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Welcome back to Bizarre Beasts: Season Zero, where we are remastering episodes of Bizarre Beasts that were originally created for Vlogbrothers. This episode, Hammer-headed Bats! The nocturnal mammal that looks a little strange, but sounds even stranger.
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Sources:
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101784365
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hypsignathus_monstrosus/
blog.wcs.org/photo/2018/05/15/hammer-headed-bat-congo-africa/
www.snopes.com/fact-check/hammerhead-bat/
www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Megabat
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lek
www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/what-are-bats/classifying-bats
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213012001
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academic.oup.com/beheco/article/26/4/1156/211521?login=false
Audio of the Lek Vocalization: ua-cam.com/video/Cn7zl2zdLW0/v-deo.html
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Images:
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www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/malayan-flying-fox-eating-fruit-stock-footage/1175886980?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/flying-fox-eating-fruit-upside-down-stock-footage/1154826963?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/fruit-bat-or-flying-fox-pteropus-giganteus-tourist-zone-stock-footage/1954361585?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/pair-of-egyptian-fruit-bats-rousettus-aegyptiacus-stock-footage/635794046?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/indian-flying-fox-bat-hanging-on-the-roof-pteropus-stock-footage/1137863958
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/following-a-single-flying-fox-flying-beneath-a-blue-sky-stock-footage/1254755067?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/male-greater-sage-grouse-courtship-display-with-inflated-stock-footage/1218381592?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-small-lesser-horseshoe-bat-covered-by-wings-stock-footage/1294776677?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/malabar-giant-squirrel-sitting-on-branch-eating-a-banana-stock-footage/2029499100?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-hole-inside-a-big-natural-cave-with-bats-long-stock-footage/1410106793?adppopup=true
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223139
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/wide-or-medium-shot-of-two-male-blackbuck-or-antilope-stock-footage/1404647560
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-a-fruit-bat-licking-stock-footage/1808124319?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/malibu-sea-lion-enjoying-the-sun-stock-footage/1388274274?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/shoebill-stork-standing-surrounded-by-plants-stock-footage/1067753670?adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/common-vampire-bat-royalty-free-image/518596994?phrase=big+lipped+bat&adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/brazilian-bat-the-brazilian-big-eyed-bat-royalty-free-image/1221511037?phrase=big+lipped+bat&adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/flying-fox-flying-royalty-free-image/1994381930?phrase=megabat&adppopup=true
www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/mexican-free-tailed-bats-flying-outside-cave-texas-stock-footage/528533492?adppopup=true
www.inaturalist.org/observations/346221
www.inaturalist.org/observations/140714664
ua-cam.com/video/Kod6WCzXNl0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DepartmentofConservation
www.inaturalist.org/observations/143017823
www.inaturalist.org/observations/26482785
ua-cam.com/video/Cn7zl2zdLW0/v-deo.html?si=Qei0waZhRbkXb-HX
www.inaturalist.org/observations/35705849
www.inaturalist.org/observations/5649067
www.inaturalist.org/observations/9308394
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223139
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223139
www.inaturalist.org/observations/189804521
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  • @nickkorkodylas5005
    @nickkorkodylas5005 5 годин тому

    And I... am... ironrail!

  • @uriahheep5665
    @uriahheep5665 5 годин тому

    Quit picking on it. You don't know what it eats.

  • @fahadalzahrani6000
    @fahadalzahrani6000 6 годин тому

    جاي من تيكتوك✋🏻

  • @karlthomasson6776
    @karlthomasson6776 6 годин тому

    While I suppose the term "lek" has achieved its own international/anglicised pronunciation, it can be noted that it is derived from the Swedish word "lek" (meaning play) which is pronounced with a long e, similar in length to "leek" (though with an e sound rather than an i sound).

