True Facts: Five Freaky Eels

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  • @zefrank
    @zefrank  5 місяців тому +291

    Go to imprintapp.com/Ze_Frank_LIB_1 to get a 7-day Free Trial and 20% off an annual membership! Try it! It's great.

    • @zuxta
      @zuxta 5 місяців тому +13

      Balls

    • @denifnaf5874
      @denifnaf5874 5 місяців тому +2

      Fun fact: Morays can bite off a human finger

    • @TheGentleTotoro
      @TheGentleTotoro 5 місяців тому +2

      you re the only youtuber I insta watch when a new video is released

    • @Vicus_of_Utrecht
      @Vicus_of_Utrecht 5 місяців тому +1

      I am a meat popsicle

    • @corrinsweet758
      @corrinsweet758 5 місяців тому +3

      Crossgates mall? Your not from Albany N.Y are you?

  • @greg6097
    @greg6097 5 місяців тому +1024

    "When 2 eels are fighting, it's hard to tell who's a' winning, and who's a' knot!"
    Man, I love True Facts!

    • @jaybingham3711
      @jaybingham3711 5 місяців тому +8

      Ze always goes hard with the dad jokes. Which we of course thoroughly enjoy. 😁

    • @kaprkapr
      @kaprkapr 4 місяці тому +4

      I’ll just come right out and admit that I missed the pun until this comment. Really really makes me want to go back and see what else I missed in his videos!

    • @Kamala-tm3ys
      @Kamala-tm3ys Місяць тому +2

      MEEEEEE toooo

  • @pyalot
    @pyalot 5 місяців тому +306

    „Ribbon eel is an ambush hunter“
    Prey casually swims away in no particular hurry being ambushed.

  • @pianocat254
    @pianocat254 5 місяців тому +7771

    When the jaws open wide, and there's more jaws inside, that's a moray

  • @DanGamingFan2406
    @DanGamingFan2406 5 місяців тому +461

    "Wetzel's Pretzel. Which is the name of an eel sex position, btw." I don't know how Ze Frank keeps coming up with these hilarious lines, but I hope he never runs out.

    • @watershipup7101
      @watershipup7101 5 місяців тому +16

      "That is how the eels do... eachother"

    • @genjis5155
      @genjis5155 5 місяців тому +10

      Of course he won't run out, he's the master.

    • @thusnameddigital9397
      @thusnameddigital9397 5 місяців тому +4

      Definitely my new favorite.

    • @toppersundquist
      @toppersundquist 5 місяців тому +11

      He has Jerry for that.

    • @burninator9000
      @burninator9000 5 місяців тому +6

      I had a physics teacher named Wetzel. I now have that imprinted (ha) in my brain for his spring lecture.

  • @kaloofy3500
    @kaloofy3500 5 місяців тому +918

    Learning that some eels hunt on land has unlocked a wonderful feeling inside me that might be fear but also awe

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 5 місяців тому +39

      That is definitely fear and might also be awe.
      Fixed it

    • @canoa223
      @canoa223 5 місяців тому +43

      At any giving moment there's an eel behind you

    • @toryumau6798
      @toryumau6798 5 місяців тому +9

      ​@@canoa223 ... Statistically accurate. >):^]

    • @TK-ij2xi
      @TK-ij2xi 5 місяців тому +8

      Mine is fear. Definitely fear.

    • @Thomas-hx3pr
      @Thomas-hx3pr 5 місяців тому +14

      It’s a new entry in the mental checklist of “is that a snake ooooor….?”

  • @Strawberrymilkdrink
    @Strawberrymilkdrink 5 місяців тому +387

    "they have to shut the dams down some have special turbines to let eels get through" this warms my heart

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 5 місяців тому +41

      * this worms my heart.

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 5 місяців тому +49

      Some dams have built fish ladders that allow fish to bypass the dam without closing and a few have 24/7 live streams here on YT from the ladder's viewing panel. Umpqua is a popular one and now is the time of year when certain salmon species are migrating so the ladder has a good amt of traffic!

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 5 місяців тому +1017

    I desperately want a buddy cop comedy about a moray eel and grouper.

    • @kitlee172
      @kitlee172 5 місяців тому +56

      That needs the 1970’s vibe music this ended on. 💃🏽🕺🏿🪩

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 5 місяців тому +41

      Harassing the angelfish

    • @fredericapanon207
      @fredericapanon207 5 місяців тому +34

      Somebody call Pixar about this.

    • @ashleyklotz3762
      @ashleyklotz3762 5 місяців тому +8

      I totally read that that as "moray eel and groper" 😂😂😂 still works!! 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Shiftyourshape
      @Shiftyourshape 5 місяців тому +9

      The sequel to finding nemo

  • @Insanabiliter_In_Linea
    @Insanabiliter_In_Linea 5 місяців тому +139

    I love how garden eels are basically just fish grass.

