The Trouble With Tumbleweed
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4 роки томуGrey's 1 hour+ director's commentary on this video: • Behind the Scenes of T...
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@aproppaknoife5078 4 роки тому
They say "if you wanna get ridd of the weed you gotta pull it up from the root" but what to do when the weed pulls itself and starts hunting you
@ffnovice7 4 роки тому
Become Soviet
@acytaliptic9648 4 роки тому
You throw the whole landmass away
@maxbobby7786 4 роки тому
Can you smoke it?
@hamidibrahim4336 4 роки тому
Sounds like a Netflix original
@tilly3702 4 роки тому
@@hamidibrahim4336 lol. A stephen king film.
@KapnKasai 4 роки тому
“ I don’t like tumbleweeds. They’re coarse, rough, and irritating, and they get everywhere.”
@justarandomaccount7011 4 роки тому
*What about sand?*
@mothernature1755 4 роки тому
Hello there
@jamreviews9547 4 роки тому
You don’t know how true that is.
@KapnKasai 4 роки тому
Mother Nature *GENERAL KENOBI*
@kathryngeeslin9509 4 роки тому
Yes. Sand. As a native Dallasite have always been familiar with the occasional sandstorm. But my grandfather lived in Lamesa, he loved it there (or at least would not move); I loved him but hated visiting, sand in everything: air, water, clothes, food, everything. Sand belongs on the ground, not in my eyes and lungs.
@CGPGrey 2 роки тому
@jaisonsimon 2 роки тому
Keanu Reeves enters chat
@GurtNuva 2 роки тому
WumbleTeed
@user-jf9vi4we2e 2 роки тому
Ratio
@AS-do6pr 2 роки тому
A little late
@MoonLander85 2 роки тому
Probably testing his audience engagement for some weird statistics only he can understand. Or maybe it's tumbleweed season.
@brianbraatz6372 2 роки тому
I lived in Montana for a couple years and saw them there. I remember in the video game "Sunset Riders" if you touch a tumbleweed your character is injured, but thought that was just a quirk of the game. One day I had a chance to touch one and understood - NOT a game quirk, real.
@TimTYT 4 роки тому
And what am I supposed to do with this newfound hatred of tumbleweed?
@D4rkTooga 4 роки тому
Shuffle?.... everyday? *shrug*
@resurgam_jsc 4 роки тому
start a tumbleweed eradication business
@razordrive3238 4 роки тому
Burn everything, its the only way to be sure
@sandakureva 4 роки тому
@@resurgam_jsc This is big business where I am from.
@sandakureva 4 роки тому
@@razordrive3238 Renewable energy.
@juke9674 4 роки тому
Australia: _loses a war to emus_ USA: *loses a war to plants*
@Orion-sd1zz 3 роки тому
Lol
@terner1234 3 роки тому
Those plants are much harder to get rid of. How can an american solve a problem they can't shoot at
@nagapandian 3 роки тому
Copied
@sammorton9484 3 роки тому
@MUHAMMAD AN NASAIE BIN SHAHROM - You're Fired.
@azarilh2355 3 роки тому
Nice shameful copy-paste...
@Lumadous 2 роки тому
Few years ago, during military training, tumbleweed got into the tracks of a tank, as they continued mission, that tumbleweed caught fire, which spread through the entire tank, and the whole tank burnt to a crisp. And yeah, the crew were fine, only lose was the task and all of their gear.
@carno.5911 2 роки тому
A Tank can Burn? do you mean there was so much tumbleweed that the heat destroid it, or that the Matrial of the Tank catched fire iteself after a while?
@davidhong1934 2 роки тому
@@carno.5911 The tumbleweeds learned how to jury-rig flamethrowers out of the many, many mechanized farm equipment they consumed over the past centuries.
@thomasrebotier1741 2 роки тому
Definitely a Russian plant.
@minecraftwithgadget1848 2 роки тому
tumbleweeds for biological warfare?
@specterknight0542 Рік тому
@@minecraftwithgadget1848 That... Could actually work
@Kredo800 2 роки тому
In Ukraine we have not many of them when compared to videos from US. These are native species to our country as well but they are not in big amounts here, you can see 2-3 of them per mile when crossing uncultivated area. We call it "перекотиполе" (perekotipole) which in approximate translation would sound like "rolloverthefield". Abscense of other high grass species might been the reason why they are so numerous in US.
@JonatasAdoM 2 роки тому
Do they lonely roll over in Ukraine like we see in Westerns then? It's literary the tribbles. They are controlled in their native ecosystem. Only when removed do they reproduce out of control and become a real problem.
@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis 2 роки тому
Perfect example of an invasive species. In its native environment, it is normal; but on another environment, it is dangerous.
@emeralddragon2980 2 роки тому
@@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis And uncontrolled.
@julial4569 2 роки тому
@@JonatasAdoM No, because we have high grass and bushes and lots of green landscapes:) They are usually stopped by them
@VultureSkins 2 роки тому
Prairies were very common in the plains, so lots of tall grasses, etc., however we lost a majority of them to agriculture.
@Patrick-lz6ql 4 роки тому
Just realized that there is an impressive amount of alliteration and rhyme in this video
@paulhk2727 4 роки тому
Bro ur right :D I never really realized it
@hetspookjee 4 роки тому
You should also check The Fable of the Dragon Tyrant. If I remember correctly it's almost entirely done in rhyme. Really cool.
