I live in Australia and have helped care for injured and orphaned Tawny Frogmouths via WIRES (a wildlife rescue organization in NSW). Just wanted to share that, at least when in care, young Tawny Frogmouths will at least seem to show off that they are learning how to camouflage themselves. They'll actually open their eyes while "being a stick" and will sway if they think you're watching.
Also, an acquaintance from Australia sent me a photo of a tawny frogmouth chick (with its mouth open), and it was so young, it was literally a ball of downy fluff with MOUTH. 85% mouth.
Many years ago we were living in a house with a big old tree next door, and got to watch 4 frogmouth hatchlings/fledgling being raised in the tree. They were so cute, and didn't know they were supposed to be nocturnal. The frequent look on Mum birds' face of 'stop it and go back to sleep' was universal!
I’m losing it over the line “ if Raven had eyes like owls, we’d let them teach kindergarten,” I would let them teach kindergarten if they knew how to speak!
I've worked in wildlife rescue in Australia, and while I don't have a citation, a far more convincing explanation for their poor nest-building is the idea that pre-european invasion, there were far far more large, old growth eucalyptus trees with big, wide branches. Gravity is much less of an issue when the surface you're building nests on and rasing eggs on is nearly flat. Colonisers cut down huge amounts of trees and preferentially targeted old growths. Microhabitat destruction is a much more convincing explanation for me than evolutionary incompetence. If I can find a citation I'll add it!
In my area of the southwestern US desert, mourning doves are our notoriously bad nest builders. It could be reasonable to assume a similar thing as there, as many of our native trees are quite small and have tiny foliage, but they don't actually do any better with nests in landscaping trees, which are typically native trees that are well-watered so much heftier, or non-native desert or drought- tolerant tropical and subtropical species (including eucalyptus, which loves it here, but isn't very stable in our soil and tends to fall a lot in our storms), and so we have some very thick-branched trees in landscaping, and the mourning doves still don't do great. Where they do well is when they find holes made by woodpeckers or humans and nest in those, or flat surfaces or planters humans have made, and things like that. Could they have previously been nest-borrowers from a species that changed year after year and isn't as common?
I feel proud as an Aussie every time an Australian native animal is mentioned on Bizarre Beasts. And they haven't even reached the middle of the list. Like how crows have learned how to swoop, flip over a cane toad and eat it.
I did not know this pin was glow in the dark! Then we discovered that our Bonnet head, brittle sea star, and platypus pins glow too! It was a very exciting discovery!
I went to Australia last year and saw frogmouths at a wildlife refuge. My family was surprised I knew what those "funny looking birds" were and I had learned about them in Hank's original video!
Oh you saw them at a wildlife refuge? Pleb. I've seen them in the wild, but you have to actually go outside for that so I doubt you'll ever have the pleasure.
another fun family of birds in a similar niche (nocturnal or crepuscular bug-catchers) is Caprimulgidae, or nightjars. One of the things that distinguishes nightjars from frogmouths is that they have very short beaks, instead just... having their mouths go further back.
I saw these guys at the zoo last week! While looking at them in the nocturnal animals building, I remembered I have their bizarre beast pin on my purse right now. I didn’t know the pin glowed in the dark, so I had a very nerdy moment gushing over it glowing standing next to their exhibit 😂
Tawnys are native to my area in Victoria. We sometimes see them sitting in the trees or on the wires outside our house. They have a distinctive call so I know when one is around.
Tbf, while you didn't show owl ears, their ears are in fact genuinely fascinating and I do get excited to talk about them in front of company that will roll their eyes when I start talking about owl ears.
We've got one that sleeps in the eucalypts in our chook (chicken) pen. He doesnt seem to cause any problem with our chicks, probably because there's plenty to eat around here.
i knew immediately what this video was about. a species of frogmouth- the tawny frogmouth specifically, lives near my place. never seen one, but i hear them sometimes. they're stealthy little buggers. often, camouflage is enough to fool most animals but is obvious to us humans. tawny frogmouths are experts at it though, they so often just look like little bits of wood! at least, in the pictures i've seen of them anyway.
I've been touting the wonders of the frogmouth for ages. Especially against people who think they're potoos. Harrumph. Frogmouth is so much more distinguished. and awesome.
Frog mouth??? NOT kin to North American Nighthawk? Can across a Nighthawk or nightmare (birds I recall seeing swoop through the lights of streetlamps when I was a teen. One I came across was on the ground near a trail encountered while walking my dogs. Funny part is the bird "exploded" noisily from the ground and the bigger dog almost went home without me.
