True Facts: Leafhoppers and Friends

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  • Опубліковано 4 лис 2019
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    CREDITS:
    Dr. Andreas Kay
    / drandreaskay
    Dr.Kay has captured intimate portraits of many wonderful animals. All of his photos and footage are worth a look
    TinyCreature Hub:
    / yellowboxtrade
    I love this channel from Singapore. Lots of great videos from an enthusiast!
    Malcolm Burrows ScD, FRS
    Dr. Burrows led the fantastic research pertaining to the jumping mechanism of the planthopper nymph
    Gernot Kunz:
    Animals of Costa Rica App:
    apps.kunzweb.net/acr/
    Gernot provided most of the photos and has an incredible collection of animal shots in his app. Check it out!
    Thierry Bourgoin:
    the FLOW database
    www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/
    A very deep database of this vast collection of species.
    Shutterstock
    If you have suggestions or footage: zefrank@gmail.com
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 6 тис.

  • @dor-si9145
    @dor-si9145 4 роки тому +17316

    RIP Dr. Andreas Kay. He was a macro photographer and cited in many of the clips included here. He passed away October 2019 due to complications after removal of a brain tumor.

  • @forgethought8174
    @forgethought8174 4 роки тому +5650

    "The best science is often a long, slow, passive-aggressive argument."
    Brilliant. I love it.

    • @Ijustwatchthevids
      @Ijustwatchthevids 4 роки тому +122

      As someone studying to be a scientist, this is very accurate.

    • @ThePopeOfAllDope
      @ThePopeOfAllDope 4 роки тому +57

      @@Ijustwatchthevids My thoughts exactly. Bachelor Physics and astronomy student here. Such an argument is one of the reasons for the succes of general relativity.

    • @barbarahouk1983
      @barbarahouk1983 4 роки тому +47

      Some of these arguments are now going on for thousands of years and I am glad to be of the community.

    • @Kevinrhoe
      @Kevinrhoe 4 роки тому +6

      This one cracked me too haha

    • @juliesievert7073
      @juliesievert7073 4 роки тому +4

      and so true.

  • @yvaincallipso84
    @yvaincallipso84 3 роки тому +2483

    "These are truly some of the most varied and delightful creatures, and I love them. And it makes me thankful to the scientists and enthusiasts, giants compared to these tiny creatures that some call pests, hunkered down and training their macro lenses on leaves, because they're curious"
    That ending was genuinely so sweet!

    • @twiwonder
      @twiwonder 3 роки тому +33

      My favorite zefrank quote. 😛💜

    • @MikehMike01
      @MikehMike01 2 роки тому +4

      thanks for quoting the video we all watched

    • @yvaincallipso84
      @yvaincallipso84 2 роки тому +68

      @@MikehMike01 You're welcome!

    • @kaleidoscope977
      @kaleidoscope977 Рік тому +13

      it made me get all teary!

    • @feralbluee
      @feralbluee Рік тому +2

      i am so gratified Ze said this as it’s so meaningful. i was going to say something myself, so thanks for the quote 🔬🧪🌷🌱

  • @Astrobrant2
    @Astrobrant2 3 роки тому +1080

    I'm 71 years old and still discover things about wildlife that blow my mind. What an amazing diversity of tiny insects -- all in one class!

    • @ResponsibleBread
      @ResponsibleBread 2 роки тому +29

      Wow. You seem very caught up with the times! Thats impressive for your age group/demographic, keep it up gramps.

    • @Astrobrant2
      @Astrobrant2 2 роки тому +45

      @@ResponsibleBread But I do have one problem. I keep forgetting that I'm old.

    • @Constantine_Cvl8
      @Constantine_Cvl8 2 роки тому +28

      @@Astrobrant2 don't we all?

    • @trainerlsw
      @trainerlsw 2 роки тому +8

      I forget that I’m 16.

    • @Astrobrant2
      @Astrobrant2 2 роки тому +17

      @@trainerlsw SHOW-OFF!!
      😉

  • @Enneamorph
    @Enneamorph 4 роки тому +1924

    Imagine accelerating so fast you look like you’ve teleported

    • @Hipporider
      @Hipporider 4 роки тому +65

      Very handy for getting a beer out of the fridge, i daresay

    • @Kishmond
      @Kishmond 4 роки тому +25

      Nani?!

    • @silverman6546
      @silverman6546 4 роки тому +50

      That is littery every dragon ball fight scene

    • @326inminecraft
      @326inminecraft 4 роки тому +4

      Dragonball

    • @TheSpinkels
      @TheSpinkels 4 роки тому +27

      That is how a leafhopper dewwww...

  • @Spud24
    @Spud24 4 роки тому +3533

    "The best science a long, slow, passive aggressive argument."
    As a biology student, no truer words have ever been spoken

    • @VetinariClone
      @VetinariClone 4 роки тому +25

      Only passive?

    • @ArtoriusBravo
      @ArtoriusBravo 4 роки тому +61

      *Paper review flashbacks intensify*

    • @dynamicworlds1
      @dynamicworlds1 4 роки тому +24

      It's funny because it's true.

    • @bd008716
      @bd008716 4 роки тому +4

      Niamh (yup that's how it's spelt)
      Hi Niamh!
      I love your name.
      My name is Bradley.

    • @dustind4694
      @dustind4694 4 роки тому +7

      ...Yeah he's not wrong.

