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  • Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
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    Credits:
    Dr Frederic Libersat’s Lab, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Dr Cameron Radford, UNSW
    Anna & Ned DeLoach - / @blennywatcher
    Benedikt Pleyer - / @nomadicnostoc
    Backyard Birder - • Spiny Orb Weaver Spide...
    Pacific Klaus - / @pacificklaus8189
    Steve Trewhella - / stevetrewhella
    Raku Inoue at Reikan Creations - reikancreations.com/
    Ben Yexley
    Melissa McMasters
    Nate Yuen
    Additional footage licensed from:
    Shutterstock
    iStock
    Pond5
    Alamy
    Envato Elements
    Citations:
    Frederic Libersat, Ram Gal, Wasp Voodoo Rituals, Venom-Cocktails, and the Zombification of Cockroach Hosts, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 54, Issue 2, July 2014, Pages 129-142, doi.org/10.1093/icb/icu006
    Kobayashi K, Kumakura M, Yoshimura K, Inatomi M, Asami T. Fine structure of the tongue and
    lingual papillae of the penguin. Arch Histol Cytol. 1998 Mar;61(1):37-46. doi: 10.1679/aohc.61.37.
    PMID: 9557966.
    Noel, A. C., & Hu, D. L. (2018). The tongue as a gripper. The Journal of experimental biology, 221(Pt 7), jeb176289. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.176289
    Radford, C., McNutt, J.W., Rogers, T. et al. Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large carnivores. Commun Biol 3, 430 (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01...
    A. Weisel-Eichler, G. Haspel, F. Libersat; Venom of a parasitoid wasp induces prolonged grooming in the cockroach. J Exp Biol 15 April 1999; 202 (8): 957-964. doi: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.202.8.957
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  • @zefrank
    @zefrank  Рік тому +614

    Head over to Hunt A Killer’s at www.huntakiller.com/zefrank and use CODE: zefrank to take advantage of the KILLER DISCOUNTS
    and limited edition merchandise during their Month Of Mystery!

    • @researcherchameleon4602
      @researcherchameleon4602 Рік тому +9

      Can the next video fully cover the Cordyceps fungus, the real life inspiration for the last of us

    • @federicozanolli
      @federicozanolli Рік тому +9

      Next up: True Facts: Weird Animal bebes

    • @atikurrahman-pn7ei
      @atikurrahman-pn7ei Рік тому +1

      Do racoons next

    • @sanyo_neezy
      @sanyo_neezy Рік тому +1

      7:26 I think you did an oopsie with the cuts right there, @zefrank 😅

    • @FrancisRidder
      @FrancisRidder Рік тому +3

      Thanks! I may have just found a perfect xmas gift for someone

  • @HannahBanina
    @HannahBanina Рік тому +1596

    Okay props to Jerry. Replacing “Least Inviting Orifice” with “Your Mom” was an actual stroke of subtle genius.

    • @dlsm3s
      @dlsm3s Рік тому +23

      "Subtle" lol

    • @avosmash2121
      @avosmash2121 Рік тому +23

      Subtle no, genius yes

    • @marioromano4039
      @marioromano4039 10 місяців тому +3

      Jerry is a figment of your imagination

    • @l.psimer6124
      @l.psimer6124 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@marioromano4039No, he's a figment of all our imaginations

  • @hobosorcerer
    @hobosorcerer Рік тому +5432

    Jerry will always have a place in our hearts. Don't deny him his glory.

    • @xXDrunkenDragoonXx
      @xXDrunkenDragoonXx Рік тому +36

      Nah I’ve been rooting for david

    • @chrisbarry9345
      @chrisbarry9345 Рік тому +58

      Losing his glory will leave a hole... In our heart

    • @jerrymontgomery3486
      @jerrymontgomery3486 Рік тому +15

      Thanks.

    • @JiJ1511
      @JiJ1511 Рік тому +27

      This show wouldn't be the same without Jerry.

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj Рік тому +5

      I've always thought that Jerry was _Jenny._

  • @MattKeepsFish
    @MattKeepsFish Рік тому +1000

    After 5 years of painting eyes on my butt, I can confirm that I have never once been eaten by a lion

    • @lauraslyricallife
      @lauraslyricallife Рік тому

      Were you eaten by a lion before 5 years ago? Were there many close attempts?

    • @chrisstehlik9030
      @chrisstehlik9030 Рік тому +22

      Wouldn't you need to paint them on your pants so that, ok wait ,I see um , never mind.

    • @frankG335
      @frankG335 Рік тому +4

      PROOF!!!

    • @osmium6832
      @osmium6832 Рік тому +26

      As proof from another angle, I have never painted eyes on my butt and I'm eaten by lions all the time.

    • @echoplexic
      @echoplexic Рік тому

      Well, see, I think you're going about this all wrong. May I suggest painting nipples on your butt. You may at least attract lesbian cougars. Depending on how wrinkly your cheeks are, you might also attract cougar lovers. Don't forget to remove your Depends before drawing on the nipples, it would take the whole point away.

  • @Zeppongola
    @Zeppongola Рік тому +1234

    Thank you for spreading awareness of how koalas sound. People often talk about Australian wildlife, but "not being able to sleep because of what sounds like an asthmatic overweight donkey braying next to your window" is an experience that tends to slip under the radar

    • @lucienfortner841
      @lucienfortner841 Рік тому +1

      Not everything in Australia wants to kill you. Some of it merely wants to drive you insane from sleep deprivation.

