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  • Опубліковано 13 жов 2022
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  • @animalogic
    @animalogic  Рік тому +58

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  • @unclescar5616
    @unclescar5616 Рік тому +489

    Mabuyu is what we call them in Zambia. The site of one these trees has actually been preserved a heritage site (Ing'ombe Ilede) because it served as a 16th century trading post in South Central Africa.

  • @theartofnina
    @theartofnina Рік тому +183

    As a kid I was genuinely terrified of these trees cause of the passage in The Little Prince where it says they could cause a planet to split apart

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 Рік тому +152

    Baobabs are succulents!?
    This is the first time I have ever heard this.
    Thank you for increasing my knowledge.

    • @siggyvdz8213
      @siggyvdz8213 Рік тому +17

      Well after verification, Baobab are Malvacea so not a succulent at all .... but a very tree-stuff plant. I dont know why they said that thus :(

    • @siggyvdz8213
      @siggyvdz8213 Рік тому +16

      Baobab are in the same family of cacao tree, durian, hibiscus and linden !!!

    • @sandra-jones
      @sandra-jones Рік тому +6

      @@siggyvdz8213 what is tree-stuff?

    • @siggyvdz8213
      @siggyvdz8213 Рік тому

      @Lilith google is your friend my dear xD

    • @bugglemagnum6213
      @bugglemagnum6213 11 місяців тому

      ​@@sandra-joneswood

  • @just_pluto_
    @just_pluto_ Рік тому +319

    BAOBABS!!! FINALLY GETTING THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVES

    • @lebronjamesharden3958
      @lebronjamesharden3958 Рік тому +6

      WHY DO THEY DESERVE IT?? AND WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING??

    • @Svensk7119
      @Svensk7119 Рік тому +2

      @@lebronjamesharden3958 Love your reply! I burst out laughing.

  • @MiracleWinchester
    @MiracleWinchester Рік тому +57

    I've first learned about Baobab through Little Prince. Decades later, I met my first Baobab. Believe me I hugged that tree.

  • @sankimalu
    @sankimalu Рік тому +88

    They sold these seeds outside my school for a couple of shillings when I was younger! Delicious! If I knew they would be marketed as a superfood 30 years later, I would have planted a few of them back then…

    • @sillycheese301
      @sillycheese301 Рік тому +2

      Shillings? How old are you??

    • @okal
      @okal Рік тому +14

      @@sillycheese301 The shilling is the name of multiple currencies to this day. The poster probably grew up in a country where it is.

    • @boarbot7829
      @boarbot7829 Рік тому +2

      @@sillycheese301 in the uk, not that old!

    • @HonorTrees
      @HonorTrees Рік тому +4

      I have about 30 I planted 5 years ago digitata variety.

    • @Kualinar
      @Kualinar Рік тому

      Those so called «superfood» are mostly marketing ploys based almost entirely on pretend «benefits» that are attributed to their consumption. Almost as baseless as the use of rhinoceros horn to cure impotency or as some panacea medicament.

  • @yomeiko
    @yomeiko Рік тому +36

    I remember first reading about these trees on The Little Prince by Antonie de Saint Exupéry, where the prince needs a goat to eat the baobab sprouts to keep them from completely covering his little planet.

  • @anishaditya4400
    @anishaditya4400 Рік тому +137

    Absolutely prehistoric looking trees

  • @justgotserious9124
    @justgotserious9124 Рік тому +43

    Baobab has become my favourite tree since I was 7 when I first read Le Petit Prince. Contrary to their representation on the novel, Baobabs are majestic trees that deserve the title “The Tree of Life.”

    • @catedoge3206
      @catedoge3206 2 місяці тому +1

      i read them in a "I wonder why" book. real interesting fellers!

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 Рік тому +22

    I know about these trees because in _Madagascar,_ King Julien's throne room is in a plane crashed atop a massive one.

  • @ProjectPhysX
    @ProjectPhysX Рік тому +51

    I didn't know these even existed. I'm only very familiar with the local plants in Europe. Thanks for educating me on flora on other continents!

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 Рік тому +6

      Other countries and continents can have some incredible, almost unbelievable plants. Another channel to watch for unusual plant info is Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t. His videos tend to be longer and more vulgar (he’s a Chicago Italian with the accent and attitude to match), but he has some really cool ones from South Africa, Chile, Western Australia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, New Caledonia, and several US states.

