The Insane Biology of: The Elephant Seal

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@What_111 26 дней назад

"THE IDEAL MALE BODY" Oh man my confidence boosting fr

@Justakatto 26 дней назад

Lmaooo

@atlasknox7514 26 дней назад

Ideal male body duh

@thememeguy3477 26 дней назад

man I wish I had top comment

@Matt_matt1 26 дней назад

Iseal male body

@Nuclear_eevee 23 дня назад

YOU BEAT ME TO THE JOKE AGHHHHG

@gingerfoxx1476 25 дней назад

I love how Neil the Seal has such a reputation for being the neighborhood bad boy, but the locals just have to accept him to some degree. I hope the future brings a happy outcome for him as well as the locals.

@user-un8tv1pp8m 14 дней назад

Doubt it. The moment he gets a human hurt, some reason/justification for shooting him will be found. At least thats usually how it goes with bears or tigers or elephants when they show up in settled areas and loose their shyness. Its cute how the folks in the village work around him, but doubtful if its sustainable. Especially if he moves into sexualized agression with viability.

@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 11 дней назад

@@user-un8tv1pp8mit's very unlikely the Tasmanian Parks officials will resort to shooting him... Australia is one of the better resourced countries at dealing with this type of thing. Although there's a lot of discussion about how they're going to discourage him from coming ashore in the future. They don't want to interfere with him too much, but obviously it's not desirable that he continues to interact with people for his wellbeing and people's safety. But he's certainly getting the attention from the folks who know what to do about it.

@aaronf4841 26 дней назад

Beach Master sounds like one of the dad archetypes like the Grill Master. An Eldritch creature in flip flops, cargo shorts, and a bucket hat reminding everyone to wear enough sunscreen.

@realscience 26 дней назад

I know this guy lol

@exiledtobronze8694 26 дней назад

And a metal detector to find absolutely nothing with

@sirBrouwer 26 дней назад

@@exiledtobronze8694 no that is not the beach master. those are the foragers together with the beach fishers. the beach master is the one that controls the lifeguards (they may one day become the master) has the absolute best spot on said beach with enough food and drinks to last. and when they smell competition they will come barring there rolled up newspaper and a breath that smells of a lot of coffee and heavy tobacco.

@qwertyferix 26 дней назад

@@realscienceRemember to reapply, Steph! You don't want a sunburn like last time.

@salaltschul3604 25 дней назад

"It's not my fault if you get sunburned!"

@FutureAIDev2015 26 дней назад

Resident: "sigh....Neil, you really can't keep doing this..." Neil: (side eye) "...AAAAAAAAA"

@salaltschul3604 25 дней назад

I'm an Aussie and I've always felt for Neil the Seal. He's going back home to fight and mate...but he's alone there.

@inuiechoi193 25 дней назад

might be something aquariums could help with

@MatthewTheWanderer 22 дня назад

Yeah, if he's ever going to become a Beach Master, he's going to need to find a new beach!

@joeyRaven201 26 дней назад

Why they kinda looking like my brother

@chimponkoman 26 дней назад

😂

@papyrusisverycool2372 26 дней назад

hello kris

@xwsrxspacely1505 26 дней назад

Who is this?!

@LastGoatKnight 26 дней назад

And like my teacher who was called as "penguin" by everyone. But he was as wide as these speciments😅🤣

@anmoltiwari5377 26 дней назад

Atleast he's cute

@Sprite_525 26 дней назад

5:34 “only 30 to 40 percent of seal pups survive their first dive” that makes me understand why a long-surviving elephant seal is so aggressive, the chill ones probably died on day one!

@whyarewestillhere7073 26 дней назад

How does aggressivenes help with avoiding sharks and orcas?

@mek7333 26 дней назад

@@whyarewestillhere7073may something to do with fight or flight. When animal have high fight or flight respond tend to be more aggressive

@primus4cameron 25 дней назад

I don't get it. With a two in three chance of death in "their first dive" what is the chance of death in their second dive. I mean these seals dive many times a day. What would the juvenile population be after a week or so? Out of a population of 1,000 pups there would be less than 4 alive after just 5 dives each - (1/3)^5~0.0041 - so I guess they're SUPER fast learners ... or something???

@Sprite_525 25 дней назад

@@primus4cameron my guess is they have fast developing instincts, but there’s probably a slight window during the first time when they’re very distracted by the cold and incapable of seeing far enough to understand what to do.

@Sprite_525 25 дней назад

@@whyarewestillhere7073 avoidance is not the only strategy required to survive against the vast biodiversity in the wild. If a shark bites a human, for example, get away if possible but then you punch its nose or eyes if you can’t. Most interactions are like this: avoid but fight if needed. And it often is needed.