    • @serversurfer6169
      @serversurfer6169 3 місяці тому +1

      Hence the name. 😜

    • @Insanabiliter_In_Linea
      @Insanabiliter_In_Linea 3 місяці тому +1

      @@serversurfer6169 I'm aware lol, I'm just expressing that I think it's really neat.

    • @darkdragoness5
      @darkdragoness5 3 місяці тому +5

      Fun fact, people at one point were able to face time garden eels in a zoo

  • @flyingmako
    @flyingmako 5 місяців тому +1163

    See that fish on the reef with the two sets of teeth, that’s A Moray!
    Stick your hand in the crack and he won’t give it back, that’s A Moray!

    • @swordsmancs
      @swordsmancs 5 місяців тому +31

      What’s funny is that most fish have pharyngeal jaws, likes it’s actually pretty common since a lot of fish have that “okay now how do I get you in my belly” problem

    • @1st1anarkissed
      @1st1anarkissed 5 місяців тому +3

      Best. 🎉

    • @dpidcoe
      @dpidcoe 5 місяців тому +4

      if the jaws open wide and there's more jaws inside

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 5 місяців тому +6

      These moray "songs" never get old!

    • @gobert12
      @gobert12 5 місяців тому +3

      Or a xenomorph

  • @DanGamingFan2406
    @DanGamingFan2406 5 місяців тому +155

    "When an eel has a maw, with a second set of jaws, that's a moray"
    Or, as Ze Frank would put it. "That is how the Moray do." Thanks for the learning & laughs.

    • @watershipup7101
      @watershipup7101 5 місяців тому +5

      There's a phrase I've not heard in many years.

    • @genjis5155
      @genjis5155 5 місяців тому +2

      Very nice. I love all these song verses.

    • @garnetbird7557
      @garnetbird7557 5 місяців тому +2

      And making great videos is how the Ze Frank do.

  • @jakeedwards9770
    @jakeedwards9770 5 місяців тому +3389

    Whenever I watch Ze Frank I feel like a true int-eel-lectual.

  • @beegchunguz7425
    @beegchunguz7425 5 місяців тому +51

    Grouper: Did we just become best friends?
    Eel: YEP!

  • @serpentinious7745
    @serpentinious7745 5 місяців тому +285

    I never get tired of the "X butt ... X, but" joke 😂

    • @UGNAvalon
      @UGNAvalon 5 місяців тому +19

      Best one is still the “but scientists, sorry. Butt scientists” or something along those lines. 🤣

    • @fritzthelibrarygoblin
      @fritzthelibrarygoblin 5 місяців тому +5

      I always know it's coming, and it still gets me every single time.

    • @ferociousfeind8538
      @ferociousfeind8538 3 місяці тому

      "Butt-first orgy" was really subtle

  • @zachwilson768
    @zachwilson768 5 місяців тому +58

    4:50 and what’s crazy is that Morays and groupers are not the only pair of long and stocky fish that team up to hunt. I have seen freshwater American eels work with smallmouth bass to flush prey from underneath rocks. Interesting how certain specific interactions seem to repeat themselves in other species.

    • @pemo2676
      @pemo2676 3 місяці тому +3

      the same kind of interaction of humans and wolves at the beginning, i can imagine. slimmer, more versatile in movement, and longer-stamina humans pairing with the muscle, tracking and speed of wolves.

    • @iruns1246
      @iruns1246 3 місяці тому +1

      Also with badgers and coyotes. Very similar division of labor too. Badgers can go inside tunnels while coyotes can run better.

  • @Evelyn_Okay
    @Evelyn_Okay 5 місяців тому +693

    I had no idea eels and grouper fish developed their own language to hunt together

    • @michaeldougherty6036
      @michaeldougherty6036 5 місяців тому +74

      I think there are a few land predators that do similar things. I seem to recall coyotes and badgers will occasionally team up.

    • @indigofenix00
      @indigofenix00 5 місяців тому +114

      Also groupers and octopuses. But if the grouper doesn't want to team up, the octopus will sometimes punch them.

    • @leirawhitehart1236
      @leirawhitehart1236 5 місяців тому +9

      I had no idea that groupers could change color patterns like cuddlefish. 🤔

    • @MilotheShrike
      @MilotheShrike 5 місяців тому +18

      Their just friends going out for brunch

    • @redwitch12
      @redwitch12 5 місяців тому +37

      It's like an MMO. "Lvl 50 moray looking for grouper!"

  • @michellegore8878
    @michellegore8878 5 місяців тому +17

    Ze: "Hanging out at the Tapes and Such at the Crossgates Mall"
    Everyone from Albany: "Wait, WHAT?"

    • @Ambertrine
      @Ambertrine Місяць тому +1

      Exactly! I was like "Crossgates Mall"?!

