Dead stuff: The secret ingredient in our food chain - John C. Moore

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When you picture the lowest levels of the food chain, you might imagine herbivores happily munching on lush, living green plants. But this idyllic image leaves out a huge (and slightly less appetizing) source of nourishment: dead stuff. John C. Moore details the "brown food chain," explaining how such unlikely delicacies as pond scum and animal poop contribute enormous amounts of energy to our ecosystems.
Lesson by John C. Moore, animation by TED-Ed.

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  • @aWinkler2010
    @aWinkler201010 жыл бұрын

    How clever that they used leaves to create all of the living things in this video, even humans!

  • @AsianMassageTeacher

    @AsianMassageTeacher

    10 жыл бұрын

    Even the cartoon Hitler at 1:16.

  • @xck

    @xck

    5 жыл бұрын

    And they used pineapple for the sun!!

  • @wonjaechoi4714

    @wonjaechoi4714

    Жыл бұрын

    @@xck I thought the sun was kiwi

  • @Snak3Y

    @Snak3Y

    Жыл бұрын

    Who

  • @Marii_isweird

    @Marii_isweird

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah

  • @pmtclock
    @pmtclock4 жыл бұрын

    Ted Ed: dead stuff, it’s what’s for dinner. Me: 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

  • @EasterWitch
    @EasterWitch10 жыл бұрын

    The animation was so beautiful and creative!

  • @nemo_is_real

    @nemo_is_real

    7 жыл бұрын

    i got ur heart. i got ur lungs. boom. blood soup. i have ur brain. i have ur eyeballs. boom. blood explosion. blood explosion + blood soup = death death death of animals!!!! (odnt copy and paste this.)

  • @xirtam1970

    @xirtam1970

    7 жыл бұрын

    LiquoriceLover gjtktoghgkfykfkhg

  • @Wetnapkin69

    @Wetnapkin69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@xirtam1970 you bored?

  • @Wetnapkin69

    @Wetnapkin69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nemo_is_real what?

  • @Snak3Y

    @Snak3Y

    Жыл бұрын

    Who

  • @jazzy364
    @jazzy36410 жыл бұрын

    The graphics are so pretty. Thanks for making these videos with such attention to detail.

  • @bobhope4288
    @bobhope428810 жыл бұрын

    I always knew everyone was full of crap, It spews out of a lot of them.

  • @Moonfrog11
    @Moonfrog1110 жыл бұрын

    this artstyle is awesome!

  • @dorothypham3191

    @dorothypham3191

    10 жыл бұрын

    They used to make some children's books in this style (in my day), but sorry I can't give any further information as I was never really into picture books when I was a kid. It's a curious style now that I can appreciate it though.

  • @martybuehler4525
    @martybuehler45252 жыл бұрын

    John C. Moore is a genius! Love using his stuff in class. Thanks big john!

  • @Emmer2p9

    @Emmer2p9

    7 ай бұрын

    I agree he is also a great scientist in general!

  • @rumbim
    @rumbim10 жыл бұрын

    "This entire jungle is a jungle of death!" - Horton Hears a Who!

  • @Noukz37

    @Noukz37

    3 жыл бұрын

    XD

  • @10peil
    @10peil6 жыл бұрын

    My classes love watching these videos, very informative and clear. Thanks!

  • @UPlayNetwork
    @UPlayNetwork10 жыл бұрын

    Well, at least nothing goes to waste, and plants that grow on manure are tastier than those that don't

  • @Prose_cc0

    @Prose_cc0

    10 жыл бұрын

    Hell yes!

  • @dertythegrower

    @dertythegrower

    10 жыл бұрын

    It's not all about manure, its what the manure does to your soil. This topic definitely brings up HUMIC ACID..... one of the best things for gardens (far more important than just weak manure from cows)

  • @lysergiinhape

    @lysergiinhape

    10 жыл бұрын

    qwerty42 Actually the most important aspect of a soil is the microflora. They can make a crappy soil better and without them the soil is useless.

