The Predator Explained

[@becausescience]

Thanks for watching! 208 episodes in and I think this one may be my favorite. The animations came together so well. *By the way* to the dozens of comments saying the Predator doesn't see in infrared, canonically, you're wrong. See you in Footnotes! -- KH

[@barrybend7189]

Now do a video on how to defeat the predator. Also do a video on Riddick's UV vision since you mentioned it in this video.

[@MarvRoberts]

But, Kyle, the Predator's mask filters the infrared light into various colors based on minute variations in temperature. The Predators are only at a disadvantage once they remove their masks. As long as they are wearing their masks, they can see perfectly fine in a sweltering jungle environment.

[@malcomthompson1893]

I was just going to comment about that

[@MammothBehemoth]

So would wearing a hazmat-like insulation suit make you invisible to the Predator, like some plastic or rubber suit? Or some suit laden with thousands of IR emitters to blind the poor hunter :D

[@alexkuhn5188]

several people have commented that glowing blood would be counter productive in an evolutionary sense, I disagree as the Predator could cut itself then fling some of the glowing blood on the ground to attract what it is hunting while hiding above and once its prey is right where it wants it the Predator strikes.

[@StefanoTheBrazilian]

I have to correct you Kyle, in the 1987 Predator movie, when the Predator is fighting with Dutch it's shown that his vision is not actually good, in the movie, when he takes out the mask, the image transitions into a redish blur, that being the actual Predator vision. The Predators use an infrared vision made in their masks as their primary source of vision, because their own vision is utter garbage. This gives the Predator a thermal imagining sensory where they use it to track, survey, and target their prey. Predators also employ an ultraviolet vision mode, as seen in Predator 2. However, it is shown that during this scene we see the Predator employ several different modes of vision before settling on one. Thus being, all of the eye biology of the predator is not as good as you say, or maybe it actually is good, but like when we humans try to see underwater, we only see blurred images, maybe our atmosphere have the same effect on the Predator's vision, this can be the truth, because in the "One ugly motherf***er" scene, we see the Predator disassembling one gas tube that goes into his mask, maybe it's some kind of fake atmosphere he uses to see inside the mask. And as said by Sightseeing and John SM in one of the answers in this comment, the predators come from an "African" like climate planet, so the infrared vision just makes no sense.

[@Dan_Amparado]

Maybe the redish blur the Predator sees is his own infrared vision, the mask acting as a filter. Just as Kyle explained, if we were able to see infrared everything would be a red mess from all the heat around us.

[@TriadsPhotography]

I was going to write the exact same explanation... Thank you typing it for me ;)

[@StefanoTheBrazilian]

Daniel Junior Yes, it can be, and the Bio-Masks also "translate" the wavelength from ultraviolet and others to the infrared spectrum, but in any of these occasions, the mask is doing most of the work.

[@sheriffpablo]

The masks simply act as a cooling mechanism. that helps sharpen the infrared vision.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

This is probably why they keep making those weird noises as well- it might be a form of echo-location (which in turn might be how it was able to sense Arnies' trap in the end).

[@kimschroder9354]

Is it possible, the Predator doesn't even know his blood is glowing to humans, because he is only seeing infrared light?

[@houselightkell]

They could still see visible light

[@stanj85]

@@houselightkell Can they? Every time we've seen their POV it's been purely heat vision. Unless I'm missing something.

[@Sketchy_Dood]

Kim Schröder well if it were warm blooded it would see it

[@ryanhighland584]

Sketch it D.I.Y it would see it's blood, but not that it's blood is releasing visible light

[@liamoliver5848]

The predators cannot see that their blood glows specifically because to them all blood glows.

[@mrninjaxl1373]

The predator's eyes aren't seeing infrared... they see a different way.. watch when the predator takes his mask off and when we see through his eyes its different from the infrared vision of his mask.. in predator 2 the city hunter changes his settings to find Key's team when they are trying to trap him.

[@RazielTheUnborn]

They do see in infrared its just that their mask cuts out ambient heat that isn't required.

[@harleydonaldson9142]

True and he can change what spectrum he sees with his helmet

[@dilophosaurussun500]

If you've seen any Predator movie you know, that they use technology for everything

[@joelsng4555]

Jayson Silliman I thought they see on infrared? I recall him seeing in infrared even without the mask before dutch asks him what the hell are you

[@nathananderson1550]

They see in infrared (predator 1 it takes off its mask and fights arni) but the mask let's them apparently see more specific body heat. I wanna know how the other 2 visions work. They are more common in alien vs predator but they have a vision for hunting aliens, and another that seems to help them see other predators

[@RanekVorax]

A real predator would not have killed the unarmed Kyle's as they only hunt honorable Preys. Unarmed People like you in 1:43, 3:34 etc. aren't seen as honor bringing kills as seen in the predator movies.

[@robertagu5533]

True a normal Predator wouldnt dare. Id shove him aside and go after someone armed. Unless he attacked from behind like Weyland Utani's dumbass did in AVP those guys are fine.. he cam let them out the traps they set up now..

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Well there are Yautja that have been kicked out of their clan because they were dishonourable. XD

[@marcmud1]

He has the power of knowledge and a pen i guess, and beautiful hair, and some very in-depth knowledge about the yautja that could be seen as a threat, so i think its more of a strategic kill than one of honor, but hey thats just a theory a science theory, aaaaand cut!

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

they can kill unarmed people but they wont use their weapons to do it usually, as in the original movie when arnold gets rid of his gun etc. we see the predator taking off his mask and weapons, ones they never really kill are children, mothers, or pregnant women, or women generally if they are harmless.

[@hisyamamirudiin26]

Unless predator already marked you as capable to fight,soo it doesnt matter you have weapon or not.

[@Dreamspawn]

If you watch the first movie, you can clearly see that they did think of that, Kyle. With the mask on, Predator sees in a thermal spectrum. They filmed on location, so you can clearly see how the mask's vision mode switching affects the Predator's sight. HOWEVER, once the Predator removes its mask and is now seeing with its own eyes, it becomes much harder to discern from AH-NALD and the jungle around him. Thermal vision with the mask has everything in the background a deep blue and black with the internal heat of human beings showing up with lighter blues, oranges, yellows, and reds. But the Predator's infrared vision has everything in a migraine-inducing red with very little showing up black.

[@jimbutcher5712]

THANK YOU

[@jennifercorbett8640]

They don't see that way because of the bio-mask. The mask just focuses it.

[@robertmcphail1464]

I searched for this exact comment so I didn't have to make it.

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

Cool story bro.

[@GhizmoGeke]

Thank you!

[@NinjaBearFilms]

In the second movie we see the predator flip through several different visual spectrum modes to compensate for the environment they were using to interfere with it’s heat vision. So the helmet is clearly augmenting their natural vision. In fact in the first movie when it removes the helmet we are given a POV shot of the predators natural vision and it’s just heavily washed out in red. It’s possible that they need the helmet to see clearly outside of their natural environment because our sun gives too much of the natural spectrums that they can see in. Or their natural spectrum is limited that they use/need augmented vision to hunt at all. Their culture doesn’t seem to focus on being natural hunters but a culture of let’s use science to make us the best hunters because hunting and killing is fun.

