10 Incredible Facts About Mushrooms You Won't Believe
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Want to learn some unbelievable fun facts about mushrooms? Join Hank Green to learn ten weird, scary, and amazing things fungi can do in this new episode of SciShow!
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One thing I find fascinating about fungi is the apparent "intelligence" of wood-born mushrooms. I've been growing edible 'shrooms for a few years now, and there are a number of ways to get the organism to fruit. But my favorite has to be taking the log that the mushrooms have grown in, and giving it a good thump. The mycelium "thinks" that a tree has fallen near it, and produces caps to send out spores and infest the perceived downed tree. Pretty darn cool.
MadamFoogie that’s badass
MadamFoogie Oh cool!
Knocking on heavens floor
Jason haha!
Sure hope this isn't the mushroom that turns you into a zombie you're eating.
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discovery. It's quite fascinating how
effective they are for depression and
stress disorders. Saved my life
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Thanks, Stephen, for pointing out the image for the Death Cap at 6:55 is mislabeled, and not actually a Death Cap. For an accurate image, click here: www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/deathcap.html.
I was really hoping it would still be nearly identical to the untrained eye
Thank god haha I was looking at that like…? That is not a death cap.
That looks more like a lactarius species.
What's equally if not more astonishing is that the ants will recognize the odd behaviour of the infected ant and proceed to remove it from the rest of the colony as to try and prevent it from infecting more of them.
cool... didnt know that.
Amazing
happens with psilocybin users too!
Not only that, but cordyceps is itself plagued by an as-yet unidentified hyperparasite that reduces it's (cordyceps) spores viability down to a measly 2%-5%
@@gingermcgingin1733 Population control could be a good thing when it comes to fungus. Remember Stephen King's Creepshow?
Psilocybin mushrooms and psychedelics, as a whole, have shown substantial promise as beneficial agents that can truly aid individuals grappling with mental health difficulties.
I almost died from that pun.
༼ಠఎಠ༽
+Mr. Billy “Yod” Willy
lol, i missed it until you pointed it out, nice catch!
My science teacher in school used to use it all the time. Until it became gay
Same 😂
+ONI OFFICER me too...
This is Hank's first step in becoming a dad.
Busting out the dad puns.
Destroying Angel! Possibly the coolest name for anything. Mad props for the guy who named it.
+Shu Kenten sounds like an emo band.
I would guess that it wasn't a single person that named it. More than likely, it came about over time by many people as a nickname, based on its reputation alone.
Sounds like a heavy metal band
Want to know how it got that name?
When the fungus is young, it looks almost exactly like an edible puffball mushroom - so much so that it has killed quite a number of people.
The trick to distinguish the two is to cut open the “puffballs” and see if a mushroom cap is developing inside (which puffballs don’t have). As it happens, the developing cap inside a young destroying angel looks just like a pair of wings.
@@cassiablack1094 Kewl. Thanks--Hadn't read that one. :)
Fungi is the yeast of my problems
+ShadowKW , i've got 99 fungi but the yeast ain't one?
Yes
+ShadowKW I've heard that "fun guy" pun so many times, but it still makes me laugh... it's a _moldy_ but a goody.
you know, there isn't mushroom left for puns in the comment sections
is this Stool going?
"10 fantastic fungi superpowers"
8: Kill you
That's... pretty normal for things on earth.
7:22 anyone surprised that the Japanese fungus looks how it does?
, tentacles
There are way more phallic looking fungi then that, look up Stinkhorn Fungi
+King LSDDD Especially dog stinkhorn, named for it's similar appearance to a dogs penis.
Mezz09 The dog stinkhorn is also known as the "Devil's Dipstick"
+Sami Mas looks like red hot flaming cheetos.
i dont get the joke, is it because they happen to be red, matching the flag colors
That's not a death cap at 6:55, it's not even in Amanita genus. This is a type of milk cap, which is either perfectly edible (to the point of being a delicacy) or inedible and very bitter but not deadly poisonous.
+SamTheGr8est Lol, you wish ;)
Seriously though, it's some type of Lactarius, probably Lactarius quietus. I've been picking mushrooms all my life.
