Zoo Trip with a Biologist

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[@RenegadeScienceTeacher]

A lot of people are concerned about the elephant, so I thought I'd leave some context here. The enclosure is quite large. It wraps around the building I was in. He was by himself in the smallest part of the enclosure but he easily could have walked to the grassy side with the other elephants if he wanted. He was also playing with a bundle of tires right before I started recording, so he's not bored or insane. That swaying behavior had been studied a lot and we've never found a single solid reason for it. There is no consistent link to stress hormones or enclosure size or anything like that. The only thing that it correlates to semi-consistently is more rigid management systems, as if the elephant is just anticipating the next feeding/bathing event that happens every day. The most prevalent belief amongst experts is that they're just shifting weight from one foot to the other exactly like we do when we're just standing around. The Tulsa Zoo takes excellent care of their animals. Obviously, the best place for any animal is its natural habitat, but that isn't always an option. I will not be delving into the intricacies of this debate in KZbin comments. Also, PETA is a terrible organization and you should not use them as a resource for information on animal care. They're like InfoWars but for animal stuff.

[@lenoigel2626]

Thank you, i was worried. i remember a pair of polar bears in a way to small enclosure in my youth who were insane. That image stayed in my head.

[@jonb4155]

It looked like he was scratching his backside on the post behind him to me!

[@Chance57]

Now I kinda wanna see the PETA version Alex Jones screaming incoherent gibberish at a camera while legitimately foaming at the mouth. What would the topic even be?

[@mx_nana_banana]

@@Chance57 the topic would be: “pets are our slaves”

[@veggieman9032]

No matter how well they protect their investment, they still breed and sell these animals.

[@thehistorybuff1883]

“They just don’t need a lot of oxygen for all of the nothing that they’re doing” lmao that moment is hilarious

[@fxbear]

That’s me on any given afternoon

[@RedPaladin42]

Amazing

[@emtiazhossain6145]

Hey what do you think about this book about evolution kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoe1qmeEpdBrbac

[@ilonachan]

​@@emtiazhossain6145 Stop spamming we get it, someone wrote an anti-evolution book. Send it to Forrest directly, maybe he'll tear into it for you since you want that so badly.

[@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148]

@@emtiazhossain6145 its wrong! thats wt i think. im also a vet,so i know wt im talking about,go learn some real science and stop believing this pseudo-science crap!

[@ziploc819]

"did you know flamingoes only live for about as long as the average flamingo" Lmao

[@Kaeresh]

Karl (fact fiend) made a vid about flamingo's and explained they are pretty tough critters. I may remember wrong but i'm pretty sure he said they can stand in or even submerge their heads in boiling water?

[@5-Volt]

Not sure if it's true but I've heard that Flamingos are actually white & it's a certain kind of shrimp they eat that makes them pink.

[@SCPguy-06]

@@5-Volt correct

[@ottopatchen6577]

Remember: If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous If it bites you and you die, it's venomous If you bite each other and nobody dies, that's kinky.

[@blightchip4236]

I literally can’t imagine the excitement a biologist would feel walking through the gates of a zoo

[@DutchJoan]

Take some kids with you and you will.

[@blightchip4236]

@@DutchJoan yeah I was a kid at the zoo once so maybe I can imagine

[@emtiazhossain6145]

Hey what do u think about this book about evolution kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoe1qmeEpdBrbac

[@uri0606]

It is slightly more exciting to see wild animals in the wild...

[@matthewh2503]

@@emtiazhossain6145 You really just out here ignorant.

[@travcollier]

A botanist, geologist, and paleontologist went on a field trip... No joke, just remembering a field trip I did in college which was super fun ;)

[@BruceCarroll]

It NEEDS to be a joke, though..

[@reubenmanzo2054]

@@BruceCarroll A minister, a priest and a rabbit walk into a bar. The bartender asks the rabbit, "what are you doing here?" The rabbit replies, "I don't know, I'm only here because of a typo."

[@emtiazhossain6145]

Hey have you read this book about evolution kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoe1qmeEpdBrbac

[@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148]

who are u from the 3?

