Why Don't Any Animals Have Wheels?

[@ExcellentLeoSilinda]

What I love about Michael is that he makes every question sounds so interesting no matter how stupid it may sound

[@user-he1ce9fs3l]

at first i really though it was stupid, but it was actaully a scientific inquiry.

[@geryz7549]

Hey, Vsauce; micheal here. Where are your _fingers_ ?

[@hanh2122011]

Because in science, there is no question being considered as "stupid".

[@sadegh6khan543]

I actually was arguing about this topic on twitter. this video really helped me to answer

[@Secret_Moon]

@@sadegh6khan543 The arguments in this video aren't adequate though. 1st, not every change in body structure need to be of use for it to be retained. As long as the change doesn't considerably hinder the survivability and ability of the creature to have offsprings, it can be retained and passed down to next generations, until a change in the environment facilitates its usefulness and it becomes dominant. So, it's totally possible for the animal kingdom to have a bunch of species with wheel body structures of different roundness, even if they don't actually use them. 2nd, there are examples of road like structure in nature, such as ant nest or cave like structure, very popular in insect and rodent kingdom. 3rd, human is not the only species that has communist society. Ants, bees and a lot of other animals have social structures in which they voluntarily do their labour (a kind of tax, sometimes even to a deadly cost) to contribute to the wellness of the whole community.

[@malsypright]

Walked up to my car yesterday and said "Thanks wheel, you're a great symbol of the fact that humans can cooperate and be unselfish. And as always, thanks for watching!" Then I got strange looks from my neighbors.

[@joumanarashad2895]

Lol

[@SantiagoMartinez-kd1qi]

+Malsy Pright I wheel-y mean that.

[@haydenmesnick]

LMWO-- laughing my wheels off

[@mickeymcgee2657]

haha

[@minecraftplayerluca]

wtf- wheel the fuck?

[@Nevverhrrt]

I live for that beat drop right after he asks the main question lmao

[@sonicfx5431]

Yes

[@AngelGonzalez-wn8ws]

Yes

[@velizarzhelev6552]

Yes

[@youneedsomejuicelol5325]

Ye

[@raphaeldelpilar8144]

Affirmative

[@boilingoden7984]

One of the only classic youtubers whose old content still holds up

[@prehistoricorchid3455]

Fr, 11 years is crazy

[@KevinCatOrange]

Yeh

[@hentaikai7261]

Also captain disillusion! He has been making videos with the same format since 2007, and even his very first video still holds up today.

[@prehistoricorchid3455]

@@hentaikai7261 are you.. ok??

[@hentaikai7261]

@@prehistoricorchid3455 why would I not be? 😳

[@iconi1355]

holy shit this guy has literally existed for a significant part of my life and still uses the same music

[@loneneotank.5687]

Everybody gangster until a human goes 90 miles per hour on the high way

[@ronwesilen4536]

This video is 8 years old

[@MorgurEdits]

music is expensive

[@fjmusic4675]

@@loneneotank.5687 sorry but 90 mph ain't that fast really.

[@iainmacrae6982]

@@fjmusic4675 Evolutionarily speaking it is. No creature on land can go that fast naturally. It will easily kill almost any mamal in a crash or even if they were just placed on ground while travelling 90mph.

[@fahadalsaeed8770]

I'm just over here wondering if he plays the guitar

[@ballsach8864]

First we need to understand what is “wonder”

[@yumani_]

@@ballsach8864 before that let me explain what "understand" is

[@nullinullinullifi]

But before that I should explain what it means to “explain” something

[@scoapproductions]

Nullified huh?

[@depressoespresso5774]

@@nullinullinullifi but first, what is "something?"

[@TrainTsarFun]

Thanks wheel - now we have to pay taxes

[@DeltaDestiny]

+Train Tsar Fun Wheel good.

[@ntdonat]

+Train Tsar Fun now we have to pay taxes on our taxes.

[@Momo21321]

Train Tsar Fun PAY YOUR FUCKING TAXES

[@manchagrandecollisto5912]

Taxation is theft, even though it pays for infrastructure provided by government There must be a better way of financing roads bridge and other infrastructure without forcing people to pay and threatening to jail them if thy don't pay

[@thogameskanaal]

That's actually relevant now...

[@homodeus3145]

How the heck is it 11 years later and this video still hits the spot

[@Lev_173]

Yes.

[@TrentonCS]

What the freaking heck bro.

[@IWantToEndItAll]

real moment

[@Explorewithlarry]

12 years now and still spots on

[@abicol6010]

Old school vsauce was the best!

