This One’s for the Birds: Your Bird Questions, Answered | Compilation

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  • Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
  • You probably don't think much about birds most of the time, but these little former-dinosaurs are amazing! So, here's a collection of videos in which we've tackled our viewers' biggest bird questions!
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    Original Episodes:
    Why Do Birds Sing in the Morning?
    • Why Do Birds Sing in t...
    Why Do Flamingos Stand on One Leg?
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    Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?
    • Why Don't Penguins' Fe...
    Why Don’t Birds on Power Lines Get Zapped?
    • Why Don't Birds on Pow...
    What Happens to Birds During Hurricanes
    • What Happens to Birds ...
    Why Don't Birds Have Vertical Tails Like Airplanes?
    • Why Don't Birds Have V...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 219

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto 3 роки тому +276

    The bird factoids were almost as fascinating as the evolution of Michael & Hank's hair.

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 3 роки тому +9

      Just for future reference, "factoids," by definition are always untrue or unproven. Not just little fact morsels. Lol I guess you could call em bird tidbits?

    • @robertsnearly3823
      @robertsnearly3823 3 роки тому +1

      Ikr? I figure Michael is just waiting till he can safely head to a salon. 😊

    • @nilesbutler8638
      @nilesbutler8638 3 роки тому +8

      @@semaj_5022 For future reference - it can mean that.
      It can also mean (especially in AE use) a correct, but context-less piece of trivial information.
      www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid
      So John Drummond´s statement was not wrong.
      While yours was, stating only one of the two common definitions.

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 3 роки тому +3

      @@nilesbutler8638 I guess it's been used incorrectly so much that it just might as well mean both now, huh? Lol well that's how language evolves. Words only mean anything at all when people agree that they do

    • @nilesbutler8638
      @nilesbutler8638 3 роки тому +3

      @@semaj_5022 True. When I learned what "netflix&chill" really means nowadays, I nearly spit out my tea.

  • @ViraIshnia
    @ViraIshnia Рік тому +4

    The singing one reminds me of when my mom had Gouldian Finches. A pair had babies and when they were learning to sing from dad, one decided to try to mimic my lovebird instead. It was adorable watching this little finch puff itself up as much as it could and squawk as loud as it could like a lovebird

  • @prabinpaudel5572
    @prabinpaudel5572 3 роки тому +25

    I hope for a world where everybody know that the bird is the word.

  • @erfquake1
    @erfquake1 3 роки тому +6

    Idea for a show: how do whales survive hurricanes at sea? They have to get to the surface to breathe once in a while, but if there's a huge storm up there, do they have trouble catching a breath?

  • @danielm.1441
    @danielm.1441 3 роки тому +22

    Woah, throwback Michael.

    • @JoaoPessoa86
      @JoaoPessoa86 3 роки тому +1

      In one recent video you could see that streak at the tip of his long hair

  • @cinderball1135
    @cinderball1135 3 роки тому +10

    A video all about bird facts? What a lark! Oh don't grouse at me, I've got tons of puns like this and you'll love them owl.
    ... I'll see myself hoot.

  • @mischarowe
    @mischarowe 3 роки тому +12

    I read this as "your big bird questions, answered" and think it would be hilarious to *science* out how a big bird (from sesame street) could exist.
    Weird, I know.

  • @jehmarxx
    @jehmarxx 3 роки тому +5

    Oh wow. I remembered that episode where Hank is just rapping an entire sentence without breaks.

  • @EnzoDraws
    @EnzoDraws 3 роки тому +30

    "Electrocution is usually fatal for birds"
    Yes, that's what "electrocution" means.

    • @ProfessorSecretPeter
      @ProfessorSecretPeter 3 роки тому +1

      Electro-execution.

    • @EnzoDraws
      @EnzoDraws 3 роки тому +1

      @mark heyne that's because you've been electrified, not electrocuted. If I'm not mistaken, by definition, electrocution is death by electric shock, so death (execution) is implied in the word 🤔

    • @UniqueornBacon
      @UniqueornBacon 3 роки тому +2

      It can also mean an injury. Not always resulting in death but yeah, usually.

