Would you raise the bird that murdered your children?

Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? - Steve Rothstein

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2 жыл бұрын

Dig into the evolutionary strategy of brood parasitism, where one animal tricks another into rearing its young.
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A mother honeyguide has placed its chick into a bee-eater’s nest- puncturing all the other eggs in the nest and leaving only its own hatching alive. Over the following weeks, the host parents devotedly care for the hatchling whose mother murdered their offspring. This is brood parasitism, a phenomenon which is especially well-known among birds. Steve Rothstein digs into the evolutionary strategy.
Lesson by Steve Rothstein, directed by Mauricio Bueno, Lucy Animation Studio.
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@captainpalegg2860 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine finding out you’ve been unknowingly raising someone else’s kid alongside your own and your first response is “Welp, it was nice knowing you, kiddos, but I’m gonna ditch you with this impostor and start a whole new family.”

@TEDEd 2 жыл бұрын

Drama queens of the animal kingdom

@Rihtainshtain 2 жыл бұрын

This often happens x(

@blackdragon51862 2 жыл бұрын

But what if the imposter killed all your kids before you figured it out. When you know that it is impossible for it to be able to live without you, abandoning it will be the best outcome.

@Friendship1nmillion 2 жыл бұрын

@@TEDEd That example you replied to this comment , gave me an idea 💡 of a good hypothetical human moral dilemma debate. 🤳🇦🇺🇳🇴

@drishtirastogi8535 2 жыл бұрын

@@Friendship1nmillion I want you to elaborate, what kind of things this debate would encompass?

@thenerdbeast7375 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention one important aspect of brood parasitism: retaliation. Some species of brood parasites like some cuckoos have an almost mafia-like control over their hosts. The mother keeps an eye on their egg/young from afar and if the hosts reject the egg or chick, the parasitic species will destroy the nest and prevent the host from breeding further that season out of spite. So for some hosts it is in their best interests to foster the parasitic chick in the hopes that their next brood won't be parasitized rather than reject the foreign egg and/or chick and be unable to breed at all. "That is a nice nest you have there, it would be a shame if something...happened to it."

@stud1o699 2 жыл бұрын

Wait so the cuckoos are racketeering child care? That's actually incredible. If that goes far enough, they might evolve into a full fledged government haha. One evolves to oversee and one evolves to escape oversight.

@AzathothTheTrueGod 2 жыл бұрын

Are those the ones that some people call “Capone Cuckoos”?

@MsSkittles247 2 жыл бұрын

The video briefly talks about it starting from 2:16-3:00!

@kunibertrandolf1886 2 жыл бұрын

@@stud1o699 Just like draped up russians leaving their children in kindergarden or at friends all day but then harpy on anyone that gives their children a crumb of the wrong bread

@user-cz1pk8ru2j 2 жыл бұрын

Did you watch the video lol

@rama7731 2 жыл бұрын

Its crazy that the parasite birds hatch and already know that they are supposed to kill other eggs

@Murf181 2 жыл бұрын

They would have done it their actual siblings too. Some baby birds are highly competitive

@Rayzlight 2 жыл бұрын

It's called instinct

@menoguchi 2 жыл бұрын

@IM Crow are... are you implying that you murdered your baby siblings in their crib?

@TheAzizurRahman 2 жыл бұрын

@@menoguchi 😃

@BoomTheGuardian 2 жыл бұрын

They don't really "know," they're just performing the action out of instinct. Parasite or not, they're still just babies, in addition to literally being birds. They don't understand what they're doing or what the consequences are of it.

@fluffysheep8208 2 жыл бұрын

Actually there are some studies, which predict, that some birds are consciously hosting a parasit because they know the consequences. Some parents of the parasitic chicks destroy the nests, if there chick is kicked out. So they conditioned other birds to raise their children. That takes this ecological relationship to a whole new level.

@wannabehistorian371 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a counterproductive adaptation.

