Hello my curious! Be all welcome to a new video.
In today's video I have prepared a list for you with 20 curiosities about the animal kingdom,
For example, do you know how many teeth a snail has?
Did you know that there is a bird that has poisonous feathers?
No, I didn't know either.
Just before I start with the topic I have a little question for you,
in my previous video, the one with the 10 strange things found inside statues,
do you remember what they found inside this bust?
If you watched my previous video, you probably already know the answer.
And if not, well, you're screwed.
To make it more fun, here I am going to leave these four options on your screen,
choose the option that you think is correct
and write it down here in the comments right now,
at the end of the video I'm going to tell you what they found inside
and let's see if you got your answer right, okay?
All right, make yourself comfortable and enjoy it, my friend.
I'm Curious Ben, and… How curious are you?
HOODED PITOHUI
Did you know that there is a bird that has poisonous feathers?
This is it, its name is 'pitohui' or hooded pitohui
and it is the only poisonous bird in the world.
They live only in New Guinea,
so if you live in Latin America you have nothing to worry about,
the feathers, skin and tissues of this bird have a potent neurotoxin
known as 'homobatrachotoxin',
so just by petting this bird you can go straight to the emergency room.
Observe it well so that you are not going to commit the madness of touching it
in case one day you go to New Guinea.
The worst part is that there is no antidote for this toxin,
so it could end your life if you're not careful.
PYGMY MARMOSET
This is the smallest species of monkey in the world, it is a pygmy marmoset.
These little animals live in the Amazon basin and are quite small,
They measure about 13 centimeters in their adult age,
so they fit in the palm of your hand without any problem,
but despite their size they are quite skilled,
they can jump up to 5 meters in the air
and they move with the cunning of any other monkey in the middle of the jungle.
Because of this appearance, many people want to have them as pets
and that has become a problem.
The area where they live has also been affected in recent years
and they are seen less and less frequently.
BULL ANT
I present to you the most dangerous ant in the world, the bull ant.
This insect lives in Australia
and the Guinness Book of Records has given it the title of the most dangerous ant in the world.
You'll be wondering, 'why?'
They don't look dangerous at all, do they?
In that you are wrong, those ants have a powerful and poisonous bite,
its poison is several times more powerful than cyanide or arsenic,
so if you get stung and you don't have a hospital nearby... Poor you!
Because it can kill you in just 15 minutes.
In the last 100 years at least three people are known
who died from the bite of these ants,
it is not such a high figure, but for an ant to kill three people
I think it's too much.
If I asked you which is the most violent mammal that exists...
What would you answer me?
Perhaps the first thing that comes to your mind is the lions, the wolves
or even humans, right?
But you are very wrong, the most violent mammal is the meerkat.
You didn't know that, did you?
Despite not being a predator or having a reputation for being a bloodthirsty animal,
20% of meerkats are known to be killed by other meerkats,
that means one in five meerkat deaths
is caused by another of their own kind.
The stat is so high because when they fight to dominate an area
almost always a large group of them die.
FIRE ANTS
What you are looking at is a floating raft created by thousands of 'fire ants',
not all ants can make a raft like this.
Throughout history these insects developed a method
to survive floods and it has worked great for them.
If the area where the ant colony lives is flooded
they can survive without any problem.
They hold on tightly, forming a kind of raft with their bodies
that doesn't sink easily, as you can see,
they can spend several minutes in this position until they reach solid ground
where they can create another colony in a matter of days.
This feature has allowed them to survive on our planet throughout history
despite being so small.
VULTURES
During days of extreme heat
vultures pee on themselves to cool off a bit, did you know that?
This behavior is known as 'urohidrosis'
and it is carried out by a great variety of birds, among them, the vultures.
But the thing does not end there,
sometimes even these birds defecate on themselves with the same objective,
feel cooler when it's very hot,
I think that explains why they suck so much.
Urine not only serves to refresh them
it also helps them to eliminate any harmful bacteria that is between their paws,
so they kill 'two birds with one stone',
they refresh themselves and clean the dirt.
Remember that vultures are always hanging around rotting things,
so the probability of getting sick is very high,
but nothing like a urine and poop bath for them to clean up and get on with their day.
- Bullsh*t! - Benny, stop peeing on yourself.
HORSESHOE CRAB
Horseshoe crabs have a rather peculiar way of swimming and moving in the water,
they do it upside down.
Why the heck do they swim like that?
Marine biologists believe they do it instinctively,
At first glance, this way of swimming does not look practical at all, right?
And it probably isn't,
but considering that these animals have survived on our planet
for millions of years they can swim as they please.
These creatures have been around for 480 million years,
so they know something.
BROOKESIA NANA
In the year 2021 a group of scientists discovered the smallest chameleon in the world
in a tropical rainforest in Madagascar.
It is the size of a sunflower seed when it is already an adult,
so it's pretty small.
It's so tiny that you can hold it on your fingertip without any problem,
its scientific name is Brookesia Nana,
feeds on mites and springtails that it finds in the soil,
and behaves like any other chameleon.
Finding it was a real surprise,
nothing was known about this creature until a year ago.
GREENLAND SHARKS
About 90% of Greenland sharks are blind.
Yes, you heard that right.
These sharks live in the cold waters of the glacial arctic ocean
and can live more than 500 years.
Well, if another animal doesn't eat them first, of course.
But despite not having such a long life they have a small problem,
there is a parasite called 'ommatokoita elongata'
which has been found in 90% of the sharks that have been studied,
this parasite causes blindness.
