What the Function? with Smarter Every Day!

[@victorqwilleran3331]

I love how earnestly and genuinely Destin laughs at "derbianus". He's like a giant super smart adorable kid.

[@HAFIZzainalHZ]

derbianus.. she said anus.... hhehehehehehhehehehehe

[@jackamster]

She knew it was funny too, omg I can't stop laughing now.

[@graemelaubach3106]

Makes me think... "thar be anus" which is even funnier

[@bbcearth]

Great video and excellent guesses Destin! Nice handling of the flying squirrel ;) They truly are fascinating animals to watch in motion: Attenborough: Is it a Bird? Is it a plane? Is it a flying squirrel? - BBC Earth

[@76justinn]

Hey BBC yk what else BBC stands for?😏

[@codygranrud6212]

What the Function should be a regular bit... definitely fun.

[@Jerrodplanck]

She is adorable! Very intelligent and it's clear she loves her job and loves teaching!

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

Destin is also pretty cool in my book.

[@Seeker]

So cool to see Destin on this channel! Great video you two! But I would've liked to see Vanna White. Seriously. How can we make that happen?

[@jnsnj1]

You should bring him something that has an unknown use and see what he comes up with. Might solve a mystery, Or rewrite history, Destin, Woohoo.

[@thebrainscoop]

Hah! That'd be hilarious. "Guess what? We just tricked you into making a major scientific discovery! LOLOLOLOL"

[@MathAndComputers]

There's a tradition some computer science professors have of putting an unsolved problem on some exams to see what people come up with, partly because there's an old story about some professor who *accidentally* put an unsolved problem in computer science on an exam, and a student managed to solve it.

[@MathAndComputers]

Upon checking, there's a similar-but-different story that checks out on Snopes: www.snopes.com/college/homework/unsolvable.asp

[@sleazybtd]

And the new discovery might be used to improve race cars, lasers, aeroplanes

[@HeyJD123]

Neil G. Dickson Like in Good Will Hunting.

[@Omni315]

I haven't watched a Brain Scoop in ages, I've missed you Emily!

[@thebrainscoop]

Welcome back! We've missed you, too.

[@Psylent]

Me either. I wonder why I stopped. Really like the video

[@x12lesser21x]

Soylant Me too, I wonder why we all came back at this video. I don't watch Smartereveryday alot either

[@Psylent]

x12lesser21x SmarterEveryDay is a great channel. Just watch his series on helicopters. Mind blowing stuff. Also watch his series on winter olympic sports. Almost equally mind blowing for someone who is lucky to see snow one day a year.

[@MatthewSchellGaming]

I like the new show idea. One little request, at the end maybe save one for the viewers to try and guess. Then answer it on the next episode.

[@oddrey52]

What a great idea! I second this request. *****

[@narc0manic]

Loving this new segment already! The sound effect around 2:08 really crowned that demonstration.

[@actuallyitsme]

Anna Goldman is just the best.

[@ButBigger42]

Those throat teeth make me extremely uncomfortable.

[@schnacker41]

Do you maybe have Trypophobia?

[@D.Ronoa69]

Yep that word. That feeling. Goosebumps...

[@brendalai6849]

Angry Beard Man yea, I have trypophobia and they made me uncomfortable to look at as well

[@brittanygent3785]

I thought I was the only one! It made me feel really nauseous...

[@guspus3050]

Just found this channel and has instantly become one of my favourites! I have never even been interested in biology, but your videos make all this so much more interesting!

[@JohnBare747]

Destin and Emily now that's symbiotic in itself, the Smarter Scoop!

[@JohnBare747]

Smarter Every Scoop I meant to say.

[@mothman.industries]

John Bare Is that ice cream that makes you smarter‽ I WANT SOME!

[@NickGreyden]

ttsgeb The brain every day ;-)

[@mahatmagandhiful]

NickGreyden You know what they say: A scoop of brain a day keeps the doctor away. ...wait.

[@JohnBare747]

Good one!

