Great video and excellent guesses Destin! Nice handling of the flying squirrel ;) They truly are fascinating animals to watch in motion: Attenborough: Is it a Bird? Is it a plane? Is it a flying squirrel? - BBC Earth
There's a tradition some computer science professors have of putting an unsolved problem on some exams to see what people come up with, partly because there's an old story about some professor who *accidentally* put an unsolved problem in computer science on an exam, and a student managed to solve it.
x12lesser21x SmarterEveryDay is a great channel. Just watch his series on helicopters. Mind blowing stuff. Also watch his series on winter olympic sports. Almost equally mind blowing for someone who is lucky to see snow one day a year.
that is so amazing that tree has adapted not a method of attack to stop itself from being eaten but a method to house insects that will attack for it !
Absolutely! Is there anyone who could explain how such a phenomenon occurs? Is it something as simple as natural selection and the tiny percentage of trees that just happened to secrete these nutrients proliferate? If so, use either as little or as much detail about it as you wish. I love learning the mechanism of how biological adaptation occurs.
Colin Prevatt _explain how such a phenomenon occurs_ Plants and animals, each being part of the environment of the other, co-evolve. _Is it something as simple as natural selection_ Yes.
I think this has taken the crown as perhaps my favourite (non-dissection) Brain Scoop episode. Learnt new things AND get to feel super smart for knowing the acacia-ant symbiosis already.
this is a beautiful fusion .. an engineer looking at biology. invite Destin back for another episode. the suggestion by Come And Get It to have him theorize about some feature biologists are uncertain about is a cool twist.
Just found this channel and has instantly become one of my favourites! I have never even been interested in biology, but your videos make all this so much more interesting!
This literally combines two of my favorite UA-cam channels. Please work with Destin again, I found this both informative and enjoyable to watch! Two cheers for collaborations with other channels! I would love to see you on his channel someday, Emily!
The fish teeth thing freaked me out...I think I may have a slight case of Tryptophobia...the disgust of clustered holes. I know they aren't holes, but just the strangeness of the clustered circles makes my skin crawl thinking about it. It automatically reminded me of the frogs that birth from their backs....
I remember a pharyngeal palate being one of the mystery items on Emily's tumblr when it was still the umzm blog!! It really freaked me out and opened my eyes to how freaky fish can be.
!!! You've been around here quite a while, friend. For anyone interested in playing along, we are running a "What the Function?!" game on our Facebook - every Thursday at 12pm CST we will post a photo of a specimen or artifact and you have to guess its function! First person to guess correctly gets a postcard from yours truly!
That's awesome how Destin was able to more or less figure out all of the functions of each one. I guess it shows how smart engineers can be from having that background in design.
Thank you for having SmarterEveryDay on. I love looking at nature from an engineering perspective. We can learn so much from what is already out there. Like creating airplanes that mimic the silent flight of owls or better kevlar like vests from learning about scales of fish that even piranhas cannot bite through.
I like this show idea a ton! Remind's me of Scishow's "Stump Hank" where he would have to identify what kind of animal a sample is from (which I also loved)
Destin hit the nail on the head with the "scutts" or what ever the ridges under the gliders tail were called. The direction of the barbs point the wrong way to help it stop from a forward motion. They can only help provide traction to counter a reverse force.
I always find it so fascinating that muesiums have these massive stores of stuff that people can't see, it seems against the whole point of those places.
I think Destin had a better grasp on the functionality of the gliders tail barb bits than the girls. Whilst it may help it in the landing process, I beleive they would only allow it to stop sliding down the tree once it made contact not allow it to 'slow down' as such. So I think they know what it does but he knows HOW it does.
I really want to see more of these, either with Destin again or with other youtube ed people. especially Dr. Lindsay Doe, I'd love to see what you can pull out of the collection for her expertise.
Some species of passionflower do sort of the same thing but for a different reason. Species like P. coccinea use their sepals to provide homes for ants. They produce a sweet sap in the tented sepals to attract the small ants so that the ants can carry their pollen. This may also provide defense against predators.
