"Maybe we should have empathy for vampires. Anyway, this video was sponsored by Bill Gates..."

@vervixx9272

2 жыл бұрын

this is what they call foreshadowing

@smurfyday

2 жыл бұрын

While crazy conspiracy theorists have come up with irrational and baseless accusations against Gates, there are plenty of real reasons for dismissing his so-called philanthropy. I understand that SciShow needs money, but so people know. Bill Gates spent half a billion dollars, that's $500 million, just in the decade up to 2015, to develop a numerical rating system for teachers. They then admitted they failed, but not before the measures have been almost universally adopted across educational systems in the whole country. Untold thousands of schools were shut down and teachers laid off or denigrated on the likes of New York Post. Now, every state is short of teachers, which has never happened before, and the pipeline for teaching certification programs is at historic lows. Youth mental health is at all time low, as well (although there are other causes there obviously, like social media). Another example of Gates' influence is on the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. Oxford University was about to license their vaccine for free, especially to poor countries. Gates doesn’t like purely public enterprises, so his foundation convinced the uni to partner with the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to market the vaccine. AZ had little vaccine experience and made a mess of the trials, so much so that its vaccine’s still not approved by the FDA (disclosure: I’m one of the first trial participants in the US). And many countries found its license fees prohibitively expensive. If you’re still appreciative of Gates, look up his name with Jeffrey Epstein, and about his divorce and trips.

@SilverScarletSpider

2 жыл бұрын

Billionaires hoarding resources are the real monsters to humanity’s way of life. Eat the billionaires that are ruining human civilization? 🤑🤔

@wazimismail86

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWmGvNmql6e_nrQ.html

@Type_blazenil

Жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that

While I love the new insight, this video will not garner any new sympathy from me for ticks, mosquitos, and leeches haha.

@vervixx9272

2 жыл бұрын

Kill on sight.

@ironrick95mcoc46

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree

@tjtheknowledgeseeker7878

2 жыл бұрын

How is this almost a day ago?

@Durio_zibethinus

2 жыл бұрын

@@tjtheknowledgeseeker7878 channel's supporters has an early access to new video.

@MssIAMNOBODYSPECIAL

2 жыл бұрын

100% I will still squat that mosquito when I see it. Bite me all you like, but zero tolerance for buzzing around my ears while im trying to sleep

This is another case of a large creature being impractical due to the square/cube law - trying to deal with all of those issues as a large creature (a hypothetical human vampire) is not realistic when using the strategies of the other insects and animals that consume blood.

@hoodout16

2 жыл бұрын

They’re immortal and sunlight harms them sucking blood isn’t the crazy thing.

@stupidkaijucrazy5548

2 жыл бұрын

i feel like a nerd because i know this

@petrichor3797

2 жыл бұрын

@@hoodout16 Mood.

@Tinil0

2 жыл бұрын

@@hoodout16 I mean hey, we have animals in this world that have each of those traits individually. What is so crazy about it?

@Kre8-1duH

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tinil0 imagine asking a genie for long life and being turned into a North Atlantic clam that lives over 400 years hahaha

The worst part is not being able to eat garlic toast

@SaltyTheFrog

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously!!!

@MinuteFood

2 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT point!

@iamgreatalwaysgreat8209

2 жыл бұрын

I dont like Garlic or any garlic at all .

@BrainPermaDeD

2 жыл бұрын

@@MinuteFood I, for a split second, thought that this channel was fake because of not seeing the tick mark until I saw the subscriber count which is sadly, kinda low for good people like you.

@0_6699

Жыл бұрын

That's a lie garlic doesn't harm vampires

I’ve always rationalized that fictional vampires don’t _actually_ metabolize blood as food for a living (or rather undying), but rather use it’s “magical spiritual energy” as sustenance. More as lifeblood rather than plasma and red cells. It would be hilarious tho to imagine a sparkly twilight vampire peeing all day all the time.

@LeopardMask12

2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember where but I remember seeing that take before! I think the vampire in question started to look old and withered without food, but drinking blood kept them young-looking and active.

@rubyhal11317

2 жыл бұрын

The idea of “vampire diapers” is hilarious!

@Shnarfbird

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's more about what the blood means in the culture. Even so, biology is fun too!

