- Hi, welcome back.
So the other day, I came across the Discovery Channel,
and I don't normally watch those types of shows,
but this time I did because
they were talking about some really cool stuff,
which included natural phenomena
like tornadoes and stuff like that.
But as I was watching it,
I was like, "This seems a little bit tame," because
all they were really talking about is tornadoes and stuff,
which is really cool, don't get me wrong,
I mean, where would The Wizard of Oz
be without tornadoes, right?
And when I looked into it,
I discovered that there's some
really crazy phenomena that happens in the world,
so I decided to gather the four coolest ones
to share with you guys,
because that's just kinda what I do,
so here they are.
Venezuela has an almost never-ending lightning storm.
Located at the mouth of the Catatumbo River,
there's a storm that rages continuously,
with 280 strikes of lightning an hour,
for 10 hours a day, up to 300 days a year.
This phenomenon has been going on for centuries
and it's so massive that it's visible
up to 400 kilometers away.
Now there's varying theories as to why this happens,
such as global weather patterns,
and the reactions between the water
and mountains in the area,
but what's most interesting is that nobody,
not even scientists, can definitively say
what causes this phenomenon.
But to be honest, it doesn't really matter to me.
Don't get me wrong, I love the occasional thunderstorm,
but this is kind of scary.
Looks like if you want a vacation in Venezuela,
you'd better learn the Thunder Buddies song.
Love that song.
♫ When you hear the sound of thunder
♫ Don't you get too scared
♫ You can't get me thunder
♫ 'Cause you're just God's farts ♫
(farts)
- In Honduras, once a year, it rains fish.
(bloops)
Located in the Departmento de Yoro,
this phenomenon has occurred
between May and July every year
since the mid-1800's.
Witnesses say that there's dark clouds,
followed by thunder, strong winds,
and heavy rain for two to three hours.
Afterwards, hundreds of living fish
are scattered all over the ground.
In 1970, National Geographic
went to the area with scientists
to try to get an explanation, but couldn't find one.
What's especially puzzling to people
is that the species of fish that fall
don't even inhabit the water around the area.
Some believe that the fish
are sucked up by a storm
in the Atlantic Ocean 200 kilometers away,
while the locals believe it to be
nothing less than divine intervention.
But come on, a higher power?
Please.
There isn't some mystical power
that can rain fish on people
and control the weather.
I mean, come on.
(thunder) Ah, okay.
Just kidding, just kidding.
Just kidding.
You got the power. (divine chorus)
All right, it's good.
Morocco has tree-climbing goats.
No, that picture's not photoshopped.
Found only in Morocco,
these goats like to climb the Argan tree
to eat its fruit.
Farmers follow the herds of goats from tree to tree,
collecting the nuts that they
either excrete or spit out.
Those nuts are then used to make oil,
which sells for up to $50 for a quarter liter.
That's a lot of money for goat poop oil.
But the fact that these goats can climb trees
isn't as crazy as you might think.
Goats are one of the most skilled mountain climbers,
that can trek through the most treacherous conditions,
so to be able to jump
from tree to tree isn't that far off.
But man oh man, is that ever
something I'd love to see in person.
I'm pretty sure you could
get a good chuckle out of that.
(bleating)
And finally, one of the rarest
of all natural-occurring phenomena,
The circumhorizon arc,
also known as the fire rainbow.
This stunning event can only occur
when the sun is high in the sky
and its light passes through
high-altitude cirrus clouds
containing hexagonal plate crystals,
which all must be optimally aligned.
The sunlight entering the crystals
kind of acts like a prism,
which separates all of the colors out
and creates a beautiful rainbow within the clouds.
This event has occurred all over the world,
everywhere from Indonesia to Portugal to Idaho.
But as cool as this is,
I feel like I've seen this before.
And somehow, it frustrates me.
And somehow I feel like someone's
going to shoot a shell at me.
Or a banana.
So I hope you guys enjoyed this video
and I will see you guys back here,
same bat time, same bat channel.
What?
Next Saturday.
Peace.
(triumphant 8-bit music)
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And if you've already done those things,
then I don't know, go rent Ted or something.
That's a good movie.
Or you could go play Mario Kart,
but as good as that game was,
it was always frustrating when
someone used the lightning bolt.
Or the banana.