Why Some Animals Can't be Domesticated

Why didn't Africans on Zebra conquer the world? Why don't we have war bears?
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  • @triangulum8869
    @triangulum88693 жыл бұрын

    That “We’re top chicken” was the most aggresive sentence ever

  • @cdcdrr

    @cdcdrr

    3 жыл бұрын

    "I *am* the one who pecks!" - Winnebago White

  • @sabin97

    @sabin97

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cdcdrr heisenberg

  • @cambebertkhofta5495

    @cambebertkhofta5495

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's my favorite part

  • @max5845

    @max5845

    3 жыл бұрын

    I really want that to be a t-shirt

  • @gracehaven5459

    @gracehaven5459

    3 жыл бұрын

    Currently suffering from covid and depessed but this is the first sentence to make me chuckle the last several days 😅

  • @catfishwithwhiskers
    @catfishwithwhiskers3 жыл бұрын

    "Why did humans never domesticate tigers?" "Thermodynamics."

  • @7shinta7

    @7shinta7

    3 жыл бұрын

    And their dayjob. Don't forget trheir dayjob.

  • @kyleking3839

    @kyleking3839

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@7shinta7 well humans glorify tigers day jobs

  • @Broockle

    @Broockle

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Harrison Leon Tigers don't care about fingers, they'll take the jugular, eat your juiciest parts and then leave most of you for scavengers.

  • @nightradiance7287

    @nightradiance7287

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Broockle Fascinating.........

  • @poot72

    @poot72

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cats would eat us if they could.

  • @jefftaylor1186
    @jefftaylor1186 Жыл бұрын

    The misconception is that zebras are a variety of wild horse. They are definitely a variety of wild donkey.

  • @pompeii7839
    @pompeii7839 Жыл бұрын

    I feel like dogs were such an incredible find for domestication. In today's world where dogs are mostly kept just for fun, it's easy for people to forget what they really have to offer- not food or transportation but a dedicated workforce capable of performing complex jobs day-in, day-out, and happily. Watching border collies herd sheep will never not be impressive to me. And even today there are dogs doing vital work in our societies- aiding police and providing medical assistance.

  • @itsMe_TheHerpes

    @itsMe_TheHerpes

    Жыл бұрын

    cats are cool too. cats bring you food and other stuff they hunt. for ex, you may notice that cats who hunt birds or mice or even rabbits, will occasionally leave it on your shoes or something. also, cats are excellent at keeping pests away, thus making the house hold more hygienic. agricultural societies in general love cats, because cats keep rodents away from their crops.

  • @indian_otaku2388

    @indian_otaku2388

    Жыл бұрын

    @@itsMe_TheHerpes dogs can do everything but better

  • @lolaandjoe123

    @lolaandjoe123

    Жыл бұрын

    @@indian_otaku2388 I love dogs but that's not true. They're much, much worse at taking care of themselves for example.

  • @Min-nx4ti

    @Min-nx4ti

    Жыл бұрын

    i mean dogs are still used for a complex workfoce, as a Police Dog, Shepherd dog, Service dogs. see, Service dogs, because of their incredible sense of smell, are even trained to measure your blood sugar level and alert if its go up or down

  • @Shaker626

    @Shaker626

    Жыл бұрын

    Some dogs are even bred for meat.

  • @nydrm90
    @nydrm906 жыл бұрын

    You failed to disuade me from war bears

  • @Frostingale

    @Frostingale

    6 жыл бұрын

    Drew Martin search up wojtek. Wont be disappointed

  • @cdgonepotatoes4219

    @cdgonepotatoes4219

    6 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if they don't have reproduction issues in captivity but they do check the entire list except for maybe the fact they can crush your skull, a small omnivore elephant perhaps?

  • @palebluedot7435

    @palebluedot7435

    6 жыл бұрын

    The bear will disuade you

  • @mirzaahmed6589

    @mirzaahmed6589

    6 жыл бұрын

    *dissuade

  • @jaswik2023

    @jaswik2023

    5 жыл бұрын

    Drew Martin yesssss I want war bears

  • @tinnitusj1333
    @tinnitusj13333 жыл бұрын

    That’s why in Arabic zebras are called “حمار وحشي" meaning “savage donkey”

  • @naphackDT

    @naphackDT

    3 жыл бұрын

    fitting and on point.

  • @zack-ronald259

    @zack-ronald259

    3 жыл бұрын

    no it means "Demon donkey"

  • @iansteelmatheson

    @iansteelmatheson

    3 жыл бұрын

    either way it's great

  • @cashewsftw

    @cashewsftw

    3 жыл бұрын

    Closer to wild but yeah still correct

  • @sushihit2813

    @sushihit2813

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m a savage

  • @hopperjohn7207
    @hopperjohn7207 Жыл бұрын

    A friend of mine works in a zoo. He told me that zebras are responsible for more zookeeper injuries (of varying severity) than most if any other animals, at least in the USA.

  • @jeremyfisher8512
    @jeremyfisher8512 Жыл бұрын

    Submissive and feedable

  • @TheBestBoot
    @TheBestBoot4 жыл бұрын

    “But you know who’s really top chicken? *We’re top chicken”*

  • @CharllotteKatakuri

    @CharllotteKatakuri

    4 жыл бұрын

    😅

  • @mr.normalguy69

    @mr.normalguy69

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@EO-jr7li Dude, wtf?

  • @EO-jr7li

    @EO-jr7li

    4 жыл бұрын

    jonathan smith you’re acting offended, when all I did was state facts.

  • @mmjahink

    @mmjahink

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would totally buy a shirt with that message. This is coming from a vegetarian btw.

  • @swedneck

    @swedneck

    4 жыл бұрын

    A somewhat ominous statement

  • @lizp5004
    @lizp50044 жыл бұрын

    "war bears" sound awesome until your enemy attacks in the dead of winter &that tubby turd is off somewhere, sleepin' on the job

  • @eamonreidy9534

    @eamonreidy9534

    3 жыл бұрын

    This comment made my evening 😂

  • @apollo4294

    @apollo4294

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats why you gotta send all the bears before winter

  • @arnoldshmitt4969

    @arnoldshmitt4969

    3 жыл бұрын

    except in ancient times winter season basically meant fighting is over , try to move your army in winter season , lots of snow , plants not growing fruits , less to hunt , foraging is a nightmare , also winter effecting your soldiers and every body is having shit time so now campaigning in winter is not a good Idea for attacker and defender alike , but war bears in summer will kick most historic army ass all day long

  • @illusivec

    @illusivec

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bears don't actually have to hibernate. They do it, because finding enough food during winter is hard. If you give them food, they'll happily stay awake.

  • @arnoldshmitt4969

    @arnoldshmitt4969

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@illusivec nice fact

  • @jtrevor99
    @jtrevor99 Жыл бұрын

    The zebra/horse contrast is especially interesting if you also talk about the other domesticated equine. Asses generally don't fit the "family friendly" or "friendly" categories - they are usually solitary and they're notorious for being stubborn, especially when feral - yet domesticated asses, aka donkeys, still happened.

  • @patriciusvunkempen102

    @patriciusvunkempen102

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah and zebras were actualy tamed and somehwat domesticated by german colonial officials during the 19th century

  • @tyronechillifoot5573

    @tyronechillifoot5573

    Жыл бұрын

    @@patriciusvunkempen102 no they actually weren’t some what domesticated by German officers

  • @SilverSpoon_

    @SilverSpoon_

    Жыл бұрын

    Excuse me, as a pony I can assure you zebras are really different. We have freindship, harmony, built castles for our princess while they still have not found out how to even build a bridge not to get aten by crocodiles. Or lions.

  • @roddo1955

    @roddo1955

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop trying to make domesticated zebra happen; it's not going to happen.😉

  • @splashafrica

    @splashafrica

    Жыл бұрын

    I have access to old black and white pictures of zebras pulling carts in South Africa will make a video soon

  • @VestedUTuber
    @VestedUTuber Жыл бұрын

    "A cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house" ...Yes, actually. Although I will note that they _do_ count as domesticated because of how modern cats were selectively bred for looks.

