True Facts: The Hummingbird Warrior

Not a moth.
True Facts Poster! ze-true-store.myshopify.com/
PATREON: / truefacts
CREDITS:
MUSIC:
/ querflote
Dr. Anusha Shankar (anushashankar.weebly.com/) for her guidance, enthusiasm and research on torpor.
Dr. Margaret Rubega (rubegalab.uconn.edu/) and the University of Connecticut
for our conversation and her introductions.
Dr. Alejandro Rico-Guevara (www.alejorico.com/) and the University of Washington
for the incredible media related to the tongue and all of his guidance.
Dr. Don Powers (dpowerslab.com/) and the Powers Research Lab for their
footage on energy conservation.
Dr. Kristiina Hurme (kristiinahurme.com/) for her amazing work on weaponized beaks
Dr. Chris Clark (biology.ucr.edu/people/facult...) and UC Riverside for our conversation and
all of the wonderful footage related to the dives and and displays.
Dr. Gregor Yanega ( / gregoryanega97116 ) for the footage of birds pilfering spider food.
FLIR Thermal Cameras (FLIR.com) for the psychedelic heat mapping footage
RuthLes Productions ( / ruthlesproductions2 ) for the wonderful footage of the
hummer in torpor, as well as the lovely phone chat.
Tracy Kerestesh (www.tracyportraits.com) for the footage of insect eating.
The Arizona Daily Star (tucson.com/) for letting me use the footage of a hummer collecting
spider webs outside of their window
Tom Grey (tgreybirds.com/) for his very special photo of hummingbirds mating...
which is not easy to capture
Additional footage used under license from:
Pond5.com
Videoblocks.com
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[@ryanlorenzo5003]

Plebian: Birb Intellectuals: Byierd

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

björd ;-)

[@everettduncan7543]

Einstein: bird but without the r

[@kut7170]

santa deniers: bird santa believers: byerd

[@jeffffro7674]

I think Santa's is the correct spelling! HAHAHAHAHA!!¡!!

[@jeffffro7674]

@@TF2CrunchyFrog how do you know? Have you had enough frog to know they're crunchy??!?

[@cygnia]

I still want a "True Facts: Jerry" video one of these days...

[@camerondon3712]

That would be amazing. That has to happen.

[@jackielinde7568]

I want a True Facts: Zefrank edition.

[@marsupialsofmars3886]

OH PLEASE YES

[@bluegargantua]

I too, am curious to know how a Jerry do.

[@DrakeRunner]

I really just want a five second long video of zefrank staring at the screen like in his profile pic, and then looking dejected and saying "Jerry, no."

[@mariofan1ish]

We found a hummingbird on the ground today. He wasn't really moving, and my mother asked if he was sick, injured or dead. But thanks to this video, I have a feeling he might've just been in torpor. So I nudged him a bit- he was stuck really hard to the ground, and twitched just a little in response to being touched. So I looked up what to do with a bird in torpor, and dad kept him warm. He's currently sitting in a makeshift nest on the back patio, with a tiny bowl of sugar water and a heating pad to keep him warm in the winter cold. He's a lot more active now, eating the sugar water, and making a recovery pretty quickly. So thank you Zefrank, you helped me save a bird's life!

[@hannahruth365]

Were you able to release him?

[@mariofan1ish]

@@hannahruth365 It took awhile, but he eventually started waking up out of his torpor and spread his wings. It took some time for him to actually try flying off, but he eventually took to the air himself, and I think he still comes around to sip off the feeder out back.

[@feinky8489]

awesome

[@rhetoric5173]

@@mariofan1ish doubt it torpor lol sounds like he got hit from something

[@mariofan1ish]

@@rhetoric5173 I'm pretty sure it was torpor considering it took him only about an hour total to get his energy back and start flying again. Heat and sugar water did the trick, so I'm like 95% sure it was torpor.

[@AdamFunk]

"But of course, a well-hung feeder is the motherlode. ...Freud would have a _field day_ with that sentence, Jerry. You need help." I cannot get over the banter. It's so good.

[@shaunjimbangan1166]

I don't get it, what is the joke?

[@hullinstruments]

​@@shaunjimbangan1166 Sigmund Freud had a lot of weird stuff evolving around mother's and boobs and all kinds of just weird crazy shit. So to put the words "well hung feeder is the motherland" would be indicative of what Freud believed. That is by far nowhere near some of the craziest shit that he believed and taught... Look it up if you want an interesting laugh

[@dbseamz]

@@shaunjimbangan1166 A "Freudian slip" is the idea that if someone is talking about one subject but thinking about another, then they may slip up and accidentally say something that combines he two subjects. And since Freud had a lot to say about sex, usually when people talk about "Freudian slips" they mean in the context of the second subject being sex.

[@matthewtullis7205]

​@DBSeamz Or to put it succinctly, a Fruedian slip is when you mean one thing and say a mother.

[@rebeccaheim8278]

I thought the joke was well hung like a guy and motherload being the prize of all prizes.. .. ? kinda givaway what thoughts keep me occupied..

[@OldScratch78]

"Don't do drugs. Not a lot of them, anyway. Everything in moderation. Except moderation."

[@Hutch2Much]

my senior quote

[@sjshapir]

That’s Benjamin Franklin. Moderation in everything including moderation

[@isidoreaerys8745]

I thought it was Oscar Wilde

[@spacemama]

I'm shelving this one in my brainstem with "Eat food, not to much, mostly plants."

[@blucat4]

@@sjshapir Are you a serious educated adult person here? What are you doing here? Sorry about the smutty language! 😀

[@matchlessbox]

Jerry's script is really getting out of hand.

