The Fuzzy Origins of the Giant Panda

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  • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
    @dank_smirk2ndchannel200 5 років тому +2201

    Legos, pandas, and PBS Eons. What a perfect combination.

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea 5 років тому +401

    "Nothing about the giant panda is black or white. But it is fuzzy"
    I see what you did there.

  • @kathrine7813
    @kathrine7813 5 років тому +1276

    the amount of panda related dad jokes are honestly impressive

    • @TheMiels
      @TheMiels 5 років тому +70

      and a bit embearissing

    • @jonathanslocum4967
      @jonathanslocum4967 5 років тому +19

      @Boco Corwin I see what you did there

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 5 років тому +59

      Also bamboozling.

    • @KarlBunker
      @KarlBunker 5 років тому +45

      But are they really dad jokes? I mean it’s not a black and white issue.

    • @mikeblair2594
      @mikeblair2594 5 років тому +2

      You guys are horrible, just horrible!

  • @mygvmtnamepublicallyavailable
    @mygvmtnamepublicallyavailable 5 років тому +1636

    “Pandas Are Like Vegan Gym Bros”
    Bruh I goootta get me that bambu protein scramble but little olive oil cuz I gotta lose ten by spring brake bruh

    • @LuinTathren
      @LuinTathren 5 років тому +15

      BRILLIANT!

    • @juxie9229
      @juxie9229 5 років тому +14

      ... that hurt to read. Either you're a kid or a dumb adult that also cant spell...
      ...."babu" really dude? 🤦‍♂️

    • @PedroTricking
      @PedroTricking 5 років тому +50

      @@juxie9229
      ... that hurt to read. Either you're a kid or a dumb adult that also cant spell...
      ....""babu" really dude? 🤦‍♂️" really dude? 🤦‍♂️

    • @LuinTathren
      @LuinTathren 5 років тому +79

      @@juxie9229 He's imitating a gym bro. Obviously. Haven't you ever heard of a gym bro?

    • @picolete
      @picolete 5 років тому +23

      "You have to try this nuts"

  • @dramaprincess0119
    @dramaprincess0119 5 років тому +704

    I want a T-shirt that says “pandas: the vegan gym bros”

  • @MewtwosPie
    @MewtwosPie 5 років тому +613

    It would be cool to have a timeline with everything discussed on this channel; sometimes it's hard to remember and conceptualize all the timescales you talk about

    • @LoLotov
      @LoLotov 5 років тому +64

      Chronological order playlist? Love it, would rewatch the series for sure.

    • @limiv5272
      @limiv5272 5 років тому +48

      @@LoLotov More like having a visual representation of all or most geological timescales when they show those time diagrams

    • @rondoclark45
      @rondoclark45 5 років тому +6

      Check out Aron Ra's Systematic Classification of Life.

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe 5 років тому +21

      A poster of the timeline of the evolution of the ancestors of animals? I'd hang something like that on my wall. A book or series of books with a chapter on each family group? I'd love that even more.
      Yeah, I'm one of those people whe read the encyclopedia as a kid....before it was online.

    • @Rno352
      @Rno352 4 роки тому +4

      @@Dss-bm3rz This a link to the Eons video "A Brief History of Geologic Time" ua-cam.com/video/rWp5ZpJAIAE/v-deo.html

  • @Pedrosa2541
    @Pedrosa2541 5 років тому +459

    There is videos showing that Pandas will still occasionally eat carrion and small mammals if given the chance, in accord to their carnivora origins.

    • @GotPotatoes24
      @GotPotatoes24 5 років тому +205

      Fair enough, but deer also do that. A lot of non-ursine herbivores will snack opportunistically on other animals too.

    • @felafnirelek8987
      @felafnirelek8987 5 років тому +80

      Most livestock will too.

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 5 років тому +92

      He did use qualifiers for herbivorous. Virtually all herbivore species will occasionally consume animal matter and even hypercarnivores like cats will sometimes eat plants.

    • @diebesgrab
      @diebesgrab 5 років тому +34

      Elizabeth Frantes
      The extent to which hummingbirds have evolved to mirror insects is honestly kinda freaky.

    • @christosvoskresye
      @christosvoskresye 5 років тому +42

      They never would have turned to bamboo if Slim Jims grew as abundantly.

