Came for the fish facts, stayed for the quantum-heron conjecture.

I was so enamored by the fish that I didn't realize he was wearing multiple hats until halfway through the video.

The house building is the fun part of having certain cichlids imo. Waking up each day to see what your little guy/s was/were up to. If you dont want an ever changing fish environment and scape dont get fish known for it or scape a rock tank. Exactly as you said..let them. They live there and they know what they like

Fully relate as a reptile owner to the carefully decorating the tank only for my lizard to take one look at it and go nah, now here's what you shoulda done:

better apology video than most. Also, he's an eel!!!

"This is the coolest fish store I've been too" Immediately shows a shit ton of fish struggling to get air in an extremely overcrowded tank. Absolutely disgusting.

Testing memory in animals is honestly kind of fascinating, and because zebrafish are such a common model organism there's a lot of different studies done on testing their memory.

I saw the sting ray and it reminded me of teaching my little niece about animals and she always called them pancakes. Out of curiosity was there any cute nicknames anyone else called animals as a kid

i feel like when you make it down that far underwater, you are legally required to be as dramatic as possible

There was only one adorable TikTok in this video! I expect more eeltoks in the future

Angel fish definitely have a good memory. I have 3 that are about 3 years old, they will all swim to the corner for food if my father is in the room. They will also hide from my nephew, he tapped the glass alot the first time he saw them and they freaked out. Next time he visited 3 months later they still freak out and hide, they have never done that before for anyone.

Don't worry, she's got Blue Heron pronouns. Goldfish can remember tricks for up to 3 months, and that's if they don't do it for 3 months. If you repeatedly do the trick then they remember it longer, possibly their whole life if you keep doing the trick.

Went fishing of a pier in Florida and one blue heron got caught on someone's fishing line ( the pier was like 30 feet above the water) and they had to pull him up. He then proceeded to struggle down a fish for 5 and a half minutes.

Eels/Eel (not sure the correct way to say multiple) are adorable, scary, an pretty tasty at the same time. A sad combo tbh.

just here to see how many hats he can wear whilst still wearing a headset

Zach has 3 hats this time? Why? No one know

I respect a fishes 2nd amendment right to bear arms!

“He’s an eel” is a top 10 quote of all time tbh

To be fair to the people in that video, if I had access to a deep sea rov I would be extremely intense whenever I got to use it.

There's an island in Massachusetts that's just all blue herons, the sounds coming from the island sound like Jurassic park and seeing a blue heron stand in tree, looking down at you is a crazy sight.

Bird girl here. All blue heron are the same. They say there's a white morph found in Florida, but that's a scam they're just egrets.

As someone who doesn't watch the streams, I have no idea what's going on with the hats. But I love it. Don't explain it to me.

The algae scraper tool is a paint scraper and they're ridiculously sharp and super nice when painting next to glass cause you can get the paint all over the glass then just scrape it off

As I watch these, I am filled with a single thought. This man needs more hats!

That eel guys voice is so funny and sounds iconic. I love him

The frilled Dilophosaurus isn't even related to Velociraptors. And irl the didn't had no frill or venom. But they didn't need it

I would love to see your reaction to that whale fall they found in the Mariana that was covered in Dumbo octopuses

"what is it with people and owning things" property is an extension of yourself. when someone's house is broken into, they feel violated. because to an extend, *they* have been broken into. by amassing property, you expand yourself in different ways. and by owning livestock, you gain power relative to that live stock. with a dog that is well trained, all the powers of the dog are entirely at your disposal. with cows and chickens, you can feed yourself for years as they take things you cannot, or should not, eat and turn them into milk, eggs and cheese. this is why so many people want to own things like alligators and tigers. because on a very primal level, they feel that owning the animal makes them like the animal. of course, a tiger is not domesticated, so you cannot use it in the way you can use a dog, or a horse, but the people who get these animals as pets typically aren't that introspective.

