True Facts: The Remarkable Adaptations of Shrimp

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Dr Alexandra Kingston, University of Tulsa
Dr Sheila Patek, Duke University
Dr Arthur Anker, Universidade Federal do Ceará
Dr Adrian Smith, NC State University
Shane Wever, Nova Southeastern University, / @shanewever
Dr Jørgen Olesen, University of Copenhagen
Dr Zandra Sigvardt, University of Copenhagen
Dr Igor Adameyko, Medical University of Vienna, / @igor_adameyko
Dr Praful R. Tank, Kamdhenu University
Dr Michelle Kelly, NIWA
Dr Jiří Patoka, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Dr Alfredo Pérez-Morales, Universidad de Colima
Dr Ricardo Calado, University of Aveiro
Anna & Ned DeLoach, / @blennywatcher
Benedikt Pleyer
Monterey Bay Aquarium, / @montereybayaquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), / @mbarivideo
National Science Foundation
James Kealey, Smithsonian Institute:
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[@chezmoi42]

_"The cleaner shrimp of the internet."_ Thank you Ze, this may be the best ad segue ever. And the video couldn't be better timed; my first poem every April (NaPoWriMo) is a poisson d'avril, and I've been researching aquatic oddities all week.

[@YevgeniyBoreesov]

Ze, you always seemed like an educated guy. Could you maybe also educate yourself about what these popular VPN services actually do, and never ever advertise them ever again maybe? Spoiler: they intercept and analyse your internet traffic and then sell the results to data brokers.

[@Average_Internet_DMC_420]

I love you

[@viddork]

I believe the word you're looking for is "garauntee".

[@Someone-sq8im]

Question: Are the educational editions coming back?

[@NotGabe001]

"Butt blending is... sorry, but blending" I always look forward to that joke

[@sonipitts]

It's like Max Miller's *clack clack* hardtack joke. Never gets old.

[@Tymdek]

@@sonipitts Ah, a fellow Tasting History enjoyer.

[@MrGrimsmith]

@@Tymdek Not the only one :)

[@123890antonioj]

Also looking forward to the reverse joke that happens once every few years

[@emilywilhite5807]

Sounds like the latest cosmetic fad.

[@ismnotwasm1420]

“Half the words in the British dictionary mean vagina” -gems like this are why I never skip the end of ZeFrank’s videos 😂😂😂😂

[@loriw2661]

Same

[@IggyVRam]

What I wouldn't give for some "cup of tea" every single day. 😂

[@lindsaystevens4062]

I too have noticed the plethora of British words that are used for genitalia. It's actually hilarious how many words used by Brits are either related to genitalia or swearing

[@weregoat529]

@@IggyVRam Drinking from the furry cup, aiiit

[@DevAmyArt]

I mean.. he's not wrong 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Statusinator]

Wheeen a shrimp's in your mouth and you don't want him out That's a moray!

[@bearhustler]

Well done

[@ezekielmartin4323]

_(raucous applause)_

[@maleahlock]

👏👏👏

[@G0thCrayon]

"...For chrionoid loud." That pun is freaking god-tier, but it'll get you 15-20 years in a Superlax Pungeon if the Fun Police ever catch up to you. They've been upping the stakes ever since that day you took down an entire FP squad with just three puns and a half-baked Dad Joke... Thankfully, I don't think you need ever worry about anyone selling you out -especially since the US dollar is practically funny-money at this point.

[@ellachino4799]

This comment has layers

[@G0thCrayon]

@@ellachino4799 It should be noted that one or more layers does consist of chocolate pudding... Because if that were not the case, what's the point of having layers at all?

[@gothgirl4evr881]

That one was a brilliant pun

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

"It's almost like marriage, except... Well, it's like marriage." I don't know why but the sudden change in voice pitch had me laughing

[@korbindallas4552]

Ze Frank is a comedic talent.

[@korbindallas4552]

Ze Frank has amazing comedic talents! The "butt" jokes at the beginning of sentences kills me every time.

[@S_on_fire]

12:10

[@kayboy6055]

because intonation is a comedic tool.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

​@@kayboy6055 And Ze is a master at the craft!