  • @Astrobrant2
    @Astrobrant2 3 роки тому +470

    1:32 Woah!! That thing moved side to side in order to gauge the distance -- like owls do! I know it's instinctive, not conscious, but it's amazing to think that a tiny insect like that could have a neurology complex enough to judge distance that way and jump with the right amount of force to hit the target!

    • @mineduck3050
      @mineduck3050 2 роки тому +52

      I sometimes think about the conscious level of animals compared to ours. Regardless of how it all started the end design maybe dictates the communicable intelligence. Or recognized consciousness.
      If you were the design of these insects, perhaps because it does things well that it's design dictates it has to do, they are also experiencing a parallel level of understanding where it applies to them.
      For instance as hairless weak animals, our design is one of manipulation and creation to use the world around us. This implies the intelligence of reasoning out the manipulations available and understood. This as a survival trait imparts us with the same ability in our society and our communication...all useless values if we were armored millimeter sized leaf jumpers.
      So maybe it's the difference between abacus and calculator in comparison, yet the application of either are both applied to the same result.

    • @martaiswatchingyoutube5063
      @martaiswatchingyoutube5063 2 роки тому +25

      i had a millipede.dieter was his name and I was traveling with him, so he did his dieter things.for example he had his cocnoutshellhouse ,normally he slept curled in that, only when we were in Paris he slept on it instead.every time lol.insects hav character as all of us do-greets from Berlin

    • @AK-jt7kh
      @AK-jt7kh 2 роки тому +37

      It’s very likely that the neurology of insects is much more complex than we appreciate.
      The issue is that we find it hard to understand anything that doesn’t have a brain structure we can already identify with. So the intelligence of things like insects, fish, birds, and reptiles, is beyond our comprehension.
      We’re constantly finding out they’re way smarter than we thought. Ants, for example, are regarded as the most intelligent insect, and they seem to display emotions and complex behaviors like learning from experience.

    • @jasperpeer3489
      @jasperpeer3489 2 роки тому +9

      I learned more science from a comment section!

    • @thedoomlord8618
      @thedoomlord8618 Рік тому

      @@AK-jt7kh It's still very debatable if they could be classified as "intelligent", since 90% of them lack the ability to understand and solve complex problems from analyzing and comparing them to past situations.
      Having a single subject constantly have it repeat certain things to make it understand how they have to do it is no sign of actual intelligence, but rather memory. Emotions are no sign of intelligence either.
      As a counterpoint, take jumping spiders. They're proven to actually do calculations on their jumps, try them out before going for the real deal, aswell as understanding how their prey works and how to abuse specific weakness.
      But afaik, that's literally a unique and outstanding feat for an invertebrate, that almost never finds an equal in the same weightclass.

  • @MFlari
    @MFlari 2 роки тому +71

    Everyone's talking about Mildred but "highlighter got into a fight with a glowstick" around 3:20 is an _amazing_ line.

  • @adamshoe9910
    @adamshoe9910 4 роки тому +1848

    Something about the way he says “Bey-bah’s” makes the little guys actually seem adorable..

  • @downtown_abown
    @downtown_abown 4 роки тому +1514

    "I'm going to a black tie event and then a rave. Do you have something?"
    - That is how the leafhopper and friends do.

  • @SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial
    @SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial 3 роки тому +204

    1:01 I will never forget when I saw this exact insect for the first time.
    I was probably about 8, going for a hike in a big national park that was basically just a huge forest and I saw these funny looking insects that were as I described it, "headbanging their mohawks" and at first I only saw a few of them in a low branch but as my eyes looked up THE ENTIRE TREE was covered in them and it was a big tree, probably at least 45 feet tall. And the tree leaned over the path and had branches that locked with another tree AND IT WAS COVERED TOO. Eventually I looked around we were surrounded by these things, rocking and rolling something fierce. And it was so funny and cool and crazy to see these insects that I thought were headbanging just everywhere. I have no idea what they were doing but I have to assume they were opening some sort of rock and roll insect hall of fame and I was lucky enough to get to watch.

  • @everrileyraye9369
    @everrileyraye9369 3 роки тому +195

    Mildred is her own damn sign of the zodiac.
    You go, girl.

  • @CityBeautiful
    @CityBeautiful 4 роки тому +5391

    "In that way that the best science is a long slow passive aggressive argument." Best description of academia in general I've heard in awhile!

    • @lucusloc
      @lucusloc 4 роки тому +117

      I have been in academic discussions for which this is *exactly* the best way to describe them. I also do not find it coincidental that those were also some of the most productive discussions I can recall.

    • @argr4sh
      @argr4sh 4 роки тому +138

      this and the legendary quote from Adam Savage: "the difference between science and screwing around is writing everything down." describe the entire academic world in two sentences.

    • @chrisakacanto5756
      @chrisakacanto5756 4 роки тому +27

      Martin Luther wrote plenty of letters that stopped beeing theological arguments and started becomming trashtalking his opponent.

    • @BirdRaiserE
      @BirdRaiserE 4 роки тому +5

      Oh hey, it's mr. True facts about city planning!

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 4 роки тому +36

      It didn't used to be passive aggressive. Back in the old days people just straight up called each other idiots. I wish I had lived in those times

  • @an.cr.9676
    @an.cr.9676 4 роки тому +1447

    When a Zefrank1 video notification appears : *leafhopper speed activated*

  • @ravenplaze8972
    @ravenplaze8972 3 роки тому +176

    "And then there's Mildred."
    Shout out to all the Mildreds reading this comment.