[@BrokenLifeCycle]

I need Jerry's articulation style of words.

[@tylerknight99]

I have a theory that Zefrank is one with Jerry, like a lewd, dyslexic Jekyll and Hyde; and he spends his life in a constant struggle to suppress his incivility at the Jane Austin soirées he always seems to be at in his videos

[@toshirodragon]

Jerry needs to team up with Danny from Business Blaze.

[@killmimes]

Jerry said he and I were going "halfsies" on a flesh lite

[@RydersCove]

Atleast it wasn’t written by a clam

[@meadmaker4525]

If all education was this fun, the world would be full of geniuses.

[@haroldseaman4243]

I would never miss class!!!

[@brightmoon7132]

Yes! I've never laughed so much while learning so much. One of my all time favorite channels.😉

[@AngelWolfArt]

Honestly, yeah. The only classes I honestly could never improve in were the ones where it was mindless monotone droning for an hour straight and dead silence any other time

[@RagnarokCo]

Every line in this video is a quote worth laughing at. My favorite is the "I mean if you had your own wind tunnel you'd put all kinds of crap in--not a baby! Not mayonnaise! But definitely the butt feathers of a bird."

[@Tallahite]

he got so defensive that he wouldnt put babies or mayonnaise in... i wonder what happened...

[@olduglyentwife5700]

@@Tallahite yeah there is definitely a story there

[@burtan2000]

@@Tallahite but he say you wouldn't put those two random, unrelated things in there. I think it's just bc it could be dangerous or scary for the mayo baby and the mayo would just be messy. Potential for scientific advancement is rather low with those two items. But bi-yerd butt feathers? Now there's a recipe for incrementally advanced the pool of human knowledge in an obscure, highly-specialized manner

[@catfish4957]

Can i call my buns butt feathers? So i can impress my date with it?

[@NicoleMinshew]

I thought I was the only one who thought that was the best line, until the Comments 🎯

[@hezhang8843]

Next Video: *True Facts: The Moth* zefrank: Jerry, that's a hummingbird

[@mikeeasley6670]

God, please, yes.

[@TheGesterr]

hummingbeeyurd*

[@d.w.stratton4078]

THIS. God I need this.

[@dontblink5264]

Oh how I've missed you 🏆❤❤❤

[@bjarnivalur6330]

I thought he did the hummingbird hawk moth already.

[@hikariwhite7587]

Fun Fact: The Aztecs believed that the hummingbirds are reborn fallen warriors

[@mariuchiha4664]

Blood! Blood for the blood god!

[@irenechristou1698]

That's just how the fallen Aztec warriors do

[@NutmegBGB]

Is that where the hummingbird's bloodlust comes from?

[@regilad_9043]

Hmm............maybe

[@redman7775]

@@mariuchiha4664 SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE

[@anthonywalton4708]

"I'm not busting on Toledo, I'll leave that to the hummingbirds. Sorry." Got me. Full out laughing, yet again.

[@mechtheist]

About 20 years ago, we had 3 feeders up for humming birds and routinely had more than a dozen feeding at the same time. It was amazing, like watching WWI aerial combat scenes. They seemed much more interested in fighting the others off than in feeding. The encounters often produced these loud reports, like maybe hitting two pieces of hardwood together, it was wing-contact! They are vicious mfers for sure.

[@Loralanthalas]

Right? Everytime I hang mine there's a troop with 2 in particular that are REALLY just mean. And woodpeckers. They LOVE the hummingbird feeder but have to knocking the thing to get the liquid out pouring sugar water all over my back porch

[@rebeccaheim8278]

When I first moved to Alaska we were camping and when I went to pee behind a berry bush and nearly had the sht scared outta me by a loud buzzing noise that turned out to be a hummer dive bombing me! Relieved it wasnt a bear but shocked that the tiny birds were so vicious! Then after building our house my husband wired big branches to our deck for them outside the window so we could watch them perch between sips at the feeders. I learned they were Rufous hummingbirds and migrated from Mexico to S.E. Alaska (I lived in Sitka ) every year and was the longest migration of all the hummers and most other migratory birds as well. They are also known to be one of the most aggressive and territorial. I'm probably biased but I think they are also the most beautiful. They are golden orange colors that shimmer like goldfish. And they sure put on a show. Dozens of them sometimes buzzing it out trying to lay claim. I called them my Golden Birds and got to enjoy them every one of the 20 years I lived there.

[@adriannespring8598]

Might need to move the feeders farther apart?

[@mechtheist]

@@adriannespring8598 It was a pretty big porch, they were 10-15 feet apart. I think I needed to make them to sign a non-belligerence contract before allowing them to feed.

[@timwoods2852]

"I don't care if that's how the flowers get pregnant, it's smut!"

[@Yao-fz6ie]

Jerry, that's a moth.

[@CaterpolarisII]

@Night shade Oh, hun

[@siyacer]

@@RagbagMcShag Truly a rare species

[@planclops]

Night shade 😂

[@user-pt1cz4ot1e]

My mother is obsessed with hummingbirds, and I don’t think she will ever like anything more than this video...“For science.”

[@user-pt1cz4ot1e]

Dr. M. H. She laughed so long she had to rewind to see what she missed.

[@Jamis378]

My mom is the exact opposite 😂 she's terrified of hummingbirds.

[@user-pt1cz4ot1e]

James Davidson oh, no! Lol. I mean, if they were the size of a cat or dog, we would all be in trouble. 🤣

[@user-pt1cz4ot1e]

Dr. M. H. Awe, thank you as well. We all definitely enjoyed her reaction. I’ll have to catch it on video next time we show her something Ze does. Lol

[@jessical4866]

Did a science fair project on hummingbirds. After six weeks of constantly feeding these biiiirds, we had to stop for fear that someone would get maimed. One particularly large rufus was VICIOUS.

