Oh hey, that's us! Thank you so much for spending a few hours at Denver Zoo and for sharing some of these wild and weird facts! It's always a pleasure when we're able to share our animal care and wildlife conservation stories with awesome people like you! Don't be a stranger!!

@gravityvertigo13579

2 ай бұрын

Your zoo seems awesome! Glad you helped make this video happen

@DasGanon

2 ай бұрын

Cool to see this from my local* zoo! (*I live 100 miles away)

@fossilfighters101

2 ай бұрын

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@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for all of your hard work! Please tell the animals I love them.

@Concorde1059

2 ай бұрын

I'm so excited Hank Green gave such a glowing review to yall, my very own local zoo (approx 25x as local as that 100mi person 😅)!!!! I'll have to come back soon :) clearly you all didNFTBA

"I love your shoelaces!" "Thanks, I got them from the President... of DFTBA"

@alissa6380

2 ай бұрын

I do wonder what percentage of current nerdfighters were also avid Tumblr users in 2012. Like, it's gotta be in the two digits at least, but like... is it a third?? 'Cause that sounds ambitious, for reasons I cannot quite put into words.

@kaleidoslug7777

2 ай бұрын

The President... of Space!

@MinurielLai

2 ай бұрын

Woah. Haven't heard that in years!

@alissa6380

2 ай бұрын

@@kaleidoslug7777 off topic but you have the most gorgeous avatar I've ever seen 😍 🎨🖌️ Is it an illustration from something in particular or just found around the interwebs?

@sdc319

2 ай бұрын

@@alissa6380 That's a crop of Light by ryky on DeviantArt.

HANK! You don't have a time limit for videos, yet you only gave us THREE SECONDS OF PENGUINS RUNNING ABOUT BEING ADORABLE?!

@nene_aka_bloobinub

2 ай бұрын

Yes. This. I mean, it felt like a teaser but it was VERY CUTE AND OMG PENGUINS!

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 ай бұрын

The first second drew us all in and then we got hardly any penguins.

@RainaRamsay

2 ай бұрын

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Lady vulture is really throwing as much shade as possible at himbo vulture and he tries so hard. 😭

@osmia

2 ай бұрын

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@ndemers

2 ай бұрын

It's got to hurt to do your best and make the most beautiful nest you can, and think, "Maybe this year!" and she's all "nah"

@IrisGlowingBlue

2 ай бұрын

Sometimes the heart doesn't move, man (/lighthearted) Now I'm so curious about these vultures, though. x) Like, I didn't think most wild birds laid eggs if they weren't hatchable, fsr? Do their kind (of vulture) usually pair-bond or are they more serial daters [using this metaphor as a joke]? Are these two already bonded and she's just unimpressed with his wood-gathering skills

@raf.raf.

2 ай бұрын

Maybe it's a defense mechanism. Like "if I build my little nest next to the huge one nobody is even gonna see it."

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

2 ай бұрын

I've never related to a vulture before. What a dark and cold society this is for men and vultures.

I give the newsletter “We’re Here” 5 stars.

@kapitol.

2 ай бұрын

The anthropogreen reviewed

@duuuumb

2 ай бұрын

i second that! inspiring the evil baker in me!

@ponyote

2 ай бұрын

How very Anthropocene of you

@IrisGlowingBlue

2 ай бұрын

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@parachutes_party

2 ай бұрын

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It was a pleasure and an honor to share my favorite place and my best animal friends with you and the fam. ☺ Next time I'll make sure you meet the BEST giraffid, Sekele, and we'll check out all the cool primates!! John, the invitation is open to you as well.

@AndreaCrisp

2 ай бұрын

Are you the famous Night Keeper? Thank you!!❤

@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for all of your hard work! Please give my best to the animals!

@RainaRamsay

2 ай бұрын

:D

"to increase.... health. .......... IT DOESN'T WORK!" I laughed so hard 🤣

Did they check your pockets for any hidden lemurs when you left?