    • @o0o-jd-o0o95
      @o0o-jd-o0o95 Рік тому +9

      lmao

    • @Al3saMarie
      @Al3saMarie Рік тому +1

      That's not what I learned from the Noozles 😂

    • @HarverTheSlayer
      @HarverTheSlayer Рік тому +2

      Seriously, the more I learn about koalas, the more disturbing they seem to me. They sound like an orc burping inside a sewer, they have a rather bad temper, are as dumb as a bag of bricks and feed their feces to their cubs.

    • @CatsAndPokemon
      @CatsAndPokemon Рік тому +35

      kolas and cheetahs need to switch sounds lol

  • @cyber774
    @cyber774 Рік тому +2036

    The lynx part got me lmfao
    "The Lynx, certainly a majestic animal. But during mating season, they sound like 2 drunk fraternity brothers badly dubbing a samurai movie"
    "AAAAAAAHHH WAHAHH HWAAAAA"

    • @tammylaronde8593
      @tammylaronde8593 Рік тому +53

      That part got me too. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @sylvrwolflol
      @sylvrwolflol Рік тому +51

      One of the best gags on this channel for real XD

    • @Shae_Sandybanks
      @Shae_Sandybanks Рік тому +28

      And it's absolutely perfect

    • @Snookbone
      @Snookbone Рік тому +7

      we also watched the video

    • @FirstLifeFan
      @FirstLifeFan Рік тому +11

      DEFINITELY. I burst out laufhing…😂

  • @Odious_One
    @Odious_One Рік тому +1312

    Jerry is officially a producer now. To date he has produced one award show and a lot of mucus.
    That is how a producer do, Good Work Jerry!

    • @jpeterson9087
      @jpeterson9087 Рік тому +7

      Noice.

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 Рік тому +17

      Dude's moving up in the world. Good show, Jerry.

    • @FirstLast-vy6rn
      @FirstLast-vy6rn Рік тому +19

      He didn't produce ALL of that mucus, though. Still it was impressive work.

    • @Odious_One
      @Odious_One Рік тому +19

      @@FirstLast-vy6rn Just because the mucus wasn't Jerry's doesn't mean he didn't produce it.

    • @DEADisBEAUTIFUL
      @DEADisBEAUTIFUL Рік тому +9

      This whole thread is just too good! It’s nice to see the community finally recognizing all the hard work Jerry has done! Keep up the good work, Jerry, and don’t let anyone tell you your mucus output is anything other than majestic.

  • @amemequestthatwillneverbef9026
    @amemequestthatwillneverbef9026 Рік тому +308

    "They sound like two drunk fraternity brothers badly dubbing a samurai movie." That's a top 10 ZeFrank joke right there. Good to know the quality hasn't gone anywhere.

    • @daniell1483
      @daniell1483 10 місяців тому +6

      That one doesn't get enough love.

    • @misteral9045
      @misteral9045 2 місяці тому

      That's not a joke, it's a humorous analogy. A witty observation. Here's a joke. Knock knock.

  • @TheRealCodeBlack
    @TheRealCodeBlack Рік тому +410

    Between the snail-eyeball invading parasite, the mind control egg laying wasp, and cordyceps in general, we might have enough for a "Worst Ways To Die In The Animal Kingdom" category... or even just "Worst Ways To Die If You're A Bug."

    • @skittstuff
      @skittstuff Рік тому +50

      What's worse is apparently the snail SURVIVES the eyeball parasite invasion...I don't really want to imagine how that would feel lol. At that point I'd wish I were dead.

    • @shockal7269
      @shockal7269 Рік тому

      @@skittstuff Day 1: You feel a strange itchiness in your eyes. Perhaps a few specks of dust fell in them. You try rub them, but to no avail. The irritating sensation remains.
      Day 2: You can feel the veins and muscles beneath your eyeballs twitch and bulge on their own. They stretch without warning, creating a most unpleasant sting with each contraction.
      Day 3: Not only have you become blind, but the membrane of your eyeballs have become permanently damaged from being pulled to their absolute limit, ripping and expanding past the sockets they were meant to be contained in. It feels like your own eyes are trying to escape your face, while the wriggling tail of what feels like a parasitic worm tickles deep in the back of your head... and all the way down your spine.
      Day 4: The pain has stopped, but not in a good way. Your elongated eyes have been severed apart by a predator that perceived them as food. Now you must live life with gouged eye sockets, forever unable to see again.

    • @r.j.penfold
      @r.j.penfold Рік тому +9

      If you're not that squemish and also down to have your perceptions on animals royally fucked, Casual Geographic has a few videos about that kinda stuff.

    • @chee.rah.monurB
      @chee.rah.monurB Рік тому +7

      There was an anime where plane crash survivors had to deal with giant bugs.One of the monsters WAS the eye-parasite.Kind of hard to get that image out of my mind.