Awesome to see two very fun, smart youtubers in one show! I like seeing very smart people show that they also have to learn, instead of implying that intelligence is some kind of magical, static trait.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I love the idea of the "Game Show" and I think that you should definitely do more videos like this. Also, it was so great to meet you at VidCon (TWICE! whaaaaat) and to go to your Q&A. Meeting you was definitely a major highlight in my VidCon 2014 journey, so thank you!
I would really love some more biology and engineering combined videos. This was spectacular! Give me some more "What the Function?" quizzes! rootin for you :)
You should really have gone more into how the symbiotic relationship between the acacia tree and stinging ants work, its really interesting how the ants get the short end of the stick.
Great video and excellent guesses Destin! Nice handling of the flying squirrel ;) They truly are fascinating animals to watch in motion: Attenborough: Is it a Bird? Is it a plane? Is it a flying squirrel? - BBC Earth
Hey BBC yk what else BBC stands for?😏
I love how earnestly and genuinely Destin laughs at "derbianus". He's like a giant super smart adorable kid.
derbianus.. she said anus.... hhehehehehehhehehehehe
She knew it was funny too, omg I can't stop laughing now.
Makes me think... "thar be anus" which is even funnier
You should bring him something that has an unknown use and see what he comes up with. Might solve a mystery, Or rewrite history, Destin, Woohoo.
Hah! That'd be hilarious. "Guess what? We just tricked you into making a major scientific discovery! LOLOLOLOL"
There's a tradition some computer science professors have of putting an unsolved problem on some exams to see what people come up with, partly because there's an old story about some professor who *accidentally* put an unsolved problem in computer science on an exam, and a student managed to solve it.
Upon checking, there's a similar-but-different story that checks out on Snopes: www.snopes.com/college/homework/unsolvable.asp
And the new discovery might be used to improve race cars, lasers, aeroplanes
Neil G. Dickson Like in Good Will Hunting.
What the Function should be a regular bit... definitely fun.
She is adorable! Very intelligent and it's clear she loves her job and loves teaching!
Destin is also pretty cool in my book.
So cool to see Destin on this channel! Great video you two! But I would've liked to see Vanna White. Seriously. How can we make that happen?
I like the new show idea. One little request, at the end maybe save one for the viewers to try and guess. Then answer it on the next episode.
What a great idea! I second this request. *****
Those throat teeth make me extremely uncomfortable.
Do you maybe have Trypophobia?
Yep that word. That feeling. Goosebumps...
Angry Beard Man yea, I have trypophobia and they made me uncomfortable to look at as well
I thought I was the only one! It made me feel really nauseous...
Anna Goldman is just the best.
I haven't watched a Brain Scoop in ages, I've missed you Emily!
Welcome back! We've missed you, too.
Me either. I wonder why I stopped. Really like the video
Soylant Me too, I wonder why we all came back at this video. I don't watch Smartereveryday alot either
x12lesser21x SmarterEveryDay is a great channel. Just watch his series on helicopters. Mind blowing stuff. Also watch his series on winter olympic sports. Almost equally mind blowing for someone who is lucky to see snow one day a year.
Destin and Emily now that's symbiotic in itself, the Smarter Scoop!
Smarter Every Scoop I meant to say.
John Bare Is that ice cream that makes you smarter‽ I WANT SOME!
ttsgeb The brain every day ;-)
NickGreyden You know what they say: A scoop of brain a day keeps the doctor away.
...wait.
Good one!
that is so amazing that tree has adapted not a method of attack to stop itself from being eaten but a method to house insects that will attack for it !
Absolutely! Is there anyone who could explain how such a phenomenon occurs? Is it something as simple as natural selection and the tiny percentage of trees that just happened to secrete these nutrients proliferate? If so, use either as little or as much detail about it as you wish. I love learning the mechanism of how biological adaptation occurs.
Colin Prevatt _explain how such a phenomenon occurs_
Plants and animals, each being part of the environment of the other, co-evolve.
_Is it something as simple as natural selection_
Yes.
We need more WTF episodes.
Conjunction Junction, What the Function?
School House Rock, nice.
Hookin' up words and phrases and(I forgot the rest)
Alexandra Ratliff
Clauses.
I think this has taken the crown as perhaps my favourite (non-dissection) Brain Scoop episode. Learnt new things AND get to feel super smart for knowing the acacia-ant symbiosis already.