  • @NateC983
    @NateC983 5 місяців тому +313

    "I could show you anything here." That got a good belly laugh cuz I've long contended to my wife that he(You, Mr. Zefrank) could really put anything on the screen and more than half of us watching ain't going to question it😂

    • @slwrabbits
      @slwrabbits 5 місяців тому +5

      cytology is especially confusing, though

    • @FantasyAddict95
      @FantasyAddict95 5 місяців тому +4

      ​@slwrabbits I believe it was something like a goblet cell that he had up there. I was studying to be a histotechnician up until Covid hit, shut down my college's histo program, and I ended up moving before it opened again.

  • @daryllwilson3708
    @daryllwilson3708 5 місяців тому +8

    9:51 “would normally be called stalking, but in this case- research”😂

  • @paradox7358
    @paradox7358 5 місяців тому +2035

    When an eel has a maw with a pharyngeal jaw, that's a Moray

    • @ImperialVitriol
      @ImperialVitriol 5 місяців тому +25

      Well that won best comment

    • @monicamacie1807
      @monicamacie1807 5 місяців тому +5

      😂

    • @druc02
      @druc02 5 місяців тому +14

      Congratulations on rendering the comment section redundant

    • @davidhendropurnomo2902
      @davidhendropurnomo2902 5 місяців тому +63

      If it hides in a reef and has two sets of teeth, that’s a moray

    • @thelocust619
      @thelocust619 5 місяців тому +25

      When it charges your car, and it starts to shoot sparks, that's zignagghxhm¿¿dj?!
      *FUCK PISS DAMNIT that one's not a moray, don't touch that one.*

  • @suicune690
    @suicune690 5 місяців тому +22

    Another thing about American eels: they're escape artists and can slither out of any tank they're in, even pushing the lids off. It's also impossible to hold them because they're so slippery. I do think they're handsome fellas, though and hope they can bounce back from their population crash.

  • @puttiplush
    @puttiplush 5 місяців тому +373

    The delivery on "Negligent." was superlative. I felt slapped across the face. Powerful intonation of just one word to shame all of eel-kind. Great work!

    • @xenopsychologist4943
      @xenopsychologist4943 5 місяців тому +9

      eel fins appear to have typed the above comment.

    • @catsj1767
      @catsj1767 5 місяців тому +3

      Another shame from Ultra consevatives

    • @ClanImprobable
      @ClanImprobable 5 місяців тому +1

      *cackling* Same, same!

    • @Max.Paprika
      @Max.Paprika 5 місяців тому +7

      That one word got the most sudden belly laugh from me. Perfect delivery.

    • @puttiplush
      @puttiplush 5 місяців тому +2

      @@xenopsychologist4943 Ghost Eel Fins, for after abandoning the 2000 bebbehs, we river eels face naught but death as due payment for our Negligence.

  • @cressrose
    @cressrose 5 місяців тому +11

    I will never tire of these delightful videos. The Butt/But jokes, the silly wordplay, the "Wait, Jerry, that's--" bits. And I always learn something new about this wild planet we live on! What an awesome series. Thanks for the knowledge and the joy. ^v^

  • @Tonikane
    @Tonikane 5 місяців тому +203

    Its amazing no one knew how the hell eels actually reproduced till 2022, I honestly thought we werent ever gonna find out till it turns out the damn eels go thousands of miles to their mating grounds to get it on lol. Crazy

    • @lisajean228
      @lisajean228 5 місяців тому +20

      Thank you science hippies !

    • @kehlcassidy9562
      @kehlcassidy9562 5 місяців тому +24

      ​@@lisajean228*stalkers

    • @ExtremeMadnessX
      @ExtremeMadnessX 5 місяців тому +15

      They know for decades where eels are going to reproduce. They just never see them in the moment of actually doing it.

    • @ryomaanime4563
      @ryomaanime4563 5 місяців тому +4

      Funny thing about that, christianism likes fish because we didn't see them reproduce so they looked pure

    • @Br0nto5aurus
      @Br0nto5aurus 5 місяців тому +4

      Maybe for freshwater eels, but many other species have been observed breeding, and even bred in captivity. Aquariums were breeding morays in 2014, and garden eels reproduce readily in home aquaria.

  • @many_lives4925
    @many_lives4925 5 місяців тому +13

    Whenever he starts losing it trying his best to explain these goofy things is the best part 😆😅🤣😂😁

  • @origulator
    @origulator 5 місяців тому +74

    the delivery of that "Negligent" at 10:40 was top tier

  • @nhmooytis7058
    @nhmooytis7058 5 місяців тому +18

    My housemate heard me laughing and asked what I was watching. I said a vid about eel anuses. She said “No, seriously what is so funny?” I said “Eel anuses.” She left me alone after that 😊.

    • @jjescorpiso21
      @jjescorpiso21 3 місяці тому +2

      your housemates sounds boring

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 3 місяці тому +1

      @@jjescorpiso21 yup. No imagination or sense of humor.

