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[@miqbio2628]

Mudskipper: *fights off fellow mudskipper to defend territory* Also mudskipper: hol up homie gotta keep mahself moisturized

[@josiemayle4073]

can you imagine fighting someone but they stop throwing punches to apply lotion

[@abbyalphonse499]

@@josiemayle4073 "Lotion?"

[@scarab9515]

@@abbyalphonse499 the mud is the lotion

[@homie3215]

@@abbyalphonse499 or moisturiser, or cReAm

[@abbyalphonse499]

@@scarab9515 Ok, apparently youtube didn't notify me the first time, but I was making a (admittedly rather weak) reference to a movie

[@ewe8929]

Bugs in the jungle when ice appears: *time to unlock immortality*

[@ewe8929]

Bug’s choices: adapt to cold; move home; die; dig deep and hibernate; BECOME IMMORTAL AND WAKE UP FROM A YEAR’S SLUMBER TO DESTROY BERRIES

[@llqewis]

He possesses the power of the dragon’s heritage

[@meeptowner8440]

That boy is just going to town on thoughs berries

[@andrewhall7930]

I believe there is a small frog in Minnesota that has the exact same ability.

[@jeremybersabe9520]

Elizabeth ll of the crickets

[@bananabread8731]

Really love the Spider Agent Segment.

[@cintronproductions9430]

The spider's name seems to be "Portia".

[@gnbman]

Yeah, I can't get enough of jumping spiders.

[@djkhaledtouchedmefunny]

that thing was frightening and fascinating

[@avzed1789]

Anansi approves.

[@waynepooley6950]

Mudskipper #1: I’ll kill you! Mudskipper #2: hold on let me *moisturize*

[@Harith5]

😆

[@ame7lee]

All of these camera shots are literally so incredibly good

[@Natharsus]

like, literally!?!?!????

[@ame7lee]

@@Natharsus well only the first one, really.

[@huejkak99]

But these takes a longtime to be shot

[@92RB20Monster]

Thats what they are paid to do,this is a line of work where people are into what they do for their career.

[@adamjackal]

Ikr! It’s incredibly impressive

[@ariadnefrolich7243]

The jumping spider plucking the other spider's web to lure it into attack range makes me think of a siren sitting on the beach playing a harp as a ship sails by.

[@seeuathebeach]

Yet in the spider's case, it's driven by hunger. Whereas in the sailors' one, they are propelled by naivety 😏

[@lauritsballing2629]

Kevin_The_Doctor You could say that the sailors were actually driven by hunger, just not for food 😏

[@seeuathebeach]

@@lauritsballing2629I had to check the dictionary in order to agree with you. Thanks 👍

[@sabinatsang]

Except Sirens sing on top of cliff edges to lure sailors into crashing

[@_Stormfather]

@@lauritsballing2629 hunger? More like THIRST

[@paulfrakher5586]

I always love the sound effects they add in post "How do we convey that the spider is making an attack plan?" "I dunno, add robot noises when it moves" "This mudfish stuff is neat but it feels a bit empty" "Record yourself inhaling and put that over any scene they open their mouth"

[@Roa-chan]

I just wanted to say I love your pfp, I LOVE Keroro Gunso

[@ziashad1110]

International Space Station Orbiting Earth 2mins kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJLdk4N5hLFjnqs

[@krebgurfson5732]

it was a fishing reel sound genius

[@pressureworks]

There are powerful microphones invented to pick up such sounds.

[@The.Nasty.]

The level of tension I felt waiting for the blue giraffe tongue to finally show was unreasonable.

[@ActionJackson669]

😅😅😅 Facts 🤣😭🤣

[@mrlugh]

@@ActionJackson669 I searched the transcript just to check my sanity, and it's never mentioned once.

[@randzopyr1038]

@@mrlugh It's mentioned exactly once, very briefly; the darker pigmentation is to protect it from the sun.

[@jasondashney]

I really appreciate how you explicitly state that you filmed the frozen bug in lab conditions. I love the honesty and openness. It's things like this that put the BBC nature coverage above almost all others. So much of what I see on nature and videos drives me nuts because it's either in accurate, illogical, or faked/influenced.

