How Weasels Got Skinny

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  • @PonyusTheWolfdude
    @PonyusTheWolfdude 3 роки тому +1561

    I'm looking forward to "How Wolverine got Swole" and "Origins of Wet Otters"!

  • @Devin_Stromgren
    @Devin_Stromgren 3 роки тому +684

    Thus are the origins of Buck, the little mink that lives in my house every winter, massacres all the mice that try to move in, and bumps my ankle to ask for dog food when prey gets scarce.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 3 роки тому +71

      I have to make do with hissing furballs. Congrats on the long boi.

    • @luckydal2059
      @luckydal2059 3 роки тому +65

      Please tell Buck I said hello when you see him next

    • @Devin_Stromgren
      @Devin_Stromgren 3 роки тому +53

      @@luckydal2059 He's a wild animal, that won't be till November at the earliest. He never shows up until there's snow on the ground.

    • @Wooper160atThePond
      @Wooper160atThePond 3 роки тому +13

      You're so lucky

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 3 роки тому +33

      Another example of an animal domesticating itself.

  • @matthiasmorse5263
    @matthiasmorse5263 3 роки тому +1647

    "skinnymorph," "musclimorph," and "aquamorph": three of the most adorable and hilarious scientific classifications for the most adorable and hilarious mammals on earth.

    • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
      @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +57

      Right up there with the thagomizer

    • @DavidMcGuizz
      @DavidMcGuizz 3 роки тому +30

      Don't forgot Aquamorph! All three are amazing haha

    • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
      @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +13

      @@DavidMcGuizz Wasn't that the movie with Jason Mamoa? No wait, an Aquamorph video is something I would actually WANT to watch.

    • @matthiasmorse5263
      @matthiasmorse5263 3 роки тому +9

      @@DavidMcGuizz you are incredibly correct and i am editing my comment to reflect that lol

    • @ianism3
      @ianism3 3 роки тому +6

      yah... but they're just nicknames - intended as a shorthand to designate the different types in this group - not official scientific terms

  • @dean9824
    @dean9824 3 роки тому +538

    Now this is the kind of recognition I want after months of hitting the gym

  • @melvinshine9841
    @melvinshine9841 3 роки тому +1364

    Don't let the cuteness fool you, all mustelids are some kind of crazy, not just honey badgers and wolverines.

    • @whythelongface64
      @whythelongface64 3 роки тому +113

      Ferrets kill rabbits by scaring them to death as they can't bite into their air pipe. And weasels are... Weird to say the least

    • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
      @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +71

      I remember reading somewhere that of all the various mustelids, ferrets are the only ones that have been "domesticated".

    • @albatross4920
      @albatross4920 3 роки тому +42

      They're onmicidal

    • @galvaton10000
      @galvaton10000 3 роки тому +43

      If only these long girls and boys weren't psychopaths

    • @melvinshine9841
      @melvinshine9841 3 роки тому +84

      @@whythelongface64 Fishers are one of those insane mustelids nobody seems to talk about. I already knew they will actively go after porcupines, which they kill by repeatedly biting them in the face, but apparently they've been documented killing bobcats and lynx. A lynx is around 20-30 pounds, a big fisher is like 8 pounds.

  • @qtip9903
    @qtip9903 3 роки тому +923

    Can you do an episode on pangolins? I’m curious on how they got their scales

    • @djtdawg87
      @djtdawg87 3 роки тому +49

      Oh yes that would be a great episode.

    • @jcortese3300
      @jcortese3300 3 роки тому +118

      I'd love to see something on the development of all sorts of keratin things that stick out of skin: scales, hair, nails, feathers ...

    • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
      @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +13

      I would like to see that video as well.

