Zoologist Reacts To Your Horrible Halloween Decorations 2022

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  • Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
  • What do zoologists think of your animal-themed Halloween decorations? They're terrible! What do they get wrong? And what do they get right? Clint takes a look at some horrifyingly inaccurate skeleton decorations to see what we can learn from these anatomically incorrect abominations.
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    "Labeled Rattus Skull" by BenChance under CC BY 4.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    "Skeleton of a frog 002" by Amada44 under CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    "Skeleton of a frog 001" by Amada44 under CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    "Chameleon Skeleton" by Rachel Lovinger under CC BY 2.0 www.flickr.com/photos/mirka23...
    "Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni beak" by GeSHaFish under CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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    "Calm down!" (23406478069)" by Peter Trimming from Croydon, England under CC BY 2.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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    "Steller Sea Lions(Vancouver)02(js)" by Jerzystrzelecki under CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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  • @ClintsReptiles
    @ClintsReptiles  Рік тому +298

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    • @chrisgaming9567
      @chrisgaming9567 Рік тому +4

      Might have suggested this before but, it'd be cool to do a video on reptiles that might be discovered/formally recognised in the near future

    • @_invertico_
      @_invertico_ Рік тому

      Please make a video about quails

    • @ashcan6
      @ashcan6 Рік тому

      Why did they make a chameleon skeleton at all?? I mean, of course, when I think horror movies and HALLOWEEN I think tiny harmless insectivores….🙄

    • @ashcan6
      @ashcan6 Рік тому

      Also, that black cat looks like some sort of deranged old world monkey….

    • @AzraelThanatos
      @AzraelThanatos Рік тому +2

      For the frog skeleton, easy reason for the legs to be right could be that the artist has had frog legs before, not necessarily french and that's also cajun
      I think that most of the bone ears are more because they're decorations, mainly to make it possible to differentiate between them there.
      Also, there's the newer Unicorn and the Dragon ones from the last few years that are popping up...though the unicorn is, basically, Dollar Tree's version of a zombie my little pony unicorn

  • @glitchedoom
    @glitchedoom 10 місяців тому +286

    "Skeletons of animals that don't have skeletons" is unironically my favorite subgenre of Halloween decoration.

    • @justaperson4656
      @justaperson4656 9 місяців тому +7

      Same here, I found some skeletons (rat, bat with ears, and spider) in a cheap supermarket and bought them immediately. The spider skeleton is hilarious to me because it shouldn't exist. I might have to hunt down that scorpion skeleton too

  • @musiclover-ev7jn
    @musiclover-ev7jn Рік тому +1862

    In undergrad, my Human anatomy and physiology professor bought a human skeleton from one of the stores around Halloween, and we got extra credit if we could point out at least 10 things anatomically wrong with it.

    • @Ujuani68
      @Ujuani68 Рік тому +38

      Cool....!!🙆‍♂️👍😄

    • @Leosloth2011
      @Leosloth2011 Рік тому +41

      can ya list some

    • @izzyfoshizzy
      @izzyfoshizzy Рік тому +144

      That unironically sounds really fun

    • @eg_manifest510
      @eg_manifest510 Рік тому +197

      if I was in that class I'd have said "human bones aren't made of plastic" and seen if that worked

    • @roleplayeranonyme3115
      @roleplayeranonyme3115 Рік тому +98

      @@eg_manifest510 Well, plastic is just oil, wich is made from fossiles who are bones.. So I guess our bones are in fact made of plastic ?
      (Still is a good joke, I would have probably made the same mistake if I was in the class)

  • @abbym9954
    @abbym9954 Рік тому +364

    I'll admit, I have a big fondness for plastic skeletons like the frog, which just look like "a frog made of bone" instead of "the skeleton of a frog". That's because I like to corpse them. Using layers of tissue, glue, latex, cotton, and a lot of paint, I stretch artificial skin back over the plastic skeleton to make zombie creatures... and those incorrect skeletons just sort of meet me in the middle when it comes to that process! Somehow, though, I suspect I'm not actually their target audience.

    • @kwarra-an
      @kwarra-an Рік тому +13

      Woow, that sounds really cool!

    • @coconoisette
      @coconoisette 10 місяців тому +7

      That's incredible. I want to see it!

    • @daxhopkins7312
      @daxhopkins7312 10 місяців тому +14

      It's easy to try yourself, you can get liquid latex and acrylic paint at art stores, or online. That and standard cotton wool. Adam Savage's tested did quite a good demonstration

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 10 місяців тому +10

      You just singlehandedly changed my opinion on these stupid things. I now believe they have ONE good use.

    • @YouveBeenMegged
      @YouveBeenMegged 10 місяців тому +3

      Oh that’s actually pretty dope. Sounds fun!