Love the new concept and the fact the first installment had Destin. Please do this extremely often!
this is a beautiful fusion .. an engineer looking at biology. invite Destin back for another episode. the suggestion by Come And Get It to have him theorize about some feature biologists are uncertain about is a cool twist.
I love this symbiotic relationship Destin and Emily providing subscribers to one another.
The immense infusion of exuberance and shade added by anna and her distaste for 'gliding' squirrels really takes this video to the next level.
Just found this channel and has instantly become one of my favourites!
I have never even been interested in biology, but your videos make all this so much more interesting!
This literally combines two of my favorite UA-cam channels. Please work with Destin again, I found this both informative and enjoyable to watch! Two cheers for collaborations with other channels!
I would love to see you on his channel someday, Emily!
Loving this new segment already! The sound effect around 2:08 really crowned that demonstration.
I love this segment, can What The Function be a recurring thing? It should be a thing.
The fish teeth thing freaked me out...I think I may have a slight case of Tryptophobia...the disgust of clustered holes.
I know they aren't holes, but just the strangeness of the clustered circles makes my skin crawl thinking about it.
It automatically reminded me of the frogs that birth from their backs....
I got a slight fear of things with teeth in weird ass places...>_< THAT wasn't very pleasent..
If there were an All-star game of UA-cam science, these 3 would be on the winning team.
I remember a pharyngeal palate being one of the mystery items on Emily's tumblr when it was still the umzm blog!! It really freaked me out and opened my eyes to how freaky fish can be.
!!! You've been around here quite a while, friend.
For anyone interested in playing along, we are running a "What the Function?!" game on our Facebook - every Thursday at 12pm CST we will post a photo of a specimen or artifact and you have to guess its function! First person to guess correctly gets a postcard from yours truly!
I could literally watch hours of this...
I LOVED this "What the Function!" Please make more! Thank you!
Two of my favorite people :D
Go science!
Please play this again. It was really fun to follow along and guess myself. Great episode!!
That's awesome how Destin was able to more or less figure out all of the functions of each one. I guess it shows how smart engineers can be from having that background in design.
I like when she gets excited
This is what the Scishow talkshow has been missing. Looking very forward to more "what the function."
Two of my favorite UA-cam nerds!
5:26 I know EXACTLY what Destin was thinking xD
...Derbianus...
She seemed very impressed that he was able to figure all of those out, especially at the end. Way to go, man.
Watching Destin learn is the funnest thing on the planet
Thank you for having SmarterEveryDay on. I love looking at nature from an engineering perspective. We can learn so much from what is already out there. Like creating airplanes that mimic the silent flight of owls or better kevlar like vests from learning about scales of fish that even piranhas cannot bite through.
Cant believe this content came out 9 years ago. This is some good shit right here, I would watch a million of these.
As an engineer, it's really interesting to see Destin logic his way through What the function.
The flying squirrel has an arrestor hook. Nature astounds me with how specific some things it creates are.
Yay for UA-cam science collaborations! I hope we get to see you on Destin's channel, soon, Emily!
My two favorite educational UA-camrs in one video! Fingers crossed for more Destin/Emily collaborations.
I love this "What the function?" thing! Do more please.
And also, if you do more, I think this has great T-shirt design potential.
Emily never looked so wonderful, as well as brining her fascinating knowledge about animals in the forefront.
What a fantastic birthday present, two of my favorite UA-cam science shows together! Awesome guys!
i like her glasses they're cool
I'm really enjoying this new format. All these smart people in one place.... Brilliant.
Two of my favorite youtube science content creators working together? Yes, thank you. May I have another please?
This was a lot of fun to watch. This style of video felt more interactive, even though you couldn't hear me guessing right along with Destin I was.
Anna Goldman should be a regular, she's hilarious, just the facial expressions and everything xD
Great video! The interaction between everyone was so smooth, I couldn' t even tell who the host was. I hope there's a lot more of these.
I could watch these two be excited about learning about the natural world all day long.
Destin is a genius!!!!!! I knew he was freaking smart, but I didn't know he was an analytical genius!
WHY HAVE I NOT SUBSCRIBED TO THIS CHANNEL UNTIL NOW?!