    • @Kuwagumo
      @Kuwagumo 3 роки тому +10

      I would like it as well

    • @scottsbarbarossalogic3665
      @scottsbarbarossalogic3665 3 роки тому +10

      I, too, wish to see a video on the real like Pokémon

  • @FosterBaba
    @FosterBaba 3 роки тому +196

    I love how a single fossil can mess up a whole theorized timeline lol. It’s like watching live science updates

    • @pepesylvia848
      @pepesylvia848 3 роки тому

      If it's just theory then yeah, facts tend to jumble it up.
      You're writing a story you've never read based on other stories you've read by the same author. You might get close once in a while, but finding a page of the actual book will always require adjusting your made up one.

    • @danmortenson5274
      @danmortenson5274 3 роки тому

      That's likely because the "accepted theory" might itself be based on one fossil. And the rest of its edifice was supplied by human wishey thinking, feeling, er shooting lasers out of our eyes type stuff... witness the continuing self-deception of the ROTpubicans (oops, was I that rude?)... All this to say that sometimes things just collapse.

    • @pepesylvia848
      @pepesylvia848 3 роки тому +7

      @@danmortenson5274 This reminds me of the way we just ignore the humanoid fossils in Greece and the middle east which mess with our "humans originated in Africa lol" theory.

    • @pepesylvia848
      @pepesylvia848 3 роки тому

      @@danmortenson5274 And what is a ROTpublican? What does ROT stand for?

    • @mimisezlol
      @mimisezlol 3 роки тому +1

      @@pepesylvia848 there's also a lot of confusion regarding which bipedal hominins eventually lead to the whole genus _homo_. Is it Lucy and the Australopithecines? Or is it Ardi and the rest of the Ardipithecines? Still being debated

  • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
    @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +319

    For a while there I thought eons would weasel out of doing a mustelid video. I otter give them more credit. This was a great video and gave me a lot to mink about.

    • @amandawilcox9638
      @amandawilcox9638 3 роки тому +39

      Andrew: 'Liking' your post because it must have taken some work. Terrible jokes, but I'll stop badgering you for now! 🥺🙋‍♀️

    • @garethdean6382
      @garethdean6382 3 роки тому +26

      That was a stoatally terrible post. I don't knmow how you're sable to put so many weasel words in on reply.

    • @kieranh2005
      @kieranh2005 3 роки тому +4

      🙄👍

    • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
      @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +3

      @@garethdean6382 Nice

    • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
      @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +3

      @@amandawilcox9638 HAHAHAHAHA!!!

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 3 роки тому +354

    It’s like one mustelid decided to fit through a small hole and came out all long and skinny, like you see in cartoons.

    • @sieltan5618
      @sieltan5618 3 роки тому +20

      thi-this is my hole!! it was made for me!!!

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 3 роки тому +1

      It also works for cats that is how a cat becomes a harmonica. But there it's done with the help of a pesky mouse.

    • @robmartin525
      @robmartin525 3 роки тому +2

      Or maybe he was just small to begin with, but whilst he was climbing a tree someone tied his tail around an anvil
      :D

    • @gardenhead92
      @gardenhead92 3 роки тому

      @@sieltan5618 I got that reference

    • @dankpepe2110
      @dankpepe2110 3 роки тому +1

      @@sieltan5618 i see, you're an Ito fan as well.

  • @salt-emoji
    @salt-emoji 3 роки тому +124

    It is truly saddening just the sheer number of things we'll never know existed.. but also just mind boggling, considering how many different species we've discovered from the fossil record already.

  • @joshuafrederick2184
    @joshuafrederick2184 3 роки тому +31

    Hi Eons team, just wanted to say I love these videos (I’ve watched at Least 95% of them). As an indigenous person, I really appreciate the moment that was taken in this video to bring visibility/awareness to the tribes affiliated with the areas the fossils were from. Wāēwāēnen (Thank you).
    Also there is a comment on here that asks for a video to be about the Sturgeon. This would be pretty cool to see especially for me because the sturgeon is one of the oldest sacred animals to my tribe (Menominee) we are the original/first people in Wisconsin/U.P. Michigan.