  • @johnbox271

    @johnbox271

    Жыл бұрын

    Who domesticated whom? Domesticated - brought under control in order to provide food, power, or company - able or willing to do cleaning, cooking, and other jobs and to take care of offspring 🙂

  • @angeloortiz2769
    @angeloortiz27697 жыл бұрын

    "A cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house"

  • @AlchemistAlways

    @AlchemistAlways

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Zebras are bastards"

  • @jonskowitz

    @jonskowitz

    7 жыл бұрын

    ...and a Tiger's day job is murder

  • @tjahjobagaaa

    @tjahjobagaaa

    7 жыл бұрын

    Wow ok r00d

  • @bartrademaker4059

    @bartrademaker4059

    7 жыл бұрын

    "We're top CHICKEN."

  • @IRMentat

    @IRMentat

    7 жыл бұрын

    which is why our tiny tigers don't mind eating us if we happen do die in proximity to them.

  • @DoktorJammified
    @DoktorJammified4 жыл бұрын

    Horses and zebras lookalike but one of them is wearing classic prison costume for a reason.

  • @motanelustelistu

    @motanelustelistu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good one,good one :))) .I actually giggled at this :D ;) .

  • @jimmyday656

    @jimmyday656

    4 жыл бұрын

    I will never look at them the same.

  • @DylanBegazo

    @DylanBegazo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Lipscomb Nope

  • @lindairvine7679

    @lindairvine7679

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dukker Jammish 😂excellent 😂😂

  • @suprememasteroftheuniverse

    @suprememasteroftheuniverse

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Prison uniform

  • @shaunmcisaac782
    @shaunmcisaac782 Жыл бұрын

    Turns out there are lots of animals that you *could* domesticate if for some strange reason you wanted to spend the decades doing it. But they never were domesticated or were not until very recently. Belyayev's foxes for example. The process from Wild Fox -> Domesticated Silver Fox took about 20 or so generations. Easily doable in one persons lifetime. History picked Grey Wolves instead.

  • @DM-mi4je

    @DM-mi4je

    Жыл бұрын

    I like foxes but Grey Wolves would be more useful because of their size.

  • @user-pakshibhithi10

    @user-pakshibhithi10

    Жыл бұрын

    Foxes are domesticated in the 20th century. It's a time when we had enough technology and resources to capture any kind of animal. When we were hunter-gatherers, we didn't have the technology to trap any significant number of fast-moving animals which we cannot outrun. Also, wolves weren't trapped by humans and tamed, they too just happened to follow us like cats, but, because they were social animals, they trusted us more and were eventually domesticated, foxes aren't as brave as wolves to follow humans, and they also aren't as social as wolves to be domesticated by Hunter-gatherers. With today's technology, we can even domesticate Tigers and Lions, we just need to take some Tigers or Lions from Zoo, make them socialise with humans from an early age and make the friendlier Tigers breed with eachother and do that for a couple hundred years. You'll have Domestic Tigers and Lions. Although, I think Lions would become domesticated before Tigers, simply because of their social nature. We cannot expect Hunter-gatherers to be able to do the same things.

  • @kurtsnyder4752

    @kurtsnyder4752

    Жыл бұрын

    Kitsune may disagree.

  • @ElZilchoYo

    @ElZilchoYo

    Жыл бұрын

    We could domesticate any animal with enough time, technology and breeding, but this video is about what prehistoric humans were capable of doing.

  • @rapatacush3

    @rapatacush3

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-pakshibhithi10 foxes follow humies all the time, they know that if they act all cute, we'll feed them

  • @RJKYEG
    @RJKYEG Жыл бұрын

    "The Russian Farm-Fox Experiment is the best known experimental study in animal domestication. By subjecting a population of foxes to selection for tameness alone, Dimitry Belyaev generated foxes that possessed a suite of characteristics that mimicked those found across domesticated species."

  • @zeff8820

    @zeff8820

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't think they're domesticated

  • @reentrysfs6317

    @reentrysfs6317

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zeff8820 they have been changed for better human use although not perfectly yet.

  • @timetochronicle

    @timetochronicle

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@zeff8820 they aren't fully domesticated but they're a lot more tame than similar tame foxes in America. The domesticated Russian fox has more dog traits such as droopier ears and more fur variation. They're not as domesticated as the dog, but the point of the research is to understand how domestication worked.

  • @Cissy2cute

    @Cissy2cute

    Жыл бұрын

    Even their appearance began to change and they started to look more like dogs. It was not done deliberately. Amazing how nature develops new species.

  • @irmaosmatos4026

    @irmaosmatos4026

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Cissy2cute when the survival pressure of camouflage dissapears, domesticated animals all have very different colours from the wild ones, donkeys and dromedaries being exceptions.

  • @Chocl8215
    @Chocl82157 жыл бұрын

    "zebra are bastards." -CGP Grey

  • @non1263

    @non1263

    7 жыл бұрын

    Fuck off. :(

  • @Chocl8215

    @Chocl8215

    7 жыл бұрын

    Quizzical Zebra hey man, just restating.

  • @TheParadox1010

    @TheParadox1010

    7 жыл бұрын

    "We're top chicken" -CGP grey

  • @jaschabull2365

    @jaschabull2365

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Pain In The Ass Animal" More like "Pain In The Ass Ass"

  • @thehumbleguy9697

    @thehumbleguy9697

    7 жыл бұрын

    +TheParadox1010 Yeabest Part😂😂😂😂

  • @davidp.7620
    @davidp.76203 жыл бұрын

    "A cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house" I couldn't have said it better.

  • @stanleyhape8427

    @stanleyhape8427

    3 жыл бұрын

    I adopted a cat from the shelter. Well it was a feral cat. Now i have a 18 pound cat that would have no problem murdering me.

  • @incognitonegress3453

    @incognitonegress3453

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats y I dont funk with them. No!

  • @prajwalbharambe343

    @prajwalbharambe343

    3 жыл бұрын

    My cat is very kind and never hurts anyone. But keeps meowing all day.

  • @Cissy2cute

    @Cissy2cute

    2 жыл бұрын

    And cats are basically solitary animals. They don't live in herds. If one accepts you as a partner, it is because it was the cat's decision, not yours. They also decide when to play, and when to call it off. Some people like them better than dogs because of cats' independent nature.

  • @makarishnaik6869

    @makarishnaik6869

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @plazmafield
    @plazmafield Жыл бұрын

    Zebras also lack a strong enough spine to support the weight of an adult male for strenuous riding activities. As such, this may have been an additional factor for them not becoming the horse alternative.

  • @rayrowley4013
    @rayrowley4013 Жыл бұрын

    You hinted at it, but I think it is also important that they have many offspring. Not just a short reproductive cycle (though that helps) but many offspring over their lifetime. This gives you many chances to find the best one and speeds up the artificial selection pressures.

  • @volpelastname6951

    @volpelastname6951

    Жыл бұрын

    He didn't hint at it, he directly stated it. He said they need to be "fecund" which means "extremely fertile and able to produce offspring in abundance"

  • @TisMeNibroc
    @TisMeNibroc4 жыл бұрын

    I like to think that we domesticated Horses because someone dared a friend to jump on a horses back and it just worked

  • @mattiasdahlstrom2024

    @mattiasdahlstrom2024

    4 жыл бұрын

    So you mean after beer was invented?

  • @nasbuscus

    @nasbuscus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mattias Dahlström Less beer more *Prehistoric Alcohol*

  • @femjav

    @femjav

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nonono. Guy: "would you like to see my wood carvings tonight? They're in my tent" Girl: "If you get me a horse and ride it first" Guy:....!

  • @Pedro76mchlkg

    @Pedro76mchlkg

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s quite plausible. Rodeo was probably one of the first sports of mankind.

  • @ivanmartinovic7303

    @ivanmartinovic7303

    4 жыл бұрын

    Horses were in fact used for millennia before riding them became their foremost job. Before that they were used to pull things, like chariots. And they were much much smaller in their first, original iteration.

