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  • These caterpillar are close to extinction, and their Touch-Me-Nots based diet doesn't help them.
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  • @Serasia
    @Serasia 4 роки тому +6508

    Never thought I’d see a “what the hell just happened” expression on a caterpillar.

    • @hmm2598
      @hmm2598 4 роки тому +81

      Haha, there like, what the heck.

    • @deepee918
      @deepee918 4 роки тому +31

      Lmao i saw that too in the first one 🤣

    • @Mu5096rdgh
      @Mu5096rdgh 4 роки тому +50

      Well at least he got some food before his brain got blown out 😂😂😂

    • @hugono3938
      @hugono3938 4 роки тому +1

      Serasia where

    • @deepee918
      @deepee918 4 роки тому +38

      @@hugono3938 right when it exploded the first time. You can actually see it's expression😳

  • @IzaakCha7
    @IzaakCha7 5 років тому +5934

    >you're going extinct
    >you're in your last remaining habitat
    >you eat your meals alone
    >even your food tries to abandon you

  • @cohandora
    @cohandora 3 роки тому +2116

    Plant: is called touch me not
    Caterpillar: so anyway I started touching

    • @Anonimousxz
      @Anonimousxz 3 роки тому +16

      Here in Brazil we have the other one too:
      Do not touch me
      She is also known as mimosa

    • @Wingding7562
      @Wingding7562 3 роки тому +22

      Sign: “Touch me not”
      Me at the museum: touch

    • @wildsideofthings7733
      @wildsideofthings7733 3 роки тому +11

      @@Wingding7562 guard: turns to look at you caressing the statues
      Guard: What a perve

    • @glovex9863
      @glovex9863 3 роки тому +4

      @@Anonimousxz hi jose

    • @dragonmaid1360
      @dragonmaid1360 2 роки тому +5

      Haaahahahaha mate that made me spit my coffee at the dog. Just wasnt expecting it

  • @purplewithstars
    @purplewithstars 3 роки тому +501

    I love how stunned the caterpillar seems to look when it bursts out of nowhere

    • @wildsideofthings7733
      @wildsideofthings7733 3 роки тому +43

      The surprised pikachu face plays everytime they take a bite. Even though it happens over and over again

    • @douglasbdiass
      @douglasbdiass 2 роки тому +6

      They are dead, Robert.

    • @POOPGOD999
      @POOPGOD999 2 роки тому +5

      I would be pretty fucking confused too

  • @the711devin4
    @the711devin4 4 роки тому +3226

    2:14 even without expression, I can feel the caterpillar’s shock and disappointment

    • @EeyoreHeeHaw
      @EeyoreHeeHaw 4 роки тому +123

      Like a kid that just had their candy taken away lol

    • @jocabulous
      @jocabulous 4 роки тому +146

      "Bruh"

    • @tjbailey336
      @tjbailey336 4 роки тому +96

      2:19
      Caterpillar: Mmm.. mmmm.. delicious..
      Seed: "explodes"
      Caterpillar: THE FUCK WAS THAT??!!??

    • @angelcdeath
      @angelcdeath 4 роки тому +2

      Nice choice. Why flip the picture upside down for your avatar pic though? Just looks lewd now...

    • @AGENTMARIEAKA-AVENGER2236
      @AGENTMARIEAKA-AVENGER2236 4 роки тому +10

      He's like what just happened

  • @co_orn
    @co_orn 5 років тому +7120

    2:13 HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A FACE BUT YOU CAN SEE HIS DISAPPOINTMENT

  • @BobJones-bh9qz
    @BobJones-bh9qz 3 роки тому +749

    I just gotta say, choosing a plant with the name “touch me not” as their sole source of sustenance was a poor move by the caterpillars

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 3 роки тому +35

      They like a challenge!

    • @teeonezee
      @teeonezee 3 роки тому +11

      if only those poor Caterpillars went to school like us humans, right?

    • @A3Kr0n
      @A3Kr0n 3 роки тому +4

      They couldn't read

    • @wildsideofthings7733
      @wildsideofthings7733 3 роки тому +16

      It’s as stupid as a koalas choose of gum leaves or pandas source of foods. And the panda’s breeding methods makes it even more bizarre as to how these animals ever survived extinction. It’s like if they want us to wipe them out.

    • @wildsideofthings7733
      @wildsideofthings7733 3 роки тому +4

      @@A3Kr0n they failed to read the labels. What idiots

  • @SwordTune
    @SwordTune 3 роки тому +166

    2:13
    That caterpillar looks betrayed, befuddled, and absolutely bamboozled.

  • @polterboo3515
    @polterboo3515 4 роки тому +6146

    "The Touch-Me-Not plant, literally explodes"
    Caterpillar: "This sign won't stop me because I don't know how to read"

    • @balenxigaga5701
      @balenxigaga5701 4 роки тому +31

      Polter Boo this comment is so funny yet it is so truee😭💀💀😭

    • @erickchristensen746
      @erickchristensen746 4 роки тому +66

      I loved how the first caterpillar was just like “a okay well that happened” xD

    • @ekremdincel1505
      @ekremdincel1505 4 роки тому +2

      @@erickchristensen746 lol yes

    • @slimybanana9993
      @slimybanana9993 4 роки тому +2

      U got that quote from juicy on mully's or joshdubs vr channel?

    • @mahorosan1
      @mahorosan1 4 роки тому

      @@slimybanana9993 i would've thought it was from toby parry, cause that is so similar to his animation.

  • @MATTW3R
    @MATTW3R 4 роки тому +4011

    Imagine that, your only source of food was C4.
    That is how the *Netted Carpet Moth* dooo.