  • @EmInMI80
    @EmInMI80 Рік тому +97

    I was just staring at a Halloween bird skeleton at my physical therapist office and trying to figure out why it was so unnerving. I realized it was because they gave the bird a human rib cage and it didn’t at all have a keel for the wings to attach to.

  • @chrisgaming9567
    @chrisgaming9567 Рік тому +3457

    Someone still needs to make a Jellyfish skeleton

  • @maggiepie8810
    @maggiepie8810 Рік тому +822

    If you've ever tried jumping like a frog as a human, you understand why a frog pelvis is shaped like a frog pelvis, and not a human pelvis.

    • @shannonn2569
      @shannonn2569 Рік тому +67

      And why they have singular leg bones and not two leg bones, our bones would get extra pressure if we were to try and jump like a frog with force, not good on human arms.

    • @doomjuice.1652
      @doomjuice.1652 Рік тому +5

      I end up going head first into the wolf I tried it it hurts

    • @ayyneko717
      @ayyneko717 Рік тому +2

      Rabbit OW

  • @EmmaSpAce111
    @EmmaSpAce111 Рік тому +7

    Necromancer carving suckers onto vertebrae to use for the octopus arms: “this is going to look so cool when I’m done”

  • @DarkwingSnark
    @DarkwingSnark Рік тому +72

    I like the idea that mermaids lay mermaid's purse eggs. Just seems fitting, naming wise.

  • @commandermercury6654
    @commandermercury6654 Рік тому +1809

    Clint trying to rationalize that last skeleton is just what I needed this morning! 😂

    • @fatemehmaryam2419
      @fatemehmaryam2419 Рік тому +51

      The ending was perfect! 🤣

    • @MythicMagus
      @MythicMagus Рік тому +47

      I want to know how many takes it took Clint to get through that. I can't imagine it was easy delivering all those "facts" with a straight face.

    • @johnnydarling8021
      @johnnydarling8021 Рік тому +21

      Big Futurama fan, and I was thinking of that exact scene when suddenly… there it was!😂

    • @blueblaze332
      @blueblaze332 Рік тому +6

      The hero we need, not the hero we deserve.

    • @johnnydarling8021
      @johnnydarling8021 Рік тому +14

      “Why couldn’t she be the other kind of mermaid? With the fish part on top, and the lady part on bottom?!”

  • @seranonable
    @seranonable Рік тому +736

    i imagine that a necromancer that actually took the time to make that octopus wouldn't want to send it out to fight adventurers because it probably would have taken an incredibly long time to make... strikes me as a passion project

    • @erubianwarlord8208
      @erubianwarlord8208 Рік тому +87

      a lil desk buddy while scribing out forbidden spells by the local lich

    • @spectralumbra1568
      @spectralumbra1568 Рік тому +40

      In D&D one of the options listed for the Find Familiar spell (which Necromancers can learn) is an octopus, so it wouldn't be outside of the realm of possibility for a necromancer to do something like this to make their familiar.

    • @TheRhuen
      @TheRhuen Рік тому +25

      I would just go with bone dust gel molded into tentacles, not much different than golems or animating blood.

    • @LordSiravant
      @LordSiravant Рік тому +8

      My guess is that it's a skull of Cthulhu.

    • @icetide9411
      @icetide9411 Рік тому +24

      "FINE, KILL ME AND MY ARMY OF THE UNDEAD, BUT PLEASE SPARE MR. OCTINGTON!"

  • @aussiecountry9320
    @aussiecountry9320 Рік тому +39

    That cat is the epitome of "there was an attempt" 😂

  • @AngelEmfrbl
    @AngelEmfrbl Рік тому +19

    I imagine the frog one did a accurate skeleton first and was told "no one would believe it, make it more human".

  • @ciclossickasssideshow
    @ciclossickasssideshow Рік тому +748

    I like how educational this is, not just dunking on the designers in a mean spirited way

    • @larrylogan8727
      @larrylogan8727 Рік тому

      YES EIT IS DUNKING ON THE DESOGNERS 🤬

    • @FatYoshi504
      @FatYoshi504 Рік тому

      @@larrylogan8727 shut up

    • @modeus_edits.
      @modeus_edits. Рік тому +17

      @@larrylogan8727 Can someone pick up their kid? I think it's past bedtime already since it's 1pm rn 💀

    • @Obi61248
      @Obi61248 Рік тому

      @@modeus_edits. 😂

  • @NitroIndigo
    @NitroIndigo Рік тому +389

    These skeletons are like the polar opposite of shrinkwrapped dinosaurs. Both exist so we can recognise what the animal is in a way we're not used to seeing them at the extent of accuracy, but shrinkwrapping removes features, while decorative skeletons adds extraneous ones.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 Рік тому +8

      Shrinkwrapped dinosaurs is not really to show animals in a recognizable way, it's just the less costing hypothesis, in a scientifical context. We only know bones from dinosaurs, so we base our reconstructions on these bones ^^

  • @catherinehubbard1167
    @catherinehubbard1167 10 місяців тому +5

    The octopus skeleton is my absolute favorite. The designer was lavish both in humor and oddball creativity. I would have liked hearing the initial request to produce this goofy piece of fiction and the response to it.

