WTH's a Caecilian?

[@lucamortola4892]

I'm a sicilian guy and I want to thank you because with your divulgation they'll finally stop calling us eels.

[@salvatoremutuale9751]

Questa sezione commenti è piena di battute sui siciliani 😂

[@lucamortola4892]

@@salvatoremutuale9751 sono veramente siciliano ahhaha

[@salvatoremutuale9751]

@@lucamortola4892 pure io 😳👌

[@Hhuhater]

Do you hear that princess it’s the shrieking eels

[@wrarmatei]

Holy shit, wow. Luca killed it. One of the funniest comments so far.

[@alicaljungberg3742]

To be honest, from what I saw when I was in Sicily, most Sicilians also moisturize themselves daily in the sea, so probably also amphibians.

[@JCW5713]

Sicilians Caecilians I got it...

[@CJCroen1393]

Also you should never go in against either when death is on the line. It's one of the greatest blunders, the most famous of which being never to get involved with a land war in Asia. ... I'm so sorry XD

[@WeideVanEnt]

As far as I know The salt in seawater will dry out the skin. Especially for amphibians.

[@stevenroddy7013]

i was looking in the comments for the first joke lol

[@ray29ish]

Im sorry but they cant go into saltwater they would die. The salt dries their skin out and the salt would clog their pores preventing moisture to be absorbed also the sun would make it into jerky. 😂

[@omarfejzic2981]

"it's a cicilian, one of the most interesting creatures around" Ah the rare Italian subspecies.

[@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine]

Found mostly in South America.

[@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine]

@YERMOMS HAIRYHAWTDAWG The spaghetti man are invading our neighbor and stealing our gnomes.

[@kiddankula5480]

@YERMOMS HAIRYHAWTDAWG we're talking about big fat paulie and what we should do with him

[@akatsukigajou1639]

@Smoking Doobie he is now

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

@Smoking Doobie you dont know him so you cant say what he is or not. For all i know you might be 10 billion spiders in a flesh-suit but blindly saying that without getting to know you is rude so i wont say that. 🙃

[@benjaminwilliams41]

Subtitles are givng me 'Sicilians,' can't stop laughing. "There are over 100 species of Sicilian, with probably more yet to be discovered."

[@octobsession3061]

sounds like doomsday scenario

[@MrActionproductions]

A few species of these used to be pretty common in the aquarium trade under the name Rubber eel. More of a frog snake than an eel but I used to keep some as pets and always found them very creepy. The Tipping Point was when one of mine got out of its tank and I found it dead wrapped around my bedpost. Yeah I've kept my distance ever since

[@wannabewyvern]

poor caecilian, it probably suffocated out of the water

[@RokuroCarisu]

@@wannabewyvern They can breathe air.

[@Hollydrive]

@@wannabewyvern dried out maybe? Like my grammy under the sun

[@webpombo7765]

It just wanted a cuddle!

[@ian-fm2xc]

I bet there are giant ones that can eat a human

[@alexojideagu]

"The majority of Sicilians don't lay eggs" You haven't met my mother in Law.

[@treytucker9948]

your right a Sicilians or the Sicilian people are a Romance speaking people, don't lay eggs.

[@diegodeluquev1433]

69 likes, I don't want to ruin that

[@alexojideagu]

@@treytucker9948 You didn't understand the joke

[@Datníğğa123]

Bu dum tiss

[@NovajaPravda]

@M. مَ A. Slavs do too, and we rear the child in the pocket until they are 3

[@johnlopez9014]

This is 100% accurate, I once saw my Sicilian GF digging in her garden, using no tools but her head

[@injunsun]

If she had teeth like that... 🤯

[@atlf3357]

@@injunsun bjs would be a matter of life and death 😂

[@JG-zs8tr]

🤔

[@treytucker9948]

so your GF found a "Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 20 regions of Italy. It is one of the five Italian autonomous regions and is officially referred to as Regione Siciliana. The region has 5 million inhabitants. Its capital city is Palermo." that amusing.

