It's fascinating how a single species of plant can contribute in such a great way to the ecosystem.

@alexcisneros2980

2 жыл бұрын

Fr. These cactus are the homies. They're literally responsible for everyone else's survival and even sacrifice themselves as food in the end. 😔✊

@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149

2 жыл бұрын

I think we can learn something from this cactus. As people, in a metaphorical sense, I mean.

@AdventuresAlberta

2 жыл бұрын

EAT MEAT NOT PLANTS! Plants are more important, can't have the meat with out the plants.

@kinggecko503

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAlberta Whether you eat plants or meat is beyond me, but it's more energy efficient to eat plants. It's why ecosystems tend to have proportionally a LOT less carnivorous animals than herbivorous animals since only ~10% of the energy in one trophic level (say cows) actually goes to the next level (people in our case).

@benediktk.8228

2 жыл бұрын

However i'm pretty sure they aren't the only pioneer species of plants over there, but they may be the most crucial one.

Love how she talks about the casual phallic shape of this cactus: "growing in shapes that make your grandmother blush"😂🤣nice

@CallMeJamezCuzDatzAGiantPeach

Жыл бұрын

Have you noticed that she’s always talking about, “grandmother blushing shapes”?

@bradkeen1973

4 ай бұрын

I love it too.

@valeria-militiamessalina5672

4 ай бұрын

How moronic, like she's living in Victorian England.

@BlitheApathy

3 ай бұрын

I guess that's why they call it a "succulent".

@ThemissingJem_09

2 ай бұрын

😂😂

This cactus not just lives and thrives in a very unlikely place, but also prepares the soil for other life forms to do the same. That reminds me how we are all connected, and you never know how your words and actions can pave the way somehow for others to find healing and enjoy life. Super inspiring ✨

@ahsoka_polo

2 ай бұрын

Could thrive on venus

@qreepyQT

Ай бұрын

Everything on earth is perfectly guided and balanced, yet hundreds of millions of people claim that there is no objective guidance for us

@mom.left.me.at.michaels9951

Ай бұрын

Keystone species! Literally a necessity for the ecosystem to exist.

@person8064

Ай бұрын

​@@qreepyQT tell that to climate change lol

@qreepyQT

Ай бұрын

@@person8064 if i draw a perfect circle and you come and throw ketchup on it, it doesnt change the fact that i drew a perfect circle. Manmade climate change doesnt challenge any statements i made.

It's always impressive seeing plants that help with succession because holy smokes what plant wants to live in these conditions, lava cactus are out there working hard and helping so many other species

"Lava cactus" sounds more like something you'd find in a Fantasy setting than real life... But yet the cactus lava's anyways, because lava cacti don't care what humans think is impossible.

@frostincubus4045

2 жыл бұрын

Reality is sometimes just as, if not more, weird than fiction

@Username-le4eq

2 жыл бұрын

Fiction is based in reality

@raccoonchild

2 жыл бұрын

@@frostincubus4045 Always, my friend. Always.

@It-Will-All-Be-Okay-I-Promise

2 жыл бұрын

Despite all known laws of aviation..

@BushidoBrownSama

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely sounds like something in a game that has flavor text.

Gotta say, I'm curious if the lava cactus could be beneficial to introduce elsewhere on other volcanic islands or if they would be more detrimental as an invasive species as they seem to speed up the natural breakdown of the basalt lava into soil.

@dischord1991

2 жыл бұрын

It would be detrimental. It would speed up the break up into soil but would alter the habitat change cycle and taking the place of native plants that would do the same thing but slower

@chinesenoodles8005

2 жыл бұрын

It might not be detrimental as these are very slow growing plants, unlike opuntias they wouldn’t really be invasive but still not a good idea as it could upset the balance of other ecosystems.

@Dragrath1

2 жыл бұрын

@@dischord1991 Yeah there are various plants which perform the role of breaking down igneous rocks I think there is a somewhat infamous example of introducing a lava colonizing lupine from Alaska onto Iceland which seriously backfired. As such concern is fully warranted against introducing species without comprehensive investigation though It does raise a question about whether a new uncolonized islands would be worth colonizing.

@cathycat4989

2 жыл бұрын

Generally bad idea. Unless we're talking something extremely controlled, introductions like that can easily backfire. There have been cases of using insects that only eat one plant and starve without it to remove invasive plants from habitats, but that's the edge case. Basically, unless humans control every individual or all of the non-native plants/animals will die under specific circumstances, we shouldn't introduce species where they don't belong. That's how you get nutria rats tearing up the levees around New Orleans and my friends and neighbors having to either evacuate or grow gills.

