How Hyraxes Preserve the Past in Poo

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Scientists who piece together our past can do so through the rare fossil or artifact, or they can go to one convenient location: a hyrax latrine.
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@SciShow 4 года назад

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@Willam_J 4 года назад

“Poo from the past.” Deja Poo? 😂

@phinxlion 4 года назад

Maybe... if you ate it?!

@countrye3013 4 года назад

@@phinxlion what

@MrMediator24 4 года назад

I've just *peed* this place before!

@Astrostevo 4 года назад

Okay, I actually laughed aloud. ;-)

@glenngriffon8032 4 года назад

that's a new meaning for "Time Capsule" Time Turds! Past Poos! Fecal Fossils!

@vinces7001 4 года назад

Glenn Griffon. Wicked! Xxx

@Sadfrogboi 4 года назад

Crap capsules

@madao7865 4 года назад

Time Kacksules

@drsharkboy6568 4 года назад

Coprolites.

@sdfkjgh 4 года назад

@@Sadfrogboi: *Crapsules Iftfy.

@unicornswag888 4 года назад

*_When future archaeologists find my fossilized excrement, they'll be amazed by my diet of pure protein powder and trenbolone_*

@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 4 года назад

Damn hank have you been working out?

@gibbcharron3469 4 года назад

@@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 Muscle Hank is *always* working out!

@melvinshine9841 4 года назад

Hey, he's back.

@SrDerp-rj2ip 4 года назад

After all of this time away, you must have been working out.

@thethirdjegs 4 года назад

Although muscle hank is a cool meme, i realized: how do we bold and italicize youtube comments?

@sabirahg2537 4 года назад

We call them Dassies in South Africa. They're one of my favourite animals ❤

@vivekchoudhury6648 4 года назад

"Preserves pieces of the past in piles of poo". Perfect !

@mktemple476 4 года назад

Human middens are treasure troves for archaeologists, too.

@firewilson8056 2 года назад

Yes it tells the story of the change from McDonald's to burger king

@legacyoflore1597 4 года назад

South African here! The way you guys pronounce fynbos is funny. We call hyraxes "dassies" 😁

@KnighteMinistriez 4 года назад

I would hate to have that job, because every day at work would be a shitty day at work. lol🤣😂

@0m3GAARS3NAL 4 года назад

So, The Midden beneath the college of Winterhold IS a time capsule of forbidden knowledge and secrets... And now it was also probably a communal latrine. Thanks scishow :D

@wonder7173 4 года назад

*I just love the way they simplify complex concepts for general people to understand. This channel is a great source of motivation for me. I hope I reach their level one day.*

@yaelthesnail 4 года назад

Dassies! Some people in South Africa use petrified dassie poo to make tea. Yes, you read that right.

@KarlBunker 4 года назад

The only thing I want to know about poo right now is where can I get some toilet paper. 😬

@rbb9753 4 года назад

KarlBunker That’s why I always get a receipt

@mikeyd946 4 года назад

“Middens” reminds me of a cat’s name...”here Middens! Here kitty! Come on Middens!”

@ianmacfarlane1241 4 года назад

If you've got a cold.

@gwarscout1825 4 года назад

Hyrax Midden sounds like a place in LOTR.

@Alyss93 4 года назад

This world never ceases to amaze

@korming 4 года назад

...you had me at 'turd'

@NWforager 4 года назад

Turd Tardis ⏲

@tay012 4 года назад

Turdis flown by Doctor Poo

@darrenswails 4 года назад

We have a place where everyone goes to throw their crap out there and it gets preserved for a long time: social media..

@furatceylan8 4 года назад

i´ve been waiting for the next poop video for so long ... finally, i´ll take it

@erikjohnson9223 4 года назад

New resource for Africa: hyrax guano. Wars were fought over seabird guano off the coast of Peru before the Haber Process allowed the cheap (but extremely energy intensive) manufacture of chemical fertilizer. Today, we are running out of Phosphate Rock (which at least in FL is apatatite--fosilized shark teeth). Manure rises again!

@TheFuturistTom 4 года назад

Dear Scishow! I am glad to have stumbled on this channel several years ago! You have inspired me to start my own channel and my second video of "Why There May Be a VR Exodus"!

@bigman81 4 года назад

Nice! I'll take a look into it!

@Anakwad 4 года назад

A joy to watch, good job, well presented !

@spook718 4 года назад

i just preserved my bowl of yogurt. With time, you can tell how often there is a poo related topic.

@JohnDrummondPhoto 4 года назад

Dr. Malcolm: That's one big pile of s**t. Hyraxes: You ain't seen nothing yet.

@anarchyantz1564 4 года назад

Very similar to the way giant sloths did with their cave middens.

@RicardoLuna 4 года назад

Guy at 1:02 looks like he's seriously considering giving a bite.

@josec.6394 4 года назад

Yummy 😌

@terryenby2304 4 года назад

Awwww! And they are adorable too!!

