How The Wombat Poops Cubes

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3 жыл бұрын

Wombats are chubby, adorable Australian marsupials with a lot of great adaptations for their specific environment and lifestyle, and that includes pooping little cubes.
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@alethiachan6793 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best facts about wombats that was missed is that they hide from predators by blocking the entrance to their burrows with their especially hard butts

@mashimero 3 жыл бұрын

They can also crush predators' heads with their butts against the top of the burrow!

@lillithcollins183 3 жыл бұрын

Butt shield for the win! I came here to post the same thing.

@ANTSEMUT1 3 жыл бұрын

You could say they are real hard asses.

@mark6302 3 жыл бұрын

thicc

@AifDaimon 2 жыл бұрын

@@ANTSEMUT1 hahaha

@NewMessage 3 жыл бұрын

"I'll be right back.. gotta go 'roll the dice' again..." -Bob the Wombat, for the 99th time today.

@vivekchoudhury6648 3 жыл бұрын

LOL! That's funny AF!

@mal2ksc 3 жыл бұрын

"Gotta go play craps" "Time to drop a deuce"

@sovietsheep5051 3 жыл бұрын

“Oh Crap, Snake Eyes!”

@mineturtle1042 3 жыл бұрын

Roll for constipation

@mal2ksc 3 жыл бұрын

@@mineturtle1042 I have a +6 bonus to constipation saving throws.

@johnopalko5223 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, the new metal band, Roadkill Wombats, and their hit single, "Extruded Cubes."

@IrisGlowingBlue 3 жыл бұрын

@joellea-b.5519 3 жыл бұрын

@evilcheese1119 3 жыл бұрын

+++

@matiassu5604 3 жыл бұрын

Listened it before. Pretty sh*tty tbh

@cjvilleneuve1566 3 жыл бұрын

they have a new song called , Hard butt and blocked den''

@ScionStorm1 3 жыл бұрын

When Wombat say he "$#!+ bricks" he really means it.

@ishokie 3 жыл бұрын

Wombats also helped in wildfires because they shared(or have to) their burrow with lots of other animals :)) that's so cute

@markfryer9880 2 жыл бұрын

We call them Bushfires in Australia.

@TheRealRusDaddy 2 жыл бұрын

@@markfryer9880 fires a fire

@Ash-gk8jp 8 ай бұрын

@@markfryer9880 No you don't

@Nobody_Special310 3 жыл бұрын

So ya'll figured how wombats poop cubes, but you'll never figure out how I do it!

@artemis_smith 3 жыл бұрын

Is it because you're a wombat?

@tafazzi-on-discord 3 жыл бұрын

Misplaced a grater for your butt plug and you just plaued along ever since?

@jessicar4873 3 жыл бұрын

Will occasionally eat Lego's?

@fazzadon8944 2 жыл бұрын

Enlighten us!

@Ash-gk8jp 8 ай бұрын

After years of extensive research that primarily consisted of me stalking you and taking down notes of your every move, I have concluded that your poop is cubical because you have made a symbiotic relationship with the not yet found cubic worm that has replaced your rectum. You provide the worm water and it provides you "Cube-shaped fertilizer blocks: portable and easy to plant" that you sell on your etsy shop. Either it's because of that or it's the protein+ supplements you've been taking. I'll return in about 3 months with science-backed proof.

@albanusburr4041 3 жыл бұрын

When the world need them the most, they tell us about poop. Absolute legends

@zachb8012 3 жыл бұрын

It's easy to get hung up on the why of evolution because there's so much of it but the fact is there doesn't necessarily need to be a good reason for every trait to evolve. The square poops could be a curious byproduct of another adaptation like squeezing more moisture out of a turd, and that's all there is to it.

@austinshoupe3003 3 жыл бұрын

Sort of. If it was a byproduct of that process, it would be on the table of reasons why. But plenty of other animals accomplish the same task without square poops. Square poops are super weird. Biology doesn't like corners. It's possible it's just like that, but it wouldn't be a trait that propagates across a species. That requires some sort of evolutionary pressure.

@coyotesmile8972 3 жыл бұрын

Like when life gives you poop make poop juice?

@ArawnOfAnnwn 3 жыл бұрын

@@austinshoupe3003 "Biology doesn't like corners" - Diatoms say hi. ;)

@azorthegreat2112 3 жыл бұрын

its not like they are super square.. And to rly suck out moisture square are not optimal, optimal are sphere.