@Huntracony 4 роки тому
@@hetspookjee Possibly because it's a poem.
@MrBigCookieCrumble 4 роки тому
@@Huntracony Possibly
@user-kh5tv9rb6y 4 роки тому
He does that in all of his videos.
@pogchamps2335 3 роки тому
i’m starting an anti tumbleweed society in the UK. We can’t actually do anything but just know we stand with you
@tiltil9442 3 роки тому
Solidarität, Zärtlichkeit der Völker...
@bread8465 2 роки тому
Thank you 🙏
@hlscientist8760 2 роки тому
No
@salmonellq2981 2 роки тому
@@tiltil9442 British sure is different from English what even are those letters
@tjay2586 2 роки тому
@@salmonellq2981 bro what
@rayers1000 2 роки тому
OMG I just realized that ghost towns always having Tumbleweeds in media is symbolic of more than just the emptiness and destitution of those towns. It's symbolic of WHY it's a ghost town. Crazy how just a bouncing tumbleweed can suddenly say so much. Almost like "the cat that ate the canary" sort of way but more brazen. The tumbleweed tells the tale of a growing town gone backrupt due to cruddy harvests driving away the farmers to more fertile land which removes something from the local economy causing some others to leave etc etc. That just added so much detail to that rogue plant turned trope. If that even makes sense. I'm rambling..thanks for the wonderful video CGP!
@mckayleepugmire9947 2 роки тому
I've lived my entire life in the urban and rural southwestern US. I've never seen a tumbleweed, and now I know why. Thanks Rocky Mountains! Fun Note: My mom says her family was too poor for a Christmas tree one year so they made one out of tumbleweeds, and she got upset at Santa for replacing it before Christmas morning. I gotta respect the ingenuity making that tree took, but that many thorns on Christmas morning around young children doesn't sound fun for anyone.
@66Roses 3 роки тому
This makes me want to now see a western parody where two cowboys are having a dramatic standoff and in the background we see a tumbleweed, being chased by a man in a suit.
@DeHerg 3 роки тому
Or better yet, have two cowboys meet at high noon for a shootout only for both of them to be engulfed by a sudden tumbleweed avalanche. Next scene: both men crawling out of it going "ouh ouh ouh" while picking the thorns out of their clothes.
@knightforlorn6731 3 роки тому
@@DeHerg this was the reply I was looking for
@Exknight2 3 роки тому
@FBI Close enough, but its 2 tumbleweeds tumble fighting at high noon at 6 bofors and a guy in suit recording it at the top of a tree.
@lead6848 3 роки тому
I mean there is tumble butt just search it up
@danielcastillo591 3 роки тому
The two guys are having their standoff, only for a single tumbleweed to roll in between the two. Both drop their guns and start madly chasing the tumbleweed before it goes any further, because Jesus that shitty little pest isn't gonna meddle with my or my neighbours' fields. Wild goose chase gag ensues.
@sebby324 3 роки тому
Me from the U.K. who’s never seen tumbleweed in my life: “Ahh yes big problem”
@user-bq9yy3bt9k 3 роки тому
well... im from russia and never seen any either
@nonec384 3 роки тому
@@user-bq9yy3bt9k i think the forest in russia dont let them spred like crazy
@maggieking1420 3 роки тому
Oklahoma doesn't have many tumble weeds if any cause I live there a new been every there
@dandeodelacruz3771 3 роки тому
@@user-bq9yy3bt9k but tumbleweeds are native to russia
@dandeodelacruz3771 3 роки тому
See what the Americans feel like by planting a tumbleweed seed in your backyard or something
@ColdFuse96 2 роки тому
5:18 The way I always plant my crops in Minecraft is by setting up a grid of trenches filled with water and then planting my crops in the squares of land within them, and one time I was experimenting with flaming arrows (long before they were a thing in Vanilla Minecraft) and accidentally set one of these patches on fire, but fortunately I had those water trenches to keep the rest of my crops from catching on fire. I never realized these trenches were a real farming technique that people use to prevent a thing that happened to me in Minecraft IRL 😂😂😂
@JamesNewham Рік тому
I kind of do want to tell you that if you’re not experimenting with fire, you can have a 9x9 grid being watered by a single block of water, which you can fill in with a slab so you don’t fall in it. That’s an 80:1 ratio of crop:water.
@chicagotypewriter2094 Рік тому
Flaming arrows don't burn land or items though...
@henrikoldcorn Рік тому
@@chicagotypewriter2094 he says before they were vanilla so those probably did!
@chicagotypewriter2094 Рік тому
@@JamesNewham I think you could take this a step further. IIRC water hydrates everything 4 blocks from it, so it could be even more productive!
@JamesNewham Рік тому
@@chicagotypewriter2094 that’s accounting for the four blocks from it, but I did just realise you can use height and make a skyscraper with one source
@MoonKent 2 роки тому
"One stuck tumble becomes two, ten a *tumulus*." Favourite new word of the day, right there
@jonjonjon6403 3 роки тому
So you’re telling me that a single tumbleweed doesn’t just spawn in when a protagonist and an antagonist lock eyes on an empty road while their hands hover near their guns...bullshit
@nepunepu5894 2 роки тому
no, it's thousands of them, at once.