[@innocntkittn1698]

"It is a vicious bicyc- Jerry, it's cycle; it's not short for bicycle."

[@pauldean3935]

I used to love using your vids with my 10th grade biology students... nothing like a little mildly inappropriate innuendo to spice up the cool animal facts and amazing imagery. Retired now but still laughing out loud as I enjoy your work.

[@TJF588]

They do have a channel for True Facts edited to be -appropriate- less inappropriate for education.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Ok groomer.

[@pauldean3935]

@@TJF588 Love your "edit"! 🤣

[@thatratsamantha428]

My teacher showed us this video today, we are in 7th grade. 😭

[@dleation6498]

W teacher

[@meganparrish807]

Wow, zefrank's on fire in this one. He must really like these bierds.

[@swatiyadav640]

That would be byirds

[@checking1234]

Beards

[@swatiyadav640]

Ze frank himself would reply to this conversation

[@davidispisces]

Who doesn’t love hummingbeards

[@aiiv7839]

@@davidispisces Hummingbirds are amusing!

[@busbystandup1337]

Is anyone else oddly satisfied whenever he says “babies” or “do”

[@tonibauer2949]

You mean bebehs? That is the only way I say it anymore, after listening to his videos.

[@brianaschmidt910]

Deur

[@k.k.7797]

deewuhh

[@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248]

bebehhhs. dooo.

[@kevincrowder4144]

Or byird

[@Bennahr_Fett]

His metaphors should win him a Nobel prize one day.

[@kimberlypatton9634]

My late husband loved to argue with me that hummingbirds could never (or did never) stop flying or flittering..But I had to prove it to him,as I saw them roost in my mesquite tree many times where my feeders hung.They do stop,they will just sit on a branch and rest.

[@feuerling]

How would they even incubate their eggs if they couldn't land? Even swifts land to nest, and they stay in the air for months at a time.

[@slc2222]

Schools: DONT DO DRUGS KIDS! ZeFrank: don't do drugs, at least not a lot of them

[@Sirboogaboogah]

I can't like this. It already has the perfect number of likes.

[@MarciaBaker1205]

I ruined the perfect number of likes

[@brandonsnyder9950]

Don't worry everyone, we'll just get it to 420 instead.

[@Midnightmoon7681]

I'll listen to ZeFrank. He's taught me more than school ever has so

[@jtek2259]

dont do weed before your 25,

[@holdenmiller3959]

Not even 50 secs and he's already got 4 jokes out he is on fire.

[@Bluecho4]

Nothing less would be appropriate for the hummingbird video. Nature's manic coke addicts.

[@holdenmiller3959]

@@Bluecho4 lmao

[@QuarkTwain]

Every ten seconds it's another great joke AND a legitimate science fact. I'm just in awe.

[@aprildegele1510]

I live in the PNW and for the last couple of years, we've had days of a hard freeze. I noted my feeder was frozen and tried to take it down to thaw ... and one of my birds got SO upset. So much so, in fact, he was licking the popsicle of the feeder while I was holding it. I stood there for nearly 5 minutes before he got enough. Took the feeder indoors and melted, and then wrapped for insulation, and that worked. Just a few towels secured with rubber bands. Had to do so again this year, and it worked. No sadly desperate birds trying to eat from my hand. Whew. However, now that it's warmed up, they still fight. One will eat, pausing to look for another, and then a fight. These little guys are viscous. ALL of them fight for the feeder, males, females ... they all fight all the time for food. Females will fight males, males will fight males, females will fight females ... all for food. However, when a female with an egg she's not laid yet finds the food, seems like everyone else stops fighting. She can sit there, looking like a golf ball, perched on the feeder, sleeping (and nearly falling backwards), and no others bother her. She can eat and sleep and no one attacks her like every other bird does. It's pretty cool, because you have confirmation that the specific bird is not only female, but that she's pregnant. Pregnancy, apparently, equals "Off limits". And frankly, it doesn't have a whit to do with any male. It would appear, in my observation over years, that a pregnant female is off limits, period. Mom can have all of the food she wants first. She's not attacked. She will disappear for a couple of weeks once she's laid her eggs, and then she'll be back ... fighting off everyone else as normal. All we have to do after is look at the colors of the males and the lesser of the colors of the females, and we know which offspring belongs to which female. We've had Redneck (male), Gaia (a moss green female),, who produced Orangello (Orange jello ... long story which was a super bright orange). Another "redneck" female. Brown at any other angle that I could see. The point in this long response is that you have to know your birds before you can tell the offspring of what pairing. As always, females are dull and males are bright ... but that may be false depending on the light in which you view them. Hard to tell, so take notes. Or not, and just enjoy.

[@susie9893]

The beauty of ZeFrank is that you actually ENJOY being educated. I'm now thinking how fascinating hummingbirds are and how much they could teach us about conditions like diabetes

[@Grimsonite]

''This is a hummingbjørd'

[@pinkimpostor1597]

Its too hard to argue with his assessment

[@Magnussc2]

A Møøse once bit my sister...

[@pap00s]

i just want him to say "mooshy-mooshy bjørd bebbiez"

[@tednugent8501]

Beeyurd.

[@oracle8802]

It’s spelled byereds duh

[@proffejor]

"It's like MMA, but on a trapeze, and with swords; it's a Jet Li movie."

