Niba, you are absolutely killing it with these videos!! I know you were already an accomplished science communicator before joining SciShow, but you're really making these videos your own, and I absolutely love them!!
I love this host! There’s something unique to her speech pattern that feels natural but somehow different. Like she’s not speaking to a camera but to a bunch of people right in front of her, like presenting at a museum or something.
Animals in Africa that evolved alongside us for the longest got through this, they're more likely to run from human voices than the sounds of a lion. Or in the case of hippos preemptively kill us first..
That giant millipede would have been SO COOL to see in the forest. I can imagine all the ferns just falling over in the distance and when it got closer you'd see a shiny, flat and colorful(?) mass of scales kinda floating across the forest floor. I wonder if you could ride it, or if it had like symbiotic relationships with other insects or parasites of a similar extreme size!
We had a tree-climbing border-collie when I was a kid. The idea of a proper squirrel that is actually *good* at tree climbing that even approaches that big, egad.
I just realized what's so familiar about the way she talks; I also use my hands to talk and can put a lot of emotion into the way I move my body, at least relative to the people around me. I'm also very enthusiastic and animated in the way I move when discussing things I'm passionate about!
Procoptodon goliah is also the victim of a permanent typo. The specific name was obviously intended to be "goliath" but somebody dropped the T and now it can't be put back.
I used to have a little colony of African giant millipedes - they were only about 12" long, tho. Still, they were great! Lots of fun to watch, neat to handle, easy to keep, and they were always happy to help with most fruit and veggie scraps. I miss them. I plan on having another colony again one day, but we just have no space for what I'd like to set up. In the meantime, I'll be trying to set up an isopod vivarium. Wish me luck! :) (and I'd definitely have a 6 foot millie as a pet if I could!)
Also, as per PBS Eons on the mega fauna that were around in Arnham land down under and drawn by the first people down under, the Giant Kangaroo Procoptodon Goliah also had a massive claw on it's foot and would also attack humans. Apparently the had a lopsided stride and could grapple.
@@francoislacombe9071Olivia was terrible. I mean. That's ok. I would be a bad UA-cam host too. We aren't all cut out to do every job. But she was still terrible.
Millipedes' legs are smaller (less alarming to bipeds), and their bodies look like a long isopod (friend-shaped), and they're generally chill herbivores (not going to bite you and inject you with venom). Centipedes have long legs that get longer with age (alarming to bipeds), and they're FAST VENOMOUS PREDATORS that eat other predators (generally not threats to us because most of their mouths and bites are so tiny, but still).
Short Faced Kangaroo's and Gigantopithecus did coexist with modern humans, well Giganto may had already been extinct by then but it would had still coexisted with H. erectus and "Denisovans" for sure.
P. goliah was probably still tripodial, so it probably walked around like, you know, Godzilla. I feel like the workers who came up with the name missed a great opportunity here.
All megafauna went extinct because of hunting. We ate the tasty ones and killed the predators for resources (They were a resource but also eliminating threat and competition have more accessible resources.) No wonder there are no cave bears, lions, saberteeth or leopards went extinct among others in Europe and the Middle East. Also in most of Asia and the Americas except in unaccessible jungles and mountains.