@voidishprattles4319 2 жыл бұрын

Source?

@frederickvictor2038 2 жыл бұрын

@@voidishprattles4319 you have search engines babe

@elleuga3054 2 жыл бұрын

@@voidishprattles4319 source : trust me bro

@guillermoelnino 2 жыл бұрын

thats how mafia works

@MrTakadatsu 2 жыл бұрын

The music , the animation , the dark vibes and cruel reality.. this is so well done , it combined the amazing information for the mind with beautiful emotions for the soul.

@headstabber6907 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah these graphics complement the video so well

@luisapaza317 2 жыл бұрын

Cruelty? Well, I didn't saw any of that

@bobthegoat7090 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best in a long time

@Beepbbeepimasadsheep Жыл бұрын

Link to the music?

@smitchered 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, the music and graphics went along perfectly, and the subject was fascinating as always! That last remark on morals, humans, and animals was quite pertinent and deserves elaboration in the future!

@Vibricks 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

@Vibricks 2 жыл бұрын

Agree!

@Vibricks 2 жыл бұрын

Neil!

@Vibricks 2 жыл бұрын

Warren!

@martinb.3997 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine, you come home after a long day of work to go see how your kids are doing, then see that a ----ing bird has killed them and screams "Raise me, father"

@jishuraj9122 2 жыл бұрын

The audacity

@ShrinePriestess 2 жыл бұрын

ok thats kinda scary since something like that happen in my country (irl) Where the adopted child killed the biological children. And when the parents came home she started calling them mama and papa (she doesnt use to do it)

@llama_rahma 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShrinePriestess do you mind giving me the case name please?

@CJAshes 2 жыл бұрын

@@llama_rahma It's called the Maguad Murder Case. Two siblings were brutally murdered in their home, and the perpetrator is their adopted sister - who the police speculated (and confessed) that jealousy and anger was her murder motive; and wanted to take the parents' biological children place. When the parents arrived home, the perpetrator started calling them "mother" and "father" after killing the two siblings.

@Soul.Resonant 2 жыл бұрын

@@CJAshes *Victory, +132 beans*

@subatomicparticle 2 жыл бұрын

Why isn't anyone talking about the narrator? He did such a good job

@marloliver2755 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@ghostderazgriz 2 жыл бұрын

The animation was both slightly disturbing and incredibly compelling. What a cool video to describe such a twisted survival strategy. Being able to "figure things out" as an evolutionary development baffles me. How do some creatures evolve to invent creative solutions to their problems? It's so odd.

@demonrock9269 2 жыл бұрын

It's as if they are cheating (using hacks).

@v.scente 2 жыл бұрын

just by accident. It happens that they are more likely to survive and reproduce and their "advanced" genes will be carried on.

@eggapramuditya 2 жыл бұрын

@@v.scente why all question regarding evolution process must be concluded as accident?

@drsharkboy6568 2 жыл бұрын

@@eggapramuditya because evolution is blind. Why do you think cancer, down syndrome, diabetes, etc. happens? It’s because there are many hiccups that happen when creating a non-identical offspring. The only reason we don’t see all these health problems in other animals as often is because natural selection easily weeds them out. We prevent that process from happening for our species as often, allowing the genes that allow those problems to keep persisting when they naturally wouldn’t. Everything that happens evolutionarily is a 1 in 100 billion accident. Why do you think it took 3.5 billion years for life to go from bacteria to humans? There is no intelligent design, there is accidental design that just works. All it could have taken was one alteration in either our ancestors or the environment millions of years ago and we could have ended up with Cenozoic dinosaurs or a planet of bugs that got to evolve out of their physical limitations because vertebrates never became a thing. That’s why everything in evolution is an accident.

@SuperYtc1 2 жыл бұрын

It happens over millions of years in small increments. It's a bit like having to zoom out really far to see that the Earth is round. The bigger picture is sometimes hidden by scale.