  • @italucenaz
    @italucenaz 9 годин тому

    You really missed the opportunity to mention the Arapaima, and 2 of the 3 species of lungfish CAN'T breathe water, they are obligate air breathers, which sounds ridiculous when you think about it

  • @kellwng
    @kellwng 10 годин тому

    More like God made this animal, no evolution needed

  • @lordcrayzar
    @lordcrayzar 12 годин тому

    I was hoping for some burning man triop footage but guess not.

  • @NullStaticVoid
    @NullStaticVoid 12 годин тому

    yeah, but where do we get her amazing top?

  • @KelvinCMK
    @KelvinCMK 12 годин тому

    This is a friend!

  • @stratcat3216
    @stratcat3216 15 годин тому

    so.... I'm like 0 seconds into the video and I'm already laughing.. why Strat.. Why??? lol

  • @locker125
    @locker125 15 годин тому

    In the late 80s I remember my mom watching nature documentaries on Discovery Channel. There was an episode of divers in reefs and one diver grabbing and handling a sea snake the commentator went on to say how venomous they are and how the bite can easily penetrate the diver's wet suit. Knowing where the diver was and how far to the nearest hospital, he would be dead. Later in the summer of 1989 we took a family vacation through the Florida Keys and did a snorkeling swim at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. After getting back to the boat other kids were saying they were scared of the barracudas and other mean looking fish, I told the boat captain I was worried of Sea Snakes, he looked at me like" whatever ok?". Years later when the internet became popular, I found out why there are no sea snakes to worry about in the Atlantic. I suppose if Sea Snakes did live there then there would be warning signs and hospitals stocked with anti-venom.

  • @TheRealNewWhirledOrder
    @TheRealNewWhirledOrder 15 годин тому

    I have NEVER seen any evidence for "evolution" and NEITHER HAS ANYONE ELSE.

  • @wheelzwheela
    @wheelzwheela 15 годин тому

    I wish they would get new hosts. These two annoy me for some reason. The guy has a serious case of UA-cam bad joke voice. 4:44 - 5:16 is almost unbearable. Unfunny jokes in an annoying voice complete with quick cuts between sentences.

  • @celticphoenix2579
    @celticphoenix2579 15 годин тому

    Dassies! I saw one bigger than a cat in front of my house a few weeks ago. I always thought they were a kind of rabbit, not small fluffy elephant cuzins. That is so cute 😄

  • @chrisbuckley1785
    @chrisbuckley1785 15 годин тому

    I'm tired of these crab wannabes trying to call themselves "crabs". It ain't right!!

  • @_Animikii_
    @_Animikii_ 17 годин тому

    only 46 seconds in but wanna mention that crabs, lobsters, and i think if i remember right, both alligators and sharks have basically evolved in several different specesis over and over or in other words, the creature we associate today with those shapes end up being a similar pattern that different species all together keep evolving into and the funny this that also is a great way to demonstrate evolution is that this happens because thats just the best shape to fit into each niche for what the creatures who use that general body shape intend to do as they live their lives so in a way, its like mulptiple different creatures getting fed through progressively specific sieves until they all look the exact same with only minor differences that do still distinguish them as completely different technically evolutionarly speaking.

  • @garethbelk4065
    @garethbelk4065 17 годин тому

    they are hyrax, saw them on the shores of Lake Victoria, Tanzania on my central african odyssey a few years back

  • @Floina
    @Floina 18 годин тому

    Sorry for thetypos English is my second language.

  • @Floina
    @Floina 19 годин тому

    If evolution is the answer why don uou have another arm to answering the phone or text while you drive or another eyes on your front head to see the road? Why evolution dies not help humanity with that simple evolution to technology? Answer? Intelligent creations by God not Darwin .. Who is Darwin? IDK him...I know who is my creator or the bing bang ... another huge lie of the Davil.

  • @NilaniPlays
    @NilaniPlays 19 годин тому

    🤯 I love them! 😍

  • @kookwater456
    @kookwater456 20 годин тому

    Almost like there is a Creator that created the humble Hyrax just to stump you Darwin worshippers. How odd.