  • @dutch_blades
    @dutch_blades 3 роки тому +61

    1:25 Her natural habitat is a popcorn machine.

  • @astern.7425
    @astern.7425 4 роки тому +3918

    "Mildred is her own sign of the Zodiac"
    Why's no one talking about this quote?

    • @Omnilatent
      @Omnilatent 4 роки тому +30

      Probably because no-one besides you got it.
      Me neither lol

    • @astern.7425
      @astern.7425 4 роки тому +48

      @Blood Beryl What made you think i was butthurt, i didn't say "bruh" or something

    • @davidec.4021
      @davidec.4021 4 роки тому +3

      What is it from? I don’t recognise it

    • @astern.7425
      @astern.7425 4 роки тому +8

      @@davidec.4021 1:17

    • @Gregarman
      @Gregarman 4 роки тому +52

      If popcorn was a zodiac sign

  • @imperialfistsmarine5064
    @imperialfistsmarine5064 4 роки тому +881

    Tree hopper: Do you eat ass?
    Ant: Yes
    Tree hopper: Perfect.

  • @wstavis3135
    @wstavis3135 2 роки тому +11

    "A hungover nurse on blood drive day".... That's gold people, pure gold.

  • @rkaiser1333
    @rkaiser1333 Рік тому +13

    I'm literally crying I love this so much....thank you to the scientists and everyday people who just love bugs so much they want to share their love with the whole world.

  • @travis2659
    @travis2659 4 роки тому +2005

    If school educated me like this , I would pay attention more.

    • @roseeast3066
      @roseeast3066 4 роки тому +18

      Exactly

    • @bassmunk
      @bassmunk 4 роки тому +57

      I've learned more from UA-cam than school. Not exaggerating

    • @CaptainEdMercer
      @CaptainEdMercer 4 роки тому +24

      @Cosmonauteable it is to a degree, but go off I guess? You may be a dropout but you lack intelligence, something anyone can have, even highschool drop outs.

    • @thesilentangrycat9801
      @thesilentangrycat9801 4 роки тому +1

      Travis true

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 4 роки тому +17

      I'm studying and training to be a teacher, and i'm seriously considering teaching ZeFrank style just to see if it works while having fun...albeit i also don't want to get fired by someone blaming this behavior on negligence.

  • @gapeape3895
    @gapeape3895 4 роки тому +1829

    This was like, the most wholesome episode of True Facts ever, lul

  • @nadimac5105
    @nadimac5105 3 роки тому +51

    No matter how many times I hear him chuckle, ill always love it

  • @brece5452
    @brece5452 3 роки тому +125

    Plant hoppers would make cool bosses, like each one has different “hats” so there is a lot of variety. Seriously, I want a game we’re these plant hoppers, or something based off plant hoppers, are the bosses or at the very least one. Sure a scorpion boss is cool, but does it have a cool hat?
    Also female trilobite Beatles, those are wicked.

    • @belphegren2062
      @belphegren2062 2 роки тому +6

      Had to look up that last one. Oh my god I’m in love those are so cool looking.

    • @cecillewolters1995
      @cecillewolters1995 2 роки тому +4

      Those trilobite Beatles are amazing!
      Tell me, do you have more awesome creature suggestions?

    • @beepboop7219
      @beepboop7219 2 роки тому +3

      @@cecillewolters1995 Toxodera integrifolia?

    • @cecillewolters1995
      @cecillewolters1995 2 роки тому +3

      @@beepboop7219 Those are cool too, thanks! :D

    • @beepboop7219
      @beepboop7219 2 роки тому +3

      @@cecillewolters1995 No probbie :)

  • @baalrogg
    @baalrogg 4 роки тому +835

    Zefrank saying “deew” has always made me happy for some unexplainable reason.

    • @baelling56
      @baelling56 4 роки тому +6

      I always wondered how to spell that...

    • @Fuctmentality
      @Fuctmentality 4 роки тому

      ASMR?

    • @deanediane
      @deanediane 4 роки тому

      I agree completely

    • @tammystratford7079
      @tammystratford7079 4 роки тому +9

      and beerd. Dude is a legend.

    • @ManTheManLV255
      @ManTheManLV255 4 роки тому +2

      I was just about to say something similar but I'll just agree with you. Dude now's how it's done.

  • @williamglass2223
    @williamglass2223 4 роки тому +974

    Did anyone see David’s cameo? He stopped carrying poop and started eating honeydew. Way to move up in the world. You go David!

    • @MissGilAllen
      @MissGilAllen 4 роки тому +85

      Pft. David only got that job because his aunt used to date the leafhopper that produced this video. Pure nepotism.

    • @CrownofMischief
      @CrownofMischief 4 роки тому +27

      But...but it's still poop...

    • @anthonys7311
      @anthonys7311 4 роки тому +34

      David just likes butt stuff.

    • @Wrennbird
      @Wrennbird 4 роки тому +25

      David loves his honeydewrrrr

    • @anthonys7311
      @anthonys7311 4 роки тому +7

      @@Wrennbird honeydoook

  • @paperclip9558
    @paperclip9558 Рік тому +16

    I'm astonished how diverse and alien looking bugs can be. Amazing.

  • @alicetippet6007
    @alicetippet6007 3 роки тому +42

    I love how you have such genuine enthusiasm about them! "and i love them" got me in the heart :')

  • @Bee-bup
    @Bee-bup 4 роки тому +1274

    “One scientist proposed that this structure had evolved from a third pair of wings. And then another scientist said, ‘Oh, interesting. Too bad you’re totally wrong.’”
    Absolutely perfect.

