"I PET?" Hank: this is a far friend. No pet.

@WillemPenn

5 ай бұрын

I pet with fake hand on 100ft pole? This reminds me of that woman who rescued a cat that got stuck in her fence and put out an email to all her neighbors trying to find who it belonged to but no one claimed it. She complained about how horribly mean and destructive and ungrateful it was. Somebody pointed out it was, in fact, a bobcat and not a housecat. I guess they didn’t have bobcats in her home country.

@IrisGlowingBlue

5 ай бұрын

@@WillemPenn If you are prepared to possiblty lose said fake hand when far friend tries to see if it is for eating, go for it! (/j)

@blitz8425

5 ай бұрын

Why not near friend?

@cjlite0210

5 ай бұрын

Too bad I pet the snow boots kitty friend friend 💜

@TheCharlB

5 ай бұрын

It just need convincing. I go pet. Go make near friend. Regret... Try again tomorrow.

"If not friend why friend shaped." Is one of my favorite things.

@morganbuhborgan730

5 ай бұрын

I say this about bears quite often. 🐻

@ARockRaider

5 ай бұрын

because given enough exposure, everything is friend shaped to humans. bobcat is "small murder machine" shaped, but humans like their cuddly murder machines.

@danielktdoranie

5 ай бұрын

You can domesticate one, go ahead try 😂

@nickwolfe6684

5 ай бұрын

​@@danielktdoranie Alright I will 😤😤

@bmo14lax

5 ай бұрын

I just sent it to my sister, shes gonna absolutely bawl her eyes out laughing at it 😂

"A far friend" is a very good way to think of most wild animals.

@casualnerdjason6678

2 ай бұрын

And… all of my friends 😢

@Mordaedil

24 күн бұрын

Some far friends are not friends at all and you need to book it if you see them.

@liamevans1508

23 күн бұрын

@@Mordaedilso extra far friends. Where far isn’t far enough❤

The tiny tail wagging is just so adorable. Just have to admire from afar.

@Liliarthan

3 ай бұрын

It’s too friggin cute. But if that quick tail swishing is anything like domestic cats like mine, it indicates the feline is feeling uncertain/uncomfortable/potentially annoyed, not all out defensive/hostile but best give them space. For cats, you want to see a tail straight up and bonus if it’s up with a slight umbrella handle kink at the end (but no swishing).

@astrophelX

28 күн бұрын

@@Liliarthansome cats (and i mostly know this from my sisters EXTREMELY friendly cats) will actually twitch and swish their tail, even a little sharply, simply from i believe just being stimulated and excited. by no means should this ever be applied to an unfamiliar cat however, especially not a wildcat, but ive always found it a little neat. (honestly, her cats are total weirdos (affectionate) and one of them may as well be a dog lmao he literally plays fetch. darling kitties

@_theautisticpanda_1836

13 күн бұрын

​@astrophelX My family's cats were mothered by my mother's dog, so they often have lots of dog like behaviours such as tail wagging when happy and drooling on you lol. But as you said it all depends on the individual cat.

@Liliarthan

4 күн бұрын

@@astrophelX haha that’s so adorable. I’m imagining these cats get all twitched out like some of us humans do when we find ourselves unexpectedly surrounded by a pack of adorable puppies or ducklings or whatever. At those times I internally squeeee so hard that I worry my head would just explode from happiness 😆

That's the best response to "If not friend, why friend shaped?" I've seen.

@ThomastheTank556

5 ай бұрын

All Gods creations are friends. God said all the animals, land sea, air are in fear and terror of us humans so we control them.

@Batmanstabbingadog

5 ай бұрын

All likes, no replies. That funny. Anyway

@rickwrites2612

5 ай бұрын

"They are friend, just far friend."

@larsonfamilyhouse

5 ай бұрын

Friend!

@phastinemoon

5 ай бұрын

Internet friend!

✍🏻 treat bobcat like a stinky friend, don’t get too close ✍🏻

@ymmijx6061

5 ай бұрын

bobcats are kinda stinky actually.

@jordaneggerman4734

5 ай бұрын

_LOOK OUT, BOYS; HE'S CORPUSCULAR!_

@snazzym00se

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 That’s perfect

@tiffanymarie9750

5 ай бұрын

Instructions unclear, bobcats do not appreciate the axe body spray I bought them 😥

@Iris-jw3ci

5 ай бұрын

@@tiffanymarie9750😥

“It’s more complicated than you were taught in the school” is so real

@palatonian9618

Ай бұрын

This was what I wanted to comment on too. I don't expect myself to know all the things that are that way but I do like to pick up which school science ideas are limited when I can

@zithyak8758

19 күн бұрын

Part of the problem is that biology borrows the term species from philosophy specifically epistemology where it has a much cleaner definition.