  • @Luigicat11
    @Luigicat11 Рік тому +10

    Y'know, a biologically-accurate octopus "skeleton" decoration could be cool. Imagine this soft-bodied transparent sculpture with the hard beak in clear view. Sort of like a ghost, but not quite a ghost since there's a corporeal part to it.

  • @godzillatoons3947
    @godzillatoons3947 Рік тому +266

    How to get a perfect invertebrate exoskeleton for Halloween:
    1. wait for your invertebrate to shed
    2. make sure they don't eat it

    • @pixelturtle5041
      @pixelturtle5041 Рік тому +59

      3. Make sure I dont eat it

    • @astuteanansi4935
      @astuteanansi4935 Рік тому +35

      @@pixelturtle5041 4. Make sure the gremlin sitting behind you right now doesn't eat it

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 Рік тому +32

      @@astuteanansi4935 5. Make sure the skeleton hiding inside you doesn't eat it.

    • @Firewall546
      @Firewall546 Рік тому +19

      @@theapexsurvivor9538 6. Make sure the dragons don't eat it.

    • @Fomette
      @Fomette Рік тому +10

      @@Firewall546 Make sure yo mama don't eat it

  • @dan_e
    @dan_e Рік тому +853

    The mermaid skeleton is 100% accurate. As a former merman myself I can certify that it is correct. Though I will add we migrate into fresh water to spawn and merkids live there first 2 years in freshwater lakes before joining the saltwater community.

    • @gavinbrown216
      @gavinbrown216 Рік тому +37

      Former merman? You trans?

    • @dan_e
      @dan_e Рік тому +118

      @@gavinbrown216 that is an interesting question. I guess I am trans species. There was something about a contract with a sea witch wearing an octopus somewhere along the line. 🧜‍♂️+🧙‍♀️🐙=🧍‍♂️

    • @ChaoticJester
      @ChaoticJester Рік тому +68

      @@dan_e Ursula and her damned contracts.

    • @Keznen
      @Keznen Рік тому +38

      Question: Does this still apply to "half" mermaids like a certain trio of Australian girls?

    • @aSipOfHemlocktea
      @aSipOfHemlocktea Рік тому +39

      @@dan_e you poor unfortunate soul.

  • @lilymanders5178
    @lilymanders5178 Рік тому +12

    I should not have been eating while watching this. I literally spat my rice out when he brought out the cat 😂😂

  • @UniTheAppl
    @UniTheAppl Рік тому +6

    the calm, informative and educational talk followed by happily squealing over the glowing function is giving me life
    Thank you for showing me this channel, UA-cam recommendations

  • @meredocu
    @meredocu Рік тому +171

    "and while we are on the subject of back legs, this fish has none" truly a masterful Segue.

    • @DrachenGothik666
      @DrachenGothik666 Рік тому +3

      *Segue. A Segway is a cringe mode of personal transport. 🤣

    • @meredocu
      @meredocu Рік тому +7

      @@DrachenGothik666 all this time, I lived in a lie. I thought they were spelled the same way. my life is a LIE! (imma correct thx)

    • @danielled8665
      @danielled8665 Рік тому +8

      @@meredocu I thought they were spelled the same too, if it makes you feel better. I thought the machine was named after the linguistic method of smoothly transitioning from one topic to another, because it smoothly transitions you from one place to another.

    • @meredocu
      @meredocu Рік тому +3

      @@danielled8665 this make me feel a bit better. thanks.

  • @campbellsoup93
    @campbellsoup93 Рік тому +128

    You managed to use octopodes, octopuses and octopi all in one segment. I want you to know how fully appreciate Ithat.

    • @ClintsReptiles
      @ClintsReptiles  Рік тому +32

      I wasn't sure if anyone would catch that 😉

    • @Zwijger
      @Zwijger 7 місяців тому

      Huh and you just thought me there are 3 (2 official English ones but I agree "octopi" is valid and beautiful) plurals for "octopus"

    • @napoleonfeanor
      @napoleonfeanor 5 місяців тому +1

      I usually say octopodes

  • @SandiL-
    @SandiL- Рік тому +10

    The cat alone was worth the watch. Watching Clint dissolve into laughter was fun to watch. Have a wonderful day!

  • @QuestTCG
    @QuestTCG Рік тому +9

    I have a friend who collects these skeletons. He loves them. He has a whole lore for them and everything. Makes a really cool youtube series with them. In his mind, these skeletons don't have to be anatomically correct as they're more of a skeletal-ized version of that creature rather than that creature's actual skeleton. Like if you tried to create a model of the creature with bones. I always thought that was a cool way of looking at it.