  • @ragingfurball5419
    @ragingfurball54194 жыл бұрын

    "Their dayjob is MURDER." Ok... that alone earned my like.

  • @mirsad96

    @mirsad96

    4 жыл бұрын

    Murder is when you kill your own species. So you liked an inaccuracy.

  • @Areshod

    @Areshod

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mirsad96 keep being a pedantic bitch

  • @ragingfurball5419

    @ragingfurball5419

    4 жыл бұрын

    1. Yes, because it was funny. 2. That's not the only definition of murder (check Merriam-Websters). 3. Sometimes they do kill they're own species. 4. While you're on the dictionary website, look up 'hyperbole'.

  • @alexanderhamilton8585

    @alexanderhamilton8585

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house. I had to pet my kitty when I heard that and call him "Are you my tiny TIGER?! Yes you ARE! YES you are."

  • @DuckyGoose74

    @DuckyGoose74

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ragingfurball5419 it's their not they're

  • @dingusdingus2152
    @dingusdingus2152 Жыл бұрын

    Wild horse herd dynamics are as follows: the dominant stallion is not the herd leader, he brings up the rear and fights off predators and fends off challenges from subdominant stallions. The herd leader is the dominant mare who decides where to go and when. She also establishes the social pecking order. This may not be a crucial point for the video but I enjoy imparting accurate information

  • @Counterpoint1951

    @Counterpoint1951

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for pointing this out. It annoys me when people claim that the herd stallion is the leader.

  • @weloveTM123

    @weloveTM123

    Жыл бұрын

    That's actually an overrated myth. Some wild herds may not have a lead mare, but they will always have a dominant stallion who is in charge and yes, he does bring up the rear and protects the herd, but the lead mare (that is, if they have one) cannot do anything without the consent of the herd stallion. The band can exist without the lead mare, yet they cannot survive without a lead stallion. This is a crucial thing to remember about wild horse herds. The lead stallion is the heart that holds the entire band together, without him, they will scatter and be stolen by other rogue bachelor studs. And people that claim that the herd stallion is the "leader" are absolutely correct. Just speak to any wild horse expert, Mustang enthusiast and photographer. Their dynamics are incredibly fascinating, but I have yet to see a herd without a lead stallion (not including the bachelor herds) and yet there are plenty of wild herds without a lead mare. Lead mare either exists, doesn't or three/four mares share those responsibilities among each other. Lead stallion however, is indispensable and a vital part of the herd survival.

  • @dingusdingus2152

    @dingusdingus2152

    Жыл бұрын

    I stand corrected

  • @SirZeck

    @SirZeck

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dingusdingus2152 no

  • @marcusdaloia2974
    @marcusdaloia2974 Жыл бұрын

    It should be noted that cats do have a sort of family structure; they form communities and colonies and take care of each-other but they don't *hunt* together is a big part of what sets them apart from dogs which, ironically, actually makes them more suitable for domesticated then dogs; they hunt small animals, pests, which humans don't eat, as opposed to dogs which hunt and eat large animals together, which makes them feedable.

  • @TheJwb7111
    @TheJwb71118 жыл бұрын

    Favorite quotes: "WE'RE TOP CHICKEN" "The cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house"

  • @OmegaShanic

    @OmegaShanic

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TheJwb7111 "Obviously catching a carnivore is a bad idea anyway because their day job is MURDER..."

  • @Ochoaj300

    @Ochoaj300

    8 жыл бұрын

    SAME

  • @NickHorvath

    @NickHorvath

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TheJwb7111 I literally LOLed when he said "We're top chicken".

  • @Macconator2010

    @Macconator2010

    8 жыл бұрын

    +OmegaShanic Sneaking up on a gazelle rhymes with LOL.

  • @AndresNaulaB

    @AndresNaulaB

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TheJwb7111 this video is so quotable!

  • @jacksoniansonex9235
    @jacksoniansonex92354 жыл бұрын

    4:54 Incorrect. A cat is a tiny tiger that lets you live in its house.

  • @veralenora4033

    @veralenora4033

    4 жыл бұрын

    CGP Grey: You're missing something. The current domestication of wild foxes. So far, 90 generations and the project is still going. Lots of implications about domesticating "wild" species we might find useful.

  • @WeeHobbit87

    @WeeHobbit87

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Chris Kibodeaux that's what your cat wants you to think

  • @Ghostwasabi

    @Ghostwasabi

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Chris Kibodeaux you are being played!

  • @WeeHobbit87

    @WeeHobbit87

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Chris Kibodeaux That's how they get you. They pretend to be cute and dumb. But in reality, they're masterminds that get the stupid humans to serve them.

  • @WeeHobbit87

    @WeeHobbit87

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Chris Kibodeaux Mate, chill, don't gotta get your panties in a twist over this

  • @watermelonhelmet6854
    @watermelonhelmet6854 Жыл бұрын

    There is a species of frog called a Microhylid that's developed a symbiotic relationship with multiple large Spider species. These frogs are small enough that they would make a very easy meal for the Spider, but they live in close quarters with each other with the Spider essentially acting like the Frog's bodyguard. Why? Because most of the Frog's natural predators won't mess with the Spider and will stay clear... and the frog eats ants which are a natural predator of spider eggs. They have a symbiotic relationship. The Spider will tolerate and even defend the frog instead of eating it, and the frog earns its keep by 'protecting' the spider's eggs. Depending on what way you look at it, either the frog has a pet spider that it's domesticated and trained to protect it...or the Spider has a pet frog that it's domesticated and trained to protect its eggs. Why am I telling you this? Because that's basically our relationship with cats. We didn't domesticate cats. We basically domesticated each other. The cats realized that life was way easier where the humans were... and we benefited from letting them stick around. They got free food and shelter and we got an animal that hunted and killed vermin.

  • @Ihadnofirst
    @Ihadnofirst Жыл бұрын

    1:07 "because their day job is *murder*" caught me by surprise and made me laugh so hard. Note to self: domesticate the animals that don't "moonlight in murder." 🤣

  • @TowelGard
    @TowelGard5 жыл бұрын

    Dogs are a machine that turns steak into... *Friendship!!*

  • @catkook543

    @catkook543

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, doggos are omnivores :P And they can do quite alot -emotion support -hunt -slead dogs And more stuff . Though I'm personally a cat person

  • @mslightbulb

    @mslightbulb

    4 жыл бұрын

    cat kook our dog loved lentels.

  • @catkook543

    @catkook543

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mslightbulb lentels?

  • @martinxy1291

    @martinxy1291

    4 жыл бұрын

    You do not want to go to china

  • @catkook543

    @catkook543

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@martinxy1291 I don't like China

  • @NoobFish23
    @NoobFish238 жыл бұрын

    I want "We're top chicken!" on a t-shirt.

  • @firewolf1814

    @firewolf1814

    8 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @kalebbruwer

    @kalebbruwer

    7 жыл бұрын

    you're gonna chicken out and not buy one

  • @gaspardvuk9065

    @gaspardvuk9065

    7 жыл бұрын

    Make sure to send me a link when it gets avalible

  • @davidplayhard

    @davidplayhard

    7 жыл бұрын

    you know what I want on a tshirt? "Exploit Family Values"

  • @RafaAnto

    @RafaAnto

    7 жыл бұрын

    I want the "a cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house". That cracked me up.

  • @foxashock6161
    @foxashock6161 Жыл бұрын

    Once I was in a wild strawberry field and I realised that the strawberries were litterally 1 cm in length.

  • @484berkshire
    @484berkshire Жыл бұрын

    CGP Grey: "Herbivores should eat something that's everywhere that you CAN'T eat." Americans: *Feed cows corn.*

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    Жыл бұрын

    And what fish shall we eat? I know, lets choose the very top of the food chain, the most intensive carnivores we can find, so salmon, tuna & prawns maybe?

  • @visual7150

    @visual7150

    Жыл бұрын

    Corn is heavily subsidized by the US government, so there's incentive for people to make as much corn as possible. That's why we use "corn syrup" instead of real sugar as well.