[@TeesOutdoorAdventures]

I wish we see some hummingbird in Daniel Boone Forest. We hike 2 different trails but no hummingbird. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYKYlqR5i8-GfMk

[@airotiv7916]

🤣

[@michelleortman7010]

Here because the Dr Don Powers cited in the description is actually my current ornithology professor. This video is absolutely fantastic, it had my friend and I crying in our professor's office

[@wstavis3135]

"It's just the sad outcome of a very serious addiction...." Not even one minute in had me rolling. This is pure gold!

[@chr0min0id]

“Jerry, that’s a moth...” Moth: *:(*

[@gavin964]

Not a Moth.

[@HaloHighlightz]

The moth that aspires to be a hummingbird 💖

[@stayhatin7667]

@@gavin964 yes it is

[@darookmezd]

moth: LÄMP

[@braedenmclean5304]

Jerry: :(

[@SalamiPhoja]

“Imagine impressing your date on a picnic by climbing up a large hill then running down as fast as you can and right when you pass them spreading your cheeks and (fart noise). That is how a hummingbird do.”

[@tims1686]

That killed me lmao

[@xivix6710]

That was funny 😂

[@nickjacobs1770]

Just don't follow through

[@glendaglover1399]

Rotflmmfao 🤣 🤣😭

[@SAMMIsLIFE]

I visualized it in my head too 😂

[@honorafox4709]

True story, a friend of ours actually got speared in the chest by a hummingbird that was flying by when he was walking around his wood shed. That had to hurt like hell. Damn meth birds need to watch where they're going. Don't drugs, or nectar kids.

[@Adders-bm5cs]

I have had the same hummingbird claim my yard for the last 5 years. We call him Sassy Boy. He's a Black Chinned Hummingbird and he's a bit smaller than the other Black Chins and his beak is a bit shorter as well. We have 5 feeders in the backyard and we can get up to 6 or 7 birds at one time.

[@NatYourAverageNerd]

"Let's slow that down...for science." (humming bird noise starts to sound more like a human fart) "One more time. For science."

[@absolutefuckingchaos3785]

*"For science"*

[@pikapikanuuu7262]

It should be more like "for science!" You know for those agro male Hummingbird who likes to use feather farts. 👍

[@metalmario00]

Imagine running down a hill past your date spreading your cheeks and ppppttt

[@PeterVJaspersFayer]

Ok, that was mildly funny. But the bit afterwards about the human running down the hill and letting one go at his girlfriend had me ROTFL.

[@rodrigoe3104]

i think that part became my favorite of all zefrank's videos. laughed til it hurt

[@shitzuation]

Every time a hummingbird farts, a fairy gets its wings 🐦💨 🧚‍♂️

[@ChaosWolf1982]

And every time a fairy farts... well, that's really where pixie dust comes from, but Disney are cowards.

[@suchanhachan]

@@ChaosWolf1982 Actually, every time a fairy farts a hummingbird comes out of torpor. It's complicated...

[@jeffordmingke5555]

Me: (hears the sound) that sounds like a fart. Zefrank: well you are not right but you're also not wrong.

[@melissahuber7601]

shitzuation how do u know hummingbirds fart?

[@nicholasamador6112]

Lol

[@Du-Masses]

This was the first of these videos I saw and it’s still my favorite; I love that someone actually has the nerve to expose the awesome freakiness of hummingbirds.

[@samnelson2343]

First one saw too. What a great intro.

[@queenbee3647]

Go look up the peacock spider. His name is Pete and he can rap!

[@Sugapuff123]

I love how i actually heard the noises and saw a hummingbird do this in real life. very informative, very cool.

[@purplehaze2358]

To be fair, all birds have absolutely nightmarish tongues.

[@user-lw4vi4oy2d]

Yeah, woodpecker's tounge wrap around their skull

[@danparish1344]

Google “Penguin tongue” if you want to be horrified

[@purplehaze2358]

dan parish Even though it’s not necessarily a tongue, look up “Shoebill spine out of mouth” if you want to never be able to sleep again.

[@bongobrandy6297]

"Sweet dreams are made of these!"

[@dannyh.s.1936]

Where’s a chainsaw cannon when you need one? Eh Dr Bright

[@TheBinarySon]

"You don't just wake up one day and want to deep-tongue a flower." Speak for yourself, Zefrank.

[@Gran69]

UwU

[@user-ey4rc5tu4t]

Zefrank, you so very rock my stripey socks.

[@upbeatja5160]

Here's the shorter version kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqqYYYBqar5-aqc

[@Uyresoul]

....it does a little barrel roll right at the end, let's listen : "Pip" For science let's slow that down : "Pap" A little but more, for science.. "PARRRP" Yup, that just about ended my plans to sleep... Tears, sides aching and pretty much waking up the whole household with intense laughter.. Thanks for that...

[@JS-cq6rr]

“When they wake up it can take up to 20 minutes for them to shiver and shake their way up to normal body temperature and the first thing they do is hit the sauce.” I feel you hummingbird….I feel you…

[@sagemarie.]

I would like ZeFrank to narrate my biography after I die. That way my life will sound way more interesting than it actually was. "That is how a Sage do... or did. She's dead."

[@XalphYT]

"And that is how a Sage did do."

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

He'll pronounce it "Sah-Gay"

[@druid_zephyrus]

omg. that is too funny. that is exactly what would eb said. omg

[@raymonddallaire653]

Lol i think i can say the same for this lol

[@katrineaustin3135]

This wins the internet today 👏

[@l0_0l45]

*The dislikes were from offended moths.*

[@pammorrison88]

Or spiders.

[@Orroset]

Offended users of the metric system..