[@xCorvus7x]

Is it really *their* natural environment where they see only washed out red? That might be only on earth.

[@NinjaBearFilms]

That’s what I mean by “off their natural environment” as in off their home world, but I suppose it would more accurate to say outside their natural environment since one would assume their spaceship lighting would be in comfortable ranges. Which indeed we see on board their ships it’s dim and light is heavy red shifted.

[@joshuahadams]

Basically shades, eh? Lenses and the like to filter out the bits that are too bright.

[@xCorvus7x]

@@NinjaBearFilms Ok, thanks for the clarification.

[@beyondthegravemind]

would probably be closer to near infrared light that their vision is based off so like any camera or "night vision goggles" when natural light is shown into them the vision seen is then almost blinding much to what we see.

[@akromakroma]

"It's already killed half my Kyles." Yup, this is gonna be a good episode.

[@AlphaFoxDelta]

He's on point today haha, or whenever this was filmed xd

[@optillian4182]

Perfectly balanced.

[@PedroSilva-ow9lu]

as all things should be

[@lotsabadluck]

Why is that line so funny? I mean when I think about it, it shouldn't be that funny. (Maybe something in my tuna sandwich if affecting me... or is it "effecting"? English, why are you so confusing?!? LOL)

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Poor Kyles

[@benjaminhucker1971]

Even though you were being sarcastic in that extra, they did think of ambient jungle temperatures and they show that when the Predator takes off his mask. In predator vision with the mask on, it looks like classic infared vision but then he takes it off, his vision becomes a mess of red so obviously the mask focuses/filters infared to what the predator wants/needs.

[@chainyrabbit]

YES

[@rickau]

Came to post the same. Plus in the second the predator changes the spectrum so it can see UV - I think it was - in the warehouse trap.

[@Zorro7Point5]

This is gotta be top comment.

[@thomasmorrow108]

Agreed

[@cheekyj4794]

Glad I red (get it, lol) the comments, was about to say that too.

[@jsullivan05]

The Kevin Bacon remake of The Invisible Man from the 90's called "Hollow Man" did an amazing job of showing what would happen if you raise the temperature of the surroundings when you're looking for someone/something in infrared/heat vision, the scientists that are looking for him at one point put on thermal googles and can see him so he breaks a steam pipe to raise the temperature of the whole facility so that he blends in with the surroundings. I always thought that was so well done and smart of his character.

[@Bowfella]

Royce in predators set the forest on fire in order to blind the predator.

[@jsullivan05]

You are totally right, I can't believe I forgot about that, I just remember him smearing mud on himself and the fire not really working so it didn't cross my mind, in Hollow Man you can literally see him start to disappear as the temp starts to match his body, he just kind of fades away in the thermal view.

[@DrShaym]

Vampire bats can sense body heat in much the same way snakes can. They are the only mammals that can do that, and they're extremely good at it. It's how they find the veins on their victims.

[@elihenline6089]

so can mosquito.

[@davidwaynemain]

@@elihenline6089 mosquito not mammal

[@osianshirley7175]

dont the bats just sense it with nerves in their leaf-nose tho?

[@Wally480]

@@davidwaynemain hes saying vampire bats are the only mammals capable of sensing body heat the same way snakes do. I'm not sure how mosquitoes are relevant?

[@lastchanc3stars]

​@@Wally480the only connection is that mosquitoes suck blood too

[@syotos42]

The best thing about looking at the predator in an evolutionary light is that you can reverse engineer the Predator's home environment, where it evolved. Which I think is just super fun. First off, it's cold. As mentioned heat vision is increasingly less useful the warmer the ambient temperature is, which means their home environment isn't overly warm by human standards. secondly, their homeworld must have a significant population of endothermic, or "warm-blooded" animals, which would be their preferred prey. Thirdly, their environment probably does not contain a great deal of natural covers, such as trees or shrubbery, incentivising the invention of such a powerful and likely expensive camouflage. My last point is on the blood. There are two reasons why blood that glows would evolve. One, it's coincidental, the predator homeworld might not have the same ratios of gasses that ours does, and in their homeworld, it just doesn't glow. This makes sense, having glowing blood doesn't sound like a great way to stay hidden, which seems to be the predator's preferred hunting style. Option two is that the glowing blood didn't evolve as a direct survival strategy, but rather as a way to mark territory. Many animals have different ways to mark territory, Wombats stack their little cube poops in piles, arctic lynx spray urine, what if the ancient predator's way to mark territory was to bleed on things? Creating a glowing sign saying, "Go away! this place is mine!" but in a bad Schwarzenegger accent. So that's my assessment of the predator's homeworld, based on the physiology and behaviours of the predators and as described in your video. (I just really wanna be a SUPERNERD, *sick guitar riff*) I should mention that the predator homeworlds's attributes are already known canonically, but this is just how, science-wise, i think their homeworld would be taking only these behaviours and adaptations mentioned in the video into account.

[@arcane_rogue3440]

hate to break it to you but also dislike to see people be incorrect about stuff kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYKbhaBuZsSojac "Predator Homeworld (Yautja Prime) - Explained" One thing you are missing in your analysis is that (aside from special purposes like Xeno killing) they only come to Earth during heat waves in already fairly hot locations(L.A and a South American jungle)

[@9CrystalDragon2]

Love those ideas but I'd say rather than glowing blood to mark territory but rather as a warning. When a predator is injured or killed the glowing blood would act like a wasps pheromone only visual.

[@doomguy3558]

I'm rooting for you to get that supernerd title! WHAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Kaleban]

Actually, none of that video contradicts James' statement. 1. Assuming Predators had to evolve and develop technology like a sentient species would, they clearly wouldn't have the spectrum filtering masks they wear for a large part of their development, nor their optical camouflage. That means their natural IR vision (which we see when a Predator removes its mask) evolved to fill a niche. That makes it pretty obvious that Yautja are nocturnal hunters, since their vision would be geared specifically for it, and the optical camo they developed would mimic their natural ability to hide and move stealthily on their home world. 2. Given the different composition of their blood, it's also pretty clear that their home atmosphere is of a different mix, although still close enough to Earth normal (perhaps Yautja developed terraforming at some point) for a Yautja to breathe unaided. However, the atmosphere could be much thinner, which might explain why they're so large having had to develop massive lungs to process the air, and I'm willing to bet most of the animal life on Yautja Prime are some sort of megafauna. A thin atmosphere doesn't retain heat very well, so it's possible that the desert biome they have cities in gets quite cold during the night time. Even during the day as well, assuming the planet never gets too close to any of the suns. Hell, Mars could be a good contender as an example of their home planet, just with a somewhat more dense atmosphere. 3. Given the above, the jungle biome of their home planet could be situated at the poles, where most of the water would likely be concentrated. Perhaps their planet doesn't "wobble" such that one pole is always facing a sun, or it's orbital period keeps one sun always beaming at the pole. It's possible that with a multi-sun system and varying angles of planetary rotation that jungle formation due to heat and water accumulation would occur at a pole rather than an equator. The point is, it's possible to have a cold desert planet with a warm and humid jungle biome. 4. The reason they come to planets during heat waves is likely due to how heat makes organic life behave. Sentient life is more prone to chaotic behavior during heat waves due to physiological stress, which makes it more active and belligerent, hence more of a challenge. Their technology eliminates the visual handicap of their vision.

