Wildlife veterinarian Dr. Romain Pizzi answers the internet’s hottest questions about wild animals. Why does a giraffe have “antennae” on its head? Why do big cats have round pupils and house cats have slits? Does an elephant really have a great memory? What’s it like putting an oxygen mask on a tiger?
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gladitsnotme
October 18, 2022 at 9:50 pm
5:31 Imagine being a pregnant elephant and some pale bony creature on two legs sodomizes you like this. Poor mama lol
Will Smith
October 18, 2022 at 10:04 pm
I want this guy to narrate my day
Ummama Sheikh
October 18, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Great video doctor!
Die Susi
October 18, 2022 at 10:21 pm
Is Dr. Pizzi vegan?
Natalia Lopez
October 18, 2022 at 10:25 pm
I love his accent 😂 “wahdlaf”
Jermaine Kngdom
October 18, 2022 at 10:26 pm
Hippo do not intend to eat people. Being a herbivore don’t mean you do not eat meat.
Hippos rarely eat meat. Also if a hippo mashes you. Some will go down. It’s a weird myth that herbivores don’t eat meat.
Megan McHale
October 18, 2022 at 10:30 pm
Wow! I love the way this Vet explains things !!!
Robin Walker
October 18, 2022 at 10:47 pm
Dr Pizzi is very interesting to listen to. Lots of great facts.Id love to see more videos of him.
Aunt Vivienne
October 18, 2022 at 10:49 pm
I remember seeing the pupil difference explained by the height of the animal in a zefrank video. Foxes and small cats have slit pupils because they’re lower to the ground and more useful to see through grass because it’s a lot of vertical lines? Or something like that. Whereas wolves and big cats have round pupils because they’re taller than grass so it wouldn’t really benefit them. Interestingly enough, goats have horizontal pupil that widen their field of vision and their eyes actually rotate to keep their pupils parallel to the ground. Easier to spot predators.
Justa Youtuber
October 18, 2022 at 11:03 pm
I never thought about animals in different areas having different “dialects”
flutterby
October 18, 2022 at 11:07 pm
More Dr. Pizzi!
Step Espinoza
October 18, 2022 at 11:13 pm
Here for the placebo. Out with the cure.
Venturai
October 18, 2022 at 11:14 pm
I am so genuinely confused. This guy kept avoiding questions with weirdly not accurate answers–like he was in an interview with Fox News or something. 💀
“How many bones does a giraffe have?”
“Yes. This many!”
Thatlady89
October 18, 2022 at 11:31 pm
I could listen to him talk about anything. Soo calming.
circeus
October 18, 2022 at 11:38 pm
“But we have to catch them first.” I CACKLED
Lihi Gers
October 18, 2022 at 11:49 pm
Can Dr. Pizzi please read the phone book? I can listen to him forever…
Mary Strahm
October 19, 2022 at 12:00 am
Definitely need to bring him back. I have so many questions!
spark0girl
October 19, 2022 at 12:03 am
Placebo quest is 2:57
Kyle Gruber
October 19, 2022 at 12:12 am
Woah, I think we need to dive deeper into the placebo effect on animals.
jdunn501jd
October 19, 2022 at 12:18 am
This is a great video! Everything was very informative and terrifying. Brb, gonna have some nightmares.
Frizzle Frack
October 19, 2022 at 12:32 am
Thank you for having such an interesting question in the thumbnail!! Great guest as always!!
Brian Sullivan
October 19, 2022 at 1:05 am
Can you share the link to the placebo study of cyclophosphamide on dogs in russia? I didn’t find a clear result.
Tilleyforever44
October 19, 2022 at 1:10 am
I love how he kept saying “but what’s MORE interesting” & shares really cool facts while still being on topic/answering the question. ❤
sun1one1
October 19, 2022 at 1:11 am
In the wild a horse with a broken leg would get eaten, so there’s no need for them to be able to heal a broken leg.
Dexy83🌊
October 19, 2022 at 1:08 pm
Sexing snakes is like checking the oil in a car. 🪱
Candy Choo
October 19, 2022 at 1:24 pm
Suggestions for other Support Videos (I think these haven’t been done but could be wrong!)
