You can watch the Tier Zoo spider video if you're willing to sit through it. Also if you're interested you can watch Casual Geographic, he makes some humorous animal videos. Love your reactions, btw 😁
Spider story time! 🥳🥳 Part 4? .. lol as a kid I was harmlessly climbing a tree, it had a huge crevasse so ofc a HUGE tarantula bounces outta there and scampers up .. UP the tree above me👀😵💫 it only missed flying into my face instead ..the crazy thing is I could Hear it's legs smackin against the tree on it's way 😳 🤣 👋👍
There’s 5 Michelin Star restaurants in Orlando. I use to work for Iron Chef Michael Symon in Cleveland. I’ll dm you the stuff on Instagram or Facebook.
I used to have a pet alligator when I was a teenager, his name was snappy. He was an egg I found next to my mailbox and I raised him until I released him. When he was like 3 or 4 years old, he was about 6 and a half feet long and like 150-200 pounds. I used to get so many looks when he floated on my belly in the Mississippi River, he loved cuddles. If you raise them properly, they can become "swamp puppies"
They really are, yeah. Big ol' water puppies. I tell people that all the time and they don't believe me. They're just so cute when they're babies and run at you with their mouths open because they know it's feeding time and require food.
I came across a black bear once when I was hiking in Kentucky. The little goober was tumbling down a hill like a panda and landed a couple meters from me. He stood up and stared at me for about 20 seconds before going on his way. The ranger on the trail said that he was probably a juvenile that left his mother recently, just having a good time and not looking for a fight. Incredibly terrifying at the time, but it's something I will never forget.
They are 99.9% of the time never looking for a fight. There hasn't even been a confirmed kill per year in Canada and USA combined over the past 250 years. Maybe 0.4 per year or something through 400mill combined population currently
I encountered quite a few out there and they were all pleasant encounters, I also worked at a zoo later on and they are so chill. And that's the key to interacting with them 90% of the time, keep your chill. They can still rock your sh*t but they arent looking to fight, they are more inclined to berries and fish than red meat. One very notable exception is in the deepest deep wood with minimal human contact. They are still generally chill but they need to be worried about to a higher degree (still not as bad as the more agro browns but more akin to the chill brown bears that feast on salmon)
@@ConstantChaos1 The other place you need to worry about black bears is in the far north. The black bears there have to eat anything they can find, and eat a lot of caribou when they're around. They also haven't seen many humans (if any) and don't get scared by the sound of gunshots because they don't know what that means. If it's the off season for caribou (they migrate), the bears will be hungry, and willing to risk a fight for a good meal. Humans are about the size of a caribou, which makes us veeeery interesting to those hungry northern bears.
@EmilySmirleGURPS yeah if you run into a hungry deep woods red-meat fed bear you had better hope you have some groceries on you that smell pretty good to ditch lol
The bear rhyme for Americans is "If it's Black, fight back. If it's Brown, lay down. If it's White, say good-night." A Black Bear coming at you means you should make yourself look as large and scary as possible and make as much noise as you can to frighten it away. Brown Bears/Grizzly Bears, there's no point to that exercise because you cannot intimidate them. So that's where your one hope if you can't withdraw safely is to drop to the ground and absolutely play dead. You might still get mauled a bit, but it'll lessen the damage assuming you can stop yourself from crying out when it messes with you to see if you're really dead yet. And White Bears are Kodiak Bears/ Polar Bears. They are Persistence Predators and they are large enough and mean enough to think that you are a snack. They won't scare away and they won't be bored by you playing dead. So if you run into a White Bear, get ready to start your permanent dirt nap.
Dude I saw one video where these Russian guys were feeding a polar bear from their second story window, like he was just tall enough where his head was at window height, on the second story of a house, that is god damn terrifying lol
Black bears are much smaller, however they are extremely unpredictable. You could "fight back" and they could if so inclined "fuck you up"... Just sayin.
@@daveratledge They are not extremely unpredictable. Animals tend to act in fairly similar ways based on species. The reason you fight back isn't because they're smaller, its because they tend to be non-confrontational because they're not big on predation of large animals. It is much more dangerous to run from a black bear because that means that if its hungry enough it will realize you're afraid of it which means you think you can't take it. If you act like you could at least injure it, most black bears won't take the risk unless they're basically starving to death.
@@KahavaveCAPIPIYeah, check out the video of the one dork throwing the intruding black bear out of the campground dining area. Don't know if it was inebriation, bravery, stupidity, or a healthy combination of all three, but dude was extremely lucky.
@@JPMadden The reality is that bison herds standing on train tracks are capable of derailing an oncoming train, and that has actually happened a few times. People have misconstrued that into believing that a bison can ram/headbutt a train off the tracks.... which is purely myth.
I don't believe that because trains in India sadly hits elephants every so often and they don't get detailed I seen photos of one getting stuck under locomotive and the train was still on the track.
I was in Yellow Stone when I was a kid and saw a HUGE bull charge a tour bus (no people) get a horn in the rear wheel well and flip it on it’s side! He is definitely the largest animal I’ve ever seen with my own eyes
There is an old saying out west...you can herd a Buffalo any where THEY want to go. Every year in Yellowstone Park some stupid tourist tries to pet the Buffalo and they get punted like a football.
My elementary school had a lake with a fence; once was a 4ft one under the swings on my school playground in second grade 🙃 we all watched and cheered for Animal Control when they came to take it away 😂
@@Horsegirl_Nora nah youd be srupride a river ran directy into the nearest ocean to me and i saw like four gatrs at the edge of the ocean where the river ran
Goes with all those 'X People Gored This Month' Signs. I think the count was 39 when I went and we were there mid month. Made sense as i watched guy with a video camera literally walk head on at a pair of young bulls while filming. Amazed I did not see the fortieth that day.
We used to have ferrets when I was little. They are so smart, expressive and sociable little creatures. Absolutely charming animals. Also a Prairie dog is a burrowing squirrel like rodent that makes huge mounds in open grasslands or deserts.
Buffalo are a large family of different species, to which the American bison doesn't belong; it is actually not a true buffalo. There are no true buffalo in America; only bison.
@joshuawiedenbeck6944 Once you know, they are easy to tell apart. Location is a big giveaway. Buffalo are indigenous to Africa and Eurasia. Bison are indigenous to North America and the Aleutian Islands. Gaur are their South American relatives.
@@LadyVineXIII they’re not very well known outside their home countries, but there are Eurasian bison. Like the American bison, they were very nearly hunted to extinction in modern times and remain quite rare.
I'm a fan of the American garden spider. Beautiful, with absolutely no desire to enter your house or get near people. They spin their webs between plants and catch flies, mosquitos, bees, wasps, hornets, etc. I'll take a couple garden spiders over yellow jackets any day!
I build "Bat Houses" to attract bats because I live in the swamps of North Carolina. (plans online) Skeeters (mosquitos), deer flies, and horse flies are quite serious here. Skeeters here can stand flat-footed and fuck a turkey!!
Very cool! So do I up here in Alberta Canada, Same reasons as well. Still will burn a nice smudge fire for the horses once in a while though. Let them lean into it. LOL
I had to google that! I never saw a bat in Wilmington, I went to UNCW and did spend a good amount of time out at night, lol. Maybe it's the type of bat, because when I lived in Panama, the bats were not shy, they were everywhere. They'd sleep on your window screens and you'd see them flying around inside the movie theater at night. Everywhere. Do you see a lot of gators?
@@Laura-mi3nv Not many. Saw more working around Wilmington and Myrtle Beach. They love Golf Courses!! They are fairly tame too, I fed one by hand to show my buddies I could. Not a problem if you understand animals and their signals. But yea, bats around here are shy. I'd go out with a flashlight sometimes just to check on them. Between the sun outside and the dark in the house, I needed a light to make sure I could see them and if they liked it. A box about the size and double the thickness of a briefcase housed about 20.