@sara-ww8eq

2 ай бұрын

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@ickzilla

2 ай бұрын

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@NinaDmytraczenko

2 ай бұрын

@Denver Zoo, please count the lemurs rn!!

love that "night keeper" is a real job title that real people have

@Mother_boards

2 ай бұрын

Ooooh, that makes more sense than "knight keeper"...

@dohndabe3472

2 ай бұрын

I thought he said knife keeper 😭

@ziwuri

2 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Lightkeepers from the Candela Obscura universe... idk which occupation is cooler though

@nicklas7377

2 ай бұрын

@@Mother_boards Knight keeper: Someone who takes care of the knights. They give positiv reinforcement, read bed time stories and clap and cheer during tournaments.

@WhataMensch

2 ай бұрын

Hey when do you guys think hank and john will get around to mentioning theri governments backing of whats going on over in G A Z A

I love how that Giraffe's expression is like "yeah I did get a selfie with Hank Green, what about it?"

@justyourlocalrat_

2 ай бұрын

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@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 ай бұрын

so like do giraffes consider vlogbrothers videos to be adults-only

@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I *so* want to know the answer to this question.

Guide: "Okay, so giraffe mating-" Hank: "Oh, I already know about all that."

So I guess the thing to remember about antivenom is that, if you have to receive it from a zoo, make note of which zoo you get it from, and then donate the cost of the antivenom to that zoo. I assume this is the proper move, because it seems not great for them to take a loss on saving your life.

@jenrose1002

2 ай бұрын

Which is awesome, but expensive. Anti venom costs $40k to $70k. I assume people who get it from hospitals have insurance that pays. (For all doses needed. That’s multiple vials at 11-13k each)

@kyrab7914

2 ай бұрын

I believe the hospitals bill, but ymmv

@Alex-ki1yr

2 ай бұрын

Never forget the hospital markup - hatd to know the "real" price. Damn insurance (and capitalism)!

@alymj3304

2 ай бұрын

​@@jenrose1002in Australia antivenom is between AU$500-2000 per vial, so there's definitely a big markup if those are the numbers being quoted for USA

@kanderson-oo7us

2 ай бұрын

​@@kyrab7914 the hospital bills *you* for administering the antivenom, but the zoo apparently can't charge the hospital for the antivenom itself! So yes, those who can do so should make a large, tax-deductible donation to the zoo that provided their life-saving antivenom!

Tbf my Iron gets too high if I don't have it taken out occasionally I've tried sticking to a "low iron" diet, and it helps keep me in the "high" but not "too high" range. But yeah... doctor was like "you should give blood"... and when I responded with "I do" he was like... "probably more often then if you can". I have "bad days" where I can't really work out why I am... then I get a text from the NHS telling me that my blood has saved someone's life, and I remember that along with Arthritis, and increased risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes my genetic lottery came up with "really Irony blood"... and every 3 months someone gets my super blood and maybe they don't die. Don't supposed there's much call for Rhino blood... but I got such a text this week and it helped deal with work... so... I kinda just wanted to shout my Iron related anecdote

@osmia

2 ай бұрын

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@CircleThinker

2 ай бұрын

From someone who has normal iron-y blood but the wrong shaped blood cells to utilise it properly - thank you for being a blood donor! I've had 2 transfusions in my life, both as a child, and I just think it's a super cool thing for people to do.

@Tinkerluv17

2 ай бұрын

You, clearly have not forgotten to be awesome. Thanks for gifting your super human blood to those in need!

@disasmiles

2 ай бұрын

I don't believe Rudy the rhino has donated any whole blood, but we do have his plasma banked in case he or other rhinos need that! Plasma transfusions have saved several of our young calves (giraffe, okapi, kudu, gerenuk) that didn't successfully get the transferred immunity from their moms. I also donate plasma, and I loved so much when he was donating, too!

@b33thr33kay

2 ай бұрын

​@@disasmiles Your profile picture is hilarious and adorable ❤ Thank you for everything you do.

That lady vulture just wants a platonic friendship and the boy vulture will. not. take. the hint.

@justyourlocalrat_

2 ай бұрын

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@breebell468

2 ай бұрын

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@roadrunnercrazy

2 ай бұрын

She's laying a fertilized egg, so I don't know how platonic she really wants it to be.... more like friends with benefits?

