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This clip is from QI Series R, Episode 2, 'Ruff & Reddy' with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Tom Allen, Susan Calman and Zoe Lyons. - Розваги
As the Raven in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather says of robins: "vicious little buggers but just because they go, bob, bob, bobbing along everyone loves them".
Qoth was a good character
@@madisntit6547 Yes, he did. It was not at all cooperative. He tried to put snow on the card as well but it melted.
@@madisntit6547 That was Igor ;)
good old Terry lost a great from the book world when he passed, his books need to be made into films.
@@madisntit6547 it's my family's Christmas tradition (okay, I may have started it...) to watch the first part of Hogfather on Christmas Eve and the second part on Christmas night 🤗
“Good to know that he was helping with the war effort” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
And here I was thinking Batman was the overly aggressive one. Though the bit about them not lasting very long certainly fits. Poor Jason.
Why does Batman wear black? Because he doesn't want to get shot.
Why does Robin wear red? Because Batman doesn't want to get shot.
Strangely it was through watching the 1966 Batman tv series I knew that bulls are colour blind and go after the movement of the cape.
@@grizredford8407 I was thinking of the same episode, surprising how often I'm reminded of how actually rather good that show was.
That is totally brutal 😂 think this little tidbit is flying over some heads.
My grandmother had a robin that would come into the house for food, it taught it's children to do the same, and they in turn did the same with theirs, for several generations. In hindsight it was probably a bad idea to ask my grandmother to look after the cat while we were away.
my people will never forget the Massacre at Old Nanny's House
Excellent payoff XD
If the cat had a patch of ginger fur it could have been a close fight.
My Polish Panni used to say:
* Birds in the house bring bad luck...*
We were never allowed to have those lil budgies in a cage in our home....my mother never questioned her....😬😬😬😬
at least you saved her tomatoes
"...so he mounted various body parts on trees and so on.."
Yeah, we had a kid like that in my neighbourhood too.
I tested this reaction with my local robin by placing a realistic replica on the lawn and after coming down for a brief inspection he has since completely ignored it. But thereafter, whenever I momentarily left my van with the door slightly open he hopped in and shat on the driver's seat.
Not sure where you're from, but it's worth noting that the European Robin that they're talking about is an entirely different family of birds from the American Robin, so I wouldn't expect them to behave the same. (pooing on cars however seems to be a trait that unites them all.)
@@HermanVonPetri This was a British robin with attitude.
Sorry to say, t’was I who shat on the seat. So very sorry. :(
A possible explanation for this lack of reaction might be the time of year.
I have read that their red breast is tied to dominance during mating season which usually starts around March (As early as January in mild winters).
It really is just guess work on my part and as you say "he has since completely ignored it" did this include March?
As for the pooping, perhaps you just have a lucky drivers seat or Robins really don't appreciate being trolled :D
@@ricardobimblesticks1489 His two raids on my car seat occurred in November 18 and January 22 (from the time stamps on my camera) and his indifference to my decoy occurred earlier last Summer. So you could be right. I haven't seen him lately to retry the experiment, so maybe he's dead. They don't live long I gather.
Robins are massively territorial. We had 3 regular ones, that used our fence as a border, down to to a specific fence post! They would tolerate the presence of each other but only if far enough away. The exception to this was during a particularly hard winter, deep snow for weeks, freezing temperatures etc. We always put out bird feed in the trees next to the garden. Traditionally this area was a disputed zone between all birds, but in particular the 3 robins stopped fighting and all 3 were often eating at the same time. Sometimes even hanging on to the same food cage.
Robin: You talkin to me? You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else you talking to?
One of the most off-the-wall clips I've seen. They just keep coming at it!
Surely the red army feared the robin more
The red army actually employed specialised Robin units. I think I'm remembering correctly that that's what made the difference at Stalingrad.
And the Redcoats were fine and dandy??? ;D
i was thinking we could release swarms of robins into the axis tomato warehouses. mayhem
The French for robin translates as 'redneck' which I think is lovely.
Points please!
It's rude to point.
Do they tweet with a Texan accent?
@@melissastone5755 Yeah, and their sisters are not safe....
@@melissastone5755 Aldo Raine vibes.
Larry The Cable Robin
Brutal honest " no its dead" that was great
The Bulls in Spain are breed for their aggression. But might also have something to do with spears shoved into their backs that would piss anyone off. 😊
"The robin you know is dead"
Savage
Characters in Disney films: "oh what lovely song! Oh I do so wonder what those lovely creatures of god are singing about? " Sparkles in eyes with innocent wonderment.