    • @raph009
      @raph009 4 роки тому +46

      Accurately depicts the scientific community lool!!

    • @CaptainEdMercer
      @CaptainEdMercer 4 роки тому +11

      That's why I love science. You can have it all figured out, but someone else can study it differently than you and they can come to a conclusion that makes it totally different. I think science is awesome in a thousand different ways.

    • @stanamilanovich3956
      @stanamilanovich3956 4 роки тому +11

      The way the best science is a long slow passive aggressive argument. ❤

    • @timpassmore7455
      @timpassmore7455 4 роки тому

      It's a lot like the pi$$ing match under any article on AOL, et al, except they use much larger words...correctly. However, they are rank amateurs when it comes to advanced debate techniques like incorporating the other science guy's genealogy/heritage/species or sexual practices/affinities/shortcomings...

    • @TF2CrunchyFrog
      @TF2CrunchyFrog 4 роки тому

      @@CaptainEdMercer Well, hopefully they sjould come to a correct conclusion that explains the observed phenomena better than the previous hypothesis. Otherwise it's not science, but academia.

  • @StarUnreachable
    @StarUnreachable 4 роки тому +900

    "Some of them look like Maleficent, dressed up as an even more badass Maleficent." 😆

    • @someone2506
      @someone2506 4 роки тому +4

      Can't breathe !@(#"&@!! 😂
      True comedy genius.

    • @roseheartbreaker6716
      @roseheartbreaker6716 4 роки тому

      Hahahaaaa

    • @excoc07
      @excoc07 4 роки тому +1

      StarUnreachable I think rather than Maleficnt, the helmet looks more like that of Thor's sister Hela.

    • @roblewis3454
      @roblewis3454 4 роки тому

      Some things in this world are unbelievable. By u

    • @Obstreperous_Octopus
      @Obstreperous_Octopus 4 роки тому

      So... live-action Maleficent dressed up as animated Maleficent?

  • @jamiemiller7316
    @jamiemiller7316 2 роки тому +10

    "Yes, Mildred, we like your new dress too." Omg I about died.

  • @God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd
    @God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd 3 роки тому +14

    I love how Frank seems to genuinely love each and every one of his little leaf hoppers

  • @AdamFunk
    @AdamFunk 4 роки тому +647

    "Business up front, and party in the butt."
    My motto, always.

    • @codyofathens3397
      @codyofathens3397 4 роки тому +5

      It really, like, speaks to me, y'know, as a person.

    • @crackedemerald4930
      @crackedemerald4930 4 роки тому

      @@codyofathens3397 ok then, cody

    • @linux750
      @linux750 4 роки тому +1

      @@ericolens3
      Chocolate covered eggplant? I believe you mean "fudge frosted eggplant" since butt stuff is usually referred to as "fudge packing"

    • @Sonichero151
      @Sonichero151 4 роки тому +1

      Is this code for anal?

    • @zshocksoda1128
      @zshocksoda1128 4 роки тому

      Danny Caracciolo You interested?

  • @gosiamalaczek
    @gosiamalaczek 4 роки тому +493

    "Here is Mildred pictured next to a ballpoint pen, so you can get the sense of how hard it was for her to write her novel"
    I am dead!!! 😂😂😂

  • @elisabethtison8391
    @elisabethtison8391 Рік тому +7

    This was surprisingly even more wholesome than normal!!

  • @aves4081
    @aves4081 3 роки тому +4

    I don't count anymore how many times I have watched this since it came out...

  • @chasewilliams6797
    @chasewilliams6797 4 роки тому +3209

    Petition for this to be a Netflix Series
    👇🏼

    • @Mortthemoose
      @Mortthemoose 4 роки тому +31

      I'd sign!!!!!
      One of the funniest things on UA-cam.......and very informative, of course! 😂😂

    • @white6502
      @white6502 4 роки тому +13

      Do it

    • @Geek_n_Glamour
      @Geek_n_Glamour 4 роки тому +13

      1000% percent would watch and sign! 😂😂

    • @ReggieTime
      @ReggieTime 4 роки тому +9

      Definitely get on NetFlix

    • @channel5980
      @channel5980 4 роки тому +9

      No

  • @Bargainteers
    @Bargainteers 4 роки тому +800

    Leafhoppers: I heard you eat the booty like groceries
    Ants: why yes I do

  • @bonniebrooks9324
    @bonniebrooks9324 3 роки тому +10

    I love how he pronounces baby!! Always makes me smile!

  • @tarajoyce3598
    @tarajoyce3598 10 місяців тому +1

    This script, hilarious, with that voice, warm purring eloquence, is perfection. Not to mention the fashion show.

  • @ScreamingScallop
    @ScreamingScallop 4 роки тому +650

    "Mildred's her own damn sign of the zodiac."

    • @FoxVyars
      @FoxVyars 4 роки тому +3

      I have Mildred in my 10nth house in mercury. Lol

    • @anondecepticon
      @anondecepticon 4 роки тому +16

      cuallito As an Aquarius, I’m inclined to agree. Dressing up as an oversized cotton ball is now on my bucket list.

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 4 роки тому +2

      @@anondecepticon Everybody needs goals.

    • @lilithvondark5103
      @lilithvondark5103 4 роки тому +2

      I bet she s a Libra.... Draamaaaa look at my fancy new dress!