[@wrarmatei]

@john lopez oh, wow. yes. winner.

[@numberpirate]

The make good spaghetti, those Sicilians.

[@entombedmachine1518]

SPOOGETT!

[@Carmine.Falcone]

I see what u did there and I reject it

[@monitorcrazy9410]

@@Carmine.Falcone same

[@God_of_Calamity]

Most of that species I know are. up to five and a half feet long and belong to the genus mafiosa.

[@BettyWhiteTheVibratorSlayer]

"Whattsa mattayou" 🤌

[@sagatuppercut2960]

When I was a kid, I loved reading encyclopedia articles about animals. At the time, I was familiar with legless lizards. Thank you for showing me something new!

[@brianbelden2449]

This might be THE BEST KZbin video ever made by mistake.

[@RandallFrequentFlyerFlagg]

I’ll have a Sicilian sometimes when I’m not in the mood for a regular slice of pizza... wait, what are we talking about?

[@RobeonMew]

Cecilion and Carmilla

[@filmgunproductions4448]

I think we're talking about the movie "alien" where the worm bursts out the woman's chest

[@apersonaddictedtomemes210]

@@RobeonMew no

[@Miskamouskamikumouse]

Eyyy Macerena!

[@RobeonMew]

@@apersonaddictedtomemes210 You can't unsee it now

[@jp_ndo1439]

I’m from Brazil, and I’ve seen one myself as kid, as they sometimes got into people’s gardens We call them Cobra-Cegas(Blind-Snakes),and I never expected to find a video about them from a non South American person.Good job!

[@MrMiguelForster]

Aqui em portugal tambem temos cobra cega, o meu gato ja trouxe varios

[@flintsky7706]

Brazilians always think nobody knows shit about Brazil. O meus deus kkkkkkkkk.

[@iuri4086]

its fairly common in Brazil isnt it

[@TheSandwhichman108]

I bet there burrowing helps keep the soil stirred and plus they can feed on pest insects that live underground. So they can be beneficial to a garden.

[@localshowershitter9]

Ñ Ç

[@ratatad]

I remember finding one of those guys as a kid. People call them "blind snake". Pretty cool animal.

[@benbenbentres]

Same

[@sussy-amogus-toilet]

what country are you from me I m form Spain and here there are some blind snakes

[@andrewcampos7501]

blind snake is a snake not a caecilian

[@werewolfx51]

@@andrewcampos7501 Different names, same animal. It depends by Country.

[@andrewcampos7501]

@@werewolfx51 No They are different, blind snakes live in Spain, but not caecilians. Caecilians aren't even reptiles. Look it up

[@xPandamon]

I haven't heard about Caecilians for a while, but I add Bipes to the list of mostly unpopular snake like creatures. They're also fairly unknown, the Bipes variety is so cute ☺️

[@theprehistorichubert9448]

Ikr they look so derpy and are basically a real life lindwyrm

[@loststylus7641]

I heard of the caecilian when I was super young but never knew how to spell it to learn more about it, thank you for reopening this lost knowledge for me!

[@spiderdude2099]

Velvet worms are really cool. They’re their own order of animal and really weird. Many of them can shoot sticky mucus as a defense mechanism.

[@Shaun_Jones]

Actually, they hunt with that mucus.

[@squidyspecifications7709]

*phylum

[@mileslong3904]

So what I can do that.

[@ScionStorm1]

Velvetworm used Stringshot!

[@sharoncabugwas2946]

A velvet worm's mouth is terrifying

[@jpshawcross]

Now I want to see an animal iceberg!! That would be amazing. I actually have heard of caecilians, but I bet an animal that would be near the bottom of the iceberg would be the zorilla.

[@xunk16]

Me : Come one, that must be a typo joke. Google : Nope. Zorilla are really a thing. Me : Huh... I stand corrected.

[@wannabewyvern]

Aardwolf, lancelet, sea squirt, micrognathozoan, scorpionfly, numbat, ningaui, genet, binturong all of these are real animals not enough people know about.

