The spear-wielding stork who revolutionized science - Lucy Cooke

[@TEDEd]

Want to keep exploring uniquely kooky corners of the natural world? We’ve got a book rec for you: Lucy Cooke’s “The Truth About Animals.” The very book this video was adapted from! Learn more about some remarkable animals- and the crafty humans who study them- by checking out her book here: bit.ly/TruthAboutAnimals

[@alien-x0815]

Thank you for always making awesome videos...especially the physics and riddles ones :D

[@trex5863]

Thankyou Ted ed xD

[@utkarshdubey2211]

Make a video on why should you read the Mahabharata. It will be worth it

[@MassimoPugiDelta]

Nice video! however it mentions the first proof of migration 00:40 by saying that from middle of Africa to North of Germany is over 2500Km, but it is NOT! From south of Italy to North of Germany is about 2500Km so it would easily be more than double of that. It's still a cool video. Cheers 😀

[@kashmirha]

Subtitle is stating "Aristotle told in 1666"... 2:42

[@cattableabby]

Imagine you’re hunting for food and the food just continues flying away with your spear

[@nunyabiznes33]

"I can never financially recover from this"

[@abby-kq6lw]

@@nunyabiznes33 lol

[@doggobravo9996]

Imagine if the bird continued to fly even after it got shot by the German dude

[@smallspace7]

Not only this but in dying he solved a mystery .I hope they kept him or a memory of him

[@parthapratimchanda2026]

I can't imagine

[@ind0266]

“Hey, Jake, you have a spear through your body.” “It’s only a flesh wound jerry!”

[@mrfuntastico4749]

Tis but a scratch

[@willowbrook0749]

Tis but a flesh wound

[@mdh-y7d]

Only a flesh wound

[@TheFerretofEarth]

You know what's sad? It's that most comments or replies on KZbin will be forgotten in less than an hour, including mine

[@ME-hm7zm]

"Can't stop, won't stop."

[@peterchung2262]

Imagine flying 2500 kilometers surviving being impaled only to be shot down

[@MightyTiki]

Unlucky 😢

[@sakibislam4079]

...

[@777Skeptic]

Bad Luck Brian's earlier incarnations.

[@jenniferpak4040]

Stork had to power through the pain, he had a baby to deliver.

[@classicgaming1025]

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[@SocialDeviance]

1:09 Damn, Aristotle is jacked. All that philosophy really payed out.

[@neochris2]

Ancient Greek Philosophers were hardcore gym bros.

[@penguasakucing8136]

For other example, Plato isn't Plato's real name, its his wrestling name, after how broad his shoulders were.

[@revolvency]

Maybe they had philosophy wrestling back then

[@edeworabraham2761]

Chidi from the good place

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

The weird thing is, it might have an element of truth in it since Plato was known to be well-built in physique...

[@eroman2803]

Narrator: "if barnacle geese were made of wood..." Me who watched Monty Python: THEN SHE'S A WITCH

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!!!

[@AbdulGhani-gc8zc]

"Who are you so wise in the a ways of science"?

[@enchantedshears5357]

does it bother anyone when ted ed changes their video names?

[@AbdulGhani-gc8zc]

@@enchantedshears5357 not really mr trident

[@enchantedshears5357]

@@AbdulGhani-gc8zc ok mr falcon

[@chiehhsu1721]

“Yeah you’re pretty cool... but are you as cool as pooping candy?”

[@lakshmimohan6467]

I did not see that coming.

[@ponderbot3810]

Peak human form (ﾉﾟ0ﾟ)ﾉ~

[@GM-kj7sy]

i will never be able to eat candy again......

[@inigocasanovadiaz5927]

"this is cool... but is it as cool as pooping candy?" it’s the thought that guides all my desicions.

[@stmbds]

for us, the idea of migrating birds is common knowledge but for them its a revolutionary discovery and this blows my mind

[@777Skeptic]

We probably have hypotheses that will be considered equally ridiculous 500 years from now.

[@sunnlovesorange]

"Hold on lemme get some food" *Throws spear* "Um, hey Dad? I lost your spear..."

[@classicgaming1025]

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[@sunnlovesorange]

@@classicgaming1025 It's useful... but why??

