"I was interested in a girl...That's a big reason why I learn stuff." ooooo, I felt that one HARD.
@musicevangelist3 ай бұрын
As a New Zealander I knew this straight away. They are not the messiah, they are very naughty birds.
@pattheplanter3 ай бұрын
I have never left Europe but my mind immediately went to the world's most annoying parrot.
@Snowshowslow3 ай бұрын
But they do sound like fun, like your naughty but oh so funny little nieces and nephews that you know you're not supposed to encourage by laughing (or feeding).
@konstantin_d.m3 ай бұрын
Same, as an "honorary kiwi", i immediately knew it had to be SH94 to Milford
@korbindallas45523 ай бұрын
Haha, I heard the Kiwi in @musicevangelist words. Also: Is it possible to teach them a constructive habit? Or at least film and profit from their naughtiness?
@nbell633 ай бұрын
✊😄
@chippercorgi22473 ай бұрын
Just FYI: don't drive over traffic cones. a friend did this and the cone went under the bumper, popped back up and tore off the bottom of the radiator, all the coolant poured out, the engine overheated... and that was the end of that car. I'm sure the odds of that happening are very low but... why risk it?
@K.F-R3 ай бұрын
Also, some cones are placed *over* steel posts. That will ruin your day... and probably the day for any with or following you.
@MyRegardsToTheDodo3 ай бұрын
Considering how many newer cars have plastic oil pans or plastic parts on the radiators, I don't think the odds of that happening are actually that low.
@Dusty_Ham3 ай бұрын
"You can feed a Kea from a Kia while going to IKEA" Unfortunately not, we don't have an IKEA... yet...
@kevboard3 ай бұрын
alsoy that's not how you pronounce IKEA... yes, I am being pedantic about that 🤣
@Elwaves29253 ай бұрын
@@kevboard I love a bit of pedantism but I'm feeling generous, so I'll leave your comment alone. I agree, that is not how you pronounce IKEA. It's pronounced "cheap crap." 😁
@ronaldlau93633 ай бұрын
@@kevboard Just out of interest, were you referring to how it is usually pronounced in Sweden or is it a different claim to proper pronunciation?
@connorgibes7093 ай бұрын
You could be driving to the airport to go to the nearest IKEA, so in a sense you're "driving to IKEA"
@thespankmyfrank3 ай бұрын
@@kevboard Eh, as a Swede, that's just how you pronounce it in English. It's fine. We probably pronounce English brands wrong (in fact I know we do), that's just how languages adapt to loanwords.
@kmodo933 ай бұрын
As someone who regularly has to use cones at their job (and a high vis vest) I regret to inform everyone that a depressingly high amount of people do not infact follow the rules about cones.
@Thermalions3 ай бұрын
Or the speed limits around road works
@Vykk_Draygo3 ай бұрын
@@Thermalions Or speed limits in general. This could extrapolated to pretty much and rule governing the use of cars on public roadways.
@rolfs21653 ай бұрын
Yup, I once yelled at a lady because she just drove over our cones to use the blocked-off parking space we had reserved for the other work truck, and then wanted to drive off _with the cone stuck under her car_ claiming she didn't hear the loud scraping noise.
@underdoneelm77213 ай бұрын
I used to work at a gas station and when a pump wasn't working, we'd put a cone in front of it. The number of times someone would move that cone so they could pull up to the pump, and then come inside to yell at us that the pump isn't working is way too high.
@erictaylor54623 ай бұрын
I once saw a crow dropping a walnut so I picked up the walnut and opened it. After that the crow would drop a nut whenever it saw me. At one point I started using a nut cracker. After the crow saw me use the nut cracker a few times I wanted to see what the crow would do with it, so I left it by the nut. The nut cracked was imposable for the bird to use, but it was clear it wanted to It tried a long time to work out how he could use it. Crows are scary smart..