[@thejudgmentalcat]

"Head, bodybodybody, BUTT" 😂

[@TheClearwall]

Yeah I'm gonna be using that later

[@christopherguilfoyle8163]

It got me too

[@johnboats9075]

Me as well. That joke was stuffed full of chucklin. Futurerama reference anyone?

[@queenb67]

At first, I thought he was describing me until I remembered I really don't have much of a butt. Plenty of body though...🙄

[@xXxDerfoufixXx]

Sounds like a good time 😂😂😂

[@michellebobier4471]

"The peacock mantis shrimp -- three things it isn't!" I'll be thinking about that one for a while...

[@Mereologist]

He had the same problem in the batfishes video.

[@user-wb7ez9ud4p]

kinda like the Holy Roman Empire lol

[@greg6097]

"Spatulas of Death" would make a kickass name for an 80's British punk band.

[@rcrawford42]

"Spatula" is the Latin diminutive for "spatha", so a "spatula" is a "little sword". So the name works even better. (And "Caligula" is the same for "caligae" -- soldier's boots. So Emperor Caligula was "Little Boots" or, as I prefer, "Bootsie".)

[@justinwatson1510]

Since half the words in British English mean vagina, that would translate as either vaginas of death or spatulas of vagina. I guess there is a slight chance it could also mean vaginas vagina vagina.

[@1983sergev]

"Spatula was a band active in Chapel Hill, NC from 1992 until 1998" they released 4 albums. (Freakin music nerd... 🤓)

[@MossyMozart]

@@rcrawford42 I used to have a little kid neighbor who had a lot of trouble pronouncing "T", so Boots = Boops. So, Caligula = Boopsie.

[@octochan]

"But who puts the word "true" in front of something to add some sort of authority?" indeed.

[@xtifr]

Oh, I didn't spot what that was referring to at first. Thanks for highlighting it! 😀

[@irishgrl]

FTW!

[@Mereologist]

Facts.

[@drchicken2477]

Some sort of Scotsman, I'd wager.

[@gothgirl4evr881]

Something that seems to need to be done more and more these days to clarify to some idiots that don't seem to understand these things

[@stevewohlwend1010]

When the eel swimming by takes a chunk from your thigh that's a Moray

[@FanOfMostEverything]

When their jaws open wide With another inside That's a Moray.

[@ethanpflederer3395]

When it swims on a reef And has two sets of teeth That's a moray

[@salt-emoji]

I have nothing to add this is beautiful

[@Calj5]

When a fisherman feels Strong emotions for eels That's a Moray

[@m.racheljones7019]

😂 SCREENSHOT!!

[@plugnplaystation]

"They're good for grabbing random crap off the floor. And by crap I mean crap." 💀💀💀

[@joshuaoleary8921]

Carbon Rich Anaerobic Product

[@TwinkleTwinkleTruly]

“Head-body-body-body-body-butt.” Impeccable delivery!

[@stringbean02]

So many words arranged in ways I never would have imagined. "... should have left it in. Would have been like an underwater tur-duck-en."

[@mikeoxmall69420]

Venus Fly Hands😂

[@dr4d1s]

Yes, I too watched the video.

[@nostalgiaprincess]

turducken is a real thing

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

@@dr4d1s People like to talk about the video in the video's comments section, which involves - y'know, referencing the video. Why the need to feel snarky, man? People are just talking about the bits they enjoyed.

[@dr4d1s]

@@AdamOwenBrowning Being snarky is a form of humor. Different people have a different sense of humor. Mine happens to lean towards dry sarcasm and snark. I am not trying to be an ass or anything like that but if you feel like I was, I am sorry. That wasn't my intention.

[@purplehaze2358]

I'm not sure what's more horrifying, the idea of a bug crawling directly into my mouth and fucking eating its contents, or the fact that being an ocean-dweller practically necessitates it.

[@slimydeity7105]

That's probably why most of them don't think too hard, and then most of the ones that do turn evil

[@miskakopperoinen8408]

If it helps things, you would also have the alternative of a fish digging around in your mouth for parasites instead of a shrimp.