Death cap looks like this: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Amanita_phalloides_1.JPG
Arcadiy Ivanov I'm glad you pointed this out. I was going to say the same thing. I actually watched the video because the thumbnail had that picture and I thought he was going to tell me something about lactarius mushrooms.
It’s definitely not Amanita phalloides! it’s Lactarius Deterrimus. also known as false saffron milkcap. The large orange cap with the small developed green spots are a dead giveaway.
I only recently started bingeing this channel (at 2x speed of course) and was wondering a similar thing when I saw the image (especially because this channel is usually much more accurate). Death caps are, at least in my experience a shiny gold green without a depressed cap and lacking those concentric rings. In addition he literally said the deadly web cap cortinarius look like common brown mushrooms that you can eat. The first rule of mushrooms IS STAY AWAY FROM BROWN MUSHROOMS WITH LAMELLAE (gills). Also cortinarius is such a diverse genus that I tend to stay away from it entirely.
This is why you don't listen to internet experts.
THANKS, i can't unhear fun guy the entire episode
It's magic mushroom picking season in Australia so this was the perfect time for this video to come out. Cheers, boys.
+Totally Harmless any spots in brisbane?
faggotkillah dunno m8, I'm in Melbourne.
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@The Reverend Jim Jones I wonder if they're Golden Teacher. those are good magic mushrooms
The information about the zombie ants was very interesting. I didn't know about that.
check out the wasps that lay eggs in caterpillars, which are then brainwashed to protect the larva that chew themselves from their body
Or check out the parasites that infect snails. They make their eyestalks bulge and pulsate and change their behavior to attract birds. It's crazy looking.
The game called "The Last Of Us" got a lot of inspiration from that fungi
JoraniusMinecraft
Great game. The story was excellent.
I agree
So alcohol is just yeast poo.
+apinakapinastorba Yup.
+apinakapinastorba Thank God for yeast poo!
yeast pee.
It's yeast exhale
It's more like yeast breath. It's just anaerobic respiration.
Can you do an episode about slime molds? They're very interesting things. They behave like fungi but aren't related
Mmmm, monocellular !
make strange even more occult, molds! fungus seems to be alien.
neat never heard of the stuff.
Ceyhun Dursun i have a pet slime mold there cool they can split into other ones and move mine is greenish the also come in white blue yellow and orange
where do you get a pet slime mold? I want one!
I want Hank to travel somewhere where eating psilocybin mushrooms is legal, ingest a medium dose and report in real time what's happening, in his analytical way. For science, Hank!
***** You're missing the point.
***** I was mostly going for just a fun video with Hank tripping. But that last part you wrote is totally right and could be worth a lot from an educational standpoint.
Childlike fascination with your surroundings and with learning.
That's it.
That's what a moderate dose of said mushrooms feels like.
It might not seem magical to you, but innocence is magical to most, and is something you can never naturally get back, which makes a drug that can de-jade your mind remarkable.
@@notpulverman9660 closed eye hallucinations and the story your brain forms out of the stimulation and abnormal thought patterns stands out as the beneficial mystical experience that people benefit most from.
@@notpulverman9660 well, I imagine there's also an amount of variation in the experience from person to person
Why would anyone dislike this or any SciShow video? They are so entertaining and instructional.
8:52 _Saccharomyces cerevisiae_ isn't the only species. It's used to make ales, while lager style beers are made with _Saccharomyces pastorianus_. There are also some more special styles of beer made with other species
In addition, starches are not broken down into sugar during boil but at the mash (alpha and beta amylase). Just adding that for the sake of science :-)
A fungi fanatic is very happy that you uploaded this ;)
dawg
I died because of pun overdose from this video.
Hank is by far the BEST. love ya man, I have trouble getting into and enjoying science and you've changed that for me.
Well done to the whole crew for all the various clips/shows/lessons you've produced.
Hank, I'd like to let you know that I appreciate what you do here on UA-cam. I cannot tell you how many people that I've met that are scientifically illiterate and it saddens me to know that so many people can master the art of "Flip Cup", but don't know that the sun is a star. However, the content produced for this channel allows the masses to learn in an effortless manner and for that, I thank you.