  • @ZlataChernis
    @ZlataChernis Рік тому +153

    That mermaids breeding part was a blast, truly. xD

  • @LSofACO
    @LSofACO Рік тому +209

    Clint determinedly using every possible pluralization of octopus just hoping someone will try to correct him so he can give the lecture 😂

    • @ClintsReptiles
      @ClintsReptiles  Рік тому +53

      😁🐙

    • @BriDia3
      @BriDia3 Рік тому +2

      ​@Clint's Reptiles what does the symbol on your right ring mean?

  • @muhmuhmonahan4919
    @muhmuhmonahan4919 9 місяців тому +3

    I love how serious he takes the mermaid skeleton!

  • @drslimemold
    @drslimemold Рік тому +3

    I don't know why I forget that frogs have skeletons but when I'm reminded I'm always so confused and disappointed in myself

  • @johannapipoli8397
    @johannapipoli8397 Рік тому +283

    I work at Spirit halloween and we sell the octopus skeletons (I have one I think they’re hysterical) however, the amount of people that I have had to Break the news that octopus don’t have skeletons is horrifying😂 I always make a joke about the skeletons when people come up to purchase them and without fail at least some of the grown adult people will be confused I had someone not believe me when I told them one time

    • @aruce9
      @aruce9 Рік тому +32

      Aren’t the only hard parts on octopi their beaks?

    • @johannapipoli8397
      @johannapipoli8397 Рік тому +13

      @@aruce9 yes

    • @dreyhawk
      @dreyhawk Рік тому +54

      @@aruce9 Yes, that's why they are such good escape artists. If their beak can pass through a hole They can pass through the hole.

    • @technoraptor7778
      @technoraptor7778 Рік тому

      Poor people....they have jello for brains

    • @angustheterrible3149
      @angustheterrible3149 Рік тому +1

      I'm having a hard time believing you, to be honest. I don't think that many people are actually that ignorant. :/

  • @juliacory6881
    @juliacory6881 Рік тому +105

    The last skeleton was awesome. I wanted to teach a crash course in hypothetical dragon anatomy in college and i imagine it would've been very similar

    • @christophershell7564
      @christophershell7564 Рік тому +3

      That depends on the dragon. I would assume Asian dragons which lack wings would look a lot like primitive snakes though with much more durable bones. Wyverns, cockatrices, and basilisks would probably look like birds with more bat like wings. I have no idea what a six limbed European dragon would look like given they would need two pairs of shoulders alongside their massive bird-like keel to support flight. Maybe whatever substance that they breath out as fire causes them to be nearly as light as air like a hydrogen balloon.

  • @DrFeelGoood
    @DrFeelGoood Рік тому +11

    The mermaid and squirrel are from joanns! I aways joke when people buy them about the inaccuracies so watching this video was satisfying. Especially the bone ear parts! I always laugh at those!

  • @alipenn5302
    @alipenn5302 11 місяців тому +4

    Just got home from some shopping, the Halloween stuff is already popping up and gotta say, this year is the first time I've seen skeleton PUMPKINS

  • @LuckyStone888
    @LuckyStone888 Рік тому +298

    I really don't think that was an Octopus skeleton, I think it was a failed version of a Cthulhu sculpture. Maybe they made it and just said slap an octopus label and call it a day. Love this idea, teach science in new and unique ways

    • @Simon-ho6ly
      @Simon-ho6ly Рік тому +21

      i figured its more "octupus looking skeleton" rather than "skeleton OF an octopus" its a cool thing to hang up that looks odd but id never look for anatomical accuracy in a halloween decoration unless im using real bones somehow

    • @LuckyStone888
      @LuckyStone888 Рік тому +8

      @@Simon-ho6ly I also love it. I've considering buying it for an enclosure decoration, but I don't want ot tp light up. Maybe they'll sell me a broken one for a discount.

    • @anthonyrobertson2011
      @anthonyrobertson2011 Рік тому

      Yeah I'm not sure why people expect a cheap plastic skeleton from a store to be accurate. Most witches and human figures are not accurate as well. It's just fun figures to put in your Halloween displays. Usually they are disfigured on purpose to make them bizarre and more "Halloween" looking. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they were completely aware from the start that these designs were not accurate.

    • @josuesepulveda6850
      @josuesepulveda6850 Рік тому +3

      It dose look very Lovecraftien.

    • @Silver_wind_1987_
      @Silver_wind_1987_ 9 місяців тому

      Wait cthulu wouldn't have bones..being a squid

  • @mutterboutasaurus235
    @mutterboutasaurus235 Рік тому +214

    I love these dumb, nonsensical halloween skeletons with all my heart. I like to think of them as the results of little necromancer craft projects - seeing what they can stitch together with the spare bones they have lying around the crypt. Delightful!

