True Facts: Deception in the Rainforest

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[@zefrank]

Please take a minute to go and check out David Weiller's channel: kzbin.info/door/bKqmkO1RNRsK8uwX8rUZtQ

[@ariverbythesea]

Aight

[@ariverbythesea]

Aight

[@ariverbythesea]

Alright

[@ZennExile]

Highly recommend Kung Fu Spiny Devil Katydid

[@SomeLonelyLoser]

@@ZennExile How bout helicopter leafhopper

[@jyavant]

“A shitty day versus a very shitty day” The only comparison needed.

[@snarkamedes]

The difference between a shitty day versus being shit out.

[@erinhallmakes777]

Story of my life. Need it on a t shirt

[@climbtheladder9440]

@@snarkamedes man, they live a crazy life! 🤯🌟

[@PrometheusV]

Is that a 2020 summary?

[@Caninecancersucksrocks]

Now officially known as “The 2020+ Comparison” 🤪

[@Ulubai]

I appreciate Jerry going out of his way to show bugs pooping.

[@snarkamedes]

Must worry all the science consultants Frank and Jerry have on call now when they turn to them and ask "Can we have all your videos of camouflaged insects as they are pooping and peeing?"

[@Trund27]

Jerry’s doing God’s work 😹

[@_Solaris]

Yeah, I saw that.

[@leowu988]

ive wathced this channel a long time, but seriously, who is jerry?

[@_Solaris]

@@leowu988 probably a collaborator of some kind: -production -collation -research -something like that.

[@warmedhorizons]

"When threatened it waves itself around like a dangerous..... third of a snake" 😂😭😭

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

But can we talk about how that's still a massive caterpillar?

[@12mjk21]

at least it's the head third of a snake. imagine if it was the middle or tail third of a snake, it will get eaten immediately lol

[@Lance_a_Lot116]

@@12mjk21 now 5hat would be awkward ahhahaa

[@RyanSmith-wo2pi]

Lol

[@MystMagus]

As long as it includes the business end that's probably enough.

[@heathermillsphantomlimb9314]

“Jokes on you. Bet you puke up my lifeless body in 5 minutes. Burn.” That line was great.

[@Thunderbender18830]

I’m glad he addressed what the point of that was because I’d been wondering about that ever since learning about poisonous animals as a little kid. Like what’s the point of killing the predator after it already ate you?

[@Rivergirl2878]

@@Thunderbender18830 sometimes they don’t even die. Birds in my area usually have to eat a butterfly and get sick once before learning not to do it again.

[@anhedonicauthor]

Commenting to say I'm the 1000th like and I think that's cool.

[@l0rf]

It's like listening to sir David Attenborough, only he's intentionally being a prankster to see what the BBC will let him get away with

[@Luna_Spiritus]

Holy Shit that sounds AMAZING

[@glenglenson1593]

Thats exactly what Round Planet is! It's great

[@AlStone2]

It's actually very impressive how well he balances the humour with actually being educational

[@jeffw8218]

How is it “impressive”?? It’s literally “fact, then joke”, repeated. Edit: Lolz, I was questioning the "impressive" claim.

[@durere]

@@jeffw8218 exactly, perfect balance.

[@wholeshebang1]

Is it, *_"actually"?_*

[@AlStone2]

@@wholeshebang1 I stand by my word choices

[@meauxjeaux431]

@@AlStone2 Yes, I like his style also, and it makes the video way more interesting to look at and LISTEN to.

[@jenius00]

Technically, the best hiders in the rain forest are the one's we haven't found.

[@jeannichols4104]

That is how hide and seek works isn't it?

[@hassanmfaume4265]

This is true

[@Kyle_Reese]

@@jeannichols4104 no That is how hide N seek Do

[@jeannichols4104]

@@Kyle_Reese lmao

[@RaraZeCat]

Well yes but actaully yes?

[@ToaArcan]

Shout-out to the Margay, a species of mostly arboreal cat that has learned to mimic the distress calls of baby monkeys, so it can lure in and eat the parents.

[@benthomason3307]

that's some slasher movie crap.

[@unicornkitteh5332]

That is metal as fuck 😂

[@dimetrodon2250]

There are many folk tales about fae and other malicious spirits or entities mimicking humans voices calling for help in order to lure and catch their victims. To think that there are real life animals that do this is really terrifying. Other examples of this are how glow worms can mimic the pheromones of moths, or how some predatory fireflies mimic the flashes of the the fireflies they feed on.

[@HalleluJah337]

I. . . Like cats. . .

[@cookeymonster83]

And house cats that have evolved to cry like human babies so we give a shit about them being upset.

[@kristinb8172]

Note to self: never casually put my hand on a tree trunk in the rainforest.

[@mwperk02]

Just don't casually a rainforest. They has spooders and sneks.

[@aarondodo4076]

... Why would you put your hand in a tree trunk ANYWHERE? ... Use a stick, it's better, trust me. Oh, but not THAT one.

[@mitab1]

Don't put your hand in anyhole ever you don't know what is in the other side

[@Amaroq64]

Just don't go to a rainforest. There's a chance you come back infested with parasites.

[@theshuman100]

Its like that time scientists landed their sub on the seaflloor only for it to bleed

[@alienz8641]

You are the best science teacher ever. I guess that’s just how a zefrank do.