[@syotos42]

@@arcane_rogue3440 i knew it was probably not like the canon version of the homeworld. But that what i think the predator's biology would suggest its environment to be.

[@HORRIOR1]

"It's already wiped out half my Kyle", is that why we don't see your lower body and legs? Wouldn't bioluminescent blood be counter productive in an evolutionary sense? I mean if you are bleeding glowing ooze, wont that make it super easy for other species to track you down? Maybe that is why Predators prefer hiding and don't engage directly? Another problem with glowing blood, would be the fact that if it glows while still inside the body (no proof in the movies that it needs to be exposed to atmosphere to glow, as far as I know, could be wrong though) it would unnecessarily waste energy. The purpose of blood is meant to transport oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, so having your own blood waste calories by glowing, seems like a really bad evolutionary trait.

[@KingDetonation]

This is exactly what I was hoping to find here.

[@jakeedgington]

Also, I believe if it glowed inside their bodies, their vision would be whack due to the blood in the capillaries in their eyes, etc.

[@brianupsher6675]

It's not hard to imagine that it's blood could change color when it left the body, ours does. Human blood which is blue in the human body turns red outside of the body when exposed to oxygen in the environment. Predator blood May react similarly to the over exposure to oxygen thus would not glow while in the human body. Being that it is an alien it also may not be reacting to the oxygen at all but possibly the nitrogen, considering our air is about 70% nitrogen.

[@ryanhighland584]

It wouldn't use calories

[@valornthered]

Probably not since they see in the infrared spectrum, while the glow of their blood is more in the yellow-green portion of the visible-light spectrum.

[@estudiordl]

"Delete my browser history!!!" contemporary last words of the masses... 😂😂😂

[@MidnightDStroyer]

It's already been showing up as an epitath on some tombstones...

[@plant3341]

"It's not like we're summoning the devil with chemistry" Edward Elric begs to differ

[@christopheranderson2279]

Jannes Planting that was God

[@tappingninja]

@@christopheranderson2279 same

[@tincat2347]

This is the Law of equivalent exchange

[@ninjahombrepalito1721]

Kyle, you are correct that it would be hard for the Predator to see, but that is exactly walhat we see in the movie Predator when it takes iff its mask to fight Arnold Schuartzenegger. It uses the mask to help it see, kinda like we use sun shades. But infrared vision might not be so bad considering law enforcement and military use them.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

Yes but they usually just use it at night, I think at the day, specially on a tropical rainforest, it kinda loses it purpose.

[@VadymZakrevskyy]

Yes, It looks like the Predator species have evolved in an environment where seeing infrared allowed them to advance up the evolution tree, eventually enabling them to travel the galaxy to hunt for sport. Clearly, we are not their first rodeo. They have obviously hunted on other worlds, as we see them using mask filter tech to block some specific radiation: excessive IR, visible light, selective frequencies, etc., or combine the filtered results into a summary of frequencies. There's some very advanced radiation filtering tech in their masks. Taking the mask off (and thus leaving them with just the vision they evolved with) would make them overwhelmed, but they seem to adapt slightly, just enough to see the shapes. Adding to that, if I were a member of these species, and I had to take the mask off for any reason,- I would cover my eyes and let go gradually, or look at somewhere dark (cold), so that my irises (they have them!) have time to adjust to the incoming radiation. P.S. Also, a space-fairing civilization that hunts others for sport? One would think there could be other important things they could be concerned about.. just saying.

[@RealGengarTV]

Also, the mask can make electromagnetic waves viewable which the predator use to hunt xenomorphs

[@oozer3827]

what if the predator used its helmet, which we know augments its natural enhanced vision, to 'lock onto' a human's heat level and signature, allowing it to isolate it against the mass of ambient heat?

[@percussionistpinkerton9440]

That's intresting

[@beyondthegravemind]

possible. but in other movies like AVP we see taht its also able to detet the aliens signiture as well

[@Xk99zG99]

The Bio-Masks were shown to have access to several different visual frequencies, is most commonly seen being infrared, effective to visualize the humans, but useless in a Xenomorph Hunt. Also available is a spectrum and a specifically tuned mode, EM field detector, used to visualize Xenomorphs The Bio-Mask is one of the main tools used by the Yautja. As well as performing the basic function of protecting a Predator's head, the mask also grants the wearer access to multiple vision modes including zoom capabilities, facilitates Vocal Mimicry, and includes breathing apparatus, diagnostics, and visual and audio recording systems. The mask often also incorporates a red targeting laser used in conjunction with a Plasmacaster.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Yeah, the mask allows a more detailed infra red vision, ultra violet (to see other Yautja, them being cold blooded), EM field for the Xenomorphs. And also can visualise heart beats, when a human tries to overwhelm the infrared sensors with lots of fire. XD Vocal mimicry is a natural skill, not all Yautja can do it, but can learn to do it. ^^

[@bacchusendo9032]

this video just scratches the surface on the science behind the Predators, this needs a part two with an emphasis on their weapons.

[@darksaber5437]

When he said, "I've already lost half my Kyles," I just started laughing for no reason 😂

[@spikeruth1674]

Kyle confirmed clone trooper?

[@cgm395]

No u.

[@kylehoffman4572]

I thought that the “heat vision” that we see the predator using is due to the tech in his mask and not his actual vision.

[@valitiuga1947]

If I remember correctly what someone else told me, the masks help regulate their thermal vision, so that they do not get confused and hurt in certain biomes by what they see like how Kyle said

[@lastchanc3stars]

Yeah, lots of times in the franchise (like two of the movies- The Predator 2 and Predator) it was shown that their thermal vision is more like a setting in the helmets than a biological function. I'd imagine they _do_ have heat-sensitive pits much like snakes do, but their true vision is much worse; such as being extremely blurry or they lack color vision. We already have thermal goggles on Earth, no?

[@TheHornedKing]

Isn't the infrared vision from their masks? Which can change between all kinds of different visions.

[@chiefsenpai969]

Their masks actually improve their vision. Think of it as a high-tech glasses. Its because of the mask that they are able to distinguish us properly against the ambient heat.

[@bumblebeekaiodinson331]

@@chiefsenpai969 wouldn't that mean that their vision is terrible even for them and need tech just to see , unless , they can see clearly on their planet

[@ceu160193]

There were experiments about giving humans ability to see different spectrum temporary, by using special eye drops. Results were success.

