Episode 1768 is an unconventional livestream compilation featuring musical performances, comedic sketches, animal educational content, and casual panel banter rather than traditional tarot or consciousness work.
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The episode opens with an original musical performance exploring themes of resilience and identity in the face of public scrutiny [0:27–4:50]. A comedic music parody follows featuring a romantic competition scenario [5:24–8:44]. The host then engages in casual banter with chat, discussing Bart Baker parodies and personal grievances [8:45–13:01]. Guest Noel arrives ▶ 17:05, and the host and Noel discuss her activities, her cat, and her family while interacting playfully with chat participants [17:05–26:03]. The host plays Bart Baker music parodies and commentary [26:46–31:38]. The episode features extended educational content from Z Frank's "True Facts" series about sea pigs [32:29–36:00], nudibranchs [36:02–41:57], and mudskippers [45:40–51:04], interspersed with comedic tangents and chat interaction. A comedic phone conversation with an unnamed participant discussing various topics occurs [42:02–45:38]. The episode concludes with the host preparing to visit another location or stream [51:54–52:16].
This episode appears to represent a departure from the show's typical consciousness and tarot focus, instead emphasizing entertainment and community engagement over esoteric exploration. The extended use of educational animal content and music parodies suggests the host may be experimenting with content variety or responding to production constraints. The frequent asides about being blamed for various infractions, criticisms about past actions, and defensiveness about content creation choices suggest themes of perceived persecution or misunderstanding within the community. The casual, playful interactions with guests and chat appear designed to prioritize accessibility and humor over the structured inquiry characteristic of earlier episodes.
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This episode of the Cult of Psyche podcast features an open panel discussion where Psyche hosts casual conversations with chat participants, discusses community dynamics, and promotes membership benefits. The conversation touches on various interpersonal situations and personal topics.
Psyche and a rotating panel of regulars and guests spend over four hours responding to accusations from a figure known as 'A.M.' (Alex), dissecting allegations of donation fraud, doxxing, and interpersonal betrayal within their YouTube community, while the conversation sprawls into tarot readings, musical performances, geopolitical conspiracy theories, and a sprawling 'Cyber Satan' manuscript pitch.
The episode 'Drop In Free Tarot Readings Live Today' features Psyche introducing cats and attempting to set up for live tarot readings, but instead, the episode takes a turn with extended musical/poetic performances and comedy sketches.
Psyche addresses accusations from other streamers about his moderation policies and spends the evening chatting with viewers, dealing with personal issues, and enjoying drinks and cigars. He emphasizes his focus on having a good time, making a living, and not trying to step on anyone's toes.
Psyche wakes up late, discusses the previous night's stream activities, and addresses chat moderation issues. He also talks about his breakfast, interactions with his cat Rudy, and shares some personal anecdotes.
Episode 2119 opens with Psyche receiving a song about deception and manipulation, followed by an extended celebration of what appears to be evidence collected in an ongoing conflict. The stream evolves into panel banter, tarot readings, AI transcript analysis, and a journey through mythology.
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to my face with borrowed ink. A stranger wearing my own name. Every whisper found a hungry crowd. Every spark became a flame. They say they know what's in my heart. Like they live beneath my skin. But no one sees the deepest nights or WHERE THESE SCARS HAVE BEEN.
You can build a thousand stories. You can paint me black and blue. But no LIE CAN CHANGE A person that I know it's true. I'm not afraid. I'm not the monster they created. I'm not the shadows they keep chasing. I'm just a human being. And I
laugh, I cry, I break, I heal. Every wound is something real. If no one's standing next to me, I still stand. Honestly, you don't have to understand. I'm still here.
I'm still a man.
The silence echoes out and now then every voice that call my name. Friends became familiar go and nothing feels the same. I feel abandoned in the storm. Like I'm talking to the rain. Wondering if anyone can still see through the pain.
Every night I ask the darkness. Is there someone listening? Then I hear my own answer. You survived everything. I'm not afraid. I'm not the monster they created. I'm not the labels they repeated.
I'm just a human being. And I carry hope inside these scars. Searching underneath the stars. Even if I'm standing alone, this broken heart still beats its own. You don't have to understand.
I'm still here. I'm still a man. >> >> I won't become the hate they need. I won't surrender who I am. I'd rather walk through fire alone then let
revenge become my hand. Take me someday to the rise quietly without a sound. Maybe all the stones they threw. We'll build the higher ground. I'm not afraid.
I won't disappear in silence. I will surrender to the violence. I'm just a human being. I never claim to be a saint, but I won't wear the mask they paint. If the whole world turns away, I'll still have something left to say. I'm not what they say I am. I'm more than every
accusation. I'm more than someone else's story. I'm fleshing, but I'm hoping hurt. I'm trying to find my way.
And if I'm walking by myself tonight, I'll keep walking toward the light because I'm still alive.
I'm still alive and no one gets to tell me who I am.
