ANIMAL FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW On QI! Best Of QI with Stephen Fry & Sandi Toksvig

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  • @Fooma777
    @Fooma777 3 роки тому +321

    I’ve seen Alan’s Mad Hatterpillar probably a hundred times in these comps and it still just absolutely kills me 😂 the show is a national treasure

    • @seanclements6206
      @seanclements6206 3 роки тому +8

      Ooh no no. You never see me

    • @patsylvest
      @patsylvest 3 роки тому +6

      International treasure, thank goodness.

    • @lmm2103
      @lmm2103 3 роки тому +6

      I think Five Heads Gary is my favourite Alan animal impression

    • @puladancer
      @puladancer 2 роки тому +3

      Would love to get a transcript of this part and his Julie Andrews "she never shuts up" stream of consciousness 😆

    • @danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307
      @danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 2 роки тому

      Funny how Fry is 90% PLUS of the clips and advertisements! poor sandy!

  • @dallasl3688
    @dallasl3688 3 роки тому +280

    "I suffer from a fatal condition, Ashling, which is: posh voice, no money."
    Best quote ever.

    • @luffegasen7711
      @luffegasen7711 3 роки тому +4

      Well ... I have a solution for Sandi: Speak Danish! Problem solved! No posh voice! ^^

  • @famprima
    @famprima 4 роки тому +72

    That last solo from Alan had me tearing up. God he's brilliant

  • @nanagaga2001
    @nanagaga2001 4 роки тому +162

    "Where are the duck's knees? Ask the flamingo." I inhaled my tea and nearly died LOL

  • @trinadubya3406
    @trinadubya3406 4 роки тому +113

    Alan singing "It's not easy being greeeeeeen!" gets me every time. He's adorable.

  • @rushiashtikar
    @rushiashtikar 4 роки тому +582

    Alan should have been a cartoonist....man's got a hell of a imagination...

    • @wordreet
      @wordreet 4 роки тому +7

      I can just about imagine Alan's badly drawn stick figures!

    • @LadderFromMGS3
      @LadderFromMGS3 3 роки тому +14

      totally a Monty Python kinda guy

  • @Artifying
    @Artifying 3 роки тому +115

    “Our Lord” is the most underrated joke of this complication

    • @bennylloyd-willner9667
      @bennylloyd-willner9667 8 місяців тому

      Where are the jokes rated? I'd like to see that list to see how underrated it is😊

    • @AaronThornton-lm4lh
      @AaronThornton-lm4lh 7 місяців тому

      ​@@bennylloyd-willner9667 😂 It's a just a particularly annoying comment that people have been putting under every comedy orientated video on UA-cam for years now. I'm just glad to see it annoys other people like it annoys me.

  • @KingKobra98
    @KingKobra98 4 роки тому +263

    Why do I feel like the bit at the end is in a Monty Python film?

    • @Esquarious
      @Esquarious 4 роки тому +6

      British "humor"

    • @janpeternelj2309
      @janpeternelj2309 4 роки тому +39

      ''Humour''

    • @Esquarious
      @Esquarious 4 роки тому +6

      @@janpeternelj2309 American spelling since Ik ben Amerikaans ya Dutch bastard >.o. But fair point since I enjoy British 'humour.'

    • @generalhyde007
      @generalhyde007 4 роки тому +1

      Jan Peternelj why do the brits always try to make spelling harder? Color is colour. Humor is humour. It’s just confusing. Just use our dictionary and throw yours out.

    • @janpeternelj2309
      @janpeternelj2309 4 роки тому +18

      @@generalhyde007 maybe you should throw your dictionary out and use ours.

  • @vegasbrit9440
    @vegasbrit9440 4 роки тому +40

    Water Boatmen fact was really cool; always had them, newts, & frogspawn in my local pond growing up. Just found out recently from mum one of my childhood heroes, David Bellamy passed away. Always loved him and learned so much; will always cherish the episode he filmed at out beautiful East Yorkshire coast when I was a kid. 🙏🏻 🕊🌊❤️

    • @cowjuicy
      @cowjuicy 4 роки тому

      Yeah I was really surprised at that fact, I assumed it was going to be pistol shrimps, not something I've actually seen before!

  • @drsch
    @drsch 2 роки тому +56

    The amount of effort Alan has to put into carrying the show towards the end there was insane.

