Cuscus: The Weirdest Animal You've Never Heard Of

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  • Half sloth, half koala, all weird. This is the Cuscus.
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    Animalogic Created by Dylan Dubeau and Andrew Strapp
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    Examining the nature of the beast.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 425

  • @watchmecatchpike7145
    @watchmecatchpike7145 Рік тому +355

    "Because of this the bear cuscus is very slow, very lethargic and slothlike." Me too Cuscus. Me too

  • @gavinlamp5426
    @gavinlamp5426 Рік тому +16

    "Okay, what do you want to be?'
    Cuscus: "I want to be a lemur. No, a sloth. No wait! An opossum! No wait, a binturong!"

  • @isaacthemonke233
    @isaacthemonke233 Рік тому +18

    This looks like somebody tried to draw a monkey from memory, then made it a marsupial

  • @wormworm580
    @wormworm580 Рік тому +57

    I got scratched by a cuscus once and so I went and put neon coloured bandaids on but when I came back to see the cuscus again it got really invested in my neon bandaids and scratched me even more. The moral of the story: don’t wear neon pink and green bandaids into cuscus territory.

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol Рік тому +2

      No way. No one knows what these are

    • @wormworm580
      @wormworm580 Рік тому +4

      @@SoulDelSol Oceania moment I guess

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 Рік тому

      Maybe the cuscus confuses them for leaves.

  • @darhaha3391
    @darhaha3391 Рік тому +118

    There are some others marsupials that are also rare and few know about them. I'd really like to know more about the water possum. World's only semi-aquatic marsupial. I think in a few million years they could evolve into marsupial whales 😂 imagine that

    • @siggyvdz8213
      @siggyvdz8213 Рік тому +4

      Amazing ! Thanks for this discovery !

    • @juritudi57yearsago59
      @juritudi57yearsago59 Рік тому

      Thatd be so cool having a marsupial whale, it probably give birth on the surface tho

    • @plasmarine5781
      @plasmarine5781 Рік тому +1

      Wow they are so cool! I had never heard of them before this. Absolutely love them

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol Рік тому +1

      Can't happen bc how is it going to breath stuck in a pouch

    • @darhaha3391
      @darhaha3391 Рік тому +2

      @@SoulDelSol lol 😂🤣

  • @casbot71
    @casbot71 Рік тому +27

    For some reason calling someone a _"Cuscus"_ was a insult in a school I went to in Sydney Australia (pre internet), with full awareness of what it was.

    • @facewrinkles3886
      @facewrinkles3886 Рік тому +5

      Well people use sloth as a derogatory term and I could totally see a similar characteristic animal being thrown around like that. Australia moment!

  • @TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz
    @TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz Рік тому +12

    Spotted Cuscus: "It's a miracle! It's an Australian Christmas bloody miracle!"

  • @RomulusTheWild6693
    @RomulusTheWild6693 Рік тому +45

    Finally, leaser known animals are getting the spot, can you do bee flies next most people have never even seen one and when they do they are often terrified and try to swat them despite their ecological importance and being completely harmless to humans and animals in general they also look cute and weird like if a humming birds and bumble bee had a baby only down side is that their larva are parasitoid for other insects

  • @quayevano
    @quayevano Рік тому +8

    I'm 51 years old and from the Philippines, but it's my first time to hear and know about these beautiful creatures.

  • @Nondualstandpoint01
    @Nondualstandpoint01 Рік тому +90

    I’d love to see a video of the super rare giant japanese salamander! Love your videos💚

    • @isaiahmcguire1822
      @isaiahmcguire1822 Рік тому +2

      They did a video on the giant salamanders.

    • @obamessiah
      @obamessiah Рік тому +1

      There's probably a video of one on UA-cam. Do a search for it. It's real easy.

  • @Semirotta
    @Semirotta Рік тому +9

    Adorable little critter.