[@qc5997]

Yea, their natural vision is completely red

[@kuugeli]

Yes. infrared vision is a functionality of the mask. They also have different type of vision that is good for seeing xenomorphs that apparently don't emit much body heat or something and the vision mode for that is called electromagnetic. In Predator 1 predators have pretty bad natural vision on earth but in Predator 2 they see in infrared even without masks. Avpgalaxy article says "This is commonly believed to be a film-making error though.". They also have some sort of "x-ray" vision and others.

[@Varsocona]

Mantis Shrimp can see in Ultra Violet wave lengths, and while they aren't believed to see in infrared, can we really doubt them? I mean if you try they'll punch you with the force of a 22 caliber bullet, so best to just give them this one.

[@TheRealAlmostHooman]

I thought mantis shrimp could see infrared but it had limitations. Can they not?

[@cfgonyea]

Could the Predator see John Cena?

[@abffyf3r]

Cory Gonyea nope

[@TheRealTaolf]

You can’t see me nigga my motherfucking time is now

[@SldOnEmWithDa45]

Cory Gonyea The Predator would smash John Cena’s back over his knee 😂

[@CountDain7]

asking the real question

[@javaman3403]

@@SldOnEmWithDa45 wooooosh.

[@twdog8106]

Wouldn't any organism with eyes capable of seeing infrared light have also realistically have also evolved a way to ignore waste heat? Or rather would it be feasible that they notice a difference between prey and the ambient background temperature rather than specifically seeing the heat produced by their prey? Also isn't it possible that their helmet's Heads Up Display could enhance their standard vision significantly? I know in Predator 2 the HUD had multiple settings which allowed them to see in other spectrums.

[@catnipdavesscratchingpost1422]

i think it isolates different temperature wavelengths and blocks most of it's sight blocked like sunglasses also if i remember right there are hoses that connect to the mask maybe to cool the face to allow to switch between the wavelengths easier. just a thought.

[@denniswilson1692]

If an alien could only see in infrared then it's likely from a cold dark planet where background radiation isn't as prominent.

[@twdog8106]

dennis wilson, I was under the impression that the yautja homeworld was rather warm compared to earth, or at least similar to our equatorial regions. Perhaps their sight was an evolutionary advantage against camouflaged prey animals?

[@catnipdavesscratchingpost1422]

maybe when yautja evolved it was an arctic world then it warmed like a reverse ice age into a more tropical climate. or maybe they evolved during a ice age.

[@DTMharlot]

Well humans have evolved to process information from light, but if you shined a flashlight in my eyes I wouldn't be able to see very well. Similar to how you were speculating, I would guess the predator's mask helps block sensory overload the same way sunglasses do for us on a bright day.

[@WisKy64VT]

I think it does matter how you are breathing under the water! And considering there weren’t any air bubbles from your mouth And you seemed to be close to the sea floor and referencing the firefly squids that live about 183 to 366 meters below the surface you’d likely have to be a host for chemosynthetic bacteria just like the Tube worms found at hydrothermal vents! And the fact that your body some how evolved to live off there byproducts and still breathe above ground is truly fascinating!!

[@denniswilson1692]

Or he can breath through his butt like a turtle.

[@WisKy64VT]

dennis wilson perhaps

[@ringlhach]

I think the better question is how all this stuff got into the Void.

[@WisKy64VT]

ringlhach thats why we are confused about the squid showing up in a Void forrest

[@bnb4231]

yo you're really smart and your hair is magical i love watching these

[@Erika-gn1tv]

They say that if you cut his hair he looses his smarts.

[@Whitmore_17]

11:07 a fact i always found funny is that when Arni put all that mud on he cooled his body down, which means if the Preds eyes worked the way they should he just made himself stand out a lot more than he did before.

[@ryanhammond5270]

So first off I've been watching your videos for a while now and I love them. I was watching the World of Warcraft cinematic Old Soldier where they say Sarufang could kill ten men with a single blow. I've been curious on the science of how much force that would actually take. Do you think you could make a video figuring it out?

[@philipcollier4883]

I always thought the predator visor "calibrated" for human heat signatures thats why human images popped out even in the hot jungle. Would also explain the plot hole of mud being able to make Dutch "invisible" Theory two is that the predator saw him all along but didnt want his last hunt to end so anticlimacticly.

[@arcane_rogue3440]

It's not a plot hole, it's science. Smearing yourself with mud will actually disguise or hide you from thermal imaging, though not as well with how little Dutch had. However as Kyle says the jungle would be a poor place for thermal because of the ambient heat, so if the Predator did calibrate his mask to pick out prey heat and maybe specifically human Dutch's heat may have been changed just enough by the cool water and mud to be filtered out.

[@oscarbogenberger-damsell4047]

The predator laser sight is actually 3 dots in a triangle shape

[@thatHARVguy]

Yup. The bars only show up that way in the HUD.

[@becausescience]

thatHARVguy He was watching me you nerds -- KH

[@barrybend7189]

@@becausescience he probably wants to understand your thinking?

[@whambamdan7575]

Don't you mean.. SUPERNERDS??

[@kysier6015]

So... which kyle was the real kyle? IS there a real kyle?

[@becausescience]

Does Kyle Prime even still exist? -- KH

[@barrybend7189]

@@becausescience obviously there is a Kyle prime but I think he died in the poison Ivy episode.

[@Distortia1994]

They’re all real! Clonist! None of them are the first, though.

[@haydenmoore5143]

Kyle is actually a thing of our imagination programmed by an alien species (youtube) witch can not be attacked by the government therefore is leaking there secrets

[@PlasmidJunkie]

Is Kyle The Thing?

[@earlguild8748]

Best small factoid of this movie is that the US government actually contacted the film crew and demanded to know how they created the invisibility suit because they wanted all of their soldiers to have them. That's how believable that was or how dumb the military can be?

[@eoftar3192]

"...just wiped out half of my Kyle" This is gonna be a new joke in any and every FPS. Mark my words.

[@villelepoaho4105]

As seen in Black Panther, is it possible to have fully sound-cancelling shoes?

[@jonathankehn9202]

Simple answer is no. LoL Reason being nothing is absolutely silent. Move your arm and you might not hear the air molecules moving because the "sound" is not in the range your ears can hear. Might sound wierd but just because you can't hear it doesn't mean it doesn't make a sound. LoL

[@thearisen7301]

As Jonathan said it's impossible. The sound can be weak enough that your eardrum doesn't vibrate

[@rulkeyalkara900]

@ Jonathan Kehn you are correct about everything making a sound, but it is totally possible to make shoes that cancel sound or at least a device that can do it. Sound is nothing more than a wave of pressure and it is possible to cancel out that wave by playing a second wave phase inverted. So with the proper application of technology you could actually make a device that could cancel out sound within a given area, just gonna be a while before we're advanced enough to fit such a device inside a pair of shoes though.

[@tomf3150]

Yep, espadrilles. But remove the rubber sole.

