Why These Weird Carnivores Smell Like Popcorn

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  • @PowahSlapEntertainmint
    @PowahSlapEntertainmint 6 років тому +201

    _(Slowly puts away bag of popcorn)_
    ...Looks like they found me.

    • @safir2241
      @safir2241 6 років тому +1

      SkyVenomZero yep.

  • @Elzilcho87
    @Elzilcho87 6 років тому +23

    "Their pee smells like popcorn" sounds like something Ralph Wiggum would say.

  • @Monothefox
    @Monothefox 6 років тому +44

    To pee 2-AP or not to pee 2-AP, that is the question.

    • @fajaradi1223
      @fajaradi1223 6 років тому +1

      Just like Caesar said :
      2-AP together
      Strong!

  • @victori5581
    @victori5581 6 років тому +78

    The real question is: do they taste like popcorn?

    • @necrisro
      @necrisro 6 років тому +8

      No, they taste like chicken

    • @symoneontheinternet
      @symoneontheinternet 6 років тому +7

      You know someone has probably tried this...For Science!

    • @samhansen9771
      @samhansen9771 6 років тому +1

      Seeing how the population has declined more than 30% over the last decade, yeah, they do.

  • @unleashingpotential-psycho9433
    @unleashingpotential-psycho9433 6 років тому +288

    Note to self: if my girlfriend smells like popcorn, she's ready for mating.

    • @jauume
      @jauume 6 років тому +13

      Are... Are you okay?

    • @secretevil372
      @secretevil372 6 років тому +5

      Desi N Have... Have you ever heard (seen) a joke?

    • @jauume
      @jauume 6 років тому +12

      @@secretevil372 Wooosh

    • @splo1nger909
      @splo1nger909 6 років тому +1

      Or eating

    • @MrTwotimess
      @MrTwotimess 6 років тому +3

      Just watch for that *fertility* trap!

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion 6 років тому +51

    What's this yellow stuff on my popcorn? I ask because I've "been too wrong" about the Binturong before.

    • @nocelebrity6042
      @nocelebrity6042 6 років тому +5

      No, it was all part of the test:
      Buttered popcorn was in the first bin, the liquid waste of test animals was in the second bin. During the double-blind test, you guessed incorrectly.
      You got *Bin 2 Wrong!*

    • @Master_Therion
      @Master_Therion 6 років тому +2

      No Celebrity
      lol nice :)

    • @railbunny
      @railbunny 6 років тому

      Ha ha ha ha.. you’re ridiculously hilarious.. I keep seeing your comments on channels I look at? You’re adorable

  • @TheNewsDepot
    @TheNewsDepot 6 років тому +8

    I wonder if this has anything to do with why none of the theaters in Thailand have buttered popcorn.
    I only ever saw popcorn flavors of salted, cheese, BBQ or caramel. Never buttered.

  • @Holleaux
    @Holleaux 6 років тому +1

    I remember learning about the Binturong from Zaboomafoo. They named him "Popcorn". This is literally the only animal I remember from Zaboomafoo. Well, other than the lemur.

  • @TommoCarroll
    @TommoCarroll 6 років тому +30

    Well, at least the final moments of a little critter's life whilst being eaten by these guys is full of joy! - because when does popcorn _not_ make any occasion joyous!?

    • @HornadyMatt
      @HornadyMatt 6 років тому +5

      When you're being eaten or urinated on.

    • @e4r281
      @e4r281 6 років тому +2

      hey Aspect Science, I see you everywhere I go :)

    • @APerson-pr7eq
      @APerson-pr7eq 6 років тому +1

      Popcorn is vile! 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 років тому

      A Person....are you really a person!? No person can resist the mighty popped corn!

    • @DuelingShade
      @DuelingShade 6 років тому

      When the kernel digs into your gums.

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 6 років тому +100

    This is hard to believe. But since it's SciShow, it must have a kernel of truth.🤔

  • @reflexarc3420
    @reflexarc3420 6 років тому +26

    Next episode do "why do we hear differently in the morning".

    • @necrisro
      @necrisro 6 років тому +8

      People hear differently in the morning ? Dafuk ?

    • @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat
      @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 6 років тому

      @@necrisro I don't think this has ever happened to me...

    • @JIGGAO
      @JIGGAO 6 років тому

      Hear what ?

    • @buelph5742
      @buelph5742 6 років тому +3

      Ive noticed it too, when i watch UA-cam in the evening the volume sounds low at about 75% and when i watch in the morning it sounds loud at 50%

  • @PaperDragons
    @PaperDragons 6 років тому +3

    Out of the corner of my eye, the eyeglass shadow looked like mascara tears. Now I cant unsee it.