@infiniteco1177 2 роки тому
The ground shakes as hundreds of thousands of tumbleweeds grow at high noon, causing the tumbleweeds to bounce uncontrollably, so fast that they bounce across water, all the way to Australia
@rimhellworth8614 2 роки тому
Not mention in the video but tumble weeds are zombies and can come back from the dead to have more babys
@spandanmalvankar8549 2 роки тому
Kx
@heavyfromtf2117 2 роки тому
@@rimhellworth8614 when you so horny you wake up from the dead
@TheSecondVersion 4 роки тому
The tumbleweeds have even infiltrated US Missile Engine Test Sites.
@justraven7526 4 роки тому
Lol yeah !
@TumbleWede 4 роки тому
GOOD
@dedsecwd 4 роки тому
this mean that we still watching this video again
@praevasc4299 3 роки тому
So when we finally manage to terraform another planet, it will too be taken over by tumbleweed?
@Alen725 3 роки тому
@Ben Siener Did you just make assumption that we will be advanced enough to colonize planet but not to generate CGI environment and instead just turn planet into wild west for a single movie? Wow thats really dumb.
@peaceanquiet4528 2 роки тому
Those tumble takeovers are no joke, my home got over run one year when hundred and hundred blew in one windy day. Some were bigger than I was at the time, I was in my mid teens. Crazy stuff.
@nono-fb8tr Рік тому
Yes the tumbleweeds in Yakima Washington were bigger than me although I was a tiny teen.
@beenwandering 2 роки тому
Once passed a snow plow digging through a 12 foot tall pile of tumbleweeds that were blocking the road and that was a fascinating anecdote to share. Later when one hit my car on the freeway and jabbed a hole in my bumper I was less enthused.
@InfraredScale 3 роки тому
I want a 10 hours version of the United States Department of Agriculture trying to get rid of tumbleweed
@kita7136 3 роки тому
same here
@RealManasBose 3 роки тому
UPVOTE
@azure4622 3 роки тому
Same
@cthullusklaus7914 3 роки тому
Big mood.
@heyhoe168 3 роки тому
how about 100 years version?
@Rob-qe3cg 4 роки тому
I sure could use a sad story with no resolution or proposed solution CGP: "I've got tons, one sec"
@2Links 4 роки тому
*I've got tons, three months
@morganphillips8609 4 роки тому
My life is another one you can have, because i dont want it
@raddiecat6528 4 роки тому
Engineer a virus witch exsponturly multiply at the same level at a tumble weed this infection consumes the seeds and rewire tumble weeds to never starve themselves out. Cell multiplys eats the whole tumble weed and wind blows it around. Give them a short life span to avoid mutation and to stop them sticking around when there prey is gone.
@PrivateSlacker 4 роки тому
@@raddiecat6528 Yep. And there will be no possible way that a virus could mutate and do something unexpected.
@morganphillips8609 4 роки тому
@communist crab that sounds kindof hitlery
@David-gh1hj Рік тому
Tumbleweeds actually produce a form of petroleum, which explains why they ignite so easily and are hard to extinguish.
@lucaslevinsky8802 Рік тому
*Us government wants to know your location*
@digojez Рік тому
US military has declared war against tumbleweeds
@Tulio509 Рік тому
It must be called _plantoleum_ 😄
@TheAutisticFrog Рік тому
The us government now wants to cultivate and harvest the oil.
@FossaKingAve Рік тому
Desert storm in the west
@binaryglitch64 Рік тому
You just gave my 6th grade report on tumbleweeds... but you probably did it better than me. I got an A so I'm giving you an A+. (I'll be 42 in a few days so I find it amazing that I can remember what grade I got on a report that I did in 6th grade. It's crazy what we remember and don't remember from school.)
@the_sockdolager 3 роки тому
I was born in Wyoming and I lived there for the first few years of my life. One of my first memories ever is of a giant sea of tumble weeds coming straight at me and I can attest to the scariness of these things in large numbers. It’s like a bunch of porcupines running at you at full speed.
@yndndbehdhdhbs4161 3 роки тому
It had 69 likes until I turned it to 70
@LOLC2k 3 роки тому
@@yndndbehdhdhbs4161 peepee go gwernty?
@battleblaster4203 3 роки тому
That ain't scary , I'll tell you what's scary , living in a place where either a gators are always nearby, 50%of your state is a swamp , and 99% of the people can become crazy in an instant
@Saturn-lk6rk 3 роки тому
@@yndndbehdhdhbs4161 you’re cruel....
@peanut4831 3 роки тому
@@battleblaster4203 Ah, I see you are a man from Florida.
@Wa_rGod 3 роки тому
This takes "oh those russians..." to a whole new level and this comment takes things, to a whole other new level
@j1nx.creams0da 3 роки тому
RA RA RASPUTIN, LOVER OF THE TUMBLEWEED!
@woah629 3 роки тому
He was a plant that really was gone
@HQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQ 3 роки тому
American farmers bought linen seeds in Odessa, Ukraine, in which accidentally got some tumbleweed seeds. It was in early 1870's.
@pofromteletubbies1243 3 роки тому
@@j1nx.creams0da RA RA RASPUTIN RUSSIA’S GREATEST PLANT MACHINE
@sirrogeri9751 3 роки тому
"This plant has to go" - declared his enemies, but ladies begged - " Dont do anything to him!". Of course tumbleweed, had lot of hidden seeds, thought he was irritating, ladies fell in his spikes! Then some night, men of higher standing set a trap they not to blame, Come to visit us, They kept demanding, And he really came.