[@jpshawcross]

@@wannabewyvern I’ve heard of the sea squirt, scorpion fly, numbat, and binturong but I can’t say I know very much about any of them, so yeah you're right.

[@ComXDude]

Ah, the infamous skunk-cat-badger-fox-thing.

[@CONGTHEGUERILLA]

Symbion, Ascothoracida, Orthonectids at the bottom not some gay polecat

[@Lesopal]

"suprisingly slim amount of people know about emus" as an Aussie who speaks to Americans on a daily basis online, that is mostly true.

[@BritneyLaZonga]

Funny enough, my aunt has a pet zoo (south germany), and i always call the big birds they have “Emus“, but in fact, they are Nandus! So... Nandus are probably even less known.

[@jeremyfrost2636]

Hopefully getting better now that there's an emu in a major advertising campaign over here, though.

[@TheFuschiaDragonfly]

It's so weird bc at my town's zoo there has always been both emus and nandus and they're not so much of obscure creatures here Btw, I'm from Italy

[@lloydgush]

How can they not know about such a traumatic war?

[@Primalconservationist]

Here in Mexico we have ocellated (rainbow) turkeys in Yucatán. Not as big as emus but not many people know about them haha.

[@galaxyfrostrose2925]

Caecilians are my favorite type of amphibians so I’m very happy to have found this video

[@greatestaxolotl4933]

The axolotl was once unknown, but now with minecraft my type has been spread to the minds of many human children

[@TheYear2525]

I had a rubber eel once. I think it was cute :D . But it was a bit stupid, in a funny way. I think they look like really goofy sock puppets. They have a lot of teeth but they are not big and sharp like the ones shown in the video. They are more like coarse sand paper to get a grip on worms they eat, I guess. I was dangling some food in front of it and after failing to localize an grab it in the most goofy ways, it grabbed my finger and didn't let go. It was a pretty comical scene. I pulled my arm out of the aquarium, the rubber eel dangling from my finger that it was holding onto firmly. It also wasn't a small one but It didn't really hurt. It was like having sand paper clamped to your finger tip. I tried talking to it and eventually it realized that my finger is not a worm. I think. xD On a different note that rubber eel was by far the most soft and physically elusive animal or even thing I've ever touched, including mercury actually. It feels like a noodle of nothing when you try to grab it and it youst it glides through your fingers without any friction whatsoever. It's like...non-grabable in a weird way. You just can not pick it up.

[@bluesap7318]

Does it feel more like a frog, toad, eel, or catfish?

[@killadrill]

I love the fact that you tried talking to it so it stops

[@TheYear2525]

@@killadrill Always be polite and hint your conversation partner to their shortcomings. But to be honest it was more like "AAAAaaaaAAAAaaah! Dude, could you please get off?! You got the wrong one! T_T". What else was I supposed to do?

[@TheYear2525]

@@bluesap7318 Hm I only had small catfish and they felt pretty rough. The rubber eel es *really* slimy. Well it doesn't coat everything in slime that it touches, but it definately has a layer of really frictionless slime. So like a wet frog but still less friction. I think I never touched an eel but they look a bit rough too?

[@ToxicSoul03]

@@TheYear2525 kinky

[@robbiev9296]

These guys were my favorite as a kid. I would always go around trying to spread the knowledge of the caecilians, but people thought I was talking about Sicilians most of the time, or just didn't care. I never understood why people didn't want to learn more about them, as I found them extremely interesting (that is, both scientists/researchers and the victims of my science lectures).

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire7231]

Same

[@blankslate-ment]

That's the same as talking to someone about facts about Lions or Frogs or dogs or Geckos They just didn't care and thought you were annoying

[@themediaangel7413]

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most well known is "never got involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly lesser known is this: "Never go against a Caecilian when death is on the line"!

[@MrFluffyWolf]

This needs to be pinned. Of all the "Sicilian" jokes in the comments, this one wins.

[@keirfarnum6811]

INCONCEIVABLE!