[@travcollier]

@@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148 Actually, I'm a biologist. I was a student at the time working in the geologist's lab with the botanist. The trip was down to Baja to do some paleoclimatology stuff, but we were also looking for some well preserved bits of ammonite shell to see if any proteins survived. All that was (still is frankly) well beyond my expertise. It was really fun because everyone noticed different sorts of things and would point them out along with random facts to each other. A real geek fest ;)

[@h.crolland9722]

I spent this whole video smiling like an idiot. This is so wholesome and educational

[@stylis666]

Yip. Usually when KZbin channels deviate from their regular stuff and go on a trip, I click away. Valkai + zoo however, I already started smiling like an idiot before I clicked :D I don't think he had ice cream though. Did we have ice cream? I don't think he did... We had dad jokes though XD I suppose that makes up a lot :D

[@Seapatico]

Note of clarification to any creationists in the comments section: We talk about evolution of animals in an active voice, (things like "they evolved that way so they could fit under rocks" or "it worked well for them so they adopted it") because it's just a more useful way of discussing it in conversation. But animals don't choose to evolve, and there is no plan for any of it. It would be klunky to always say "the alleles that code for a flatter body type were more beneficial for some turtles, so they survived longer and had more children, and that chain of events continued for enough generations to ultimately create the phenotype we see in pancake turtles today" for every example. So we say "they evolved like that to fit here" so save us all time. But again! There is no plan or goal, and no one chooses to "evolve". That's just shorthand. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

[@PabloSanchez-qu6ib]

Using thought and logic! That is not fair you heathen! May the crocoducks waddle after you until you repent!

[@GeorgeDCowley]

It's still technically correct. "They evolved for that reason."

[@coolio3267]

@@PabloSanchez-qu6ib ur trolling right

[@PabloSanchez-qu6ib]

@@coolio3267 it's called satire.

[@coolio3267]

@@PabloSanchez-qu6ib one can never be too sure on the internet tho lol

[@atimidbirb]

Hearing an actual scientist say the phrase ´pokey plants´ gives me indescribable amounts of joy

[@Galvantez]

Didn't know how overwhelmingly prevalent homosexuality was amongst giraffe, really throws the whole "being gay is unnatural" thing out the window.

[@andrewbender8336]

Another fun fact: bonobos, our closest living relatives, are pretty much all bisexual

[@jonahzurn527]

Giraffes aren’t real m8

[@fxbear]

I remember a preacher saying homosexuality doesn’t exist in nature and my dad who grew up on a farm laughing.

[@iseriver3982]

It isn't, showing dominance isn't the same as homosexuality. Some scientists feel the need to make their research culturally relevant, which is just as dumb as thinking gay animals make it ok to be gay. A, humans are animals anyway and b, lions kill baby lions, doesn't mean humans should kill baby humans.

[@blythe546]

@@iseriver3982 why are you relating being gay to killing a baby..? And obviously yeah just because we see it in other species doesnt mean us humans should adopt those behaviors But homosexuality is a pretty observable behavior in humans, therefore its a fact that humans can be homosexual? I mean idk was there a man made chip that gets implanted into people to make them gay? Or is every gay person faking it?? Am i faking it?!?!? 😱 the world may never know…

[@ShadowKaiserin]

This was the best. 10 out of 10, would go to the zoo with you again.

[@lesliejohnson4339]

Me, too!

[@helicopterharry5101]

Darn seahorses and giraffes, pushing their unbibilical agenda.

[@RenegadeScienceTeacher]

That's my favorite thing about them.

[@Thevoiceswontstop_]

My parents never took me places to have fun so this feels strangely fulfilling. I feel like I'm on a trip with my cool biologist father. Thank you cool biologist.

[@michaelflamel2611]

This video is the only way I can explain to others what ADHD feels like with things that excite someone with ADHD. “Look at ‘em! I love ‘em!”, “*random animal noises*”, “Look at those naked mole-rats! They don’t feel pain on their skin!”. Etc, etc, etc. With our conscience speaking in this exact voice.

[@alisontheanimal4009]

I’m so glade I’m not the only one who nerds out at the zoo, but seriously you couldn’t think of a single Tawney Frogmouth fact? How about the fact that they are one of the few truly monogamous birds, and can stay together for life, with the male helping care for the chicks? How about the fact that the inside of their mouths are this amazing yellow colour that they use to flash at predators when their camouflage fails. Or the fact that they have sensitive whiskers almost like a cat, or my personal favourite that they use they poop as a weapon! Flinging it at any threat - including a poor zookeeper just trying to clean their nest box. I can tell you from personal experience it’s a smell that is not only horrible, but it hangs around for a long time.