@JacquelineUnderwood

18 күн бұрын

I think what got me is that there aren't two different names for the hybrids 😅 like ik horses and donkeys have mules, which doesn't change based on parents; but lions and tigers have ligers (lion dad tiger mom?) and tigons (tiger dad, lion mom?), and I'm pretty sure I've heard of others having that split too? 100% thought it was just a difference between domesticated hybrids and wild hybrids but imma have to look into it more now

@trinitybernhardt9944

7 күн бұрын

This is probably true of almost everything we learn in k-12 (or whatever your country's equivalent is) school. It is a foundation for you to build on when you know what info you need is. Unfortunately people will die on the hill that they learned everything they needed to know in "insert subject and grade here". I still want to hug it so bad!

@NikosTea

21 сағат бұрын

@@JacquelineUnderwood Hello! There is in fact a different word for horse/donkey offspring when the parents are swapped! An animal with a horse dad and a donkey mum is called a hinny :D It's just nowhere near as common a word. So your domestic/wild hypothesis tracks... but in reverse Ligers/tigons are an artificial hybrid you don't generally find in the wild because lion and tiger ranges don't overlap My guess is that making the distinction in the context of intentional breeding/hybridisation serves a purpose because the humans involved want to know what they're getting. Making that distinction for wild animals that occasionally hybridise by chance is probably much less useful

Man, the bobcat really is cute in that clip 😭

@Liliarthan

3 ай бұрын

It’s got to be nature’s way of weeding out humans who lack impulse control. Coz it’d take all of my very limited impulse control to not go “squeeeee must cuddle!!!” when I see one 🥺

@beccajamae

2 ай бұрын

It’s waggy lil’ tail!!! 🥰

"So, what landed you in the ER today?" "Soooo fluffy!! Little happy tail!"

@Scarletraven87

5 ай бұрын

the ambulance 🚑

@castrinecubique983

5 ай бұрын

That lil wiggle is indeed precious

@billysmith5409

5 ай бұрын

I have to admit I’d likely do the same. They’re so stinkin’ cute! But at least they probably couldn’t kill me probably.

@TheAlGaga

5 ай бұрын

Oh no, they very much could! But since there's never been a bobcat's human fatality in recorded history, they chose not to. Hence their friendshape checks out

@smittywerbenjaegermanjensen

5 ай бұрын

They would run away, you would have to be an Olympic level mountain runner to catch up to them.

- answers question - provides additional information - explains additional information - refuses to elaborate further -leaves This is why I love this channel.

@mus_tard2183

5 ай бұрын

One could also say -Answers question -Elaborates -Elaborates -Elaborates -Leaves He's like the opposite of a Chad, which makes him a Chad

@Barefoot-Jaycee

3 ай бұрын

​@@mus_tard2183If not Chad, why Chad shaped?

@rowboat10

3 ай бұрын

@@Barefoot-Jaycee They _are_ chad, they're just far chad. It's an internet relationship

I love how you dedicated a few precious seconds of this video to silence just to let those blynxes sink in ❤

@avivacrichton6922

4 ай бұрын

Coupled with the emphatic blinking… “They’re called blynxes!” blink blink blink blink blink “They’re called blynxes.” ♥️

"thats a bobcat!", thank you for that reaction it is making a rough day turn a corner with a smile and laugh at how excited you sound lol

Now I know that if a group of hybrid lynxes/bobcats started a band it'd be called "Blynx 182"

@2nafeeesh

5 ай бұрын

Underrated.

@familhagaudir8561

5 ай бұрын

''Bobcat'' is litterally a lynx. Lynx rufus. No idea what the guy is on about.

@BisexualPlagueDoctor

5 ай бұрын

@@familhagaudir8561there is also a Lynx Lynx, along with the other two Lynx species being called lynxes in their normal name. While a bobcat is of the Lynx genus, it isn’t a Lynx Lynx, and it’s not called a Lynx outside of genus. He may be rambling but he isn’t making shit up.

