The amazing ways plants defend themselves - Valentin Hammoudi

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2017
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    Plants are constantly under attack. They face threats ranging from microscopic fungi to small herbivores like caterpillars, up to large herbivores like elephants. But plants are ready, with a whole series of internal and external defenses that make them a less appealing meal - or even a deadly one. Valentin Hammoudi explains some of the fascinating ways that plants defend themselves.
    Lesson by Valentin Hammoudi, directed by Juan M. Urbina Studios.

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  4 роки тому +615

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    • @JoJo_AA_
      @JoJo_AA_ 4 роки тому +7

      Ok!

    • @Jensenrobinb
      @Jensenrobinb 4 роки тому +10

      Well I don’t have money right now because I’m using it on taking care of my turtle!

    • @junsantiago5542
      @junsantiago5542 4 роки тому +4

      Only 11 likes in 3 weeks

    • @rigdd1361
      @rigdd1361 4 роки тому +4

      I am 11

    • @binfingames7266
      @binfingames7266 4 роки тому +4

      ayyyyyyy already put $100

  • @robepicboy
    @robepicboy 6 років тому +3239

    Plants start with +10 defense and +15 alchemy, but no speed.

    • @nvel5612
      @nvel5612 6 років тому +18

      nice

    • @mrspelly6193
      @mrspelly6193 6 років тому +46

      Robert Perez Ohh, thats why they always get chosen for guilds.

    • @miggyOhara
      @miggyOhara 6 років тому +28

      Robert Perez they only got 0.10 speed because they are just slow

    • @ailahmashod
      @ailahmashod 6 років тому +5

      Mr Spelly grand kingdom

    • @expertoflizardcorrugation3967
      @expertoflizardcorrugation3967 6 років тому +15

      Robert Perez... Nice those are pretty nice skills... A tanky cleric plant... Im making that a joke in my next campaign

  • @lemongrandad9964
    @lemongrandad9964 5 років тому +1738

    Peppers has capsaicin to defend against predators.
    Humans:mmm delicious

    • @glowstonemine
      @glowstonemine 4 роки тому +52

      ghost pepper: hold my beer

    • @canaryskywalker1604
      @canaryskywalker1604 4 роки тому +77

      @@glowstonemine Should be
      Ghost pepper : hold my capsacin

    • @lizlee8715
      @lizlee8715 3 роки тому +29

      Carolina reaper: *"You doubt my CAPSAICIN"*

    • @kaypeezee
      @kaypeezee 3 роки тому +19

      @@lizlee8715 heat freaks: _what?_

    • @SirPraiseSun
      @SirPraiseSun 3 роки тому +2

      yea doesnt mean its good for u

  • @tarunyadav6808
    @tarunyadav6808 5 років тому +1422

    Plant : Oh I will make this chemical to help me survive better!
    Humans : OHHHH SPICES!!!

    • @youtubeguy415
      @youtubeguy415 5 років тому +109

      *when you become spicy to make humans not like you but it backfires*

    • @nekowolf2336
      @nekowolf2336 4 роки тому +21

      @@youtubeguy415 we could help out the plant in a way. Simply pooping outside XD the circle of life! We eat the plant for its spices, we poop outside, the soil takes it as fertiliser for the spice plants, more spice plants grow and the cycle repeats.

    • @NuniaBiznaz
      @NuniaBiznaz 4 роки тому +33

      @@nekowolf2336 We are already helping the plant out by properly caring for it, cultivating it, and making use its seeds actually go in the ground and become proper plants themselves, which we give the same treament to.

    • @NotSoCrazyNinja
      @NotSoCrazyNinja 4 роки тому +32

      It's an unintentional way for plants to avoid extinction. Once humans find a good use for a plant and begin cultivating it, that plant is very unlikely to ever go extinct. Look at tomatoes. It would take an act of God or the extinction of humans to make the tomato plant run the risk of going extinct.

    • @ishanpednekar6576
      @ishanpednekar6576 3 роки тому +14

      @@NotSoCrazyNinja Bananas would like to have a word with you

  • @erinheils2184
    @erinheils2184 5 років тому +2373

    Plants: *Creates defenses to protect itself. *
    Humas: *Eats them anyways*
    Plants: Am I a joke to you?

  • @fqidz
    @fqidz 6 років тому +5651

    I guess plants vs. zombies was actually acurate

  • @ethandat1026
    @ethandat1026 6 років тому +1983

    When a plant is sad,
    What do other plants do?
    They photoSYMPATHIZE

    • @siddoo6778
      @siddoo6778 6 років тому +26

      Ethan Dat dude,do you make puns before watching the video to get likes.I mean,they are nice puns but watch the vid first.