[@nitsanraviddaos4797]

Tawney Frogmouth are flipin' awesome! thanks for the facts

[@justusb.plorer8773]

Some of their relatives have little slits in their eyelids that enable them to observe their surroundings while the eye is closed in order to maintain perfect camouflage.

[@alisontheanimal4009]

@@justusb.plorer8773 yay, I’m not the only animal nerd! I Love sharing weird animal facts.

[@blacktigerpaw1]

@@alisontheanimal4009 Oh, weird you know exactly what male and female is in birds.

[@alisontheanimal4009]

@@blacktigerpaw1 Although same sex couples have been observed in birds, most famously in penguins, when a monogamous pair or birds produce a fertile egg then the pair has to be a male and female. Physically there is very little difference between males and females in Tawny frog mouths so in captivity we tend to use DNA testing to make sure.

[@bizm]

I just want to hang out with this guy at a zoo and have him go 'look at them, I love them!' with that voice at every creature. This is my new favourite video on KZbin.

[@AndreJNick]

As a creationist I always hated going to the zoo but now I would just love to go with an actual biologist or someone who actually knows what they're talking about

[@akbal7033]

Why would being a creationist make you hate going to the zoo? I can imagine it would if you were surrounded by commenators but just being a creationist alone, I dont get it...

[@wisekong6371]

@@akbal7033 neither do i... If he's really a creationist then he would love to see all the creatures that God created as said in the Bible... Evolution is cooler

[@AndreJNick]

@@wisekong6371 I was a creationist. No longer

[@AndreJNick]

@@akbal7033 because zoos were monuments to the evils of scientific evolution

[@wisekong6371]

@@AndreJNick great! I feel good for you!

[@Chance57]

When I learned a turtle's shell was a part of its body they couldn't just climb out of them like Franklin, my mind was shattered. I was animal obsessed and in an animal sciences magnet program so I got that information at a reasonable age. My mind shattered again when I realized many adults were never made aware of this. Please, don't try to take a turtle out of its shell and if you ever get your kids a pet turtle, make this lesson #1!

[@lordfelidae4505]

Do. Do people think it’s just. Like a shirt they made?

[@DiscountSupport]

You did miss a bit on the velvet ants that I would find worth mentioning, they're not ants, they're wasps. That out of the way, thank you for the trip to the zoo!

[@stylis666]

That's super interesting. Makes me curious though, about the shapes/segments of their bodies. They look awfully similar, a bit like how humans and other apes are similar. How closely related are ants and wasps? Suddenly I remember a moment in my garden in a hot summer day and I looked at my insect hotel and all the way in the back I saw a wasp head look at me from behind a piece of wood like he was totally busted avoiding work. Of course this was just my projection, but it did seem a bit nervous that I discovered his relaxing spot. but as I stood still and looked at him I noticed he wasn't alone and there were about 5 tiny little wasp heads moving about behind the piece of wood, like a bunch of teens skipping class :p It's easy to look at those heads and anthropomorphize them. Especially when 5 of them are hiding behind a piece of wood and look at you, totally nervous that you found them. So imagine them worrying I was going to their queen to tell on them :p I totally hate wasps and like mosquitoes I just kill as many as I can, but that was so cute. I'm also a total hypocrite. I put branches and leaves in the bird bath so the wasps and other insect have an easier time not killing themselves when drinking and when a wasp falls in I actually save them and put them in the sun to dry. I like them better dead, but the dying part, please don't do it by drowning, that just really fucking sucks, no matter what kind of animal you are. Just get eaten by a bird or a tropical fungus :p That seems quite horrible too, but I can't help them with that :) Fungi gotta eat too you know :p I just hope I'm long dead before I get eaten :D I do wonder if I even should help drowning wasps because wasps can walk on the surface tension of water, so if they fall in, maybe they were already dying anyway, but I don't know so I help them out. But I see them sitting on the edges drinking a lot too, so I assume they're just idiots like me and they sometimes slip and fall, like an idiot who doesn't remember that they can just walk on the water like a "normal person". When I'm super thirsty and I grab a glass of water I often throw half of it on my clothes, like an idiot who doesn't remember that you have to open your mouth and put the glass close enough to pour the water in the mouth, like a normal person, so again, projection, but I can imagine them not always being much smarter then I am sometimes. They are much better dancers though!