[@lovelifelax]

And everyone named Jerry

[@pijon7931]

Not to forget fairies

[@satriyoajiP]

Jerry always wrong for zeff

[@carlycharlesworth1497]

'For science,' had me in stitches. Too funny! Ze you are hilarious my friend, just hilarious!

[@saragates2255]

I volunteered for decades for a bird banding program with an ornithologist with the DNR, had a blast and learned a lot. Really appreciate your delivery! The information can be a bit dry at times but congratulations, you make it sound secksy (a major feat)! Thanks this was a riot and I'm looking forward to more! 😆🧚

[@Fortnewem]

"Jerry, that's a moth." 😆 Some people might not realize, but that's a hummingbird moth! 😛

[@kennethmcdonald2987]

Before it is a moth it is the tomato hornworm My wife leaves them alone on her tomato plants which they devour after they devour them the tomato plants usually leaf out and provide a bumper crop of huge tomatoes which in turn the blooms are pollinated by you guessed it the hummingbird moth making the huge tomatoes and healthy plants This usually occurs during the worst heat of summer so the tomatoes are looking awful and not producing anyway so no big deal if they get munched to the stem why no one around has any veggies growing especially tomatoes my wife's plants are falling over with fruit healthy and green She is totally organic no chemicals or unnatural fertilizers period just rabbit ,duck ,goose ,and chicken manure from our pet farm animals from the compost pile also gets horse and cow from other farms especially our nearby organic dairy farm We have no bug problems we have plenty of beneficials ,birds ,dragonflies ,toads ,lizards and frogs so everything stays in balance Sometimes the tomato hornworm is a Luna Moth there are 2 species of hornworm in our area one grows into the Hummingbird Moth other into Luna Moths She usually just plants a few extra tomato plants in her butterfly gardens for the moths She believes the hornworm and tomato have a symbiotic relationship of sorts The plants not eaten on are never as healthy or productive and have disease issues the ones who get eaten down are simply gorgeous afterwards with no fungal or disease problems during their season She always has more tomatoes than she can use It is a shame people are always hurting the hornworm in cruel ways when in fact it is the best thing for your tomato plants She gets the the worms are eating up your gardens and herbs you need to spray nope that would be my butterflies what I planted them for She had a puny bronze fennel about 2 feet in height after the caterpillars ate it down a few times came back as a 7 foot giant about 4 feet around it was huge and lived for years in the garden just getting larger each year She divided it Hummers are amazing creatures my wife has one that sits on her shoulder out in the garden she rescued it as a baby caught in a spider web It has it's own feeders by the bedroom window and is a year round resident It will fly in the parrot's aviary in the winter and overwinter out of the cold It is funny to see this small bird sitting on the top of a huge parrot's cage They are cool with each other and it does resemble it's winter territory with all the plants She has her nest on the arbor beside the bedroom window each year in the vines quite a spoiled little hummingbird The Hummingbird Moths are so cool they feed alongside the hummers in the late evening but usually later on so flowers get pollinated both day and night

[@gooel]

@@kennethmcdonald2987 ok

[@gooel]

@🌹🌹SUMMER ROSE🌹🌹 Jerry is a fake supporting character that Ze Frank pretends to reference for comedic effect, often about a mistake or weird statement from 'Jerry'.

[@ceeshnia]

I had to rescue one from work once. During the warmer parts of the year we would have the doors open and oftentimes bugs would get caught in the big windows not knowing how to get out. Found a hummingbird moth the night of inventory and brought it outside. Caught so many things from dragonflies, moths, beetles, bees, butterflies... even a bird once.

[@theVincident]

@@kennethmcdonald2987 Please use periods and spacing, my eyes are dying sir.

[@LorenHelgeson]

Fifteen licks a second? Forget Mr Owl. The kid should've asked Mr Hummingbird about the Tootsie Pop.

[@toryfox4580]

Then the world would know

[@Ithica87]

I was wondering this exact same thing.

[@lwright9690]

That would make a very short commercial though, humming birds are really fast. That's like trying to learn the alphabet from Eminem's Rap God. Lol

[@snazzyjovialwyrm3314]

@@lwright9690 Or trying to learn guitar from Napalm Death's You Suffer.

[@Kimmie6772]

Then the lollipop would be gone in an instant. It'd be like 1234561020- I give up.

[@goodcitizen3780]

Okay, I am brand new to this channel. I must have binged a dozen of these videos and I swear it's getting funnier and funnier every time. I'm a fan for sure.

[@XcanaryinacoalmineX]

I'm jealous 🤤

[@CL-go2ji]

Welcome! You have much joy before you.

[@leafandryly]

Rewatching these videos and remembering exactly where the term science hippie came from. As a science hippie I love it

[@queenbee3647]

Bird nerd.

[@Philipop.]

"...But of course, a well-hung feeder is the motherload. Jerry, Freud would have a field day with that sentence, you need help." - Gold

[@cordongrouch9323]

Motherlode.

[@JoveRogers97]

@Jaime Monzon Bautista 😂🤣😂

[@cordongrouch9323]

@Jaime Monzon Bautista Well, OK then.

[@cordongrouch9323]

Motherlode?

[@Eddy-yf5rw]

I actually didn’t get what he meant by this 😔

[@jacobhamilton2473]

True facts about Jerry: puts clips of moths in a hummingberd video. Because that's how Jerry do

[@hamsterama]

Jokes aside, I get some of those hummingbird moths in my garden. They're gorgeous insects, and they really do look like hummingbirds.

[@donna30044]

@@undershade1834 When has she ever bagged him?

[@phonetheory7056]

Screw the joke, I want this video, I want to know about this recurring side character.