[@eukaryotic366]

I know this is an old comment but, I completely agree. I felt betrayed and lied to when I got older and learnt that film makers ran lemmings of cliffs, and made up the whole lemming commit mass suicide for whatever BS reasons.

[@jasondashney]

@@eukaryotic366 Yeah that was all kinds of fucked up. Ever hear the story of the cute children's movie Milo and Otis? I'd suggest Googling it, but it's hard to read. Some people are monsters.

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

@@eukaryotic366 Wasn’t that Disney that did that?

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

BBC has also gotten caught staging nature documentary stuff dishonestly, but they certainly do it far less that natgeo for example, who have long insisted on inventing nonsensical humanizing movie plots for all sorts of animals they film and then wildly splicing together footage out of order to make it tell a story instead of showing what the depicted creatures were actually doing.

[@sebastianrodriguez-delgado5525]

It is all faked/influenced in some way. Artistic actuality bla bla bla.

[@RagnarokiaNG]

"Millipedes taste what they touch" *allows it to walk over you* YOU HAVE GIVEN IT A TASTE FOR HUMAN FLESH!

[@tytosdylan3251]

that spider is actually a cia - trained spider assasin

[@spicyshizz2850]

Yessir

[@edwardyang8254]

More like an IMF agent. Ethan Hunt.

[@joshua7225]

nah they dont cheat lie and steal

[@crarytrombone9672]

Nah, god distributed talents unequally to the spider species

[@GiselChua]

Reminds me of black window from avengers

[@mariaharmon1313]

I love mudskippers, but it seriously looks like they're vomiting poop

[@kingjames4886]

they actually eat with their anus.

[@pastelwaffles3085]

Eggs taste good 😊

[@gabriellasantosa3734]

@@kingjames4886 erm- i will never see mudskippers as the cute creatures i thought they were. they are not cute, no no definitely not, but they are incredibly funny HAHHAHAHA

[@lijieleong5649]

N.

[@lijieleong5649]

@@gabriellasantosa3734 o

[@Sketchtan]

#4 Giraffe's Blue Tongue : *spends 4 and a half minutes talking about a dead carcass, the Secretary Bird, lepur tortoise, a millipede and environmentalism*

[@BikingVikingHH]

women... am I right!?

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

@@BikingVikingHH hehehehe always the most annoying and right thinking ones

[@ahmadalfi2861]

ikr

[@AlwaysInMyHeartPalestine]

exactly! i gave up! i pause i comment i exit the video

[@levimcglinchey5843]

I was so confused when it started with someone saying they were gonna spew over the death smell. Hardly Attenborough, is it?...

[@quinnpuffer7901]

The Portia the jumping spider segment was so incredible. The way they narrated it and explained the thinking and actions of the spider was so incredible and wonderful. Absolutely amazing!

[@alveolate]

"Portia... is a genius." i clapped for some reason!

[@TheTinKunt]

I was cackling thru this whole segment - thoroughly amazed and entertained !!

[@joeo_o1805]

Agreed

[@TheOpalHammer]

I see the mud skippers have just made it into the first part of 'creature stage'. Gotta find way more DNA points to get to tribal my dude

[@mehspacedorito]

spore :)

[@denisesilveira3427]

Lollllllll

[@aves4081]

I can't think about mudskipper without remembering ZeFranks's episode about this awesome fish

[@charmh.422]

Right? When he says Bedoink doink, makes me laugh everytime

[@poulomi__hari]

Thats what brought me here...

[@rabbivj]

That’s how a mudskipper do...

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

I came hear from Tazawa tanks

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Binging that channel leads to some weird recommendations......

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I must admit, I have a huge soft spot for mudskippers, especially the tiny species. The story goes on to show how he looks after the eggs in his tunnel. I could watch an entire hour-long show on this species alone!

[@karmabum21]

so the Acacia trees know that they are being eaten and warn the other trees around them?? Did you hear that vegetarians? Plants know you are eating them.