@T1mbothy

5 ай бұрын

Take my like, you monster

@Nico.di.Angelo128

5 ай бұрын

I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT “BLYNX 182” LMAO 💀💀💀

“far friend” “internet relationship” HANK 😂😂😂😂

@KazakhToon

5 ай бұрын

Like us and him

@mirjanbouma

5 ай бұрын

He's hilarious, but he's also correct 😂

@_BIGSteve

5 ай бұрын

My god it was not that funny

@Dan.Slaughter.

5 ай бұрын

​@@_BIGStevewhy are you like this? Did Mommy not hug you or something?

@WatermelonCatermelon

5 ай бұрын

it was funny enough for everyone else 🌝 the story below about walking into the lynx and the cat being polite about being picked up was A+ though fr. tbh I think this only got more likes because it was the first comment lmao

Hank’s little “das a bobcat!” made me smile

Hearing Hank say "That's a bobcat!" in that tone heals my soul

Nearly walked into a lynx in my backyard while out with my cat once. The three of us were all quite confused. My cat has never been so polite about being picked up, and the lynx simply watched as I backpedaled back inside.

@mogwai_

5 ай бұрын

I almost walked directly into a deer and had the same baffled backpedal while they stood and stared back. So strange

@BooBaddyBig

5 ай бұрын

Lynx actually aren't dangerous to humans, deaths are completely unheard of. It could hurt you, but it's way, way more likely to just leave in a blur at 30+ mph. It's the mountain lions that you have to be worried about, they hunt humans, but they are rather bigger. Your cat however, is on the menu.

@Shimminy

5 ай бұрын

I had to take the trash out at, like, 9 pm a couple nights ago and there were a bunch of javelina just chillin 😎

@Elithrae

5 ай бұрын

@@BooBaddyBigAs someone who grew has literally woken up to bears, coyotes (seperately, of course), and bobcats in my yard during my many years of living in remote areas, came here to say this. Mountain lions are terrifying. Can honestly say if I woke up with a mountain lion in my yard, I would literally lock my furkids and I in my bathroom for a few hours. Because I genuinely would be afraid of one trying to break into the house to eat us. They scare the ever loving *hell* out of me. All about protecting them as a conservationist, but I will *not* be trying to make friends.

@BooBaddyBig

5 ай бұрын

@@Elithrae They're not quite that bad, they're ambush killers, so if you can see one, you're very probably OK. They're not going to break in, they're not like bears, and they are still very wary of humans. Because of our binocular vision and our size they will think humans are predators, and they basically won't head-on attack another predator.

The response to "if not friend, why friend shaped?" was perfect. "Is far friend."

@JmKrokY

5 ай бұрын

True

@cewaffles

4 ай бұрын

Internet Friend...

The older I get the more my fascination with all cats , large and small . They are unique in many ways in the mammals and very well equipped for all scenarios

"Far friend"! ❤😂🤗👍. I love it!!

"It's more complicated than you were taught in the school." 😂😂😂😂😂

@RickLeMon

5 ай бұрын

It really, really is

@eavening4149

5 ай бұрын

@@RickLeMon too true!

@ericahealey2559

5 ай бұрын

That’s like, 90% of biology for ya 😅 The stuff they teach in middle/high school is often OVER simplified to the point that it’s technically incorrect. For every rule you think you have, there’s almost guaranteed to be an exception to that rule.

@Deathranger999

5 ай бұрын

@@ericahealey2559If every scientific topic (or honestly almost any scientific topic) was given the depth it truly deserved in schooling, we would have to cut other parts of the curriculum. I think that teachers should mention when things are actually more complex than presented, but I don’t necessarily think it’s reasonable to expect those complexities to be taught.

@lunchbox1553

5 ай бұрын

​@@Deathranger999 The problem is they got their certification to teach by going through the same system, so a vast majority of them don't even know either.

My day has been brightened simply by learning about "Blynxes"

@jblob5764

5 ай бұрын

What about pizzly bears?

@carlosemilio5180

5 ай бұрын

Like the guy on xbox

@qrowbranwen1864

5 ай бұрын

​@@jblob5764Old news. Pizzly bears are cool and all, but BLYNXES❤❤❤

@troylentz6580

5 ай бұрын

The dome on Beluga whale's head is called a melon. Thought I'd make day better

@necrocomicon8

5 ай бұрын

Too bad xbox already ruined that term for me

I love Bobcats. I helped a buddy of mine dig a pond with one once

Glad you’re alive mate….. couldn’t watch the journey,, been there,, got the postcard….. but glad you’re alive

"Far friend" is an excellent way of putting it. That's going into my vocabulary.