@lancerguy3667 2 жыл бұрын

I remember my grandpa was an avid birdwatcher. He lived out in the woods, and he'd sit on his porch as I was growing up and tell me the names of all the birds we found. For the most part he was a chill dude, but whenever he was birdwatching, he'd always have a .22 rifle resting in his lap, to kill any cowbirds he saw. He was... not a fan of them, so I learned about their brooding habits from a pretty early age.

@javiermandujano4835 2 жыл бұрын

Why ?? Are those parasites 🤨

@timtams_6 2 жыл бұрын

@@javiermandujano4835 i mean... did you watch the video?

@lel0uchvibritannia981 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I would do the same thing. I mean, killing others just so you can live? That’s messed up

@lel0uchvibritannia981 2 жыл бұрын

@@olehart5850 but that’s for food, these parasitic birds give their chicks to other birds to take care of and these usually kill their hosts’ real chicks

@hannahbrown9136 2 жыл бұрын

Cowbirds are also well known agricultural pests of certain crops, so that may have also contributed to his hatred

@69cheesyfries 2 жыл бұрын

"is it ever productive to impose human morals onto other animals?" I LOVED this line!! It shows us that life is about survival and carrying forth their species to a new generation. and it doesn't matter what they must do to achieve that as long as they get it done.

@AntoDesormeaux Жыл бұрын

well to be fair it's also the parent birds' morals, since they're pissed off too

@xRussianbishop 8 ай бұрын

WTF 101 touched on this as well. in the Animal kingdom there is no good or bad only survival

@caulder2046 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this video isn’t just content, it’s art. The animation was just as captivating as the topic at hand-something I would LOVE to see more of in the educational KZfaq sphere!

@LunizIsGlacey 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Kurzgesagt (if you haven't already) if you love beautiful and professionally made music and animation in an educational KZfaq context! Stunning stuff.

@ahmedrazashibli8743 2 жыл бұрын

Ted is pushing the bars high. Next level animation. Loved it

@zainmushtaq4347 2 жыл бұрын

they're slowly catching up to Kurzgesagt, in a good way :)

@DheerajKumar-mi1el 2 жыл бұрын

@Ariadne4 2 жыл бұрын

@@zainmushtaq4347 tbh, I prefer ted more. Kurzgesagt animations are sometimes too bright and makes it uncomfortable for my eyes

@kingdinodragonite3470 2 жыл бұрын

@@zainmushtaq4347 it has too many circles and some of the info in Kurzgesagt is wrong especially in their dinosaur vids like the amount of food brachiosaurus or apatosaurus if I remember correctly eats for example which is 5x more in the video than the actual estimate by scientists. Ted is better

@samuraiboi2735 2 жыл бұрын

@@kingdinodragonite3470 well kurgz did said that the info they made is wrong in one of the latest videos they made.

@KhoaTran-ls5fw 2 жыл бұрын

I love the animation of this episode. It is excellent and match the "murderer's" vibe perfectly. Especially, i love the way they descripe the soulless and cruel eyes of the parasitic chicks. I hope to see more videos with this style of animation in the future.

@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 2 жыл бұрын

The parasites can't be too successful, mind you, or there soon won't be anything left to be a parasite of.

@KhoaTran-ls5fw 2 жыл бұрын

@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 nature has a way, toward balance ❤️

@kaungkaung7489 2 жыл бұрын

Ted Ed: "Trust no bird" Kurzgesagt be like: "am I a joke to u?"

@jidslyic1832 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@chocolizard678 2 жыл бұрын

Also kurzgesagt: W H A T I F WE L A U N C H E D A L L T H E N U K ES

@silvervens 2 жыл бұрын

*Kurzgesagt jingle plays* Topic: Blackholes, Universe, Life, aliens, and computers. We should trust this bird more but Ted ed made me lose trust.

