Hey, this is Kate from MinuteEarth.
We recently reached 2 million subscribers, and as a way to say thanks for watching, we
decided to make a video answering your most common questions.
Here we go!
Why do you make so many videos about poop?
Well, some of our videos answer questions that we on the MinuteEarth team actually have
about the world, so I guess we have a lot of questions about poop.
But also, everybody deals with excrement on a daily – or hopefully almost daily – basis,
but we don't usually stop and appreciate it, because it's just poop.
And one of the things that makes science so cool is that it gives us a way to discover
how even something as seemingly mundane as a pile of crap is the result of complex, kind
of beautiful processes, and there are whole worlds in there when we stop to look.
Who’s behind MinuteEarth, and where are you from?
That’s a great question! We are a remote, internet based team of people and we’ve
got Henry Reich, David Goldenberg, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Kate Yoshida, Alex Reich, Ever
Salazar, and me, Melissa Hayes, along with Nathaniel Schroeder, Qingyang Chen, Jesse
Agar and Arcadi Garcia.
Can you explain your stick figure backstory?
Well, Kate lived among hyenas, David studied monkeys, Alex likes fishing, and Henry made
a video about what to do when it’s cold outside.
Emily likes geology, I am an illustrator and love math, Peter is into plants, Melissa raises
bees, and Nathaniel plays our music.
Qingyang loves Waffles, Jesse always wears a wool hat in winter and Arcadi is the master
of the Wingardium Huevosa spell.
Plus we have made stick figures for a ton of our friends and other people.
Do you have other jobs, hobbies, or projects?
I help make Hot Mess and cross-country ski
I make MinutePhysics and play in a bluegrass band
I’m a scientist studying climate change and forests
I have a long-dormant channel, that someday, will rise from the ashes
I work for a conservation organization that protects wild lions
And we’re working on a bunch of other projects, like Paradigms and MinuteLabs and Bodypedia
on Japan’s NHK!
Going forward, I’m actually only going to be working on those projects, rather than
on normal MinuteEarth videos, so if you don’t hear my voice on the channel much anymore,
that’s why.
Who comes up with your puns, and is it hard?
We all work together.
Sometimes the magic hap-puns and other times it’s pun-ishing work.
Why are your videos longer than a minute?
Because... we’re... bad at editing?.
How long does it take to make a video?
Some of them come together really quickly and go from an idea to a video in a few weeks,
but others take months or years.
You can check out this video to learn more about our production process.
Is MinuteEarth an ASAPScience knockoff?
No, in fact ASAPScience was actually kind of a MinutePhysics knockoff.
MinuteEarth was a MinutePhysics spinoff.
Why are lions the only cats with manes?
Lions’ manes signal strength to rivals and worthiness to potential mates.
For other felines, manes might be a liability, or those species just might not need such
big, braggy signals...but for more on that, you’ll have to watch our monogamy video!
How did we eradicate Cholera?
Uhhh… we didn’t?
We did eradicate smallpox though!
Mostly through vaccines.
They really work!
Is MinuteEarth available in other languages?
Yes, in Spanish (also known as Castillian), in French, in Italian, and in Portuguese (Brazilian).
Why can’t two people have the same fingerprints?
Well, actually, stay tuned!
We're making a video about that right now!
Mountain or Beach?
Beach!
Mountain!
Beech!
Can you answer this question?
Hmmmm…
Which countries watch MinuteEarth the most?
The most viewers come from these five countries . But per capita, these are the top five
If you could bring an extinct creature back from extinction, which would you choose and
why?
Nope...just nope.
Haven't you seen Jurassic Park?
What’s your favorite MinuteEarth video?
My favorite is “Ambergris: Why Perfume Makers Love Constipated Whales”, because it’s
basically a big poop video.
If I had to pick right now, I’d choose "Are any Animals Truly Monogamous?" because it’s
weird and surprising and has my favorite ending pun.
My favorite video is “This Is Not a Bee” beecause it covers a few of my favorite topics:
mimicry and bees.
My favorite is “Climate Change: The View From MinuteEarth” because it’s personal
and about fixing climate change.
My favorite one is “Why Do We Eat Spoiled Food?” because I really like cheese.
And chocolate.
And kimchi.
I am incapable of choosing, so I made a list of my favorites.
How can we support MinuteEarth?
What a great question!
Thanks for asking!
First, you can support us by continuing to watch MinuteEarth and sharing it with your
friends and family.
You can support us financially by becoming a Patreon patron or, if you run a company
or a foundation you can actually sponsor videos directly.
We appreciate you count MinuteEarth among the things worth spending your time on and
we hope you’ll consider adding it to the things worth spending your money on, too.
After all, bad puns aren’t going to write themselves.
Unless we find a self punning pen.
So, the question is: who is this?...
Who is this?
Can Ever figure it out?
Yeah… mystery voice…
Well, I’m sure… hmm… yeah, anyway.
Is it going?
Yeah it’s going
Oh, hahahaha, ok… alright… ok… that might sound dumb though.
That sounds great!
I mean, Ever can decide.
Ok.
He’s the dictator on this.