  • @ToxicWyvern1
    @ToxicWyvern1 Рік тому +10

    Cuscus, the creature so nice, they named it twice

  • @sassa82
    @sassa82 Рік тому +4

    Its so fascinsting that there are so many different mammals on this planet.

  • @gerryhouska2859
    @gerryhouska2859 Рік тому +4

    Never heard of? Bought one from Koki market, Port Moresby, sold as food, bought as a pet for my children. Nice, gentle creature.

  • @zaidnail3544
    @zaidnail3544 Рік тому +29

    I've never heard of a cuscus, what a beautiful animal.
    You think you can talk about the blue spix's macaw next, please.

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 Рік тому +40

    I had heard of this animal, but didn't know anything about them. Now that I do, they're one of my favorite marsupials. Thank you.

  • @agerven
    @agerven Рік тому +18

    You are right, never heard of these nice animals before!
    Learned a lot in this video, especially about how cute and special they are :) Diversity and evolution of nature seem almost endless!

  • @TheVeritas1
    @TheVeritas1 Рік тому +23

    Danielle,
    Don't feel bad. I'm older than you and had never heard of the cuscus until one appeared in a UA-cam video. What a fascinating creature.

  • @3r3bu5x9
    @3r3bu5x9 Рік тому +30

    this animal used to be abundant in my locality 20years ago. Fascinating creatures.

  • @elNathNY
    @elNathNY Рік тому +10

    Very cute. They look similar to strepsirhini primates.

  • @ToastedTater420
    @ToastedTater420 Рік тому +3

    They looks somewhere between a possum and a lemur. Very cute

  • @fullscorpion5285
    @fullscorpion5285 Рік тому +1

    "Big...round...(zooms away from balls)...spots! " Got me! 😂

  • @estervillafane
    @estervillafane Рік тому +45

    Que maravilla de programa.
    No tenía idea de que existía este animal con estos bellos colores 😮

  • @Turdfergusen382
    @Turdfergusen382 Рік тому +4

    You’re a beautiful human. Thanks for all the cool content

  • @sharendonnelly7770
    @sharendonnelly7770 Рік тому +3

    The cuscus is truly and enigma, fascinating and truly an excellent example of convergent evolution, i.e. monkeys, sloths, marsupials. Every video I watch I grow to appreciate the incredibly intricate artwork that represents the animal discussed. Wow factor 10+. Great video!

  • @Nikki0417
    @Nikki0417 Рік тому +3

    They really are like a mash-up of all the other marsupials. 😂

  • @rickkwitkoski1976
    @rickkwitkoski1976 Рік тому +4

    And these sweeties are EAST of "The Wallace Line", so within the Australian fauna area. It makes sense that they are marsupials.

  • @rivaljunior6369
    @rivaljunior6369 Рік тому +3

    I'm majoring Biology Education now, and one of my task is to research Marsupials and from that task i learned about this species and suprisingly i found this animal actually from my country 😂😂😂

  • @DestroyerOfWeebs
    @DestroyerOfWeebs Рік тому +5

    Cuscus is also the name of one brazilian food, you don't know how scared i get when i saw that exist an animal called cuscus

    • @e.s.lavall9219
      @e.s.lavall9219 Рік тому

      Isn't the food spelled couscous?

    • @DestroyerOfWeebs
      @DestroyerOfWeebs Рік тому

      @@e.s.lavall9219 None of my parents or friends spelled like that, so idk

  • @marymccluer1630
    @marymccluer1630 Рік тому +2

    Hey, you asked for suggestions on other animals to cover. I grew up in a swamp on the East coast of central Florida in the 70s. There were these amazing large grasshoppers in our area that were bright yellow with large red and green spots. They moved very slowly, at a crawl or would else sit still, and avoided jumping. I thought they must be poisonous, but I wasn't sure. Over the years, I've looked for information on these grasshoppers but have never found mention of them. I'm not sure if they even still exist. Thanks.