@MatanUbe 4 года назад

Dassies! ❤️

@lifeincolour09 4 года назад

Hey can you make one on why we use pillows, how we came to use them, etc. I personally hate them, I can't use pillows as they make my neck hurt.

@terryenby2304 4 года назад

lifeincolour09 i found one (in the U.K.) made by silent night designed for anti-snoring that really works well for my neck :) most are too high and hurt! This one has like a slight edge support but is lower in the middle to open the airway on your back, but support your neck if you are on your side. I’m sure there must be other brands that do similar shapes. Or you could look up the Japanese head supports that are traditionally used with futons? I am not sure what they are called (sorry!) but they may be better?

@lyreparadox 4 года назад

Me too! I can't stand using pillows 90% of the time. I only like using one when I'm camping because the ground is hard enough that I actually need the added support of a pillow - where normally I don't because I sink into the mattress. I'm also a front/side sleeper, so that probably doesn't help.

@campbelltron 4 года назад

past in poo is my favorite magic card

@GraceLJW 4 года назад

Oh my god I'm wearing an exact doppelganger of that sweater today

@HudaefCares 4 года назад

Hydrax sounds like a water pokemon.

@thehealthytalks 4 года назад

Awesome video i really liked it keep it up!👍

@johnopalko5223 4 года назад

Jobs that I never knew I never wanted...

@amboo1003 3 года назад

This is what my guinea pigs would do if I didn't clean their cage often enough >_>

@shuvamsamadder6889 4 года назад

Love you all

@jumpander 4 года назад

50.000 years shitting in the same place? Now that's dedication!

@JohnSmith-td7hd 4 года назад

Apparently a midden is a place for waste. So all the time I've spent in the Midden at the College Of Winterhold... I was standing in... "waste".

@gunitsoldier42069 4 года назад

Scishow is my kids new science class

@elizabethCorkins83 4 года назад

✌🏻

@elizabethCorkins83 4 года назад

Awesome, lots of good info 👌🏻

@joekeating3329 4 года назад

Love Scishow!

@spyryal 4 года назад

In Ducth midden means middle. Kinda fitting.

@ianmacfarlane1241 4 года назад

In Britain 'midden' means dunghill or refuse heap. Kinda surprising to hear it associated with animals.

@regular-joe 4 года назад

Thanks, Olivia, for a fun forgetful few minutes!

@marshmallowmonster7731 4 года назад

Now I wonder how Metal Hyraxes look like? :)

@eugenetswong 4 года назад

I love listening to Oliva now. She's improved a lot, I think.

@Samthe1stbob 4 года назад

Latrinal legacy wow

@TheQueerTailor 4 года назад

We saw a bunch of hyraxes in Ein Gedi while hiking, they’re such weird little creatures

@gwarscout1825 4 года назад

First thing I noticed were their feet. Very elephant-like.

@torianholt2752 4 года назад

@@gwarscout1825 They have little tusks too.

@beastmaster0934 4 года назад

GWAR scout That’s because elephants are their closet living relatives, alongside manatees.

@gwarscout1825 4 года назад

Hyrax Midden sounds like something from LOTR. :)

@shank2733 4 года назад

where are the closed captions?

@DIEKALSTER8 4 года назад

aka "Dassie" (pronounced Dussy) in local parlance.

@Spectrulus 4 года назад

Could we get more info on Hyracium on SciShowPee?

@joshuaadamstithakayoutubel2490 4 года назад

Idea for next video: How soaps and detergents are removed in the water treatment process. The only information I've found about it is that a chemical reacts with it, forming a precipitate that is removed.

@lamondhaughton1598 4 года назад

Hyrax is the Lorax..

@akumaking1 4 года назад

Here's an idea: Eat plenty of beans and broccoli before bed. That way the flatus will turn your bedsheets into fumigation tents, killing all of the bedbugs.

@GustafUNL 4 года назад

r/ TIHI- thanks, I hate it

@erikjohnson9223 4 года назад

I suspect that bedbugs tolerate flatus better than people. They can live up to 6 months between meals. Lower metabolism correlates with lower oxygen demand.

@billyshakespeare488 24 дня назад

Dude they're so cute 🥺

@aryehberman1984 4 года назад

Hi. I really enjoy your videos and I usually just play your Uploads playlist and let it just keep going until I get to the videos I've seen already. But of late the playlist isn't updating itself (being updated?). I don't want to make demands but if there's a way to remedy this, is very much appreciate it. Thank you very much for creating this and all your other channels.

@hoze1235 4 года назад

time capsule turds - a punk rock band

@Raylen_Fa-ield 4 года назад

Skate makes the world go round.

@elizabethmcglothlin5406 4 года назад

Wow!

@firewilson8056 2 года назад

Modern day clues from poo all point to McDonald's

@sciencenerd7639 2 года назад

wow!

@noelhutchins7366 4 года назад

I thought all animals had claws, but this Hyrax has little people nails, I found some otters have human like nails too: so cute I can't comport my manly voice right now.