    • @ThKiwi
      @ThKiwi Рік тому +10

      That’s such a fun take!!

    • @kyrab7914
      @kyrab7914 Рік тому +1

      "Oh no... It's Halloween! How could I forget?! Uhh uh what do I have laying around to decorate...?" 😂

    • @Dreigonix
      @Dreigonix 11 місяців тому +2

      “Look: sometimes you just want a skeleton octopus, or a skeleton spider, and it doesn’t matter where you get the bones from. _bUt OcToPi DoN’t HaVe BoNeS-_ DID I ASK IF OCTOPI HAD BONES”

  • @KingaKucyk
    @KingaKucyk Рік тому +2

    Giant undead scorpion summoned by a Necromancer sounds like a freaking badass B movie script theme LOL

  • @cassandrabelyeu2419
    @cassandrabelyeu2419 Рік тому +3

    Theory 1: the merskeleton is from a merman.
    Merfolk might have more sexually dimorphic pelvises than humans do, although live birth is still hard to imagine working for them.
    Theory 2: merfolk lay eggs. (He covered that theory later in the video)
    This would be easier to do with a fish tail.
    Theory 3: About the asymmetrical tail, the vertibrae are attached as though this tail is meant to be used up and down, like a whale.
    You have to twist it one way or the other to use the fin from side to side.
    This particular merperson was probably disabled and dependent on a sense of community in other, non-disabled merfolk to care for it.
    So, can some form of pollution or mercury poisoning cause asymmetrical fish?

  • @Ragewheel
    @Ragewheel Рік тому +87

    Sure octopus don't have skeletons. But isn't it SPOOKY that this one does?

  • @hunterG60k
    @hunterG60k Рік тому +124

    That discussion at the end of the video cracked me up! I'm going to have to go and watch The Little Mermaid now and I'll probably have many more (disturbing) questions by the time it's done 😂

  • @YochevedDesigns
    @YochevedDesigns Рік тому +1

    "The frog designer must have been French." OMG, I laughed so hard at that!

  • @garbonzobean7413
    @garbonzobean7413 Рік тому +1

    It is sooo fun listening to you talk about things I don't really understand, I've learned soo much from you. God bless!

  • @mikerich32
    @mikerich32 Рік тому +199

    My favorite part of this video is the fact that you used all 3 forms of the plural for octopus! lol

    • @ClintsReptiles
      @ClintsReptiles  Рік тому +64

      I wondered if anyone would catch that. ⭐

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives Рік тому +47

      I caught that! Love it.
      I like to put it this way: Octopuses is correct English. Octopi is correct Latin. Octopodes is correct Greek.

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 Рік тому +4

      @@Tareltonlives "Octopi" is not correct in any context. The correct Latin plural of the word "octōpūs" is "octōpodēs". Anyone who speaks Latin would be especially understanding of the fact that the word is not Latin in origin, and therefore would not end in "-i".

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives Рік тому +3

      @@jonahs92 Yes, but people modify the plural in English as well. So all should be Octopodes, but if we can modify English we can modify Latin.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives Рік тому +7

      @@jonahs92 Besides, it's not like Roman Latin ever respected borrowed words.

  • @thejoyfuldragon887
    @thejoyfuldragon887 Рік тому +498

    This might be a strange idea or not match the type of content you wanna create but have you considered making a video where you talk about fantasy creatures and the bone structures and anatomical details they would probably have if they existed and functioned in the real world?

    • @ClintsReptiles
      @ClintsReptiles  Рік тому +258

      I like that idea a lot!

    • @thejoyfuldragon887
      @thejoyfuldragon887 Рік тому +15

      @@ClintsReptiles =D

    • @abbyk.6410
      @abbyk.6410 Рік тому +64

      I want to know what a dragon skeleton would look like! And what a skull of a unicorn would have to look like to support a horn. Great idea!

    • @seeeds4702
      @seeeds4702 Рік тому +38

      The hypothetical biology of fantastical creatures is my ABSOULTE FAIVERET' TOPIC, two of my favorite subjects in one! nothing beats it!

    • @millacernemusic
      @millacernemusic Рік тому +19

      I’d like your system for ranking pets, but applied to mythological creatures. Like, I’d love a pet griffin, they’re very intelligent, but there’s always a risk they’ll eat me. I’d never adopt a baby centaur. If they get injured, I have to deal with that corrosive blood.

  • @RasenCore
    @RasenCore Рік тому +2

    The cat re-reveal killed me 🤣🤣

  • @anonymous-rq2lh
    @anonymous-rq2lh Рік тому +1

    i still think i found the king of anatomically-incorrect skeleton decorations when i discovered that wal-mart sells *pumpkin* skeletons

  • @toxicognathguy4874
    @toxicognathguy4874 Рік тому +130

    I appreciate how Clint used all three octopus plurals.