[@ammitthedevourer7316]

I was looking for this reference 😂

[@Fawnfreckle]

ayyyyyyy :D edit: I read this in his voice lmao

[@RRW359]

You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!

[@krisn4006]

He looks so polite♥️

[@Crakinator]

I have a new appreciation for these guys, thanks!

[@otaconpunished]

The Caecilian Mafia started in Caesicily with people fighting over the water rights on the tiny island. EH OH, I'M SLITHERIN' ERE!

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Zoologists don't know much about them is because they don't Snitch, all they have are their Mustaches and their Words and they don't break them for nobody.

[@esti-od1mz]

Good joke. But Sicily is the biggest island in the mediterranean, and the 3rd of Europe. Sorry for killing your joke...

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@esti-od1mz well for non Italians it’s just an island

[@esti-od1mz]

@@comradekenobi6908 yes, it is just an island. But geography has nothing to do with natonalism. I just stated that it is not a tiny island, but it is pretty big

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@esti-od1mz ngl regular people won’t know much about Sicily unless something big happens there or if they have visited it

[@ballybunion9]

0:40: You never heard of Sicilians?!? They come from an island just off the west coast of Italy. Did you never see The Godfather?

[@CJCroen1393]

Also you should never go in against them when death is on the line! ...Dammit, I already used my Princess Bride quota for the day, but I just couldn't resist XD

[@professionalidiot5529]

Did you play LCS

[@Asterra2]

I dig the chosen bgm. Makes me think of the golden age of mass-produced, quality documentaries in the 90s.

[@MrVulcanator]

It’s similar to the Eyewitness Science intro.

[@Asterra2]

@@MrVulcanator I had to look that one up as it was definitely off my radar (probably exclusive to British market). A perfect case-in-point, though. Documentary music from the 90s. It's uncanny, isn't it? That also brings up a topic I've ranted on from time to time: The fact that there are so many great documentary-like series out there, largely hailing from the 90s / early 2000s, that currently only exist in the memories of those who happened to watch them. If you remember them, you can try hunting them down somewhere online, and at best you might find it being offered as an "educational series" on VHS for $90 per tape. This is the case for, e.g., Wonders of Weather. There are some clips on KZbin, but otherwise, the only route is those hopelessly overpriced educational VHS tapes. It's a point of endless frustration with me that not only is this the fate of so much stuff that I would legitimately want to watch, but there isn't even any means by which one can determine exactly what exists out there! Eyewitness Science / Wonders of Weather. There, we have a list of two. Where is a list that includes those two, plus everything else? It doesn't exist.

[@Accountnolongerexists]

'weirdest creature you've never heard of' needs to be a series.

[@mrmagpie3637]

Keep up the good work man I’m really enjoying your work!

[@justasquid8930]

I've only heard about Sicilians for about a year now!! Its nice to see more people knowing about them!! I want them to become a well known animal because they're so cool!!

[@lordsnarkgrumpkinslayer9865]

"I'd give you kids the skin off my back!"-Boulengerula Taitana a singe mother of 36

[@moonstrifflimestone5493]

_t h i s_

[@siddoo6778]

Oh to have as stellar of a mustache as a caecillian...

[@diamondhamster4320]

Ancient Long Frog/Salamander Nibba was like: what if we evolve into EELS? Sound pretty lit.

[@worromot]

I've known about these little guys since I could read. I was obsessed with reptiles and amphibians as a kid and read pretty much every book my school library had on them. I distinctly remember seeing these guys in the books

[@Eli-akad]

I remember as a kid I had seen a documentary that showed these things, and it actually showed the part where the young were eating the mothers skin. I remember as a kid for years I thought that’s what earth worm faces actually looked like and how they’re young behaved. I believe I learned the difference back in 2014-2016 and it was a shocking revelation for me🤣

[@catosbobu1239]

Right below the water level would be platypuses, axolotls, red pandas, capybaras, blobfish, and tardigrades. Seriously: people think they're the kewlest galaxy brains ever for knowing what axolotls are, when in reality you see them all over the place in media. That's not to say they aren't interesting though.