[@Thurmanism]

Biology

[@zanzull]

@@Thurmanism biology is technically sience

[@Z7Sakari]

He’s definitely one of the best. You should check out TierZoo as well if you like this kind of thing.

[@apollofell3925]

Spoken like a man who's never been to Biology lab

[@oswizzle8542]

Teir zoo too

[@CanalTremocos]

I once went to a beekeeping convention and, to my surprise, the winner of the bee photography competition was the photo of a hoverfly. When I mentioned it to one of the judges he told me they would open exceptions to good pictures of wild bees. I said nothing about the unusual number of wings and the shape of the back legs because my invitation to the closing banquet was hanging on a thread by that time.

[@TinySwanGrandAdventures]

I'm gonna hazard a guess and say that said judge wasn't well versed in Batesian Mimicry when it came to the multitude of bee mimics? Was the banquet worth it at least? 😅

[@CanalTremocos]

@@TinySwanGrandAdventures Free food is always worth it!

[@CrypticCocktails]

“How I got ejected from a beekeeping convention” would have put the icing on the cake here, jus’ sayin’..

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

You'd think they would... Know what a bee is. I mean I probably couldn't tell them apart either, but I'm also not a beekeeper.

[@suppeccnole6787]

Well, i guess the hoverfly mimicry really paid off there! We are technically their predators after all.

[@rufiblub]

"Who is not dead, but based on the other two I'd be worried" that one was unexpected

[@Roerco]

it was all a setup to the question at the end, Is Aristotle dead?

[@sebastianbroscheyoga]

Made me cough for 20 seconds

[@blam9360]

That's what makes it funny.

[@Cheshieruu]

well to be fair, to my knowledge life has a 100% lethality rate. maybe 99.99% to account for error.

[@theendangeredwildlifesanctuary]

The rainforest: *Spiderman pointing at Spiderman*

[@itsnerdybirdy2363]

I like my memes the way I like my KZbin content, science-y

[@DerpyEinstein]

I like camouflaged animals when there literally aren’t any in a picture shown so people get stuck trying to find it.

[@shelbysmama4974]

Mother Nature's version of Where's Waldo

[@evientually]

I was wondering if I was losing my mind or not.

[@Michaelkaydee]

1:08, 1:09? 🧐

[@harrypoore]

@@Michaelkaydee that one is a bark mimicking frog. He’s in the middle!

[@zaasasdadad]

All the shots in the video do contain one. You just gotta be keen.

[@snarkamedes]

Recap time then: Müllerian mimicry = various toxic animals all adopting the same look; Batesian mimicry = tasty animals being cheaty and cosplaying the look of toxic ones; Gilbertian mimicry = looking like the predator who's trying to nom you. And there's a two-thirds chance you die when naming a new method of camouflage?...

[@Tim3.14]

Bad news, there's actually a 100% chance you die after naming a new method of camouflage. Eventually. 😉

[@OlleLindestad]

There's also Vavilovian mimicry, when a wild species hijacks agriculture: it evolves similarity to a farmed species, which helps it get inadvertently spread by humans. Vavilov is hecka dead, so make that 75%.

[@apollomars1678]

waifu mimicry: to be such an adorable livestock, that your abuser will start to worship your existence and create a similar advanced body for you......for.......well.......for.....you know..... :3

[@EEnde]

There is a high probably that if you name something after you, you will die someday. I'm not taking those odds.

[@aguyhere7945]

But how do we know they're dead? They could just be that good at mimicry!

[@Andrea-tc9mw]

Zefrank: **mentions scientist** Zefrank: “who is dead.”

[@detectiveh7399]

Laughed too much when he says that 😂

[@masterjedi8670]

"Science Hippies"

[@brendansunra]

In an economics class, the phrase "dead white guy" was used to introduce virtually every economist that we talked about.

[@kungfucius10]

@@brendansunra care for some political correctness?

[@brendansunra]

@@kungfucius10 Beg your pardon, I don't understand.

[@isanayashiro2376]

This is how zefrank do : Birds = Be-urds Babies = beh-bees Humour = Jerry

[@DemonicsInc]

Its more like bea-erds

[@michaelbates4834]

Byurbs, I think. Or is it byurds?

[@adamhbrennan]

It’s byurds

[@stevensmith8261]

"Hidey-Hole"

[@shawnhampshirehick101]

I ❤💗 Jerry🤔😄

[@dotdotlar]

“Better to be bit on the butt, than dead.” Words to live by.

[@PGGreatOak]

Ask the guy bitten on the butt by the Alaskan Bull Worm, TWICE!

[@ecurewitz]

always good advice

[@alexglase765]

Is it strange that I like being bit on the butt?

[@blizzard2508-k7n]

@@alexglase765 you've been bitten on the butt?

[@englishatheart]

@@blizzard2508-k7n Some people are into that.

[@jaadriel]

the caterpillar pretending to be a dangerous third of a snake really killed me

[@arcguardian]

Not gonna lie, it looked scary AF.

[@satrickptar6265]

@@arcguardian 1/3 of a snake is funny lol.

[@tylerjohn4607]

@@arcguardian Seriously, that would scare me

[@doomyboi]

The head was pretty damn good but by the second act you could tell he'd burned through his budget.

[@neoqwerty]

It's only funny until you find a third of a REAL snake and it suddenly comes back to life to chase after you.