  • @bellahawthorn4575
    @bellahawthorn4575 3 роки тому +40

    I like to imagine you guys hanging around writing this episode, and you’re all like “yeah, this is going well, I think we’re almost done” and then someone just stops and goes “hold on, new weasel just dropped”

  • @Evan-rj9xy
    @Evan-rj9xy 3 роки тому +168

    I will never get used to not hearing Steve's name at the end of these videos. I hope they're doing well

    • @DFloyd84
      @DFloyd84 3 роки тому +12

      Steve sent a weasel to do a ferret's job. Didn't end well.

    • @mangoface7914
      @mangoface7914 3 роки тому +5

      SAME :((

    • @sunrisings292
      @sunrisings292 3 роки тому +9

      My little cousin is sitll asking me "hey! where's Steve!?" She wants to kmow....

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink 3 роки тому +10

      I also think of Steve! every time i reach the end credits.

    • @NotAMuse
      @NotAMuse 3 роки тому +1

      I missed it, what happened to Steve?

  • @AnOtterNamedMoMo
    @AnOtterNamedMoMo 3 роки тому +288

    So when are we getting a video about otters? Cause... I need that in my life.

    • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
      @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +22

      It otter be any day now.... :-D

    • @Caine_42
      @Caine_42 3 роки тому +1

      Watch heavens disign team xd

    • @Im-Not-a-Dog
      @Im-Not-a-Dog 3 роки тому +4

      I figure they _otter_ be putting that out any day now.

    • @garethdean6382
      @garethdean6382 3 роки тому

      You just did. Weasels are teeny land otters.

    • @arturolopez450
      @arturolopez450 3 роки тому

      Whenever your ready to make it

  • @chrisellingson123
    @chrisellingson123 3 роки тому +130

    I raised and keep two orphaned water mongoose pups. I reckon they are noodlemorphs. Definitely my favourite animals.

    • @unexpected2475
      @unexpected2475 3 роки тому +21

      that is a very long name, my goodness

    • @TheWatcher802
      @TheWatcher802 3 роки тому +16

      Mongoose are not mustelids tho

    • @AccidentalNinja
      @AccidentalNinja 3 роки тому +24

      Noodlemorphs? So there are mammalian dangernoodles?

    • @MaddTheSane
      @MaddTheSane 3 роки тому +21

      @@TheWatcher802 They're not? Huh…
      _looks it up_
      Hmm. Doesn't look like they are.

      Convergent evolution!

    • @chrisellingson123
      @chrisellingson123 3 роки тому +11

      @@TheWatcher802 correct. They are from the Herpestidae family.

  • @adamgrogory
    @adamgrogory 3 роки тому +38

    2:05 Hodari Nundu art? Truly this channel is the greatest

  • @bxb77777
    @bxb77777 3 роки тому +131

    I can't stop saying awww while looking at these ancient long babies 🥺

  • @SuperTonyony
    @SuperTonyony 3 роки тому +27

    “Homer, stop trying to weasel out of it!”
    “But Marge, weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals....except the weasels!”

  • @Joe__M
    @Joe__M 3 роки тому +14

    It’s not often that videos include new discoveries that are found DURING the writing of the video. Great thought to have it in there!

  • @thelegalsystem
    @thelegalsystem 3 роки тому +201

    Mustelids are just my absolute favorite critters on this earth 🌎 😍

  • @letolethe5878
    @letolethe5878 3 роки тому +30

    I'd love to hear about armadillos! Also would love to hear how/why humans and other animals developed altruism!

    • @hoary_bat
      @hoary_bat 3 роки тому

      Do you mean albinism?