@foldervtolvr Рік тому
Me and my mom used to live in a small town in Colorado, relatively near the western Colorado desert, which in case you don’t know, is infested with tumbleweed. And a true testament to how far they can travel is the nearest tumbleweed inhabited area was about 2 miles west of us. And we still occasionally had tumbles rolling down the street. And one time one literally attacked me, it *curved* towards me and slammed into me. It hurt like hell because as you said they are mega thorny. But I walked away with zero lasting damage, watch out, tumbles are mean, and they absolutely have a mind of their own
@jaquelynbuechler1267 2 роки тому
“Each tumbleweed starts as a seed” You mean… A tumbleseed?
@bullterriergaming6424 2 роки тому
Get out
@jaroto12 2 роки тому
@@bullterriergaming6424 I thought it was pretty funny
@vlogdemon 4 роки тому
Everyone’s joking about how this is worse than Australians losing a war against emus, forgetting that we too have tumbleweeds
@aperfectlynormalinternetus6715 4 роки тому
also australia was invaded by cane toads that they themselves put in
@MajesticSkywhale 4 роки тому
@@aperfectlynormalinternetus6715 also rabbits foxes and pigs
@hairyputter5363 4 роки тому
Australia will always have a lot of troubles because humans were never natives to that place. So good luck with everything lol
@thomaskureiblood9359 4 роки тому
Humans were never native to anywhere except Africa silly, and indigenous Australians are amongst the oldest civilizations
@jennytulls6369 4 роки тому
So basically, Australia has worldwide issues, in addition to... well, being Australia
@minidreschi2 2 роки тому
Hungarians call them "Ördögszekér" which literrally means 'devil's chariot'
@whiterunguard4442 2 роки тому
Nightkins call them wind brahmin
@happypigs8210 2 роки тому
@@whiterunguard4442 i dont even know
@beratinci4977 2 роки тому
turks call them " " which litreally means nothing
@finnsalsa9304 2 роки тому
Finns call them "Arokierijä" ie. "Steppe roller"
@finnsalsa9304 2 роки тому
Funnily enough there's a relative of tumble weed called "Unkarinpernaruoho" aka. "Hungary's spleen grass"
@1cooooolguy Рік тому
I was hanging out with my cousins, making a fire and just having conversations. When one cousin took a tumble weed (about a meter in diameter) and chucked it into the fire. Everyone had to take a few steps back from the fire since it was so hot, so big, and so bright. It went up instantly… it was so bad we even asked if he put lighter fluid or something on it. After learning about tumbles (and me memory fresh in mind), I also share the hatred of tumbles and understand their dangers.
@samcrump7460 Рік тому
Back in Idaho a few years back, I was driving home on a windy Wednesday night with a 5 hour journey into Oregon the following morning. Tumbleweeds were blowing all over creation and a MASSIVE ONE flew right in front of me with no room for me to swerve. My truck has a decent lift on it, so I thought I'd be fine. But as soon as it went under, I lost all power steering and most of the warning lights came on. That thing took off my serpentine belt!!! Spent about an hour I didn't have getting it back on in a Burger King parking lot, the tensioner was not being friendly. But I got it on and that belt is still there today. I drove into an adjacent walmart and upon further inspection found out it had lodged itself underneath my rear axle. Fun times, and I still made it to Oregon the next morning
@runevaldivia 4 роки тому
Australians: We lost a war against the emus. Americans: Hold my gun.
@maddux3595 4 роки тому
-s
@daniellacardente5755 4 роки тому
Hold my McDonalds lol
@thatdude123 4 роки тому
@The Coward Liberius haha
@babo3873 4 роки тому
America has also lost a war on squirrels that nobody ever talks about.
@Diamand1122 4 роки тому
ight bet
@stephen_2091 3 роки тому
There are 2 ways to destroy a village: Illegal way: plant a bomb Legal way: plant a tumbleweed seed
@charnel8435 3 роки тому
Im not sure but the second why might also be illegal but the prosecution will have a harder time proving intent
@adorablecheetah2930 3 роки тому
@@charnel8435 if they can ever prove it.. also planting a few tumbleweed is like expecting results in a few year's/decades
@bakedice6767 3 роки тому
@@adorablecheetah2930 that's the best part! You could be on the other side of the earth in that time. So even if they did know you planted the seed, they'll never catch you once it's a problem.
@joedollarbiden9823 3 роки тому
Tumbleweed has been planted
@theomnissiah-9120 3 роки тому
Mialisus oil is a lot more efficient
@justinyang6267 Рік тому
This reminds me of gorse in New Zealand. They flower twice a year, are incredibly resilient, flammable, resistant to chemicals, and will continue to spread no matter what we do
@drefk1973 2 роки тому
The trouble with Tumbles.. What a great homage to one of the best pieces of television, The troubles with Tribbles
@korneltakacs3692 4 роки тому
In my native language tumbleweed is "ördögszekér", which translates as "devil chariot" or "devil's chariot". A kinda fitting name tbh.
@folasade7433 4 роки тому
Kornél Takács really fit
@happyfacefries 4 роки тому
What is your native language?
@peti010218 4 роки тому
@@happyfacefries Hungarian
@TheSecondVersion 4 роки тому
"The Devil's Chariot" is what the Mujahadeen called the Russian Mi-24 Hind helicopter during the Afghan War
@peti010218 4 роки тому
@@TheSecondVersion Cool trivia
@Mr_Mimestamp 4 роки тому
Horror Movie Pitch: Storm that brings several tumbleweeds to a small town that doesn’t stop for months, breaking windows, knocking over cars, with the tumbleweeds growing bigger over time.
