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Cocaine Bear: Myth vs Reality
What happened to the real cocaine bear and what does the movie mean for conservation?
Sources:
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cocaine-bear-true-story-dangers-animal-drugs
journals.lww.com/amjforensicmedicine/citation/1992/12000/the_cocaine_bear.23.aspx
bearwise.org/the-cocaine-bear-what-really-happened-in-1985/
bear.org/how-dangerous-are-black-bears/
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The Last of Us and the Dinosaur Extinction
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My microphone was not plugged into anything... Sources: Radiolab show radiolab.org/episodes/fungus-amungus Fungal Filter for Mammals Casadevall, 2012 journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1002808 Declining body temps Protsiv et al., 2020 elifesciences.org/articles/49555.pdf Vox Article www.vox.com/culture/2023/1/21/23561106/last-of-us-fungus-cordyceps-zombie-infect-hum...
How to find owls
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I got my start owling in 2020 when I was an Allegheny County park ranger. I led owl prowls and started to get out into the field when I was off the clock to look for owls. I became enthralled with them and it became a passion to learn more about their hidden lives. I hope it brings the same joy for you that it brings for me. I have used info collected for the ranger "owl prowls" as well as my o...
Vervet Crash Course: Communication
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This is Part 3 of a crash course in vervet monkey behavior. This video is focused on vervet monkey communication and includes input from an expert in the field, Dr. Erica van de Waal. We focus on their 3 famous alarm calls ("leopard", "eagle", & "snake"), but we also delve into many forms of vervet vocal and physical communication. This video is not comprehensive by ANY means. Special thanks to...
Earth Day Challenge: 51 ways to restore our Earth
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This video was directly inspired by and structured around earthday.org's page focused on 51 ways to restore our Earth. www.earthday.org/earth-day-tips/ Visit ecobrick.org to learn more about making and using ecobricks! www.ecobricks.org/
How can vervet monkeys swim?
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Why can monkeys swim? Can apes swim? Why do monkeys swim? Do they just need some time to forget about their woes and splash around? This video is less researched... I was mostly having fun and wanted to post videos of monkeys swimming. Hope you enjoy. References: McFarland, R., Barrett, L., Costello, M. A., Fuller, A., Hetem, R. S., Maloney, S. K., ... & Henzi, P. S. (2020). Keeping cool in the...
Intrusive Thoughts with Abbey
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You ever have intrusive thoughts? Links to our favorite facts: -Cats purr when they are hurt pets.webmd.com/cats/why-do-cats-purr - Horseshoe crabs have blue blood www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/horseshoe-crab-blood-miracle-vaccine-ingredient.html#:~:text=What is horseshoe crab blood,horseshoe crab's body from toxins. - Antlers are basically bone cancer… what… www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/cancer-gen...
Update Video: Why the blue balls?
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Due to some new research and information sent my way I decided that it was absolutely necessary to update some information from my original video on vervets monkeys! Special thanks to Pooja Dongre for sending me the info on the 2020 paper by Young et al. and for helping me edit my old information! Pooja is a PhD Student at the University of Lausanne and has done absolutely fantastic work on ver...
Vervet Crash Course: Social Behavior
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This is Part 2 of a crash course in vervet monkey behavior. This video is focused on vervet monkey social behavior and includes input from an expert in the field, Dr. Erica van de Waal, and a researcher explaining his masters thesis, Varun Manavazhi. This video is designed with field assistants in mind, but it is for any interested person! Our next installment will focus on communication in ver...
Vervet Crash Course: Basic Behavior and Morphology
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Hello! This is Part 1 of a crash course in vervet monkey behavior. This video is focused on how to identify vervet monkeys and goes over their basic behaviors. This video is designed with field assistants in mind, but it is for any interested soul! Future videos will look at their social lives, conflict, communication, and reproduction. 1:33 - vervet morphology 3:41 - vervet group behavior 4:24...
Netflix’s Alien Worlds Commentary: Episodes 1 & 2
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We recently started to watch Netflix's new docuseries "Alien Worlds" and we loved the speculative evolution of exoplanets, but we both had questions about the design of the aliens and wanted to discuss them from an evolutionary perspective. We raise a lot of questions and explain almost none of them, but we hope this gets people's minds excited! We do not own the rights to any of the images tha...
An Unexpected Relative - Science off the Shelf
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As we hunker down for the good of humanity, join me on a journey into the natural world through fun objects on my bookshelf! This episode: An unlikely relative Featuring: Fair-use images and mildly scratchy videos Music: Broke for Free- Summer Spliffs Original - 233 April 2020
Bird's of a Feather... Quarantine Together? - Science off the Shelf
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Hunker down for humanity and learn about feathers! All feathers obtained legally and no birds were harmed in the making of this video. Music: Broke for Free- Summer Spliffs Original created on 2 April 2020.
Try to be like the Trilobites - Science off the Shelf
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As we hunker down for the good of humanity, join me on a journey into the natural world through fun objects on my bookshelf! This episode: Trying like the Trilobite Featuring: Luke Quarles Music: Broke for Free- Summer Spliffs A video transferred from Abbey's personal channel. This was at the start of the 2020 Quarantine in March.
What Killed the Dinosaurs - Science off the Shelf
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As we hunker down for the good of humanity, join me on a journey into the natural world through fun objects on my bookshelf! This episode: What killed the dinosaurs? 🦕☄️ A video transferred from Abbey's personal channel. This was at the start of the 2020 Quarantine in March. Music: Broke for Free- Summer Spliffs
Amazing Ammonite - Science off the Shelf
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Amazing Ammonite - Science off the Shelf

