41 Facts About Dogs - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep.213)
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2014
- A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John shares some paw-some facts about dogs.
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Another cool fact about Zeus (who, sadly, has passed away since this video was made): He used to visit hospitals and similar facilities as a therapy dog. When my mother was nervously awaiting her first chemo treatment at a cancer center in Michigan (where Zeus was from), she actually got to meet him and he spent some time comforting her.
knowing that Ozzy Osbourne rescued his dog from an enemy makes me respect him a whole helluva lot more than I did before. Good for him! He knows that dogs rule!
The fact about beatles "day in the life" song, cannot be heard from CD, as CD cannot have high frequency audio.. and most youtube songs that are being uploaded are taken from the CD, so no point trying out that myth without vinyl
When I was a kid, we had Toto's grandaughter. We got her from the breeder with a stack of show ribbons and all the paperwork showing lineage and a b&w of Toto on set. Her name was Joleene and was retiring from breeding after a successful show career.
My dachshund loves badgering me when I'm trying to take a break from playing.>->
Do one for cats!
And do one for pigs so you can maybe get that Pork Chop Party fund finished.
Oh my god. I clicked on your 25 jobs that don't exist video, paused it to go throw something away and left my dogs in my room with the door closed. Once I came back this video was playing. Holy crap that's crazy!!!
I have a large, black, standard Poodle named Pammy as a guide dog. I'm glad you mentioned both poodles and guide dogs. She's very happy, very smart and very big.
The reason we have so many homeless dogs is not because of puppy mills, it is because of careless selfish people who think they want a dog until they realize that they actually have to take care of and be responsible for them.
That also explains street gangs and homeless people.
Well the puppy mills don't help those idiots who think pets are easy to care for because puppy mills make it easy for them to get the dogs.
The Kardashians....professionally vapid? John, you're my hero.
Well, I know dogs can be proud of their achievements. My dog once showed me she gave birth to the first puppy of her litter the day she had it. That look on her face was pure pride.
"Professionally vapid" what a great line!
Well, uh, I have cats, so... I suck.
Umm cat people kinda think different... maybe it's time for 41 facts about cats
I prefer dogs, I just happen to have cats.
Having cats means you are awesome. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. =3
Who has time to do all that exercising shit for their dog? You gotta walk it and so much more. But cats poo by themselves and do all sorts of other cool stuff.
I have 2 kittens and a 9 year old dog >.
"Professionally vapid" lmao. Love it.
Corgis are also great at herding the other dogs and trapping them on the couch. And herding sticks and twigs and collecting them on the deck. And herding toys and socks and keeping them under the bed......
Mental Floss is an awesome series. I watch all of their weekly videos. Also John Green is a producer of the show. #DFTBA
I see a corgi owner... Lol. They're tough little beggars. You don't argue with them!
How do you dust all that shit behind you?
Lmao
Time for a Swiffer (tm) tie in. lol
Canned air! It's not just for computers any more.
Oh, man, you just made my brain hurt.
David McNick with a leaf blower at full speed.
#18 about the Malinois Shepherd is a picture of a German Shepherd. Malinois don't have the black saddle pattern on their backs and generally have much more black in the face.
I have a dog. I had two, but the older one passed away back in October. The thing about my chocolate lab(s, we're doing a bit past-tense here.) Is that the dipstick of a female we have now, is a genius, at faking being dumb.
She barely knows any commands that I teach her and she is IMMENSELY lazy, but she loves food to the point she figured out how to open the folding closet doors, pull out the huge rubbermaid tub of food, knock the wooden rocking horse off teh top of it, (Our attempt at keeping the food from her.) And then OPENING the lid of the rubbermaid tub with her teeth! She's smart, sometimes. And I love her, sometimes, but I wonder what when wrong in her head. (Both her parents are trained professional search dogs!)