    • @ClintsReptiles
      @ClintsReptiles  Рік тому +50

      I didn't know if anybody would notice that 😅

    • @IATEALLTHECHEESE
      @IATEALLTHECHEESE Рік тому +18

      Octopussy

    • @PlaguedByEarth
      @PlaguedByEarth 10 місяців тому +6

      @@ClintsReptiles I noticed and I felt like you did it to intentionally spite me.

    • @omegadragons321
      @omegadragons321 9 місяців тому +2

      @@IATEALLTHECHEESEso you’re the cause of my sharp cheddar going missing

    • @SCP-S326EWD
      @SCP-S326EWD 8 місяців тому

      What is the 3rd one? I know Octopi and Octopuses, but what else?

  • @hi_tech_reptiles
    @hi_tech_reptiles Рік тому +77

    Turning Halloween decorations into biology/anatomy lessons is a very Clint thing I wouldn't have any other way. Wish I could have seen you at Tinley, one of the only people I wish was there who wasn't! I get it though, it's a jaunt. Regardless, thanks for being so "zoologist-y" Clint :)

  • @TheDanishGuyReviews
    @TheDanishGuyReviews Рік тому +1

    The last skeleton solves the Mermaid Problem, which is very funny to me.

  • @TaleRavenTarot
    @TaleRavenTarot Рік тому +2

    So FWIW, I've been marathoning your archives as I'm stuck home recovering from surgery, and THIS video (and the promise of 35 minutes of bonus content) that finally got me to become a patron on Patreon. :D

  • @achristiananarchist2509
    @achristiananarchist2509 Рік тому +51

    I have a guess as to what happened with a bat. Those weird fused fingers look a little like the carpometacarpus (fused hand bones) on a bird wing. Most of these bat skeletons ignore the carpals and metacarpals altogether, which isn't really surprising because they are itty bitty on bats, but birds have fused hand bones and fused fingers, and the fused hand bones look a lot like those weird bat fingers. It looks like they either looked at a bird wing instead of a bat wing and then just sort of tacked on the rest, or they consciously tried to build some sort of weird monstrosity that was a fusion of a bird wing and a bat wing.
    Edit: So the most likely explanation for this weirdness just occurred to me, and now I think it's actually the same situation as with the frog skeleton. The artist has probably only ever seen real wing bones on a plate and they weren't bat wings. Either that or they already make a bird skeleton and these wings are just modified from it's wings, like the chameleon tail and the rat tail.

  • @sadiedasi3
    @sadiedasi3 Рік тому +37

    my favourite thing about this video is you covering all your bases with 'octopodes', 'octupuses' and 'octopi'. i really appreciated that😂

  • @achilleslz4522
    @achilleslz4522 Рік тому +1

    "Hey bro come look at my octopus Skeleton decoration! *points at air* "
    "There nothing there.."
    "Exactly"

  • @spagamoto
    @spagamoto Рік тому +3

    I'd absolutely love to see a collaboration between Drawfee (of Bone Game fame) and Clint

  • @RoninCatholic
    @RoninCatholic Рік тому +40

    When I see things like the scorpion, spider, and octopus skeletons I rationalize it as particularly artistic necromancers crafting those skeletons in the image of familiar animals, but using the parts of other creatures to get there.

    • @corphish129
      @corphish129 10 місяців тому +8

      You know they all started by raising proper scorpions and spiders, and were disappointed when they just kinda looked like living scorpions and spiders, so they had to get to work on those custom skeletons so that their hordes of the undead to keep their unified "memento mori" vibe.

    • @justaperson4656
      @justaperson4656 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@corphish129oh 100%. You also know they went through good, GOOD skeletons to get the right shape for the skeleton spider ribs, and the right vertebre to make those octopode skeletentacles

  • @austinrestovic
    @austinrestovic Рік тому +44

    Clint, you should have a side business designing anatomically accurate Halloween skeleton decorations, staring with a mermaid! 😂

  • @RiverWilliamson
    @RiverWilliamson Рік тому

    I like that you're finding the positive sides of even the most embarrassing ones. Love the positivity!

  • @scoobysnax
    @scoobysnax Рік тому +1

    i love these terrible, inaccurate skeletons. i honestly think the ears/cartilage/fins being included are because they're afraid the skeleton won't be identifiable as a specific animal without them.