    • @shymickey6
      @shymickey6 4 роки тому +149

      Okay, zefrank1. 😏 I'm surprised nobody else caught that already.

    • @gabrielpaciente9696
      @gabrielpaciente9696 4 роки тому +15

      Why u try to copy zefrank1

    • @alack3879
      @alack3879 4 роки тому +38

      C4 only detonates when an electric current goes through it.
      In this case it's pretty much nitroglycerin

    • @missswiss6498
      @missswiss6498 4 роки тому +1

      Have you been playing Call of Duty several times or is it just a thing you learned from military/research?

    • @Guaguadeath
      @Guaguadeath 4 роки тому +10

      Ah zefrank

  • @jamijamijamjam
    @jamijamijamjam 3 роки тому +295

    my sense of humor is so shallow that watching caterpillars get catapult and fling onto the air made me laugh hysterically

  • @Dr.Cosmar
    @Dr.Cosmar 2 роки тому +227

    ...Now I want a butterfly garden filled with these. That's endless entertainment.

    • @jackabug2475
      @jackabug2475 2 роки тому +21

      They're very easy to grow IF you can get your hands on some seeds -- just scatter them in an area that stays damp all through the spring, summer, and autumn, and some should come up the following spring. I did this when I had a house whose outdoor faucet was on the north side of the house and had a slow drip.
      Touch-me-not (also known as jewelweed) is an annual but grows from a seedling to a big bush in just a matter of months before dying away when the weather gets too cold. It's fun to gently touch the seedpods and see them immediately SPROING away! You can also hold a leaf underwater to see it become covered with tiny air bubbles that give it a silver sheen -- that's how it came to be called jewelweed. Very pretty plants, and especially good for teaching your kids (or grandkids or nieces/nephews or neighborhood kids or whoever) about science and nature...

    • @onebraincellarmy6972
      @onebraincellarmy6972 2 роки тому +29

      It’s would terrify me, not gonna lie. Imagine sipping tea next to your plants and suddenly a caterpillar falls on your lap.😆 As someone with a fear of wriggly wormy things, I’d probably spill tea on myself and the poor caterpillar who already had a bad day.

    • @Ichneumonxx
      @Ichneumonxx 2 роки тому +10

      We have them in Europe (or at least a similar species), they basically grow like weeds and every time I pass a bush I can't help but squeeze some of those seed pods. It's like bubble wrap of nature.

    • @aselle1709
      @aselle1709 2 роки тому +2

      ...until one actually jets out into your eye.

    • @mushroomhead3619
      @mushroomhead3619 2 роки тому +2

      Add in a wasp nest

  • @dr.zespert
    @dr.zespert 4 роки тому +10593

    Whoever was in charge of the sound effects went HAM

    • @onionhat9141
      @onionhat9141 4 роки тому +333

      PeachMuffins must’ve been having a great day

    • @bashfulapple5223
      @bashfulapple5223 4 роки тому +330

      It really sounds like someone's crinkling a bag of lays the entire time.

    • @viktordeadboi
      @viktordeadboi 4 роки тому +180

      PeachMuffins so many “doodoodoodooodoodoodo WHEEWWWWW”

    • @Tomotix
      @Tomotix 4 роки тому +124

      That slide wistle killed the video

    • @ameerahbigo80
      @ameerahbigo80 4 роки тому +99

      😂😂sounds like a circus soundtrack

  • @thegodofarizona1730
    @thegodofarizona1730 5 років тому +6143

    Imagine being the last one your species and they make a fool out of you with clown music 😂😭

  • @tomassoejakto
    @tomassoejakto 3 роки тому +175

    Love how the sound guy seem to squeeze and twist bubble wraps in varying degrees of intensity to simulate all the sound effects in this scene... plus a whistle.

    • @wasupwas
      @wasupwas 2 роки тому +6

      Sound guy definitely trying too hard

  • @anabanana2186
    @anabanana2186 3 роки тому +665

    The first Caterpillar was mad confused like : 👁👄👁

  • @lalaugalino7007
    @lalaugalino7007 4 роки тому +2994

    Imagine eating your favorite dish, then suddenly being flung across the room

    • @leenagupta6586
      @leenagupta6586 4 роки тому +42

      I thought u would say imagine eating your favourite dish then suddenly a caterpillar falls in ur plate. 😅 Sorry just felt so lol

    • @Dylan-hc2lu
      @Dylan-hc2lu 4 роки тому +36

      Its like those pepto bismol commercials where the bacon or pizza punches the guy in the face

    • @warpath6666
      @warpath6666 4 роки тому +8

      I had a girlfriend like that, complete with the circus sound 😄🤣

    • @blidrob
      @blidrob 4 роки тому +1

      Totally worth it.

    • @AdakStillStands
      @AdakStillStands 3 роки тому

      Clever!

  • @Bloom_HD
    @Bloom_HD 4 роки тому +2385

    2:12 *seed explodes*
    Caterpillar : "I can't believe you've done this."

    • @shymickey6
      @shymickey6 4 роки тому +43

      Lol! I could only, and instinctively, read that in that British voice from that vine. But I can't remember what happened...

    • @Suge67
      @Suge67 4 роки тому +14

      @@shymickey6 in the meme the dude got punched in the face.

    • @nikladamond937
      @nikladamond937 4 роки тому +10

      It looks like its in utter disbelief

    • @emzee4742
      @emzee4742 4 роки тому +1

      "Y tho?"

    • @NickRoman
      @NickRoman 4 роки тому +1

      @@emzee4742 , 'cause the other guy was just being a dick for fun, or so it seemed.