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Jobby Bohnson
October 19, 2022 at 1:39 pm
FUQ BIG CAT RESCUE
Justin Franks
October 19, 2022 at 1:51 pm
Call me crazy, but for all the downplay that this vet attributes towards the option of being shot by a dart gun vs’s the borderline criminal behavior the vet makes out the method of using a soft cloth with some chemicals on it to be gently placed over an animals mouth for a brief moment, after which the animal will gently pass out for (x) amount of time.
Steph Renshaw
October 19, 2022 at 2:15 pm
This episode was SO INTERESTING! I loved these facts!
Backruborbust
October 19, 2022 at 2:22 pm
Your accent is very interesting. Sounds like a mix of many
Gabi Reinoehl
October 19, 2022 at 2:28 pm
I love this man!!! His accent and excitement for animals is so pure ❤️ He knowledge is incredible 🥺
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October 19, 2022 at 2:54 pm
He’s amazing! I love all of the facts he shared about animals! I hope we see him in another video!
iwant myprivacy
October 19, 2022 at 3:18 pm
There’s actually plenty of documented cases of hippos killing /and/ eating animals like impalas, zebras, etc. Not so herbivorous after all.
Eliana 🔥𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]
October 19, 2022 at 3:32 pm
that’s why attentiveness and logic is important when diagnosing an animal it’s not just a lucky guess of what illness they may have based on a common symptom
Boris Symons
October 19, 2022 at 4:09 pm
😀😀😁😁😍😍👍👍Sale ends tomorrow
tigercubrawr159
October 19, 2022 at 4:30 pm
Recently been listening to the bad science in the world of chiropractors, but I’ve worked with horses who LOVED their chiropractor and who very clearly react to the treatment in the way they move under saddle. Is this placebo? Is there something different about animal chiropractors? Amazing how these vids just leave me with more knowledge AND more questions
Addy
October 19, 2022 at 5:41 pm
I absolutely LOVE him, please bring him back again! What a fascinating person 🤗 I love wild animals, this was a great joy to watch 🥰
Pam Poovey
October 19, 2022 at 5:52 pm
That placebo question was really good. You can tell how passionate this guy is. Keep these videos coming please. Other peoples’ jobs are fascinating.
Sarah Don't T[A]P Me!!
October 19, 2022 at 6:03 pm
that’s why attentiveness and logic is important when diagnosing an animal it’s not just a lucky guess of what illness they may have based on a common symptom
Perpetually Confused
October 19, 2022 at 6:23 pm
Title card says placebo, but I kept reading placenta 😮
Simone Boudewijns
October 19, 2022 at 7:07 pm
His job is my dream job! I love listening to all the facts he has to share😊
Gabriela Pedroso
October 19, 2022 at 7:45 pm
This is one of the coolest episodes so far. I love when specialists sound so excited about what they are talking about!
Calla -Live Vlog
October 19, 2022 at 8:01 pm
I absolutely love Dr Pizzi, I really hope he comes back for more content.
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October 19, 2022 at 8:07 pm
He’s amazing! I love all of the facts he shared about animals! I hope we see him in another video!
Tarif
October 19, 2022 at 9:51 pm
2:54
Della 🍆 𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]
October 19, 2022 at 10:45 pm
I love how he kept saying “but what’s MORE interesting” & shares really cool facts while still being on topic/answering the question.
Ed Rodriguez
October 19, 2022 at 10:47 pm
I noticed you mentioned collared peccary as one of the wild pigs. I read recently that they are different than pigs and are not ‘true pigs’. I’m not sure why taxonomists make that distinction but could you elaborate?
Gali **Check Me N*de
October 20, 2022 at 1:07 am
He’s amazing! I love all of the facts he shared about animals! I hope we see him in another video!
D R
October 20, 2022 at 1:21 am
You know… that tiger story needed more details. I wanted to know the rest of the story!
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October 20, 2022 at 1:35 am
He’s amazing! I love all of the facts he shared about animals! I hope we see him in another video!
Bauhinia folia
October 20, 2022 at 2:38 am
“idk” being read as “I’d like to know” rather than “i don’t know” is such a great new perspective
Joel Bautista
October 20, 2022 at 7:35 am
I went to college with this guy back in the day, He was always giving out facts in class LOL glad to see him doing good!