[@marywinter6160]

I was just setting here, totally BORED, and I thought of you. At last, ENTERTAINMENT!!! . I'm 74 and most tv is the same thing, over and over and over, you get the idea. Rarely ever is there anything NEW. But you Ze Frank are new and entertaining. Thank you.

[@StopWhining491]

I could watch/listen to Frank's True Facts all day. He's such a giggle.

[@Deepen_Pardeshi]

Ikr

[@pouncelygrin6699]

yeee :D

[@joelong7812]

fr

[@sarahburke5839]

And sooooo cute!!

[@slickback69420]

I understand it’s their propose to reproduce and pass on their genes but the raw mating facts and images can scar 😂

[@3hreeO]

Why on Earth the quality of resolution in the forest is so amazing?

[@jazzvieadnan3779]

As far as I know, wildlife photographers use telescopic lenses that enable them to capture things from far away without losing details. But I think the fact that there's generally less pollutions in the air would help, too

[@hieug.rection1920]

For real. We can capture bugs pooping but try to ID the dude who robbed the 7/11 and you may as well be looking a pics of Sasquatch or Loch Ness.

[@lag00n54]

@@hieug.rection1920 those camera's (capturing bugs) are big expensive cameras the camera that are usually found in the cities for monitoring are small and cheep easy to hide, less conspicuous.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

@@lag00n54 And also probably haven't been replaced since the late 2000s in some cases.

[@kayagorzan]

Hell yeah

[@filthycasual78]

Don't act like we didn't see the dog wearing a bee costume.

[@dommyshan]

That costume was a bit ruff.

[@defensivekobra3873]

Timestamp? Fucking missed it unless i am being fooled here Edit: found him at 6:58, must've looked away from the screen for a second

[@lillynasshi4582]

@@defensivekobra3873 6:58

[@defensivekobra3873]

@@lillynasshi4582 already found him, but thanks anyways

[@vincem3748]

Doggo barking up the wrong tree, I see

[@karldettmann7780]

6:58 zefrank trying to trick us by putting a normal bee in with the fakers

[@2ndlittlekingryan654]

He just puts a dog there hoping noome would notice

[@lapsijahti]

@@2ndlittlekingryan654 🤫

[@the_bad_signal9034]

@@2ndlittlekingryan654 woosh

[@goldngamer1365]

Yeah the little details🐝🐶🐝

[@TY-up1xp]

"Who isn't dead, but based on the last two, I'd be worried."

[@airotiv7916]

🤣👍👍💜

[@bramhartzell2000]

Yes, that is what he said

[@kayagorzan]

Hell yes

[@angelsaldana9894]

I died 😂

[@KingOfShadeEmpire]

No way! You watched the video too?

[@MarginallyUseful]

This episode of True Facts mimics the usually jokey-jokey version of True Facts but is really more of the educational, thinky-thinky variation. Well done good sir.

[@DavidGuild]

They've been trending that way recently. Some of the early ones were mostly made up "facts" that were funny, but I think the newer episodes are actually true facts.

[@alexglase765]

The useless facts side of KZbin is the best part of the whole platform.

[@lairdcummings9092]

It's very well camouflaged.

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@DavidGuild they’ve always been true you’re just too uneducated to realize it.

[@juliah9307]

Jerry, is that you?

[@Chimera-man-man]

“Except in the rainforest your roommates want to eat you” you’re assuming a lot about my college dorm roommates

[@ResurrectionRefuge]

Even though my biology teacher (who is dead) taught me this, I am grateful to watch all of this amazing video footage. Thanks for putting it all together, zefrank1 (who is alive).

[@jacksands3403]

But based on the last one I'd be worried XD

[@annebruecks7381]

Have you seen his short TED talk 'Are You Human'? Have tissues handy.

[@GranRey-0]

"...Gilbertian mimicry, after Lawrence Gilbert; who is not dead, but based on the last 2 I'd be worried." lol

[@gigastrike2]

Statistically, there is a 99.93% chance that he will die.

[@kingofflames738]

@@gigastrike2 so you're saying there's a chance that he's Immortal

[@gigastrike2]

@@kingofflames738 In the same way that it hasn't technically been proven that anyone still alive is mortal, yes.

[@GranRey-0]

@@gigastrike2 He's 79 this year, so you're giving a 0.07% chance that immortality or everlasting life will be discovered in the next ~10 years? I'm not sure if that's optimistic...lol. Most things I've read say 2050 at the earliest (obvs he won't make it to) and even if it happened by 2030, would he want to be functionally immortal in a decaying body with degenerated brain function from his ~90 years of non-immortal life? I think we've lost this one...

[@AtomickPhoenix]

@@GranRey-0 that’s if he isn’t already immortal though

[@Meansi]

I used to thing that whole “mimic a dangerous animal and things won’t eat you” was crap but then one day a bug I’d never encountered before flew at me flashing black and yellow stripes and i ran as fast as I could and was maybe 15 feet away before I realized it hadn’t looked like a wasp. Guess they’re not so dumb.

[@JD_tcb]

Glad you had a change of heart. Unfortunately, you're so dumb that your approval probably means very little to them...