@woodfur003 ай бұрын
Where are the bird-accessible nutcrackers. Where are they. I can think of like five ways off the top of my head, engineers get on this
@adamsbja3 ай бұрын
Yeah, I think I've had a crow do that stoplight trick to me. I didn't see the nut but it ran up to my car as I was parked, then when I was moving again I saw it run back. So either it had a nut or it was very interested in that spot of road and annoyed that I was in the way.
@MegaLokopo3 ай бұрын
So now you put up a sign that says "ignore traffic cones blocking tunnel" and then if you need to stop traffic cover the sign, then the birds will learn to cover the sign before moving the cones over.
@beatrix11203 ай бұрын
The kea should put up a sign that says "Do feed the kea"
@MegaLokopo3 ай бұрын
@@beatrix1120 Or just cover the signs that say "don't feed the kea".
@colinsharples12143 ай бұрын
Dammit, don't give them ideas
@lucbloom3 ай бұрын
Why not store the cones somewhere else? Or make a guiding rail bolted down?
@MegaLokopo3 ай бұрын
@@lucbloom Don't give the kea any ideas. They might get inspired to find better ways to block traffic. If you aren't careful, there will soon be a world wide kea tax.
@michaelwoodhams78663 ай бұрын
I wouldn't rule out "Kea just like messing with humans" as a motivation.
@sweetsandcharades83833 ай бұрын
Yeah, I read an article about this and that just said that the keas found it fun to control where the cars would go. Possibly it was another flock of birds who “just” made the road more challenging instead of fully stopping the cars.
@Waniou1373 ай бұрын
Had a hunch this would be kea related, entirely because they're crafty little jerks which is why we love them, but didn't realise they were capable of moving road cones. Also found it slightly amusing that I think Ceri heard the word "island" and assumed the South Island is a small wee island and not 3/4 the size of Great Britain and New Zealand's largest land mass lol
@timothymcleanАй бұрын
If it's called South Island, it's either the only island to the south or way bigger than all the others. The former is unlikely, because island countries tend to have a lot of islands, in all directions except up.
@nunyabiznis35953 ай бұрын
1:57 can confirm. In fact we are having weather as I comment this.
@losthor1zon3 ай бұрын
"All the Rush songs I know... are thanks to Heather." Props to Heather!
@Molikai3 ай бұрын
just wait until Heather sees this!
@R-Tex.3 ай бұрын
Tom's new drip is pretty neat. It symbolises the end of the red T-shirt/grey hoodie Tom Scott era.
@ajs413 ай бұрын
He kept those outfits going for far too long in my opinion.
@alexaagerger36953 ай бұрын
Blasphemer @@ajs41
@Albatross-3653 ай бұрын
Drip?
@markblacket89003 ай бұрын
@@Albatross-365 yeah, he didn't close the tap all the way
@Slikx6663 ай бұрын
Soon the Kia will be charging motorists to use the tunnel. 5 peanuts for a bike. 10 peanuts for a car. 20 peanuts for a lorry.
@widicamdotnet3 ай бұрын
and 200 peanuts for a school bus because they know all the pupils are going to want to feed them anyways
@Slikx6663 ай бұрын
@@widicamdotnet 😂
@aloysiuskurnia76433 ай бұрын
You know a joke is so utterly terrible when it's simultaneously being the most on the nose AND having someone said "I feel like there's a joke in there" at the same time 😭
@xxkimbatron3 ай бұрын
As a New Zealander, as soon as I heard the story I knew kea were involved. Loved Tom’s story too!
@RossParker18773 ай бұрын
That's me awake for another 9 minutes then 😂
@mortuos5573 ай бұрын
anonymous insomniacs group meeting.
@Albatross-3653 ай бұрын
@@mortuos557 Damn. I forgot to bring biscuits
@MegaLokopo3 ай бұрын
@@Albatross-365 Tom has some biscuits, I wouldn't trust them though.
@Ciara_Turner3 ай бұрын
@@MegaLokopo How mysterious ...
