now you're covering this one too! I'd hope we get more Syfy monster breakdowns, like Sharktopus along with the other sequels' creatures, Dinocroc or Supergator (even tho funnily both are technically the same thing...), or hell even the ManEater Series has atleast some interesting choices in monsters (no Anglerfish tho....). Either way glad to see these movies are getting some sort of recognition!

[@KillerChrono666]

Not to be a butt, but the movie is called Mansquito. Unless there's another movie with a guy that gets his genes scrambled with a mosquitoes. Just the the Jeff Golblum classic, the fly.

[@KryptidKammy1966]

@@KillerChrono666 nope it's the same movie just under a different name. I think Mansquito was the original one and once they released it later on DVD, I THINK it changed. I have the Sharks and Tornados movie collection and the cover of the movie is called Mosquito Man.

[@Doctor_Portly_64]

As someone from the swamps of Texas mosquitos are a constant pain, but the Mosquito fish are a big help. Living in a Swamp that floods often the little fish enter any puddles and ditches that Mosquitos would lay eggs in and eat them up, so it's a perfect counter to the Mosquitos, they're also fun to see swarm the ditches and they feed the turtles and snakes

[@comicsans-br4vu]

fun fact: here in brazil we are currently getting a epidemic of dengue fever, which is transmited by mosquitos, recently i havent heard from that whole thing for an while but it just makes me hate mosquitoes even more, my beswt buddy got dengue last month, poor guy missed two weeks of school

[@maddoxortiz3458]

Two weeks of suffering is not worth killing an entire species and many of the species that depend on it. Even if you take the instance of a far more lethal disease, mosquitos are not going to be the cause of our extinction, but we certainly will if we keep on destroying the ecosystems that sustain us.

[@hbsavage0387]

@@maddoxortiz3458the thing is mosquitoes are not the primary food source for ANY creature and to top the whole thing off it’s not ALL mosquitoes it’s only a select few species of them that cause all the problems for us that we are planning on wiping out.

[@erickleonsoria]

correct me if im wrong but arent there already implementing a sort of crispr that makes the mosquitos not be able to transmit denge? i dont remember where i saw it but from what i remember they started implementing it in colombia and brazil

[@DizzyDuo]

​@@hbsavage0387 mosquitos are the primary food source of dragonflies

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

@@maddoxortiz3458 Agreed.

[@galfriday1519]

I was having a soul suckingly miserable day and then I watched this and laughed heartily all the way through it. Now I mostly don't hate all of exsistence (except for anglerfish). You're the BEST!

[@Sillygoosespoofse]

also according to some studies, male mosquitos are important pollinators

[@syntheticcelery34]

ACK!! That study about mosquitoes was regarding ONE species in ONE concentrated area that wasn't even endemic to that area!! Hell yes there would be a crash if we were to eliminate every species of mosquito.

[@alexsawchuk5371]

7:47 I know that dragonflies, which are one of my favorite critters, rely heavily on consuming mosquitoes, so, I would say don’t do it because I would be worried about a cascade extinction

[@Lily-ge4tm]

YES I also love dragonflies!!! Unfortunately, insects in general have rapidly declined in the last few decades. Every time we see a butterfly my mom remarks about how there were so many more of them when she was a child.😢 Part of the problem is our widespread use of pesticides in large-scale farming, but habitat loss is also a huge issue. Most people don't know or care because they think insects are disgusting, but a lot of other species we do like need them to survive.

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

@@Lily-ge4tm And it's all humanity's fault. Though xenophobic arthropod-haters like Roanoke are the greatest defenders. There's are reason why I'm anti-human sometimes.

[@GreatMM88]

I have a whole list of monster movies I'd love to see get covered in this. Only just recently discovered it, and I LOVE it. - The Boogens - Sharktopus - Prophecy (1979) - Q The Winged Serpent - The Blob (1988) - Ticks - The Deadly Spawn - Stung - Grabbers - Splinter ........ Jesus, I could go on and ON.