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>> Yeah, used to be the type founding randoms every night, but I'm switching up my style for something. Heard about how you're sky. Couldn't do you how you like. I'mma make a romance last
stay in between your legs. You been scared of love cuz your ex was a douche. Didn't feel like the weekend feeling with my taking no choice to me. That's why this
me. Yeah. Sina's coming for you just know she's coming for me. Sina's coming from
she's coming and you see I have got to get her back. What's he have that I don't have? Plus his music is straight whack. What is he on Mars? I challenge you to a match. Who invited the douchebag?
Was meant to make her climax with the Latina heart. Fine. I'll kick your butt. But first of all, there will be no just your world is twerks and flows.
>> Okay, sounds good to me. We will be judged by my orgasm. Oh, I have a faster than you face. No, you won't just Oh please.
I feel it coming. Keep dancing. Yes, that's great. is coming.
>> Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh, yes. No. No. You know what? No. Stop the music. This isn't working. Just in the weekend. I'm a faker. >> I've been faking this entire time. Neither one of you actually do it for me. >> So yeah, I'm just going to I'm just going to go.
>> What the hell, MAN? THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. >> YO, SCREW YOU, MAN. I can't believe it. She was faking it the whole time. Yeah, neither can I. You know what, man? I was just jealous of you. I actually do like your music.
I I like your music, too. Really? Yeah.
>> Wow. >> Yo guys, thanks for watching my feel it coming parody. If you want to check out the >> He was funny. That guy was funny. Bart Baker. He was funny until he he like sold his ass to China. How are we doing? Oh no. Maybe sleep stream. I'm having I have a couple drinks or you know how
much do I have? Oh my gosh, I'm going too fast. I have a really good uh pineapple drink. Whatever. I don't know. Anyone want to come up? Uh I don't know. Come on, Gotti. You're not a very helpful person, Gotti. You know, Gotti.
Oh, you're just gonna go blend in, but you know, don't even have my back. What kind of I made him the troll king. He hasn't been trolled a He just like go sits there and like promotes his book and it's polite. He still trolls me. What? Rudy, come on. Hi. You You're meow back. Come here. Come on.
You're Rudy meow. Hey, come on. He got his meow back. Rudy got his meow back. Hi. If you remember when I got Rudy, he was like just he was I mean he was just hiding under the bed for like a month. But now are you going to have some rice? Okay, I got some rice. He's
going to eat some rice. Um but he's a he's a cute cat and he's he's like really acclimated well and he loves me. Or don't you? Cuz you've been outside. Is that good? He's having some he's having some I guess it's quinoa. Do you need quinoa? Oh, Rudy. Welcome up. I don't know. We can talk about anything you want. I don't I don't I mean it's like wow. I mean it's like
so funny. She's like oh my gosh. I mean he brings up the past and Christine's like oh isn't that true? Isn't that true? He brings up the past and then thing that is like well like technically one second ago is the past. Like anything that ever happened is in the past. Anything >> Oh yeah, that's correct. Think that is that's correct.
I mean, Christine, if there's anybody, if there's any woman that sounded like a trucker, it's her. I mean, it's like it's crazy. But again, um, you know, I need a little bit more like audience participation than just like, you know, people sitting here. Oh, there we go. Hi, Nancy. Thank you. Well, there you go. Now, now I'll continue streaming, but it was like I was about to stop because it's really
like difficult um to stream without some kind of interaction. I don't know. Um, everyone's afraid or guys, you don't need to be afraid. Like, listen listen. I I'll I'll take I'll take the I'm gonna be taking the hit no matter no matter I'll take the hit. I'm already taking it. You know, you don't have to worry about yourselves.
I mean, seriously, it's like I'm the I'm the big fish, you know? It's like there's no reason to go after anybody else. No, I mean, it's just it's just me. I'm the one easy to blame. I'm the one that can hate bond over. Oh, I'm the biggest hate bonding mechanism of like the year. What is it? And then who's talking about? Oh, he begging for fish tacos. How long has that been a
meme? Begging for fish tacos. If you actually go to that episode, she she she plugs that episode. You can see it was $10 for data because I already had received the fish tacos donation which I didn't even ask for. And so, I mean, it's like uh I don't know. It's like And then talk about the past. That was a year and two months ago. But it's okay. It's okay. I mean, it's like But yeah,
you can see I did a Yeah, it always turns back on me. Always. It's like It's okay. I'm just I'm just an easy target, I guess. I don't understand why, but uh you know, for somebody that came in being nice, and I was nice. I mean, everyone everyone was an when I got here. Everyone's still an They're even worse. They're like I mean, not everybody. And of course, not not
you guys in the chat. talking about others people that are are you know the biggest big mouths but I do have their wedding picture I know because this is she's like oh my god and they're even mad I made like a nice picture of them like a night it's like it wasn't even I yeah I used their horrible pictures as the as the model for it but I made them good-looking I made them look they look like a Disney movie and even
that is like oh my god I'm I'm just so obsessed or something like that took 10 didn't take very long to make but I mean it's like here you can see what they look like in their wedding picture, you know, like that. Oh, I can't show it. There's an issue with that. Try again in a little while. Well, I I'll show you the original photos, though. I got those two.