3:33 imagine how much sushi we could have made 9:30 humans are so evil for eating all the lemurs. Please pick a side here. 10:30 "kind of makes you wish you could go back in time and catch a taste" Ah. Side chosen, I guess 😂
@@anyascelticcreationsI like that perspective. Thank you. It’s not my kind of style either, it kinda feels a bit forced but it makes sense now that I see it’s targeting the younger generation and how they’re doing things. 😊
@@DignifiedDestitution Thank you for the kind words. Sometimes it's hard for me to expresss displeasure or dislike without sounding harsh. So I try to find the good in situations too and hopefully present my feelings without hurting those of others. I'm glad it sounds like that's how my comment came across. And I'm glad it helped you to see the target audience that her style appeals to too. 😊
The conclusion that kangaroo-like creature was necessarily hobbled by its bulk (as at ~200kg, its connective tissue would have been damaged by jumping) seems premature. Bengal tigers are often twice that weight, but are capable of 15 foot vertical and 30 foot horizontal jumps without compromising their limbs. This sounds very much like the limits formerly placed on sauropod size. In the mid-to-late twentieth century, it was widely believed sauropods couldn’t have exceeded 50 tons, or 75 feet in length, and that even species of those statistics must have lived most of their lives wading in water that supported their bulk. Now we have solid evidence for mostly terrestrial sauropods at least 50% larger, with reputable experts arguing for creatures far larger than that. It’s always better not to leap to conclusions. Likewise, proclamations of the status of extinct organisms as being “the largest ever…” are just terribly misinformed. With a fossil record so scant we’ll never know 95% + of the species that used to exist, let alone stumble across the remains of the largest example of any particular species, the likelihood that we’ve found the largest of anything is vanishingly tiny. Hyperbole may command more attention on this platform, but it definitely doesn’t auger the channels’ reputation for scientific rigor.
I don't think I would mind a giant millipede honestly. I tried to explain to a co-worker that I like big tarantulas better than little spiders because they've crossed a size threshold where they stop being 'bugs' and become real animals. He couldn't relate... but yeah, arthropleura? Kind of an exoskeletony goat or something.
with the kangaroo example, does this mean these kangaroos would qualify as being able to sustainably walk upright like humans? or does the tail still balancing disclude them from being true upright walkers? i'm trying to think of another mammal that could walk bipedal sustainably like we do.... *i'm not including birds, as i wanted to keep it to mammals, but shout out to ostriches, peacocks, penguins and more!
Paenemarmota wouldn't have been that much bigger than the larger extant marmot species, and definitely wouldn't have been in the trees if it was a huge ground squirrel.
(Spits drink) Nope. Nope. Kill it with fire.. It's dead? ... Nah, there's caves, and jungles, and Australia and ----. Let's get this Moon base going, boys. Come on. We could ALL dunk. Huh? Nerds?
2:38 Wait when did this come about? Scientists changing their minds about the amount of oxygen in the air at the time being the reason the bugs got so big? I've heard this explanation for years. I even saw this explained in another science video - maybe even on this channel I'm not sure - less than six months ago. Was there some new discovery I hadn't heard about?
So, trying to say this without being rude or hurtful. I see a lot of people commenting about how much they like this host's presentation style. I want to put something out there for those of us who don't prefer it. I find the ultra gen z style to be distracting. I feel like she would be better on one of the sister channels. Maybe Animalogic. But I find it way too trendy for here on Scishow. It's actually abrasive to me.
agreed. it feels like its trying too hard, a few jokes here and there wouldve been better. it doesnt feel very natural, rather like some kind of act, which is distracting compared to the other scishow hosts
When watching science videos, I actively pay attention to the measurements. I try to visualize and understand every measurement. The inconsistent bouncing between metric units and imperial units is distracting. Stick with just metric or just imperial. Intuition and learning are harmed by disjoint dual-units.
As a scientist myself, the language I use for formal presentations is VERY different from the language I use when talking with my friends about how cool I think my work is. This is pretty much exactly how I would sound when telling my friends about my research.
Teachers in schools have to adapt just like science communicators on all media platforms! I LOVE that scishow manages to balance being information-based and humanly. Think about it this way: School books were never as „dry“ as actual research papers but they still were relatively boring. Teachers were teaching in the classic lecture - or „chalk and talk“ - format. How much do you remember from that? Not that much, right? Representing information in a fun way helps to retain it, similar to other tools like free-choice learning, group work, demonstration material, talking to experts etc. Bringing up real life examples, connecting with the students on a human level and considering different learning styles makes a big difference. Not only teachers are humans and able to adapt, scientists and science communicators are too ;) Making information more accessible has many facets, using lay terms instead of unnecessarily complicated terms has been common for a while now, using slang can be helpful too. Why? Because we don’t talk like a research paper is written. Interacting on a human level helps to bond with the presenter and trust him more. It may be counterintuitive for people from older generations because we (40+) learned experts talk in a rather pretentious way.