  • @chocolatefrenzieya
    @chocolatefrenzieya 5 місяців тому +923

    As a novice diver, I'm imagining myself cluelessly floating into this "patch of sea grass"...

    • @macaronsncheese9835
      @macaronsncheese9835 5 місяців тому +150

      You joke but like if you actually managed to get to the sargasso sea at the right time to catch eel mating season you'd probably be lauded for it, we've never seen them mate in the wild and it's only been a few months since we finally got any sort of confirmation they were going there. The whole "being in the open ocean" thing would be scary but the eel nerds would be very excited to hear what you saw.

    • @chocolatefrenzieya
      @chocolatefrenzieya 5 місяців тому +56

      @@macaronsncheese9835 AFTER I was done sprinting across the Sargasso. With flippers.

    • @Sepi-chu_loves_moths
      @Sepi-chu_loves_moths 5 місяців тому +39

      ​@@macaronsncheese9835 add to that the fact that they likely occur around 150 metres below the surface

    • @OnlyKaerius
      @OnlyKaerius 5 місяців тому +24

      @@Sepi-chu_loves_moths Yeah, not for novice divers. More like trimix rebreather divers, a very small subset of the world's divers. (I've done both individually, but not combined, yet). The dives would still have to be kinda short affairs, as decompression obligation would stack up very quickly. I'd have to check the software and build a dive profile, but I'm thinking 30 minutes on the bottom would result in a total dive time of around 4 hours, at least half of which would be spent at 3-6m/10-20', and would be on the ragged edge of how much oxygen load you can take, CNS and OTUs both.

    • @ivechang6720
      @ivechang6720 5 місяців тому +6

      Thank you all for nerding out on this subject. 💌 Love from non diver.

  • @chrismichellijr9217
    @chrismichellijr9217 5 місяців тому +52

    Bob: Hey, uh, George. You’re looking a little yellow. You good?
    George: Call me Georgia, handsome.
    Bob: 👁️👄👁️

  • @denisia1111
    @denisia1111 5 місяців тому +297

    Ah yes eels, the angry sock puppets of the sea.

    • @vincem3748
      @vincem3748 5 місяців тому +9

      Eels
      Ells is the name of the guy who founded Chipotle Mexican Grill

    • @denisia1111
      @denisia1111 5 місяців тому

      @@vincem3748 Fixed it, thanks.

    • @breemapry
      @breemapry 5 місяців тому +3

      😂😂😂😂

  • @fishdude666ify
    @fishdude666ify 5 місяців тому +9

    Moray eels always look like they just finished a joke and are waiting for the audience to laugh. "...and then the priest said "These aren't my pants!" Aaa? Aaa?"

  • @Bingo_Dingo_Dango
    @Bingo_Dingo_Dango 5 місяців тому +974

    There are few UA-camrs I get so excited to see post.

    • @andii64
      @andii64 5 місяців тому +11

      Me too! I get so excited when ze posts!

    • @adidasfan360
      @adidasfan360 5 місяців тому

      I want that character in your profile picture to sit on my IAP while I play with its snout, chin, and the mouth. I would open its mouth with my hand before sticking it in there to play with the creature's teeth. This would be most fun since it demonstrates the action of trust. At any given moment, this grey reptile-like creature could chomp my hand. If it does bite my hand then the potential injury would be entirely my fault. However, if it does not bite then that will tell me that it enjoys me playing with its tongue as much as I enjoy doing it. I picture my hand getting covered in its slobbery saliva that I could rub on my body.

    • @happynoodleboy2794
      @happynoodleboy2794 5 місяців тому +3

      How was your comment from 9 hours ago when this came out 22 minutes ago?

    • @JTvTK
      @JTvTK 5 місяців тому +10

      ​@happynoodleboy2794 probably part of being a member? idk

    • @JTvTK
      @JTvTK 5 місяців тому +2

      this is the first I've seen him since i was in college.....in 2015😭
      im glad to see he's still uploading
      i haven't even been away from UA-cam, just the first time in years since I've seen anything from zefrank & matthew santoro's channel too😂

  • @spartanhawk7637
    @spartanhawk7637 5 місяців тому +25

    "This is an excellent way to weed out the dumbest fish" had me rolling.

  • @MrLaithtayyem
    @MrLaithtayyem 5 місяців тому +449

    butt jokes never get old

    • @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz
      @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz 5 місяців тому +153

      Oh, sorry. But jokes never get old.

    • @carolshannon6449
      @carolshannon6449 5 місяців тому +4

      Au contraire, they start old, but they never die

    • @corythomas4427
      @corythomas4427 5 місяців тому +3

      You kneed to include more details.

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 5 місяців тому +3

      And ZeFrank knows that

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 5 місяців тому +5

      Anyone who _DOES_ tire of them... is *not* someone I care to be around!
      Thankfully, we're all in good company down here in Ze Frank's comment section. 🍻

  • @Arkios64
    @Arkios64 5 місяців тому +60

    Well, I definitely didn't have "Ze Frank is the first person to explain those weird blue spirit worms in the Elden Ring DLC" on my bingo card, but here we are.