Here's one. Okay. And here's another one. These are your couple of the year, guys. Here you go. Yeah, Rudy's right here. See? Oh, yeah. But you remember when Rudy was
under the bed and it's like apparently I leave my cats in the dungeon. They're just like they're so abused and not taken care of and it's like, you know, everything is perfect with everybody else. It's because, you know, I've had a lot of cats since I came here. You know, some of them get it some of them acclimated into the neighborhood. Yeah. What the hell was that? That's Sand Man. You didn't see nursing Sandman's real picture.
Let's get to that. Let's get to that as this one's beat his real picture. Well, you think they look different than that? No, that's what they look like. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.
Oh my gosh. I'm Oh, yeah. I'm the prize. Yeah. I mean, it's like, you know, they act mean they really act like monsters. They really do. I mean, it's like and even like, you know, Yeah, exactly. That's what I just said. And I I made them look so cute. I mean, it's like, look, you can see like I I did on my community wall. There's a post I just did where I took the I took that picture and I made them into I I wanted to show
I can make even monsters look like, you know, nice people. Even NorCal got a lap out of it. Um NorCal is really not a bad dude, you know. He's a He's a good dude, actually. But I'll show you. Here we go. This is what they really looked like. I did a couple pictures of them. Oh, this not what they really look. This is this is with my imagination and uh talent. This is what I turned them into. But you
know, you saw the real photos, right? Okay. Here. Check this out. Dot dot dot dot dot. Here we go. So, here's here's one. Here we go. There's one. See? Look how nice I made. They look like like nice little They're mad at this. She's mad at that now. And then there's a wedding photo. This one's a little bit more realistic. That's got It's got all Vita's chins in there. Yeah. So that's what but I base it on
those those pictures. But see how see how talented I am that I can I can create this. Yeah. They're just they're so perfect though. I just want to make them so perfect like they really are. And then you know I'm a monster but they're just perfect people right. >> Yeah. Anyway, and it's like RG RG is RG. You know I'm
trying to talk on her show and explain something but can I talk? No. All I can do is put a high pitch. Imagine the most high-pitched voice like in your ear like and it's like and then trying to talk and then it's like then not even letting me talk. I let her say every all the she wanted to say on my show today. I I put myself on mute. Hi. Oh, hi Noel. How are you? Noel. Noel. I think um you know um has been looking for you. She
wants more information about you and Brandon. And so if you when you have a second um try to get in contact with her and give drop your channel too. Yeah. So there's Noel. Um hi babe. Oh, this is my baby right here. Hi Rude. Hi. Oh,
Rud is probably 18 years old. There we go. See, this is how I pet my cat. See, I just go like that. But it's like real comfortable. Oh, you want the link? Okay. Okay. The link is actually just scroll up a little bit. You'll see it, but I'll I'll post it again. Yeah. This is Mr. This is Mr. Rudy. Rud
is probably 17, 18 years old. Okay, here here's Noel. >> Hi, Psyche. >> Hi. What's going on tonight? >> How are How how is your day? I love your cat. >> You love Rudy? Yeah, it was Mr. Rudy. I think it is. >> Who wants some more information about me? >> Remember Remember you're talking to this a lady Karen the other day? INX.
>> Karen. >> Yeah. >> Remember you mentioned Brandon Q? I think you said you went on a date with him and something. >> Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. >> Yeah. She wants to talk to you, but yeah. How are you doing? >> Good. I'm doing good. And how were And how was your how is your how is your day? >> Oh, it's pretty good. Pretty good. That That's Rudy. You want to say hi to
>> Hi, Rudy. everyone? >> What kind of cat is that? >> I call I just say ginger cat. He's like a ginger cat. >> Yeah, he's a ginger. Orange >> and uh he's a sweetheart. He's like a little bit he's like an old we call him old man but you know someone said oh don't call him old man because you know he's young at heart aren't you a sweet cat but you know he got his meow back because he used to not have a meow and
now he can meow again. >> Where's your uh under other under your >> other ones? Okay, you know it's really hot today. It's like a hot day today and so I think Lenor and Lola are like outside. >> Okay. get it in the in the air and stuff because you know it's really hot inside here and it's like you know I'm really happy that people there's people that have indoor cats and you know and the
cats are used to that and stuff like that but my cats they they are you know the rescues they've been used to being outside too most of the time and so and you know Rudy was an outdoor cat he hardly goes outside >> yeah but you know I do take care of my cat I don't like that the I guess it's like a a meme or it's like a just something they keep repeating until everyone believes it but like that
abusive to animals and stuff like that. That's like so >> a girl or is it a boy? >> Rudy's a boy. >> Rudy's a boy. That's good. >> Yeah. How are you, babe? But and he likes to go under the covers. Hey, Douggeie Doug. How are you? I'll mod you. >> Hi, doggy dog. Hi, Doug. How How was your day, Doug? >> Yeah, if you want to come up, Doug, and
say hi. I haven't talked to you for a while. It' be great to talk to you because a lot of stuff's been going on. >> No. Psyche. Do you do those Nancy? Who's Nancy? Do I know her? >> Reality Nancy. Do you know her? >> Yes, I do. >> Yeah, there she That's her. That's Nancy in the chat. >> Nancy, do you want to join? >> Uh, I don't think she I think she
doesn't really join very much, but yeah, that'd be awesome if she would sometime. >> No, let me join. Yes. And you're subscribed to my YouTube. >> Yeah. So, it's Stinky. What's What's the numbers with it? N5936. >> Stinky N5936. That's Noel's channel. What do you do on
your channel, Noel? >> I do some lives, food reviews. I do I do a a fun channel. I do >> you show basketball games. You show you show like the the handicap basketball or what's it called? What's a basketball? >> The Special Olympics.