[@inoriyorita3972]

Hi Megan, just wanted to mention that it has nothing to do with intelligence per se. I think Zefrank mentions it briefly in the video too. Basically, a random mutation occurs, and there can be one of 3 scenarios: it is harmful to survival, it is neither harmful nor beneficial, it is beneficial to survival. If it is harmful to survival, the individual(s) with that mutation will not be able to survive to pass on those genes. This does not mean that the same mutation may not occur at some other point again, as perhaps the mutation itself is a result of something in the environment or other reasons, but that's another topic. If it is neither beneficial nor harmful, it tends to stay around, just it usually doesn't or may take a long time to become a consistent feature of a population. Take blue eyes, for example. All blue eyed persons stem from one man thousands of years ago who had that blue eye mutation. It isn't particularly helpful or unhelpful, unless you're somewhere where there is a lot of sunlight, in which case blue eyes would be more prone to damage from the UV rays of the sun, which is why we don't see many naturally blue-eyed people in places with a lot of sunshine. If it is beneficial to survival, such as all these animal "disguises", then those with the mutation have an advantage and have a much higher rate of surviving to pass on their genes, and after dozens of generations, those without the mutation would no longer be around since they survived in increasingly smaller numbers compared to those with the mutation. Hope that makes it clear that the way these animals look is not an intentional effect but rather a result of random chance, the environment and hundreds of life cycles! By the way, the same is true of features when our environment changes :) We still have our appendix, wisdom teeth and tailbone, even though we no longer need them for anything anymore, because they don't actively harm our chances for survival, they haven't been "evolved" out of our DNA yet!

[@ndemers]

For sure! There are hoverflies in my neck of the woods that look very bee-like, and they totally fooled me the first time -- that's all you need to make a predator move along. It's only after I stopped, used my brain, and looked closer, that I understood the deception.

[@YeeSoest]

If a strange bug flew up on me, flashing colors... I don't think the exact hue actually matters, I'm gone ^^ Might be in a gang or something...

[@themockingdragon135]

@@inoriyorita3972 technically the appendix still sees use. I've heard that it acts as a backup cultivar for gut bacteria in the event of the bacterial microbiome that benefits us getting destroyed.

[@josephstone4842]

I hope that “who is dead” continues to be included for all name references where the person is in fact dead.

[@occultplatypus]

Another phrase for the Ze Frank drinking game!

[@yarororororor6417]

They are just playing camouflage at the next lvl

[@videolabguy]

I had a history teacher who, on Monday's, would tell us about some important event as though it was written up in Mad Magazine. The rest of the week, we delved into the facts of the real story. But, we never forgot the facts because of the wacky metaphors he told us about on Monday. Rest in peace, Mr. Eggers. Yeah. He's mega dead too.

[@Danka42]

Teachers like this are to be treasured and praised until the end of time.

[@TheRogueCommand]

"After Fritz Muller, who is dead." Are...are you suggesting he'd be alive if he evolved to looking like someone else?

[@ruthrichardson9717]

A classic maneuver!

[@flamelily1]

Dear Jesus that monkey caterpillar thing disturbs me on a primal level.

[@toniodivichi5749]

Spiders, slime, wriggly things. Understandable

[@EduardoEscarez]

Yeah, its very effective 😨

[@Spot_Faceless-Soldier]

Imagine having a phobia of gooey/wormy things, that's how terrified i am.

[@Oddworld2024]

Sorry really... Jesus’s won’t ever answer he’s long gone. Sorry for bursting that bubble. Lol might want to ask Mother Nature. Not Jesus.

[@flare8197]

@@Oddworld2024 nah

[@LiamMcEvoy]

4:49 I've never seen a butterfly poop before 🤔

[@1.8millionvolts87]

Same lol

[@davidnetix]

Fuck now i can’t unsee it

[@danae5578]

Until now

[@Purpose_Porpoise]

I used to work in a little butterfly tent at a zoo, and I've pretty much seen everything with butterflies from them pooping to them drinking sweat off my hand. The funniest part was seeing that a surprising percentage of people are afraid of butterflies.

[@danae5578]

@@Purpose_Porpoise 🦋 = 🐜 = 🐝 =🐞 = 🦗 =🕷 =🦟= ☠ (You know that this is how it's added up for some people) 🤔 insects equals insects.

[@Trowa71]

"All warfare is based on deception." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@redbuck1385]

"Don't tell your enemies exactly what you're about to do." - tactical genius

[@Trowa71]

@@redbuck1385Makes me think this was happening enough Sun just had to write it down for them.

[@thebestcentaur]

"Mullerian mimicry, after Fritz Muller, who is dead." Gee, thanks for clearing that up

[@volcryndarkstar]

Well not everyone is dead, just most people.

[@Z4RD4N34]

Also, avoid mimicking Fritz Muller for as long as possible.

[@kb-ww1uw]

Lesson from this video: If you study zoology, you're most likely dead.

[@vsezaye]

Lol i laughed so hard at that moment

[@hylaherping9180]

As someone who loves and studies butterflies his whole life I really enjoyed how accurate this video is. Great job Zefrank!

[@ragingpanda2207]

🤓

[@spormlastname267]

Butterfly expert.

[@smilintarget]

That's what's so great about these the amount of actual research as well as being entertaining

[@minutosdesapercibidosesp-e4508]

Whole life to butterflies... damn, that kinda sucks

[@minutosdesapercibidosesp-e4508]

But good for you if you enjoy it!