[@somethingiconicig3967]

@@stylis666 if you wanna help put out a small thing of sugar water by the bird bath! bees and insects will appreciate that a lot more when they’re dying since 60% of the time it’s just lack of sugar :) (from just what i know)

[@ckm5702]

Zoo rules 1. Come early/stay late 2. Bring a camera 3. Read the signs! 4. Don't call apes "monkeys" 5. (Most important and best demonstrated here) share as many facts with as many people as possible

[@echo7989]

Yes! Finally more animal content. Didn't know how badly I wanted this video until now

[@Arosukir6]

As a teen I wanted to be a zoologist. Specifically a mammologist. Sadly, when I got to college I realized both that I was pretty bad at college-level math and only mediocre at biology. I realized my true passion was for filmmaking, and have been lucky enough to be able to make that into a career. But I will *never* stop loving to learn about animals. What inspired me to want to be a scientist in the first place were shows like "The Kratt Brothers," "Crocode Hunter," "The Jeff Corwin Experience," and "Bill Nye The Science Guy." I think that educational entertainment is one of the most powerful tools we have to get kids excited about science and the world. I love it so much! Thanks for this vid, Forrest! Especially the facts!

[@bobmasters9871]

Normally I'm not one to watch more slice of life style videos from youtubers I watch, but this was so sweet and informative, and it really does capture how much you genuinely love things like this. This was an absolutely wonderful way to start my day, thank you so much for sharing this with us

[@hadishstreet3066]

Couldn't agree more

[@colehaney8836]

Imagine going on a field trip with Forrest in like 5th grade. I would be having the time of my LIFE at that age. Hell I still am as an adult. Scratch the age part. I want to go to the zoo with Forrest.

[@kellyezebra]

Who else really kind of wants to invite Forrest to their town to hit the zoo and a couple of state/national parks to talk about biology?!

[@callsignslinki3065]

Dude, I'm turning 30 and I still love going to zoos.

[@RenegadeScienceTeacher]

Likewise.

[@SuperEdge67]

As an Aussie I can tell you Tawny Frogmouths are Australian birds. Their camouflage is incredible. They blend in with the bark on the trees.

[@Kaeresh]

I legit had to surpress the urge to exclaim: "YES!" and jump up to grab my shoes n coat when you started your vid. No joke. Something triggered in my brain. I feel really silly now but I'm pretty sure it's a clear sign that it should be a compliment to this channel. Also while otters may not actually get wet, Chin chilla's never *should* get wet. Those little buggers are so dense that it would be very very difficult to get them dry before mold or other water-damage occurs, which is why they take sand baths. [citation needed]

[@kristine9823]

So awesome! I'd take a dozen more zoo vidoes. Just watching all the cool animals and hearing neat facts about them is the best! Especially from someone who is as jazzed as I am about them all. And yes, geese are just ridiculous :)

[@bulgna]

This was so fricking cute, his happiness and love for his field are contagious

[@Lu13s]

I showed the tigers to my sister and she went absolutely nuts. The juvenile tiger is cute

[@mike140298]

I think the mum is cuter, she has such fluffy cheeks/jaws. I just want to scratch her neck.

[@MareeHassallsArt]

I loved this. That tiger looked so relaxed and at ease. Must be nice for them to know they're cared for, dont have to worry about lack of food, or worry about predators

[@noahcherry8369]

This was so wholesome! I always love seeing people talk about things they are passionate about and the excitement in your voice was contagious! Such a great video

[@priyamanglani3707]

I enjoyed watching this more than actually visiting a zoo and knowing nothing about what these animal's characteristics are lol😂❤Thankss

[@oliviaaumiller2948]

This felt like a field trip, I love it!

[@aidenforehand1973]

I almost started crying, and you seem more like a dad and a scientist, I yearn for that kind of duality

[@simon3818]

The fact about the starfish is one of the coolest things I’ve learned about in a while

[@spidertiger585]

flamingos only live for about as long as the average flamingo LMAO

[@listentomerantaboutuseless34]

this was awesome! I love that the early forms of language was just yelling different warning sounds for different predators

[@enive2003]

Now this was a whole lot of fun! :) And so many interesting tidbits about animals!