  • @carolnorton2551
    @carolnorton2551 4 роки тому +459

    I think we should clone Stephen. We could use more of him.

  • @EETDUK
    @EETDUK 2 роки тому +6

    "Posh voice no money" is such a good line

  • @halkael2317
    @halkael2317 2 роки тому +12

    Can animals count?
    Yes.
    Show a dog three treats and give him two 🤣

  • @0ldFrittenfett
    @0ldFrittenfett 4 роки тому +159

    In Germany, we think all frogs go quaak. No joke in here, just true.

    • @Cypher791
      @Cypher791 4 роки тому +26

      We know Germans never joke.. ✋😑

    • @thebonesaw..4634
      @thebonesaw..4634 4 роки тому +43

      @@Cypher791 -- Nein! Nein! Nein! This is untrue! Germans enjoy jokes as much as the next person! I have examples of course:
      ... Joke #1 - Why are there so few crimes in Germany? ... because it's illegal!
      ... Joke #2 - How many Germans does it take to change a lightbulb? One. Germans are very efficient.
      ... Joke #3 - How many Austrians does it take to change a lightbulb? One. Germans are very efficient.
      ... Joke #4 - How many Czechoslovakians does it take to change a lightbulb? One. Germans are very efficient.
      ... Joke #5 - How many Swiss does it take to change a lightbulb? Unknown. Germans are very efficient, not stupid.

    • @Cypher791
      @Cypher791 4 роки тому +2

      The Bonesaw .. I stand corrected ☝️😆

    • @JThyroid
      @JThyroid 4 роки тому +7

      Now I understand the cheese joke. When I lived in Germany, my first host father told me a joke that he really liked, but I didn’t understand. It basically went “So a frog goes into a grocery store, and the worker asked him if he needed anything. “Quark””.

    • @nfspbarrister5681
      @nfspbarrister5681 4 роки тому

      @1993DJC so...we keep no nouse but biting frog (with fangs) a secret, neighbour?- cheers from indonesia.

  • @RydiaLS83
    @RydiaLS83 4 роки тому +49

    @6:46 -@8:03 . R.I.P earphones & ears. I still have ringing in my ears from that lol

    • @nfspbarrister5681
      @nfspbarrister5681 4 роки тому +1

      Ugh.....as annoying and migraine inducing. As annoying as when packing beads rubbed together. Makes you want to punch anything causing that sound.

    • @lilymarinovic1644
      @lilymarinovic1644 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the warning - took my earphones out when it started.

  • @shewasaworkingclassgirl9998
    @shewasaworkingclassgirl9998 4 роки тому +24

    I admire Stephen so much it’s ridiculous

  • @jwvandegronden
    @jwvandegronden 4 роки тому +17

    That last bit of Allan impersonating the ant and the mad-hatter is genius! That us why he is on that show!

  • @janethollman7894
    @janethollman7894 Рік тому +1

    I was so down but QI on tap has me laughing my socks off

  • @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980
    @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 4 роки тому +38

    Is it just me or am I the only one who thought that the end bit with. Alan going on about the ants sounded like something out of a Monty Pythons episode.

  • @lanselithgow5865
    @lanselithgow5865 4 роки тому +16

    Alans multihead rant!..l can see our old house from here!

  • @UserMum7512
    @UserMum7512 4 роки тому +15

    I once was walking a path in the woods and heard a shriek so loud i jumped, turns out it was a frog i nearly stepped on. It was SO LOUD

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 Рік тому

      I once heard a frog being chased by a cat, and the scream was almost as large as a human

  • @typacsk
    @typacsk 4 роки тому +15

    12:43 Cariad's mind being blown is the cutest damn thing.

    • @raven_of_zoso455
      @raven_of_zoso455 2 роки тому

      Cariad is a very nice woman, indeed. The other redhead, I forget her name, in fact she makes me forget my own name even... She is the cutest thing ever. Her fairy-like beauty and youthful alabaster skin draped with that vivid crimson hair makes me loath myself beyond mortal comprehension. She's like some pagan demi-goddess, a symbol of all that's wonderful in life, the gentle swift of a butterfly wing, the spots on a trout, and the earthy vanilla undertone of a fine whisky. A woman whom the forest elves would celebrate and serenade on the misty dawn of summer. I too suffer from posh voice, no money...