  • @BBQhenry
    @BBQhenry3 жыл бұрын

    Ted Ed always have a witty or meaningful closing line in their every single video.

  • @Vivek-cw3zu
    @Vivek-cw3zu4 жыл бұрын

    Really like the efforts you guys put in to make your videos more interesting.

  • @pickledcardigan7923
    @pickledcardigan792310 жыл бұрын

    I laughed so hard at this. Not because I thought it was stupid or incorrect, but the name of the restaurant. If you rearrange the words around (but keep the pronunciation) you get the french word 'Poubelle', which means trash or to throw away.

  • @vvsk4918
    @vvsk49184 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this beautifully animated video! Keep on doing what you do ❤

  • @hamidkarim9148

    @hamidkarim9148

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are right

  • @garylin1999
    @garylin199910 жыл бұрын

    TED teach me more things. Great channel!

  • @yumibro8121
    @yumibro812110 жыл бұрын

    I reallt liked the art style in this one, good work guys!

  • @ENGELSProductions
    @ENGELSProductions10 жыл бұрын

    I juste love this video for it´s animation and visual design !! Also, it was very interesting ! Good Job !

  • @dave5194
    @dave519410 жыл бұрын

    the way they used leaves in this animation is so beautiful

  • @andresantosid
    @andresantosid10 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful animation with leaves and flowers!

  • @mathetesolei7961
    @mathetesolei79617 жыл бұрын

    In Indonesia, some rural homes have an outdoor traditional toilet which hovers right above a catfish pond.

  • @kaellancaster
    @kaellancaster10 жыл бұрын

    Leaves everywhere! I love educational videos like this. People who don't know about this can learn more

  • @mohammedtayyebi8282
    @mohammedtayyebi8282 Жыл бұрын

    The way they incorporated leaves in making the picture was a nice little touch

  • @user-ux9le3qe8u
    @user-ux9le3qe8u10 жыл бұрын

    gorgeous animation!!

  • @oakenshadow6763
    @oakenshadow67637 жыл бұрын

    I love this leaf art style.

  • @s_nuka
    @s_nuka5 жыл бұрын

    Guys, this is a video about how dead animals help to create food made with dead food which just helped us to understand and appreciate dead stuff basically making us appreciate the video

  • @californiadream3069
    @californiadream306910 жыл бұрын

    good pun about the name of the french restaurant !

  • @madhurimachaudhuri7045
    @madhurimachaudhuri70454 жыл бұрын

    Effective and creative explanation!

  • @zenowing
    @zenowing10 жыл бұрын

    And if you think about it, all dead stuff comes from living stuff. Crazy.

  • @martybuehler7617
    @martybuehler761710 жыл бұрын

    Nice work John! It should go into the MSP units if you can put it in there!

  • @baroonono
    @baroonono4 жыл бұрын

    wow love that ending!! great video!!

  • @carloscastiano
    @carloscastiano3 жыл бұрын

    You. Sir. Have just gotten one more subscriber my friend. Bravo my buddy. It takes quite a feat to keep me watching through a whole video. I like 👍

  • @carloscastiano

    @carloscastiano

    3 жыл бұрын

    And a like.

  • @leodaza2151
    @leodaza215110 жыл бұрын

    You will live on in the animals and plants that digest your remains

  • @skywrss
    @skywrss5 жыл бұрын

    finally a video with good quality

  • @HienNguyenHMN
    @HienNguyenHMN10 жыл бұрын

    Loving the "leaf" animation.

  • @brain.in.a.body.
    @brain.in.a.body.10 жыл бұрын

    I loved the leaf figurines :)

  • @thanniestarc1390
    @thanniestarc139010 жыл бұрын

    That makes so much sense why everything is drawn with leaves.

  • @Dhyuksh
    @Dhyuksh3 жыл бұрын

    beautiful animation , really !!!