Well ye, all birds are a type of dinosaur. Theropods and all that fun stuff. Also the dinosaur you are referencing is Jurassic Parks depiction of dilophosaurus. Which in that film is a lot smaller, stubbier, and whose skull shape is more boxy than the real animal. Dilophosaurus lacks both venom and the neck frills seen in the film, and the neck frills were inspired by Frilled Lizards for dramatic flair. The real animal was about 20ish feet long if I recall and weighing about 700kg(dinosaurs are dense as fudge for some reason lol) and the skull has been made a lot more… robust? Yeah robust, the skull isn’t as lean as thought before. But ye! Also I’m not doing this too sound like an arse, rather just thought it’d be neat to share.

This series should be named FishToks

AVNJ has come across Luke's Goldies almost every TikTok react and never recognizes that it's the same person. Luke is the one using a razor tool shaving algae off his tank. He's a knowledgeable, ethical goldfish breeder. He's explained why he doesn't like using plecos, it's because they don't do a thorough job, resulting it the glass with patchy algae anyway. Whether it's plecos, snails, or other algae eaters, it's not enough to keep the glass clean over time. It might have to do with the fact that Luke's agenda is to raise the most robust goldfish, so he feeds a lot and then changes water a lot, basically the opposite of what MD Fish Tanks does, who sets up ecosystems that maintain themselves, Luke's way of min maxing goldfish keeping leads to conditions where algae grows.

my mom used to do that with my dad's cichlid tank to give them something to do. he had several different ones in one tank and it kept them from fighting.

Since dwarf caimans still can grow to over 5 feet, I doubt that the guy actually had the space to keep one. Not to mention that one lapse in judgement with a crocodilian can lead to limbs being broken or torn off. They might be legal to keep in some countries or states, but in my opinion, they should not be handled by anybody other than zookeepers who have training and backup, in case one of them gets grabbed and pulled into a death roll.

New vid on my birthday Let’s go

I do what an eel does. I claim a dark cosy place as my own and bare my teeth at anyone who comes by. Then occasionally come out for cuddles if an especially trustworthy human shows up.

Bro be wearing 3 caps like its a normal sunday afternoon. This is what hanging around with fish do to a man

We got blue herons here in Washington to, and it ask the same as the one in the video

Is no one talking about why he is wearing three hats?

Thanks for the information on bees 👍

When I first got into fish, I went to the local fish store. They had this huge Arawana and it had a pretty big tank, but it was not enough for it to swim around only can sit one way. I asked them curiously is that taking a big enough and she got really mad and said he’s been in this tank for 15 years he’s fine. Even then I was new I knew it was wrong. I think like a month or two later it died.

Blue Hairions are everywhere to see if you are being naughty or nice. Thats why Santa shared his powers with them. The feathers on the back of their heads are send the info to back to be compiled on his list

Goldfish can remember something for a year

Just get some fresh water clambs for your fresh water tank it will make easier to control the algae in the aquarium

Have you seen the study where they teach...goldfish I think.... to drive? They drive their fishtanks around a room to specific points for treats. Apparently their memory is way better than first thought, well as far as the study shows. Driving fish. It's awesome. Love your content btw!!!!

I once saw two blue herons at once.

I love that eel guy so much

4:19 I think it's the bird version of Ziona Chana: a blue heron that travels a lot, creates a cult and distributes his genetic material with any bird he can wrap around his bullshit.

Fun fact: There is an all-white subspecies of great blue heron called the great white heron. It looks similar to a great egret, but they have wider beaks and pale pink-yellow legs

Parasite jellyfish shrimp! That's really cool!

Thank you Mr. AVNJ very cool

You can tell fish remember things if you spend any time around fish. My five tiny little platy see me walk into the room and immediately swim to make an excited little clump under the feeding ring. Do they have detailed, long-term memory the way we do? Yeah, probably not. But they're plenty capable of learning and memory.

That’s neat. I saw my own comment at the top. That was a good stream lol.

I have three goldfish who are extremely smart. Idfk how. They have the temperament of cats. They know that if they need my attention, they can throw rocks at the glass to make a noise. They will splash at the surface when they are unhappy and spray water when they get excited. They get zoomies. They also prefer my husband because they know he gives them more food.