>> Special Olympics. And have you w are you an Olympic champion? >> Yes, I am sort of. Yeah. >> And so No. So So Nancy is in your chat sometimes. She says she watches in your sometimes stream. >> Yeah. She says I watch Noel's live sometimes with her dad. >> Uh you have it. Uh she type in there. I didn't know that was you.
>> Well, she says she she says you have the sweetest dad. Your dad's a sweet man. >> Yes. >> Yes, he is. >> Okay. >> Yes, I do. the car. Um karaoke with him. >> Okay. >> Yes. The car karaoke. Yes.
>> Dad or do you >> My uh mom and my aunt the uh dad. I I live with them. Yes. Yeah. I do. >> And they're nice people. >> Of course. Yes. Yeah. >> Yeah. They >> not everyone's dad and dad and mom are nice, you know, but you know, it's >> uh Why is that? >> I don't know.
>> sometimes they don't get along with each >> Oh, other. Sometimes they they they're just like, you know, not very Oh, there's your dad in the room. >> No, that's not my dad. I just No, he >> Hi, Dad. That's not my dad. I >> You imagine you know somebody dead Fred. Have you ever met Drop Deadad Fred? Oh, have you heard of that person? He's an
imaginary person, but he he he tells you ever seen Drop Deadad Fred. >> Can you stop, please? >> Who? Me? >> I don't want to discuss that. >> Oh. Oh, I'm so sorry. Oh, I Okay. Well, it was just a movie. Who was in the movie? Do you remember that? Who was in the movie with them? That was you in the
movie? We see uh Nancy, do you have a uh Discord? >> Well, I don't know if she has. Do you have a Discord? Oh, she You know, NY's in my in my Discord. >> Can Nancy join uh mine? My Discord? >> N you're gonna have to She's in mine. So, you're have to go in there and say,
"Nancy, here's my Discord." And you have to post your link in mine. Okay. You're in mine. >> Yeah. She said, "No, sweetie. She doesn't have one. But she But Noel, >> she's my YouTuber. Mommy, >> she is okay. No, no, no. >> When you use that straw, does does all the liquid come out of the straw before it gets to your mouth? Because there must be holes in that straw by now,
>> No, it's not. This is my coping straw. right? >> I know you're coping. Have you ever thought of using one of those metal straws? You can actually >> of course not. No. >> No. Okay. That is >> these straws are really good for me. Yeah, those are other good for Okay. Well, good. I'm not I'm not knocking. I'm just saying if it was metal, you could like bend it. You could You never seen those people bend the bend the um
those >> I have. No, I have not. >> Okay. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. >> It's okay. Thank you. >> Now, do you like Michael Jackson? Did you see Michael Jackson eating popcorn? >> Yeah. You saw my thumbnail? He's eating popcorn. >> Michael Jackson is I like his
songs. I really do. >> Is Michael Jackson still alive? >> He's dead. >> Oh, he died. Have you you know in that I saw a music video. It was called Thriller and he's a zombie. >> Yeah. >> Has a zombie Michael Jackson ever visited you and had dinner with your family? >> What the >> What? Oh my gosh.
>> What the Psyche, what are you doing to me? No, he's not. That's what the you're talking about. I'm so sorry. I thought he did because I thought he said >> he didn't for dinner. Oh, >> what the >> Oh my god.