[@ruler_of_everything]

vsauce 2019: what is the scariest thing? vsauce 2012: WHY DON'T ANIMALS HAVE WHEELS

[@jothePianoMaster13]

Vsauce 2020: ..... *cricket chirps*

[@Checkedbox]

Joseph Palmquist odd how you comment on a 7 year old video, about Vsauces inactivity, a day before he posted a video

[@jothePianoMaster13]

@@Checkedbox dam. 😳

[@Checkedbox]

@@jothePianoMaster13 spook

[@leavewe]

@@Checkedbox i guess you could say it's a spooky coincidence

[@NeonTube]

why don't they take the D.N.A from the wheel then inject it into an animal?

[@NeonTube]

***** oh ok

[@konanhuet623]

***** you missed an occasion to look intelligent

[@GhostyOcean]

+More Reason /woosh/

[@machr293]

+Neon Tube DOOH'! Wheels don't have Living DNA ha ha

[@konanhuet623]

Neon Tube not you man, not you..

[@drag00n77]

The real question is why don't any animals have tank treads?

[@Ramschat]

+drag00n77 Actually a valid question... And way cooler.

[@eonrobbins9649]

Because when it happened, the earth exploded from the epicness of the treads.

[@MegaMGstudios]

+drag00n77 cus that would be to epic, the world would implode and absorb the entire universe

[@pranamd1]

+drag00n77 Because tank treads are useless without two or more wheels to drive them.

[@drag00n77]

pranamd1 so animals would have to evolve wheels first and since wheels are useless to them tank treads are never a possibility................. Nature fails at life

[@Creatureofclay]

Pretty sure in one of the books from the golden compass series there was a fictional species of animals who used the seed pods of a tree that they co-evolved with as a type of wheel. They were round seed/nut things and they had a hole in the middle where the animals could put a claw through to act as a axle. They lived on an open grassland area so the road thing was not an issue. They were also removable and replaceable as they were not technically part of the animal which solves a lot of the other issues with this idea. Always thought that was a really cool concept and the closest to what it might actually look like for an animal to use wheels.

[@jackgreenearth452]

Mulefa from His Dark Materials. Was thinking this too!

[@Meg_A_Byte]

Thats sounds really cool :)

[@commanderpigeon]

I was looking for this comment

[@k.k.9378]

Their world isn't just flat but also covered in natural basalt ribbons, which work like roads.

[@hagfish4998]

A genuinely interesting take on a biological organism with wheels. Another idea could be zooids, which are several individual animals that combind to make one animal. Prehaps the wheel zooid and axel zooid are independent organisms which make up one super organism.

[@ReddoX30]

Why animals don't have a turbocharged V6 engine?

[@memedbengul4350]

they do in europe, but only under 2.0 L

[@Jackjack-ln9sx]

Good question 🤔🤔🤔

[@alexpetre1449]

Hahahahaha

[@longpipegang]

Because it’s inferior to the naturally aspirated v8

Lil Xane Haha yep :D

[@armafreak9616]

Imagine a Bug with Wheels driving over your Keyboard xD

[@armafreak9616]

***** wow now you are so frustrated that you go on my Channel to hate my Comments :D I like it

[@CoyoteFeral]

FreakGaming What an idiot. :P

[@danewoodward2405]

***** Why don't you know how to write an entire word?

[@count3122]

***** Why you don´t know how to use proper grammar??

[@mithfayceinc.5347]

Ahaha the mental image of a bug "driving" totally made ma day, ty! xD

[@ronindrix2272]

Many species of ants clear "highways" smooth paths through the forest floor radiating out from the nest. there is such a thing as roads in nature.

[@lubricustheslippery5028]

So why don't Ant's have wheels?

[@brandonwallace2497]

Was thinking this too

[@mrdoormat6809]

@@lubricustheslippery5028 because nature's road are still shitty for a propper wheel platform. Also, wheels can't climb.

[@AidebHerb]

Mr Doormat just evolve sticky wheels

[@joepat1279]

@@AidebHerb that removes the entire point of wheels though, then.

[@MalloryKnox.]

I remember watching this video when I was 13 on my grans Kindle Fire. I’m 23 now and JUST as interested to rewatch. Still my absolute favourite KZbinr. I asked my biology teacher to put one of his videos on and he continued to play it for other classes after I left school.

[@ayush6812]

damn you so fine

[@ivankadanov1946]

How Vsauce gets his ideas -hmm time for a new video *HITS BLUNT* -Why animals don’t have wheels?