Gatorade was created by the University of Florida as a drink to help their football players stay hydrated during hot game days. The drink was named Gatorade because the football team is called the Florida Gators. So, yes, the name indirectly comes from the most famous animal in Florida: the alligator
8:07 bro 50,000 wouldn't even float the hospital bill for after taking the hit lol * Guys, Jesus Christ lol, I'm not saying I'm going to head butt a Bison, I'm pointing out the ridiculous nature of the American Healthcare system, Relax y'all.
You don't want to headbutt a bison/Buffalo. If you were to do so, you would die. Bison/Buffalo are so strong that if they were to ram into the side of a train THEY WOULD DERAIL THE TRAIN.
So two things, Gators and Crocs have remained largerly unchanged since the times of the time of the dinosaurs. They are one of the most hardy reptiles, bullet resistant skin, powerful bites, and an immune system that can shrug off things that will kill a human. Second, there was a grizzly (brown) bear known as "The Boss", he lives in the Banff National Park and is famous for surviving being hit by a train, twice. He also fights and wins against other grizzlies, and is believed to father a good majority of cubs in the park.
Bison and buffalo are two distinct animals often confused with each other, but they have several differences: Bison • Habitat: Native to North America and Europe. • Appearance: Bison have a large hump over their shoulders and a thick coat of fur, which they shed in the spring. Their heads are large, with short, curved horns. • Species: There are two main species of bison: the American bison (Bison bison) and the European bison (Bison bonasus). • Size: Generally larger and more robust compared to buffalo, with males weighing up to 2,000 pounds (900 kg) and standing about 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall at the shoulder. • Common Name: American bison are often colloquially referred to as “American buffalo,” though they are not true buffalo. Buffalo • Habitat: Native to Africa and Asia. • Appearance: Buffalo do not have a hump. They have smoother coats and longer, more curved horns. • Species: There are two main species of buffalo: the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). • Size: African buffalo are generally smaller than bison, weighing up to 1,900 pounds (860 kg) and standing about 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall at the shoulder. Water buffalo can be quite large, with males weighing up to 2,600 pounds (1,200 kg). Key Differences • Hump: Bison have a prominent hump; buffalo do not. • Horn Shape: Bison have short, curved horns; buffalo have longer, more curved horns. • Coat: Bison have thick, shaggy coats, especially in winter; buffalo have smoother, less dense coats. • Geographic Distribution: Bison are found in North America and Europe; buffalo are found in Africa and Asia. • Common Name Confusion: American bison are often called “American buffalo,” which can lead to confusion, but they are distinct from true buffalo found in Africa and Asia.
I once heard a Brit joke that the difference between a buffalo and a bison is that you can't wash your hands in a buffalo (it comes across better to hear it - it plays off the common Brit pronunciation of long a's to sound like a long i, so that bison sounds just like basin).
1) Seals are EXTREMELY friendly, but its illegal to touch them because it could startle them which could cause not only health problems for them but also cause them to abandon babies from running away due to fear. But they are probably the friendliest creature in the ocean, they have not even the slightest but of aggressiveness in them 2) black bears are the scared ones that prefer running then fighting, brown bears are the one that will rip your limbs off on sight for looking at them funny
Gators at the golf course are a thing in Florida. Even weirder are gators at the beach, crossing highways, or gators in a parking lot. One lady who lived around a pond kept feeding marshmallows to a gator in her back yard. One day, she couldn't find her little poodle...
I used to have a ferret as a pet. I saved up all my money for a year and at age 15, bought a ferret and everything it would need and hid it in my room. Only took five days for my parents to notice (smell), and I couldn't take him back. They were pissed, but ended up loving him more than almost any other pet we had, and we had a lot of pets. A horse, five fresh water aquariums, breeding guinea pigs (42 babies total), 4 dogs, 5 hermit crabs, and a turtle.
We were hiking in Colorado a couple of years ago and came across a black bear. He's was about 40 feet away but wasn't a threat. It was really cool to see
Hawaiian monk seals, are as friendly as a normal wild seal. It's wild but will not hunt people. People have to be warned to stay away from them and especially to keep their dogs away since they are a danger to both parties. Usually when they pop up on beaches we just put cones up and signs so people know not to get near. Getting too close, let alone touching one could land you in legal trouble, not to mention the locals getting pissed at you. Very loved and very protected.
As a kid, I went camping near the eel river in Humboldt County CA. My friend and I were swimming. We were on the shore and a couple of otters ran by. They were cute and terrifying at the same time lol. I remember they had a large presence for such a small animal.
Bison have a large muscular hump on their shoulders and back, smaller horns, much larger heads that are covered with fur, and live in colder climates. Buffalo lack the humps, have larger horns, smaller more cow-like heads, and live in warm/hot environments. The Cape/Water buffalo is the quintessential example of what buffalo look like.
Thank you! Nobody seems to realize that there are no buffalo in America; the bison is a different family, but you just can't convince people of that. Now if only I can convince anyone that I really have seen a giant Madagascar pygmy hippoplatypus .😂
I have been hearing that strngely inflected version on You Tube nature videos for a few years now. I had previously only heard the emphasis on the first syllable, with the lesser emphasis on the third. The jazz radio station WCLK in Atlanta also has a few announcers who pronounce 'saxophonist' with the emphasis on the second syllable and the second o as a schwa. I can't tell if they are trying to sound sophisticated or if it is just a niche pronunciation.
a bit of clarification on the otters, it's SEA otters that are the ones that you're probably thinking of. they do a lot of the horrific stuff. river otters are generally pretty chill as far as i know.
I had bats fly over my childhood home. They are so cute when wrapped up in a little blanket. Please watch vets help these little guys thrive because they can absolutely be terrifying but they can also be so so cute.
Well, of course, you should do a video or so on horrifying spiders. We can cringe and shriek and hopefully overcome our collective fear. But, also do some videos on the little pet jumping spiders. It's fun to watch them high-five and respond to commands. Yes, that giant alligator is real. Fun video. Peace
I've woken up to a black bear sniffing and nudging my foot in the middle of the night. Had my feet to the door of my tent and only had the screen door zipped up. Woke up, looked down and from what light was outside, I could see the bear blocking the entrance to my tent sniffing my foot. I froze until it went away. Slept in the cabin the next night. Rather have that than a brown bear though. Had one of those tear through our camp and took off with a bag of chips and loaf of bread.
The name Bison or Tatanka (Lakota name) are the correct names for it. A lot of Americans still call it a Buffalo, after what the French fur trapper's call it boeuf. In the 1940, 50, & 60s, most people referred to them as Buffalo.
They were mistaken for their African and Eurasian Cousins. The name of Buffalo actually persisted up until the 90's. (Boeuf is beef btw. I doubt they called it 'beef'.)
Otters are not evil, they're playful. They are still wild animals so approach carefully (and only if you must), but there's folks caring for captive otters who post regular videos about them on UA-cam. Check them out, you'll see. Not evil. At least, not generally. Finding an evil otter is like finding an un-apologetic Canadian. Can happen, but you won't find one yourself.
They're smart too. One otter at the Seattle Aquarium found a rock, hid it from the keepers, then used it to break a window on its enclosure overnight. The ground was still wet in the morning so they could see where it went.
*ahem* Justin Trudeau. Man's a tyrant. Willing to bet a lot of people in the Canadian government are also quite unapologetic. In case you're unaware, Justin Trudeau paused the bank accounts of innocent protestors. So yeah.