@des0163 4 роки тому
Nathan L And it gets set on fire and starts a fire tornado
@Mr_Mimestamp 4 роки тому
Des Mcmahon yes, sharknado but with tumbleweeds, I’ll need a $200m budget
@louie-laur 4 роки тому
Katamari Reroll - of death.
@someguy3766 4 роки тому
How about if they aren't just normal tumbleweeds - they are sentient tumbleweeds, with minds of their own and evil intentions. Could be legit scary if done right. ;D
@TheRavingLobster 4 роки тому
@@someguy3766 That's just tribbles yo
@specialkender Рік тому
I just found your channel and sincerly, it's like a gold mine. Like I didn't know that i needed to know about tumbleweeds, but MAN i NEEDED to know about this. You're one of the best creators out there, keep it on boy!
@victorregis8567 Рік тому
Man I have been binging your videos, not only is your narration very nice, but you bring the topics in such a lighthearted yet deep manner. Amazing content that brings info from a 1h documentary in 10 min with awesome visual aid. And even what I think is going to be the most boring of topics you go and make an amazing video. Keep them coming, I'm in love with them.
@xyldkefyi 3 роки тому
So let me get this straight: 1. Grey made a video about the Statue of Liberty in which he mentioned federal land 2. That lead him to make a video on federal land in which he mentioned reservations. 3. That lead him to visit said reservations where he encountered TEKOI 4. While exploring TEKOI he encountered a lot of tumbleweed 5. We get this video. The CGP Grey cinematic universe is truly a sight to behold.
@nikolaytsankov9066 3 роки тому
He's been working on the reservations series for 5 years now, he's mentioned he started way back with the American empire video
@667nine 3 роки тому
Yes
@MrMischelito 2 роки тому
When one thing leads to another
@aurelia8028 Рік тому
Where does the pirate video fall in the universe?
@ptitsuisse3805 Рік тому
And Grey did a video about visiting the Clorado tumbleweed research lab
@lord.l.7718 4 роки тому
Me, a Russian: Oh wow these tumbleweeds are so exotic I've never saw any in my country Tumbleweed: From Russia with love
@ethanpet113 4 роки тому
Typical Russia, first interfering with voting, now agriculture. Edit: Yes they are reversed, jokes don't necessarily have only one punchline, please stop flooding my notifications pointing that out.
@jonathandunne9662 4 роки тому
ethanpet113 but they interfered with the agriculture before the voting
@Scubadog_ 4 роки тому
@Marc T That makes sense, lots of wind and empty space to tumble around.
@nataliaborys1554 4 роки тому
@In Hoc Signo Diliget I'd rather say the US stole Russia's tumbleweed _and_ took the fame from it Since, y'know, it's native to Russia but nobody remembers that
@karanaima 4 роки тому
@@nataliaborys1554 like hamburgers
@kyrabergen3553 2 роки тому
So what I'm getting from this is, tumbleweeds are the Tribbles of the plant world.
@joelmilten Рік тому
Thank you for calling out Grey’s reference to ST. Looked all through the comments for this.
@PlayChannelLuki 2 роки тому
A video that I never imagined would exist and that I never thought I would watch. I love it.
@shuktisarkar3953 2 роки тому
As a person who was locked out of my house because of tumbleweed, I can confirm that tumbleweed storms are annoying
@vintheguy 2 роки тому
@Baba Ramdev What?
@Otgel 2 роки тому
@Baba Ramdev don't jinx it dude
@miiibbss 2 роки тому
@Baba Ramdev tu ek scam aritist he patanjali
@ristebraaten1748 2 роки тому
@Baba Ramdev For now
@aleide2980 2 роки тому
@Baba Ramdev What?
@kittt8233 4 роки тому
Juvenile tumbleweeds are actually edible, and they taste pretty good in salads, sandwiches, pickled, etc. Learning how to spot the baby plants not only gives you an opportunity to remove them but to also try a common yet unconventional food.
@PyroDesu 4 роки тому
Kudzu is also edible. It's still a pain in the ass. Could be worse though - could be Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) (which is not only invasive, but *toxic* - causing burns when skin exposed to the sap is exposed to light).
@Delgen1951 4 роки тому
So are briers at the the first six inches if the plant leaf end and tentdies
@kairinase 4 роки тому
The only way to defeat them, is to eat them. Unfortunately, the secret is only known to Maple.
@kairinase 4 роки тому
@@PyroDesu If eating hogweed would increase poison resistance and grants poison damage skill...
@Proximitron 4 роки тому
Stinging nettle, also eatable if young.
@mctess3783 2 роки тому
sooo glad I found your channel! you are brilliant! and I am learning so much. Lordy, you make make anything so interesting! Thank you!
@LineOfThy Рік тому
Tumbleweeds became a playable plant in Plants vs Zombies 2. You can set it on fire to increase effectiveness. :|
@pedalwerk 3 роки тому
2:45 "A lone tumbleweed can fu... *pollinate* itself"
@MetalCapR 3 роки тому
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@AriNava1 3 роки тому
Why was it blurred
@MetalCapR 3 роки тому
Reasons... He doesn’t wanna get demonized
@pedalwerk 3 роки тому
@@AriNava1 It's for the joke that the tumbleweed is fertilising its own seeds. By a comparison to animals, it is having sex with itself, hence the blurring for censorship.