    • @RizwanAhmad-ru8sk
      @RizwanAhmad-ru8sk 6 років тому +2

      r u ethan hunt

    • @spudfellow5514
      @spudfellow5514 6 років тому +1

      i get it

    • @omarmoustafa8634
      @omarmoustafa8634 6 років тому +1

      Ethan Dat
      Anyone else got his min blown ?!!

    • @durpddurke4633
      @durpddurke4633 6 років тому +15

      Science class will never be the same again.....

  • @kanedafx
    @kanedafx 3 роки тому +478

    Caterpillars: "Mmmmm, cotton."
    Cotton: "Yo wasps, can we get an assist here?"

  • @redcharget5894
    @redcharget5894 4 роки тому +580

    Koala: only eats eucalyptus leaves
    TED Ed: shows koala trying to eat a random sapling

    • @kinyeelisaoneoh16
      @kinyeelisaoneoh16 4 роки тому +10

      I was looking for this😂

    • @gabrielraboy5359
      @gabrielraboy5359 4 роки тому +8

      Well, exactly explained why Koala doesn't eat anything else aside from eucalyptus

    • @JB-nj7nq
      @JB-nj7nq 4 роки тому +7

      @@gabrielraboy5359 cuz thats all they can eat or something in Australia

    • @funkyrgbmess1463
      @funkyrgbmess1463 4 роки тому +16

      What if it's a eucalyptus sapling

    • @bodgertime
      @bodgertime 3 роки тому +1

      stock animation, no correlation to the talk, yet childish and affordable

  • @zeuxlaught2797
    @zeuxlaught2797 6 років тому +1238

    Here's what i learned something new,
    Plants can communicate.
    Plants are electric and grass type
    Ability :static

  • @kellylorena4823
    @kellylorena4823 6 років тому +2186

    plants protec but they also attac

    • @sangly3400
      @sangly3400 6 років тому +7

      Kelly Lorena no god stop

    • @bripi244
      @bripi244 6 років тому +136

      Kelly Lorena they also attrac

    • @Abu_Shawarib
      @Abu_Shawarib 6 років тому +9

      This meme is spreading fast

    • @mr.rection6916
      @mr.rection6916 6 років тому +55

      But most of all the respec wamen

    • @MrNazir10
      @MrNazir10 6 років тому +45

      Kelly Lorena but most importantly they a snacc

  • @azad2000001
    @azad2000001 5 років тому +1331

    weed: *makes amazing neurological defense*
    humans: *harvest weed for its neurological defense*
    weed: do I look like a joke to you?

    • @dtm934
      @dtm934 4 роки тому +28

      its "am I a joke to you"

    • @DedEternal
      @DedEternal 4 роки тому +3

      @@dtm934 Anoop Fogg yenCHers e hat

    • @detachsoup6061
      @detachsoup6061 4 роки тому +3

      dtm yess weed is a pretty good joke

    • @randallmokjialung3592
      @randallmokjialung3592 3 роки тому +13

      @@dtm934 give him a break,the lad doesnt have a master's in memeology

    • @jawoski
      @jawoski 3 роки тому +2

      *Mission Failed

  • @ayushkanth7565
    @ayushkanth7565 4 роки тому +390

    Humans: we discovered long distance communication systems.
    Plants: Hold my air borne chemical messengers.

  • @eurovisioncyan9550
    @eurovisioncyan9550 6 років тому +1398

    What I learned today:
    TED-Ed host a coloring competition

    • @jackegor5649
      @jackegor5649 6 років тому +5

      Cyan Stickmin you again

    • @faheemmuhammad4468
      @faheemmuhammad4468 6 років тому +15

      Cyan Stickmin
      And nothing else really? Gosh, the information in the clip are just mind blowing! I simple love the video

    • @sandeepbjm
      @sandeepbjm 6 років тому +5

      Cyan Stickmin I

    • @jinnychin2171
      @jinnychin2171 6 років тому +3

      Cyan Stickmin i

    • @hamsacc
      @hamsacc 6 років тому +1

      Cyan Stickmin I think you did that last time with gifs

  • @eskfro
    @eskfro 6 років тому +1592

    Lol i cant even defend myself

    • @Au16227
      @Au16227 6 років тому +151

      When you realize that a plant can put up a better fight than you can.

    • @aidann6045
      @aidann6045 6 років тому +66

      Well you do... It is called your immune system.