  • @michaelbiscay9836
    @michaelbiscay9836 5 років тому +130

    Wow, my childhood has returned full circle. Disney's re-releasing everything, Brontosaurus is back, and Pandas are bears once again.

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 4 роки тому +2

      Lmao

    • @drew8443
      @drew8443 3 роки тому +4

      Your profile pic matches your comment, nice

    • @apdroidgeek1737
      @apdroidgeek1737 2 роки тому +5

      but pluto is still not a planet

    • @realtalk6195
      @realtalk6195 2 роки тому

      Unless you were in a coma the last four decades, they were classified bears through DNA tests in the 1980s.

  • @cintronproductions9430
    @cintronproductions9430 5 років тому +4124

    So basically, pandas are carnivores but they're too lazy to hunt so they eat oversized grass blades all day and sleep a lot. 🐼

    • @newbiechu7024
      @newbiechu7024 5 років тому +363

      Snorlax anyone.

    • @diebesgrab
      @diebesgrab 5 років тому +236

      Seneir Bello
      I mean, Snorlax is absolutely based on pandas.

    • @Alusnovalotus
      @Alusnovalotus 5 років тому +56

      Cintrón Productions and still cute. Jealous??

    • @judychiang3031
      @judychiang3031 5 років тому +69

      Well, they live like in a salad bowl. That makes their lives easier lol

    • @christopherneelyakagoattmo6078
      @christopherneelyakagoattmo6078 5 років тому +69

      They fill up on salad and never get to the steak.
      Naps are more important...

  • @hantingchen5497
    @hantingchen5497 4 роки тому +68

    I find it incredibly fascinating how the pandas gradually knew what types of bamboo to eat depending on season....and even more incredible how researchers were able to recognize this pattern

  • @hollyodii5969
    @hollyodii5969 5 років тому +283

    Research shows dad jokes and prehistory science go back together thousands of years.

  • @snowlynx1585
    @snowlynx1585 5 років тому +38

    3:01 omg she melted my heart she’s so cute

  • @KilldeerCheer
    @KilldeerCheer 5 років тому +362

    I feel like lot of the confusion people have with red pandas and giant pandas could be solved if we switched from 'giant panda' to 'panda bear'.

    • @Brickman1000
      @Brickman1000 5 років тому +83

      Joan Turmelle Which is kind of ironic considering I’m old enough to remember when people did called them panda bears and they were corrected for doing so LOL.

    • @firethylacine1976
      @firethylacine1976 5 років тому +7

      Or we could use a local name for the red panda. I think that would be cool

    • @nydydn
      @nydydn 5 років тому +36

      @@Brickman1000 wait... we were not calling panda bears panda bears for a while? Why didn't I get the memo? Well... I guess I was right all along, without even realizing that I could be considered wrong.

    • @Brickman1000
      @Brickman1000 5 років тому +18

      Andrei Mirt Oh yeah, as they talk about in this video for a long time people were like oh no pandas aren’t bears. But now we know that they are which is awesome! So panda bears!

    • @KilldeerCheer
      @KilldeerCheer 5 років тому +29

      Not to forget that the red panda was the original panda, named as such several decades before the panda bear was discovered (hence why it's called a 'giant' panda). So it's only fitting that we reserve panda for the red panda only.

  • @Evil_Florida
    @Evil_Florida 5 років тому +629

    I’m gonna start calling raccoons trash pandas now

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 5 років тому +109

      Raccoons have been called that for years now.

    • @roseonthemove
      @roseonthemove 5 років тому +6

      Cintrón Productions me too!! Hahahahaha

    • @sourgreendolly7685
      @sourgreendolly7685 5 років тому +34

      Cintrón Productions The more the merrier, we’re not special for knowing it longer lol

    • @kingofthebeast4024
      @kingofthebeast4024 5 років тому +3

      Cintrón Productions we have similar subscriptions I see...

    • @Sergio-fu7mv
      @Sergio-fu7mv 5 років тому +5

      Same. Trash pandas are dope asf.

  • @optimalhazza
    @optimalhazza 5 років тому +121

    One other thing about Panda's, they're somehow really good at kung fu.