[@AreUmygrandson]

This channel is a gem. I read every zoo book I saw a dozen times as a kid in the 90s. People always look at me weird when I say something like “cats front arms aren’t attached to their body with a joint. Just connective tissues.”

[@exmohobobonobo]

I’d look at you in awe. That’s an amazing fact and the delivery sounds like dry comedy. A baby Ze Frank you are!

[@exmohobobonobo]

Can you do this on camera like reaction videos or even a whole show? The subscribers here would watch it!

[@AreUmygrandson]

@@exmohobobonobo I’m far to neurotic to form any cohesive list of facts on camera. It’s not very impressive when all I have to contribute to a conversation is a random fact about something completely off topic

[@exmohobobonobo]

@@AreUmygrandson omg even this reply is funny. 😂🤣

[@AreUmygrandson]

@@exmohobobonobo Thank. Being autistic, I struggle with comedic queues. You have increased my levels of confidence. I’m so glad friend. Would you really enjoy such a channel? I can add you once I start a channel with all this new found confidence. Will you be my first sub you dirty lil girl?

[@lunipan]

This brings so much joy to my life. I don't have the words to describe on how many levels I love these videos. Just great!

[@natthelizardgirl9312]

"104 Fahrenheit, which is look it up yourself Celsius".

[@Bastista1]

40.

[@IrishCaesar]

@@Bastista1 thank you

[@Perktube1]

Takes all the romance out of measuring.

[@yuriatsugi3696]

Im not gonna lie that got me, it got me good😂😂

[@DeadSomething]

there's one country in the whole world still using the commonwealth measurement system. One that's the length of a football in feet.

[@DD-hu7ix]

"When the hummingbird says just the tip, you might be licked dry in an instant" I laughed way too hard on that one

[@chilomine839]

My filthy brain is trying to add context to that statement. 😳

[@mrrexychomp9829]

@Gavit Noonday im scared to click that link

[@excuseyou7198]

@@mrrexychomp9829 lol the guy’s a bot

[@the_biggest_chungus7508]

Foreplay God

[@kemadjounyawillyamcastro200]

😂😂😂

[@steelmagnum]

You should add a "Jerry that's a moth" shirt to your merch store. That would make a hilarious gift

[@TediBare]

I'm sorry I had to watch this one twice just because I was laughing so hard the first time I think I missed something!!! Sharing the shit out of this one too... thank you!!

[@ScorpionStrike7]

“You don’t wake up one day and say you want to deep tongue a flower.” Never thought I’d ever hear that sentence. 😅

[@holdenmiller3959]

The Dutch ate their prime minister.

[@sdfkjgh]

@@holdenmiller3959: Well, tbf, it was only his and his brother's livers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_de_Witt#Disaster_year

[@ScorpionStrike7]

Holden Miller What?

[@holdenmiller3959]

@@ScorpionStrike7 look up history matters the time the Dutch ate their prime minister.

[@ScorpionStrike7]

Holden Miller How did this even come up?!

[@sumitroy4563]

Please do a "True Facts: Jerry" next

[@ITBEurgava]

Or "True Facts: David"

[@JackVermicelli]

I want a "True Facts About Centaurs."

[@sumitroy4563]

@@JackVermicelli what have u got against jerry man...it's bcoz of people like u that jerry is still in the shadows!!!

[@KorporalNoobs]

"First of all we have to learn about a german chap called Siegmund Freud..."

[@chrislovato9451]

I will donate 1000 dollars to patreon if you do this

[@lwliu1112]

I’ve just discovered this channel and absolutely love the point blank narration of astonishing facts. Much more informative and entertaining simultaneously! It’s a true joy.

[@jaimeortega4940]

Always love a good Zefrank animal special. Didn't realize that some Hummers had serrated beaks. Makes sense though. I love watching these savage little birds moving from flower to flower eating their nectar whilst battling one another all day long. Surprisingly there is something rather relaxing about watching all of this. Hope you and your family are well.🐦

[@hak-en-slash4636]

“the fairies don’t even try to ride these ones, they’re too dangerous, but if they find a dead one they’ll take the beak off and make two saws out of it to cut down twigs to make toothpicks. that’s how they’re made and thats how the fairies put food on the table, and i’ll s*** in a cup of you say otherwise” - why is no one talking about this!? it’s so good!

[@franceslambert8070]

I agree, and I am still laughing, and my sides hurt from it.

[@hapichampagne5916]

Benjamin Rood yes!

[@adriennepeters4470]

That freakin killed me!

[@johannahiester5029]

I happened to scroll to the comment at the exact second he was saying it lmao

[@caroliner.9388]

i had to replay that several times to make sure i heard what i thought i did lmao

[@somedaysoon9551]

"When a hummingbird says 'Just the tip', you might be licked dry in an instant" -Zefrank 2020

[@ausaralexander2627]

Missy Vintage Esq. bruh moment

[@JKissoon1]

DAMN IT!!! This is the part I wanted to quote in the comments 🤣

[@justyouraveragehumans22]

I read that right when he said it XD

[@nikkibotts6239]

@Lawtrina Kerkula You forgot Donald Trump!

[@josephbassey1501]

@@nikkibotts6239 where's your proof?

[@JamiMiller86]

I love you so much! You never fail to make me laugh, whilst teaching me things. Thank you so much, you've brought me hours and hours of entertainment! 😊

[@applejack7232]

This was the best chance I ever took at clicking on a channel and I love it

[@basicallyrk4018]

I always ask myself why did hummingbirds evolve to need to eat two times their body weight, but then Mr. Documentarian says, "as if nature ever does things the easy way," and now I am satisfied. Thank you, you majestic Hummybeard.