[@karamboubou8579]

COBALT Gaming {Pubg Mobile Guides & Tips} dord.

[@ryanhouk3560]

I love how Michael is now named Vsauce in this

[@autumn948]

instructions unclear, slip-n-slided into a bulldozer, two stars!

[@markandrew3846]

made in 2012... rolls eyes...

[@MusicalInquisit]

Darmmit, Michael. I can't believe you just committed assault!

[@robchissy]

Roads? where we're going, we don't need ................................ roads

[@johnx140]

I know had hear that before but i CANT JUST REMEMBER IT!!!! Whats the source dude pls? :D

[@robchissy]

Back 2 the Future 2

[@b0ss747]

robert charlton actually that's the last dialogue in the first movie.

[@b0ss747]

JT Stein True, but, that memorable quote originated in the first movie. :)

[@GeniusJames]

A DeLorean? A flying DeLorean? What the hell is going on around here?

[@typreegamingtpg2198]

2:20 “Or hair” **points at nothing**

[@RedFox-dj7di]

Lamo

[@Project_Kritical]

10/10 comedy gold

[@hannayapelekai1628]

roasted

[@imretoth8150]

Pls dont do Michael like that

[@ManasChachra]

Congrats on finding his bald head funny.u have a great sense of humour🙌🙌

[@arctrip]

truly a visionary. He predicted people calling cats "cars" on social media.

[@Whimsykit]

12 years early

[@seangillis1097]

Deer should evolve wheels. They seem to like being on roads.

[@shaider1982]

They should learn to pay taxes first 😁✌

[@Convolutedtubules]

So annoying when you hit one with your freshly waxed Audi.

[@1TW1-m5i]

In the future, someone's bound to try crossbreeding animals and robots so perhaps...

[@Kevin_Street]

If roads lasted long enough to count in evolutionary time scales, then some animals may evolve to use them. As mammals, deer probably evolve over time scales of tens of thousands of years, so they probably won't get a chance to make crazy physical adaptations like fur-lined wheels unless we're still making roads that far in the future. But adaptation can happen a lot faster in other ways. For example I've seen coyotes that sit by the side of the road and look for traffic before crossing. Maybe our roads are encouraging animals that live beside them to be smarter so they can learn our ways and avoid being hit. The dumber ones end up as roadkill, while the smarter ones more capable of learning new behaviors live to breed another day.

[@SpydersByte]

@@1TW1-m5i the words "breed" and "robot" just do not go together. Robots do no such thing.

[@adribier]

Why animals don't have wifi?

[@grimtactix25]

They do

[@joseluisbarrigamonge2052]

no they dont

[@grimtactix25]

Why not ?

[@marcingardas]

hahaha

[@tasosjw]

Because most of them do not use "Web" and even the ones that use: They OWN the web

[@aidanwhitney5368]

As Plato once said... The wheels on the bus go round and round.

[@_Parzero]

HAHA

[@catholic_zoomer_bro]

The wheels on the bugs go round and round

[@WAVE0025]

WHEEEEEEEELOOOY JEEEEENKINS

[@thatoneleaf9895]

Excuse me that was the Physician Hippopotamus from Ancient Greece, who was born in Kos, Greece and died in Larissa, Greece living up to approximately 90 years of age from 460 BCE to 370 BCE

[@HotelPapa100]

Regarding having mechanical dead parts stay attached: The rattlesnake has managed that.

[@bonecanoe86]

Because Animals can't pass their drivers' license test, duh.

[@Klopo802]

So humans aren't animals?

[@chrisdaignault9845]

I think that explanation would only cover why (non-human) animals can't, or don't, legally drive.

[@anthonyecr]

Yeah like how are they supposed to take the test? They don't even have hands! What are they ganna try to use their paws?! Preposterous!

[@anthonyecr]

Wait a second I have made a discovery! According to my calculations, the majority of animals should be able to pick up a pen(and possibly even a pencil). This in theory should make it possible for an animal to take a driver's test. This will change everything, especially when talking about space travel. Think about it. A space crew could consist entirely of turtles, who have a much longer lifespan than a human. They would also have a camera attached to their head so they'd be able to broadcast it and shit. Idk what the fuck I was tryna go for here, I'm just high asf

[@2econd428]

Joey Bertetta humans aren’t “Animals”

[@siyacer]

I kinda felt bad when the guy kicked the robot dog.