@limiv5272

2 жыл бұрын

Any superpower we see in movies would be impractical or an actual nightmare without magic being involved, vampires are no different

@spiritbond8

2 жыл бұрын

Of fucking course that is the case, I don't remember reading in the Iliad "and the warrior fell and evil spirits from the underworld sprang out to drink their blood, but it has low nutrient value so they had to pee all over the battlefield and made a mess of things"

I wonder if Bill Gates specifically demanded to sponsor a video on the physiological challenges of being a vampire

@Grigoriy_Tumanin

2 жыл бұрын

Because he is vampire himself.

@user-nh6qi2zu1b

2 жыл бұрын

maybe just because he love this channel and he have money to maintain this channel working,tho I still think maybe more budget source will be better...

@xCptKramerx

2 жыл бұрын

It's abundantly clear that's the case. Bill Gates is the leading force behind research into anticoagulants, because they are necessary to prevent sudden cardiac arrest when the tracking device got put in with the covid vaccine. Can't track dead people. Disclaimer: This is a joke.

@georgplaz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Grigoriy_Tumanin yes. you understood he joke 👏

@CharlieQuartz

Жыл бұрын

His foundation probably sponsored the video because it raises awareness on mosquito biology, since a lot of their work deals with controlling populations and treating malaria.

Now I want a video about which fictional vampire is the most realistic, like the one you made on dragons.

@raraavis7782

2 жыл бұрын

Do it, do it, do it...😅

@ratlinggull2223

2 жыл бұрын

Morbius?

@ulforcemegamon3094

2 жыл бұрын

Do it

@sujimtangerines

2 жыл бұрын

This, definitely. (It surely can't be the sparkly ones, right?)

@acoupleofschoes

Жыл бұрын

My favorite version of a vampire is from The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross. It's a Lovecraftian cosmic horror setting (complex math = ritual magic) where vampires don't actually gain anything from the blood, it's just used as a sympathetic link to the victim for an extra-dimension "virus" to piggyback off of. The virus "eats" computational energy (ie brain matter) and grants what we think of as traditional vampire powers (long life, strength, persuasion, glamour,...). If the vampire doesn't "feed," and there's no link to another victim, they become the victim to their own virus.

Bill Gates wants us to understand how hard it is for him

@Noah_9899

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@yourcrazybear

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@AndyGneiss

2 жыл бұрын

No wonder he's tried so hard to rid the world of certain viruses & diseases, he just wants more tasty food. I'm all for it.

@yourcrazybear

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndyGneiss You are "all for" blood suckers?

The part at the one minute 20 second Mark about either being able to store all the excess water or get rid of it somehow, I've only seen one book that I can remember that actually dealt with that. I think it was the Generation V series. They took a page out of the vampire bat and after drinking a pint of blood, the vampire in question would get rid of the excess water in exactly the same way. Makes vampirism a whole lot less romantic that's for sure.

@ScytheNoire

2 жыл бұрын

Unless they are into water sports.

@tparadox88

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just imagining how much the drama of a scene of a vampire feeding would get deflated by him peeing his pants the whole time.

@limiv5272

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScytheNoire Or golden showers

@ScytheNoire

2 жыл бұрын

@@limiv5272 That's what water sports means, in a pornographic setting. Don't google it.

@roseyuen6916

2 жыл бұрын

We should have sea vampires

I love the idea that vampires have to just poop out an iron ingot once in a while

@BrainPermaDeD

2 жыл бұрын

Only about once a month or two if they feed on 1 full human(only blood) per day. An average human has around 3.5 grams of iron in their body.

@somerandomguy3129

Жыл бұрын

Achievement get: Aquire hardware

Plot twist: Bill Gates is a vampire and he paid for this episode to prepare the world for his coming out

@gust2036

2 жыл бұрын

Or, Bill Gates is considering to be a vampire, so he paid for this research

@beskamir5977

2 жыл бұрын

That'd explain a lot.

@smurfyday

2 жыл бұрын

I understand that SciShow needs money, but so people know. Bill Gates spent half a billion dollars, that's $500 million, just in the decade up to 2015, to develop a numerical rating system for teachers. They then admitted they failed, but not before the measures have been almost universally adopted across educational systems in the whole country. Untold thousands of schools were shut down and teachers laid off or denigrated on the likes of New York Post. Now, every state is short of teachers, which has never happened before, and the pipeline for teaching certification programs is at historic lows. Youth mental health is at all time low, as well (although there are other causes there obviously, like social media). Another example of Gates' influence is on the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. Oxford University was about to license their vaccine for free, especially to poor countries. Gates doesn’t like purely public enterprises, so his foundation convinced the uni to partner with the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to market the vaccine. AZ had little vaccine experience and made a mess of the trials, so much so that its vaccine’s still not approved by the FDA (disclosure: I’m one of the first trial participants in the US). And many countries found its license fees prohibitively expensive. If you’re still appreciative of Gates, look up his name with Jeffrey Epstein, and about his divorce and trips.

