The Science of Roadkill

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Surprisingly, flattened fauna can teach us a lot about wildlife biology.
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Roadkill: The remains of animals killed by motor vehicles.
Road ecology: The study of how roads impact the surrounding environment and its inhabitants.
Invasive species: Non-native animals that outcompete local animals for resources.
Fieldwork: The collection of data outside of a laboratory setting.
Confounder: A variable (like animal reaction to oncoming cars) that influences the outcome when comparing a dependent variable (like number of animals) to the outcome (number of roadkill carcasses of said animal).
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Jacobson, S. L., L. L. Bliss-Ketchum, C. E. de Rivera, and W. P. Smith. (2016) A behavior-based framework for assessing barrier effects to wildlife from vehicle traffic volume. Ecosphere, 7(4). Retrieved from: www.fs.fed.us/psw/publication....
Capula, M., Rugiero, L., Capizzi, D., and Milana, G. (2014). Long-term, climate change-related shifts in monthly patterns of roadkilled Mediterranean snakes (Hierophis viridifavus).
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Schwartz, A., Shilling, F., and Perkins, S. (2020). The value of monitoring wildlife roadkill. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 66:18. Retrieved from: link.springer.com/article/10....
Shilling, F. Personal Communication (2020). Co-Director, Road Ecology Center at University of California, Davis. roadecology.ucdavis.edu/

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@MinuteEarth 3 жыл бұрын

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@mehchocolate1257 3 жыл бұрын

I wuv road kill😂😂😂😂

@demirmekicg7215 3 жыл бұрын

I am translating and voice overing yalls videos on serbiannn

@akpilg 3 жыл бұрын

Lover ur videos i learnt alot more than im supposed to at my age :)

@noobtonium_7236 3 жыл бұрын

20 hours ago??

@bakekay21 3 жыл бұрын

😆 animals don't all get flattened at the same frequency 🤓

@AryadiSubagio 3 жыл бұрын

I'm certain that MinuteEarth's team spent more time searching for pun ideas than the making the actual video

@vaughnjohnson8767 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@Munax. 3 жыл бұрын

And almost all of them are terrible.

@goatcat2737 3 жыл бұрын

@@Munax. *all the better*

@kindoflame 3 жыл бұрын

You say that like its a bad thing.

@vaughnjohnson8767 3 жыл бұрын

@@kindoflame true

@aratakiitto4568 3 жыл бұрын

Animal get run over by 12 cars: Scientists: 😊 👉👈 Is for me?

@brunog3768 3 жыл бұрын

I shouldn't have laughed

@vaughnjohnson8767 3 жыл бұрын

@@brunog3768 how can this be so funny?!

@advanceringnewholder 3 жыл бұрын

It's free real estate

@ryanyuan9592 3 жыл бұрын

Is for me?*

@MsMariyarose 3 жыл бұрын

@@vaughnjohnson8767 chill we all have our weird sense of humour

@user-ji3wz6en9w 3 жыл бұрын

*Last time I was this early these poor animals were still alive!*

@jumeks2489 3 жыл бұрын

Damn.

@ekvgaming9858 3 жыл бұрын

Rip

@charm0n 3 жыл бұрын

*Last time I was this early, my dad was still dating my mom*

@ekvgaming9858 3 жыл бұрын

Y is this comment section so depressing

@dimitrispapadakis2122 3 жыл бұрын

Γεια σου

@JonathanKAKE 3 жыл бұрын

0:33 they put sonic the hedge hog in there :) GOTTA GO FAST!!!

@theonewhoasked7095 3 жыл бұрын

Sanic

@catwarrior952 3 жыл бұрын

oh yeah, didn't notice cause he was purple

@zidaryn 3 жыл бұрын

@@catwarrior952 same

@SaveR6Siege 3 жыл бұрын

@oH well,lord! maybe?

@JonathanKAKE 3 жыл бұрын

@oH well,lord! Probably

@lucaslonegro6161 3 жыл бұрын

Saving the environment... one mangled armadillo corpse at a time.

@allisg3320 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@flowersshy16 Жыл бұрын

Wtf-...that's animal t*rture...and animal t*rture it's not funny...