[@sinteleon]

Not in the real world, but with Vibranium, potentially yes.

[@aliozanerbektas]

Am I the only one who thought about Riddick? 8:40

[@barrybend7189]

Nope.

[@blakecollins4516]

Nah man so did I

[@jackielinde7568]

Kyle/Because Science - Didn't the first two Predator movies establish that the Predators only come to Earth to hunt during the hottest times of the year? (First movie took place in a Latin/South American jungle while the second was LA. And both were during a heat wave.) Doesn't this indicate that the predators may be cold blooded/poikilothermic and also require more heat to remain active? If so, their thermal vision would have had to evolve to see in a very bright thermal environment. If this is true, they wouldn't necessarily needed to wait till a cooler part of the day or night that boas and some vipers do when using thermals to hunt. As for the mud question, my guess is that it would depend on how much clay is in the mud. (And this is only a guess.) I know one of the reasons Adobe (bricks made from mud and straw, and not the software company) is a good building material is for it's thermal properties. If the mud has a high clay content, it could retain more water and be slow to warming to body temperature than a just a soil based mud. And, if memory serves me correctly, the mud "Arnie" used was grey in color, same stupid color of the ground in Arkansas when you scratched off the top soil. So it could very well be a high clay soil.

[@adambielen8996]

In Alien vs Predator the Predators are running around in Antartica for hours with no ill affects from the below freezing temperatures. Also they don't wear enough to convincingly use their armor to heat themselves.

[@nomore6258]

Predators are most likely mesothermic. Basically, the hotter it is the less food the have to eat to keep their metabolic furnace going. This is because the ambient temperature helps keep their internal temperature stable. Predators don’t go to cold places because then they would have to spend more time and energy finding, eating, and digesting their food.

[@adambielen8996]

I just remembered in 2 that Predator is living in the freezer of a slaughterhouse. For whatever that's worth.

[@kaitan4160]

What if the Chemiluminescent effect of the Blood is for the simple reason of keeping a "minimal temperature". Chemiluminecence can produce a bit of heat. But personally, i dont know how much or if its worth it. That in combination of what we know our Animals do. Like Sharks who "heat up" by intensive Movement, if i remember right. All that jumping, running and Climbing of the Predator has to be for a Reason.

[@Firebird4Life]

Maybe they wait until the hottest times of the year to better hone their skills. How can you call yourself a skilled hunter if everything came easy to you? The same reasoning seems to apply for why they only seem to kill armed opponents; there's no honor in killing an unarmed, easy to see/track/kill prize. So they purposely make it harder for themselves by hunting when local temperatures closer match human body temperature & only killing prey that fights back in order to gain bragging rights or for traditional reasons.

[@OffensiveProduction1]

I read an interview with the crew of the original predator. They had issues with the ir/ thermal scenes because of the ambient heat and humidity of the jungle. They actually had to cool large areas (by spraying cold water if i remember) because everything kept coming up as a huge color blur, that was used as the predator vision is without the mask.

[@Bramble451]

"It's already wiped out half my Kyles." XD

[@joegaylord87]

There are 6 Kyles in the void, but they are essentially indistinguishable. So... is it possible that Kyle is a fundamental particle and the void is a probabilistic field which produces Kyle quantum at some rate? Hmm. That would explain his random yet fairly regular appearance and why his content isn't fixed until it is observed... Interesting.

[@joeblandd6425]

For this alone, I hope you get mentioned on the Footnotes

[@joegaylord87]

I'm not sure... I'm not a physicist so actually smart bois might rip this apart and it would make me nervous.

[@drfreakoman9976]

Joe Gaylord lel

[@narrator69]

Some forms of fish such as goldfish, salmon, piranha and cichlid can see infrared light. Salmon and some other freshwater fish have an enzyme that switches their visual systems to activate infrared seeing, which helps them to navigate and hunt in murky waters. In goldfish, eyesight is a highly developed sense, and it’s thought to be superior to humans. In fact, goldfish are the only members of the animal kingdom that can see both infrared and ultraviolet light. Bullfrogs, who can see infrared light, have eyes that can see both above and below the water surface. Bullfrogs use Cyp27c1, an enzyme linked to vitamin A, to supercharge their infrared vision. Bullfrogs’ infrared seeing ability adapts depending on the environment.

[@LordofSyn]

I thought the Mantis Shrimp could also see IR and maybe some UV wavelengths with its phenomenal eyes. Mantis Shrimp are badasses of biological evolution. Let us all take a moment to be thankful that both Cuttlefish and Mantis Shrimp are not much larger and are not our natural predators. Because they are both biological rock stars. Also goes to show that the ocean really has has the most amount of evolution through natural selection!

[@1217BC]

The studies show that those creatures, as well as the mantis shrimp, see far red light, around the mid to high 700nm wavelength, which is still in the visible spectrum, just at the top end. Infrared goes from this point to 1mm wavelengths, which is more than 1400 times as long. Human infrared radiation is about 1200 nm, so Kyle's right, no known animal sees in infrared. Still awesome eyes though.

[@becausescience]

See you in footnotes -- KH

[@barrybend7189]

Hey Kyle please do a video on the GN Drives from Gundam 00.

[@numa_kai]

second the notion for all we know there is already an expedition for Jupiter right now xD

[@barrybend7189]

@@numa_kai actually the expedition took place in the 2110's or 2130's. In UC gundam calender UC 0010 to UC 0030.

[@davidmayberry3190]

The helmet is what gives them infrared vision.

[@somethingnotcliche4242]

Wrong

[@somethingnotcliche4242]

The biomask just gives them different options to pick from... Like the X-ray mode

[@jakeshotts835]

The xray can allow them to see children inside of pregnant women which means if she dies its know as a dishonorable kill

[@trielt1]

Nope, it actually just filters it. In the first movie, you can see when the Jungle Hunter removes his mask: everything goes red as its vision gets overwhelmed by the ambient heat.

[@kennethdesales3888]

David Mayberry the biomask is the one that focuses their infrared vision

[@jasondismuke4837]

Your videos are awesome. I love the way you explain the science in science fiction. I'm glad you found something to do besides hanging out in O.J.'s guesthouse.

[@alexknj1]

I sawed this Kyle in half!

[@wazzup102]

In the (I think original) predator film, it shows their vision change when removing their helmet almost like heat-vision sunglasses... Since this is clearly an advanced species that has been using advanced equipment like this for a long time, do you think it would make sense for predator eyes to have evolved to better suit the tech they use? Sure, that would be at least thousands of years with the same (or similar) eye tech, but it seems relatively plausible, and interesting to think about at least.