  • @technopathic7597
    @technopathic7597 2 роки тому +70

    His look when his meal straight up pop out of existence is priceless

  • @luqmankiani
    @luqmankiani 3 роки тому +160

    2:13 the caterpillar was like *"WHAT. THE HELL. JUST HAPPENED!"*

  • @neilbreen2487
    @neilbreen2487 4 роки тому +3420

    Caterpillar casually eating seed
    Caterpillar: "Why do I hear circus music?"

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 3 роки тому +8

      Cringe

    • @neilbreen2487
      @neilbreen2487 3 роки тому +82

      @@Kronos0999 that's what I felt when I saw your mother too

    • @wisico640
      @wisico640 3 роки тому +39

      @@Kronos0999 I actually laughed out loud in my kitchen at this, it's not cringe, it's a funny twist of a (yes overused) joke related to the video 😂👌

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 3 роки тому +4

      @@neilbreen2487 Nice second grade insult, bub. Really got me. xD

    • @neilbreen2487
      @neilbreen2487 3 роки тому +34

      @@Kronos0999 You're welcome bro

  • @kiki-drawer2669
    @kiki-drawer2669 5 років тому +9691

    Imagine enjoying a giant banana and then it flies off into space and your left wondering if the banana was ever even there.

    • @ABSOLCXRPSEZ
      @ABSOLCXRPSEZ 5 років тому +40

      kiki- drawer26 oh god xD

    • @andy7140
      @andy7140 5 років тому +416

      but if you hold tightly, you will fly off with the banana into space

    • @seahound317
      @seahound317 5 років тому +52

      mood

    • @jayjay86443
      @jayjay86443 5 років тому +178

      And then you realize you're feeling strong winds when suddenly, you're launched 500 feet from where you were with the banana.
      Somehow one of the peel pieces follows you.

    • @whimsy5623
      @whimsy5623 5 років тому +44

      And then you're in low earth orbit

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 2 роки тому +91

    The mechanism of how they explode, as the 2016 article "Morphomechanical Innovation Drives Explosive Seed Dispersal" found, is that the outer layer of the pod walls uses their internal pressure to contract and generate tension. Traditionally, scientists thought that explosive seed pods use tension built passively by differential contraction of the pod walls as they dry. However, it still works with hydrated cells. The cell walls in the seed pod are made of lignin, which is rigid but contains groves that act like hinges of a door, allowing it to open. At maturity, the wall of the seed pod wants to coil along its length to release tension, but it has a curved cross-section preventing this. This is similar to how a slap bracelet works. When the cells in the seed pod are pressurized, they expand in depth while contracting in length; like the way an air mattress expands in depth, when inflated, but contracts in width. When enough stress builds up or it is disturbed by your hand, the cross-section of the seed pod wall flattens , causing sudden mechanical failure of the structure and explosive coiling.

    • @Lavonne9870
      @Lavonne9870 2 роки тому +1

      I grew up in an area with a lot of Scotchbroom bushes. Their mature seed pods seem to twist as they dry, and when they pop, the seeds can travel a long ways.

    • @greatmonsterr
      @greatmonsterr Рік тому

      When i was young we also has this seed, when we put some water into it they will suddenly pop

    • @ashreymarie
      @ashreymarie 11 місяців тому

      This is great info, but it's wrong. The plant mothership tells the seed pod to pull the pin at just the right moment to inflict the most casualties to the caterpillars. It is an ongoing war. Sources say the caterpillars are seeking US funding and weapons, as well as seeking to join NATO.

  • @obidean3964
    @obidean3964 3 роки тому +229

    Caterpillar: nom nom nom
    Touch-Me-Not Seeds: *surprised motherfckr*

  • @TomSistermans
    @TomSistermans 5 років тому +15430

    So I'm a biologist and I can confirm that these plants indeed make a circus sound when they explode.

  • @TruthIsTheNewHate84
    @TruthIsTheNewHate84 5 років тому +2718

    Whats for dinner?
    Grenades.
    Mmmm.

    • @TruthIsTheNewHate84
      @TruthIsTheNewHate84 5 років тому +1

      @Snowy The Dolphin Thanks.

    • @rami0184
      @rami0184 4 роки тому

      Truth_is_the _new_hate Subscribe to my channel

    • @bupcereal8384
      @bupcereal8384 4 роки тому +2

      10000 subs without videos challenges/ For the boys no

    • @you39tubeable
      @you39tubeable 4 роки тому

      Thanks for the laugh, ahahahaha

    • @joangel4457
      @joangel4457 4 роки тому

      Cereal when haves mlk when no milk exsploseded on cterpliiar

  • @shivanshmohan3229
    @shivanshmohan3229 3 роки тому +111

    Caterpillars: *Going Extinct*
    Plant: _Anyways, I started blasting_

  • @officialthe3casualgamers172
    @officialthe3casualgamers172 3 роки тому +152

    those dislikes are angry caterpillars being flung into the air

    • @wildsideofthings7733
      @wildsideofthings7733 3 роки тому +1

      They were mislead as to what they were eating. They ended up flying half way across the continent.

  • @Kiki-deLucio
    @Kiki-deLucio 3 роки тому +3289

    Caterpillars: * almost going extinct *
    Plants: Oh no. Anyway

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 3 роки тому +7

      Holy shit... Is that your face? You look like a dude, bro

    • @yanisaphattharawat9630
      @yanisaphattharawat9630 3 роки тому +83

      Plants: Anyway, so I started exploding...