    • @HarryFordManson
      @HarryFordManson 6 років тому +27

      Yeah.. your words just disrespect the amount of works "immune system" have done to you. :(

    • @bunbunnbunnybun
      @bunbunnbunnybun 6 років тому +2

      Use your fists

    • @DylanBegazo
      @DylanBegazo 6 років тому +1

      Easy fix. Learn Krav Maga at official school near you. Then purchase Bruce Lee’s Official notes published by His wife Linda Lee and friends from back in the day and study that. You’ll become a self defense machine in no time

  • @marryvickmanzano6067
    @marryvickmanzano6067 5 років тому +212

    They Protecc
    They Attacc
    But most importantly,
    They learned how to fight Bacc

    • @nickyguy1451
      @nickyguy1451 3 роки тому +17

      But we like them as a snacc

    • @harrycornboi7653
      @harrycornboi7653 3 роки тому +10

      But movement they lacc

    • @dragoon8675
      @dragoon8675 3 роки тому

      @@nickyguy1451 I at vegan

    • @SingularPhasmid
      @SingularPhasmid 3 роки тому +1

      Bruh fighting back is protecting and attacking at the same time.

    • @GUGIGACHA123
      @GUGIGACHA123 3 роки тому +1

      @@dragoon8675 you and the donnie above me ruined the chain

  • @drag0nerd
    @drag0nerd 4 роки тому +237

    3:55 Even plants self-quarantine, guys. STAY INSIDE

    • @ar2279
      @ar2279 4 роки тому +3

      lmao🤣

    • @videoawesomeness5234
      @videoawesomeness5234 3 роки тому

      @Kavya Murthy Yes me too

    • @yousefhadi2332
      @yousefhadi2332 3 роки тому +6

      Plants quarantine better than the world (and America). The infection looked small, but no, the plant had to make sure it was all good and took the extra step of self destructing that huge entire section around the infection to quarantine it. Mean while trump decides to quarantine only when it starts to become serious.

    • @videoawesomeness5234
      @videoawesomeness5234 3 роки тому +2

      @@yousefhadi2332 yes sooooooo true

    • @dragoon8675
      @dragoon8675 3 роки тому +2

      @@yousefhadi2332 so your saying we should self destruct too?

  • @LaylaCassidy
    @LaylaCassidy 6 років тому +727

    Koalas, elephants, turtles:
    We:awwww sooo cute!
    plants: CTHULHU!!!!!

  • @rustyshackleford4076
    @rustyshackleford4076 6 років тому +452

    The concept of plants alerting their neighbors or forming alliances is sooo cute 😊

    • @lilaclizard4504
      @lilaclizard4504 6 років тому +54

      You should look up "mother trees" in forests then. They've actually shown the big mother trees absorb the nutrients from the sun & then intentionally feed it to their babies that are too short to reach the sun themselves :) Just like in Avatar, but real! Plants are really cool when you really look at what they can do

    • @FioreCiliegia
      @FioreCiliegia 2 роки тому +2

      I know pines do that too which is why pine forests smell so good :)

    • @Tower_Swagman
      @Tower_Swagman 2 роки тому +12

      @@lilaclizard4504 Plants are the coolest things in the planet, they give us oxygen, they are also quite exotic in some cases, and they are also pretty good as a food source

    • @FraudkunaStrongCleave
      @FraudkunaStrongCleave 11 місяців тому

      sounds pretty messed up when it's on humans

    • @mixedmartialnutrition1746
      @mixedmartialnutrition1746 5 місяців тому

      its cute until you end up thinking that plant toxins are healthy and rid your natural diet of carnivory.

  • @read8694
    @read8694 5 років тому +422

    Insects: *Touches plant*
    Plant: Calls for allies -> Sends 10+ chemicals out -> Tells near by growing plants to do the same
    Human: Takes something sharp *Chop Chop*. Ah yes, a nice salad to start the day with :)

  • @scoa15pratikjoshi58
    @scoa15pratikjoshi58 3 роки тому +87

    Didn't knew that plants can inter communicate. Now I wonder what sweet things my plants might be saying about me when I water them every morning :)
    My plants (seeing me) - " And here comes the weirdo"

    • @deftheocelot9125
      @deftheocelot9125 2 роки тому +13

      Trees in forests actually have complex fungi web systems underground that connect whole forests, and allow trees to share food with and communicate with even unrelated species of trees.

    • @Jahmzu
      @Jahmzu 2 роки тому +4

      @@deftheocelot9125 that’s actually insanely awesome

    • @akiraaidenpadilla3598
      @akiraaidenpadilla3598 Рік тому +1

      My plants when they see me go outside "The crazy ones gone quick get the uno"

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 6 років тому +481

    0:32 that seamless transition though.

