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I can't wait until someone discovers the Human Tenrec.

@mk_rexx

Жыл бұрын

Withiout competition to lemurs, I bet they will also fill the primate niche

@SkippOtter

Жыл бұрын

Bigfoot is actually a tenrec

@frailvoid5844

Жыл бұрын

they'll never find me, NEVER

@t.a.c7292

Жыл бұрын

It could be any one of us

@stephansteohanlarsen7457

Жыл бұрын

Marvel is coming out with a New movie - tenrec Man

Something to keep in mind is that the rafting hypothesis is rarely alluding to a clump of leaves on a log carrying one pregnant rodent to an island where it's rescued by washing up on the beach. Big enough rivers actually produce floating islands. Interlocked root systems of semi aquatic plants sprawl out into shallow water. There's a build of sediment that gets trapped in these roots, and when conditions are right these mostly vegetation peninsulas can loose their anchoring, break off and float down river. In Columbia on the Megdalena river some German researchers found one such island slowly drifting down river. It was 80 meters in diameter, had mature tree growing on it and a troop of howler monkeys. These islands can sometimes work their way down river without being permanently caught on a bank, and make it out to the ocean. They are basically giant lily pads. Tide, currents, and winds can carry them far enough to run into and island beach if they don't capsize first. Which can bring dozens of new species to an island. Some of which may see their island populations go extinct. Some won't even make it but die on the way. But a few might adapt and find an open niche or take one over.

@stevecarter8810

Жыл бұрын

Golden comment thanks

@ElysetheEevee

3 ай бұрын

I'm just thinking of that one floating bunch of vegetation and whatnot that floats toward that bridge every year and a dozen people volunteer wirh boats to move the island back so it doesn't crash into the bridge. It's in the US. In Maine, I think. That was my first thought with this, haha. Your explanation makes a lot of sense, though.

Carcinaization is convergent while Tenrecification is divergent. While all crabs will become *the one* someday, the tenrecs will become *the many.* Honestly, both prospects are highly terrifying and highly entertaining to consider in thought haha.

@officersoulknight6321

Жыл бұрын

Skinwalker mouse

@HaloInverse

Жыл бұрын

"Wait, _all_ mammals are highly-specialized tenrecs?" _(cocks gun)_ "Always have been."

@raylordofkhalah28

Жыл бұрын

its divergent for the tenrecs, and convergent for the specific tenrec and another animal they are very similar to (Example, mole tenrec)

@maximedaunis8292

Жыл бұрын

I don't know why, i was expecting to see a fight between a tenrec and a crab

@Musicanimedork01

Жыл бұрын

Ratking but tenrecs

Reading the title I thought this was a species that evolved to be VIOLENTLY against crabs

The same thing happened with Madagascar's frogs - the Mantellidae got there and filled all the frog niches available. They have poison-dart frog lookalikes, tree frog lookalikes, even toad lookalikes!

@stephansteohanlarsen7457

Жыл бұрын

Aye aye Sir

@ArawnOfAnnwn

Жыл бұрын

Do they have cane toad lookalikes? Should be a real winning strategy given how successful it's been for the original.

@comfortablynumb9342

Жыл бұрын

​@@ArawnOfAnnwn came toad populations stay in control in their native range. It's only when they get relocated that they get out of control because they have few predators outside their habitat. They're native to Costa Rica and common there, but they're not a threat to the native animals and enough animals eat them to keep them in check.

@victory8928

23 күн бұрын

@@ArawnOfAnnwncane toads only became as successful as they were cause they were introduced into areas that hadn’t already been able to handle their toxins. If more australian predators could tolerate the poison, cane toads would be in much smaller numbers

Madagascar has so many unique species. It's like a tiny Australia that doesn't want to kill you.

@HaloHighlightz

Жыл бұрын

Lol by far the most spot on description of Madagascar I’ve seen

@lunchb0x1986

Жыл бұрын

I hate how everyone thinks Aussie wildlife is dangerous. Yeah there's some deadly spiders and snakes, jelly fish and Crocs up north. But. We have no bears, no mountain lions/cougars/bobcats (I don't know if they're the same things or not), no coyotes and no wolves. I personally think north American wildlife is more dangerous.

@Z4RD4N34

Жыл бұрын

​@@lunchb0x1986 Bobcats are different. You forgot bison and moose.