Actual translation of bird song:
"OYY!!! You wanna ave a go, mate?? You wanna have a go?! Come on over here and I'll f*** you or f***you up! Your choice, mate! Yeah, you better stay away! Look at my chest! I survived last year! You can say the same? Nah, I didn't think so, boy! Bring over yer sister and I'll show her a good time allright."
Robin Red Breasts are so called because the word 'Orange' wasn't coined when they were given the moniker. I'm probably misremembering from another QI episode.
Hadn't been coined.
However the word orange has no effect on the fact that the colour existed with a different name before the fruit came along to change it.
Saffron was often used as the term for that and similar colours before oranges were around.
@@DawidKov orange used to be called saffron, eh? Interesting!
Does that mean that the Robin is actually orange instead of red? I thought I was the only one who thought it was orange and was starting to question myself. Although, people do see colours differently
@@DawidKov IIRC, the colors of the Indian flag are green, white and saffron.
Pity they didn't discover this anomaly during the First World War. They could have attached little bombs to the Robin to target The Red Baron.
A European Robin couldn't carry a bomb!
It's a simple question of weight ratios. A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut oops I mean bomb.
An American Robin maybe but then of course, the American Robins are non attack red-ory :D
(Sorry I couldn't resist)
I think the thing about the lifespan was misleading, and the same robins might well come back to Susan's garden in multiple years. Apparently at birth a robin's life expectancy is only about 13 months, but if it makes it through the dangerous first year then its life expectancy goes up to something more like 5 years.
A robins lifespan is generally 2 years (though it is known that there have been some 'long lived' robins) ... Their offspring will often return to your garden after the parent has died to claim the territory ... This is why people think it is the same robin returning for many many years ... It is more likely to be a lineage
There definitely was the same robin who would be in my garden because it nested there, it also had a distinctive patch of black feathers. The robins were really comfortable around us and in turn their babies, currently there are second generation robins living in my garden back home. The first generation just vanished one day, both at once, and one of their babies who lived on the other side of the garden moved into their parents' nest. They do act like they own the garden tho, spending more time just bouncing around making sure everything is in order and not doing anything more important than being in their nest. For being a cute widdle birb, after spending time around them I can completely see them as being thuggish.
If memory serves correctly: in the Netherlands, a Dutch scientist noticed how his fish would attack anything red. Can't remember what scientist and what fish though...
Niko Tinbergen. Stickleback.
He was studying them intensely prior to the observation that a passing red mail van would trigger a response.
One of Oxford's finest researchers.
@@IndigoIndustrial Yes, indeed! I remembered something with the mail van... Well, glad I wasn't mistaken! Thanks for the clarification!
A robin attacking a mirror, would that be Robin de Niro?
I see myself out.
“You talking to me”?
De Niro would be a black Robin I think.
That was a freebie. Sandi said 'Name an Animal'. Alan swiftly said, 'dog' BUT he *didn't tell us what the dog's NAME is* did he?
No 'Sid the poodle' of 'FooFoo the Rotweiller'.
We have been *short changed* and it must not pass unremarked !
Albert the elephant would be equally worthy of a point.
That's because you're interpreting that bit wrong. Try using the correct definition next time.
@@r0bw00d You think True Aussie is silly?
At least s/he knows and Elephant *is* an animal AND that one of them is called Albert.
@@Farweasel If that had anything to do with the interrupted version of the question, then that would mean something.
Suggest or identify an animal would be technically more correct than name…
I dont know why, but Tom and Sandi having a super posh conversation wlas everything. Id love to see them work together more
“And so is the ovuh one!” Lmfao
"And so's the ovuh one"
If you did the same with Americans you'd have plenty more to laugh at, but that would be shooting fish in a barrel.
Here in Thailand my garden is inundated with Bulbuls - Brown, Red Vented and Yellow Vented. The Yellow Vented ones sit on the front door handle and then attack their own reflection in the green mirrored glass. They will keep going for about 15 minutes before giving up.
Those bulls don't particularly go for colour or movement. They've been stabbed a dozen times by the time the matador shows up and they're frenzied trying to defend themselves to stay alive.
Don’t want to like this but it’s certainly true
In Gotham there is a Robin that lasts longer than in my garden.