@DdlyHeadshot3 ай бұрын
I certainly feel seen
@michaelsommers23563 ай бұрын
Those crows are even smarter than suggested. They first learned to drop nuts on the road so that cars would crush them, but they then had a hard time collecting their loot because of the traffic. They then learned to drop the nuts near intersections, and then wait for the light to change before getting the goodies.
@koshermal3 ай бұрын
I had a hunch it would be kea, but I half expected them to be hunting and harvesting windshield wiper blades.
@adamsbja3 ай бұрын
When kea are involved, "just to watch the chaos" is a valid answer.
@timothymcleanАй бұрын
@@adamsbja I was about to ask why the kea would steal windshield wiper blades, but you kinda answered that for me.
@daandanx3 ай бұрын
So glad they gave a certain man a certain subtitle color. I know there are only three options, but somebody must've thought of that.
@mabogibo5253 ай бұрын
...not KZbin opening this on 0:20 so I got blasted with Hank Green saying COOMS out of nowhere 😭😭
@aidanclark19616 күн бұрын
I appreciate that Hank's subtitles are in fact Green
@hopha1663 ай бұрын
"while going to Ikea" That hurt 😔
@bendeywendy80653 ай бұрын
I only regularly listen to 3 podcasts: Lateral, Tangents, and Dear Hank & John. So Hank and Ceri on Lateral is joyous to me!
@DerMarkus19823 ай бұрын
Tom Scott's face after "two [points] if you get 'em stuck on your antenna!" ! 😁 "Uhmmm, ackshually" ... 🤓
@MEKKANNOID3 ай бұрын
As a New Zealander I can confirm that New Zealand has all of the weather, usually all at the same time
@MadContendery3 ай бұрын
obviously the gang from toy story 2 have been doing their thing
@malusignatius3 ай бұрын
Even going in being pretty sure this was Kea-related, the answer was still a delightful surprise.
@woodfur003 ай бұрын
I love Hank's hosting he's so supportive of everyone's ideas I've said it and I'll keep saying it, Tech Diff for P4A
@David-ld3ts3 ай бұрын
Having Hank green on is awesome
@Telliria3 ай бұрын
Just a couple of weeks ago I got tired of tree branches hanging down on my bike path to work. So I put on high-vis, sunglasses and ear protectors, then brought my cutting gear to start pruning. No-one questioned me and gave a wide and respectful berth for me, even crossing to the other side of the road so that I could cut branches. Perhaps not fully legal to prune municipality trees, but I feel like I did a community service (I also did dispose of the cut branches properly).
@spelcheak3 ай бұрын
Ceri ruling out the supernatural right off the bat, no many contestants do that
@overvieweffect90343 ай бұрын
birds are just so amazing, I'm always stumped by how intelligent a lot of species can be
@Balsiefen3 ай бұрын
This is another group with great chemistry.
@yarone59603 ай бұрын
Crows don't place nuts in front of cars they drop them from overhanging power lines, some miss and hit your windshield. The smart ones do it on pedestrian crossings because they know the cars stop when the light is red
@manwithdominantclaw53203 ай бұрын
It's a little known fact that not only do New Zealanders have weather, everywhere they go, they always take their weather with them. Everywhere they go, always take the weather.
@elisabethduke19473 ай бұрын
I got this. I hope some others do too 😀
@legonwood3 ай бұрын
Will be honest when I saw the title for this one my mind immediately went to toy story 2 and crossing the road
@ericvaninwegen63843 ай бұрын
I believe the Kakapu used to live in mountainous areas, too. (Now only on one preserve island, iirc)
@K1W1fly3 ай бұрын
Yes, New Zealand does have weather - of many different kinds. its also not a little Island...
@tenJajcus3 ай бұрын
As a Dwarf Fortress player I immediately thought of keas
@cooledcannon3 ай бұрын
There's no Ikea in new Zealand
@MegaLokopo3 ай бұрын
Yes, there is.
@leslieherring3813 ай бұрын
It's not scheduled to open until late 2025.