Sharon Wong
October 20, 2022 at 8:38 am
That placebo effect question was REALLY good. Good job, Internet 👍
Katw76
October 20, 2022 at 9:01 am
I thought there were instances of hippos eating meat???
At Large
October 20, 2022 at 9:54 am
joytato
October 20, 2022 at 2:49 pm
the way he just breezed past using human pregnancy tests on chimps
Aramati
October 20, 2022 at 6:24 pm
This placebo in dogs remembers me that thing about the body act as if you’re/aren’t consuming sugar based in you previous eating habit.
It’s the placebo effect that so subconscious it’s get fooled by itself not by what your concious think XD
ThousandTimesBefore
October 20, 2022 at 6:52 pm
This was very interesting, thank you! 🙂
Tiago Dumont
October 20, 2022 at 7:54 pm
10:30 – FYI, “idk” means “I don’t know”; not “I’d like to know”. And thanks! I learned a lot!
B30pt87
October 20, 2022 at 8:28 pm
This was delightful, thank you.
Aemirys
October 20, 2022 at 10:37 pm
I really liked this dude… especially with his what’s even more interesting! More of this doc please!
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Gilli Fish
October 21, 2022 at 12:58 am
Lol I mask my symptoms to survive too! I get told all the time I’m too young or look too healthy to have multiple disorders/diseases. I’m just a good actor lol
Lee Anne
October 21, 2022 at 1:14 am
I could listen to Dr Pizzi talk for hours, this was interesting and informative but also completely relaxing.
FlowerBomb Quincey
October 21, 2022 at 4:07 am
Outstanding
Vygal Nix
October 21, 2022 at 4:31 am
This is science rather than religion. We don’t know but keep studying. Religion we don’t know but don’t ask questions.
Jason Caputo
October 21, 2022 at 7:33 am
Another wonderful expert and communicator with infectious excitement and curiosity. Love love this series!
gelatinguy
October 21, 2022 at 9:31 am
I feel like Dr Pizzi is telling me some spicy animal gossip or secrets.
Test
October 21, 2022 at 3:30 pm
It reminded me of a joke: a vet comes to a human doctor for some issue. The doctor asks him: “What seems to be the problem?” The vet looks at him and replies:”Oh, you have it so easy anyone could do it!”
revenevan11
October 21, 2022 at 4:48 pm
13:50 is fascinating! It makes sense when I think about a larger cat’s surface area to volume ratio, as a cat species gets bigger their insides get bigger much faster than their surface area and thus fur ingestion does!
Luca Bunny
October 21, 2022 at 7:09 pm
Those were really interesting topics, pleasant watch (:
Snoopy
October 21, 2022 at 8:12 pm
Love this!
emordnilaP
October 21, 2022 at 9:57 pm
Right off the bat he’s wrong. I don’t know if hippos ever eat people, but they aren’t completely herbivorous. It’s a recent discovery, when resources are scarce, hippos can eat meat, but they only when desperate.
Lori
October 22, 2022 at 3:06 am
I’m not sure “bottom” is a scientific term. But it is cute when he says it.
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0riginal _Panda_Child
October 22, 2022 at 5:01 am
How does an elephant snort up water and not have excessive tears?
If humans didn’t exist, which animal lineage would be our replacement? Would they mirror our follies and successes?
Are humans the only animals to get common illnesses?
What other animals are susceptible to double jointedness?
Melissa-Jane Grace
October 22, 2022 at 11:11 am
👍🏻🇿🇦💛🎶🇿🇦🦓🦒🐘🦏👏🏻🇿🇦‼️
Robin Esak
October 22, 2022 at 2:25 pm
I really NEED him to start his own podcast or something… 15 minutes and I’m completely besotted.
WishTheWell
October 22, 2022 at 10:33 pm
Giraffes don’t have horns, they have ossicones. Ossicones are permanently covered in skin and fur, unlike horns and antlers. Also, horns are actually a sheath of keratin covering live bone.
clever username
October 22, 2022 at 11:35 pm
Is this a South African accent? It’s lovely.