@jesanne

2 ай бұрын

Or incredibly petty lmao

'IT DOESN'T WORK' - 10/10 summery of drinking blenderised frogs

My favourite fact I learned when I recently went to a zoo was the penguins have dual camouflage, which is why they’re both black and white. They have white tummies so that when they’re in the water if predators look up at them, they mix in with the light/water, and black backs, so that when predators look down at them, they mix in with the water/depths.

@myladycasagrande863

2 ай бұрын

And here I thought it was because they are going to a black tie dinner and are already in their tuxedos!

@meganesia1

2 ай бұрын

The biological term for that is “countershading”. 😊

@IrisGlowingBlue

2 ай бұрын

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@ellamcdonald-lee2186

2 ай бұрын

@@myladycasagrande863 I’m sure that’s also part of it!

@ellamcdonald-lee2186

2 ай бұрын

@@meganesia1 I’ll have to remember that for the next time I want to tell this fact, thanks for the addition!

It makes me sad that zoos have such a bad reputation. Not only do they provide a fulfilling life for animals that wouldn't survive in the wild, but they also help breed endangered species which can then return to their natural habitat. That's really cool.

"we're everywhere! Even at the zoo...at NIGHT! 😁🙌 Lmao love this

That's where I work! I saw you as you were leaving and wanted to say hi but I didn't want to overwhelm you after what I'm sure was a long day. So cool to see all these animals I know in one of your videos! Thanks for your visit!

@justyourlocalrat_

2 ай бұрын

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@AndreaCrisp

2 ай бұрын

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Honestly the przewalski's horse pronunciation was the thing that got me

@SylviusTheMad

2 ай бұрын

The *rz pronunciations in Polish are wild.

@osmia

2 ай бұрын

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@KayleeDavisBlueBox

2 ай бұрын

Polish, amirite

@wiktoriatluvi

2 ай бұрын

There is also supposed to be an audible "p" at the start :D other than that it's great 👌

@tobybartels8426

2 ай бұрын

​@@wiktoriatluvi: English has a tradition of not pronouncing a P that comes at the beginning of a word before a non-liquid consonant. Thus usually applies to Greek words that start with PS or PT, but the same logic would apply here. It surprised me when I first heard him say it, but then it made sense.

4:37 these Giraffe selfies are adorable!

@conqu2

2 ай бұрын

I now want one of those iphone-generated slideshow videos with the royalty free music but it's only pictures of hank beaming with his giraffe friend

@justyourlocalrat_

2 ай бұрын

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If I was the night keeper, you wouldn't be able to know me without knowing that

@cbpd89

2 ай бұрын

I think I'd mention it too loudly at every party, and just to make sure everyone caught it I'd make sure to bring up work in every conversation so they have to ask what I do.

@justyourlocalrat_

2 ай бұрын

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@disasmiles

2 ай бұрын

So you'd appreciate the fact that my license plate is NITEKPR ☺

@NinaDmytraczenko

2 ай бұрын

​@@disasmilesI aspire to your level of awesome!!

When I was a zoo educator, I would use SciShow and Eons videos as resources and training materials! Thanks for contributing to conservation education!

@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

Awww yayyyy

"we're everywhere, including a zoo... AT NIGHT!" I don't know why, but that made me spit out my drink laughing. Caught me off guard XD

@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

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Hank comes full circle to be known as a Giraffe Enthusiast again! You are such a joy Hank, and I'm glad you are here!

The pelicans in the zoo near me are also slightly pink because they are bullies and steal food from the flamingoes. Also, their names are Bob and Marley, and they have one wing each (same side, so sadly, they can not team up to be one big flying pelican).

Penguins love to chase flies is probably all I’ll remember

@TiggerIsMyCat

2 ай бұрын

Like the video of the baby elephant chasing birds

Zookeeper here! Lots of animals are susceptible to TB, and most animal facilities require all their animal staff to get yearly TB tests

Lake Titicaca frogs look like they don’t breathe. Like I wanna be surprised but look at em Also, “cheval” is horse in French so they’re basically “Horse-ky’s Horse,” or a horsey horse, if you will.