She's not a scientist. But she is presenting to people of her generation mostly. The rest of us will probably listen because we love Scishow and the cool subject matter. But it's mostly people with her same vocabulary that this is aimed toward.
If you think scientists are some killjoys who are physically incapable of speaking with others normally without jargon then you're sorely mistaken. Read about the species Turdus maximus or the compound penguinone or moronic acid or sonic hedgehog protein.
Niba, you are absolutely killing it with these videos!! I know you were already an accomplished science communicator before joining SciShow, but you're really making these videos your own, and I absolutely love them!!
Ahh, that explains it. She seemed like a natural and looks like she's used to talking to a crowd. Either way 100% agree
I love this host! There’s something unique to her speech pattern that feels natural but somehow different. Like she’s not speaking to a camera but to a bunch of people right in front of her, like presenting at a museum or something.
Big animals: lions won't attack me
Humans come along: ooohh that's a bigg'n (readies spear)
There are plenty of big animals around today so I'm guessing not only that they were big but also easy to catch.
Animals in Africa that evolved alongside us for the longest got through this, they're more likely to run from human voices than the sounds of a lion.
Or in the case of hippos preemptively kill us first..
5:38 "Hot squirrel summer" is not getting the love it deserves
I'm here for it
This is never leaving my brain
That giant millipede would have been SO COOL to see in the forest. I can imagine all the ferns just falling over in the distance and when it got closer you'd see a shiny, flat and colorful(?) mass of scales kinda floating across the forest floor. I wonder if you could ride it, or if it had like symbiotic relationships with other insects or parasites of a similar extreme size!
We had a tree-climbing border-collie when I was a kid. The idea of a proper squirrel that is actually *good* at tree climbing that even approaches that big, egad.
I just realized what's so familiar about the way she talks; I also use my hands to talk and can put a lot of emotion into the way I move my body, at least relative to the people around me. I'm also very enthusiastic and animated in the way I move when discussing things I'm passionate about!
Knowing what I know now, giant millipedes shouldn't concern me nearly as much as giant centipedes.
Hot squirrel summer 😂
😅😂
This is one of the coolest uses of VR I look forward to.
Or AR! Hell, somebody should jurassic park these things and dinosaurs!
Procoptodon goliah is also the victim of a permanent typo. The specific name was obviously intended to be "goliath" but somebody dropped the T and now it can't be put back.
Here before the giant millipedes makes a comeback and block railways (again)
The first time she said oncorhynchus rastrosus, I heard "Uncle Rinky's rastrosus" and now I want to know more about Uncle Rinky and his giant fish.
hi Niba!!
I used to have a little colony of African giant millipedes - they were only about 12" long, tho. Still, they were great! Lots of fun to watch, neat to handle, easy to keep, and they were always happy to help with most fruit and veggie scraps. I miss them. I plan on having another colony again one day, but we just have no space for what I'd like to set up. In the meantime, I'll be trying to set up an isopod vivarium. Wish me luck! :)
(and I'd definitely have a 6 foot millie as a pet if I could!)
Hi Niba!
Ah, here we see the primordial Sizzlipede line... G-Max Centiskorch says hi from Motostoke Gym. Edit: ah, the early Grookey line as well. 😂
Also, as per PBS Eons on the mega fauna that were around in Arnham land down under and drawn by the first people down under, the Giant Kangaroo Procoptodon Goliah also had a massive claw on it's foot and would also attack humans. Apparently the had a lopsided stride and could grapple.
Perhaps they could leap but only if they had something soft and squishy to land on.
I’m long, long, time fan of the show - and i have to say i really like the host’s presentation style, reminds me of when Olivia was still here:)
Kinda ironic, for those who remember how unpopular Olivia's style was at the beginning.