My house has tons of Black Widows. They are easy to avoid. They generally like to avoid people & tend to hide and build their web where a dumb human will not mess it up, If one gets on you they generally will try to abseil via web to the floor ASAP. On occasion, If I find a particularly large one. I will keep it in a jar and feed it for a few days to observe it. They are quite beautiful if you can get past the fear.
@ramonalfaro3252 Agreed. Black widows have an unnecessary bad reputation. That said, if I find one indoors, I relocate it outside. Don't want any accidental encounters with curious children or pets. Ditto rattlesnakes in the yard. Just not worth the risk to family or the snake.
There's a saying about bears, if you see one coming at you: If it's brown, lay down, if black, fight back. Meaning, play dead for the browns, and for black bears, make yourself appear as large as you can, and make a lot of noise. Now - I don't know if this is true, or bunk, but it's easy to remember.
I have paddle boarded in the bay for 4 years and I have seen and encountered several hundred seals. Seals use the bay as a nursery during the summer. Usually only one or two at a time come fairly close to my paddle board (4ft or more), there was a mom and a pup a few times but they stayed further away. I live in north Washington state
You didn't do wolverines or grizzlies or kodiaks or polar bears or - dozens of other animal species. Some varieties of alcohol have different species of animals in them - the Chinese have snakes, the Mexicans have worms and ants and so on. The most dangerous animal that I encountered while I was visiting in Ireland was a drunken dude reeling out of a bar, spouting gibberish, tossing his cookies, and then falling face down in his own....
@elisekuby2009 Brown Bears are Grizzlies. Kodiaks are a sub species of the Grizzly/Brown Bear that is indigenous to the Kodiak Islands. They definitely skipped the big three, though.
I don’t mind certain species of spiders. The animals that freak me out are centipedes. Nasty venom, too many legs that have venomous barbs. I just do *NOT* want them on me.
I was living in NM and laying on my living room floor I felt something on my leg... an 8 inch Centipede TOTALLY freaked me out! I'm with you Centipedes are Alien looking!
love your channel. I live in the midwest/south and last night had a black bear run across my driveway. 2 nights ago had two mountain lions screaming in my upper fields. 2 speckled kingsnakes help keep my mouse population under control, have 2 gray heron rookeries in trees on my creek plus red tailed hawks, bald eagles , road runners and wild turkeys in the trees. You're welcome to come check out the wildlife but I don't recommend the fall, too many Arkansas Chocolate tarantulas wandering about
Polar bears are the only bears known to actively hunt humans for food. Cute, yes, cuddly, absolutely not! Kodiak bears are brown bears, the largest of the bear species.
Polar bears on average are both taller and heavier than Kodiaks, and the largest bear ever killed was a Polar Bear. That makes the Polar Bear the largest bear species.
While brown bears are more dangerous than black bears it is polar bears who top the danger chart. Polar bears are the only species of bear that will actively engage in hunting humans as a readily available food source.
Black bears are easily seen as people are building in their habitats. They eat our bird food. They’re quite skittish but the female is aggressive if she has cubs to protect. I wish we put aside habitats for them that people can’t take over. They are looking for food if they come around human homes usually looking in garbage or bird feeders. I had one take a nap in my back yard. He eventually went away. Poor little guy.
The difference between Brown & Black bears. Alaska's largest State Park literally has a sign at the entrance.... "Wear small bells on your boots so the Black Bears know where you are & carry pepper spray to help you if you come up on one. & You can recognize Black Bear poop because it's smaller darker pellets. Brown Bear poop on the other hand, is larger, more like a cow pie. & It's full of bells & smells like pepper."
Gators are interesting animals, their bite is strong enough to crush a turtle shell, but it’s fairly easy to hold their jaws closed. They can climb fences, but are generally actually pretty docile. Just don’t act like a fish, and you’ll be fine. That said, if you ever come to Florida, and you see a pond, River, lake, canal, or large ditch, keep in mind there’s at least one gator in it, and it’s probably bigger than you think it is. There was a story a while back about a guy who was trying to break into houses, but jumped in a pond to hide when the cops were called, and they apparently heard yelling but couldn’t locate the source. Turns out they found most of that guy a few days later, his body was being guarded by a 9 foot long alligator
I grew up around Gators and for the most part, we co existed with them growing up as a kid. We leave them alone and they left us alone, now with all of the tourist in Florida and idiots feeding them, they are no longer afraid of us and more incidents will happen. As for Gatorade, It was developed by the University of Florida and their mascot is the Alligator and teams are called The Gators. I do attend the Florida - Georgia football games every year.
I actually had someone who lived a couple streets away from my house in the rural mountains who started feeding the bears and the next thing I knew I had a 500 lb black bear on my porch while I was sitting right inside the wide open window so we were eye to eye about 4 feet apart! That was actually terrifying
I actually had someone who lived a couple streets away from my house in the rural mountains who started feeding the bears and the next thing I knew I had a 500 lb black bear on my porch while I was sitting right inside the wide open window so we were eye to eye about 4 feet apart! That was actually terrifying! We actually do have a bear hunting season because we have a LOT of bears but it’s illegal to kill one otherwise so when the bear who was on my porch damaged the truck of the people who were feeding it and dragged their deep freezer out of their garage and into the woods they had the bear declared a “nuisance” and Fish and Wildlife came out and “put it down” which pissed off a lot of us but that’s how I know that he was 500 lbs
Tbf if you know about otters you’d understand why he thinks that too. Of course they aren’t evil, you can’t hold wild animals to human standards, but they can be pretty violent
It's sort of odd that some people can become acclimated to things which would shock others, and not even think about it. I live in a town that has varied from -20° to 112° (-29°C to 44°C). We get surface winds gusting to 80mph (128kph). We have bears, cougars, badgers, rattlesnakes, poisonous spiders, scorpions, tarantulas, skunks, and even porcupines (I never knew they could be found in the desert). Bighorn sheep and antelope can occasionally come to the edge of town. And this general area is so thick with wild mustangs that they are a nuisance to homeowners and a hazard on the roads. And it doesn't even seem remarkable when you are accustomed to it. I wonder at people's reactions when I casually mention I had to remove a 6' bullsnake from the office because he was getting under foot, or stop on the road to put a 3,000 lb bull back into the field and close the gate. Edit: it was 100° today, followed by lightning and some brief wind gusts around 40-50mph. Now I'm sitting on the porch with a glass of wine, listening to the coyotes singing.
( 5:01 ) what he failed to mention is that gators and crocs can GALLOP. Yes, they can go fast when they need to. Just look up videos of them galloping.
I live in rural Virginia at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. We have deer, turkey, bobcats, coyotes, and black bears (amongst many other critters) around our house. Whilst we do not ever feed them, several black bear frequent our compost heap and enjoy the berries growing wild on our fence rows. "Boris" is our alpha black bear. He wonders by about every 6 months or so. I always know when he's around because not only can I small his musky odor, but none of my dogs are willing to venture into into our fully fenced back yard until all the lights are on and I go with them. They're more than happy to defend us against everything else that ventures around, but even our male Shar Pei wants nothing to do with Boris.
5:13 Yes. There was a Florida university sports team called the "The Gators". The coach wanted to give his team an energy drink to help them recover and hydrate. So he commissioned some scientists to came up with the Gatorade formula and patented it. It's literally the drink that "aided the gators" so he named it "Gatorade"
Black bears are nearly everywhere. I live in a medium sized city on the East Coast. Black bears have been sighted in suburban backyards just a few miles from the city. Last month, a doorbell camera recorded one on a suburban back porch.