  • @ObsessiveReaderLuv
    @ObsessiveReaderLuv 5 місяців тому +189

    I’m sorry, eels that HUNT ON LAND????? Why the actual hell has no one told me about this before now?????? You are doing the world a service, sir

    • @penguin44ca
      @penguin44ca 5 місяців тому +14

      I was going to say the same thing 😂 I audibly said, next to my wife who is sleeping, 'I'm sorry, what the fuck you just say?' my wife bolts upright.
      What?
      Whats the matter?
      Did you know eels hunt on land?
      She paused, realizing fairly quickly what I forgot.
      I was wearing headphones. I was actually shouting. I in fact woke up the house.
      😂😂😢

    • @TPPMac1
      @TPPMac1 5 місяців тому +5

      My property backs onto a small creek that is full of eels. In rainy weather, they're often crawling around in the yard feasting on earthworms.

    • @mohawk4759
      @mohawk4759 5 місяців тому +4

      @@TPPMac1what the fuck

    • @Smileyrat
      @Smileyrat 5 місяців тому +4

      Nowhere is safe now.

    • @djraztah2462
      @djraztah2462 5 місяців тому +2

      Some eels crawl up on land in the Pacific Islands beaches, usually after midnight

  • @TheCthultist
    @TheCthultist 5 місяців тому +4

    I missed like half the jokes in the ribbon eel section because I was just laughing too hard at their faces and their truly incredible hunting skills.

  • @selinesbeau
    @selinesbeau 5 місяців тому +87

    The hydro dam where my dad worked has an eel ladder built into it. Runs right through the structure from one side to the other.

  • @JohnLynch-b7e
    @JohnLynch-b7e Місяць тому +1

    8:54; truly loving this refreshing banter.

  • @Absolutely_Nobody
    @Absolutely_Nobody 5 місяців тому +244

    Oh, this will definitely be a clean video with no innuendos at all.

  • @TheJudiBambiPurrsParadox
    @TheJudiBambiPurrsParadox 5 місяців тому +105

    "...an excellent way to weed out the dumber fish..." 😂🤣

  • @goodun2974
    @goodun2974 5 місяців тому +5

    There was a New York band in the 1960's known as the Holy Modal Rounders; a spinoff group was the Moray Eels, and one record was titled "The Moray Eels EAT the Holy Modal Rounders". The revolving cast of members included playwright Sam Shephard and famed guitarist Jeff Skunk Baxter, later of Steely Dan and the Doobie Nrothers.

    • @brandunndrowned
      @brandunndrowned 5 місяців тому

      I've recently started listening to the Holy Modal Rounders!

  • @parkerdixon-word6295
    @parkerdixon-word6295 5 місяців тому +115

    Now O want an index of all the animals accurately described by the sentence "One day they get the gonads and that's when the trouble starts." Because I feel like it applies to a lot of invertebrates and sea creatures.

    • @slwrabbits
      @slwrabbits 5 місяців тому +1

      Plenty of vertebrates, too.

    • @UGNAvalon
      @UGNAvalon 5 місяців тому +1

      Literally every insect that goes thru metamorphosis. From cicadas to mayflies, life goes from months/years of chilling as a big bebe to suddenly having mere hours/days to find a mate. 😅

    • @lisahall6869
      @lisahall6869 4 місяці тому

      Pretty much all creations...🧐

  • @cupidwxings
    @cupidwxings Місяць тому +2

    Me and my sister went to bristol aquarium (UK) and were blessed enough to walk by the garden eels just as they were being fed a shit ton of food, it was so adorable to see them fighting and sticking out. It was probably very violent to them but rediculously cute to us lol.

  • @blueguy2128
    @blueguy2128 5 місяців тому +45

    The Grouper and Moray hunting together is the coolest thing I've seen all month

    • @johnboats9075
      @johnboats9075 5 місяців тому +5

      Gives me an idea for an 80s style cartoon villan duo.

    • @socialist-strong
      @socialist-strong 4 місяці тому +2

      Badgers and coyotes actually do something similar! Coyotes are fast enough to catch prey that runs in the open, like groupers, and badgers can follow prey through dens and holes, like eels!

  • @partituravid
    @partituravid 5 місяців тому +9

    Love this. Erudite-sounding narration, anodyne classical music, innuendo, puns, cultural references + just a whisper of a chuckle/ smirk/self-satisfaction...+ info.

    • @orchdork775
      @orchdork775 2 місяці тому

      Erudite and anodyne are words I've never heard before. That's impressive!

  • @arglebargle17
    @arglebargle17 5 місяців тому +83

    To the tune of "That's Amore": If you're feeling an eel and it's biting your heel that's a moray. If it slithers and slides as it swims through the tides, that's a moray.