@J_Pawsadas-PTSDEnjoyer

Жыл бұрын

@@lunchb0x1986 bears can't reside in my home, accidentally be stepped on, or appear mostly clear in water

@Nikki0417

Жыл бұрын

@@lunchb0x1986 bobcats are a different, much smaller species that aren't known for attacking humans. Also, the top 10 most dangerous snakes all come from Australia. In fact, 20 out of 25 most venomous snakes are from Australia. The reputation's well earned.

Tenrecs literally are the Ditto's of real life. They look the same but you can tell something isn't quite the same 😂

@draconinja2728

Жыл бұрын

They even got them Ditto eyes xD

@francorodriguez3499

Жыл бұрын

the eevees

"Holy crap, this tenrec has quills, and a vibrant coloring, and even chirps like a cricket." "Hmmmm yes You're right it _does_ live in a lowland"

@Nylak-Otter

Жыл бұрын

I mean, come up with a one or two word descriptor for that nonsense as a preface to the species. And no, "weird ass tenrec" is not permitted.

@potaterjim

Жыл бұрын

@@Nylak-Otter the chirping quilled tenrec!

I thought she was going to say “Fish Tenrecs” as the answer to how they got to Madagascar lol

I have heard the rafting thing referred to as "sweepstakes colonization" because of its unlikely odds and huge possible payoffs for the animals involved. Glad to see it explicated here, yes! Go tenrecs!

I love these little critters, so very varied and all so very cute!

"OMG, hedgehogs are totally out this year. Shrew is where it's at!"

The pattern of her blouse and the designs on her collar make her look like Ms. Frizzle from The Magic School Bus.

I am honestly surprised that there isn't a tenrec pokemon yet. The lowland streaked one gives off massive electric type vibes.

@empressmanchae

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes I saw some fanmade ones named Tenric and Tenectric. P cool!

@damiancruz42

9 ай бұрын

Probably because Sega beat them to it

Madagascar just needs something that isn't a cat, that looks like a cat. Wait, the Fossa has that covered, nvm.

@ANTSEMUT1

Жыл бұрын

It's still part of feliformia, so not that far away from cats.

So what I'm hearing is this little man is real life equivalent to Eevee?

All of those different tenrecs expressing evolutionary convergence with so many other mammals is also a really good example of DIVERGENT evolution, since they're all so much different from each other despite their shared origin.

"endemic to Madagascar" and that explains everything: they took their chance and filled a lot of niches, the same way marsupials turned into an almost dog, an almost badger/wolverine, few other "almosts" and even a weirdo Kangaroo

If the lowland streaked tenrec isn't already the basis for a pokémon, it should be.

@deadlydingus1138

Жыл бұрын

It kind of looks like cyndaquil.

@terpsidance.

Жыл бұрын

It's the basis for a Sonic character, I'll let you guess which one

@chantekiddo2293

Жыл бұрын

It would be cool to have one as the base for a base default one and the others as base for various evolutions like eevee

@tonyhakston536

Жыл бұрын

@@terpsidance. if you’re talking about Shadow, that’s a misconception. If you’re talking about Surge, I don’t think the specific species of Tenrec was ever stated.

@Zippythewondersquirrel

Жыл бұрын

Ditto

Didn’t know Surge’s kind were so interesting haha

lowland streaked tenred is like "I will become a dandelion"

A little off topic, but the hair color is pretty. Whoever did the gradient did a fantastic job.

@LimeyLassen

Жыл бұрын

Same for the tenrec!

Sometimes I'll get the pin a few days before the video goes up and have several days to build up the anticipation and excitement of seeing these videos. You guys NEVER disappoint! :D

Brilliant episode. I got that old feeling I use to get in school when I was learning something truly fascinating. It was rare because I didn't like school lol but still, great episode

Wait for Tenrecs to get to the Moon.

@GreenPoint_one

Жыл бұрын

Wait for whale tenrecs 😙🙃

Pretty sure my mom's a Midwest Boomer Tenrec who got washed out to sea in the 1970s. She's also a mammal with a low metabolic rate. I think about 65% of Ohio/Pennsylvania is tenrecs. If it's quiet you can hear them making those cricket noises with their cloaca.

Not at all Tenrec related but I'm loving the green hair. This is what I get for having a Biology major and an art minor... I also can't stay in my lane.

@SarahSutaMFA

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! As someone who double majored in Biology and Radio/Telvision/Film, I completely understand!!!

@stephansteohanlarsen7457

Жыл бұрын

Have degree in biology as well been to Madagascar 1998 saw two tenrec species Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️🌵 yes I went to Cal poly San Luis Obispo and then Stockholm university rastafari yes I keep on keeping on evolution did my field study in Mocambique on prawns in the mangrove

@TheReZisTLust

Жыл бұрын

Actually the color green is available to use because the Greneric was found in 769 BC somewhere in the Northeast of China I think it was 🥺

This voice is so enjoyable

I wonder if these historical species rafting events are caused by devastating tsunamis and hurricanes or more singular smaller events.