I saw a monk seal when I was in Hawaii last month. He hauled out on Waikiki beach. He snuck up behind me lol but wasn't aggressive. But everyone was respectful and gave him space
5:39 I absolutly is real. will never forget the feeling I had when golfing in South Carolina getting ready to tee off and then seeing a gator about 10 feet away from me. crawling up on the tee box
Prairie dogs are like chipmunks with thinner mouselike tails but instead of being in trees they burrow underground in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and that region. They live in prairies and create tunnel systems, they stand on their hind legs to scout around for predators to alert their group.
I used to work at a hotel in a rural area, and I always told guests at check-in never to put their trash outside of their room and to call the desk so one of us could pick it up. At least once a week, I would get a panicked phone call about a black bear digging through the trash they left outside their room. So, these folks never intentionally fed the bears, but the bears learned where to go for food on a Saturday night (after hitting up the dumpster behind the Mexican restaurant next to us).
Random fact: Wolf spiders are used as a natural pesticide in some cranberry fields/bogs. Farmers flood the field/bog and the ripe cranberries float to the top. Workers have to wade into the water to help harvest, and since the spiders want to survive, it's almost guaranteed for the workers to be swarmed and/or bitten by the arachnids. They aren't poisonous, but their bite is painful.
I went to visit some caves last year on vacation. The guide told us there was only 1 bat inhabiting the cave and it was the size of a chicken nugget. We saw him hanging from the top of the cave. I thought that was cool!!!!
Lived in Naples, Florida my whole life and some of the gators I’ve seen have been MASSIVE. There’s hundreds on the golf course I work at and we had a 15 footer a couple years ago that had to be removed. They are unreal😂
lol. we had a prairie dog as a pet when i was a kid. dad brought him home when he was wounded somehow. we let him go after a while when he was better. hope wally had a good life. :)
We went on vacation once. The roadside picnic area we stopped at had caution signs warning about alligators. Nothing like eating your sandwich while an alligator stares at you in the water.
Gatorade is very loosely connected to the American Alligator. The University of Florida's mascot is the Gators. Somebody created a drink to help them in their football games and this Gator Aide helped them win the National Championship.
3:57 the black bear can tear you up pretty good and climbs. You can scare those off. Brown bear you curl up in a ball, and pray and bear looses interest.
When I was a kid my class went to a zoo that had otters. I was at a different exhibit at the time but later I heard one of my friends had been looking down into the otter exhibit when one jumped up and bit his nose.
Recently had a bad spider bite. Back of leg just above where the achilles blends in. Raised circle size of dime. Hole in center that got deeper for a few days. I won't describe anything else other than it was on fire and itchy for about 2 weeks. Closed up in five or so. Still looks ornery. I agree, keep em.
That alligator is real. Having been born and raised in South Florida, the largest I have ever seen was about 20 ft long and nearly 1K pounds. It looked like a dinosaur. BTW, apparently, there are now Monitor Lizards in Florida as well. An invasive species, like Iguanas and Pythons which now make themselves at home in the Everglades swamps. All of that to go with roaches than can fly and grow two inches long and mosquitoes that carry Dengue fever. Oh, and the occasional shark and Man O'War jellyfish in the gulf. Fun place.
Prairie dogs are herbivorous burrowing ground squirrels native to the grasslands of North America. There are five recognized species of prairie dog: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs. Prairie dogs are very affectionate creatures.
One time i was fishing on the opposite side of the beach of this local pond. I heard something behind me and about ten feet away i saw a black blur. I immediately assumed it was a black bear and went back to the other side
From near central Alabama, Spiders creep me out, more worried about Wolves, Bear, Bobcat, and a few Snake Species, when driving Deer can be a concern around here! Interesting Channel still watching this Video...
Luckily for everyone gators are pretty chill. Imagine if they were like Komodo Dragons (which top out at 10 feet) and just attack on sight. Check out videos of that scientist swimming with a big group of them. I lived in Baton Rouge for a year. A neighbor had a baby gator, Boudreaux. He was sweet, never bit, hung out in the pool with us. He would sink to the bottom and sit for a very long time.
A few days ago, here in New Mexico, a family was vacationing at their mountain cabin and one of their sons was on the couch watching TV when a black bear broke in and attacked the boy. (Scratches mostly, he’ll be fine.)
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You can watch the Tier Zoo spider video if you're willing to sit through it. Also if you're interested you can watch Casual Geographic, he makes some humorous animal videos. Love your reactions, btw 😁
Google "Grouse drumming" It's a very cool sound to hear in the woods in the fall.
Spider story time! 🥳🥳
Part 4? .. lol as a kid I was harmlessly climbing a tree, it had a huge crevasse so ofc a HUGE tarantula bounces outta there and scampers up .. UP the tree above me👀😵💫 it only missed flying into my face instead ..the crazy thing is I could Hear it's legs smackin against the tree on it's way 😳
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@@seraph6758 Love it 😸
There’s 5 Michelin Star restaurants in Orlando. I use to work for Iron Chef Michael Symon in Cleveland. I’ll dm you the stuff on Instagram or Facebook.
Gatorade was created at the University of Florida whose mascot is the Gators. That's how it got it's name.... In Case anyone else was curious.
Somehow I'm not even surprised pffft
Actually came to make the same comment, lol. Named after the Florida Gators
I came to make this same comment.
You beat me to the punch
I was thinking the same thing!! Thought that was a useless fact stuck in my brain. Thanks 😊
I used to have a pet alligator when I was a teenager, his name was snappy. He was an egg I found next to my mailbox and I raised him until I released him. When he was like 3 or 4 years old, he was about 6 and a half feet long and like 150-200 pounds. I used to get so many looks when he floated on my belly in the Mississippi River, he loved cuddles. If you raise them properly, they can become "swamp puppies"
They really are, yeah. Big ol' water puppies. I tell people that all the time and they don't believe me. They're just so cute when they're babies and run at you with their mouths open because they know it's feeding time and require food.
It’s him… it’s Florida-Man. 😮
@@OneWhoDreamsAwake nah i legit have a swamp pupper
We in the States are Very nervous of Aussie predators.
@@Brett-d7g crocodiles and gators are different. Although I'm honestly not sure if crocs are capable of domestication
I came across a black bear once when I was hiking in Kentucky. The little goober was tumbling down a hill like a panda and landed a couple meters from me. He stood up and stared at me for about 20 seconds before going on his way. The ranger on the trail said that he was probably a juvenile that left his mother recently, just having a good time and not looking for a fight. Incredibly terrifying at the time, but it's something I will never forget.
They are 99.9% of the time never looking for a fight. There hasn't even been a confirmed kill per year in Canada and USA combined over the past 250 years. Maybe 0.4 per year or something through 400mill combined population currently
I encountered quite a few out there and they were all pleasant encounters, I also worked at a zoo later on and they are so chill. And that's the key to interacting with them 90% of the time, keep your chill. They can still rock your sh*t but they arent looking to fight, they are more inclined to berries and fish than red meat. One very notable exception is in the deepest deep wood with minimal human contact. They are still generally chill but they need to be worried about to a higher degree (still not as bad as the more agro browns but more akin to the chill brown bears that feast on salmon)
@@ConstantChaos1 The other place you need to worry about black bears is in the far north. The black bears there have to eat anything they can find, and eat a lot of caribou when they're around. They also haven't seen many humans (if any) and don't get scared by the sound of gunshots because they don't know what that means. If it's the off season for caribou (they migrate), the bears will be hungry, and willing to risk a fight for a good meal. Humans are about the size of a caribou, which makes us veeeery interesting to those hungry northern bears.