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 5 місяців тому +5

      If its as cute as a dog, but the shape of a log, thats a moray.

    • @enricogattone432
      @enricogattone432 5 місяців тому

      Guys you made my day 😂

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 5 місяців тому +1

      When you comment for fun, but all the good jokes are done, that's a moray.

    • @enricogattone432
      @enricogattone432 5 місяців тому

      @@shanerooney7288 🤣🤣🤣

  • @norfolknwhey4787
    @norfolknwhey4787 5 місяців тому +3

    I’m so glad I found this channel. By far the greatest nature commentary in existence. 😂
    Then you mention Crossgates Mall?!? Some of my fondest memories are in that mall back in the early 90’s… Had an epic 4-story Macy’s with the weirdest expensive tech stuff on the top floor, and a sweet arcade. Do you remember when Dick’s was placed right above a store called “The Whizz”?! Good times.

  • @April4YHWH
    @April4YHWH 5 місяців тому +605

    "Wetzel's Pretzel which is the name of an eel sex position btw"🤣🤣🤣

    • @SuperAmyRose01
      @SuperAmyRose01 5 місяців тому +24

      Well, never look at pretzels the same ever again 😐🫥

    • @littleperson8315
      @littleperson8315 5 місяців тому +6

      idk, i think Pretzel Maker would be more apt XD

    • @April4YHWH
      @April4YHWH 5 місяців тому +3

      @@littleperson8315 just quoting what zefrank said

    • @bluegold1026
      @bluegold1026 5 місяців тому +1

      Lmao!!

    • @littleperson8315
      @littleperson8315 5 місяців тому +2

      @@April4YHWH and im adding on to it lol

  • @user-vk7cp1op9p
    @user-vk7cp1op9p 5 місяців тому +3

    Demon-possessed tonsils! You were the kind of teacher we all desired and adored as the best possible treasure a student could locate. You are the ideal!
    Your mind seems always thinking so fast that is jet propelled, leading a magical circus of thinkers, tumbling acrobats who went where ever imaginable to think faster and do more leaps chasing words, than anyone could even imagine, but children, of all ages, found it addicting, and mesmerizing to see it done with such delight, clarity, and amazement! Words are spring-loaded the way they attach to ideas, and bloom gloriously

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 5 місяців тому +52

    I think I heard somewhere that gulper eels are so adept at swallowing food that's larger than their own bodies that it's a legitimate concern it might decay inside their stomachs before it can be fully digested.

    • @deanahopkins6988
      @deanahopkins6988 5 місяців тому +6

      Gah! That is a truly horrifying thought.

    • @greg_4201
      @greg_4201 5 місяців тому +3

      I didn't know eels had legitimate concerns

    • @slwrabbits
      @slwrabbits 5 місяців тому +1

      and/or will explode out of the far too inadequate belly ...

    • @lolnamelollastname9788
      @lolnamelollastname9788 3 місяці тому +1

      😮😮 OMFG

  • @AdelekeChukule
    @AdelekeChukule 5 місяців тому +2

    I love the variety in your content. It keeps me coming back for more. Well done!

  • @awesomecronk7183
    @awesomecronk7183 5 місяців тому +31

    This is one of those channels that you love watching and you don't regret it in he slightest, but you dare not show your family

    • @goodun2974
      @goodun2974 5 місяців тому +8

      I forward the link of almost every Ze Frank video to my family, which probably says even more about them than it does about me!

  • @ModelAuroreSicard-n4j
    @ModelAuroreSicard-n4j 5 місяців тому +67

    I love how I now know Zefrank is watching the same NOAA broadcasts as me. Those NOAA commentators are pretty frickin funny, too, for a bunch of nerds with science degrees!

    • @darcieclements4880
      @darcieclements4880 5 місяців тому +5

      It's kind of necessary if you're a biologist to have sense of humor.biology is kinda dark

  • @cheezemonkeyeater
    @cheezemonkeyeater 5 місяців тому +71

    When the grouper comes by
    with a nod and a sigh
    that's a moray!

  • @mzmegazone
    @mzmegazone 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow - Crossgates Mall reference smacked me hard. I was 13 when it first opened, and within a couple of years I was biking from all the way over in Scotia, NY to Crossgates with high school friends. It has since doubled in size - the theaters used to be at one end of the mall, now they're in the middle.
    Just odd to have it pop up from Ze Frank. But now I see he's from Guilderland, and just a year younger than I am. We were probably hanging out at Crossgates at the same time. 🤣

  • @serpentinious7745
    @serpentinious7745 5 місяців тому +43

    5:45
    🎶 When an eel bites your thigh
    Then you bleed out and die
    That's - A Moray!
    Put your hand in that crack
    And you won't get it back
    That's - A Moray!
    Wheeen the jaws open wide
    And there's more jaws inside
    That's - A Moray!
    When it seems on a reef
    And has two sets of teeth
    Thaaaaat's - A Moray! 🎶

  • @sther1349
    @sther1349 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you Arlo for the amazing recommendation! Love the channel!