Your video is incorrect, swifts and hummingbirds are more closely related to owls than either are to the order Caprimulgiformes, which contains the families Caprimulgidae (Nightjars, Nighthawks, Poorwills, and Pauraques), Aegotgelidae (Owlet Nightjars), Podargidae (Frogmouths), Nyctibiidae (Potoos), and Steatornithidae (Oilbird), while the Caprimulgiformes order is basal to both Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds) and Strigiformes (Owls), all three of these extant orders constitute the clade Strigimorphae within the grandorder Furitivornithes, one of the three major groups of the superorder Telluraves, within Furitivornithes, the Cuculiformes order that contains the cuckoos (family Cuculidae), turacos (family Musophagidae), bustards (family Otididae), and mesites (family Mesitornithidae) is in fact basal to Strigimorphae, within Strigimorphae, the clade owls, swifts, and hummingbirds constitute is called Apodostrigae, Furitivornithes is the sister lineage to the grandorder Coraciopasserea, which is further split into the mirorders Coraciimorphae (Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, Scimitarbills, Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Trogons) and Passerimorphae (Passerines, Parrots, and Mousebirds), with the most basal of the three major groups of the Telluraves superorder to be the grandorder Columbimorphae (Pigeons, Doves, and Sandgrouse), where its only two extant orders are Pteroclidiformes (Sandgrouse) and Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves), among the Coraciopasserea grandorder, the order Trogoniformes, where the trogons (family Trogonidae) are the sole extant family is the most basal within the mirorder Coraciimorphae, whereas its more derived extant orders being Piciformes (Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Puffbirds) and Coraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, and Scimitarbills) constitute the clade Picocoraciae, while the order Coliiformes, where the mousebirds (family Coliidae) are the sole extant family is the most basal within the mirorder Passerimorphae, whereas the parrots (order Psittaciformes) and passerines (order Passeriformes), which are the most derived orders within the Passerimorphae infraorder constitute the clade Psittacopasserae, in fact, the Telluraves superorder is the sister lineage to another superorder known as Aequornithes, which is known to include all modern waterbirds other than waterfowl (order Anseriformes), similar to Telluraves being split into the grandorders Columbimorphae, Furitivornithes, and Coraciopasserea, the Aequornithes superorder also has three major lineages, which are the grandorders Gruicharadriae, Ciconiopelecanae, and Procellariimorphae, with the grandorder Gruicharadriae that contains the orders Gruiformes (Cranes, Limpkin, Trumpeter, Rails, Crakes, Sora, Gallinules, Nativehens, Swamphens, Moorhen, Watercock, Coots, Finfoots, Flufftails, Woodrails, and Forest Rails) and Charadriiformes (Shorebirds) being the most basal of the Aequornithes superorder, leaving the two most derived groups within Aequornithes to be the grandorders Ciconiopelecanae and Procellariimorphae, the Ciconiopelecanae grandorder contains the orders Ciconiiformes (Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills) and Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, Shags, Darters, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Tropicbirds, Shoebill, Hamerkop, Sunbittern, and Kagu), whereas its sister taxon being the Procellariimorphae grandorder is split into the mirorders Procellariae, Gaviopodicipedae, and Phoenicopterospheniscae, the mirorder Procellariae, where the order Procellariiformes (Petrels, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, Albatrosses, and Storm Petrels) is its sole extant order is the most basal, leaving the two most derived groups to be the mirorders Gaviopodicipedae (Loons and Grebes) and Phoenicopterospheniscae (Penguins and Flamingos), the mirorder Gaviopodicipedae contains the orders Podicipediformes (Grebes) and Gaviiformes (Loons), while the mirorder Phoenicopterospheniscae contains the orders Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos) and Sphenisciformes (Penguins), the superorders Aequornithes and Telluraves constitute the clade Neoaves, which contains all modern bird species other than fowl, birds of prey, hoatzins, ratites, and tinamous, with the former three being part of the superorder Palaeoaves, while the latter two are part of the superorder Palaeognathae, the superorder Palaeoaves is basal to the clade Neoaves and within the Palaeoaves superorder, the order Opisthocomiformes, where the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is its sole living member is the most basal extant order of the Palaeoaves superorder, with the gamebirds (order Galliformes) and waterfowl (order Anseriformes) being equally the most derived and the birds of prey (order Falconiformes) being more derived than Opisthocomiformes but basal to the clade Galloanserae (Fowl), to the exclusion of the order Opisthocomiformes, the birds of prey (order Falconiformes) and fowl (clade Galloanserae) constitute the broader clade within the Palaeoaves superorder that is called Eufalconimorphae, the most basal of the four major bird groups, which is the superorder Palaeognathae, is in fact basal to the clade Neognathae, which contains the superorder Palaeoaves and the clade Neoaves, within the Palaeognathae superorder, the superorder is split into the grandorders Tinamimorphae (Tinamous and Fossil Relatives) and Struthionimorphae (Ratites), the tinamous (family Tinamidae) are the sole extant family of both the order Tinamiformes and the grandorder Tinamimorphae, while the ratites (grandorder Struthionimorphae) are further split into the mirorders Struthionorheae (Holotropical Ratites) for the orders Struthioniformes (Ostriches and Fossil Relatives) and Rheiformes (Rheas and Fossil Relatives) and Casuarioapterygae (Oceanian Ratites) for the orders Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emu) and Apterygiformes (Kiwis and Fossil Relatives).
