World’s Strangest Mating Technique | Frozen Planet II | BBC Earth

With only one day a year to mate, a female hooded seal is understandably choosy. Luckily, at six years of age, the males develop an unusual trick…
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[@gokulkrishm51]

"And that means no" Respect to our fallen brother.

[@budisudarsono6991]

Just like us. I mean myself. 🤣

[@gokulkrishm51]

@@budisudarsono6991 Hang in there, soldier! 😂🤘

[@ibilis44]

so you are acknowledging that you are not even human 🤔!!

[@christhe2dprotogen511]

he shall find a mate one day

[@jalemairliha]

🤣🤣🤣

[@alanatolstad4824]

I'm always impressed at the wildlife photographers ability to bring us episodes like this!

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

... photographers' ability. Plural possessive.

[@dannysullivan6182]

Can’t wait until Sunday hello from bbc planet earth biggest Canadian fan ;)

[@alanatolstad4824]

@@majoroldladyakamom6948 Yep, typing too fast because I got interrupted!

[@ALIKN1-1]

Hear hear

[@anacletwilliams8315]

And so am I, Alana.

[@xivix6710]

" No wonder he was deflated " 😂

[@teogx1346]

Gotta add that to my dictionary

[@stupiddog79]

The cracked me up so brutally... still gasping for air!

[@dylanbuchman8128]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@galacticbutterfly5590]

🤭

[@jayro792]

🥁 🥁🥁🤣🤣🤣

[@MissStatement]

Even the seals understand consent!

[@user-sb6qe4lz6k]

😂

[@TOMMY-mx6sn]

😭🤣🤣🤣

[@Dansk55]

Not elephant seals and dolphins.

[@youtubecensoringcomments7427]

That is not consent. that is her period lol

[@TheMkenna]

Not when they take advantage of penguins!

[@IKilledTheDodo]

2:02 The way he comes peeking around the corner is comedy gold 😂

[@kirstieb8025]

this is fascinating. also the footage they get is insane, especially under water

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Absolutely insane.

[@Hcrlnd]

"Impressed?" "No." [Shows sac] "What about now?" "EWW, FREAK, GET LOST!"

[@syringan2.015]

😂

[@adgg8250]

😂😂

[@raya2569]

Female seal: (talking on phone) uh huh.....uh huh.....yeah.....girl I told him to get gone cuz his balloon wasn't big enough for me

[@hairylilmangoseed1440]

Lmao 😂

[@GKY1988]

I felt his pain. Been there before, keep your nose inflated my man. You'll get there.

[@netweed09]

😂😁

[@ashtonsquires3102]

The things some animals find attractive is hysterical 😂

[@whatslifespurpose]

exactly

[@time410s]

I was thinking the same hearing some turkeys gobbling about the other day.

[@ReannaPeters12]

Im straight up scarred!!

[@alexk237]

some women do lips improvements , also scary stuff

[@GalenMarek1988]

Agreed! Amazes me how a fat bank account makes someone attractive all of a sudden! 😂😂😂

[@allstarpterosaur850]

It’s been a while since good footage of hooded seals has been recorded. Amazing animals with the males sporting a unique feature! Reminds me of frigatebirds and their inflatable throat pouch.

[@dannysullivan6182]

So cool can’t wait for Sunday to see what else we get to see

[@kaelonpatrick4200]

Reminded me of a camel

[@Ambelica]

Camels also do something similar with their tongues

[@allstarpterosaur850]

@@Ambelica it’s not a tongue. It’s a sac called a dulla.

[@Ambelica]

@@allstarpterosaur850 thank you for the info !

[@jericholacey5954]

" and that means no " Some of us know how that feels.

[@salop4liife620]

No means yes and yes means more...💡

[@InsoIence]

@@salop4liife620 Nope.