  • @ananya.a.
    @ananya.a. 6 років тому +1719

    What I expected
    *Houseplant jumps out from nowhere with nunchacks* fite me

    • @emmah1408
      @emmah1408 6 років тому +11

      On The Wall Well i do not think it have a nunchack.

    • @Kihidokid
      @Kihidokid 6 років тому +15

      On The Wall random does not equal funny

    • @aasthasapkota9773
      @aasthasapkota9773 6 років тому

      On The Wall a

    • @emilyl3358
      @emilyl3358 6 років тому +7

      On The Wall PLANTS VERSUS ZOMBIESSS!!!!!!

    • @ananya.a.
      @ananya.a. 6 років тому +3

      Sandeep Bjm wth no, I live in Mumbai.

  • @endy7630
    @endy7630 4 роки тому +58

    Plants: The amazing ways we defend ourselves
    Me: *F I R E*

  • @burnadze
    @burnadze 4 роки тому +39

    Chilly: Through centuries I developed a difficult system of chemicals to prevent mammals from eating me
    Humans: hUrT plAnT mAke mOuTh Go Broom broom

  • @aura_above
    @aura_above 6 років тому +3356

    I wanna be a plant when I grow up

    • @duckwithachainsaw2459
      @duckwithachainsaw2459 6 років тому +57

      Zenny LZ You do that. LUV YO SELF

    • @Baldoxxx4000
      @Baldoxxx4000 6 років тому +24

      search in youtube: feed me dexter

    • @hemapler5295
      @hemapler5295 6 років тому +30

      Zenny LZ If I was a plant I would be a large Venus flytrap

    • @spritemultipack
      @spritemultipack 6 років тому +75

      I was a plant once, I was tripping on shrooms at the time. It was a beautiful sunny day and I was lying down in the grass of my friends garden. It felt like I was in a David Attenborough documentary on the garden of eden, birds flying all around and I even saw a pheasant. Lying down in the grass with no shirt I felt the sun beating down on my back,I was photosynthesizing and growing roots. I wasn't moving but I could feel myself growing along with the plants that surrounded me. There was one particular white clover flower that I was focusing with my 'third eye',I felt like we were sharing information but I just couldn't comprehend it.
      When the trip was over I was kinda depressed, my incarnation as a plant was the happiest I had ever been.

    • @yojiviriak675
      @yojiviriak675 6 років тому +13

      Jack Duck what!

  • @HobbesHobbiton
    @HobbesHobbiton 6 років тому +171

    When I learn more from Ted-Ed then when I'm in school...

    • @naniengine
      @naniengine 6 років тому +10

      Clearly. Because it's *than. :)

    • @HobbesHobbiton
      @HobbesHobbiton 6 років тому

      XD my bad

    • @rubbish9231
      @rubbish9231 6 років тому +1

      Hobbes Hobbiton you can't learn grammer by ted ed videos

    • @noeljobc.silveron8859
      @noeljobc.silveron8859 6 років тому +3

      Umesh Sonune
      *grammar,I guess they don't teach spelling at your school too.

    • @hanmckenna9700
      @hanmckenna9700 6 років тому

      Hobbes Hobbiton ii

  • @mikitimiki8604
    @mikitimiki8604 4 роки тому +35

    I didn't know the tingling, stinging feeling in my throat after eating pineapple is actually the plant's defense mechanism! 😆😆😆 Probably shouldn't be having too much of these!

  • @penyu1913
    @penyu1913 3 роки тому +84

    plants : in constant fighting for his love everyday
    vegan : lets eat them

  • @rishabhdhiman9422
    @rishabhdhiman9422 6 років тому +886

    What did the plants do in the maths class?
    They started growing square roots

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 6 років тому +183

    2:40 in the Philippines we call a Mimosa plant, Makahiya which means "shy" in Filipino.

    • @dzikrinasaira3475
      @dzikrinasaira3475 4 роки тому +27

      Wow it's similiar here :) In Indonesia we call it "Putri Malu" means shy princess hehe

    • @haniejoycemallorca1239
      @haniejoycemallorca1239 4 роки тому +4

      @@dzikrinasaira3475 why shy princess? What's the story? Please do tell

    • @evanraymond8728
      @evanraymond8728 4 роки тому +26

      @@haniejoycemallorca1239..
      Interesting, I did some research on it, and got the story behind it.
      Well, once upon a time, there was a princess named Kaniawati. Because of her beauty, many princes from other regions came to propose her. But she was so shy, so she repeatedly reject them, she didn't even reveal her face for them. Nevertheless, somehow, a prince Jaka Amparan made it into her room, and accidentally saw her face to face. Due to her excessive shame, she fell down and faint. Local people linked this story with Mimosa Pudica, they thought this princess has similar act and behavior, just like this plant. So they called this plant "Putri Malu" which means "Shy Princess".