[@classicgaming1025]

it's my friend's channel and I think this helps in your editing progress

[@zhankazest]

@@classicgaming1025 dont do that, it makes you look desperate to get views (im saying you since some people will think that the channel is actually yours) along with HIM (if it is actually your friend's channel) looking desperate to get views. Makes me NOT want to watch it

[@cassieperalta7859]

"You WHAT!"

[@charmsly9506]

throwing a spear at a bird flying in the air, thats some real skill right there

[@galactustales]

Surviving that skillful spear is an even greater one...

[@DBT1007]

Or.. LUCK

[@HardcorePanda]

easy when millions of them are flying together, you will hit one.

[@arnoldmbuthia2687]

Okoye's skill with a spear travelled far and wide ( Wakanda)

[@lakshmimohan6467]

I think that was one unlucky bird.

[@catguy5425]

Something about claiming a bird is wood as justification for eating it is just absolutely hilarious.

[@SKyrim190]

I would like a source on that. What I've heard as a justification for what constitutes "meat" in a catholic fast is completely different.

[@solar0wind]

"Fish aren't meat, so we can eat them. Since beavers and otters live in the water, they're fish too, so we can eat them as well" That's the justification I know.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@SKyrim190 Try watching Lenten recipe from Tasting History. It is a good primer on how monks find loopholes in fasting days...

[@noahway13]

Religious people are like that

[@emberhermin52]

@@SKyrim190 you live in a different time

[@denis2cute152]

This animation is so cute

[@shalmali-379]

It always is

[@Alkalus]

What an original comment

[@septromnation7840]

@@Alkalus Lmaooo

[@jonathanherrera9956]

But is it as cute as pooping candy?

[@d.dmalhotra6425]

I feel sad for the stork who had spear through her... imagine the pain she must have felt...but continued her journey. Also, the animation and specially the background music were awesome! 👍👍

[@DefnitelyNotFred]

I’m sorry, am I suppose to just accept the fact that storks can be impaled with spears and fly 2,500 km?

[@Barlie_]

Yeah

[@Historyfrek4ever]

I tried to confirm this through wikipedia. I found article about Pfeilstorch. Turns out 25 similar cases have reported since!

[@fullmetalalchemist9126]

Stork strong 💪💪

[@DefnitelyNotFred]

@@fullmetalalchemist9126 stronk stork

[@rattled1557]

ape together strong

[@jayfaisa3171]

The truth of where birds go and why is even more amazing than what we could’ve thought of.

[@laurensgordon5577]

I live like 10 minutes from Bothmer's castle and visited it a couple times, but only found out about this story today. As always, very interesting video. Thank you, TED-Ed!

[@AryanSharma-jo8kl]

Man: I am gonna hunt him down with my spear. Stork: I am gonna end this man whole dinner and spear.

[@khushi7808]

"But is it as cool as pooping candy?" That is a weird weird question 😂 Pls make a video on the current theories about bird migration. The magnetic field point seems particularly interesting!

[@awkwardsilence3951]

Arctic tern: Imma fly across the world now Blue Grouse: Alright fam gonna climb a hill now

[@vandanarajput8754]

The stork when he got impaled by the spear : Ti's but a scratch.

[@IB21066]

I can never get bored of ted talk videos, always fascinating me

[@Sk8rJayman]

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[@mysterious7215]

Can we appreciate the animation it's so beautiful

[@saumyashree4926]

Aristotle's theories are more immense than Plato's

[@lodniting4838]

Man that stork has tons of determination up its wings and boi it is tough as bricks

[@trex5863]

Again thankyou Ted ed for making me even a bigger nerd ....this means a lot 👍

[@swastikins]

I love ted- ed. Thet helped me with school so much. Thank youuuu!!!

[@felizitash3661]

I grew up only 10 km from the place were the count shot down the stork! So happy to see a place I know in an educational video! And btw: Bothmer is pronounced like 'boat-mer' - long o and no th ;-)

[@kingk1217]

That stork story gave me goosebumps, that is the coolest thing I have ever heard!!!

[@Someone-vm8ek]

Aristotles: makes theories about birds Also Aristotles: BUT HEY THAT'S JUST A THEORY, A BIRD THEORY, thank for watching

[@SK-ss6rm]

When the government hear an LIC is developing: Better send the drones

[@jier9904]

"... but is it as cool as pooping candy" is a sentence I never thought I hear

[@rexysingh288]

my heart just dropped when I see that impaled stork by a yard long wooden spear ,can't imagine the pain he goes through

[@ambarishtiwari7100]

Thanks 4 making this video...I found it very helpfull

[@ayushtiwari684]

Ya!!🤗

[@youtou252]

Those TED-Ed videos are incredible. Amazing content, great quality, nice narrating voice.

[@youtou252]

Oh, and did I mention the artwork and animation

[@Niffe]

Man this video's animation and music are just beautiful! What a work of art! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@breestakebobba2318]

Imagine if the Stork just did an uno reverse card and threw the spear back at them

[@maxwelljames3573]

Can't believe this video didn't mention the fact that BIRDS WORK FOR THE BOURGEOISIE.

[@soubhiksmp7403]

Please explain it 🤔

[@ELYESSS]

@@Brud251 That's what a bird working for the bourgeois would say

[@carltonleboss]

You mean the bird-geoisie?

[@maxwelljames3573]

@@soubhiksmp7403 watch this video its 19 seconds long: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6bEdHpoodt4b9k

[@unaccountedcivilian4504]

@@ELYESSS accusing others to distract us from the fact that you are a bird working for the bourgeoisie... i see

[@HughJass-313]

Love Ted-Ed!!!

[@isaacrodriguez4490]

Ted's animation is incredible i would love to see a Ted movie or a Ted cartoon in the future

[@limerence8365]

This was such an inspirational and awesome video it made me cry! Science can be so beautiful. Also all that epic music helped a lot.

[@dynamosaurusimperious6341]

I reall like these 3 key theories and the animation.

[@classicgaming1025]

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[@Oculunus]

Such a sad story. The stork put in so much effort into staying alive after being speared and in the end it still got killed by a human.

[@revolvency]

Probably the weakest and slowest in the flock at the moment, hence easy to target

[@Renonere5]

For science!

[@jayobsia4699]

absolutely amazing video.

[@mriduljoshi]

Me: All goosebumpy towards the end, filled with facts and enjoying the soothing bgm... Narrator: Is it as cool as pooping candy🤦

[@kamanashiskar9203]

2:50 When birds go to the moon 303 years earlier than humans. What should we learn from this as an "intelligent" species?

[@iReed_wt]

I'm a new subscriber and I plan to like all this channel's video after I watch them and I thought I can watch one after the other but I was wrong, I couldn't take all this "knowledge" at once. One video is enough for the day to ponder upon haha. Thanks for all of this great videos! I need to keep up with the recent video. :)

[@profveshagen445]

Creative work

[@shalmali-379]

Omg we literally just talked about this in EVS

[@ameehuo4678]

Omg i am crying. Nature is wonderful...

[@noahs.6209]

I dont know why, but I somehow find the Image of a flock of birds flying to the moon in a chill winter night strangley beautiful

[@FakhriAhadi]

this is mind-boggling... thanks for this, TED-Ed... it's amazing how "where the birds go in winter? oh they fly to the moon" was scientific back in those days

[@SM-zw3on]

I love your animation and voice actor Ted-ed. Nice video.

[@sahilverma4801]

The music is very calming.

[@cutemagicowl8447]

Wait, birds *don’t* fly to the moon every winter?!

[@cccaaa702]

Birds: its so cold in winter lets fly to the moon Later on... Birds: aww man its COLDER here

[@PMA65537]

The moon has no post office - they got no rings returned from there.

[@revolvency]

@@PMA65537 the mail rates were expensive, smh

[@ayaanz350]

*Stork gets impaled* Also Stork: *"'Tis but a scratch'"* Continues to fly from Africa to Europe like nothing happened

[@HeavyArmsJin]

Make me wonder if there were any historical records of people who got impaled by a falling bird impaled by a spear

[@Manojkumar-tm9nh]

Animation steals the show⭐🌟💫✨

[@paazbra]

What a great episode!

[@eberedan]

This is a very inspiring story.

[@elainechan7155]

Me: "How do you sleep on the fly?!" *Cue Jacky Chan's meme* Birds: "Watch and learn 😏"

[@hassansardar6415]

Love you TED ED

[@WGFinc]

This gives storks a whole new meaning...