[@sauravVocals]

Yup brother

[@DeepakChauhan-gb3tf]

I felt the same

[@scoutdog2268]

Yes!! Like number 69

[@ToastyFresh1]

I was kinda scared like that thing was gonna attack him

[@hannaho2634]

Same

[@RRW359]

"And who can forget tumbleweeds?" *CGPgrey has entered the chat*

“Don’t cross the streams!” - haha

[@eclecticsoffy]

yes a fellow enjoyer

[@navedahmedhanfee6957]

Yeah.... boi our battle would be LEGENDARY

[@astha_yadav]

Yess

[@issacwasabi2]

car in the thumbnail

[@Omnidimensial]

3d ago???

[@issacwasabi2]

yeah

[@Y2KRenegadeAngel]

car in the pfp

[@cringe805]

Le car is epic :D

[@crafty4722]

mmm car

[@carlosmejia5728]

the cat on the picture has wheels

[@ohlookitsme9913]

yes

[@cq33xx58]

It can't be real! He explained why living beings cannot develop wheels you fools! He made it up to fool you

[@carlosmejia5728]

+cq33xx ooops...Really ?

[@Notmierz]

+cq33xx No way!

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

ikr? pple iz sooo ignorant

[@OokileyGMR]

Me everytime I see a wheel: "Thanks wheel, you're a great symbol of the fact that humans can cooperate and be unselfish."

[@Pleaseunderstand]

"An even crappier example is the dung beetle" I see what you did there.

[@mohawkmaster5728]

+Kid and a Squid Now I remember that, it was a pretty sh*tty pun

[@snowcat18bass43]

+Mohawk Master that's rude I think it is funny!

[@georgie6999]

+Mohawk Master XD

[@johanreviews7587]

In my language Dung beetle's official name is shit beetle.

[@thethieson]

Cyclidon, Koraedon and Miraimon beg to differ

[@erdemturk4561]

Why don't any animals have spaceship boosters ?

[@setha.4283]

Erdem Türk Because wings are more useful.

[@kosherkingofisrael6381]

Erdem Türk Because humans are selfish gatekeepers that dont let robots classify as an animal, despite using us as such.

[@tiga6397]

Erdem Türk dont spaceship boosters have animals?

[@GringatTheRepugnant]

Squid have evolved jet propulsion already if that's what you mean.

[@zenoist2]

Because they can't afford them.

[@cbseagle1335]

Taxes

[@dariusgross6204]

*theft

[@smokertonrkingofclownscatc1136]

taxes*

[@dwaynethewokjohnson4742]

zenoist2 af-FORD them

[@StanSwan]

Animals only pay at the taxadermist.

[@cricketknowall]

If my grandma had wheels, she'd be a motorbike.

[@justaretardwithinternetacc2859]

Bicycle

[@royisdabest]

a moped

[@chopun3862]

Gotta love Italian sayings

[@pawaniyer2320]

Stolen

[@cricketknowall]

@@pawaniyer2320 what'll you do with a 94 year old motorbike?

[@benjidaniel5595]

I could see animals building roads since it helps the colony. I mean, ant tunnels are a pretty good equivalent

[@bbpoisonn]

Teacher: „do you have any questions?“ That one kid: „ WhY dOnT aNiMaLs HaVe WhEeLs??????“

[@MexicanCrusader]

I'm not liking this comment Because it has 69 likes already :)

[@ken3243]

ok

[@briaiguess8834]

Teacher: *vsauce music* WELL...----

[@darrest9808]

“this is geometry”

[@Conmann]

@@MexicanCrusader it has a little bit more now so you can like it now

[@mome6889]

THE SEE ME ROLLIN' I AIN'T SELFISH

[@THUNGUNS]

+StraightRidah they*

[@timothyswag3594]

"Hey Vsauce, Michael here" the last thing his victims hear.

[@tanmaypalkar9861]

LMAO

[@williamjackson460]

Victims of what

[@Alejandro-yi8ds]

@@williamjackson460 You probably don't want to know it.

[@observingatoms]

@@williamjackson460 death

[@yinayush8991]

@@williamjackson460 Elevation of Carbon Dioxide in the Blood Caused by an Uncontrollable External Threat

[@Dackadoe]

All I can imagine is towing your cat out of the mud when it gets stuck

[@josephstalin7506]

"The wheel may be a bit overrated" -Michael Stevens, 2012

[@loneneotank.5687]

Hello there joseph

[@-fv]

wheels kinda fell off tbh

[@WhatIsThatThingDoing]

​@@-fvIt all happened when successive generations of wheeled organisms experienced loosening lug nuts.