    • @teodelfuego
      @teodelfuego 3 роки тому

      L as in L correct: the definition is to kill OR seriously injure.

    • @EnzoDraws
      @EnzoDraws 3 роки тому

      @@teodelfuego well, the more you learn!

  • @feliciaxedine9402
    @feliciaxedine9402 3 роки тому +8

    Sometimes it takes a moment to remember that electrons move from low to high potential, but "current" moves from high to low... because the convention is that current is movement of positive charge, while electrons are negatively charged...
    XD
    Sometimes, it feels like some conventions are only kept to make physics tests harder.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому

      It's actually because if you say electrons are the positive charge, the equations all become negative and throw a bunch of related sciences out of whack.

  • @chrismirabella9292
    @chrismirabella9292 3 роки тому +14

    SciShow, don't you know about the bird? Everybody knows that THE BIRD IS THE WORD

  • @itiipau
    @itiipau 3 роки тому +40

    We all know birds sit on the cords to charge there battery

  • @Nitro-Blue
    @Nitro-Blue 3 роки тому +2

    I can just look over and see my little dinos!!! Love my pet birbs.

  • @Shandakai
    @Shandakai 3 роки тому +45

    Really sucks that we'll never see Olivia on here again 😭

    • @Usrthsbcufeh
      @Usrthsbcufeh 3 роки тому +2

      Wait why?

    • @Shandakai
      @Shandakai 3 роки тому +3

      @@Usrthsbcufeh She left the channel

    • @Usrthsbcufeh
      @Usrthsbcufeh 3 роки тому

      @@Shandakai Awh:(

    • @DrBunnyMedicinal
      @DrBunnyMedicinal 3 роки тому +3

      At least we got to see her again in this vid. Twice, even!

    • @terrafirma5327
      @terrafirma5327 3 роки тому +13

      @Bitterkind Because being hateful and spiteful is better, right? Hate and toxicity never leads to change.

  • @victoriaeads6126
    @victoriaeads6126 3 роки тому +12

    What About Peafowl!!?! They are an iconic bird species, yet you've never done a SciShow about or specifically including them.

  • @des8893
    @des8893 3 роки тому +3

    Hank is a national treasure.

  • @Paul-A01
    @Paul-A01 3 роки тому +73

    Ok, but how does the government change their batteries?

    • @kelzbelz313
      @kelzbelz313 3 роки тому +9

      That’s the real reason the government is making us stay inside. Now they can change the batteries with less chance of somebody spotting them.

    • @DocumentaryHub
      @DocumentaryHub 3 роки тому +17

      They recharge themselves on those power lines duh.

    • @raistlarn
      @raistlarn 3 роки тому +6

      @@DocumentaryHub except when their batteries die...like the one that crashed into my window on the first day of the first quarantine near the beginning of the year.

    • @DocumentaryHub
      @DocumentaryHub 3 роки тому +8

      @@raistlarn that's the self destruct mode.

    • @natiateia
      @natiateia 3 роки тому

      XD Im laughing

  • @Brownyman
    @Brownyman 3 роки тому +41

    "If there's one thing birds are famous for..."
    Umm, not existing of course!

    • @nitesy381
      @nitesy381 3 роки тому

      kikiriki I like reapers

  • @juanpablonorris9753
    @juanpablonorris9753 3 роки тому +1

    Actually, if bird feet were wider apart and the current through the power line is high enough, it could get electrocuted anyways. There is a small voltage across its two feet given by the current times the resistance of the portion of conductor between both feet. So.... there is a current running through the bird, but it is often way too small to cause any harm or even be noticed.

  • @Kre8-1duH
    @Kre8-1duH 3 роки тому +4

    Ah but Johnny needs to know why there are feathers around their cloacas

  • @battman505
    @battman505 3 роки тому +1

    Shoutout to birds, love you guys ♥️

  • @Ulthar_Cat
    @Ulthar_Cat 3 роки тому +2

    Former dinosaurs my foot. They’re still dinosaurs X3

  • @GeneralNickles
    @GeneralNickles 3 роки тому

    So for this video, bird truly is the word.