@XSemperIdem5

2 жыл бұрын

I'm always nervous about any talk of introducing non-native species. We saw what happened with kudzu in the U.S.

2:36 Its cool that y'all kept the raw footage of this animal eating a cactus. Exactly what they sound like when eating.

@lasercraft32

2 ай бұрын

Um... I'm pretty sure that wasn't the actual sounds it was making, that was clearly human noises for the sake of the joke.

@aarash6982

2 ай бұрын

​​@@lasercraft32 that was the joke bro, sarcastically saying that's exactly how they sound like

@lasercraft32

2 ай бұрын

@@aarash6982 Gosh darn it... The internet has ruined me. I'm too used to idiots saying stupid things and being completely serious about it rather than joking. Now I feel stupid.

@illusionist1872

5 күн бұрын

Hey, you’re able to admit when you’re wrong. You’re leagues better than stupid.

- 2:48 "Owe, Owe, Owe" 😂😂😂 🐐🐏

If you want an example of another animal that does like a prickly snack, look into Javalina. They munch down prickly pear cactus spines and all. It's really funny to see a cactus leaf with a massive bite taken out of it.

@davidegaruti2582

2 жыл бұрын

Also camels , those guys just munch down on them as if it where salad

@indianmikoyangurevichbilal2062

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidegaruti2582 and then we eat the camel as Steaks

@beastmaster0934

2 жыл бұрын

And desert tortoises too.

@joerivas9847

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah those pesky porcines!!!! The wild burros here in the Imperial valley, ca. pull the spines out with there teeth to get at the flesh.

@pissbaby6849

2 жыл бұрын

Bro the babies are so cute!!!

We need a lava cactus-inspired Pokémon.

@navilluscire2567

2 жыл бұрын

Hhhmmm... *Kaktuva* .... *Magmati* ....Uuuhh.... *Cactoltenus?* I dunno. Just having a bit of fun spitballing some possible names for such an awsome concept!

@chilleroftheknight

2 жыл бұрын

@@navilluscire2567 you put a lot of thought into this. Huh? I like that.

@rubya.p4437

2 жыл бұрын

My first thought lol, the very first Fire/Grass pokemon

@blackcitadel37

2 жыл бұрын

Lavadick, i choose you

@jessicagalvin4598

2 жыл бұрын

We can give it a signature move called Lava Spines, which is the grass-type equivalent of Scald. It’s cool to have non-fire moves that can cause burns.

Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Echinocereeae Genus: Brachycereus Species: B. Nesioticus

@maciejas2471

2 ай бұрын

Okay Conseil

Very cool video… but we can’t skip over the part “growing in shapes that will make your grandmother blush” lol 😂

@DelRae

3 ай бұрын

It does feel a little unnecessary considering this isn’t really a special feature to these cacti.

@greenstar120

3 ай бұрын

@@DelRaeit’s called a joke and it was funny lmao stfu

@selwynandrews7716

2 ай бұрын

​@@DelRaebut its the shape they grow in. Thats seems like a pretty common amd important part of any description.

@w8stral

28 күн бұрын

Uh grandmothers... stopped blushing about 40 years ago... After all, that is why they ARE Grand MOTHERS...

@DelRae

28 күн бұрын

@@selwynandrews7716 when you imagine a cactus you imagine dick shaped. Thats the default cactus shape, it’s not special to point it out is what I meant. Its colors and clustered pattern when it grows seems like something more impactful to point out. reminds me of a reef

It’s always a treat to know something new. Here I thought sea creatures living in undersea volcanoes was the weirdest things to live, now volcanic cacti is added to my list.

@werwar27

2 жыл бұрын

you mean those metalfoot snails? shocked me too

@JD-zp4vn

2 жыл бұрын

@@werwar27 very bizarre world we live in

@bigsmall246

2 жыл бұрын

You should check out deep sea brine pools. They're like underwater lakes (think SpongeBob)

@lilBabyBornInCalifornia

2 жыл бұрын

why do i feel this was made for 8 year olds? jesus christ, how dumb do they have to dumb it down?

@Mortthemoose

Ай бұрын

Yes, I've seen a video about those. Very strange! And extremely deadly! ​@@bigsmall246

I wasn’t expecting to learn about big horned sheep in this episode, but it was a nice surprise

@fiberpoet6250

2 жыл бұрын

Me too that was funny watching it headbutt the cacti

@RS-ny8my

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. Big-horned sheep and big-horned cactus stems.

@Daemorion1

6 ай бұрын

😊😊😊

Cocktus isn’t real, it can’t hurt you. Cocktus:

Thats not lava, thats lava rock.