[@Zaxares]

You probably will hate to learn this, but you have hundreds of tiny mites living on and in your skin right now. ;) They're called Demodex mites, and they mostly hang out in your hair follicles and eat the dead skin and oil that your skin produces. For the vast majority of people the mites cause no harm; they're actually useful as they help keep your skin clean. But a small minority unfortunately do develop allergies to the mites (or more accurately, their feces).

[@samanthaweatherly1260]

Perhaps when all humans learn to coexist with all life, Living and nonliving. We all can live in a world of Devine purpose.

[@miskakopperoinen8408]

@@samanthaweatherly1260 I'm not quite certain of how any of your comment relates to a group of animals (Cleaner shrimps and cleaner fish) that specializes in feasting on the carcasses of parasitic, but nonetheless living animals, or to the need of a larger, riddled animal to access their services.

[@A.mutica]

“The ubiquitous teat of the algorithm” really came through for me today, thanks zefrank

[@DanGamingFan2846]

"It's almost like marriage, except... well, it's like marraige the delivery on that is hilarious. Also, that British vocab roast at the end was marvelous. Their's always an absolute gem at the end.

[@watershipup7101]

I love that part so much.

[@waterbullstudios9195]

I couldn't agree more.

[@thusnameddigital9397]

Both are my favorite parts.

[@salt-emoji]

Tongue popping the bean? Oh yeah out of edamame. Riiiight....

[@Broockle]

o lol just got that one 😅

[@echognomecal6742]

I CAN'T UNREAD THAT!!!!

[@user-zy4wv7yx1z]

I definitely wouldn't turn down an offer from Ze Frank to demonstrate that technique

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Lol, my naivety 😅 I was like, I should try edamame like that with my teeth for once 😅 I'd be so single, so fast 😅

[@Ishkur23]

It's a British term. It means....

[@tonybippitykaye]

Now for some reason, I want to imagine Dune music playing when seeing a shrimp riding on a sea cucumber

[@shotgunbettygaming]

😐😑😐😆😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

...do shrimp walk with rhythm?

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

1:17 I want to see one ride this style!

[@emilywilhite5807]

That would be epic.

[@Xenomorthian]

Oh my fucking god and its even called Emperor Shrimp

[@The.Heart.Unceasing]

centipede being described as "head-body-body-body-body-body-body-butt" is my new favorite thing

[@alden1132]

That haughty shrimp DEFINITELY has a *French* accent... I mean, the mustache *alone...*

[@user-cl5yb3vj2l]

To me, I hear the King's English coming out of that shrimp's mouth. You know it has a Lordship and a huge estate.

[@NewMessage]

As the old saying goes..." From the mouths of bebeh eels."

[@ProfCoolio]

Elvers

[@keithfaulkner6319]

With little pointy ears.

[@NatYourAverageNerd]

You never expect the British vocabulary roasting, but it happens, and it's exquisite. "Cup of tea, anyone?"

[@dyslexicboogaloo]

Nobody can drink that much tea.

[@sumgue4964]

😏😏😏

[@lagomoof]

​@@dyslexicboogaloo The Irish actually outdrink us. No, that's not an alcohol reference. It could be but I don't have the stats to hand to confirm. Tea though, yep. And don't try to say something like "they're in the same neighbourhood and kind of British so it doesn't count". That'd be fighting talk. They did get the habit from us, though. In fairness, as far as the British giving you a habit goes, it could have been worse. Ask the people in the place where the tea came from.

[@longline]

Milk two sugars please

[@longline]

​@@lagomoofLikewise, I don't have the data to hand, but it's possible that India and China drink a lot of tea, care about their tea, and think that the west are schmucks for buying all of their worst tea, while being pleased with themselves. .. .