    • @cindygauthier8567
      @cindygauthier8567 Рік тому +7

      @@skittstuff lucky for the snail, they don’t have much of a brain and regrow their eye stalks pretty quickly

  • @icallmysugarcandy
    @icallmysugarcandy Рік тому +2047

    This is the best kind of awards show. I’d rather look at crazy orifices of insects and animals than celebrities playing dress-up any day. 👏

    • @imagine_big9398
      @imagine_big9398 Рік тому +11

      No need to put others down just to say you enjoy something. Some people like fashion and enjoy seeing the new trends.

    • @WASTHATABULLET
      @WASTHATABULLET Рік тому +65

      @@imagine_big9398 no

    • @Birchifyed
      @Birchifyed Рік тому +83

      @@imagine_big9398 They didn't put anyone down, they said "I’d rather look at" i.e. that they have different interests. Just because you feel put down doesn't mean someone put you down, your emotions are your responsibility. Merry Christmas!

    • @cet1r1z1ne
      @cet1r1z1ne Рік тому +61

      Imagine this, though: Celebrities playing dress-up AS the crazy orifices of insects and animals.

    • @WASTHATABULLET
      @WASTHATABULLET Рік тому +14

      @@cet1r1z1ne yes lol

  • @JogginJo
    @JogginJo Рік тому +781

    As a bio major and an adult who acts like a child, these videos always make my day.

    • @jeremymcclary3901
      @jeremymcclary3901 Рік тому +4

      I have it on good authority that Jerry is single!! 😉

  • @206Zelda
    @206Zelda Рік тому +234

    The biggest charming detail from Zefrank's videos is when he's clearly laughing at his own jokes and obviously enjoying it, and dang it you can't help but smile and laugh along.

  • @shock6906
    @shock6906 Рік тому +263

    The last one is very personal for me. My girlfriend at the time and I were on a weeks-long roadtrip and were camping in Minnesota. I was awake around sun-up, and I kept hearing this sound every few minutes or so. A low thump that was slow at first that sped up then stopped. After hearing it a few times, I had to figure out what it was. I looked out the window of the tent and waited for it to start again. It took me another time or two to see the source, but eventually, through the brush I saw a bird up on a stump in a ray of sunshine. It was like he was on stage. Then I saw the bird beat its wings, and it was the sound I was searching for. I watched over and over again, taking in the native display, hoping one day to find out the name of the responsible bird. I wish I could say you solved the mystery for me, but I did figure it out in the intervening years. I'll never forget it, though. I love your videos, zefrank!

    • @vickiezaccardo1711
      @vickiezaccardo1711 Рік тому +5

      Well what was it? You said you figured it out.

    • @itit5475
      @itit5475 Рік тому +26

      @@vickiezaccardo1711 Ruffed Grouse. You have to listen to the video and catch it.

    • @vickiezaccardo1711
      @vickiezaccardo1711 Рік тому +4

      @@itit5475 thank you

    • @judithgillette144
      @judithgillette144 Рік тому +2

      BWAHAHAHA! Now I know how "Princess and the Pea" sleep while camping! Dude. It's just some feathers on a hard surface. My dogs fart and belch higher on the Richter scale than this.
      But I'm glad this vid did you a service. Best producer I've come across. ☆

    • @balancemantis4381
      @balancemantis4381 Рік тому +5

      Just be happy you weren't dozing off in your tent to sit bolt upright at one of the bobcats we have up here vocalizing.
      It's genuinely bone-chilling.

  • @brokengirlsrus
    @brokengirlsrus Рік тому +435

    "Two drunk fraternity brothers trying to dub a samurai movie" was a sentence I never thought I'd hear.

    • @ivyparker5617
      @ivyparker5617 Рік тому +27

      Unexpected, but highly accurate, lol

    • @missingbobsburgers
      @missingbobsburgers Рік тому +1

      And yet is now a vital part of my life.

    • @Bennahr_Fett
      @Bennahr_Fett Рік тому

      Wait. Wait .. What?

    • @Bennahr_Fett
      @Bennahr_Fett Рік тому +3

      Like Kurosawa I make man films
      K I don't make films...
      But if I did they'd have a samurai

    • @KanLuxiang
      @KanLuxiang Рік тому

      Hawku and Chicku

  • @vice.nor.virtue
    @vice.nor.virtue Рік тому +472

    That snail with parasytic worms for eyes was straight up A-Grade nightmare fuel!!

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee Рік тому +38

      Half of the video was 😱

    • @creativeartstudios6792
      @creativeartstudios6792 Рік тому +12

      @@ooooneeee repeats: spoon worms aren't real...

    • @SuziQ.
      @SuziQ. Рік тому +17

      @@creativeartstudios6792 , I’ve spent a lot of time in different oceans, and have not seen any of those d*ck worms, but I’m re-thinking swimming, and surfing now. Those were gross.

    • @hegodamask8050
      @hegodamask8050 Рік тому +2

      suzi q I looked them up and the scientific community seems to agree that this doesn't really happen. Or at least only extremely rarely. But it doesn't really reassure me that my d*ck is safe, either so.... still terrified🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @1TrueGem
      @1TrueGem Рік тому +7

      Yes those things were the worst things in the whole video.

  • @dragonhart6505
    @dragonhart6505 Рік тому +51

    if there's one thing i've learned from Zefrank, it's that nature is way weirder and scarier than we have any right to understand

  • @davidstorrs
    @davidstorrs Рік тому +118

    No matter what I'm supposed to be doing, I always want to pause and watch when a new True Facts comes out. Thank you for making them.