@AGKyran

27 күн бұрын

Exactly.

@strekozkaplays

26 күн бұрын

🙄

This is so cool! I love the yellow color and the flowers these have, especially when they’re the only color in between nothing but rocks. The ram clip was hilarious btw!!!

@lilBabyBornInCalifornia

2 жыл бұрын

are you 12? or are you a girl?

@HilPwXSierra

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilBabyBornInCalifornia 🤨📸

@KombuchaBuzzed

2 жыл бұрын

That ram clip was awesome! I didn’t know they did that. 😄

This actually helps me flush out part of my D&D world. I’m happily surprised I found this video.

Pokemon: Fire beats grass Lava cactus: Hold my roots

Now that sounds like a grass/fire-type Pokémon!!

This is the kind of stuff I wish I learned as a kid, this is interesting, this is fascinating a Cactus that thrives on cooled lava it almost sounds like a plant from another world.

It just shows how this planet can easily self-health from natural disasters

@Nzzertral

2 жыл бұрын

Really curious to see what a post human world would look like after recovery

@connorericson

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nzzertral you would not see it if one you died two there were no more human on the planet

@Nzzertral

2 жыл бұрын

@@connorericson did you have a stroke typing that?

@samuelhuff3427

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nzzertral I hope that my soul stays away from humanity to see the end of humanity. Cause I bet it would love to see a post human world after it’s healed

@SpeedKing..

2 жыл бұрын

@Lovesongs M. it's easy for the plant 🤷

"Growing in shapes that will make your grandmother blush..." 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

3:29 sick double dive in the background

@bigstackingduckxxx1030

Ай бұрын

Thought I was the only one to notice😂

Whoever did the sound effects for the bighorn sheep when he was banging his horns on the cactus good job very good job

I want to know how their seeds get to the new lava feels.

@massimookissed1023

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe birds & other cactus fruit eaters pooping them out. The seeds are in those red fruit, so they're not likely to be blown by the wind.

@RaizerZ

2 жыл бұрын

Seeds don't have feelings.

@user-nf1bz3sn4z

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaizerZ joe mama 😂😂😂😂😂 Yeah , that joke is overly used ....just like your mom .

“Growing in shapes that will make your grandma blush” is crazy work

Super interesting, well spoken, brilliantly put together and highly informative! What a great KZread channel!

Iv been watching y'all for years thank you for the fun and educational videos

@animalogic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sticking around, Daniel! :)

@chi8939

2 жыл бұрын

Amogus

this is the most hardcore plant I've ever heard of, so cool!

@cupidok2768

2 жыл бұрын

How about eat snow cactus

@Polymerata

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to touch it and feels the hardnesses

This is so interesting, I love these kinds of videos. Where plants are such an important factor to creating the foundation of an environment. This is why I got so interested in biology. I love nature & especially plants with a huge importance & history.

0:06 "growing in shapes that would make your grandmother blush" BRO! 😂😂

All those cacti seem to represent a hearty meal for several species. Here in Italy we have imported the prickly pears and once you have peeled them... goddess aren't those fruits absolutely delicious... Alone or with Parma raw ham.

You should do juniper berries, edible and non edible. I’ve always found it fascinating of why so many people want the edible ones

@themuffinman4044

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they taste ghastly lol

@TheRasvic

2 жыл бұрын

So let me get this right, u wonder why ppl only choose the edible ones?

@apdroidgeek1737

2 жыл бұрын

Probably cuz they’re edibles

@maximilian6829

2 жыл бұрын

For gin that’s why

@HayTatsuko

2 жыл бұрын

Because gin, and as flavoring in some food recipes. Juniper also goes well as an ingredient in India Pale Ales because it hits similar pine and citrus notes to those present in that style of beer.

Definitely subscribing for more “Tasha the Amazon”! Sista Science got style!

Great episode! The flowers on those cacti are awesome! Maybe an episode on cactus flowers and/or night blooming flowers.

The Galápagos Islands continue to surprise me when it comes to variety of life.

It'd be cool to see a Pokémon based on this, a Grass/Fire type.

@potatobird52

2 жыл бұрын

I feel that it’s more likely a fire grass type would be chili pepper, but neat idea nonetheless!

@fandroid6491

2 жыл бұрын

And that Pokemon would look like... well I can't say it

Grateful to have been to the Galapagos 3 times now (even witnessing the eruption on Isabella in 2018), and loved seeing these on hikes across the barren lava fields

Thanks another great episode Tasha!