[@pl3459]

That's a chemical reaction, not a conscious choice the trees make. Computers interact with each other as do bluetooth devices, by your logic, these things are conscious creatures as well... 🙄

[@karmabum21]

@@pl3459 NO. My logic never compared a living thing in nature to a man-made device. And since when could you eat a bluetooth device? gtfoh

[@pl3459]

@@karmabum21 You're a moron, you're saying a tree sending out a chemical reaction like a Bluetooth device sending out a signal to communicate with other devices is comparable to a living, breathing, moving conscious animal with a consciousness. So dumb.

[@ricardocabrera8344]

@@pl3459 well, plants are ALIVE, consciousness is another thing. and OP was just making a joke, chill.

[@lordtoast2743]

found the vegan

[@adz6296]

That spider's jump is so fast that it almost looks like teleportation.

[@jmatt4life]

This short, little segment is fascinating, in particular the Portia Spider and the Mudskipper Fish. The Flamingo was interesting, too. I never knew they flew so high and gathered in that great numbers.

[@worship2012victory]

Wow I never seen a mud fish before and a fish that can survive out of water lol the way they fight is fascinating

[@macdonaldorina93]

That is not a mud fish

[@force528]

😯vs😯

[@souzpawtheaboveaveragehope2123]

@@force528 Your comment is the only one that has the right to use an emoji!

[@SevenEllen]

*Mudskipper

[@worship2012victory]

@@SevenEllen oh thx

[@slack_cactus_jack7953]

Being here on the first day feels like an honor

[@rainy_day_cosplays723]

A fellow of the plague Lol I feel ya

[@excree8181]

simp

[@leefyp]

This is such a rare opportunity, all this time i always watch videos from months and even years ago

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

@@excree8181 shut it

[@slack_cactus_jack7953]

Excree look at you, you were once so proud, go back and never return

[@Jen-zk9se]

I’ve learned more on KZbin than all of my schooling combined.

[@EdwardianTea]

That's a mood

[@natanulsiref]

The main idea of schools is not to transfer factual knowledge but to teach critical thinking and the skill to study. This you will not learn on youtube.

[@nono7977]

Haha you won’t learn that in American schools these days. I was the last graduating class to be actually taught every year we had to learn our stuff take our tests then they would show us the material the lower classes would be switching to and test us on it at the end of every year since elementary. It was much worse material and made you memorize answers instead of learning to love knowledge and how to teach yourself

[@natanulsiref]

@@nono7977 Sure you were and every American school is exactly the same. They all simultaniously overhauled their methodological approach to teaching in order to punish the disgrace of late birth.

[@OnBoard_PistoNs200]

True💯

[@ricksanchez8521]

Humans - "Don't ever touch your face and wash your hands every 5 minutes or you;ll die of corona virus!" Mudskipper - Builds a mud tunnel with his mouth.

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

Also mudskipper:fight with mouth open ooooooohhhhhhhhhooohhhhhh

[@jimmymcgill2961]

Yeah it’s almost like humans and mudskippers are a different species or something

[@ricksanchez8521]

@@jimmymcgill2961 Astute observation.

[@PandaCatXD]

I had to pause the video because I was laughing so hard at the mudskippers fighting each other with their mouths open😂😂

[@Shepard_AU]

Crab at 16:10 - ''Hey buddy, you don't belong here.''

[@jeenadjo1238]

Should be more like "yo bud,,, long time no see ay"

[@emperorgameling5064]

I got more of a "what the fuck is this thing" vibes

[@djkhaledtouchedmefunny]

and the fish said: fuck off frank Loook at the fishes mouth as he passes by the crab

[@4erographer]

They named the spider Portia 😭 that's wonderful

[@hadramcoltzau6135]

Was I the only one who was totally taken way by the mudskipper? I mean com'n the thing is a fish-that can walk on land and breath. That's incredible. Then to add even more of a wow factor it fights of other mud-skippers.

[@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep]

Apparently it "adapted." lol utter nonsense.

[@hexa6256]

@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep ?

[@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep]

@@hexa6256 ?

[@hexa6256]

@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep ?

[@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep]

@@hexa6256 ?

