True Facts: Cats' Killer Senses

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CREDITS:
Thank you to Dr. Alexis Noel at www.noel.gatech.edu for allowing me to show her work. Click on the link to see other remarkable work that Dr. Noel has done! Her work on the cat tongue led to work on a better hairbrush!
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Sweet receptors: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Pupil shapes: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26601...
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[@brainchasm]

The domestic cat: a being only 12 inches tall, yet somehow, magically, its butthole is always at our eye level. Fascinating.

[@Exedus20]

And always has an expression on its face that says " kind of like looking in a mirror, ain't it?".

[@mw5157]

You win lol

[@KamaraNoir]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Shrooblord]

@@Exedus20 omg xD

[@charlesdavis7087]

Pink eye. and proud of it. Flick that tail.

[@georgeblue9271]

“Et. al, he’s like the best scientist, he’s on all the papers.”

[@alsorensen2484]

Always appreciate a deep cut good science joke lmao XD

[@viniciusairesstaub2995]

His name's actually Al Et, dummy, scientists speak their names backwards.

[@eileene.5870]

Backwards would be Alia Et, technically because they'd want their full name on there, if they were a person of course 😁

[@maddie9602]

Yeah, he's not just an expert in biology, but also chemistry, physics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, linguistics ... pretty much everything. Probably helps that he's almost definitely immortal -- I've seen him referenced on papers going back over a hundred years!

[@pradoozy41]

Underrated comment

[@trenauldo]

“Stank mouth”... so relieved to have the technical term for my cat’s expression after sticking his head in my gym shoes.

[@surkey5055]

Did a cat piss in your gym shoes?

[@elirien4264]

We always called it "yuck face".

[@flightlesslord2688]

The work Et Al has done for humanity is honestly amazing.

[@lynnlytton8244]

He and Anonymous have published a lot of really important papers together.

[@oyaji_sus6882]

He has so much cases filed against him as well.

[@HumanityisEmbarrassing]

​@@oyaji_sus6882go home.

[@AnonymOus-ss9jj]

That is NOT an excuse for all the shady stuff he has been in. Any ordinary person would have been arrested at this point.

[@BlakeMcCringleberry]

"It's like the internet, except communicated by pissing all over stuff. It's basically the internet." This is the kind of scientific detail that keeps me coming back.

[@airena1449]

This is the kind of science we never thought we needed

[@lairdcummings9092]

Technically not wrong.

[@JasonBunting]

Accurate af

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

"Okay, it's a bit of a fart in a hurricane if you're trying to stop a charging giraffe." It's the selection of the most accurate scientific methods and measurement tools that got me hooked so long ago.

[@aldenconsolver3428]

I just howled the first time I saw that

[@amyconway1631]

There’s one thing that never changes about Zefrank: *He hates clams*

[@pock3ts137]

Maybe he had a really bad experience with a clam at some point in his life. Like his date for prom, dumped him for a clam, and he watched them dance with each other, with eyes full of hate and sorrow, trying his hardest to not break down and cry

[@deigowatsitya1614]

Horny jabba

[@imonseii1436]

and the way he pronounces byirds. ;)

[@sp10sn]

@Jacob Grigley this is a critical distinction!

[@sonofodin1044]

He just had bad clam chowder as a child

[@MsWinterlife]

Our ginger kitty Kaos spent his formative months with a dog and picked up all sorts of weird habits as a result. He gives low, menacing growls when people knock on the front door, and would actively seek out the opportunity to stare you right in the eye and hold the gaze long enough to win the contest (he gets smacked in the face by our other cats whenever he pulls this one on them, as it’s considered a very rude provocation in feline etiquette, but he never seems to learn this and just keeps doing it). But his most bizarre habit is how he tries to drink like dogs do but can’t quite get it right, so he ends up licking the insides of water bowls and sending lots of water out in a puddle…

[@boingodoingo1930]

Cats growl just like dogs regardless of whether they grew up with dogs. I have a lovely kitty who always growls at people coming to the house regardless of who they are. Even if they like them.

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

@@boingodoingo1930 Same goes with that starring thing. Its a common Fact for most species that constant eye contact means Provokation. Thats why Dogs sometimes aggressively avoid eye contact with other Dogs, to signal theyre not a Threat.

[@samaritan_sys]

My dog never learned to drink right, either. She sticks half her muzzle into the bowel and doesn’t quite do the lapping motion right. Makes for messy wet floors, I can tell you.

[@gothicgwen9066]

Awww cute! We have 2 Maine Coons who are very doglike. They know commands, are trained to come in when called and don't go far at all. Our bigger one would give dogs a run for their money on eater drinking... The other uses her paw to eat drink and snack! Cats are smart and learn habits and can be trained better than people think... They are still

[@gothicgwen9066]

Awww cute! We have 2 Maine Coons who are very doglike. They know commands, are trained to come in when called and don't go far at all. Our bigger one would give dogs a run for their money on water drinking... The other uses her paw to eat drink and snack! We joke she should use a spoon or fork! Cats are smart and learn habits and can be trained better than people think... They are super independent when suits but also super demanding... Cats are amazing IMHO.