[@foolishmuleth6757]

Yeah, when your obscure animal is in Minecraft maybe it isn't as obscure as you think. Still cool tho

[@daksmos924]

People think there cool for slandering others when they know different useless knowledge

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

Where do Jerboas go.

[@ssghostleviathan9820]

@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes on my shoulder to tell me the weather.

[@Pandacalifornia]

@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes I think jerboas go slightly below those, since there aren’t that many major jerboa appearances in media.

[@1Shalnark1]

I read about caecilians either in school or in a children's encyclopedia, I don't really remember.

[@LancasterResponding]

4:23 Awww. Just like Grandma used to do when I was little

[@muscillia]

I’m a caecilian and thank you for this feature

[@RobleViejo]

5:11 That map is wrong, in Southamerica the whole Buenos Aires Province is excluded, but Caecilians are extremely common here, and Id bet there are a lot more in other parts of Argentina. They dont need a very tropical climate

[@alanbareiro6806]

Yeah, I just live one hour and a half from Buenos Aires city and I had one on my backyard. Unfortunately my dear kitty cat also found them and obviously she claimed it as a trophy.

[@carloshenriquez125]

@@alanbareiro6806 did your cat got ill by playing with the Sicilian?

[@alanbareiro6806]

@@carloshenriquez125 Nah, but they made her an offer she couldn't refuse. Haha, I'm joking. For real, she didn't feel a thing later, she just went to me and rubbed her cheeks against my legs as always after that. I did see the poor Caecilian corpse after that.

[@jonhy8351]

@@alanbareiro6806 bad cat owner, cats should remain indoors as they kill local fauna and sometimes makes them extinct

[@sr.pulpito6523]

@@jonhy8351.__.

[@lashedvenom]

Went herping in Costa Rica and was lucky enough to find one! Held it for a minute which you shouldn't do but I didnt harm it. It secretes a sticky substance from it's skin that made my hands go completelly numb afterwards for an hour or two. Fun little slippery noodle.

[@metamorphicorder]

Im glad you explained why you shouldnt handle it. I will keep that in mind.

[@creakingskull7008]

I love this channel

[@creakingskull7008]

Creaking Skull

[@tramenari]

OMG!!! I've been searching for this my whole life!!!! When I was like 7 years old I was digging a hole in my backyard in Chicago with some plastic beach shovels and I saw this HUGE earthworm squirming through the ground. I was 7. Needless to say, my mind was blown... I told my parents and of course they just brushed it off. I was so mad because they wouldn't believe me. I asked my science teacher at school and she basically told me to stop lying. I knew I wasn't crazy and now I know it wasn't an earthworm. Thank you.

[@ThuyCawlEemThaBlaydRunna]

4:46 Do you think there's a chance this influenced the design of xenomorph chestbursters in any way? Or are these things too obscure and it's just some crazy coincidence?

[@lemmingscanfly5]

I remember really wanting one as a pet when I was a kid.

[@LepidopteranLiliumoth]

Funny little fellas...I can't say I'm in their fanclub but I knew about them before clicking, as I love all wormy types

[@aaronjohnston2751]

4:47 Okay, I see where the inspiration behind Khezu came from now.

[@sniperbrosky]

Came here looking for someone to mention it! First thing I thought of

[@slappio1435]

_Screeching intensifies_

[@Thetrueblueberry.5605]

Where the music go

[@thewurstcase261]

Love your short videos they are always so much fun!

[@HarryKrinkle]

I've thought Caecilians were the most-underrated amphibians since I was a kid, but for some reason, it was only a few days ago that I found out they have sharp teeth and are basically Xenomorph Chestbursters IRL. I have no idea why I didn't know this.

[@Nylak-Otter]

That was like the first thing I learned about them. **shudders** I'll stick with monitoring salamander populations, thanks.