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    Жыл бұрын

    @@visual7150 yup & bio-fuel. It's crazy, cause if cows must eat corn, then the whole plants harvested early as silage is what's best for them & gives them the best growth rates, but those subsidies mean it's more profitable for farmers to grow to maturity & throw away the rest of the plant & just keep the kernels as cow food, even though that loses most of the crop's calorie value when fed to cows & messes with their rumen, that's designed to eat grass not grain

  • @Egilhelmson

    @Egilhelmson

    Жыл бұрын

    The varieties of “corn” that are fed to cattle are usually not especially edible by humans. Also, the cows are usually just finished on maize for their last month, and eat grass for the rest of their lives.

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Egilhelmson none of that is true

  • @iquipthedip
    @iquipthedip3 жыл бұрын

    There’s an alternate reality where ostriches are the main way of transport, and I want to live there

  • @jamesthegreatbeast8171

    @jamesthegreatbeast8171

    3 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @anonymouscausewhynot

    @anonymouscausewhynot

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @BlazerT48

    @BlazerT48

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Are You Going To Do The 'Ora Ora' Thing? you make it sounds like you have ridden an ostrich... or have you?

  • @NA-vh1ny

    @NA-vh1ny

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chocobos in final fantasy

  • @silenus3381

    @silenus3381

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Godlysunfury , dont forget to mention about nanobots we added their blood.

  • @sneakyzebra
    @sneakyzebra8 жыл бұрын

    Yeah you can try and domesticate us!

  • @iiireeeneee

    @iiireeeneee

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @vayonan2995

    @vayonan2995

    8 жыл бұрын

    this is the best comment ever

  • @TheJwb7111

    @TheJwb7111

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sneaky Zebra well played!

  • @Super165i

    @Super165i

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sneaky Zebra ha

  • @demilung

    @demilung

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sneaky Zebra I'd prefer to keep all my fingers.

  • @fyukfy2366
    @fyukfy2366 Жыл бұрын

    My dog barking at me to pet him while grey says "dogs live to be useful to us" was excellent comedic timing by both parties

  • @thegamingpigeon3216
    @thegamingpigeon3216 Жыл бұрын

    The thing I love about the "cats are just tiny tigers that live in your house" bit? *It's 1000000% correct*

  • @Szgerle

    @Szgerle

    Жыл бұрын

    its completely incorrect though

  • @kommandokenny12345

    @kommandokenny12345

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Szgerlehater

  • @Szgerle

    @Szgerle

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kommandokenny12345 Keep crying

  • @about47t-rexes12
    @about47t-rexes128 жыл бұрын

    i died at "we're top chicken"

  • @theevilmeister

    @theevilmeister

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'M... TOP CHICKEN 0_0

  • @Scratchy314

    @Scratchy314

    7 жыл бұрын

    IM TOP CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @dutchandepic1691

    @dutchandepic1691

    7 жыл бұрын

    He had me at: zebras are bastards

  • @JLucas_RS

    @JLucas_RS

    7 жыл бұрын

    PECK PECK PECK

  • @danielsjohnson

    @danielsjohnson

    7 жыл бұрын

    About 47 T-Rexes Now I know where the phrase "establish the pecking order" came from.

  • @TheBigRedskull
    @TheBigRedskull3 жыл бұрын

    “Because zebras, are bastards” is my favorite Grey quote

  • @katevgrady

    @katevgrady

    3 жыл бұрын

    They live to kick and bite, they are a PITAA [pain in the ass animal]

  • @jermainebrown8604

    @jermainebrown8604

    3 жыл бұрын

    Idk that WE ARE TOP CHICKEN comment had me dying

  • @PS-vr1uv

    @PS-vr1uv

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jermainebrown8604 same

  • @teainnit27

    @teainnit27

    2 жыл бұрын

    That quote was at the same video as "WE'RE TOP CHICKEN".

  • @alexhunter-meier

    @alexhunter-meier

    Жыл бұрын

    @@katevgrady Just deal with it :] We would be the best footballers though, but instead of a ball, we kick lions.

  • @WestVirginia1959
    @WestVirginia1959 Жыл бұрын

    Shay Inman of Roanoke, VA, bought a zebra from someone in Texas. She has been training horses for a long time and although she has gotten her zebra named Joey to be ridden for a short time, that is all. She said Joey has been the toughest to train.

  • @bernier42
    @bernier42 Жыл бұрын

    Now I want Grey to make a shirt with his avatar and the words “TOP CHICKEN”.

  • @ReksratYTB
    @ReksratYTB5 жыл бұрын

    We're top chicken needs to be on a shirt

  • @catkook543

    @catkook543

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @cypheri1339

    @cypheri1339

    4 жыл бұрын

    Speaking as someone who has chickens, they're 100% not wrong. That's literally the easiest way to manage a flock, especially if you have birds who are of a breed that is typically more aggressive than your average fluffy layer breed. If the dominant rooster respects you, so will the rest of the flock. My current dominant rooster begs for chin scratches, so I'd say we're good.

  • @loki2240

    @loki2240

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cypheri1339 - The roosters didn't respect me, when I was a little kid collecting eggs for my grandparents. I was scared, but they didn't actually peck or scratch me. But they put on a pretty big show of toughness.

  • @Delgen1951

    @Delgen1951

    4 жыл бұрын

    Remember a Chicken is just a small feathered Raptor type of Dinosaur that goes insane when it see blood and will try to kill what ever is bleeding.

  • @hgfgh7149

    @hgfgh7149

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Delgen1951 thats so true. There ancestor is the T-rex by the way and not the raptor

  • @Syryu
    @Syryu4 жыл бұрын

    Domesticating Horses: Horse #1: Oh, that two-legged creature just mounted our leader. Horse #2: I guess that creature is our leader now Domesticating Zebras: Zebra #3451: Oh no! That two-legged creature just captured Marty! Zebra #3452: .... who?

  • @joksizantos7520

    @joksizantos7520

    4 жыл бұрын

    That reference 😂 now i understand they do not give a crap about each other

  • @Concretizer

    @Concretizer

    4 жыл бұрын

    One of the best references around

  • @PavarottiAardvark

    @PavarottiAardvark

    4 жыл бұрын

    Except Zebra's *do* have top males within the group. They form the same families as horses.

  • @ousamadearu5960

    @ousamadearu5960

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PavarottiAardvark but because the top males live in the same herd, hell Marty will not care if Jack gets eaten.

  • @PavarottiAardvark

    @PavarottiAardvark

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ousamadearu5960 But they don't always live in those big herds. It's mostly a migration thing. So it's entirely possible to identify and catch the lead male

  • @pupper5580
    @pupper5580 Жыл бұрын

    In Finland under Swedish rule the Swedes outlawed moose riding, because a crazy Finn riding a moose was impossible for the police to catch. True story.

  • @artfrontgalleries1818
    @artfrontgalleries1818 Жыл бұрын

    I have cats. They live with me and Susan in a nicely sized 8th floor apartment in a City. I am not part of a pack or a herd, I am a littermate. They harass me, yell at me, demand y attention but are always ready to sit on my lap(or chest, or crotch) if they feel I am ill or depressed or stressed. They help my blood pressure, mental health and stress levels without slobbering on me, threatening my neighbors or needing a walk outside. These guys are better than you think...at least to me

  • @philipstuckey4922
    @philipstuckey49228 жыл бұрын

    "cats are tiny tigers that live in your house"

  • @lpburrows

    @lpburrows

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Philip Stuckey Straight up lost it.

  • @chuckbowen1212

    @chuckbowen1212

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Philip Stuckey There is a cat in the house I live in, I am literally the only person that can pet it. And even then, it will swat me if I stop petting. Crazy buggers.

  • @abyssstrider2547

    @abyssstrider2547

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chuck Bowen my cat loves me tho

  • @abyssstrider2547

    @abyssstrider2547

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chuck Bowen she runs toward people and cuddles with them

  • @juliaprohaska9295

    @juliaprohaska9295

    6 жыл бұрын

    Clearly not a cat person, this one 😂

  • @exadeci
    @exadeci4 жыл бұрын

    "Herbivores that aren't picky" Shows Koala, one of the only ones that feed on the worst source of energy and that can die of hunger if the leaves are on the ground because they don't recognize it as food when not on the tree.