[@mkmasterthreesixfive]

Ah, well that is where a problem occurs... Given such advanced technology, lives would be much easier, and evolution to merely survive, apart from the whole.. hunting things cuz yay, would simply no longer exist. Sort of like humanity right now. We use technology to augment what we are weak to, viruses, disease etc meaning all people survive, regardless of whether or not they naturally should. I wasn't able to eat milk when i was first born as an example;my ass should have died had we not had artificial baby milk. Technology removes the species whom uses it from natural selection and evolution. All that can happen then is degradation. If there becomes an issue with eyesight, instead of dying off because the predator can't see, they have specialized masks that work like our own glasses. Now a predator that is technically weaker genetically than his counterparts who could see but use the masks to aide them further. That predator makes predator babies and now those ones have the same eye issues, and a few thousand years later a large sect of the species has piss poor vision.

[@Knobulon]

@@mkmasterthreesixfive good show sir

[@KristoffDoe]

The way you described Predator's camoflage is more like "retro-reflective panels" of helicarrier from Avengers (MCU). The Predator carries different pieces of gear - pauldrons, vambraces, some sort of net covering his torso - but there are parts of his body which are bare and yet not visible under the camoflage. Also, the camoflage itself has an appearance of some sort of sci-fi "field". Whatever technique is used to project this camoflage, it would have to be full 3D - otherwise it would only work on one single prey at a time - and from different angle it would just look like weird silhouette displaying mismatched part of the sorrounding. As for themal vision - in the first movie Predator takes off his mask and we can see that it doesn't have thermal vision - it is the mask that gives it this ability. In the second movie we can see that Predator's mask gives it several different view modes, which are not necessarily thermal ones (might be other infrared bands - near or mid, or maybe even not IR at all but UV). Little trivia about the first movie - they actually used thermal camera to film it, not special effects, but sometimes during filming it was so hot that air and jungle itself had temperature so close to human body that thermal camera was unable to distinguish them and they had to spray parts of the jungle with water to cool it down. This would suggest that Predator's thermal vision has much better spectral resolution, sensitivity, and dynamic range. (Or has multispectral or even hyperspectral capabilities?) And speaking of real world thermal cameras - we often see pictures where colour is used as indication of intensity (temperature), but as good as I know, thermal cameras are "monochrome" - they pick up overall intensity of the specific band defined by the sensor and optics but can't distinguish different wavelengths ("colours" of infrared). PS. I went to your channel to watch the video Shad was replying to - and went on a binge and watched all your videos... :)

[@rafaelalodio5116]

Is there any kinds of field that can bend light? As far as I know only gravity can, and despite the fact that a camouflage black whole device would be super awesome, it wouldn't make any sense.

[@TJackson736]

@@rafaelalodio5116 Light is an electromagnetic wave and thus can bend like radio waves. A strong magnetic and electric field can bend such waves. But it takes a lot of energy and the devices we have now can't bend them by much. The predator might have more advanced technology that allows such bending. The reason we still see an outline may be the fact it only bends so much of the light and allows some of the energy to pass towards it in order to see. I don't know how that would work in physics, though.

[@sinteleon]

Well, in the samples we're shown here, it DOES show the predator as a weird silhouette displaying mismatched parts of the surroundings.

[@sockmonkey6666]

There are things called metamaterials that can bend electromagnetic waves around themselves. We've already made ones that can do it with microwave radiation. Visible light is harder, but doable. They aren't 100% efficient of course, so they would be faintly visible as the predator is, but they're totally passive requiring no additional input of energy. The one the predator uses does take energy, and can be turned off, so I think it's using some kind of static field to hold ambient air molecules in a metamaterial pattern. I suspect the tubes that hissed when it unhooked them from it's mask were a cooling system to damp out it's own body heat from obscuring it's sight. That would improve it's vision even without using the enhanced sensors integrated into the mask.

[@KristoffDoe]

Primarina Queen - yes, Predators camouflage has distortions, displays things a little bit shifted. What I mean is slightly different. Please find "mission impossible" "corridor scene" video - it will help. In that scene they are projecting an image of an empty corridor to fool a security guard. But to do this they have to trace the position of the observer to match the displayed image to his position. When second observer enters he sees flat screen with weirdly shifted image on it. Or to explain it differently - imagine you have TV on a wall with image of a fish tank on it. From one specific position it would look perfect. But if you move e.g. to the side, you would expect to see the inside of the tank differently - but it wont' change, so you will realise it is flat image. Same would be with the Predator - if he displayed what is behind him relatively to one observer, it is NOT what is behind him for another one, so it would look like weird silhouette with mismatched image on it. (For example - Predator is in front of a tree, so camouflage on his chest is showing tree trunk. But looking from 45 degree angle you would expect to see in that location a bush next to the tree, but you don't - you see silhouette with tree trunk projection on it.) Or another explanation - you know this trick that you paint something on a mirror, close one eye and move so it fits in a certain way on your face (e.g. moustache, horns etc)? If your reflection is thing behind the Predator and thing painted on the mirror is camouflage - your other eye is other observer. Image displayed perfectly for one person is not matching for other - not as simply distortion but almost like part of background moving. (It would be interesting effect though!) What makes it more difficult - he would be displaying that in his body which is not flat, and also moving. I am not dismissing an explanation, just pointing out that it would have be very complex full 3D display system.

[@vitkilodthkrakarvingen7112]

I don't know if it's something that a lot of people have pointed out yet or not or if anyone's going to but if you watch at the end of the first Predator movie when the Predator removed its bio mask it does get overwhelmed with ambient radiation it's only one they have the mask on that they're able to focus, love your channel man

[@cottonfloss7951]

DONT SELL MY HAIR ON EBAY DELETE MY BROWSER HISTORY BECAUSE SCIENCE

[@sattamassagana3348]

Fuck yeah rock on

[@cottonfloss7951]

SATTAS CHANNEL ONLY DeGanja damn you do comment after 1 year tho

[@kysier6015]

Wouldn't the technology in their masks allow them to differentiate between the various heat sources? At least, that's how it appeared to be presented in the movies.

[@Voxrar]

Any thoughts on why the Predators would evolve such a menacing jaw/mouth? Any benefits to this type of anatomy? Keep making great content!

[@theblackreaper4395]

What about their WEAPONS!

[@Yellowdigigod]

The Black Reaper , What about pointed sticks?

[@ozymandias1192]

Syko Not-Psycho Plasma caster? Wrist blades? The throwing disc with a shit ton of blades

[@wa1k3r8]

@@ozymandias1192 continued, the razor retracting net. Weird high tech Falcons, complete control over mutant dogs, a bomb that can wipe out an entire civilization strapped on their wrist

[@edwuncleriii3798]

@@wa1k3r8 don't forget a whip made out of xenomorph tail which can rip someone in half.

[@wa1k3r8]

@@edwuncleriii3798 the Laser traps the elite predator uses in AvP req, dagger, wire noose, wrist gun and they can launch their wrist blades

[@Fiddlesticks86]

2:27 That incredibly low effort arnold was hilarious 😂😂😂

[@tequila6955]

They did kinda show the convergence of everything due to the ambient heat. In the original predator, when he removed his mask everything was red and very difficult to differentiate. Great show keep it up!

[@deezpotatoes7410]

"If it bleeds, we can kill it..." Right?!