The sun isn't a star, it's a planet dumbass
Lol
+Nero Over on Facebook I saw people arguing over religion, then one of them started to bash science because "first they tell us Pluto is a planet, now it's a star!" *facepalm*
+Wingedshadowwolf you are all wrong God will make you repent your sins when the rapture comes
what the heck is flip cup
Making good cheese is truly a superpower.
Fuck yeah
yessss it is! fking love the stuff
As someone who makes their own beer and bread, I've been meaning to try it.
No...nnnnooooo....no
hey hank, i think the picture of the death cap is actually a lactarius deliciousus mushroom
Delicious?😂😂😂
+Lily Phan I also wanted to say this! They're not even in the same family
You're right, I noticed that, too. It could be saffron milkcap or orange milkcap, both edible and yummy.
I concur. It's definitely a Lactarius. Following the second link in the supporting material gives a good picture of A. phalloides.
- A Club Mycologist for Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club.
There is a humongous fungus among us.
Well done
this aged like a fine wine
cant wait to be that guy in conversations
"did you know fungi are neither plants nor animals?"
--- shut up Dom
Yeah dom
Dominic dONCamaTIC
SorrY noT soRRy
That's cause you are saying it out of the blue. First you have to guide the conversation to the topic first. (Never new I actually did learn social skills in junor high/high)
I’ve already been that guy
Better yet, just enter a chat about it to other people you do not know. "BTW ..."
He references Super Mario, 10,000 Copyright Strikes to Sci Show...
Thanks, Hank for making this fascinating video... I am obsessively fascinated with this subject presently.
Psilocin doesn't trick anything, it modulates activity in part of the limbic system by 5-HT2a, allowing new information to travel less accordingly by the rules of previous learned information. Hyper-neurogenesis.
+Aya Bear I'm guessing your day-job involves neurochemistry somehow?
+Just A Dude or just getting fucking toked, and digs up information to justify it. lmfao
Those theories are controversial?
Hank Green, let me tell you a little secret about ourselves:
If humans find a way to get high, they get f@cking high.
Solved.
I'll happily take magic mushrooms over beer... i figure, skipping the middle man is always beneficial
"All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once.” -Terry Pratchett
Loved the pun intro and all that followed. I have to admit that after reading Carlos Castenada back in the day, I experimented with the magic, several times, in the 60's. Mind expanding.
I was waiting for the destroying angel, and there it was. I read a book about answers to absurd questions, and the destroying angel was in the chapter “how to get rid of your DNA” or something like that
Shrooms, glorious shrooms!
One of my favorite memories of my entire life is the times I wandered the northern California forests for mushrooms to eat. They were like finding Easter eggs and grew under ferns about 3 to 6 feet high. It felt like Alice in wonderland and was a great learning adventure for the children I took with me. Then the great feasts afterward only added to the pleasure. Yay Mushrooms!
Psilocybin is awesome.
...after a "trip" to mexico...
damnnnnn 😳
Actually one of the most highly prized “Chinese medicine” mushrooms is Cordyceps militaris literally grows out of all sorts of insects including cockroaches.
The book "The Night of St. Anthony's Fire" by John G. Fuller is FANTASTIC. Describes some of the first modern-day ergotism and the effects. VERY well written and one of my serious home library books that get re-read regularly!
Always great videos!
Liked for opening puns.
Can we have spore?
Magic mushrooms may help depression by recreating synapses! It’s very interesting can’t wait for the research
10 out of 10.
Very educational and entertaining. Thanks.
I truly enjoyed your lesson. Great and fun teacher. Amazing facts💯⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Probably" not a great idea to go around eating random wild mushrooms? The first rule you learn when gathering mushrooms is to leave anything you don't know for sure is edible alone, and preferably don't even touch it!
yes, yes it is extremely stupid not to follow that rule of thumb. you should always check what they are first.
touch, pick. take home all the mushrooms you want. touching will do NOTHING other than maybe get a lil dirty, smell a lil earthy. ... It's a myth that touching can do anything. In fact most mycoligist even suggest a taste. a small portion to the tongue, just get the flavors, don't swallow it though! Smell and taste are huge in the I D process. DON'T FEAR THE SHROOM. 🍄💚
@@heatherkaye8653 The most sense anybody has ever made on UA-cam 👍👍
Stock Name
There are mushrooms that are dangerous but don’t taste horrid, so that rule isn’t enough to keep you safe.