@flauschigesbusch9825 26 дней назад

5:15 omg that seal cried in the perfect moment

@davidegaruti2582 25 дней назад

Real science exposed telling seal pups they'll likely die

@hugheshammy6311 25 дней назад

@@davidegaruti2582 Real Science keeping it real am i right

@moonshinershonor202 11 дней назад

It's hard for a smol seal out here. That's why puberty is their comeuppance.

@hongchan1202 26 дней назад

6:36 I didn't they could scratch their own head 😂😂😂😂

@suicicada 26 дней назад

That through me off too. Looked straight up like a human 😂

@gormauslander 26 дней назад

Me neither! I was very surprised by that

@user-xs1vq5wl5c 25 дней назад

Fr 💀

@volcano.mitchell 25 дней назад

Yeah, Erm what the sigma?

@Strawb3rryD3ath 24 дня назад

so can cats and dogs whats the surprise?

@exiledtobronze8694 26 дней назад

"7 tons of raw sexual aggression" reminds me of highschool

@sheikhzaman 13 дней назад

😂

@a_friendly_idiot 26 дней назад

My sister walked during the "raw sexual aggression" part and said, dang! What are you watching!?

@THE-ONE-WHO-KLEPS 22 дня назад

Bruh💀💀💀

@takumi2023 19 дней назад

Not that bad. Just rewind and show her

@martinketchum 16 дней назад

show her

@noend7879 16 дней назад

@@martinketchumthanks for reminding me how dirty my mind is

@beaub152 16 дней назад

@@noend7879bro get off the internet lmao wtf

@pixelmaster98 26 дней назад

16:30 "it becomes greatly elongated during the breeding season, and can then be erected" lmao, looks like Charles Darwin had fun writing his notes xD

@FutureAIDev2015 26 дней назад

AYOOOO

@leogama3422 23 дня назад

Silly, silly Charlie

@Crystaline-Mew 4 дня назад

@@FutureAIDev2015why does that translate to come on..?

@Kekoapono 22 дня назад

4:57 - Okay, that is a fantastic facial expression. I'm low-key disappointed this wasn't used as the thumbnail.

@artawhirler 26 дней назад

Considering their deep diving and huge appetites, I'm surprised they're not covered with scars from Giant Squid like Sperm Whales often are.

@Mishmellow 18 дней назад

I think shedding their top layer of skin each year would remove any superficial scars.

@TheRotConsumes. 18 дней назад

Despite their size, a Giant Squid would probably be able to overpower an Elephant Seal most of the time, or at least long enough to drown them. Not saying it's impossible, but it is highly unlikely that an Elephant Seal would survive the encounter which is why we haven't seen any with squid scars.

@artawhirler 18 дней назад

@@TheRotConsumes. Remember that Giant Squid come in ALL SIZES. They don't start out huge. They start out tiny, and grow bigger over time. This means that an adult male Elephant Seal could successfully attack the vast majority of Giant Squid - all but the very biggest of them. Although if he attacked one that was about his own size, I'm thinking it would put up a pretty good fight before eventually getting metabolized into seal blubber.

@greenman6141 17 дней назад

It's hard not to love Neil the Seal. On the South Georgia, in some places there are still some buildings left. With walls and roof. Even if the big male elephant seals want to fight each other most of the time. When it is the breeding or moulting time of year, if you look inside those buildings, all you'll find are HUGE male elephant seals. They clearly like being out of the wind, and perhaps the sun. And no females, pups, or small males are in there. The big males appear to have scared off everyone else, but they're willing to share the space with each other. It's really surreal looking. Like some nightmare frat.

@phila8226 26 дней назад

If you are in the States, you can see Northern Elephant seals at several locations along the West Coast. The biggest and easiest to see are at Piedras Blancas just north of San Simeon. CA. Also at Ano Nuevo State Reserve just north of Santa Cruz and Point Reyes north of San Francisco. Worth the visit particularly around the new year when the pups are born and the males are fighting over the females. Huge, very impressive animals.

@realscience 26 дней назад

Would love to see them one day

@nickmitsialis 25 дней назад

@@realscience I've seen 'em at Ano Nuevo (an official tour), tried to do it at Piedras Blancas (they were RIGHT OFF the side of HWY1, but my wife would freak out when I tried to walk down among 'em==at the time I went pre 2000 it was totally uncontrolled); and "somewhere south of Halfmoon Bay", my brother in law's Akita and I walked up to an exiled 'bachelor male' just chilling against a sand dune. The Akita tried to make friends but the Big Guy wasn't having it; he finally rose up and 'roared' at her and she got the message and left with me. I got close enough to see the 'half moon' shark bite scars on it's flank and the code letters marked on it's pelt with hair dye.

@acidbog 23 дня назад

jejeje ano nuevo

@nickmitsialis 23 дня назад

@@acidbog yes,right in Santa Cruz County

@acidbog 23 дня назад

@@nickmitsialis it's just funny because when Ñ is replaced by an N it says new butthole and that will never not be funny

@victorialamanova7189 26 дней назад

Amazing writing, as always. Really impressed by your story telling, very well structured and engaging, very interesting facts. Stumbled upon the channel when the video about crows was recommend.

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 26 дней назад

THE IDEAL MALE BODY........hmmmm, gonna send this to my trainer and tell him these are my body goals

@sirBrouwer 26 дней назад

well start to eat a lot of fish in that case. it helped them well.

@fikipilot 26 дней назад

Real Science is one of the best storytelling and well researched factual content creators. One of my favorite RU-vid channels is Real Science. Real Science is one of the greatest RU-vid channels of ALL TIME!!!

@GrannySoupLadle 26 дней назад

So size disparity between male and female individuals in a species correlates with the level of sexual aggression. Pretty good rule of thumb I guess.

@sirBrouwer 26 дней назад

often for land based vertebrates it is important for the male to show why it is the best candidate for a female. by being bigger and stronger then all others it showed that it had the most resources available to survive and so it's offspring will have the best chance. in other animals you see the opposite males are much smaller as there only function is that mating and after that or beyond that they are worth less. they can be tiny as the female will have to do all the work it self.

@LeonardGreenpaw 26 дней назад

very true, even true when the females are bigger, like in hyenas. Or when they are much much bigger, you have the insects where the female eats the male. Thankfully I dont know any vertabrates that to this.

@evilbred974 25 дней назад

I would say it correlates with species with high levels of polyamory. If only the biggest and strongest get to mate, there's a huge pressure to be big and strong.

@GrannySoupLadle 25 дней назад

@@evilbred974 yeah I should say ‘sexual aggression in males’

@thekinginyellow1744 25 дней назад

@@evilbred974 I don't know if it's true, but certainly makes a lot of sense. I know that with Golden Eagles, who mate for life the females are larger than the males.

@guava9343 19 дней назад

11:34 can someone tell me how scientists figure this out? Like I imagine its pretty hard to analyse an elephant seals lungs whilst it’s diving

@Vitnaval 24 дня назад

Have a faint memory of a nature document, where an adult elephant seal bull was sexually frustrated and crushed a spine of a pup. Those people are way too relaxed and content around a beast like that.

@springdeerling7866 26 дней назад

I never thought about marine mammals and decompression sickness. Theyre so amazing

@adrenalinerush369 26 дней назад

Fight for the "beach", the "beachmaster". Juvenile of me but I snickered.

@RD1R 20 дней назад

Bender is the ultimate beachmaster

@LincolnDWard 10 дней назад

I've never seen a seal scratching its head before. That was the wildest part of this whole video for me.

@jacob_dcdn 2 дня назад

Same heere 😂 it was a truly Wau moment

@jessicahay9305 26 дней назад

Do they have Neil insurance in that area? Surely yes right?

@inuiechoi193 25 дней назад

common home insurances cover wild animals for structural damages

@mikehawkslong5529 15 дней назад

I feel like it would be expensive

@generalpurpose772 11 дней назад

I think they might consider than an act of cod 😅

@kekero540 21 день назад

"what are you gonna do big guy? sit on me" Neil "that's not only the plan but my motivation as well."

@victorzarenin9286 26 дней назад

Will it be a problem for Neil the Seal when it's time for him to start a family and the "home beach" he returns to every year has no females, or any other seals at all? I'm afraid he's going to be stuck living around humans, maladjusted and unable to get on with his life.

@jessicahay9305 26 дней назад

He long ago reached sexual maturity, and yes.

@evilbred974 25 дней назад

He'll end up finding himself a single New Zealand mother and working a dead end job until alcoholism and heart disease ends it all.

@adrianqx 19 дней назад

Thank God im not an elephant seal , would definitely have died a virgin

@lindean2013 26 дней назад

My spouse has memorized how to make coffee at home for me. We live rural too and order coffee beans because I’m picky. We got a grinder and a nice pot for our registry and as someone who works from home- this has made my job and my life so special. I love coffee, sometimes he surprises me with having it made before I’m up, then I sit down at my desk or studio space and get to mello to life in the morning lol

@strangesocks 26 дней назад

Every video is a gift

@tbella5186 19 дней назад

I KNEW this video would involve Neil!

@thereal_hannahmontana 26 дней назад

Perfectly timed upload for me to watch before bed after work. Quickly becoming a favorite channel of mine!! ❤❤❤

@Zchizoidddd 26 дней назад

NEIL MENTIONED?! LETS GOOOO!

@alexandervargas8707 26 дней назад

NEIL 🦭NEIL🦭NEIL🦭

@bowietheslowie 22 дня назад

The Elephant Seal breathing out before a dive would also make it less buoyant

@gabriellynch2764 26 дней назад

They dive down to Sperm Whale depths? I had no idea. That's crazy!

@captnnintendom2284 25 дней назад

12:22 Pinguin casually walking by 😂

@GrannySoupLadle 26 дней назад

Elephant seals got nothin on M’Lord

@stefancaldaruse2200 18 дней назад

idea:the insane biology of the mudskipper

@allrounder7003 21 день назад

Whoever wrote this needs to look up what decimation and regularly mean.

@Audacityy- 26 дней назад

Favorite thumbnail of all time😂

@Khajar 26 дней назад

All I could think about was the Futurama episode about them. It was pretty much spot on!

@realscience 26 дней назад

how did I not know about this

@Khajar 25 дней назад

@@realscience Futurama Season 7 Episode 13 Naturama

@Phatcaulk69 12 дней назад

The transition from seals to coffee is on point.

@enigma9971 20 дней назад

I think Antarctic Ocean sounds cooler than Southern Ocean, especially because there's an Artic Ocean in the north

@zacharyhardgrave6801 26 дней назад

I always watch as soon as you guys post. Love your content!

@FireThemAll 26 дней назад

Well done. Thoroughly informative. I learnned a lot about these animals I thought I already knew all about. 😊 Excellent narration. Appreciate the very subtle background music as well.

@phileas007 25 дней назад

16kg of food per day? Hey, looks like I'm half-way to being a beachmaster already 😆

@BONZTV-ANIMALDISCOVERY 24 дня назад

Awesome! This video is so adorable; the seals look so cute and funny. It's delightful to see them playing and interacting with each other. Thanks for sharing!

@mrmosty5167 25 дней назад

Man I've been waiting for this one! I was kinda hoping you'd go into how they actually move on land. It's crazy how fast they can move forward or backwards without legs and the flippers don't seem to be able to do much at all on land

@JeremiahPTTN 26 дней назад

Another masterpiece as expected!

@marlohunt9127 25 дней назад

this Ken’s job is beach ✨🏖️

@MegInWhispers 12 дней назад

😂 shocked there weren't more Ken / beach references!

@k1ngk0k0s 26 дней назад

science is craaaazzzzyyyyy

@marcoscalderon7979 26 дней назад

Love all the "insane biology of:" videos. Great work!

@XDarkGreyX 26 дней назад

Something to strive for. Time to reverse the weight loss after a vacation full of delicious food.

@jeffbergstrom 8 дней назад

New to this channel. This was surprisingly well done. Good job!

@fullmetalpwn 11 дней назад

12:20 for some reason that penguin casually strolling past the camera is hilarious to me

@artawhirler 26 дней назад

Another fascinating video! Thanks!

@ariefbudi427 10 дней назад

This is what peak performance look like

@flannel7977 26 дней назад

Hummingbird next please!!

@notapplicable-zn9us 16 дней назад

Awesome presentation; very informative and not boring; it kept me very interested

@gracielags6826 26 дней назад

Quick question, if 1% of males father 80-90% of pups, how do elephant seals prevent inbreeding?

@Mike.The.Jeweler 26 дней назад

They don't. As it turns out large portions of the animal kingdom don't really care about inbreeding, usually sheer volume provides enough genetic diversity amongst large colonies / populations, and the issues really only compound when populations dwindle

@TheAriMartinez 26 дней назад

Lots of moms.

@gracielags6826 26 дней назад

@@Mike.The.Jewelerthanks, that’s really interesting

@Mike.The.Jeweler 26 дней назад

@@gracielags6826 happy to help friend!

@thekinginyellow1744 25 дней назад

In addition to what mike said, if some of the young have negative mutations, they generally die before adulthood so that the mutations don't spread. Inbreeding is more dangerous for humans because so many of us survive to adulthood.

@ivytarablair 14 дней назад

holy crap...I've only ever seen cute elephant seal videos, these guys are SCARY! also - wow :D

@bradschoeck1526 25 дней назад

Yeah if that’s the idea male form, my high school history teacher would definitely be a beach master. Was more of a desk stool master back then though.