@syd.a.m 4 года назад

Elephants also have human-looking nails. Yes, they have nails.

@thelemon2764 4 года назад

how is it that i have not once heard of these fluffy floofers and why are they not domesticated yet

@fubytv731 4 года назад

I'm watching this while eating.

@NeoGrimz543 4 года назад

Why does the Hyrax in the thumbnail look disgusted in us for digging through their outhouse remains?

@CyanOgilvie 4 года назад

Dassies (what we call them in South Africa), are permanently grumpy / disapproving looking, I call them grumpy bunnies. I live just around the corner from where the fynbos picture was taken and there are some dassie colonies in the coastal fynbos in the area. If you sit quietly near them they will climb out onto the rocks and just sit there and stare at you with this intense look of disapproval, which is adorable. I haven't seen anything like what is described here with their middens though, usually it's just a small patch of little pellet droppings

@joelcrow 4 года назад

I saw the thumbnail and thought it was Bobby Moynihan too!!

@thstroyur 4 года назад

Wait - isn't this a rehash of a previous 'sode? I'm pretty sure I remember SS (Hank?) talking about this a while back...

@amcat8015 4 года назад

*The sacred texts!*

@RaviKumarTiwari 4 года назад

Hyraxes are popping at same spot for 50 to 20 thousands years 😵 What is the lifetime of Hyraxes ?

@OpEditorial 4 года назад

*Midden Hyraceum* sounds like a character from Harry Potter

@shuvamsamadder6889 4 года назад

She looks like Amy from TBBT

@terryenby2304 4 года назад

Shuvam samadder except cooler 😎

@Keallei 4 года назад

Awwwwww they go bathroom in a designated spot.

@PorchPotatoMike 4 года назад

1:00 “Now that’s a big pile of s#!t.”

@odah7785 4 года назад

I wonder if any of that pollen is still viable. As unlikely as it is it would be fascinating to add that genetic diversity back into the environment.

@lyreparadox 4 года назад

Aww, they have teeny-tiny hooves!

@torianholt2752 4 года назад

They actually have little column feet with flat nails like elephants.

@WintaFlowa 4 года назад

Hi SciShow ! I have a burning question for you! I love mangoes but sometimes the mangoes taste like gasoline! I can’t figure out if it’s me or it’s the mango. To my friends they just taste like mangoes but not as sweat! Please answer my question I would really appreciate it! Thank you ~

@joshDilley Год назад

2:00 are they common really or endangered?? #yolo

@nobiggeridiot 4 года назад

giving hope that there might be future research value in that other pile of turds : political twitter accounts

@peaceunity8648 3 года назад

Also they live in Yemen, I went hunting there a few years ago

@matthewsermons7247 4 года назад

Get a degree in Biology and someday you too can become Dr. Turdburgular.

@TheDoctorAndALobster 4 года назад

it preserves pieces of the past in piles of poo : nice alliteration there, gj

@jeffreywickens3379 2 года назад

She looks kinda nerdy, but she's got beautiful eyes and she's an excellent presenter.

@Astrostevo 4 года назад

This isn't an April's fools is it? (Checks date of publication.)

@malgremor85 2 года назад

Look at that face. It's Brown Jenkin!

@chocolatefaerie 4 года назад

Dassies

@citywitt3202 4 года назад

Sooooo, what did you learn in science class today?

@darrellcole6311 4 года назад

Hope those scientist washed their hands and had masks on...no telling what bad bacteria might hide in those middens

@vcjg287 4 года назад

I dont know why, but that face on the thumbnail reminds me of Geralt de Rivia by Henry Cavil...

@beastmaster0934 4 года назад

So Hyraxes use their poo to tell their world history?

@sapphirII 4 года назад

Aaand I watched this while eating my sandwich.

@Pinayka18 4 года назад

I’m eating nachos 🤪😭

@JasonGastrich 4 года назад

lol wow I’m s’midden ;)

@MotoHikes 4 года назад

No, i'm sorry. That's a Pikachu.

@FreedomAnderson 4 года назад

Pika look more like Pikachu.

@MotoHikes 4 года назад

@@FreedomAnderson I am aware of the Pika. However i was attempting some obviously bad comedy.

@DostLP 4 года назад

6 million subscribers and not even 60k views on videos with this host, just saying.

@kingoftheives3488 4 года назад

Big oL peenor

@burnblast2774 4 года назад

That's not a badger

@retiredamericanpatriot5571 4 года назад

I thought that was Amy from "Big Bang Theory "

@terryenby2304 4 года назад

Olivia I love that top on you, it really shows off your waist. Sorry I know it’s all about the science, but I just adore your sense of fashion too! All the presenters seem to wear fantastic clothes, but I particularly adore your taste! (Especially your gorgeous tattoos!! I hope you show them off again soon 🙂) I love that your clothes and hair look kind of ‘comfy’ and practical, but effortlessly stylish, alternative and unusual too.