    • @gooblepls3985
      @gooblepls3985 4 роки тому +5

      She's Popcorn.

  • @facelessfigure7985
    @facelessfigure7985 4 роки тому +1637

    "These are truly some of the most varied and delightful creatures. And I love them. Especially this one. He's very cute.
    And it makes me thankful for the scientists and enthusiasts; giants compared to these tiny creatures that some call pests, hunkered down, training their macro-lenses on leaves...
    ...Because they're curious."

    • @animelvr329
      @animelvr329 4 роки тому +58

      FacelessFigure This made me feel all warm and fuzzy :)

    • @daalelli
      @daalelli 4 роки тому +11

      This was my favorite part!

    • @moonmannd7501
      @moonmannd7501 4 роки тому +20

      He was so much more positive and childlike in his appreciation this ep, I wonder if Dr. Andreas' passing and dedication had something to do with that.

    • @animelvr329
      @animelvr329 4 роки тому +8

      Ryan Sneddon That’s most likely the case. Very sweet.

    • @tambourini
      @tambourini 3 роки тому +2

      Love it! Love Leafhoppers 'n' Friends!

  • @cozyfrogASMR
    @cozyfrogASMR 2 роки тому +5

    I've had a bad day that's turned into the last 6 months which has been connected to the past 3 years . This really makes me feel safe and the commentary perfect enough to help me crack a smile on an especially hard day. Thank you

    • @jasond.5723
      @jasond.5723 2 роки тому +1

      Hi, I also enjoy his videos and I’m sorry your having a hard time. It may not help, but your troubles seam larger when you connect them. Naturally your brain categories and compartmentalizes your experiences of the past, and you hold onto them like they are still happening, (even worse all at once) but their not. The past already happened and no longer exist. If today was bad, it was an entirely original and new bad, that has nothing to do with the last 3 years. But I hope you have much more fun on your adventures of tomorrow

  • @lyria261
    @lyria261 3 роки тому +37

    I just discovered this channel. The narration is amazing. Entertaining and educational. Not everyone can pull that off. This is a great video

  • @Picaricaro
    @Picaricaro 4 роки тому +725

    "Now treehopper adults have an obsession with hats."
    Just like every TF2 player

  • @itsanon9343
    @itsanon9343 4 роки тому +1923

    1:35
    Him: “They can Accelerate from 0-12 miles an hour in less then a Mil-second, ready ?
    Me: Ye-
    The hopper: *Teleports*
    Him: *there*
    Me: 👁👄👁

    • @f.b.lagent1113
      @f.b.lagent1113 4 роки тому +93

      that’s some anime shit right there

    • @rapturekevin
      @rapturekevin 4 роки тому +39

      I can move at the phenomenal rate of 10 ft. Per minute when I wake up for work with a hang over. Beat that lol.

    • @iainmawhinney8867
      @iainmawhinney8867 4 роки тому +21

      rapturekevin that’s faster than a dead sloth _or_ a living sloth, you have done well

    • @SILVERSTRIPE_
      @SILVERSTRIPE_ 4 роки тому

      Lol , 🤯🤯🤯🤔🤐🤯🤯

    • @blountjuice4932
      @blountjuice4932 4 роки тому

      It’s Anon I’m a black violinist! Check meh out!

  • @Annatomova7
    @Annatomova7 2 роки тому +4

    These are my new obsession. Leaf/tree/plant hoppers are so adorable. 🥺

  • @Auritilien
    @Auritilien 8 годин тому

    This is honestly one of my all time favourites of your videos. The narration is informative but still absolutely delightful to listen to. Mildred is an icon

  • @wonder5487
    @wonder5487 3 роки тому +1752

    "Mildred just marches around like a tiny snuffleupagus on a high humidity day." Hilarious! (She also looks like little piece of popcorn.)

    • @capertillar4634
      @capertillar4634 3 роки тому +32

      4 yo me about to eat the moving popcorn

    • @_chifalafel
      @_chifalafel 3 роки тому +23

      @@capertillar4634 everybody gangsta until the popcorn starts marching with the whole bag onto our mother's plants that she bought off amazon for no reason but only to decorate until 1 by 1 of them dies

    • @Kinel_ski
      @Kinel_ski 2 роки тому +11

      The forbidden popcorn

    • @kf10147
      @kf10147 Рік тому +2

      1:18

    • @MasterYenSid5695
      @MasterYenSid5695 Рік тому +5

      Didn't realize until watching today, but He names two different Nymphs Mildred.

  • @emilyr7888
    @emilyr7888 4 роки тому +1133

    “Some tails are a bit uptight, like a Virgo”
    *Ok first of all*

    • @elends2302
      @elends2302 4 роки тому +60

      I've never felt so attacked in my life.

    • @ultraviolet119
      @ultraviolet119 4 роки тому +42

      Emily Reddy the Sagittarius bit was absolutely right tho

    • @Zealous98
      @Zealous98 4 роки тому +44

      As a sagittarius who tried dating a virgo, can confirm

    • @musicaccount3340
      @musicaccount3340 4 роки тому +5

      I'm a virgo and I totally fit the sagittarius description.

    • @Soldiertilthedirt
      @Soldiertilthedirt 4 роки тому +1

      Lmao

  • @imlistening1137
    @imlistening1137 3 роки тому +2

    These little guys and gals are adorable! This is my favorite... no, one of my favorite, True Facts videos. Every time I watch one of these, for that moment it is my fave!