Beer: the original solution to FizzBuzz.
Secret power #11: rhyming with " orange". "Sporange" (alt. of "sporangium") rhymes with it.
Borange
the color of fobbies
BOOM! Nailed it with the Pun at the beginning
i salute you Hank, 5/5
Thank fungi for BEER!
There is no reason to make Magic Mushrooms illegal apart from stopping people having a safe extra body experience. Sure some people will do extremes but that's far more the case for booze.
Clearly if they were regulated and easily available people would not be poisoning themselves with random fungi
+brian whittle
Must say I like the fact they talk about it and they put it at first place, admitting is the most extraordinary power fungi have. Times are indeed changing
+ShipIsLove ShipIsLife safe if taken as advised by professionals and experienced users. I know people who have gone crazy cus of taking 10 tabs of acid, and i know people who can't enjoy shrooms anymore because they took it with people they weren't close with, and those uninformed idiots thought she was having a seizure, and they all went along with it. It traumatized her. This is all because people are going to do the drugs either way, so why not provide proper education surrounding such drugs? Warn of the dangers, but also offer information incase people are truly fascinated with altered experiences of conciousness.
***** Relatively, Like anything, those with addictive personalities will do it to extremes but compared to the harm alcohol does, yes safe.
Wonderful.Got lots a of amazing information about fungi..
One of the best Microbiology vidoes Ive seen. keep up the great research.
"spore" us these puns, please
watched another scishow vid where hank said the biggest organism on earth is a bunch of trees in the US..cant remember what its called... look like birch trees.
SO WHICH ONE IS IT HANK?!
He was speaking of the Quaking Aspens In a secluded valley, that may have an 80,000 year old root system. And since they all are genetically identical, and share the same roots they are the Heaviest life form.
WOW, high quality writing and charismatic execution!
This is a great episode!
1:01 you forgot to mention how similar the structure of psilocin is to DMT, please make a video about dmt, educate the masses!!
+mark c .........JUST?
***** that dmt is found in all life on earth
***** that's where you're wrong, dmt is found in plants, sea sponges, all kinds of life not just mammals.
@mark c I'm guessing he's talking about psychedelic therapy
Is there any progress in cancer research? Because that pun gave me some....
A mushroom walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "Not mushroom in here tonight eh?" The bartender says back, "You're right so get out." The mushroom says, "but I'm such a fungi." The bartender says back, "fine pull up a stool." The mushroom tips is cap in thanks. I've been working on this joke for a long time.
almost there!
I knew all of this. In fact, the last two were covered in middle school when we had a "fungus feast" where the teacher brought several foods made using fungus for us to try, during the lecture on fungus. There were several mushrooms (button, shiitake, and portobello), blue cheese, and bread that I remember.
Oh well. Can't always learn something new.
HOW COULD YOU! lol The starches are fully converted in the mash, the brewer can check with a simple iodine test. Scishow you failed me! Brewing is Malting, Milling, Mashing, Lautering, Boiling, cooling and fermenting, and finally packaging. Boiling coagulates proteins, isomerizes alpha acids, reduces the volume of water in the beer and can cause some mallard reactions too... If you are making a sour beer then MAYBE you left SOME starch in the boil, but it wont be broken down accept for by appropriate wild yeast and bacteria.
+thorhale and hops bitter properties are not why they were first added. hops were added to preserve the beer ... we just got used to the bitter taste and quite liked it...
not exactly true, Gruit was used for ages before hops and gruit definitely makes for a bitter beer, hops found favor we think because they helped to keep the beer from spoiling better, but the bitterness is key for making a well balanced and enjoyable beverage.
+thorhale beer has been made for many many years without any bittering agents. beer was produced as early as 5000 BC and evidence in china of 7000BC. earliest reference to hops or gruit is around 822 AD and not common until the middle ages.
+spud4242 you can argue some other point to feel right but I was only saying that hops replaced gruit as the bittering agent in beer because of its superior anti microbial action. Sure call sake "beer" if you want.
Let's grow it on Mars!!
+andy00 Problem is fungi need water to grow
I love how you can just tell that Hank's so ashamed of himself in the beginning of the video after all his puns😂❤️
That opening was THE BEST!!! 😂
"The fungus produces some toxic nitrogen-containing compounds called alkaloids"... umm, yes, ish... Most English speakers would understand this sentence to mean "Alkaloids are toxic nitrogen-containing compounds, and the fungus produces them." That, however, would be false. Most alkaloids are not toxic at all. They do all, as far as I know, contain nitrogen, and are compounds... but tons of medicines contain alkaloids. Tons of completely harmless things contain alkaloids. Suggesting that alkaloids are toxic in general is extremely misleading. I can let slide your failure to mention that hallucinogenic mushrooms were made illegal purely on the grounds that they were fun, and not due to any negative health consequences from their use (though I do think it should be mentioned, as most people simply assume the drugs which are illegal are all such because they are bad for your health which is very much not true). But using tricky language to make alkaloids sound dangerous? That's just weird and does your viewers a great disservice.
Also, whether it is safe to eat wild mushrooms relies heavily upon where you are in the world. In many parts of China, you can grab any little brown mushroom and have a tasty snack. That's why many immigrants to the US, where you are much more likely to end up grabbing a death cap or avenging angel, have died from poisoning due to wild mushrooms...
It is not really true that Magic mushrooms were forbidden because they are fun, they were because people who took them were questioning the government, the Hippies. Not to say they are pretty powerful.
Some are toxic to some animals,like caffeine to dogs.
+Dustin Rodriguez SciShow has not rarely taken me aback by their lack of research or inaccuracies. I really like what they are doing in general, but I wish they would take it a little bit even more seriously.
HCN 27.0253g/mol And every substance is toxic at some dosage. The problem is that the way they said it implies to all but the most careful and parsimonious listeners that alkaloids are a class of chemicals populated exclusively by substances which are poisonous in low to moderate amounts to humans.
pennymac16 I agree, and I hope that they would take my critique as constructive.
Your picture of a death cap is very wrong a death cap ( Amanita phalloides) looks nothing like that the picture you have is of whats commonly called a safron milk cap they taste awesome just as their binomial name suggests ( Lactarius deliciosus)
+Ralphgtx280 Well caught mate, I missed that... Shouldn't do anything with mushrooms if you can't spot a death cap
Cheers , since scishow upped their output I've noticed a decline in their fact checking , which is really quite sad , I'm noticing at least one significant factual error per week in their videos which makes me question if its really a good source or education for me anymore as I am only detecting errors in things I personally already have significant knowledge in.
That was bothering me too! Not even close...
Man I need to do some shrooms again. Changed how I look at life for the better. Even the bad trips are helpful. Each one reveals something about you or the world that you would never discover other wise, which scares some people, but fascinates me immensely.
Some of this stuff is on my final tomorrow. Thank you!
My favorite is mycorrhizal fungi. It's a medical cannabis cultivator's best friend
+Mitchell Maytorena how does it come ? SPore form ?
I wish I knew how to grow shrooms.
cows manure seems to know how maybe that why the cow is sacred if you had soemthing giving you magic mushroom you wouldn't kill and eat it now , but ya would prize the milk(I love rashamali).
+marcus spencer caves
you can grow in in your closet in a sterilite container if you get spores shaman sites might sell them
Question - Why can I go to sleep and wake up more tired than when I originally went to sleep. K thanks bye.
Yeah!
+Poo Face
that would make sense if i wasn't still really tired after 8-12 hours of sleep
+Spartan0430 What's your diet like? If your body doesn't get essential minerals and cells don't get the proper energy from what you eat you will always be tired. If you can try taking coQ10 enzyme its kinda expensive but it helps your cells change ADP to ATP.
+Spartan0430 What's your diet like? If your body doesn't get essential minerals and cells don't get the proper energy from what you eat you will always be tired. If you can try taking coQ10 enzyme its kinda expensive but it helps your cells change ADP to ATP.
Person Smith my diet is pretty poor. i am an extremely picky eater and just don't enjoy eating for the most part. i mostly responded because i thought the dude's answer was silly but thanks for the advice
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO !!!