    • @webpombo7765
      @webpombo7765 3 роки тому +16

      @@Kronos0999 I mean, transexual people exist

    • @enonoka
      @enonoka 3 роки тому +32

      @@Kronos0999 So? They're still pretty. Prettier than me.

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 3 роки тому +1

      @@enonoka Of course he is, weeb.

  • @tsukasayugi1965
    @tsukasayugi1965 5 років тому +2725

    caterpillar: *surprised pikachu face*

  • @Requiem100500
    @Requiem100500 3 роки тому +168

    Catterpillar: "aight, time for a snack"
    Touch-me-not: *YEET*

    • @koolKid3312
      @koolKid3312 2 роки тому

      what is a yeet?

    • @wildsideofthings7733
      @wildsideofthings7733 2 роки тому

      @@koolKid3312 Yeet is meme term for throwing. I think the comment above is a good enough example to understand

    • @koolKid3312
      @koolKid3312 2 роки тому

      @@wildsideofthings7733 huh???

    • @slcRN1971
      @slcRN1971 2 роки тому

      @@koolKid3312 : yep, I was just asking myself what is a YEET, then saw that you asked first....... I’m with you.....still don’t ‘get it’.

    • @Lavonne9870
      @Lavonne9870 2 роки тому

      I believe it's a Yiddish word that means to toss or throw something.
      Yeet the kid onto the bed.
      Yeet the cat out the door.
      Yeet the doggy poo over the fence.

  • @MadNinjaGirl
    @MadNinjaGirl 3 роки тому +43

    Caterpillar: * cronch cronch *
    Plant: What is a caterpillar? A miserable little pile of *Y E E T*

  • @mildly_edgy4210
    @mildly_edgy4210 4 роки тому +1789

    Imagine your only source of sustenance being a grenade. Aha.

    • @Nil_Sama
      @Nil_Sama 4 роки тому +37

      No wonder they were thought to be extinct 😂😂😂

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT 4 роки тому

      _Need giant versions of these in SodomCisco._

    • @SirDoots
      @SirDoots 4 роки тому +3

      If your only food source is explosives, I am going to kindly back off lmao

    • @itsmanicbear8500
      @itsmanicbear8500 4 роки тому +1

      Creepers

    • @marinazuniga2418
      @marinazuniga2418 4 роки тому +1

      Bakugou's fine with it. Bakugou approved

  • @twilight3272
    @twilight3272 5 років тому +29367

    "These caterpillars were thought to be extinct"
    *Shows footage of only food source violently flinging caterpillars away*
    _You don't say_

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 5 років тому +970

      Twilight if that's all they eat they deserve to go extinct

    • @isamuddin1
      @isamuddin1 5 років тому +429

      @@0Clewi0 THEN STOP BREEDING THE PANDA~~~

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 5 років тому +984

      @@isamuddin1 The bamboo doesn't throw the panda around

    • @isamuddin1
      @isamuddin1 5 років тому +563

      @@0Clewi0 yet they can eat anything.... they choose to only eat bamboo

    • @lhtyeehaw1319
      @lhtyeehaw1319 5 років тому +304

      @@0Clewi0 isamuddin has a point

  • @unlimitedduckgamer
    @unlimitedduckgamer 3 роки тому +18

    I honestly imagine the thought that goes through the caterpillar's little mind when the pods go boom and they go flying is "WEEEEEEEEEE!"

    • @batemon85
      @batemon85 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe that is why this is their favorite food?

  • @mythmakroxymore1670
    @mythmakroxymore1670 2 роки тому +6

    When i was your age i made that death-defying hike not for school, but for every goddam meal!

  • @JuiceBoxHero008
    @JuiceBoxHero008 4 роки тому +1936

    Caterpillar: Trying to fend off starvation and the extinction of his species.
    Plant to other plant: wanna see a funny prank?
    ya YEET!

    • @AnimeSunglasses
      @AnimeSunglasses 4 роки тому +41

      I came here to find a "yeet" comment and you have not disappointed me.

    • @stardust6326
      @stardust6326 4 роки тому +3

      AnimeSunglasses same 😂

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 3 роки тому +1

      @@AnimeSunglasses THE VIDEO IS AMAZING

  • @Swdji
    @Swdji 4 роки тому +4062

    Live action Plants vs Zombies looks promising

  • @gigaroom
    @gigaroom 3 роки тому +406

    gg wp, try harder in the next evolution patch

  • @x.rohan.001
    @x.rohan.001 3 роки тому +41

    Caterpillar: **eating**
    seed pod: MY MAIN GOAL IS TO BLOW UP-

  • @kuumih0
    @kuumih0 5 років тому +1348

    2:13 I've never seen a Caterpillar give such a relatable expression.
    You can almost here him say "bruh..."

    • @someoneyoudontknow5702
      @someoneyoudontknow5702 5 років тому +35

      hear*

    • @TinoMiller
      @TinoMiller 5 років тому +13

      Exactly 😂😂

    • @Joxa514
      @Joxa514 5 років тому +20

      *life flashing before his eyes*

    • @shockfang2239
      @shockfang2239 5 років тому +12

      Now whenever i watch that bit i cant stop laughing
      🤣 🤣 😂 😂 🤣 🤣

    • @fishtankwot5334
      @fishtankwot5334 5 років тому +8

      Lesson learnt don't eat exploding plants, just think of the Caterpillars that were harmed.
      Thank you for time

  • @Dano86
    @Dano86 4 роки тому +3390

    Someone edit this and make the caterpillars yell when they’re being launched.