[@PyroYeet]

2012 was the year i realized that the year you live in sounds new but when you look back 2 years it seems really old

[@Katky1]

The Bearded Baby 2018 sounds like it happened years ago now. oh wait

[@colinouille2786]

"look back in 2 years" "2020" hello yes time travel man

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

I remember back in the days when I thought "Man, 2014 is so far into the future!", and now 2014 was six years ago.

[@JohnSmith-kb4re]

i used to make fun of india thinking it was so far away for them to become a superpower yet here we are

[@limaechonumismatics]

Looking back at yourself two years back and you think your were stupid. So I’m stupid now too, but why?

[@robinlaceishere]

How much Vsauce have you been taking, Michael?

[@blankblank1284]

All of it!

[@tagunprice9762]

Dude Micheal is made of vsauce

[@vineeth547]

Yes

[@natahndolar2142]

*or have I?*

[@eitsu3434]

Yes

[@MrBamboozler.]

11 years later and this is recommended to me

[@klemo2529]

I'm pretty sure that in this 8 years, no one ever said to a wheel "thanks, wheel, you're a grat symbol of the fact that humans can cooperate and be unselfish"

[@lettucecabbage5054]

maybe i have >:C

[@NoOne-qi4tb]

The comment below you did.

[@edwinhuang9244]

Same reason why the first flying machines doesn't use it: It's not very efficient at low speeds.

[@no3ironman11100]

Thanks wheel, you're a great example of PAYING TAXES

[@delofon]

That's a lot of confidence. Do you really think that out of all the millions of people who watched this vid there weren't any hardcore Vsauce fans to say that? Cuz I don't lol

[@wisebanana5374]

Im pretty sure im not the only one who feels bad for da robot

[@arsarma1808]

Auralnauts has videos about this. Watch them

[@ihadanamebutitwasbadsonowi8186]

I know I dont

[@_moth_sturniolo385]

I do :’(

[@jessetheenderconchampion4559]

The*

[@3OHT.]

But animals did build roads... and wheels... Looking at you, humans.

[@latebakr]

What you did there. I see it.

[@Inquisidor016]

We did build them, but we stil don't *have* them ):

[@ocvetkovic3130]

When the guy kicked that mechanic dog thing, my heart nearly broke

[@ItzK3ky]

ok

[@JatPhenshllem]

ok

[@RealPalpsTheSenate]

It looked very uncanny, it looked a bit too real

[@TomFromYoutube]

That thing could kick your ass.

[@PerseveranceBrother]

ok it's not ai It's ok

[@jiggidyjakes332]

ROLLING AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND

[@judebrooks5467]

GOTTA GO FAST!

[@judebrooks5467]

GOTTA GO FASTER!

[@sgalking954]

+Jude Brooks GOTTA GO EVEN FASTER

[@leem4386]

+sgalking954 GOTTA GO EVEN FASTER THAN THAT!

[@RanchOwnzU]

+Liam O'Connor wtf

[@tailsfan465]

I remember laughing at the thumbnail for this video all the way back in 2012, and showing it to my family because it was super funny. Ahhhhhh, when I was 11 years old... Time flies fast. When I saw the thumbnail again, I instantly had a nostalgia attack.

[@ericmoon2974]

Bro tell my why Vsauce is THE BEST thing to watch when you’re high

[@equaius893]

probably because he is high

[@GPEtana]

Dude thats why im here

[@TitorEPK]

arent we all

[@generatoralignmentdevalue]

My theory is it's because he takes questions you only think to ask if you're high, and not just answers them, but answers them in a way that is simple and fast-paced enough to make sense and hold your attention while high.

[@kapsxd]

Its crazy how you need to go back 10 YEARS to even notice a slight drop in Vsauce's videos

[@Fransamsterdam]

I think you would also need brakes.

[@GoganLiesbrecht]

Skin brakes don't sound very nice

[@littlelynx243]

This is in a book called his dark materials actually, there’s an animal in the fantasy world that uses horns on their feet through massive seed pods as wheels. They’re called mulefa, very cool.

[@SumitKumar-jq3mr]

that guy probably watched this video before starting out

[@chr1styn806]

Hey, vsauce, Michael here - what does experimental theology say about "wheels?"