  • @magiv4205

    @magiv4205

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that's what he meant lol

  • @feynstein1004

    @feynstein1004

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao mate

  • @postman6553

    @postman6553

    4 жыл бұрын

    koalas are retarded

  • @metaouroboros690

    @metaouroboros690

    4 жыл бұрын

    Never forget that koalas are LITERALLY smooth brained.

  • @feynstein1004

    @feynstein1004

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Admiral Ackbeard What's that supposed to mean?

  • @lawrencenjawe9875
    @lawrencenjawe9875 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, entertaining and informative footage...The humour that's dotting the entire discourse on this video is infectious 😁😁😁

  • @megavieh
    @megavieh Жыл бұрын

    Can't tell you how much I enjoy the alliteration on your checklist. Well done!

  • @carlalm6100
    @carlalm61004 жыл бұрын

    You did not mention that cats are kind of unique in the way they "domesticated" themselves, choosing to live by our side for an easier life and abundance of prey.

  • @pisces2569

    @pisces2569

    4 жыл бұрын

    Carl Alm or how rats and mice are the only animals domesticated solely for experimentation.

  • @carlalm6100

    @carlalm6100

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pisces2569 like rabbits, some people actually keep them as pets.

  • @Omnifarious0

    @Omnifarious0

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cats will latch on to any friendly large mammal in the vicinity. There are a few stories about horses and cats having a bond.

  • @Doxymeister

    @Doxymeister

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Omnifarious0 Yup. I used to breed miniature horses for show, and had a Siamese-type with a short tail, that used to jump up on my little stud horse, sit up there like he was surveying his kingdom, LOL. He was kind of a weird horse, though--he had an odd relationship with the wild turkey's living down on our creek bottom. They'd come up at feeding time, try to steal the horses' oats, and my little stallion would put on a big show of running them off--the turkey's would congregate just on the outside of the fence, puff up their feathers and put on a show. Hysterical!

  • @catkook543

    @catkook543

    4 жыл бұрын

    We got cats because mice wanted to eat our spare food And cats wanted to eat mice and started being ok with being around humans

  • @DheerajBhaskar
    @DheerajBhaskar6 жыл бұрын

    "Zebras are bastards" - CGP Gray

  • @MishMill

    @MishMill

    5 жыл бұрын

    How does a zebra, orphan, son of a -bleep- and a Scotsman,

  • @randomperson2078

    @randomperson2078

    5 жыл бұрын

    I want him to go catch an alpha wolf and watch as its family automatically makes him its leader.

  • @Terrekain

    @Terrekain

    5 жыл бұрын

    Zebras WERE successfully domesticated by virtually every European country that colonized Africa. They discarded it because the Zebra was not as efficient as the horse, not because it wasn't possible. So that fact kind of blows Grey's theory apart. But if you domesticated Zebras over centuries, the result would be similar to that of any other equine species. The reason this didn't happen in Subsahara Africa is the same reason Europeans and Asians (who also visited Africa centuries ago) never found ANY domesticated animals in Africa; the people who inhabited the region. Subsaharan Africans didn't have the necessary civilization and intelligence to domesticate animals. Look, people have been making excuses for why Africans (and Latin Americans) failed to develop institutions indicative of higher civilization; it boils down to political correctness. But the bottom line is that you can literally domesticate ANY animal (including a human) if you're motivated enough and have the intelligence. The European colonists in SS Africa, for a time, had both the motivation and the intelligence, so they started domesticating the abundant Zebra - before modern transportation allowed them to import and start breeding large numbers of horses and work animals which were stronger, faster, and saved them the work of having to breed generations of Zebra over centuries. The Africans? The Zebra, water buffalo, Jackal (dog), Okapi, Warthog, etc were excellent "raw material" to mold if a civilized (settled) culture could make use of them, and would look very different today if a more intelligent civilization (and people) inhabited the region over millenia (similarly, the "indigenous wild animals" in Europe and Asia would look VERY different today if those regions were originally inhabited by black or brown people. It wasn't for lack of opportunity or potential benefit that black and brown people didn't domesticate ANY animals - it was for lack of the ability to do so.

  • @Terrekain

    @Terrekain

    5 жыл бұрын

    Grey is a smart guy for the most part, but even he can slip into political correctness, if inadvertently. For one thing, he makes the argument that horses and dogs have a hierarchical structure and thinks this is an "accident". Ummm...no. If they didn't have a controllable or social structure to benefit humans, they'd have been hunted (or slaughtered) into extinction like many other horse and dog breeds in the rest of the civilized world. Literally every farmer and breeder in the world understands that they can control the temperament, social structure, intelligence, etc. of their animals. From shepherd dogs to human parents. A good father, for example, will foster a child and provide incentives and punishments which will motivate (if not coerce) his child to mate with a partner of desired qualities (intelligence, beauty, productivity, etc). There have been beekeepers who've experimented with breeding hives of "laying workers" - which became destructive and unproductive (as expected). What did they do with these dysfunctional hives? They killed them (not that they would have survived long anyway, but better to not let the drones spread bad genetics).

  • @gluesniffingdude

    @gluesniffingdude

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Terrekain Fairly sure zebras were TAMED, not DOMESTICATED. Of course that's just what a quick Google search tells me, if you have more evidence I'm glad to hear it.

  • @computerjantje
    @computerjantje Жыл бұрын

    I LOVE this video. Short and to the point filled with light info brought in a funny attaching way. This is a great video. Thank you CGP Grey. I am going to watch a few more video by you now.

  • @mapsmalo
    @mapsmalo Жыл бұрын

    can someone tell me where this shot 4:41 was taken? it's beautiful

  • @ceooflettuce8768
    @ceooflettuce87684 жыл бұрын

    "War bears will not happen" Poland: *YOU DARE OPPOSE ME MORTAL?*

  • @matheuscerqueira7952

    @matheuscerqueira7952

    4 жыл бұрын

    Man, I was thinking about that historia civilis video Edit: turns out you were talking about wojtek

  • @youssefshidid2229

    @youssefshidid2229

    4 жыл бұрын

    Few will understand this gem lol

  • @dreamer6432

    @dreamer6432

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha saw that video earlier

  • @victorserrano7939

    @victorserrano7939

    4 жыл бұрын

    I jst saw the video of the artillery carrying bear 😂

  • @nameisontheprofilepix

    @nameisontheprofilepix

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cannon loader bears are the best

  • @tzisorey
    @tzisorey4 жыл бұрын

    "If it's in a circus, it's tamed" I dunno - I'm not sure I've seen a clown I'd consider "tame"...

  • @tzisorey

    @tzisorey

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@outlanderwraith r/whoooosh

  • @roecocoa

    @roecocoa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget Pacifist J and Fluffy 2 Dope, founding members of TCP.

  • @gagandeepsingh7789

    @gagandeepsingh7789

    4 жыл бұрын

    You won't get it

  • @diablominero

    @diablominero

    4 жыл бұрын

    They wouldn't risk having it in a circus near a crowd if it weren't tamed or domesticated.

  • @harrybetteridge7532

    @harrybetteridge7532

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pennywise wasn't in a circus that explains a lot.

  • @Steve-vf7se
    @Steve-vf7se5 ай бұрын

    A zebra is a horse, but with colors. A giraffe is also a horse, but with a long neck. Different kinds of horses are bigger and stronger than you think. I love this🐎🦒

  • @claudevieaul1465
    @claudevieaul1465 Жыл бұрын

    Zebra: "Doctor, I think I'm a little hoarse" Doctor: "Well, you look the right size to me"

  • @BrianKelly_LettheGamesBegin
    @BrianKelly_LettheGamesBegin7 жыл бұрын

    You had me at warbears...