>> Okay, I'm so sorry. >> Oh my gosh. >> Gosh, what the My brain is stunned. >> Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. >> Wow. I'm so >> Oh my gosh. Psyche, are you trolling me or something? What the >> Troll. I never heard of that troll. It says, "Just leave me alone." You heard
that song? Leave me alone. Have you heard this one? It don't matter if Noel's black or white. You heard that one? >> What the Psyche. >> Have you heard it? I'm bad. I'm bad. I'm bad. You know it. I'm
Hey Noel, help. >> What the >> I just did the Michael Jackson dance. >> You just almost show me your dick. >> Oh my I did not I'm wearing a speedo. You can't see anything. >> Are you serious? >> Yeah, >> you almost show me your dick. >> Oh my god. I
>> You almost did. >> I didn't I almost I did not even It wasn't even almost. First of all, I would have >> He Excuse me, guys. He almost showed me his bit, guys, into the chat. >> Well, well, I'm going to be arrested if you keep saying this. Stop it. >> Why would you be arrested? I am 26. >> I know, but you know now, you know, ever heard 26 is the new 16 years old.
>> No, it's not. >> Okay. Well, I don't know. Some people seem to think that I'm I'm being called >> Psyche. Psyche. Why are you doing this to me? Are you you just trying to f p f p f p f p f p f p f p f p f p f p f pull me around my brain. No, I was wondering if you met Michael Jackson. >> My god, what the He's still alive.
>> Michael Jackson showed up here. >> Shut the up, Psyche. >> Excuse me.
Wow. Wow. Okay, guys. Can you write that? Someone write that down. Do you want Noel to leave? Ask if she's had Michael Jackson for dinner. >> I'm just here for the turkey and stuffing. Noel. Noel, don't be afraid. It's just me,
Michael Jackson. I'm a zombie. Oopsies. Oopie. Oh my gosh. Well, you know what? It's better than better than getting flashed. It's better than getting flashed right? >> You know, I was playing some funny stuff earlier. I was I was thinking, you know, I love this guy Bart Baker. So funny. I know some people are like,
"Why are you playing these uh you know, song parodies? You're so dumb." Hey, hey, I'm a little bit low on content right now. Excuse me. I need So, let me see. You want to see I see. Let me see. Let me see if I find a song I really like.
Oh, this one's good. You guys know um Zayn? Heard of Zayn? This one's called >> Not Bane, but Zayn. Okay, here. Watch this one. You're going to love it. I promise you. Oh my god. Police are on their way. I think Bea called the cops.
Thanks to my biggest
>> sound like >>
you shut up.
I bet you miss
them and we'll die in the sides. Kill me like a friend. >> Exactly. We'll tell them we'll commit suicide if they don't come back home. >> No, no, no.
>> I don't want her back though. I don't know. You better have decided we'll kill ourselves. >> And when we die, our blood
will be on your hands. >> What the hell? >> This is scary. >> Yeah, it's insane. Taylor's a psycho.
>> So there's no need to blow out your brains. >> Oh, you should just shut up. >> These guns are just for sure. Screw this. I am going to go killer. You are sick and deranged.
>> Nobody's going home. She's the devil. Yeah, I know. >> All of you. Wait, I can't lie anymore. I still >> I swear I do. That's why I say that you and I should take poison. So,
go live in hell together. >> Okay. I got poison. >> Well, go drink it. LET'S GO. >> SHE'S GOING TO DIE. He'll be okay. >> How are YOU STILL FINE? >> Don't know.
Back off, Perry. Good luck shaking that one off, you winch. This doesn't mean we're having another three-way. That was weird.
>> I don't know. I thought it was okay. >> >> So ah ah is it from a movie? Uh no that's like that's like Zayn and uh that's Zayn and uh yeah this is from the Night of the Living Dead. Oh okay never I'm just I'm just kidding. I'm just kid I'm sure that
I'm sure that was a doctor type that can't be a real person. Um anyway I don't want to be so mean. I know but I don't know. Apparently, I steal I all I do is like, you know, she makes content. I just steal content. I mean, I've only done how many thousand thousand thousands of hours without even
a mention of her, but I don't know. Like, apparently I'm a I don't know. I just I must be like the most evil person in the world, you know? Guys, aren't I evil? I don't know. So, oh gosh. Um, here you can see my alien.
There's my alien from Spunky. See, he's holding a cat. There's my screen. You can see I am. Hi, guys. See me? Okay. Alien. I notice alien looks like a praying mantis. And so, we were watching some fun stuff the other day. I thought I thought we could watch some more. You guys like seeing um crazy animals? I
want to do the sea pig again. The sea pig is like my new favorite animal. Have you guys ever heard of the sea pig? Okay, I'll show you if you haven't seen it. So, this is by some kind named Z Frank. You're going to be you're going to be
impressed, I think. So, this is true facts about the sea pig. Okay? And I want you to enjoy here. This is true facts about the sea pig. There we go. Okay. Got it. Got it. Got it. Okay. There we go.
And there we go. There's a sea pig. Here we will explore true facts about the sea pig. Here is a picture of a land pig. As you can see, they are virtually indistinguishable from the sea pig. One way to tell the difference is that bacon from a land pig tastes delicious, while bacon from a sea pig
tastes like a fish farted on a dirty beach cracker. Another way is to simply ask it whether it's a sea pig. If when you ask your mouth fills up with seaater, then you're probably an idiot because the sea pig lives deep in the abyss of the ocean. The sea pig is a type of sea cucumber. This is stock
video of a sea cucumber which has been downloaded one time by me. This is a picture of a land cucumber. As you can see, they're virtually identical. If you get confused, check to see if your cucumber is breathing through its anus. Because unlike land cucumbers, sea cucumbers breathe through their anuses.