[@terramater]

Mudskippers are awesome! 😍 Did you know that they are absorbing air directly through their skin? We followed different species of mudskippers at the Indo-Pacific islands to get to know these bizarre-looking creatures’.

[@llamacannon1714]

I'm guessing thats why they have to stay wet? The dryer the harder to absorb oxygen? Would be cool to research their hormonal systems and see if their CNS activates their roll (like a reflex) because of the Co2 in their blood. Im guessing they have a similar hormonal system to humans where higher Co2 in the blood gives the diafragma a autonomous reflex to expand, but instead of lungs they ofcourse roll.

[@lawrencecarr4973]

@@llamacannon1714 🤔🤔that would be cool if you could

[@terramater]

@@llamacannon1714 Their osmoregulatory mechanisms are highly flexible & there are several different hormones involved in the amphibious habits of mudskippers. So you're definitely right, it would be a good research topic! 🔬 Thanks for the input! :)

[@pl3459]

I bet you would want to marry one if they could talk.

[@Aquarius-child]

Yess how bizarre . :-).

[@K162KingPin]

15:31 I remember hearing a sermon in church as a child about how ridiculous evolution was. "IF evolution was true, wouldn't we see fish crawling out onto land, breathing the air!" If only they had seen this documentary back then.

[@thx4chrckingin]

Your move, pastor!

[@K162KingPin]

@@thx4chrckingin no doubt they will come up with some bs about "GOD put them here to test our faith so he can feel justified in burning non believers in hellfire eternal"

[@thx4chrckingin]

@@K162KingPin My personal headcanon until I get to ask the big man himself is that he used the body structures of certain animals and changed them slightly to make new ones. Like, come on, wouldn't you take shortcuts to make new animals by stretching out philanges of a human to make bat wings? He also allowed for animals to evolve to suit the constantly changing environments. Cause let's be real, if animals couldn't evolve, they would die just a few generations into the creation.

[@K162KingPin]

@@thx4chrckingin It would take GOD himself to tell believers he wasn't real, but even then if GOD himself told a believer he wasn't real, they still wouldn't believe it because he just told them. Fact is that according to the bible at least Humans were a specific creation made from scratch out of the dust of the ground. According to bible chronology that was around 7016 years ago, give or take 100 years or so because of the way they rounded number off. Josh was 77 when he fathered John, John was 62, when he fathered Bob, etc. So there is no way of knowing if Josh was almost 78 adding almost an entire year to the timeline. Still it gets us close. So if GOD magically created humans around 7,000 years ago from dust then we shouldn't have any pollution from other lifeforms in our DNA. Instead what we see is that the vast majority of our DNA is actually left over junk from evolution or infection. We have junk DNA from viruses that haven't existed on Earth for 300,000 years. So why would GOD ALMIGHTY intentionally and specifically create humans from scratch 7,000 years ago and again, intentionally and specifically fill 80% of our DNA with junk from extinct species of animals and diseases that haven't existed for hundreds of thousands of years. Why would we even need DNA coding that has no contribution whatsoever to who we are, how we grow etc. It would be like Microsoft releasing a brand new version of windows not based at all on previous version but including 5 times as much data in the form of tiny torn off pieces of photos that are meaningless and useless. If god existed and he actually did that on purpose, it would certainly take out the "intelligent" part of his intelligent design. Ultimately people don't want to be alone. So they create an imaginary friend that is always with them. They dont want to be scared, certainly not scared of the future or death. So they imagine their friend has all the answers and will somehow preserve them in a magical form after their life ends. They want their enemies to suffer. So they imagine their friend is vengeful and protective of them. Even to the point of punishing your enemies for eternity in a horrible and disgusting manner. They miss their friends and family who have died, so they imagine their friend will somehow reunite them because its easier than accepting death, grieving, and moving on. They can't logically justify why they think some things are right and others are wrong so they give credit for their moral choices to their imaginary friend which they feel confirms their choices. Much like a child saying "im right arnt i mom, arn't I, Mom! arn't I right?" Except that their mom actually exist and that her agreement doesn't establish an opinion as fact. While most of us give up imaginary friends as we grow up, some have dove so deeply into the role that they retain these beliefs as adults reinforced by other adults who didn't want to give up their childish fantasies either. Inevitably in every situation where there is an adult child running loose in the world or worse many, there will be those who take advantage of them. Their imaginary friend becomes a sort of security blanket. So the predator, usually call a preacher, paster, father, etc. Basically tells them that their security blanket will be taken from them and they will be sad, UNLESS you do what the predator says. This usually included nothing more than sitting through hours of boredom while they explain all the ways you can lose your security blanket and worse be punished forever, but also included indentured unpaid servitude. Basically legal slave labor because it is technically voluntary even though its actually worse than being forced at gun point since they are threatening your "SOUL" for "all eternity". Also very common is armed robbery. This again is where they threaten your "soul" which they have convinced you is the essence of who you are beyond your body with eternal damnation and torture unless you "please god" by giving this con artist your money. Its almost funny in a sick sort of way that we live in a society that would never stand by and allow a child to be taken advantage of by a predator, but if you are unable to shed childish beliefs as an adult its somehow ok not only to do it to individuals but to 10s of millions of people all at once.