[@redwolfvirus4830]

LOL, petition for Jerry to be introduced as "Jerry my two-nippled friend" whenever Zefrank refers to him in a video

[@remliqa]

But Jerry doesn't have two nipples.

[@elvenkind6072]

It's thoughtless to suggest something like that, if he happen to have just one, or no nipple at all. Imagine having to listen to an explanation like that.

[@remliqa]

@@elvenkind6072 Well Jerry himself said that he doesn't have two nipple. It is unclear whether he have less or more ( I suspect more considering he mentioned that some people have 3 nipples).

[@Lauren-tk1gq]

he could have an extra nipple for all we know😂

[@RamenOG]

Since you mentioned me, yes I think this is a good idea.

[@abyssalvoyager1083]

I am honestly shocked that cats having barbed penises wasn't even brought up once.

[@ScionStorm1]

Maybe there's a part 2? This one is about cat senses.

[@l.e.b.3541]

But if it really is about cat senses - then what about the sensation of a barbed cat penis? I see myself out, thank you.

[@Zenigundam]

That's not true at all, remember Swat Kats, Thundercats, Catdog, some of them had nothing and no one had abnormal reproductive organs. If that was true why didn't Tigra get Cheetara pregnant

[@Tatwinus]

@@ScionStorm1 since when is sweat, tonguespikes and drinking senses?

[@planetbroccoli5405]

My penis had a Barb, it was my girlfriend's name😆

[@ArchetypeGotoh]

“Because of their relatively big-ass eyes, cats can’t really focus on things closer then about 11 inches. This is a bit of an awkward blind spot to have if you use your face to kill things” One of the best lines

[@amberpdavis]

Also explains why my “apex predator” cats can’t find the treat I’m holding right in front of their face

[@sean9177]

@@amberpdavis lol. Ah, yes. Me too. Thank you zefrank

[@triforceentertainment3837]

kzbin.info/door/8M322cEHZnCsDQWg3zNHEAplaylists

[@mikaroni_and_cheez]

It's why I greet my old kitty Zippy by lightly waving my hands near his whiskers

[@evenskyzhekovic2538]

Just imagine a far sighted human eating a meal. It's what cats see.

[@reyrex4938]

“it’s a bit of a fart in a hurricane if you’re trying to stop a charging giraffe” gets me every time

[@tinlizziestudios4344]

“...young people are want with grrrrrapes.” Omg I’ve lost one of my four nipples laughing so hard.

[@ElaAusDemTal]

That doesn't make any sense...how can you "be want" with something?!

[@lefthanddontknow673]

@@ElaAusDemTal response to a super old comment here we gooo: it's "as young people are wont to do", wont is not the same as want, though they are pronounced the same. Wont means -> a person or person's particular habit, or a customary behavior. So it is ye olde english way of saying "as some young people commonly do with grapes"

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@lefthanddontknow673 I thought it was more like a preference or desire than “commonly.”

[@lefthanddontknow673]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 It can be both :) The nice middle ground in our modern english is "as they like to do" with "like" being that nice middle ground between "something that is preferred" and "commonly done" If you have a preference for something, you are also wont (haha) to commonly pursue that thing :)

[@ElaAusDemTal]

​@@lefthanddontknow673an answer to your answer on my super old comment - English may not be my first language but I surely understand if someone's won't to do something - yet here, it said want and that's what I didn't get, y'a know ? 😉

[@DtheEvil]

Et Al is the best scientist, he's on all the papers

[@dtownknives]

Yeah but he's never first author

[@fairoozfairooz]

🤣🤣 I laughed so hard

[@pixiepout]

This made me laugh so hard I sent that quote to basically everyone in my phone haha

[@neuralmute]

Don't forget Ibid!

[@Sherrilynn27]

So witty! I love this S@#!

[@vacant_space_cadet]

Zefrank's voice is the only reason I'll sit through a sponsor reading.

[@chezmoi42]

IKR? I'd sit through the Peoria phone book if he were reading.

[@AmandaGeyerSnobahr]

Yup. On 95% of the other channels I subscribe to, the sponsored readings get right-arrow'd through. The ZeFrank narrative is worth listening to, regardless of what's being presented.

[@coreyleach4394]

The voice and his interesting and funny commentary. This man can literally make even 'reading the news' sound funny.

[@catonfire5010]

*Y E S👏*

[@jeffkinney2852]

Zefranks voice be like kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKqQZIuoa5qnfsU

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

My mom called the leg in the air pose “playing the bass fiddle”. Good old mom had a way with words … and cats!

[@Lucieleization]

"A cat's tongue is a little 'ruff'... you'd think it'd be meow, tho" Got me 💀

[@SD-de4do]

thanks for explaining this. apparently monomonopeyah isn't my thing

[@rellianthebonemeowster3450]

ZeFrank is secretly all our favorite uncle who sneaks us the good stuff when the other adults aren't looking.