[@orca._.]

My hands down favorite trip to the zoo! Learned more from this than any school field trip. 😎❤️

[@LarryDana]

Loved this zoo tour. Maybe I'm an "Old Dad" but the "how do you catch a unique leopard", joke still make me laugh every time I think about it.

[@weaa00]

How do u catch a uniquw leopard?

[@livi6440]

You neek up on it

[@len9505]

"If if bites you and you die it's venomous. If you bite it and you die it's poisonous." Thanks.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

When I was 21 years old I had a throwback moment that made me burst out in hysterical laughter during a university lecture. On lardosis. I was in the front row. And I couldn’t stop. I had been about 5 years old when my family went to the Calgary Zoo... which was revolutionary at the time. They reimagined animal enclosures to include natural barriers. Less animals in barred cages. My older brother and I were staring at a mandrill baboon. The kind that has a white, blue and red face, through the thick glass. The baboon noticed us. Considered both of us. And decided on my older brother, who was larger than me. And turned around and presented it’s bum to my brother. 5 year old me found this hysterically funny. And I immediately ran off to tell my parents. Fast forward 16 years later I just learned that it was funnier than that. This primate had chosen my brother as a mate! I couldn’t control myself and burst into laughter with 200 other students wondering why lardosis was so funny. I couldn’t interrupt or explain myself. It was a lecture and I tried my best to contain myself. Not so successfully. Ah. Intro Psych.

[@LathosZan]

Other flamingo facts: the colour if a flamingo's plumage can tell you how healthy and well-fed it is. The more red, the more well-fed and healthy. This is due to the accumulation of beta-carotene from their food. Captive flamibgos can be paler and still be healthy however, if their diet is specifically low in beta-carotene. Flamingos are filter-feeders as well as solid-food predators. The material they filter-feed on is what contains the majority of their dietary beta-carotene, and thus the source of their redness. Flamingos have hinged upper jaws as well as lower jaws. In many vertibrates, opening the mouth is a function of a hinge-like or lever-like structure, which is the jaw itself. What we usually call a jaw is actually a mandible, which is a solid structure of the mouth typically housing teeth and used for biting and chewing. It most vertibrates with jaws, the upper mandible is fixed to the skull, meaning the lower mandible is the only part that moves. In flamingos, neither mandible is fixed to the skull. Due to the way the flamingo holds its head when it eats and the way its bill is curved, the "upper jaw" is actually further in the water that the lower one, meaning that it can move its upper mandible up and down from this angle to work similr to the moving lower mandible of most other vertibrates.

[@Hivbhhg]

Don't their orgasms last like 30 minutes?

[@LathosZan]

@@Hivbhhg there is no evidence to suggest that they experience orgasms at all. It is however interesting to note that they are among the least sexually-dimorphic birds (the males are slightly larger, and the females take on plumage colouration more readily) and their courtship processes is the same for both males and females, both of which act mostly the same to attract mates in a sort of dancing routine (research is still ongoing how an individual uses their dance or the dance of their mate to select a mate, or if the dance even matters for mate selection). The physical act of reproduction in flamingos, as in most birds, is very brief.

[@JeremySchelhaas]

i started watching you thru Reacteria, this is the first non-Reacteria video ive seen from you, and now, only 2:57 into the video, and i already know, for a fact, i need more zoo trips with you

[@thesilverduke]

Oh my god. I knew you lived in Oklahoma but I grew up in that zoo, and seeing a video by a KZbinr that I like so much about the zoo I grew up with is an amazing experience.

[@ratbones620]

I would absolutely love going to a zoo or aquarium with a biologist. I think you would learn some really cool stuff from them like I did from this video!

[@404errorcodeV]

that was fun! can we go to a science museum next please and thank you very much. #BelieveScience

[@terran854]

"they're my favorite species of lesser ape." that line really choked me up. If you wanna know why, look up what species fall under the category "lesser ape"

[@yvainestelmack7196]

There are multiple species of gibbons.

[@len9505]

I find it highly entertaining seeing your ear on all the glass

[@panqueque445]

7:10 That elephant is literally just vibing

[@Mr.PeabodyTheSkeptic]

I've had season passes to our Houston Zoo and Museum of Natural History for decades. There is always something to discover on any visit.