@herohamza1196 2 жыл бұрын

Kurstagartz “We lied to you”

@xtaylorgriffin 2 жыл бұрын

I thought this video was going to explore the existential question of if I (as a human) would raise a bird who murdered my (also human) children and I was not ready to wrap my head around that scenario.

@guitaro5000 2 жыл бұрын

Scariest movie I've seen this year.

@spjr99 2 жыл бұрын

The coolest part is that the birds being tricked have evolved over time to basically accept the egg. Not because they "know" but because the birds who were genetically more docile didn't get their eggs smashed

@amallowexplosion 2 жыл бұрын

I thought this was for humans before you ask: my brain: *wtf why would you adopt the bird that murdered your child*

@npucheu 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I kinda thought it was a metaphor that would end with some lesson hahaha

@jinhunterslay1638 2 жыл бұрын

TLDR - the parasitic bird parents will destroy the host bird’s nest if they don’t adopt their kid

@raftlack4326 2 жыл бұрын

lmao same

@boxinabox6608 2 жыл бұрын

@@jinhunterslay1638 shoot the parasites, save the hosts

@stitches_73 2 жыл бұрын

LMAO 1 MONTH LATE BUT SAME

@D_U_N_E 2 жыл бұрын

Just as a notation, an evolutionary arms race is not intentional. It's an accidental process in which parasitic eggs with certain traits are kept over parasitic eggs without these traits. Over time this can lead to an evolutionary shift in the eggs/parents. Such as placing only in specific nests, having different physical properties, etc. Too many things make this seem intentional, it tends not to be - and the parasite if unable to have these adjustments can also go extinct. Picky birds are also accidental, and have similar properties.

@erlkinglook4824 2 жыл бұрын

What is intentional, and what is not? Sure, 'evolving' a feature of parasite identification is not intentional (no evolutionary process ever is), but a chick killing its fellow nestlings or a parent killing an imposter chick can be framed as intentional, as far as you can assign intentionality to individual animals. Talking about intention in animal behaviour is always tricky, but since humans are agent-centric conceptualisers, your script might sound rather stilted if you (intentionally) take out all the intentional language from it.

@catdogmousecheese 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you know "evolutionary arms race" is just an analogy, right? Birds aren't literally plotting against each other like Russia and the US during the Cold War.

@D_U_N_E 2 жыл бұрын

I mention this as I see a lot of people take the analogy as a way in which evolution works. I've heard multiple people question why animals don't just evolve a feature to survive.

@Ardeleus 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing is intentional per say, but evolution is effective, at least enough that the species still survive to this day. If an evolutionary feature benefits a species in a specific environment, that mutation will survive and occur/last again and again. Just because it was randomly stumbled upon does NOT mean it was randomly successful. This means if you restarted life, it would still end up very similar if not the same as we have today. This is because altho the mutations for evolution is random, the mutations that stay are not random. A creature with a mutation to have thick fur to keep warm in the cold would not survive in the desert, and a creature with legs would survive on land better than a creature with fins on land. If evolution got "unlucky" it would simply take a bit longer before the same features would pop up again because they are successful in that specific environment and condition, even if it was obtained randomly, it would not keep existing if it was truly random and had no merits behind it, and if it did have merits behind it then it would've appeared no matter what, even if it is evolved randomly. So no, evolution is not random.

@salemsaberhagan 6 ай бұрын

@@D_U_N_E the response to the question "why don't they evolve a response to survive" is simple: they haven't found a response that works well enough yet. Intentionality has nothing to do with it. I dare say you won't deny intentionality in human behaviour & have we yet evolved an appropriate species-level response to human induced climate change? We have not.

@hiiamjustacoolrandomuser168 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, I know why the swan egg was in the duck's nest.

@Endothermia 2 жыл бұрын

Looked it up, but couldn't find any instances of swans being brood parasites of ducks. Still, hope it's true 🤞

@jamesweststeijn1330 2 жыл бұрын

this video had NO BUSINESS being this anarchic and epic. Form the Score, to the voice, imagery, and the vocabulary; the intensity is portrayed so well, 5 minutes felt like 1. i Love this!