  • @AndrewPonti
    @AndrewPonti Рік тому +4

    This world is truly fantastic and awe inspiring! Marvin and Mildred are exceptionally cute bugs.

  • @stumpwizard6226
    @stumpwizard6226 4 роки тому +1575

    “Drink right out of the OJ container and wear yesterday’s underwear?”
    I feel called out.

    • @kristenharral4707
      @kristenharral4707 4 роки тому +27

      Nothing wrong with that if you turn your undies inside out and wipe the lipstick off the milk/ OJ carton.
      Ps- great underwear hack for even longer wear= once the inside out trick has passed its prime, just turn those undies around 360°and you get 5-7 more days of wear. Or, just do like I do and _never_ take them off. Outta sight outta mind. 🤢

    • @Orangecat680
      @Orangecat680 4 роки тому +23

      I was so offended i had to go change my underwear and drink oj out of the bottle

    • @d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7
      @d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7 4 роки тому +32

      If you toss them and they dont stick to the wall, they are safe to wear.

    • @abdiabdi1990
      @abdiabdi1990 4 роки тому +17

      Y'all are disgusting.

    • @destraw6221
      @destraw6221 4 роки тому +6

      "It's like a new pair of underwear, ya know? At first they're constricting... but after awhile, they become a part of you."

  • @masterman3178
    @masterman3178 4 роки тому +1067

    Damn these Pokémon’s final evolutions are boss

    • @szymanowski7
      @szymanowski7 4 роки тому +22

      It might be their mega-evolutions

    • @FlexBeanbag
      @FlexBeanbag 4 роки тому +4

      @@szymanowski7 ua-cam.com/video/Bmc9NFfhx74/v-deo.html

    • @bluelegocrane7754
      @bluelegocrane7754 4 роки тому +1

      I can't even wait for the Gigantamax forms!

    • @scoutkirby144
      @scoutkirby144 4 роки тому +4

      Heavy Lego Crane Yeah about that
      They didn’t even make it into the Galarian Pokedex...

    • @airotiv7916
      @airotiv7916 3 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @MrDiggy96
    @MrDiggy96 3 роки тому +2

    Why has it taken this long for UA-cam to suggest to me this channel?! its GOLD i say! GOLD!

  • @nodvick
    @nodvick 3 роки тому +3

    a leafhopper landed on my hand one day and I was looking at it dance left and right for a bit,admiring its little jig and colors, and then, BAM! speed of light it jumped right into my nostril.

  • @kataisa3
    @kataisa3 4 роки тому +810

    “I’m going to a black tie event and then to a rave, do you have something?” 😂

  • @adriannaz7954
    @adriannaz7954 4 роки тому +686

    “Hungover nurse on blood drive day.”
    That’s a true horror movie

    • @nschwartz311
      @nschwartz311 4 роки тому +9

      as long as there’s one sober nurse around and a willing participant nurses sometimes practice giving saline injections when they’re drunk. I know this because I was the willing participant at a party my nurse sister had that a bunch of her friends who are also nurses went to

  • @user-sr2jl5xi2w
    @user-sr2jl5xi2w Рік тому +5

    Какие красивые интересные насекомые спасибо за показ

  • @michaelwilson2937
    @michaelwilson2937 11 місяців тому +1

    Just a lovely and rewarding micro look at this tiny yet beguiling creatures. Thanks for this :)

  • @PsylomeAlpha
    @PsylomeAlpha 4 роки тому +742

    "here is one poking around for a vein on a leaf like a hung-over nurse on blood drive day"
    This was glorious, thank you!

    • @jabloko992
      @jabloko992 4 роки тому +2

      are you a nurse by chance?

    • @susanneconway
      @susanneconway 4 роки тому +4

      "like a Sagittarius"

    • @Shelleybean3315
      @Shelleybean3315 4 роки тому +3

      I frigging died when he said that....all 200x that I've watched this, so far 🤣🤣😂😂😂

    • @Shelleybean3315
      @Shelleybean3315 4 роки тому +3

      @@susanneconway Lmfao! I'm a Sagittarius...didn't know whether I should be insulted or not, lol! 🤣

    • @PsylomeAlpha
      @PsylomeAlpha 4 роки тому +4

      @@jabloko992 Nah, just the poor schmuck with difficult-to-puncture blood vessels. Good in knife fights, bad when they need to draw blood.

  • @popsiclecat4562
    @popsiclecat4562 4 роки тому +610

    "What's your zodiac sign?"
    "M I L D R E D"

  • @pengen_gantinama
    @pengen_gantinama 3 місяці тому

    1:39 "Ready? There"
    I love this part so much

  • @janesekillebrew8774
    @janesekillebrew8774 3 роки тому +13

    😂🥰🐞🐜 I'm going to a black tie formal event followed by a rave outfit. 🤣🐜🐞🥰 I can't stop laughing. He's brilliant at making narration & learning interesting. 🤣🥰

  • @AgentTomcat
    @AgentTomcat 4 роки тому +770

    "The best science is often a long, slow, passive-aggressive argument." This is so incredibly accurate it hurts.

    • @fuzzyizmit
      @fuzzyizmit 4 роки тому +3

      Oh, I totally agree!

    • @turtlemanfromgatherspond6382
      @turtlemanfromgatherspond6382 4 роки тому +16

      That is insightful but you are wrong.