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @richarddidio1653
    @richarddidio1653 24 дні тому

    Nice video I love snow owls and live in PA. I have yet to see any owls and have not heard any in a few years. Thanks

  • @potatofactory451
    @potatofactory451 Місяць тому

    you are a boring person

  • @leafyveins4985
    @leafyveins4985 2 місяці тому

    Great video. Will try to use these tips when I'm out looking for them. I've only heard them and seen one fly from maybe 50 feet away, I'd love to see one up a little closer. Northern Saw-whets are so cute! And burrowing owls

  • @Ifartalot1994
    @Ifartalot1994 3 місяці тому

    Can u just sell me a owl

  • @UPLINKUSA
    @UPLINKUSA 3 місяці тому

    Best owl video I've seen.

  • @Blacksprunki1234
    @Blacksprunki1234 5 місяців тому

    Barried owls i really hard i tried being a girl owl pretending but it didnt work?

  • @Blacksprunki1234
    @Blacksprunki1234 5 місяців тому

    IM SCARED I FEEL LIKE YOUR GONNA DED

  • @MichaelJosephJr934
    @MichaelJosephJr934 6 місяців тому

    Do owl boxes need to be cleaned? I'm consider placing one high up in a tree but it won't be easy to reach regularly.

  • @glindaewin-rx6te
    @glindaewin-rx6te 7 місяців тому

    I live in MD. And we have a lot of Ovls in my back yard and I have never saw one up close. Thanks for your information. I hope 🙏 I will be able to get a chance to spot one!, 🧐🦉

  • @willard398
    @willard398 7 місяців тому

    I’m new to Owls but am learning fast. I have a large Owl box I’m mounting on a 12’ pole like a lever in case bats or squirrels move in with about 4-5” of cedar shavings, a birdbath. Also putting wooden pole for perches. I live in Winston Salem , NC. And I have a good patch of woods with a storm drain that holds water going out to a large pond. There are humans around and we are over run with pigeon. What kind of Owls do you think live in my area? Thanks! I liked and am subscribing to your videos.

  • @scrawl11
    @scrawl11 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for the video

  • @cvabuck5489
    @cvabuck5489 8 місяців тому

    I chuckled when you showed Pittsburgh on the eBird app. Surprised not to see a bunch of sarcastic tags at the aviary.

  • @minniemousesvideos
    @minniemousesvideos 8 місяців тому

    I'm from Erie, PA and was so pleasantly surprised that so much of the video was related to PA and Western PA to be specific!! Super helpful! I haven't seen an owl in over 2 years, and that was from a far. Last time i saw a owl relatively close was about a decade ago on Presque Isle, it was a barn owl too! 😊💜

  • @SitiAminah-xx5wz
    @SitiAminah-xx5wz 8 місяців тому

    Finding owl is super rare for me in malaysia

  • @foresttrails
    @foresttrails 8 місяців тому

    Very informative and like the way you study the species and talk about them in your video

  • @aeptacon
    @aeptacon 8 місяців тому

    yesssss I need to see one in person

  • @cookiecat9015
    @cookiecat9015 8 місяців тому

    Would you say it's better to look around at dusk or dark hours rather than daytime? I know it's currently nesting season for many owl species and I have an area in mind where I could go. I went there yesterday and I spotted a lot of birds of prey in the air. It's an area with a lot of open landscapes and a bit of forest. I'm thinking of going there during late hours, because maybe I can spot an owl flying in an open field or maybe I can hear one call. I know barn owls tend to by quite visible in the air. I've never seen an owl during the daytime, but I tend to look out for signs. I'm very busy, so I don't know when I'll have the time to go, but I will come back here once I have seen one! The shitty thing is that I lost my binoculars a few months back, one day they just despawned from my home :( This video was very clear and helpfull, thanks!