@pbj4184 3 роки тому
@@pedalwerk Dude 😑
@BlueRedGooGoo 4 роки тому
Grey: Tumbles are like snow, a little is charming. But a lot is a problem, and a lot a lot is dangerous. Me, living in Wyoming, buried in 20 feet of snow and tumbleweeds: I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.
@shadow51090 4 роки тому
Do they fuse into snow-tumbles?
@xxsharkhunterxxsharkhunter6109 4 роки тому
I live in Florida and I've never seen a tumbleweed
@BlueRedGooGoo 4 роки тому
@@shadow51090 I wish it was that beautiful, but they just get covered in a thin layer of ice and increase the power of impact. A tumbleweed 6 foot across could probably knock you off the road if it hits you hard enough.
@maggiemagz5519 4 роки тому
It's really snow tumble Sorry, I just wanted to
@MultiverseMediaSpace 4 роки тому
@@xxsharkhunterxxsharkhunter6109 lol so do I but ... check my other comment. XD u wouldnt happen to live on the gooch of FL as well would you.
@troyb.4101 Рік тому
These tumbleweeds can be like 14 foot long and weigh 200 pounds. Goats love them, cattle love them, when they are green. I have 55 acres, and about 100 goats. We have no issues with tumbleweeds. I wish more would grow here, makes great feed for goats.
@gustavakerman2566 Рік тому
Petition to call the collective noun for tumbleweeds “a tumour of tumbleweeds”
@spoonau 3 роки тому
Im sure this will help me on my math test tomorrow somehow.
@musashi939 3 роки тому
How was it?
@mihailmilev9909 3 роки тому
@@musashi939 ye how was it
@musashi939 3 роки тому
@@mihailmilev9909 why you asking me?
@dhimasadhyl3822 3 роки тому
Lol comment more intrest for me.
@Sarah12471 3 роки тому
Did it
@CepheusTalks 3 роки тому
tumbleweeds aren't your ordinary weeds that you can just pluck from the ground, they pluck themselves and chase you down while making babies along the way
@jinli4787 2 роки тому
Sounds like a horror movie
@thecapm6993 2 роки тому
@@jinli4787 Beacuse *it is*
@Hunart 2 роки тому
@@thecapm6993 it's a nightmare
@Imp927 2 роки тому
YES
@MrDuncanBelfast 2 роки тому
They're *advanced* weeds.
@creativegirl2474 Рік тому
The little detail of the tumbleweed building up on Grey's desk is amazing! 👏
@applepie1272 2 роки тому
This channel is so entertaining, they manage to make me watch them talking about tumbleweeds, yet I still wan't more to hear about them
@ianmcdougall4930 4 роки тому
Oklahoman here! One night, I was driving into a storm, and just before the rain began to pour, there was this massive gust of wind followed by a ten foot tumbleweed wall momentarily engulfing the road in front of me. One of the most surreal things I've ever seen.
@mightypurplelicious1625 4 роки тому
Is the car okay
@uiomancannot7931 4 роки тому
@@mightypurplelicious1625 The paint probably wasn't.
@jameswinn1249 4 роки тому
Send the same thing but it was armadillos
@marquizzo 4 роки тому
I got a piece of tumbleweed stuck in my air intake, suffocating the engine. We were in the middle of nowhere, Eastern Oregon, and it was a huge pain in the neck getting my sputtering car back into town. It was brand new, too!
@ianmcdougall4930 4 роки тому
I managed not to hit any somehow, so the car was OK! Unfortunately, it has since been totalled in an unrelated incident.
@Eric-qe6xz 4 роки тому
4:56 Texas trying to shoot a tumbleweed off her arm is iconic
@dedsecwd 4 роки тому
wow I don't notice that
@mrtoasteer3561 3 роки тому
@xDx Diesel I'm not sure that's what he ment
@mrtoasteer3561 3 роки тому
@xDx Diesel Now, I can't read people's minds, but my best guess to what he meant was: it is so expected of Texas-chan to do everything with guns, that it wouldn't even be irony to make fun of her for it.
@halamadruuid2380 3 роки тому
I would’ve just shoot tranquilizers at the wind so it can’t move I am *S M O R D*
@erojerisiz1571 3 роки тому
MrToasteer Texas-chan do be shooting at a corpse
@LeDebutDeLaSuite 2 роки тому
"A nice big field of dry wheat is just begging to burst into flames" I love this sentence
@tonygamer4310 Рік тому
We used to get a lot of tumbleweeds collecting in our backyard in the fall, so we would sometimes use them as kindling in fires, and I can confirm that they indeed burn very quickly and very brightly, although I never noticed the thorns somehow
@kanjosidr 4 роки тому
Funny how I live my whole life in Russia and I've NEVER seen a tumbleweed and think of it as something from the south of the US lol
@joanignasi91 4 роки тому
To be fair to you, Russia is a huge country with lots of different climates, maybe they're not native to the part of Russia you're from
@diggitydoo5836 4 роки тому
I was wondering about this too. Maybe they come from Astrakhan?