[@thx4chrckingin]

@@K162KingPin Here I disagree. I 100% believe God is real. Firstly, the Bible says that God built the world in 7 days, but it also says a day for him can be a millennium for us. The world is definitely older than that. Also, the very nature of evolution is one that God himself used to give color to our world. Our DNA has been changing, one example being that humans were much shorter back then, and that's all of his plan. Thing is, I've seen too many miracles, too many people in utter joy at knowing Him to not believe he exists. There's too much evidence. Besides, even if I'm wrong, I would have lived my life better because of it. If I'm wrong, oh well. Bit if you're wrong... well... it's not gonna look good for you

[@calvinrogers6652]

6:51 "We're gonna let this one go now..." I wouldn't had picked it up in the first place...

[@Similo]

Bruh, thats a snake. Lol

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

@@Similo no it's caterpillar

[@unlucky_2nd897]

@@brawmankerlexterminateurde860 No its a table

[@needsbeer]

Millipedes.

[@boo360fann]

why tho

[@QPRTokyo]

Sir David Attenborough’s commentary cannot be surpassed.😀

[@lemonlizard1]

That little mudskipper spitting rocks out is the cutest thing I've seen in a while!!

[@lauritsballing2629]

I honestly can’t relate to that in any sense, it was literally throwing up solidified mud.

[@braveworthy7960]

The spider segment is craaaaazy good.

[@boo360fann]

why is this the first time i have seen flamingos flying

[@amberjones2586]

Same

[@boo360fann]

ThePark 627 jesus christ why are you so offended by the fact that a person has never seen flamingos flying...

[@boo360fann]

ThePark 627 since you're just so curious to find out the reason why i've never seen a flamingo flying, i'll just not answer. i have "petty" feelings, remember? go get a profile picture, asshole.

[@agrt4889]

@ThePark 627 multiple people have told you you're an asshole. now including me. shut the fuck up and do some self-reflection.

[@valgraham5844]

To see flamingos flying, you have to look for them......its everywhere!!

[@KatzMeow1414]

Funny noises that they add in to the video, like at 13:31, where Portia makes a little “umpff” noise when she jumps. Like a human would make straining to make a jump. 😂😂😂 I don’t think the spider really made that noise 🕷 HAHAHAHA

[@pl3459]

That's adorable.

[@mehspacedorito]

Unauthorized epstein didn’t kill himself

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Spiders have superpowers? That explains Peter Parker

[@lucky-mud]

British people be like: peta paka

[@Furrina89]

Peter Parker has superpowers?? That explains spiders

[@ARandomGirlWhoBroughtUTequila]

15:50 the way how the fish winks 😉😍😍

[@ryann7640]

18:00 BABY SKIPPER

[@user-cx6dg6wz9x]

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[@user-cx6dg6wz9x]

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[@user-cx6dg6wz9x]

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[@adamraffael8950]

Yes

[@IvanSolonenko]

"To survive here, you have to be prepared to die here." Finally a series about mother Russia!