@freedomdude5420

2 жыл бұрын

He’s friends with Epstein what is wrong with you, is the biggest bloodsucker of them all. Minute Earth, why?

@user-pr6ed3ri2k

Жыл бұрын

199thliker

This episode was incredibly good, I did not know what to expect from the thumbnail. I would say it was BLOODY good!

@akanshsrivastav8269

2 жыл бұрын

Cliche! Mate

@caydes

2 жыл бұрын

🤦‍♂️

This video is both fascinating and hilarious. I love it when people take a ridiculous and fictional idea such as vampires and then evaluate it seriously. Now I'm actually assessing whether I should become a vampire... uhhh anyway, entertaining and highly researched content as usual, keep up the great work guys.

@koffypr1

2 жыл бұрын

There are real vampires out there. They suck the life out of you.

@denalozecon9074

Жыл бұрын

So for what you love. Because Science Fact Feind Exurb1a (I am not certain this qualifies for what you said, however informative and distinctive humor ) True Facts

@SM-ky6pb

Жыл бұрын

You should watch the whole vampire biology by thought potato it's a whole another level of analyzing vampires

@kekecampbell812

Жыл бұрын

Energy vampires are real…. Some people need to feed off of others energy to survive. Vamps need multiple supply to sustain

@randomz5890

Жыл бұрын

@@kekecampbell812 Those are the bad kinds.

It would make more sense for a larger vampire (human size) to consume food and blood instead of being exclusively blood drinker. It actually sounds it could be interesting to see how we can make a vampire work with the limitations of science.

@Arkios64

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite take was, that blood basically is just a replacement for Vitamin D generated during exposure to the sun. So, vampires eat normally, but there's just some stuff they can't get into their bodies efficiently.

@limiv5272

2 жыл бұрын

@@Arkios64 I could never make enough vitamin D even when I was exposed to enough sunlight. Instead of resorting to vampirism I just take a pill every day.

@ulforcemegamon3094

2 жыл бұрын

@@limiv5272 well , i guess vampires could do that too , remember that vampire thingy originated in like the middle ages (if bit after) and well , technology have developted ALOT between that era vs modern era

@ryobaaishi9968

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps they could use uncooked (with blood)to get rid of atleast ONE of the problems while simultaneously having features of a vulture or another wild animal that could digest uncooked meals without really getting sick?or have some sort of wisdom teeth that deals with uncooked meat? Now you may be asking or arguing that blood would go old easly; but what if it was fresh or stored?it's a hypothetical theory if they ever did exist, and ofc if there was no technology, they would have to go quickly or fight off invaders. I'm just thinking of how long it would take to transform your body; but in the end, it could be possible, if the insects doesn't get to your body first.

3:03 Thanks for ruining vampires, Bill.

Still hate mosquitoes though...

How do we know vampires don't have their own creative ways to combat all these problems?

@wellesradio

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt they have these problems as they’re just demonic beings, possessed revenant corpses or souls damned to Hell. They probably don’t really need blood to survive because they don’t eat. They drink blood to kill in a sacrificial manner and to curse the living into joining them. They’re magical fantasy creatures.

@ErilynOfAnachronos

2 жыл бұрын

Like blood being only part of their diet? That would make sense.

@Andy-js5jy

2 жыл бұрын

Or Evolution of vampire can become stronger like bat immune system. But only lack of tricks of vampire as Mosquitoes and leeds or bats have special advantages more of that vampires.

@Pingwn

Жыл бұрын

The video did addressed it and said it would be nice to see more fictional vampires having adaptations for those problems. Ideas like saliva that keep the blood flowing and even prevent the one being bitten from feeling pain and really good immunity to germs is already being used. In some works of fiction vampires don't feed exclusively on blood and therefore need much less of it which makes it easier to handle the extra water and iron. I would say that I would love to see works of fiction were they also have bigger bladders to hold more water or that they don't drink water at all as they get enough from blood. It would be also fun to explore what purpose would blood play in their diet. The best incarnation of this would also try to weave those adaptations with symbolism and vampire folklore which can create a very interesting version of a vampire and I think it's fun to look at all those 'problems' as opportunity for creative writing. Obviously, if you don't want it to be too much about science you can simply not deal with vampires from this perspective, fantasy don't have to be scientifically sound.