  • @meekmaalik9673
    @meekmaalik9673 3 роки тому +17

    I live in europe we had that flowers around our Business as kids my Brothers and i always Played with them.
    It was beautiful back then

  • @janehughart9290
    @janehughart9290 3 роки тому +54

    Caterpillar: “NOOOOO!!! You can’t just explode when I’m trying to eat you!”
    Touch-me-not: “Hehe seed pods go boom.”

  • @volatile5460
    @volatile5460 5 років тому +6036

    Caterpillar: “Ah, sweet! Lunch.”
    Plant: _I’m about to end this man’s whole career_

    • @jye-mings.2476
      @jye-mings.2476 5 років тому +56

      in these types of comments, i always wonder if someone wont get the references

    • @cronchy4580
      @cronchy4580 5 років тому +49

      _Im about to end this man_

    • @DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot
      @DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot 5 років тому +3

      Volatile productions aww someone beat me to it... Thout i was the only to watch these documentaries

    • @Joxa514
      @Joxa514 5 років тому +11

      great another typical copy cat unoriginal comment

    • @volatile5460
      @volatile5460 5 років тому +3

      @@Joxa514 haha, yes

  • @shoyua3462
    @shoyua3462 4 роки тому +1628

    “But nobody told the caterpillars this.” I’m dead

    • @c300emee6
      @c300emee6 4 роки тому +2

      😭😂😂😂😭

    • @steveweast475
      @steveweast475 4 роки тому +3

      Press F for this man, he dead

  • @przemysawprzemo7428
    @przemysawprzemo7428 3 роки тому +38

    Caterpillar: Eats seed pod.
    Seed pod: Aight imma head out.

  • @flyingboi890
    @flyingboi890 3 роки тому +22

    "Their seeds explode"
    caterpillars: bruh 2:13

  • @holl377
    @holl377 5 років тому +1333

    All I can think about is a couple of older guys in a room with a mic crushing random objects to make those sounds.
    "This blooming flower is so majestic" *bag rustling and lettuce sounds*

    • @spookychan7189
      @spookychan7189 5 років тому +34

      Lol I was just thinking the same thing 😂😂😂

    • @mintybin
      @mintybin 5 років тому +5

      That’s a nice job

    • @ghost-fs7th
      @ghost-fs7th 5 років тому +45

      Omg I'm so glad someone else was thinking about this lol. Way back I thought audio from shows, movies, documentaries etc was all real and recorded right there with the video... when I found out it wasn't it MESSED ME UP lol so now all I think about is how the noises in shows are made...

    • @drhappyninja
      @drhappyninja 5 років тому +15

      Ye, the foley department.

    • @dkstruska
      @dkstruska 5 років тому +7

      All of the sounds were actually recordings of the plants.

  • @terracraftorrex1610
    @terracraftorrex1610 4 роки тому +1752

    2:13
    The look on the caterpillar’s face.
    “...my lunch” 😢

    • @ItzWhiz_
      @ItzWhiz_ 4 роки тому +102

      The caterpillar’s probably having flashbacks of being blown up by creepers

    • @anhedonicauthor
      @anhedonicauthor 4 роки тому +9

      Why would you do that my heart?

    • @ashantihendley811
      @ashantihendley811 4 роки тому +19

      Lol the caterpillar is like “wtf just happened”

    • @megaman8289
      @megaman8289 4 роки тому +8

      Imagine how confused the Caterpillar was.

    • @grigoriyremez8851
      @grigoriyremez8851 4 роки тому +6

      "Bruh..."

  • @thomastibego3047
    @thomastibego3047 2 роки тому +2

    Oh my goodness the sound effects just make the laugh ability of this even greater!

  • @evilsharkey8954
    @evilsharkey8954 3 роки тому +4

    I love poking touch-me-not seed pods! Sometimes you get a chain reaction when the flying seeds set off other ripe pods.

  • @gmanplaysgames256
    @gmanplaysgames256 4 роки тому +1914

    Caterpillar: "Imma eat yo seeds"
    Touch-Me-Not Plant: "YEET"

    • @josephjackson1956
      @josephjackson1956 4 роки тому +20

      I can just imagine the caterpillar saying that in a high pitched voice, then the plant be like "*YEET*" all in a deep voice

  • @Adulting_Sucks
    @Adulting_Sucks 4 роки тому +3021

    With those sound effects 🤣 BBC turned a short nature documentary into a comedy...I choked on my coffee. Thank you BBC... hysterical!

    • @dxstiny02
      @dxstiny02 4 роки тому +26

      The added plant sounds, especially at the start, were just annoying to me. They were entirely unnecessary.

    • @armhand97
      @armhand97 4 роки тому +6

      Jacqueline Fink like ASMR or something?

    • @Light-cy1gp
      @Light-cy1gp 4 роки тому +1

    • @anmoldaglaik
      @anmoldaglaik 4 роки тому +1

      The most British comment on this video

    • @fernandoed1517
      @fernandoed1517 4 роки тому +3

      The extra over the top sound effects make it more pleasant to me. More ASMR-y

  • @MouthVisuals
    @MouthVisuals 3 роки тому +50

    The sound effects are hilarious. That must be the best part of Sir David's job, sitting in the editing room, wondering which sound makes nature more like slapstick ;-)

  • @hck71
    @hck71 3 роки тому +9

    I need like a ten hour video of the timelapse of just the leaves rising and falling like at the beginning of the video it’s just so satisfying 😍😍❤️

  • @Mr.JaysBigAdventure
    @Mr.JaysBigAdventure 5 років тому +1824

    9 PM: I’m gonna go to bed early
    3 AM: whatever this is

  • @elliemm557
    @elliemm557 3 роки тому +1

    Why can't America have these delightful, humorous, nature shows?
    This is absolutely grand!!