[@WonkaFab]

Deez Potatoes my friend... I hate to burst ur bubble but look at women... Soooooo

[@MikeeVee]

Sad fact, I've still never seen any of the aliens or predator movies... guess it's time for a marathon, lol.

[@climber6420]

Only watch alien,aliens,predator and select bits of AVP 2 as the rest of them suck

[@ktrizzle6098]

Yeah Alien 3 is one of the worst experiences in film you can have I think.

[@MikeeVee]

@@climber6420 Thanks. I'll get to watching those on HBO this weekend then go see the new film after.

[@robo3007]

Watch AVP1, it's better than many people say, but don't watch *any* of AVP2 if you know what's good for you.

[@shadesofgray9]

Could you science the biology of the starship troopers bugs? They have never made sense to me.

[@valtersplume3726]

They aren't supposed to make sense. Some can fart plasma and one is the size of a continent.

[@bloodwolfgaming9269]

It's a movie, it's not suppose to make sense.. I mean, scientifically speaking, an insect that large couldn't even move, let alone survive under the weight of its own exoskeleton. Yes, they go to a different planet, but it had gravity and an atmosphere similar to Earth's for them to walk around comfortably on it. taking that into consideration, if you took an insect that large and put it here on Earth, under the Earth's gravity, the weight of its own exoskeleton would essentially crush in on itself.

[@galaktycznywojownik]

06:50 - Looks like You weren't paying attention watching Pradator movies. It's not the eyes and it's not biology at all. It was their hi-tech mask, that allowed them to choose which spectrum of EM radiation to amplify and make visible, aim their shoulder plasma cannon / locate opponent etc.. So all that Your fixation on Predators eyes seems kinda pointless.

[@AifDaimon]

Always loved your sense of humor, Kyle!! Keep it up!!

[@Wingdnadlla]

Can you talk about how slip space works from halo

[@becausescience]

You really have a streak going -- KH

[@nil981]

Wouldnt that be the way Kyle hill said hyperspace would look? Well, I don't think slipspace exists. And if it does, then it would most likely have more than 3 spatial dimensions and one (implied) time dimension.

[@KoiinaCup]

wait ... isn't the mask what gives the predator the infrared vision? Edit ... seen some comments that should explain

[@GoforKrogh]

actually the mantis schrip sees infrared light

[@kylebieth3678]

Im so lucky to have stumbled across this channel. I appreciate it more every day.

[@ludlowryder8803]

This is the sort of stuff they should teach: important life skills for when needed. I bet King Willy wished he'd known and had the heads up. Thanks for the video.

[@borile_moto]

Kyle, your holding the gun wrong..... Small correction but after 5 years in the infantry it still bugs me.

[@MrMaleG]

You're*

[@borile_moto]

@@MrMaleG good point well made.

[@dilophosaurussun500]

😂

[@drunkredninja]

well ya know, that's why he's all not alive anymore

[@illoney5663]

How is he holding it wrong? How should one hold an assault rifle?

[@Drongobee]

I've been running around pronouncing Yautja as ee-wat-ja for most of my life, was fully primed to type a correcting comment until I looked up the creator confirming it's ya-oot-ja. Isn't it fun to argue on the internet?

[@glennlaroche1524]

I always thought it was yowt-ja--heard it said that way on another channel--I'm with my dude Kyle now on ya-oot-ja. EE-wat-ja is cool too tho.

[@Drongobee]

@@glennlaroche1524 For some reason ee-wat-ja is what the wiki always said, I'm not entirely sure where it came from

[@drunkredninja]

yowt-ja/ya-oot-ja it's been said booth ways in the canon but it sounds the same if you say them fast anyways.

[@hendrong]

Ee-wat-ja doesn't make sense...

[@becausescience]

It's the worst part of the day -- KH

[@jaymz010]

Theirs still a lot of unanswered questions... The Predator appears amphibious or reptilian, is that possible in a humanoid bipedal? What evolutionary reason could their be for luminescent blood? Where does the Predator get his dreads done?

[@sion8]

We know that scorpions glow under a black light, but we have know idea why. Maybe, Predator blood glows is an unintended consequence of their biology that just happens to benefit us with optical vision.

[@timokampwerth1996]

"Don't sell my hair on Ebaaaaayyyy..." Made my day xD

[@Gottaculat]

Good point about using thermal vision in jungles. Thermal missile guidance systems had a terrible time locking onto the heat of a jet engine during the Vietnam War. If you were getting a missile lock warning, you'd hit the deck and fly along the tree canopy, and more often than not the heat-seeking missiles would lose their lock and miss as the heat of the jungle obscured the jet exhaust. Modern missile systems are likely way better, but even still, the predator would have more difficulty hunting in a jungle than say Antarctica like in Alien Vs. Predator.

[@jyotishpatgiri4384]

How to fight and avoid the predator *JUST GET TO DA CHOPPA*

[@NinjaBearFilms]

You know, I think if I want to become a super nerd, I need to get on Project Alpha so I have two days to do all the math and research on a comment/correction before the KZbin version drops.

[@Artaimus]

I'm pretty certain that's what Matterbeam is doing, since they tend to put info up with an hour or two of the KZbin videos going up.

[@drunkredninja]

except matterbeam still ends up being wrong and disguises it with jargon and numbers. sounds like he's overcompensating.

[@NinjaBearFilms]

drunkredninja I can’t speak for Matterbeam. But I want to do a heavy comment/correction on the vision aspect. I don’t think the predators see in heat vision but otherwise use heat vision tech to compensate from them being mostly blind in our environment. But by the time I wrote it all, Kyle’s probably already finished his Footnotes recording.

[@drunkredninja]

just throw it up there for people reading, who cares about making it into the footnotes. drop the knowledge.

[@becausescience]

A number of people do just that! -- KH

[@snusnubot9004]

You nailed it very well! And from his mask he can regulate the amplitude err amplification? 🤔🤔 hmmm anyways he can manipulate what he sees because of his mask so it would make sense why he could pin point organisms he is on the hunt for instead of going in blind from just seeing infrared light. I wonder what their home world is like to allow such vision to evolve anyways great video to start my early morning before class!

[@mkmasterthreesixfive]

iirc their home planet is tidally locked to their star..

[@catnipdavesscratchingpost1422]

maybe their home world was originally an arctic world when they evolved thus heat vision good for hunting,than it heated up like a reverse ice age and that's why they have darker camoisque pigmented skin and the need to make tech to helped them see in the warmer climate, climate induced adaptation.

[@snusnubot9004]

Hmm I have seen what their homework’s looks like in the movies and yeah being close to the star maybe why their eyes evolved to see infrared light. Lol only if they exhausted we could cut open that eye and see what kind of retina they have and lens and how the optic nerve works! As for their home world being arctic that’s an interesting theory as well! Good food for thought I will have to talk to my Bio-Psych professor on it lol

[@snusnubot9004]

Home world* auto correct

[@bilboswagins4514]

Hey Kyle You said that the Predator sees infrared with his eyes. But it's the Predators mask that's let's him see in different spectrums. I think in one of the original movies (I think, can't remember), you see him cycle through the different modes the mask allows him to see. Anyway, love the show. I discovered it on the TBD channel, after catching up on KZbin, I catch every new one as they come.