  • @Amy_the_Lizard
    @Amy_the_Lizard Рік тому +39

    My mom has a chameleon skeleton similar to the one on the left, but it has a proper tail instead of a posable tail, and I'm pretty sure it has five toes that are clumped into two groups that both point kinda forward, so slightly more accurate, but still not proper chameleon feet. Scared my dad though when he wandered into the living room with insomnia at 4am and thought there was some strange lizard standing on top of the DVD player before realizing it was a Halloween skeleton...
    Also, Clint - have you considered the possibility that your "mermaid" skeleton may have simply been a merman? The females could potentially differ from the males in the pelvic region even more dramatically than with humans, since they are a different species

  • @GothMusicLatinAmerica
    @GothMusicLatinAmerica Рік тому +35

    Honestly, these were better than I was expecting.
    The worst one I've seen this year was a shark skeleton.
    On the topic of mythical creatures, surprisingly, the "best" one I've seen is of a jackalope. Rather, it was a very accurate rabbit skeleton (no bone ears or anything!) that just happened to have antlers.

  • @stephaniegraziano6563
    @stephaniegraziano6563 Рік тому +3

    That last skeleton got me 🤣 all your videos are amazing you describing that last one was quite literally the best thing ever!

  • @darci1456
    @darci1456 Рік тому +2

    That last section is actually very good for fantasy world building! XD

  • @vernonfridy8416
    @vernonfridy8416 Рік тому +21

    The “second dorsal fin” on a piranha is actually an adipose (fleshy) fin with no spines, so you are right about it not being a hard/skeletal feature.

  • @herpdiversity9152
    @herpdiversity9152 Рік тому +40

    This is my new favorite tradition for Halloween. Keep it going every year please.

  • @elizabethwang7408
    @elizabethwang7408 Рік тому

    Oh man. I absolutely love it! You guys are great. I had a fun time learning all kinds of things!

  • @BarronessM
    @BarronessM Рік тому +2

    I'd love to see Clint's reaction to the Discovery "documentary" about Mermaids.

  • @beardiemom
    @beardiemom Рік тому +9

    Most redeeming feature for the mermaid: No bone breasts.

  • @Rob_Thorsman
    @Rob_Thorsman Рік тому +35

    You need to keep that cat on display in the Reptile Room all year round.
    I'm disappointed you didn't find the pumpkin skeleton, though.

  • @RoquetSynce
    @RoquetSynce Рік тому

    This is great! Thanks for the laughs too!

  • @thespinodino
    @thespinodino Рік тому +2

    I saw this one meme where it’s a picture of Halloween decorations of the skeleton of a spider, octopus, and scorpion, and the caption was, “Repost to scare a zoologist”

  • @corawinterpaw9887
    @corawinterpaw9887 Рік тому +35

    Yes! THIS is the content I need in my life! (Target has duck skeletons this year and they are DELIGHTFUL.)

  • @JCtheMusicMan_
    @JCtheMusicMan_ Рік тому +26

    Your enthusiasm and excitement for unique creatures paired with your knowledge of the smallest details is refreshing! 💜

  • @darklordofsword
    @darklordofsword 10 місяців тому +1

    I really hope you'll do this again this year, with whatever new abominations the halloween decoration companies have cooked up.

  • @morphman86
    @morphman86 Рік тому

    I like to watch these videos in bulk, and every time I come back after letting a few videos build up, I instantly remember how much I love getting to know all these scientific names for things. And get so happy when I figure out a definition before Clint gives the answer.
    It's not the best part of these videos, by far, but it is still a feature I absolutely love!

  • @nelly5954
    @nelly5954 Рік тому +21

    When I was younger, my parents would take the real animal bones and skulls I found and use them as halloween decorations. We still do to this day.

  • @flame-29936
    @flame-29936 Рік тому +8

    13:03 please call him smelly cat! Iv never seen a more suitable cat for that song 🤣 x

  • @AramatiPaz
    @AramatiPaz Рік тому +1

    I loved it, while educative he also is very understandable of the small mistakes and most important: looks like having lots of fun.

  • @j.l.thurman2725
    @j.l.thurman2725 Рік тому +1

    I liked someone's answer to this. As a necromancer, if you need a fly you can control, you create one from the bones available to you, hence the impossible skeletons.

  • @Crotalusss
    @Crotalusss Рік тому +17

    Can we all just take a moment to appreciate Clint's tie collection.

  • @absilint1318
    @absilint1318 Рік тому +3

    What i learned is that clearly if mermaids birthed same sized children as humans then they aren't being depicted as *thicc* in the hips enough

  • @naxmorvigatore4168
    @naxmorvigatore4168 Рік тому +1

    Oooo beyond the nerdy lingo I loved in the last holloween deco video, I learned that scorpions glow in a blacklight for some reason and that a crustacean's pincers are one 'finger' split in two, that's pretty cool. Also the ending was the funniest and most unexpected bit ever, most videos of doctors reacting to things aren't so humorous or make the effort for a clever TV show reference, definitely subbing to stay in touch for more content

  • @RC_Murphy
    @RC_Murphy Рік тому +19

    I was not prepared for that last skeleton. Another wonderful Halloween video! (I'm still laughing at the cat's teeth.)

