Natural World Explored – Details, episodes & analysis

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 explores the world of yucky things, we hear about how a book can ruin an animal’s reputation, and discover that we betrayed our nearest and dearest :(

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This video contains discussions around death and decay in the animal kingdom. These topics are not portrayed as gruesome, but as biological processes.

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Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi

Voiceover Editing by Wojciech B.

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Photo credits

Tube Nosed Bat

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/101006-papua-new-guinea-species-tube-nosed-bat-science-animal-pictures

Rufous Horseshoe Bat

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Rhinolophus_rouxii.jpg

Hey friends! Today Ben explores the world of colour, we hear about how confusing feathers are, and discover that Polar Bears are FREAKIN IMPOSTERS. ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, 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 some sweet nature merch? You can score some here soon! https://naturalworldexplored.com Audio Credits ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Audio Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• Photo credits Photonic Crystals Diagram: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Introduction-to-Photonic-Crystals-%3A-Bloch-%E2%80%99-s-%2C-%2C-%28-Johnson/5fad2dacf3b86b2748e5910f1ea64be1ebec2936/figure/3 Photonic Glass Diagram: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Anisotropic-photonic-glass-APG-is-fabricated-in-the-bulk-of-the-glass-by-direct-laser_fig1_310823471 Bragg Reflectors Diagram: https://www.batop.de/information/r_Bragg.html Diffraction Gratings Diagram: https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/University_Physics_%28OpenStax%29/University_Physics_III_-_Optics_and_Modern_Physics_%28OpenStax%29/04%3A_Diffraction/4.05%3A_Diffraction_Gratings Quasi-crystal Diagram: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geometric-structure-of-the-Tsai-type-quasicrystal-QC-and-approximant-crystal-AC-1_fig1_318197452 Thin film interference: https://physics.highpoint.edu/~jregester/potl/Waves/InterferenceColors/interfcolors.html Ref Fabbri, Matteo; Wiemann, Jasmina; Manucci, Fabio; Briggs, Derek E. G. (2020). "Three-dimensional soft tissue preservation revealed in the skin of a non-avian dinosaur". Palaeontology. 63 (2): 185–193. doi:10.1111/pala.12470 #science #nature #animal #dinosaur #evolution #wildlife #explore #earth

Hey friends! Today Ben explores a big blue beast, we hear all about why bugs are little (thankfully), and take a little trip through space and time. ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, 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 patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com Credits ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Audio Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• #nature #explore #animal #nz #whale #newzealand #evolution #wildlife #bird #dinosaur #science

Hey friends! Today Ben explores the last land of dinosaurs, finds a continent that isn’t as dangerous as it sounds and finds out why there are different birds on top of Venezuelan mountains. Donate to Forest & Bird: https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/ ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, 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 patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com Credits ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Audio Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• Photos used: Kukenan Tepui by Paulo Fassina https://flic.kr/p/7V4UEk #nature #explore #animal #nz #australia #newzealand #southamerica #evolution #wildlife #bird #dinosaur

Hello friends! Today Ben explores the world of agriculture, we find a new crab that shimmies in the deep sea, and meet an ant that drugs other bugs. ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, the quasi-ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• #nature #explore #animals #science #documentary

Hello and bienvenue, today Ben explores the invisible ways to die, looks at all the different ways plants, animals and fungi mix chemical concoctions and learns what to do if you’re exposed to toxins. •• CONTENT WARNING •• This video contains relatively graphic descriptions of bodily harm caused by plants, animals and fungi. Content may be disturbing. What to do if you’re bitten by a snake (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/symptoms.html ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, 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 patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com Credits ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• Portrait of the king of Pontus Mithridates VI as Heracles. Marble, Roman imperial period (1st century). Photo by Sting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg Gympie-Gympie photograph by Hugh Campbell: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gympie-gympie-2048x1204.jpghttps://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gympie-gympie-2048x1204.jpg Gympie-Gympie photograph by TreeHugger: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aeaJIRBbzNU/WUO0HT67MQI/AAAAAAAAIu0/SvCl3IevO7QlKuR6uCKDH5CodjcIyC8KACEwYBhgL/s1600/gympie-gympie-stinging-tree-5.jpg.650x0_q70_crop-smart.jpg Strychnos in Flower photograph by Bart Wursten: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Strychnos_usambarensis00.jpg #nature #explore #snake #spider #poison #venom #toxins #crime #danger

ey friends! Today Ben explores two animals with the same name, we find out that there are more than one type of thumb and meet a few critters that are unexpectedly related to these animals. Donate to the Red Panda Network: https://redpandanetwork.org/ Donate to the World Wildlife Fund: https://wwf.panda.org/support_wwf/ ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, 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 patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com

Credits ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Audio Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• Study of mammalian mitochondrial genomes for todays game: Hassanin, A.; Veron, G.; Ropiquet, A.; van Vuuren, B. J.; Lécu, A.; Goodman, S. M.; Haider, J.; Nguyen, T. T. (2021). "Evolutionary history of Carnivora (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria) inferred from mitochondrial genomes"

Other papers: Groves, C. (2021). "The taxonomy and phylogeny of Ailurus". In Glatston, A. R. (ed.). Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda (Second ed.). London: Academic Press. pp. 95–117. ISBN 978-0-12-823753-3 O'Brien, S.J.; Nash, W.G.; Wildt, D.E.; Bush, M.E. & Benveniste, R.E. (1985). "A molecular solution to the riddle of the giant panda's phylogeny". Nature. 317 (6033): 140–144. Bibcode:1985Natur.317..140O. doi:10.1038/317140a0. PMID 4033795. S2CID 4352629 Photos used: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E.; Cuvier, F. (1824) Histoire naturelle des mammifères : avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'aprèsdes animaux vivans https://archive.org/details/HistoirenaturelVGeof/page/LII/mode/2up Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda (2008) Image URL: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kungfupanda/images/2/25/Vlcsnap2011040213h54m20.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1920?cb=20130323171021 Sounds used: Red Panda Sound Effect | Ailurus fulgens (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsqNWQtB1ac&ab_channel=77%E9%9F%B3%E6%95%88 Videos used: Red Panda Scared by Big Piece of Rock - Red Panda goes Crazy - Crazy - Crazy -Crazy !! (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI6ULnKkHus&ab_channel=BESTFUNNYVIDEOEVER-BFVE Pandas trying to make themselves extinct - Funny fails compilation (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf-IQyL7qPE&ab_channel=AnimalShorts #nature #explore #science #documentary #animals #panda #redpanda

Hello and bienvenue, today Ben explores large little animals, surveys cat owners on their hunting habits and learns all about a bug that freezes itself for literally zero gain. ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, 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 patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Bird Song Source: Department of Conservation (NZ) New Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• Weta Photo by Dinobass: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Wetapunga.jpg/2880px-Wetapunga.jpg King Kong (2005) by Universal Pictures ••••• #nature #explore #insect #weta #aotearoa #newzealand