Adaptive radiation, a rather typical example of when an inconspicuous species shows up on an island and specializes to fill all the niches

Always happy to be reminded that so many non bird animals have been blessed with cloacas

@Markus0021

Жыл бұрын

"blessed" with cloacas - ok, we'll go with that...

@kellydalstok8900

Жыл бұрын

If human women are prone to cystitis because the urethra and anus are in such close proximity, then what about animals that have a SHARED opening for liquid and solid waste?

@pendlera2959

Жыл бұрын

@@kellydalstok8900 Obviously it's not a problem if it's so widespread. Humans are probably different because we often have reasons to hold it whereas animals just go when they need to.

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@SunnySalasar

Жыл бұрын

I would call that normal mammal radiation, tho it is not just affecting mammals. Predators tend to have converging evolution (claws, bone structure, muscle distribution that you will find across innumerable examples same for the thing below). Herbivores tend to have converging evolution. The tenric is just one very successful adorable little critter that due to it's success in so many niches, was able to "radiate" into all these forms or to say it differently, converged in adaptions to those niches.

@ipos1070

Жыл бұрын

Incorrect, Madagascar was in contact with africa as recent as 40,000 years ago. When the ice sheets where larger there was a small land bridge of atolls.

I love your Pin Club charity! My mom spent 2 years in Sierra Leone with the Peace Corps back in 1970 teaching in a tiny remote village.

Oh my gosh… this is where the protagonist of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs gets his name! Jack Tenrec!!!

Mind you somehow until about 1000 years ago, tiny Hippos lived on Madagascar. They probably swam the 400km between african and the island, somehow (lower water level?). So the tenrec floting there isn't the wildest idea.

The color of the presenters hair keep me wondering; is it the lighting or a very sophisticated hair painting. It’s beautiful imo.

5:18 I think I saw The Cloaca Sitiation supporting R.E.M. in 1986

imagine if there was a terraformed earth like planet with no vertebrates on it and then someone turned tenrecs loose on it and let them evolve for 500 million years

@duartelopes5223

Жыл бұрын

Guaranteed Twilight Zone episode. Person thinks they've travelled back in time for some gunslinging action and gold rush stories, but actually they're in the Tenrec Old West, where tenrec cowboys tend to tenrec cows, vigilantly watching for tenrec wolves.

@jerosjulianjr.infante7971

Жыл бұрын

Tenrecina, the world of Tenrecs

@RootVegetabIe

Жыл бұрын

​@@jerosjulianjr.infante7971 A Tenric Tale by Ten Tenric

50 years ago I read in a guiness book of records, that the streaked tenrec has the greatest appetite of any mammal and the shortest gestation period.

@sydneymomma11

Жыл бұрын

Oh, what a funky fact to learn! Thanks for sharing.

@georgedunn320

Жыл бұрын

Really? Exceeding that of the Pygmy shrew? [Its body weight every 12 hours.]

They remind me of ditto trying to mimic other pokémon

Pigmy hedgehog tenrecs were my favorite animal in elementary school! :)

I love learning about weird Earth beasts from Pearl! ❤❤❤❤❤

God, tenrecs have been boggling my mind for years. It's like EVOLUTION GONE CRAZY!

Ha, I really expected to hear the term "adaptive radiation" in this context 😮

0:50 OH MY GOD THEY DEVELOPED MANDIBLES! ... oh, wait, no, sorry, it was just eating a grub.

I LOVE BIZARRE BEASTS!!! thank you for making this great show!!

I love divergent and convergent evolution together like this.

IRL Eevee

Off topic: I love the green hair look! My wife and I have been experimenting with different dyes for her hair and I occasionally mess with a bit of left over dye for my hair or beard (discovered the hard way that I have to make sure it doesn't have unpleasant fumes for beard dying...)

So how long until tenrics evolve into crabs?!

Another great value for YT! What an awesome channel!

1:00 there are so many mole mimic, I did not even know about this one.

And as another weird thing about Tenrecs, they're cousins of elephants, lamantines and other weird african animals ^^

I showed a picture of the lowland streaked tenrec to my mom once and when she asked, "what's this?" I just said, "me."

I'm calling it right now. Crab Tenrecs.

That first tenrec is what happens when you buy a DIY porcupine and have pieces left over.