    • @sneakycactus8815
      @sneakycactus8815 4 роки тому +15

      @@turtlemanfromgatherspond6382 I disagree

    • @davebuchan81
      @davebuchan81 4 роки тому +8

      @@sneakycactus8815 I think you'll find I am correct and it is you, Sir, who is wrong :)

    • @sneakycactus8815
      @sneakycactus8815 4 роки тому +11

      @@davebuchan81 you see, the words that you are saying just don't have any basis in fact. If you take the time to do research and study you'll realize that it is I, Sneaky Cactus, who is in the right and you, davebuchan81, who is wrong

  • @lemon-io5zj
    @lemon-io5zj 4 роки тому +279

    "Here we see a wild popcorn... Oh wait it's Mildred"

  • @waka0793
    @waka0793 2 роки тому +5

    2:31
    Oh, so that drinking scene from ants is actually based in reality.

  • @BirdsNThings
    @BirdsNThings 2 роки тому +4

    What an extraordinary bit of visual storytelling! Bravo! 😁

  • @justinpickering4271
    @justinpickering4271 4 роки тому +310

    "Mildred is camouflaging herself. See... you can barely find her" :D

    • @ajwiley8914
      @ajwiley8914 4 роки тому +2

      this was the one that got me

  • @megamangos7408
    @megamangos7408 4 роки тому +332

    "Like a Hung-over Nurse on blood-drive day"
    I burst out laughing

    • @SunflowerSpotlight
      @SunflowerSpotlight 4 роки тому +2

      That was my favorite part. 😅 So true. 🤣

    • @niveknanorc7316
      @niveknanorc7316 4 роки тому +1

      busted a gut laughing at that too,,this guy wins the prize,,,

    • @walter1383
      @walter1383 4 роки тому +1

      I cringed hard at that, brings back some childhood nightmares of rolling veins and an overly persistent nurse.

  • @luciussygn1430
    @luciussygn1430 Рік тому

    Obsessed with the quality of the pictures and the humour of the narrator

  • @52lorenzo
    @52lorenzo 3 роки тому +1

    Never seen so much small insects. Thank you!

  • @dannyc.4188
    @dannyc.4188 4 роки тому +175

    "and I love them."
    ZEFRANK YOU ARE SO WHOLESOME

  • @urulai
    @urulai 4 роки тому +316

    This series has made me appreciate just how strange, and absolutely morbidly fascinating nature can be.

    • @shymickey6
      @shymickey6 4 роки тому +2

      Morbidly fascinating?? What's that?

    • @Marina-sd3uy
      @Marina-sd3uy 4 роки тому +6

      Ask this question, Why the heck these tiny creatures, barely visible to the eye, possess such outrageously beautiful coats? These perfect colors, symmetry, harmony... They aren't just splotches of brown, gray, black or red, misformed and unorganized - no, they literally look black tie! How could they make themselves that way?!

    • @LMFAOdudeification
      @LMFAOdudeification 4 роки тому +3

      @@Marina-sd3uy Well, because the coats are probably meant to attract others of their species, not us? We just happened to enjoy their appearance, hard as they are to see.

    • @Invizive
      @Invizive 4 роки тому +2

      @@Marina-sd3uy and then there are species of fish that enjoy anal cavities of sea cucumbers
      Nature is wacky and with millions of attempts some of them are doomed to be attractive for us in their special wacky way

    • @PrincessArielAngel
      @PrincessArielAngel 4 роки тому

      Marina God created them so lol

  • @silentwhisper8633
    @silentwhisper8633 3 роки тому +2

    That was the 2nd best use of my time in the last 24 hours❣❣ BLESSINGS to seekers that share!🤗

  • @jamisonhensley9692
    @jamisonhensley9692 3 роки тому +4

    I love all your videos Ze, but this is one of my favorites. Scientifically speaking, Leafhoppers are friggin' awesome!

  • @md.shahidchy7659
    @md.shahidchy7659 4 роки тому +106

    The Way He Says "And I Love Them" Is So Wholesome.

    • @senna5922
      @senna5922 4 роки тому +6

      4:43
      I had to time stamp it because you’re right!!! It’s adorable!

  • @Bxdarealest
    @Bxdarealest 4 роки тому +153

    ‘’Here’s one poking Around looking for a vein like a hangover nurse in a blood drive day" this dude is the best...

    • @Axelrun1994
      @Axelrun1994 4 роки тому +3

      Fucking genius comparison right there

  • @drowningpooralice5505
    @drowningpooralice5505 Рік тому

    This Channel should be waaaay bigger. Hands down it's easily in the top 3 comedy channels.

  • @hlalakar4156
    @hlalakar4156 2 роки тому

    I ever thought True Facts would have one of the most wholesome videos on UA-cam.

  • @dangerouscolors
    @dangerouscolors 4 роки тому +348

    rip dr andreas kay, his work will forever be remembered in the entomology community. thank you for dedicating this video to him

    • @godgreenie9187
      @godgreenie9187 4 роки тому +4

      Wait wait wait, did something happen?

    • @dangerouscolors
      @dangerouscolors 4 роки тому +16

      @@godgreenie9187 dr kay sadly passed very recently

    • @godgreenie9187
      @godgreenie9187 4 роки тому +6

      @@dangerouscolors Oh man, I just read the description of the most recent video, thank you for letting me know. I hadn't watched the last video posted, that really sucks holy shit

    • @peffs
      @peffs 4 роки тому +10

      :( Wonderful photos and work. I love the Flickr site, too. www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/

    • @iamalexkempton
      @iamalexkempton 4 роки тому +1

      Such a lovely dedication. He will be missed x

  • @minimonstermikaela
    @minimonstermikaela 4 роки тому +70

    "Giants compared to these tiny creatures that some call pests, hunkered down training their macro lenses on leaves, because they're curious."
    This is such a good line omg

  • @spooderman4008
    @spooderman4008 3 роки тому +10

    "What sign are you?"
    "Mildred."