[@billbob2899]

You guys are thinking way too hard on this which is good but kinda a buzz kill.

[@StarstormAnimations]

Your uncle gives you science facts behind your parents' backs? *omg same*

[@neuralmute]

And I am proud to be the Auntie who sneaks ZeFrank to my nieces when their parents aren't around.

[@JSp4wN]

Right!?!

[@karenw.6687]

I'll bet he'd be the uncle who would sneak you something even if the adults were looking. And he'd do it with a smile.

[@addinnaufal898]

Actually learned something from this, I thought my cat was dumb because he can't find the water that's infront of him. I guess that's a feature..

[@TheOpalHammer]

Now tempted just to dunk its head into water when it does that. To help show where it is, of course.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

What must they think, watching us stumble around in the dark? :P

[@redhotmoon1656]

@@TheOpalHammer for science

[@LiLi-or2gm]

Addin Naufal My cat has to put a paw in the water to feel where the surface is. Now I know why!

[@pagomon5204]

A wise man once said "Its not a bug, its a feature"

[@whatsupchris]

"A fart in a hurricane when your trying to stop a giraffe" . 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@robins.9700]

"Et al, he's on all the papers." That was actually really clever as well as funny lmao

[@k.a.u.4599]

Me, looking at my tiny cat sleeping with her little feets sticking up in the air on a comically large pile of pillows and blankets taking up the majority of my couch: Ah yes, nature's greatest predator.

[@DinsdalePiranha67]

My cats are the perfect little killing machines, but they're also really lazy.

[@LeaughtFox]

When you've reached perfection, what is there to do but bask?

[@RoseDragoness]

they own humans, so yes they are the greatest predator.

[@danilooliveira6580]

the apex predator needs the apex of sits

[@IdiotToonz]

my cat is just a tub of lard lmfao

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Yet Lions and Tigers would still sit in a Cardboard box like domesticated cats

[@Isaack297]

Killer Queen

[@sabrinafelber]

cuz thats how they do.

[@LatitudeSky]

They do. Give a lion or tiger a big enough box and they behave exactly the same with it as a housecat. Cats are all basically the same except for size. It's nature finding a really good design and then scaling it to fit the world.

[@chelwesch68]

That's cat logic if I fits I sits

[@EnderDragonSchnauzerGamer]

Yep

[@unclebuttonz7865]

I put on this video to show my 98 year old grandfather and his cat casually heads out the door. I thought it was in a disinterest towards other cats but I quickly learned it was because he was jealous and wanted to show grandpa his prowess. In less ten minutes he was returning with a gift for gramps. A dead bunny. Savage beast.

[@Filiforme]

"Being licked by a cat is kind of like watching a two year old that just learned how to blow in a harmonica, super cute at first and then it quickly becomes painful." That made me loose the next minute and a half lol!

[@QueenKhoob]

"Et al, who's like the best scientist, he's on all the papers" has to be the best thing ive heard this week. I needed this shit.

[@nicolel.2398]

I’m dead

[@TravisRichey]

Just got it. Thanks very much. :-) ~Trav

[@NezumiEfeu]

Read it in a trump voice, it just gets funnier.

[@joshuasamsoondar]

that is some top-level comedy

[@icanhasyellow]

What is et al?

[@Igknight-db3wr]

ZeFrank gives us humor during quarantine. This is how the ZeFrank do.

[@jojoshoot2392]

I love when he says: and this is how (that animal) do

[@justsomememingbigyoshiwith4832]

@C. L. dang you need to relax ._. How do you even know

[@justsomememingbigyoshiwith4832]

@Tyler Robbins you too ._.

[@Tinatime532]

He do good 😎😂🤣😂

[@justsomememingbigyoshiwith4832]

@@Tinatime532 lol

[@SergGirl]

Things this video made me realize: Tigra has vertical pupils for no reason other than that they look Cool.

[@phastinemoon]

Also, she must be a total badass, if she’s able to fight especially well with her vision being all fucked up

[@biobeckerrr]

Wow, dude!!! :O

[@OofusTwillip]

My cat used to be my parents' cat, out in the country. He was not only a brilliant predator, but he was a skilled trader. Whenever he caught a small critter (or a not-so-small one, such as a red squirrel), he'd present it to the humans, then jump onto the washing machine, and wait to be paid off in treats. Now that he lives in the city with me, he's an indoor cat, but is still very treat-motivated. When I take him to the vet, the vet thinks I've trained him to do tricks. In fact, he's trained me to offer him treats in exchange for doing things.

[@Sheytopia]

I'm such a weirdo. Decided to watch the video with my cat and held the phone so we could both see. When he said they couldn't focus on anything closer than 11 inches I immediately moved the phone further back. 😂😂😂 Crazy cat lady level 9000!

[@MoultrieGeek]

You win in the first round of Crazy Cat Lady '20, let's see how you do in the semi-finals.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Careful, don't let on that you know too much about cats... they might not want to keep us around anymore :P

[@Lu-zj6bo]

Sheytopia- I watched with my dog. She goes crazy for cat videos.