@anthonysadventure7830

5 ай бұрын

I had to teach a family of coyotes we can be friends as long as they don't touch my birds. And stay off of my property

@kitcutting

5 ай бұрын

I agree, it’s a cool term that doesn’t get used a lot in our flavor of English, since we have “friends” and “close friends,” why not “far friends,” right?

@DrSpooglemon

5 ай бұрын

This friend is small. That friend over there is far away.

Why are lots of dangerous wild animals so heart-meltingly adorable? Just look at at the precious fluffy baby. I can’t even.

@Raikos100

5 ай бұрын

Literally dies from cuteness, like, literally.

@Xantholne

5 ай бұрын

It's human nature as a predator to want predator as friend, they're all friend shaped to us.

@random6033

5 ай бұрын

also many totally harmless animals look scary

@Raikos100

5 ай бұрын

@@random6033 Like the belligerent zip tie? He looks very scary 😂

@random6033

5 ай бұрын

@@Raikos100 I meant something like huntsman spiders (a lot of people find them scary despite them being totally harmless)

“It’s more complicated than you were taught in the school” is the best understatement ever spoken.

This is now officially my very favorite short from you, Hank!! "Internet friend!" ❤😂❤

"it's more complicated than you were taught in The School" is an excellent summary of anything related to biology.

@pleasereadthewholecomment552

5 ай бұрын

Anything related to anything that you were taught in high school

@matrixphijr

5 ай бұрын

@@pleasereadthewholecomment552 ‘Or history’ is another big one, but yeah, what you said.

@jessmtnz

5 ай бұрын

Sadly, we have to dumb it down so much for the damn standardized testing. And also attention spans. Have you met 14 year olds? 😅

@inanna..

5 ай бұрын

as someone with a bachelor's degree in biology: 100% correct. they might as well start you out in principles with a golden rule of "nothing is simple and everything is connected"

@malachiolmstead

5 ай бұрын

Fr i loved biology in HS but once i took some bio classes in university it ramped up the intensity 10 fold

"Why is it friend-shaped" is exactly what my brain said. Then your explanation perfectly answered it.

Blynx sounds even more friend shaped. Even has cute name.

"far friend" I enjoyed that immeasurably 😂 a friend from highschool that moved away, started a divergent life path, and now enjoys camping.

Technically speaking, Bobcats are a species of Lynx

@TheGrumbleduke

5 ай бұрын

Yes! Bobcats are one of the four species of Lynx. The lynx Hank is referring to is probably the Canada lynx, as bobcats are going to struggle to hybridise with the Eurasian or Iberian lynx, for obvious reasons.

@Ur-average-asthmatic

5 ай бұрын

He said that blynxes could breed which is cool bc usually hybrids can’t

@thenecessaryevil2634

5 ай бұрын

@@Ur-average-asthmaticThere's not much speciation between a Canadian Lynx and a Bobcat. Their common ancestor is WAY closer than a donkey and a horse.

@Claro1993

5 ай бұрын

Hence why its scientific name is Lynx Rufus.

@jakethegreatest473

5 ай бұрын

​@@Ur-average-asthmaticonly in mammals that mostly sterile hybrids are a thing

I just love Hank's giddy excitement at the beginning, like he was just happy to get to talk about bobcats for a minute. "assa bobcat! issa bobcat and is called a bobcat."

@faithowens2698

5 ай бұрын

Ikr 😂 I mean, bobcats are awesome, so I get it

@colstenvolpe244

5 ай бұрын

I didn’t even watch the rest of the video for like a minute bc I kept going back to “Thassa bobcat!” Over n over

@alisonbufarale3406

5 ай бұрын

I know it’s absolutely ADORABLE!!!! I also replayed it. 😊

@M1nn0w

5 ай бұрын

But bobcats are lynxes? What a weird video. Google can answer these questions better than KZread: “The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx”

Most comforting voice

Its tail was bobbing, that’s for sure, also adorable.

They missed a golden opportunity to name the hybrid a blobcat

@kimbrolyy

5 ай бұрын

Purrfect

@Direblade11

5 ай бұрын

Or keep the y too: Bloby

@LifeEleanorDeathNell

5 ай бұрын

They however cannot hybridize.

@JamesOKeefe-US

5 ай бұрын

Omg yes

@OctagonalSquare

5 ай бұрын

@@LifeEleanorDeathNellumm, he literally just said that they can.

"It is more complicated than you were taught in the school. " That applies to almost everything school teaches.