    • @dzikrinasaira3475
      @dzikrinasaira3475 4 роки тому +5

      @@evanraymond8728 Wow, you took the words right of my mouth. Thank you for explaining :D

    • @evanraymond8728
      @evanraymond8728 4 роки тому +6

      @@dzikrinasaira3475..
      You're welcome. Have a nice day

  • @chessplatinum8312
    @chessplatinum8312 5 років тому +34

    Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up?
    Me: I want to be a plant!

  • @Mochibear_
    @Mochibear_ 4 роки тому +27

    Amazing job with the visuals. Especially when illustrating defenses like the raphides, I totally winced as if I were in pain. Good work!

  • @cyrildominictan4478
    @cyrildominictan4478 6 років тому +66

    I think one of plants' most overlooked defense mechanism is their ability to have an indefinite cell division in their apical meristem throughout their lifetime. This way, whenever all of the other mentioned mechanisms fail, they will always grow back.

  • @magnumbeans8030
    @magnumbeans8030 6 років тому +20

    *when you're a bedbug and a bean plant comes out of nowhere and stabs your leg*

  • @draconiclucard3738
    @draconiclucard3738 5 років тому +23

    1:12 poor trees,their bark has ligma

  • @mazas9713
    @mazas9713 4 роки тому +13

    Plant:*Has defences to deter animals from eating them*
    Humans:”mmm spicy”

    • @alexawolfy9211
      @alexawolfy9211 3 роки тому +1

      Humans: *learned to not detect heat on tounge*

  • @repmel
    @repmel 6 років тому +159

    Words I understood:
    bugs
    coloring
    fridge

  • @BraulioCassule
    @BraulioCassule 6 років тому +105

    now my life's goal is to have my painting on Ted-ed's Office fridge!

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  6 років тому +43

      Life goal achievable! :) You're welcome to join us on Patreon, Braulio!

    • @traveel9409
      @traveel9409 6 років тому +12

      TED-Ed
      Wait a second, you write comments and are able to reply?

    • @jhonpaulmejia3988
      @jhonpaulmejia3988 6 років тому +2

      Lol
      Damn

    • @adeade3978
      @adeade3978 6 років тому +2

      Traveel they only reply to worthy comments

  • @UmamaGoblin
    @UmamaGoblin 4 роки тому +99

    Weird to hear “electrical signals” when talking about plants

  • @59master60
    @59master60 6 місяців тому +3

    It’s amazing that plants are somehow aware of the existence of other living beings despite not having brains.

  • @E--Drop
    @E--Drop 6 років тому +1098

    When you're a vegetarian and you're trying to figure out if the people spamming "Take that vegan" in the comments applies to you...

    • @mechanical_hexate
      @mechanical_hexate 6 років тому +116

      E drop those comments are usually to the vegans who scream "staph murderingb aninals blah blah blah"

    • @laundrewashington3734
      @laundrewashington3734 6 років тому +71

      There's a difference between vegetarians and vegans yet some people don't even know that including the vegans lol

    • @TheSomeawesome
      @TheSomeawesome 6 років тому +72

      This is probably a longer response than you need or want, but...
      No, it doesn't really. The "take that vegans" comment or any comment anywhere that is directed toward vegans is done to poke fun at how persistent vegans are in imposing their ideas and lifestyle onto other people. I personally don't know many vegetarians who constantly belittle people for eating meat/seafood the way they want to and are more conscious of their own diet.
      Tl;dr nah you're good.

    • @kobeblackwell5465
      @kobeblackwell5465 6 років тому +4

      E drop I have seen 0 of those comments

    • @opalthediloalt9595
      @opalthediloalt9595 6 років тому +15

      Humans weren't ment to eat plants... at least not without a fare bit of meat, fun fact, our eyes would be on the side of our heads and we would be much stupider if we were herbivores.

  • @brainarwhaltheillogicalpar6739
    @brainarwhaltheillogicalpar6739 6 років тому +49

    Next thing you know, plants will he teaching us a thing or two about self-defense.