    • @jwr2904
      @jwr2904 3 роки тому +3

      @@hoary_bat no, I think they mean altruistic behavior. While humans are always great, we still are altruistic, elephants are known to have that as well

    • @hoary_bat
      @hoary_bat 3 роки тому

      @@jwr2904 ahhh yeah that sounds interesting too

  • @ashieinroses
    @ashieinroses 3 роки тому +28

    Y’know, this came out at the right time. I just got out of the hospital from a dog attack and watching this actually helped calm me down

    • @amandawilcox9638
      @amandawilcox9638 3 роки тому +4

      I hope you're doing well!🙋‍♀️

    • @ashieinroses
      @ashieinroses 3 роки тому +3

      @@amandawilcox9638 I am, just in a lot of pain. No stitches thankfully tho, I hate needles ghdnkfks

    • @stefanostokatlidis4861
      @stefanostokatlidis4861 3 роки тому +4

      You can insult placental carnivoran mammals as much as you want now. Both dogs in the weasels. They like to bite and attack all the time.

    • @mboatrightED300
      @mboatrightED300 3 роки тому +4

      @@ashieinroses you got of better than I did last year, then. Get well!

    • @BadassMusicRadio
      @BadassMusicRadio 3 роки тому +3

      You'll be alright. been there before bitten on the face once

  • @younevergofulllibtard4583
    @younevergofulllibtard4583 3 роки тому +30

    I remember getting the Mustelids zoobooks when I was kid. It was my favorite

    • @jwr2904
      @jwr2904 3 роки тому +5

      Zoobooks, now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. I really enjoyed them as a kid in the mid 90s

  • @Gamepro2112
    @Gamepro2112 3 роки тому +18

    You mentioned an otter episode coming at a later day. Hopefully soon, that sounds like a video I’d love to watch.

  • @pawbead
    @pawbead 3 роки тому +13

    i love these videos so much , ancient animals are currently a hyperfixation of mine and i'm so happy a video came out today !!

  • @PantheraRex
    @PantheraRex 3 роки тому +63

    Can you do a video about South American Ungulates, like Toxodon and Macrauchenia? I've read their classification as a monophyletic group is debatable

  • @PerfectlyNormalBeast
    @PerfectlyNormalBeast 3 роки тому +45

    There's a UA-cam channel called Mink Man
    It's cool to watch well trained animals do what they're built for

    • @lyreparadox
      @lyreparadox 3 роки тому +9

      lol, happy to know I'm not the only crossover viewer from Joseph Carter the Mink Man.

    • @calamityjean1525
      @calamityjean1525 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, I watch him too.

    • @Greentrees60
      @Greentrees60 3 роки тому +1

      Me too!

  • @dianagibbs3550
    @dianagibbs3550 3 роки тому +17

    Would love to see an episode or a website or something that acts as a road map through the tree of life. Like, show us the branches eon by eon. If a website, you could put links to videos about each era or branch so we could explore the video library that way.

    • @Milther2
      @Milther2 3 роки тому +2

      Yes, I want to know when from where each of these types of animals split apart from

    • @whatwhale5888
      @whatwhale5888 3 роки тому +1

      Yess same

  • @omarrizo5816
    @omarrizo5816 3 роки тому +129

    My ferret and I sitting here watching a video on their cousins, woot!

    • @c.renmark1880
      @c.renmark1880 3 роки тому +1

      Also watching with my ferret!

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 3 роки тому +6

      @山モム丂モレ But they are both mustelids and will mostly likely share a ancestral mustelid.

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 3 роки тому +4

      @ШEАSЕLi did not say that they are the same. I said they share a common ancestor.
      With your own example the homo sapiens and erectus are not the same but we do have a common ancestor with them

    • @kevincotterell3644
      @kevincotterell3644 3 роки тому +2

      @ШEАSЕL like who gives a toss?

    • @wolfshanze5980
      @wolfshanze5980 3 роки тому +4

      @ШEАSЕL the difference between a ferret and a weasel is a tad closer than a mosquitoe and a human, don't you think?
      When you have to use completely nonsensical arguments to try and justify a point, you don't sound smart, you sound like an idiot arguing for the point of arguing.
      The OP never said they were identical, he said they were related and sorry to burst your bubble, but they are related... they're both mustelids. But you go on with your human and mosquitoe comparison... you just sound idiotic trying to prove a point with that... id stop while you're behind if I were you.