    • @JA-ru3il
      @JA-ru3il Рік тому +3

      Yeah as opposed to their brown cousins who are wrestlers 😂

  • @kokroucz
    @kokroucz 5 років тому +19

    Thank you for that episode, There's been a lot of misconceptions about origins of pandas and twenty years ago i remembered I learned that giant panda and bears are not that closely realated and it is a red panda who is its closest family member. I knew the theory has changed but that clears out a lot.
    I'm glad that bell is there cause first thing in the morning I see mail on my phone with new PBS Eons minidocument. I didn't even eat and I got to learn something.
    also first time watched sponsor's material with such smile :)

  • @shellknight1323
    @shellknight1323 5 років тому +115

    🐻 Bear: so are you a bear?
    🐼 Panda: Yes but also No

  • @NawDawgTheRazor
    @NawDawgTheRazor 4 роки тому +16

    It's impressive they made it all the way without remarking how cute they are.

  • @Onus6688
    @Onus6688 5 років тому +14

    I love that you guys sponsor things responsibly, thank you for doing that and not just going after easy money

  • @Blue_Fire-Chibi
    @Blue_Fire-Chibi 5 років тому +45

    its cool PBS eons teaches us things that we wouldn't even think of!its pretty darn cool I say!

  • @ibbi30
    @ibbi30 5 років тому +9

    3:05 Its closest living relatives are all other bears, not just the south American speckled bear. Pandas are a sister taxon to all other bears and thus equally related to every other bear.

  • @aellalee4767
    @aellalee4767 5 років тому +2

    Only time I didn't skip listening to the ad at the end. LEGOs are cool. Glad to hear they're trying to be more eco friendly

  • @zerodadutch6285
    @zerodadutch6285 5 років тому +12

    The changing parts of the bamboo they eat during the year is very interesting. Would never have thought that was possible.

  • @AaronShenghao
    @AaronShenghao 5 років тому +47

    Pandas eat different parts of bamboo at different seasons. Sometimes the special bamboo need to be flown out from China

    • @PainterVierax
      @PainterVierax 5 років тому +5

      IIRC, zoos which loan giant pandas need to import special varieties of bamboo.

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 4 роки тому +4

      @@PainterVierax That's what the OP said.

  • @unidentifiedbipedallifeform
    @unidentifiedbipedallifeform 5 років тому +38

    Fascinating to learn this. When I was a kid we always called them panda bears then I learned in school they were not really bears and were more closely related to the red panda. Now they're bears again. Could the similarities with red pandas be a case of convergent evolution?

  • @andrewmazza5184
    @andrewmazza5184 5 років тому +27

    How about an episode on the evolution of the Okapi. Or an episode on ancient giraffes and Giffafoids.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 5 років тому

      Y E S

  • @RiggingDoctor
    @RiggingDoctor 5 років тому +98

    I’ve always wondered how such a selective eater who never likes to breed came to exist!

    • @rondoclark45
      @rondoclark45 5 років тому +13

      When you're the only ones partaking, you have that food source all to yourselves.

    • @xephyre6955
      @xephyre6955 2 роки тому +2

      Probably extremely lucky.

    • @natemiller926
      @natemiller926 8 місяців тому

      I seen something saying they don’t exist and I’m currently researching

    • @StonedtotheBones13
      @StonedtotheBones13 14 днів тому

      Turns out: small reproductive window yes, but actually pandas do the do fine in the wild, it's just when we put them in public exhibits with limited mate selection they tend to not wanna get it on. And tbh I don't blame them

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 5 років тому +4

    You know what would be a great video idea? If they could do a video on the big 5 mass extinctions (or 6).
    And no I’m not talking about the one that is human caused, I’m talking about a newly discovered one that happened during the Permian period.

  • @MrGinw6
    @MrGinw6 5 років тому +117

    I think we just underestimated bamboo

  • @adrianortega1431
    @adrianortega1431 5 років тому +73

    I can't help but feel like they're trying to... panda to us.

    • @paulrussell1207
      @paulrussell1207 5 років тому +10

      Quite the opposite, I think they were trying to bamboo-zle us.

    • @luhueychua3468
      @luhueychua3468 5 років тому

      I don’t get it

    • @paulrussell1207
      @paulrussell1207 5 років тому +6

      @@luhueychua3468 Paws and think about it. You're not slow per se, they're just difficult to digest.