  • @insanebruh9678
    @insanebruh9678 3 роки тому +6

    Jalapeno: *Noooooo, you can't just eat me I'm supposed to be hot*
    Humans: "Haha, Hot sauce goes brrrrr"

  • @Humongoose
    @Humongoose 3 роки тому +14

    Isn't it fascinating how simple life forms such as plants learn to adapt various defense mechanisms from spikes traps to chemical warfare?

  • @byram101
    @byram101 6 років тому +145

    What a fabulous insight into these remarkable organisms. Everything around us is now being revealed to be infinitely more complex than we first perceived years ago. From bats being blind to Tortoises being the oldest animals... it it time to abolish old textbooks (now basically crock-pots of mis-information) And move toward digital learning everywhere. -cheers for this video.

    • @asrnyigit4040
      @asrnyigit4040 5 років тому +4

      Well, not "infinitely" more complex. What in the universe can be infinitely complex?

    • @unicorns537
      @unicorns537 4 роки тому +2

      @@asrnyigit4040 The universe itself.

    • @reliomese2873
      @reliomese2873 4 роки тому

      Aofwotfp
      With opposite goutlewwew
      No boy with oetfwvviloate

    • @rickrolluniversity2237
      @rickrolluniversity2237 Рік тому

      @@asrnyigit4040 for example, a chair

  • @KD-lx1cr
    @KD-lx1cr 6 років тому +349

    Is it just me or when I eat kiwis and pineapples my mouth always has a weird numb sensation

    • @someguy4967
      @someguy4967 6 років тому +161

      Enzyme activity. Especially pineapples. That enzyme can actually "digest" your mouth, which might be where that numbness comes from. That being said, Kiwis and pineapples are extremely healthy for you.

    • @taiana2323
      @taiana2323 6 років тому +42

      Lightning McCoy They're high in vitamin C. I can't eat normal kiwifruit only golden kiwifruit as they are less acidic.

    • @Milk_Honey11
      @Milk_Honey11 6 років тому

      Tends to go with a latex allergy...

    • @mau345
      @mau345 6 років тому +5

      I think its the latex get yourself some good quality pineapple

    • @golammorshed9082
      @golammorshed9082 6 років тому +7

      You don't eat the middle whitish part of the pineapples

  • @cjmccrary2604
    @cjmccrary2604 4 роки тому +14

    2:14 what my pizza roll sees on it's way too my mouth

  • @riot_baby2296
    @riot_baby2296 2 роки тому +6

    “Cotton plants under siege of caterpillars” is one of the most epic sentences I didn’t know I needed to hear. I can just picture the battle field

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 6 років тому +136

    Congratulations on 5 million subscribers!!!

  • @ClemensJason
    @ClemensJason 6 років тому +19

    Damn that background song is so calming

  • @JustARegularEverydayNormalGuy
    @JustARegularEverydayNormalGuy 4 роки тому +58

    Caterpillar: Haha, you cannot defeat me
    Cotton plants: I cannot but they can
    **releases scents to attract wasps that lay egg inside caterpillar**
    Caterpillar: Am i a joke to you?

  • @powersettingsm7172
    @powersettingsm7172 3 роки тому +7

    5:00
    Cotton plants: "I use the insect to kill the insect!"

  • @muriloloiola6490
    @muriloloiola6490 6 років тому +8

    2:10
    There is a fruit native to Brazil called "pequi" (I don't know if it has a translation).
    It has this same natural defense where it expells a lot of small spikes when bitten.
    So be warned, if you come to Brazil (or see a yellow overgrown bean), do not bite pequi under any circunstances. Its okay to eat the yellow slimy-like substance in the surface, just be careful.

  • @allanthomas3701
    @allanthomas3701 4 роки тому +25

    After watching this video, I’ve realized that plants have feelings too and only want to live. I will no longer be a vegan, I am now going to follow a Breatharian diet only.

  • @Argus40120
    @Argus40120 5 років тому +418

    Too bad they can't defend against vegans

    • @Mecflura
      @Mecflura 4 роки тому +13

      People who don’t know about veganism affirming their ideas of how the word funcions in their mind:

    • @soapmuncher3135
      @soapmuncher3135 4 роки тому +8

      @@Mecflura it's a joke gabriella

    • @marcoalen3823
      @marcoalen3823 4 роки тому

      @@Mecflura bruh it was a joke

    • @NoName-wl5uo
      @NoName-wl5uo 4 роки тому +3

      @@Mecflura do you not know the word joke?