"They're from Madagascar" Ah, that makes sense. All the weirdos usually hang out there

tenrecs are the origins of choosing a class in mmorpgs

Super nice. Thank you.

OK, well done to KZread for recommending this vid. Subscribed.

That sounds like a real life Eevee.

Thanks for the video on Tenrics. Never even knew they existed! (Btw, nice blue on your hair). 🙂

Tenrec is a Poison/Fairy Pseudo-Pikachu Pokemon. You can't convince me otherwise.

@FreedomAnderson

Жыл бұрын

The “Pikachu clones” are always electric type.

@AceofHearth

Жыл бұрын

@@FreedomAnderson I'm talking about Mimikyu and Azumarill line. Neither are electrics. I didn't say Pikachu clones, I said pseudo-pikachu. Pikachu clones are rodents and tenrecs are not rodentss, so at best they would be pseudo-pikachu, not pikachu clones.

@FreedomAnderson

Жыл бұрын

@@AceofHearth What does the Azumarill line have to do with Mimikyu? Azumarill is not like Pikachu. Mimikyu is a ghost that wears a costume. It’s actual body does not resemble Pikachu.

@AceofHearth

Жыл бұрын

@@FreedomAnderson "For months prior to the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver, Marill was often referred to as "Pikablu", likely because of its slight resemblance to Pikachu. " It is even referred to as "Pikablu" on the Topps trading cards for the first movie.

Still the best channel on KZread. And today, also the best hair on KZread.

What a great narrator! Thank you

Finally, someone from PBS who pronounces niche like "neesh" and not "nitch"! omg I feel so much better now.

Crab final form video iconic

These lil weird not-rodents are so cute! Thank you!

@eljanrimsa5843

Жыл бұрын

You mean moles, shrews and hedgehogs?

I'm just amazed at the viodiversity on this planet. I discover animals and plants I had never heard of in my life before all the time.

0:52 this Tenrec’s eyes makes it look like Ditto trying to impersonate a hedgehog

Pretty confident that hedgehogs have spines, not quills. Never been stuck by my hedgies, no barbs. Had a porcupine quill stick in my fresh though. Might be wrong…. But my ears caught that.

So the Tenrecs are basically the real-world versions of Ditto?

I am loving that hair colour scheme!

Ah yes the Hadel Tenrec 0:58 Hadel sounds intensifying 😂 really neat versatile lil anachronisms

they're like irl eevees

When I was a kid Tenrecs were my favourite animal!

@sydneymomma11

Жыл бұрын

I just learned about them...3 minutes ago, lol. How neat to know about them for such a long time. Can you share some of your favorite facts?

@brendanhoffmann8402

Жыл бұрын

@@sydneymomma11 When I was a kid I had a big encyclopedia of animals with illustrations. It didn't have much info but it was the first time I learned about convergent evolution.

Today I learned about tenrecs. Thanks for that :)

Can you explain the difference between convergent evolution vs parallel evolution for someone who is having a hard time understanding from Google search results?

@FreedomAnderson

Жыл бұрын

Convergent evolution is distantly related species, parallel evolution is closely related species.

I've never heard of these until today! They're like Ditto.

When they were handing out niches, the tenrec volunteered for all of them. Aw, man, I made this comment then she said it.

It seems the tenrec is the closest thing to a real life Eevee. 😊

This one is really bizarre!

I could see her being really shy at parties then when someone asked her what she does they would instantly regret it

Thank you for saying the word 'niche' correctly. Every time I hear a KZreadr say "nitch" a little piece of my soul dies. Also, cool hair ;-)

I was distracted and I thought at first they were saying that Tenrecs were a kind of crab, which would be interesting indeed.

I now need to look up giant otter shrews??? So many weird animals in this one, even outside of the tenrecs

Her hair is fabulous! 🤩

Real-life Ditto's. They even got the eyes down.

Plus Madagascar was a lot closer as well 50 million years ago.

Quick query about the tectonic animation at 2:30, is the Indian plate now not related to the Australian plate?

Your hair is stunning cant stop staring lmao

Tenrecs: Gotta converge fast!

Tenrec are amazing Bizarre Beasties.

An episode on the Malagasy Carnivorans would pretty cool.

I think I'm in love, with tenrecs.

Love your hair.

I'm still waiting on a video of roofication - the way some mice start getting long hind legs and hop about like kangaroos.

Tenrecs are the best! I work with a hedgehog tenrec at a zoo, and he is my favorite animal in the entire zoo.

That hair is amazing