    • @THEE.apples
      @THEE.apples 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Botassiumm
      @Botassiumm 4 роки тому

      I also don't get it

  • @MagSec40
    @MagSec40 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you for all you do, PBS Eons. It's wonderful.
    A small issue: You said that the closest living relative of the panda is the spectacled bear, but the diagram contradicts this. It shows that pandas are equally related to spectacled bears and all other bears. I think the diagram is correct. Spectacled bears are more closely related to ursinae than they are to pandas; so spectacled bears and ursinae together are equally and more distantly related to pandas.

  • @rebelpoxy
    @rebelpoxy 5 років тому +141

    Pandas are the bear family's vegans.

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 5 років тому +13

      rebelpoxy - soi-bears

    • @joshuakusuma5953
      @joshuakusuma5953 5 років тому +5

      An odd thing since pandas eat fish if no bamboo is around.

    • @WackoMac
      @WackoMac 5 років тому +1

      @@joshuakusuma5953 hahaha humans are herbivores

    • @joshuakusuma5953
      @joshuakusuma5953 5 років тому +12

      @@WackoMac No. Humans are omnivores. It's why we have canines.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 5 років тому +1

      Yes

  • @captainbonkerang
    @captainbonkerang 5 років тому +34

    I bloody love this channel

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 5 років тому +1

      Indeed.

  • @adamthespinygiant
    @adamthespinygiant 5 років тому +215

    How about an episode on the relationship between large sauropods and the large theropods that preyed on them. And how there's evidence of these predator/prey relationships in almost every continent:
    Ex: Puluxisaurus and Acrocanthosaurus in N.A.
    Argentinosaurus and Mapusaurus in S.A.
    Paralititan and Carcharodonotosaurus in Africa etc.

    • @zooemperor3954
      @zooemperor3954 5 років тому +7

      Both Allosaurus and Saurophaganax/Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Brachiosaurus and Barosaurus in Jurassic North America
      Plus, Paluxysaurus is almost certainly Sauroposeidon

    • @adamthespinygiant
      @adamthespinygiant 5 років тому +5

      @@zooemperor3954 sorry about that. Sometime I forget about the renames.

    • @turicaederynmab5343
      @turicaederynmab5343 5 років тому

      Pls this

    • @onyxsky2304
      @onyxsky2304 5 років тому

      Aww please give us that PBS

    • @robinliesens7983
      @robinliesens7983 5 років тому +2

      And lets also not forget the Sauropodomorphs and the Rauisuchids from the Triassic, because that's where it all began.

  • @EJayMD-11
    @EJayMD-11 5 років тому +76

    Me when they got the protein part at the end "Whaaaaaaat!!!!". It all makes sense now, it's like they're not even herbivores. Pretty cool.

    • @WackoMac
      @WackoMac 5 років тому +3

      All proteins come from plants buddy. Where you think the cow gets its protein?

    • @lessforloans
      @lessforloans 5 років тому +5

      EnGage With Nature you’re kind of right. That’s not how they have protein however.

    • @eljanrimsa5843
      @eljanrimsa5843 5 років тому +2

      They just want to make a point that you can get all proteins from a plant-based diet...

    • @criticalsage
      @criticalsage 5 років тому +5

      Pandas have longer gut for bacteri to conver nitrogen to protein, humans however have shorter gut meaning we cant process plants like cows and pandas

    • @alaapsarkar
      @alaapsarkar 4 роки тому

      @@criticalsage So how are plants processed in humans and can you give sources for your claims?

  • @gyozakeynsianism
    @gyozakeynsianism 5 років тому +148

    The cutest vegan gym bros ever.

  • @LuinTathren
    @LuinTathren 5 років тому +6

    I loved this episode! Thanks for teaching me some evolutionary history in pandas. I love them even more now.

  • @TheMobMaster
    @TheMobMaster 4 роки тому +9

    So pandas ARE bears. Everyone else who tells me says otherwise. TIME TO YEET KNOWLEDGE AMONG THEM

  • @demonking86420
    @demonking86420 5 років тому +15

    He's a panda! You're a panda! What are you gonna do, big guy? Sit on me?

  • @ButterflySeraph612
    @ButterflySeraph612 2 роки тому +2

    My childhood love for pandas just reappeared. Y'all have no idea how many excited emotions I made as I watched this video. I knew about the unusual bearness of the Giant Panda, but seeing how science has (very recently, may I add) solved many of this silly bear's conundrums, I am so excited to see what else is in store for this fluffy ball of fur!