    • @ThatFreeWilliam
      @ThatFreeWilliam Рік тому +4

      It was like a bad stuffed animal equivalent of one of those bad taxidermy memes, designed by the lady that melted the Jesus painting.

  • @zylinbia2575
    @zylinbia2575 Рік тому +9

    You know....I have that mermaid skeleton hanging up in my bathroom and actually this video made me feel BETTER about it's anatomy

    • @zylinbia2575
      @zylinbia2575 Рік тому +1

      Didn't consider the side-swimmer aspect. Very cool.

  • @notkerrystolcenberg
    @notkerrystolcenberg 10 місяців тому +2

    My convict cichlids loved the (fake) human skulls that i put in their aquarium for shelters/caves, so to bring the look together, i did buy this exact fish skeleton on sale at walmart and cut it apart and my tank was a lovely convict tank boneyard that was layer dirted and heavily planted and filtered and mossed with local twisty driftwood and rock caverns and they loved it.

  • @CocoaVR7
    @CocoaVR7 Рік тому

    I LOVE YOUR CALM AND SOOTHING VOICE AS U TALK ABOUT THE SKELETON “MONSTROSITIES”

  • @sunnijo
    @sunnijo Рік тому +6

    I was not expecting that last skeleton 😂😂😂

  • @xhopsalong
    @xhopsalong Рік тому +12

    Ridiculously excited that The Cat made another appearance. Truly, it speaks to us all. Little unclear about what it's saying, but it sure does speak. This year's champion is probably the demon octopus - shoutout to those bone suckers.

  • @JoshuaWeirdo
    @JoshuaWeirdo Рік тому

    The clip from Futurama was pure gold. 🤣
    Keep on being awesome.

  • @jademirror
    @jademirror Рік тому +4

    I definitely feel like the bone ears are so it's more appealing to general customers, regardless of accuracy.

    • @maryt.3273
      @maryt.3273 Рік тому +3

      Plus, it's just easier for a layperson to tell what it's even supposed to be, I think. I could see a lot of people not knowing what they were looking at if they saw a rat skeleton with no ears.

    • @sunsetgamer1464
      @sunsetgamer1464 9 місяців тому

      I get angry when I see bone ears it's inaccurate

  • @eliharper6616
    @eliharper6616 Рік тому +31

    I imagine the artist always brings a realistic skeleton in and the design team at the company go nuts.
    "We should do bone ears"
    "But ears don't have bones?"
    "Bone ears are TIGHT!"
    Where's my collab damn it

  • @xpy99
    @xpy99 Рік тому +12

    I love how you do this type of video in a so serious way

  • @Tiburonsin700
    @Tiburonsin700 Рік тому +1

    when I saw the octopus in spirit I was like "octopuses don"t have skeletons."

  • @LeeAllanSpades
    @LeeAllanSpades 10 місяців тому

    This is an amazing concept for a Halloween themed research project! Have the students pick a skeleton, and then have them compare and contrast them to the real life skeletons.

  • @EverytimeSometimes
    @EverytimeSometimes Рік тому +5

    I was thinking of that exact Futurama bit right before you cut to it!

  • @BlackDumble
    @BlackDumble Рік тому +13

    I never learnt that much about mermaids, thank you so much.

  • @sazji
    @sazji Рік тому +2

    An anatomically accurate dead octopus would be just a bit unimpressive, wouldn’t it? 😅

  • @nealwoods3482
    @nealwoods3482 5 місяців тому

    Clint subtly using every plural for Octopuses to try to avoid the plural of octopus discourse is a real mood.

  • @xBloodxFangx
    @xBloodxFangx Рік тому +16

    Should we tell him that there are skeleton spiders with a human skull decorations out there?

    • @hunterivey
      @hunterivey Рік тому

      He already mentioned one in last year's video.

  • @rinashort3919
    @rinashort3919 Рік тому +4

    i worked at spirit halloween when they came out with those skeleton octopi. It absolutely cracked me up when i first saw them

  • @sillygoofygoober74
    @sillygoofygoober74 Рік тому +2

    you must be really fun at halloween stores. especially in the skeleton prop section

  • @Dnightshade100
    @Dnightshade100 Рік тому +2

    I like how you present your information, how you point out inaccuracies and give correct info. Your one of those types of know it alls who point out what’s wrong with something but do it in a POSITIVE way. When you talk, your kind, courteous and respectful. Your not negative in any way. You present yourself in a way that makes people want to listen to what you have to say.
    Your the total opposite of my uncle, who is all kinds of negative. He’s mean and has the attitude that he’s always right and everyone else is wrong. He treats everyone like they are stupid and makes you not want to listen to him. Even if he’s right, I never want to listen to what he says cause he treats me like I’m stupid and always tells me I’m wrong.
    Keep doing your thing. I like your attitude. Your an awsome guy and you know the right way to talk to people. 🙂👍👍