  • @AlchemistAlways

    @AlchemistAlways

    7 жыл бұрын

    Had me at Top Chicken

  • @camramaster

    @camramaster

    7 жыл бұрын

    I lost it at "their day job is MURDER"

  • @justAguyDs

    @justAguyDs

    7 жыл бұрын

    I want a warbear

  • @hubertdyzmond6475

    @hubertdyzmond6475

    7 жыл бұрын

    Here you go wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)

  • @chaosherald8879

    @chaosherald8879

    7 жыл бұрын

    Play kislev.

  • @ScarletCypher
    @ScarletCypher8 жыл бұрын

    I need the meme I'm Top Chicken to be a thing.

  • @Omar-cz7ox

    @Omar-cz7ox

    8 жыл бұрын

    No

  • @jujubeets3653

    @jujubeets3653

    8 жыл бұрын

    +NDAIA Yes!

  • @Dorgilo

    @Dorgilo

    8 жыл бұрын

    +NDAIA Or in the form of a t-shirt?

  • @andythepanhead

    @andythepanhead

    8 жыл бұрын

    +NDAIA make one via www.reddit.com/r/cgpgreymemes/ we are thinking way ahead of you.

  • @berserk-in9cl

    @berserk-in9cl

    8 жыл бұрын

    +andythepanhead They really do have a sub for anything, I'm incredibly scared now of all the possibilities

  • @maywalker997
    @maywalker997 Жыл бұрын

    The 4 factors are also widely theorized why some societies (such as the aborigine ones of Australia) remained largerly hunter gatherer ones until their discovery due to the lack decent domestication options in native fauna. The Victorians often equated civilization as equalling intelligence, but the development of settled societies after the last Ice Age ended were actually more down to pot luck factors such as local geography, climate and local fauna/flora options available than anything else.

  • @jimhalpert0
    @jimhalpert0 Жыл бұрын

    I would love a video on the domestication of budgies and how their colours were made by human intervention.

  • @nikhilanandpandit8644

    @nikhilanandpandit8644

    Жыл бұрын

    jim

  • @jimhalpert0

    @jimhalpert0

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nikhilanandpandit8644 nikhil

  • @roselandron1591
    @roselandron15916 жыл бұрын

    "You've got to be kidding, elephants, there's no time for this" -CGP Grey

  • @msmaria5039

    @msmaria5039

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wait, when humans start becoming immortal, they can start domesticating elephants?

  • @Deathnotefan97

    @Deathnotefan97

    5 жыл бұрын

    And now I'm imagining a fantasy setting where elves have domesticated elephants

  • @TracinyaLachance

    @TracinyaLachance

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Deathnotefan97 How about a fantasy setting where elves have domesticated HUMANS?

  • @Deathnotefan97

    @Deathnotefan97

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TracinyaLachance Humans are too stupid and high maintenance for elves to bother domesticating them, they'd get a much better return out of elephants Maybe the Dwarves would be up to the task of domesticating humans?

  • @amandaamanda5398

    @amandaamanda5398

    4 жыл бұрын

    But a beautiful bonsai tree needs dozens of years to shape.......

  • @CaptainSuzySparrow
    @CaptainSuzySparrow5 жыл бұрын

    "But you know who's really top chicken? WE'RE TOP CHICKEN."

  • @danw6014

    @danw6014

    4 жыл бұрын

    When I watched dogs lead their owners around I don't think that idea is as true as it should be.

  • @henk-3098

    @henk-3098

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@danw6014 Yeah dogs don't see us as part of the pack, they know we're different. That's why a dog acts differently when he's playing with another dog instead of a human.

  • @danw6014

    @danw6014

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@henk-3098 actually they can see humans as part of the pack but what I was really getting at is more often than not the dog is the pack leader and not the human. I see it in horses too. They walk all over their owners but I will not allow horses to push on me and I keep the fact that horses are stronger than me a closely guarded secret.

  • @Delgen1951

    @Delgen1951

    4 жыл бұрын

    When was the last time you fought a rooster? Chickens go absolutely insane when they see blood and try to kill the one bleeding..True fact.

  • @IrvingIV

    @IrvingIV

    4 жыл бұрын

    www.customink.com/designs/topchicken/ywy0-00bz-5n0z/share?pc=EMAIL-40778&

  • @beuxjmusic
    @beuxjmusic Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! Great choice of subject, clean video, well narrated!

  • @kulled
    @kulled Жыл бұрын

    this is my second favorite cgp grey video

  • @davidndiulor8428
    @davidndiulor84287 жыл бұрын

    "Carnivores... their day-job is murder" CGP Grey 2016

  • @marisabel5500

    @marisabel5500

    7 жыл бұрын

    yeah xD As if humans don't totally murder animals more than any other things ever in the history of earth hahaha

  • @briansouthparkstudio1357

    @briansouthparkstudio1357

    7 жыл бұрын

    that's just because theirs so many of us to do the killing

  • @MSpencer1998

    @MSpencer1998

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but plenty of omnivores moonlight in murder

  • @GetsugaTensho85

    @GetsugaTensho85

    6 жыл бұрын

    MarI sabel Our day job is murder too!

  • @mexicanmuslim

    @mexicanmuslim

    6 жыл бұрын

    David Ndiulor Thats a good line and its true.

  • @72fja
    @72fja7 жыл бұрын

    WE'RE TOP CHICKEN, that needs to be on a shirt

  • @haggis2210

    @haggis2210

    7 жыл бұрын

    Guazuru yeaaas

  • @Henchman1977

    @Henchman1977

    7 жыл бұрын

    haggis22 I was just thinking that too.

  • @EstherHulst-Artist

    @EstherHulst-Artist

    7 жыл бұрын

    me too lol I was laughing so hard

  • @user-mv3hv1uj3s

    @user-mv3hv1uj3s

    7 жыл бұрын

    sorry..can someone explain what does that means actually?

  • @72fja

    @72fja

    7 жыл бұрын

    The chickens fight amongst themselves to see who is the strongest, the top chicken, but in reality humans are top chicken.

  • @theanswerisa3758
    @theanswerisa3758 Жыл бұрын

    Question. Does this list of requirements mean we could potentially domesticate opossums?

  • @tranquilthoughts7233

    @tranquilthoughts7233

    Жыл бұрын

    With modern bookkeeping we could potentially domesticate any animal. But why would you want to domesticate opossums?

  • @theanswerisa3758

    @theanswerisa3758

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tranquilthoughts7233 Honestly I just pulled them out of my ass because they seem to fit into the list of requirements mentioned here. They’re pretty cute though.

  • @lauranolastnamegiven3385
    @lauranolastnamegiven3385 Жыл бұрын

    4:10 - actually, that's incorrect, in the wild (and feral herds), horses actually travel with the top mare at the front of the herd, the herd stallion brings up the rear, making sure no one is left behind (often zig-zagging back and forth), but the top mare's in the lead, deciding where to go

  • @rzkzkr20
    @rzkzkr204 жыл бұрын

    CGP Grey: **long explanation about dogs being the best pet** Me as a cat person: **waiting impatiently for the explanation of cats** CGP Grey: whereas a cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house Me: ok i'll take that

  • @ceil5001

    @ceil5001

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, me too lol!! Cats rule

  • @lemon.c0rd

    @lemon.c0rd

    4 жыл бұрын

    Animal rules

  • @ano_nym

    @ano_nym

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kinda cool with a tiny tiger tbh.

  • @JMZReview

    @JMZReview

    4 жыл бұрын

    D O G S ! ! !

  • @georockstar09

    @georockstar09

    4 жыл бұрын

    Though to be fair cats were simply pest-contollers that, to better survive around humans, they had to become friendly. Which is an unusual trend in domestication.

  • @DrDeathpwnsu
    @DrDeathpwnsu3 жыл бұрын

    "A dude on a horse was the best internet at the time." Yep, and having a horse back then was like going from dial-up to broadband.

  • @logreene1071

    @logreene1071

    3 жыл бұрын

    And that's how we use them to measure engine output, Horse Power!

  • @lunasagaming5801

    @lunasagaming5801

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@khaledchowdhury9220 dial up was a way of internet that used phone lines, and if someone was on the phone, you couldn't use the internet.

  • @Schadrach42

    @Schadrach42

    3 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, a dude in a truck is the highest bandwidth internet available overland, assuming you fill the truck with large hard disks. *TERRIBLE* ping, but absurdly high bandwidth.

  • @edwardshalash2607

    @edwardshalash2607

    3 жыл бұрын

    No it wasn't ... Pigeons carrying letters were.

  • @redstateforever

    @redstateforever

    3 жыл бұрын

    Crazy to think there are still people alive who were born when horses were still a very common mode of transportation. Can you imagine what a pain it would be to have to keep and maintain horses just to go anywhere? I live in a suburb where everything I need is within a 10-15 minute drive, but that’s a heckuva long way to walk. It’s just so weird that we are only a few generations removed from that. Especially when horses were it for all the thousands of years before then.

  • @KAZVorpal
    @KAZVorpal Жыл бұрын

    What are the ostensible thirteen domesticated animals? The video cuts off part of the map. Missing are chickens, yaks...and what else? And it looks like turkeys, geese, ducks, and swans are all forgotten.

  • @richdobbs6595

    @richdobbs6595

    Жыл бұрын

    The 13 or so large domesticated animals are roughly: Sheep, Goat, Cattle (Bos Taurus and Bos Indicus), Pig, Horse, Dromedary Camel, Bactrian Camel, Llama, Donkey, Reindeer, Water Buffalo, Yak. This number is approximate, since some crudely domesticated animals like onagers where abandoned when better alternatives came about. Also there are some other border line cases like Bali Cattle and Mithan.

  • @richdobbs6595

    @richdobbs6595

    Жыл бұрын

    Alpacas aren't on this list, but probably should be. Bali Cattle may or may not be included in the magic 13, since their domestication was comparatively recently. Mithun or gayal are border line in that some folks argue that they are only semi-domesticated, not completely domesticated. Also, the current idea is that Bos Taurus and Bos Indicus are separate species, arising from separate domestication processes, while in the past it was judged that since the wild species was aurochs (even though probably differeent subspecies) that they are one domesticated animal. But the general idea still holds, there are a relatively small number of candidates for large mammal domesticated animals. OTOH, there are many possibilities for domesticating fowls and rodents, and an adequate number of modest carnivorous/omnivores. If the African wild cat didn't become domesticated, there were other alternatives. If wolves didn't become domesticated, there were probably foxes or jackals that could have filled that role.

  • @laszlokaestner5766
    @laszlokaestner5766 Жыл бұрын

    I think the thing with cats is that we happened to put our houses where all their prey was so they kind of just moved in.

  • @m1l22
    @m1l224 жыл бұрын

    *_Everybody gangsta till the Human seizes the title of top chicken_*

  • @naphackDT
    @naphackDT2 жыл бұрын

    There is one misconception about domestication and breeding: Most people don't go "oh, this animal has great genes, I will breed it with that animal over there." Most breeding that happens isn't selecting animals with desirable traits but rather culling animals with undesirable traits. When winter comes and you decide, which part of your herd to butcher, you obviously choose to get rid of the problem animals rather than the well-behaved, healthy ones. And that's usually the biggest player in livestock genetics.

  • @Great_Olaf5

    @Great_Olaf5

    Жыл бұрын

    That and breeding control. Most domestic herds only have a handful of males who we adore to breed, and the rest are castrated. To the point where the English language actually has three separate words for pretty much every kind of barnyard animal, a word for the male, a word for the female, and a word for castrated males. Stallion, mare, gelding Bull, cow, ox Boar, sow, barrow Billy, nanny, wether Ram, ewe, wether Rooster, hen, (it's impossible to castrate a rooster)

  • @wildstarfish3786

    @wildstarfish3786

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Great_Olaf5 i always thought oxen were a seperate species from cattle

  • @Great_Olaf5

    @Great_Olaf5

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wildstarfish3786 Nope, just castrated bulls. I was surprised too.

  • @amytysoe2292

    @amytysoe2292

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Great_Olaf5 42 years old and i finally find out what an Ox is, thank you!

  • @Great_Olaf5

    @Great_Olaf5

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amytysoe2292 No problem.

  • @vidform
    @vidform Жыл бұрын

    This video shares some commonality with the book called "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond.

  • @logansfury
    @logansfury Жыл бұрын

    Very informative and entertaining video. Thanks for the upload!

  • @gladiatorinasuit3094
    @gladiatorinasuit30947 жыл бұрын

    "We're top chicken" - CGP Grey, 2016.

  • @CrypticPetrichor
    @CrypticPetrichor4 жыл бұрын

    Fluffification, day job is murder, hippos hold the murder high score, so eager to breed it gets it wrong sometimes So many gems in this

  • @Safwan.Hossain

    @Safwan.Hossain

    4 жыл бұрын

    We're top chicken. Try sneaking up on a gazelle, Rhymes with LOL.

  • @michaelkarnerfors9545

    @michaelkarnerfors9545

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Whereas a cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house"

  • @aderinog

    @aderinog

    4 жыл бұрын

    You've got to be kidding, elephants, we don't have time for this

  • @mariaagustinaferrero2333

    @mariaagustinaferrero2333

    4 жыл бұрын

    *"We're top chicken"*

  • @CrypticPetrichor

    @CrypticPetrichor

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mariaagustinaferrero2333 Such quality lines, I will be quoting this in my daily life out of context

  • @gofishglobal7919
    @gofishglobal7919 Жыл бұрын

    As simple as the explanation was, I really needed to hear that. Thank you!

  • @gabrielafanelli3453
    @gabrielafanelli3453 Жыл бұрын

    Wait I need a part 2 of this!! More about zebras please!

  • @IRosamelia
    @IRosamelia6 жыл бұрын

    "Sheep weren't always this fluffy. We fluffified them".... that part is solid gold 🤣

  • @thingsifindinteresting9771

    @thingsifindinteresting9771

    5 жыл бұрын

    Literally the first line

  • @feartheghus

    @feartheghus

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haven’t you heard of fluffification before?

  • @huntercorrales6794

    @huntercorrales6794

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's funny af😂

  • @_robustus_

    @_robustus_

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s when a pornographic thespian is prepared for his scene by stimulation of his member to achieve tumescence.

  • @feartheghus

    @feartheghus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Robustus you’re fucked up.

  • @Persnikity-yv3nh
    @Persnikity-yv3nh7 жыл бұрын

    For the record, if you make a shirt that says WE'RE TOP CHICKEN I will buy it.

  • @coltonregal1797

    @coltonregal1797

    6 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @schnellfahren911
    @schnellfahren911 Жыл бұрын

    Not all plants/fruits etc. are gmo'd. Heritage seeds etc. still available and found in the wild. Just don't expect to find them at Walmart or along the hiking trail in NYC.

  • @robertmahler4149
    @robertmahler4149 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Very informative and easy to understand!

  • @augustopinochet1670

    @augustopinochet1670

    Жыл бұрын

    because it's for smooth brains. The ancestor of the cow, the auroch was the size of a buffalo and more aggressive. The ancestor of the modern day horse looked and acted different from what we have today. Thousands of years of selective breeding will do that. It's uneducated excuse making for nationalities who didn't discover animal husbandry.

  • @nayandusoruth2468
    @nayandusoruth24683 жыл бұрын

    Cats are a rather interesting example actually, as they weren't something we purposefully domesticated. The domestication pathway for cats was one whereby cats noticed there were a metric sh*tload of rodents where these bipedal apes lived (not to mention the lack of predators in urban settlements). They then would move in, but due to the limited space, the cats that couldn't tolerate other cats wouldn't survive particularly long. By adapting social behaviour from kitten hood (wild cats are only social as kittens, thus things such as miaowing and kneading became social behaviours in adulthood), they where able to become a social species, that could live in dense cooperative colonies (interesting side note: Cats social behaviour's are rather flexible, with cats living in urban regions tending to be more territorial vis a vis other cats (like they're wild ancestors), whilst rural cats will share a core territory, even working together in that core territory (defence, care of young...), whilst keeping separate hunting grounds) and tolerate humans. And the humans, noticing these tiny tigers made the pest problems go away, would tolerate, even take care of the tiny tigers, leading to a more mutualistic relationship between the two (further side note; due to cats only being semi domesticated, and the social flexibility mentioned above, cats are perfectly comfortable switching between living with humans and wild lifestyles).