@AliceP. 8 ай бұрын

"Brood parasitism tends to evoke horror and disdain, but why should it be any more objectionable than predator-prey relationships? And is it ever productive to impose human morals onto other animals? Or does it end up saying more about us than it does them?" What a fascinating almost philosophical ending to a [mostly] science related video. I was indeed quite taken aback throughout the video and now this really got me thinking.

@ken5jk 2 жыл бұрын

Makes you think if brood parasitism was present during the age of dinosaurs or only after they evolved to birds.

@rahmascorner3517 2 жыл бұрын

now THAT is an interesting question

@rachelorlando6296 2 жыл бұрын

Birds aren't the only animals to do this, although it requires laying eggs, so the behavior is limited to birds, fish, and reptiles.

@killdozer7792 2 жыл бұрын

I legit wouldn't be surprised if some dinosaurs or pterosaurs engaged in this activity, although obviously finding fossilized examples of brood parasitism is highly unlikely.

@molybdaen11 2 жыл бұрын

@@rachelorlando6296 Some social insects do it too.

@countrycoffeecup7772 2 жыл бұрын

Like a Tyrannosaurus rex being raised by Pterodactyls, and they ride De Lorean Trains with Plutonium together?

@Orionuki 2 жыл бұрын

This episode was actually terrifying the animation and music really showed how graphic brood parasites can be

@kelly_seastar 2 жыл бұрын

Ted Ed always answers the questions I never knew I had.

@xXxM0nzt3r_V0m1TxXx Жыл бұрын

3:51 “some can distinguish between the eggs, simply lack a response” “Huh, that one’s got spots..neat!”

@rachelorlando6296 2 жыл бұрын

There is a very powerful parenting instinct in most animals, which stands to reason since the production of babies takes a lot of energy; you wouldn't want to waste that whole investment by not putting in the effort to raise them to adulthood. That's why the parasitic chicks aren't rejected, and it's the same reason a dog or cat will raise a litter not its own if it loses its own litter. Horses will also adopt youngsters, but it's trickier; they have to be the same age as the lost foal and ideally the same gender.

@salemsaberhagan 6 ай бұрын

Also why abortion isn't considered murder but throwing an infant in a dumpster is pretty definitely attempted murder.

@ijustdocomments6777 2 жыл бұрын

Not mentioned here, but some species will actually destroy the nests of the host birds if they reject the parasitic egg, so in those cases, it may also in their best interest not to reject it.

@l.n.3372 2 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered about what the brood parasite parent birds do afterwards. Since they don't have to raise their own chick, what do they do instead with that time now? Have more children to lay in other nests? Or just stop breeding for the season and do other things?

@roshibomb4247 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know much about birds, but I feel like the two ideas you outlined are probably the actions they would take. Probably a mix of both. A lot of them may just act as they would if they had never given the egg at all, I would guess, and the others would continue the act until the season is over or they are satisfied.

@DegreesOfThree 2 жыл бұрын

They go on a cruise.

@l.n.3372 2 жыл бұрын

@@DegreesOfThree Living the best bird life, obviously.

@l.n.3372 2 жыл бұрын

@@roshibomb4247 Makes me wonder tho, how do either of these species survive? A) the brood parasite birds would need to ensure that enough of their eggs are successfully raised to childhood. If they don't, the species doesn't stand a chance. B) how do the victim bird species survive if potentially half their nests are killed/devoured/destroyed by the brood parasite?

@Ikajo 2 жыл бұрын

@@l.n.3372 Probably by limiting competition for resources. With fewer birds competing for the same food sources, there is more food to go around. If all the host nests succeeded in raising their own chicks, it is possible that the competition for food would cause even more problems.

@suicidebxmber1234 2 жыл бұрын

The audiovisual design of this piece is brilliant. It really catches you.