@msjkramey

5 ай бұрын

High school is meant to give you general knowledge and teach you how to think. For anything more specific, you need to go to college, a trade school, have on the job training, etc. It's not a bad thing that they don't teach you EVERYTHING. It's just not possible in an environment that isn't specialized

@trouty7947

5 ай бұрын

Hell even at university. The more specific you need to be, the weirder things get. That's why you here scientists and experts say "generally" and "usually" all the time, because there's almost always some situation that's different.

@FloriOnRails

5 ай бұрын

@msjkramey I absolutely agree with you. I should have probably clarified that I think the problem is that some people act as if high school education is definite. Like the people who say things like "It's basic biology. You learn that in primary school.". (Or other subjects and sciences) I was lucky enough to have had teachers, who often emphasised that the real world is much more complex. But I often feel like people forget that.

@tordlindgren2123

5 ай бұрын

It kinda annoys me. Because the moment you learn more about it, you realize that it's so simplified that it just becomes wrong. "The nervous system send electrical signals" no it doesn't. It's electrochemical, it's a very different thing. And a very crucial difference too. Nothing about it functions the same way.

@django3422

5 ай бұрын

Literally came here to say this, thank you!

The sweetest sound in the evening is mamma bobcat and her babies chortling to each other.

Hank better KNOW what a Bobcat is. We're his cross-state rivals! "Far friend"

“Friend but far friend” that describes me in any work relationship 😂😂😂

@MadAboutBrows

5 ай бұрын

In any relationship, for me 😅

@alexiben6871

5 ай бұрын

I stay far friend from any coworker

@Jacob-qr8pl

5 ай бұрын

Amen

"If friend shaped, why not friend?" That may be the most profound life question I've ever heard.

@Merble

5 ай бұрын

Just don't let the redpillers hear this... Things will get very dark, very fast.

@pikariocraftf2802

5 ай бұрын

Another great question would be "What doth life?" But yeah I agree

@ajs96350

5 ай бұрын

@@Merble You're confusing Redpilled with incel. Huge difference

@Merble

5 ай бұрын

@@ajs96350 With as many overlaps as NEETs and Qanon. They are nowhere near mutually exclusive.

@ajs96350

5 ай бұрын

@@Merble The vast majority of Red pilled men are normal guys. Incels take it to the extreme and give it a bad name.

The tiny wagging tail makes it look even more friend shaped!!!! 😂😫😫😫😫😫I can not!

Hank thinking I remember the exact definition of a species from school. That's precious

Bobcats are adorable at a distance, and a cloud of razor blades up close.

@jasonwalker4003

5 ай бұрын

so like a housecat but angy

@roxannabellkuehn4645

5 ай бұрын

Exactly 🤣 I raised a half bobcat. A feral cat had her kittens in our garage out on the family farm. We caught them.and took them to animal control. One of the kittens accidentally got left behind, so I bottle raised her. She adored me, tolerated the rest of the family, and despised the rest of the world. Cuddles and purrs like you wouldn't believe but a very short temper. She was my baby.

@kugelblitz1557

5 ай бұрын

And during mating season sound like a possessed wendigo.

@DaDaDo661

5 ай бұрын

​@@jasonwalker4003it's like if your house cat gained another 20 pounds and learned Jujitsu and cirque du soliei

@macaronsncheese9835

5 ай бұрын

​@@roxannabellkuehn4645are you sure they were hybrids? Lynxes are more likely to off a cat than try to mate with it, and a tabby cat with extra toes and a short tail can look veeeery bobcat-y without ever having genetics from one

“If not friend why friend shaped?” This is the best thing I’ve heard all day

@Thimble-berry

5 ай бұрын

Genuinely my favorite internet phrase ever. I believe I first heard it applied to Raccoons, which... yeah.

@waffles3629

5 ай бұрын

​@@Thimble-berry same, it's a great saying

@starlady333

5 ай бұрын

I'm dying on this right now, it's too funny!

@NorthernRealmJackal

5 ай бұрын

"If not friend, why friend shaped?" -Some early homo sapien about to end his bloodline

@redjack2629

5 ай бұрын

​@@Thimble-berry- I mean, raccoons are... One of the most common wild animal pets. They're like... Bitey toddlers... Childproof everything. Even the toilet.

He said more menacing, and I immediately thought “Sir that thing is friend shaped.” He foresaw that train of thought lol 😂

"if not friend, why friend shaped" is my favorite quote of 2024. Congrats Hank, you won the internet!!

so basically the same way i differentiate john and hank

@matthewsmith6057

5 ай бұрын

John is a little bigger and more menacing?