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH Рік тому +39

    I had no idea they were succulents!

    • @biohazard737
      @biohazard737 Рік тому +3

      Yet they still call it a tree!

    • @Arthion
      @Arthion Рік тому +10

      @@biohazard737 People call tomatoes vegetables and bananas fruit when they're both technically berries. People will call things whatever based on how they look like or what they're used for no matter the real scientific truth.

    • @biohazard737
      @biohazard737 Рік тому +7

      @@Arthion i just learned a banana is a berry lol

  • @mersito3955
    @mersito3955 Рік тому +23

    The taste of the Baobab fruit really surprised me. It tasted like a citrus jogurt for me. It would definitvely become a popular ice cream or candy flavor if it was better kwown.

    • @montblancnoland4034
      @montblancnoland4034 Рік тому +2

      Don't make it hot next thing we know we gunna have yuppie tree huggers while this tree out of existence and complain later

  • @tylerjones1574
    @tylerjones1574 Рік тому +173

    Doesn't it seem time for Tasha to get her own channel for plants. I'd watch both and we'd all get more of what we want.

    • @LorgeDelta
      @LorgeDelta Рік тому +47

      I agree, but it's probably for branding and getting her content seen by more people.

    • @basedarsonist
      @basedarsonist Рік тому +8

      Plantologic?

    • @rinzo2009
      @rinzo2009 Рік тому +14

      @@LorgeDelta I hate to burst the bubble, but Tasha already has her own channel.

    • @Sinaeb
      @Sinaeb Рік тому

      I thought this was love nature

    • @LorgeDelta
      @LorgeDelta Рік тому +3

      @@rinzo2009 Oh no, my bubble is so burst.

  • @seanc6128
    @seanc6128 Рік тому +16

    They look so dang cool.

  • @brendanhoffmann8402
    @brendanhoffmann8402 Рік тому +28

    Human's likely transported Baobab seeds to Australia as a food source but some must have germinated. The indigenous story of how the baobab came to be is also the same in Australia as in Madagascar and Africa.

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 Рік тому +2

      If it was brought with the Australian Aboriginals on their track it would have appeared elsewhere on their way there. I think it was a far more recent introduction still ancients probably but not 70,000 years ago ancient.
      1. Marooned East African sailors from the height of the Swahalli coast.
      2. Marooned Tamil sailors on their way back from Swahalli coast.
      3. Marooned Malagasy sailors blown waaaaaaaaaaaaay oof course.

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 Рік тому +1

      @@ANTSEMUT1 The only people I know who travel to Australia are the Malaysians/indonesians in a Sea Cucumber trade. I forgot what Island, and looked it up right now. Sulawesi. Of people who most likely visited that has Baobob trees would be Arabs. But My belief, with such long lived trees, none of these explanations are sufficient.

  • @kiri101
    @kiri101 Рік тому +11

    Weird Explorer did a fantastic video where he travelled to the Avenue of the Baobob you showed here in a few stills, his channel revolves around exotic (to us) fruits. Great to hear from Tasha as always, long live Floralogic!

  • @willowdelosrios4326
    @willowdelosrios4326 Рік тому +9

    I first read about Baobab trees in the novel “The Little Prince”, but I don’t think I’ve seen any photos of them until this video.

  • @josesalinasmorales5332
    @josesalinasmorales5332 Рік тому +16

    The baobab is also featured in Disney's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨.

  • @melaneykk5986
    @melaneykk5986 Рік тому +13

    I would love to see Y'all do either the Florida Cypress tree, the Jacaranda, or the Banyans. I truly love all these trees. I missed one, the Mangrove.

  • @victoriajeanleslie3116
    @victoriajeanleslie3116 Рік тому +4

    We have small ones here in Queensland Australia. Somewhere around 2-3 metres tall, we call them bottle trees because of their shape and ability to sequester water.

  • @0n1x
    @0n1x Рік тому +7

    U should do Dragon blood Trees(Dracaena cinnabari), they're amazing

  • @applegal3058
    @applegal3058 Рік тому +9

    Weird Fruit Explorer, Jared, has a great video series on Madagascar. I'd recommend searching that out if you'd like to see more plants and fruits, including the Baobab.