[@OddcessiveNooBurrito]

As a British person I wanted to thank you on behalf of the entire UK for the shout out and reference. FANNY

[@LagiacrusHunter]

The shrimp were by far my favorite part about working in a specialty aquarium shop. I had a breeding pair of Harlequin shrimp in a 25 gallon tank at home. Waking up in the middle of the night to a blizzard of babies in the water because I was unaware momma was carrying eggs was a shocking experience 😂

[@takatacheroki2624]

"A blizzard of babies" x'D Hilarious descriptor, I can easily imagine it.

[@PimpofShrimp]

As a breeder of these marvelous creatures I salute your efforts. This gets the official PimpofShrimp stamp of approval. Shrimp are crazy and also very cool pets!

[@echognomecal6742]

Official Seal of Approval right here 🦭

[@TF-Times]

What kind? Harlequins? I had one for years. Feeding is such a pain but so pretty.

[@ravensmythe1]

Do people eat Harlequin shrimp? I've never seen those before, they're gorgeous, and it seems like something a high dollar hipster/Vietnamese restaurant would sell for hundreds.

[@TheMinecraftMan757]

Well the name most certainly checks out, doesn't it?

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

​@TF-Times did you name it harley quinn? 😂

[@MadDragon75]

For the love of humanity... never change Ze Frank.

[@m.racheljones7019]

😅 2nd!

[@Blackjack42]

For the love of the whole animal kingdom!

[@johnlumsden9102]

Agreed

[@AnarchoReptiloidUa]

❤❤❤

[@austinhenson18]

watching a shrimp get bukaked was NOT one of the things i ever thought id sea in this life time. thank you for that "Gift"

[@ThieflyChap]

As a Brit, I was indeed giggling like a schoolboy at the fanny joke. Oh, and I can assure you, we CAN drink that much tea.

[@blackheart9116]

same for me with the fanny joke but not all us Brits drink tea, I tend to just drink water but I am surrounded by friends and family who drink a lot of tea so I can't deny it applies to most of us.

[@ThieflyChap]

@@blackheart9116 Heretic! You shall be lashed with the wet celery for this!

[@S3lkie-Gutz]

so do eastern europeans especially the closer you get towards russia. ever seen a samovar before? trust me slavs love their tea don’t ever come between one and their tea talking from personal experience

[@Kris.with.a.K]

"SCHLOOMP" is my new favorite word. 😂❤🎉

[@peggywoods4327]

Same!

[@1983sergev]

More likely meant onomatopoeia, but hey!: Potato-Pothatow, Tomato-Vagina 😉😂

[@rumpelstilzz]

Actually, it is written Schlumpf, which is German for 'smurf'

[@1983sergev]

@@rumpelstilzz Onomatopoia don't have a uniform writing convention across the board, it just represents a sound (dog barking is different from country to country too as an example, I've seen "Bork-Bork" "Waf-waf" and "wouf-wouf" and more)

[@Kris.with.a.K]

​@@rumpelstilzz Something tells me we aren't learning about Smurfs, though. Oh. Maybe it's the context. Or, maybe it's the CC at 2:44 where they quote the onomatopoeia as "shloomp." ACTUALLY. 😂

[@HoduAphrodite]

As a peacock mantis shrimp enthusiast, I just want to remind everyone Frank already did a video on them, so that's something worth checking out once you are done with this one :)

[@brainkill7034]

Impressed by the before and after pic of the fish illustrating the impact of shrimp removing parasites. Another great video, thank you for sharing.

[@Yidenia]

Ze Frank: Who puts the word "true" in front of something to add authority Also Ze Frank: "True Facts: " Love this series

[@nonope4072]

"Nobody could drink that much tea" 😂

[@JasonW.]

I've tried, unsweetened and iced. You spend more time running to loo than getting tea from ice chest.

[@jasonblalock4429]

That's what 19th Century China thought too. Didn't work out too well for them.

[@karma99]

Currently just finished my 3rd Sports Direct mug of tea for the day. That's 1500 ml. Time to put the kettle on.

[@nonope4072]

All these comments make me happy, I litteraly have a tea cupboard with around 35 varieties.

[@bearhustler]

​@@nonope4072ditto

[@buba7795]

"Butt blending...sorry, but blending..."😂😂😂

[@DMZZ_DZDM]

We love but jokes, sorry, butt jokes

[@nottelling7438]

​@DMZZ_DZDM I love the running gag of "butt thing, sorry, but thing", as well as the recent video where he did it backwards.