[@shelby0210]

these vids left too much of an impression on my speech i cant stop saying "bebbies" its been six years

[@gailbrezinka9766]

And it's fun to say, 😂🤣😂😂 bebbies!!!!!!😂

[@findy0uinanotherlife363]

Lol... we're american over here and my daughter speaks like this.... not from me... or anyone else of that matter.. it's just her... and now, this feller, I find... and she seems to think, all insect bugs, are cute "li'll bebbies...." 🤔..

[@alihaidersultan671]

@@gailbrezinka9766 its beh behs

[@zed7038]

BEOAURDS

[@blumelein6332]

Hidey holes

[@dominikbeitat4450]

I love how educational these videos are! Like, if you've got a mimicry technique named after you, you'll die. So, the best way to avoid death by mimicry naming is getting yourself a cozy lil' pseudonym, just like how a rockstar do.

[@intotheopendoor1308]

The batesian mimicry seen in the Canis familiaris bee is astounding.

[@SpiderkillersInc]

I am ashamed to admit I looked this up. Reminds me of a story about giant bugs blending into human society.

[@ithinkimarealboy2402]

Wouldn't 'Batesian' be capitalized since it is originally from a person's surname?

[@KaladinVegapunk]

It's just always been so mind blowing that some of the rainforest mimics can adapt to mimic even different variations within the same species, have like 8 alternate colorations as the base animal does, I'm glad he mentioned that haha Mullerian mimicry is just as rad though I've always been so fascinated with this field, it's just such an impressive evolutionary tactic

[@intotheopendoor1308]

@@ithinkimarealboy2402 forgive my lack of the correct capitalization.

[@ithinkimarealboy2402]

@@intotheopendoor1308No need to apologise, I wasn't criticizing. I am actually curious wether or not it should be capitalized.

[@Glitch_Online]

".. But based on the last two, i'd be worried." i this made me break the room silence.

[@hollanderson]

Aristotle is super dead!

[@manfredgesink8514]

Me too

[@keithdafox2257]

Mimic flies are fun when you, a biologist, can tell it's just a fly when everyone's screaming "AHHHHH BEEEEEEEEE"

[@isidoreaerys8745]

All the bugs make me itchy and uncomfortable until he got to the hover flies which immediately put me at ease. The pest control experts have arrived!

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

*A BEE?!*

[@keithdafox2257]

@@goldenhydreigon4727 *insert troll face* murder hornet

[@obergfamily9049]

9:00 "Getting a predator to strike away from vital organs can be the difference between a shitty day and a very shitty day." I'm stealing that for my self-help book.

[@coryzilligen790]

So is nobody else going to comment on the dog in the bee costume when he's showing all of the wasp mimics at 6:58 ? 🤣

[@Greyheart67]

Oh thank god someone else saw it too! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🐝🦮

[@ToriKo_]

What are you talking about?

[@zanelewar8429]

😂

[@nora-pt7hg]

WHAT DOG??? ALL I SEE IS BEE !!

[@comkver]

All I see are spicy sky raisins 😹😹😹😹

[@purplehaze2358]

“If nature finds a hole, it’ll put an animal in it” This is actually accurate. I dare anyone to name a single hole life hasn’t been found in.

[@nipunagunarathne4882]

Black hole?

[@horsehorsehorsehorse8500]

The ass hole?

[@Av3ntur1n]

@@horsehorsehorsehorse8500 I fear there are parasites for that 😅

[@soggytoasts1300]

the urethra, probably edit - i wish i didn't commented this because now my mind is cursed with things i never want to hear again

[@Av3ntur1n]

@@soggytoasts1300 again, parasites... 😅

[@nyxlocke1229]

"It is called Gilbertian Mimicry, after Lawrence Gilbert, who is NOT dead" He had me in the first half, ngl XD thought poor Lawrence had met his end

[@merlinious01]

Someone should warn him to look out

[@user-vk7cp1op9p]

Every so often, I find that I miss your "voice." I miss your casual joking, and go back and indulge myself again, viewing some favorite, in my library of your creative podcasts. Then I laugh and feel so much better, having shared a little humanity, or words and laughs from the master, and feel right as rain. Thank you again.

[@katewheeler3984]

Exactly. I feel the same way. I just sit here and smile and laugh and I just appreciate him

[@whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286]

"When threatened it waves itself around like a dangerous 1/3 of a snake" - 3:59 my favorite part

[@whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286]

My bad 6:25

[@cTRudeboy]

@@whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286 Thank you 😅. I was like 🤔

[@hdezn26]

When other creatures try that stunt . . . they catch a public indecency charge and maybe a trip to a local "hotel".

[@sandrastreifel6452]

I think 6:59 is the best! “Bee and wasp cosplay” indeed!

[@deprofundis3293]

@@whatyoumeanakaw.y.m5286 you know you can edit your original comment, right?... Lol

[@admiralsnackbar7689]

“Getting a predator to strike away from vital organs can be the difference between a shitty day and a very shitty day.” Words of wisdom. Lol

[@J.TiberiusKirk]

The lesson to be learned from this video is this: Do not try to camouflage yourself like Fritz Muller or Henry Walter Bates, because they are dead.

[@sdfkjgh]

@J Tiberius Kirk: Oh, I don't know, disguising oneself as carrion sounds like a pretty good idea. The majority of predators don't go after rotting flesh, and most of those that do aren't all that aggressive. It all depends, once again, on the realtors' credo: 3(location)*. I do know that in Africa, lions and hyenas regularly go after carrion, so mebbe don't do it there, but in other places, the strategy seems pretty viable. *These realtors are also math majors.