  • @YtubeUserr
    @YtubeUserr8 жыл бұрын

    0:58 he says glucose is transformed into other stuff like proteins. What?

  • @ashishnain3852
    @ashishnain385210 жыл бұрын

    nice thought on food for food :)

  • @Trans909
    @Trans90910 жыл бұрын

    Remember that when you step in poop. It's all organic, baby, and it feeds something.

  • @purple8990

    @purple8990

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @brighterthansunshine4355
    @brighterthansunshine43553 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE the animation! But how did they make the pill bug?

  • @AimeeIsAUnicorn
    @AimeeIsAUnicorn10 жыл бұрын

    Love the leaves for animals and people

  • @AngryDuck79
    @AngryDuck7910 жыл бұрын

    I don't quite get the distinction that's trying to be made here. Everything we eat is dead. Unless one is chewing on a living, breathing, squawking chicken, it's likely been killed, processed, and cooked prior to ingestion. Unless the distinction being made is between fresh kills and carrion, in which case, "dead stuff" is an inaccurate term.

  • @dertythegrower

    @dertythegrower

    10 жыл бұрын

    All things derive from plants or animals in the foodchain --- and THOSE things need dead matter (like humic acid from compost) to live. basically, the start of the food chain is not fungus or pleynkton in the ocean ---- the start is the stuff that FEEDS the fungus and the pleynkton(sp). That is, the stuff the algae eats to make algae. It is explaining the first step most people do not get, and how we the aminstream people think the 2nd step is the 1st step.... the microbes feed us, the scum.

  • @c3pfett
    @c3pfett10 жыл бұрын

    Jorgensen penus. And just what do you think plants use? Dead matter, including animals, as food. And plants are "alive" as well. And you "kill" them when you pick them/eat them

  • @buiai4081
    @buiai40814 жыл бұрын

    Is this video have glosbe? Can i use this vid for my teach.

  • @ramennight
    @ramennight10 жыл бұрын

    i guess living on a ranch made me more familiar with this concept, as my level of surprise was about 0, it just seemed to bring concepts together than weren't really stuck together fully.

  • @TessyWessyOWO
    @TessyWessyOWO3 жыл бұрын

    so lovely i learn a lot from this channel;

  • @kimmycassie
    @kimmycassie3 жыл бұрын

    pretty art style now...how do i use this for my paper

  • @charleshurleysdung
    @charleshurleysdung6 ай бұрын

    knowledge is increasing

  • @starwbh1
    @starwbh110 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful animation!

  • @forregom
    @forregom3 жыл бұрын

    2:42 Are there people who actually eat deer

  • @bailey5935

    @bailey5935

    3 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @aaronwest2522
    @aaronwest25227 жыл бұрын

    OMG EVERYTHING WAS MADE OF LEAVES!!!!!! THAT'S SO COOL

  • @simonelewis8276
    @simonelewis827610 жыл бұрын

    I highly doubt that chickens who end up in the grocery store eat anything from the ground.

  • @itsmealoon8073

    @itsmealoon8073

    6 жыл бұрын

    Bok Bok Bok Bok Bok

  • @amirulhafiznorhan
    @amirulhafiznorhan9 ай бұрын

    To say, is it similar to what is called the law by newton? Energy cant neither be created or destroyed? It just changing state or its form to another weew is it true

  • @anikapage8324
    @anikapage83244 жыл бұрын

    It's clever and all, but as the only chain they show that leads from detritus to humans is the one with mushrooms in it, my students are likely to say "doesn't apply to me, I don't eat mushrooms" and ignore it. I'd like some of the sequence to show where the detritus goes into the food that a picky 12 year old would eat.

  • @hanniballecter7385
    @hanniballecter738510 жыл бұрын

    How fascinating.

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie10 жыл бұрын

    I'm doing my part for a greener ecosystem: Converting zombies to vegetarians.