@EmilySmirleGURPS yeah if you run into a hungry deep woods red-meat fed bear you had better hope you have some groceries on you that smell pretty good to ditch lol
I had a black bear in my town just chilling like a week ago lol
The bear rhyme for Americans is "If it's Black, fight back. If it's Brown, lay down. If it's White, say good-night." A Black Bear coming at you means you should make yourself look as large and scary as possible and make as much noise as you can to frighten it away. Brown Bears/Grizzly Bears, there's no point to that exercise because you cannot intimidate them. So that's where your one hope if you can't withdraw safely is to drop to the ground and absolutely play dead. You might still get mauled a bit, but it'll lessen the damage assuming you can stop yourself from crying out when it messes with you to see if you're really dead yet. And White Bears are Kodiak Bears/ Polar Bears. They are Persistence Predators and they are large enough and mean enough to think that you are a snack. They won't scare away and they won't be bored by you playing dead. So if you run into a White Bear, get ready to start your permanent dirt nap.
Dude I saw one video where these Russian guys were feeding a polar bear from their second story window, like he was just tall enough where his head was at window height, on the second story of a house, that is god damn terrifying lol
Black bears are much smaller, however they are extremely unpredictable. You could "fight back" and they could if so inclined "fuck you up"... Just sayin.
Kodiaks are brown like grizzlies but bigger.
@@daveratledge They are not extremely unpredictable. Animals tend to act in fairly similar ways based on species. The reason you fight back isn't because they're smaller, its because they tend to be non-confrontational because they're not big on predation of large animals.
It is much more dangerous to run from a black bear because that means that if its hungry enough it will realize you're afraid of it which means you think you can't take it. If you act like you could at least injure it, most black bears won't take the risk unless they're basically starving to death.
@@KahavaveCAPIPIYeah, check out the video of the one dork throwing the intruding black bear out of the campground dining area. Don't know if it was inebriation, bravery, stupidity, or a healthy combination of all three, but dude was extremely lucky.
You do not want to take a headbutt from a bison. They are strong enough to knock a freight train off the train tracks.
I've heard that about trains. I suspect a large herd was required, perhaps in a stampede.
@@JPMadden The reality is that bison herds standing on train tracks are capable of derailing an oncoming train, and that has actually happened a few times. People have misconstrued that into believing that a bison can ram/headbutt a train off the tracks.... which is purely myth.
@@themourningstar338 OK
I don't believe that because trains in India sadly hits elephants every so often and they don't get detailed I seen photos of one getting stuck under locomotive and the train was still on the track.
I was in Yellow Stone when I was a kid and saw a HUGE bull charge a tour bus (no people) get a horn in the rear wheel well and flip it on it’s side! He is definitely the largest animal I’ve ever seen with my own eyes
There is an old saying out west...you can herd a Buffalo any where THEY want to go. Every year in Yellowstone Park some stupid tourist tries to pet the Buffalo and they get punted like a football.
I'll never forget the videos playing on a loop at the welcome center we stopped at.
It was about a 15 minute reel of people just getting WRECKED! Lmao
@@Sue_Me_Too The fact that it is necessary to play that makes me question how we haven't gone extinct yet.
@@LadyVineXIII that's evolution working as intended lol. Darwin's Finest
Floridian here where you’re taught that if there’s any body of water….a gator could be in there.
Louisianan here, we were taught the exact same thing. Including the creek that ran through the center of town.
My elementary school had a lake with a fence; once was a 4ft one under the swings on my school playground in second grade 🙃 we all watched and cheered for Animal Control when they came to take it away 😂
Minus the ocean lol then you got the sharks
there was some gators in a pond in my neigerhood pond my dad took me to see one you are corret be careful of any body of water
@@Horsegirl_Nora nah youd be srupride a river ran directy into the nearest ocean to me and i saw like four gatrs at the edge of the ocean where the river ran
"Do not pet the fluffy cows" is the unofficial motto of Yellowstone National Park.
Goes with all those 'X People Gored This Month' Signs. I think the count was 39 when I went and we were there mid month. Made sense as i watched guy with a video camera literally walk head on at a pair of young bulls while filming. Amazed I did not see the fortieth that day.
@@LadyVineXIII FFS it’s like they want to die
Gators are everywhere in Florida. You can see them walking down the street or on a golf course. They are in every stream or lake in the state.
Some tourist are idiots and try to pet them in the winter
The big ones on the trails 😂
As we say in Florida, if there’s a puddle of water, there’s a gator.
We used to have ferrets when I was little. They are so smart, expressive and sociable little creatures. Absolutely charming animals. Also a Prairie dog is a burrowing squirrel like rodent that makes huge mounds in open grasslands or deserts.
It is not 'squirrel like' - it is a ground squirrel. Of course not identical to the tree squirrels, but still it is a squirrel.
@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 thank you for confirming that. I read that it was a squirrel on Google, but wasn’t sure if it was accurate.
@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 There is a difference between ground squirrels and prairie dogs.
Buffalo and Bison are indeed different. It's kind of like how alligators and crocodiles are different. They look similar, but small differences exist.
Buffalo are a large family of different species, to which the American bison doesn't belong; it is actually not a true buffalo. There are no true buffalo in America; only bison.
Not that similar. Real buffalo look a lot more like cattle, for one thing, and aren’t nearly so shaggy.
@danieloneal7137 But in the grand scheme of life, they are similar.
@joshuawiedenbeck6944 Once you know, they are easy to tell apart. Location is a big giveaway. Buffalo are indigenous to Africa and Eurasia. Bison are indigenous to North America and the Aleutian Islands. Gaur are their South American relatives.
@@LadyVineXIII they’re not very well known outside their home countries, but there are Eurasian bison. Like the American bison, they were very nearly hunted to extinction in modern times and remain quite rare.
I'm a fan of the American garden spider. Beautiful, with absolutely no desire to enter your house or get near people. They spin their webs between plants and catch flies, mosquitos, bees, wasps, hornets, etc. I'll take a couple garden spiders over yellow jackets any day!
I'm fine with them as long as they don't try top build webs across my walkway, which they ALWAYS do...
@@Sue_Me_Too Spiders always have to built their webs in the worst spots. Either in your way, or on something that you can't really leave alone.
I build "Bat Houses" to attract bats because I live in the swamps of North Carolina. (plans online) Skeeters (mosquitos), deer flies, and horse flies are quite serious here. Skeeters here can stand flat-footed and fuck a turkey!!
Very cool! So do I up here in Alberta Canada, Same reasons as well. Still will burn a nice smudge fire for the horses once in a while though. Let them lean into it. LOL
Good lord, what part of the state are you in? I didn't even know we had bats!
@@Laura-mi3nv Southeast. Between Lake Waccamaw and Wilmington.
I had to google that! I never saw a bat in Wilmington, I went to UNCW and did spend a good amount of time out at night, lol. Maybe it's the type of bat, because when I lived in Panama, the bats were not shy, they were everywhere. They'd sleep on your window screens and you'd see them flying around inside the movie theater at night. Everywhere. Do you see a lot of gators?
@@Laura-mi3nv Not many. Saw more working around Wilmington and Myrtle Beach. They love Golf Courses!! They are fairly tame too, I fed one by hand to show my buddies I could. Not a problem if you understand animals and their signals. But yea, bats around here are shy. I'd go out with a flashlight sometimes just to check on them. Between the sun outside and the dark in the house, I needed a light to make sure I could see them and if they liked it. A box about the size and double the thickness of a briefcase housed about 20.
Male grouse are more colorful than the hens to get their attention as a mate. Yes sir. Gators just walk thru your golf game...lol . I love a spider .
Gatorade was created by the University of Florida as a drink to help their football players stay hydrated during hot game days. The drink was named Gatorade because the football team is called the Florida Gators. So, yes, the name indirectly comes from the most famous animal in Florida: the alligator
Lived there for most of my childhood and when I found that out it was awesome
8:07 bro 50,000 wouldn't even float the hospital bill for after taking the hit lol
* Guys, Jesus Christ lol, I'm not saying I'm going to head butt a Bison, I'm pointing out the ridiculous nature of the American Healthcare system, Relax y'all.