  • @NavajoNinja
    @NavajoNinja 5 місяців тому +20

    *life changing
    "All living things are all just tubes. Tubes with more bits and pieces." -ze

  • @dragonart6555
    @dragonart6555 5 місяців тому +1

    This is the best series ever. I'm so glad you are still making them.

  • @michaelthomas5433
    @michaelthomas5433 5 місяців тому +19

    Truly it is the Orange Julius that sets us apart from eels. The classic one, not the hippie flavours that came after.

  • @nicolediamond93
    @nicolediamond93 5 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @dylanbailey8464
    @dylanbailey8464 5 місяців тому +9

    "I could show you anything right here couldent I?" I love these videos so much

  • @iancowan3527
    @iancowan3527 5 місяців тому +1

    Bless you and yet again thank you thank you thank you ~ for giving such awesome content the unique flair of humor and education for videos of creatures and places rarely seen and rarely shown!

  • @vibeslide
    @vibeslide 5 місяців тому +13

    I've been subbed to Frank for about 10 years and this video holds the definitive record when it comes to WTF!-moments.

  • @zachwilson768
    @zachwilson768 5 місяців тому +1

    5:50. The Pharyngeal jaws on larger morays are no joke. There used to be a vid of a diver feeding a moray that he kept visiting. The eel gets too excited and rips his thumb right out. You can even hear the pop followed by a watery scream.

  • @51tetra69
    @51tetra69 5 місяців тому +17

    Ze Frank is the undisputed master of imaginative metaphors! Great stuff!

  • @joemama1691
    @joemama1691 5 місяців тому +1

    I always learn so much while having a chuckle. Love this channel and content!!

  • @TheCEOMrGrizz
    @TheCEOMrGrizz 5 місяців тому +200

    Eels, the rich man’s worm of the sea.

    • @MonoSuerte
      @MonoSuerte 5 місяців тому +19

      The poor man's dragon of the ocean

    • @justhearmeout3959
      @justhearmeout3959 5 місяців тому +11

      I read this as "Eat the rich man's worm of the sea" for some reason.
      Really need to work on my reading comprehension 😅

    • @TheCEOMrGrizz
      @TheCEOMrGrizz 5 місяців тому +9

      @@justhearmeout3959 the dyslexia is everywhere

    • @lichtsprecher
      @lichtsprecher 5 місяців тому +6

      Slenderfish

    • @yublockme
      @yublockme 5 місяців тому +2

      nice pfp

  • @DennisKeyser79
    @DennisKeyser79 5 місяців тому +2

    Kudos on the Crossgates reference. I spent many days of my youth there.

  • @GhettoSenpai
    @GhettoSenpai 5 місяців тому +29

    Finally, Ze 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂

  • @patricktetreault2693
    @patricktetreault2693 5 днів тому

    Dude...I love your videos. Informative, super well made and freakin hilarious! Can't watch at work cuz I would just bust out laughing and everyone would know I'm not really working!! Thanks!

  • @buzzsburner.8286
    @buzzsburner.8286 5 місяців тому +24

    charles darwin is watching this from the afterlife shaking his fists in the air at his misunderstanding

  • @bobbuilder3748
    @bobbuilder3748 5 місяців тому

    These are some of the best videos on UA-cam. I enjoy learning facts while being entertained.

  • @fleafrier1
    @fleafrier1 5 місяців тому +337

    When your swimming in the sea, and an eel bites your knee, that’s a Moray

    • @ArturoGarcia-zx3ov
      @ArturoGarcia-zx3ov 5 місяців тому +6

      no, thats a moroon

    • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
      @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks 5 місяців тому +13

      When your jaws open wide
      And there's more jaws inside
      That's a moray

    • @Sarika38
      @Sarika38 5 місяців тому

      😂😂😂

    • @feliciagaffney1998
      @feliciagaffney1998 5 місяців тому

      That doesn't even make any sense.

    • @ladybuggger
      @ladybuggger 5 місяців тому +4

      When you swim in a creek, and an eel bites your cheek, that's a moray

  • @cookiesyruplover
    @cookiesyruplover 5 місяців тому

    I know the title warned me about it being freaky eels but I was still surprised by just how freaky they are. I love the silly ambush predator ones and the grouper fish eel mercenaries. 'In a bind? Pay for a blind assassin who is an expert at it!'
    Wonderful video as usual! Laughing while learning is the best!

  • @Secret_Takodachi
    @Secret_Takodachi 5 місяців тому +83

    I love how I now know Zefrank is watching the same NOAA broadcasts as me. 😂 Those NOAA commentators are pretty frickin funny, too, for a bunch of nerds with science degrees! ❤❤❤

    • @4362mont
      @4362mont 5 місяців тому

      That's why Trump's first-day agenda involves getting rid of NOAA. He hates free-smart.