[@golet001]

@11:00 - Kyle, you will remember, that the Predator was practically blind in the jungle when he took his visor off. So I guess, that the visor had been made to actively sharpen the "contrast" between background and prey. If I remember correctly, the visor also had multiple vision modes for other environments/situations.

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[@druxusthemage9806]

Hello

[@jackychang9148]

Hello awesome poster.

[@twdog8106]

And hello to you as well, random KZbin comment poster.

[@glennlaroche1524]

Made my day--ur awesome--thanks!

[@Yellowdigigod]

Hi

[@WisKy64VT]

Good morning! Stand by for science corrections ;P

[@WisKy64VT]

“Summing the devil with chemistry”

[@stratus42]

Do fireflies have buts, or is it their abdomen?

[@chrishale7480]

Yes.

[@catnipdavesscratchingpost1422]

define butt, is it a mass of muscle that surrounds the biological exit for waste, or is it just the exit. if the later is the case than yes.But they also abdomen.

[@hendrong]

I thought they had cigarette butts.

[@benjaminhackett8896]

The original Predator movie did in fact think of the problem with a jungle being a large heat background -- not so much in script terms, but in production terms. The effect in the movie was apparently a real overlay of infrared and visual spectrum filming techniques, and whenever the jungle hit 94 degrees or above, production halted, because there wasn't enough IR contrast. Also, MathSTF has a fantastic comment on how the Predator's vision would've worked.

[@russellarcher5181]

Entertaining video, yours and your team's skill in video production improved greatly here. This is the first comment I've made, usually because there is little to debate with your content. I'm not going to bother arguing florescent blood since, IT IS AN ALIEN; it's biochemistry/biology literally doesn't match anything on Earth, meaning any explanation can be applied, (it's a microorganism exposed to air, it's an allergic reaction to Mg/Cu/Fe or Pb, it's a Green Venom Symbiote). I am going to argue eyes though. My boyfriend speculated The Predator has "meat vision" (copyright Fairly Odd Parents), a form of Infrared vision which responds to active animal organic material, which explains why the Predator has the ability distinguish trees, buildings and guns from potential prey. This would explain why the Predator has a hard time seeing through certain objects, (mud/Batman's cape), and also why blood from a fresh kill is Navy Blue, instead of 98.2 degrees F.

[@technogandalf3758]

Notification Squad!!!

[@deezpotatoes7410]

GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!

[@bradsilvers5793]

lmfao i said the same thing

[@meziembamara4004]

Deez Potatoes: 😲 "Get to the chopper! " Me : 🏃 (Run away in panic) . Deez Potatoes : 😥 (Begins Crawling away) Predator : 😬 (Abandons me, and follows Deez Potatoes) .

[@deezpotatoes7410]

@@meziembamara4004 xD

[@siva2727]

I ain't got time to comment

[@becausescience]

Liar -- KH

[@johnblaze2230]

Hey just want to say that I'm really enjoying all of your videos...because science! Please keep on putting out awesome videos. This video did have me wondering about the natural visual range of the Predator. In the first movie, when the Predator takes off (his?) mask, it's natural vision is shown as thermal. I would like to see an explanation for the visual ranges shown in Predator 2 (the one with Danny Glover). It is able to perceive electrochemical ranges, when the humans figure out that the Predator has thermal vision and they try to trap it in a chilled container. Again, I am really enjoying your videos. Please keep up the great work!

[@stephenoliver442]

If the predator sees infrared light, it might mean that it evolved on a planet orbiting a red dwarf star, or even a brown dwarf. Most of the light from these stars would be in the infrared.

[@nuru666]

This has been my personal theory for ages now. Their home world orbits a red dwarf somewhere, so visability in "visable"wavelengths by humans is just trash.

[@werieawesome8530]

Kyle you are the best person to go to if I don't understand something in a movie

[@Wardads1]

Sidewinder missiles had to do the same as their namesake ,cooling the seeker head was one major huddle that had to be overcome.

[@twistedvtuber9894]

I always thought the Predator only sees in infrared due to its Visor, not its eyes

[@MichaelGaryScott90]

6:42 - Famous Last Words

[@XperimentorEES]

Cool and fun stuff man! You guys remind me of Bill Nye. But what about the trinocular vision of the mantis shrimp?

[@splintercell323]

Dude, I lost it at 2:26 when Kyle just let out a random Arnold grunt lmao

[@sagarbhandari4915]

Hey, Kyle love your show. I have a question.. Assuming we have figured out teleportation , What if we teleport one massive object near any planet in certain distance.. How long will it take for that planet to feel the gravational presence of another body? I'm basically asking is something like speed of gravity?

[@Resident_Medic]

it's the predators helmet that allows them to see inferred, they also have Xenomorph mode, allowing them to track to track Aliens. I like the science tho, very interesting.

[@VictorLuyt]

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[@lesterforney6200]

This video did answer a big plot hole I had about the first movie. When He takes his mask off he is practically blind seeing only a blur of red. And I always said if they are next to blind they couldn't have been that good of a predator and probably wouldn't advance as far as they did in real life. But you explaining that if the heat of everything is the same as the heat of the air things would go invisible. It makes a lot of sense.

[@bunfudderlegreat1275]

First, nice vid I love it❤ second, over-pronunciation when saying Yautja. Third, i was a little disappointed you didn't mention how their blood is acidic like the xenomorph, though not nearly as acidic. Fourth, i liked how well you explained their camouflage. Fifth, their natural vision is indeed infrared. Finally, I congratulate you on an extraordinary videk

[@SixballQ45]

Little Giant their blood isn't acidic.. In predator, it's all over the leaves and Arnold - no burning happening there.

[@sinosec112358]

I think Kyle should do a video on all the possible types of vision filters he could have used in predator 2

[@Vedurin]

Hi Kyle, nice idea, but the tons of tiny monitors camouflage would only work towards one observer. Another observer from a different angle could easily spot that kind of camouflage since the monitors would only give off one color to many directions. So while one person right in front of the predator would see what's behind the pradator, a person looking for example diagonally to the front left would see very wrong images.

[@thepinkey5615]

Like a few others gave said, Its the predators helmet that allows it to see infa red as well other vision types. Like the weird electric vision used to hunt xenomorphs.

[@miguelangeldelgadillosilva7207]

Hi Kyle, as far as i know according to the first movie, predator's eyes do get saturated when he gets off his mask, capturing the heat of all the environment just as seen in his last battle with Dutch. Also the sound he perceives is different (Dutch sounds like a chipmunk). So i think the bio - mask makes a great job filtering the thermal vision and optimizing his hearing.

[@tropicaldaze9824]

I like how Grey Kyle's like "Damn it"