@Ivansinchioficial Жыл бұрын

@@flowersshy16 bro can't say torture 💀

@_Carizzma_ Жыл бұрын

May the rizz be with you

@muntherdoesstuff9615 3 жыл бұрын

Deer when they hear a twig snap: I am fast as frick BOI When a deer see a car at 60 mph: this is fine

@kindoflame 3 жыл бұрын

If a car runs over a twig though...

@thany3 3 жыл бұрын

I love that cat skeletons still have ears in your drawings 😀

@woodfur00 3 жыл бұрын

Well, of course. Stick figure cats were a hallmark from the very earliest days of Minute Physics.

@ExplodingTNTamazingart 3 жыл бұрын

Normal People: *Damn, I've just killed a poor creature.* Scientists: *It's free estate.*

@Nickthebrick8 3 жыл бұрын

@Walking Furret It’s a meme you normie

@Nickthebrick8 3 жыл бұрын

@Walking Furret because your ass is nostalgic about you being young And you can hardly be joking doesn’t mean you come and harass random people in the comment section for making an actually funny joke. Probably as funny as your life

@iogaming6132 3 жыл бұрын

@Walking Furret Are you a goddamn child, plus you couldn't even spell goddamn correctly, learn spelling

@vaughnjohnson8767 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nickthebrick8 yeah

@Nickthebrick8 3 жыл бұрын

I have an announcement, This "walking furret" might possibly be a redditor as they fit the stereotypical species of *Redditaim idioticus* So he might end up also being 5tonns, but not 5tonns of brain matter... Thanks for listening to my tedtalk

@TechyMedic28 3 жыл бұрын

"the bowels of plowed owls" Excellent writing 👌

@Schmidtelpunkt 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, that could be a line from a song or poem.

@mahbuddykeith1124 5 ай бұрын

Lewd.

@metamorphiczeolite 3 жыл бұрын

Pun-ishing. But really interesting!

@therapydad 3 жыл бұрын

Are u from the future

@connorconnor2421 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@guerilla9287 3 жыл бұрын

It says 13 hours ago

@ekvgaming9858 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was confused to lol

@Turquoise-Official 3 жыл бұрын

STOP PLEASE STOP!!!!

@smakkacowtherealone 3 жыл бұрын

"Why scientists love roadkill" *new title* "the morbid science of roadkill"

@-Teus- 3 жыл бұрын

*new title* “The science of SPLAT”

@HonchoTheGamer 3 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to know if anybody noticed lol

@ZardoDhieldor 3 жыл бұрын

@@-Teus- This is the best one!

@xlanw4416 3 жыл бұрын

Correction: The science of SPLAT This is the 2nd time they changed the title.

@rainbowthedragoncat6768 3 жыл бұрын

And now it's back to the science of roadkill, except this time there's no morbid

@alyssahansen1400 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, thank you. I want to be a zoologist and I've been collecting roadkill. My family for a long while thought this was really weird, but I just saw it as a natural extension of my fascination for animals. Should also say though that reporting roadkill also helps because then scientists can look at where, how many, and what are being killed and see if they need to intervene.

@seraphina985 3 жыл бұрын

I would have thought that schemes to provide other means for the local wildlife to cross safely like that are probably good for road safety for humans also. Not only are some animals big enough to go through a windshield with fatal consequences but there are more than a few crashes caused by drivers overreacting in an attempt to avoid animals if they spot them too. I once made the mistake of instinctively trying to avoid a critter only to get a hard lesson in why instinct is a bad driver, no accounting for the fact the road surface is slushy partly melted snow on top of a layer of ice just hit the brake and steer aggressively that will definitely work. Suffice to say it didn't and I narrowly avoided ending up in the 1.5m deep ditch cut by the brook next to the road probably only managed that as I actually took a course on skid recovery once that included practical training on a skid pan so I knew what to do right away. Considering that after recovering I stopped to see the tracks left by my front tires go within centimeters of the bank probably would have ended up with some unplanned time off at the very least otherwise as running into a ditch at 50mph is a sure-fire way to end up in the hospital whether the ward or the morgue is less certain.