[@tallic967]

@@salop4liife620 Don't be stupid

[@FJDH11]

@@InsoIence no just means you gotta force her harder

[@bitofmagic3069]

@@salop4liife620 never

[@chikateaa140]

The worst she can say is no The female seal:

[@oni280893]

“No wonder he is deflated” David you’re taking the piss 😂😂😂

[@quiteindeed6809]

At this point, I may as well give this method a try.

[@Nyx773]

At this point, I might actually be impressed by it

[@adlinahuda3615]

😳😳

[@kobyin6522]

🙄🙄

[@hellgazer8370]

hey girl * *honks massive clown nose* *

[@somethingdifferent212]

They:A sharp nip on the "tail"... Us: A sharp slap in the crowd.

[@crivensro]

I just love it: the stunning pictures, the humourous comments! Absolutely wonderful!

[@thunderatigervideo]

They look like such powerful swimmers! So graceful underwater. Maybe not as much on land… 😄

[@angelgabriel2758]

This is absolutely alien. I love it.

[@FJDH11]

looks cgi

[@nanipanini]

"An inflatable nose can be used to intimidate a rival" life advice i will take with me.

[@GuadalupeGuacamole]

1:25 this moment looks like something on a Hollywood or by CGI it’s so perfect 😮

[@cinderella1295]

Nature and Animals are never boring to watch whats going on, but this was unexpecting ! Imagine the diver who filmed underwater🥶👍and the crew on the Ice.🎬

[@renejr2296]

So true!!

[@nasirnazeer6582]

The diver has no job and plenty of time taking useless pics

[@renejr2296]

@@nasirnazeer6582 🤣🤣🤣

[@cinderella1295]

@@nasirnazeer6582 😂you are kidding...

[@tayvaun09]

It is mostly drones and underwater mini toy subs with cameras attached that catch these great pics and videos , most of the time it's not a person but a machine , you really think a diver can sit it those waters for hours just to get few seconds to minutes of good video 😏

[@kimjancok]

seal always felt like an imaginary animal to me when I was a kid. Like who would've thought about a combination of a dog and a fish

[@Natureindica]

BBC team is amazing. Always records story very well. 👍

[@starlitgaming2419]

Yes, everything about the English is the best.

[@d11d77]

Agreed. Compared to other channels, I also like documentaries by BBC earth, they always put interesting stories together

[@Riomojo]

I first try bringing flowers, then use this as a last attempt

[@kolis_]

Flowers as in a bunch of seaweed and coral😆😂

[@HellcatMad]

The seal "spy hopping" lol

[@3XILxENIGMA]

So pretty much his thing wasn’t big enough so he was denied and hurried away in embarrassment and rejection… *relatable* 😭

[@mubashirhaq2651]

I love how animals understand No means No!

[@classicambo9781]

Not all by any means. Ducks are notorious for mounting anything and everything, including raping females to death.

[@sagittariusbeauty]

Exactly

[@pepingrillin3995]

They don’t, that’s what they are killing each other constantly. Even domestic animals like cats kill other cats when mating. The female can kill the male cat after doing it.

[@aprioriontoast704]

not ducks

[@slamdunq3192]

not dolphins

[@RC-Carlos1]

Dang my guy. She hit him with the restraining order lol

[@nathansanchez6311]

Until I saw this video today I never knew that something like this existed,

[@mar-k7104]

Apparently for seals, size matters

[@kolis_]

She said “Boy Bye”😆😭

[@yuldouz]

Amazing! Love the commentary too, it's so witty, and I think there is some sympathy with the young seal...

[@Talesandtexts]

Do the inflatable nose and flap under the nostril in any way relate to their ability to hold their breath underwater? Evolutionarily speaking, do they serve any purpose, which makes these features, in particular, so important for impressing potential mates?