[@armageddon_gaming]

​@nottelling7438 that gag will never stop being funny 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelantosch9888]

@@DMZZ_DZDM Give Jerry some credit! Butt blending is totally a thing (probably).

[@Andrew-pr9xv]

As a British person, I object to the implication that half our language is just colourful words for an Otter's Pocket.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

5:00 "JACQUES!" "Oui?" "CLEAN HIM!" "Oui!"

[@Alexandra-ez8rj]

'Venus fly hands' is the phrase that got me from this one.

[@onyxxninja3262]

Just wait until Tim Burton hears about this one

[@timwoods2852]

SHLOOMP!

[@hamishmackinnon2231]

'they have fanny bits, that means something different in the UK'- I love Ze Frank's one liners:-)

[@artnickles5095]

"HeadBodyBodyBodyBodyButt" ....this is quality writing!

[@escapedcryptid8017]

Hearing him talking about learning German again in another episode to use it non chalantly in this episode fills me with a weird sense of pride

[@Achieme]

But eventually they get their shrimp together LMAO 😂😂😂

[@Xokpet]

12:57 Well, that certainly re-contextualizes the Boston Tea Party...

[@pravaris]

Oh my

[@tenaciousdivastudios43]

Dang that might be the smoothest transition into an ad I've ever seen. I'm so impressed I'm not even annoyed by the ad!

[@Suzu_Cat]

This was one of the BEST tie-ins for a sponsorship that I have seen. You'd think it would be hard to connect NordVPN to shrimp, but Zefrank did it beautifully.

[@jameshazel1495]

Always makes me happy when Ze Frank uploads another episode of True Facts.

[@Gunny1971]

highlight of my week

[@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206]

Creepy Dave is awesome too! My best favorite animal...

[@jameshazel1495]

@@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206 And creepy Dave

[@Mereologist]

Facts.

[@51tetra69]

Ze Frank is the undisputed master of imaginative metaphors! Great stuff!

[@scrappydoo7887]

And interesting innuendo that's totally unobtrusive 😅

[@ScrewpineCaprice]

The shrimps waving over the fishes who wanted to be cleaned is pretty cute.

[@normiesammie]

LoL saw ur comment riggt as it was wavin lol ... its kinda cute tbh

[@thespazdragon]

All this time and True Facts never misses. Every episode is a banger.

[@grand_tourist46]

Jaques! Clean him!

[@stormtempterf8058]

oui!

[@JarrodTOONSProductions]

Voila, he is clean.

[@mohammadsyazwigeoffrey7325]

Ey ZeFrank, just wanna let you know that eventhough I'm not going to study anything related to animals but just wanna let you know that watching your videos is always the highlight of my day.

[@shotgunbettygaming]

I'd wager that you're FULL of animals facts none of your friends have ever heard of. Thanks Frank! He keeps us curious!

[@Parker307]

That's weird, everyone else here is doing academic animal studies

[@sdfkjgh]

I wanna see a zefrank/Casual Geographic collab. Just see who can get the other to crack up first.

[@bodyofhope]

​@@Parker307 AP zefrank True Facts 101

[@Nalhirrim]

It's insane to me how such tiny creatures evolved like that. Nature is amazing.

[@givemeahappyending]

It’s just occurred to me that I’d be curious to see what a ZeFrank video on humans would look like.

[@nouhorni3229]

Thanks for actually reviving the phrase "ridden hard and put away wet"-

[@katm6]

I've never stopped using it.

[@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206]

​@@katm6me too! 👋

[@1983sergev]

@@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206 I know you meant "Me neither", please refrain associating @katm6 with that, he/she/they are most likely a respectable person who would never do something like what "Me too" represents 😅 (It's a joke, don't lynch me y'all)

[@mozarteanchaos]

@@1983sergev bewildering type of joke tbh

[@1983sergev]

​@@mozarteanchaos Not punny enough for a like tho. Can't all be like Ze Frank, I watched his vids for years, always brighten my day! (and made that comment around 5 am after being awake for 21 hours, sorry)

[@A_T216]

The "West Side Story snap" reference really got me lmaooo

[@basharic3162]

That crinoid joke is perfection.