  • @DiscontentCat
    @DiscontentCat Рік тому +639

    I'm kind of ashamed at how hard I laughed at the "Your mom" category

    • @soulslikefan6760
      @soulslikefan6760 Рік тому +52

      Followed by "least inviting orifice" heh.

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat Рік тому +16

      Zefrank has that kind of humor that makes you feel like gigly 10 year old.
      But after listing to his videos you feel like a professor in biology

    • @sarahjensen743
      @sarahjensen743 Рік тому

      Hahahaha i love these video's so funny!

    • @pearlofthedarkage
      @pearlofthedarkage Рік тому +4

      I'm not. 😁

    • @mattw7949
      @mattw7949 Рік тому +10

      @Xmus44, a professor in biology who still giggles about farts. I've been a 10 year old boy for 50 years now.

  • @rexredmonwalkingintheword9892
    @rexredmonwalkingintheword9892 Рік тому +329

    The point about the lynx sounding like two college Bros trying to dub a samurai movie absolutely put me on the floor

    • @pamelaevans4076
      @pamelaevans4076 Рік тому +3

      Me too, my cat freaked out 🤣

    • @jessief2150
      @jessief2150 Рік тому +5

      Came here looking for this comment lol same

    • @jscho8674
      @jscho8674 Рік тому +3

      I rewound that part 5 times in a row. 🤣

    • @neekk040
      @neekk040 Рік тому +2

      i flatlined

  • @babyboi3910
    @babyboi3910 Рік тому +43

    God i will never not be suprised nor tired of how creative and accurate Ze Frank's analogies are. ESPECIALLY the ones related to noises.

  • @skfleming1
    @skfleming1 Рік тому +12

    My brother introduced you to me back in 2014. The Owl stole my heart. I've shared you over and over. Well done. Jerry is a good man.

  • @kaimukiwahine16
    @kaimukiwahine16 Рік тому +339

    Oh man, seeing Nate Yuen's name in the credits. Rest in peace, good sir. The Hawaiian flora and fauna community lost an outstanding man.

  • @thethingwithfins
    @thethingwithfins Рік тому +301

    Someone let this man host all the award shows.

  • @definitelyhuman661
    @definitelyhuman661 Рік тому +41

    How you come up with these metaphors is creative genius.

  • @rtyuik7
    @rtyuik7 Рік тому +9

    one of the reasons why i look forward to zefrank's videos is for the way he pronounces things...for example, in a matter of just a few setences, he goes from "Dewdrop Spider" to saying that it looks like a "drop of ĐÆWŔŘ"

  • @Cameron-yq5ug
    @Cameron-yq5ug Рік тому +92

    I hope this becomes an annual award show

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 Рік тому

      You spelled anal wrong

    • @ultradmann2367
      @ultradmann2367 Рік тому

      That would be amazing if he did that! I'd watch it religiously for years to come.

  • @murdockscott
    @murdockscott Рік тому +318

    Just want to say, thanks for putting citations at the end of the video. It is getting harder and harder to sort out legitimate information on UA-cam and I wish more channels did this. It’s kinda great that this channel is both drop dead hilarious, and cares about providing valuable information.

    • @alice88wa
      @alice88wa Рік тому +13

      If you look at his earliest True Facts videos there's a lot less real info and more absurdity. He's managed to retain the absurdness but I've always wondered if maybe some biologists reached out to him and let him know he could use his platform for actual education. Whatever the reason I really appreciate his shift, makes the videos that much more enjoyable imo

  • @troyclayton
    @troyclayton Рік тому +17

    9:49 It's so sad the low frequency of the wing beats doesn't come through. A ruffed grouse drumming is one of the most wonderful things to hear IRL, as short as each 'session' is.
    edit: As kids, we often mistook grouse drumming for loud accelerating motorcycles on a distant road. It's so deep and full. You'd never guess a small bird did that.

  • @humongousfungusamongus3871
    @humongousfungusamongus3871 Рік тому +15

    "The Devils' Fleshlight!" 🤣🤣🤣 I love this channel!!

  • @matthewdrum2961
    @matthewdrum2961 Рік тому +494

    Can we please have more animal awards? this was fantastic! where else are you going to find entries like "most creative use of mucus"???
    ... also an episode on the True Facts of Jerry would be fun.

    • @primmoore6232
      @primmoore6232 Рік тому +18

      Jerry. Jerry! JERRY! *JERRY!!*

    • @c.g.silver8782
      @c.g.silver8782 Рік тому +5

      +1

    • @andersenzheng
      @andersenzheng Рік тому +28

      "Here is footage captured by the science hippies of Jerry pouring milk into the bowl first before opening the cereal box. It is a controversial move I tell you... oh! OH! he's pouring the cereal directly into his mouth... that took an interesting turn. his titling his head backwards and mimicking a flush toilet. (No Jerry not all toilets are flushable, we are doing a truth fact show, therefore, need to be accurate. some less fortunate people don't have a flush toilet. Also, you got some explaining to do after we finish recording.)...
      and he's pouring the milk down the drain to flush everything down the pipe. get it? flush down the pipe because it's a flush toil.. oh never mind. ..... of course, a successful flush is not guaranteed. sometimes a mishap happens and it leaves a huge mess. /this one is still recoverable/, /almost lost that flush/, /oh look at that one go! it's like a fountain, or a flush toilet that doesn't flush, or a flush toilet that flushes the wrong direction, or an Australian flush toilet. or a toilet that had enough of your shit (Jerry did you touch my script?)/ This time Jerry used 2 too many orifices. he will be tasting chunks later that afternoon. I bet it would be salty with all the mucus mixed in. (I'm sorry Jerry, that was insensitive of me to mock you like that. I didn't know it was a traumatic experience for you. maybe you shouldn't have eaten cereals like that. )
      And that, is how a Jerry Do." - zefrank, probably

