Exploding Weed Seeds (28,546 fps Slow Motion)- Smarter Every Day 257 

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Love the progression of using slow mo to find out how to film the slow mo. I feel like this is what high speed is all about. ❤️

I just love the idea of a guy filming grass with a high speed camera.

"It's a reverse banana peel slap bracelet!" *Destin's wheezing laugh*

As an End Stage Renal Failure patient who spends a lot of time in a Dialysis chair it's this guy and some other Podcasters that have kept my mind from atrophy. Thank you so much for doing this. Not Discovery, History or even PBS does long form exploration with the accumen and depth that you provide. Dig it man, keep it up. You're doing humanity a service. A most worthy cause.

Ahh... of course. The reverse banana-peel slap bracelet. Classic

"It's a reverse banana peel slap bracelet" has got to be the most nonsensical completely perfectly descriptive description ever.

What I find amazing is how many different plants evolved basically this mechanism. There's some up here called jewelweed that does the same thing. It's a really pretty plant, but walking near a bush of it is weird when it's full of seed cause a whole bush will just kinda explode seeds everywhere if you bump into it. There's similar spring mechanisms in a few other plants as well I think. There's a type of tree with exploding seed pods that are really spikey if memory serves.

I just wanted to tell you I really appreciated the beginning of this video. The way you enthusiastically said you wanted us to learn together before excitedly sharing what we were doing. I felt like I was spending time with the dad I never had. Just wanted to say some people notice, appreciate that stuff. This was an amazing video! I learned a lot. (:

"It's a reverse banana peel slap bracelet!" I've never heard a more confusing, yet strangely accurate description.

Now would you say that the airflow generated by flinging those seeds off was turbulent? or laminar?

I can't get over how good the foley is on the slow motion. Well done.

Thank you for making this! So cool to see how unique something so small and overlooked can be!

"They smell like a really pretty grandma" is definitely the most wholesome endorsement I've heard this year.

I work in landscaping and this is a super cool concept to me. To think there could be grass going ballistic to spread seeds is both awesome and lucrative 😂. I'm glad I watched the video all the way through, I had fun. Great work!

SmarterEveryDay is one of those example of how truly fun it is to learn about the world around us. Not in a classroom, not through tests and books. But through speaking, visuals, video, and talking to experts. Love the knowledge you give us.

"A reverse banana peel slap bracelet" is extremely faithful as a description.

Meanwhile all those weeds in the yard: "Business is BOOMIN"

I don't think anyone else could make a 12 minute video about grass and keep me interested the whole time. I love that you point out the intentional design behind something so small and insignificant as a grass seed pod! Thank for doing what you do!!

Love how genuinely exited you get from this pretty mundane, but also awesome event. Great Video :)

"So how did you get separated from your parents?" Little red bug: "A random giant startled our reverse banana peel wrist slap bracelet house." Here's the footage: 07:28

"it's a reverse banana peel slap bracelet" i've never seen a more scientifically correct statement

Some of the most technologically advanced systems can be made from imitating nature. What we think originally is just a simple mechanism, turns out to be a perfectly engineered machine at play.

always love your content and what you try to promote. always a treat and since as a kid I played with these a lot it was an interesting and informative piece of nostalgia XD

So that scene at the end of "A Bug's Life" where they launch grass stalks in the air into each other to create grass seed fireworks is actually a thing. Pixar.

I have a lot of footage of various exploding seed pods. There are a surprising variety of mechanisms exploding seed pods use from different species. I've not seen the particular plant you filmed in this video.

this is probably one of the best slow motion clips i've seen, thank you for this Dustin

I really enjoyed going on this exploration and appreciate your time and effort. The slow mo footage was amazing. Thank you.

Aphid: seems like a cool place to chill Also aphid: engage after burner

Bystander: “Hey Destin, what’d you do this weekend?” D: “I watched the grass grow!” B: (sarcastic) “ooo, sounds exciting.” D: “YOU HAVE NO IDEA.”

How did I miss this one. This one has to be my favorite of your endeavors. There’s two weeks of follow up lessons I could teach my kids on this video alone. Angular momentum, agriculture, chaos theory, and downright silliness with the banana slap bracelet. Thanks!