And then there was our older lab, an amazingly genius male dog who most likely exceeded the common development in his brain, (I.e we truly believe he was smarter than a two year old. Like, he might have been more like a three or four year old.) You probably stopped reading this because I am being self absorbed and "bragging" about my dog(s), but I like to relive these memories.
Anyway, this genius dog was smart enough you could be far away from my dad and the watering hose, and you could tell him, "Go get water from daddy," and he would literally look at you for a second, then meander up the hill to the other side of the house to my dad who had the watering hose, and he would do exactly what you said and get himself a drink of water.
Other memories of him that I have, he was super protective, especially of me. I was a baby and he was still considered a puppy, but he protected me so many times. He also knew exactly what was his. He would, even when we moved to a place without a fence around it, and even with its large abundance of land, he never left the property. He knew what was his. And if you were to give him an old tennis shoe and play with it with him, you could take it away, go to another room, put it in a closet full of shoes, and he could go in and pull out the exact shoe you gave him. He wouldn't even think of taking any of the others.
If you read all this, thank you. I appreciate it. I loved that big old dog and he is gone now. I'm left with my dipstick of a dog. I will always miss him, but I think maybe, I'll be okay.
(PS: The first guide dog for the blind arrived from Switzerland in Nashville TN in 1927, the German Shepard's name was Buddy, and his handler was Morris Frank. They made the news and eventually started the first American dog training school in New Jersey some years later.)
I do not care.
MikeSopespian
You must care you took the time out of your day to write your comment.
Aww those are nice stories, thanks for sharing
I know exactly how you feel. My dog was a shep-mix. I swear he was smarter than some people I've known. He was not as big as a pure German Shepard but very strong for his size. He was also an escape artist. Fences, chains, collars, nothing seemed to keep him from escaping until we got boat anchor chain. Animal control couldn't catch him although they did follow him home once. He would also fetch ANYTHING you could throw. My brother to be funny once rolled a bowling ball to him. He got his teeth in the finger holes and brought it back. He even tried fetching snowballs. When my abusive father came for a visit this normally peaceful dog took an instant dislike to him and tried his best to attack him. (I admit I wanted to let him) This same dog played with children he didn't know and only licked them. (I called him a "Lick dog" sometimes) He loved peanut-butter and when you couldn't get anymore out of the jar we'd give it to him. He would hold it in his paws and stick his face in to lick it clean. I could go on for hours but I really miss him he was my truest friend.
Labs are like that some are really smart and can follow commands really well but can't even notice if you dangle a leash in front of them to go for a walk but others don't follow commands well and will always know a walking routine. Labs are like people they can do some stuff but can't do others like I am very good at literature but I can't do math to save my life.
You should mention that the dog whistle cannot be heard on the Sgt. Pepper CD (since CDs and MP3s are limited to the Hz) but can be heard off the vinyl.
Moose from Fraiser also "wrote" a book called My Life as a Dog. It is one of my most prized possessions.
My grading scale is A through E. We don't use F because people think it means fail.
We're both from michigan. the only state to do so
kalzorath Michigan is really the only state?
But it does mean fail.
I suppose that's why the non-Anglosphere mostly uses numerical grades... Except France of course, where there's a grade 13, which, considering French grades are 1-20, is actually not bad at all, despite using the quintessential unlucky number.
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I believe so yes, I had a friend in illinois and looked it up a while back
Greyfriars Bobby is a pretty great story I used to tell when I led tours in Edinburgh.
My school actually still used E's in its grading system! F's need to be brought to the guidance department and approved before they can actually be given to a student because they're considered much harsher despite the fact that both of them constitute a failing grade.
I misread the title as "40 Facts about Drugs" lol
Same
So you can't read numbers or words?
Super Hans
Numbers *and* words ... ;-p
Steve Grundon I sure she reads quite fine, and dosnt nead assistence from you! :D
Maybe if you did fewer drugs, you'd be able to read more clearly! :)
Btw for anyone who cares:
Dachshund in German is Dackel [dukl] or Teckel (old) [tackle]
well some people also use dachshund in german. but yes its way more common to call them Dackel.