    • @rieqgreg2138
      @rieqgreg2138 4 роки тому

      This is why we should only eat fruits like tomato, mango and etc. We can plant more trees and we're not killing them

  • @johnspinelli9396
    @johnspinelli9396 4 роки тому +4

    Me, sees plants: Aww look at how cute it looks!
    Plants: *Am I a joke to you?*

  • @penguin7798
    @penguin7798 6 років тому +128

    All these plants must be charged with war crimes for violation of Biological Weapons Convention. 😃

    • @catherinevo6060
      @catherinevo6060 6 років тому

      Jelly Bean lol

    • @RrRR-lv9fu
      @RrRR-lv9fu 5 років тому

      Penguin how about humans? We are destroying everything and we think is ok

    • @sauravdas6136
      @sauravdas6136 5 років тому +2

      @@RrRR-lv9fu calm down it's a joke!

    • @HarsonoNg
      @HarsonoNg 5 років тому +1

      US will impose sanctions on these plants.

  • @crackedemerald4930
    @crackedemerald4930 5 років тому +7

    2:10 whoa, there are plants that straight-up produce histamine? That's awesome

  • @jasminez5185
    @jasminez5185 4 роки тому +2

    The fridge part made me crack up in the middle of a boy scout meeting, resulting in my headphones being broken.

  • @peyt332
    @peyt332 4 роки тому +2

    had to watch this bc of school almost fell asleep

  • @AL-wc8oy
    @AL-wc8oy 2 роки тому +6

    it's so amazing that plants themselves have communication with each other

  • @ChiseledDiamond
    @ChiseledDiamond 6 років тому +12

    Stinging nettle is a a-hole, I'm not trying to touch you I'm tending to the sheep!

  • @moron0000
    @moron0000 2 роки тому

    I just keep rewatching this video ever so often. It's just so well made i love it

  • @antoniamontaro8661
    @antoniamontaro8661 5 років тому +1

    The artwork for this video is incredible! Sooo beautiful!

  • @Pamven
    @Pamven 6 років тому +7

    TED-Ed is awesome. 😫 Thanks so much for the lessons.

  • @verygoodquality1449
    @verygoodquality1449 5 років тому +23

    0:40 they also face the attack of vegetarians.

    • @prism2451
      @prism2451 4 роки тому +2

      Even non vegetarians eat plants, you can't live on 100% meat diet

    • @mahtajr5157
      @mahtajr5157 4 роки тому +1

      No, the truth is we can't survive. We just trying to last longer by recharging with animals and plants.

    • @rieqgreg2138
      @rieqgreg2138 4 роки тому

      @@prism2451 eating plants is just as bad as eating meat because we're just killing a living being.. we should only eat fruits like tomato, mango and etc because we can replanted the seed

    • @othmane0313
      @othmane0313 3 роки тому

      @@rieqgreg2138 plants aren't sentient tho

    • @rieqgreg2138
      @rieqgreg2138 3 роки тому

      @@othmane0313 they are still a living being who produced oxygen, without plants and trees the world is dying.. look at it a lot of animals in Ocean gonna extinct because of climate change

  • @michaelferto6588
    @michaelferto6588 2 роки тому +2

    Great information, way to go. We can see nations that have covered lands with or with out certain plants. As a defence and/or protection.

  • @michaelmajid5142
    @michaelmajid5142 5 років тому +1

    Haven’t seen a ted ed since along time forgot how beautiful and informative they are

  • @_.vampirellax_
    @_.vampirellax_ 3 роки тому +3

    3:57
    I think we r all familiar with this word now 😂😂

    • @beni15945
      @beni15945 3 роки тому

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @supercanadian0640
    @supercanadian0640 6 років тому +29

    Guess I'm sticking to grass

    • @theguy3956
      @theguy3956 6 років тому +5

      The Ace Of Spades I think grass has defends too
      And that is there sharpness

    • @hemapler5295
      @hemapler5295 6 років тому +1

      Flip a clip motions And the way they taste?

  • @mlenzkes
    @mlenzkes 2 роки тому

    key overlooked video in my life
    TY for unlocking new levels of understanding~

  • @tp3677
    @tp3677 4 роки тому +1

    It can be extremely relevant to talk about the enormous and almost unknown impact of mycorrhizae on the defense of plants to understand what plants do (exchange with mycorrhizae) and what mycorrhizae return to the plant (protection, energy, communication via the mycorrhizae network).
    An episode only on this subject could fascinate many people.
    Thank you for the quality of your videos.

  • @Paper_Brain
    @Paper_Brain 2 роки тому +3

    Plants: develop tiny little needles to stab the inside of predators
    Humans: “mmmmm I love the funny feeling you get when you eat pineapples”

  • @vulaiminh8135
    @vulaiminh8135 4 роки тому +6

    they have their own soul and thoughts as well. I used to think these just the rumors or myths from elder generations, but actually it really makes sense until i have watched this video.