[@khills]

@@TragoudistrosMPH As long as we have thumbs and they don't, we're okay.

[@viridian5maureen853]

That is how crazy cat ladies do.

[@nathankunz4761]

Can we get a vid on clams to findout what zefrank has against clams

[@kelzbelz313]

They know what they did!

[@conspiracyspider]

Clams are stupid.

[@danniemikeey579]

Would be awesome if he got footage of the clams from spongebob singing and added it to the video 🤣

[@Merauder777]

They'd clam up before the video started.

[@markleng67]

He certainly does hate clams! Poor clams...

[@desireeb33]

“Oh really? Harry Styles has four?” All my years of being the one direction fandom have lead up to that moment

[@allencompassingevil]

"You know when you try to smell your own breath without using your hand, and you think no one notices...? This is what you look like." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@azuroslazuli6948]

“It looks like a little pimple. I kinda wanna pop it.” *ZeFrank NO*

[@nuclearviolet]

That was too much for me.

[@airena1449]

Why do I feel the same XD

[@csweezey18]

*ZeFrank YES*

[@SewardWriter]

My third nipple looks like a pimple. Actually popped it once. Will not do that again.

[@deluxeedition4639]

@@SewardWriter OUCH OMG

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Zefrank's narration is just so addicting to listen to, I'd listen to this man narrate the extinction of humanity if I could.

[@elled2318]

That would honestly make extinction almost worth it!

[@kalwidorntheimmortalcaptai2435]

Found ya

[@ezekielmartin4323]

You may well do so.

[@hopepapernacky]

Lauren Drummond Yep

[@SeanShimamoto]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache I concur 100! 😁

[@justintimefortea7655]

This has to be one of the most unique channels on Yt... I have yet to find any channel that comes close to this mix of science, humour and education. Truly unique, so well written and edited... and absolutely fookin' hilarious!!

[@blake62]

You know if zefrank taught all my classes I might have actually learned stuff instead of getting bored and writing mental fanfiction the whole time

[@jonelfilipek7848]

What genre of fanfic did you mentally writing? Just curious.

[@blake62]

@@jonelfilipek7848 Probably sci-fi or fantasy haha

[@kp66549]

“Martin Banks...and Et Al, who’s like the best scientist. He’s on all the papers.” How do you just say this like it’s not the best thing ever said 🤣

[@Pants4096]

I think I went to high school with Et! He's a great guy. All the Al brothers are.

[@odg8188]

That's how zefrank do

[@oriontigley5089]

Oh yeah, I love that guy! He did all the science. Much genious!

[@jasper8178]

Underrated joke

[@laughingatthesky7]

"You take my DingDongs away and I'd go a little crazy too" -Zefrank (2020)

[@_ninthRing_]

I have'ta dispute this "cats can't taste sweet things" conclusion. I've got a cat named Jasper with an unusual penchant for freshly made jam doughnuts. At the tiniest whiff of hot doughnutty goodness, the little shit turns into a black streak, dashing across a room, jumping up on furniture & clambering up on my chest - all to get just close enough to reach out & claw a piece of sugar dusted & deep-fried sweet bread (without the jam) outta my hand. He munches down on it with all the bliss of a soldier eating a Burger after a 6 month deployment. Seriously, he's a small-ish feline (6kg), but he gobbles down a good quarter of a doughnut in a few seconds.

[@nedinnis6752]

@@_ninthRing_ Maybe he likes the texture or oil.

[@neuralmute]

Explain my cat who prefers specific fruit flavours of frozen yogurt!

[@Chaos89P]

I know of a cat who loved marshmallows.

[@jaysea5939]

@@_ninthRing_ haha, annoying but what a great story

[@bpmgaming3351]

Cats not being able to focus on things closer than 11 inches from their face actually explains why my cats have such a hard time finding treats even when I point them out

[@lisar3944]

I just noticed this recently, too!. I was confused as to why he seems to sniff his way to the proper location every time...now I know! As always, good stuff, Ze!

[@DollHouseMadam]

“Have a chat with the eye of Sauron” That is a ridiculously hysterical image 😂

[@TheTexas1994]

That "et Al." joke was hilarious

[@mari201w]

I died when he said it 🤣

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Made me think of an SMBC comic: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/citations-needed

[@GrifGuy123]

really subtle too which makes it that much better

[@joesr31]

the first one took me a few seconds before I got it, had to pause the video to laugh

[@RedmarKerkhof]

Like how that one actor, Also Starring, is in almost every movie. How does he do that?

[@ashleymonahan8299]

I’m a scientist and the et al joke made me laugh much harder than it should have

[@YEs69th420]

It catches me off guard every single time

[@brookmartin9161]

Who is ET AI

[@nilNell]

@3 inch _ punisher what on earth, mate.

[@urbannanni5864]

I'm a retired nurse and Et Al was very busy back then in all things scientific. That was nearly 50 years ago. How old is this guy?