  • @Chadlite

    @Chadlite

    10 жыл бұрын

    Yet you are on the internet which means you're utilizing energy from dirty industry that pollutes on a mass scale, and if you are working you're driving c02 emitting vehicles or using public transportation that pollutes. Stop acting so righteous.

  • @trace8891

    @trace8891

    10 жыл бұрын

    ***** tried raw vegan?

  • @tinhornname4117

    @tinhornname4117

    8 жыл бұрын

    +SnoopyDoo ha

  • @rdococ

    @rdococ

    7 жыл бұрын

    remkin: Zombies don't even exist so I don't see why you're being so serious :P EDIT: Oh. Ohhhhh. Very clever. But you do realise that you could even eat other humans and not be a zombie? They're called cannibals.

  • @ownterms49
    @ownterms497 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @velenity7286
    @velenity72864 жыл бұрын

    “Dead stuff- it’s what we eat!”

  • @Achiever92
    @Achiever9210 жыл бұрын

    ..............this has deep meaning....

  • @tutoriasdoale8613
    @tutoriasdoale86133 жыл бұрын

    Vim pelo QR CODE no meu livro escolar. Muito legal, ainda não sabia da cadeia alimentar marrom, vídeo mto bom.

  • @mlqzico

    @mlqzico

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sas neh?

  • @danillosantos4706

    @danillosantos4706

    Жыл бұрын

    Opa eu tambem

  • @Long-do1vj
    @Long-do1vj10 жыл бұрын

    Well we do eat dead stuff..mostly. When was the last time your dinner was alive when you ate it?

  • @Tamizushi

    @Tamizushi

    10 жыл бұрын

    Most raw fruits you eat are alive. With some exceptions, you could grow a plant out of them.

  • @Kriegerdammerung
    @Kriegerdammerung7 жыл бұрын

    1:54 why the eagle is sad?

  • @SindongSamsaraSamsalibab
    @SindongSamsaraSamsalibab10 жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @averygatewood6879
    @averygatewood687910 жыл бұрын

    please make a youtube video about parts of a flower

  • @aikochan24
    @aikochan2410 жыл бұрын

    i love how the animation consisted many plants :)

  • @anunfortunatehammerheadsha6784
    @anunfortunatehammerheadsha67844 жыл бұрын

    Ted Ed: dead stuff, it's what's for dinner. Me: leaves leaves leaves leaves leaves leaves leaves leaves leaves leaves leaves

  • @user-go8gi4kb1q
    @user-go8gi4kb1q9 ай бұрын

    Does poultry actually directly eat detritus?

  • @neilbennett9281
    @neilbennett92812 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant thanks

  • @mariamadalenaaguiarsarment9376
    @mariamadalenaaguiarsarment93764 жыл бұрын

    Cria um canal em português explicando isso

  • @Krommandant
    @Krommandant10 жыл бұрын

    The big problem of the ecosystems around the world is the debt of brown waste retired from circulation because humans contaminate it beyond reusability and put it in landfills where it cannot feed the bottom feeders of the food chain. Things definitely need to change in order to restore equilibrium to our ecosystems around the world. More composting areas and less toxic waste (oil byproducts, plastics, etc.) would be a good start!

  • @Krommandant

    @Krommandant

    10 жыл бұрын

    Why do we chase away scavergers from landfills anyways? Nature is trying to reclaim what is rightfully hers but we chase away birds and rodents from the landfills because we humans consider them dirty. So much facepalm humanity!

  • @susannagomes1405
    @susannagomes14055 жыл бұрын

    Oi pessoal q está aqui pela atividade do SAS em ciências

  • @zmateusb

    @zmateusb

    5 жыл бұрын

    TBM

  • @giovannanagao9022

    @giovannanagao9022

    5 жыл бұрын

    hashaushau mas olha só

  • @anaximenesjoaquim3557

    @anaximenesjoaquim3557

    5 жыл бұрын

    Eu

  • @talitamarys3243

    @talitamarys3243

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oii

  • @matheusbgr

    @matheusbgr

    3 жыл бұрын

    '-'

  • @prfm_setya95
    @prfm_setya953 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @SAsgarters
    @SAsgarters10 жыл бұрын

    Oh no, not dead stuff. Anything but dead stuff.