  • @malcolmmutambanengwe3453
    @malcolmmutambanengwe3453 Рік тому +5

    Beautiful tribute to the mighty baobab, you've got a new subscriber. ☺

  • @strandloper
    @strandloper Рік тому +5

    The accepted pronunciation is bay-o-bab; I've never heard it pronounced bow-bub before. In Afrikaans, they are known as kremetart because the powder in the pods is a natural form of cream of tartar.

    • @peggedyourdad9560
      @peggedyourdad9560 Рік тому +1

      The pronunciation could be an accent thing, sometimes it happens.

    • @Phyto.
      @Phyto. Рік тому

      Fellow Afrikaner here, I have only heard it pronounced "bow-bub" - the "bay-o-bab" seems to be limited to American/European pronunciation.

  • @Allyourbase1990
    @Allyourbase1990 13 днів тому

    Africa has some of the coolest scenery in the world . Just the greet alone seem so ancient looking . It’s really cool

  • @Sienisota
    @Sienisota Рік тому +4

    I had never even heard of these. Amazing plants. Like out of some fantasy book. I really hope we don't destroy them.

  • @abebrosiczki637
    @abebrosiczki637 Рік тому +12

    These are legit so unique unlike any other. 👏 Though I like the Socotra dragon tree more, make a video on it, please! 🌳🇾🇪

  • @taOGrimace
    @taOGrimace Рік тому +3

    This tree got style
    This tree got grace
    This tree will help you
    re-hydrate!

  • @blazethecat363
    @blazethecat363 Рік тому +2

    this tree has also inspired the trees you see in Central Thanalan in FFXIV.

  • @theclipreaper
    @theclipreaper Рік тому +5

    I've been trying to grow one for years, damn thing always develops spider mites!

  • @CaraTheStrange
    @CaraTheStrange Рік тому +2

    Tasha The Amazon is smart, charismatic and beautiful!

  • @philipozminkowski8200
    @philipozminkowski8200 Рік тому +9

    I'd love for you to talk about ferns and how crazy they are.

  • @hemanthk4075
    @hemanthk4075 Рік тому +4

    One of the iconic tree species on the planet, Thanks for the video 🙌

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH Рік тому +9

    I love these trees!
    Why didn't your writer suggest Bao-bye 🤨???

  • @jellybubbles
    @jellybubbles Рік тому +4

    Thought this was going to be a giant mushroom. So educational and glad I found this channel.

  • @scoopam_art
    @scoopam_art Рік тому +5

    Another floralogic episode yayyyyyy

  • @baobabchildrenfoundation
    @baobabchildrenfoundation 6 місяців тому

    Reading all these beautiful comments warms my heart …. sending everyone love & sunshine 💓☀️

  • @TheXimena711
    @TheXimena711 Рік тому +2

    I had no idea you make music, Tasha! Your style is 100% something I vibe with 🎶

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
    @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Рік тому +3

    Can we talk about algae, puffball mushrooms, moss, & kelp forests? Any of those 4 topics would groove me. Please & thanks!

  • @jeffgegos7333
    @jeffgegos7333 Рік тому +1

    Got a relative of this called marsh mallow that people used to make marsh mallows. Others relatives are cocoa, cotton, durian, money tree, kola nut which they used in Coca Cola and hibiscus and roselle.

  • @siggyvdz8213
    @siggyvdz8213 Рік тому +2

    So, after verification Baobab are not succulents at all. That a huge mistake between a type of plants and one of the baobab caracterists, which is only an evolutionnary convergence.
    Baobab are from the Malvacea family, like cacao tree, hibiscus and linden.

  • @fabricdragon
    @fabricdragon Рік тому +1

    baobobs .. the first time i heard about them was in "The Little Prince"! i didnt know much about them though- thats neat!

  • @jasonburke1074
    @jasonburke1074 Рік тому

    -I call That a Huge F-ing tragedy
    This quote gives me life

  • @caitsidhe4560
    @caitsidhe4560 5 місяців тому +1

    I call that, I call that, I call that.

  • @famineinfernal1
    @famineinfernal1 Рік тому +3

    I would love to one day see an episode on the Ceiba from Puerto Rico.

  • @jpbaley2016
    @jpbaley2016 Рік тому +2

    I’m surprised you didn’t reference that they are also referred to as the upside down tree because their crown of branches resemble a root system.

  • @MonteCarey
    @MonteCarey Рік тому +1

    I think I am more impressed by your unbelievably wonderful art ability!!! You rock the world of art & should be on the list of the better artists out there today! Thanks for the beauty, my friend!