@KairuHakubi 3 жыл бұрын

yeah that makes sense. changes in the DNA that happen at complete random yet exist in 100% of the population don't need any particular reason. Just all the ones that didn't have it died without reproducing. Totally scientific.

@WalkinStereotype 3 жыл бұрын

As someone working in pest control, cubic to preserve moisture makes sense. Termites do this too, making their frass easily identifiable. Which is strange they never mentioned that in claiming wombats are the only one.

@azorthegreat2112 3 жыл бұрын

its not cubic to preserve the water, its how the gut have even areas working in an "oscillating motion". But yeah, the wombat is the worst "bizarre beast" yet. They need to do a better show...

@matthewcox4997 3 жыл бұрын

I thought this was great. They may not have know about the termites. Also how is the wombat episode bad?

@randompheidoleminor3011 3 жыл бұрын

Termite frass is more hexagonal, no?

@athena8794 2 жыл бұрын

It's because they qualified it to being "among terrestrial mammals"

@austinshoupe3003 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first I've ever heard of termites pooping in squares. Usually I see it circular.

@arcticdino1650 3 жыл бұрын

Wombat: I have evolved to poop cubes Me: why Wombat: So I can play minecraft with it

@ScionStorm1 3 жыл бұрын

The first little wombat made a house of straw. The second made a house of sticks. The third wombat said "I'm shitting bricks, might as well use them."

@IrisGlowingBlue 3 жыл бұрын

"(Wombats) live in complex underground burrow systems, and sleep for most of the day, coming out in the evenings to snack." Cheers, me too buddies (/j)

@garethtudor836 3 жыл бұрын

Over two decades back, I would spend time living rough in a wild section of the property where I lived (70 acres in semi-rural Victoria). The place I built my shelter was a few metres above and behind a wombat burrow. I used to love watching the resident head out foraging around dusk

@teawrecks1243 3 жыл бұрын

Optimus Prime: "Before time began, there was The Cube. We knew not where it comes from--" Wombat: *farts*

@FoolOfTheTook 3 жыл бұрын

Colour coordination between her outfit makeup and background is on point today!

@aspergillusoryzae3722 3 жыл бұрын

So you're telling me it's not so we can calculate its volume with its side length?

@outerspHAZE 3 жыл бұрын

Lolol

@ANTSEMUT1 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this extends to the long extinct giant Diprotodon wombats, i could imagine them pooping out softball sized cubes.

@cassandralyris4918 3 жыл бұрын

Oh that's easy, they're so busy being cute that naturally they've developed the cutest poop possible. It's just science.

@dorabrooks76 3 жыл бұрын

Oh! Nice touch matching the background lights' colours to your shirt (dress? Either way it's beautiful)! 👍😄

@anarchyantz1564 3 жыл бұрын

Playing DnD with Bob the Wombat gets into a whole new level of experience when he cries out that he will be rolling 6D6 for "damage" on you.

@likebot. 3 жыл бұрын

Gawd, the mental image. I had a good belly laugh at that - woke up the wife.

@lacewinglml 3 жыл бұрын

I am so sending this pin to my mother in law whenever it gets here (I have yet to get any of the pins close to the day the vids come out, usually mid to end of month) She loves wombats.

@freyathorgood 2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand please

@SonofTheMorningStar666 2 жыл бұрын

@@freyathorgood They have a pin club that you can join. I guess you get pins with whatever animal was featured in their videos. Check the description.

@rickseiden1 3 жыл бұрын

How long has the wombat been around? Is it possible that the cubic poop is an evolutionary leftover from some situation that doesn't exist now?

@weezypeezy1725 3 жыл бұрын

Probably just a side effect of something else, not a specific evolution

@rzuczor3740 3 жыл бұрын

well that's bizarre

@thelonelydirector 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps even a bizarre... beast?

@chopperhead2012 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know who it was going to be from, but I have unironically been waiting for this video my whole life.

@matthewcox4997 3 жыл бұрын

Relatable

@coldsobanoodle7407 2 жыл бұрын

Wombats could also twerk predators to death, like a fox tries to go into the den, but due to the wombat's back end being reinforced the fox gets its skull crushed against the roof of the den when the wombat moves its rump

@MrIan1086 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps related, but in 1987 a member of The Frantics pooped a piece of pie. They are definitely bizarre beasts in their own right.

@BloodoperaBlackvomit 3 жыл бұрын

I love that you're back with BB. Love you. :D

@austinshoupe3003 3 жыл бұрын

I suddenly got hit with a lot of wombat suggestions about a month ago. Is google using what complexly employees are watching to make suggestions for me?