    • @noeltyson6845
      @noeltyson6845 Рік тому

      +

    • @Lord_Numpty
      @Lord_Numpty Рік тому +3

      'Jerry was routinely dropped on his head as a baby and still drinks paint to this day.'

  • @Rinocapz
    @Rinocapz Рік тому +250

    The never ending originality of zefrank's metaphors. Just love it

  • @Anniezelaa
    @Anniezelaa Рік тому +21

    Some of those were actually horrifying! Love it!

  • @taylormade9971
    @taylormade9971 Рік тому +11

    Best online college professor you'll ever hear. Thanks zfrank for making even the staunchest of us laugh

  • @ALaughingWolf2188
    @ALaughingWolf2188 Рік тому +174

    Ah yes, the daily reminder that Cheetahs are adorable and that they actually meow

    • @w1975b
      @w1975b Рік тому +6

      they can purr too

    • @chrayez
      @chrayez Рік тому +4

      @@w1975bthe weird fact that in cats, roaring and purring are mutually exclusive.

    • @marissag.Vs_winterbear
      @marissag.Vs_winterbear Рік тому +6

      And chirp 😌

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson Рік тому +11

      "ᵀʰᵉ ᵈᵃᵐⁿ ᵗʰᶦⁿᵍ ʷᵒⁿ'ᵗ ˢᵗᵃʳᵗ"

    • @theapocilip
      @theapocilip Рік тому

      Yea I like cheetahs

  • @tristanseaver9054
    @tristanseaver9054 Рік тому +338

    The only awards show I'm looking forward to.

    • @cynthiatrombetta4655
      @cynthiatrombetta4655 Рік тому +1

      The only awards I'll watch through to the end.

    • @m____w____6981
      @m____w____6981 Рік тому +1

      The only awards show that's funny.
      Well, Ricky Gervais is pretty funny when host, but you can watch the good bits the next day on UA-cam in about 10 minutes.

  • @susanmartin3762
    @susanmartin3762 Рік тому +10

    😂😂🤣😅 "You're not gonna make any new friends tongue fu**ing a dead fish corpse like that!".. 😂😂🤣🤣OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU!!!💜💜 You've been making me laugh since I first watched that Friskys commercial. Big cast showing the little kitten the ropes. Once I find you here in UA-cam I was hooked! You have the most intelligent yet gross yet amazing sense of humor! NOBODY does what you do and that's a very hard thing to say in today's world. Thankyou Frank!! You are my favorite UA-cam channel... and I watch a shit- ton of 'em!!👄

  • @Zirkalaritz
    @Zirkalaritz Рік тому +6

    Jerry credited in the endcard made me happier than it should.

  • @scoopishere7881
    @scoopishere7881 Рік тому +174

    The green banded broodsack mimicry and the jewel wasp kill are some of the craziest things I've seen nature do in a long time.

    • @AngieJames4172
      @AngieJames4172 Рік тому +18

      Mud dauber wasps will do the same with spiders. As well as Tarantula Hawks (they are a type of wasp also and very large. They do the same with Tarantulas)

    • @dawnseeker176
      @dawnseeker176 Рік тому +1

      @@AngieJames4172 thing is the jewel wasps can be considered merciful cause they basically drug up their victims making them loopy before the whole laying eggs inside bit. the tarantula hawk just paralyzes the tarantula and lays the egg while the tarantula is still alive and more importantly AWARE OF IT ALL.

    • @chezmoi42
      @chezmoi42 Рік тому +6

      @@AngieJames4172 And the Tetrastichus asparagi, a beautiful little iridescent blue-green wasp, lays its eggs in the eggs of the asparagus beetles, and eat the hatchling larvae from the inside as they develop.

    • @w1975b
      @w1975b Рік тому +1

      and some group of people wants all of us to eat insects....NO

  • @grapefruitsimmons
    @grapefruitsimmons Рік тому +270

    I showed your Giraffe video to my girlfriends 6yr old nephew. Ive never seen a kid so confused yet so entertained.

    • @DembaiVT
      @DembaiVT Рік тому +54

      Ze also has an educational Channel if you want to show them more of the videos. It just removes the more risque stuff without removing anything important.
      Same videos but generally safe to show to kids. And yes they are created by Ze because educators were asking him about it and he obliged.

    • @joyful_tanya
      @joyful_tanya Рік тому +27

      @@DembaiVT that's really cool that educators asked him to make a "G" rated video series. I'm the child of educators and sister of another. (I'm the nurse) lol

    • @Crewgasm
      @Crewgasm Рік тому +17

      "well this relationship just got a bit more interesting"

    • @Pianoblook
      @Pianoblook Рік тому +5

      @@DembaiVT Mind linking the channel? Couldn't find it in the description or anything. Thanks!