[@chickenfist1554]

I think it's just intersexual selection. It could possibly be a negative thing for males (as it is with male peacocks) but I don't know for sure :)

[@tacitozetticci9308]

It may be completely useless or even bad. Oftentimes, sexual selection degenerates as evolution goes on. To understand why, I recommend you look into Goodhart's law. I'll sum it up for you. It's about tests. Basically, when a new test turns out to be very good, it will first become more popular (take for example those big standardised exams to get into university) but what happens next is that the test becomes bad again. Why? Well, as the test becomes more and more popular, more people become aware of it and they start focusing their studying and training on the test itself instead of preparing for whatever skill the test was testing. The same happens in nature, there's some of it in every species. We can use these seals as an example. Imagine the first time some female elephant seal randomly became attracted to males with a deep voice. That's a new and successful test! Deep voice = big male = strong male = stronger offspring. (Female mammals NEED to be selective because they have limited and costly chances to reproduce, if they mate without being picky, their pups might not be strong enough and the mother's genes will die forever.) So okay, generations go on and females with that taste have an offspring that simply survives better, it's good, it spreads, it becomes popular. But now, how did the test degenerate? Welp males developed the big nose to add depth to the noise they can produce, and it attracts females selecting for that trait just as good as being bigger. Males became good at the test, the test is now bad. The balloon nostril may be useless in a similar fashion. But maybe it's also a way to show health with that nice red colour. Remember, even obsolete tests may retain some sort of good core.

[@RightWitit]

It’s not “useless” it’s used to mate If the male doesn’t have one the female might not even look it’s way

[@tacitozetticci9308]

​@@RightWitit that's just uselessness with extra steps lol You're merely shifting the uselessness of the trait to the uselessness of the method of selection the females are adopting - and calling that useful. The question remains: why do females want their future offspring to inherit that seemingly useless trait?

[@misty4557]

lol the way he pops his head out of the water tho

[@rohail9886]

“The worst thing she could say is no” A sharp nip on the tail:

[@IminHIGHpursuitofthelivingGod]

Show off! Nature is incredible

[@yogadajoshi3908]

Even seals understand, 'no, means no'.

[@somalichakraborty484]

The narrator can feel that guy's pain.

[@ellainemalan9602]

How amazing! I am absolutely impressed. Thank you for keeping us informed of the wonderful wildlife we know so little about!

[@trishabalo4965]

Really gives new meaning to “big balls,” huh.

[@nataliecarter5439]

Talk about being puffed up in pride!!🤣

[@LL-pe2bd]

Outside of the awesomeness of the nature aspect of the video, can’t help but also admire their on-point zombie sound effects.

[@Chris-or7it]

When he inflated his nostril, I felt for him cuz he was putting it all out there. And he could tell she wasn't going for it but he summoned the courage to try anyway. 😂

[@BrandanTheBroker]

I feel your pain youngster 😂

[@thatqueerpunk]

whoever put the bouncy ball effect in to make it sound like their nose is a legend

[@AhmadKawaArif]

This voice really fits these wild documentaries

[@drgarcha1964]

Amazing Nature 👌❤️

[@HelenasInkyHour]

Elephant seals, males in particular, seem straight out of Spirited away ahaha

[@BrookeLynn-sr6vy]

This is so intriguing my goodness

[@keenanwilliams3902]

My all time favorite Narrator of all time ❤

[@elss8717]

Excellent series by the BBC

[@soheilak6208]

Absolutely amazing

[@unfortunatelyhuman5330]

I think the female got attracted to the cameraman who was filming all this😜😜😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kirawr8064]

The sound design is so impressive For people how don’t know Pretty much all audio of from the animals is added in post

[@Widderic]

Nature is astounding.

[@dannya1854]

"Until the youngster has grown a more impressive balloon, he's unlikely to be chosen." HE JUST LIKE ME FORREAL

[@BIGNOSEPOPPA]

Lol

[@rebeccahunter8307]

LOVE David Attenborough!

[@TheGnocid]

Yes yes yes... Long live Sir David Attenborough

[@jamesthomas5109]

Awww the little seal pup 🦭

[@MadAtheist]

Any such adventure by a human male will land him a Me Too title.