As you might have guessed, this is no ordinary run-of-the-mill commonplace anus. Sea cucumbers have a cloica. Think of it as a multi-purpose orifice for breathing, pooping, baiting, and any other orifice related needs you might have. Convenient. Not what I would have chosen. Personally, I'm quite happy with my arrangement. I'm a man who likes a
bit of distance between the breathing and the pooping, but no judgments. As my mother used to say, a hole is a hole. Wow. In this context, that really sounds pretty bad. Retraction. In any case, the many uses of the cloa did not escape the pearl fish, which has formed a symbiotic relationship with the sea cucumber. It
hides inside the sea cucumber's butt, where it feeds and gains protection. The sea cucumber, meanwhile, has a fish in its butt. Win-win. The sea cucumber has a remarkable defensive adaptation. When attacked, it violently contracts its muscles and jettisonens its internal respiratory organs out of its anus in a
process known as evisceration. Needless to say, the predator becomes confused. To understand this, imagine that you are getting mugged and in response, you pull your pants down bento. Actually, I don't think this really helps. Further down in the depths, the little understood sea pig uses hydraulic pumps that inflate
its legs full of water as it marches on the ocean floor in search of detritus and whale carcasses to eat. Because it is so mushy mushy, the sea pig is a host of parasites like small snails and crustaceians which burrow into it and feed on its insides. Bummer. Fortunately, the sea pig doesn't really
have a brain, so it probably doesn't care. Remember, if someone scares you, just bend over and fart your lungs all over that bastard. Who knows, it might just work. >> It's the thing.
>> This is Suzie. Susie is in the class gastropota, which encompasses snails and slugs. Specifically, and by specifically I mean specifically, and by and by, I mean Nby, Suzie is a type of sea slug called a nutubbrank. There are around 3,000 freaky species of nutubbranks, but they come in two basic body plans. One
body plan can be seen in the earlid nudie branks. They can look a bit like clayian pubic hair or like a porcupine rolled around in candy corn. Their backs are covered with floppy floppy spiky things called serata. These serata are extensions of their digestive system because why not? But they also assist in
breathing. The other body plan belongs to the dorid nudie brank. It is the more sluggy of the two. Dorid nudie branks have a sturdy fleshy fleshy covering called a mantle. The mantle can sometimes look like a frilly skirt or perhaps a fashionable poncho. Some species like the Spanish dancer
nudiebrank can use this skirt to swim sort of. Some other nudie branks also try the swimming swimming, but in most cases it looks a bit like a muppet simultaneously auditioning for the part of the fu and n in a Sesame Street production brought to you by the word fun. It does actually look fun to swim
like that, like sneezing in outer space. Up front, nutubbranks have two rhinophores, which are kind of like nostrils that have been turned inside out. Much like our noses can pick up the chemical signals of a fart wafting in the air, these rhinophores can pick up chemical signals in the water. This is important because their eyes totally
suck. They are very tiny and can only sense dark and light. Like a colorblind machinist in a Skittles factory, the nutubbrank is unable to appreciate the beauty of its own decoration. This one looks a bit like a landspeeder. Woah. Except near the back where you would expect the peoples to sit. That is a
plume of gills that encircle their anus. These gills are beautifully folded structures that maximize surface area to extract oxygen from the surrounding water. These allow the dorid nudibbrank to breathe. right next to its anus. Before you judge, however, to the nutubbrank, this body plan might feel like an upgrade. To understand this,
let's look at some nutubbranks when they are babies. Little baby nutubbranks look a lot like snails. They have a shell, and some even form an operculum, a little trap door for their hidey-hole. A long time ago, the shelled ancestor of snails and slugs got into some freaky called torsion. Torsion is a twisted
change in body plan. To understand this, imagine if you laid down on your stomach and arched your back. Then you grabbed your left foot with your right hand and your right foot with your left hand. Now imagine twisting really hard so that your butt faces upwards and is right over your face. This is the first yoga pose they teach you when you arrive in
hell. Snails live out their lives cheerfully with this arrangement. Don't ask why. Every time you ask why evolution adds or removes a nipple from a cat, look it up. However, millions of years ago, after a night of eating jalapeno chili conc carne, the ancestor of the nutubbrank had enough of this head up your butt. As it transitions to
its juvenile state, the baby nutubbrank loses its shell, untwists, and does its best to put all of its organs back in some semblance of order. That is to say that the nutubbrank is a bit of an unsnailed snail. And at least its mouth and nose have a bit of distance from its gill ringed anus. And yes, that one does
look like a Pikachu that got busy with a Swiffer. The Nutubbrank's mouth parts are under its front parts, right between a befingered mustachio of two feeding tentacles that can help it feel around for food. They eat a variety of animals, many of which, like colonial tunicquets, brizzoans, and hydroids, are animals
that look like plants. Because the ocean is weird. They are among the cutest carnivorous predators and will even eat other slugs and nutubbranks. This one's eating a slug called a sea hair because apparently it looks like a rabbit. A rabbit who's squirt farting purple ink because he's seriously. If we speed it up, it looks like he's slurping a
noodle. >> Eat with a beak and aula, which is basically a tongue with teeth on it, which is crazy. Don't French kiss a noodle brank. You'll die. Here we see an anemy being hunted by a rainbow nudybrank, which does not look like a rainbow at all. More like a curtain that
a cat got to, but it strikes with the vigor of a proctologist who lost a wedding ring. That's like trying to tongue sponge the crumbs out of the bottom of a can of Pringles. One group of nutubbranks in the genus Menabe has evolved a different feeding strategy. It has traded in its tooth tongue radula for a head in the shape of a Venus fly trap. It uses its
head like a seafloor pooper scooper. Like if you used your hoodie to eat a shrimp taco. A skeleton shrimp taco. Lacking a shell. Sea slugs including nudie branks and this spotted sea hair which does not look like a rabbit must get creative when it comes to defense from predation. Some have evolved to be very good at camouflage.