I'm burdened by the knowledge that a constantly peeing vampire bat or an inflating tick are 100% somebody's fursona

@TildaAzrisk

2 жыл бұрын

It's not like peeing in the shower is unheard of. No sanguivorism without consent.

@Acysu

Жыл бұрын

@@TildaAzrisk shower in pee

Hmm, well the issue with nutrients could be resolved by the vampire metabolism, which is basically one of a dead human, so we can assume that he produces almost no heat and his cells division is almost non-existing unless he heals. They also sleep for long periods of time, and since we don't know if they dream, maybe their basically in a coma consuming as less brain power as possible. Also, their saliva might work like some kind of poison that make your cells split out their contents into the blood, transforming you into a vampire and making your blood more nutrient at the same time.

@limiv5272

2 жыл бұрын

Solovr? Did you mean saliva?

@danielclv97

2 жыл бұрын

@@limiv5272 yes, fat fingers small phone, thanks!

@limiv5272

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielclv97 I hate typing on my phone so so much for that exact reason

@dumupad3-da241

Жыл бұрын

If vampire metabolism were that of a dead human, then their behaviour would be like that of a dead human, too. As things stand, they're a whole lot more active than your average dead human, and all that activity requires energy, hence a metabolism. Even just keeping their body from decomposing requires resources.

So we need a vampire that pisses it's pants as it drinks. Sounds like a great scene for Morbius 2.

I never thought vampires went through such hardships 🥺

1:48 That's the cutest leach I've ever seen!

I remember hearing a legend of a type of vampire that drains the fat away from its victims. I would love to see a video about them and if there are any real life counterparts. 🙋🏼‍♀️

@gilgabro420

2 жыл бұрын

omg i want that type of vampire to visit me!

@dustsans9859

2 жыл бұрын

@@gilgabro420 that would be nice, yes

@fractalfan

2 жыл бұрын

There is an X-Files episode with that premise.

@1.4142

2 жыл бұрын

Face mites feed off of oil on your skin.

@scharfschtze

2 жыл бұрын

Did you know that polar bears mostly eat fat. Since digesting protein takes a lot of water and seals are made of ~50% fat, it's better for them to leave the rest behind. Although the seal wont survive this process. :(

As a vampire, I can confirm my life is extremely hard.

Ah yes, the vampire that starts uncontrollably urinating as they drink from you. Truly the most fearsome predator.

Most vampires stories I know of have their vampires have lower body temperature, so they wouldn't waste as much energy on homeostasis, plus the lower temperature already means a lower metabolic rate. So they don't need as many calories as a normal human would. Then there are the most interesting ones, which treat a vampire's craving for blood less like them being hungry for food and more like a drug addiction. Most vampires are immortal, after all, so they don't really need the food, but they do have the addiction, which puts an interesting spin on things.

@AJgaming-ce1ln

Жыл бұрын

And a zombie consuming flesh would be....

@imperium4821

8 ай бұрын

Most vampires i've seem have to drink blood to keep being immortal

I always thought fictional vampires drink blood because they cannot get some important micronutrient from somewhere else or make it themselves.

@carlostejeda4341

2 жыл бұрын

Vitamin D basically, you need sunlight to metabolize it so, if you don't take it from something else you are f*cked.

Now do a video about how life as a Werewolf would be hard.

@Derpzilla-tw2ox

2 жыл бұрын

The energy required to transform like a werewolf, and the heat that the transformation would produce, would leave you constantly starved for nutrients, always running very high body temps, and in either intense pain or numbness, depending on whether or not to nervous system is accustomed to the transformation

@gust2036

2 жыл бұрын

A werewolf must be shedding tons of fur, so there goes extra energy, time, and money to clean your house. Also when you transform, you most likely damage your clothes, so there goes extra money for clothing. And many more along that lines... In summary, its just too expensive. If you are not crazy rich, pls dont be a werewolf 😒

@kingplunger6033

2 жыл бұрын

@@Derpzilla-tw2ox pretty sure the energy for such a transformation would be more than you have at any time in your body and you would just drop dead

@Derpzilla-tw2ox

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingplunger6033 most likely

I feel Real vampires, largely due to being undead, don't need the nutrition from the blood, but rather may need the blood to replace their own as perhaps they don't generate it, or perhaps something otherwise unknown to science. Additionally, something in their anti-coagulating saliva is infectious and passes along the vampire curse or "Vampirc Sanguinitis" as the Elder Scrolls would term the disease. Either way, I don't think MinuteEarth is giving the full credit to the highly evolved and mystical processes vampires have developed for dealing with their curse.