[@sohamdate7007]

So this is what it feels like to arrive early

[@lurking_silhouette5802]

Pathetic

[@tryingtomakesenseoftheverse]

What do you feel like

[@zachhalverstam2804]

"This isn't so farfetched" Someone at Ted-Ed is a pokemon fan

[@ryancheng6391]

Can't wait to watch this video

[@marjoesuganob8690]

Omg same

[@jaanmeetsingh1639]

Bohot acha kam karta hai munsuk bahi(very good job👏)

[@javoywhyte6005]

Now I love birds 200% more than ever

[@hannahwalters3602]

Interesting. God bless and have a wonderful day

[@dexter9132]

That epic music made it more awesome

[@gunkarsingh1369]

A really long and really painful flight that stork took.

[@yubear420]

1:45 That witch scene from Monty Python makes complete sense now.

[@aspectator6506]

Living through getting speared and then getting shot, either the worst or luckiest bird ever? I can’t figure it out

[@Renonere5]

Yes

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@コードです]

I’m a Japanese high school student.Recently, I have studied English. It’s difficult for me but it’s exciting .Thank you for seeing.

[@schizophreniac22]

The poor stork got speared, shot, flew thousands of miles, and paved the way for proving the theory of seasonal migration of birds...LEGENDARY, simply iconic

[@Michaelonyoutub]

On that last point, while he proved definitively that they migrate to Africa and the route they take, that doesn't definitively prove they don't also migrate to the moon, as unlike Africa, the moon and everywhere along the way, has no humans and no postal service which could confirm any storks along the route, so any tags flying that way would be totally lost and not returned. This is still completely insane in this case but it is an important distinction in other scientific work, as proving a theory does not necessarily disprove all competing theories.

[@elphi-49]

I love this video! So interesting to discover that birds were such mysterious creatures, and that they are so strong! All my respect goes to the stork who flew over an entire continent with a spear through its body, poor stork. Just the end of the video shattered all of this, "is it as cool as pooping candy ?" 🤣 it really is much cooler

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

BIRD: Fly me to the moon ELON MUSK: Pay first thru Paypal

[@franciscabuguason7105]

Stork: *gets impaled by a spear* Also stork: Tis but a scratch

[@shawk952]

At least he ended the stork's suffering.

[@DaBestNub]

Bird: Gets speared Also the bird: ‘tis but a scratch

[@Hygix_]

People said that neil arm strong are the first person to step on the moon,little did they know that fly has been doing that for hundred of years regularly and low cost efficient

[@Noguarde-II]

That was an item on the SGU's science or fiction several years ago.

[@albertkyei9040]

God, I love this channel!

[@brq267]

Dad: Now son, it's time for your hunting lesson. Today you're gonna learn how to hunt a bird. Let's give it a try, there's a flock of storks up there Son: **hits a stork** Dad: Good job, so- Stork: **casually continues flying** Everyone: **surprised pikachu face**

[@fdmgamergt6677]

Birbs seeing the moon during winter: It's free real estate

[@siddhanttewari5147]

I'm not gonna prqise the animation. Everyone does that. But that music, it's so majestic

[@michaelgdellaquila2292]

Man in africa: I'm about to end this stork's whole career......whAt?

[@classicgaming1025]

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[@meghanav3450]

Uno reverse card....

[@Mark-ci6ln]

Other stork: dear God Jerry you have a stick through your chest Jerry: tis but a scratch!

[@somerandomguy___]

*stork gets hit through the body with a literal spear* Stork : tis but a scratch

[@colunizator]

That stork had tough life. Impaled by spears, flying 2500 km and after all of this being shot in Germany. 😵

[@oishd6077]

I never understood how birds sleep and fly at the same time. Please make a video about that!!

[@classicgaming1025]

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[@hannahbun]

it's kind of impressive that over 7% of the rings were not only found but returned to him

[@aarontmf4555]

Man throws spear at bird Bird: Tis but a scratch

[@John14-6...]

People make fun of some of the theories of Aristotle and other ancients thinking modern scientists have it all figure out but the more we learn the more we realize how much we don't know. Scientists still don't fully understand gravity or why we dream or what conciousness is or how about dark energy, etc. etc.

[@jyotisrivastava1122]

Fun fact: Birds fly in a V-formation no matter how bug the flock is due to aerodynamics, as the leader bird loses the air, the 3 remaining back take and dissipate it like in a game of NIM Arrangement for the flight (hopefully) 1 3 5 7 9 And so on

[@generaldurandal3568]

1:39 Always looking for work arounds so they may Sin in ignorance. Two wrongs don't make a right. Two Sins don't make a Virtue.

[@johnlocke4695]

I saw lots of Siberian cranes in front of my home here in India during the winter season.