  • @Brian-ib8sh
    @Brian-ib8sh 3 роки тому +2

    2:38. My grandma has those. They are satisfying to touch and watch them curl up

  • @stormysamreen7062
    @stormysamreen7062 5 років тому +67

    They protecc
    They attacc
    But most importantly,
    They use life hacc

  • @eocalive
    @eocalive 6 років тому +8

    Ted-ed quality has improved even more after they have started monetizing and receiving patreon ☺.

  • @scromberprofessionalautist1017
    @scromberprofessionalautist1017 4 роки тому +4

    Can we all just take a sec and go give any nearby plants recognition for how metal some of them can be.

  • @joanhoffman3702
    @joanhoffman3702 5 років тому +2

    The mimosa species shown is Mimosa pudica. It has little spikes on it. I was in Trinidad may years ago, and made the mistake of walking bare legged through a patch of them. The resulting scratches combined with sunburn was a painful reminder for the next three days. Ouch!

  • @mariemac5347
    @mariemac5347 5 років тому +1

    Fascinating, thank you 😊

  • @antitheist3206
    @antitheist3206 6 років тому +14

    Plants are smarter than they look

  • @joshuachambers3372
    @joshuachambers3372 5 років тому +3

    You completely failed the mimosa pudica animation. It FOLDS not curl.

    • @ValdeLowry
      @ValdeLowry 4 роки тому

      thanks for your very nice input !

    • @joshuachambers3372
      @joshuachambers3372 4 роки тому

      Valentin Hammoudi you’re welcome! Next time you could make it fold like a Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). If you live in the southeastern USA you could go outside and look for Mimosa strigillosa which folds the same as M. pudica.

  • @nav9420
    @nav9420 3 роки тому +1

    Wild Plants: *we can thrive*
    My houseplants: we are *allergic* to tap water

  • @turkeyman100
    @turkeyman100 9 місяців тому

    I gotta say, the visuals for this video were really cool

  • @bobrosspham2341
    @bobrosspham2341 5 років тому +9

    THE HORSE DIED

  • @subashanandofficial
    @subashanandofficial 6 років тому +3

    thanks Ted Ed

  • @ahotdj07
    @ahotdj07 2 роки тому

    Plants are so amazing. I learned so much from this video. Thank you.

  • @Balancinglife
    @Balancinglife 5 років тому

    Absolutely mind blowing!

  • @areadenial2343
    @areadenial2343 6 років тому +18

    Wow, who knew that something as simple as a plant could be so complex? It's almost as if it was carefully designed...

    • @Ricky-by3zm
      @Ricky-by3zm 4 роки тому +5

      Thats what many years of evolution will do

    • @anthonyc4138
      @anthonyc4138 4 роки тому +1

      @@Ricky-by3zm yep

    • @Mecflura
      @Mecflura 4 роки тому +2

      Simple? Life didn’t just happened and existed, there’s a lot of time and evolvement for that

  • @drawnwithlove3499
    @drawnwithlove3499 2 роки тому +3

    0:56 voice went down a whole octave when he said *fruits* 🥵

  • @ruqqiamudassar2146
    @ruqqiamudassar2146 3 роки тому

    these are really interesting facts. i also love your videos. you are really smart and you help kids learn. I really appreciate it!

  • @int16_t
    @int16_t 4 роки тому +1

    Every cactuses is gangsta until the camel appears.

  • @jonesbrothers134
    @jonesbrothers134 6 років тому +6

    Looks like a preview for a new tank/alchemist class in a videogame :)

    • @Anastas1786
      @Anastas1786 6 років тому

      New Class Unlocked: Gossypium, the Long-Staple Sorceror! Special Move: Tyrant of Wasps!

  • @ProTayToeGamer
    @ProTayToeGamer 6 років тому +14

    *The amazing ways UA-cam defends itself*

  • @victorlima6288
    @victorlima6288 5 років тому

    Really nice vídeo, thanks for the explanation :)

  • @niyatimahawar9464
    @niyatimahawar9464 3 роки тому +1

    How wonderful it would it be, if our lectures are taught with such great visuals.

  • @SR-kd4wi
    @SR-kd4wi 4 роки тому +7

    0:51 You sure humans ain't in that list.

  • @gabrielkawa3477
    @gabrielkawa3477 2 роки тому +4

    Gotta say, I didn't think plants defended themselves as well as they do. It's impressive.

  • @Elliyan4
    @Elliyan4 3 роки тому +1

    5:54 the fridge of honor