[@trenedyallen3578]

He already did Splinter a few years ago, and I'm 90% sure he covered Grabbers as well Same goes for the Blob

[@cocopaws8858]

Honestly with the mosquito eradication stuff, if the population declines gradually like the virus would maybe do, it could allow many species to adapt to the decline of mosquitos and find other food sources. For my opinion, I’m worried about the insect eating bats the most with this

[@nafa7558]

Getting an ad for mosquito repellant while watching this video is top tier advertising

[@m3ll0w44]

took him 20 seconds to mention his archenemy

[@vualthunterx3611]

Progress

[@PastelGremlin00]

My brain when Roanoke said magical proboscus, "It's a magical proboscus Charlie." Then again and again, every time he said Proboscus

[@RGun90]

Every time it's brought up, the more & more I crave a full length Roanoke video on just angler fish

[@user-fo1ow1jq3b]

AVNJ collab would be amazing.

[@TheRauzKindred]

Hilariously there is also a sound system they're testing to keep mosquito numbers more managable, which can be turned off when needed. Its been a while since I read into it but if my memory is serving me it messes with their ability to keep some kind of rhythm and have a harder time steering while flying and making it harder to find eachother for mating purposes.

[@thatguy44148]

Roanke 1v1 me in the ocean(I'm a 7-foot angler fish )

[@gabrielboorom2683]

Slanderfish: Roanoke vs. Anglerfish

[@BettyWhiteTheVibratorSlayer]

Meet him in the tub 🛁

[@tallmex7183]

He needs a force multiplier

[@howlutrv2858]

"Poke the bug with a stick, USA" That one got me laughing lol 😆😆😆

[@digisalamander2726]

I like to picture Roanoke and the anglerfish have a rivalry like lions and hyenas. When Roanoke touches any body of sea water, an anglerfish will raise from abyss to do battle against him

[@TommyG_0311]

Or Peter Griffin and the Rooster

[@digisalamander2726]

@@TommyG_0311 actually yes. Just Roanoke lunging at a body of water and throwing hands with an anglerfish

[@voltzzswagga5301]

Within thirty seconds of the video starting, throwing shade right at the anglerfish. The content i am here for

[@alexarias4099]

Last week I had to deal with this one mosquito, it would always run away when I would go up and grab either bug spray or one of those handheld electric bug killer things, it took me 3 days to successfully track down and fry that thing all the while it was sucking me, so when I say that we need to get rid of the parasites with wings I do truly mean that we need to get rid of them or find a way to make human unappetizing food for the mosquitos

[@MapleTreeGamingYT]

We could use crispr to find a way to make our blood toxic to mosquitoes without being toxic to humans But as of most things it shouldn't be too hard

[@Kenuda]

So I've learned two things from observation of biology and history. From biology I have learned that damn near everything lives in a state of extreme balance. From animals, to plants, to humanity, to the climate. Messing with that balance in even a small way has far reaching consequences. The thing I've learned from pretty much every historical moment where we've either introduced a new animal to a region, or have wiped out a species in order to help the population of a region, it pretty much always ends in, at bare minimum, many problems down the line with regards to another species becoming invasive. At worst it becomes a ecological disaster. Now, the animal ecology will recover in time, it always does. However, that does not mean it is okay to mess with that balance. The ending of one species will almost always lead to the ending of other species. Whether or not that has happened in history is completely irrelevant to the question of whether or not we have the right to do it. Me personally? I say we don't. Ultimately it's just more trouble than its worth to eliminate an entire species. Especially when you consider the possibility of diseases mutating and mosquitoes passing said genophage onto us.

[@wradford1990]

I think you're wasting your breath with the mostly humanity,f*ck yeah ! meatheads in this comments section. They seem to be allergic to common sense statements like yours. Edit: After looking at a lot more comments in this thread I have come to the conclusion that I misspoke. A lot more people here have common sense than I initially thought. So that's something to feel positive about at least.

[@Michael_OBrian]

ETA for Mass Effect Quarian video?

[@LoliFoxQueen]

STARTING WITH THE FEET!

[@GenderFluidDragonKing]

How an animal flap its wings is important too because bees and hummingbirds both have smaller wings proportionally but that's because rather than just flapping their wings they flap their wings in a figure 8 motion. This is why for example hummingbirds can fly in basically any direction even upside down and also hover.

[@dr.altoclef9255]

Yeah, the whole ‘bees can’t fly based on aviation’ thing is based on like…airplane aviation when bees are more like helicopters. Like dragonflies.

[@Peter-en6bc]

Sunday hike ->Roanoke Gaming-> 💯 I straight up thought I was the only kid in the 90’s who had watched this movie. I haven’t seen it in forever and I couldn’t tell you a single thing that happened except the guys eyes popping. But agreed, ahh the 90’s

[@brandonsparkman7674]

Nothing like listening to this talk about giant mosquitoes, then an ad for camping. KZbin sure is magical.