  • @agisuru
    @agisuru 3 роки тому +3

    It's important to note that, since both giant pandas AND red pandas can't really digest bamboo terribly well, this implies that being incapable of digesting bamboo well is actually better when eating bamboo. One theory not mentioned in the video is that bamboo is just so nutrient-poor and difficult to digest that better fiber digestion doesn't provide a substantial enough benefit, potentially even becoming detrimental.

  • @vladimirlagos2688
    @vladimirlagos2688 5 років тому +6

    It would be really interesting to compare how the droppings of pandas correlate to those of therizinosaur coprolites given that they represent the two major cases of members of strictly carnivorous groups secondarily evolving a herbivorous lifestyle. I am pretty sure that any parallels or contrasts would provide interesting clues as to the limits in adaptability of tetrapod digestive systems.

  • @eximago
    @eximago 4 роки тому +14

    I'd love to see you guys deep dive into the relationship between cheetahs, pumas, and American cheetahs. I've done some reading, but there's conflicting stuff out there. You guys always make these difficult, debated subjects digestible.

  • @mirsad96
    @mirsad96 5 років тому +18

    Lego as sponsor? Respect! :)

  • @AlphaNumeric123
    @AlphaNumeric123 5 років тому +7

    I’m really surprised you guys haven’t covered EARS yet! The transition from jaw bone to inner ear bones would make a great vignette for Eons and it also encapsulates some key ideas of evolution-it would be perfect!
    👄->👂

  • @icedtea649
    @icedtea649 5 років тому

    I like this guy. I like how he works in small bits of humor. That and he seems like he knows what hes saying rather than just reading off a teleprompter.

  • @csengemolnar7955
    @csengemolnar7955 4 роки тому +3

    Okay, so I've looked in the comments, and I haven't seen anyone say this, so: as a Hungarian, I find Miomaci Pannonicum's name super adorable because 'maci' means 'teddy bear' or 'bear cub' in Hungarian so its name means The Hungarian Teddy Bear of the Miocene epoch

  • @AtomicPrimate
    @AtomicPrimate 5 років тому +9

    this is the first time i'm actually interested in the sponsor product

  • @jackthunderbolt4307
    @jackthunderbolt4307 5 років тому +23

    Dude, pandas are awesome, but who knew their fossil history was so interesting?

  • @redddirtgaming6955
    @redddirtgaming6955 5 років тому +2

    Congrats on 1 million subs! I hope they are showing these in schools. Everyone on planet Earth that has internet access should watch these.

    • @carriehunt9741
      @carriehunt9741 5 років тому +1

      Justin McBeth Absolutely! 😀😀😀

  • @brunopereira6789
    @brunopereira6789 5 років тому +6

    Great stuff!
    I'd love to learn how aquatic mammals such as seals, sea lions, whales, dolphins and orcas came to be!
    An exploration of how the isolation of Antartica shaped its fauna and flora (wait, are there any plants native to Antartica?) would also be very welcome!

  • @berniethekiwidragon4382
    @berniethekiwidragon4382 6 місяців тому +1

    3:04 The panda looks like it's trying to run away from the conclusion that it is a bear.

  • @biglil771
    @biglil771 5 років тому +35

    Please do a video on the greatest cats to ever live. Natodomeri lion, American lion, Ngandong tiger, and more.

    • @gygy2095
      @gygy2095 5 років тому +4

      And the machairodus giganteus or smilodon

    • @natodomerilion5392
      @natodomerilion5392 5 років тому +5

      That would be awesome

    • @TheDragon-v7d
      @TheDragon-v7d 5 років тому +4

      @@radzination8784 nah the American lion is

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 5 років тому +3

      My cat Chibi.

    • @biggay8140
      @biggay8140 5 років тому +3

      @@lestatangel Chonker

  • @niccalee
    @niccalee 5 років тому +6

    I'm glad that they're making a comeback after how much money we've put into them. I love pandas but it's hard to see not-cute keystone animals in trouble when the panda gets so much love. So it's really good news that at least it's not in vain. :)

  • @daliborjovanovic510
    @daliborjovanovic510 5 років тому +4

    Fun Fact: There was a South American panda living 4-3 million years ago! Well, actually....it wasn't a panda, but a giant raccoon called Chapalmalania, which was pretty much identical in size and shape to the giant panda. If you're wondering how scientists could mistake the panda for an overgrown raccoon, look up this animal, who was, coincidently, originally misidentified as a bear.