[@ruby8372]

Yes! I was looking for this exact comment

[@Conorator]

mulefa

[@Murglie]

@@SumitKumar-jq3mr "that guy" published his book over a decade before this video was made

[@akitoyami4284]

maybe nature just didn't like the sound of a song that goes : "The wheels on the *cat* go round and round"

[@professortortilla]

the legs on the bus go step step step

[@hatemteirelbar9510]

@@professortortilla brillent

[@JatPhenshllem]

@@hatemteirelbar9510 wandafool

[@trex576]

@@professortortilla intoligent

[@kennarajora6532]

Vsauce, 1:24 : Who can forget tumbleweeds? CGP Grey: AAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH

[@harrisonwebbe9633]

*me at 2 AM* Wow I’ve always wondered this! Let me watch!

[@EpicB]

Will the wheel Slim Shady please stand up?

[@luubuu2936]

*Stands up* Did I do something wrong

[@Jane_Black]

Mom's spaghetti.

[@magadzhabraftw6157]

Knees weak

[@jackthompson3048]

+Maga DzhabraFTW if only he had wheels instead of limbs

[@jackthompson3048]

Wait there's an advantage! If you have wheels instead of limbs then your knees can't be weak and your arms won't be heavy. Less time spent complaining and more time spent making babies.

[@ianji]

In Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy there was a species, the Mulefa who had evolved a symbiotic relationship with the wheel tree. The tree produced large round seed pods and the Mulefa, on reaching puberty, fitted seed pods onto spurs on two of their four limbs, allowing them to roll. For roads they used some kind of smooth solidified lava flows.

[@FavvvvazM]

The real answer is in 3:10, it is because of the lack of road. To make it simpler, the lack of flexibility and adaptability

[@alyssamoody6812]

I love seeing that people are still watching (or rewatching) this after 8 whole years.

[@fearlessanomaly1710]

Lol yup

[@thelistener1268]

10. And I'll probably watch it again in another 2.

[@ItchiestBum]

Deadass

[@boi9220]

What about tracks like a tank why don't animals have those

[@hagalathekido]

could get stuck much more easily and couldnt step over steeper ledges and such.

[@alephkasai9384]

boggle I'm quite sure if there is only 1 pair of tracks you won't get stuck

[@abhishah7139]

You mean how a snake walks?

[@trappedchicken2901]

Abhi Shah or a caterpillar the thing the tracks are named after

[@steamonkey9927]

Snakes and caterpillars are what inspired the invention of the tank tread, so they do

[@ajdavis1293]

Not even a stoner would think of this question 😂

[@mrmaniac3]

That’s the power of nerd

[@tasertag7513]

@@mrmaniac3 And this is why as a stoner nerd, I reign supreme. Now, I'll just have some Supreme pizzas.

[@mrmaniac3]

Taser Tag ok

[@BrushEm]

@@mememachine171 some animals eat psychedelic mushrooms and some eat Coca plants.

[@fl4135]

@@tasertag7513 go outside

[@xdarin_]

This is where the new legendary pokemon idea came from.

[@DarknessChampion]

Elephants build roads... or at least large interconnected trails.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

Indeed. In fact lots of animals make trails for themselves.

[@Xxluvable94xX]

I'm so weird when that guy kicked the robot dog I was like 'aww don't bully/hurt it"

[@lilpwnr01]

Me too

[@BollocksUtwat]

You're not weird, you're just naturally responding to an empathy reflex.

[@nojusarutiunian3344]

ikr

[@galaxywolf2605]

Me too....

[@susioeandno1else]

me too

[@jacob99503]

I know that this is an old video but I'm REALLY disappointed that the "His Dark Materials" trilogy wasn't mentioned. It literally has fictional wheeled animals in it.

[@LivingParadox87]

I agree! I thought the solution in the case of the Mulefa using a wheel-shaped seed pod as a wheel that could hook onto a horizontally-sprouting joint was pretty ingenious. It wouldn't require the animal to actually grow and maintain wheels as part of their anatomy but equip them from other life forms. Together the trees that produced these seed pods and the Mulefa created a symbiotic relationship.

[@Temp0raryName]

@@LivingParadox87 But did they also build roads? Or, I'm guessing, they evolved in an environment with nice flat ground?

[@kittyandtiny9159]

@@Temp0raryName It's shown that the area in which they live has large stretches of solidified magma flows which the Mulefa use as roads. It's really interesting how their species has evolved to suit the world, I'd really recommend the books (or the BBC series supposedly starting this year).

[@Temp0raryName]

@@kittyandtiny9159 Thanks.

[@shryoder]

@@bastiliwanag6002 Right, I wanna know as well...