It may cover your funeral expenses, however. That just might be the outcome 🦣
@@jpgcne Cheaper to just die than go through the hospital system lol
No way am I letting a bison head butt me, for any amount of money! Bison always win.
You don't want to headbutt a bison/Buffalo. If you were to do so, you would die. Bison/Buffalo are so strong that if they were to ram into the side of a train THEY WOULD DERAIL THE TRAIN.
@@VorchaKali They weigh a couple thousand pounds and they can run 40mph so yes, it would be like getting hit by a truck.
So two things, Gators and Crocs have remained largerly unchanged since the times of the time of the dinosaurs. They are one of the most hardy reptiles, bullet resistant skin, powerful bites, and an immune system that can shrug off things that will kill a human.
Second, there was a grizzly (brown) bear known as "The Boss", he lives in the Banff National Park and is famous for surviving being hit by a train, twice. He also fights and wins against other grizzlies, and is believed to father a good majority of cubs in the park.
Otters are playful and relatively friendly. One really cute this is they sleep holding hands so one doesn’t float away.
Bison and buffalo are two distinct animals often confused with each other, but they have several differences:
Bison
• Habitat: Native to North America and Europe.
• Appearance: Bison have a large hump over their shoulders and a thick coat of fur, which they shed in the spring. Their heads are large, with short, curved horns.
• Species: There are two main species of bison: the American bison (Bison bison) and the European bison (Bison bonasus).
• Size: Generally larger and more robust compared to buffalo, with males weighing up to 2,000 pounds (900 kg) and standing about 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall at the shoulder.
• Common Name: American bison are often colloquially referred to as “American buffalo,” though they are not true buffalo.
Buffalo
• Habitat: Native to Africa and Asia.
• Appearance: Buffalo do not have a hump. They have smoother coats and longer, more curved horns.
• Species: There are two main species of buffalo: the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
• Size: African buffalo are generally smaller than bison, weighing up to 1,900 pounds (860 kg) and standing about 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall at the shoulder. Water buffalo can be quite large, with males weighing up to 2,600 pounds (1,200 kg).
Key Differences
• Hump: Bison have a prominent hump; buffalo do not.
• Horn Shape: Bison have short, curved horns; buffalo have longer, more curved horns.
• Coat: Bison have thick, shaggy coats, especially in winter; buffalo have smoother, less dense coats.
• Geographic Distribution: Bison are found in North America and Europe; buffalo are found in Africa and Asia.
• Common Name Confusion: American bison are often called “American buffalo,” which can lead to confusion, but they are distinct from true buffalo found in Africa and Asia.
I once heard a Brit joke that the difference between a buffalo and a bison is that you can't wash your hands in a buffalo (it comes across better to hear it - it plays off the common Brit pronunciation of long a's to sound like a long i, so that bison sounds just like basin).
1) Seals are EXTREMELY friendly, but its illegal to touch them because it could startle them which could cause not only health problems for them but also cause them to abandon babies from running away due to fear. But they are probably the friendliest creature in the ocean, they have not even the slightest but of aggressiveness in them
2) black bears are the scared ones that prefer running then fighting, brown bears are the one that will rip your limbs off on sight for looking at them funny
*insert pictures of leopard seals and sea lions here* The small ones are friendly. The big ones can eat you.
Easy way to remember about bears..
If it’s black fight back
If it’s brown lay down
If it’s white (polar bear) say goodnight
Gators at the golf course are a thing in Florida. Even weirder are gators at the beach, crossing highways, or gators in a parking lot. One lady who lived around a pond kept feeding marshmallows to a gator in her back yard. One day, she couldn't find her little poodle...
I used to have a ferret as a pet. I saved up all my money for a year and at age 15, bought a ferret and everything it would need and hid it in my room. Only took five days for my parents to notice (smell), and I couldn't take him back. They were pissed, but ended up loving him more than almost any other pet we had, and we had a lot of pets. A horse, five fresh water aquariums, breeding guinea pigs (42 babies total), 4 dogs, 5 hermit crabs, and a turtle.
We were hiking in Colorado a couple of years ago and came across a black bear. He's was about 40 feet away but wasn't a threat. It was really cool to see
Hawaiian monk seals, are as friendly as a normal wild seal. It's wild but will not hunt people. People have to be warned to stay away from them and especially to keep their dogs away since they are a danger to both parties. Usually when they pop up on beaches we just put cones up and signs so people know not to get near. Getting too close, let alone touching one could land you in legal trouble, not to mention the locals getting pissed at you. Very loved and very protected.
5:02 "why am I so stupid bro" - Adam Couser 2024 😂😂
😂 Adam immediately owning his inner ’tard. I love it. I guess that alone deserves a patreon sub. I’ve been watching him for years, sooooo
@@KAP814legend ❤😂
As a kid, I went camping near the eel river in Humboldt County CA. My friend and I were swimming. We were on the shore and a couple of otters ran by. They were cute and terrifying at the same time lol. I remember they had a large presence for such a small animal.
Bison have a large muscular hump on their shoulders and back, smaller horns, much larger heads that are covered with fur, and live in colder climates. Buffalo lack the humps, have larger horns, smaller more cow-like heads, and live in warm/hot environments. The Cape/Water buffalo is the quintessential example of what buffalo look like.
Thank you! Nobody seems to realize that there are no buffalo in America; the bison is a different family, but you just can't convince people of that.
Now if only I can convince anyone that I really have seen a giant Madagascar pygmy hippoplatypus .😂
I just wish the narrator learned how to pronounce "archipelago" correctly..
I have been hearing that strngely inflected version on You Tube nature videos for a few years now. I had previously only heard the emphasis on the first syllable, with the lesser emphasis on the third.
The jazz radio station WCLK in Atlanta also has a few announcers who pronounce 'saxophonist' with the emphasis on the second syllable and the second o as a schwa. I can't tell if they are trying to sound sophisticated or if it is just a niche pronunciation.
It's called AI
And knee knee for nay nay. AI needs pronunciation help.
So annoying!
a bit of clarification on the otters, it's SEA otters that are the ones that you're probably thinking of. they do a lot of the horrific stuff. river otters are generally pretty chill as far as i know.
I had bats fly over my childhood home. They are so cute when wrapped up in a little blanket. Please watch vets help these little guys thrive because they can absolutely be terrifying but they can also be so so cute.
That Gator is 100% real.
Terrifying but awesome 😂
And quite common too!
When u go to Orlando, you can go visit some.
And you though sandtraps and ponds were the worst hazards on the golf course. And at the 19th Hole, you have to watch for the cougars.
Can he react to the biggest gators in America?? Because there was one that made it to 85 years old
Well, of course, you should do a video or so on horrifying spiders. We can cringe and shriek and hopefully overcome our collective fear. But, also do some videos on the little pet jumping spiders. It's fun to watch them high-five and respond to commands. Yes, that giant alligator is real. Fun video. Peace
I've woken up to a black bear sniffing and nudging my foot in the middle of the night. Had my feet to the door of my tent and only had the screen door zipped up. Woke up, looked down and from what light was outside, I could see the bear blocking the entrance to my tent sniffing my foot. I froze until it went away. Slept in the cabin the next night. Rather have that than a brown bear though. Had one of those tear through our camp and took off with a bag of chips and loaf of bread.
@@jasonnelms4556 Dammit Yogi! That's not your picnic basket.
The name Bison or Tatanka (Lakota name) are the correct names for it. A lot of Americans still call it a Buffalo, after what the French fur trapper's call it boeuf. In the 1940, 50, & 60s, most people referred to them as Buffalo.