  • @bugdracula1662

    @bugdracula1662

    3 жыл бұрын

    so cats domesticated themselves

  • @bugdracula1662

    @bugdracula1662

    3 жыл бұрын

    so cats domesticated themselves

  • @SC-zq6cu

    @SC-zq6cu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, and thats the reason why domestic cats are the only domesticated animals whose difference from their wilder counterparts is just a change in size. Seriously, look up the wild ancestors of house-cats - african wildcats. You'll be hard pressed to find any difference other than size(and coat colour obviously).

  • @sc8307

    @sc8307

    3 жыл бұрын

    Have you ever heard a mountain lion meow? It's startling the first time you hear it because you are not expecting a "normal" meow from such a large animal.

  • @Zichqec

    @Zichqec

    3 жыл бұрын

    So what you're saying is, Warrior Cats actually has some basis

  • @blackthemew9371
    @blackthemew93714 жыл бұрын

    Horses be like: "We live in a society..."

  • @ano_nym

    @ano_nym

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wonder if they are gamers.

  • @samyakhp4353

    @samyakhp4353

    4 жыл бұрын

    Even zebras do

  • @coyraig8332

    @coyraig8332

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zebras be like: "We don't"

  • @ivanvukasovic1371

    @ivanvukasovic1371

    4 жыл бұрын

    Horsiety

  • @bobbygetsbanned6049
    @bobbygetsbanned6049 Жыл бұрын

    Finally, someone else that understands how amazing it is that cows turn totally inedible grass into freakin steaks!

  • @Kingofturves
    @Kingofturves Жыл бұрын

    Hmm, there should be a mod for the civilisation games that once you can research certain tech, you can place additional resources of cattle, horse, etc. To represent farming. So long as you have an initial supply from a natural occurring resource or via trade.

  • @claudealpha2090
    @claudealpha20903 жыл бұрын

    The main takeaway from this video: *We're top chicken!*

  • @TylerJ0412

    @TylerJ0412

    3 жыл бұрын

    All i got was, cats are tiny tigers that live in your house

  • @1978sjt

    @1978sjt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Zebra's are Bastards

  • @raystargazer7468

    @raystargazer7468

    Жыл бұрын

    How do you doo, fellow top chicken?

  • @TheL0rd0fSpace
    @TheL0rd0fSpace3 жыл бұрын

    Hearing about how dogs get personal enjoyment out of being useful to us makes my heart warm

  • @skeleletonboi4533

    @skeleletonboi4533

    3 жыл бұрын

    maybe I am dog

  • @BioTheHuman

    @BioTheHuman

    2 жыл бұрын

    In a sort of way it's actually sad because they're "programmed" to be like that. It's like not having "free will" 😐

  • @basrengangetch.2042

    @basrengangetch.2042

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BioTheHuman they can have free will as long as it's useful for us. Something along those lines

  • @szhzs6121

    @szhzs6121

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BioTheHuman you think you have free will? 😂

  • @federicagarridoweisheim870

    @federicagarridoweisheim870

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BioTheHuman they still have preferences, but most of them tend to be like that as a species, so it could be both without one idea denying the other.

  • @TheAfricanpoofly
    @TheAfricanpoofly Жыл бұрын

    cool! loved this. I learnt alot, thanks again kind regards george and co :3

  • @slowknife2873
    @slowknife2873 Жыл бұрын

    3:22 well ig Sind had a complex society than, modern day Pakistani region was called Sind about 2 thousand years ago it was known for its use of elephants in that time period

  • @porchelana321
    @porchelana3218 жыл бұрын

    "It's remarkable to think that from thousands BC until the telegraph, a dude on a horse was the best internet available." Can't help but imagine people seeing a messager in the horizon and screaming, "LOOK! FOUR BARS OF WIFI!"

  • @garethdean6382

    @garethdean6382

    8 жыл бұрын

    +porchelana321 Bars or hooves?

  • @porchelana321

    @porchelana321

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @garethdean6382

    @garethdean6382

    8 жыл бұрын

    porchelana321 Of course that means that on the equinet everyone was a brony.

  • @bandgeektrumpet10

    @bandgeektrumpet10

    8 жыл бұрын

    +porchelana321 But imagine how much cooler it would be if we domesticated a different animal. "LOOK! FOUR BEARS OF WIFI!"

  • @garethdean6382

    @garethdean6382

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sad Horse Honey Badernet, always four bars ALL THE TIME!

  • @parasaur2
    @parasaur24 жыл бұрын

    “For Zebras there’s no such thing as society” Gamers: Where do I sign up?

  • @Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman

    @Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zebras: we DON'T live in a society

  • @chan625

    @chan625

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @kekedream

    @kekedream

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @ananimoselty2234

    @ananimoselty2234

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bottom text

  • @wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus

    @wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@arya6085 Wut? :O

  • @martinivanov6538
    @martinivanov6538 Жыл бұрын

    0:20 These painting are from the Maruga cave, which is located in Bulgaria.

  • @jellybubbles
    @jellybubbles Жыл бұрын

    The 5 F's. I never thought of it from an agricultural standpoint. Really changes the way I view other aspects of human history.

  • @gurmeetsingh-cu2iu
    @gurmeetsingh-cu2iu6 жыл бұрын

    "Because zebras are bastards" Killed me😂

  • @ne3333t

    @ne3333t

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@muhammaddawoodakhalwaya313 That's nice

  • @nunyabuisness1252

    @nunyabuisness1252

    5 жыл бұрын

    Muhammad Dawood Akhalwaya yes we did see the video

  • @ValensBellator

    @ValensBellator

    5 жыл бұрын

    Such a great line lol... I guess they fall into the "honey badger" category of animal that are only willing to interact with humans when they're actively trying to maul them :D

  • @hunterG60k

    @hunterG60k

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is the actual reason. Zebra's have a pretty similar social structure to horses, stallions compete for mares in the same way and, outside of migration, they spend time in small family groups. So yeah, they are just mean as all hell. They evolved to fight off lions, hyenas and crocs. The worst thing horses had to worry about was the occasional pack of wolves.

  • @fishyfishyfishy500akabs8

    @fishyfishyfishy500akabs8

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hunterG60k oh yeah and the horses are quite capable of fighting off wolves, especially as groups

  • @SairajRKamath
    @SairajRKamath4 жыл бұрын

    "Try sneaking up on a gazelle, Rhymes with LOL." - *CGP Grey, one of the greatest poets of our time*

  • @thomashughes_teh

    @thomashughes_teh

    4 жыл бұрын

    No gazelles were stalked in the production of my LOL induced by that statement.

  • @amehak1922

    @amehak1922

    4 жыл бұрын

    We need t-shirts of that

  • @ravioli9727

    @ravioli9727

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Gman I think it's because Wakanda is not a real place, it's part of the Marvel universe with mentions in the comic and a big movie made some years back called Black Panther had lots of blacks making you think it is a real place when it is clearly a piece of fiction. White people, however, are very real with documented history of them existing for thousands of years including Jesus Christ who is definitely white but being black-washed by black Christian's so they can take over the Vatican.

  • @Safwan.Hossain

    @Safwan.Hossain

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ravioli9727 Can't tell if this is trolling or not lmao

  • @andrewstettner8450

    @andrewstettner8450

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ravioli9727 WHOOOOSH

  • @teddyjackson1902
    @teddyjackson1902 Жыл бұрын

    “We’re top chicken” says man who never owned a bastard rooster.

  • @robertwilliam5527
    @robertwilliam5527 Жыл бұрын

    Clicked to learn about zebra vs horse, ended up knowing about many more things including apples. Nice allrounder video, thanks.