  • @jhonfamo8412
    @jhonfamo8412 5 років тому +2

    This is high quality and excellent. Congratulations ☺

  • @ForeverLumoz
    @ForeverLumoz 5 років тому +3

    Fascinating! Love this video. So many questions answered...
    And perfectly explained, my man 👌🏻👍🏻

  • @paulaburnett5587
    @paulaburnett5587 5 років тому +3

    Always enjoy your videos. Thank you for all the knowledge you give us! Keep up the good work.

  • @LeoDomitrix
    @LeoDomitrix Рік тому +3

    What bemuses and amuses me is that many animals have a lot of similarities but aren't very closely related. It fascinates me. And, btw, I totally get that spectacled bear being related. I kinda assumed they *were* before this.

    • @Dr.Ian-Plect
      @Dr.Ian-Plect Рік тому +1

      Read up on convergent evolution, all will become clear.

  • @ashleylooksfab
    @ashleylooksfab 5 років тому +8

    I really like the puns in these videos! 😂

  • @andrewmcgrath273
    @andrewmcgrath273 5 років тому +3

    You said that pandas' closest living relatives are the spectacled bears of South America, but this isn't true according to the evolutionary tree you showed. They are equally related to all living bears since they are the earliest-diverging branch.

  • @limiv5272
    @limiv5272 5 років тому +9

    2:39 That diagram would've been a lot more informative if we could see the species names and the branch points at once

  • @firestorm1088
    @firestorm1088 5 років тому +4

    Pandas are such amazing and adorable animals. I'm glad they're starting to come back after coming so close to extinction. Wiping out these animals is something humanity would never be able to atone for.

  • @tsukuyomirai4823
    @tsukuyomirai4823 5 років тому +1

    I love your videos...and the historical timeline of earth and her inhabitants....WOW...thank you!

  • @joecaner
    @joecaner 3 роки тому +4

    Pandas were first scientifically described by Père Armand David and named Ursus Melanoleucus because it was a bear.
    Then Alphonse Milne-Edwards came along and argued that, no, it was not a bear and renamed it to Ailuropoda Melanoleuca.
    Subsequent genetic analysis has proven Pandas to be bears.
    Ergo, Pandas should be reclassified as Ursus Melanoleucus.

  • @darastrixmaekrix
    @darastrixmaekrix 5 років тому +10

    Can we please get a video on red pandas all alone on their little branch of the evolutionary tree of life?

  • @ShaneNotSean69
    @ShaneNotSean69 5 років тому +12

    Steve is the eontologist we all aspire to be

  • @theodorebear6714
    @theodorebear6714 5 років тому +2

    *They practice kung fu. Dad's a duck, and eats dumplings.*
    That's all you need to know.

  • @cobayanigiri
    @cobayanigiri 5 років тому +61

    Fun Fact: 'maci' is the pet name for 'bear' in Hungarian.

    • @catowisdom1922
      @catowisdom1922 5 років тому

      @Elizabeth Frantes i think they mean naming there pet dog, or other animal "bear"

    • @RLutin
      @RLutin 5 років тому +3

      I love that Hungarian has a word for pet muder machines

    • @cobayanigiri
      @cobayanigiri 5 років тому +1

      @Elizabeth Frantes Maybe some of us keep pet bears illegally, but in this case pet name means nickname ('medve' is the actual word for bear, but in children's tales they call them 'maci' or 'mackó')

    • @sourgreendolly7685
      @sourgreendolly7685 5 років тому +3

      Elizabeth Frantes Pet name is a nickname. You can have a pet name for something that isn’t a pet. Like my bf calls all small bird birbs, that’s a pet name

    • @kristianferencik8685
      @kristianferencik8685 5 років тому

      That's mainly for something like a teddy bear though, medve is the actual name for a bear

  • @mekorare
    @mekorare Рік тому +2

    Glad humans found panda late, if earlier, they would be hunted down

  • @lauriepenner350
    @lauriepenner350 5 років тому +6

    Sure, science says pandas only eat bamboo.... but has anyone even TRIED feeding one a Big Mac?