    • @river_brook
      @river_brook Рік тому +2

      @@Pianoblook if you check ze Frank's community tab, a few posts down should be a link to the educational tarantula vid

  • @prodigalpriest
    @prodigalpriest Рік тому +5

    You and Jerry always find a way to put a smile on our faces. Thanks for that. 😊

  • @test_pattern
    @test_pattern Рік тому +16

    Thank you for all of this. True Facts is a bright spot for me when they come out.
    Sea Pig was my first ep 😝

  •  Рік тому +101

    That second ant-mimicking spider is adorable
    I love the way it uses its front legs to act like antennas

    • @patrickbrown2416
      @patrickbrown2416 Рік тому +12

      Apparently it's so convincing to the point where they infiltrate ant colonies to feast inside them and eat other ants, or eat ants while in direct presence of them.

    • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
      @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth Рік тому +4

      @@patrickbrown2416 | I COULD make an amogus reference, but I thinkI'll go for:
      "ALERT! A RED SPYDER IS IN THE BASE!"

    • @paul_ujb
      @paul_ujb Рік тому

      That one looked just like one of the Myrmarachne species I see here in South Korea. No idea if it is the same species but that was definitely cool to see featured!

  • @TheScrubExpress
    @TheScrubExpress Рік тому +31

    6:30 this one's fascinating. It's a symbiotic relationship between two different species of spider. Small spider bro helps maintain big spider bro's web and attract prey. Big spider bro kills the prey and small spider bro gets some of it as payment.

    • @daniell1483
      @daniell1483 10 місяців тому

      The world needs more Spider Bros

    • @alicethemad1613
      @alicethemad1613 10 місяців тому +3

      They’re basically roommates sharing the household chores and then ordering pizza

  • @queenbee3647
    @queenbee3647 Рік тому +4

    Great video! And FYI...Jerrys mom called. She wants her sons name first in the credits. Now you know where Jerry gets it from. 😁

  • @DalokiMauvais
    @DalokiMauvais 4 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely loved this! Also - both my cats came RUNNING when the Cheetah yelped, and I think the Lynx would've kept them entranced, but the snowplow's arrival to clear my driveway diverted their attention. (They stayed at the window until the plow left, too.)

  • @AudioPhantom420
    @AudioPhantom420 Рік тому +39

    "the cheetah fearson predator but when it talks it sounds a bit like a mouse trying to rev a tiny lawnmower." the damn thing wont start. that was hilarious lol! great vid zefrank and jerry!

  • @DemBigOlEyes
    @DemBigOlEyes Рік тому +601

    I learn more from Zefrank than 5 years of highschool.

    • @joyful_tanya
      @joyful_tanya Рік тому +8

      🤣

    • @itsmybuddha.nature
      @itsmybuddha.nature Рік тому +1

      Word. Me too.

    • @sol666
      @sol666 Рік тому +6

      Watched every zefrank true facts video while holding back my laughter.....special thanks to Jerry....i still get knots in my stomach from the mud skipper episode.

    • @AndrewCheshire
      @AndrewCheshire Рік тому +6

      Dude can Ze teach me how to do my taxes? 🤔

    • @Crewgasm
      @Crewgasm Рік тому +5

      Even with that extra year tacked on.

  • @taviaseymour1635
    @taviaseymour1635 Рік тому +2

    I grew up in Australian bush land and we could hear koalas once they got going from a kilometre away, but you would swear they were right outside your window- amazing projection.

  • @FireMonkeyX5
    @FireMonkeyX5 Рік тому +2

    8:38 The banana slug would have been another good winner for most creative use of mucus, which can use its mucus as a bungee rope.

  • @2Sor2Fig
    @2Sor2Fig Рік тому +71

    After 5+ years of watching your videos, I love how I'm still sometimes baffled and confused. Thank you for doing this.

  • @jonathan198627
    @jonathan198627 Рік тому +38

    Thank you zefrank(and jerry) for the years of amazing content, that my kids are now just aging into, I'm going to enjoy every moment watching them together.

  • @bradnewsbear
    @bradnewsbear Рік тому +8

    Thanks for all the laughs you've provided over the years. My family has gotten to the point now where we text each other to make sure we've seen the latest episode of True Facts lol

  • @mangaanimefan3089
    @mangaanimefan3089 Рік тому +5

    For the worst wasp award, all I have to say to that is: You, good sir, underestimate how much I dislike roaches. The Jewel Wasp is out here doing good work. Good work!

    • @daniell1483
      @daniell1483 10 місяців тому +1

      Doing God's work, indeed!

  • @marissag.Vs_winterbear
    @marissag.Vs_winterbear Рік тому +130

    The creativity of you and Jerry never ceases to amaze me. Congrats to the winners and runner ups in the animal kingdom 👍🏾🏆✨

    • @josephbassey1501
      @josephbassey1501 Рік тому +5

      Actually Jerry does all the work n zefrank gets all the credit
      Jerry about to burn it all down

    • @azuresiren5846
      @azuresiren5846 Рік тому

      ikr

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 Рік тому +57

    I love these unique video ideas. I hope this one comes back year after year. And seriously, give Jerry all the credit he deserves. He's the one who makes all this possible.