  • @Shaden0040
    @Shaden0040 6 років тому +4

    African Leopards scent mark and it smells like Buttered Popcorn, too.

    • @CatTalesCrafts
      @CatTalesCrafts 6 років тому +1

      Leopards were the first animals I heard of that had popcorn scented urine as well. Amazingly odd.

  • @Brainstorm69
    @Brainstorm69 6 років тому +6

    So basically all movie theatres are the marked territory of the Binturong?

    • @Brainstorm69
      @Brainstorm69 6 років тому

      Well, I guess there is only one way to find out. Bring me a dozen bearcats stat!

  • @ashiii7041
    @ashiii7041 6 років тому +22

    Better than popcorn smelling like carnivores 😂

  • @koohoo4500
    @koohoo4500 6 років тому +3

    Judging by the comments Olivia has become household name finally. Well done! Eftards are numerous.

  • @calamusgladiofortior2814
    @calamusgladiofortior2814 6 років тому

    Binturongs are pretty awesome. The local zoo had a pair when I was a kid, and the zookeepers would walk them around the zoo on leashes. They had no concept of going around things, instead whenever they encountered a barrier like a planter box or a bench they simply climbed up one side and down the other.

  • @tjg555
    @tjg555 6 років тому

    Next episode: Binturongs start mating with discarded microwave popcorn bags

  • @Okoii
    @Okoii 6 років тому

    Binturongs have been my favourite animal since i was like 8.

  • @Im-Not-a-Dog
    @Im-Not-a-Dog 6 років тому

    Binturongs are have been my favorite animal since I first learned of their existence when I was a kid. They’re just so awesome looking! And they’re legal to own in a quite a few states(given that you have the proper habitat and possibly a few permits depending on the state). Owning one is a life goal of mine.

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 6 років тому +15

    Maybe the reason these Predators smell like Popcorn is because Predator is coming to the movies.

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 років тому +2

      It's all just one big advertisement; *SCREW YOU NATURE!*

  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM 6 років тому

    Thanks, I was eating lunch watching this

  • @maewinter1531
    @maewinter1531 6 років тому

    Binturongs are the largest animal with a prehensile tail. While they are classified as carnivores, they are actually more omnivorous. They are so chill

  • @northtohome345
    @northtohome345 6 років тому

    So cool! I just saw a Binturong at the zoo in minoqua, Wisconsin and it did smell just like buttered popcorn! I was actually smelling it and thinking it really was popcorn before I read the sign on his cage and learned where the scent was coming from... I wouldn’t have “binturong” if the snack stand wasn’t so far away! 😆

  • @Ram-zc4fi
    @Ram-zc4fi 6 років тому

    I love binturongs! They are the sweetest babies ever, having worked with them they are so unique :)

  • @jackielinde7568
    @jackielinde7568 6 років тому +1

    I told my daughter that my feet sometimes smells like buttered popcorn, but she disagrees. I'm going to tell her we need a pet Binturong.

  • @jamesmahan9787
    @jamesmahan9787 6 років тому +4

    Go Bearcats!

  • @TheRealVoiceOfReason
    @TheRealVoiceOfReason 6 років тому +60

    Maillard is pronounced my-YARD

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 6 років тому +7

      I wonder if that led to any confusion when Monsieur Maillard was telling those pesky garçons what they had better stay out of?

    • @masterimbecile
      @masterimbecile 6 років тому +12

      You damn kids get outta maillard!!!

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 6 років тому +2

      Quoi, monsieur Maillard? Je ne comprends pas!

    • @sakinano99
      @sakinano99 6 років тому +18

      actually it's my-YAR, with no D

    • @TheRealVoiceOfReason
      @TheRealVoiceOfReason 6 років тому +6

      Whoops, you're right. My bad. Crazy Frenchmen and their weird language.

  • @myst9900
    @myst9900 6 років тому

    Never knew about this creature. It looks so cute and cool at the same time (and the popcorny smell is a nice bonus)

  • @abrtn00101
    @abrtn00101 6 років тому

    Binturongs also live in the Philippines (in particular, in parts of Palawan). They have a strong tendency toward becoming pets because they're quite docile, they like to nap a lot, and they tend to stick around when they know you give them food. Since they're on the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable, this probably isn't a good thing, but it did give me an opportunity to meet one while on vacation. I can tell you that they (the binturongs themselves) don't smell like popcorn. The binturong climbed up onto my shoulders, so I got very good sniff. If you know what a wet dog that hasn't had a bath in a while smells like, that's what it smelled like. Its pee might smell good, but the animal itself was a little rank. But maybe it just needed a bath or something.