@puppies.and.pumpkin 3 жыл бұрын

Are those venus flytraps on your shirt?

@BizarreBeasts 3 жыл бұрын

I have confirmed from Sarah that, yes they are in fact Venus Flytraps :) - Nick J.

@heavymetalbassist5 3 жыл бұрын

now I need Hank to yell about poop shapes on Instagram

@WilliumBobCole 3 жыл бұрын

Evolution isn't about why, it's about why not?!

@DoctorX17 3 жыл бұрын

If wombats with extra water make less cube poops, do wombats with no water produce perfect cubes?

@InfiniteLoop Жыл бұрын

Their square poop chute was a Manufacturer Sample God got to try out and decided to use it on Wombats because He thought they would go extinct before anyone noticed it.

@chloec3206 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh exactly the kind of thing I like to watch to wind down 👌🏼

@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 3 жыл бұрын

So I'm going to get a bit cheeky here, so I know they produce square poop but they do shite bricks literally lol c'mon we all come close butt no way close.

@pjyoung191 3 жыл бұрын

Wombats are so cute! To me the funniest thing about them is that their pouches are rear-facing (so they can dig without kicking dirt into their baby's face), which means they have a baby right next to their butt

@kerinholmstrom250 3 жыл бұрын

Learned something new... that's a good thing at 65!

@a-ramenartist9734 2 жыл бұрын

often times, not knowing can be just as exciting as finding out

@backstreetfan2887 3 жыл бұрын

It is important to learn new things everyday. Sometimes, you learn that cubed wombat poop exists. Thank you Bizarre Beasts, very well done, keep up the good work!

@joeyjoe7930 3 жыл бұрын

More people need to subscribe to this channel! I mean, SERIOUSLY!

@chesthoIe 3 жыл бұрын

We really need to get to the bottom of this mystery.

@thelonelydirector 3 жыл бұрын

haHA!!!

@ishokie 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh yayy I'm so excited about this!! Wombats are so cute 🥺

@craftywhale 3 жыл бұрын

The host’s dress is so cute!

@MrOmactheawesome 3 жыл бұрын

Wombats are amazing! Bit disappointed with the design of the pin though, it looks oversimplified.

@mata020597 3 жыл бұрын

Hornworms and other similar moth larvae have square-ish poop, but with some ribbing.

@Nmethyltransferase 2 жыл бұрын

Why did the vet think the wombat was stressed? The wombat was shitting bricks.

@dibly_ 3 жыл бұрын

Idea for a future episode. Cuttlefish. Their colour changing and hypnosis acts would fit very well with the style of these episodes i feel 😊😊

@ChrundleTGreat Жыл бұрын

Marsupials are so interesting to me because they all seem to have convergent evolutionary traits with other mammals. The Tasmanian Tiger/Canines and felines, Wallabies/rabbits and other rodents. Its really cool

@dorabrooks76 3 жыл бұрын

Wombats are awesome! They have backwards facing pouches, too, so their babies' heads pop out just behind the cube poop exit! 😅🤣

@jm99lopez 3 жыл бұрын

have we ever found fossilized doodies? my *slightly inebriated* brain feels like if there’s evidence of a past cubic pooper and putting it in context of the time period could reveal a possible evolutionary advantage of a boxy bowel movement

@mattmorehouse9685 Жыл бұрын

I know there are fossilized poops, called coprolites. I don't know if they've ever found some from wombat ancestors.

@tobyihli9470 Жыл бұрын

I think wombats are just one of the coolest animals. Not as cool as a donkey, but still super cool! I’d love one as a pet. They would be cheap to feed, because they can eat weeds and roughage, but one couldn’t help but to spoil them rotten with treats! They’re just the cutest thing!

@MrJCV1605 2 жыл бұрын

Sidemen Sunday brought me here.

@robertskitch 3 жыл бұрын

Me: I wonder what the differences are between species. Bizarre Beasts: The three living species of wombats... Me: Thank you.

@aarav_sharma 3 жыл бұрын

Yup i definitely needed to know this info

@juleswagner1652 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE HER SHIRT

@calisahardy4845 3 жыл бұрын

I did not know I needed to know this, but now I'm glad I do.

@capybaraswacreatures1428 Ай бұрын

Wombat just be sittin' on his poop

@jennimcinnes2825 Ай бұрын

Now I am imagining the size of the cube poops form the Diprotodon.

@shinigamiusagi4463 2 жыл бұрын

When I first heard her voice and wasn’t paying attention I thought it was an animal logic crossover.

@tortadedisrespect 3 жыл бұрын

SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND SMART!!!