  • @theseerllama
    @theseerllama 5 місяців тому

    this is, imo, zefrank's most delightful video. just showing off cool, cute bugs, i love it

  • @wanfu5634
    @wanfu5634 4 роки тому +138

    "Highlighter got into a fight with a glowstick" You got me right there.

    • @violetthebat8810
      @violetthebat8810 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

    • @grayfox6930
      @grayfox6930 4 роки тому +1

      Me too, i held in up till that moment! XD

  • @Amblin80s
    @Amblin80s 4 роки тому +344

    “I have a green-and-yellow crayon and only five seconds to color.”

    • @depressedcitizen9114
      @depressedcitizen9114 4 роки тому +2

      Literally saw this comment right when he said it in the video

  • @woodstoney
    @woodstoney 3 роки тому +3

    I love your descriptive method of detailing the insect world and other animal kingdoms. Nicely done!

  • @suigkeitenmittee633
    @suigkeitenmittee633 Рік тому +6

    Какие потрясающие цвета и невероятные формы!

  • @alohadubs7683
    @alohadubs7683 4 роки тому +1362

    “Hey, what’s your zodiac sign?”
    Girl 1: “I’m Saggitarius!”
    Girl 2: “I’m a Virgo!”
    Me, an intellectual: *”I’m a Mildred”*

    • @jennyanimal9046
      @jennyanimal9046 3 роки тому +3

      I'm a Pieces

    • @marvinzimmerman1878
      @marvinzimmerman1878 3 роки тому +20

      @@jennyanimal9046 I'm actually Marvin

    • @DrGreerIsRight
      @DrGreerIsRight 3 роки тому +12

      Me, an intellectual: "The zodiac signs are absolutely no reflection of how any human is as a person, and thus has no effect on their personality or demeanor."

    • @jennyanimal9046
      @jennyanimal9046 3 роки тому +1

      @@DrGreerIsRight to an extent maybe

    • @DrGreerIsRight
      @DrGreerIsRight 3 роки тому +2

      @@jennyanimal9046 That's like saying you're a psychopath to an extent because you support the use of military to invade countries for oil and resources all while they kill thousands of innocent people. The truth is, it makes you a complete psychopath. You lack empathy I that case.
      In the zodiac case, it's just pseudoscience and made up bullshit.
      Use your brain please

  • @Cassy1plus2
    @Cassy1plus2 4 роки тому +187

    I JUST REALIZED.
    THIS IS WHAT THE ANTZ DRANK AT THE BAR IN THE ANTZ MOVIE.

    • @kf10147
      @kf10147 4 роки тому +17

      Cassidy this is very upsetting information 😨

    • @josephinejekyl5848
      @josephinejekyl5848 4 роки тому +3

      Yurp.... 😑

    • @sumdud2129
      @sumdud2129 4 роки тому +24

      @@kf10147 why if anything it's pretty cool how they paid such close attention to ant physiology that they incorporated that into the movie.
      P.S. we all drink milk how is it that different?

    • @crofregernish4695
      @crofregernish4695 4 роки тому +22

      @@sumdud2129 For someone talking about physiology, you don't seem to know cow and goat's milk doesn't come from their butt.
      That is why it is different.

    • @sumdud2129
      @sumdud2129 4 роки тому +13

      @@crofregernish4695 I mean a secretion is a secretion, is it really that different? They are both coming from an unwashed crevice, so who cares? So long as it's pasturized.....

  • @mishmoshinglal
    @mishmoshinglal 3 роки тому +3

    i love how he emphasises "bbies" so hard its beautiful

  • @clawcrowsworth6129
    @clawcrowsworth6129 3 роки тому +2

    I'm sending this to my FFA teacher! We are studying for a compatition and we have to study leaf, plant, and tree hoppers.

  • @HalvoDraws
    @HalvoDraws 4 роки тому +161

    Imagine having a family going through a high fasion phase, that is how the leafhopper do

  • @TheEndernator
    @TheEndernator 4 роки тому +367

    “No they don’t also have gears on their thighs; you’re fibbing Jerry.”

    • @MsYunaFires
      @MsYunaFires 4 роки тому +13

      Goddammit Jerry get your shit together.

    • @glenora1974
      @glenora1974 4 роки тому +3

      "Friggin' penguins..."

    • @Sonichero151
      @Sonichero151 4 роки тому

      Jerry?..... *JERRY??*

  • @Thunderbender18830
    @Thunderbender18830 2 роки тому

    No matter how many of these videos I watch I never get tired of the way he says beh behs

  • @ehh2681
    @ehh2681 2 роки тому +4

    The fact that they evolved to have gears on the joints is amazing

  • @66Roses
    @66Roses 4 роки тому +255

    "Ready?"
    *disappears*
    "There!"

  • @backwash69777
    @backwash69777 4 роки тому +225

    "How about a highlighter got in to a fight with a glow stick?" That caught me off guard

  • @loop78
    @loop78 3 роки тому +3

    This is my absolute favorite episode 😆❤

  • @rosyrain8
    @rosyrain8 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for your videos, I love his voice