  • @DiabolicGoth
    @DiabolicGoth 4 місяці тому

    The guy at the end "no~oooh" 😂

  • @rhoff523
    @rhoff523 Рік тому +4

    Ilove your shows, including this one. That being said I never thought I would be correcting you. Flowering plants date to 130 million y.a.. Perhaps you meant 20 mya? I would think it later than the Mesozoic based on its pollinators but suppose it could be Cretaceous?

  • @anthonymadhvani5593
    @anthonymadhvani5593 Рік тому +1

    Just because they're succulents doesn't mean they're not trees. If we're going by the common definition of perennial + branching + woody. Love your videos btw!

  • @nikovanegas2735
    @nikovanegas2735 Рік тому +1

    That lilacish-blueish-pinkish hair color looks amazing on you Tasha 😍

  • @Kalithrasis
    @Kalithrasis Рік тому +1

    I get why you folks wrote the script to say that they "aren't trees but succulents" because it has "punch" to it, but it can be both a tree and a succulent, considering "tree" isn't a scientific classification at all (and neither is "succulent"). Even having fibrous wood isn't enough to say they aren't trees considering Ochroma pyramidale, or the Balsa wood tree has wood so soft that it is spongy, able to be easily scratched away with a finger nail and is used to make break away props.

  • @Gurtington
    @Gurtington Рік тому

    I love finding WILD and other worldy plants and animals that ACTUALLY exist on earth TODAY. It really makes earth that much more interesting.

  • @hg6996
    @hg6996 8 місяців тому

    This year I was able to grow three Baobab plants out of seeds which I brought 19 years ago from Senegal.
    Amazing plant ☘️

  • @joshuaphillips3999
    @joshuaphillips3999 Рік тому +3

    wouldn't this be an ideal plant for re greening efforts in areas affected by monsoon weather cycles? if it can provide sustainable wood, store water and produce fruit in the dry season then it's offering two major solutions to drought

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 Рік тому +2

    they are also closely related to silk cotton trees too

  • @fergarza4032
    @fergarza4032 Рік тому +1

    i would love to see the Jaranda. When they are blooming it's one of the most beautiful sights in my city

  • @shame2189
    @shame2189 Рік тому

    I love the end credit blooper 😂

  • @deepjyotibhowmik3845
    @deepjyotibhowmik3845 Рік тому +2

    Thank you as always for making me and many nature lovers aware of the unique species mother nature is proudly to have!!❤️🍀🌏

  • @stanleyhyde8529
    @stanleyhyde8529 Рік тому +2

    Humans really are an amazing species. Absolutely nothing is sacred. Nevermind the cultural significance of these plants, the predate first fish to put it's head above water for a breath of air. Huge groups of our population have no problem cutting and burning it all down in the name of "progress."

  • @basalt8151
    @basalt8151 Рік тому +1

    Never forget the original hydro homies..

  • @chadgarrett6947
    @chadgarrett6947 Рік тому +7

    Fartin tragedy indeed! These things stuck around for THIS LONG, and us humans are going to be the things to end it. Sadly like so many things on this planet. Heres to hoping they resurge!

  • @f.d.c.willard8768
    @f.d.c.willard8768 Рік тому +2

    I'd like to see you cover Kudzu in the future. Love your show! :)

  • @ryanguenette3835
    @ryanguenette3835 Рік тому

    I love watching these mini docs that are clearly marketed towards kids. The only difference between docs on netflix, and the ones marketed towards kids is that the kids docs use random shit like "school bus" or "elephant" as a metric.

  • @homosapien5684
    @homosapien5684 Рік тому +1

    She looks like she's made of CGI. WTF IS SO PRETTY?

  • @dancreyes
    @dancreyes Рік тому +1

    Take a shot everytime she says "I call that..." and think the trees can talk to you by the end of the video.

  • @JustSomeDude42
    @JustSomeDude42 Рік тому +1

    Ah yes, the moose, my favorite unit of measurement.

  • @zerafina6623
    @zerafina6623 Рік тому

    This tree looks like out from a fantasy world. Hope it would be protected forever

  • @pheebs887
    @pheebs887 Рік тому +3

    Can we talk about why hardware stores sell spray painted aloes and hot glue fake flowers onto cacti?