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Thank you for that Ivan 😂

[@MrYonoquiero]

The 3 super abilty of the spider was so unexpected and the camera shot was so sudden, I bursted out laughing!. This video was funny, entertaining and very informative! Loved it!

[@ahlmirambel5328]

Do they have several cameras pointed at the frozen insect and waited for it to melt to get that good closeup timelapse shot?

[@moogle68]

Yes, they said they made a specialized chamber to get the shot, so it is probably a plexiglass box filled with snow and rocks with an insect they found already frozen and just waited until the temperature was right to start recording with the cameras in perfect positions. That kind of thing cannot be viewed in nature so perfectly with their kind of time constraints and budget.

[@Smartshortsdaily]

17:33 the crab was there like "hmmmm, interesting show" 😂

[@isatheqween]

I wish our society took protecting these ecosystems more seriously

[@Vennnaya]

Then do something about it, its no good just wishing for it - Who's going to do it if you simply wish for it? The Tooth Fairy?

[@cinnabonbon]

Ven Kitsune unfortunately theres not much people can do without power :p

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Strange. You say the exact same thing 100,000 other people said after watching this video and what a million more people say several times a week. And yet you say no one pays attention to this?

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@cinnabonbon late reply but in most current societies nothing is stopping you from going out and obtaining said power or at the very least campaigning for what you want to happen. If you want change run for office and be better then your competition

[@jimcrelm9478]

@@UnholyWrath3277 Been there, seen people try it, saw the party bureaucrats and the media crush them. But direct action, on the other hand, delivers the goods. There's a pamphlet, Recipes for Disaster, that's a good introduction on how to start an affinity group and engage in constructive direct action.

[@ars5134]

How fast do you think the discoverer of jumping spiders pissed himself

[@elliotchan4136]

The calm vibes of this video, made me cry I don’t know why.

[@sammycoleman2548]

Amazing on how they study these creatures without disturbing them!! Great job so well done!!!

[@patjamesdan]

Jokes aside, Nature is full of surprises and we are still learning from it. More and more species discovered every day, Mother Earth is unique.

[@rex0609]

I love how the music makes everything fun

[@mariekevanbergeijk3229]

I love the voice of the man commenting on the events shown! Calming, clear, soothing... Just zen!

[@josephkim9974]

Love how the crab in mudskipper vid is just chilling

[@John-ym9ht]

Spectacular photography. Sir David is a national treasure as well.

[@ampleoloruntogbe1434]

Been watching these documentaries a lot lately and finally I noticed a camouflaged praying mantis feeding on a 🐛. Observing nature live is even more awesome

[@metalmamasue3680]

I couIdn't agree more. I Iive in a ruraI area with forests, fields, ponds, streams and a river nearby. I never tire of watching & hearing aII the animals in my small community. We see deer, turkeys, foxes, so many different birds come to my feeders and suet cakes, I even keep a seperate bowl of food for the chipmunks 🐿. They know I'm not a threat so I have coffee on my back porch in nice weather and watch the birds and chipmunks a few feet away. 😊 I could write paragraphs on how many animals, insects, birds and mammals in the area. It's wonderful and I can't imagine Iiving anywhere eIse. ❤

[@skp6613]

I’ll forever be in awe of Mother Nature.

[@CODwarriorBD]

Love the mudskippers. They are cute 🥰

[@violex724]

That spider stealth mission was something i never imagined I needed in my aracnophobe life

[@mjremy2605]

Portia, the Spider was mesmerizing. Wow! What a beautiful Garden of Eden we live in. I loved the Mudskippers! Fish or Frog or both? What incredible animals!!!

[@Smokeyjoedamanedamythdalegend]

Best way to start a day off from work, pour a drink, smoke some gas and learn about some animal adaptations

[@Nayrurin]

Portia you go girl!!!!! Literally flawless!!

[@lifeloverdz5015]

Sir David attenborough ❤️

[@Graphomite]

Those shots of the stone weta were genuinely awesome. Kudos to the scientists for making a special chamber to observe the suspended animation. Not sure if it was science or cinematography that decided to make it resemble a natural cave, but it made for really great visuals.