[@tomaszkorytkowski1399]

I love that KZbin decided to recommend me this video now

[@ПавелСургутов-о7г]

Where is the first video where he didn't say "and as always" before "thanks for watching?"

[@marcobuiani2628]

Maybe there's none, otherwise "always" would be incorrect

[@bastiensignoret7058]

There has to be one

[@b0ss747]

Павел Сургутов I'm not sure if this is the first video but, watch Vsauce's "What's Left?"

[@borekworek69]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3PYhYVro72Gbqs

[@gabor6259]

There is a video where he doesn't say 'Michael here'.

[@naterk9460]

"... And today we're going to ask a question." Y'know, as opposed to all the Vsauce episodes where no question gets asked and explained.

[@itzslendeh8712]

Your pfp is cursed ngl

[@indeepjable]

How?

[@gorillamane13]

They fuckin in that box?

[@itzslendeh8712]

Yes

[@moonandback7650]

Now i'm just staring at my dog wishing he was sittin on 20's

[@0815Snickersboy]

i was not expecting an actual educational video when I clicked it.

[@lol64min]

Well if animals can't grow wheels, how come wheels didn't grow any animals?

[@DeltaDestiny]

+lol64min use what he said at 2:07

[@jannikheidemann3805]

+killteabagrepeat That would be either looking funny or cruel.

[@JakobRD]

Because wheels aren’t alive. DUH! lol jk I’m just being sarcastic 👍

[@sunnyjim1355]

Wheel never know. A'ight, I'll get my coat

[@laranunes7945]

Underrated comment

[@meeyoouuzeek]

at least you're wheeling to show yourself out. Alright, i'll follow you now.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

This pun made me lose my wheel to live

[@redacted8734]

You're all wheely horrible with your puns.

[@dannys9133]

So underrated

[@jacobhiller6267]

Why don't animals have jet engines

[@hmhmhmlol3252]

Hmm, or do they? After all, jet propulsion is merely built up fluid expelled backwards, and an engine is any machine that converts energy to motion. Some Cephalopods use pressurized water for locomotion, thus they are technically "jet propelled animals" hahaha. Combustion jet engines, maybe not, since those are just a bunch of wheels anyway.

[@TheBellman]

They went over this in one of the Terry Pratchet books. It posits(in between all the silly fantasy writing) that the reason that dragons or other fire breathing creatures don't exist because the chemical processes required are just too complex, and such a creature has to be small and stupid and will have a tendency to explode at random.

[@st0rm4g3dd0n]

Because they wouldn't help them make babies

[@samanli-tw3id]

Squids have

[@Chopped_Liver]

Imagine a wheeled animal stuck in the mud or in the snow and other animals are trying to toe truck him

[@fellowneighbor5985]

STOP ROBOT ABUSE . poor little robot just trying to walk

[@hanzat_molemaev]

fuck robots, don't let them elicit emotion from you that's how they'll get us!!

[@sekhmet7774]

IT DOESN'T HAVE FUCKING FEELINGS, IT ISN'T SENTIENT

[@asterixgallier8102]

@@sekhmet7774 It was probably a joke, but regardless of that... Good luck proving that it isn't sentient!

[@Poatatero]

“Why don’t any animals have wheels” Me at 3am trying to sleep: let’s find out

[@Red031796]

Sure, wheels are cool and all, but what we really want to know is why don't animals have Fidget Spinners?

[@setha.4283]

Red031796 Cuz they aren't autistic.

[@richardbossman9875]

Because the retarded ones get eaten first, thus not passing on their genes as numerously as normal animals.

[@ethangoldsmith9332]

Cuz they don't have wheel

[@OverlyDankName]

Why don't animals have airpods? *Vsauce music*

[@DantesInferno96]

Because retarded animals get wiped out and hence only the fittest survive. Unlike humans they do not care if less beneficial members of their society are wiped out. They only care about themselves. So, the genes for mental illness don't get passed on too often.

[@JosephRussellStapleton]

If we were born with wheels, there probably would have come a point when we had to invent the leg.

[@skymations3417]

nice question

[@nowonmetube]

Skymations I questioned this myself when I was a kid

[@sven8209]

I can’t believe this is really a seriously taken video

[@ilke3192]

You should be new. Welcome to the community :D

[@Mil3o]

Welcome to youtube.