[@cacomeatballmarinara2014]

Have to say the beginning scene with hitting the dog sized Squitor beast is a pretty accurate rendition of coming across a tarantula hawk while driving down the highway

[@Sound613Wave]

You know what I've always wanted Roanoke to cover? Chernobyl Diaries

[@skarmory4]

As long as Roanoke slanders anglerfish we know he’s doin alright

[@emilyk7999]

You should absolutely add the "boneyard" from 1991 to your watch/review list. It's a real gem. 😂 Your videos are great, I came for the reviews and stayed for the science and your sense of humor! Keep up the great work!

[@kamikazipidgion]

This was a childhood favorite of mine. Scared me wild when I was 6. I still think Isolation (2005) would be a good one to look at. Mutant cows. Always fun.

[@sjc5411]

That movie was cool.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Humanoids from the deep (1980)! Fingers crossed tho he'll have to cut it to almost nothing to get it past the censors.

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

7:43 Option 3: Make Disease Resistant/Immune Mosquitoes. No mosquitos have to go extinct and we don’t die.

[@DegenWeeb]

So now that you've done a video on Mosquito, should we expect a video on the movies Ticks and/or Slugs? There's also the lesser known killer mosquito movie called Skeeter. Sadly it's practically lost to time now. Edit: Don't male mosquitoes feed on nectar and help with the pollination of plants? Or is that just a myth? I would think wiping out mosquitoes would do more than just mess with the food chain for their predators.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Male mosquitoes don't feed on blood

[@icycrusader1947]

Plenty of other pollinators are present and are far more efficient than the mozzies.

[@TheVincenzoGaming]

@@Backinblackbunny009 so just like humans then

[@derrickhageman1969]

​@@icycrusader1947but unfortunately there's not enough of those pollinators and most flowers can only be pollinatied by specific or very specific pollinators take for example the corpse flower which has evolved to attract flies by emitting a foul smell then those flies go on to fertilize other corpse flowers

[@icycrusader1947]

@@derrickhageman1969 I have not found such a flower that solely requires mosquitoes. At first I thought Aedes communis and Platanthera obtusata may have that relationship but P. obtusata is pollinated by other insects.

[@furyunleash22]

I swear, someone needs to make a damn compilation of all the times Roanoke just dunks on the angler fish at this point. Can't even go twenty seconds without it anymore, and I fucking love it. XD

[@rsw0103]

This movie scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Remember watching it on Sy-Fy when it was just called Sci-Fi channel.

[@REDACTED__007]

Whats the name

[@rsw0103]

@@REDACTED__007 Just called Mosquito. It's from 1994.

[@Sharauni]

Thank you so much for covering this movie! It's a childhood favorite of mine too, and a present day guilty pleasure lol. I love showing it to people that think it's just a giant critter movie and watch their reactions when they see it's actually caused by aliens XD I do have to say that the practical mosquitos were really well done and I really enjoy practical effects in movies.

[@Robplayswithdragons]

i saw this movie so long ago... it was just so over the top.. the eyes bulging lol. have a nice day.

[@TazX14]

Been watching this channel for ages now and I gotta say... I think this one is probably my fav so far... solid good jokes and just sounded like you were having a fun time with it overall! Thanks for all the entertainment bud!

[@thalia5382]

Time for for Roanoke bingo: Angler fish ✅ (not even 30 seconds in)

[@BarelyMakinIt]

I think one of the "unforeseen problems" with removing mosquitoes from the ecosystem would be the collapse of populations that depend on them and their larvae for food, like insectivorous bats and certain fish and amphibians. Maybe we could get the best of both worlds if we first took a breeding group of the least-objectionable mosquitos to keep and modify as a lab population. These mosquitos get bred up with no parasites or diseases and get genetically modified to not have the itchy protein in their saliva so people don't react to the bites. That's phase 1. In phase 2, the wild populations have that virus released on them to destroy them while the lab populations are carefully protected. We just wait and breed the lab mozzies until all wild mozzies, and the diseases they are the sole vectors for, have gone extinct. This will cause those other populations of bats and whatever to crash, but hopefully enough survivors are still around for phase 3, wherein the lab mozzies are released into the wild, free of all mosquito-borne illnesses, hypoallergenic so people don't even MIND being bitten, and with the same vulnerability to that virus (should it be necessary to repeat the Great Mosquito Reboot at some point in the future.)