[@alisaurus4224]

brook Martin “et al.” is short for “et alius” which is Latin for “and all the rest of them”. Instead of writing “[Title]” by “Smith, Jones, Davis, Wilson and Johnson” every time, a source with multiple authors will be referred to as “[Title]” by “Smith et al.” or possibly “Smith & Jones et al.”

[@HelioPopTart]

Perfect video to watch before bed. Classical music, cats and calm voice

[@Kvossera]

My very good, not yappy chihuahua Lupita died last week and binging your videos has helped me giggle and smile. Thank you for making so many wonderful videos with your humorous commentary. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@fightingtosurvive6527]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I have 4 - all Seniors - Chihuahuas. I start to worry about that... The most beautiful way to honor your furbaby's memory is by eventually opening your home and heart to another little soul that needs a family. 🌷🐾🐾

[@_..bert.._]

i'm so sorry! i had to put my heart cat, spaghetti, to sleep on july 8th, 2022. he was 19 and my closest friend. i know your hurt. i bet lupita was there to welcome my sketti kitty to the rainbow bridge. sketti would've been afraid of a big dog, but in my mind's eye, he's snuggling little lupita and enthusiastically grooming her. thank you for sharing your experience, and for the chance to remember my sweet, fluffy orange boy. ♡

[@Kvossera]

@@_..bert.._ awwwwwwww. Thank you. And yes, Lupita was smaller than my cats and always very careful around them, she wasn’t allowed to bark in the house so I’m sure she wouldn’t have scared your Sketti cat. Hugs for you.

[@ClanImprobable]

May she rest in peace!

[@171QA]

I learned more about cat tongues than I expected to today.

[@t.c.bramblett617]

The tongue comb!

[@Brettjnash]

Next cat vid will cover the other opening.

[@theHotpointHoodlum]

They make your balls smooth as 🥚....

[@mozkitolife5437]

I was impressed by the detail. It's like all those Dunning-Kruger effect people who think they know everything about a topic until you actually deep dive into it. There's stuff there I had no idea about. All I knew was that their tongues were good for cleaning themselves.

[@TheOneTrueEfrate]

But surprisingly no facts about barbed cat penises. Missed opportunity. Someone other than Jerry must be writing.

[@BAMintheKLAM]

This man is like David Attenborough if he was a stoner.

[@travishirschfelt413]

HaHaHaHa!!! Yes!

[@lauragraves4342]

The stars are not in position for this comment, Miguel. Like I said. Stars. Can't do it. Not today. 😘👏😆💙

[@BAMintheKLAM]

@@lauragraves4342 Do not question us or we shall have to unleash our awesome and terrible power AND 👏 YOU 👏 DON'T 👏 WANT 👏 THAT 👏

[@lauragraves4342]

@@BAMintheKLAM 😆👏💙💜🧡❤🤗🤯🌋⛰

[@joshuasalem5022]

You just won the comments section

[@FHBStudio]

When he said cats can't digest plants and can only digest meats and fats etc. I felt super bad for all the "vegan cats" out there. Damn.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

I am pretty sure that when I read about people who have vegan cats, they give them special supplement enzymes in their diet so that they actually can digest the food they are given. And given the fact that cats don’t seem to have decent taste buds, I’m guessing they don’t really care, so long as they are healthy.

[@FHBStudio]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Ah, I see. So basically it's fine to dispense with all food and just replace it with the gray goop from the matrix? After all, it's got everything a human body needs.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@FHBStudio Gray poop from the matrix? Human body? The subject here is house cats lol.

[@FHBStudio]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Have you seen the matrix (the first one)? They eat gray goop that has all the nutrients but it's either without flavour or it's disgusting. I'm saying/asking whether it's okay to feed our animal companions food like that as long as it's sufficiently nutritious. When presenting carnivorous animals with a selection between vegetables and meat, they go for the meat.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@FHBStudio I haven’t seen that movie in decades (I never watched it again after the first time I watched it, which was when it initially came out). So I don’t remember any “gray poop“ part of the movie lol. For the record, I am not advocating, nor shitting on vegan diets for people‘s pets - I think the most important aspect is that the animals are happy and healthy. I don’t have a horse in this race. All I wanted to do was share information about _HOW_ the diet is implemented when it is implemented.

[@TheOnlyAirtreck]

“This is a bit of an awkward blind spot to have if you use your face to kill things” 😂😂😂

[@clarklesparkle2421]

Cat watches mouse run around it. Cat: Fate has dealt you a good card sir. Also I cannot be bothered to chase today. Mouse: 🤨

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Toxoplasma gondii?

[@bigbaddawg101]

My grandma's cat used to do that too. He even once brought a live mouse into the house.

[@Naiadryade]

When mice aren't afraid of your cat, you know that you too have been infected by its mind control.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Slowpoke Rodriguez. He pack a gun.

[@bobbodaskank]

That whole pupil segment was some seriously cool shit.