[@lairdcummings9092]

"... pretty viable." Until the vultures show up.

[@SharynS.]

@@sdfkjgh But if carrion are bigger than 24 inches, they have to be checked. (Read it out loud.)

[@sdfkjgh]

@@lairdcummings9092: Yeah, but vultures are pushovers, and won't really go so far as to create more carrion. I actually had vultures in mind when I typed "most of those that do aren't all that aggressive".

[@lairdcummings9092]

@@sdfkjgh I wasn't thinking so much of the vultures doing harm, as that they'd force you to break cover, giving yourself away to things which can turn you into *real* carrion.

[@satinekryze2893]

6:59 🤣 the dog truly is the best at defending against predators by pretending to be a bee

[@paulhollier6382]

I *saw* that dog, in a bumblebee costume, that Jerry tried to sneak in with the bumblebees! Nice subliminal cut, though. Thx!

[@neoqwerty]

it's not a dog in a bumblebee costume, but rather Jerry in a dog costume in a bee costume, showing the rare Jerrian mimicry method.

[@ElaAusDemTal]

@@neoqwerty.... Brilliant!

[@PrydeWater901]

@@neoqwerty He’s not dead, is he?

[@jeremyg9323]

@@PrydeWater901 nah, he's not even next on the hitlist. Once Gilbert dies, then jerry needs to start worrying

[@ChillavaKirby]

I found little stuff like that to be way funnier when he just sneaks it in instead of making a jerry joke

[@deadlydingus1138]

Adding “Aristotle is Super Dead” to the list of Zefrank songs that I want a full version of.

[@deistmutt]

great idea!

[@helljack]

It sounds like a Rob Zombie in both title and vibe more than Rob Zombie own's songs and that is (ze)frankly awesome :D

[@starsilverinfinity]

So rainforests are just a big game of: hey can i copy your homework? _sure but just change it alittle_ The homework:

[@xacharon]

Oh sure, when nature does it, it's clever "mimicry" and "camouflage", but when I do it, it's "You've been expelled for plagiarism".

[@MH-ms1dg]

I'm an exhibit explainer at the AMNH for the butterfly vivarium, and I just loved everything you said! I'm always trying to explain things better like you.

[@EquinoxGT]

I like how the majority of the clips aren't just animals camouflaging, camouflaging like dead things, or camouflaging like bodily waste, they're also creating bodily waste while camouflaging sometimes like bodily waste. Genius.

[@stanamilanovich3956]

I liked the random dog in a bee costume, beagle in leaves clips.

[@essboxxessboxx3993]

🤔👏🏻👏👏👏🏾💥🙃🙃👏👏🏾👏🏿👏🏻👏👏🏿👏🏾🤓

[@deprofundis3293]

So...Insectption? ;)

[@EquinoxGT]

@@deprofundis3293 pooception pehaps, lol

[@kevinstuart5105]

It's amazing how zefrank never has to say "just kidding". He can stuff a video full of facts and funny and it's always just apparent which is which.

[@Clipped_Angel]

In his recent videos at least When he started out he was funny but a bit problematic on a factual level

[@zubairbaloch481]

Kris's 2

[@lrunyon60]

And the other butterflies were like, "whatever." Lol

[@hiderirender6222]

SPOILERSSSSS

[@Sfaegbe]

ok and

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

I love the way you say "Who is dead" after all the biologists names, as if camoflage didnt work for them lmao! Jerry cracks me up too! I would have never noticed the dog in the yellowjacket...thought it was a wasp!

[@403.FORBIDDEN]

I wish I had a hidey hole, God knows I can't blend in.

[@Zlukaka]

Have you tried developing toxins and a bright color scheme to protect your family? 🤣

[@BunnyChamberX]

cuz thats how the human do~

[@MissRebekah1974]

Hi my Lovely, Just pretend to be Human until that becomes Habitual/Auto Action. Then most of the other fakers will not point you out. Some will, but those fakers are Snot Nice, Slug Snotted, Meanies, and always will be. Everyone can see that at a glance, and sometimes, they lose the point on top of their head. Then they are Pointless! Snot Nice, Slug Snotted, Meanies. I admit it, I DO enjoy snapping off the point off the top of their head, so they will be seen as Pointless!! Don't be Pointless!! OR Slug Snot!! both of these are bad but ... don't ever be ... Pointless Slug Snot!! Aunt B

[@deenam2567]

Watch the cuttlefish video 😊

[@jamesdakis826]

My hidey hole is my home office...but my wife found it.

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

When David Attenborough dies the BBC needs to make this guy the new face (or rather voice) of their nature documentaries.

[@katelillo1932]

Don’t you dare speak that into existence. David Attenborough must be protected at all costs!

[@seraphim-kpopdreamcorpsear5255]

I thought it said "decepticon" damn it I was so excited

[@ragingpanda2207]

yeah they thought since they failed so many times at taking over human life, they would try for the slightly less intelligent members of our planet. little did they know they were getting into a whole different type of war...one of lies and camoflauge

[@not_a_german_weeb_spy7078]

Its does th- Oh I see I was deceived

[@boozypixels]

You've failed me for the last time... again

[@GoGojiraGo]

In this case, it would be Predacon.