  • @trentonmeyer461
    @trentonmeyer461 3 роки тому +23

    Hey eons could you do a special about the sturgeon it's a fish that first appeared 200 million years ago and has branched into many fresh and saltwater species and they was supper successful in there respective habits but when humans started industry fishing them a lot of species became vulnerable and endangered or threatened, if you guys can make a video of the sturgeon it would really make me happy because then the sturgeon can hopefully get more support that they need

    • @xpglr
      @xpglr 3 роки тому +4

      Support for the sturgeon!

  • @jahmanoog461
    @jahmanoog461 3 роки тому +7

    Good episode. Intense animals. The time-line seems reasonably theorized. Thanks for summarizing the known evidence, Shouout to the crew, the maps and photos are appreciated.

  • @epauletshark3793
    @epauletshark3793 3 роки тому +13

    This is one of the most adorable episodes of PBS eons yet.

  • @Radi0ActivSquid
    @Radi0ActivSquid 3 роки тому +6

    Every video this channel puts out makes me smile.

  • @penart8079
    @penart8079 3 роки тому +5

    I enjoy these so much. The background music also is always on point which creates such a unique mood

  • @Lord.Kiltridge
    @Lord.Kiltridge 3 роки тому +45

    I would have thought it impossible for a palaeontologist to get ahead of herself.

    • @danmortenson5274
      @danmortenson5274 3 роки тому +3

      You need a mathematician, for that. Or a cosmologist. Economitions make a good try, but they're always catching up...

  • @MargoMB19
    @MargoMB19 3 роки тому +4

    Okay this is one of the cutest episodes ever! They are all so cute and tiny, awwww! (The episode on the Devil's Corkscrew was among the first I watched from this channel, nice to see it referenced!)

  • @animalpeeps
    @animalpeeps 3 роки тому +3

    This was so relaxing to watch 😌 I love thinking and trying to comprehend the length of time all this evolution takes. It's so mind blowing each time I try!

  • @matthiasmorse5263
    @matthiasmorse5263 3 роки тому +28

    the real skinny legends 😔🙏

  • @cassiopeaknack
    @cassiopeaknack 3 роки тому +8

    I’d love to see an episode about the aquamorphs!

  • @robmartin525
    @robmartin525 3 роки тому +16

    The real question is "Why do weasels go pop?"

    • @garethdean6382
      @garethdean6382 3 роки тому +1

      Because they like it. Stoats prefer soda, ferrets, cola and badgers energy drinks.

    • @kCoco5737
      @kCoco5737 3 роки тому +1

      seriously

    • @brucelee3388
      @brucelee3388 3 роки тому +3

      At the risk of being serious - the 'weasel' in this case was a tailors tool - a padded roll that was used to press seams in sleeves and trouser legs, so named because it was long and flexible. The 'Pop' was slang for 'hocking' your tools of trade to stay alive when there were no jobs or customers were slow paying.

  • @lucasinglez7976
    @lucasinglez7976 3 роки тому +2

    Great video! They really are adorable. Missed the mention on south american representatives of this family. There are 6 species distributed through distinct habitats in this continent, including one of the largest, the amazonian giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), or Ariranha. Looking forward to a video on their aquatic adaptations.

  • @dinohall2595
    @dinohall2595 3 роки тому +12

    Last time I was this early, _Corumictis wolsani_ wasn't extinct.

  • @chrishuppe2734
    @chrishuppe2734 3 роки тому

    I am not hugely into palaeontology, but after I found this channel because of SciShow, I am subscriber and a regular viewer and I really love your videos so thank you.

  • @adamthompson4072
    @adamthompson4072 3 роки тому +6

    Skinnymorphs, musclimorphs, aquamorphs... don't tell me scientists aren't creative!