@lynnaschaefer

2 ай бұрын

I love this. ThNk you

I worked for a well known, AZA accredited zoo for a while. We had one call for antivenin while I was there. From my understanding, they needed ALL of what we had. I hope that person made it, but i never found out. Also, I didn't feed the prezvalski horses Doritos. Nope, not me. I hear they like them very much...

This is the best! Definitely talk to zookeepers if you see them wandering around and they're not busy! One time at the Chicago aquarium, we happened to run into one of the keepers and he told us all about the belugas and how he tells them apart based on their subtle markings and personality. Another time at the Dallas Zoo, we found this guy stationed at a kiosk who mentioned that some of the elephants were rescued from one part of Africa together, and then when they added more elephants from a different region, the two groups seemed confused by each other. His theory was that they were confused by each other's different "accents."

@CircleThinker

2 ай бұрын

I love talking to keepers and guides cos they just always want to share all their favourite information. We were in an very quiet aquarium once and we spent a happy hour chatting to one of the staff members, and she basically guided us between the tanks talking about all her favourite things about the species in them. I asked her if she thought Octopuses could take over the world cos they're so clever and she genuinely thought about it for a second before replying "No, but only because they don't live long enough to pass on what they know, so every baby Octopus has to start from scratch. If they evolve longer lifespans maybe we should worry!" 10/10 interaction

@Cherri_Stars

2 ай бұрын

YES! Zookeepers always have so much interesting stuff to share! The Smithsonian Zoo in DC even has a schedule with times the zookeepers will be at their exhibits that you can ask them questions. I asked the elephant keeper so much, it was amazing

@kyrab7914

2 ай бұрын

Some zoos do keeper tours as well!

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 ай бұрын

Never expected xenophobic elephants to be a thing.

@AndreaCrisp

2 ай бұрын

@@CircleThinker Cool story! That is actually a running joke amongst octopod lovers. I am a follower of OctoNation, the world’s largest octopus fan club and they sell a sticker that says “Welcome Octopus Overlords.” 😂 I have it on my car. 😊🐙🦑💖

Omg my cat loved those shoelaces! They were his favorite toy to play with (I bought them just for him, and after he died, I put them on a piece of embroidery I did with his name on it. He was my soul cat, and prolly the last cat I'll ever have). So thank you for Pizzamas shoelaces! They were much loved and chewed on ❤

Thanks for supporting AZA Accredited Zoos and sharing the good work that they do. Zoos can't do what they do without the support of people like you!

bird mating rituals are just similar enough to human dating rituals for us to find their savage rejections so funny. i think that's wonderful.

I had a co-worker who had too much iron in his blood regularly, he essentially had to go every few weeks for essentially a bloodletting

@mamatales

2 ай бұрын

Yes my husband has that condition. It’s called hemochromatosis…at least in humans

@TheAechBomb

2 ай бұрын

would that technically be iron retention? I imagine it normally cycles its way out of your bloodstream

@wildflower1397

2 ай бұрын

I was relieved that they didn't say they use magnets to get the iron our of the rhino. 😂

@gretl01

2 ай бұрын

@@wildflower1397 totally what I expected to hear!

@mamatales

2 ай бұрын

No it doesn’t cycle through the system for people with hemochromatosis. The iron deposits collect in the organs and too much iron deposits can create a bunch of different serious health problems depending on which organ it is. My husband’s mother died young, supposedly from cancer, but he thinks it was caused by his mother’s hemochromatosis.

I love Hanks child-like enthusiasm for his zoo excursion. It's pure joy.

The fish fact is true for goldfish, too. As well as other pet fish. They can end up swimming upside down or off kilter. It's called "bloat" which impacts their swim bladder and it's the same procedure to help them recover: feed them shelled peas. With a little TLC from their human mom or dad, they'll have a good poops and be able to swim upright again. 😊

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

Woah! What's in the peas, yo?!

“i know a lot about giraffes” he doesn’t elaborate but longtime nerdfighters know why

There was a time when there was very little difference between zoos and circuses. The amount of research, teaching, and rescue varies from zoo to zoo, but it in my lifetime, it has increased tremendously. Keeping animals healthy, socialized, and stimulated while educating the public on how important and unique our ecosystems are.