[@Cal0Pat]

I think this has taken the crown as perhaps my favourite (non-dissection) Brain Scoop episode. Learnt new things AND get to feel super smart for knowing the acacia-ant symbiosis already.

[@raymers]

This literally combines two of my favorite KZbin channels. Please work with Destin again, I found this both informative and enjoyable to watch! Two cheers for collaborations with other channels! I would love to see you on his channel someday, Emily!

[@HighKingTurgon]

The immense infusion of exuberance and shade added by anna and her distaste for 'gliding' squirrels really takes this video to the next level.

[@xngr]

Love the new concept and the fact the first installment had Destin. Please do this extremely often!

[@DudokX]

I love this symbiotic relationship Destin and Emily providing subscribers to one another.

[@jsross82]

What a fantastic birthday present, two of my favorite KZbin science shows together! Awesome guys!

[@pipuk3]

that is so amazing that tree has adapted not a method of attack to stop itself from being eaten but a method to house insects that will attack for it !

[@colinprevatt9439]

Absolutely! Is there anyone who could explain how such a phenomenon occurs? Is it something as simple as natural selection and the tiny percentage of trees that just happened to secrete these nutrients proliferate? If so, use either as little or as much detail about it as you wish. I love learning the mechanism of how biological adaptation occurs.

[@AlbertaGeek]

Colin Prevatt _explain how such a phenomenon occurs_ Plants and animals, each being part of the environment of the other, co-evolve. _Is it something as simple as natural selection_ Yes.

[@QuincyConscience]

If there were an All-star game of KZbin science, these 3 would be on the winning team.

[@mightyzy]

I LOVED this "What the Function!" Please make more! Thank you!

[@Maker_Jake]

This was awesome! Please do more of these with Destin! I was so excited to see this collaboration :)

[@asfbassist]

I'm really enjoying this new format. All these smart people in one place.... Brilliant.

[@oddrey52]

My two favorite educational KZbinrs in one video! Fingers crossed for more Destin/Emily collaborations.

[@Zile.e]

Please play this again. It was really fun to follow along and guess myself. Great episode!!

[@shinythingster]

This was a really fun episode! You guys should do more episodes like this, it's educational and fun :3

[@JDxBlade]

Conjunction Junction, What the Function?

[@jimmymcpherson2679]

School House Rock, nice.

[@alexandraRatliff]

Hookin' up words and phrases and(I forgot the rest)

[@thelvly11th]

Alexandra Ratliff Clauses.

[@HailSagan1]

Great to see two of my favorite youtubers get together (and obviously get along well!)

[@SanaSamaha]

As an engineer, it's really interesting to see Destin logic his way through What the function.

[@CaptIronfoundersson]

Two of my favorite KZbin nerds!

[@margaretbrown2568]

Wow, so great to see you here Destin, two favourites together, please continue this format, a very interesting and informative clip.

[@kazoosc]

this is a beautiful fusion .. an engineer looking at biology. invite Destin back for another episode. the suggestion by Come And Get It to have him theorize about some feature biologists are uncertain about is a cool twist.

[@Matt-oo4ic]

My two favorite youtube science hosts together! Best video ever!

[@mike0rr]

Two of my favorite people :D Go science!

[@MadisynBowen]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I love the idea of the "Game Show" and I think that you should definitely do more videos like this. Also, it was so great to meet you at VidCon (TWICE! whaaaaat) and to go to your Q&A. Meeting you was definitely a major highlight in my VidCon 2014 journey, so thank you!

[@kwanarchive]

We need more WTF episodes.

[@ontheborderofbored]

Great video! The interaction between everyone was so smooth, I couldn' t even tell who the host was. I hope there's a lot more of these.

[@GoodJobCasey]

I could literally watch hours of this...

[@bsinger182]

Two of my favorite youtube science content creators working together? Yes, thank you. May I have another please?

[@MrsBookKid]

I love this "What the function?" thing! Do more please. And also, if you do more, I think this has great T-shirt design potential.

[@Qermaq]

1:29 that old-timey filmstrip clip is so you! I like this video.

[@jadea513]

Loved this video! I definitely feel smarter today. Please do more of these game shows with special guests!