@nataliedrest56793 ай бұрын
@@MegaLokopo Not yet - due to open next year
@MegaLokopo3 ай бұрын
@@nataliedrest5679 lt still exists. Does chick-fil-a not exist on sunday because it is closed?
@lukeyu20053 ай бұрын
Actually my company is tendering to put some dock leveller in for that Ikea. It's very much in the works
@moby41773 ай бұрын
And now we know where the koalas caught chlamydia.
@ptrknvk3 ай бұрын
For those wondering, here is an old video of them moving the cones: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKakZqeFlMhqqZY
@mzansime3 ай бұрын
That's so awesome. It's astonishing how long it's taken humans to realise that the derogatory term "bird brain" is a complete misnomer!
@timothymcleanАй бұрын
Depends on the bird. Owls are ironically dim.
@kaneto883 ай бұрын
I know many people who are incapable of such level of planning.
@adammullarkey49962 ай бұрын
Now, you see, my first thought was that one scene in Toy Story.
@afrophoenix31113 ай бұрын
The capacity for critical thinking and tool use on these birds really is astonishing.
@bagel_deficient3 ай бұрын
Please do not cut to other cameras when the question is being read for the first time. I need the text. During the re-read would be ok. I love the channel
@lateralcast3 ай бұрын
Behind the scenes glimpse: when that happens, that may be to cover an edit point. -- David (producer)
@bagel_deficient3 ай бұрын
@@lateralcast That's fair.
@Brenosakaguti3 ай бұрын
Not being familiar with New Zealander fauna, I was wondering why Korean cars would need a gymnasium
@peter-d9f3l3 ай бұрын
Australia doesn't have any koala bears, because koalas are not bears.
@nate_storm3 ай бұрын
but do they have drop bears
@Thermalions3 ай бұрын
@@nate_storm Yes, they masquerade as koalas, and then attack when you're least expecting it.
@roecocoa3 ай бұрын
Tardigrades are even less bear than koalas are, but we sometimes call them water bears.
@QemeH3 ай бұрын
Great! Tom with his "Thanks! Now I'm thinking of an elephant." made me loose the game. Thanks, Tom!
@pyroette3 ай бұрын
my first thought was "i wonder if this is in New Zealand" when I saw the title because of our culture around road cones hahaha
@haschtee1943 ай бұрын
Catching up with Lateral episodes in reverse order of publication blessed me with a big ol' spoiler for this episode in the next one :'(
@sortius_3 ай бұрын
Sorry, no Ikea in NZ... yet!
@Henrex2000Ай бұрын
literal highway robbery
@leslieherring3813 ай бұрын
As an American living in New Zealand, my guess is that it involves either sheep or earthquakes in some way. 04:27-Oh, wait, now I’m thinking it's keas at the Homer tunnel to Milford. They’ve been known to absolutely destroy cars parked in a nearby car park.
@falldog93 ай бұрын
They’re quite strong and they will have a go at anything, they’ll destroy the trim on your car. They’re insanely smart and amusing to be around, they love being close to people.
@OriginalWarwood3 ай бұрын
I for one welcome our future avian overlords
@bradaloop3 ай бұрын
Coneala Bears genuinely hurt
@a.squirrel15113 ай бұрын
It has to be the hobbits, right? I'll let myself out.
@timothymcleanАй бұрын
Hobbits aren't that small. Or traffic cones aren't that large.
@SuperSerferNowАй бұрын
Isn't this called Lateral with Tom Scott but there is no Tom Scott
@gcewing3 ай бұрын
Minor linguistic point -- we talk about being "in" the South Island, not "on" it.
@el_es3 ай бұрын
the Kea seems from some photos (colour and shape of head) look like that mossy green boss dragon from HTTYD1 :)
@sfitz2193 ай бұрын
I wonder if Heather is the same Girl Who Listened to Rush that Nerf Herder was singing about...
@robbaskerville2533 ай бұрын
I've been to NZ many times, i know exactly whats happening, naughty birds, but you gotta love them.