@michaelstephenvargas8821 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's understandable that your family is weirded out by your collection of roadkills😂

@alyssahansen1400 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelstephenvargas8821 Well to be honest I don't particularly understand their reasoning. They don't think taxidermy is weird, they aren't bothered by meat at the store and will even buy it to eat, they don't think it's weird to see a deceased specimen at a museum, they think hunting and fishing and trapping are good things, don't think dead butterfly collections are concerning, and when one of our pets dies we keep it in the house for a day so we may pet it and say our last goodbyes. All of those are interactions with dead animals that they don't think twice about, but if I bring roadkill home and bury it until the soft tissues are decayed so I can keep the bones they think I'm going to be a serial killer lol.

@businessexplained9578 3 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t mentally prepared for that title. Much love, your friends at Business Explained!!

@lsv1996 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Simpson easter egg with Flander’s house after the hurricane

@shinobix4925 3 жыл бұрын

"So how many puns do want in this video" "Yes"

@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

0:47 I too love it when a danger noodle turns into a tank. *no step on snek*

@petersmythe6462 3 жыл бұрын

"and while cars aren't carnivores" Hmmm.... How efficient would a car be that eats roadkill?

@57thorns 3 жыл бұрын

www.imdb.com/title/tt4898282/ Blood Drive might contain a few hints (and a lot of blood)

@sagacious03 3 жыл бұрын

Informative video! Thanks for uploading!

@honeyjuice219 3 жыл бұрын

Minute earth makes the best educational content.

@IgorAntarov 3 жыл бұрын

The thing is that if Earth is going to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace expressway. Some of the Galaxy's scientists might also be happy to study the remains.

@Modernisedfarming 3 жыл бұрын

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe

@shadowmax889 3 жыл бұрын

Actually those scientists will be very pissed about that, specially the rodent kind

@jainamhandleisntavavailable 3 жыл бұрын

I love how much emotion has put into the title

@5hiftyL1v3a 3 жыл бұрын

Which one? its changed so many times

@ag20085 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel !!

@insertnamehere1389 3 жыл бұрын

2:06 is that the simpsons?

@Alexoperplexo 3 жыл бұрын

Hurricane Neddy S8 E8

@JonathanKAKE 3 жыл бұрын

where?

@danielmcsween884 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha... omg

@aishin3960 3 жыл бұрын

Yay minute earth posted this is amzing super cool :D

@akuma7616 3 жыл бұрын

Good content, nice.

@TheRockyCrowe 3 жыл бұрын

Makes me sad how common road kill is to the point scientists can study it. I know sometimes weird shit happens and it can’t be avoided, but I wonder how many of these incidences were deliberate? Because I’ve seen people driving on OPEN ROAD, no traffic or hazard and they’ll plow right over a critter, make zero effort to pause or go around it. The only time people like this seem to care about stopping is when the animal is large enough to cause considerable damage to their car if struck, which I think is disgustingly selfish.

@acedes8689 3 жыл бұрын

Haha the humour was so dark but the science of splat is so in-tire-sting

@gargipopere 3 жыл бұрын

A very nice video. Great work guys👍 ☺️

@MinuteEarth 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤗

@apeiceofgarbage9848 3 жыл бұрын

Cool fucking video man, hella good, hella intraspective, amazing writing, beutiful execution. Loved it, thanks for your work man.

@scorpleeon 3 жыл бұрын

The Frogger spinoff was chuckle worthy. I found the subject and puns quite humorous.

@JDshabbos 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Simpsons reference at 2:05 👍 and the puns, keep up the excellent work everyone!! ☺

@itamar8424 3 жыл бұрын

I really love the backround ukulele royalty free music while talking about dead animals

@phosphorus4 3 жыл бұрын

…or is it?…… [royalty free]

@itamar8424 3 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure i heard it elsewhere soo i assume its royalty free

@mythreepants 3 жыл бұрын

"[The nine banded armadillo] jumps straight up in the air three feet when threatened... it is the opposite of what you should do in the face of a charging Honda, for example."

@5hiftyL1v3a 3 жыл бұрын

This has to be Adams right?