[@mv510854]

Such a great engaging episode! And love seeing the cross collaboration! Hopefully we get to see more guests on the show trying to figure out WTF is!

[@johndean7370]

I really enjoyed the episode on What the Function. I hope you will do others. Both informative and entertaining. Thank you.

[@saber1epee0]

I love this segment, can What The Function be a recurring thing? It should be a thing.

[@IsaacJackiw]

This is what the Scishow talkshow has been missing. Looking very forward to more "what the function."

[@BrokenPointeShoes]

That stuff is just plain amazing. I really look forward to more What The Function!

[@jasmine9228]

I'm always excited when I see Anna Goldman on the screen. Go Anna!! XD By the way, this episode was amazing! I honestly didn't expect a collaboration with Destin but this is absolutely awesome (well, all Brain Scoop and Smarter Every Day vids are anyway). XD

[@ArthurDent12]

Two of my favorite KZbinr in one vid! So excited!

[@johnclavis]

If someone could figure out a way to bottle Emily's charisma, they would be a trillionaire. Love this series.

[@bidaubadeadieu]

I like this show idea a ton! Remind's me of Scishow's "Stump Hank" where he would have to identify what kind of animal a sample is from (which I also loved)

[@graemelaubach3106]

Cant believe this content came out 9 years ago. This is some good shit right here, I would watch a million of these.

[@SciJoy]

Thank you for having SmarterEveryDay on. I love looking at nature from an engineering perspective. We can learn so much from what is already out there. Like creating airplanes that mimic the silent flight of owls or better kevlar like vests from learning about scales of fish that even piranhas cannot bite through.

[@gregariouslyme9492]

That's awesome how Destin was able to more or less figure out all of the functions of each one. I guess it shows how smart engineers can be from having that background in design.

[@ZeroArson]

She seemed very impressed that he was able to figure all of those out, especially at the end. Way to go, man.

[@josorr]

I was watching "Smarter Every Day" videos and found myself watching this. Emily Graslie is SO ADORABLE!! I LOVE this girl !! Count me subscribed!!

[@connro22]

Watching Destin learn is the funnest thing on the planet

[@lesross4442]

What a treat! Two of my favorites together. I didn't know you knew one another. Should'a guess though. I probably pass Destin on Rideout every day.

[@MuchToDoAboutNowt]

I remember a pharyngeal palate being one of the mystery items on Emily's tumblr when it was still the umzm blog!! It really freaked me out and opened my eyes to how freaky fish can be.

[@thebrainscoop]

!!! You've been around here quite a while, friend. For anyone interested in playing along, we are running a "What the Function?!" game on our Facebook - every Thursday at 12pm CST we will post a photo of a specimen or artifact and you have to guess its function! First person to guess correctly gets a postcard from yours truly!

[@loveludowe]

I never get tired of this channel. Thank you, Emily! =D

[@laurap4415]

Awesome to see two very fun, smart youtubers in one show! I like seeing very smart people show that they also have to learn, instead of implying that intelligence is some kind of magical, static trait.

[@Gaysianboi]

Emily never looked so wonderful, as well as brining her fascinating knowledge about animals in the forefront.

[@CreightonMiller]

One of the best channel collabs I've seen!

[@jasonmarkovich9685]

Some species of passionflower do sort of the same thing but for a different reason. Species like P. coccinea use their sepals to provide homes for ants. They produce a sweet sap in the tented sepals to attract the small ants so that the ants can carry their pollen. This may also provide defense against predators.

[@silveralien81]

My two favorite youtube people together at last. You guys are awesome!

[@NowhereManForever]

Two of my favorite channels together. Awesome.

[@givealittlegetalittle]

Awesome detail in the description of those items. Lots to learn, thanks.

[@paulidin]

This was such a cool idea and Anna and Destin were great! P.S. Thoroughly enjoyed your words at the Brain Scoop Q&A and the Women on KZbin panel.

[@convinceingvince]

This was a lot of fun to watch. This style of video felt more interactive, even though you couldn't hear me guessing right along with Destin I was.