[@SyifaRDilla]

thank you for your information, i am a undergraduate student and i am really interested with this animal, i have some collection at my home, they are ichthyophis elongatus and i. sumatranus some species from ichthyophiidae, they are so cute. i hope you can share more information about it, thank you

[@crossinbean4725]

"Never go in against a Caecilian when death is on the line"

[@mararaisanen5696]

In Russian this animal is called "рыбозмей", literally "fish-snake".

[@carsonianthegreat4672]

I don’t know about everyone else, but I already knew Sicilians had cool mustaches and gnarly teeth.

[@tr0llz0r20]

Glass lizards are not only similar but they are ironically my obscure favorite, thanks for showing me another one to add to the list

[@lmao9692]

1:45 IT'S THE ALASKAN BULL WORM!

[@chrisball3778]

There's also the Sirenidae, which are sort of half way between a Salamander and a Caecilian. They're aquatic and have lost their back legs, but still have small front legs which they can use to grab onto weeds.

[@josephjohnson6849]

Like olms?

[@GreatLemur]

I think I first learned about caecilians from a D&D book. There were giant caecilians in old D&D, see, but of course they didn't do a lot to explain what a caecilian WAS. Back then, I think I had to look the word up in a dictionary like a neanderthal. Eventually, though, I did get to see one in a pet shop, which was cool. Never actually used a giant caecilian in D&D, though. Not yet. But there's one waiting in the dungeon for my players now. Maybe they'll eventually run into it, and I'll get to see if anybody recognizes what the hell I'm describing.

[@jimdino77]

For not telling me to like and subscribe, you earned yourself a like and a new subscriber

[@flightlesslord2688]

i love these giant frog worms.... 4:45 oh... until i realised they're chest bursters.

[@professionalidiot5529]

So does this mean the Sicilian Mafia derived from these guys Makes sense since both make my skin crawl

[@kl7360]

Emu, pronounced "eem-yoo" is a large, flightless Australian bird. "E-moo" is what a cow would send if it could use the internet.

[@lisanidog8178]

What an interesting animal. The amazing evolution of this critter is quite fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

[@katipunan4212]

YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART YOU'RE SHAKING MY CONFIDENCE DAILYYY

[@ramoth777]

No wonder Kane screamed so much before it burst out of him...

[@xunk16]

Yeah... I've heard there was an animal that inspired it, but I thought it was a marine variant. Now I'm just confused.

[@adams13245]

@@xunk16 I heard it was the parasitoid wasps, creatures that paralyze caterpillars, lay their eggs on them, then lock them in a burrow. The larvae hatch and eat the poor caterpillar alive. Even more evidence for the evil of wasps.

[@xunk16]

@@adams13245 There might have been more than one source. ^^

[@xunk16]