@@francoislacombe9071Olivia was terrible. I mean. That's ok. I would be a bad UA-cam host too. We aren't all cut out to do every job. But she was still terrible.
Why are millipedes so cute while centipedes are so repulsive
Millipedes' legs are smaller (less alarming to bipeds), and their bodies look like a long isopod (friend-shaped), and they're generally chill herbivores (not going to bite you and inject you with venom).
Centipedes have long legs that get longer with age (alarming to bipeds), and they're FAST VENOMOUS PREDATORS that eat other predators (generally not threats to us because most of their mouths and bites are so tiny, but still).
The fact that you think EITHER of them are cute is kind of weird, but it's even stranger than you're deciding that based on the number of legs.
This host is amazing - what a wonderfully brainy delight! Works like a charm!
One to imagine: carniberous era dragonfly
The Milipede is a monster!
Those king-sized kangaroos may have been unable to hop, but they sure had the entire bakery in their back
Hot Squirrel Summer is in
Food and Fecundity Summerrrrrr
Short Faced Kangaroo's and Gigantopithecus did coexist with modern humans, well Giganto may had already been extinct by then but it would had still coexisted with H. erectus and "Denisovans" for sure.
I want to pet the arthroplura!
Great information!
P.s. we need to make #HotSquirrelSummer trend
Screw mammoths let's bring back those squirrels.
While we're at it what have we got in lizards?
Yayy I love seeing you get more comfortable with expressions in these videos!! Cant wait to see more of you in future videos
Agreed! I just commented something similar. I love her narration and how enthusiastic she is with her body language and movements. 😎
8:20 "...like a squished granola bar at the bottom of your bag."
Lol I can so relate to that!🤓
P. goliah was probably still tripodial, so it probably walked around like, you know, Godzilla. I feel like the workers who came up with the name missed a great opportunity here.
She is my favorite host on youtube
I love Niba so damn much.
😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰
Moa were giant land birds in New Zealand that also went extinct once humans showed up and started eating them
Especially their eggs from what I hear.
All megafauna went extinct because of hunting. We ate the tasty ones and killed the predators for resources (They were a resource but also eliminating threat and competition have more accessible resources.) No wonder there are no cave bears, lions, saberteeth or leopards went extinct among others in Europe and the Middle East. Also in most of Asia and the Americas except in unaccessible jungles and mountains.
Niba: Giant kangaroos walking around like humans
My brain: Booga, try not to speak.
i have really bad day, but you make may day. thanks
2:39 Ahhhh!!!! Run away!!!!!! 🏃🏃♂🏃♀
Frightfully rad 🤓
Casually throwing in the sushi possibilities lol. Poor salmon 😅
I'm looking forward to cozy squirrel winter
I'm a fan of this new(?) host.
as soon as she said nova scotia, i paused moved it back and played it again, i wasnt ready for that
Hi SciShow! Thanks for making Science easy
Yes!! Seriously!🙏🏾🙏🏾
Delicious, scrumptious lemurs!*
*While supplies last
There are bristle worms that get to be about 10 feet long. And yes, they can hurt you.
3:33 imagine how much sushi we could have made
9:30 humans are so evil for eating all the lemurs.
Please pick a side here.
10:30 "kind of makes you wish you could go back in time and catch a taste"
Ah. Side chosen, I guess 😂
Mammoths and other extinct animals are cool and I do wanna see them wandering around again, but I WANT THAT GIANT SQUIRREL :D
Whoever changed the style for her presentation did it perfectly! It feels a lot more natural now:)
She is that much more charming to watch!
It's very, very gen z or younger now. Extremely trendy. Not a favorite for me but I'm sure lots of people like it.