[@rowanmelton7643]

Obviously cinematography. What difference would it make if it was just a tank which was artificially cooled down? Would it go, "Hang on sec!? This isn't a real cave? No, I won't do my defrosting trick, I'd rather die than do it outside a cave"

[@luvcatsforever8460]

the close up shots are just AMAZING !!

[@RejectedYouth98]

The mechanical sounds of the spider observating her prey cracked me up 😂

[@sapphic.flower]

The sound effect for the spider going down her web XD

[@milogrey9934]

Impressive spider... extremely amazed by it's hunting skills... truly similar to a 007 agent... the ability to formulate a plan n see into the future n to execute that plan is genius... a mind like Nikola Tesla... overwhelmed with emotion... I am extremely grateful... hat off to the team to produce such accurate information... beautifully narrated...

[@K-FOREST_Original]

Everyone is a process of life, but it's also amazing.

[@pepperonipizza8200]

17:18 they are stuck in a permanent state of poggers

[@jeolban3287]

Jesus: *comes back from the dead* Insect: Yo, hol up. That your first time?

[@mollymolohon6580]

These are some of the most interesting critters I've ever seen!!! I love seeing those little creatures living their life and being awesome in their own ways!! Anyone who doesn't like learning about these animals has a problem with nature.... 😂 I thank you all for these videos and hope to see more!¡!❣️🥰

[@fabienneroure9995]

Absolutely incredibly wonderfully fascinating! I don't know how else to describe these magnificent creatures!🌸💖🌷💛🌼🏵💚🌿🦠

[@untoldofficialyoutube8563]

I literally love this woman she stole my heart

[@ryaquaza1571]

Snakes changing their entire anatomy, organ layout, jaw shape, hunting behaviour and so forth to become legless all terrain animals that can eat and digest larger prey than you’d expect definitely deserve a mention. They are such fascinating animals

[@TipTheScales27]

The flying snakes are so cool too!

[@maryrosekent8223]

I’ve never heard of Mountain Snowberries, so I looked them up on Wikipedia-they’re native to the western United States, which seems very strange.

[@jenniferwintz2514]

I did the same thing. Then I googled New Zealand mountain snowberries and found the right plant, mountain snow berries. Space between the snow and berries.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Jennifer Wintz Thanks for this crucial bit of information!

[@aintnobodyherebutuschicken1418]

Stunning documentary! Many thanks for posting 💞

[@halfling2607]

whoever did the editing for portia's segment, you're my hero

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

11:35 Huh, those look like grasshopper legs “Portia is a jumping spider” That checks out.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

17:23) I'll translate what the mudskippers are saying, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

[@revthescatman137]

Thank you

[@Jordan_Cypher256]

Thanks for risking your lives to record amd bring us these wonderful documentaries 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ElliLavender]

Mudskippers are so funny, I feel like they have a lot of meme-potential

[@vijaykumar18081993]

14:05 scared the shit out of me

[@Kuryux]

#5 - 0:07 Insect "return from the dead" #4 - 3:36 Giraffe's blue tongue #3 - 10:16 Why are flamingos pink? #2 - 11:34 The spiders with three superpowers #1 - 15:24 Mudskippers: the fish that walk on land Bonus boobs on #2

[@jamessharp2012]

A bird that walks around stamping on its dinner. Utterly mind blowing

[@kittycat4ever2]

all the adaptations are amazing!

[@nightrider5420]

I had the pleaser of owning a Mud Skipper once and it was the coolest little thing. It could actually recognize me and would let me know when it want to be fed a guppy or two.

[@howcanhowler4766]

I'm surprised the antarctic icefish didnt make this compilation. They are the only adult organism to have no hemoglobin, giving them clear blood. Due to a genetic mutation million years ago

[@agustinewee796]

The narrations pretty much sums up my parents journey to school back in the days

[@vylestyle2749]

Their voices are so soothing. Reminds me of the old Discovery channel and National Geographic.

[@calvindaboi3602]

The mud skippers be like ‘0’

[@TristanL3]

Question is, how long can that bug go frozen and still come back?