@ukatoahthecathumanhybrid2272 2 жыл бұрын

"It's better to foster the impostor." That phrase sent shivers down my spine.

@moondraks 2 жыл бұрын

sus

@hallooos7585 2 жыл бұрын

Just vote the imposter out…

@imdumbbut8915 2 жыл бұрын

The game may be dead BUT HORRID MEMES NEVER DIE

@snapbacktoreality8706 2 жыл бұрын

I felt internal shock when I heard that

@nunyabiznes33 2 жыл бұрын

@gemini rose dump it on the ground, where it belong

@DoctorX17 2 жыл бұрын

Man, the production on this one was _amazing._ It just flowed and was animated so incredibly

@user-pv1us9xu6w 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect visual & sound

@elijahwakili9784 Жыл бұрын

It's not just the story or information from the video that makes it utterly captivating, but that dark, unique and fine line of presentation sets this apart from all other Ted Ed clips. Pls do more videos in this manner

@andreal5445 2 жыл бұрын

3:34 oh no what about the other two babies...??!

@warriorskitcat3859 Ай бұрын

🎶 survival of the fitest 🎶 (sad)

@MichaelAury 2 жыл бұрын

The animation, writing, and narration are all high quality. Kudos to everyone who made this video.

@usagi9303 2 жыл бұрын

I was so mesmerized by the animation! It’s just so good!

@rottenfished9040 2 жыл бұрын

The animation is too damn good especially how they made the paristic chicks terrifying

@korliyon2283 2 жыл бұрын

It's both fascinating and horrifying to think how morals vary among different animals, and among different human cultures. For example, in ancient China, the "marriage alliance" was an appeasement strategy whereby chinese emperors had to marry princesses (not always their daughters) to rulers of enemy states - usually tribal nomadic people - in exchange for temporal peace with these states. It was a controversial policy, but it saved lives.

@voidishprattles4319 2 жыл бұрын

Arraigned marriages to ensure peace are extremely common amongst nearly all human societies. Their was also a practice of giving your children to a rival to ensure peace as if you broke the treaty then your child would be killed. It's human nature to have an "ends justify the means" mindset. I can recall this amongst European aristocracy as well as Japanese ones and it's a large part as to why women were treated as objects for so long because for these nobel families... They were just objects, things to trade in order to ensure power.

@feeltheslipstream 2 жыл бұрын

Erm at one point all rulers in Europe were cousins because this is a popular strategy.

@FloatingOer 2 жыл бұрын

@@voidishprattles4319 The Romans used this strategy as well when conquering new territories. Take the children of chieftains to be raised and educated in Rome, then when they return Rome will have a bunch of Roman educated (and loyal) leaders controlling the territories. Arminius from the Suebi is the most famous example of this strategy, as he ended up betraying the Romans and orchestrated the destruction of three legions (15'000-20'000 men) at the Teutoburg forest.

@STNG17- 2 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing and terrifying at the same time. Great one!

@pretzel6989 Жыл бұрын

The animation for this episode was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! like wow I think maybe my favorite one yet!

@redstonetheanimecat3390 2 жыл бұрын

The animation on this is sooo smooth and good. I REALLLY just want the music to listen too haha

@afandiakhund8801 2 жыл бұрын

'' is it ever productive to impose human morals onto other animals?'' well said.

@Thefuryspeed100 2 жыл бұрын

They did an amazing job at capturing the horror and cruelty of this topic, while still remaining scientific and educational Way to go Ted!

@MrPopoCoalti 2 жыл бұрын

Minute Earth also has a video on brood parasite birds. They compare how the birds spend energy finding and laying eggs in host nests to how host birds spend energy raising their own young.