  • @lordodysseus
    @lordodysseus 3 роки тому +5

    7:00 I stuck a pipe cleaner in an electrical socket once. Didn't tell anyone for about 30 minutes because I didn't want to get in trouble.

  • @helmholtzwatson8884
    @helmholtzwatson8884 3 роки тому +5

    Those were good questions but I still want to know what type of bird John Oliver is.

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 3 роки тому +3

      A moderately deformed toucan, obviously

  • @ShanineJackman
    @ShanineJackman 3 роки тому +1

    I love these vids cause I really love birds I've always loved em even as a kiddo!!

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 3 роки тому +3

    Thank goodness they're only little flying dinosaurs, well, most of them are anyway... :P

  • @rulenenieuwenhuis8515
    @rulenenieuwenhuis8515 3 роки тому +3

    I need more facts about biiiirds especially parrots. This was a very interesting video. I find anything to do with birds wonderful! (So sad about the Swifts though :( )

  • @chulafferty6695
    @chulafferty6695 2 роки тому

    parrots hands down win. not only their soeaking ability but their ability to live an extraordinary long life

  • @dalton6173
    @dalton6173 2 роки тому

    Love how they forgot to mention that bird singing is also a sign of them saying hey this is my territory you best stay away

  • @scienceexplains302
    @scienceexplains302 3 роки тому +1

    “Electrocution” used to always mean death for any animal. But so many people have misused that word when they meant “electric shock”, that the definition now allows for mere injury. So we have lost a precise word and “electrocution” and “electric shock mean almost the same thing.

  • @BlackCat_2
    @BlackCat_2 3 роки тому

    I hear birds singing often at night. Not sure why they do this but I don't mind. I find bird song really beautiful and pleasant to hear. Also love the sound of Cicadas. - Heidi

  • @robinhahnsopran
    @robinhahnsopran 3 роки тому +2

    The hair throwbacks! ✨

  • @WilliamPitcher
    @WilliamPitcher 3 роки тому +2

    "If there is one thing that birds are famous for" -- it's probably flying.

  • @lesedidlamini7699
    @lesedidlamini7699 3 роки тому +1

    Hank definitely wrote this video. Mr pelican himself

  • @cggc9510
    @cggc9510 3 роки тому

    Say goodbye to at least a part of this video. Hank has spilled the beans in another recent video.

  • @brianna1389
    @brianna1389 3 роки тому

    On the topic of birds surviving hurricanes. We have many sparrows who live & hang out near our house. During hurricane Michael a bunch of sparrows got stuck. You see, our house is L shaped & in the 90 degree angle of our house the strong winds created sorta a tiny vortex. It’s hard to explain, imagine looking out the window & seeing a bunch of sparrows being blown around in a tight circle in the corner of the house. They were chirping like mad & couldn’t fly against the wind to escape. During the peak of the storm I couldn’t see them cause it white walled but I swear I could still just barely hear the chirps of the birds over the roar of the storm. After the storm they were gone & there weren’t any dead birds so I figured they survived. So I guess that’s another way birds survive storms or maybe they were just lucky no debris hit them.

  • @angelahoffman119
    @angelahoffman119 3 роки тому

    After ElNino, late 1990's, there where sea gulls in Lubbock Texas

  • @benlester1595
    @benlester1595 3 роки тому

    Loved the Chekov’s gun at the end

  • @christelheadington1136
    @christelheadington1136 3 роки тому +2

    After the storm, I would imagine birds that didn't make it out alive are snatched up by cats and other predators.

  • @ACAsia-wy6pi
    @ACAsia-wy6pi 3 роки тому +3

    I watched this before my exam and instead of passing with flying colors, I got fowl scores

  • @WigglyWillowWorm
    @WigglyWillowWorm 3 роки тому

    I simp for Michael 💙

  • @Miikhiel
    @Miikhiel 3 роки тому +1

    As a birb daddy, this makes me happy

  • @yleeckles2289
    @yleeckles2289 3 роки тому +3

    RED BULL MAY GIVE YOU WINGS BUT...?