@timothyburgess8833 ай бұрын
my first idea was wind then I thought maybe do to the shape of the tunnel and the speed of the car maybe it cause vibration that cause the cone to walk. this would be more likely on a bridge but I could see it happen in a tunnel just slower.
@winkletter3 ай бұрын
Was this on Cone-y Island?
@aelux41793 ай бұрын
The fastest dad in the west
@pattheplanter3 ай бұрын
Different cone-tinent.
@Erkle643 ай бұрын
Please, I cone't deal with any more puns.
@GLUBSCHI3 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure the past three ones of these i've clicked on tom had to step out
@partitiona81793 ай бұрын
Most of the video has Daniel Peake, however 3:39 introduces his alter-ego Peake Daniel
@myladycasagrande8633 ай бұрын
I'm surprised he went for cone-ala bears, instead of the infamous cone-garoo!
@QuizzyDan3 ай бұрын
THE JOKE LANDED SO WELL.... *cries into coffee*
@QuizzyDan3 ай бұрын
@@myladycasagrande863 Given an extra 10 seconds, this would have been a better joke. *continues crying into coffee*
@dawfydd3 ай бұрын
Think of Kea as Trash pandas but they will rip pieces off your car like the rubber that holds your windscreen or wipers, because they love getting into stuff.
@THjelmАй бұрын
I still don't get why there have to be traffic cones at the entrance to the tunnel, to begin with?
@ihathtelekinesis3 ай бұрын
Are you suggesting traffic cones migrate?
@GustavSvard3 ай бұрын
That's MY life hack, get your own hack keas!
@spencerkatty3 ай бұрын
I'm disappointed by no Toy Story guesses in there
@ecchikitty13953 ай бұрын
I was thinking goats/sheep, was not familiar with kea.
@donaldasayers3 ай бұрын
If it's New Zealand it's Keas.
@nbell633 ай бұрын
If it's the South Island, I'd blame the Kea first & foremost (simply out of due caution)! 😊
@zachblack70803 ай бұрын
1:18 Tom Scott plus??
@davidconnell19593 ай бұрын
Cur-Ly Hank!!
@kettle74253 ай бұрын
1:32 ...aand I just lost the game
@TheGreatSteve3 ай бұрын
Giraffe pimp.
@jamesphillips22853 ай бұрын
I have had a crow try to use me to assassinate a magpie. The crow held the magpie down, and let it go as I drove past. I *think* the magpie survived even though it hit the bumper.
@tonypang833 ай бұрын
Did they copy each other, or did they teach each other? 😮
@thequeenofspades3 ай бұрын
For when you've heard the answer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKakZqeFlMhqqZY
@taniakrause92533 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@donvito19733 ай бұрын
Don't try car bowling with cones.. when they melt onto your exhaust they stink for some time. I believe so anyway, no evidence to prove this, honest.. :-)
@Rollermonkey13 ай бұрын
Big hermit crabs using the cones for their home?
@danlewellyn6734Ай бұрын
Antenna? Wow you're old 😅
@bobbywilson76623 ай бұрын
Everyone else: "So yes the Kea birds are moving the cones but why?" Daniel: "duh, can they even move the cones? Are they big enough?" No daniel, despite just saying that bird is why moving the cones, no, see what they do is hop into their little trucks to move the cones around with ropes, they even got a little schedule and mini gas station! Brain dead, is he just the comic relief? Ive seen smarter 4 year olds.
@konstantin_d.m3 ай бұрын
However: DO NOT feed birds, *especially* in New Zealand. Some species are incredibly vulnerable and *need* to be able to find/gather their own food!
@IceMetalPunk3 ай бұрын
My first thought was turtles. I was close! Insofar as turtles are also animals...
@ClaudioGrieco3 ай бұрын
0:50 and then 4:34 I see you’ve not been to Italy 😅
@lucbloom3 ай бұрын
Bears were using them as hats.
@komiteunofficialaccount92243 ай бұрын
4:58 sad that no one made an "damn it, KEA drivers" joke