It's so cool you did a video on this. My wife and I had our first encounter with these things a couple years ago and we thought it was a bunch of bugs jumping around as we walked through the grass around our new house. Upon closer inspection, we discovered it was this very same plant. We had a fun time poking them to see them spring to life and fling their seeds around. Some observations we made were that they only seem to "pop" when they were dry and not so much when they were green. So I came to think that the drying process would cause tension as the "flingy bits" shrank while other parts of the plant remained their usual size and once disturbed enough would cause the weak connections to break which would release the tension. So happy to see your slow motion capture so I can get a better look at exactly what's going on. Thank you for making this video.

the irony of searching for credible sources with google is immense here

I have this stuff on the side of my house. I always thought it was bugs jumping at me lol

I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited at slow mo shots of weeds spreading their seeds. This is amazing!

As a gardener who is *constantly* too late pulling this weed and is instead just dispersing its seeds for it, I absolutely LOVED this video. "banana peel slap bracelet" is not something I expected to hear today :)

"Mechanically disturbed", thank you Destin for being a person who never intends to emotionally disturb the local flora. Truly a wholesome being.

Destin's Wife: "It's time to mow the lawn" Destin: 7 hours and 1 slow mo camera later "I'm mowing the lawn I swear!"

I know it's 2 years after this was posted, but I gotta say, I love the purity of this video. It brings focus to the beauty and science of the little things that happen every day around us that we normally wouldn't take a second to think about.

I love this format where you find a problem and walk through the steps to solving it.

"Mom, why is there a man out there filming grass?" Oh, that's Destin, he probably found something neat and you'll see it in a bit.

"It's a reverse, banana peel, slap bracelet." Don't try that move yourself unless you've got some gymnastics training.

I think most of us don't know what we don't know and that leaves us in a quandary about questions we don't know to ask. You have to have a real inquisitive mind to dig into a subject to get to those questions you don't know to ask. This is why your vids are such a blessing to those that maybe have given up on subjects that seem to hard to fully attack. Thanks teach.

Derek told me to watch your videos *years* ago, glad I finally did. This one is perfect too, a real gem. I really felt like I was along for the ride! When I was a kid we had a creek in the back yard and there were these tall, green plants with orange flowers and giant exploding seed pods that grew from its banks, really fascinated me as a kid. I'm going to look up what they are, not how they work

"It's a reverse banana peel slap bracelet!" Destin is such a dork, and I love it.

Who would have thought watching exploding weed seeds would be satisfying.

I never thought I will be watching 12-minute video about grass and being totally fascinated. I love your dedication. Very nice video!

I love that you get so excited over some thing that drives me crazy every spring I go out in my yard and try and pick these suckers before they’re dry enough to explode they will take over a patch very fast if not kept under control so during the spring I go out every day and pick as many as I can

Knowing how the slow-mo sound effects are made makes this hilarious

"understand I am going to say things that are wrong" your humility is an excellent example for many to learn.

Destin, your sense of awe in the discovery of the things that we often overlook is inspiring. I can’t believe that I’m watching a video about grass with excitement. Thanks for being curious!

Destin i have been a long time subscriber of your Chanel and I wanted to say i love the videos and I just wanted to say thanks for making this fun video. It made me smile. 😊

“They smell like a really pretty grandma.” Stay away from my grandmother.

"My heart is beating fast because of grass seeds." Says the man who got excited over magnetic worms. Never change Destin.

That has got to be the best illustration of how this phenomenon occurs, wonderful work, thank you!

So glad I didn't skip to the slowmo. It's so delightful watching you make these discoveries

“It’s a reverse banana-peel slap-bracelet” - A what now??? Destin: Gets a banana and a couple of snap-bracelets..... Twangggggg!!!!!! - Ohhhhhhh!!!!!!! It’s a reverse banana-peel slap-bracelet !!!!!

"Morphomechanical innovation" is a fancy way for scientists to say: being shaped a funny way helps it do a fancy thing.

The energy you have about this grass is the same energy I had when I found it. I laughed and giggled like a child.

Awesome shots. Thank you for the length you’ve gone through to display Gods craftsmanship.

"Hey dad, what is that strange man doing in our backyard?" "Oh son, he is just playing with our grass."

Unless Google blacklist or suppress you for "wrong think"

The simplest little things can be so cool and interesting if you just slow down and take a closer look. I love these video topics! Thank you for sharing

What a great way to find beauty and wonder in an ordinary thing and present it compellingly. I loved it. Thank you.

Him: *touches the plant* Plant: I've grown and waited my entire life for this moment.

Destin's infectious enthusiasm for even the most seemingly mundane things is the best part of his videos

This grass has always fascinated me. It's on my property and as I groom the grass or weed whack I see and feel these seeds hitting my legs. I'm so happy you caught it on those cameras! Thank you. Your enthusiasm is definitely condoned considering my own curiosity about this grass.