@Honeneko.

2 жыл бұрын

This is true.

@joelzemba4136

2 жыл бұрын

This is true.

@jeevanops

Жыл бұрын

This is true

@dumupad3-da241

Жыл бұрын

Vampires do things that require energy, they maintain carbon-based bodies, therefore they need nutrition. That's how real-world physics works. Whatever the concept 'undead' is supposed to mean, it can't change that fact.

@Varizen87

Жыл бұрын

@@dumupad3-da241 I do believe every ounce of humor has wooshed over your head when you’re attempting to apply physics to a mystical being.

"It's morbin time!" Start's violently pissing everywhere

I always figured vamp bites produce anti clotting & anti immune system factors and their own immune systems can deal with the potential toxins & pathogens in blood

Given the dead flesh still having volition, I always assumed it was less about the substance of the blood and more about the metaphysical "life force" in the blood. Not that that's something this channel could cover, so this isn't complaint or critique of any kind. That thumbnail & the relevant fact about vampire bats sure got me, though. 😵 I guess it's not much different than birds pooping prior to takeoff. Doesn't make it less gross though, lol.

I don't think vampires need to worry about bacteria because of the whole _undead_ thing.

@Honeneko.

2 жыл бұрын

This exactly.

2:41 the interview panelists are The Count (Sesame Street) (lol), Alucard (Castlevania), Marceline (Adventure Time) and Edward Cullen (Twilight).

@patrickmcmains3072

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I didn't even know, the only one I recognized was Marceline lol

Another problem with a vampire diet is no garlic bread :(

I never imagined vampires would live solely on blood, but rather have a need for it in addition to whatever else they would eat. Like, say, needing a hemoglobin supplement.

@dumupad3-da241

Жыл бұрын

I don't think they have a need to eat anything in the standard stories.

@imperium4821

8 ай бұрын

Some vampires i've seen feed on entire humans instead of only their blood, it would probably help

2:50no. Mosquitos are Satan on earth

Another minus of being a vampire is that if someone paints your face you will never know about it because you can’t see it in the mirror, but everybody else can

@0OB08O

2 жыл бұрын

But what if they use skin colored make up so they can see the structure, though the color would be a little off since no skin is monochromatic.

@Kruhee

2 жыл бұрын

They may be invisible but are their clothes? This asks more questions than it answers as I now wonder if they would just see a float paint mark in the mirror.

This video used to be called “Can you run only on blood” or something along those lines. Then it was “HEMATOPHAGY” Now it’s “Vampire Life is hard”

@roseshi6736

2 жыл бұрын

Now it’s “Vampire life is hard”

@angeluslupus

2 жыл бұрын

I can only assume they went for 1)Sensible title, then 2)Scientific title, and then 3)Clickbait title

@felixmervamee7834

2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one disappointed they didn't go for "being a vampire really sucks"

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat

2 жыл бұрын

@@angeluslupus algorithm chasing is a bit annoying but as long as the science is good...

3:02 oh right because Bill is a Vampire who stays young by having frequent blood transfusions with younger blood

@wagingus8078

2 жыл бұрын

💀

Vampires are undead. They don't care about any of those issues.

@TheRawrnstuff

2 жыл бұрын

This. A vampire isn't trying to keep their body alive. By the logic of this video, one should always remember to make their phones drink enough water every day.

@Honeneko.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Flawaffles Not in the mythical sense. But yes, they are real. The examples given in the video are real. And there are facts on the standard mythical version. Those facts can change with the writer, but there is still a baseline. That is what's being discussed. Why even enter the conversation if you don't understand?

0:56-Why does blood still have pathogens despite being protected by the immune system?

Love the concept! You’ve got some logical problems going on. You’re making assumptions about how these nonhuman mythical things function and what kind of energy an immortal shapechanger that can control the minds of humans would require. I think you should use the fiction as a foundation and build assumptions on the other systems. Like the fact that a vampire may need naturally created anticoagulants available for them to feed. Maybe it isn’t that they need phenomenal amounts of blood for nutrients. Maybe it’s that they just don’t require so many nutrients. Do they breathe? They don’t have a heartbeat. Sounds like a lot of calorie burning activities that don’t happen. Would be fair to wonder how nutrients move through their body without a heartbeat. But, they can turn into fog ….. and still think.

i love the thumbnail (in case it's changed, Vampire on toilet scaring somebody while pissing everywhere)

Does that happen to those annoying mosquitoes? I don't mind taking my blood but that buzzing is what drive me crazy. (Also, the decease part but anyway)

I always asumed vampires have a system that send their blood straight to their blood torrent and replaces the old blod that has no nutrients anymore, instead of digesting it.