  • @22Christy
    @22Christy 9 місяців тому

    Really interesting and helpful info! I love owls and other birds … and other wildlife. Lived on a mountain and it was such a treat to hear and see them.

  • @lostdoll0
    @lostdoll0 9 місяців тому

    I came home the other night from the grocery store to find the smarts cutest little tiny owls both maybe only five inches tall sitting on the alley way to my home they both looked at me come to find out they are eastern screech owls … after about five minutes of staring they few off into the night I’m buying them a owl house so they hopefully will come back in your experience will they? I’m so lucky t have gotten to see them !

  • @Imnotyourdoormat
    @Imnotyourdoormat 9 місяців тому

    Outstanding Video. My trick is I fix it where the Owls will find me...hahaha

  • @MinewsAJ
    @MinewsAJ 10 місяців тому

    Owl enthusiast here - thank you for such an informative video, you speak so eloquently! I really liked the way you structured this video as well, makes it enjoyable and easy to follow along. Thank you for including the ethics conversation, I think that is essential for a first time observers to understand. Only fact critique I have for your video is your correlation between eyecolor and the times that they are active. I don’t believe owl eyecolor can give you such an indication. there are many owls with yellow eyes that are purely nocturnal, and owls with black eyes that are crepuscular.

  • @nostalgicsheep47
    @nostalgicsheep47 10 місяців тому

    I found one in my backyard sleeping in the bamboo

  • @trondsi
    @trondsi 10 місяців тому

    Looking for hawks with similar feeding habits and habitat. Man that's a great idea. My area has many more hawk sightings than owls. Subscribed. :)

  • @ephemeral2552
    @ephemeral2552 10 місяців тому

    If Sheldon Cooper became a birder:

  • @NatureLenzPhoto
    @NatureLenzPhoto 11 місяців тому

    Very informative. Thank you!

  • @graciegj63
    @graciegj63 11 місяців тому

    If you can't find them, they'll find you. 😊

  • @onioncontrol
    @onioncontrol 11 місяців тому

    I walk my dogs from like 11pm to 2am. I see like two owls a week. I think the trick is just walk around suburbs around patches of woodland late at night and you'll see owls with relative frequency.

  • @billyforbes9474
    @billyforbes9474 11 місяців тому

    Do different groups have different “languages” like orcas? Or are their calls born into them and all of them have the same calls and meanings?

    • @psychedfornature4366
      @psychedfornature4366 11 місяців тому

      That is a really interesting question! I am not entirely confident in the answer but I have consulted with some PhD student friends and this is our collective attempt at an answer. Their calls are innate but also parts of them are socially learned (to a certain degree). Out of the 6 species of vervets (with a debated 7th) only 2 species have been studied for their vocalisations thusfar (Chlorocebus sabaeus and C. pygerythrus), so we don’t really know enough to make strong conclusions yet. However, their calls are not quite as complex as orca communication, and ‘cultural’ differences are not apparent as of now. Vervet calls are definitely less flexible. I personally hear distinct differences in C. sabaeus and C. pygerythrus alarm calls, but this variation is not the same kind as languages and there is a potential that if those alarms are played in the opposite species group, they would respond appropriately (I would be so interested to test that)! I hope this answers your question and that I didn’t go too far off on tangents.

  • @DesireeD24
    @DesireeD24 11 місяців тому

    This video was so useful! I’m obsessed with owls, live in NYC and have been trying to find the ones in Central Park for a little bit now. I started last winter with my man but the hunt was cut short because it got super crazy cold out and I also just couldn’t understand what people were saying about the coordinates in Central Park. I’m already horrible at directions, then you add that in and I was CONFUSED. I’m dying to see one in person, that isn’t behind bars. I saw the one at parrots of the world (barred owl) it’s amazing omg and that’s my fav owl. I saw it in like 2016 or something. But anyway I will use your tips to HOPEFULLY find one in its natural habitat. Thank YOU! ❤

  • @scissormetimbers9755
    @scissormetimbers9755 11 місяців тому

    I love you!