They were mistaken for their African and Eurasian Cousins. The name of Buffalo actually persisted up until the 90's. (Boeuf is beef btw. I doubt they called it 'beef'.)
Otters are not evil, they're playful. They are still wild animals so approach carefully (and only if you must), but there's folks caring for captive otters who post regular videos about them on UA-cam. Check them out, you'll see. Not evil. At least, not generally. Finding an evil otter is like finding an un-apologetic Canadian. Can happen, but you won't find one yourself.
They're smart too. One otter at the Seattle Aquarium found a rock, hid it from the keepers, then used it to break a window on its enclosure overnight. The ground was still wet in the morning so they could see where it went.
*ahem* Justin Trudeau. Man's a tyrant. Willing to bet a lot of people in the Canadian government are also quite unapologetic. In case you're unaware, Justin Trudeau paused the bank accounts of innocent protestors. So yeah.
My house has tons of Black Widows. They are easy to avoid. They generally like to avoid people & tend to hide and build their web where a dumb human will not mess it up, If one gets on you they generally will try to abseil via web to the floor ASAP. On occasion, If I find a particularly large one. I will keep it in a jar and feed it for a few days to observe it. They are quite beautiful if you can get past the fear.
@ramonalfaro3252
Agreed. Black widows have an unnecessary bad reputation. That said, if I find one indoors, I relocate it outside. Don't want any accidental encounters with curious children or pets. Ditto rattlesnakes in the yard. Just not worth the risk to family or the snake.
"Why in the hell does he have four eyes? Oh, is that another one?" 😂😂 You crack me up Adam. Hey, don't you some Lucky Vodka Adam? Cheers!
There's a saying about bears, if you see one coming at you: If it's brown, lay down, if black, fight back. Meaning, play dead for the browns, and for black bears, make yourself appear as large as you can, and make a lot of noise. Now - I don't know if this is true, or bunk, but it's easy to remember.
I have paddle boarded in the bay for 4 years and I have seen and encountered several hundred seals. Seals use the bay as a nursery during the summer. Usually only one or two at a time come fairly close to my paddle board (4ft or more), there was a mom and a pup a few times but they stayed further away. I live in north Washington state
The bison piss grass vodka got me too. lol
Sounds like someone lost a bet.
You didn't do wolverines or grizzlies or kodiaks or polar bears or - dozens of other animal species.
Some varieties of alcohol have different species of animals in them - the Chinese have snakes, the Mexicans have worms and ants and so on.
The most dangerous animal that I encountered while I was visiting in Ireland was a drunken dude reeling out of a bar, spouting gibberish, tossing his cookies, and then falling face down in his own....
@elisekuby2009 Brown Bears are Grizzlies. Kodiaks are a sub species of the Grizzly/Brown Bear that is indigenous to the Kodiak Islands. They definitely skipped the big three, though.
I don’t mind certain species of spiders. The animals that freak me out are centipedes. Nasty venom, too many legs that have venomous barbs. I just do *NOT* want them on me.
I was living in NM and laying on my living room floor I felt something on my leg... an 8 inch Centipede TOTALLY freaked me out! I'm with you Centipedes are Alien looking!
@@spuds416 Ew yuck!🤮
@@spuds416Good Lord! 😬 😱
love your channel. I live in the midwest/south and last night had a black bear run across my driveway. 2 nights ago had two mountain lions screaming in my upper fields. 2 speckled kingsnakes help keep my mouse population under control, have 2 gray heron rookeries in trees on my creek plus red tailed hawks, bald eagles , road runners and wild turkeys in the trees. You're welcome to come check out the wildlife but I don't recommend the fall, too many Arkansas Chocolate tarantulas wandering about
If he wants to completely avoid spiders in the US, he may have to go to Nome in the winter.
Polar bears are the only bears known to actively hunt humans for food. Cute, yes, cuddly, absolutely not!
Kodiak bears are brown bears, the largest of the bear species.
Polar bears on average are both taller and heavier than Kodiaks, and the largest bear ever killed was a Polar Bear. That makes the Polar Bear the largest bear species.
While brown bears are more dangerous than black bears it is polar bears who top the danger chart.
Polar bears are the only species of bear that will actively engage in hunting humans as a readily available food source.
Black bears are easily seen as people are building in their habitats. They eat our bird food. They’re quite skittish but the female is aggressive if she has cubs to protect. I wish we put aside habitats for them that people can’t take over. They are looking for food if they come around human homes usually looking in garbage or bird feeders. I had one take a nap in my back yard. He eventually went away. Poor little guy.
The difference between Brown & Black bears. Alaska's largest State Park literally has a sign at the entrance.... "Wear small bells on your boots so the Black Bears know where you are & carry pepper spray to help you if you come up on one. & You can recognize Black Bear poop because it's smaller darker pellets. Brown Bear poop on the other hand, is larger, more like a cow pie. & It's full of bells & smells like pepper."
Gators are interesting animals, their bite is strong enough to crush a turtle shell, but it’s fairly easy to hold their jaws closed. They can climb fences, but are generally actually pretty docile. Just don’t act like a fish, and you’ll be fine. That said, if you ever come to Florida, and you see a pond, River, lake, canal, or large ditch, keep in mind there’s at least one gator in it, and it’s probably bigger than you think it is. There was a story a while back about a guy who was trying to break into houses, but jumped in a pond to hide when the cops were called, and they apparently heard yelling but couldn’t locate the source. Turns out they found most of that guy a few days later, his body was being guarded by a 9 foot long alligator
Karma quite fast 😂
@LighthawkTenchi Sounds about right. Gators are ambush predators and definitely not above carrion or easy meals.
I grew up around Gators and for the most part, we co existed with them growing up as a kid. We leave them alone and they left us alone, now with all of the tourist in Florida and idiots feeding them, they are no longer afraid of us and more incidents will happen. As for Gatorade, It was developed by the University of Florida and their mascot is the Alligator and teams are called The Gators. I do attend the Florida - Georgia football games every year.
Like grandma always used to say. Keep knocking on the devils door he's bound to answer eventually.
I actually had someone who lived a couple streets away from my house in the rural mountains who started feeding the bears and the next thing I knew I had a 500 lb black bear on my porch while I was sitting right inside the wide open window so we were eye to eye about 4 feet apart! That was actually terrifying
I actually had someone who lived a couple streets away from my house in the rural mountains who started feeding the bears and the next thing I knew I had a 500 lb black bear on my porch while I was sitting right inside the wide open window so we were eye to eye about 4 feet apart! That was actually terrifying! We actually do have a bear hunting season because we have a LOT of bears but it’s illegal to kill one otherwise so when the bear who was on my porch damaged the truck of the people who were feeding it and dragged their deep freezer out of their garage and into the woods they had the bear declared a “nuisance” and Fish and Wildlife came out and “put it down” which pissed off a lot of us but that’s how I know that he was 500 lbs
@christypriest30 They literally set that bear up. Should have been them dealt with. Hopefully the meat went to the food bank.
sea otters have evil tendencies lol, river otters are chill af
I dunno which was the weirder thing to hear -- that people are drinking buffalo piss in their vodka, or Adam thinks otters are evil.
Have you watched casual geographic? otters are evil. Especially the 6 foot long ones.
Tbf if you know about otters you’d understand why he thinks that too. Of course they aren’t evil, you can’t hold wild animals to human standards, but they can be pretty violent
The vodka thing caught me off guard as well. LOL
You gave such a uniquely cool back drop. With that wood gate thing, being dark and out of focus. Almost looks like your outside. Pretty rad man.
It bugs the hell out of me how that guy pronounces archipelago
05:50. Very real gator. On a golf course. You get a much better sense of their size when they stand up.
Nobody asked to play through.
It's sort of odd that some people can become acclimated to things which would shock others, and not even think about it.