So glad I stable upon your content. I love learning new things and learning how and why it works. Love your Content. New sub.

I love how it went from “I can’t get this to focus” to “gorgeous slowmo shots” so quickly

I hope Destin’s friend likes those weeds because his backyard is now COVERED with those seeds lol

Thank you for doing this experiment. I moved to a new place last year and, this spring while trying to get the weeds out of the grass, ran into this plant. I didn't want to spread the seeds from all of the weeds in the grass so, very logically, cut the stems on which the seed pods were developing and moved them to a bucket. It worked for dandelions and other seed producers but this plant had me baffled. I finally brought out a powerful vacuum and vacuumed the seeds as they popped out. I'm still not convinced that I got a good percentage of them. Just touching the stalk triggers the whipping of the seeds - often in my face.

Hands fown the best video about grass ever made. Really. I am amazed at how entertaining a video about exploding grass could be. Awesome.

"I want you to resist fast forwarding to the slow motion" I feel attacked

4:55 “It’s a reverse banana peal slap bracelet!” man i love the guy!

This actually HELPED me with my pasture grass problems! We were having a LOT of weed problems, even on heavily grazed areas... After seeing this, I went out and took a course broom/brush to my seed headed grass, and now 95% (by sq ft) Is FREE from weeds, and has Dense Lush pasture grass!

I have been a long time fan of SED and I am amazed that one slow-mo camera started all this. Now I am fascinated by grass seed hahahaha

I love how Destin shows us the *process* of his learning. That's by far the most critical part!

"It's a reverse banana peel slap bracelet!" LOL Someone put that on a mug or shirt!

I'm 49, and your videos really remind me of the PBS stuff I watched as a kid. 3-2-1 Contact was one. You made me feel young again. Thank you!

One of the coolest clips I’ve seen in a while. Really cool things can be seen when you take the time to observe the universe rounders. One of the most satisfying examples that I can think of involved a student I had in my physics class about 35 years ago. She entered my class like many students thinking they were going to skate through my class like they skated through a whole lot of other classes and as a result her grades were suffering. But unlike many students she persevered and started making progress. One Monday morning she came into my class extremely excited. She told me how she had been riding with her parents and she looked up at the powerlines as the car moved along. What she observed was the bottom half of a sinusoidal wave. And she started wondering about why it had that shape. Suddenly she understood why the sag was in the wire and she could ‘see’ all the force/component vectors that were in play. She specifically remembered that no matter how much tension there was that the sag HAD to be there. It brings tears to my eyes right now to remember the excitement and wonder in her eyes and voice and as she told me about this experience. Moving from the unknown to knowledge is the key to human advancement. But I expect that reaching that point, that level, in science is almost always a result of experiencing the sense of awe and wonder that takes place when raw knowledge on the part of students becomes true understanding.

"...eventually find out the mechanism for ejecting the seed..." -Destin

I wanna see how many weeds grow in his backyard after this experiment

Brilliant I tried and tried to film slow motion on the phone when I found this in Australia, I went for a look and I find myself back on your Channel. excellent!

The changes and build up to when it came into focus was great

Can we take a moment to appreciate that Destin intentionally delves into the scientific method to figure out something when he can just look it up? This is a true scientist!

-stranger: "Hey what's your band name?" -me: "Reverse Banana Peel Slap Bracelet" -stranger: .... -me: ....

Another well made vid, Destin!

Great capture! My kids and I enjoyed learning about this. They were curious about exploding seed pods.

“It’s a reverse banana peel slap bracelet” Hmm.. how accurate 🧐

Thanks, this was a great supplement to our homeschool lesson on seed dispersal.

The photography here is breathtaking! Absolutely Incredible, Who knew grass could be so interesting?

This is one of those gems that induces a pure and well-deserved "Woah, that's awesome." Some dang cool grass

I couldn’t help but see what looked like the “golden ratio “ every time one of those liners curled off and slung seeds. Would be neat to see that overlaid and see if it follows. Cool video. Thanks.

This was highly entertaining. As usual. Just goes to show you that there is fascinating things everywhere, you just have to look for them.

I went to school until I was 30. I miss being a student. You make cool science videos, but never take your teacher’s hat off. I love it.

Destin: "Resist the temptation to fast forward to the slowmo" Me: *Was not tempted until that moment*

“It’s a reverse banana peel slap bracelet.” Destin Sandlin 2021

What I appreciate aside from the main content itself is that you pay for a Folly artist to make the SFX for your vids!!! The production you present is just as amazing as the content!

This is definitely one of the coolest things I’ve seen lately

This is awesome content you're making