    • @BardiaSaeedi
      @BardiaSaeedi 2 роки тому +1

      @@raven_of_zoso455 cringe and creepy

    • @martyngrice9083
      @martyngrice9083 2 роки тому

      @@raven_of_zoso455 Alice Levine

  • @PiousMoltar
    @PiousMoltar 4 роки тому +21

    "Ah and that's a fact story, that's a true fact story" Haahahahahaha

  • @dcbsmt
    @dcbsmt 4 роки тому +16

    Someone needs to do animations for all of Alan#s animal impressions.

  • @KevlarCaviar
    @KevlarCaviar 3 роки тому +68

    It's a crime that Stephen's "one, two, three, four, five, chicks" joke got no recognition.

    • @johnsheehy6172
      @johnsheehy6172 3 роки тому

      I don't get that joke.

    • @johnsheehy6172
      @johnsheehy6172 3 роки тому +6

      Got it, Chicks means six. I see now why there was no recognition.

    • @alecskinner8807
      @alecskinner8807 2 роки тому +1

      @@johnsheehy6172 😂

    • @arh6624
      @arh6624 2 роки тому

      Looks like it may have been edited out?

    • @VestigialHead
      @VestigialHead 2 роки тому

      @@arh6624 Umm no it is at 9:06.

  • @tomleahy5383
    @tomleahy5383 4 роки тому +10

    In another qi short, Catherine offered the phrase shagging the dog, which shocked Stephen, but it's probably a common phrase. In the US Midwest (Chicago) shagging was used in baseball to mean run as fast as you can after the ball. Fu**ing, the dog, screwing the pooch meant that a person or crew wasn't complete their assignment, or were going very slow, or even not completing a job, which would result in a future problem.

    • @TheAlps36
      @TheAlps36 4 роки тому

      Sorry but I don't get it - if "shagging the dog" means running fast after the ball, why does it mean being lazy?

  • @hansisbrucker813
    @hansisbrucker813 3 роки тому +8

    I really thought the loudest one was going to be the pistol shrimp. Never would have guessed the boatman 😳

  • @JohnFleshman
    @JohnFleshman 3 роки тому +3

    Ya know I should know better than to watch this while getting stoned. 'Bout coughed up a lung laughing in the middle of a big toke!

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 Рік тому +1

      lmao. An everyday occurrence for us avid fans😎

  • @XYZUNKNOWN
    @XYZUNKNOWN 3 роки тому

    Thanks for uploading all of these!

  • @ShipCreek
    @ShipCreek 4 роки тому +30

    I have a 'motorbike' frog in my garden. It sounds like a bike being revved at the traffic lights.

    • @JThyroid
      @JThyroid 4 роки тому +1

      We have the screaming lady toad in our garden. They just scream. The neighbors little daughter went up to her mother one night and said ”Mommy. Is that a lady screaming?” It’s a horrible noise and my dad doesn’t care about it because he’s half deaf and his room is on the opposite side of the house. Come to think of it, I think those toads are one of the reasons that I moved out.

    • @curiouscuriouser2670
      @curiouscuriouser2670 4 роки тому +1

      Ship Creek :Must be an Aussie......am I right?

    • @ShipCreek
      @ShipCreek 4 роки тому

      @@curiouscuriouser2670 correct👍

  • @kyb.
    @kyb. 4 роки тому +1

    Honestly the best show in my opinion

  • @calvins_hat
    @calvins_hat 4 роки тому +4

    The 5 head caterpillar kills me every time

  • @chithigunatilake5524
    @chithigunatilake5524 4 роки тому +7

    7:16 the audio tech has a fit

  • @keeperofthecheese
    @keeperofthecheese 4 роки тому +32

    Levelling the audio between clips is free...

    • @blaidddrwg-ye9dy
      @blaidddrwg-ye9dy 4 роки тому +2

      M8. Stfu

    • @tommythecat7752
      @tommythecat7752 4 роки тому +4

      @@blaidddrwg-ye9dy It's not too unreasonable to expect them to adjust the audio. What if someone had their volume too high?

    • @ivnislykun
      @ivnislykun 3 роки тому +4

      @@tommythecat7752
      Well I doubt adjusting the volume level of your own phone/pc would be such a monumental task to do...