[@hassanjaber8169]

Welcome to humanity

[@magatsukamisan3444]

Welcome to the earth

[@Bell-ih5ln]

Welcome to the solar system

[@leuk2389]

0:44 i feel sad for the thing becauset hey kicked it

[@leuk2389]

yeah i mean its a machine but still so sad

[@ParitoshBhatia69]

This is why transformers attack us :(

[@Morgan-CarolynMc]

Paritosh Bhatia lol for suren

[@EvilSkeleton01]

JolteonHype he wasn't doing it to hurt the thing but was showing its ability to stay balanced even when being hit

[@goldngamer1365]

If you want to know why you feel bad then watch mindfield

[@HDC.]

This is still entertaining 10 years later lol

[@sabertachet]

This guy needs to read The Golden Compass trilogy. In a parallel universe there are these animals that use seeds as wheels because the tree adds chemicals that make the animals self aware as a lure. The animals then developed to rely on the entheogenic seed wheels and road-like terrain.

[@companioncubeismysoulmate180]

I know it's been 2 years but that's immediately what I thought of when this started. I've only just watched this.

[@malakaihiner5262]

Same here, love that series

[@LetsGoGetThem]

Nature does "make roads", in forests animals use hunting paths they tread on for hundreds of years. Moose make them, remember them and use them to the point that in Scandinavian countries they build roads around them now.

[@daniellane8517]

Indeed, and even more roadlike are the highways of leafcutter ants, which are cleared of vegetation so workers can carry leaves back to the nest effeciently. These are perhaps the closest thing in the Animal Kingdom to human roads!

[@pravda9646]

They aren't voluntary though, and aren't permanent enough.

[@freedomofspeech2700]

But as in the video said, they do this for themselves (one individual who found that road) rather like humans who created roads for other humans to use also

[@samanli-tw3id]

What about the tunnel networks built by ants and moles?

[@MrTomyCJ]

@@freedomofspeech2700 Humans build roads not out of charity, but for profit. But the thing is that the profit means you are helping people, so it's all good.

[@LibertyLikes]

THAT PUN PHYSICALLY HURT ME

[@SianaGearz]

+LibertyLikes "Sticks and stones may break my bones; but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning and isolation and as such could never directly produce 4000N/cm^2 required to break bones." - VSAUCE 2013.

[@Someone-else-Probably]

+LibertyLikes i un-like the video because of it

[@Rufiowascool]

My KZbin suggestion list…modern things galore…and a ten year old vsauce video. Absolute BLISS.

[@TheForsakenEagle]

Q: Why don't any animals have wheels? A: Because they don't, and as always thanks for watching.

[@Not_Tails]

Genius

[@KyuuDesperation]

Aww

[@JakobRD]

The INSIGHT!!

[@iWerli]

when youve seen all the vsauce videos 9 times and have to watch ones from 7 years ago to get a fresh video

[@ProlificPianist]

I laughed so hard at the guy who kicked the robot

[@senorkitteh3395]

+Joshua W I know, and I sort of felt bad for the robot, but damn, those are some nice legs. xD

[@Henrix1998]

Señor Kitteh It is really remarkable that we have started to feel bad for robots

[@Not_XenoVoid]

Pokemon designers must've seen this when making the new legendaries

[@RedWyvernRising]

KZbin is getting nostalgic and recommending old videos

[@teppopierune5520]

Good videos*

[@battlefield4ea558]

"Let's give dogs wheels." *Whisper*:Earth terrain. LET'S GIVE CARS LEGS

[@zyxwvutsrqponmlkh]

>implying bees and ants or other comunal species don't pay taxes

[@HaloInverse]

>implying bees and ants or other communal species get no benefit from semi-permanent infrastructure

[@Mr_Toasty2]

This whole video reminds me of the SCP foundation trying to explain that this tree is a anomaly because it won't scream

[@JensengTea]

1:31 "An even CRAPPIER example is the DUNG beetle." Please tell me someone got that?

[@KurkoBaine]

i did :D

[@soisaus564]

@@KurkoBaine you just commented on something 8 years old Did you notice it philosophically?

[@KurkoBaine]

@@soisaus564 idk i don't remember

[@cinderblocktreehouse]

I did too

[@KnightoftheSorryFace]

2012 Michael over here asking the real questions

[@cebollajsjsjsk]

Nobody: Michael: *WHEELS ON ANIMALS*

[@flapafloupas4262]

Hay idiot ! The "wheels on animals" is not michael's invention as he sais thereis A BOOK writen about this!!!

[@hooded-devil2725]

Grip reaper please don’t kill me

[@Biocos-bf2cd]

Funny how his videos starts with one topic and ends with a completely different point. Like just moment ago, we were questioning why there arent any wheels on animals and it ended with thanking taxes