  • @alfred_philip
    @alfred_philip Рік тому

    We call in Kuka, here in Northern Nigeria, The dried leaves are ground up into a powder and used to make a kind of stew

  • @The-three-eyed-Prophet
    @The-three-eyed-Prophet 4 місяці тому +1

    im 100% Convinced that australien baobabs are so geneticaly similiar to african ones is that early ariving people that we now know as aborigines broght baobab seeds with them and those are probably not the only seeds they brought with them ...

  • @sacrom5398
    @sacrom5398 Рік тому +3

    So they made the mystical wise tree in real life? That’s crazy

  • @joeyAP200k
    @joeyAP200k Рік тому

    I wanna hug one weirdly enough

  • @pixie7349
    @pixie7349 Рік тому +2

    Your hair is so beautiful! I love the color you look like a faerie! 💜

  • @victorb5
    @victorb5 Рік тому

    So cool, pretty amazing that it's actually a succulent!

  • @blankx15
    @blankx15 Рік тому +4

    Is it legal to plant in any country?

    • @oranjmusemeyer968
      @oranjmusemeyer968 Рік тому

      The problem really is environment, it tolerate cold weather, or excessive heat... plus the grow very slowly.

  • @ebonyenchantress3471
    @ebonyenchantress3471 Рік тому +3

    It’s so sad to know everything is going extinct , how is 97% of its habitat gone already

  • @gamegod6859
    @gamegod6859 Рік тому +5

    wait bowlo-bub? not bae-o-bab?

    • @dexterlohler9473
      @dexterlohler9473 Рік тому +1

      Yup had me tweaking when I heard her pronounce it 😂

  • @jliciousdiwikenyy
    @jliciousdiwikenyy Рік тому +1

    I love them😄 it's one of my favourite fruits here in Angola.

  • @talscorner3696
    @talscorner3696 Рік тому

    I love Tasha's choice of colours!

  • @The-three-eyed-Prophet
    @The-three-eyed-Prophet 4 місяці тому +1

    we need to save, preserve and plant those trees i want to see a hughe baobab forest in my life time !!! ...

  • @karthik7361
    @karthik7361 Рік тому

    Baobabs:- A.k.a giant succulents with huge water storing stems

  • @Jaycobb07
    @Jaycobb07 Рік тому

    damn imagine being that one guy that included the phrase "hydro homies" in his comment and seeing that it's in the title of the video lol

  • @iodinev
    @iodinev Рік тому +2

    I love your style!

  • @neelcashyap7879
    @neelcashyap7879 Рік тому +1

    Trees on Mars would look like this, I guess....

  • @morganmarshall450
    @morganmarshall450 Рік тому

    Great episode!

  • @iaindavis4417
    @iaindavis4417 Рік тому +2

    Looks like the Australian bottle tree

  • @albertines4827
    @albertines4827 Рік тому +7

    Growing up in perth (boorloo), australia, I've always heard these called boab trees. Pronounced Bo-Ab. I found this super interesting and learnt a lot.
    Thank you, I love tashas plant pieces!

  • @gumonthepants
    @gumonthepants 5 місяців тому

    We've got a few here in Hawaii on Oahu In a botanical garden in Honolulu. This particular botanical garden has a collection of all kinds of interesting trees, Mostly palms.

  • @lokiiago_x0x
    @lokiiago_x0x Рік тому

    Awesome work 💜

  • @emmanuelweinman9673
    @emmanuelweinman9673 Рік тому +1

    I love these trees and I love your hair! ❤

  • @rcane6842
    @rcane6842 Рік тому +1

    3:46 what about its roots? Does it grow horizontally, or vertically in general? And average span/depth of it? Question is related to spacing of baobab trees

  • @romella_karmey
    @romella_karmey Рік тому +1

    That looks like a futuristic tree.

  • @kimbratton9620
    @kimbratton9620 Рік тому

    Wow amazing plant!

  • @WrinkleFitzGerald
    @WrinkleFitzGerald Рік тому

    You’re telling me that 97% of Madagascar Forrest is gone? Yea okay.

  • @leod2303
    @leod2303 Рік тому +1

    There are trees like this in Brazil specifically in NorthWest Bahia. It could be a similar species. Here it is called Barriguda

  • @twallace6262
    @twallace6262 Рік тому +3

    I'd like to learn more about algae and sea plants 🌿

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Рік тому

    Baobabs are featured in the classic novel The Little Prince.