Down a YouTube rabbit hole

Thanks for the list. I will check it out. It has been hot and rainy here in NE Ohio, too. Not much chance for finding dragonflies/damselflies. I found this video on YouTube. I was looking through that site because I can’t go out much, either. It is extreme slow motion moth flight. They look like stuffed animals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQL25_hoQ1k

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I’ve definitely gone down some weird rabbit holes watching videos related to stuff from iNat haha.

Last summer I was having a lot of trouble catching cicadas, so I watched videos of people all around the world catching them. Interesting to see the different techniques and what people do with them after catching them… https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLimWNWljMrtcGiCBhVdnTWL3btOR6JuK4

After I saw this video documenting the hobby of goby fishing and eating in Tokyo, I did a similar thing watching videos of people catching or eating gobies in different places: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLimWNWljMrteYt--JW19GNKRJzlY-tPTD
I just found it amusing people putting so much effort into such small fish. It did get me wondering about eating invasive Round Gobies in the Great Lakes, but I contacted the Ontario Ministry of the Environment about it and they said due to elevated levels of PCBs they recommend that healthy adults eat no more than 2 meals a month (a “meal” being 227 grams), and everyone else not eat any. I thought that was weird considering the guidelines say it’s fine to eat 8-16 meals of Smallmouth Bass (varying by person and size of fish) in my area and their diet is dominated by gobies, but maybe something limits bioaccumulation there… 200 grams of gobies would still be a decent amount though!
The species of goby they target in Tokyo is an invasive species in California, not sure if they’re safe to eat there. :P

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I saw that one the other day as well! Crazy that they just look like chaotic blurs with the naked eye, but look almost like giant fuzzy elegant flapping birds in slow motion.

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Just reading your titles of these videos made me hungry, so I had to go get a snack. I really like sushi, sashimi, opihi, and other seafood.

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I follow a few microfishing enthusiasts (in USA) on Instagram. They all do catch and release. They are in it for the challenge and keep lifelists of the species they’ve caught.

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from a southeast Australian fungus photographer and filmmaker duo (who have an iNat account):

@ken_ohio – i love the Ant Lab videos. after watching a bunch of slow-mo flight videos of various insects, i’m starting to watch some of their ant-specific videos:

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That fungi movie by Stephen Axford and Cath Marciniak is fantastic.
It was posted in another thread in this forum a few weeks ago.
And, the one about the fungi and the fire is really good, too.
I’m glad you posted it again. I can save the link.

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Totally agree about SA’s fungi fest. The timelapse features are staggeringly impressive.

All the National Moth Week activities at the end of July have produced a number of mothing videos. I compiled a series of my own (Moth Magic) for NMW, available on YT’s Moth Week channel . . . the 5 part series is an updated screen adaptation of an introductory presentation to a one or two day “practical moth recording” workshop I run. enjoy.

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Thanks for those links!

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Dunno why it was reopened but this is my forte so here we go

Favorite channel for nature-related stuff is, swear on my life, Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t. - https://www.youtube.com/@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt .

Yeah, he’s a little crass sometimes, but it fits my sense of humor, and dude is a fantastic botanist that actually does a really good job explaining the differences between different plant families, and will occasionally guest spot other experts in their fields.

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Related to that: https://youtu.be/B328dYRCiQg

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oooh neat! new channel!

https://www.youtube.com/@LearnYourLand another good one - he’s in Pennsylvania and tends to focus on fungi, plants, and foragables, along with common poisonous species for the area.

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When I lived in Hawaii, moray eels were caught, bright to the surface, prepped and eaten right on the boat, minutes old.
The parts the eel not used were returned to the ocean where the fish gobbled them up in seconds.
I loved watching the divers catch their meal and enjoy it immediately.

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I kinda want to look into how to find them consistently just because they’re so weird.

I see them some, but it’s always erratic and basically while I’m looking for other stuff

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Tales of Kaimere has been a YouTube rabbithole I’ve loved exploring since I discovered it a few months ago. Probably one of the most in-depth worldbuilding projects on the platform, and especially great for those who enjoy a little speculative evolution. The creator is also a fantastic artist.
Not to give away too much, but the main premise of the series is how different populations of humans survive on a distant planet where portals have transplanted Earth life for millions of years, resulting in creatures from all over the span of time interacting and evolving together. Definitely worth a watch - just make sure you have a few hours free if you get sucked in like I have!

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New video of interest came across my feed; she actually calls out the importance of iNat pretty early in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpI_36PhYMY - A lecture by a NC master gardener on native pollinators

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the algo has been suggesting some videos from a Marine Biology student who specializes in deep sea life. i’ve only watched a few so far, but they have been surprisingly good. here’s one that i’m watching now and am enjoying (about the communities that emerge around deep-sea food falls): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLGOtKHy06o.

I like watching AVNJ’s adventures. He goes to different spots and dipnets for small fish there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-_MiU1CL54&list=PLU9b5aFAbOLFqigj4SKHw1Vlrc1D8LlJH&ab_channel=AVNJ