@@anyascelticcreationsI like that perspective. Thank you. It’s not my kind of style either, it kinda feels a bit forced but it makes sense now that I see it’s targeting the younger generation and how they’re doing things. 😊
@@DignifiedDestitution Thank you for the kind words. Sometimes it's hard for me to expresss displeasure or dislike without sounding harsh. So I try to find the good in situations too and hopefully present my feelings without hurting those of others. I'm glad it sounds like that's how my comment came across. And I'm glad it helped you to see the target audience that her style appeals to too. 😊
Woo Niba
i watching your video in Bangladesh🇧🇩
The new look and script writing of the show is very good. Love the update
The conclusion that kangaroo-like creature was necessarily hobbled by its bulk (as at ~200kg, its connective tissue would have been damaged by jumping) seems premature. Bengal tigers are often twice that weight, but are capable of 15 foot vertical and 30 foot horizontal jumps without compromising their limbs. This sounds very much like the limits formerly placed on sauropod size. In the mid-to-late twentieth century, it was widely believed sauropods couldn’t have exceeded 50 tons, or 75 feet in length, and that even species of those statistics must have lived most of their lives wading in water that supported their bulk. Now we have solid evidence for mostly terrestrial sauropods at least 50% larger, with reputable experts arguing for creatures far larger than that. It’s always better not to leap to conclusions.
Likewise, proclamations of the status of extinct organisms as being “the largest ever…” are just terribly misinformed. With a fossil record so scant we’ll never know 95% + of the species that used to exist, let alone stumble across the remains of the largest example of any particular species, the likelihood that we’ve found the largest of anything is vanishingly tiny. Hyperbole may command more attention on this platform, but it definitely doesn’t auger the channels’ reputation for scientific rigor.
"Imagine looking up into a tree and seeing a squirrel the size of a corgi..."
That's... basically an opossum.
I don't think I would mind a giant millipede honestly. I tried to explain to a co-worker that I like big tarantulas better than little spiders because they've crossed a size threshold where they stop being 'bugs' and become real animals. He couldn't relate... but yeah, arthropleura? Kind of an exoskeletony goat or something.
Could the big roo have run similar to a therapod using the tail for balance ?
Time to bring back the giant millipede. (for science)
with the kangaroo example, does this mean these kangaroos would qualify as being able to sustainably walk upright like humans? or does the tail still balancing disclude them from being true upright walkers? i'm trying to think of another mammal that could walk bipedal sustainably like we do....
*i'm not including birds, as i wanted to keep it to mammals, but shout out to ostriches, peacocks, penguins and more!
Gibbons don't spend much time on the ground, but they walk like humans.
Paenemarmota wouldn't have been that much bigger than the larger extant marmot species, and definitely wouldn't have been in the trees if it was a huge ground squirrel.
I wonder if the tusks helped em follow the poles for their migration? I'm not sure tho jus a random thought
It might be more likely than you think!
Anyone else heard Uncle Ruckus Rastrosus 3:20
🥰
She is my favourite SciShow host now
Wait, the giant kangaroos were real.I thought that was just something that was made up for courage the cowardly dog
i doubt 30lb squirrels spent as much time in trees as modern squirrels.
Someone get Elon to bring back the giant millipedes! Let's make wormtrain a reality. (if you know you know xD)
Yes but how wide
(Spits drink) Nope. Nope. Kill it with fire.. It's dead? ... Nah, there's caves, and jungles, and Australia and ----. Let's get this Moon base going, boys. Come on. We could ALL dunk. Huh? Nerds?
Like if you're hot squirrel summer.
Audio sounds a little weird to me. Was it voiced over?
I thought they would have more than six of them if they're so big...
Omg, Hot sqirl summer!
Lemur stew.
Gigantopithecus "200-300kg", "twice the size of a gorilla".
Later on: "200kg" "female gorilla".
3:48 - So kinda like orcs.
The squirrel would eat that miilipede lol
Best voice on the internet.. shes wont it!
I had to set the play speed to 0.8 to follow what she explains conveniently.