[@sophiavasquez6001]

Those mudskippers just made my gosh darn day

[@umersheik]

This voice is so relaxing!

[@humblecrabd6981]

15:29: me emerging from an afternoon nap 15 hrs later not knowing whether i'm alive or dead

[@nii_t]

"Wanna hear my longest yea boiii?"

[@anaadipriyadarshi5317]

return form dead just like Jhon snow😂.... and background music during spider analyzing its plan was lit

[@FIGHTER8max]

Okay. I can't be the only person who heard that fire EDM music from 4:00 - 4:27.

[@cinnabonbon]

Lol i hear it too

[@StarSong936]

@ 15:48 I had a Mud-skipper as a pet once. After doing some research, I knew I could never have another, not unless they can breed them in captivity. That being said, it was one of the most engaging pets I ever had. It would eat directly from my fingers, and would hop into my hand and I could walk around the house with it. I used to tell people I had taken my fish for a walk. Don't know why really, no one ever seemed to believe me. Not if they didn't live with me anyway. I have shown pictures of it. One I called my fish with a stogie. I took the picture right after giving the fish a meal worm. In the picture, it looks almost as if the fish was smoking a cigar. I don't recommend getting a mud-skipper unless they can be bread in captivity. I don't wish the wild population to be depleted for the hobbyist aquarium market. They are very entertaining though, and I'm glad I had the experience. On food, the pet store recommended crickets, but I found my mud-skipper preferred the meal worms. He would also eat flake fish food, so I kept some of that on his rock as well. He (don't really know the gender) spent most of his time on the rock, which was sort of half in, and half out of the water. I also had a red crab in the aquarium, which also preferred to stay on the rock above the water line.

[@nikmohamed5906]

Mudskipper as a pet! Wow 😮 do you keep it in a mud substrate + brackish water?

[@StarSong936]

@@nikmohamed5906 That was 22 years ago, and it was in a wet/dry tank with brackish water. I did not have a mud substrate, it was aquarium sand. His favorite place to hang out was on top of a rock, just at the waterline. I also had some small ghost shrimp in the tank he would occasionally eat. As for his regular food, I used fish flakes, and meal worms.

[@nikmohamed5906]

@@StarSong936 😮 thanks for the reply I used to keep brackish water red-fiddler crab, those crabs are native to my home country Malaysia. But it was just a simple setup with just a big bucket with mud in it and mangrove saplings Mudskippers have such alien-looking features with its eyes at the top of their head which reminds me of flounder fish

[@StarSong936]

@@nikmohamed5906 I had red crabs, 2 of them in separate aquariums. One hung out on top of the rock with my mudskipper, the other on top of the hood on a different aquarium. For both, I put out fish flakes for them to eat, one on top of the aquarium hood, the other on top of the rock. I enjoyed both of them. Thank you for sharing. The one in the smaller aquarium used to hang out in the filter picking bits of food out of the filter. I did once hold out my finger to the one in the filter. He grabbed my fingernail and we shook "hands." I also once had a crawdad in my fresh water tank. (also known as a crayfish) I got him to take care of a snail problem I was having at the time. He got to be very large, about 3 inches long. Sadly, I found him dead in the middle of the hallway as he got large enough to crawl out of my tank while I was at work, so I was not there to put him back into the water.

[@Isok115]

Getting killed by a fish is low But not impossible

[@roohamm2456]

Good one!

[@zeroireland]

*Cue Vsauce music*

[@valiantredneck]

What’s with you “Read More” people! Very strange.

[@DingDongDood]

Michael X its where the punchline lies

[@pl3459]

Sharks are fish...

[@seylainprogress]

I love the jumping spider bit❤

[@abenezerfantu6086]

The most incredible camera mans....this is amazing

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The wildlife of NZ is unique. Wow I really want to visit that beautiful nation

[@dindinprivate3477]

I did. Very worth while. The flight is expensive but staying there isn't. Lots 'n lots of backpacker hostels and inexpensive motels. Check this out for a starter...: www.hostelworld.com/hostels/New-Zealand

[@universalphoenix507]

Yeah there super spectacular, watch some videos on our native kea bird if you haven’t before.