  • @user-sb6os
    @user-sb6os2 жыл бұрын

    Dead stuff? I’m stuff Noooooo!

  • @ultravioletcanary
    @ultravioletcanary6 жыл бұрын

    clever outro!

  • @DanielYellsAtPeople
    @DanielYellsAtPeople10 жыл бұрын

    Mushrooms are so good, and shrimp too, I think I might like the taste of those fed by detritus, hell I'd be lying if I said the smell of cut grass, that's got mushrooms or manure used on it, didn't remind me of food, and make me hungry.

  • @mrthunt5770
    @mrthunt5770Ай бұрын

    I had mushrooms for tea yesterday :)

  • @Awe.someness
    @Awe.someness10 жыл бұрын

    Macklemore more was right when he said "One man's trash, that's another man's come up" :D

  • @chloe_plays_games4178
    @chloe_plays_games41783 жыл бұрын

    thanks for teaching me that everything is made out of leaves

  • @garliccloves254
    @garliccloves2543 жыл бұрын

    Where are the decomposers

  • @389jn
    @389jn Жыл бұрын

    Yhe animation is amazing!! Sooo beautiful 🥹

  • @xwhateva
    @xwhateva10 жыл бұрын

    That was one groan-inducing pun.

  • @russbilzing5348
    @russbilzing534810 жыл бұрын

    So, what you're saying is that science is just now discovering what farmers have known for many, many thousands of years> Good on you.

  • @eliseo4045
    @eliseo40454 жыл бұрын

    The beginning was the roast of the century!

  • @amazinginspiration
    @amazinginspiration10 жыл бұрын

    so we all EAT POOP!

  • @cloroxbleach4918
    @cloroxbleach491810 жыл бұрын

    Lovely

  • @journalmagic1767
    @journalmagic17673 жыл бұрын

    Then why don't we call the detrites to be primary producers?

  • @ShireNomad
    @ShireNomad10 жыл бұрын

    Detritus is also good for defending Ankh-Morpork. I wouldn't eat it in that form either.

  • @Orical001
    @Orical0017 жыл бұрын

    Circle of life

  • @mileshardin6906
    @mileshardin69063 жыл бұрын

    the fact that we are just c02 and water that grew into a meat sack that thinks is kinda unsettling tbh

  • @RoyalBlood1985
    @RoyalBlood198510 жыл бұрын

    But in the end, we all eat stardust.

  • @viniciusbrasilbrasil6759
    @viniciusbrasilbrasil67595 жыл бұрын

    nice!

  • 10 жыл бұрын

    great! subtitle in portuguese would help me so much :/

  • @smallchannel5782
    @smallchannel57823 жыл бұрын

    Why are almost everything made out of leaves?

  • @ethanepstein487
    @ethanepstein4876 жыл бұрын

    Hello from Mr.Arp's class

  • @ComputingAsh
    @ComputingAsh8 жыл бұрын

    Circle of life...? Learned this when I was 6.

  • @rfldss89
    @rfldss8910 жыл бұрын

    I thought this was common sense.

  • @garliccloves254

    @garliccloves254

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire10 жыл бұрын

    And people get all worked up about society wasting food.

  • @l0vablelinda

    @l0vablelinda

    10 жыл бұрын

    how does your comment relate to the video?

  • @Point.Aveugle

    @Point.Aveugle

    10 жыл бұрын

    He's saying you can't waste food because no mater what you're going to eat it, a worm or a microbe picks up where you left off.

  • @jameskeelinggaming2319

    @jameskeelinggaming2319

    7 жыл бұрын

    hes not saying anything. hes a fool

  • @SeaManGlaagan
    @SeaManGlaagan7 жыл бұрын

    3:50