I've seen so many videos about that. "these two animals look similar, but it turns out they're not as closely related as we thought they were." I wonder how cats and dogs fall into this.
I am a biology student the answer is constantly it’s so common that profs jokingly discouraged us from memorizing the tree of life because it is in flux 😅
Because DNA analysis for phylogeny is relatively new, the tree of life is currently being rearranged constantly, and will be for a while. Renaming doesn't really happen though, once something is named, it sticks.
Is this a form of convergent evolution? Hense why so many would assume them related to owls? It's like the creators of the Furbies were hoping to tap into this creature.. (holy sh*t, I was just typing this until he mentioned the babies infringement on Furbies wtf lol)
I have to say, that bird looks a lot like the Urutau from Brazil (there's where I'm from), but apparently they are not, I even search and they are not even close relatives
Might be talking out of my ass but frogmouths/potoo birds are part of or close to the night jar family! And i love the comparison of baby frogmouth birds looking like an angry ball of lint
It's a fun format, why are you complaining? And some people never knew the original episodes on Vlogbrothers even existed, why waste perfectly good Hank videos when you can transport them over to the proper channel in a fun way instead?
I live in Australia and have helped care for injured and orphaned Tawny Frogmouths via WIRES (a wildlife rescue organization in NSW). Just wanted to share that, at least when in care, young Tawny Frogmouths will at least seem to show off that they are learning how to camouflage themselves. They'll actually open their eyes while "being a stick" and will sway if they think you're watching.
I'm so jealous of you. 😅
@@JenDeyanI have one that frequently “hides” on the fencepost by my driveway…
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@@spiralpython1989 Lucky!
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Also, an acquaintance from Australia sent me a photo of a tawny frogmouth chick (with its mouth open), and it was so young, it was literally a ball of downy fluff with MOUTH. 85% mouth.
Many years ago we were living in a house with a big old tree next door, and got to watch 4 frogmouth hatchlings/fledgling being raised in the tree. They were so cute, and didn't know they were supposed to be nocturnal. The frequent look on Mum birds' face of 'stop it and go back to sleep' was universal!
I’m losing it over the line “ if Raven had eyes like owls, we’d let them teach kindergarten,” I would let them teach kindergarten if they knew how to speak!
Well… they can learn words like parrots
I would let ravens guard the royal jewels
But... They do. About as well as a kindergartner at least.
Ravens can learn to talk as well as any other speaking bird. They're about on the same level as parrots.
@@norarivkis2513 then I will find them and they will teach kindergarten.
Surprise gravity is both the best and the worst type of gravity.
Owls or not, I still give a hoot about 'em!
I've worked in wildlife rescue in Australia, and while I don't have a citation, a far more convincing explanation for their poor nest-building is the idea that pre-european invasion, there were far far more large, old growth eucalyptus trees with big, wide branches. Gravity is much less of an issue when the surface you're building nests on and rasing eggs on is nearly flat. Colonisers cut down huge amounts of trees and preferentially targeted old growths. Microhabitat destruction is a much more convincing explanation for me than evolutionary incompetence. If I can find a citation I'll add it!
Did you manage to find a citation?