Mythilus
October 23, 2022 at 5:04 am
I’d add tot he horse question that horses often get injury or illness of their 3 good legs if having to keep weight off a broken leg, and more often than not it is this additional injury that kills them not the initial break
fhbd fjdfj
October 23, 2022 at 10:50 am
Love the South African accent
Brian Lauri
October 23, 2022 at 11:36 am
Evolved. LOL.
All The Artsy
October 23, 2022 at 2:37 pm
Hasn’t it been documented that hippose actually sometimes eat meat, sometimes even practising cannibalism on dead hippos? I don’t know if this is only strange, stress-induced behavior, but I know I’ve seen a documentary showing that before…
Brent Beacham
October 23, 2022 at 8:19 pm
Has the Russian experiment, about placebo effect, been repeated? Science is only good science if it can be repeated.
Rhiannn :3
October 23, 2022 at 10:01 pm
Noooo! im a vet student rn, and I know how incredibly hard it is to stream into wildlife, but it has always been my passion to be a wildlife vet. Would love to hear his two cents on how he went into ot
Green Apple
October 24, 2022 at 12:22 am
Very fascinating! Sigh, if I only got a degree in veterinary medicine. I’d make my kid self proud.
Butts McGee
October 24, 2022 at 2:05 am
The vets don’t talk either?!? (joking)
DuBaDuBeDu
October 24, 2022 at 3:44 am
9:34 Horse can’t race as good so it’s more strategic and budget friendly to kill the horse and replace them with another horse. Are there other options like prosthetics? Yes. Can they live long, happy and healthy lives. Yes as proven by many racing and farm sanctuaries. But taking care of a horse when it can’t give us anything in return isn’t very productive is it? Easier to just kill them and make a nice soap or sandwich. The real question is how is it 2022 and we still can’t fix our disgusting ideology that animals only have moral worth if we can commodify them in some way?
hello coo
October 24, 2022 at 8:59 am
it’s razy to think humans have gotten so advanced in the species ladder that we treat our previous predators.
David Levi
October 24, 2022 at 11:20 am
Talking like a true scientist, “We don’t know yet”. That’s great!
Ara Monica Ballesteros
October 24, 2022 at 12:59 pm
One of the best episodes!
Laura Roth
October 24, 2022 at 3:33 pm
I love this video, but I can’t help but wonder if domestic cats have slit pupils because they’ve been domesticated for 10,000 years, and maybe when they were first being domesticated, there were a few cats that had slit pupils due to their genes/a mutation in their genes, and the ppl looked at the slit pupils and went “I like these eyes better” and then breeded them to have split pupils.
Rarefarera
October 24, 2022 at 4:55 pm
Please have him back. So informative
Nasir Fahrudin
October 25, 2022 at 5:16 am
0:34 this is so true, i was doing some internship at wildlife sanctuary, I found that some macacas are having tumor in their stomach we couldn’t notice it because the macacas were active and eating normally until we do the medical checkup and find out the tumor already on stage 2-3.
Nasir Fahrudin
October 25, 2022 at 5:16 am
0:34 this is so true, i was doing an internship at wildlife sanctuary, I found that some macacas are having tumor in their stomach we couldn’t notice it because the macacas were active and eating normally until we do the medical checkup and find out the tumor already on stage 2-3.
Sali Al Sajdah
October 25, 2022 at 9:49 am
I respect people who are actually good at their field yet are still humble enough to admit “we dont’t know (yet)”. It just comes to show how giving accurate information to educate the society is as important as them performing their jobs.
intrigarium
October 25, 2022 at 11:14 am
I would rephrase the elephant part here…. The trunk din just keep growing over generations, this gives a very wrong understanding of the evolution processes… I would say that over generations, individuals with a longer snot and lips had greater success passing down their genes, so, over generations of naturally selected breeding, trunks developed as we know then today…
Kimverly AGUILA
October 25, 2022 at 2:11 pm
i have been waiting for vet support 😩😩
Addison C.
October 25, 2022 at 3:00 pm
I thought the pig question was interesting because my parents have a mini Juliana pig (mini being a relative term, Carl is easily 200lbs at least) and he has a straight tail. So some domesticated pigs don’t have curly tails! I personally like Carl’s straight tail because he wags it all the time which I find super cute and funny.