You see these cows? I tricked you. They're not cows. They're nutranks. You thought they were cows. Must feel like a real dumb man. >> This one is perfectly camouflaged as an old man with his hands behind his back inspecting his garden. Dad plug beating my Aelas. That's irony. You better stop or I will assault you. That's a dad
joke. >> Okay. Hey, >> what's up? >> Is that my boyfriend's dick? >> What's up? Can you hear me? >> Yeah. What's going on? >> What's up with you? >> Where are you? Are you in your You're in your car? >> No. >> Are you eating your Oh, you're not Where
are you? In your bedroom. You have a You have a wheel like that in your bedroom. >> Yeah, I do, actually. >> Amazing. Okay. Um, so what what are you eating? >> I'm eating ass. >> Oh my god. Who's >> mine? >> I'm eating some ass right now.
>> Okay. Well, so what's going on? Where have you been working all day? >> I No, I don't work. >> You don't work. You just drive around your car. >> Other people pay for my living expenses. >> You are you are you coming over to my house tonight? >> I have psyche pay for my living expenses back. >> You do?
>> You know how much I pay? I pay I pay for you to be homeless. I I pay I pay somebody else $10 a month not to rent to you. It's a perfect >> Hello. >> Bang. >> Bang. Bang. Bang. Hey. Oh, what's that song? What's that kill Bill song? Bang bang. Or that song.
>> Bang. Bang. I'm going to put it in your ass. Bang. >> No thank you. I already ate. I'm like one of those those sea creatures I eat through my butt. You're door dashing. >> Nah, I don't do that. >> You're grub hubbing. >> Nah, I don't do that. >> Yeah, you do. Well, why is there a big um takeout bag of food with somebody
else's name on it in your driver's seat or passenger seat? >> I see. I see it. I can see it reflecting your glasses, you >> Why is there a black guy here? >> Cuz you're here. I I can't help it. Thanks. You look like an old lady driving kind of. You remind me like an old lady like with those glass or
>> I'm driving right now. >> Oh yeah, you're in your bedroom. >> I don't drive. I don't know how to drive. I don't have a license. >> I'm going to call the cops on you then. >> Oh, there's a little cat here. Oh, >> pick it up. >> Oh, this little cat's like lost. >> Get it. Go pick it up and save it. Oh,
>> you drove >> across the street. >> It ran across the street. Okay. Well, it's gone forever. Well, >> >> So, what's up with music? See, I I think I have one of your boyfriends here, dude. His name was um Squid Squidward. You're dating this guy name Squidward? >> Oh, yeah. >> You are? >> That's cool. >> You're attracted to men?
>> Yeah. >> Yeah. Me, too. >> Yeah, totally. That's awesome. >> What happened with M glow in yourself? I mean, >> there was a little there was a little uh black cat. >> A >> It did. Oh, are you sure it wasn't your just your pubic hair? Your pants.
>> Bang. >> Bang. Okay. Well, anything else to add or you just gonna make on sequis? >> Hey, okay, come back another time. See, we're trying to be educated on like, you know, like different animals right now. I don't have time to listen to you say
bang bang for the next, you know, 25 minutes. But, um, how about a mud skipper? Have you ever seen you ever seen Gilligan's Island? There's a skipper on Gilligan's Island. But this is a mud skipper right here. You want to see a mud skipper? See, I'll let you back up to watch it with me if you want, but hold on a second. I'm going to let the mud skipper first here. Okay.