In my area of the southwestern US desert, mourning doves are our notoriously bad nest builders. It could be reasonable to assume a similar thing as there, as many of our native trees are quite small and have tiny foliage, but they don't actually do any better with nests in landscaping trees, which are typically native trees that are well-watered so much heftier, or non-native desert or drought- tolerant tropical and subtropical species (including eucalyptus, which loves it here, but isn't very stable in our soil and tends to fall a lot in our storms), and so we have some very thick-branched trees in landscaping, and the mourning doves still don't do great.
Where they do well is when they find holes made by woodpeckers or humans and nest in those, or flat surfaces or planters humans have made, and things like that.
Could they have previously been nest-borrowers from a species that changed year after year and isn't as common?
@@samarnadra Considering that they said in the video that they'll frequently use anything that sort of *looks* like a nest, I think this is likely.
I feel proud as an Aussie every time an Australian native animal is mentioned on Bizarre Beasts. And they haven't even reached the middle of the list. Like how crows have learned how to swoop, flip over a cane toad and eat it.
When I was doing night security, the Tawny Frogmouths used to freak me out when they came into view. Great bird.
I did not know this pin was glow in the dark! Then we discovered that our Bonnet head, brittle sea star, and platypus pins glow too! It was a very exciting discovery!
I went to Australia last year and saw frogmouths at a wildlife refuge. My family was surprised I knew what those "funny looking birds" were and I had learned about them in Hank's original video!
Oh you saw them at a wildlife refuge? Pleb. I've seen them in the wild, but you have to actually go outside for that so I doubt you'll ever have the pleasure.
another fun family of birds in a similar niche (nocturnal or crepuscular bug-catchers) is Caprimulgidae, or nightjars. One of the things that distinguishes nightjars from frogmouths is that they have very short beaks, instead just... having their mouths go further back.
I'm really enjoying this series, and I think this format works even better with Sarah!
Ok, so you've done frogmouths & oilbirds, but HAVE YOU DONE POTOOS? They are my favourite weirdy birdy!
Unrelated to Frogmouths but simply killing that outfit. Amazing.
I concur!
I saw these guys at the zoo last week! While looking at them in the nocturnal animals building, I remembered I have their bizarre beast pin on my purse right now. I didn’t know the pin glowed in the dark, so I had a very nerdy moment gushing over it glowing standing next to their exhibit 😂
Tawnys are native to my area in Victoria. We sometimes see them sitting in the trees or on the wires outside our house. They have a distinctive call so I know when one is around.
Tbf, while you didn't show owl ears, their ears are in fact genuinely fascinating and I do get excited to talk about them in front of company that will roll their eyes when I start talking about owl ears.
Sarah, your voice continues to be one of my favorite things about this channel.
I pointed out one of these in a tree to my daughter...took her about a minute to see it....and completely missed the one sitting right beside it.
The Tawny Frogmouth was always where I wanted to go first at the zoo when I was little! ❤❤❤❤
We've got one that sleeps in the eucalypts in our chook (chicken) pen. He doesnt seem to cause any problem with our chicks, probably because there's plenty to eat around here.
i knew immediately what this video was about. a species of frogmouth- the tawny frogmouth specifically, lives near my place. never seen one, but i hear them sometimes. they're stealthy little buggers. often, camouflage is enough to fool most animals but is obvious to us humans. tawny frogmouths are experts at it though, they so often just look like little bits of wood! at least, in the pictures i've seen of them anyway.
A Planet Wild mention in a Bizarre Beasts video makes me happy
Also saw Planet Wild's video about the Little Owl. They're good folks!
I love this bird. This pin is still one of my favorites!!
One of my fave birds - people leave chalk notes near places they have seen them so you can have a look for them in bush
Frogmouths are owls if those owls were designed by Jim Henson.
My pin GLOWS!!
Oooh Their stick pose is quite good. Fascinating.
I know this critter from other videos and heck your video is more informative and also more funny! 😂 Love it
Surprise gravity has gotten the best of me from time to time, if I am honest. 😂
I love them. Potoos, too.
Would love a video *just* on the potoo because they're just amazing, and they take the whole tree camouflage to a whole other level.
LOL young Hank, with his joyous enthusiasm, is so adorable 🤓💖
The hummingbird in the middle looking back and forth, back and forth: "I'm related to these guys??? Wha...?"
Always wait patiently for the new monthly video, but these half months videos make it so much easier
I've been touting the wonders of the frogmouth for ages. Especially against people who think they're potoos. Harrumph. Frogmouth is so much more distinguished. and awesome.
If you asked an AI to create a hyperrealistic furby this is exactly what you'd get, and I was pleased that Hank agrees with me.