[@steelrarebit7387]

The housecat has vertical pupils. Venomous snakes have vertical pupils. Therefore, housecats are venomous, four legged, snakes.

[@lyreparadox]

Doesn't explain mongooses though.

[@slprogressive1929]

07:00 "It's like the internet, except communicated by pissing all over stuff...it's basically the internet."

[@spddiesel]

I love the callback to evolution adding or subtracting nipples on cats.

[@paulsteward9582]

New fact i've learned: Regular Cats has more nipples than big cats

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

The number of nipples tends to correlate with the number of young nursing at one time. Mammals with larger litters tend to have more nipples. Small animals make tons of tiny babies because their life expectancy is too poor to waste a lot of energy on a few large babies. But big animals are much safer, so we make only a few or one baby at a time, and put way more energy into raising the small litter. Thus, larger mammals tend to have fewer nipples in general.

[@JasonArmond]

@@TheReaverOfDarkness Yep, that's generally called the "One-Half Rule", or the general principle that mammalian litter size rarely exceeds half the number of mammary glands in the mother. It's a rough rule though, there are plenty of exceptions. Take the domestic cow, for example. Average litter size is one, but it has four mammary glands. Maybe that's because they used to have an average litter of two at some point in their evolutionary past, or our rule just isn't perfect. But it's usually close.

[@Maxisamo1]

@@TheReaverOfDarkness Similar to how Human's only have two breasts/nipples, since the vast majority of humans produce no more than 1 or 2 children at a time.

[@paulsteward9582]

@@RagbagMcShag i just realized that lol

[@tichu7]

"cat got your tongue?" "you'll find its just the opposite, Mr Bond".

[@AskMia411]

Someone NEEDS to find that scientist and show her that part!!!! I need to know what her reaction would be!!!!!

[@ginaharden2111]

literally LOL

[@codiserville593]

Genius line

[@joshriley2936]

This video has so many great lines, but that one's my favorite LOL

[@tricorvus2673]

“Trust me, I can drink beer out of a bucket in the dark!” 10:46 I’m dying

[@Amy-si8gq]

1:20 Tiger: *wakes up* Cameraman: 👁👄👁

[@Kraktzor]

New favourite Zefrank quote: "This can be awkward when you use your face to kill things."

[@serotonin.scavenger]

Tfw I'm so ugly I can be considered a predator. No, not that kind.

[@ripepotato4904]

Serotonin Scavenger welp that’s another name to add to the registry

[@royseibel511]

Actually a cats kill begins with it's front paws to secure it's prey and only ends with the cat grasping the prey's throat with it's face.

[@hoilst]

"Trust me, I could drink beer out of a bucket in the dark."

[@r.coburn3344]

Serotonin Scavenger agreed!!

[@carbon6111]

Sometimes I wonder if clams have hurt zefrank in the past.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

He had a case of the clams...

[@thegeck9978]

“I can drink beer out of a bucket in the dark!”

[@catstreat9434]

I had a cat who belied that "unable to taste sweet" claim. You took your life in your hands eating pastry, cake, or cookies around her without sharing. She'd come running (smell I guess?) and literally claw it out of your hand if you did not give her some voluntarily (yes she would draw blood). Even a tiny piece broken off and shared with her was enough for her to let you eat the rest unmolested, but if you forgot to give her some? OMG.

[@randomchance7796]

My cousin had cats that would steal pudding. Only chocolate though. Definitely not the butterscotch.

[@tricorvus2673]

I was owned by 2 black beauties who adored sweets and I kinda dislike everyone saying that they can’t taste sweets when I know better

[@randomchance7796]

@@tricorvus2673 My cousin had a pair of pudding thieves, I had two ice cream lovers, chocolate and vanilla but NOT strawberry, lol

[@abiseniyya]

Of course cats have to do things differently. That's what cats do.

[@OfelieArt]

Don't u mean "that's how the cats dewwwrrrrr"

[@BabvBlues]

lol

[@awesomemccoolname7111]

"Its like the internet except pissing all over st- its like the internet" best quote of the day right there.

[@temavero2124]

This is the second best quote. The best is : kzbin.info/www/bejne/onTPaHxtpdOaZpo

[@ifiokabasigeorge1060]

"You'll find it's quite the opposite Mr bond"😂😂😂

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

Phreakin Hilarious! My sister had a pure white cat. It would jump out from behind the furniture when you least expected it. She named it Bonsai. My Dad called it "Spot", because when it was walking away from you, all you could see was that "spot".

[@Eterrath]

"When cats attack- This shot goes later" killed me

[@anirudhbabu9561]

Yorozuya for ever

[@Eterrath]

@@anirudhbabu9561 #Yorozuyaforever

[@cdcdrr]

I was expecting a pouncing cougar, not butt-grooming.

[@boxeropoliswoofboof4692]

I just like how all cats do that lol.

[@pugsabi]

🎶"I'm drinking beeeer from a bucket in the da-ark..."🎶

[@garnerbrown1077]

This will be in my head all day.