This was awesome! Please do more of these with Destin! I was so excited to see this collaboration :)
Love it when you make Destin think!
In the end you showed us a nautilus (?) shell cut so that we see there are chambers, and these have their own interesting function!
I like this show idea a ton! Remind's me of Scishow's "Stump Hank" where he would have to identify what kind of animal a sample is from (which I also loved)
Destin hit the nail on the head with the "scutts" or what ever the ridges under the gliders tail were called. The direction of the barbs point the wrong way to help it stop from a forward motion. They can only help provide traction to counter a reverse force.
The more I watch these videos the more I love the tune!
Great to see two of my favorite youtubers get together (and obviously get along well!)
Really like this format! Can we have more of these together with the regular episodes?
That stuff is just plain amazing. I really look forward to more What The Function!
I really enjoyed the episode on What the Function. I hope you will do others. Both informative and entertaining. Thank you.
I always find it so fascinating that muesiums have these massive stores of stuff that people can't see, it seems against the whole point of those places.
I love Anna Goldman.
She's just so incredibly awesome.
My two favorite youtube science hosts together! Best video ever!
I love how cheerful your videos are.
More "what the function" videos please! This is awesome.
I think Destin had a better grasp on the functionality of the gliders tail barb bits than the girls.
Whilst it may help it in the landing process, I beleive they would only allow it to stop sliding down the tree once it made contact not allow it to 'slow down' as such.
So I think they know what it does but he knows HOW it does.
If someone could figure out a way to bottle Emily's charisma, they would be a trillionaire. Love this series.
Destin is my hero! I love finding him on other channels.
You can't condescend to this guy too much - Destin is pretty intuitive.
I really want to see more of these, either with Destin again or with other youtube ed people. especially Dr. Lindsay Doe, I'd love to see what you can pull out of the collection for her expertise.
Some species of passionflower do sort of the same thing but for a different reason. Species like P. coccinea use their sepals to provide homes for ants. They produce a sweet sap in the tented sepals to attract the small ants so that the ants can carry their pollen. This may also provide defense against predators.
Awesome detail in the description of those items. Lots to learn, thanks.
Loved this video! I definitely feel smarter today. Please do more of these game shows with special guests!
What a treat! Two of my favorites together. I didn't know you knew one another. Should'a guess though. I probably pass Destin on Rideout every day.
This was a really fun episode! You guys should do more episodes like this, it's educational and fun :3
Awesome... More please...you and destin should make this a spin off show....with Anna of course!
Awesome to see two very fun, smart youtubers in one show! I like seeing very smart people show that they also have to learn, instead of implying that intelligence is some kind of magical, static trait.
1:29 that old-timey filmstrip clip is so you! I like this video.
"...and the ants come streaming out and sting the..." [makes aggressive eye contact with audience] "...CRAP...!"
I heart this show so much.
I am a mechanical engineer and I have to say, Damm DAmm DAMm DAMM...
Looking at Destin and his method of reverse engineering is so so beautiful
I don't know why but I love the "it still has brains on it"
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I love the idea of the "Game Show" and I think that you should definitely do more videos like this. Also, it was so great to meet you at VidCon (TWICE! whaaaaat) and to go to your Q&A. Meeting you was definitely a major highlight in my VidCon 2014 journey, so thank you!
So good to see Destin from Smarter every Day.
I would really love some more biology and engineering combined videos. This was spectacular! Give me some more "What the Function?" quizzes! rootin for you :)
Two of my favorite channels together. Awesome.
Oh I really hope you do this section of the show more often! Please have more guests make educated guesses and teach us by learning from errors. :3
Destin sounds so authoritative, even when he's guessing and groping for answers. Or maybe I'm just used to him knowing what he's talking about.
TRiG.
the first fish throat gave me goosebumps
Destin has very clever guesses.
one of my fav episodes! so great
Well... I know this is a 5 year old video, but can you make more WTFunction content? It's super fun to watch, and try and figure it out. :)
They should bring this back; I like it.
Definitely would love to see more of this in the future
You should really have gone more into how the symbiotic relationship between the acacia tree and stinging ants work, its really interesting how the ants get the short end of the stick.
Yes! Please make more of these!