[@CaptainTwizzler]

I love listening to people excitedly telling others about their passions. it's all about the sound in your voice as you talk about cool biological and evolutionary facts

[@Ella-tw6ri]

that elephant is literally just vibing, i love them

[@CritThinkng]

This was different from your usual content but I really enjoyed it. I loved your commentary 😄

[@remarkablewave3451]

7:07 The elephants just vibing

[@kittyvondoom666]

This brought me so much joy! I love going to the zoo and it was awesome to hear so much about the animals from someone so excited about them! 100% wholesome!

[@nyuh]

This is nice. Feels like going to the zoo (except the tour guide is actually enthusiastic about it) :)

[@alright9483]

I love this video so much, i come here time to time when i feel low. Thankyou forrest.

[@shawnvaljean9260]

This was lot of fun. Thank you for it. I didn't learn an appreciation for science or history until my late 20's but over these last few years I've spent alot of time consuming content like this. That statue of the man and his daughter is the exact image that I have for my life when I have kids of my own. I want to be sure that they grow up open to how amazing the world is.

[@kirstenc9383]

The pure joy I felt while watching this entire video just proves to me I made the right choice to go back to school for biology. Forrest, you are definitely a very large part of why I made that decision. Your excitement is so contagious!

[@GoldphishAnimation]

I did not expect to enjoy a nerd at the zoo as much as I did, please please please continue to make little clips of going off on biology rants it's so good.

[@ladylarry75]

Such a fun video! I did not know flamingos lived that long. Fascinating.

[@lizcoddington4421]

I think you are well on your way to embodying that statue. Your enthusiasm and joy for the subject is infectious!

[@colehaney8836]

This is probably my favorite video on your channel now. That was a ton of fun!

[@kaiteknack2279]

I followed you here from Tiktok. Love love love the longer videos! And they are perfect for me to have on in the background while at work! Love learning while I’m working!! Thank you!!

[@barbarasmith2693]

Little tiger friend was like "Mom! Stop washing me! I'm trying to eat here. Jeez! " Glad you let us have a longer look at the beautiful mother and juvenile tiger, Forrest. So beautiful. Here's a story about how two little tigers saved a very old zoo: Years ago, a pair of Siberian tiger cubs (both female) were confiscated from some idiot who was caught transporting them for the horrible 'exotic pet' trade market. Well, anyway, our local zoo housed them when they were little and people loved them so much that a grass roots fundraising and awareness effort to keep them at our zoo sprung up. It soon became a corporate sponsored but mostly publicly funded campaign. The zoo was able to create an appropriate enclosure for them and were approved to house them permanently. Mind you, our zoo was sort of decrepit at that point in it's own lifecycle (now over 120 years old!) and hadn't been very well maintained. Between the donations for the tiger habitat and the increased revenue from the vastly increased visitor traffic (and new zoo memberships), our zoo was revitalized. All of the animals got new enclosures that met the most current and stringent standards of zoological research. The entire zoo was redesigned and reorganized to highlight areas themed by geographic locations of species. New big cat exhibits were added, and we have our own small pride of lions now! The educational areas were staffed and new exciting programs flourished. Our zoo became "the house (well, zoo) that two little tigers built". My husband and I visited the two tigers at least twice a month for years, and then as often as we could and eventually brought our kid to see them too. They had a delightful habit of coming up to the front of the enclosure and exhibiting that nifty flehmen response, tasting our scents on the air, so to speak. They would genially "huff" at us and after a while we started to "huff" back. This began when they were just babies. They began to recognize us, I swear to you. They could both be languidly sunbathing in a far corner of their outdoor area and all we had to do was give one or two audible little huff sounds. One or both would come running up to see us. and rub the wires that created the barrier between us and them. It used to freak out the other zoo patrons! Oh, how I adored those beautiful striped sisters. The girls lived at the zoo together from the early 90's until they both died at about age 18, both from cancer, about 12 years ago. The zoo has gone on to host a number of Malayan tigers who have then gone one to other zoos as part of the AZA Species Survival Plan.

[@stormieo4252]

Omg the Tulsa zoo!! I grew up there, this is so fun to watch you walk through and talk about a part of my childhood :) I've loved exploring your channel and would love recommendations for similar content channels

[@Shrekthebabyswallower]

14:10 "subscribe for more shaky chinchilla content" Say no more Forrest, say no more.