  • @kanagawrinkisha3152
    @kanagawrinkisha3152 3 роки тому

    Nature is always quite interesting 🎊

  • @hannahlistento100EAT
    @hannahlistento100EAT 3 роки тому +4

    Why does his hair look great both long and short. Not fair

  • @mikeyd946
    @mikeyd946 3 роки тому

    My biggest question is why do those little birds not freeze to death in the middle of the cold winter months! How is it even possible!

  • @GrouchyGander
    @GrouchyGander 3 роки тому +2

    For me? Oh, you shouldn't have~

  • @jerelull9629
    @jerelull9629 Рік тому

    If the early bird gets the worm, the worm should have slept in.

  • @natiateia
    @natiateia 3 роки тому

    I love birds so much. I have a parrot named Summer, also can you guys make a video on parrot

  • @TheInfintyithGoofball
    @TheInfintyithGoofball Рік тому

    9:04 says this as i'm eating pizza & watching scishow

  • @scienceexplains302
    @scienceexplains302 3 роки тому

    Some birds perch on one leg in Florida. Maybe they are also regulating body temperature- keeping cooler?

  • @joejohns3543
    @joejohns3543 3 роки тому

    The early worm gets the bird.

  • @aprameyak8578
    @aprameyak8578 3 роки тому +4

    Air traveler!!

  • @MrMarinus18
    @MrMarinus18 Рік тому

    10:55
    Though isn't that low pressure a problem? Low air pressure means less lift.

  • @cindystrachan8566
    @cindystrachan8566 Рік тому

    I would like to know about what I call Bird Church.
    Seems like twice a day, once in the early morning and once in the late afternoon, birds of a feather flock together in a very small area (like a bush or tree or two, depending on size of the bird) and everyone seems to be talking at the same time.
    I like to think they’re Che king in with each other, letting their friends know where the good bird feeders are, etc.
    Is there a name for this behavior? Has it been studied? What is its purpose?

  • @evalevy2909
    @evalevy2909 3 роки тому

    Hank is so entertaining

  • @AramatiPaz
    @AramatiPaz 2 роки тому

    "In a cold day the blood going in to your fingers and toes is a little bit colder"
    People with Raynaud syndrome: cry

  • @yleeckles2289
    @yleeckles2289 3 роки тому +3

    BIRD UP! 🦅

  • @TheBudBoss
    @TheBudBoss 3 роки тому

    Cool video

  • @alioramus1637
    @alioramus1637 3 роки тому

    I used to have a budgie. So i'm a bird friend.

  • @juanstepbehind
    @juanstepbehind 3 роки тому +1

    Former dinosaurs 😂
    Aren't they technically still dinosaurs?

  • @ideathatgrows
    @ideathatgrows 3 роки тому +2

    Hank is my hero.

  • @BaalFridge
    @BaalFridge 3 роки тому

    Nonono birds *should* be zapped by powerlines but its stimply that their understanding of the universe is not *grounded* in classical physics.
    😂

  • @spinne1312
    @spinne1312 3 роки тому +1

    "former" dinosaurs

  • @olliefrancis7464
    @olliefrancis7464 3 роки тому

    Nice hair man!

  • @alexcavoli6191
    @alexcavoli6191 3 роки тому

    I thought flamingos slept one half at a time, but no idea where I heard that...maybe QI?

  • @liamvance966
    @liamvance966 3 роки тому

    I got tomorrow coming

  • @animeiscoolness
    @animeiscoolness 3 роки тому +4

    I love the bird compilation thanksgiving tradition!

  • @tahamoukhliss8420
    @tahamoukhliss8420 3 роки тому

    android 16: bird! bird! bird!

  • @mcknottee
    @mcknottee 3 роки тому

    Larger bats and overhead electrical cables are also not a good mix.

  • @briansgenius
    @briansgenius 3 роки тому

    You have to hand it to birds, cuz birds don't have hands

  • @MrKclo42112
    @MrKclo42112 3 роки тому +1

    I say its to dry one foot at a time .
    Seriously mine would be pruned af🤣🤣🤣🤣parasites would tend to dryout and die too

  • @m1herrmann160
    @m1herrmann160 Рік тому

    She's prego!!!! What a lucky blind guy!!!!