I just absolutely love that image of a fish in its little box with towels and sponge, ready for a CT scan. (I do wonder if they have to keep misting the gills or how long it can stay outside of water like that)

@R-zg4zg

2 ай бұрын

I think because of the sponge it's okay? Coz the sponge is wet?

@IrisGlowingBlue

2 ай бұрын

^ I assumed the sponge helped with that as well It mmto a photo of someone axolotl's who had to get an x-ray, they put them on like warmish/wet towels and then Taped Them Flat with a kind of medical clingwrap x) The axolotl was fine!

@mariannetfinches

2 ай бұрын

I've never anaesthetised a fish & don't know all the options, but one is to pump drug water into the mouth which washes over the gills. You dissolve the anaesthetic in the water. I guess it's more for longer procedures. Anyway, if you fancy a giggle I recommend an image search of fish anaesthesia

@kf10147

2 ай бұрын

@@mariannetfinchesomg that was so funny just them flopped over on a table with a blanket over it. Quite a laugh

@disasmiles

2 ай бұрын

When fish are anesthetized, they run water over their gills to keep them oxygenated.

I work next door! I know that person. we're literally everywhere!

@myblueheather8240

2 ай бұрын

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@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

awwww, nerdfighters for the win! DFTBA!

The vulture nests is my favourite story 😂

Good try on the Przewalski's horse pronunciation! The zoo in Prague where I live has been doing a ton of work on this species. There's a small reservation near a castle in Prague where the horses roam around. Amazing!

@SewlockHolmes

2 ай бұрын

So how is it pronounced? Is there a video with someone saying it that I can use to impress my friends? 😅

@terezaherrmannova8354

2 ай бұрын

@@SewlockHolmes kzread.info/dash/bejne/X2V62dWYk6W_YNo.htmlsi=-fZh63ZAtDWptaKD go to 0:28, he says "koń przewalskiego" (the kóń is in a different case, maybe accusative, not sure). You can hear the "rz" sound. It's so cool! My language has it too. When I taught kiddos to say that sound, I would teach them the trilling R (by rapidly repeating "tdtdtd") and when they got that, I'd tell them to put their teeth together which kinda adds a "sh" sound to the trilling R.

@IrisGlowingBlue

2 ай бұрын

@@terezaherrmannova8354 Thank you!

PleasePLEASE do more zoo stuff! This is so wonderful! I love how these zoo keepers are so dedicated to keeping their charges happy and healthy so that endangered species will (hopefully) be able to return to their rightful places in their homelands. Your enthusiasm made me feel so happy !

“Nightkeeper of the X” sounds like an incredible title for a DnD villain

@levilukeskytrekker

2 ай бұрын

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I was like "I wonder what zoo Hank went to, it couldn't've been the Denver Zoo" and then you said it was the Denver Zoo and my mouth dropped open 😂 I haven't even finished watching the video yet, I'm still reeling from that moment

I think all of us nerdfighters know a little too much about giraffes :4)

I work at a zoo, but I come from a Spanish major background. Watching your genuine giggly school girl excitement as you rattled off new animal facts was absolutely wonderful. This is how my work makes me feel everyday. Thank you for speeading the joy!

YES FINALLY YALL MENTION THE ASIAN ELEPHANTS GET TUBERCULOSIS FUN FACT! A beloved family friend who passed away a few years ago had the job of testing the denver zoo elephants for TB!!!!! She was such a cool and remarkable woman for many so reasons that "my job is testing elephants for TB" wasn't even the coolest thing about her. She was much loved and is much missed.

@nene_aka_bloobinub

2 ай бұрын

I bet she was an amazing example! 😊

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

May her memory bring blessings!

Lots of nerdfighters in the zoo community! So glad you had a cool experience!