[@SaltySeattleCyclist]

5:52 "These weird lookin' birds are in looove......and that's AN EGRIT!!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@IRFine]

My brain was completely unprepared for “Tame way, unique up on it”

[@the1khronohs40]

This was way more exhiting than I thought it would be. I love your enthusiasm! 🥰

[@Seapatico]

That was even more wholesome than I expected. And I really expected it to be mega wholesome.

[@simonmcglary]

As a visitor engagement volunteer at Edinburgh Zoo learning about animals is always good!

[@polemius01]

Thanks for taking us to the zoo. Was it Tulsa zoo? As in Oklahoma??!! I guess there had to be one educated, informed, intelligent person there. PS: Loved the Star Trek, "Vulcan Fight to the Death" music in the flamingo habitat!

[@patriciabusch4599]

The elephant saying was awesome. He/she was just listening to their fav song that's stuck in their head.

[@mckaylapaddock9319]

This was the wholesome, informative trip to the zoo I didn't know I so desperately needed today. Thank you for sharing❤️

[@jrrarglblarg9241]

Fun! Field trip! Thanks so much!

[@RevNoch]

Oh man, the flamingos to the Star Trek fight music, fantastic!

[@Joey-nw8kz]

I think we have our own homage to Steve Irwin. Your obvious excitement about the animals is positively infectious.

[@dash3995]

I love that you have a favorite species of lesser ape

[@yikesforever6432]

You seem like a really fun person to go to the zoo with just springing such amazing knowledge on me the whole time

[@FrogMcFrog]

That tour was super fun and educational. You should do more of those. Enjoyed it and gave me laugh. Thank you.

[@leekuanjiet8435]

Really appreciate and am amazed with the amount of facts you're able to remember about so many animals in the zoo, and on spot...? Wow. But side note, when I looked at the title, I wasn't expecting it to be this informative. I think naming the video is pretty important. I'm not a professional, but I think "How do you recognise a tortoise and a turtle?", "Animal dad gives birth!?", "When you see this, don't mistake them as pigs!!!" added with "| Biologist brings you to the Zoo!" or something that piques the viewer's interest would be better.

[@chappie22X]

The opening of this video had all kinds of awesome energy to it. :)

[@wumpernugget1243]

What a just delightful video. Had me smiling the whole way through

[@benburkin7942]

Chuckled all the way through this, I love FV's enthusiasm 😁👍

[@MAJORp121]

This is the best "tripping" video. Your goofy dumb jokes would make any hippy laugh and also then be amazed by nature.

[@stylis666]

I have had lots of fun in zoos, but this trip was amazing and I didn't even have to get up for it! You're a lot of fun. Also, inappropriate side note, with soft shadows you look quite amazing. It's hard to not be totally captivated by the passion and joy in your eyes and voice, but I did remember your complaint that your studio lighting seemed to hate you so I did check how you look in this video. Studio lights don't hate you though, they just prefer to not look directly at the subject that is being filmed. They like to have their light fill the entire room and envelop you in a gentle brightness. Have them do that and you'll be best friends forever.

[@burnednbroken]

Those last horrible jokes killed me 🤣🤣🤣

[@pridelander06]

The adolescent tiger with his mother part made me tear up a little bit 🥺

[@deniseperegrina6620]

This was my favorite of your videos!!! More more more!

[@helicopterharry5101]

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on concepts that are rarely discussed outside of scifi like the genetic recreation of extinct species, uplifting, and alien life.

[@angelasylvain2476]

Virtual zoo trip with a biologist just gave me life!

[@joanfregapane8683]

This was an exceptionally wonderful and fun video! Thank you for this - yes - gift!

[@binnieb173]

More of this!!!! This was amazing! Honestly, I just want more of you walking around and teaching facts about animals. Ever thought about being the next David Attenborough?

[@fredbloggs7131]

The music with the fighting flamingoes made me laugh. Good geek work.

[@castlesandcuriosities]

Might be my new favourite video from you mate. Just very cool to hear so many tidbits of info about these creatures from someone who just sounds exited to share it

[@LiIGremlin]

Been loving the recent videos, keep up the great work 💜

[@ShawnWilliams314]

"Raccoons are good. I just needed you to know that."