True Facts: Deception in the Rainforest

CREDITS:
David Weiller:
Thomas Marent:
(links to Thomas' books below)
Thomas Hossie
Neira Dan
J.R. Kuethe
LuisaLMota:
Tom Sherratt
Douglas Yanega:

Thomas' Books!

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[jyavant]

“A shitty day versus a very shitty day”

The only comparison needed.

[Ulubai]

I appreciate Jerry going out of his way to show bugs pooping.

[snarkamedes]

Recap time then: Müllerian mimicry = various toxic animals all adopting the same look; Batesian mimicry = tasty animals being cheaty and cosplaying the look of toxic ones; Gilbertian mimicry = looking like the predator who's trying to nom you. And there's a two-thirds chance you die when naming a new method of camouflage?...

[heathermillsphantomlimb]

“Jokes on you. Bet you puke up my lifeless body in 5 minutes. Burn.” That line was great.

[lrf]

It's like listening to sir David Attenborough, only he's intentionally being a prankster to see what the BBC will let him get away with

[CanalTremocos]

I once went to a beekeeping convention and, to my surprise, the winner of the bee photography competition was the photo of a hoverfly. When I mentioned it to one of the judges he told me they would open exceptions to good pictures of wild bees. I said nothing about the unusual number of wings and the shape of the back legs because my invitation to the closing banquet was hanging on a thread by that time.

[theendangeredwildlifesanctuary]

The rainforest: *Spiderman pointing at Spiderman*

[ToaArcan]

Shout-out to the Margay, a species of mostly arboreal cat that has learned to mimic the distress calls of baby monkeys, so it can lure in and eat the parents.

[AlStone]

It's actually very impressive how well he balances the humour with actually being educational

[DerpyEinstein]

I like camouflaged animals when there literally aren’t any in a picture shown so people get stuck trying to find it.

[alienz]

You are the best science teacher ever. I guess that’s just how a zefrank do.

[rufiblub]

"Who is not dead, but based on the other two I'd be worried" that one was unexpected

[StopWhining]

I could watch/listen to Frank's True Facts all day. He's such a giggle.

[Meansi]

I used to thing that whole “mimic a dangerous animal and things won’t eat you” was crap but then one day a bug I’d never encountered before flew at me flashing black and yellow stripes and i ran as fast as I could and was maybe 15 feet away before I realized it hadn’t looked like a wasp. Guess they’re not so dumb.

[hreeO]

Why on Earth the quality of resolution in the forest is so amazing?

[marywinter]

I was just setting here, totally BORED, and I thought of you. At last, ENTERTAINMENT!!! . I'm 74 and most tv is the same thing, over and over and over, you get the idea. Rarely ever is there anything NEW. But you Ze Frank are new and entertaining. Thank you.

[jenius]

Technically, the best hiders in the rain forest are the one's we haven't found.

[warmedhorizons]

"When threatened it waves itself around like a third of a snake" 😂😭😭

[kristinb]

Note to self: never casually put my hand on a tree trunk in the rainforest.

[Andrea-tcmw]

Zefrank: **mentions scientist**
Zefrank: “who is dead.”