@kirbinato5201

5 ай бұрын

​@@matthewsmith6057John isn't menacing, unless you find the melancholy of tuberculosis menacing, and they're the same height. However, Hank is more friend shaped.

@brianmorton9419

5 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing! If you get close to Hank, he will attack

@SteveReals

5 ай бұрын

Is it just me that thinks they barely look any alike?

@1st2nd2

5 ай бұрын

​@@kirbinato5201tuberculosis is scary. I have learned this.

That’s the friendliest looking bobcat I’ve ever seen

@kaityr9693

5 ай бұрын

Friendly??? It was eyeing the person filming with hunter's excitement! That's the "getting hype to just murder the heck out of you" body language Absolutely adorable though

@advorak8529

5 ай бұрын

@@kaityr9693As they sad, “friendliest looking bobcat” …

@debrmck

5 ай бұрын

Yeah that is classic early stage domestic cat pouncing, wiggle butt. Which is cute to us because cat small but as a cat owner we are all laughing with many cat scratches.

@mboaz4730

5 ай бұрын

@@kaityr9693 His tail was wagging. Didn't see any booty wiggle pre pounce. Probably got food from humans before and thought, "Hey Look, Naked No Fur Two Leggeds. You haz cheese burger?"

@Glmorrs1

5 ай бұрын

@@debrmckThats what I love about cats. They haven’t been domesticated and so still act like their wild, bigger cousins. Those cute little kitty pounces would be terrifying if it was a 650lb tiger instead.

The bobcat waving his little stub tail was adorable even though it's probably a challenge. Lol

Oh my gosh, ITS LITTLE TAIL. It’s so cute wiggling around up there! 😍

Bobcats are incredible, and get surprisingly larger in person than cameras do them justice and yes definitely a far friend, never had a problem with one as long as you give them space

@Mockturtlesoup1

5 ай бұрын

Oh my god yes! I live just outside Hartford, CT, and we've had a bobcat living near us, and the thing was freaking huge. It looked like a mix between (what I normally picture as a) lynx, and a small mountain lion. Even it's pattern was pretty tan, similar to a mountain lion's. I also love watching him(her?) going up and down this tree to the left of my house. I had no idea bobcats were so arboreal and adept at climbing. Or maybe it's just because he's in the suburbs and doesn't have as many options for hiding or feeling safe?

@Blackdog06019

5 ай бұрын

​​@Mockturtlesoup1 dang... small world! I live about 20 west of Hartford. We used to have a bobcat in the woods behind my house. She used to keep smaller troublesome critter away from our chickens. I don't know if you've ever seen the mountain lion that lives in the area or not.

Bobcats are also very skittish and flighty in nature. Its really cool these girls found this guy just chillin like that :)

"A far friend" A good description of all of my relationships...

Seeing Hank’s curly hair transformation after losing his hair to cancer makes my heart so warm

@RowanWolf22

5 ай бұрын

Chemo hair 😭🩷

"It's more complicated than you were taught in 'the school'." What a great statement.

@Jackalos1

28 күн бұрын

Humans like to categorise/group things, but evolution is a gradual process - we should really stress "it's more complicated" in school a lot more.

Ive met several people whove straight up had bobcats as pets. Very friend shaped when tame

It’s a friend that can be cuddled if wrapped tightly enough in a towel and held facing away from you😉

A bobcat is a lynx in the same way a square is a rectangle. They belong to the lynx genus, along with the three... lynxes.... listen, I didn't name the things I just know about them.

@swordsmancs

5 ай бұрын

“All thumbs are fingers but not all fingers are thumbs” situation, I got you

@SNH1616

5 ай бұрын

There are Canadian Lynxes, Iberian lynxes and Eurasian Lynxs, obviously based on where they live. But there is not an American lynx. We call that a bobcat. All of them are lynxs in genus (a scientific word for larger group) but bobcat is it’s own species. All of them are small the size of a medium to large dog, have little tuffs of fur on their ears and short tails 😸

@sandra.helianthus

5 ай бұрын

​@@SNH1616just to be clear: ALL of them are different species from the genus lynx (no matter if the name is similiar or not) 🌻

@myladycasagrande863

5 ай бұрын

So a bobcat is a lynx going by its first name? (Before everyone comes trying to correct me, the above is a joke, I do understand about genus and species.)