[@josephine.strand]

”Evolve”

[@seigeengine]

The entire strategy of life is basically just keep trying different things until something sticks, and don't fret the dead organisms.

[@pansepot1490]

It doesn’t have to make sense to humans. As long as creatures manage to reproduce themselves anything goes. That’s how nature do. 😁

[@droideka1890]

There are moths that have no mouth so they starve to death from the moment they become moths so they literally “have no mouth and must fuck NOW”. Evolution is fucking stupid sometimes.

[@xc809]

Evolution is like a drunk college student cobbling together a meal. As long as it works it's getting used

[@Adam67890]

"For science, let's slow that down. A little bit more for science."

[@airotiv7916]

🤣🤣

[@sallyviolet13]

@jager64xxx xxxpanzer lmfao!

[@mariannebecker5132]

For science.

[@lorencarlin2087]

I love Ze's nature videos! I've said it before, and I'll say it again: National geographic needs to hire this amazing man to narrate their shows. The nature program could use him too. I know, tons of people would watch!

[@lahart2003]

Totally Agree!!! 😂❤

[@alama77]

Absolutely perfect ! Loved this True Facts episode, but, I love them all.

[@skyem5250]

"Jerry, that's a moth."

[@poro9084]

i actually found moth like this, i am in middle europe, and i was like - what the hell, is that hummingbird?! in freaking europe?

[@KnorpelDelux]

@@poro9084 It's probably this guy: Macroglossum stellatarum

[@AaronCorr]

@@poro9084 exactly my reaction last summer when one flew by

[@sandrastreifel6452]

Hey, where’s your pupa?

[@MegaGermanShepherds]

You had one job, Jerry!

[@asachava8366]

HOW has zefrank not gotten a Netflix documentary yet?

[@Pynaegan]

Because twerking prepubescents take priority.

[@MrPicklesAndTea]

@@Pynaegan It's good to know where their committee's heads are at.

[@namedrop721]

Because Netflix would ruin it. Kill the creativity, take out the fun dirty and put in pedo dirty...Netflix is a money funnel for bad people

[@uptank8461]

amen

[@asachava8366]

@@namedrop721 Well damn xD super cynical but sad to say I've got to admit you're probably right.. Bleh. The world is just soo great right now huh haha.

[@aaronparker6661]

I needed this today. Thanks for popping up when I need you. You are one of my favorite humans. 💚🤘

[@JSp4wN]

We need a Jerry episode. Even a super cut of all the Jerry moments would suffice. Thanks Zefrank for all the laughs and "information". 😄😁😆

[@laughingatthesky7]

Zefrank: "But this isn't some hiding a bunch of KitKats in random drawers around the apartment kind of sugar addiction. You know who you are." Me: *I did NOT asked to be called out like this*

[@airotiv7916]

Right?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mr.northern8280]

Me carries soda and water with me

[@danasandoval624]

I so agree! How rude!! Haha!

[@Abdega]

“I’m in this video and I don’t like it”

[@0JasonSunleaf0]

Jokes on you mate. I devour all the sugar that exist in the house.

[@kyleflounder9783]

God this may be the best one yet "Imagine impressing your date by climbing up a large hill, then running down as fast as you can, and right when you pass them, spreading your cheeks and *bird noise(?)* "

[@taylortaylor4985]

That is how a hummingbeard do

[@The_Stef]

Thanks for the dating advice! I'm gonna go try it out right now!

[@courier6402]

@@The_Stef pls give us a update

[@The_Stef]

@@courier6402 Surprisingly, it really went well! So I tried hard all day not to leak any gas just for this special event. When I finally saw my dream girl later this night at the bar I just ran past her while creating a "ppppfffffffffffft"! noise.... Well ok, while running it was more like a locomotive pfft! - pfft! - pfft! - pfft! - pfft !-noise.... When I returned to the bar, she literally clung to me like glue! Not even the ripped dude who was flirting with her stood a chance! Hummingbirds have it all figured out!

[@courier6402]

@@The_Stef Thank for the update but I'm going to stick to my Charisma of 10 speech 100 and sexy sleepwear but good luck with life

[@cassandra5390]

It doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I always come back to it if it shows up on my playlist.

[@exmohobobonobo]

OMG I love the chiasmus in the travels of the hummingbird. I learned about that style of writing in Bible study, and I love to see what I learned back when I was a believer being subverted by science. And in such a flagrant way, with partying teens sipping on drinks with flowers. Oh Jerry, thank you so much! 😍

[@alexlyster3459]

"I can't read that Jerry. I don't care if it's how the flowers get all pregnant, it's smut" XD

[@anask7668]

Lmfao

[@marvalice3455]

See, bees also eat the pollen. Bees literally live off blow jobs

[@Bubbly_Dragon]

@@marvalice3455 -So do I-

[@sushiibird7799]

Where is that?

[@choiminyi3992]

@@sushiibird7799 at the very very end

[@KingdomCome257]

Before the video even started: Me: This, is the Humming Byrrdd ZeFrank: This, is the Humming Byrrdd Me: :0

[@Ilicia16]

where's the "j" though? Bjyrrdd

[@ryanodom6101]

I was waiting for it. As soon as he said it, I knew “this is gonna be a good one.”

[@MenacingBanjo]

Same! I knew he would say "the Humming Byurrrd"

[@DukeRevolution]

Humming byürd

[@M-A-Khaki]

In my mind I said hooming byrrd

[@redneckfarmer8011]

I learned about as much about fairies as I did hummingbirds, thank you

[@rogerramjet6429]

I've only found this channel 4 days ago, and working my way through. Ze Frank is so awesome to be educating, along with toilet humour.