@mythreepants 3 жыл бұрын

@@5hiftyL1v3a I am not familar

@5hiftyL1v3a 3 жыл бұрын

@@mythreepants huh - just sounds like a Douglas Adams quote

@mythreepants 3 жыл бұрын

@@5hiftyL1v3a Oh, gotcha.

@mythreepants 3 жыл бұрын

@@5hiftyL1v3a kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z5dgnLiJlrvWo58.html

@milkman2143 3 жыл бұрын

car: *honk armadillo: "adios"

@NightWatchersPet 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed. I groaned. I learned something I actually didn't know.

@catwarrior952 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, MinuteEarth, I LOVE your videos!! I subscribed because your vids are awesome! They are educational and are fun to watch because of the cute animation and funny puns. I also really like how you changed how you draw them, they have skin color now!

@KevinFu5100 3 жыл бұрын

At first I was to comment about how off putting it was to see you be glad of the fact that animals are being killed unnecessarily, because their deaths can be used for science/data collection; then before you ended the video (1:53) you addressed the issue, and I do kinda get where you're coming from; and I'm glad that you addressed it before ending the video! Keep up the good work! (Still, I wish there was road-kill prevention of sorts so that living beings don't die unnecessarily)

@creativecreepyturtle1562 3 жыл бұрын

I love that sonic reference when you talked about hedgehogs

@FelipeKana1 3 жыл бұрын

2:20 That last image kinda gave the impression of scientists driving up to run over animals for their studies... (Unintended imagery, I know)

@BarbadosBeerFestival 3 жыл бұрын

In 2021 I’ll be looking back at 2020 to see the best parts.

@JuanAntonio006 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! A Little Shop of Horrors reference at 2:00!

@jyotisrivastava1122 3 жыл бұрын

Crow: Yummy! An armadillo to eat for F R E E!!! Car-nivores: Me gonna crush you!

@pootispencerguy 3 жыл бұрын

Love the rhyming in the video

@hannahwalters3602 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Have a blessed day

@cheaterman49 3 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to say, good job writer(s), the puns are fun-tastic hahaha

@erushi5503 3 жыл бұрын

Take cover! Puns! Puns everywhere!!

@rainbowthedragoncat6768 3 жыл бұрын

Title used to be "The morbid science of roadkill"

@alexdivision4320 3 жыл бұрын

On my roadtrip from Arizona to New Hampshire I noticed a gradual transition from blown out tires on the side of the road to roadkill deer in some sort of gradient almost

@yutiub6357 3 жыл бұрын

Make a video about the multiple testing problem :)

@patrickthesecond2017 3 жыл бұрын

Minute earth:roadkills are actually good Me:*concerned breathing*

@july_fish 3 жыл бұрын

Always amazed by the puns. Bet MinuteEarth does the research based on their pun list.

@chefsuv1445 3 жыл бұрын

Nice quiet nod to "The Simpsons " you snuck in there at 2:06.

@Tahoza 3 жыл бұрын

I see you there with that Hades reference!

@tanishkavasistha9733 3 жыл бұрын

40%= research 60%=finding puns

@Heroesofshadow 3 жыл бұрын

You had me at "bowels of ploughed owls". Slammed that like button.

@lakshmansagar9624 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome.. 🥰

@totorolove543 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the diversity in the stick figures ! S/o to the turbin wearing one 👌🏽👌🏽

@chillsahoy2640 3 жыл бұрын

These puns about dead animals are killing me.

@EpoxyCircus 3 жыл бұрын

The references sited in the description have holes in them big enough to drive a car through.

@theMxiden6fF7re 3 жыл бұрын

This is *wheel* -y depressing. But I'm glad scientist have a new *way* to study animals.

@vladdivesho1163 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the Skelly reference in the mass grave

@jaredkennedy6576 3 жыл бұрын

Everybody's so wrapped up in the puns they're missing the visual easter eggs.

@sIightIybored 3 жыл бұрын

Bowels of Plowed Owls was fantastic

@catwarrior952 3 жыл бұрын

2:17 I didn't notice this before but there is a zombie head in the corner of the frame in the one where scientists are studying mass graves.