    • @oliviapriest8986
      @oliviapriest8986 10 місяців тому

      you may be thinking of lubber grasshoppers! they're amazing!

  • @Astrapionte
    @Astrapionte Рік тому +5

    I just love marsupials. Oddly, my favorite feature of theirs are their hands.
    Koalas and cuscuses, for example, have those amazing fingers and bird like claws 😊

  • @farhanatoerien3437
    @farhanatoerien3437 Рік тому +2

    I have never heard of or seen of this creature- THANK YOU 🙏🏾

  • @yallimsorry5983
    @yallimsorry5983 Рік тому +2

    Wanna say I love these videos, and so does one of my cats! He comes in and watches the entire thing! Or we watch them together in the bed, lol. Thanks so much for making these.

  • @fish-champ
    @fish-champ Рік тому +76

    Can you do the livestreams of drawing the animals weekly? It’s really relaxing to watch them

  • @erickj.933
    @erickj.933 Рік тому +12

    Make a video about mandrials, those monkeys with colorful faces😮 pleaseee🥲

  • @sdizzy3863
    @sdizzy3863 Рік тому +1

    Love you Danielle! You make me smile and your love for animals is commendable!

  • @NWforager
    @NWforager Рік тому +5

    its a cute slothy gecko cat monkey 💖 Hi Danielle

  • @obidean3964
    @obidean3964 Рік тому +2

    "Cuscus"
    Adorably exotic name, just like itself

  • @hihigh9627
    @hihigh9627 Рік тому +1

    I used to love the cuscus in like 3rd grade when I was obsessed with animals. I’m so happy they finally have their own video!

  • @greenserenity
    @greenserenity Рік тому +2

    I really appreciate this channel. I love how you add a tad of humor and how you offer the information. And then all those cuuuuute animals! Amazing!! Thank you for being such a great inspiration!!

  • @Numbskulli
    @Numbskulli Рік тому +5

    Excited to watch this!! I just recently learned about these fellows.

  • @dmedina6835
    @dmedina6835 Рік тому +4

    Always a great video and 34 - I was thinking 22 - rock on and keep sending that awesome content

  • @Boogie_the_cat
    @Boogie_the_cat Рік тому +1

    Very cute.
    Here was me thinking there was only one noun in the world pronounced like "cooscoos"
    Yet here is this cutie, and there is the couscous in the supermarket!

  • @AlainaLindsay
    @AlainaLindsay Рік тому +4

    This was so cool!! Thank you for the great video

  • @edchanful
    @edchanful Рік тому +3

    Aahhh yess cuscus from my country
    Hopefully Animalogic can make a video about a red cat from Kalimantan, the cat is almost extinct n not a lot of people know bout this creature

  • @rarefarera6946
    @rarefarera6946 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for consistently expanding my knowledge or animals with lovely entertaining videos

  • @TeethToothman
    @TeethToothman Рік тому +2

    Danielle and I are pretty much the same age and I learned about Cuscus' from Jack Hanna when I was little. I think around 6 years old or so. I never forgot because of how much he talked about them smelling like popcorn.

  • @rakshithprajwal5069
    @rakshithprajwal5069 Рік тому

    Clicked on Animalogic Video after Years. Happy to see Danielle still with the Team!

  • @theburningman5047
    @theburningman5047 Рік тому +1

    Damn… the Illustration at the beginning is breathtaking 👍🏼 Really well done

  • @robcouncil1592
    @robcouncil1592 Рік тому +1

    Hi Danielle! 👋🏿😎 Your illustrations and presentations are always awesome!!!! Thank you for sharing the vids. #Cuscus! 👏🏿🙌🏿👍🏿

  • @tutubism
    @tutubism Рік тому +3

    i thought they were some type of lemurs at first. their existence reminds me that marsupials are incredibly diverse & adaptable animals. thank you for sharing! :)

  • @salejrei3564
    @salejrei3564 Рік тому +2

    As a kid I used to collect sticker albums, one of the very first I had was about wildlife, the cuscus was there, it seemed pretty interesting but I never searched about it until 25 years later I came across your video, it's amazing to actually see it 😍 it feels like going back in time, great job 🙌🏿

  • @luzmarinavillafane8779
    @luzmarinavillafane8779 Рік тому

    Espectacularrrrrr. Gracias Animalogic.