    • @literaterose6731
      @literaterose6731 5 місяців тому +22

      Science hippies! 🔬💖

    • @Madlymarmalade
      @Madlymarmalade 5 місяців тому +15

      I have found nerds that hold science degrees to be funnier than the general population....

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Madlymarmaladeit's easier to be funny if you actually have knowledge to joke about

    • @Lythiaren
      @Lythiaren 5 місяців тому

      The stream with the gulper eel clip was great. "What's wrong with it? Is it engorged?" "???????" [eel resets jaws] "OHHHHHH"

  • @CandeIero
    @CandeIero 5 місяців тому +3

    At 3:52 you cannot convince me that this is not just a human arm inside of a long blue sock.

  • @jasonjimerson7046
    @jasonjimerson7046 5 місяців тому +9

    "...When whose a winning and whose a not."
    Great pun, I approve!!! 😂😂😂

  • @bbnnmm9
    @bbnnmm9 26 днів тому +1

    4:18 "woah woah what was that?"
    4:23 "did you just try to eat me?"
    4:26 "yep, sorry"

  • @LisafromNOLA
    @LisafromNOLA 5 місяців тому +47

    The grouper-eel relationship is amazing! Also, the pelican eel segment made me realize I miss your clay models - they were so wholesome. Love you so much Ze! Love from New Orleans ♥️⚜️♥️⚜️♥️⚜️♥️

  • @Ezox2408
    @Ezox2408 5 місяців тому

    this has been one of my favourites in a while. Thank you Jerry

  • @bonelordkaz
    @bonelordkaz 5 місяців тому +7

    I've waited many moons for Frank to talk about eels, I was not disappointed. 10/10.

  • @FilmFightFanatic
    @FilmFightFanatic 5 місяців тому

    5:50 mouth within a mouth, basically an underwater xenomorph

  • @selbac
    @selbac 5 місяців тому +8

    "I mean, this is the sort of thing you can accomplish as a teenager if you're not distracted by reproductive organs." 😂😂😂 11:43

  • @okayipulluphoppinouttadaaf2012
    @okayipulluphoppinouttadaaf2012 5 місяців тому +1

    Im catching up on your videos after not seeing you for 2 years, still excellent videos!

  • @denisovan_the_menisovan
    @denisovan_the_menisovan 5 місяців тому +28

    You will say “What the heck?”
    There’s a mouth in its neck,
    That’s a moray!

  • @alulu7720
    @alulu7720 5 місяців тому

    One of your most amazing episode so far and that's a lot.
    Thank you so much to amaze us on our beautiful planet leFrank

  • @derhuhnerhabicht5870
    @derhuhnerhabicht5870 5 місяців тому +8

    One of the best channels UA-cam has to offer. You can really be proud of yourself ❤

  • @IzItShiny
    @IzItShiny 5 місяців тому +3

    7:46 "But what you're looking at is an amazing piece of flesh origami." NO. No, Ze, what I'm looking at is a monstrosity designed by Geiger on a far-away planet. Why are you hiding the fact that face-huggers are already on Earth? Is this a conspiracy? Who else is terrified that "jaw" will jump species?

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 5 місяців тому +16

    5:56 🎶 When you're down by the rocks
    And an eel bites your jock...
    No more, a moray

  • @SteeIdancer
    @SteeIdancer 5 місяців тому

    You are pumping these out lately. No complaints, keep up the great work

  • @cyb0rgirl
    @cyb0rgirl 5 місяців тому +5

    the way Ze Frank has been on the internet The Whole Time and has always made awesome content is fucking CRAZY

  • @monkeycat48
    @monkeycat48 5 місяців тому +2

    0:23 😂😂😂😂Well looks like somebody’s had a little too much fun after happy hour🤣🤣🤣🤣 Then again that’s how eel sorry feel after happy hour🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ravensmythe1
    @ravensmythe1 5 місяців тому +6

    Thank you, Ze Frank for yet another amazing, educational, and hysterical video!

  • @adventurecreations3214
    @adventurecreations3214 5 місяців тому

    Ze Frank. You are just so good at making these videos. Always entertaining.

  • @aandreiws2
    @aandreiws2 5 місяців тому +17

    Thank you! This was fun.

  • @SireDevathrius
    @SireDevathrius 5 місяців тому +13

    Nahhhh chafing butt was legitimately genius, truly a mastered punchline

  • @chrisbarry9345
    @chrisbarry9345 5 місяців тому +7

    The only UA-cam alert I'm excited to see and the only channel where youre most excited for the credits 😅

    • @ClanImprobable
      @ClanImprobable 5 місяців тому

      You are so correct, I never realized I always stay through to the end!

  • @BigBass-xf5yi
    @BigBass-xf5yi 5 місяців тому

    Another ZF1 masterpiece.
    Thank you for the amazing entertainment, Sir