[@wolvie1618]

The high pitched voice mocking the shrimp made my day 😂

[@danicamaera4228]

"Who puts the word 'true" in front of something to add some sort of authority?"

[@T3RRY_T3RR0R]

"Nobody could drink that much tea..." I do love me a good cup of tea...

[@georhayy]

Hell yeah

[@LethalOwl]

How about a nice cup of LIBER-TEA? :D

[@DravenGal]

"Head, body, body, body, body, butt!" Okay, I loved that. 😄😄😄😄

[@graemem111]

Oh my oh my! Thank you Frank for making me belly laugh today. As a marine scientist, I love what you do. Please don’t ever stop. ‘No, Gerry, that wasn’t an instruction!’

[@darkshibe2267]

Jerry is my hero. He's always chiming in when I least expect.

[@bishop1412]

8:18 a deep dad joke for the dads of the deep

[@anosmibell6473]

"What magnificent creatures" -me in the drivethrough at Long John Silvers waiting for a shrimp platter

[@Haunting_Hyena]

5:38 "Tongue-popping the bean" sounds like a sex move

[@jriceblue]

Looks like I picked the wrong video to watch over lunch. "Oooh! A video about shrimp, that should go well with my fish chowder! What better to--oh dear god what are they EATING?!?!"

[@Hello_Fuckers0]

Ah yes lol I bought some shrimp to help clean up uneaten fish food and waste in my aquariums. That gave me a good idea where this video was going to take us 😂

[@krisf4969]

There is a good reason why the Jews don't eat shrimp, oysters, crabs and other sea food!

[@Finvaara]

I laughed out loud at the centipede joke, and just kept laughing afterward, all the way through.

[@BookishNaiad]

8:00 "Why i oughtta ..." 😂😂😂 One of the few KZbinrs to always me make actually laugh out loud!

[@Raneshower777]

"Eventually, they get their shrimp together". Best sentence ever, I'm going to use it! 😂😂

[@terrafirma5327]

Shrimp on sea cucumber: "For Shai Hulud" and drinking that juicy "water of life".

[@treykincy]

“Looks like a man in a trench coat trying to smuggle a bunch of chords” I really wanna see a side by side of that for comparison now lol

[@Jimjolnir]

11:14 "...they're eusocial. That's right Jerry. It would be a good name for a social network. I mean, if they still existed, and we weren't sucking off the ubiquitous teat of the algorithm."

[@pietercrause5646]

I dont understand quite how larger shrimp with those absurdly long and thin apendages are able to molt. they look so delicate, i wonder if the claws or tips of antennae ever get ripped off and stay behind in the shell

[@molybdaen11]

Usually they have some kind of skin and oil between the old and the new shell. But yes, it is painful, dangerous and can take some time to mold.

[@katewheeler3984]

I have vampire shrimp which are like the bamboo one in the video. It’s incredible to watch him molt. His leftover shell looks like art

[@literaterose6731]

Ze always merges (marries?) learning, hilarity and anxiety in the most skillful way and I’m here for it every time. And I am very glad I am not a water-living creature. Though I know that after that bit about “cuppa tea” (😁🤣😎) I’m going to be obsessing over one of my favorite quips from one of my favorite shows for a while: in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when Spike snarks at Giles “Did your life flash before your eyes? Cuppa tea, cuppa tea, almost got shagged, cuppa tea?” Because that just hits different now…😳

[@papasmurf3378z]

"Should've left it in. It'd be like an underwater turduckin!" lol

[@firstmkb]

“Venus Fly hands” is absolute gold! I don’t usually comment on True Facts because they’re always outstanding, but that phrase is going into my vocabulary. Somewhere.

[@gabrielresound]

The script writers for this channel are gems. Gems I tell you!

[@_Clayton.Bigsby_]

I had to come watch this masterpiece being a fresh and saltwater shrimp keeper.