@javadhazara5491 2 жыл бұрын

couldve got all this info. minus the extra sound effects and music from your grade 1 teacher. istg ppl on this channel think they smart or sum😭

@Thefuryspeed100 2 жыл бұрын

@@javadhazara5491 Is not that, we just appreciate the effort that goes into making quality educational videos. The animation on this one is hard not to praise and besides, this is a topic i would not have come across if it wasn't because somebody took the time to make it a bite-sized, eye catching video so what's up with your negativity? do you have a problem with others enjoy things you can't?

@MachiaVallian 2 жыл бұрын

the unity of the voice and animation creates an amazing immersive vibe and flavor that is sooo nice to watch and listen to

@holysong2099 2 жыл бұрын

3:18 *When the impostor tries to play cool but doesn't know that the crew's on the Discord* ☠

@serinawong3019 2 жыл бұрын

I knew about the brown cowbird but I didn't know that there were so much more. Ornithology really is interesting.

@thelastcube. 2 жыл бұрын

you guys should do a _behind the scenes_ or _making of_ video for Ted-Ed videos. The last one you did was 8 years ago and i'm pretty sure things might have changed

@HarmanOberoi 2 жыл бұрын

Yes yes!!

@ScaredyCat033 2 жыл бұрын

I know they have different animators for different videos. So behind the scenes might be more difficult to get from some than others. I hope they do though! The links to the animator's websites are always in the description so you can learn more about them if you like!

@samdavis037 2 жыл бұрын

That animation with the narration had me captivated the entire time. had to replay just to see it again.

@nitee2100 2 жыл бұрын

Loved how the video raised philosophical questions at the end

@llfn1718 2 жыл бұрын

Idk if the title matches the adorable animation but alright

@hakimoussema6949 2 жыл бұрын

damn birds playing amog us with each other

@brianbrino4310 2 жыл бұрын

Simply excellent information and wonderful colours from this video. I simply loved it! Thank you for your kindness and sharing with me! 👏👏👏👏✌️✌️✌️✌️

@jaowadful 2 жыл бұрын

The music and visuals were weirdly chilling. Really cool video.

@hemangpatel8013 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work 👍

@croftonstroud370 2 жыл бұрын

I recently did a course on animal behaviour and this video is absolutely spot on! 👌

@Yoyomi.X0 2 жыл бұрын

OMG THE ART LIKE DUD IT’S AMAZING!

@cupcakeawesomeness6324 2 жыл бұрын

THEY LEAVE THE WHOLE NEST BECAUSE ONE DOESNT SPEAK THE RIGHT LANGUAGE????

@bulbousborb Жыл бұрын

4:38 This! It baffles me how much hate this bird gets, when plenty of other animals are just as brutal. This is nature, humans morals don't belong.

@MufflesTheGerbil 2 жыл бұрын

2:04 Imagine if Birds actually did this to check their eggs. Would be pretty cool. Then I'll run away from fear because that definitely ain't normal.

@verenarunstadler9485 2 жыл бұрын

this was fascinating but also terrifying

@npcprince 2 жыл бұрын

Ted Ed : "trust no bird" Kurzgesagt : (`©_©`)

@Diamondsigmaspaceb 2 жыл бұрын

4:29 SUS

@1000-THR 2 жыл бұрын

😳

@SuperGamingBrosSGB Жыл бұрын

🤤

@TheBassKitty 2 жыл бұрын

Incredibly animation. Beautiful

@PanoptesDreams 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the conclusion!

@rownoksami 2 жыл бұрын

2:59 "Chick rejection is a rarer phenomenon". Lmao

@thunderblossom8114 2 жыл бұрын

And then there’s a Robin video I’ve seen of it stabbing an imposter egg, carrying it off, then eating the yolk that got spilled

@wannabehistorian371 2 жыл бұрын

Metal.

@sanyakhisty8256 2 жыл бұрын

The narration was fabulous and the subject was well put oh my god what a good video

@ohayo790 2 жыл бұрын

Wow the animations and the music is so fitting to topic, it leaves me so spook and bone chilled afterward.