    • @WackoMac
      @WackoMac 5 років тому +1

      That would prolly give them cancer.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 5 років тому

      EnGage With Nature GRAMMAR PLEASE.

    • @AshVK
      @AshVK 5 років тому

      @@Hat- They have a slow metabolic rate so it'd probs make them queasy for an afternoon. I don't think they'd sleep well

  • @SMAnthonyW
    @SMAnthonyW 5 років тому +1

    "Despite how it looks, nothing about the history of the Giant Panda is... *black and white.*
    But it is... *kind of fuzzy.* "
    And this is why I'm subscribed.

  • @menkomonty
    @menkomonty 5 років тому +11

    Seeing as we're in the Winter season, how about an episode on the evolution of Penguins or Polar Bears?

    • @adnannaemaz1989
      @adnannaemaz1989 5 років тому +2

      Menko Monty or the arctic ecosystem in general from the age of the megafauna

  • @flederfox
    @flederfox 3 роки тому

    everytime the shot of the red panda sleeping and wobbling on the branch shows, i'm like WAIT FOR IIIIIT

  • @nichtrichtigrum
    @nichtrichtigrum 5 років тому +5

    Can you please at some point make an interview with an archaeologist who works with teeth? It seems so unlikely and amazing what you can find out by looking at an animals teeth!
    Thanks, and keep up the great work!

  • @BurlASSque
    @BurlASSque 5 років тому +1

    The thing that always baffles me about pandas is why are they so silly and seemingly friendly. Is it because they have few to no prey and therefor have evolved a more relaxed nature?

  • @ClintWestwood-nj4fg
    @ClintWestwood-nj4fg 5 років тому +23

    Can't believe they got Killian to be in this video

  • @TlatoaniLucatepetlAxocalima
    @TlatoaniLucatepetlAxocalima 5 років тому

    Without a doubt, one of the greatest youtube educational channels! Please, do a episode on Tapirs! :D

  • @yungxtsunamiyt8996
    @yungxtsunamiyt8996 5 років тому +35

    pandas are those people that are trying to switch to plant based meats

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 5 років тому +7

      justin lagrange - and having zero success

    • @iainmawhinney8867
      @iainmawhinney8867 5 років тому +3

      and they chose excellent plant based meats

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 5 років тому +3

      Iain Mawhinney - there is no such thing as plant meat, meat plant, or peat mlant - wtfever. Hate to burst everybody's imaginary world bubble. Actually I quite enjoy it, but I'm going to be called a racist now which makes about as much sense as Meat Plant...smh it's either meat or its plant. I know... reality sucks for most of you people.

    • @WackoMac
      @WackoMac 5 років тому +2

      @@lestatangel I'm still gonna call it plant meat. Or maybe I will call it healthier meat. 😅

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 5 років тому +4

      EnGage With Nature - and I'm going to call your children disadvantaged. With a parent like you it's an absolute fact. UC facts matter, not feelings. Quick, run to your safe space.

  • @brunodosreis
    @brunodosreis 4 роки тому +2

    As a kid I used to spend hours on end playing with Lego, ignoring everyone and everything else around me. The bliss of curiosity. Somehow, bamboo eating pandas remind me of how that feels... coincidence?

  • @garypalmer997
    @garypalmer997 5 років тому +7

    So if the first guy, who named the panda was right about it being a bear. Why then hasn't the name been change back to the name he gave it?

    • @petergray2712
      @petergray2712 5 років тому +2

      Genus classification requires close genetic relationship, usually within a few million years.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 5 років тому

      Peter Gray Makes sense. Thanks for that valuable information sir.

  • @achyutmurari1218
    @achyutmurari1218 3 роки тому +1

    This channel literally ameliorated my interests on evolution!!!

  • @tomasvrabec1845
    @tomasvrabec1845 5 років тому +40

    You know, I think LEGO Should (if not already) make it's products entirely out of fully recycled materials (plastics) and perhaps even set up recycling branch).

    • @benallgeier5932
      @benallgeier5932 5 років тому +7

      Lego has said they'll probably be using fully sustainable materials by 2030

    • @Its_Me_Romano
      @Its_Me_Romano 5 років тому +2

      It already does if I'm not mistaken

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 5 років тому +6

      Lego is recycled every time you take apart whatever you build to build something else. The bricks can last for generations and have the same value.