[@ViolettaSachra]

This is so cool, really, an awesome format and I'm soooo looking forward for more! I knew about the grinding plates some fish have, but the other were completely new to me - and how awesome is the story with the tree and the ants! Blew my mind! #hurraybiology

[@Callordin]

"...and the ants come streaming out and sting the..." [makes aggressive eye contact with audience] "...CRAP...!" I heart this show so much.

[@c.i.demann3069]

I love every single thing about this video. Keep doing these.

[@SImonK1996]

Anna Goldman should be a regular, she's hilarious, just the facial expressions and everything xD

[@serisho]

I love this more than you can imagine, I love him at smarter every day and I just started watching the brain scoop!

[@Stefan_Van_pellicom]

Haha, from 4:33 up until 4:56 you can literally see Destin thinking : "no ma'am, for braking the barbs would have to point in the other direction, and my grasp on things is the right one". :)

[@bagelgon992]

The flying squirrel has an arrestor hook. Nature astounds me with how specific some things it creates are.

[@Gamatification]

The fish teeth thing freaked me out...I think I may have a slight case of Tryptophobia...the disgust of clustered holes. I know they aren't holes, but just the strangeness of the clustered circles makes my skin crawl thinking about it. It automatically reminded me of the frogs that birth from their backs....

[@AkatsukiLoverX3]

I got a slight fear of things with teeth in weird ass places...>_< THAT wasn't very pleasent..

[@subbss]

This video was recommended to me by KZbin because I'm subscribed to SmarterEveryDay and this was a really interesting and fun video! Then I found out its connected to the Field Museum of Chicago and my mind was blown, I live in the Chicago area and have visited the Field Museum many times! I'm definitely subscribing to this channel and will watch more. :)

[@pedrokerta8790]

Thats some great set up / (Lerning show concept ) you got there. I learned something new today, Thank you !

[@AndersHThrane]

I would really love some more biology and engineering combined videos. This was spectacular! Give me some more "What the Function?" quizzes! rootin for you :)

[@JimmySlaughter]

Yay for KZbin science collaborations! I hope we get to see you on Destin's channel, soon, Emily!

[@communistgoatboy]

Yes, more of these, please! My thirst for knowledge is unending!

[@OptimusSkiver]

Oh I really hope you do this section of the show more often! Please have more guests make educated guesses and teach us by learning from errors. :3

[@catsadilla324]

This episode has such great energy!!! LOVE! IT!

[@Domdrok]

I really enjoyed this new segment and would totally watch more in the future.

[@DENMONKEY]

I think Destin had a better grasp on the functionality of the gliders tail barb bits than the girls. Whilst it may help it in the landing process, I beleive they would only allow it to stop sliding down the tree once it made contact not allow it to 'slow down' as such. So I think they know what it does but he knows HOW it does.

[@bladescavenger]

Loved this one haha, 2 of my favorite youtube people in one video :D! Keep up the fun and great work ^^

[@TotalVikingPower]

These are the videos I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to spent my time on. So great seeing you two. Share more of these Thanks a bunch

[@2041311]

I like when she gets excited

[@OwlishFun]

Always a pleasure to see Destin :D Great video, I love problem solving, it's a fun challenge.

[@Fralmunk]

Absolutely loved this! So much fun to play along!

[@KarlFFF]

Really like this format! Can we have more of these together with the regular episodes?

[@jonxehart1476]

I could watch these two be excited about learning about the natural world all day long.

[@CullTheLivingFlower]

Best episode in a long time. I love Destin.

[@PSpurgeonCubFan]

2:08 - awesome crunchy sound effect

[@Vexindra]

Oh my goodness, I loved this video. I would definitely love to see more what the function.

[@SpamFaceJr]

Holy cow, seeing you two (my favourite youtuber's) in the same picture in my sub feed is awesome!

[@GlennSteffy]

Love it when you make Destin think!

[@NimN0ms]

Destin is a genius!!!!!! I knew he was freaking smart, but I didn't know he was an analytical genius!