@umayr2935 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one; I think humans adopted the practice of passing the burden of parenting to others through evolution too, but with a different variant, we tend to use classes. The well off get nannies to raise their kids, meanwhile the nannies, who are struggling to make ends meet, either have no kids, or have to pay less attention to their own kids.

@treasureobasuyi894 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! What an insight!

@PeachReaver 2 жыл бұрын

..Are you even aware of how much a Proper Nanny gets paid? Lol

@bilk6504 2 жыл бұрын

@@PeachReaver lol, I dont think his argument makes sense!

@umayr2935 2 жыл бұрын

@@neelamsrivastava3774 u r right, but they way humans evolve is also due to reasoning, which other species don't posses. And human reasoning evolves too, they developed classes i guess after agriculture and then ways on how to maintain those classes kept evolving and dissolving with time.

@umayr2935 2 жыл бұрын

@@PeachReaver depends on where they live, so yes

@christianhathaway5423 Жыл бұрын

The reason I think that we have an emotional response to this, is because we see this same sort of behavior in humans, those who take advantage, rob, steal and kill. We identify with those who have been victimized.

@DLCS-2 2 жыл бұрын

Wow , the animation is amazing.

@YahyeAli123 2 жыл бұрын

This is really well animated :D

@bokkun9808 2 жыл бұрын

I gasped out loud when I saw the notification 😭😭 I thought this was a new moral dilemma episode or something

@AhmedMalik814 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Was a complete treat! Looked like a complete movie that I watched with satisfactory pace, nice plot and wonderful ending!

@sirturd2954 2 жыл бұрын

Love this channel.

@kingw6750 2 жыл бұрын

This was amazing

@PersonWhoExists50306 2 жыл бұрын

When the brood parasite is sus! 😳

@leezhenghan437 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine telling your parents that didn't know, "You adopted me"

@moonmun 2 жыл бұрын

This animation was wonderful and spooky xD It certainly gave a wonderful vibe!

@zephdo2971 8 ай бұрын

One of the best videos in this channel

@enderking_13 2 жыл бұрын

“Trust no bird” *Kurstagartz* “We lied to you”

@SniffishBowl 2 жыл бұрын

Kurtzgesagt*

@syalaishanaura9571 2 жыл бұрын

Wow the animation went along perfectly with the topic that always fascinating

@simas6190 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video!

@GhostIy_Games 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine a birb going: big bro there isnt enough food Big bro birb: **ignites lightsaber**

@trumpet_boooi 2 жыл бұрын

3:29 You are... Not the father!

@mikhail6920 Жыл бұрын

Please do more videos In this style it’s amazing .

@chuqiaozhou7695 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this fascinating video!

@agoodboi523 2 жыл бұрын

"foster the imposter" AMONG US

@urmom-ch1bb 2 жыл бұрын

The second he said the word "Imposter" I got reminded of the dark times...

@danelisslow3269 2 жыл бұрын

Amogus

@jinhunterslay1638 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it’s dead now…

@skippy1162 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a fascinating topic that I had no idea about

@edenwayne8407 2 жыл бұрын

I think what you said on the end was beautiful and should be learned by anyone interested in learning more about nature and the relationships in it.

@domj3698 2 жыл бұрын

Great animation for a very interesting topic, parasites are so interesting!

@ChangedFigure 2 жыл бұрын

Whoever did the animation deserve a darn raise!!!!

@jonathanlatremouille9746 2 жыл бұрын

God, these videos are always animated so much better than they seem like they would be.

@luckyowl6432 2 жыл бұрын

I barely paid attention I was watching the graphics so hard 😋 Loved it!

@dragoonzzetzz 2 жыл бұрын

Really brings in some perspective to Nature vs Nurture. How do these birds know what to do right from birth/hatching?

@marioxzzz 2 жыл бұрын

Adoption in the bird world is hardcore!

@dinosoarskill17 2 жыл бұрын

Your animations are so good.