Oh Hold on. You're back with me. Okay. We're going to watch about the mud skipper. Okay. >> You'll learn something. Want to watch the part with the old lady that >> skippers look a bit like a profile picture of a middle-aged divorced dad on Tinder chilling poolside in Cabo just
had the guacamole # spicy. However, Leonard is a very special fish. Leonard Mudskippers are a fish that spend a portion of their day living out of the water. Most fish, if you take them out of the water, become a bit of a downer. And by that I mean dead. But Leonard isn't dead because Leonard can breathe
air. He can do this through his specialized skin and by gulping air into his mouth parts which are lined with blood vessels very close to the surface. Getting around isn't easy. If your basic body plan is designed to do floaty floaty in the water, gravity can be a bit of a Our fish ancestors had bony muscular fins.
that could evolve into strong limbs and elbows to help push against gravity as they crawled onto shore. Jerry, what is this footage? I'm talking about an ancient fish crawling out of the Well, this isn't better. Yes, I can see she's crawling, Jerry, but she's a person. All right. Well, that's a dead fish, but mud skippers come from a different evolutionary line of fish. Fish with floppier webbed fins. Excellent
demonstrating, Leonard. The same line that led to the goldfish. And I'm not judging the goldish. I know it's hard with the pingpong balls, the state fair, and the toilet flushing, but you wouldn't really ask a goldfish to help you move apartments, but Mudskipper don't give a crap what line he's from. Mudskipper will use the parts he was given with a few little modifications.
Its pelvic fins on the bottom are fused to form a sort of suction cup. This allows them to hold on to surfaces and even climb. Imagine what you could climb if you had sticky nipples. a casual stroll. The muds skipper employs a movement called crutching, which looks a little like trying to get to the remote after squat stay at the gym. It props
itself up with its pelvic fins and then pulls itself forward with its pectoral fins, dragging its motionless tail behind. But if the going gets rough or it needs a bit of extra speed, the tail springs into action, it curls and digs in and helps propel the body forward. Wo there, tiger. Sorry, I have to show you
the leaping blenny. It's a different fish that uses A SIMILAR MOVEMENT, BUT >> AND SOMETIMES THE twist gets a little out of control. It just looks fun. >> Having speed and good ups helps if you're a carnivore, which many muds skippers are. >> It's like he's smoking a little cigar.
>> Yeah. See, but eating on land brings another challenge for the fish. Here, try this. Lie down on your stomach in front of a chicken nugget. Now try and swallow that nugget without using your tongue. I can see you're not doing it. Well then don't start thinking about your tongue. Don't concentrate on the big fleshy sluglike thing filling up your mouth. In any case, the muds
skipper doesn't have a tongue. So to swallow on land, the muds skipper seems to use water that it stores in its mouth parts as a kind of hydro tongue. It pushes water out of its mouth as it grabs its food and then it kind of sucks it all back in. And the water helps transport the food back towards the tummy parts. Now to prove that it was
the water, they did it again, but this time they put the food on, I quote, the center of always ultraanormal plus sanitary pads. With the water absorbed, the food could not make its way back to the tum tum. And the muds skipper has an interesting story to tell his friends. Science. The muds skipper needs water. It is a fish after all, and it likes to
be moist. Like that drip of sweat rolling down the small of your back into your butt crack because you decided to wear jeans on that hike. Sort of moist. Moist like testicles in a freezing pool. Its eyeballs can retract into dermal cups that retain water TO KEEP THEM MOIST. FOR protection and mating, the muds skipper digs burrows
with its mouth. One of the bummers of not being able to use a shovel. They are very territorial animals. Sometimes a simple dorsal fin displays enough to ward off a trespasser, but other times a
>> Oh. When it's time to lay eggs, the male and female retreat into the burrow. The eggs are placed in an air fil chamber because the surrounding water lacks oxygen. When it's hatching time, the male gulps the air out of the chamber. Submerged in water, the muds skipper babies can hatch and swim up and out of their hideyholes to the surface.
Remember, just because you don't have the big bony musly fins doesn't mean that you can't do incredible things with what you were given. That is how the mud skipper do. >> Amazing. >> Just had first date with Karen. She's very assertive. Love it. She got us free
dessert because her true facts is not appropriate for children or adults who don't act like children. Here in the coral reef among these beautiful ocean plants, there hides a seaworm. Wait, what? The brightly colored things are the worms. Okay, still beautiful, but now I feel like vomiting. >> It's kind of like love. Imagine if one
lived in your nostril. You'd be the fanciest lad at the party. These creatures are in the class polyeta. They are referred to as Christmas tree worms or spyro brankus giganteas. Given the fact that they are on average one, >> guys. Let's do that. >> Guys, we're going to see if she wants us
to wants me over there or that person's fooling me. 150 Costco Gizzy. Is that that is that Hold on. Is that a Q or does he say Tizzy? Okay, let's go to Onyx Blue. Onyx Blue. uh 88. We'll see if she really wants me over there, but if not, I'll be back over here. I'll go over there for a little bit. Come and check it out.
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