@etdadventures1769 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I love your videos and I like learning and I like rocks

@MarkAhlquist 3 жыл бұрын

"The bowels of ploughed owls."

@Shazistic 3 жыл бұрын

Random fact The heart of a shrimp is located in its head. -Shazistic

@CatholicWeeb 3 жыл бұрын

Source: *#DUDE** JUST TRUST ME*

@boblangill6209 3 жыл бұрын

Bats don't always avoid cars. One night, several years ago, we were returning home after camping. I heard a slight thud and thought a leaf had hit the windshield. As I looked, it turned out to be a bat, and it had gotten stuck in the windshield wiper. There wasn't any good place to pull over to stop, but as we drove, it managed to extricate itself and flew off. Weird but true.

@TheJake452 3 жыл бұрын

No way! Great video. I've always wondered and worried about the ecological impacts of cars on local wildlife populations. But I'm sure this effect has been studied. Besides incentivizing more people to live in cities I wonder what more could be done to protect wildlife, or is it even a cost worth investing in preventing? Good video planet earth friends.

@jur4x 3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering, why did you use Jag (looks like post-facelift X250) to depict a car in this video?

@ethannelson9620 3 жыл бұрын

Killer video

@andriivedmid 3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@MaxLamdin 3 жыл бұрын

the Simpsons storm damaged engineers reference is a solid one

@tsmcgu 3 жыл бұрын

This was a tough video to like...

@typograf62 4 ай бұрын

Rooks often cooperate when eating roadkill. One keeps a lookout for cars, the rest eat. And then they change roles. They even know what side of the road danger may come from, the basically knows about driving rules. I have seen that myself. One eating, another in top of a lamp post shouting out when a car approaced. Then the eating rook would slowly walk away from the road. They ignored me.

@benjaminsantillo-herbert2680 3 жыл бұрын

2:22 TRIPLE PUN!

@jonahjerryson4913 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos youtube should give all science channels an award

@noisemagician 3 жыл бұрын

So punny, I love it.

@jervinsevilla6677 3 жыл бұрын

0:17 Graveyard ... on a windshield?

@nolongerdude 3 жыл бұрын

Man you are killing it (Bad Pun)

@HeroDarkStorn 3 жыл бұрын

Some of these puns really fell flat. Get it? Roadkill, Flat? :D

@petersmythe6462 3 жыл бұрын

Crows may get hit due to sheer numbers but they're a lot more evasive than some things.

@devanw6542 3 жыл бұрын

“Chaos is a ladder.” - Petyr Baelish

@vidushisingh3309 3 жыл бұрын

My pet dogs killed in road accident that's so sad I hate those people who drive vehicles blindly

@lonelyPorterCH 3 жыл бұрын

Great Title ;P

@Nitrooooooogen 2 жыл бұрын

Remember when this video was called “The Science of SPLAT!” ?

@humanwow5848 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, these puns just never stop coming.

@Marylandbrony 3 жыл бұрын

2:05. Hey I get that reference!

@MinuteEarth 3 жыл бұрын

Hurricane Neddy!

@Marylandbrony 3 жыл бұрын

@@MinuteEarth E'yup

@Its_Ceres 3 жыл бұрын

I have a question for MinuteEarth why to some marine creatures stay same for millinoins years for example whale shark, horseshoe crab, alligator gar but land animals dont?

@katerinakezemides5468 3 жыл бұрын

When you talked about the predator at the beginning of the vid it reminded me of SCP 682

@nfwolfaardt 3 жыл бұрын

Confucius says: "Animal who runs in front of car will get tired... Animal who runs behind car will get exhausted."

@eurapeon 3 жыл бұрын

Did you change the name of this video 3 times?

@foreign_physics8490 3 жыл бұрын

How many titles are you all going to change?

@brandonkelley6500 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised armadillos freeze. At a nature preserve hiking trail I frequent, there are often wild armadillos visible from the hiking trail. Only a couple of times have I messed with them. If you make noises in the grass they are surprisingly quick and basically jump like cats

@caracortage3270 Жыл бұрын

You are wrong