I got licked by a giraffe when i was a kid (60 years ago), they have amazingly long, dextrous tongues, which makes sense given that they browse on leaves that are high up and often there are thorns on the branches. I've loved zoos ever since, when well done, they are amazing resources.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 ай бұрын

[to the tune of "Kiss from a Rose"] lick from a giraffe

When they breed animals in captivity to increase their numbers, how do they avoid inbreeding when the number of individuals is so limited?

@vlogbrothers

2 ай бұрын

Oh they spend a huge amount of time managing the gene pool of endangered and captive populations!!

@ssl3546

2 ай бұрын

they have a massive family tree in a computer and set the animals up on dates to maximize diversity

@timtetzlaff2836

2 ай бұрын

@@vlogbrothers Indeed. The Associations of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Population Management Center and connected population biologists provide scientific guidance to AZA-accredited zoo and aquarium staff for over 500 Species Survival Plan Programs. Another long-time nerdfighter and Director of Conservation at Naples Zoo (USA).

@taunicrisp9861

2 ай бұрын

look up "species survival plans" if you'd like more info on how this works :)

@mcgee779

2 ай бұрын

@@vlogbrothers that’s good to know, thank you for the response! DFTBA ❤️

Okay so I grew up going to this exact Zoo with my grandparents all the time so it's both incredible and a complete acid trip seeing you walk around looking at all the familiar exibits and enclosures. But this zoo is amazing and helped me foster a life long love for animals that probably helped lead me to channels like this one so in a strange way things just came full circle

Hank, if penguins will chase flies, will they also chase laser pointers!?

@lynnaschaefer

2 ай бұрын

Asking the important questions!

@wildflower1397

2 ай бұрын

I really need to see that

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 ай бұрын

It's time for science!

@disasmiles

2 ай бұрын

Very strong possibility as they do chase light reflections from phones and such. 🤣

I am so happy to see which other Zoo is taking care of Převalského horses 😁 I knew it about our Prague Zoo in Czechia, now I know two of them. Thank you!

@bouncingbean

2 ай бұрын

The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC also has a Przewalski's horse program. We always like to see them when we visit that zoo. And I learned this from the zoo’s website: “Przewalski's horses have 66 chromosomes, compared to the 64 that domestic horses have. It is unusual in that they can produce fertile hybrids with the domestic horse (65 chromosomes) that are able to breed and produce offspring. The hybrids look like Przewalski's horses, and the only way to identify them is through chromosome testing.” Also, they “are called ‘takhi,’ which means ‘spirit’ in Mongolia.”

@AV-we6wo

2 ай бұрын

There are several zoos in Germany that take part in this programm, too. Three I know of are the zoos in Berlin, Cologne and Munich.

I like that Night Keeper sounds like a horror movie or a comic book supervillain but is actually just a nice person who takes care of animals

This is a 5 year old coming back from the zoo to explain everything at you and i adore it

I am going to the zoo with a group of friends tomorrow. Can’t wait to tell them all, did you know elephants can get tuberculosis? The same kind that people get! And did you know there is a company that makes a great diagnostic test for human tb, which turns out same as elephant tb, but they way overcharge for it and because of that people are still dying of tb even though we know how to cure it!?

The new news letter is so good!!! I replied but also want to say here to anyone who worked on it, you did an amazing job.

I love this! I’m a zoo enthusiast (AZA only of course) and I’m a big fan of the many zoo TV shows. There’s so much cool stuff going on with progressive zoos! Whenever I visit a zoo or aquarium I go in with a few goals: to learn about a new species, to learn something new about a species I already know, and to be inspired to aid conservation efforts for a species. I also love to learn about the animals as individuals and my favorite part of a visit is if I can find a passionate volunteer who I can talk to and learn from. Zoos always make me feel good because everyone there is working to make the world a better place for animals.

You should do a collab with Maya at Alveus animal sanctuary

@MechBlank

2 ай бұрын

oh that would absolutely RULE

@blaireshoe8738

2 ай бұрын

idk who this is but I'm always down for more hank and more animals, especially with more facts!

This was so cool to watch--I work at a zoo (not a keeper) and I remember being confused when I was asked to take a TB test before starting! We have to get TB tests every year out of (understandable) precaution. Also, our male elephant just went out of musth, but prior to doing so, he was spraying dirt onto visitors out of frustration.