@hebl47

2 жыл бұрын

But where do they get the energy for existing then?

@TemporarySolution

2 жыл бұрын

That probably runs in some problems with blood types. Unless all surviving vampires have specifically AB+ type, or hunt down only people with O- type. (Not an expert on the topic)

@jonathanherrera9956

2 жыл бұрын

@@hebl47 Out of the blood, our food becomes nutrients that go to our own blood torrent were it gets distributed to the body. Look it like getting blood transfussions everytime, they would need the entire blood of the victim and would basically change their blood torrent everytime they feed.

@jonathanherrera9956

2 жыл бұрын

@@TemporarySolution I think it might be more like they aren't able to produce blood at all, so I wouldn't say they have a blood type. They just need new blood to replace the old one once it runs out of nutrients and the functioning blood cells.

@hebl47

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanherrera9956 My biology is a bit rusty, but I don't think our blood really has that much energy. Isn't most of it stored in cells via ATP (and of course fats), both of which can't be harnessed just by swapping blood?

You think Types O, A, B, and AB taste different? Do things like antibodies, fatty plasma, or high platelet count affect the taste for vampires?

@MoonGlow22

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it affects, as a vampire I prefer to drink A type blood because its more sour, and I hate B type because it feels spicy

@raraavis7782

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I like high cholesterol types... it's extra creamy!

Finally some proper representation.

I returned to this video with what is basically a shower thought (I wasn't in the shower but it's still exactly like one you may see in places like Reddit) that resulted in a theory I thought of in which, what if vampires/vampirism was actually a fungi? As I was looking back at this video and how it puts logic into how vampires would get sustenance, I was thinking that, since blood has little to no nutrition (but still *some,* ) and that *blood is mostly just water,* and since you don't ever see vampires being comically bloated and/or peeing their pants (or peeing in general,) I began to contemplate if vampires were actually a plant. But then wait, no.. Vampires hate the sun and plants think anything but that, and plants can't turn people into more plants.. *Or is that really true?* That's when I remembered about mushrooms/fungi; a large quantity hate sunlight, and there's also ones - well, more of all one that's somewhat infamous for it - that turns small insects into zombies for it's own benefit. Therefore, vampirism could be a zombifying/parasitic fungi that keeps it's victims (somewhat) alive (which adds onto vampires' supposed immortality in most vampire genres) in order for the fungus to stay alive via blood consumption and spread. Except, since humans have extremely complex minds unlike the ants the real-life counterpart fungus tends to prey on, they aren't completely under it's control. So basically, if someone starts another pandemic and it just so happens to be of vampiric properties, it's probably someone who ate something stupid again, this time a mushroom instead of a bat.. lol

2:55 Try saying that too A malaria victim

@Owen_loves_Butters

Жыл бұрын

Except that's not the mosquito's fault.

I absolutely love the way you said thanks bill! In the end. Like no actual sponsorship? No script? That's amazing.

Somehow, I had always known that leeches were miserable... and now I know why! Thanks Minute Earth!😁

Yikes to the blood drinkers, I definitely will never think of them as misunderstood, though I definitely would say they are better than normal predators, they are infinitely better because they do not kill their prey.

0:51 *SMACK*

I mean... I don't misunderstand them... I know that biologically they're really cool... They also cause massive amounts of discomfort and suffering worldwide so like. We gotta find a balance between protecting humans from them, and not destroying the ecosystem by removing important sources of food from other animals.

What if the ancient people were looking for a suitable and monstrous meal for a vampire, and found blood could be an appetizer, and got bored making this diet, leaving the vampire to survive on just the appetizer...

@limiv5272

2 жыл бұрын

Given how many plot holes are in an average movie that seems plausible

0:25 Vampires are supposed to suck on arteries and take most of your blood quite fast... They don't really have to suck actually: your heart does the job!

You forget that vampires maybe are heterothermic, commonly known as cold blooded, that means that vampires may not need too many meals.

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat

2 жыл бұрын

True but blood is largely iron and decays quickly anyway

That is why I am curious of the diet of Vampires from Hotel Transylvania.

Well... If there is one animal we could all live without, it's the mosquitos.

fair points *if* vampires were living beings simply infected with a sanguine disease. but since they are fictional and considered undead they obviously negate that. fun video none the less and amazing thumbnail lmao

that sparkling vampire xD

I'm just glad this is on the MinuteEarth channel and not the MinuteFood one.