@jeremyhillen7215 26 дней назад

6:38 my guy thinking real hard

@thomas1848 15 дней назад

I never would have thought any mammal would EXHALE all of their air before diving, surviving for 2 hours with NO AIR! So cool!

@MatthewTheWanderer 22 дня назад

Not only do elephant seals have noses reminiscent of actual elephants, they can be almost as big as elephants, too!

@AttilaH2023 22 дня назад

I really like your material & research.

@artawhirler 26 дней назад

I love how the dominant males are called "Beachmasters"! Coolest name ever!! Way cooler than "silverback" ! 😅

@DrewNorthup 24 дня назад

Dunno about coffee, but CHOCOLATE is a whole food group in this house.

@Suckmyballs842 14 дней назад

Learning something new after months of distancing away from gadgets due to exam . Great video 😁.

@snowkracker 14 дней назад

Wow that study is crazy. They spend most of their time underwater when they’re not on land. It’s awesome to think that these behemoths are likely diving at any given moment. Just hanging out at 2500m chasing squid and fish around.

@planetpeterson2824 26 дней назад

I was doing some research on this for a book I'm writing, and I read that the male nose is so large that it can recapture water during exhalation because they spend so much time on the beach that they won't eat or drink for months while they compete for mates.

@horacebulregard9554 8 дней назад

Definitely clicked on this specifically because I keep watching neil videos and was pleased to see him come up lol

@AJKingCrab 22 дня назад

currently working on elephant seal prey caloric density research, this is the perfect video to have as background noise! XD

@user-xs1vq5wl5c 25 дней назад

I love ur videos sm

@fo4480 20 дней назад

Elephant Seal is the epitome of being built different

@GolerGkA 19 дней назад

I'm torn between Neil McBeal the navy seal and "loose seal!" jokes

@garebaregoof4226 26 дней назад

Simple...I see a new video from Real Science, I like, I download to my youtube account, and i download a version to an external SSD. My personal favorite is the video on the Harpy Eagle. Thank you for the high quality content as always!

@michaelteegarden4116 26 дней назад

In my dating experience, chocolate is more universally appreciated than coffee. Getcher caffeine with theobromine and sugars, too!

@eljanrimsa5843 26 дней назад

It was an ad, not science

@cher8005 17 дней назад

I would be delighted to have Neil the Elephant Seal hang out in my back garden. These people just don't appreciate him for all he's worth. Tell him to come to Winnipeg and I'll happily host him in my garden (though getting here, as it's land-locked, could be a bit of a struggle for him).

@MrCuntacular2 23 дня назад

Oh my god, I was not expecting to see Neill, the loveable menance of seal

@goinggray 25 дней назад

Another unreal standard. How to get more blood?🤔

@qwertyferix 22 дня назад

I hear they keep lots of it in banks.

@jeff_loves_you День назад

This video is where I learned that the nose shaped pokemon “Probopass” and “Nosepass” come from the scientific word “proboscis.”

@yesicanhearyouclemfandango 24 дня назад

"battle cry" - sounds like flushing the toilet

@WilliamFancyFace 26 дней назад

I love how seals use their flippers to scratch their backs

@myxtro7933 26 дней назад

Could you make a video about the insane biology of bi-valves? Those things are crazy and so alien.

@iury472 26 дней назад

finaly something that i can relate to.

@TheColleenDabeanShow 15 дней назад

Decompression sickness is only a problem on bottled air. If all the gas in your lungs was inhaled at the surface then you won't be inhaling denser gasses as you dive - which is what causes the build up of nitrogen.

@jekentmenietje 25 дней назад

That tumbnail is everything

@Zetler 24 дня назад

I would be a land master if I could stop spending all time all my time watching all these videos.

@andrewliu4966 24 дня назад

Neil the seal, such a fire name. 😂😂😂😂😂

@kiwie6247 21 день назад

omg those emojis are so cute😆🩷

@fplatkrtem 17 дней назад

23:53 why did you wait so long to tell us this, ive been eating like an elephant seal in hopes of becoming a beachmaster with a harem of my own

@Semirotta 26 дней назад

Cant really compare human diving to Elephant seal diving. We get exhausted fast.

@DominikJaniec 16 дней назад

interesting story! thank you

@humanspoder777 26 дней назад

I love seeing anything about Neil

@David_7171 17 дней назад

Thankyou for not body shaming Neil’s dad

@InsomniOwl_ 24 дня назад

Great video ❤

@joelonsdale 24 дня назад

Yup, that's beautiful!

@hisnameiskish4874 15 дней назад

Ok guys we need to evolve to Elephant Seal. Once a year we will get all the men from specific areas together for one massive fight club to determine our dominance in the gene pool.