I live in a town that has varied from -20° to 112° (-29°C to 44°C). We get surface winds gusting to 80mph (128kph).
We have bears, cougars, badgers, rattlesnakes, poisonous spiders, scorpions, tarantulas, skunks, and even porcupines (I never knew they could be found in the desert).
Bighorn sheep and antelope can occasionally come to the edge of town. And this general area is so thick with wild mustangs that they are a nuisance to homeowners and a hazard on the roads.
And it doesn't even seem remarkable when you are accustomed to it. I wonder at people's reactions when I casually mention I had to remove a 6' bullsnake from the office because he was getting under foot, or stop on the road to put a 3,000 lb bull back into the field and close the gate.
Edit: it was 100° today, followed by lightning and some brief wind gusts around 40-50mph. Now I'm sitting on the porch with a glass of wine, listening to the coyotes singing.
( 5:01 ) what he failed to mention is that gators and crocs can GALLOP. Yes, they can go fast when they need to. Just look up videos of them galloping.
I live in rural Virginia at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. We have deer, turkey, bobcats, coyotes, and black bears (amongst many other critters) around our house. Whilst we do not ever feed them, several black bear frequent our compost heap and enjoy the berries growing wild on our fence rows. "Boris" is our alpha black bear. He wonders by about every 6 months or so. I always know when he's around because not only can I small his musky odor, but none of my dogs are willing to venture into into our fully fenced back yard until all the lights are on and I go with them. They're more than happy to defend us against everything else that ventures around, but even our male Shar Pei wants nothing to do with Boris.
5:13 Yes.
There was a Florida university sports team called the "The Gators". The coach wanted to give his team an energy drink to help them recover and hydrate. So he commissioned some scientists to came up with the Gatorade formula and patented it. It's literally the drink that "aided the gators" so he named it "Gatorade"
Black bears are nearly everywhere. I live in a medium sized city on the East Coast. Black bears have been sighted in suburban backyards just a few miles from the city. Last month, a doorbell camera recorded one on a suburban back porch.
I saw a monk seal when I was in Hawaii last month. He hauled out on Waikiki beach. He snuck up behind me lol but wasn't aggressive. But everyone was respectful and gave him space
0:48 25-30 years is not short at all for a wild animal.
"Biggest spiders in America." Yep, that was the tarantula. We had several as pets, no joke.
5:39 I absolutly is real. will never forget the feeling I had when golfing in South Carolina getting ready to tee off and then seeing a gator about 10 feet away from me. crawling up on the tee box
When I went to the big island Hawaii 20 years ago, on the way to the Volcano National Park, I saw a bunch of Nenes along the side of the road.
What’s even more wild is that gator states like chicken and is super good!
9:19 because we also live in a world where people drink an expensive coffee whose beans were pooped out by a cat xD
Prairie dogs are like chipmunks with thinner mouselike tails but instead of being in trees they burrow underground in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and that region. They live in prairies and create tunnel systems, they stand on their hind legs to scout around for predators to alert their group.
I used to work at a hotel in a rural area, and I always told guests at check-in never to put their trash outside of their room and to call the desk so one of us could pick it up. At least once a week, I would get a panicked phone call about a black bear digging through the trash they left outside their room. So, these folks never intentionally fed the bears, but the bears learned where to go for food on a Saturday night (after hitting up the dumpster behind the Mexican restaurant next to us).
Random fact: Wolf spiders are used as a natural pesticide in some cranberry fields/bogs. Farmers flood the field/bog and the ripe cranberries float to the top. Workers have to wade into the water to help harvest, and since the spiders want to survive, it's almost guaranteed for the workers to be swarmed and/or bitten by the arachnids. They aren't poisonous, but their bite is painful.
Dude I haven’t seen your stuff in forever, always liked it, good to see you’re doing well!
9:00 don't worry, this is the first time I have ever heard of this too.
I went to visit some caves last year on vacation. The guide told us there was only 1 bat inhabiting the cave and it was the size of a chicken nugget. We saw him hanging from the top of the cave. I thought that was cool!!!!
Lived in Naples, Florida my whole life and some of the gators I’ve seen have been MASSIVE. There’s hundreds on the golf course I work at and we had a 15 footer a couple years ago that had to be removed. They are unreal😂
Prairie Dogs are a type of Marmot that build tunnel networks in the prairie
lol. we had a prairie dog as a pet when i was a kid. dad brought him home when he was wounded somehow. we let him go after a while when he was better. hope wally had a good life. :)
We went on vacation once. The roadside picnic area we stopped at had caution signs warning about alligators. Nothing like eating your sandwich while an alligator stares at you in the water.
Gatorade is very loosely connected to the American Alligator. The University of Florida's mascot is the Gators. Somebody created a drink to help them in their football games and this Gator Aide helped them win the National Championship.
3:57 the black bear can tear you up pretty good and climbs. You can scare those off. Brown bear you curl up in a ball, and pray and bear looses interest.
Alligators are actually the most chill of crocodillians, still wouldn't go near one without an expert though.
When I was a kid my class went to a zoo that had otters. I was at a different exhibit at the time but later I heard one of my friends had been looking down into the otter exhibit when one jumped up and bit his nose.
You should do a reaction to local American news interviews. There's some very funny stuff on the news.
I do wonder who was the first person to be like, "Hey, look. A bison just pissed on that grass. I'm going to eat that grass."
Recently had a bad spider bite. Back of leg just above where the achilles blends in. Raised circle size of dime. Hole in center that got deeper for a few days. I won't describe anything else other than it was on fire and itchy for about 2 weeks. Closed up in five or so. Still looks ornery. I agree, keep em.
lol Adam hating bats reminds me of Ace Ventura. "Shikaka!"
Hahahahah
That alligator is real. Having been born and raised in South Florida, the largest I have ever seen was about 20 ft long and nearly 1K pounds. It looked like a dinosaur. BTW, apparently, there are now Monitor Lizards in Florida as well. An invasive species, like Iguanas and Pythons which now make themselves at home in the Everglades swamps. All of that to go with roaches than can fly and grow two inches long and mosquitoes that carry Dengue fever. Oh, and the occasional shark and Man O'War jellyfish in the gulf. Fun place.
Prairie dogs are herbivorous burrowing ground squirrels native to the grasslands of North America. There are five recognized species of prairie dog: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs. Prairie dogs are very affectionate creatures.
Yes, definitely do one on spiders. I'm sure your reactions would be gold.
And by the way, bro, I feel the same as you about those
One time i was fishing on the opposite side of the beach of this local pond. I heard something behind me and about ten feet away i saw a black blur. I immediately assumed it was a black bear and went back to the other side
That 17ft Gator was on a golf course, in Florida I believe. It was on the news, and there are a ton of pics of him
I must admit, I thought I knew a lot about bison but I've never heard of that "Lucky vodka" lol
Oh yeah and gators can climb fences. They use their tails for a boost and just kind of flop over. There's videos of it on UA-cam
From near central Alabama, Spiders creep me out, more worried about Wolves, Bear, Bobcat, and a few Snake Species, when driving Deer can be a concern around here! Interesting Channel still watching this Video...
Luckily for everyone gators are pretty chill. Imagine if they were like Komodo Dragons (which top out at 10 feet) and just attack on sight.
Check out videos of that scientist swimming with a big group of them.
I lived in Baton Rouge for a year. A neighbor had a baby gator, Boudreaux. He was sweet, never bit, hung out in the pool with us. He would sink to the bottom and sit for a very long time.
A few days ago, here in New Mexico, a family was vacationing at their mountain cabin and one of their sons was on the couch watching TV when a black bear broke in and attacked the boy. (Scratches mostly, he’ll be fine.)