[@user-nestornugpo]

BBC Earth is the BEST👏👏👏

[@l.p.amador2261]

Male dromedary camels also have a similar looking part of them that comes out of their mouth, called a dulla, if I'm not mistaken, which is appealing to a prospective mate.

[@HAPPY-CATTY]

This footage is amazing and they‘re so cute! 😍👍🏼 Nature is really incredible! 🤗🥰

[@FJDH11]

only cute when it's not human doing it. In today's world the feminazis would be calling him creepy and hashtag nomeansNO and all sort of shenanigans

[@flemblemming7851]

Cute?!

[@footfault1941]

Nature has a sense of humor as well. They can't be serious, but joking!

[@zeroheroes4081]

It feels like I'm watching dinosaurs.

[@faraza5161]

Size does matter for seals

[@nilaypaul9810]

I was eagerly waiting, then the dictator said, "That means No!!"

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work Thank youU

[@darkheartrjdyosn6345]

I beg to differ...the true world's strangest mating ritual always comes from a drunk.

[@sarshattack]

wonderful!! thank you

[@ingusmant]

"Its not the size that matters but how much you inflate it"

[@inuiechoi193]

Seals are such funny creatures.

[@i_am_a_freespirit]

Wow this is fascinating...love it!🥰

[@jirehmaemon4817]

My man! She had just given birth! Boundaries! Come on!

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

I love Hooded Seal cause these are just some funny little seal

[@cursedxbliss]

Bro the sac in the nose touching ice, that must be so painful holy...

[@hughmungus1154]

They look more scary than elephant seals

[@indyreno2933]

In fact, both hooded seals and elephant seals possess a proboscis, both the hooded seal and elephant seals are classified within the family Cystophoridae, Cystophoridae is a unique family of pinnipeds, this family is known to contain the largest living carnivoran in the world, which is the Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina).

[@thispersonrighthere9024]

elephant seals are huge, bro. the leopard seal is scary af too.

[@aiassistedclips]

,,The bigger the nose, the better'', that figures 😁

[@dwoodstwin]

We'll, that certainly was something I just watched.

[@gvbalajee]

Very nice explanation

[@GandalfTheTsaagan]

And people though that the inflatable sacks in Prehistoric Planet were weird

[@KyHeartWill]

The worst she can says is "no" Her:

[@leociresi4292]

Female:”Eewwwwwww!”

[@manojgorain620]

"And now this one is eager to prove it"

[@Adagio930]

Moral of the story "Not every female is tempted by the 'big' stuff"

[@saniyakhan8927]

Oh my god!! He got rejected at the end

[@tiahhadjer6396]

😂😂 I'm feeling sorry for this male seal

[@ElephantSoul]

Beautiful video 😍

[@deepfake5746]

2:25 omg what did evolution do to this poor creature

[@thethinker9368]

Now he will go to Jim as well to train his nostrils 🙌🏻😂

[@stevenharper9066]

Awesome, thanks

[@Silaya1]

Soo impressive authentik.😻😻

[@Falco.]

Yo how could you not make with him, he had the crazy rare red inflatable left nostril. That's a 10

[@shereederrick]

Incredible!

[@salazarsly7145]

Lol....what funny commentary 😂

[@Amaroq64]

I like how they added the sound of someone slapping a dodge ball.

[@touremuhammad5983]

Now we know: Hooded seals are the mammal equivalent of Frigate Birds. 😅

[@LifeOnTwoWheels]

Well looks like size does matters

[@twinflowerfioretta]

oh my, Nature has so much rare secrets, i didnt know hooded seals do mate like this ?! 👈👀it is worth to make a short outstanding Love story with the voice of Sir Attenborough, sound and footage - amazing ! Thanks ! 👍

[@mainmotto]

He blew a whole brain bubble and was still played 😂 women