@@94Newbie I do not know a single German person saying "Dachshund" to a Dackel.
@@Vi.wo13 its for trying to sound formal. something that doesnt come up very often when talking about a dackel because of the goofy nature of this type of dog.
Bummer & Lazarus have also been immortalized in Christopher Moore's "Bloodsucking Fiends" and "A Dirty Job" as well as a few other books.
Nothing about Wishbone?
I don't know about Boston Terriers, but Bulldogs definitely are always Caesarian deliveries in my experience. It begs the question of why they continue breeding for the massive head and tiny hips (as well as their ridiculously undersized airways).
For Their Looks. Vanity Rules The World!
Fun fact: In Welsh folklore the Corgi was thought to be the prefered steed of fairy warriors, due to the white, saddle shaped markings on their backs :)
Congratz on one million subs! love all the vids!
The picture of fact 18 shows a German sheperd instead of a malinois sheperd.
Love the use of "Friendbeasts."
You referred to Cruella De Ville liking poodle skin for her coats but she wanted Dalmatians. .. pretty obvious I would have thought... 101 Poodles?
She wanted them but wasn't successful
I don't think I could ever live without a pet. I love my dogs.
My favourite mental floss so far!! :D
Dogs can also be trained to detect high/low blood sugar, certain cancers, and can predict when an epileptic owner is about to have a seizure. They are so in-tune with our body scents and body language that is is no surprise that more and more people are getting and registering ESD (Emotional Support Dogs). They are fantastic for helping people with anxiety, PTSD, Aspergers and Autism.
YAAAY! John's Back! :D
So good :)
The entire script for this episode was perfection but the cake goes to "we are also professionally vapid"
The first few years I went to school we used E as a grade. It was E for excellent, S for superior, M for median, I for insufficient, and F for failure. The school changed to the standard A-F when I was a little older.
Love these videos!!!
So THAT'S where the mention of "Bummer and Lazarus" came from in DPC's Pyramid City! I WAS WONDERING!
Love the shout-out for Blue III!
As for the Seeing Eye dog fact, it's true that they learn to use the bathroom on command. My family raises dogs for the Seeing Eye based out of Morristown, New Jersey. We have to use the word 'park' to get them to use the bathroom.
Laddie boy is a fantastic name for a dog.
The bat in that last last joke is laughing it's head off.
When you said "treat" my dog came over and stared at me. Lol
My question for John is why do we like books so much (at least most of us do.)
A bat joke with Ozzy, "Dirty pool, old man!"
Zeus the Great Dane died in Sept of 2014 he was only 5. That's below average for a Great Dane it's usually 6 to 8 years. I can't imagine investing so much emotion on a dog that has such short lifespan. My last dog was 13 when she died I was devasted emotionally from her loss, I loved her so much.
Great show ! Love your salon man. very cool. I learned many new facts and look forward to more shows.
That was not a picture of a Malinois. They do not have that saddle mark like German Shephards, they have a black face mask.
I can't believe that this is the guy that wrote "The Fault in Our Stars". I still haven't seen the movie yet though. I'm a John Green fan from these videos.
There's also that saying of, "Well you get an 'E' for effort."
As a guide dog puppy raiser, I can confirm the on-command pooping fact.
Garde E can be misunderstood as Excellent, but F can be thought as Fantastic :D
What about Cat Facts? haha
Screw cats
AceandDuce And that is called bestiality.
AtrumNoxProductions no its called fun
He did one about cats.... they're not very interesting!! Too self-centered.
@@AceandDuce 😂😂😂
Congrats on 1,000,000 subscribers!
Guilt is a social emotion universal to all highly social mammals, especially dogs. Dogs simply process that emotion differently, not because they don't "feel" it but because they're cognitive abilities are much less than humans.