  • @mattphorwich
    @mattphorwich 3 роки тому

    Inspirational...i think i will be inspired by humming bird parkour for a beautiful girl lolz like gambit lol you guys are the best! God bless the multiverse! Micheal faraday is my ninja!

  • @MarmaladeStex
    @MarmaladeStex 2 роки тому

    I'm from the UK & have probably an unusual Question about Birds for any body out there!,
    Pigeons are what I'LL use as an example, I see Lots everyday & most are in Flocks & others in Pairs or 3's etc, but Me being a Loner have Spotted quite a few who seem to be isolated on their own, are Birds prone to be Loners Like Humans or is there another Explanation?!,
    Take Care,
    Thanks,
    M.S.1591.

  • @dalton6173
    @dalton6173 2 роки тому

    It was my parents keys I stuck in the electrical outlet and I didn't find electricity with dangerous I found that it was fun and it tickled
    According to my parents I did this from the time that I could crawl around until I was Walkin and talkin, anytime they weren't paying attention I would find their keys and stick him in the electric socket even if I had to climb a 6-foot bookshelf to do it

  • @CDHsociety
    @CDHsociety 3 роки тому

    Yyyyyaaaawwwwsssss

  • @SCPFanMY
    @SCPFanMY 3 роки тому

    OH OH, HE SAID AMONG US!! HAHAHAHA, AMOGUS, SUSUSUSUS, HAHAHAHA

  • @OmegaMegalodon
    @OmegaMegalodon 3 роки тому

    how did you become 10 years younger? wow!!!

  • @wesp9020
    @wesp9020 3 роки тому

    I won’t listen to their words, because I like .. birds

  • @Krafterr4
    @Krafterr4 3 роки тому

    Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirdman! Attorney at Law.

  • @churro_gonzalez
    @churro_gonzalez 2 роки тому

    Birbs!

  • @jamesmitchell6925
    @jamesmitchell6925 3 роки тому

    They’re not singing, they’re laughing at us cuz we can’t fly

  • @qwertyferix
    @qwertyferix 3 роки тому

    I like birbs.

  • @aceofdeath4life474
    @aceofdeath4life474 3 роки тому

    FORMER DINOSAUR LMAO

  • @Neverender6
    @Neverender6 3 роки тому +1

    They didn't answer the most fundamental question of all...
    What _are_ birds?
    *We just don't know*

  • @dhirmer
    @dhirmer 2 роки тому

    Except that the tail feathers and vertical tail on a plane do THE EXACT SAME THING!!!! It's simply oriented horizontally and they can move it in multiple directions to counter the issues

  • @siddharthiyer3078
    @siddharthiyer3078 3 роки тому

    Why are they referring Amy Farah-Fowler as "Olivia" ?

  • @i.warrenhastings2526
    @i.warrenhastings2526 3 роки тому +1

    *"Decimated"*...? Since when is %10 equal to half, hmmm? Lol

  • @kiniburk
    @kiniburk 3 роки тому

    Hmmm anyone ever catch Big Bird standing on one leg. 😉

  • @justsomepersononyoutube9271
    @justsomepersononyoutube9271 3 роки тому

    Hilarious

  • @evandertomaschett7583
    @evandertomaschett7583 3 роки тому

    hello

  • @sarahburke5839
    @sarahburke5839 3 роки тому

    So if we stood on the power line we would be fine?? 🤔🤨

  • @akumaking1
    @akumaking1 3 роки тому

    Birb

  • @cookiedemander
    @cookiedemander 3 роки тому

    Dino Nuggs are actually Dino Nuggs....

  • @plotwist1066
    @plotwist1066 3 роки тому +1

    you mean birb?

  • @danih.5675
    @danih.5675 2 роки тому

    Penguins

  • @uruguay1771
    @uruguay1771 3 роки тому +2

    Is there a parasitic bird?

    • @dumoulin11
      @dumoulin11 3 роки тому +3

      Cuckoos and Cowbirds deposit their eggs in other species' nests and let the foster parents raise their young. This is considered a form of parasitism.

  • @The_SOB_II
    @The_SOB_II 3 роки тому

    Former… dinosaurs…?