  • @TrojanHorse1959
    @TrojanHorse1959 6 років тому

    Great, buttered popcorn will never be the same...LOL!

  • @theGreaterAwareness
    @theGreaterAwareness 6 років тому

    "Honey I'm home, did you make popcorn?"
    "Nope, just sprayed Androstenedione on the walls".

  • @ProfessorPolitics
    @ProfessorPolitics 6 років тому

    And with that, the overlap for the Venn Diagram of "Educational UA-cam" and "...*That* UA-cam" got a bit bigger.

  • @HTYM
    @HTYM 6 років тому

    So what you're saying is that, in order to keep their population numbers up, we should open more movie theaters in the forests they inhabit.
    Neat.

  • @AnimilesYT
    @AnimilesYT 6 років тому +1

    I love the smell of pee.
    Never thought I'd ever say that

  • @nickrhodes9031
    @nickrhodes9031 6 років тому

    Caramalisation and maillard reaction are different things, but both do occur when making caramel

  • @danwinstanley2810
    @danwinstanley2810 6 років тому

    Great vid thanks!

  • @rancorousgoat6204
    @rancorousgoat6204 6 років тому +4

    1:08 "The tastey smell of their pee.."
    ...

  • @vash4111
    @vash4111 6 років тому +1

    The Moiré effect is intense!

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 років тому

      Haha yes! I thought I as the only one that noticed!

  • @arifhossain9751
    @arifhossain9751 6 років тому

    So THIS is how movie theater popcorn is flavored...

  • @tinamclaughlin1991
    @tinamclaughlin1991 6 років тому

    Very very entertaining! Oh, and please pass the popcorn!

  • @Tfin
    @Tfin 6 років тому

    "If it smells like delicious buttered popcorn when you are in a middle of
    the forest, it’s not because there’s a movie theater nearby, but
    Binturongs, arboreal carnivore, might be."
    I think a movie theater is more likely than a bearcat. For that matter, a 100-year-old sportscar would be the more likely find, if a Bearcat *was* in the area.

  • @MrTwotimess
    @MrTwotimess 6 років тому

    2-AP has been credited for human mating behaviour, too. Movies... dinner.... wanna come over to my place? It gets people in the mood.

  • @milkywegian
    @milkywegian 6 років тому +3

    *POPCORN JUICE*

  • @mackwackenstein
    @mackwackenstein 6 років тому

    I suddenly got a mental image of walking down a street in Malaysia only to see a bunch of binturongs all grinding on a movie theater.

  • @visibleconfusion9894
    @visibleconfusion9894 6 років тому +3

    Breaking news: Movie Theater popcorn factory exposed to have Millions of Binturongs

  • @patrickmccurry1563
    @patrickmccurry1563 6 років тому

    But that raises the question of how binturongs react to actual buttered popcorn.

  • @GhullieUser
    @GhullieUser 6 років тому

    Lol, when my dog smelled like popcorn I knew it was time for a bath

  • @wingus857
    @wingus857 6 років тому

    I've been around this animal before and I can confirm it smells like popcorn

  • @horizon241
    @horizon241 6 років тому

    "Paradoxical Pee". Along with the Palm Civets, the Binturong belong to the subfamily Paradoxurinae, which is from the root Paradoxurus "contrary to expectation" with the Latin suffix -inae. To me, it looks like it could be a pun: Paradoxurinae "paradox + urine" basically "paradoxical pee", which describe the Binturong quite well! Mad props to taxonomists if this was intentional.
    Sources: wikipedia, a-z animals, wiktionary, my own anecdotal musings.

  • @yusefdanielhassounharmouch1520
    @yusefdanielhassounharmouch1520 6 років тому +7

    Cuz they just seen the latest mission impossible and realized it is freakin' long

  • @TheHarleyEvans
    @TheHarleyEvans 6 років тому

    A binturong walks into a cinema : It's smells like piss in here

  • @jnzkngs
    @jnzkngs 6 років тому +1

    If anyone related to me says "Do you smell popcorn?" DO NOT INHALE THROUGH YOUR NOSE!!!

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 років тому

      This is a great life lesson! haha 😂

  • @fajaradi1223
    @fajaradi1223 6 років тому

    Thanks Olivia, now i know where does those artificial popcorn flavouring comes from.