I like how someone can transform into a vampire, but not gain an anticoagulant saliva like at 2:00 🤔

As a vampire i can confirm this is tough

@pixelfairy

2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried milk? Its said to just be filtered blood but is far more nutrient dense. 3 liters a day should get you by.

@heichan8657

2 жыл бұрын

@@pixelfairy ah but i dont have a mom

It's Morbin time!

Thanks! I’ll think twice before becoming a vampire, very good things to consider before switching to the live-human-blood-only diet I’ve been considering.

A vampire would see a side of me, but it wouldn't be my compassionate side! 😂

Why don't vampires wear white clothes? Doesn't that reflect more sunlight that black (which absorbs all the light)? Isn't white colored clothes more useful than black colored clothes for vampires?

@FernLake

2 жыл бұрын

I think it might be to hide in the shadows at night

@TheRawrnstuff

2 жыл бұрын

You'd want your clothes to absorb as much sunlight as it can, so as little light as possible would hit your skin. White clothes would scatter the sunlight everywhere - including your face - whereas dark clothes just get hotter. Vampire clothes could include white, or even mirror designs, but the positioning should be carefully considered so as to not just reflect the sunlight back on you. Overall, It's simpler to just avoid sunlight and wear multiple layers of blackout shades - capes, cloaks, ridiculously high collars, etc.

@mannav1466

2 жыл бұрын

@@FernLake I mean... shadows, especially at night, are meant to be absence of light right? So it doesn't really matter if it's white or any other color as the vampires would not be "visible" anyways

@FernLake

2 жыл бұрын

@@mannav1466 OK if that's not the reason then idk

@raraavis7782

2 жыл бұрын

@@mannav1466 Hm. You actually got a point. When vampires were invented, it was much, much darker in cities at night then today. So 'the shadows' would probably have been pitch black. I think, it has more to do with symbolism, though. White stands for light and good. Black for darkness and evil. Red for blood and passion.

I want to know how you found out that vampires even needs all those nutrients and dont have the abilities to support drinking blood lol

@pixelfairy

2 жыл бұрын

Duh! The video was sponsored

Thanks for the informative video, I was getting confused who I wanted to be when I grow up. Now, this is off the list.

A good name for the video would be: Why being a vampire sucks

Actually the creators of vampire might have thought nobody know these things but even if someone knows it they might have thought that they will contradict all this by themselves.

@nicreven

2 жыл бұрын

Vampires originate from old slavic folklore, nobody really "made them up". The story goes that Russians would see blood flowing from the lips of the dead [due to various processes] and their hair & nails appearing longer [due to their skin contracting], so, they assumed that the dead were alive... and drinking blood. Ergo, vampires. Originally called Upir.

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicreven some vampires have that origin, yes, but blood sucking human(oids) are pretty prevalent worldwide in very unrelated cultures. Bram stoker himself may have taken inspiration from Russian folklore or Romanian folklore or Indian folklore or a mix of all 3.

@nicreven

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat I see! From what I understand, European vampires mostly originate from the upir. Dracula most definitely does. Also, would you count the chupacabra here?

Another downside is that vampires do not have reflexions. What do they do all day. no wonder they get up so late. Red dwarf. Cat.

I'm not one to usually be influenced by thumbnails but that last one was brutal. Happy to see a new one

Just imagine a vampire ended up biting someone who had AIDS or an STD

Genuinely thought this would talk about the 'other' major issues with vampires, being their innumerable weaknesses and rules. Not being able to cross over running water must be a nightmare with all this modern plumbing (Yes, it counts. They can't cross over rivers via bridges, or areas with underground rivers, so active plumbing should also apply). Silver and Gold are both used in a lot of modern electronics, so a vampire would find themselves either very outdated, or constantly in a weakened state due to proximity. Most annoying of all is how nowadays most activities take place within enclosed spaces, in which vampires need to be invited into, which is hard when most don't have a greeter. The jury is undecided on automated doors though. Also wanting to clear up some common misconceptions. Sunlight doesn't actually burn them. Just removes their vampiric powers and leaves them drained and weak until they're in the shade. They do sunburn easily though due to this lack of exposure and pale white skin. And the 'no reflections' is actually because mirrors back then used silver. Their reflections appear in any other substance. This is also why they wouldn't show up in photographs at the time either, due to old fashioned cameras using silver nitrate

I’m just imagining that fictional vampires might have all of that and more! (And I’m also imagining that vampire bathrooms are always very coated in urine from all the blood they’d have to convert into nutrients for themselves!)