  • @DendyJungle
    @DendyJungle Рік тому +7

    So many of these stories could be used as a plot for a horror movie

  • @samh.3421
    @samh.3421 Рік тому +1

    More of this, please. Thank you.

  • @tracyb1577
    @tracyb1577 Рік тому +69

    Jerry, we all thank you for associate producing the finest content on the inter-webs. Your ideas are a credit to our education system. You are seen.

  • @ObiWanBockobi
    @ObiWanBockobi Рік тому +52

    I don't know how much money you make from this, but it is not enough. You sir are a damned national treasure!

  • @moomama217
    @moomama217 Рік тому +4

    You need to win an award on the chicken joke at the end alone, 🤣 🐣

  • @IDisagreeWithYouAlot
    @IDisagreeWithYouAlot Рік тому +3

    This is literally the only channel that I actually watch the ads. This man is a national treasure

  • @dawnmariexo
    @dawnmariexo Рік тому +12

    Ze Frank's giggle always makes me smile!

  • @adacskipper
    @adacskipper Рік тому +13

    Thank you for that holiday dose of nightmares. Nothing quite like being eaten alive from within to keep you up at night.

    • @Goldendeed
      @Goldendeed Рік тому +2

      So many were so highly disturbing oh my

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee Рік тому +1

      IKR 😱

    • @matthewwhiteside4619
      @matthewwhiteside4619 Рік тому +2

      Being eaten alive from the inside is nothing special in the insect world. Being drugged so that you willingly follow the wasp back to its nest is a fresh, new take on the nightmare though.

  • @DylanFehlman
    @DylanFehlman Рік тому +1

    What I love about these videos is that I actually learn real information from them. Imagine how great school would have been in our younger years if biology, or anatomy or whatever class was taught this way? We would actually retain it better because it’s presented casually and in a way that is fascinating, he makes a joke and then compares it to something comm. a
    And then gives you the technical term AND teaches you how the species applies its part of its body or how it uses it using common terms and x,y and a, using examples we all understand along the way.

  • @asdisskagen6487
    @asdisskagen6487 Рік тому +5

    This channel is one of the reasons why I am so thankful to live RIGHT NOW. People in ancient times really have brought us to the pinnacle of knowledge 😂

    • @RK-ej1to
      @RK-ej1to Рік тому

      People in ancient times were probably doing the same shit just in person. Theres no way a Roman soldier never picked up something gross and told the garrisons whipping boy it looked like his mom twat.

  • @WirelessDreamer
    @WirelessDreamer Рік тому +24

    I'm so glad you came back to youtube after your break. Your a genius, thanks for the laughs!

  • @ButacuPpucatuB
    @ButacuPpucatuB Рік тому +82

    Jerry… how about a best dancer award? Peacock spider and the black bird of paradise could be contenders. Thank you Ze Frank for making 2022 bearable and really funny 🧡🎄🧡🎄🧡🎄

    • @JamesDavy2009
      @JamesDavy2009 Рік тому +1

      I believe you mean the male superb bird of paradise.

    • @gigim.9742
      @gigim.9742 Рік тому +2

      Yes, but we all know that Blue-Footed Boobies got their rhythm DOWN. Just ask the Puffins; they'll tell you.

    • @kane2875
      @kane2875 Рік тому

      @@JamesDavy2009 Wouldn’t Carola’s parotia fit better?

    • @ButacuPpucatuB
      @ButacuPpucatuB Рік тому

      @@gigim.9742 I don’t discriminate. Any animal that can wiggle their bum or stomp with rhythm… they’re all welcome in this category. Next… Vervet monkeys. Check out their testicles!!!! 🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻

    • @rodrikforrester6989
      @rodrikforrester6989 Рік тому +3

      My vote goes to the stick bug.

  • @TheHappyhorus
    @TheHappyhorus 10 годин тому

    Where have I been forZefrank? I can’t get enough of these videos they are inspired.

  • @noeltyson6845
    @noeltyson6845 Рік тому +3

    I love love love this format!! 😂 More please!

  • @captainawesome4983
    @captainawesome4983 Рік тому +21

    Had to pause in laughter 😂 when you said “ bring extra chalk to that murder scene “ hit me so hard 🤣🤣 Thank you for the laugh. It’s a great way to learn ✌🏼😎
    Best regards from
    Eastern Oregon 🇺🇸

  • @jayceewedmak9524
    @jayceewedmak9524 Рік тому +59

    Just in case no-one has told you today - you're awesome, Zefrank! Merry Christmas! Thanks for the laughs and information.

  • @rodgill9376
    @rodgill9376 Рік тому +2

    Why does the one at 8:04 look like a damn cookie with icing? These are wild LOL

  • @sarahcaitlyn88
    @sarahcaitlyn88 Рік тому +4

    Omg you should do awards more often! This was grand!!!! I felt I should put on a fancy dress and sit with animals watching this

  • @aprildegele1510
    @aprildegele1510 Рік тому +65

    You make the absolute BEST videos ever. 2 parts Science to 1 part absolute hilarity. Your videos should be required in every high school biology class. Educational. Hysterical enough to grab the attention of high school kids. Awesome. I've not seen anything better. Keep doing what you do, like the YOU do, and I'll be happy.