  • @vincentwoodhead6411
    @vincentwoodhead6411 3 роки тому +6

    "These catapillars have no warning"
    Apart from that sound effect

  • @claresaprama499
    @claresaprama499 5 років тому +2730

    2:14 *Why are we still here? Just to suffer?*

    • @bell7824
      @bell7824 5 років тому +14

      😂🤣

    • @t.m.599
      @t.m.599 5 років тому +67

      Existential crisis from ptsd from ur food exploding; hellish

    • @keno292
      @keno292 5 років тому +91

      *you just have to say that you're fine, when you're not really fine*

    • @minwun
      @minwun 5 років тому +5

      I cant hold my breath 😂

    • @ayyo1555
      @ayyo1555 5 років тому +1

      Same 😕

  • @aidanl.8794
    @aidanl.8794 4 роки тому +2652

    I like how the first caterpillar didn't get flung but just froze like: "What the **** just happened??"
    Edit: What... are you guys...talking about... oh man....

    • @mikefries8297
      @mikefries8297 3 роки тому +220

      He got instant ptsd...like 'did my food just bitch slap me!!??'

    • @royrequireswifi488
      @royrequireswifi488 3 роки тому +29

      What word was in those asterisk

    • @LShaver947
      @LShaver947 3 роки тому +66

      He now has ptsd, even as a moth

    • @vinokai
      @vinokai 3 роки тому +11

      Mike Hawk Hell works too

    • @LShaver947
      @LShaver947 3 роки тому +7

      @Mike Hawk dont swear

  • @TheDendran
    @TheDendran 3 роки тому +15

    Caterpillar: *tries to eat plant*
    Plant: Im gonna do whats called a pro gamer move...

    • @User0000000000000004
      @User0000000000000004 3 роки тому

      You're gonna do what's called "comment on a video in the same format as every other person" Why don't you try doing something original? Because as it is now, what you've written should make both your parents regret the decision to have a child. I would agree if they chose to abort you tomorrow. I'd help even. You don't matter, your comments don't matter, your live is a joke.

    • @tanveersingh5423
      @tanveersingh5423 3 роки тому

      @@User0000000000000004 i hope you feel a bit better about yourself now

  • @aperson9603
    @aperson9603 Рік тому +4

    It's cool how the caterpillar's prolegs stays at the rear rather than spread out in the midsection like most caterpillars I've seen, they can grab onto the branch away from the pod, so when it explode they won't be flung. It actually worked on a few shot in this video!

  • @MrZer000
    @MrZer000 5 років тому +1331

    "We have nothing to defend ourselves, we have nothing to eat. We're on the edge of extinction. But luckily we found this one food we can eat to survive."
    *Food explodes and disappears*
    ..."COME ON MAN!!"

    • @caryinsheppard8003
      @caryinsheppard8003 4 роки тому +1

      I want someone to make an animated skit of that!😂😂

    • @tadatala
      @tadatala 4 роки тому +4

      the universe has left the chat ...

    • @KK-ev2xh
      @KK-ev2xh 4 роки тому +10

      Even mother nature bailed on this poor thing😂

  • @mellowfellow2434
    @mellowfellow2434 5 років тому +1087

    2:45
    Imagine walking through the forest and caterpillars fly past you every minute.

    • @K_Woods
      @K_Woods 5 років тому +53

      Actually, one landing on me out of the blue would make me piss my pants....a bunch of them would cause me to die of fright. Can't take creepy crawlies. Nope nope nope nope.

    • @mellowfellow2434
      @mellowfellow2434 5 років тому +2

      Same here actually...

    • @Zetsuke4
      @Zetsuke4 5 років тому +2

      EEEEWWWWWW

    • @chkapoor
      @chkapoor 5 років тому +2

      @@K_Woods 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣👌👌😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @VolcanicProtectorMan
      @VolcanicProtectorMan 5 років тому +7

      @@K_Woods if insects could talk they would say what's wrong with these Giants afraid of something 100,000x smaller than them that can't even bite them.

  • @durgaprasadisukapallyvenka6040
    @durgaprasadisukapallyvenka6040 2 роки тому +3

    Beautiful and zoomed video with vivid view presented. Accept my compliments for the keenness to present even the explosion of the seed pod of the plant with beautiful flowers, too.

  • @samayosuguch.8137
    @samayosuguch.8137 2 роки тому +4

    Caterpillar: Being launched by something more heavy than him and faster then he can move.
    Audio Editing Guy: You know what, this needs some circus music.

  • @The_CIA
    @The_CIA 4 роки тому +3149

    *_Caterpillar: "oooh, a delicious seed!"_*
    *_Seed: "...so, you have chosen death..."_*

    • @marcmaldonado7219
      @marcmaldonado7219 4 роки тому +7

      The CIA unfunny tired joke

    • @seeya3705
      @seeya3705 4 роки тому +2

      James Alexander
      true I don’t know why people still like it.. like it’s not funny anymore

    • @patana256
      @patana256 4 роки тому +13

      >uses old joke
      UA-cam joke police: *"...so you have chosen death."*

    • @nataliebarnett2285
      @nataliebarnett2285 4 роки тому

      Lolol

    • @telexconlas9344
      @telexconlas9344 4 роки тому

      Hahaha

  • @diegomolinaf
    @diegomolinaf 5 років тому +555

    - Are you still on that plant? When are you going to come home?
    - Don't worry. In just a few seconds. I will take the 6:00 PM pod.

    • @TresPro
      @TresPro 5 років тому +2

      Diego Molina best comment!