@patrickmcmains3072

2 жыл бұрын

Marceline's also in the Vampire meeting. Even though she doesn't drink blood...

The plunger!! hilarious :) Thx for the video

Our Life Is Short But Blood-Sucking-Human's Life Is Shorter

Isn't this on the wrong channel? #MinuteFood

I finally found this channel again Edit: vampires do not die because of blood stuff

I like the "Thanks Bill" at the end.

My favourite part of the video was when she declared "It's Morbin' Time."

Uhh. A lot of vampire facts left out. 1) They are no longer human. Comparing a vampire to a human doesn't work. 2) They are immortal. OR undead. They might spend most of their time resting. 3) Feeding isn't an issue. In most cases, they create a sort of legion of followers. Works a bit like an ant colony.

@felixmervamee7834

2 жыл бұрын

That's just lore, though, not facts. The point was to look at the biological feasibility of the common vampire trope and learn about how actual blood-feeding species solved the issues that lifestyle raises. Those lore points, if taken into consideration, open much different cans of worms. How would "immortality" manifest itself (extremely slow metabolism? extensive DNA repair? all the stories just lazily make it magic) since there is no such thing in biology as simple immortality, how their enthralling powers even work, etc. All very interesting questions leading to other real-life examples, I am sure, but quite off-topic given the subject was specifically the issues of a blood-only diet.

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat

2 жыл бұрын

I love that none of these facts include vampires not being real and implicitly accepts that vampires exist.

@Honeneko.

2 жыл бұрын

@@felixmervamee7834 Facts within the talks of vampires. Facts are facts. It's like saying Harry Potter doesn't go to Hogwarts bc, he nor it exist outside the realm of literature. I would have loved if they touched on those topics.

@Honeneko.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Well, they exist within talks of vampires. Why even talk about non-existent being without trying to explain their existence with real world logic? Take Master Chief of the Halo franchise Or Harry Potter. You discuss them while trying to explain the inner workings of their respective worlds. Another take, Why did you name yourself the Clockwork King when you are not the Clockwork King? Why not just go by your own legal name?

@felixmervamee7834

2 жыл бұрын

@@Honeneko. Those are called a canon. A collection of somewhat cohesive elements that are held "correct" by a central authority (the Pope, the story's author, etc.) or a community. It is an important distinction as facts cannot contradict themselves, whereas canon elements may very well -- that is called making a new canon (see Christian schisms, or the different takes on vampires that exist all throughout literature and cinema). As such, it is no disservice to these canons to talk about the wizards of Harry Potter without talking about Hogwarts, nor is it to talk about one aspect of one canon of vampires without mentioning the others aspects. Heck we might very well write our *own* canon without any wizard school or vampires being immortal, and those versions wouldn't be any less "true".

Ironic that the literal vampire, Bill Gates, sponsored the video on vampires.

@lyrablack8621

2 жыл бұрын

Pfft

@SilverScarletSpider

2 жыл бұрын

Based. Thank you for sharing the truth pogchamp!

@lyrablack8621

2 жыл бұрын

@@mfmageiwatch I'm agreeing with you, it's funny and true

@mfmageiwatch

2 жыл бұрын

@@lyrablack8621 gotcha 😃

@kingplunger6033

2 жыл бұрын

what

Now a werewolf... now THATS a mythological creature you want to be

The werewolf appearance was so funny!

Vampires have evolved to process blood quickly

Now imagining Vampires constantly peeing themselves as they are sucking blood.

2:44 I love that Dracula, Alucard, Marceline, and Edward Cullen are featured learning from life's real vampires

Mosquitoes are monsters, no matter what. The rest can stay though.

So that's why Vampires can't sleep: They constantly have to go to the bathroom to pee

2:45 an absolutely incredible collection of friends :)

Man, when you said vampires would have to accommodate lots of water, I started to think about how a creature could deal with this with some way to releasing the water, of course, I thought in some farfetched way... I forgot animals could just pee...

They never show it but all the vampires in movies are peeing when they are feeding all the time

I love the sponsor. “In parternship with bill gates”. Not selling anything, no explanation, no “link in the description”, just a casual “Thanks Bill!” 😂

The problem about immune response is easily avoided by killing your food pack before feeding)

2:45 from the right, Dracula, Alucard from Castlevania, Marceline from Adventure time, Edward from twilight.

The thumbnail was wild