  • @archsteel7
    @archsteel7 Рік тому +24

    I’m glad to know Jerry is getting the credit he deserves.

  • @evientually
    @evientually Рік тому

    A thousand times yes I would love more of these. To answer the question posed in your survey, a thousand times.

  • @cinderling5472
    @cinderling5472 Рік тому +1

    ZeFrank Thank You SO MUCH for all your quality content throughout the years, kind man!!
    The world is just ever more bright and wondrous (and hilarious), thanks to you 💖🙏

  • @FrikInCasualMode
    @FrikInCasualMode Рік тому +19

    Ugh. Awesome. Up to now, when thinking about deep sea I was always imagining terrifying teeth, venom glands and tentacles. This video added terrifying orifices to my mental list of "Reasons to not go swimming in the sea. Ever."

    • @kerim.peardon5551
      @kerim.peardon5551 Рік тому +4

      My husband used to say, "When you enter the ocean, you enter the food chain."

    • @averageidiot133
      @averageidiot133 Рік тому +1

      You forgot to mention bags of mucus.

  • @danasandoval624
    @danasandoval624 Рік тому +39

    The moment I see a new Zfrank video has been uploaded my day is instantly better!!! Thank you and Jerry too, have a great holiday and wonderful new year!

  • @Suchniceweather
    @Suchniceweather Рік тому +1

    Ze, I found your UA-cam channel at the time when ashow happened to be happening. I was 12 and 13 years old during that time and I occasionally go back to hear those nostalgic and thought provoking ideas. I owe a lot of who I am as a person to you and your videos. I really hope that someday a new video like the ones from ashow pops up in my feed because it would bring me more joy than anyone could imagine. Thank you for everything

  • @dimon05
    @dimon05 Рік тому

    As always. LOVED IT! Thank you!!!

  • @skeetsmcgrew3282
    @skeetsmcgrew3282 Рік тому +3

    "You can put your weed in there" got me 😂😂😂

  • @scallopohare9431
    @scallopohare9431 Рік тому +3

    Ooh! Mascots would be a great topic. The Banana Slug would be a special feature. Yes, that is a mascot.

  • @victoriawilliams2786
    @victoriawilliams2786 Рік тому +1

    Thank-you for all you do for a bunch of internet strangers!!! You are appreciated.

  • @katelynwoodworth9989
    @katelynwoodworth9989 Рік тому +2

    Always a good time hanging out on this channel!

  • @skullhelmet1944
    @skullhelmet1944 Рік тому +12

    Zefrank is my favorite channel on YT
    So far I have enjoyed 100% of the videos
    Thank you Zefrank

  • @justicekrista5665
    @justicekrista5665 Рік тому +20

    The Voice and narration and jokes on this channel are priceless! I love it

  • @cloud_tacky6086
    @cloud_tacky6086 Рік тому

    I just discovered your channel a few hours ago and every second of content is gold. Time to binge everything.

  • @LittleBlueBirdsears
    @LittleBlueBirdsears Рік тому

    That was by far my favourite ep. I haven’t laughed that much (loudly) in a long time. Best way to learn stuff, Thanks !!

  • @ifsheisgonetowherethere6259
    @ifsheisgonetowherethere6259 Рік тому +27

    Thank you again for coming back and doing these videos again! I missed them so much for so many years.

  • @terilabonte4378
    @terilabonte4378 Рік тому +30

    #Zefrank no matter how long or bad the poo~storm is you're always the brightest place to escape to for a few minutes 😊. Much love, gratitude and well wishes to you and yours 💛. Thank you for being a source of light and laughter 🙌🙏.

  • @meredithgrubb4497
    @meredithgrubb4497 Рік тому +2

    Animal Awards got me crying from laughter. Every single one got me. Ur on a roll. It's crazy how much I have learned from this channel that I've been able to remember because of u and Jerry.

  • @cynthiafischer5733
    @cynthiafischer5733 Рік тому

    In a world that laughs are few sometimes, you make me laugh so hard while learning new facts... thank you for that!!

  • @M3PH11
    @M3PH11 Рік тому +4

    omg that your mom joke was far funnier than it should ever have been

  • @camronsavell
    @camronsavell Рік тому +8

    There are few things in life that can make me laugh out loud in my break room at work. Your videos often have success.

  • @lucabeard532
    @lucabeard532 Рік тому +3

    Please make this a legit annual thing.

  • @SuziQ.
    @SuziQ. Рік тому

    This was one of your best, Ze. I found your poll, and voted for more. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope your holidays are filled with fun, laughter, and loved ones.

    • @SuziQ.
      @SuziQ. Рік тому

      My German Shepherd is annoyed, because I’m rewatching this, and not throwing her 🎾.

  • @aidenmclaughlin1076
    @aidenmclaughlin1076 Рік тому +39

    Truly a cinematic masterpiece

  • @Tonto117
    @Tonto117 Рік тому +7

    Once again this video is a master class to all those who want to do narrations on animal facts. I love this

  • @CrFouquet
    @CrFouquet Рік тому

    I love the disclosure. Much love to you and all. I shared the shart out of this. Thank you so freaking much for the content of your videos.