@seregiel9541

5 ай бұрын

​@myladycasagrande863 I no longer want to go by Mr.Lynx. Just call me Bob Cat.

Lobcats would be a hilarious name

@AmandaInMourning

5 ай бұрын

I don't know why but when I read your comment, I had a quick mental image of a lynx/bobcat hybrid flying towards someone with its claws outstretched and ready for destruction... Terrifying

@justdecaffeinated

5 ай бұрын

disappointed to know no one uses "lobcats" 😂😂 i was hoping it was in use considering liger AND tigon are used for tiger/lion mix depending on the parent

@laurasalo6160

5 ай бұрын

Riiiiight, but maybe thats just triple confusing with the tail issue n' all.

@ashleyanngipson

5 ай бұрын

​@@justdecaffeinated was coming here to comment this 😂😂

@martaleszkiewicz5115

5 ай бұрын

But then they would try to talk to the manager.

Bro that mane is coming in WILD this time Hank! I am digging it!

You're looking happy and healthy and that makes me very happy to see that.

@jamespooler8809

5 ай бұрын

That is what I was thinking, have not seen any vids of his recently

I love how he's just wagging his little tail, wonder what prey has him excited.

@js_injection3978

5 ай бұрын

plus, the bobcat is doing it too

@imphie

5 ай бұрын

That's not excitement. Twitching tails do not mean the same things in cats as it does dogs

@thehuntressdanni2972

5 ай бұрын

That's a CAT. Not a dog. Lol He's pissed.

@imphie

5 ай бұрын

@@thehuntressdanni2972 probably spotted the human and was figuring out if he was lunch or danger

@AlphaCastAintIt

5 ай бұрын

H u m a n

That Bobcat is adorable. I have the same exact question.

lynxes are my favorite cats!!! saw one once as a child in a zoo type thing but better than most zoos and i instantly fell in love

Blynxes made my day! Also “far friend, internet friend.”

@anthonyjaccard3694

5 ай бұрын

"Blynxes" did NOT make my day. Not when "Boxes" was an option

“They’re called blynxes.” [Stage direction: Hank blinkses many times.] 😂❤😂

Loved the way Hank said "That's a Bobcat!"

I went to a middle school briefly in 8th grade where the mascot was a bobcat. The majority of the school passing halls and such were actually outside, with awnings for shade and whatnot, but majority outside, with the classrooms being grouped in little buildings. One day there was an announcement over the pa about there being a literal bobcat on the school property, and they basically said “it’s not being aggresive, but please do not touch it or attempt interaction, just let it do its thing”. We’ll all the students parted like the seas and this bobcat literally was just walking through the dead center of the school as though it was some kind of King. It knew the school was made to worship it! 😂 it did actually get super close to most of the students and was super chill, but we also think it assumed IT was a student as well

@Vastad

5 ай бұрын

The picture I have in my head of a bobcat just not being puzzled at all by the hairless monkeys giving right-of-way like it was Moses is cracking me up.

@Shwwoomm

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this beautiful story :')

@KarasuWaKotaeta

5 ай бұрын

We had that happen at our school too, except our mascot was a hornet and there was a LOT more screaming and running involved

@nathazy9422

5 ай бұрын

this sounds EXACTLY like my middle school

@ottot5

5 ай бұрын

Brodie, you have to work on storytelling. This was an incredibly hard read

A cutie patootie itty bitty fluffy fuzzy little murder machine

@OokamiKoinu

5 ай бұрын

I am stealing this!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

A bob cat is a type of lynx. There are 4 major types of lynx. He made the explanation more complicated than it needed to be. Also, what a cute baby! 😍

Hank has an amazing way of describing and teaching things while simultaneously being hilarious.

That bobcat waving its tail. Was excited to see food in the metal boxes.

Hank describing a bobcat as an internet friend made my day

@martaleszkiewicz5115

5 ай бұрын

Mine too ❤

I love how he says thats a bobcat😊 you can hear the happy in his words!

I needed that chuckle, thanks Hank ❤️

You are looking so good! I am, as many are I'm sure, so glad to still have you informing the world and helping spread a love for knowledge!!

@incredibleedibledez

5 ай бұрын

I came here to say this!!

@magsd5234

5 ай бұрын

So beautiful 🤩

I love Lynxes and Bobcats, they're just so friend-shaped yet deadly.

@ablebaker8664

4 ай бұрын

Humans have a strange talent for becoming friendly with some of the most dangerous apex predators in nature.