I just realized that he is the person that wrote The Fault in Our Stars!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Funny they included a fact about small dogs having dreams when my Chihuahua is lying next to me, dreaming. :)
Congrats for 1mil subs!
My grading scale:
A: awful
B: bad
C: creative
D: delightful
E: excellent
Gratz on 1m subs
Mindblowing question: could we here on earth theoretically create a substance similar to naquadah from the Stargate series?
I wrote about Pushinka in every Cold War essay I wrote this year in A Level history. It was my awesome fact.
CONGRATS ON 1MIL SUUUUBS! 💥
When talking about the episode with Fala, FDR said "I didn't resent it, my family didn't, but he did... when he found out his Scotch soul was furious.
When Pushinka, the dog given to FDR, had puppies herself, they were nicknamed the pupniks.
love the ozzy story that was awesome
Moose was not the ONLY dog to play Eddie on the Frasier show. Moose's son, "Enzo the Dog" (yes that's his actual name), played Eddie in several shows in the latter seasons. Enzo the Dog, is easily recognized because his coat is shorter than Moose's is.
Almost a million subs! Still can't believe it isn't five million...
We use A to E here in Australia but when I lived in New Zealand, the highest grade was E, which did indeed stand for "Excellence"
Finally I was expecting GREAT DANE FROM THE BEGIN IF HE WOULD HAVE NOT SAID ANY FACTS ABOUT DANE I WOULD HAVE BEEN UPSET .
I have seen Zesus before. He lives in my college city and is a therapy dog for the children hospital
A dogs’ sense of smell can be described like this
In a pizza shop I smell pizza
A dog smells tomato, basil, oregano and cheese
A Basset Hound smells Roma tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese etc.
On point 21, my wife has a guide dog (or seeing eye dog) - her second one - neither would toilet on demand. The same is true for most other users we know. It does work if you consider "on command" to mean "walk around in a circle for a half hour waiting for the dang dog to poop"
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That's one beautiful news article.
Also, there should be an apostrophe in "WORLDS."
Thank you for explaining about poodles!!!
That seeing eye dog is leading his person down a bike path.
FYI: Only dogs trained at the Seeing Eye in Morristown NJ can be called seeing eye dogs. The proper term for any other dog trained for the blind is a guide dog.
My 230 pound mastiff puppy approves of this video :)
F is for Fantastic!
Ozzy saved his dog's life and kicked a coyote's ass? That's pretty metal \m/
Aww.... I love my Dachunds. :D
i remember wondering the same thing about the grade "E". then my grandma showed me one of her report cards from the 30's and it had the grade scale at the top with the letter E being there. I thought it was pretty cool
Mount Holyoke isn't actually in Holyoke, MA; It is in South Hadley, MA.
In my Elementary School "E" was the highest grade and it DID stand for "excellent."
i love you
My mom helped to take care of Millie's puppies, turns out they get their vets from the military =) She even made it into the book!
Yea, you better apologize, John. GO GIANTS!
Dat burn at the end doe.
I never saw Wilson before!
The short legs of the Corgi were to keep their heads out of the way of kicking livestock :D
John green, you did bring your awesome
The story of Chaser the Border Collie, who knew all those words, is actually even more impressive than that. When the researchers introduced a new item that the dog didn't know and said to go find it, the dog would be able to tell which one it was by process of elimination and thereafter would know what that thing was called.
In the UK we have the E grade as well as letters A-F, we also have U which stands for 'Ungraded'
CONGRRATZ ON A MILLION SUBS!!!!
My dog knows like 2 phrases... Come,Kali...and do you want a treat?
F = fantastic :P
A Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Sallie would stand and guard wounded soldiers in the battlefield during the American Civil War. Rottweilers used to march with Hannibal (277-183 BC). These were the facts I was hoping for.There are much more interesting tidbits about dogs in history than what was said in this video.
most schools in maryland especially montgomery county use the a-e grading scale