@AliceTheSpider 4 роки тому
problem is its pretty harmless in Russian climate because it modarates itself, but in hot and dry souther US climates it is in tumbleheaven and can populate like crazy
@charleslambert3368 4 роки тому
If it does really well on the Prairie, i'd imagine it's native to the Steppe, since they're quite similar climates (BSk and Dfa or thereabouts)
@firefox3249 4 роки тому
@@joanignasi91 Well the US isn't exactly small either. And they have an even bigger climate variety. And they're still everywhere.
@petersmythe6462 4 роки тому
Wait... they plant themselves everywhere and grow exponentially? Can we breed them to have bigger fruit and smaller spikes? Tumbleberries forever?!
@kingslushie1018 4 роки тому
Peter Smythe oh that sounds awesome!
@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 4 роки тому
INFINITE FÖÖD SÖURCE
@temshop5757 4 роки тому
i dont think they bear fruit tho...
@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 4 роки тому
@@temshop5757 Maybe try Nuts?
@temshop5757 4 роки тому
@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 i dont think nuts would work either lmao, either way its still invasive
@Fools_Requiem Рік тому
"I, for one, welcome our new tumbleweed overlords."
@sungbinroh3876 Рік тому
Never really thought of tumbleweeds as the plant version of tribbles before, but I LOVE it!
@PotatoesGottaPotate 4 роки тому
The world: everyone wash your hands, Coronavirus is spreading fast. Grey: *tumbleweeds*
@whoeveriam0iam14222 4 роки тому
I have never washed my hands before. It's good that they finally teach us about it
@hhaavvvvii 4 роки тому
@@whoeveriam0iam14222 I know you're being facetious, but too many people don't wash their hands or do so regularly enough.
@inanjarif1388 4 роки тому
@@hhaavvvvii Ikr. It totally changed my life when my school and some 7th grade teachers took our entire lunch break to basically tell us to wash our hands. I never knew that a thing such as washing your hands existed. If the school hadn't told us,I would probably never have learnt to wash my hands. Who knows what would've happened to me then?
@DPMixing 4 роки тому
Ryan Scheel Also too many people don’t correctly wash their hands in an effective manner to maximize the removal of germs. There’s been observational scientific studies by authorities like the USDA and NIH that estimate anywhere between 90-95% of people don’t wash their hands properly. So there’s a good chance even if you do wash your hands, you aren’t actually meeting the effective standards of national health authorities because the majority of people don’t. The most common error seems to be not washing hands for long enough. Most of us do wash our hands with good hygiene intention but just aren’t doing so for long enough as we’re just trying to get in and out of the bathroom quickly.
@flyingsaucer2127 4 роки тому
I spent a great portion of the video being horrified by Grey's description of tumbleweeds spreading. It's *not even* a microscopic threat, and yet it spreads hilariously fast and a single seed making its way through a boundary is enough. When you look at it like that, it's a miracle we hadn't yet been wiped out by *some* disease our immune systems can't deal with...
@whynotanyting 4 роки тому
Before the video: They're cute, I guess After the video: They're the devil, I guess
@ournextepisode3653 4 роки тому
Thanks for the smile :)
@TumbleWede 4 роки тому
Hmm?
@Phoenix_The_HeroHater 4 роки тому
Let’s declare war on them!
@balmundsm3061 4 роки тому
As they say: devil hides behind ignorance.
@stygian8049 3 роки тому
@@Phoenix_The_HeroHater if emu can slap our asses, imagine what these magnificent things can do to us
@topSurely Рік тому
I think representing governments as feuding sisters is the funniest thing in an educational video
@azzabynes5707 Рік тому
I feel blessed that as someone who lives in Idaho's Treasure Valley (one of very few inhabitable parts of the state) we are surrounded by so many mountains that we have very few tumbleweeds.
@thefrub 3 роки тому
USA: Loses war against tumbleweeds (1860) Australia: Loses war against emus (1932) Norway: Loses war against butter (2011)
@make_it_aesthetic 3 роки тому
Thank you. Was utterly intrigued by this butter war you mentioned and looked it up. Legitimately, the single most hilarious Wikipedia article I've ever read. Especially this sentence, "A Danish television show broadcast an "emergency appeal" for viewers to send butter and gathered 4,000 packs to be distributed to butter-starved Norwegians." Please tell me there are "survived the butter crisis of 2011" shirts out there. I need one.
@isaiahoconnor8236 3 роки тому
Ha ha I live in Norway and I remembered that lol
@make_it_aesthetic 3 роки тому
@D Zuke =googles it= Yes. They also lost the war against cats, too, apparently.
@futureknight372 3 роки тому
@@fantasticfox175Apparently wars aren't just fought against insects, but with insects too.
@humanreal255 3 роки тому
Lamo
@ng1n369 4 роки тому
The world: **Lose wars against other countries** Australia: **Loses war against Emus** America: **LOSES WAR AGAINST A PLANT**
@Lambzalot 4 роки тому
@too.comment.god this is some big brain shit right here.
@flyingbaldii1821 4 роки тому
Jungles speak Vietnamese, Tumbleweed speaks russian
@generalalduin9548 4 роки тому
N'gis Stemeveiche we didn’t lose the tumblewar. Cause we’re still fighting it to this day. A war without end.
@emmakane6848 4 роки тому
@Aviator What other plant, Poison Ivy?
@griffinsmiley9110 4 роки тому
Kudzu
@an0gr0br 2 роки тому
I love that every time I watch one of Grey's videos, I catch new visual details. Texas attempting to shoot a tumbleweed at 4:56 being one such example.