  • @tessat338
    @tessat338 Рік тому +3

    I have never heard of this animal before!

  • @SkunkySpinda
    @SkunkySpinda Рік тому +1

    wow! a new scruggly to add to the collection! I love them~ Maybe for an episode you could do fish with funny names like BoopsBoops or the fat innkeeper worm?

  • @emm6064
    @emm6064 Рік тому +4

    I knew about them but somehow keep forgetting they are marsupials. (no idea why). Bit of a marsupial sloth/monkey combo.

  • @chimz1310
    @chimz1310 Рік тому

    no because this is the realest channel on yt sometimes love y’all!!!

  • @stefandurbaba
    @stefandurbaba Рік тому +2

    Yes! I have been waiting for this one for a while.

  • @Chaos89P
    @Chaos89P Рік тому +1

    Heard of the cuscus back in the 90's. I forget what the commercial was about, but one of the things the announcer said was to the effect of "Ever have a cuscus on your head?" There was a cuscus clinging to the guy's head, probably just hanging around.

  • @crimsonfirelily
    @crimsonfirelily Рік тому +3

    I love these Cuscus! I had no idea we had so manu Opussum species. I absolutely love learning this! Thank you 💜 this is a new favorite! ✌🥰

  • @JackieMatthews610318
    @JackieMatthews610318 Рік тому +3

    Due to their arboreal life, cuscus seems to have evolved somewhat in a similar direction to primates, especially lemurs and other primitive monkeys.

  • @canis2020
    @canis2020 Рік тому +1

    These things look like a possum and a lemur did the forbidden dance

  • @EATSxBABIES
    @EATSxBABIES Рік тому +2

    My favorite Disney character. David Spade did such a good job voicing him. :)

  • @lovenature
    @lovenature Рік тому +3

    Awesome!!

  • @francosalinas4459
    @francosalinas4459 Рік тому

    Bahahah! “Big round…spots” nicely done

  • @Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr
    @Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr Рік тому +3

    I’ve heard of them, but when I ate one at a Moroccan restaurant I assumed it was some kind of cereal. How do they turn them into those little granules?

    • @Remissio712
      @Remissio712 Рік тому +1

      Has more like a rice like texture or bulgur texture 🤣

  • @noonda7
    @noonda7 Рік тому +1

    Hi @animalogic! Love you and your videos! Can you please cover a Colugo next?!

  • @golfgrabu
    @golfgrabu Рік тому +1

    Soo cuuute! But for me the weirdest animal will always remain the platypus.

  • @pulsarecho1952
    @pulsarecho1952 Рік тому

    4:00 Right, "spots" 😂

  • @aggrotits.thunderbelch
    @aggrotits.thunderbelch Рік тому

    Fuzzy tree goblin. I love him.

  • @nicolasmarkovic922
    @nicolasmarkovic922 Рік тому

    I was waiting for a cuscus video since I discovered your channel

  • @dwightehowell8179
    @dwightehowell8179 Рік тому +1

    Did she really say these things can jump between branches? Yes she did!!😆😆😂😂🤣🤣

  • @chermal7311
    @chermal7311 Рік тому +2

    Imagine discovering a brand new type of animal that shares similarities to sloths and koalas but looks like it could be more related to our distant relatives.
    Even Charles Darwin would be amazed!

  • @ElephantSoul
    @ElephantSoul Рік тому +1

    Amazing video

  • @ReeveProductions
    @ReeveProductions Рік тому +1

    I love learning about all these weird and interesting animals. Can we do the Kenyan sand boa next? So cute and derpy!