[@mikey-qe9op9fv9w]

7.40 in my opinion we should avoid intentionally making a species extinct. As mentioned we dont know the far reaching consequences of eradicating mosquitoes which could possibly be worse than the diseases and parasites they spread. A better solution would be to research and develop more effective medications that help survive against the diseases and parasites that mosquitoes spread.

[@crazytrain03]

Congrats on hitting 1 million subs! Well earned friend

[@fredmonroe6042]

Evolutionary dead end…yet there it is swimming around in your worst nightmares 🤣😂😱

[@necrochemical5572]

pause at 25:33 and tell me you don't see the unnerving image i do to the left of the middle window. It ain't supposed to, but that is terrifying looking.

[@Sklaveritter]

I've never met another person that has seen this movie, I thought I was suffering from the Mandela Effect!

[@SevEvoimaru]

29:03 the alien was taken over by a body absorbing nightmare fueled supercell. [JohnCarpenterF00km1UwU has entered the game]

[@_-Trephorius-_]

The Sharktopus films need to be covered it's such a beautiful mix of two amazing sea creatures with 2 lovely sequels that also have horrible animal fusions

[@Gaenzdad93]

I love that you're delving into the good ol Sci fi weekend movie marathon. Straight back to my childhood

[@topcat59]

I feel like it would be better to just modify mosquitoe behaviors so they no longer become a problem to humans instead of eradicating them and causing problems in the ecosystem.🐱

[@someoneelse4710]

The problem is that you would have to figure out how to program them to not feed on humans, which really isn't possible

[@raspberryberet6755]

I think the solution is a lot bigger than that unfortunately :( skeeters have become a more serious problem with every passing year because of climate change. higher overall temps and more humidity means more mosquitos. maybe if we got the planet back to a normal damn temperature they'd die off in winter like they're supposed to.

[@DarthPyrusTheVirus]

@@someoneelse4710 Then we modify humans to become undesirable to mosquitoes. Add a scent or whatever that turns them away. Eventually, enough generations will go by that they'll start to ignore us completely. Forget any long-term side effects of modifying our own DNA because getting mosquitoes away from us is more important.

[@OwlsPoniesDragonsandWolves]

Note, we do need skeeters, if you want chocolate to continue existing, because cocoa trees are pollinated by them.

[@HunniB94]

Can’t see an anglerfish anymore without thinking “Roanoke’s nightmare.”

[@servandoherrera7550]

Nobody tell Roanoke about the Anglerfish’s…..mating habits

[@VoxCord]

0:40 on the contrary, I’m here for the anglerfish hate.

[@PumkinSyrup]

1:48 oh Roanoke Gaming your editing always makes my day

[@timhvac6869]

I'd love to see you cover ticks the movie

[@gabrielboorom2683]

"They call me 'Panic' cause I never do!"

[@hibouowll7468]

31:24 I believe you forgot to say “... go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over”

[@icycrusader1947]

Mosquitoes have outlived their freeloading parasitic lifestyles.

[@icycrusader1947]

Same goes for ticks.

[@icycrusader1947]

Like the foodweb would be largely unaffected since neither are keystone species.

[@captainstars4430]

​@@icycrusader1947That is wholly untrue.

[@icycrusader1947]

@@captainstars4430 Really, how so?

[@YukiLK90]

Great video, always enjoy watching. Parasyte: The Maxim. Would be a great topic to cover.

[@thatplant]

Congrats on the million Roanoke!

[@Travelerr]

Honestly I'd love for you to cover more of these. Some of these crazy ass horror movies where such a blast.

[@ChiefsCoco]

Between your commentary and your scientific analysis, you have my full attention. Wonderful job. ❤

[@babygoblingamer]

If I ever get a pet anglerfish I’m naming it after Roanoke so that I can remember the meme of how much he hates them🤣

[@moalex6617]

I was wondering what was missing from your videos lately, and it was the Angler Fish slander. Oh how I've missed it.

[@McGriddy51095]

syfy channel was a gold mine as a kid..was one of my favorite channels outside of animal planet, military channel and history channel

[@mementomori8826]

love the More Gun in the background, perfect music choice

[@houserage7999]

Team Eater, Gunnar Hansen, was the OG LeatherFace the Texas chainsaw massacre.