[@himadrijoshi]

and my head's bobbing to the beat :D

[@InvaderTak176]

And this is the second time zeFrank played the clip while I was reading. So far it has been a good day.

[@abbiswasanwesha]

It's good but koalas in the rain is legendary 🤣🤣🤣 I still sing it loudly sometimes. Too damn catchy y'all!

[@rumblefish9]

I want the full version of the song now!

[@Daggeira]

I didn't know they could check pulse with their whiskers. I read somewhere that either leopards or cheetas, specifically, check pulse with their fangies.

[@CultWhatever]

It is absolutely astonishing how much I learn from these 10+ minute videos

[@WillShakes423]

"Ok, so it's a bit of a fart in a hurricane if you're trying to stop a charging giraffe." Honestly one of the best sentences Zefrank could give us.

[@PossumReviews]

Cats also walk differently from dogs. Dogs go front left, back right, front right, back left. Cats go front left, back left, front right, back right.

[@beth2996]

Didn't think I'd see you here

[@barbarabermudes1287]

Is a fight about to breakout?

[@oldfogey3272]

Possum cops walk like cats! That's how u can spot a cop from a distance!

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

They put there back foot in the same spot as the front ; it’s a hunting adaptation

[@datsuntoyy]

So what your saying is dogs and cats can't play the hokey pokey together.

[@monoymono9]

You know, I hate ads...but I love them as long as you are voicing them over. I never skip them because I can't wait to see what greatness is yet to come.

[@Machtyn]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the pheromone glands between the toes on the cat when it started licking there. Also, that lion vs giraffe attack was incredible, impressive! Poor cat got launched. Serves it right, what was it thinking trying to attack a giraffe?

[@DavidMcCoul]

...and “et al.”, who’s, like, the best scientist; he’s on all the papers... 😂🤣

[@itookallthenames]

but et al. never gets the senior authorship, it's a scandal really

[@barbarabermudes1287]

Ew David! You're too handsome.

[@kitcathuff1591]

4:05

[@fevre_dream8542]

I INSIST that F.D.C Willard is the best co-author in the history of science.

[@jameswilliams941]

4 pauses in half a sentence

[@justinnatasmai4503]

So...is this why domestic cats feel the need to knock over every damn thing? Because they have no depth perception and can't see worth sht?

[@DinsdalePiranha67]

No, it's because deep down they hate us.

[@CarlosAlberto-nq3iv]

DinsdalePiranha67 Maybe it’s both.

[@blackletter2591]

Because they like it. Duh.

[@josephfox9221]

by knocking things down they can cause smaller animals to run away letting the cat see them

[@viddork]

I thought it was to prove flat-earthers wrong.

[@Bob_Kerman_SPAAAACE]

I like how you actually learn something while watching this

[@user-me6td1up1m]

10:27 I think that what looks like an extra toe on that paw is the carpal pad. It’s a double use structure on the front paws that helps them get extra traction and helps to absorb some of the energy when landing on the ground from a jump or fall.

[@400hpGTO]

Does the cat’s pre-strike butt wiggle have any evolutionary significance? Edit: I had no idea that this question would spark such a dialogue. But, I am glad it has. I guess that's what comments "do".

[@osmacar5331]

Calibration

[@jeremybuxman7555]

It makes Prey go "awww so cute!" Which distracts the prey.

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@Oliver Nisbet uP

[@felixhenson9926]

basically getting their balance just right, so yes, calibration.

[@400hpGTO]

I would be interested in further research

[@wolfcry9791]

“Try it when your roommate is in the bath” “For science” 😂😂😂

[@TinkerTailorSoldier1]

- Mark!! What the hell?! - Calm down, Jim. I’m sciencing.

[@John-X]

6:33 i thought cats always landed on their feet

[@stealthinator00]

"Oh you're gonna lick your toes. Is that how you normally do it". I always find it funny the way he says it. Another one is "I see you ninja"

[@squadmaster383]

And whatever the hell this is, it looks like the face of a sad ghost That almost killed me I couldn’t stop laughing 3:56

[@recoil53]

I glad zfrank hasn't had to lay off Jerry in these turbulent economic times.

[@destinycircle8192]

Guess it's better than laying on...er...yeah.

[@Blak2blue]

Haha nice !

[@alisaurus4224]

Jerry is an Essential Worker...at least, he is to Ze.

[@Radio-cw9pr]

*"Its like the internet except pissing all over st- its like the internet"*

[@JasonBunting]

This was the best part, IMNSHO. pissssssssssssss

[@ryandunham3951]

Direct all pointed looks at a certain sniper... now!

[@lanaecall921]

Where have you been. Really miss the animal videos and the humour just makes it the best .watch you on you tube....

[@KevGirl]

My cat doesn't even bother with the small complicated sips anymore, she just gets up on the counter in front of the kitchen sink and yells at me until I turn the faucet on.

[@sjdedeaux]

"What's that brown thing on the carpet?" "Go get Flehmen, he'll smell it." Poor Flehmen...