2:38 Wait when did this come about? Scientists changing their minds about the amount of oxygen in the air at the time being the reason the bugs got so big? I've heard this explanation for years. I even saw this explained in another science video - maybe even on this channel I'm not sure - less than six months ago. Was there some new discovery I hadn't heard about?
I really love your channel, but do you really think it's helpful to bounce back and forth between pounds and kilograms in the same comparison?
Idk if millipedes is the hottest clickbait, I honestly didn’t watch this for a few days cus it was gross lol
Maybe go with the 200 pound lemurs because that’s the most insane thing I’ve heard
Tasty 🐼
I thought thumbnail was some kinda really tasty looking lasagna
LMAO 😂😂
SAME!!! 😂
Lemur Lasagna
thiccaroo
Niba is my favorite host...
What about ROUS's? You mean Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't believe they exist... 😁✌️
Later on: We know the secrets of the fire swamp.
Please find a way to watch Tank Girl. The bipedal Kangaroo image would be solidified in your mind.
...tasty?
A female gorilla weighing 200 kg would be severely overweight, that's more twice the average weight.
I've been trying to stay chill, but damn, I have a crush on Niba.
Had I known this video was featuring this presenter, I'd have clicked sooner. The millipede on the cover was a lot less appealing!
So, trying to say this without being rude or hurtful. I see a lot of people commenting about how much they like this host's presentation style.
I want to put something out there for those of us who don't prefer it. I find the ultra gen z style to be distracting. I feel like she would be better on one of the sister channels. Maybe Animalogic. But I find it way too trendy for here on Scishow. It's actually abrasive to me.
agreed. it feels like its trying too hard, a few jokes here and there wouldve been better. it doesnt feel very natural, rather like some kind of act, which is distracting compared to the other scishow hosts
0:54: An artist's reconstruction of Charlie, with one of his Angels shown for scale.
When watching science videos, I actively pay attention to the measurements. I try to visualize and understand every measurement. The inconsistent bouncing between metric units and imperial units is distracting. Stick with just metric or just imperial. Intuition and learning are harmed by disjoint dual-units.
“Swaths” of forest. A “swatch” is a sample of something, like paint color or fabric. 7:31
Sorry for being a pedant.
It sounds kind of strange hearing a scientist use words like "thicc" or "chunky boi" or "absolute unit" unironically. Are these no longer slang terms?
They are, but this is a channel for laymen, and they want to keep it interesting for the kids these days
As a scientist myself, the language I use for formal presentations is VERY different from the language I use when talking with my friends about how cool I think my work is. This is pretty much exactly how I would sound when telling my friends about my research.
Teachers in schools have to adapt just like science communicators on all media platforms! I LOVE that scishow manages to balance being information-based and humanly.
Think about it this way: School books were never as „dry“ as actual research papers but they still were relatively boring. Teachers were teaching in the classic lecture - or „chalk and talk“ - format. How much do you remember from that? Not that much, right? Representing information in a fun way helps to retain it, similar to other tools like free-choice learning, group work, demonstration material, talking to experts etc. Bringing up real life examples, connecting with the students on a human level and considering different learning styles makes a big difference.
Not only teachers are humans and able to adapt, scientists and science communicators are too ;)
Making information more accessible has many facets, using lay terms instead of unnecessarily complicated terms has been common for a while now, using slang can be helpful too. Why? Because we don’t talk like a research paper is written. Interacting on a human level helps to bond with the presenter and trust him more. It may be counterintuitive for people from older generations because we (40+) learned experts talk in a rather pretentious way.
She's not a scientist. But she is presenting to people of her generation mostly. The rest of us will probably listen because we love Scishow and the cool subject matter. But it's mostly people with her same vocabulary that this is aimed toward.
If you think scientists are some killjoys who are physically incapable of speaking with others normally without jargon then you're sorely mistaken. Read about the species Turdus maximus or the compound penguinone or moronic acid or sonic hedgehog protein.
the. corgi photo is ai please don't use ai
photos
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Six foot please convert it many 🙏
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