If they are blind, how come they feed or live so long?
It's thanks to their sense of smell, which is quite powerful
and allows them to catch prey, even though their vision is almost zero.
AMERICAN RED-HEADED VULTURE
This bird is a turkey vulture or red-headed vulture
and it has a rather curious defense mechanism.
Do you know what they do when they feel threatened?
They vomit on whoever is bothering them.
Wow, that does sound gross.
And it's not just any vomit, it's a rotten vomit.
These animals are scavengers,
so they eat really gross stuff.
Their vomit is a foul-smelling, highly acidic substance
that frightens away any animal that wants to disturb it.
At first it may sound like the dumbest defense method in the world,
but actually I think it is one of the most effective,
I don't know anyone who isn't afraid of throwing up.
SNAILS
Do you know how many teeth a snail has?
At first glance, looking at this snail, you might think that it does not have any teeth, right?
Well, you are very wrong.
Snails have 14,000 teeth or so,
they're microscopic, you can't see them,
but they continue to perform the function of teeth.
Well, to be more specific, this organ is called the 'radula'
and it serves the same purpose as human teeth,
chew food before digesting it.
It depends on the snail, some may have more or less,
but an ordinary garden snail has about 14,000 teeth.
PANDAS
Pandas poop up to 40 times a day, did you know that?
Most animals don't defecate that often,
other animals tend to defecate more volume of excrement in a day.
I mean, they go less often, but when they go they do a lot,
but that is not the case of the panda that goes over and over again in a single day.
Few people imagine that these animals poop so many times in such a short time.
Doing math, if they spend 12 hours a day awake and go 40 times,
that means they poop every 20 minutes.
I think that's too much.
ABYSSAL LOPHIIFORME
This creature is an Abyssal Lophiiforme,
they live between 1000 and 3000 meters deep in the ocean.
You may know them from that scene in 'Finding Nemo'.
- The happiness is gone.
Something quite curious about these animals
is the difference in size between males and females,
the male measures only 3 centimeters
while the female measures 20 centimeters,
that's a big difference in size.
In comparison it is as if in humans we men measured 1.80 meters
and women almost 12 meters.
HAIRY FROG
This animal is a hairy frog,
you have probably never seen them before as they only live in Africa.
They are known as hairy frogs
because they have filaments on their skin that look like hair,
although it is not hair, it is actually part of his skin,
but apart from that fur they have a unique characteristic that few know about.
When they feel threatened, they break part of the bones in their legs
to turn them into claws.
Kind of like Wolverine's claws.
Did you know of any other animal that breaks its bones as a defense method?
That must be pretty painful.
COCKROACHES
Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to kill a cockroach?
It seems that even if you stand on it, it is useless and it runs away easily,
that's not because you have bad aim,
but because cockroaches have one of the strongest skeletons in the animal kingdom.
Did you know that their skeleton is capable of withstanding pressure
900 times greater than their body weight as if nothing had happened?
That's why even if you try to stand on it or throw something at it,
they will run away without any problem as if nothing happened.
You have to put a lot of pressure on a specific point on their body to kill them,
otherwise it won't do you any good.
LOBSTERS
Lobsters have a rather curious anatomy,
their brain is located in their throat,
their teeth are located in the stomach,
their nervous system is located in their abdomen,
their kidneys are located in their head
and taste the food with the tweezers.
That sounds crazy, right?
But despite having such a strange anatomy
have survived the deadly depths of the ocean for millions of years,
so it's not bad at all.
SEBASTES ALEUTIANUS
This fish is a Sebastes Aleutianus,
it lives in the North Pacific area between 250 and 450 meters deep.
Yes, I know it looks like any other fish,
but do not judge it so quickly because it has a special feature,
they can live longer than you and me.
A specimen was once found that was 205 years old, can you believe it?
If they manage to survive the dangers of the ocean, which are many,
these fish are capable of having a life longer than that of a human being.
SAND TIGER SHARK
Did you know that baby sharks eat their siblings inside the womb?
That is not something that happens in all species of sharks,
but in sand tiger sharks.
The largest of the embryos begins to develop teeth and eyes before the others,
and to ensure its survival, it eats its brothers
that are not yet fully developed.
At the beginning of the pregnancy of the mother shark there are 12 embryos,
but of those 12 only 1 or 2 are born,
basically the one that eats the other 10 is born.
FERRETS
Did you know that female ferrets can die if they don't mate during the heat stage?
When a female ferret goes into heat
her bodies produce a large amount of a hormone called estrogen
and they will continue to produce it in droves until they have mated.
If they don't mate, those large amounts of estrogen will cause 'aplastic anemia'
that could end her life in a few days,
so for them finding a mate and reproducing is a matter of life or death.
SNAKES
Have you seen videos or photos of snakes eating themselves?
That happens very rarely, but has already been documented
and although there is no specific answer,
it is believed that everything is due to high levels of stress or being very hot.
Snakes are cold blooded,
when the day or the pond where they are is very hot
they become confused to the point of eating themselves.
According to some experts, this phenomenon can also be caused by some disease
that disorients the snake so much that it begins to eat itself.
- I'm hungry. - Benny, stop biting your ass.
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If you want to see another video with curiosities about animals, you already know what to do.
The answer to the question at the beginning of the video is option 'C', money,
but it wasn't just any bill,
but from one of the first bills in Chinese history,
As well as this case, other very rare things have been found inside statues.
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