Imagine being everybody's cool Science Uncle, and they just invite you to hang around at all the places. #NEAT!

the chemotherapy rat given to the cancer cobra got me, that is somehow really funny

"Backstage" tours at Zoos are the best! I was lucky enough to be a docent at the Miami MetroZoo way back in the 1980s, and had many opportunities to see things visitors don't: the kitchen where critters' meals are prepared (better equipped and cleaner than mine), the nighthouses, a couple pregnancy watches... hearing the baboons and siamangs call at night....One of the best things I've ever done.

Regarding the pronunciation of Przewalski: the in Polish, the letter z is very often used in the way the letter h is in English - which is to say, it gets paired with other consonants to make a new sound that is neither a z sound nor the sound of the consonant it's paired with. So sz = sh and cz = ch. All that to say, rz sounds nothing like r or z, but rather it represents the sound that in English is at the start of the word genre and in the middle of the word measure. And then of course the w makes a v sound, but you find that in a few different languages. And as for the dropped P sound at the start, it wouldn't be dropped in Polish, but English doesn't have that consonant cluster so the P is mostly just dropped

@laineylarsen245

2 ай бұрын

Is it purely coincidence that it sounds similar to the French word for horse, "cheval"? Or are Polish and French related in some way?

@KayleeDavisBlueBox

2 ай бұрын

​@@laineylarsen245p sure it's gotta be a coincidence, since Przewalski is the Polish spelling of a Russian surname...

@SewlockHolmes

2 ай бұрын

So in Polish, the P is pronounced as it is in "paper"?

@KayleeDavisBlueBox

2 ай бұрын

@@SewlockHolmes yeah. so Przewalski is pronounced a bit like pshe-val-skee, accent on val (about 95% of Polish words have accent fall on the last-but-one syllable)

@myblueheather8240

2 ай бұрын

This was a delightful and educational read. Thanks so much! DFTBA

I saw the animal hospital at Denver zoo. It is super cool! The guide told me about the time they got a human dentist to do dental work on a tiger.

@myladycasagrande863

2 ай бұрын

Took me longer than it should have to figure out that you meant "human dentist" as opposed to "veterinary dentist". Like, obviously, the dentist is human, a tiger dentist wouldn't be able to hold the instruments. 😂

@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

@@myladycasagrande863 ahahahahahaha okay but how epic would art of a confused tiger dentist be?

@kf10147

2 ай бұрын

My favorite is when a zoo brought in a human ob-gyn do a c section on a gorilla! The zoo then named the baby after the doctor!!!

@CircleThinker

2 ай бұрын

IMAGINE that being your work day when you normally deal with only human teeth. Must have felt very out of their depth!

Hank do you think you could do a tour of Maya Higa's Alveus Sanctuary? That would truly be a wonderful collab day ❤️❤️❤️

I love that Hank's first fact is mentioning John's worst enemy.

I worked at a zoo for 2 years. Absolutely fascinating place to work. So much goes on. And such important skills for conservation work.

Giraffe fact: there are animal chiropractors who specialise in giraffes because of their uniquely elongated necks!

I signed up for the newsletter earlier this week but I guess the button didn't work because I never was taken to the page with the optional survey (I didn't know it existed!) and I never got the newsletter. 😢 I wonder if that was just a weird glitch for me or if others also had this happen. It may have been my internet, who knows. Anyway, I just entered my email again and it definitely worked this time!

A zoo being forced to give their antivenom for free to a hospital that charges their patients $100,000 just for the antivenom is ridiculous.

@milo_thatch_incarnate

Ай бұрын

Big Pharma is evil

I love how excited you are about going to the zoo Hank.

0:50 omg that was what we did for my goldfish when he got bloated!! He was in poor physical condition for the last few years of his life (probably because we didn’t look up how you were supposed to keep goldfish before we got two of them), and once a month or so, my mom would microwave some peas, shell them, and hand-feed them to him in the tank. He lived a miraculous 7 years, which was 5 more than his tank-mate Goldie. He also survived a week in below-freezing temperatures without heat or food for a week during the 2011 winter storm. Long live Nemo, the immortal goldfish🧡

I've only just met Kurt the Przewalski's Horse, but I think I would die for them if it were required of me.