I really liked the way this vet answered questions though! I love when you all have people on who answer animal questions.
moon
October 25, 2022 at 7:04 pm
would love to see him more!
Anne
October 25, 2022 at 7:57 pm
It’s actually not uncommon for hippos to consume flesh in the wild…
Kaitlyn Oddie
October 25, 2022 at 8:54 pm
“yeah snake surgeries are pretty cool, but let me tell you about snake necks because those are also cool” i love this man
Roger Desbiens
October 26, 2022 at 12:16 am
I appreciate how professionally blunt he is.
Joanna
October 26, 2022 at 12:56 am
I hate when flies attack my bottom.
Erin Slyth
October 26, 2022 at 1:02 am
With the dogs and placebos, dogs also lie. They will fake coughs for attention and mimic human behavior especially if their owners are sick they will act sick and them become sick due to other issues usually starvation. Some dogs if they notice a sick dog getting treats they will pretend to be sick and also get the treat and act better afterwards only to suffer a side effect
Some dogs that notice dogs getting better with medicine do better with placebos if they’re also sick, if the dogs are isolated placebos will have no effect as the dog doesn’t think that things are getting better they’re still looking and feeling sick stuck in the same location. Pretty depressing.
Bernadette Boyle
October 26, 2022 at 2:08 am
Loved this guy! Very engaging : )
Dana Barakat
October 26, 2022 at 3:53 am
Would love him for a part 2!
Luna M
October 26, 2022 at 4:39 am
I absolutely love you. You’re an amazing eductor and clearly passionate about your subject of study. Thank you for taking time to educate us! Again, thank you! You are the absolute best!
uhm okay
October 26, 2022 at 5:04 am
Vets are so cool
Hades3k
October 26, 2022 at 10:17 am
The question about how we can’t fix a broken leg on horses just reminded me of the old show Inquiring Minds haha
dru
October 26, 2022 at 12:11 pm
My slit pupil theory on smaller cats – follows that; animals that are closer to the ground like snakes might have need a shorter focal length for hunting smaller prey… hence the slit pupils. But idk.
achiq. yaku
October 27, 2022 at 4:17 am
Placebo effect… hm, maybe the real medicina was just ineffective and the animal just followed their natural healing/worsening process.
Wombat.
October 27, 2022 at 4:56 am
Tangent: to elephant language. Did you know deaf sign language has accents across Australia, just like verbal Aussies. Also usa sign is very different to aussie sign language.
Leah
October 28, 2022 at 12:37 am
This is one of the reasons horse racing must end. An absolutely dreadful, abusive sport disguised as entertainment.
Leah
October 28, 2022 at 12:40 am
It’s common practice to actually cut off the tails of domestic agricultural pigs, despite being curly. They also shave down their teeth for this same reason. They don’t want them damaging the profits.
CJ
October 28, 2022 at 2:34 am
Animals tend to have “accents” in different part of the world. Like humans, birds of the same species will sing a slightly altered song in different areas because the acoustics, sound pollution, and temperature affect how song travels.
Hannah Pryor
October 28, 2022 at 2:57 am
Today I learned aussies pronounce “wildlife” as “wad-laf” 😂
Vic Springhost
October 28, 2022 at 7:13 am
As a teen that really wants to be a vet, I find this video super interesting!! Thank you so much ❤
Wendel M
October 28, 2022 at 12:32 pm
People on Twitter really like elephants. Well, who doesn`t
Zeus & Athena
October 28, 2022 at 1:51 pm
The placebo effect works on my dog. I had to give her a med that made her sleepy twice a day. After she no longer needed it, I’d give her the treat. She’d go lie down, & take a nap. She still does whenever I give her the treat, & she loves them. It’s fruit gummies snack treats. I just told it over the pill, & give it to her. They’re also good training treats.
T I
October 28, 2022 at 8:06 pm
I still don’t understand why don’t we use dart sedants for humans.
Imagine that instead of police shooting them dead.