    • @djimma5080
      @djimma5080 3 роки тому +2

      @@ivnislykun why should everyone have to adjust when you can do it while editing the videos together quite easily.

  • @vilstef6988
    @vilstef6988 4 роки тому +3

    Per ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, the sound frogs make is Rakkk-akkk-akkk-kaks, Rakkk-akkk-akkk-kaks! Koax, koax!

  • @soul_asmr
    @soul_asmr 4 роки тому +7

    Funny enough, the ability to count is actually a /cultural/ adaptation. Not an innate ability or an automatic one.
    I took an intensely in depth class on culture&cognition and essentially, without the formation of a culture who needed numbers, we really cant count very high or keep track of much at all. It's more complex than I can explain here, but there are plenty of cultures that still have no system of counting past any units of ten . They just visually have rough estimates, but without the actual introduction of units representing each number there is only so far adaptations and cultures can go. Hence, our advancements lolll

    • @morganfjp
      @morganfjp 4 роки тому

      That is really fascinating. Wish I'd attended the same class. Any links or refs would be much appreciated. Meanwhile, I love my pi 3.1415926535897932....

    • @marklawes1859
      @marklawes1859 3 роки тому +1

      Like Terry Pratchetts trolls. One, two, three, many, many one, many two, many three, lots

  • @warren52nz
    @warren52nz 3 роки тому +3

    *Encouraging that when some one suggests Jesus walked on water the laughter lifts the roof off. There's hope for us yet...*

    • @spelcheak
      @spelcheak 2 роки тому

      Back to Reddit with you

    • @CMOT101
      @CMOT101 Рік тому +1

      Britain, mate
      We laugh at Christians

  • @LnPPersonified
    @LnPPersonified 4 роки тому +65

    That metal rod sound was awful.

  • @amanekabbaj
    @amanekabbaj 4 роки тому +7

    It should be titled Allan being silly as usual!

  • @SvenElven
    @SvenElven 2 роки тому +4

    Reginald D. Hunter has the best voice ever!

    • @Reznor1983
      @Reznor1983 2 роки тому +1

      ’Delicous’ as I like to call him

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 Рік тому

      @@Reznor1983 Yeah and his sister scrumptious 😄

  • @satibel
    @satibel 3 роки тому +11

    I think the sperm whale at 236db would be louder given that db is on a log scale.
    though the pistol shrimp at 220 db which would be about 1/1000th of the volume (compared to 250db), might be louder for the size
    anyway, both can kill you through the sheer volume. (200db can kill)
    a guy put his hand in front of him to signal a whale to stop and his hand was paralyzed for 4 hours, and that's probably just on communication volume (which is around 180-190db), not stunning/killing.
    that's basically like putting your hand in a microwave.
    for comparison, sound level wise that's like standing on the launchpad next to a rocket.

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 Рік тому

      Past quite interesting and into very interesting. Perhaps you should edit? Spirit of the show and all that 😄

  • @flamingpieherman9822
    @flamingpieherman9822 4 роки тому

    Man this is so much better than American Jeopardy!

  • @leighnicole100
    @leighnicole100 3 роки тому +1

    I've never been more entertained by watching five men rub metal tubes with their fingers to make noise than this

  • @DRB-Octane
    @DRB-Octane 4 роки тому +11

    14:03 ...and then Alan takes things too far... and i love him for it... =D

    • @GOTHICforLIFE1
      @GOTHICforLIFE1 3 роки тому +2

      It's not too far though - It's just hilarious quick-witted humour :D

  • @jaimie1938
    @jaimie1938 4 роки тому +8

    4:42 brilliant zinger from Jo 😁

    • @borismuller86
      @borismuller86 4 роки тому +2

      Iron Boots “brilliant”? Its literally her entire act.

  • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
    @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 3 роки тому +8

    The thing about frogs saying 'ribbit' reminds me of the old corny joke:
    "How do you know when there are frogs in knee-deep water?"
    "I dunno. How do you know?"
    "You can hear them saying, 'Knee-deep. Knee-deep. Knee-deep'."
    Don't blame me. You didn't have to read this comment.
    And, honestly, if you didn't stop once you got to "old corny joke," there's no one to blame but yourself.
    ;-)

    • @mccarthy5825
      @mccarthy5825 2 роки тому +1

      Nothing wrong with old corny jokes mate! I don't particularly like they types who are elitist about comedy. Dad jokes, chuck Norris 'facts', slapstick stuff like Bottom or the Young Ones, Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Father Ted(being Irish and being 12 when the first season came out was a real zeitgeist moment), Black Books... Stupid jokes like what's pink and fluffy? Pink fluff... Stuff like that tickles my funnybone as much as Gervais stuff or Chapelle, Rogan, Pryor, Bill Hicks.