[@duncanmcpherson2555]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flehmen_response

[@MannaEntertainment]

🤣😂🤣🤣☠

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

No he likes it

[@tonibauer2949]

Michael G. Scott needed Flehmen’s assistance.

[@vanisleflyingcorgi7916]

We most definitely need the rest of the "Beer from a bucket in the dark" song. It shows promise :)

[@tracy9610]

I second that motion!

[@Kineth1]

It needs to be accompanied by many LSD cat videos too.

[@SimpleHacks2020]

Cats can’t taste sweet. How can they tell?

[@imnijetedashi6155]

@@KairuHakubi ⁰pplplhuwywyeyy2yw7

[@imnijetedashi6155]

@@KairuHakubi ⁰

[@laurenreid6111]

That et al joke was so niche but I appreciate it so much

[@NickGuzelian]

Taco Bell bean burrito to explain the light in eyeball situation is gold.

[@Guaguadeath]

Damn. I never even knew that whole part about the shapes of animals pupils and why they're shaped differently. That was cool thanks Frank

[@BaufenBeast]

He didn't say what the cuttlefish pupil is good for though.

[@weirdyyy006]

@@BaufenBeast That shall remain a mystery like the mystery of why zefrank hates clams.

[@leminjapan]

"Who's like the best scientist, he's on all the papers" Seriously, where is your Nobel Prize?

[@clickpause8732]

JohnsonLobster he also wrote a poem about God making black people inferior. And a cat whose name I shall not say.

[@truesoundwave]

@@clickpause8732 He was also a true xenophobe. Not in an insult style, he was truly afraid of things he didn't understand. You're applying your morality to the mentally ill. Lovecraft is still one of the best horror writers of all time who always wrote from a place of true terror and fear.

[@naitodesu9522]

@@truesoundwave Idk why people bring that up whenever his name is mentioned, like okay, mention the obvious or something but it's not relevant to the topic at hand.

[@crunchyyellowlion]

He also needs a Pulitzer Prize for his contribuuuuutions to science and phonics 😐😑

[@clickpause8732]

@@truesoundwave Oh, yeah, I completely agree on those points, but I just thought it was humorous to mention it alongside the talk about his essay about Ibid, as a sort of contrast to his perspective. On the other hand, ignoring Lovecraft's horror works, I think we should probably apply the same lens of mental illness to everything he wrote. As you say, I can't apply my morality to Lovecraft's poems ejaculating about his racism, so by the same hand I shouldn't trust the essays written by that same man, no?

[@tylerblack3962]

“.-Alright, its a bit of a fart in a hurricane if you’re trying to stop a charging giraffe” Poetry at its finest

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Wow, that bit about the different shaped/oriented pupils was totally new and very cool!

[@lairdcummings9092]

See, if school teachers taught like this, school dropout rates would plummet.

[@meetthecassiani]

Agreed. But then dropouts would be all serious about everything.

[@englishatheart]

Nah. Many autodidacts just aren't capable of learning in a school environment. If they can't learn in school and can learn more and/or better if not in school, they won't see the point in staying in.

[@yourtags4876]

I too like some random ads in the middle of class

[@lairdcummings9092]

@@englishatheart not saying that there not are many who cannot learn in a school setting; I'm saying that many who abandon school would not do so, if school were different.

[@meetthecassiani]

jo donkey this describes the rat race we run very well

[@SockPuppet69]

“If you took my Ding Dong’s away I’d go a little crazy too.” 😂

[@devil41121]

Thank you frank. I love the way you talk about the description of the Tapetum lucidum glow in the eyes. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@meghanmonroe]

If my cats have such a great sense of smell, why do they insist on hanging out with me while I poop?

[@mfbfreak]

Do you really wanna know?

[@boxeropoliswoofboof4692]

They want to know why human bowel movements are the only ones that aren't harvested. Or maybe they're little gastroenterologists.

[@princesstamika]

solidarity. it's covered in sad cat diary.

[@areetablack5301]

To make sure your safe while you're vulnerable

[@dragonbane44]

They like your poop

[@kidbuumickey1238]

I'm surprised you had the restraint to not make a single Tiger King joke.

[@tylermatthews4251]

I gotta tell ya, me too.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Now I kinda want to hear ZeFrank say "Nothing is cooler, sexier, and more significant to the world we live in today than a tiger."

[@Chaos89P]

Maybe, like me, he never watched Tiger King?

[@VileMike]

I think I am more shocked he did not make a "cats have a barbed penis" joke somewhere either.

[@bobojoker1]

What's tiger king?

[@kevinrickey3925]

That was a very cool Cat documentary, it's data is newer that what I learned along time ago and took for granted! I must say, your humor is so good, your videos are extremely well done. Thank You so much for really making me laugh, Thank You

[@hippiecowgirl4231]

“You think it would be meow”. that little gem almost got by me . Keep em coming zefrank, keep em comin

[@kevinprice1664]

"after their cat has a quick chat with it's eye of Sauron". Killed me