@dracodracarys2339 Жыл бұрын

Before time began, there was the Cube.

@cornedbeef19ch 3 жыл бұрын

mortal wombat

@torIIgo 2 жыл бұрын

DJ and the WOMBAT!!

@chiptankgirl 3 жыл бұрын

That was a fun look at interesting thing.

@tundrataiga5100 3 жыл бұрын

thats just to trick unlucky victim suspecting it as a chocolate blocks

@indridcold8433 9 ай бұрын

It is kind of cool to watch this as I eat.

@crystalsys 3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping for a tutorial :(

@capnstewy55 2 жыл бұрын

No sweat cube cutter.

@jek__ 3 жыл бұрын

This is the first video I've seen of this channel, but it really seems like something Hank Green would be involved in lol

@BizarreBeasts 3 жыл бұрын

He cohosts with Sarah :) - Nick J.

@CommieHunter7 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I've seen deer and elk droppings that are as cubic or more cubic than the wombat droppings shown in the video. Similar conditions, though; herbivores in a very dry biome.

@janycebrown4071 2 жыл бұрын

Australia has really interesting animals 🤔

@jamiebray8532 Жыл бұрын

So they literally sh*t bricks 🧱!🤣🤣🤣

@n3v3rg01ngback 2 жыл бұрын

Bumblebee, it appears this creature produces raw energon.

@austinshoupe3003 3 жыл бұрын

First time I've seen Suta hesitate on a topic.

@johnbaker9290 Жыл бұрын

That was brave. Well done! They remind me of pommagranete pips, not cubes but small balls squeezed together in a bigger ball. The stomach lets out little wet balls that dry out as described and then they are squeezed together to look like pips on the way out. Simples.

@nathanmartyn2403 3 жыл бұрын

Man I never thought of this one

@markopecinovic4475 Жыл бұрын

Wombats are so damn cute I wanna squeeze them till the pop.

@hafidhrindrahuttama7277 3 жыл бұрын

So cute..

@EyeSmiteThee 3 жыл бұрын

Brings a whole new meaning to “shitting bricks”

@DeRien8 3 жыл бұрын

Giraffes also have some super strange poop shape

@attackehh 2 жыл бұрын

The reason humans walk on two legs ( and their ancestors too) is so that they can use their hands to craft tools, scientists concluded.

@iSaac-kp5lk 2 жыл бұрын

"No not those three wombats"

@rexredmonwalkingintheword9892 3 жыл бұрын

The Wombats said I'm the hardest worker out here Jack I don't cut corners on s*** it's okay I'll show myself out guys

@Cztwastaken Жыл бұрын

I love to build brown bricks with minecrap - gadget

@ishokie 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about the cube poop ever since I watched Animalogic video on them

@nunyabiznes33 3 жыл бұрын

They shittin bricks!

@Ttyl4356 3 жыл бұрын

Dear god I love that VFT pattern dress 🖤

@ZombieFartDev Жыл бұрын

people dig through poop for science "isn't science awesome" lmaooooooo

@ongeri 5 ай бұрын

Donkeys and Zebras make relatively cubic poop pellets...

@thomasfortunak8826 3 жыл бұрын

You should do an episode on the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps), who can secrete ink. Or one on the strap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii), who just has weird tusks

@mattmorehouse9685 Жыл бұрын

Wait, pygmy sperm whales secrete ink? What is the ink made of?

@MrKhho100 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Wombats also make British Punk Rock songs

@hc6157 3 жыл бұрын

Had no idea!

@romefromiris7424 2 жыл бұрын

“Shitting bricks”

@MrMegaPussyPlayer 2 жыл бұрын

5:35 I always thought many dinosaurs also walked on two legs.

@rachaelreed1658 Жыл бұрын

I love that dress! Where do I get a carnivorous plants dress??

@MuertaRara 3 жыл бұрын

my favourite animal 🥰

@pimpdom7788 2 жыл бұрын

The eye eye popped up like 👁. . 👁

@LynHannan 3 жыл бұрын

If you have a wombat move onto your property, say goodbye to your garden. By morning it will have been dug up and rooted through. Every. Night.

@sggy_nOodls 2 жыл бұрын

There are some snakes that poop cubes too. *i learned that the hard way.*

@00101001000000110011 3 жыл бұрын

i would propose the reason why we are bipeds is very obvious and straightforward, it's hard to carry and use a tool moving on all 4s. so moving only with the lower limbs freeing the top ones to carry a spear or any other tool would be a huge boon and wish.