[@barrylucas8679]

Dude!

[@pat5196]

3:55 what is that its amazing how these animals and bugs look just like the plants 😮

[@nuclear_nautilus]

"A genetic Swiss Army knife of deception" is a phrase I didn't know I needed until now

[@nuno_das_fotos]

I googled Blue Jay Barfing butterfly, was not disappointed.

[@Luna_Spiritus]

Neither was I

[@brettlejeune7009]

Awesome that I wasn't alone 😂. I even paused the video just to go Google it.

[@studionightshade]

The Google algorithm is going to be quite confused by the spike in that search for he next 24 hours...

[@damianbruno3507]

I Googled puke butterfly by mistake. Not what i expected...

[@gingerhansen1902]

That ain't even shit, man. I googled "Butterfly barfing Bluejay". I tell ya, THAT was some shit!

[@YeeSoest]

"Joke's on you! Bet you'll puke up my lifeless body in 5 Minutes. Burn?!" I died

[@kevinpotts123]

2:55 that tail evolved into a leaf is just amazing. Isn't it incredible what millions of years of evolution can make?

[@notleefy9837]

This is what science class should be.

[@900nutboys]

My high school biology class was almost exactly like this lmao

[@saffronarts9080]

You mean your not watching this channel for science class

[@wasteddemise2286]

I would show this in class if I was a teacher

[@kingplunger6033]

This would just be an introduction to get people interested though, you can't actually learn that much with pretty videos and fun facts...

[@notleefy9837]

@@kingplunger6033 i mean sure, not everything works for everybody, but it's still funny and attention grabbing.

[@CG_GamingChannel]

He's showing pictures and clips of animals in camouflage but it just looks like a slideshow of rocks, moss, leaves and tree bark

[@oriontigley5089]

_ZeFrank could totally still make a slideshow of Rocks, moss, leaves & trees funny though_

[@incognitoburrito6020]

Most of them have frogs in them, but I love when people upload pictures of camouflaged animals that really are just trees.

[@vedddddd]

"getting predators to stay away from vital organs can be the difference between a shitty day and a *very* shitty day"

[@pattygilson9669]

"Everyone has like 50 roommates, all of them with dietary restrictions..." It's like you know me, zefrank!

[@Haedox]

some of my roommates already want to eat me

[@nkc2666]

You’re here too! :D

[@theluftwaffle1]

Well atleast buy them dinner first.

[@peterkoller3761]

you better shower first!

[@johndifrancisco3642]

@@peterkoller3761 Some of us like it a little tasty.

[@johndifrancisco3642]

What a rough life....

[@LTDragoonIII]

Why is almost every single animal in this pooping or peeing?

[@zacks8815]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed

[@kevinreese8224]

It’s what zefrank do 🤣

[@korrafey1044]

How does one even find this many videos of that?ive never even considered that butterflies pee

[@PolarisGrace]

Because Jerry.

[@pansepot1490]

@@korrafey1044 check the pinned comment. There’s the link to the channel of the guy who filmed most of the footage.

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

Though there is no rule for this established, you can generally gauge how poisonous an insect is by how many other insects mimic in! In North America, 20+ non-poisonous species of butterflies and moths all mimic one poisonous one, all with overlapping ranges. It’s because even though the predator’s chance of getting the poisonous one can be low as one-in-six, the poisonous ones are so bad that most predators won’t take that chance.

[@elizamccroskey1708]

I love the random addition of dogs in this one! Ze Frank never fails to raise my spirit.

[@maxp3141]

I saw it too, I bet it was Jerry..

[@tippib2222]

I’m not generally afraid of bugs but that singularly crawling mass of caterpillars touched my brain in a bad heebie jeebie place.

[@xxJOE6210xx]

When I was a kid I was climbing a tree once and put my hand directly into a big mass of caterpillars like that - I seriously think there were hundreds of them. I fell out of the tree right onto my back and had a bunch of caterpillars fall all over me and several had been squished on my hand. That was like 20 years ago and it still terrifies me.

[@justinvarghese6852]

@@xxJOE6210xx omg lmao. What happened after?

[@KinreeveNaku]

I thought they were adorable. Such a cute writhing mass of impenetrable defense! Yes you are!

[@xxJOE6210xx]

@@justinvarghese6852 I just got up screaming and ran away. Did not like those caterpillars.

[@Tatusiek_1]

@@KinreeveNaku I kill caterpillars, they are pests

[@Tarkov.]

"Based on the last two I'd be worried." Look out, Gilbert, Zefrank's got your number.

[@noel1626]

The way he chuckles at his quick gags just makes this channel

[@vanierstreetcats4929]

Most amusing informative channel, I can't ever not bust a gut or spit out my drink when I watch one of these. I absolutely love Ze's narratives, I have been enjoying the development as I have been binging since finding this "VERY SPECIAL" place on KZbin this is the platform's award-winning channel if you ask me. One of the most unique and original content providers I have found not one narrator comes close to ZE!

[@Ordanborniv]

One day we'll get a video on the elusive and wiley, "Jerry. "

[@peggywoods4327]

Jerry isn't elusive, he just has a very effective hidey-hole.

[@johnsonlabarbear4741]

Hey Daniel How are you keeping, Where are you from?

[@witchilich]

Jerry is the ultimate king of deception with how many animals he has mimicked until now.