T I
October 28, 2022 at 10:59 pm
Ohh this guy was awesome, bring him again!
lowbudgetmic
October 29, 2022 at 4:34 am
An animal sanctuary healer. 😮
BruceNJeffAreMyFlies
October 29, 2022 at 1:20 pm
UH UH! First fact, wrong out the gate… One guy got swallowed by a hippo THREE TIMES! They won’t USUALLY eat a person, but if this guy didn’t fight back then I doubt the hippo would have spat him back up…
It didn’t just bite the guy and try to crush him, it swallowed him alive…
Steve Allen
October 29, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Coco
Lucas Gerosa
October 29, 2022 at 8:52 pm
4:00 that was probably classical conditioning. In fact, this kind of thing has been demonstrated in mice, and is called contextual overdose:
Siegel, S, Hinson, R. E., Krank, M.D. & McCully, J. (1982). Heroin “overdose” death: contribution of drug-associated environmental cues. Science, 216 (4544), 436-437.
marlo Med
October 30, 2022 at 1:43 am
Bruh the tiger waking up during surgery: 👁👄👁
my heart would drop so fast 😂
Abigail Lowry
October 30, 2022 at 2:12 am
Other Horrifying things about horse legs: they sorta store oxygen so when they break their leg they’re now suffocating a little, and their blood is OP so they hemorrhage super easy and that does NOT help their legs, not to mention they spend most of their time standing, so there’s not a good way to get them off a broken leg without like slinging them up
Peter Morfe
October 30, 2022 at 9:44 am
South African? I love the accent.
Jannette Berends
October 30, 2022 at 9:53 am
When is part 2?
Josmine
October 30, 2022 at 2:49 pm
omg finally
Jammy Smears
October 30, 2022 at 3:11 pm
I feel that he got the placebo effect mixed up with the Pavlovian response or something.
Johannes Halberstadt
October 30, 2022 at 4:02 pm
Also, in dark or no lighting situations, even the slit pupils dilate to let in more light, and the get round. The slit is only formed in daylight. Or brightly lit settings. So this argument does not seem to hold up, right?
Johannes Halberstadt
October 30, 2022 at 4:17 pm
Regarding the placebo effect: what’s different here, is that a real.placebo effect in humans works without a prior association between the effector and a sensory input ( lika a specific taste, in this case). In the reported scenario, it is very well possible – and in my opinion much more likely – that there is some form of conditioning or some learning at play. So something more “mechanical”, less related to conscious beliefs, than in a real human placebo effect. Something like: the drug elicits a biological response. It is paired with a taste. After some pairings, the taste alone elicits the somatic response. Now, obviously there is some level of central.bervous processing involved – as taste is processed in the brain – but the pathway to the response and the effects in blood don’t need to involve the higher brain structures that are associated with consciousness and beliefs or thoughts. It can happen on a lower level in the brain that acts or reflex-like.
Now, I am not saying these two phenomena (this effect in dogs and the human placebo effect) are completely unrelated. They probably share some pathways and there are similarities. But in humans we can have a placebo effect purely mediated by conscious or pre-conscious thought. That can be culturally transmitted, through reading about something or hearing about something and believing it.
doug gaudiosi
October 30, 2022 at 5:56 pm
The 1st answer is false hippos have been known to eat meat. There’s a well documented case of a hippo bein infected with anthrax and when it died the other hippos ate it. Thus contracting anthrax and killing the entire group of then
朱晓晨
October 30, 2022 at 7:52 pm
tiger wakes up during surgery 😆
ElvanLady
October 30, 2022 at 11:15 pm
I have seen photos of domestic cats cozied up to larger cats in zoos, although they seem to be lynxes and not so big as a lion.
Elvan-Lady
October 30, 2022 at 11:15 pm
I have seen photos of domestic cats cozied up to larger cats in zoos, although they seem to be lynxes and not so big as a lion.
Scott Smith
October 31, 2022 at 2:36 am
This was probably the best Wired X Support video I’ve ever seen
bgBlea
October 31, 2022 at 6:27 am
you should keep the answer on screen for a ms less, 2 ms is way too long
Alice Walker
October 31, 2022 at 10:41 am
So good! I love this series!!
TheBcoolGuy
October 31, 2022 at 5:10 pm
It’s interesting how tiny domestic cats’ stomaches are.