  • @george2571
    @george2571 6 років тому

    I've had 3 Dachshunds and their paws all smelled like popcorn.

    • @iartistdotme
      @iartistdotme 6 років тому

      My dogs ears smell like popcorn but not her paws. Yorkie, Poo, Poo. Someone else mentioned their dogs paws smelled like popcorn, also.

  • @antivanti
    @antivanti 6 років тому

    Maillard reaction is named after french physician and chemist Louis Camille Maillard and it is pronounced roughly "my-YAR". Most non-French people I've heard say it as "my-yard reaction"

  • @QBig1234
    @QBig1234 6 років тому

    "imine is just a fancy chemistry way to say it's a chemical that has a smell" I don't want to live on this planet anymore...

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 6 років тому +1

      And she's completely wrong, too...

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 6 років тому

    Why do many predators have a remarkably strong smell? When I can smell a human from over 10m it's just annoying, but when prey can smell a predator from a healthy distance, it's bad for the predator and good for the potential prey...

  • @Michael-lc8yl
    @Michael-lc8yl 6 років тому +1

    sometimes my pee smell like popcorn and my dog’s feet as well

  • @buyungferdiansyah5309
    @buyungferdiansyah5309 6 років тому

    I am from Indonesia. We have had binturong and civet that smell like pandan in my neighborhood when I was just a little kid. When there's still many trees in our neighborhood. Now there's no more sadly ... Some people make binturong n pandan civet their pet nowadays... Very2 cute animals.

  • @CerebrumMortum
    @CerebrumMortum 6 років тому

    'It's also known as bearcats, despite not being a bear nor a cat'
    Silly humans and their names *::eyes the mantis peacock shrimp::*

  • @MoreAmerican
    @MoreAmerican 6 років тому +2

    I heard they taste like those jelly beans.

  • @morgangobin9985
    @morgangobin9985 6 років тому +1

    I remember learning about this from Zoboomafoo!

    • @wabbafet2
      @wabbafet2 6 років тому

      you just blew my mind. just remembered that episode

  • @luciofernandes366
    @luciofernandes366 6 років тому

    Wouldn't surprise me at all if humans already use this as flavour

  • @coryman125
    @coryman125 6 років тому

    Do they smell like real butter, or the type used in instant popcorn?

  • @rogerhinman5427
    @rogerhinman5427 6 років тому +3

    I will never think of popcorn in the same way...urine and mating...geez...

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 років тому +4

      You didn't think about urine and mating whilst eating popcorn before? Hmm, I must be doing something wrong

    • @rogerhinman5427
      @rogerhinman5427 6 років тому +3

      We're all different my friend. You just keep on being you. :-)

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 років тому +2

      Thanks for the support my pal! I appreciate you understanding my particular popcorn eating habits, because as we all know, popcorn eating habits are a vital part of life that defines a person's character.

  • @tyrant-den884
    @tyrant-den884 6 років тому

    One of these was reoccurring in Zabumafoo, was trying to remember what it was called; other than Popcorn.

  • @phoule76
    @phoule76 6 років тому

    this explains the small, dark, hairy new concessions employee down at the Bijou.

  • @Duncan_Idaho_Potato
    @Duncan_Idaho_Potato 6 років тому

    Since these creatures have undoubtedly been around for several hundred thousand or millions of years, isn't it more accurate to say that your buttered popcorn smells like binturong pee? Keep that in mind next time you microwave a bag of peecorn... I mean POPCORN, for a Netflix binge.

  • @jamespurks1694
    @jamespurks1694 6 років тому

    I always wondered where that popcorn like smell was coming from.

  • @caterpillarnana
    @caterpillarnana 6 років тому

    So, is this what movie theaters use to lure people in.

  • @beastblade6400
    @beastblade6400 6 років тому

    Do Binturongs, think popcorn smells like piss? Or maybe, it'll be an aphrodisiac for them.

  • @Fraggr92
    @Fraggr92 6 років тому

    My dog sometimes smells like popcorn when he sleeps. Guess i know what kind of dreams he's having

  • @UFBMusic
    @UFBMusic 6 років тому +1

    So if I stroll around the jungles of Thailand with a bag of Butterkist, a damn cat-bear might try to get jiggy with me?

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 років тому +1

      Now i'm not 100% sure....buuuut.....yes, yes this is definitely what will happen

    • @UFBMusic
      @UFBMusic 6 років тому +1

      First stop, that Blockbuster Video that is still operating in Alaska. Second stop, the jungles of Thailand!