@MatthewTheWanderer

3 ай бұрын

They aren't deadly to humans. They are not big cats at all. They will just hurt you and ruin your day.

"it's more complicated than you were taught in school." This is true for so many other things.

It’s more complicated than you were taught in the school is so true for everything 😂

Blinx The Cat makes so much more sense now with this new information. Thanks, Hank!

@DianaGonzalification

5 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment

@TheEmbessyNetwork

5 ай бұрын

@@DianaGonzalification glad to help.

@angerthosenear_yt

4 ай бұрын

Glad to find another Blinx: The Time Sweeper enjoyer.

Both are actually in the Lynx genus. The bobcat is called "Lynx rufus" and sometimes refered to as the red lynx. They are very closely related. Apparently Blynx were originally thought to be sterile, but they can indeed reproduce.

@Uhlersoth77

5 ай бұрын

I just finished typing the same thing! I checked to see if someone else had said it, but I guess I didn't scroll down far enough. Anyways, cheers!

@jessyg17

5 ай бұрын

Lynx and Bobcats look so much the same to me. The only way I can tell them apart is by ear tufts. Lynx look like they have party hats on thems ears. 🎉

@quasarlgq

5 ай бұрын

In Spanish we actually just have the word lynx for them.

@WhyYoutubeWhy

5 ай бұрын

So they are indeed the same species then! Like wolves and dogs.

@FireRupee

5 ай бұрын

​@@jessyg17 Lynx also have longer back legs, a slightly arched back, and a smaller tail proportionally.

Bobcat is one of those words you can just say over and over and it will be fun everytime

Hank saying “that’s a bobcat. It’s a bobcat.” Needs to be my ringtone.

The sheer cuteness of the name "blynx" almost killed him.

Hank, your hair looks so good! Glad to see you looking happy and healthy again!

"I got news for you, it's more complicated than you were taught in the school" is my life motto when talking about biology.

It's called a bobcat because they were discovered by the great feline biologist William Bob, who adopted a Bobcat cub after his research team accidentally ended up killing the mother. The man responsible was terminated immediately and William Bob vowed to never let such an awful thing happen again.

@aceric1646

5 ай бұрын

idk why, but my first thought at terminated was killed and thought "mhm understandable" and then thought about it a little more

@lonesome_cowboy

5 ай бұрын

William->Bill->Billy ... you really telling me this mf was named Billy Bob?

And I used to have a pet bobcat growing up. Rescued what i thought was a regular kitten from a tree surrounded by dogs. It never got as poofy as the one here but it had the pointy ears with the tufts and the bobtail. But it was gray and black. Honestly wasnt as soft as you'd imagine but it was super friendly and loving. Always brought us dead birds, amd more than mice.

@cs-bf1ug

5 ай бұрын

Am so jealous, glad it worked out as a pet and not a pest for ya.

“It’s more complicated than you were taught in school.” Well whose fault is that Hank Green of Crash Course?

Hank, buddy, glad to see your doing well today.

I had a Bobcat years ago. I raised him from a kitten and Tiberius lived a full life of cuddles and whole milk. I still miss him. If you are blessed to have one adopt you know you are lucky.

@roxannabellkuehn4645

5 ай бұрын

My Tiffany was the greatest. Bottle raised her. All the purrs and cuddles, but the temper on that girl! She never raised a claw to me, no matter how much I annoyed her. I was her person, but the rest of the family had to stay on her good side. She lived to be 20 years old. Honestly, I think she lived that long out of spite for the world. I miss her greatly.

@onebigadvocado6376

5 ай бұрын

​@@roxannabellkuehn4645YOU GUYS AREN'T HELPING. WANT.

@noobifyedplayer9445

5 ай бұрын

question was the name inspired by a game called paladins or no cause that's the first thing i though of when i read Tiberius XD

@yaykruser

5 ай бұрын

@@roxannabellkuehn4645did you let her out or was it a house only cat?

The energy in which he says all of this is very much giving off fluff excitement ☺️

And there I am, thinking Bobcat was just another term for Lynx.

@mossmeow

2 ай бұрын

a bobcat is a species of lynx! all bobcats are lynxes, but not all lynxes are bobcats

That makes me think "we needs the precious"

It looks so cute and friendly and I just know that I would lose every limb before I stopped trying to pet it.

Hank! Your hair is back 🎉🎉 you look like you’re feeling better. I’m so happy.

I love the first 15 secs of this lol "that's a bobcat, it's a bobcat, yea a bobcat" 😂 love it

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