I also thought snailfish and had to see if they were the same...nope. Apparently completely different family. Liparidae vs ophidiidae. The ariticle titled Revision of the depth record of bony fishes with notes on hadal snailfishes and cusk eels covers a bit

4:35 the fact you're telling me this with three hats on is just something else

I don’t own a fish, don’t plan on buying a fish. But these videos are so amusing and entertaining

9:52 I just now realised zack has 4 hats on

I used to be afaird of herons because of polish stories for children, because of how it was drawn in a book.

i love how someone said "when i the cat"

Dude talked about heron traits like "they act the same, they walk the same" yeah cause they're a bird, the way they act is instinct 😂

I am okay with the fact that people want to have a pet crocodile badly enough that they're basically trying to domesticate the dwarf caiman.

I had a dwarf Caimen (too tired to spell right). He was my little buddy, he would come over whenever he saw me, he would crawl into my hands to pick him up. And he would follow me around his little enclosure we had for him when I had to clean or work on something in the area. He also would come when I called his name.

fish like betta have facial recognition, you need more than a few day's memory to remember a face.

Hello, you don't know me, but I want to thank you for the videos you're posting. My father passed away just a few days ago, and since that day, I have had severe depression, but your videos helped me to pass the sad thoughts.

I never heard of the fish before with video but the geofagus altifrons looks badass

i like to think that its not just 1 blue heron but every human gets assigned a blue haron at birth but its like an omnipresent blue heron that always knows where you are and where to show up

the way the hat brims cover one of his eyes somehow makes him look way more like some kind of intense action character. just me?

I guess the upside down glasses weren't a good evolution? Glad the 3 hats are surviving.

Honestly I was sceptical of that one guy, but once he said "It's an eel." I knew I found the man destined to save this world.

"I think it's just One blue heron that has santa claus powers" LMAAOOO That took me out, it was so unexpected😂

Razor scrapers are amazing AVOID THE SILICONE

Yes goldfish and cognitively remember things for 5 to 6 months and have slightly vaguer memories for multiple years

4:20 That sentence is amazing.

I once went snorkeling in Hawaii and I went back to the shore, only to find a severed dragon moray head just laying on the sand.

Thank you for being my new favorite comfort youtuber

There's a zoo near me with two blue herons on display. Is it just moving so fast that it's projecting itself twice?

goldfish can remember up to at least five months and are able to recognize their owners, so i've read.

The one Blue Heron is the only bird that isn't a govt drone, all other birds were meant to keep track of him.

"a fish isn't capable of swimming up stream" *Salmon, a fish famous for swimming up stream* : Okay then

Hearing Eddie made me happy

I think I'm gonna start saying that to my self when I feel down You are an eel, you can do this. Or maybe I, but my point still stands.

There was as study done which determined that goldfish can remember things for at least a year.

1:23 ummm what? I’ve never heard that in my life !!! I need more info cause I’m blown right now 🤯🤯🤯

I hate it when people see dwarf or small in the name of an animal and think it will be tiny. It will be small in comparison to others of its species. A dwarf caiman can be up to 5ft.

If a goldfish does something for around 2 months it can remember it up to 2 years later

6:18 SOMEONE CLIP THAT we need this in a "don't fear-monger moray eels" vid.

When you see multiple blue herons at once they're just afterimages

My aunt has had a pleco for like 4 years now its an orange bristlenose and its only like 5 or 6 inches

Best apology video on KZfaq

The thing in the jellyfish body was a phronima! Females hollow out jellyfish to lay their eggs inside

I have a blue heron that lives in my backyard can confirm that they are all the same

ok the opening arowana were recently spawned jardini, then he showed a red and a silver arrowana, the 5 he were talking about were asian arrowana.

There are at least 2 blue herons because I saw one at each end of a pond once.

Our blue herons in Australia are also the exact same

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4:58 NOW we see some actual fish videos. That took forever.

Okay, when the dramatic Mariana trench vid started, I was expecting something stupid at the 'reveal.' Y'know, documentary joke.

Eels are my favorite water creature. Specifically Moray Eels. They have the most amazing faces ever.

I always wondered why a fish biologist would name his channel AVNJ Is he secretly an avian, specifically a Jay?

Herons don't just look like dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs