Natural World Explored

Today Ben explores all the times we've tried to teach an another animal how to talk, we meet a chimpanzee with a persons name and we discover that Ben says "Maths" because he isn't American.••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• More of a listener? Listen to episodes on the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559 ••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• 00:00 Koko The Gorilla01:45 I. That time with the Dolphin...03:25 II. That time with the Chimpanzee...06:43 III. That time with the Horse...08:49 IV. That time with the Gorilla...11:29 V. That time with the Bonobo...••••• #koko #gorilla #animal #language #ape #chimpanzee #nim #dolphin #peter #horse #hans #bonobo

Hey friends! Today Ben explores the world of how animals reduce the amount of noise that they make, we meet an owl with very red eyes, and he… feels like he is being watched?••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• More of a listener? Listen to episodes on the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559 ••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website! https://www.naturalworldexplored.com/merch••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• 00:00 Hunted02:44 I. Substratesphere04:42 II. Misty Frequencies09:23 III. Combing Your Air12:24 IV. It’s A Virtue••••• Species Featured In This VideoOpening: Stygian Owl, Eared DoveChapter 1: Snowy Owl, Caracal, Madagascar Red Owl,Chapter 2: Barred Owl, Firefly, Southeastern Myotis, Pigeon, Kārearea, Barn Owl, Chapter 3: Pel’s Fishing Owl, BarberChapter 4: Madagascar Red Owl, Lowland-Streaked Tenrec, Barn Owl, Stygian Owl, #owls #animals #thriller #science #learning #education #wildlife #nature #canada #paraguay #madagascar #southafrica #botswana #newzealand #horror

Hey friends! Today Ben explores if Australia really is the super dangerous continent we all love to hate, we find out why mammals are built different and what happens when two calamities hit big wombats at the same time.Check out my new playing card deck, available on the Explored website:https://www.naturalworldexplored.com/merch••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• More of a listener? Listen to episodes on the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559 ••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• Image & Video Credits:Thylacine footage compilation:1911 footage by "Mr. Williamson", 1933 footage by David Fleay. Authors of the 1928 footage are unknown., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. This image or other work is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G023v19 (Duration of copyright) (January 2019). ••••• 00:00 Continental Clash 201:35 Natural World Explored02:48 I. Tutorial Stage06:42 II. Down Blunder11:05 III. Tip Of The Bundaberg15:59 IV. Most Likely To Get You…#australia #animals #dangerous #science #learning #education

Hey friends! Today Ben watches an ensemble romcom circa 2007, we find out why Peacocks aren’t extinct (even though they’re ridiculous), and we explore the ways that animals can go extinct from too much romance.Check out my new playing card deck, available on the Explored website:https://www.naturalworldexplored.com/merch••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• More of a listener? Listen to episodes on the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559 ••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• Image Credits:Babirusa Boxing Edited by Cart - This file was derived from: Babirusa berkelahi.jpg by Meldy Tamenge, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80269185Elephant Seal ClashBy "Mike" Michael L. Baird, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3578991Northern Elephant Seal Mother And PupBy Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif. - E-seal Mom and pup. Explored, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37284920••••• #peacock #extinct #animals #science #education #explored #nature

Hey friends! Today Ben breaks the news of why there are so many Giraffes now??? We look at the Panther family and why ducks are slowly all becoming the same animal.Want to support Giraffe conservation? Donate to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation here:https://giraffeconservation.org/Official IUCN release on new Giraffe species:https://iucn.org/press-release/202508/four-giraffe-species-officially-recognised-major-conservation-reclassification ••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• More of a listener? Listen to episodes on the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559 ••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• 00:00 Breaking News 20:09 Natural World Explored 03:06 I. Not All Names Are Built The Same 07:13 II. This Goes All The Way To The Top13:08 III. The Next Generaffion#giraffe #animals #science #learning #education #explored #nature

Hey friends! Today Ben clicks on the wrong type of ad, we learn all about scaley lips and dive into the hot topic of dinosaur temperatures.More about how we know the colour of dinosaurs:https://youtu.be/c0PYvIP0Tmw••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page!https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me!••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored••••• More of a listener?Check out our podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQAApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website!https://naturalworldexplored.com••••• Audio Credits:Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi••••• 00:00 You Won't Believe!00:53 Natural World Explored02:28 I. Dinosaurs Are What?!04:07 II. Lip Reading06:36 III. Unfeatherable Controversy08:36 IV. Hot Topic10:59 She's A Runner, She's A T-Rack Star#dinosaur #jurassicworld #jurassicpark #trex #nature #wildlife #animal #extinctanimals

Hey friends! Today Ben explores what extinction actually means, how we know when an animal is truly gone and what happens when we decide to change things...More about Convergent Evolution and how it works:https://youtu.be/c0PYvIP0Tmw••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page!https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me!••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website!https://naturalworldexplored.com••••• Audio Credits:Intro Music by Aakash GandhiImage Credits:Ghost Lineages by Sceptic view - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42413712Alavesia Fly images:Alavesia leukoprosopa, holotype. A. Wing (abbreviations following Cumming and Wood, 2017). B. Postpedicel and stylus. C. Hind leg, inner lateral view. D. Hind tibia, dorsal view, with tibial organ on basal fourth. Arrow point basal R1 sensorial pit.Monoplacophora image:By FunkMonk (Michael B. H.) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19794861Iberian IbexBy Juan Lacruz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23442996Celia the Pyrenean IbexBy Jose Miguel Pintor Ortego - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46509145••••• 00:00 The Year Is 186101:15 The Mystery Is A Foot02:40 I. The Case Of The Midnight Cockatoo06:50 II. The Curious Case Of The Coelacanth10:36 III. The Convergent Case Of The Aldabra Rail13:36 IV. The Unfortunate Case Of The Pyrenean Ibex#animals #wildlife #nature #documentary #science #biotechnology #aldabra #extinction

Hey friends! Today Ben talks about a famous great ape, we meet the biggest very small army in the world, and some Madagascan primates that enjoy a nice millipede in the morning.••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my YouTube Membership!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page!https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me!••••• Been exploring for new merch or a sick profile pic? Check out the Explored website!https://naturalworldexplored.com••••• Audio Credits:Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi•••••

#nature #medicine #animals #documentary #wildlife #science #education #facts

Hey friends! Today Ben talks about magnets, we learn about the smell of raindrops on footpaths, and we follow a Sea Turtle all the way home!

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Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi

Also Sprach Zarathustra, composed by Richard Strauss and premiered in 1896. Link to license:

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Sources mentioned:

Boyle, A. (2023). Episodic memory in animals: Optimism, kind scepticism and pluralism. Current Controversies in Philosophy of Memory (Chapter 9).

https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=s4V0EAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT224#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rattenborg, N.C. & Martinez-Gonzalez, D. (2011). A bird-brain view of episodic memory.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432811002191

Hofer, M. K., Collins, H. K., Whillans, A. V., & Chen, F. S. (2018). Olfactory cues from romantic partners and strangers influence women’s responses to stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000110

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Photo credits

GEOMAR, Coastal Upwelling Diagram. https://www.geomar.de/en/discover/ocean-and-climate/climate-change-in-the-ocean/upwelling

The Ocean Cleanup, Turtle trapped in garbage: https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

Cleanhub, Great Pacific Garbage Patch: https://blog.cleanhub.com/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-how-marine-plastic-impacts-our-biggest-ocean

Planet Earth II, BBC:

https://cms.bbcearth.com/sites/default/files/2020-12/2ecmt0000001000.jpg

https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/12/09/turtles-planet-earth.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop

Barbados Sea Turtle Project, Hawksbill Rum:

https://www.hawksbillrum.co.uk/news/barbados-sea-turtle-project

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#animal #turtle #migration #memory #science #wildlife #documentary #reptile

Hey friends! Today Ben looks at the fastest animals on Earth, we get the first ever metabolic rate tier list [not clickbati!!!] and Ben tries to put together the hardest soundtrack of any animal video on YouTube.

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Audio Credits

Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi

Voiceover Editing by Wojciech B.

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Sources mentioned:

Domenici, P., Wilson, A. D. M., Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Marras, S., Herbert-Read, J. E., Steffensen, J. F., Krause, S., Viblanc, P. E., Couillaud, P., & Krause, J. (2016). Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species. Biology Open, 5(10), 1415-1419. https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/5/10/1415/1485/Maximum-swimming-speeds-of-sailfish-and-three#:~:text=URL%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.biologists.com%2Fbio%2Farticle%2F5%2F10%2F1415%2F1485%2FMaximumKing,

R. (2008, May). Falling with the falcon. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/falling-with-the-falcon-7491768/Queen's University, Belfast. (2013, September 5).

New insight into how Cheetahs catch their prey. ScienceDaily.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905085644.htm

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Photo credits

Proprioception scan 1: https://neurosciencenews.com/proprioception-genetics-22044/ Proprioception scan 2: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.29.501977v1.full

Peregrine Falcon scan: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Peregrine-falcon-radiography-Ventrodorsal-A-and-lateral-B-radiographic-view-showing_fig1_349169490

Football boots: Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash

Ford Focus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008_Ford_Focus_Zetec_TD_109_1.6_Front.jpg