@@adams13245 Damn, fount it on quora, but KZbin doesn't want the link... I was trying to refer to the Phronima and to the Moray Eels, mentioned to me by my biology teacher in high school. But they well might just be creepily close to the xenomorph. I don't know if they ever played a part in the artistic process. Well, if I can't give you the link, I can always give you the text version of it and let you fetch the original for the pictures if you are curious : Gary Meaney, Animal lover and zoologist answer to : What real life animals are the most similar to the Xenomorphs from Alien? Thankfully, we haven’t come across any Xenomorphs in the real natural world. Yet. However, there certainly are a handful of very real creatures which have characteristics in common with the movie monsters. One group of animals that came to mind for me would be caecilians. Though they could be mistaken for worms, caecilians are in fact legless amphibians. Up close, you can see their sharp teeth and sometimes even their saliva, which recall the dripping, drooling jaws of a Xenomorph. One species - the ringed caecilian - is thought to possibly even have venom glands in its fangs. [...] Anyway, back to the aliens. In the movies, they have a second, inner set of jaws within their mouth. There are in fact real life animals which have this same feature - moray eels. Many fish have what are known as pharyngeal teeth; teeth located deep in the their throat. However, morays are unique in having a fully functioning, articulated set of pharyngeal jaws. When they open their mouth, these jaws lunge forward to grab onto prey, and retract as the mouth is closed. Most fish swallow their food by using suction: they create a pressure differential between the surrounding water and their mouths, vacuuming up their victim. Moray eels cannot really do this effectively, as they live in cramped underwater tunnels. Instead, they have Xenomorph jaws. Another sea creature which bears an uncanny resemblance to the fictitious extraterrestrials is Phronima, a deep-sea crustacean (an amphipod, to be more specific). In addition to its plated exoskeleton, it has what looks like a long crest extending from the back of its head, just like a Xenomorph. Despite appearances, this is in fact a huge pair of tubular eyes! Weirdly enough, this is but one of two pairs of eyes Phronima has. Even stranger are its habits; a mother will track down a salp (a kind of gelatinous, sac-shaped animal), hollow out its viscera with her claws, and lay her eggs within the unwilling hosts. The disemboweled salp floats away with the current, and her offspring eventually emerge in new territory. Much like a chestburster! Even more like chestbursters are parasitoid wasps. There are well over half a million species of parasitoid wasp, all from various different groups which have independently evolved the same grisly habits. [...] Anyways, the most famous strategy employed by parasitoid wasps is the laying of eggs within a larger host - usually a caterpillar, though practically any kind of insect is used by one wasp species or another. When the eggs hatch, the newborn larvae begin to eat their host from the inside out, eventually emerging to the outside world like a baby Xenomorph. The last animal I will bring up is Prasinohaema, a genus of tree-dwelling skinks found only on New Guinea and the neighbouring Solomon Islands. These lizards have an extraordinary tolerance for the acidic chemical biliverdin. We, too, contain biliverdin, but in minuscule quantities, and an excess of the stuff causes jaundice. If enough of it is present, we die. The bloodstream of Prasinohaema skinks has a biliverdin concentration forty times higher than that lethal dosage! Believe it or not, their blood is actually bright green because of this content, making them one of only three vertebrates which don’t have red blood. In any case, this reminded me of the acid blood of the aliens. [...]

[@adams13245]

@@xunk16 Yeah, I think it was more than one critter that inspired the xenomorph.

[@Badcomedy1]

The life of a Italian is so interesting :)

[@AverageEvangelionFan]

As an Australian, everyone I’ve ever met knows what an emu is

[@PhoenixRiseinFlame]

You all did lose to them in a war after all

[@Salmon_Lamb0]

The comments taught me more than the video. Now I can teach students about more obscure homonyms. Minor and miner, peak and pique, caecilian and Sicilian. I’d also like to thank you for mentioning emus. I have an inside joke with my friends about them.

[@rainbowgg___]

I've always been fascinated by them. Even as a kid. I owned every nature field books and documented everything I caught. Always wanted to catch one. And now that I'm older a few years back I learned of their weird cannibalism traits and I've been super intrigued with info on them

[@kronkD]

They’re the types that swap cups behind your back unknowingly giving themselves the poisoned cup

[@keirfarnum6811]

INCONCEIVABLE!

[@mostamazingtop6]

INCONCEIVABLE!

[@HeccingHydra]

INCONCEIVABLE

[@Soup_Crime]

I was dedicated to my animal knowledge for a large part of my childhood, I would think more than average by a lot, so I had heard of Caecilians before, but when I only learned of the Binturong a couple of years ago I was surprised and disappointed in myself that I hadn't heard of them cause they're pretty cool or at least unique and not well-known for being a mammal.

[@guycross493]

"You've probably never heard of this animal" *Me who read about it in a highschool science textbook*

[@frownyclowny6955]

Recently learned about Sicilians, so this was a perfectly timed video that didn’t beat me to the punch of knowledge

[@g2g70]

Awesome vid - I read about this in a book I had about north American reptiles and amphibians, and just when you've thought you've seen em all, along comes these guys. I have definitely never seen one before, I'm still searching!

[@MardukGodSlayer]

Great short video on a creature I'd never heard of before. It always irritates me to hear Americans mispronounce 'emu' though. It's 'ee-myuu', not 'ee-moo'!