    • @DaisyLea
      @DaisyLea 5 років тому +1

      100% best comment!

  • @vivy8519
    @vivy8519 3 роки тому +7

    Omg... thanks to this video, you just gave me a flashback of this type of plant (or maybe there are same?!) that I was playing with as a kid. It's been over 20 years if not 22 now. How amazing to recover a hidden memory which happened to be a good time. We were carefully picking the plant and throwing them in the water so we could see them explode right there! Time flies, miss the old time 😶♥️ Thanks for the video.

  • @mattxd2518
    @mattxd2518 Рік тому +2

    I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting this when I searched for exploding seed from BBC

  • @1ofsolitude
    @1ofsolitude 5 років тому +4892

    Hmm...they're almost extinct and their only food source is an exploding seed pod. I wonder if there is any correlation between the two...🤯

    • @79adventures
      @79adventures 5 років тому +218

      @Banana Pie that exploding seed pods may contribute to their death rates is what he is inferring

    • @Alternativemusic213
      @Alternativemusic213 5 років тому +17

      Banana Pie he already told you what he’s implying

    • @pablohernandez213
      @pablohernandez213 5 років тому +80

      @@Alternativemusic213 na na na we wanna know what he really REALLY is implying

    • @SAMMIsLIFE
      @SAMMIsLIFE 5 років тому +24

      Nah,pretty sure they were almost extinct thanks to humans.

    • @thezman9001
      @thezman9001 5 років тому +16

      WHAAAAAAAAT!? NOOOOOOOOOOO!

  • @gamingmosher999
    @gamingmosher999 3 роки тому +3515

    God: “make its only source of food explode”
    Angel: *looks concerned*

    • @pingballe1590
      @pingballe1590 3 роки тому +150

      Lucifer: *smirks* "Make it explode at random times so them caterpillars won't know what hit em'"

    • @sargentsteve7148
      @sargentsteve7148 3 роки тому +67

      "Should you mabey-"
      "No... I like this"

    • @dominikbeitat4450
      @dominikbeitat4450 3 роки тому +51

      God is still not over the disappointment from the cambrian explosion, which featured much fewer actual explosions than anticipated.

    • @sandrajones8245
      @sandrajones8245 3 роки тому +28

      You guys have it all wrong!
      Yes the seeds explode, but it didn't look like it damaged the caterpillar, which means it wasn't a defensive move.
      It seems like a reproductive move.

    • @pingballe1590
      @pingballe1590 3 роки тому +18

      @@sandrajones8245 Hmmhm....
      *_Puts Sandra Jones in a catapult and yeets them into the yeet oblivion_*
      Aw no this was a reproductive move. I didn't hurt them... Just yeeted them
      Btw this is a joke... So don't shout at me. I have fweelings twoo 😂😂

  • @saintjackula9615
    @saintjackula9615 3 роки тому +2

    The hammy bings and zips and whizzes when the seed pods exploded was a welcome respite from the celery mangling.
    "Jerry, put down the celery and cue the calliope doppler effects, we got exploding worms over hurr."

  • @lorddarthrushirious9256
    @lorddarthrushirious9256 3 роки тому +1

    2:12 is my face when I wake up after struggling to fall asleep the night before as a depressive. Along with the word said on the subtitles.....😅😂

  • @chesphendshil8270
    @chesphendshil8270 4 роки тому +737

    caterpillar: ゴゴゴゴゴ
    plant: you are approaching me?, then come as close as you like.

    • @skylark132
      @skylark132 4 роки тому +3

      Very underrated comment

    • @psilt
      @psilt 4 роки тому +23

      Killa Queen has already touched that food source...

    • @antsu4177
      @antsu4177 4 роки тому +16

      Caterpillar: r e r o r e r o
      Plant: daga kotowaru

    • @Magical_Trash
      @Magical_Trash 4 роки тому +2

      Why doesn't this have more likes 😂😂😂

    • @wubzeez7319
      @wubzeez7319 4 роки тому +7

      IS THAT A...**inhales universe into lungs**
      JOJO REFERENCE!!?!!??!?!

  • @TheDerpyDunsparce
    @TheDerpyDunsparce 5 років тому +2349

    Plants: Hey Caterpillar. What did the seed pod say to the caterpillar?
    Caterpillar: what?
    Plants: *YEET*

  • @vincechristianlabasa1528
    @vincechristianlabasa1528 3 роки тому +8

    2:10 Caterpillar: "That's A bit Rude"

  • @captainjurgh8142
    @captainjurgh8142 2 роки тому +2

    2:10 i like how this caterpillar froze after the pod exploded like it didn't see that coming.

  • @Ben-bn9di
    @Ben-bn9di 5 років тому +1498

    Idk why this is in my recommended but I’m not complaining

  • @chrisg869
    @chrisg869 3 роки тому +2592

    Imagine being a war veteran caterpillar telling your grandkids about how you survived seed pod land mine explosions

    • @kenoashire8883
      @kenoashire8883 3 роки тому +122

      WV caterpillar: Did I ever tell you youngsters about the “mass yeeting of spring 2020” lost my entire squad that day.

    • @yueshijoorya601
      @yueshijoorya601 3 роки тому +65

      How can they have grandkids as a caterpillar?
      FBI OPEN UP.

    • @marcusmartin5758
      @marcusmartin5758 3 роки тому +12

      Whatever that kid smoking are frying his brain cells.

    • @ABC-qz5jh
      @ABC-qz5jh 3 роки тому +32

      The fact alone that you wrote " imagine being a war Veteran caterpillar" made me laugh so hard I almost choked on my sweet Drops.