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 років тому +1

      This sounds like a whirlwind adventure - Alaska then Thailand! COUNT ME IN!

    • @UFBMusic
      @UFBMusic 6 років тому

      We'll go home to our wives reeking of cat-bear love and tell them we were at a movie marathon!

  • @Apophis392
    @Apophis392 6 років тому

    Fruit and leaves... so wouldn’t omnivore be a better description? Or could all omnivores also be described as carnivorous?

  • @bjarnes.4423
    @bjarnes.4423 6 років тому

    Binturongs seem to be quite pissed

  • @kyleman1313
    @kyleman1313 6 років тому +3

    What did the professor say to the student that failed his class?
    You're tests Binturong

  • @jypsridic
    @jypsridic 6 років тому

    Maillard sounds like 'my yard'

  • @GuyMichaely
    @GuyMichaely 6 років тому +1

    "The mallard reaction"
    Scishow, the word is french! You pronounce it my-yar

  • @arodreth
    @arodreth 6 років тому

    AWWW YISSSS OLIVIA

  • @macnutz4206
    @macnutz4206 6 років тому

    Your description of the Binturongs' diet did not sound like that of a carnivore.

  • @jeanrodriguez4427
    @jeanrodriguez4427 6 років тому

    Soo I can keep one as a pet? Sweet

  • @MorbidEel
    @MorbidEel 6 років тому

    "This product contains natural and artificial flavors."

  • @illustriouschin
    @illustriouschin 6 років тому +7

    These animals are actually being poached for their scent glands, which are used to make premium priced seasonal candles at Walmart.

  • @delvesdg
    @delvesdg 6 років тому

    The first whiff of buttered popcorn, especially the artificial kind, think Jelly Bellies, smells like urine to me.

  • @pdreding
    @pdreding 6 років тому

    Are you sure you don't have this backwards? The stuff they squirt on popcorn at the theatre certainly looks like it could be binturong pee,

  • @splo1nger909
    @splo1nger909 6 років тому

    My popcorn urine brings all the binturongs to the yard,
    Damn right its better than yours!

  • @WWZenaDo
    @WWZenaDo 6 років тому

    My cats' heads sometimes smell like popcorn too. I wish those brats would leave my popcorn alone.

  • @conchis1991
    @conchis1991 6 років тому

    Next video--why dogs feet smell like Fritos.

  • @mradhayuda1
    @mradhayuda1 6 років тому

    In my country we call the smell just like Pandanus ammaryllifolius plant

  • @vonBelfry
    @vonBelfry 6 років тому

    Isn't it the Maillard Reaction? Or the Mallard Reaction a different thing?

  • @craigcorson3036
    @craigcorson3036 6 років тому

    Do they make good pets? If breeders were to serve them some buttered popcorn, would that put them "in the mood"? So many questions come to mind!

  • @telotawa
    @telotawa 6 років тому

    my pee sometimes smells like popcorn if i pee in a hot shower

  • @lorenzomaldonado2050
    @lorenzomaldonado2050 6 років тому

    So is there a conection to why some people smelling like corn chips ? p.s. this is an actual question, im realy confused why my cosins house or why he smells like corn tortilla chips ?!

  • @egyyolando7808
    @egyyolando7808 6 років тому

    **snif**
    Hmm, buttery smell

  • @Zahri8Alang
    @Zahri8Alang 6 років тому

    Binturong! YEAH! They've been a favorite of mine since 4 years ago. I'm just sad that they haven't get much coverage since they're a pretty endemic species... yet some people actually keep them as pets... Hmmmm? I WANT OOOONNNNEEEE! 😆😆

  • @Locut0s
    @Locut0s 6 років тому

    To be fair they may only really smell like popcorn to us humans. The human species has one of the worst noses in the mammalian kingdom. We really don’t rely on it for that much and can only readily distinguish a much smaller range of smells. It’s quite likely IMHO that to the Binterong their scent might be quite different.

  • @thesteadfastduelist6258
    @thesteadfastduelist6258 6 років тому

    *What if the Popcorn company secretly harvests their pee and that's the "butter" on popcorn.*

  • @Rwededyet
    @Rwededyet 6 років тому

    Soundtrack: "Do the Bearcat" by David Wilcox

  • @teomalchio
    @teomalchio 6 років тому

    And the forests they live in is being clear cut to make space for palm oil plantations, the same nasty thing used for cheap industrial popcorn....