  • @AuliaAF
    @AuliaAF 20 годин тому

    It's kind of amazing how they can be so big but so light. I've ever taken photos with one megabat the size of a monkey, but I never imagined they would be that light!

  • @wendyblaauw2578
    @wendyblaauw2578 21 годину тому

    The typical rodent teeth are incisors, not canines

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 22 години тому

    That is a beautiful bird.

  • @LMB925
    @LMB925 22 години тому

    Circular but elongated...oval

  • @johncgibson4720
    @johncgibson4720 23 години тому

    Looks like the closest relative of trilobites.

  • @uhadme
    @uhadme День тому

    When you think about the laws of nature, you supposed that nature didn't think about tomorrows, until hindsight. 😆 Do you get paid to think?

  • @brandondavidson4085
    @brandondavidson4085 День тому

    Hyraxes are weird little guys. And they've been around for a long time, with mentions in the Bible! "(24) Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: (25) Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; (26) hyraxes are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags;"- Proverbs 30:24-26

  • @user-du2di8sf3m
    @user-du2di8sf3m День тому

    There's as much intellectual substance here as on the Chinese version of Tik Tok!. Good on ya! Rare for American media.

  • @SlendisFi_Universe
    @SlendisFi_Universe День тому

    Bats are cute no matter tje species!

  • @justinmas299
    @justinmas299 День тому

    Awesome sauce

  • @curtisc6768
    @curtisc6768 День тому

    sorry to long to get to the point

  • @citrusblast4372
    @citrusblast4372 День тому

    Hoatzin looks like an aztec word, judging by the tzin

  • @MassaEppsPlattsOwner
    @MassaEppsPlattsOwner День тому

    Hank is an amazing person and educator. However I wouldn't ever have a small child or a young boy especially around him. You cant trust his type if you understand. They only reproduce by you know. Disgusting.

  • @chaz12582
    @chaz12582 День тому

    Wow! You made such a great video! It was the perfect balance of casual and science with super interesting knowledge and a host who genuinely wants to share! Subscribing now! ❤️

  • @sowertosow
    @sowertosow День тому

    Only because evolution DOESN'T EXIST! In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1 KJV

  • @crimsonraen
    @crimsonraen День тому

    Thanks for the video, and bringing this series back!

  • @shewitgabriel1174
    @shewitgabriel1174 День тому

    Great video👍🏾

  • @GeraldOSteen
    @GeraldOSteen День тому

    Seems as though it'd be more likely to be closer related to walrus or sea lions.

  • @draxiss1577
    @draxiss1577 День тому

    So they're not just butts, but dickbutts (and also vaginabutts)?

  • @13o.o
    @13o.o День тому

    Haven't watched the video yet but that potato furball is precious and I need like three of them

  • @snipestavo9616
    @snipestavo9616 День тому

    So if I’m lost at sea and it rains I can drink from the surface of the ocean?

  • @CornerTalker
    @CornerTalker День тому

    How do we know whether crinoids moved half a billion years ago?

  • @CornerTalker
    @CornerTalker День тому

    do Tully monster or hallucinigencia

  • @k.turtle6145
    @k.turtle6145 День тому

    They come from the sea

  • @TheLetterB123
    @TheLetterB123 День тому

    Bad news. The Zelejraph has awakend. The fall of man is upon us.

  • @gandhithegreat328
    @gandhithegreat328 День тому

    All it takes is two to get through the Panama Canal

  • @SAW-kx4vi
    @SAW-kx4vi День тому

    All eel is sum ^^ mmmmm Aaahhh

  • @paulbennett4548
    @paulbennett4548 День тому

    They simply followed the Darwinian process of 'they went this-away'...........................

  • @vincentx2850
    @vincentx2850 День тому

    We should have an episode on the hero shrew, arguably the weirdest mammal of all.