[@JasonX00]

A very enjoyable video, yes. I also am irritated by the mispronounced emu. I explain it by saying 'ee-mew"

[@maavet2351]

One of the basic animals is a mammal with a tentacle like nose

[@zach11241]

You mean like a Gavin Free?

[@JahBreed]

Amazing Riflemen, those sicillians. Kept Italy from the Fascists.

[@mickeysquintz9650]

Italy was fascist for decades you idiot.

[@ShootingStarNeo]

Amazing they could use a rifle at all, given their lack of, you know, limbs!

[@JahBreed]

@@ShootingStarNeo The power of will, Dawg. Amazing!

[@bennichols561]

Heard about these decades ago when reading attenboroughs life on earth at age 8 or 9. This is a good video and I'm going to watch it again. There is always new information.

[@GhostAcez]

Thank you for this video! I saw something one night in a central US state (they apparently no known species of these native there) that this is the only thing that could probably explain it. I looked up giant worms for a while with no luck.

[@isaacramos8515]

We Sicilians are the best species in the world 🤌🏼🌶 🍝

[@pokituu1074]

1:52 THE ALASKAN BULL WOOORMMM AAAAAA

[@captainnutella67]

A Caecilian was always my trump card in "guess the animal" 20 Questions-type games. There was a single picture of one in a book on amphibians I read as a kid. Nobody ever guessed it right

[@akrulla]

I already watched this and liked it. So now I'm commenting. And sharing.

[@RowdyBoy82]

Great quick lil video mah man!

[@benstonhill3597]

Good videos, pure facts. Love the use of references.

[@n0lain]

I saw one once back when I worked at the zoo. We were digging the piled up dirt and leaves out from this long track of gutters, and I saw it in there. I thought it might be a worm at first, but looking closer I knew exactly what it was, and was super excited to actually see one in the wild. Edit: after seeing the range map for Caecilians, I'm now leaning towards it having been a blind snake instead

[@Chris_money]

I had a book of reptiles and amphibians that I used to read all the time when I was a kid. It had this animal in it. And while trying to find it at my grandmas house, I found a salamander. It was weird though because it was found in the SoCal area around the outskirts of LA. No idea how it found it’s way to under a rock by the hose.

[@youtube_revenue6449]

Very informative I always forget these guys exist

[@lavenderlavender3952]

"The Animal Iceberg" is a dope idea for a series

[@actingempty3108]

My mom used to have a bunch of these fellas in a tank, I remember watching the wiggly lads all the time.

[@nickkorkodylas5005]

Caecilians, not Sicilians: _"I cooka da earthworm!"_

[@kimberly6580]

Mantis flies, freshwater eels. The mantis flies for their appearance, the eels for the unexplainable journey from the oceans to lakes not connected to other waterways. Wonderful video. I hope to see some one day in the wild, or at least in a pet store.

[@lizardpunk1942]

I appreciate you making a quick educational video I can show my normie friends who've never heard of caecillians

[@creepypastalibrary4470]

1:57…i thought that spec where the eye should be was a spec of ash on my phone lol; i tried to wipe it & nothing came off. & i was like no way thats its eyeball😂😂

[@jessicapearson9479]

Had one of these cross my path for the first time ever! My young and I loved it! Wanting to know more about them sent us down a two day rabbit whole of fun facts about them!

[@JordanBeagle]

I remember they mentioned them briefing in the 3rd grade science class, pretty cool!

[@laststraw6734]

I've heard of caecilians and rubber eels but I never knew a rubber eel was a caecilian. I used to hunt through my library as a kid and there was a book with these amphibians on it's cover. Awesome video btw.

[@bookafooca7093]

I do actually know this animal!!! So happy you talked about them, I love animals (mostly reptiles and amphibians) so I happened to come across them and looked into them

[@Stothehighest]

You're two for two with me. I'm going to go ahead and subscribe now. I can't wait to see this channel blow up like Moth Light Media did.

[@onebilliontacos3405]

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