[@thatphatkat6396]

Why did I ever think that I was above fart jokes I laughed every single time

[@kathrynkovacich9235]

No one should ever be above fart jokes. Farts make the world a funnier place, slightly smelllier, but worth it.

[@yet544]

For science

[@rejvaik00]

Just face facts you can't beat the classics 🤣

[@cindepianist9986]

Me toooooo 🤣😂🤣

[@henryfanforever1414]

Amen!

[@godzillaisawsome]

"Thats how fairies put food on the table and I'll s*** in a cup if you say otherwise" The passion in that statement killed me

[@thehellyousay]

I think he means it.

[@recoil53]

I'm convinced it's the truth because of the commitment.

[@debramiller4098]

OMGODDESS your mind is got to be absolutely insane with all the different species you explain in only the way you have perfected to perfection when explaining these little stories! I. ❤️❤️❤️ it. Thank you

[@BipolarBear777]

I have 4 feeders setup at my house and used to see them daily but Yellowjackets chased em away, waiting to see em back. And the narrator is hilarious 😊

[@3xfaster]

All this tounge action and not one “lickity split” joke

[@thatotherguy8138]

Nor even a "Licky boom boom down".

[@TheScreamer500]

What about lika licky

[@mikeeasley6670]

That was gold.

[@feyefall4855]

Double points for a split tongue, too!

[@jessicacreed7773]

Please, please, a true facts about the axolotl. They're just sitting there, waiting for you. So weird and interesting and perfect. They're calling out for you, zefrank.

[@alexannedebellefeuille4583]

Seconded. We MUST have a True Facts: The Axolotl. They're adorable and yet another "Evolution did... what?"

[@apolrivera2027]

Ohh...i cant wait to hear his true facts about them.

[@jessicacreed7773]

The world needs to know that evolution took them down a notch and cursed them to be eternally babies because they were getting too powerful. Seriously, it's called neoteny. They never physically mature. Oh, also, they can regrow whole limbs and organs like deadpool.

[@propio2957]

If he needs footage, I've got plenty of my lil buddy 😂

[@infinitysdice2826]

Also, they're named axolotls. How great is that?

[@abelardogonzales8283]

Fascinating and interesting video. I love Hummingbirds. It's so nice being with this birds! Thanks for sharing and the upload!!!!!

[@MD-01]

Insane amount of research put into this video. Both science and humor. Amazing 👏🏼. Keep it up

[@ptrd4111]

"...Tye-dye cam, frikin science hippies". Perfect

[@DakotaofRaptors]

Why are you named after a Soviet AT rifle?

[@thevocatiousunspeakables709]

Sounded like something Sarge would say

[@beadmore]

This quote reminds me of the character Dr. Oaken played by Bret Spiner in the movie ID4.

[@genuinejustin6269]

I swear this was one of the funniest episodes in awhile. When he slowed down that one birds sound which sounded like a quick fart I almost died laughing. I can't imagine how much fun he has making these. We need a blooper reel of him recording and laughing at the shit he says.

[@Guppusmaximus]

Yea, I was crying. *Bleeping* hysterical. Toilet humor at its best.

[@TehPwnographer]

For science!

[@agerbirk1996]

@@TehPwnographer the one with peacook spider they have a blooper section

[@yvngenchilada1114]

Frrr I genuinely laughed so many times

[@genuinejustin6269]

@@agerbirk1996 See that's what we need more of!

[@rrrogster]

What a wonderful and truly entertaining presentation. A great sense of humor combined with interesting trivia makes for a winner. Great job.

[@lindaharris634]

Absolutely love listening to your videos. They make me smile

[@Allthingsmarinelife]

This man needs his own tv documentary series

[@ccraw6826]

Yes

[@ghanialfarizi7487]

Yes

[@Technojunkie3]

TV is so last century.

[@svtirefire]

People still watch TV?

[@k.l.manring2083]

I'd watch!

[@ThePieFairy91]

"As it sticks it's beak into the flowers hole it gets the flowers male stuff all over it's face- Jerry. I can't read this. I don't care if that's how the flowers get all pregnant. It's smut!"

[@k.h.production22669]

That bit killed me lol

[@kemadjounyawillyamcastro200]

😂😂😂

[@TheDonutMan3000]

That setup for the spider joke… this video is a gold mine

[@jachins6049]

'Tiny birds beaking the shirt out of each other' LOL!

[@Bastista1]

Providing entertaining nature videos filled with comedy. That is how a Hosea Frank do.

[@Wintertidal]

The father of weird and cool internet social stuff, and maker of awesome nature videos. Ze is the man.

[@casedistorted]

I think zefrank’s lost his mind in this one. 12 mins is a long time for Zefrank to talk about “tiny puff ball Junkie birds” Freakin science hippie

[@kevinmulia6503]

imagine how his job is to slow down hummingbird mating sounds into a fart joke.

[@erickchristensen746]

kevin mulia That’s Jerry’s job, ZeFrank just voice overs xP

[@user-ru1zp7fq6k]

It’s pronounced byird

[@deborahhanna6640]

But these byrrrrds are the Guiness Book of Records on every single thing they do!

[@kristapsmuravjovs7061]

The bit about them gaining altitude in order to drop and reach max speed to make that little *frrpt* sound (WITH THEIR FEATHERS) was so goddamn hilarious and fascinating to learn. Best goshdarn channel to find, truly worthy of this binge I'm on, haha

[@angelynnjensen]

Oh my gosh. I love these videos so much! I laughed until I cried. I want to watch ALLLLL of Zefrank’s videos!!