  • @MimesAgainstHunmanity
    @MimesAgainstHunmanity 3 роки тому +1

    This is great. I think not long ago I wrote in the comments on another video asking if they could do a video on early mustelids, and here we are. Now I would love to see one on how sealions went back to the water.

  • @JV-ko6ov
    @JV-ko6ov 3 роки тому +4

    Saw a longtailed weasel once, it was inside of town when i lived in the mountains coming out of a gopher hole
    3 minks came right infront of while I was fishing once, 2 babies were playing 10 feet from me and mom was kinda freaking out.

  • @CerebrumMortum
    @CerebrumMortum 3 роки тому +1

    I love it that data being published "while we were writing this story" gets pushed in, and she's not afraid to say "new data, we had to adjust"
    It's something SO MISSING and NEEDED and today's public discourse. Just the ability to say 'there is new information, we had to change'.

  • @pay1370
    @pay1370 3 роки тому +3

    what if weasels had a dense coat like otters? would that help with heat loss or just give problems with overheating instead?

    • @drachenfalter
      @drachenfalter 3 роки тому +1

      Weasel fur is pretty dense already, especially their winter coats. (If not nearly as dense as otter fur)

  • @deetlebee
    @deetlebee 3 роки тому +1

    Possibly the cutest episode of Eons yet.

  • @SuperBC1975
    @SuperBC1975 3 роки тому +41

    "How Weasels Got Skinny"
    Weasel Watchers.

  • @aick
    @aick 3 роки тому

    Mustelidae have been a lifelong passion of ours, and we couldn't cut it in biology. Thanks a bunch for other, smarter people and great programs like this on PBS throughout our life.

  • @epauletshark3793
    @epauletshark3793 3 роки тому +5

    Don't forget that the weasels, stoats, and ferrets form and lead great vermin armies, and then get beaten by the badgers and their allies.

    • @amandawilcox9638
      @amandawilcox9638 3 роки тому +1

      Too much Redwall?

    • @epauletshark3793
      @epauletshark3793 3 роки тому +2

      @@amandawilcox9638 not enough. Glad someone got my reference.

    • @garethdean6382
      @garethdean6382 3 роки тому +1

      They are all naturally evil. Which saves a whole lot of toruble when you're looking for who to stab. Imagine being a species who was all over the moral landscape. *Stares at humans*

  • @20firebird
    @20firebird 3 роки тому +1

    i’d love to see a video about why long, tube-like bodies are so common across the animal kingdom. i don’t know if it’s an actual pattern or not, but i notice it is common - annelids, several other sorts of worm, several lizards, snakes, eels, caecilians, and of course, weasels - and that’s not even an exhaustive list.

  • @BallPythons1000
    @BallPythons1000 3 роки тому +3

    Please put all your videos in a playlist!

    • @epauletshark3793
      @epauletshark3793 3 роки тому +3

      I did that, I am still binging every episode, again.

    • @BallPythons1000
      @BallPythons1000 2 роки тому +1

      @@epauletshark3793 thank you so much for replying to this comment all those months ago. I have been sleeping great, while listening to your playlist

  • @ProfessorUmbreon
    @ProfessorUmbreon 3 роки тому +1

    I love PBS Eons! I watch this show so much! This show has inspired me in so many ways, I hope it lasts for a very long time! And seriously, 'Musclimorphs'?! That is too funny! :)

  • @HappyTotoro123
    @HappyTotoro123 3 роки тому +6

    I would like to know how cacti evolved, might be a cool episode

  • @Twapska
    @Twapska 3 роки тому +1

    The African striped weasel photo at ~7:57 was taken by my spouse! We're hollering! 🤣👍

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion 3 роки тому +3

    Will there be episodes about the giant fishes like Xiphactinus and Leedsichthys? I wanted to know how this channel will present them.