  • @retro2vr
    @retro2vr 4 роки тому +4

    Hows this for bad luck? I continued the video after pausing at the exact ringing rods bit by chance. When I continued, I used earphones and the volume was accidentally on full. I already have tinnitus too. 😣

  • @Nemoticon
    @Nemoticon 4 роки тому +16

    All the other contestants think they're funny and then Alan Davis pipes up and blows the competition away!

  • @destroythehuman3380
    @destroythehuman3380 4 роки тому +4

    Never heard a water boatman make any noise actually. Specially not one like a freight train

  • @csgollum
    @csgollum 4 роки тому +8

    When I watched this episode the first time I remember thinking: "Huh! So animals can think and count and have emotions? So the only difference between them and us is that we've got an opposable thumb? Interesting!"

    • @nathanthom8176
      @nathanthom8176 3 роки тому +1

      You are probably not being serious but one thing that not many animals have (include our primate cousins) is visual self recognition (i.e. Cannot tell that their reflection is their own and not another animal). Counting is about as common as object permanence in animals which makes sense as they are somewhat related; Sandy's duck example isn't an issue of counting for the duck but of the ducks lack of object permanence.

    • @TanjoGalbi
      @TanjoGalbi 2 роки тому +1

      I know this is an old comment but it really has to be said that humans are not the only ones with opposable thumbs. There are around 10 animals that have them: apes, lemurs, possums, koalas, even chameleons to name a few.

  • @jacobpaint
    @jacobpaint Рік тому +1

    Sometimes I find Alan’s jokes to be silly and unfunny but then there are times when he seems to be working on another level, in a comedic flow state where his absurdity works and I could imagine him having his own absurd comedy show where he improvises most of the dialogue.

  • @flawsflames714
    @flawsflames714 4 роки тому

    That Ribbit shit was Hilarious 😂😂😂

  • @merlin5476
    @merlin5476 Рік тому

    Nice that Danny got an ELP reference in there.

  • @MarkLatimerRussell
    @MarkLatimerRussell 2 роки тому

    “I live on a house boat”
    Less than one sentence later, “posh voice no money”

  • @wkrijthe
    @wkrijthe 4 роки тому +1

    12:40 "You can keep your head on..."

  • @marycanary86
    @marycanary86 4 роки тому

    jesus that crab wear dressed in everything bar the grand piano o-O

  • @Wetknees
    @Wetknees 3 роки тому

    4:18 perfect Kermit impression

  • @SkywardSpork
    @SkywardSpork 4 роки тому +7

    Random fun fact, there are species of moths that also rub their genitals along their thorax to confuse bat's, it's an oddly awesome survival tactic

  • @benjaminmccallion3425
    @benjaminmccallion3425 4 роки тому +2

    Technically alan was correct about the frog noise

  • @IamShawnMichaelAllen
    @IamShawnMichaelAllen 8 місяців тому

    So weird seeing Jimmy in anything other than a custom tailored suit! 😂

  • @numbnutnat
    @numbnutnat 4 роки тому +2

    Apparently lions can tell if a pride is bigger then their own by the sound of the raw's and will move on.

    • @johnkinsella5358
      @johnkinsella5358 3 роки тому

      They can tell if they outnumber the roarers (eh?) by two -in which case go and beat 'em up- or not -in which case, go carefully. Solitary male lions would approach roaring lions even if they knew they were outnumbered. They weren't asking where the party was.
      Cat fight cat fight!

  • @peter-peterpumpkineater4982
    @peter-peterpumpkineater4982 4 роки тому +27

    8:23 I didn't hear 'count' at first

  • @fionnagrant6636
    @fionnagrant6636 4 роки тому +5

    Alan would have bee good on the. Muppets

    • @sophitsa79
      @sophitsa79 4 роки тому

      An Alan and Frank Oz collaboration would have been amazing. The multiple heads bit he did always reminds me of the character with two heads in the Labyrinth.