Joseph McCarthy?
Indeed
There is a story of a stickleback trying to attack a red Post Office van. So there seems to be more than one correct answer to the question.
If the van is somewhere where a stickleback is in a position to attack it, the attack is probably rather superfluous at that point
When I went to a place where you could pet tigers we were told not to wear red or orange, because the tigers could attack.
I enjoyed giving them belly rubs.
I have this problem with Robins every spring. They see themselves in the reflection of the house and car windows and just keep flying into them all day unless I cover the windows up. The worst is that it will shit all over my car.
Cool :)
I just finished a book. Would it attack it?
Is the book 'Read Ridinghood'?!
Which book? 'Read Ridinghood'?! 'Hunt for Read October'?
Shirley the answer has to include Honey Badgers Wolverines? Although they'll basically attack anything, that obviously includes anything red by default!
We had a domestic blackbird and Robin that had come back to us and it was the same one because we had trained them to come to our hand to get some maggots and in fact all domestic blackbird who was nicknamed Bernard after my mum’s brother became a grey bird
There’s a robin at my work who’ll eat out of our hands. She even comes into the staff room sometimes though that’s not encouraged.
3:01 is that why Batman has been through so many Robins?
The robin logic sounds a bit off: Yes, they generally don't live long. But those that would have been returning would surely be the ones that lives the longest, so the "5" year robins could very well be showing up for multiple sesons.
Supposedly robins are not unusual in this way. Most birds will aggressively defend their territories. Admittedly, some might be a bit more discerning in how they decide what a rival is, but definitely not all of them.
Good to see Lex Luthor making a go of comedy.
The Robin you know is dead. True. RIP Mr. Williams
Ujraneztuk ezt ma Ádámmal. Milyen ügyes kísérletezők! 😊. Kar h aztán nem tudjuk meg mi lesz az olajjal és ecettel a végén 🙃😆
Wise words to remember:
*It's the movement.
Not the color*
"The bigger and redder the breast, the more fights it's had."
Swear I heard a similar thing with German soldiers and something getting bigger through a bunch of hits...
Do these only apply to UK robins?
Honey Badger..... attacks anything red (or yellow or green or blue or anything)!
Butterflies.
England's national bird: robin.
Are we aggressive little bastards?
Well I'm colour blind, so not me.
No it’s dead Susan. 😢😂😂😂
I believe robins only attack male robins, so the idea that they attack anything red can't be right.
Bullfighting? Nah.
Robin fighting? Now that's a man's sport!
Bookworm, surely.
any chance QI you could leave automatic captions enabled?😥
A Tory?
Poor Susan!
The poor woman who fell. Ouch.
They really don't get along with Dunnocks either. They are constantly chasing them away but ignore all other species.
It's like herding cats.
BTW, robins died by the droves from West Nile virus when it first hit the U.S.
Are you sure the yanks didn't shoot em all "fur stepn un ma propatee"
Different robins though
Here in the US, cardinals do the same thing.
And Turkeys
A Tory
A Robin Red Brest
But how do the reproduction work if they attack other robins
We call the Cardinal couple, George and Bernadette, after Cardinal George Bernadene... I'm not Catholic, but it is always a bright day seeing George!
From what your saying it's a New George! Well, he fooled me! Having his son stand in for 'im!
Robins are vicious little thugs.
I'm a ginger haired man, and us gingers are often referred to as ''red heads'' or as having red hair.
The reason for this is that before the orange fruit was widespread about the World, anything orange coloured was called red. Red hair, robin red breast etc. A Robin's breast is actually orange / ginger, like my hair colour. When the orange fruit became readily available, orange became a separate colour, in name, to red.
Points please. 😃
I'm sorry, but you learned this from QI... so we can't give you any points.
What's having ginger hair got to do with oranges?
@@zanussidish8144 Because the colour orange was called red before the fruit and people with ginger hair were said to have red hair because the word ginger, as a colour, wasn't around then. This is why Robins are called Robin Red Breasts even though their breast is orange / ginger coloured.
@@zedcarr6128 So the colour ginger derives from the root of the ginger plant?
Interesting. Makes me want to look up the source of the names of other colours.
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Between 1970 and 2010, the UK song thrush population declined by 54%.
Which animal attacks anything red?
A bookworm
Not bad
I'm surprised no one made a joke like "the reason the 'bull in a China shop' saying came about is because actually the matadors are actually waving a Chinese flag not just a red one"
Good one!