Frogmouths are such interesting birds, I love them being covered here
Sarah's outfit is AMAZING
Thank you! I really enjoyed it!
Not me having seen a frog mouth last month just in a tree...
I wish the pin set could be bought in smaller bundles.
Really like that moon phases top!
That is a FANTASTIC outfit!
This is the cuter version of an owl mixed with a frog with mammal fluff furby
I wonder if someone already made a frogmouth hoodie with those huge mouth (or any nightbird)
Frog mouth??? NOT kin to North American Nighthawk? Can across a Nighthawk or nightmare (birds I recall seeing swoop through the lights of streetlamps when I was a teen. One I came across was on the ground near a trail encountered while walking my dogs. Funny part is the bird "exploded" noisily from the ground and the bigger dog almost went home without me.
That’s not a bird, it’s a muppet!
Frogmouths are almost as cool as potoos.
Okay, where did you get that moon shirt?
I saw a tawny frogmouth at a zoo once it was so cute 😭💖
I thought it was gonna be the potoo
Have a family of these that live out of the trees that soround our local train station. Their so cute
Oh I love them. My other favorite animal is a pangolin. 😍😍
Giving buff guy vibes.
Cute li'l goofy critters.
In Brazil it's also know as "urutau" from tupi 'uruta'gwi', meaning ghost bird.
Bit late, but different bird, no frogmouths in Brazil
The frogmouths’ ancestors look down on them with disappointment in their cowardice regarding Wallace’s Line
These look like one of the puppets from the movie Labyrinth... especially at 1:55.
Your video is incorrect, swifts and hummingbirds are more closely related to owls than either are to the order Caprimulgiformes, which contains the families Caprimulgidae (Nightjars, Nighthawks, Poorwills, and Pauraques), Aegotgelidae (Owlet Nightjars), Podargidae (Frogmouths), Nyctibiidae (Potoos), and Steatornithidae (Oilbird), while the Caprimulgiformes order is basal to both Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds) and Strigiformes (Owls), all three of these extant orders constitute the clade Strigimorphae within the grandorder Furitivornithes, one of the three major groups of the superorder Telluraves, within Furitivornithes, the Cuculiformes order that contains the cuckoos (family Cuculidae), turacos (family Musophagidae), bustards (family Otididae), and mesites (family Mesitornithidae) is in fact basal to Strigimorphae, within Strigimorphae, the clade owls, swifts, and hummingbirds constitute is called Apodostrigae, Furitivornithes is the sister lineage to the grandorder Coraciopasserea, which is further split into the mirorders Coraciimorphae (Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, Scimitarbills, Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Trogons) and Passerimorphae (Passerines, Parrots, and Mousebirds), with the most basal of the three major groups of the Telluraves superorder to be the grandorder Columbimorphae (Pigeons, Doves, and Sandgrouse), where its only two extant orders are Pteroclidiformes (Sandgrouse) and Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves), among the Coraciopasserea grandorder, the order Trogoniformes, where the trogons (family Trogonidae) are the sole extant family is the most basal within the mirorder Coraciimorphae, whereas its more derived extant orders being Piciformes (Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Puffbirds) and Coraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, and Scimitarbills) constitute the clade Picocoraciae, while the order Coliiformes, where the mousebirds (family Coliidae) are the sole extant family is the most basal within the mirorder Passerimorphae, whereas the parrots (order Psittaciformes) and passerines (order Passeriformes), which are the most derived orders within the Passerimorphae infraorder constitute the clade Psittacopasserae, in fact, the Telluraves superorder is the sister lineage to another superorder known as Aequornithes, which is known to include all modern waterbirds other than waterfowl (order Anseriformes), similar to Telluraves being split into the grandorders Columbimorphae, Furitivornithes, and Coraciopasserea, the Aequornithes superorder also has three major lineages, which are the grandorders Gruicharadriae, Ciconiopelecanae, and Procellariimorphae, with the grandorder Gruicharadriae that contains the orders Gruiformes (Cranes, Limpkin, Trumpeter, Rails, Crakes, Sora, Gallinules, Nativehens, Swamphens, Moorhen, Watercock, Coots, Finfoots, Flufftails, Woodrails, and Forest Rails) and Charadriiformes (Shorebirds) being the most basal of the Aequornithes superorder, leaving the two most derived groups within Aequornithes to be the grandorders Ciconiopelecanae and Procellariimorphae, the Ciconiopelecanae grandorder contains the orders Ciconiiformes (Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills) and Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, Shags, Darters, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Tropicbirds, Shoebill, Hamerkop, Sunbittern, and Kagu), whereas its