Constant Chaos
November 1, 2022 at 3:06 am
Fun fact, the placebo effect in animals doesn’t even require the animal be given medication, if its an animal that has a history of being cared for by humans just the theater of taking care of the animal does seem to make them feel better
Maddie Joy
November 1, 2022 at 4:13 am
I want this guy to host an animal show. I’d watch it!
Ax R
November 1, 2022 at 5:23 am
Amwad lafvit remain Pitzy !
Pliko
November 1, 2022 at 6:44 am
The placebo effect in this vid was explained as more conditioning as the animal had already been conditioned to feel better with that taste of whatever.
Monstrdog
November 1, 2022 at 8:42 am
“hippos are vegetarians”- but are they opportunist omnivores like deer, horses, and cows?
iLLeag7e
November 1, 2022 at 2:22 pm
that placebo effect in animals discussion is INTERESTING AF!
Jake Stockton
November 1, 2022 at 6:35 pm
Does anyone have any links to the Russian case study with the placebo effect in dogs taking cyclophosphamide?
Monsterbaby's Channel
November 1, 2022 at 8:34 pm
Somebody please like this comment so I can find this later. I don’t want to forget about it, seems like a really interesting topic and I’m in my son’s jiu-jitsu class so I can’t hear it ATM. Thank in advance for whoever does this for me, appreciate ya.
Pretendship
November 1, 2022 at 8:43 pm
when it started I was like “wtf is a wildlife vetramain petsy?”
Victor B
November 1, 2022 at 9:24 pm
I was expecting the name of a giraffes horns But the fact that it didn’t come up is in itself why the fact is so interesting to me, they are called ossicones.
Mari pari
November 1, 2022 at 9:46 pm
Currently studying to be a veterinarian. Got kicked, it hurt. But this guy makes me realise that Im definitely doing the right thing. Love it!
CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS
November 1, 2022 at 10:16 pm
Props to the person who asked the placebo question… Very interesting thought
sherryzmezzo
November 2, 2022 at 2:39 am
This is the best of the series so far.
Genki G
November 3, 2022 at 12:41 am
2:12 im no expert but i believe i have your answer, cats are much smaller, hence they deal with more low grass(vertical resolution important) and dark dens of animals(need for quick adjustment to light)
Francis Baumann
November 3, 2022 at 1:07 am
As soon as I read the title I thought “I could see it working on dogs.”
I could also see it working on great apes, especially chimps and gorillas.
SkyeHigh
November 3, 2022 at 11:51 am
i had thought the slit pupils is an ambush predator feature which is why foxes have it alongside small cats!
Vasilis Tsitsos
November 3, 2022 at 3:14 pm
This is excellent! Thank you
Alexander Malt
November 3, 2022 at 6:01 pm
This accent is made up.
Todd Vardy
November 3, 2022 at 8:52 pm
He sounds like a wounded Daniel Radcliffe
Melissa Harris
November 3, 2022 at 10:51 pm
My cat would watch TV, but only if a cat was on. This included lions, tigers, caracals…
Coufé Corp
November 3, 2022 at 10:57 pm
Communication is not limited to words.
Maddie Victoria
November 4, 2022 at 1:57 am
Can yall do an episode with a pediatrician?
Patricia A
November 4, 2022 at 7:08 am
A ‘sexing probe’ is either something gross or the Clinton impeachment trial.
Nemerah S.
November 4, 2022 at 10:51 am
I’m sorry, but correction: peccaries aren’t pigs.
Sapphire
November 4, 2022 at 12:01 pm
Curly tails, droopy ears, and piebald coloring all appear to be tied to the same genes as temperment domestication. This is a big contributor to these traits in domestic dogs and pigs.
Sir Black Rose
November 4, 2022 at 6:43 pm
The Placebo question starts at 2:56
thewurstcase
November 4, 2022 at 10:04 pm
That was awesome! It felt like a children’s book author telling stories 🙂
Ivan Huhashvili
November 5, 2022 at 1:20 am
This guy said : “Imma make up my own accent”
Korbel !