    • @Its_Me_Romano
      @Its_Me_Romano 5 років тому +4

      @@lakrids-pibe most of the time they even go up in value!

    • @zantonsus
      @zantonsus 5 років тому +1

      if they could they would I reckon. With the patent gone, they are all about everything apart from bricks. Maybe one of the copy companies could do it.

  • @abdielrodriguez1386
    @abdielrodriguez1386 5 років тому +1

    One video I’ve been hoping for is a video that goes over the different ways we can determine behaviors from the fossil record

  • @oxcart4172
    @oxcart4172 5 років тому +6

    They're also un-bear-ably cute!😁😁

  • @chancekahle2214
    @chancekahle2214 3 роки тому +1

    Eons has the best presenters of all the PBS channels.

  • @dirgecry2047
    @dirgecry2047 5 років тому +23

    Man, if you think pandas are weird, just wait until you hear about koalas.
    Thinking about it, is an episode about the origins of koalas possible?

    • @nicholaslewis8594
      @nicholaslewis8594 5 років тому +3

      An episode on Marsupials would be awesome.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 5 років тому +1

      Nicholas Lewis Y e s P l e a s e.

  • @neilc.8368
    @neilc.8368 5 років тому +2

    Has PBS EONS done a video about the American Lion? Much more fascinating since it’s bigger then the Sabor-Toothed Tiger!

  • @dcguorker
    @dcguorker 5 років тому +11

    "Vegan gym bro" That killed me lol

  • @Boom12
    @Boom12 5 років тому +1

    Thank you Lego for loving Eons! Everything is Awesome!

  • @faroukhossam4370
    @faroukhossam4370 5 років тому +7

    Panda+Eons=Epic
    🌌🌌🌌

  • @dustinkeller9446
    @dustinkeller9446 5 років тому +2

    I'd love to see an episode on the ongoing debate around the origins of our species, the debate of whether Homo sapiens came out of Africa and displaced all other hominids, Vs. the newer hypothesis that modern human populations are more an admixture of many closely related human sub species. the later theory implying that we should not consider Neanderthals, Denisovians, and presumably others, as a separate species to our own, but more like a sub-species in a greater diversity of homo sapiens as a species. this argument is ongoing as far as i can gather and could drastically change the story of our species. the new theory postulating that our nearest common ancestor with Neanderthals and others, that ancestor being Homo Erectus, Ergastor, or Habilis, diversafied, then reconverged in a "Wallace effect" type scenario, versus a recent African ancestor displacing all other homonids.

  • @5Genjoyer
    @5Genjoyer 5 років тому +59

    God himself could come down here and tell me not to call them trash pandas. I'm still calling them trash pandas.

    • @spindash64
      @spindash64 5 років тому +1

      They are technically semi comparable to Red Pandas, so...

    • @deathnote939393
      @deathnote939393 4 роки тому +2

      In german we call them wash bears :D waschbär

  • @Aoki85
    @Aoki85 2 роки тому +2

    Koalas still win the title of "Most Bear-like Non-bear."

  • @domesticonion8026
    @domesticonion8026 5 років тому +4

    watching a video and a panda popped on the screen the same time as I got this in my sub box.

  • @peoplesaidmypfpiscursedafb6902
    @peoplesaidmypfpiscursedafb6902 5 років тому +1

    07:36 - 07:38 From an angry, menacing, scary bear to a chillax, nice, friendly looking fluffy un-bear bear

  • @Its_Me_Romano
    @Its_Me_Romano 5 років тому +14

    How advertiser friendly does one get to get sponsored by Lego...

  • @samiamrg7
    @samiamrg7 4 роки тому +1

    What I want to know is why the smaller pandas with more diverse habitats and food sources went extinct when the larger, more specialized panda didn’t. Usually it is the generalists that survive longer than the specialists since they have more options available to them.

  • @Horsie112
    @Horsie112 5 років тому +11

    We Chinese call it literally bear cat... I'm even more confused.

    • @99999bomb
      @99999bomb 3 роки тому

      Yup we do call it that

  • @nairbvel
    @nairbvel 5 років тому +1

    Sounds like a modern-day Erlikosaurus...?!? This was an especially cool segment, considering that for the past 60 years I've been hearing, "Panda bears aren't bears!" Thanks!