  • @All4Tanuki
    @All4Tanuki 11 місяців тому

    Love the 30s of tinnitus induction

  • @themeat5053
    @themeat5053 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, "Red Indians," Stephen would be skewered here in the US.

  • @24flyingcats84
    @24flyingcats84 3 роки тому +3

    I have posh voice no money syndrome as well. Still, I suspect Sandi has rather more money than I do!

  • @tomleahy5383
    @tomleahy5383 4 роки тому +1

    Some joker's at work (railroad freight yards) would say over the walkie talkies ribbit ribbit. Shortly thereafter someone came over the radio and say, the cry of the horny toad rubbit rubbit.

  • @SamuelKristopher
    @SamuelKristopher 3 роки тому

    This channel and these compilations would be so much better if someone fixed the volume. It's frustrating as hell having to turn my volume up loud for one excerpt and then the next excerpt comes on and it blasts through my speakers like a freight train

  • @SR71ABCD
    @SR71ABCD 4 роки тому +1

    This is is still louder though *WAK WAK WAK*

  • @MetalSlug-ev5wu
    @MetalSlug-ev5wu Рік тому

    Highlight was Stephen Fry referencing Mars Attacks.

  • @professordogwood8985
    @professordogwood8985 2 роки тому +2

    I'm from British Columbia, all of the frogs I've ever heard made the distinct ribbit sound. I never realized it was only actually one species of frogs that ribbit and there's a variety of species in BC.

    • @VestigialHead
      @VestigialHead 2 роки тому

      Likely you have heard other species but did not connect the noise with frogs.

  • @ryan624
    @ryan624 4 роки тому +2

    I worked with a Polish person and they had a tattoo that said lebet and I asked what that meant and his nickname war frog so he had the sound that the frog would make in there language being lebet

  • @DennisMoore664
    @DennisMoore664 3 роки тому

    This show is the bee's knees!

    • @Plons0Nard
      @Plons0Nard 3 роки тому +1

      And the wasp's nipples 😊👍🇳🇱

  • @DanDownunda8888
    @DanDownunda8888 4 роки тому +4

    I think having the ring taken off a cormorant's neck so it can swallow a fish doesn't mean it can count. The fisherman can count, not the bird :)

    • @chubbyhmmm7328
      @chubbyhmmm7328 3 роки тому +4

      Think the original clip was longer and explained that the cormorant won’t dive again until thing on its neck removed

  • @iFkNxLegend
    @iFkNxLegend 2 роки тому +1

    I hate to be that guy but the question was specifically about an animal under the water not on the water

  • @antzooma
    @antzooma Рік тому

    A 3 foot frog is honestly nightmare

  • @Zeuseus6609
    @Zeuseus6609 2 роки тому

    Headphone users, turn volume down around 7:30. You're welcome

  • @krob7955
    @krob7955 Рік тому

    When was the frog clip from? I didn’t expect to hear Stephen Fry saying “a band of red indians whooping.” Just caught me off guard.

  • @johnoconnor6962
    @johnoconnor6962 4 роки тому

    frogs go croak

  • @thomash2806
    @thomash2806 2 роки тому

    Birds do have testes. They’re deep inside the body and proportionally much bigger than human testes, for example. Cockerel testes are quite a delicacy.

  • @nuavecmoi
    @nuavecmoi 3 роки тому +1

    I like Sandy, but I prefer Stephen.

  • @S-uuuu
    @S-uuuu 4 роки тому +5

    There's plenty of pond skaters around here and I've never heard anything 🤔

    • @lmm2103
      @lmm2103 3 роки тому

      They meant relative to it's size I believe.

  • @TheSavvy70
    @TheSavvy70 4 роки тому +12

    Subscribed to QI maybe get your own material ? Just a thought

  • @specialized29er86
    @specialized29er86 2 роки тому

    A 3 foot long frog in 2020, that I find hard to believe.

  • @studlord9970
    @studlord9970 3 роки тому +1

    4:37 Yikes! If he said that on american telly, all hell would break loose.

    • @gwishart
      @gwishart 3 роки тому

      Why? Does "Fowler's toad" mean something rude in American?