Wow! I have known giant tortoises, iguanas, giant albatrosses and other rare fauna, but never knew there's a lava eating cactus, on Galapagos! When I retire from my medical practice, Galapagos is on my must see list. Thank you floralogic for presenting this!

Very fascinating, I didn't even know that the Galapagos islands has cacti. This channel has taught me that plants can be just as fascinating as animals are. I can't wait to watch your next video, I also love your hair.

@Dragrath1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is news to me too but based on the geology of the hotspot it doesn't surprise me all that much after all one trait about the Galapagos island hotspot chain that is unique as far as I know is that the hot spot track at one point ~50 Ma or so crossed over South America Much like Yellowstone is doing in North America right now which means that when the hotspot crossed over onto the other side of South America and began building islands again some 30 million years ago you had a far more direct route for terrestrial species whether plants or animals to jump islands so long as they can establish a viable population. Cacti are one of the lineages of plants that evolved in South America during its relatively long interval of isolation so they as desert adapted plants would be a prime candidate to colonize the islands thanks to the hotspot lying at the dry latitudes where tropospheric convection is downwelling very dry air from the top of the troposphere meaning moisture is scarce.

@apdroidgeek1737

2 жыл бұрын

Galapagos has everything

@dafe480

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, lots of cacti! Was gonna comment about candelabria and the other cactus that I had no idea of the name (thanks floralogic), but I knew they grew super tall with a stem woody like a tree 👌 The Galapagos have lots of other things to offer that most people don't find out till they visit.

@al.m765

2 жыл бұрын

There are cacti that grow in tropical rainforests and cacti that grow in the cold in Canada too!

I use to tell my students about these cacti. I hope they listened.

I showed this to my grandma and now she’s booking a trip there.

I own dozens of cacti and thought I knew quite a bit about them but had no idea about these. Really interesting video and you explained it so well making it easy to understand. Thank you!

@WhuDhat

2 жыл бұрын

What is your favorite variety?

This seems so crucial for the early days of earth going from geological activity with bare rock and no soil, to living breathing ecosystems with soil and life 🧬🤟

That is soooooooo cooooooool, this one plant evolved by itself to be a unique, powerful, terraforming technology

Well-done. I love this series, even more than the animal, I love plants!

Great episode. Laughing at the ram scene made my day 🤣

Please, next time do Borrachero plant (I think it´s called in english) here we know them as "Floripondios" By the way I love your videos, they inspire me to learn and draw about more types of plants!!

PITCHER PLANT: "Did you know I can eat entire mice?" THIS CACTUS: "Hold my beer"

Tasha, you look like a caracter from a cartoon/game that talks so passionately about what they work with that they end up inspiring other people to do the same.

Oh, wow, how cool! Kind of curious how the cacti initially establish themselves on recent flows. Guess I'm gonna have to go do some reading later!

KZread: New Animalogic video Me: Nice KZread: It's Floralogic Me: Hell yeah!

This would be the perfect Fire/Grass Pokémon

Just found this, loving it. looking forward to more :)

Amazing video! Can you talk about some giant trees? Like Douglas firs, Sequoias, Redwoods, Eucalyptus etc…

Now that is one badass cactus! 😄🤙

@KjSucksAtGames

2 жыл бұрын

Badass? More like baddildo

@explodingdynamite7319

2 жыл бұрын

So Close!

Now who's gonna be brave enough?

When she can't say how the cacti are shaped, I felt that

"Growing in shapes that would make your grandmother blush" 💀🤦🏾‍♂️...l...o...l

More plant videos!!! I love all plants :)

@hoodrasheed1617

2 жыл бұрын

Do u also hug trees ?

@darkknight04299

2 жыл бұрын

@@hoodrasheed1617 ѕo?

I love how they’re almost colored like flames too.

This is my first time watching this channel and "growing in shapes that will make your grandmother blush".was not what i was expecting. Lol

Ive been pretty interested in the loon recently, i think it would be pretty cool if yall could do an episode on them

Omg!!!! Thanks for talking about Galapagos, Ecuadorian proudness

I collect cacti and never knew about that. Amazing! Thank you for sharing. ❤️

Always interesting to see new plants everyday.

YAY! we Love Tasha! Amazing hair as always!

Could you cover the complexity and details of "Mistletoe" ~ I just briefly saw that it's actually a entire category of plants. That there is all sorts of different kinds all over the world. Not just the "bad one we hear about growing up to not eat" and you could cover the interesting relationship of it's connectivity with the tree's, without it being harmful to the tree. It's nutrients it holds so it provides a neat ecological niche for providing for many critters in the ecosystem.

In my next life, I hope God makes me as a Lava Cactus so I can make grandmas blush.