[@ragingpanda2207]

says you 🙄

[@del5981]

The flash of that dog in a bee costume actually killed me

[@glennrobert4101]

The comical nature of these educational videos is fabulous. It makes me want to watch and give a thumbs up to all of them.

[@penguinista]

You'll be glad you did. His videos are all great.

[@amandac8836]

"Tongue with a mullet" caught me off guard and I burst out laughing

[@joshuavildor2824]

The comedy is gold but nature is simply amazing. The fact that animals evolved to mimic their environment and other animals is astounding. It’s amazing how how their aware of their own appearance and their like “I’m going to lay on the leaf that look just like me.”

[@TechySeven]

It is quite very amazing, but I might add that most of them aren't actually all that Aware of those things... so much as they're simply Just Doing What they Naturally Do Already, instinctively... subconsciously, to survive.

[@MrJakewray]

That moth caterpillar who looks like a third of a snake is impressive as hell

[@wolfafterdark]

@@TechySeven Seeing as how you can't know that, better to assume they ain't dumb, as that's an instinctive, subconscious, superiority complex at play.

[@TechySeven]

@@wolfafterdark I can agree that a self-centric notion of superiority could indeed potentially bias my point of view. However my point rests on a relatively objective position nevertheless. You say I can't Know that, but the fact that We Can Know Anything at all is part of what separates us from most animals. Conscious Self-Awareness, a phenomenon arising from a feedback-loop that results from us Actively choosing both what to perceive as well as How to perceive and experience it (in Near real-time)... simultaneously with active control over our senses that allow us to store such experiences as memory in the first place. It is Possible that a camouflaged insect could be aware of its camouflage, sure, but the fact that they aren't Actively Conscious or Actively Self-Aware would indicate that it's only instinctive awareness... which Really isn't quite the same thing as Knowing something, which is having the ability to store accurate & justifiable information about something in conscious memory for retrieval. Instinct isn't knowledge, it's an Automatic ingrained Reaction to things.

[@VJETRA]

Because those who didn't like stay on the leave is DEAD

[@kalashnikovdevil]

For a human use of disruptive camo, please see dazzle camouflage from WW2. It looks like a fever dream, but it's extremely effective in making it very hard to aim weapons accurately at the ship so painted. It got left behind when we "adapted" to radar.

[@Kagomai15]

that's so frickin cool!! and now I want to see pirate and space ships painted like this, wouldn't that be neat 🎉

[@szametha]

Developed as an attempt to disrupt range and direction estimations by u-boat crews, dazzle camo didn't prove to be very effective. At the most it bought the target ship a little time. So after a short time of experimentation combat livery went back to dark sea grey/blue.

[@Kagomai15]

@@szametha thanks for the extra history! ☆

[@szametha]

@@Kagomai15 With pleasure. You can see remnants of dazzle camo theory in liveries of famous battleships from WW1 throughout WW2, like diagonal striping, fake head waves and fake horizon patterns, but generally spotter and fire-control crews were just too well-trained and well-selected to be fooled by these creative trompe-l'oeil schemes. It was found that a bland grey scheme was more effective for evasion in forecast or stormy weather, prevalent in the Atlantic for instance. Exception is the US Navy, with ships painted completely in a very dark blue during Pacific WW2 operations.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Dazzle camo was jjust razzle dazzle with no substance

[@jacksands3403]

"based on Laurence Gilbert, who is not dead. But based on the last two I'd be worried." Killed me

[@FEARSWTOR]

Know who it didnt kill? Dr. Lawrence E. Gilbert! Dude is immortal (So far. I'd still be worried).

[@vagabondflow]

Fun fact - polymorphic butterflies were used as an argument against the theory of evolution, as no-one could figure out how they evolved.

[@brendansunra]

Wait...how DID they evolve?

[@wolffsutcliff3145]

I lost it at "like a dangerous... third of a snake" lol

[@averyheart4480]

"Who is not dead but based on the last two I'd be worried"

[@devyaniworlikar7431]

Love from india sir and thank you for showing nature mother so closely

[@Sense008]

" Gilbert is not dead, but based on the previous two I'd be worried" .... I am laughing soooo hard at this

[@darthralin]

"Genetic Swiss army knife of deception" is just such an apt expression.

[@megamonkeyblaster3627]

"Nature is a whore with a vacuum. David that's not right". I damn near snorted Pepsi out my nose 😂🤣😂🤣

[@cateatfood6634]

My toddler daughter won't stop screaming OH MY GOODNESS at all these neat animals and bugs. I've raised her right. Now, if I can somehow convince spouse to move us to a forest, that is all we need ^_^

[@waixler83]

Remember: if something looks like it wants to be eaten, *D O N T*

[@destinycircle8192]

Except if you're eating at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

[@andrealouise4655]

So... no pretty snacks then?

[@deprofundis3293]

At least in terms of animals, yes, lol

[@thermionicemission6355]

Yep, I'm pretty sure if you bite any of the poisonous frogs, you will not live to see the end of the day.

[@novideohereatall]

Well, except for fruits that literally are made to be eaten..

[@parasoxart9948]

"Genetic Swiss Army Knife of deception"

[@PatentPended]

“Yeah, I suppose that is a bit dirty-“ -gets cut off by a vacuum cleaner ad-

[@spikem5950]

Later on: "Nature is a whore with a vacuum"