    • @christian5256
      @christian5256 3 роки тому +22

      war veteran *moth
      edit: i loved the joke, and did not intend to ruin it

  • @jannahumar336
    @jannahumar336 3 роки тому +2

    It’s the circus sound effects for me 😂😂😂

  • @chunchunmaru3581
    @chunchunmaru3581 3 роки тому +7

    "These caterpillars are known to go extinct"
    *Caterpillar:* * gets yeeted by its own food *

  • @angelavaly
    @angelavaly 5 років тому +3238

    Scientist: *“what do we name this plant?”*

    • @laisgodinho8009
      @laisgodinho8009 5 років тому +363

      the caterpillars must call it "off-we-go"

    • @ggarpett8063
      @ggarpett8063 5 років тому +166

      Explodie boiz

    • @G2097
      @G2097 5 років тому +161

      Well, actually the scientists agreed on "Impatiens noli-tangere", which is basically "Impatient: do not touch!" in Latin. 😂

    • @DiegoManDIOS
      @DiegoManDIOS 5 років тому +76

      Nut and go

    • @NixKyoimi
      @NixKyoimi 5 років тому +87

      “YEETS”

  • @RikuSayPoof
    @RikuSayPoof 4 роки тому +1014

    Caterpillar: eating the seeds
    The seeds: peace was never an option

    • @Circuitssmith
      @Circuitssmith 3 роки тому +28

      *dinner was never an option

    • @ichi_desu
      @ichi_desu 3 роки тому +14

      *Peas was never an option*

  • @stewiegriffin289
    @stewiegriffin289 3 роки тому +10

    Was fun as kids seeing who could collect the most without them exploding.

    • @slcRN1971
      @slcRN1971 2 роки тому

      That does sound like something my siblings and I would have enjoyed. Was it difficult to gather them and not have them go ‘BOOM’? What was the highest number gathered intact?

  • @caketropolis
    @caketropolis 3 роки тому +7

    Caterpillars: MONCH
    Plants: YEET

  • @ZoRoFanGirlYuKi
    @ZoRoFanGirlYuKi 5 років тому +536

    One of them lil homies was still eating mid-air 😭😭😭

  • @TrekkieBrie
    @TrekkieBrie 5 років тому +2181

    God could you imagine just sitting down to dinner and you whole damn table explodes. 😂

    • @tammyreneemc5552
      @tammyreneemc5552 5 років тому +215

      ....and your being flung out to the yard.... lol

    • @jonjon-gn9mc
      @jonjon-gn9mc 5 років тому +42

      Like some action movie shit.

    • @FelisBX7
      @FelisBX7 5 років тому +123

      Uh dad could you pass the sal-*KABOOM*

    • @sourpuss5951
      @sourpuss5951 5 років тому +76

      @@jonjon-gn9mc It's a Michael Bay patented table.

    • @ryo0ka936
      @ryo0ka936 5 років тому +31

      But, still better than Thailand cuisine that explodes when it reaches your bum hole.

  • @G_xx_
    @G_xx_ 3 роки тому +6

    Imagine this happens to you the next time your eating a Big Mac 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @pitasteslikepie9607
    @pitasteslikepie9607 3 роки тому +3

    Me and my family has always called those seed pods “Snap Dragons” because they snap and they look a bit like dragons when they’re popped!

  • @RebelleGameOfficial
    @RebelleGameOfficial 5 років тому +14245

    Can you just imagine eating something delicious and suddenly fly into space like team rocket. Rude

  • @BeachLookingGuy
    @BeachLookingGuy 5 років тому +1607

    When the "realistic sound effects" start making cartoon noises 🤣

    • @gyrozeppeli6453
      @gyrozeppeli6453 5 років тому +30

      They arent realistic they just make the video more interesting

    • @BeachLookingGuy
      @BeachLookingGuy 5 років тому +24

      @@gyrozeppeli6453 They're suppose to emulate the movement and environment in a "Realistic" way. Do you not know how quotation marks work?

    • @gyrozeppeli6453
      @gyrozeppeli6453 5 років тому +17

      @@BeachLookingGuy apparently not I'm an idiot

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 5 років тому +9

      Ethan Robert I wish more people would admit this

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 5 років тому +8

      yeah.. artificial sounds became more strange these days

  • @vienchiez3954
    @vienchiez3954 3 роки тому +1

    We have this same plant in my hometown in Nagaland. The flowers are pink and the stems are reddish. The seedpods explode in the same manner, I love playing with them.

  • @marcela4817
    @marcela4817 3 роки тому +5

    THE SOUND EFFECTS💀💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Darque2391
    @Darque2391 5 років тому +12070

    Plant: Omae wa mo, shindeiru
    Caterpillar: *NANI?!*

  • @mrgameboy5727
    @mrgameboy5727 5 років тому +936

    anyone can get bamboozled
    even a catapiller

    • @poulomi__hari
      @poulomi__hari 5 років тому +15

      Yeah. Mother nature can also troll...

    • @Terryaki045
      @Terryaki045 5 років тому +1

      The seed got bamboozled by its own nature

    • @IkaSternenlicht
      @IkaSternenlicht 5 років тому

      Do I know you?...

  • @iamcai8647
    @iamcai8647 3 роки тому +3

    Gotta love the sound effects.
    Caterpillars. Gotta them more.

  • @zomblyacopalypse6469
    @zomblyacopalypse6469 3 роки тому +1

    Aww that caterpillar is so cute

  • @mishi4187
    @mishi4187 5 років тому +597

    2:12
    It doesn't have facial expressions but this is how I thought it looked
    *O_O*