They didn't exactly have a quality panel that day.
American Cardinals are similar. My house had a large picture window outside my home office that reflected images pretty well. Every spring I could expect to have a male cardinal sitting on a branch near the window to keep an eye on it and to multiple times an hour launch attacks in which it would ram the window with its skull. I guess the bird's skull didn't contain any vital organs.
Whats with the distorted voices?
😂😂😂
Just British robins you think? They are different from the north american ones
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Many of the Robins Batman knew are dead.
It makes sense. They’ve all got red breasts, and if they are fighting for territory then they would be on the look out for something red potentially invading their territory. Ergo, they would likely mistake a red object for another Robin.
I thought at first, I've never seen a Robin do that, but then they showed the photo and I remembered that, on the right side of the pond, what's called a Robin is a different species of bird than here in the US.
wow, what birds do yanks call robins then?
Really? What does a Robin look like in the US?
@@yourmum69_420 Not a joke, though it sounds like it: "Turdus migratorius", a "true Thrush" . If I were a real birder I'd say, "American Robin" but in general none of us bother, it's just called a Robin. They're both songbirds (passerines) but the European Robin is (now) lumped in with the "flycatchers", not the thrush family.
@@AlanCanon2222 oh cool. Just looked it up. Never knew they existed
@@yourmum69_420 Yep, they're common all over the US, looks like their range extends into most of Canada and Mexico as well.
Sadly the bull fighting cape is red to mask the blood of the bull - or the matador - and discouraging the audience. In that case they should make it white.
Bull
Yankees
It's funny because mythbusters did a bull in a china shop, didn't damage anything... Time to change the saying!
Just wanna point out that's a female robin. It's only males robin which attack other male robins and it's usually over mating privileges.
@@ActuallyJamesS I could've sworn I learnt as a child that female robins don't have red breasts, but the almighty Google tells me you're correct
Maybe her robins travel in better neighborhoods and get the 5 years.
European robins are so much prettier than the thrush Americans call a robin
They look like eastern bluebirds
Answer; A Liberal...I. Wazir
McCarthy-ites.
But anyway who has seen a Robin knows that the breast is orange/rust/brown not even remotely red.
The colour orange is named after the fruit.
Before anyone in Europe had seen the fruit other words were used to describe that colour, red being one of them, or so the story goes. Red Deer, Red Squirrel and Red Kites being other examples of red being used this way.
I did think it was a bird, Im Australian and there are birds here that are obsessed with certain colors, I think it's the bower bird that steals blue things to decorate his nest to impress a female, I think there is another, could be the lyre bird but I don't know which color they are attracted to, animals, birds ,reptiles, fish and insects are just amazing with their beautiful behavior, from using tools, to mating rituals, I'd be quite fine with just watching documentaries about them, then ever having to watch another ghastly reality show about human relationships again. X
I love that Alan was the token hetero on this episode.
I look forward to returning when others have noticed and are bitching about the BBC's 'Wokeism'.
He still is hetero; but he was then, too.
Sadly getting a bit thin on wit humour and fact.
Putin?
Send them to Russia & China. 😂
I just realized, there are many gay comedians today!
BoJo and Rees-Mogg also attack anything red.
he honestly still thought that about bulls? I thought everyone knew that was debunked decades ago
i feel like a lot of times they say the obvious wrong answer just to keep the show moving along, even if they know they'll get the klaxon. and also i assume the producers probably want someone to say it just so it can be debunked again on air, y'know?
why has alans partner got a broken nose????? and clearly bruised eye sockets.... bbc makeup dept not doing their job very well........
I'm going to guess "humans" as the animal.
Are we forgetting that a robins breast is actually orange and not red? Pretty sure I learned that from another QI video
The North American Cardinal is just like that, they'll attack red objects or their reflections in mirrors or anything. The American Catholic Church is a mess.
60% of this panel are lesbians and 80% are gay
That's really nerdy, you must be a statistician.
Don't know what on earth they think "red" means. Have they ever heard of the colour *orange* ?
Orange as a color was not named until 1502
Red hair, red fox, red deer, red grouse, red sky, etc ... what does that tell you about the meaning of red in the English language; it doesn't just mean the red of the spectrum. It is used for a variety of reasons to, in some circumstances, describe colours that range from rust brown to purple; it has ever been thus. It is one of the most general colour-names we have. Another one that is more general is blue.