[@Uyresoul]

You never fail to release brilliance. The problem however, is the amount of times one requires to rewind because tis hard to learn while rolling around the floor laughing our butt blends off. 🤣🤣

[@MoultrieGeek]

I usually have to re-watch 2-3 times to catch all the jokes I laughed through.

[@Cat-ih2ke]

The "butt, sorry but" joke will never get old X3

[@louissavoy4832]

"Ridden hard and put away wet." I appreciate the endeavor to bring back that expression. I like it too. 👌

[@TheMid-KnightRider]

Ze Frank ... You are definitely THE GREATEST "word salad master" around, and, your sense of clever humor is unmatched. Just for grins and giggles, the "vortex" bubble created by that large claw is most commonly known as a "toroidal vortex." 😉✌️😎

[@TheRealBatabii]

That's not really what a word salad is

[@TheMid-KnightRider]

@@TheRealBatabii ... Well, it IS in "my world," mate. And, YOU obviously "overstood" what I meant. ✌️😎 G'day

[@ThyReturner]

7:45 😂 It gets to watch. 😭🤣

[@Ryanwizardstaff]

9:44 Oh so that's where Pokemon got the idea for Clauncher and Clawitzer, neat.

[@jaybingham3711]

5:36 "Tongue popping the bean..."! Reliable move right there folks.

[@russianrick8403]

I had a goby and a pistol shrimp in my salt water aquarium. I would almost never see the pistol shrimp, but you could definitely hear it. When it would snap, it was audible all across the house.

[@treykincy]

I was almost disappointed that he didn’t cover mantis shrimp in the video but then I remembered he made an entire vid dedicated to them lol

[@not_zippy]

I’m a marine bio major, and I’m having a very fun time sending these videos to the other people in my major.

[@user-cl5yb3vj2l]

I love the haughty swimming shrimp. "You better have ended world hunger if you're going to swim like that!" 😂.

[@RandallChase1]

I’ve been sick all week… this made me feel better, thanks!!

[@raymondj8768]

Hope you feel Better Dude !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesanthony8438]

They say laughter is the best medicine, but sometimes medicine is the best medicine because I've heard of people dying from laughing. That's probably because they didn't take their medicine. 💊

[@RandallChase1]

@@jamesanthony8438 ha!!! That’s funny

[@RandallChase1]

@@raymondj8768 thanks bro, I’m actually feeling much better. Thanks 🙏

[@Halden.]

This episode has given me several new euphemisms to add to my vocabulary. I’ll likely never use them, but it’s still nice to have them.

[@paulrogers4234]

The script for this episode was absolutely brilliant. I haven’t watched these in a while, but I’m glad I watched this one. This one was fantastic. Nearly every sentence was hilarious.

[@sciencenerd7639]

Ze Frank's videos are the best thing on the whole internet

[@Froggsroxx]

Got the notification and clicked without reading, so mystery ride!

[@LizzyDidntDoIt]

Haha I do this too. It’s always worth it

[@hereticwaffle5514]

babe wake up Zefrank is back

[@fonesrphunny7242]

Having fun and feeling educated and being elevated is a comfortable combination

[@dankzappa7705]

Laughter truly is the best medicine. I swear you constantly make me laugh. Currently in a less serious hospital room than before. I haven't ever been cracked up by someone so much. Thank you.

[@andii64]

Thank you!! True Facts videos give me a reason to live. Literally.

[@jybrokenhearted]

I am so sorry that you live such a sad life.😮😮😮

[@Auxius.]

@@jybrokenhearted You can gather reasons for living you know? .. And it's not sad to acknowledge those!

[@jybrokenhearted]

@@Auxius. I was showing empathy

[@m.racheljones7019]

​@@jybrokenheartedrelax, sibling. It's not that deep. We're all just here to laugh ourselves to death 😉😄

[@JorgeMartinez-dp3im]

The jokes are ON POINT this episode! I love your videos man. They're fun and educational.

[@Shlafoutre]

After all these True Facts videos, I still giggle at the butt jokes...