November 5, 2022 at 3:17 am
I like him bring him back ❤
DJ Alex Parker
November 5, 2022 at 5:11 am
SOME vets are just put for making money, my local is one of them, they just sell everything they can without thinking about the owner. Never experienced any different so it’s hard to think differently about vets
tamara
November 5, 2022 at 9:28 pm
Well you said it yourself. SOME vets. Just like in any other field in the world there are good professionals and bad professionals..
DrSpooglemon
November 5, 2022 at 11:52 am
Question: How many teeth does a crocodile have?
Answer: Yes.
Rick writes
November 5, 2022 at 4:53 pm
The study of dogs placebo is interesting. I had been thinking of placebo worked on an animal it’d be dogs bcus they perceive human giving them medicine as help.But that study was entirely physical and could the dogs have remembered feeling a bit unhealthy the first time , seems odd.
LoveToBeMe0421
November 5, 2022 at 8:51 pm
He sounds so passionate about the topic and such a good story teller. ❤
Look Sir Droids
November 5, 2022 at 10:24 pm
Of course a wildlife vet is south african
It's Audrey Bee
November 6, 2022 at 3:09 am
Loved this one so much!
Usha Purohit
November 6, 2022 at 3:19 am
How are his glasses so transparent.Are such glasses available in market
Marissa Martin
November 6, 2022 at 4:16 am
I have a long haired cat (ragdoll) and he’s NEVER, not even once in his 11 years had a hairball. I’ve always thought that was strange.
Benielle Bennie
November 6, 2022 at 4:41 am
he sounds south african
Beschützer
November 6, 2022 at 4:58 am
Tryna figure out this guy’s accent
John Fausett
November 6, 2022 at 11:15 am
As with Asian vs western docs who administer acupuncture, faith and intention are frequencies that patients of any species seem to be aware of. If one is raised in a culture where acupuncture is routine, results are more effective. The example given doesn’t actually qualify as placebo, since specific chemical properties associated with the toxic agent are well remembered by sophisticated tissues.
JF
November 6, 2022 at 1:56 pm
This is great 👍
D TW
November 6, 2022 at 2:00 pm
I saw a hippo eat a pumpkin
Yuki Kitsune
November 6, 2022 at 7:25 pm
The question about broken horse legs makes me wonder if a lower leg break in a horse is the equivalent of a broken little toe in a human. It sounds like there’s just not much (if anything) you can do, and for a horse since the lower leg is still essential to movement while humans can just manage with the rest of their foot.
Tinashe Nyatsine
November 7, 2022 at 8:04 am
I want this guy to read me story books 😭
p00ki
November 7, 2022 at 10:16 am
Props to the person asking about placebo in animals
p00ki
November 7, 2022 at 10:26 am
Freakin love animals
MADELEINE EMILY FAY DAVIS
November 7, 2022 at 11:59 am
More please! This is absolutely fascinating, and I love the way he speaks
slipknottin
November 7, 2022 at 1:20 pm
Turned it off after the first answer he gave was wrong. Hippos are facultative carnivores.
Francois Le Moan
November 7, 2022 at 3:46 pm
Actually it is a fact that having a slitted pupil help smaller felines catch smaller prey that are on the floor. Tigers and Lions will have round eyes because their preys are bigger and they need to focus on them while running. Meanwhile small cats have prey that are most times below their head and they won’t run chasing a prey (most times), instead they leap. Also helps small cats judge smaller distances.
Nikhila Joseph
November 7, 2022 at 9:32 pm
Please bring him back!! This isso fascinating and it’s obvious he loves animals and loves educating people about them! Netflix needs to give him a show!!!!!!!!
Harish Chalam
November 8, 2022 at 3:54 am
Eanwhile. A. Question. To. My. Daisy Tootsie. American. Friend. Why. Not. The. Marathi. Culture? They. Attack. Well.
I'm Always Right
November 8, 2022 at 1:34 pm
His accent makes it even more interesting
Edwin V
November 8, 2022 at 3:24 pm
Anyone that poaches elephants deserves to be poached by good samaritans or revenge killed by an elephant. There’s no justifiable reason to hurt these incredibly intelligent animals.
Ines
November 8, 2022 at 11:13 pm
Loved every question