I'm here! Was so cool to actually be part of We're Here. I sing that to my friends during the holidays. They though I was nuts until I showed them your documentation. Thank you for the 17, Hank!

Obsessed with the petty lady vulture being like “I don’t need your fancy nest”

Thank you for the news letter. So very glad I subscribed. What a delight so many tidbits I was not aware of. Thank you! *also for this video. I miss going to the zoos.

Me: surely this video is not about TB, finally. Hank: John, elephants can get tub- **throws phone**

@bouncingbean

2 ай бұрын

I personally would never throw a phone due to more TB content from John and Hank - but your comment did make me laugh!

I mean, I didn't expect to learn "Rhinos have haemochromatosis" today but that is, technically the thing you said.

Thank you to Hank and the Denver Zoo for this wonderful video. I love learning about animals and all of their cool facts!

A note on the Polycythemic Rhino/ having too much iron: theres a very rare identical twin disorder (called Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence (TAPS)) where the placenta creates an inbalance of blood between the twins causing one to becomes anemic while the other receives wayyy too much blood and becomes polycythmic. It's absolutely wild and as the parent of Twins who were diagnosed with TAPS in utero its a wild ride. I had no idea there was an opposite of anemia until we lived though it.

4:38 Those giraffe photos are so wonderful!! 🧡

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo I do believe it; I do believe it's true It's a light and tumble journey From the East Side to the park Just a fine and fancy ramble To the zoo But you can take the crosstown bus If it's raining or it's cold And the animals will love it if you do....

Back in the 90's we went to a zoo in Michigan and all of the elephants were quarantined indoors because one of them had tuberculosis. No one has ever believed me when I told them that story. Now they must!

Humans get iron overload too! Hemochromatosis is the term for when a person has excess iron. There's primary hemochromatosis (increased iron absorption due to genetic mutation) and secondary hemochromatosis (increased iron due to another condition, like chronic liver disease or repeated transfusions). Secondary hemochromatosis is often treated by addressing the cause, but in some situations, these patients will undergo iron removal via phlebotomy and/or iron chelators, as will patients with primary hemochromatosis.

HANK PLEASE LOOK UP ALVEUS SANCTUARY, I NEED THAT COLLAB SO BAD

Ahh. I moved from Denver fairly recently. This made me very homesick and kinda weepy. I’m glad you had fun there. Going to go cry in a corner now.

i feel you vulture-bro, i feel you... dating is tough nowadays 😅

This is one of my favorite Vlogbrothers episodes ever, possibly second after that time Hank went on a rant about calendars.

"Sumatra, which I don't think very much about..." haha 😂 Poor Sumatra.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 ай бұрын

I mean, when you're next to Java and Borneo it's hard to compete.

my ADHD special interest is horses and to hear about Preszwalski's horses makes me so freaking happy

I appreciate all the video about serious topics recently, but I also definitely missed more lighthearted ones like this. This is one of the few spaces in the world where I feel safe experiencing wonder and appreciation, because I know you guys don't use it to dismiss serious issues. I loved this video, and the giraffe selfies were so cute!!

Waiting for the Hank/Alveus collab

Another amusing job that zoos have is "pest control" which my old boyfriend, who has had this job for decades now, describes as something like: keeping the animals they don't want in the zoo out of the zoo. Though it really is more focused on mice and insects than gate crashing humans. :-)

"We're everywhere! Including at the zoo!" is the kind of success I aspire to achieve.

For those that speak german and want to learn sooo much more about animals: there is a doku soap about the Zoo Leipzig called "Elefant, Tiger und co" that has been running for the last 20(!) years (so there is a TON to binge watch) there are also other german zoo's that did the same thing. I dunno if there are similar series from other countries, if you know please comment so we can gather all of them in one spot

Hank: "their kinda cute, but also kinda not." Buster: "Me too!"

My childhood zoo is in a vlogbrothers video!!! Next you should go to the Wildlife Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg. They're even better than the zoo.