    • @FLQueerLiberal1982
      @FLQueerLiberal1982 3 роки тому

      @@gwishart "red indian" i caught it too. But this was from an older episode, probably wasn't regarded as offensive. I get what he was trying to do, draw distinction between Native American Indians (which, Indian shouldn't even be part of it) and actual Indians.

  • @benjaminhartmann4522
    @benjaminhartmann4522 2 роки тому

    No Frog in germany does "ribbit"..... A rumor says that, if you listen closely, you can hear some go. "NEIN, NEIN, NEIN"

  • @jamieburnett6623
    @jamieburnett6623 4 роки тому

    The hidden zoo level Easter egg!!

  • @Twinrehz
    @Twinrehz Рік тому

    What I'd like to know is where the bee's knees are.

  • @murphyc15
    @murphyc15 4 роки тому +1

    Technically some plants also can count

  • @xdswaefr
    @xdswaefr 3 роки тому

    Wings are the arms, knees in the legs

  • @randb4865
    @randb4865 4 роки тому +8

    5:20 Stephen misspoke - would be awfully small at 2 millimeters! Meant centimetres.

    • @antonyaiken
      @antonyaiken 4 роки тому +6

      nope. water boatman are between 2mm and 8mm in body length. stephen never misspeaks.

    • @nathanthom8176
      @nathanthom8176 3 роки тому +6

      @@antonyaiken except when regaling us with what people say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is.

  • @johnnytarponds9292
    @johnnytarponds9292 2 роки тому

    Alan was in good form.

  • @lolerskates876
    @lolerskates876 4 роки тому +1

    "Like a band of red Indians wooping"...what? @4:35

    • @gwishart
      @gwishart 3 роки тому +1

      Whooping means to make
      a loud cry of joy or excitement.

    • @FLQueerLiberal1982
      @FLQueerLiberal1982 3 роки тому +1

      It was an old episode dude. Early 2000s. And the British, at that time, may not have known it was becoming seen as an offensive reference. I mean, in the U.S. it's only become viewed by the masses in the last 10 or 15 years.

    • @FLQueerLiberal1982
      @FLQueerLiberal1982 3 роки тому

      @@gwishart lol

  • @thegeneralissimo470
    @thegeneralissimo470 4 роки тому +1

    Tinnitus warning!

  • @brupanagudi8830
    @brupanagudi8830 4 роки тому +2

    i am quite sad that Stephen referred to Native American folk as 'red indians'

    • @MartinWillett
      @MartinWillett 4 роки тому +1

      Why?

    • @marycanary86
      @marycanary86 4 роки тому +6

      pretty sure he was quoting mr fowler's own notes on the frog he discovered

  • @pambrown6260
    @pambrown6260 4 роки тому +1

    Canada geese can count. Crows can count and subtract

    • @kykk3365
      @kykk3365 4 роки тому +1

      So you're saying the band's name might actually refer to crows with math skills?

    • @pambrown6260
      @pambrown6260 4 роки тому

      There are interesting bits on you tube and Cornell's birdlab and a number of books on the wonders of the common crow

    • @kykk3365
      @kykk3365 4 роки тому +2

      @@pambrown6260 My comment was in reference to the band Counting Crows, which I've always assumed meant a person doing the counting of crows. Your comment opened my eyes to the idea that perhaps it's actually the crows doing the counting.

    • @kykk3365
      @kykk3365 4 роки тому +1

      @@pambrown6260 Oh, there's a professor at the local university where I live in Northern Europe who is specialized in crows and has shown their problem solving skills are similar to those of apes. Not far from where I live you can see rooks dropping nuts in front of cars in traffic to break the shells.

    • @sophitsa79
      @sophitsa79 4 роки тому

      I bet crows and magpies can do algebra, they're either wise enough not to bother, or no one has asked them yet.

  • @BeanMachine360
    @BeanMachine360 3 роки тому +2

    posh voice no monney
    i have that to

  • @brettjohnson536
    @brettjohnson536 4 роки тому +2

    Oh Alan, you never learn do you? Lol.

  • @ferngullyisme
    @ferngullyisme 4 роки тому

    can someone tell me how to make or find one of those water boatman sticks

    • @gwishart
      @gwishart 3 роки тому

      It's just a metal rod with some rosin. You could buy a suitable rod from a hardware shop and rosin from anywehere that sells dance and sports accessories.

  • @kfbell11
    @kfbell11 3 роки тому

    WOW - “red indians whooping”