sister taxon being the Procellariimorphae grandorder is split into the mirorders Procellariae, Gaviopodicipedae, and Phoenicopterospheniscae, the mirorder Procellariae, where the order Procellariiformes (Petrels, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, Albatrosses, and Storm Petrels) is its sole extant order is the most basal, leaving the two most derived groups to be the mirorders Gaviopodicipedae (Loons and Grebes) and Phoenicopterospheniscae (Penguins and Flamingos), the mirorder Gaviopodicipedae contains the orders Podicipediformes (Grebes) and Gaviiformes (Loons), while the mirorder Phoenicopterospheniscae contains the orders Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos) and Sphenisciformes (Penguins), the superorders Aequornithes and Telluraves constitute the clade Neoaves, which contains all modern bird species other than fowl, birds of prey, hoatzins, ratites, and tinamous, with the former three being part of the superorder Palaeoaves, while the latter two are part of the superorder Palaeognathae, the superorder Palaeoaves is basal to the clade Neoaves and within the Palaeoaves superorder, the order Opisthocomiformes, where the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is its sole living member is the most basal extant order of the Palaeoaves superorder, with the gamebirds (order Galliformes) and waterfowl (order Anseriformes) being equally the most derived and the birds of prey (order Falconiformes) being more derived than Opisthocomiformes but basal to the clade Galloanserae (Fowl), to the exclusion of the order Opisthocomiformes, the birds of prey (order Falconiformes) and fowl (clade Galloanserae) constitute the broader clade within the Palaeoaves superorder that is called Eufalconimorphae, the most basal of the four major bird groups, which is the superorder Palaeognathae, is in fact basal to the clade Neognathae, which contains the superorder Palaeoaves and the clade Neoaves, within the Palaeognathae superorder, the superorder is split into the grandorders Tinamimorphae (Tinamous and Fossil Relatives) and Struthionimorphae (Ratites), the tinamous (family Tinamidae) are the sole extant family of both the order Tinamiformes and the grandorder Tinamimorphae, while the ratites (grandorder Struthionimorphae) are further split into the mirorders Struthionorheae (Holotropical Ratites) for the orders Struthioniformes (Ostriches and Fossil Relatives) and Rheiformes (Rheas and Fossil Relatives) and Casuarioapterygae (Oceanian Ratites) for the orders Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emu) and Apterygiformes (Kiwis and Fossil Relatives).
Ok the furby thing is uncanny
To be fair to the frogmouth, I'm also terrible at nest-building
My first thought was PTOOOOO
I wonder how often science had reclassified and even renamed things once we shifted to DNA in taxonomy?
I've seen so many videos about that.
"these two animals look similar, but it turns out they're not as closely related as we thought they were."
I wonder how cats and dogs fall into this.
I am a biology student the answer is constantly it’s so common that profs jokingly discouraged us from memorizing the tree of life because it is in flux 😅
Because DNA analysis for phylogeny is relatively new, the tree of life is currently being rearranged constantly, and will be for a while. Renaming doesn't really happen though, once something is named, it sticks.
Pog Birds
In India, owls are considered dumb. Hindi word for owl also means stupid.
Is this a form of convergent evolution? Hense why so many would assume them related to owls?
It's like the creators of the Furbies were hoping to tap into this creature.. (holy sh*t, I was just typing this until he mentioned the babies infringement on Furbies wtf lol)
I know what she means, but the picture she shows is of a skeleton where the skull is pretty much exactly the same size as the torso.
I have to say, that bird looks a lot like the Urutau from Brazil (there's where I'm from), but apparently they are not, I even search and they are not even close relatives
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Might be talking out of my ass but frogmouths/potoo birds are part of or close to the night jar family! And i love the comparison of baby frogmouth birds looking like an angry ball of lint
Frogmouth I am stick
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This is not a remaster of a past episode as much as it is a rerun of a past episode with errata notices clumsily pasted in
It's a fun format, why are you complaining? And some people never knew the original episodes on Vlogbrothers even existed, why waste perfectly good Hank videos when you can transport them over to the proper channel in a fun way instead?
UA-cam is all about open mouths
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Looks like Sam from the muppets
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Potoos
potoo
Not chopping down trees, they are pulling them down, roots and all.
Can't stand the background music eliminate it so we can hear what the moderators are saying