  • @zain1smith
    @zain1smith Рік тому +1

    Awesome. I heard this animal before since I used to live in that large island

  • @microwaveoven9170
    @microwaveoven9170 Рік тому +1

    As big of an animal nerd that I am, I was also surprised when I didn't know what a cuscus was

  • @e.s.lavall9219
    @e.s.lavall9219 Рік тому +1

    I knew cuscuses existed but didn't realise there were more than one species! (I'm Australian)
    One thing hasn't changed- I LOVE THEM

  • @tuliko8678
    @tuliko8678 Рік тому

    I love these guys and have done since I was a kid!

  • @braendyn
    @braendyn Рік тому +2

    oh a panther-monkey. They seem like they would be friends with Yapoks, Kinkajous, and Binturongs.

  • @brendanhoffmann8402
    @brendanhoffmann8402 Рік тому +1

    Good animal! I've been intrigued by cuscus for a long time... being close to Australia

  • @jwanaavery9599
    @jwanaavery9599 Рік тому +1

    Looks beautiful and slow, but really scary at night

  • @TopFix
    @TopFix 2 місяці тому +1

    New drinking game, take a shot every time she says cuscus

  • @Seadalgo
    @Seadalgo Рік тому +2

    I think the Mara was that for me. I think I was 29 when I first heard of it and wondered how it slipped by me

  • @escanorpride9652
    @escanorpride9652 5 місяців тому

    Cuscus: The weirdest animal.
    Platypus: Hold my beer.

  • @JugheadJones03
    @JugheadJones03 Рік тому

    Thank you for posting. Those eyes I tell yah!

  • @Crakinator
    @Crakinator Рік тому +2

    Amazing! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of these. They really remind me of the marsupial lion Thylacoleo, if it were turned into a teddy bear.

  • @dmanthetiger7179
    @dmanthetiger7179 Рік тому

    thank ya for the video!

  • @lakhanshahi3637
    @lakhanshahi3637 2 місяці тому

    Whaooo ! a very wonderful information. Thanks....from Kathmandu

  • @naturegirl92584
    @naturegirl92584 Рік тому

    Wow. You win. It has been a good long time since I've seen an animal I haven't been acquainted with

  • @DavidThorMoses
    @DavidThorMoses Рік тому +2

    now I want an episode on possums!

  • @papasmoke89
    @papasmoke89 Рік тому

    I've known about the Cuscus because of Jack Hanna. When I was a kid I loved my Zoo Life with Jack Hanna VHS tapes.

  • @rickybryan1759
    @rickybryan1759 Рік тому +1

    I had them in an animal book as a kid I loved them!

  • @aliceo7430
    @aliceo7430 Рік тому +1

    Hi! Would you do a Potto video by any chance? Really love and appreciate your channel and all the great work you put in. Thank you so much for all you do

  • @SherpaQueen420
    @SherpaQueen420 Рік тому +1

    Me, an animal nerd since I was old enough to read:
    "Yeah I know the cuscus. Spotted is my favorite."

  • @shlingusdingus4174
    @shlingusdingus4174 Рік тому +2

    This animal looks like a gecko if it was a mammal.

  • @omiNITROUS
    @omiNITROUS Рік тому

    That one chair everyone's grandma had but its been animated by a warlock.

  • @markcathpelueta5954
    @markcathpelueta5954 Рік тому

    "Big..... round..... spots"🤣

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions Рік тому

    So cute and funny! Them big eyes. :). ❤

  • @TaraMolohon-lb1zn
    @TaraMolohon-lb1zn 8 місяців тому

    I found this to be one of the critters that wouldn't leave us without losing all the terrible things we did over time. Yup, you can kinda see why when you watch this crazy entertainment on the sidewalk right in front of us. I'm glad they decided to just be nice and hope for the best with this wild behavior and hope for the future.