  • @Asaelus
    @Asaelus 3 роки тому +1

    Would love a video of African Mingoose! How did they become so good at catching snakes? Why did they evolve stripes, etc?

  • @TheInselaffen
    @TheInselaffen 3 роки тому +3

    I think I might be a Skinnymorph. I look like Calvin grew up into Hobbes body plan.

  • @Tzo19996
    @Tzo19996 3 роки тому +1

    The artwork on this channel is amazing

  • @spookydirt
    @spookydirt 3 роки тому +3

    must-ELL-ids? damn, i've had that wrong all along, and you'd be amazed how often it comes up in conversation

    • @artemiswinkeler4258
      @artemiswinkeler4258 3 роки тому +1

      it is usually pronounced with the accent on the first syllable!! i’m guessing their pronunciation was based on the family name, Mustelidae, where the accent *is* where they put it.

  • @NovelNovelist
    @NovelNovelist 3 роки тому

    Wait, this is a paleontology channel? I've literally watched every video and never made that connection. Although yeah, you guys do talk about paleontology a lot, so it certainly fits! Still, the explicit self-identification is useful!

  • @jimc.goodfellas
    @jimc.goodfellas 3 роки тому +14

    This is something I have ALWAYS wanted to know about

  • @elizabethbaker1399
    @elizabethbaker1399 3 роки тому +1

    Can you talk about how cooking started? I know they found out cooked stuff required less energy and was super helpful but what made them decide to put the stuff over a fire in the first place?

  • @geoffzuo9831
    @geoffzuo9831 3 роки тому +3

    Now I want a vid on mongoses and their relatives.

  • @sunrisings292
    @sunrisings292 3 роки тому

    This is an adorable episode. And Kallie looks great.

  • @JamesPhieffer
    @JamesPhieffer 3 роки тому +6

    You otter do an episode on aqua-morphs next. 😂

    • @bennichols561
      @bennichols561 3 роки тому +1

      Weasily distinguished, stotally different.

  • @timbrinkhof3855
    @timbrinkhof3855 3 роки тому

    Just a shoutout, you guys are my favorite UA-cam channel!

  • @khilorn
    @khilorn 3 роки тому +8

    Can I request an otter episode now? 😁

  • @cthursday289
    @cthursday289 3 роки тому +2

    A topic that I’ve never though of, but now must watch and know!

  • @lucysci
    @lucysci 3 роки тому +9

    Kinda SNAKE, but IT'S A MAMMAL
    Really SUS guy

  • @xubluetree86
    @xubluetree86 3 роки тому +1

    Coffee + new video + easy morning. A perfect way to start the day :)

    • @dudepool7530
      @dudepool7530 3 роки тому +1

      lmao, I just had a late dinner watching this. Time zones are fun!

  • @cravidana1182
    @cravidana1182 3 роки тому +4

    So, I guess I just need to wait for evolution to do its thang and eventually, I'll get skinny too. Right?

  • @dlyfofbenny
    @dlyfofbenny 3 роки тому

    Watching this channel is such a delight!

  • @CloudsGirl7
    @CloudsGirl7 3 роки тому +4

    Me: "I don't like weasels, I don't understand why people get them as pets."
    This video: "They hunt small rodents-"
    Me: "I'LL TAKE TEN."

    • @garethdean6382
      @garethdean6382 3 роки тому

      From experience ,ferrets are a lot like cats, except they're actually happy to see you.

  • @ZombieBowling
    @ZombieBowling 3 роки тому +1

    I love how y'all adapted mid-episode to the new science. ,\m/

  • @kimsubaki6389
    @kimsubaki6389 3 роки тому +14

    "dietologists hate him! Learn how weasels got skinny!"