@user-wj9jm1ox8i

2 ай бұрын

What?

Great content, very informative. Thanks! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

The lava cactus...Kingdom Plantae's answer to Priapulida

Imagine how one simple plant can do soooo much for it's environment.

awesome video!! 😂 i lost myself at the ram im so excited to watch more!

I lived in Tucson, Arizona for 32...we have incredible cactus there. All these and more.

This cactus is so CUTE UwU

@wolfoxcat3974

2 жыл бұрын

Cutecus OwO

@thegam1ndragonvods38

2 жыл бұрын

🧐

@Autumnberry7557

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who grows a few cacti, it would be cool if they could eat lava!

Are they using the lava itself or are they using the basalt to gain their needed materials? And is it known how this cactus is spread lava biomes cause I don't think birds/insect/ other animals would go willing in this biome to spread this colonizer.

@massimookissed1023

2 жыл бұрын

Birds can fly over barren rock, pooping out seeds as they go. Similarly, if these cacti are growing in isolated spots in the rock, the iguanas will have to walk over barren rock to reach them, and maybe poop some seeds out on the way to the next one.

@maryw.5779

2 жыл бұрын

@@massimookissed1023 Thank you. I was just about to ask how the seeds got to the lava.

@haseo8244

2 жыл бұрын

Spiders are often first colonizers as they spins webs to catch bugs blown in by the winds. They were the first animals on new created islands to thrives. After all house spiders can live with only water from their preys and waits months for fresh preys.

I learn something planty new today 🥰thanks for sharing 🌱

Plant that looks like you-know-what and really makes barren landscape fertile and full of life. Nature is poetic.

Incredible, life does find a way

I wouldn’t have thought that was possible 😳

I just discovered your channel. I'm really enjoying learning it.

You had me laughing really hard @ 2:37 with the audio effects.

It will always baffle me how people can think that amazing things like this just came about by chance and accident. This cactus better be the first Grass/Fire Pokemon!

@jaredponder4149

2 жыл бұрын

Natural selection isn't random. It just isn't guided. Predation isn't a random thing, and neither is dying before you reproduce. There are random elements, that are very important i.e., genetic mutations that are then non-randomly inherited by the next generation through sexual selection, and random genetic drift caused by non-random environmental pressures that lead individuals of a species to leave their population, thus taking their genes out of the gene pool,but yeah. That is the biggest misconception of evolution.

@timwoods2852

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaredponder4149 🤨 "Isn't guided." = No direction. = Wandering aimlessly. = Random. Mutation is incredibly rare, and is always a hindrance. No positive mutations have ever been documented. Not sure what point you're trying to make with individuals wandering off.

When do we get an episode where Tasha rhymes her way through it.

It's awe inspiring to see the recycling mechanisms of the planet.

How amazing ,thanks for this video ❤

The coolest plant 🌵😎

Love the hair Tasha! I would love to learn more about the arctic plants from northern Canada. Lichens would also be an interesting episode

I can't help but chuckle at the shape.

Tasha, another awesome program. Thank you. Where did you get your cactus shirt? Thanks.

Camel eats cactus for breakfast while cactus eats lava for breakfast. What is this, Russia??

This feels like the kind of cactus you'd see in a video game... Like, its a cactus that grows in volcanic regions, it would not be at all out of place in a game like Breath of the Wild. XD

@arcticdino1650

Ай бұрын

Monster Hunter Frontiers has a volcanic cactus, although it's nothing like this species.

Great vid! How about a vid about the purple velvet plant? Or a vid about (some) common houseplants?

Got to appreciate plants for being huge healers of the Earth💚

So minecraft catcus >> lava is kinda of realistic

Hypothetical question: if the environment were damaged to the point that it is like right now, but all of humanity just disappeared overnight... Would the Earth be able to heal itself

@anat01

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely, even in a nuclear disaster earth should be able to heal itself, however, it would take several decades and maybe centuries before it reached the levels pre-industrial revolution

@connectivitytissues1429

2 жыл бұрын

@@anat01 thank you kindly for the answer!💗

@souffle420

2 жыл бұрын

We've gone through multiple extinction events, which caused drastic change in climate followed by the death of big percentage of living creatures at that time. So yes, the nature (the earth as a whole) *will* survive and thrive again, but we *might not* that lucky.

@Markle2k

2 жыл бұрын

Look no further than Pripyat, the town that was abandoned after Chernobyl went boom.

3:23 If someone painted that and claimed it was a speculative evolution project I would totally belive them

I had heard of these, but I had no idea they were so odd, or important to the islands! Thanks for the info