  • @boblyons1785
    @boblyons1785 Рік тому

    great video! nicely informative yet remains interesting. Well done! well done

  • @varunp601
    @varunp601 Рік тому

    Super info

  • @Beermalls
    @Beermalls Рік тому

    Was fortunate enough to see the Northern Saw-Whet Owl Aegilicus acadicus while living in North Carolina! Pretty much the only small area of it’s southern distribution in the Shining Rock Wilderness area! Very tame little owls! Quite a highlight for me and my buddy who were studying fish and wildlife mgmt at a nearby comm. college! Great video! I still head out all the time in search of the various Owl Species! I’ve moved back to the Erie, PA area! Lots of species here!

    • @psychedfornature4366
      @psychedfornature4366 Рік тому

      I am glad you enjoyed the video! I lived in Erie for a short while! There was an Eastern Screech owl I used to visit in Presque Isle State Park. I hope you enjoy owl watching!

  • @domhuckle
    @domhuckle Рік тому

    Fabulous video

  • @hansenye
    @hansenye Рік тому

    What's running behind you? 4:39 😅

    • @psychedfornature4366
      @psychedfornature4366 Рік тому

      I was just in a public park and it was a jogger. No cryptids or wild beasts 😅

  • @reyluzunaris4506
    @reyluzunaris4506 Рік тому

    What website did he just say?

  • @jenniferbunker2757
    @jenniferbunker2757 Рік тому

    I would love to take pictures of saw whet owls im in southern Ontario where should i look ?

    • @psychedfornature4366
      @psychedfornature4366 Рік тому

      I am not sure to be honest. I would recommend downloading the eBird app to see if there are sightings in the area. You could also check with local rangers at your provincial parks or conservation areas. Good luck!

  • @masguapoako
    @masguapoako Рік тому

    *I'm waiting for them to migrate to my area in a couple of weeks*

  • @marccastle9920
    @marccastle9920 Рік тому

    I am here because I was curious about why a vervet monkey had blue balls lolololol

  • @ACLOCKWORKDRUMMER
    @ACLOCKWORKDRUMMER Рік тому

    Love what you do..don't stop u have a lot of talent

  • @kareemcclean3094
    @kareemcclean3094 Рік тому

    Great information! Thank you !

  • @molliehubbard1035
    @molliehubbard1035 Рік тому

    Just discovered your videos with how to find owls. I’m so amazed by the work you two do and the educational videos you produce. This video addresses the importance of the accurate portrayal of the beautiful North American Black Bear. We in our truest sense of humanity are the caretakers of this planet. May we behave so. Please continue this important work for the animals and wild creatures!

  • @MrCampbell806
    @MrCampbell806 Рік тому

    hahah lmao dude you're funny. pictures of darwin on ur desk n sht hah

  • @Hemulionbotanisti
    @Hemulionbotanisti Рік тому

    Films portraying wildlife scenarios like this one should have a disclaimer in the beginning of the film stating that "what you're about to see doesn't reflect reality" and some facts like you just pointed out! 😊💜🌲🐻🌿✨

  • @rlclark5195
    @rlclark5195 Рік тому

    Awesome info, Thank You. Great job

  • @KINGABDUL99
    @KINGABDUL99 Рік тому

    Great video!

  • @Letsgoexplore2468
    @Letsgoexplore2468 Рік тому

    Very helpful man!!! Me and my better half have been trying to spot owls for a little now and this video nailed it!! Didn't want to comment until success!! We have been doing pretty good now for photo's!! Staying a great distance and only taking photos in the day!! Thanks again for the tips and now a subscriber!!! To many more

  • @topcat5233
    @topcat5233 Рік тому

    if one ever has spare cash laying around, i highly recommend getting a nightvision monocular with infrared(being able to take pictures/video optional ofcourse) so you can go out bird spotting at night, their calls are ever revealing as to when and where you should look. great times, doesnt apply to photographers obviously lol, but if youre just there to observe, invest if you have some laying around on the side! edit: depends on which type of owl is in your area ofcourse, in my neck of the woods, theyre more often than not nocturnal

  • @jeromeburdine966
    @jeromeburdine966 Рік тому

    We saw a barred owl around 5:00 pm in our local park about 10 yards into the entry of the woods today!!! We were estatic!!! I was suggesting to my gf to do a hooty call when she randomly looked to the right of us and saw him on a branch, clear as day, about 20 feet away!! He looked at us and amazingly we watched, took pics and videos for a good 40 minutes!! A couple of adults with kids came along and scared him off with all the noise, unfortunately.

  • @aarondavis5535
    @aarondavis5535 Рік тому

    I use to have a huge barn owl that lived in my tree If I went for a walk at night I thank he would follow me