  • @Xnaut314
    @Xnaut314 3 роки тому +2

    An interesting topic I think you should one day cover is the paleo history of India. India was actually an island for most of its history and its collision with Asia permanently changed the climate and direction of evolution across the entire world and on itself. The biodiversity of prehistoric and modern India is vastly overlooked by most and deserves a spotlight here. There's even a few endemic Indian animals alive today that are relics of its ancient island past, like the newly discovered family of tree-dwelling crabs that should be impossible for a mainland ecosystem.

  • @swimdownx6365
    @swimdownx6365 3 роки тому +3

    Doesn't the biology female ferrets completely turn the store gender power dynamics and pressure. In it's head

  • @loopernoodling
    @loopernoodling 3 роки тому

    Like the new animation for plate tectonics over the ages.
    I hope you keep it - I always found the old one a bit confusing.

  • @witerabid
    @witerabid 3 роки тому +4

    hehe "they evolved rabbitly" 😅🙈

  • @TheDinosaurus99
    @TheDinosaurus99 3 роки тому +1

    Great episode guys love the details. Don't forget the evolutionary history of pinnipeds and tyrannosauirds and seabirds thanks

  • @007GoldenLion
    @007GoldenLion 3 роки тому +3

    This is some weird diet advice.

  • @jivkoyanchev1998
    @jivkoyanchev1998 3 роки тому

    It would truly be amazing if you guys explain the diversification of ceratopsid frills and head-gear.
    Love your contend btw! 😁

  • @jakobraahauge7299
    @jakobraahauge7299 3 роки тому

    A shame that we got to see so little of Kelly - just, "WOW!" We social mammals sure are blessed - beauty in our eyes has been matured for billions eyes!
    Looking great, Kelly! Loads of love from Denmark ❤️🤗

  • @donnycooksey2032
    @donnycooksey2032 3 роки тому +2

    Eagles may soar, but a weasel will never get sucked into a jet engine.

  • @Dissolved_Salt
    @Dissolved_Salt 3 роки тому +1

    Great vid as always!

  • @DumbyDooDoo
    @DumbyDooDoo 3 роки тому +2

    Finally answering the important questions.

  • @willderousse
    @willderousse 3 роки тому

    Have y'all done a show on the appearance of grasslands and the evolution of grasses? That would be super cool!

  • @forthrightgambitia1032
    @forthrightgambitia1032 3 роки тому

    You should really do an episode on the paranthropus genus some day. Such an interesting topic in human evolution and how it confused paleontologists.

  • @davidpendleton2490
    @davidpendleton2490 3 роки тому +1

    Here in Utah, we just had a wolverine sighting near antelope Island. Pretty weird spot. I'm a hunter and a wildlife advocate with a fascination with this content. I'd really like to know how forest fowl came to be. Turkey, grouse, partridge, and even the species on other contents. Please think about it.

  • @theglanconer6463
    @theglanconer6463 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely love these shows. Thank you !

  • @Infernoraptor
    @Infernoraptor 3 роки тому +2

    So, was there competition between mustelids and herpestoids(mongooses, hyenas, meerkat, and foosas) or did they always stay geographically seperate with convergent body plans?

  • @tekgerios3413
    @tekgerios3413 3 роки тому

    Can you do an episode on how Orchidaceae and Asteraceae came the most diverse families of plants? And when, how, and why the first humans domesticated plants for ornamental purposes?

  • @Martial-Mat
    @Martial-Mat 3 роки тому

    That beaver burrow design looks like a death trap waiting to happen: tunnel collapse, flooding, and and getting trapped by other animals.

  • @1jimmarch
    @1jimmarch 3 роки тому +1

    There is nothing on this Earth funnier than a wrestling match between a pet ferret and a house cat.

  • @matthewwelsh294
    @matthewwelsh294 3 роки тому +2

    I was born in Oregon and been to John Day. A fun place with tons of fossils!!

  • @Peter-dk2ov
    @Peter-dk2ov 3 роки тому +1

    I've been waiting for this one

  • @Leen7293
    @Leen7293 3 роки тому +23

    It's my birthday. An Eons video is an amazing gift.