1. Psilocybin Mushrooms 2. Ergot :D:D:D
I am allergic to the penicillin antibiotic. What is the correlation between the antibiotic and the penicillium mold in blue cheese? Would someone with an allergy like mine to the antibiotic also be allergic to the cheese?
+breal507 Depends, it is a different species
yes
Depends, I’m allergic to the anti-biotic but not the cheese
Whoa. Thought t I had a generalised grasp on fungus from being in healthcare, but these examples/this info is mind blowing! Thanks for this and the virus infecting viruses vid!
Great episode as usual Hank. One of my favourites so far. I want to become a botanist when I'm older and mycology is huge part of that.
+Thomas Gannon Just remember fungi aren't plants
I know. Botany is the study of plants and fungi. Very different to plant science.
I think you meant to say 'after he had a trip in Mexico" Not from Mexico. If you catch my drift. ;)
talk about ant mills
Psilocybin, claviceps, rhizopus nigricans and related fungus and mold will always have a warm welcome into my heart ❤️
Legit liked the video because of the pun in the beginning. Kudos man kudos.
No 3 is like the clickers feom the last of us
from
+Gavin Hopkins Yep, the last of us has it's fungus inspired by cordyceps :)
+Fuck off Google Plus, you're never going to happen. lol awesome name
Stoned Ape Theory Ftw :)
awesome video!!!!
fungi are so cool like to see more about them
It's a little worrying seeing a very good science show picture a 'Death Cap' that isn't even a death cap - the image you showed was actually a member of the Lactarius Genus (Milkcaps) which is SO RIDICULOUSLY FAR REMOVED from the Amanita Genus of which Death Cap (Amanita Phalloides) is part of. The fact that you are actively showing how deadly these are, you could at least get the right picture. I am speechless as to how you messed up that badly. Sort it out, that is a mistake that could kill someone.
Wow Im early!!! Who is with me?
+Riley Potter , you were so early, you were alone.
Riley Potter You've got a nice shirt :)
Excellent~!!!
Congrats, SciShow. You just convinced me that mushrooms are special.
"Sketchy anthropological evidence" that magic mushrooms "could have been used" in some ancient religious practices? "But this is controversial?" I thought this was a science show but, more and more I'm noticing politics seems to be woven into the fabric. Why not just say, "some anthropological evidence."?
Why the value judgements?
Anyone can google ancient mushroom stones or art.
There is plenty of it around.
I agree entirely.
As it cannot be proved, it is only a theory
@Michael Sauve, may I assume your comment is directed to me? I think you may have misunderstood the "meaning" of my comment. I am not debating between proven fact and theory. It's not necessary to.
Much of science is theory. Science recognizes the legitimacy of theory.
E.g. "The Big Bang theory, the theory of evolution, the theory of general relativity"
Science has no problem with theory.
What I am talking about is "political value judgments".
I spot them a mile away.
It is perfectly neutral and scientific to say, "there is evidence that suggests that some ancient cultures may have incorporated the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms into their mythology or religious practice".
Michael Sauve Fairly isolated indigenous peoples in central and South America use psilocybin mushrooms as part of their spiritual practices and artwork today, it seems ridiculous to say that this is a modern innovation.
HAHA loved the opening with mush jokes
Y'all could do a whole episode on cordyceps. They infect a whole lot more than just ants and in some cases will even cause their hosts to behave in ways that help spread the fungus to other hosts.
Glad you pointed this out. They do infect a whole range of insects and each one specialises in one type of insect.
Dude is the creation of Frankenstein. lol. Love this guy 👍🏽
thank you for wadding this episode of scishow.
really good explaining .
greetings from peru.
Love your show. Also you became my daughter's new favorite show. Probably because of dinosaurs episodes... and she's 6 years old... thank you
Thank you ever so much for explaining a bit further the effects of LSA. I once dosed myself with a rather large quantity of it, and while euphoria was perhaps a part of that experience, indeed it did result in mania and psychosis. Was it worth it? In my own personal account, I would say that it was, for I learned quite a bit about myself and the universe through the use of psychedelics, and would describe it as a state of mind that is not exactly all just "pink elephants", if you will.
You are a great lecturer, tyvm.