@maftplays 2 роки тому
I love how during the video Grey's office got gradually more filled with tumbleweeds.
@nobody.123 4 роки тому
Seriously, *anyone who’s been caught in a Tumbleweed storm knows it’s terrifying,* or leaves you stuck on a highway with a scratched up car. Awful, awful, awful.
@Saya-Pott 4 роки тому
:O
@nobody.123 4 роки тому
H-to-O - Driving through West Texas (the desert/plains region of the state), sometimes you’ll come across dust devils (kind of like a very weak, mini-tornado), and they’ll pick up and carry tumbleweeds. They’re almost always harmless, but kinda freaky looking haha
@Rocketsong 4 роки тому
Last year I was stuck on the road behind someone who was pinned in by a single tumbleweed about 10ft across. Finally I was able to drive around her and just ran over the stupid thing with my pickup. (20 year old F150, not worried about scratches)
@dogwalk3 4 роки тому
i remember driving across west texas during a dust storm & saw thousand blowing across the road while everyone had some trapped under their car as we all drove. it was surreal.
@BigyetiTechnologies 4 роки тому
It's actually constantly bad jokes that causes it to spread.
@nessa6248 3 роки тому
I always thought tumbleweed flying across a screen was just a cool metaphor for vast emptiness and desolation. Boy, was I wrong.😅
@donottrustanyonelol 2 роки тому
its a metaphor for the hell that will come afterwards
@wayababaya 2 роки тому
same
@donottrustanyonelol 2 роки тому
@@wayababaya what is that pfp?? It’s like zongli (from genshin impact) but no
@wayababaya 2 роки тому
@@donottrustanyonelol yes its zhongli
@donottrustanyonelol 2 роки тому
@@wayababaya cursed impact
@Pyeknu 4 місяці тому
Love your icons for Alberta and Saskatchewan!
@Fri3n_d 5 місяців тому
The terminoligy you use in the videos are amazing.
@Cewu 3 роки тому
Real title: "How russia succesfully sabotaged the American farming industry"
@theeyeofomnipotent 3 роки тому
Hmm why not use genetic weapon to fight tumbleweed (probably to risky)
@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH 3 роки тому
I am from Russia. Most of Russians never see it, as this plant only lives in DESERTED areas, which is Kasachstan now. And btw, *Russian Empire played BIG role in victory of Northern States during civil war, which today is USA* , which kinda destroys theory of Russian sabotage. Yes, and it was betrayed by England in WW1, then also when it became USSR. So much for "allies". PLUS - Russia got Colorado Beetle from USA, but *nobody* talks about American Invasion. Its AMAZING how illogically alienating some US people are.
@kayemni 3 роки тому
@@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH it's a joke you know
@lukasr1166 3 роки тому
If CNN made this video
@azizkaraulov6872 3 роки тому
@@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH Не знал что из далекого казахстана такая вещь противная прилетит и осядет
@Financified2 4 роки тому
Everyone: Coronavirus is taking over the world! CGP Grey: TUMBLEWEEEEEEED!!!!
@FriedrichHerschel 4 роки тому
Taking over America since the 1800s.
@ZebulonTheCat 4 роки тому
*TUMBLES!
@misterjei 4 роки тому
Captain Kirk: TRIBBLES!!
@hshs5756 4 роки тому
The sad fact is, tumbleweed will be around a lot longer than covid19. Small comfort it doesn't kill as many people.
@oleksandrbyelyenko435 4 роки тому
Tumbleweed is like a virus, I guess
@snakeking5009 Рік тому
4:55 texas trying to shoot the tumbleweed off herself always gets me
@ericmgarrison Рік тому
I appreciated the peppering of classic Star Trek throughout the vid! I also found it very informative!
@drawingtutorials806 4 роки тому
Austraila: we lost a war against a smoll brain bird. America: hold my beer.
@craigharkins4669 4 роки тому
Ecuador has entered the chat.
@sirbillius 4 роки тому
Man we lost a war against an undead plant. That’s hardly more embarrassing.
@howardnewman93 4 роки тому
@@sirbillius That sounds pretty cool actually
@LuckyBird551 4 роки тому
@@craigharkins4669 Ecuador WON the war against the goats. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/roaIgX-qf4OCsac.html
@tinseltina 4 роки тому
i wanna know more about that!
@lokimemes4694 4 роки тому
“Both are iconically western because neither are native” OOOOHHH THE SHADE
@darkblood626 4 роки тому
Yea well by that logic the 'native americans' wern't native either.
@rreagan007 4 роки тому
Just FYI, American Indians aren't "native" to North America either. They crossed the land bridge from Asia.
@sheop874 4 роки тому
@@darkblood626 by that logic nobody is the nationality or ethnicity they say they are.
@lowereducation6631 4 роки тому
No humans are native to North America
@KareemEltouny 4 роки тому
@@rreagan007 Well, they were the first to arrive and drove no one out of their homes. So yeah, they are natives.
@Vexuzzz0101 2 роки тому
Life hack for apocalypse: have tumble weed where you live? Make your own catapult and set the tumbleweed on fire!
@OllieBecker Рік тому
I love how Grey's videos are essentially poems:)
@SandTheNub 4 роки тому
Things Grey has a problem with : - Tumbleweed - Pennies (I've never seen 1 cent coins before) - Electoral College - Untidy Spreadsheets - Old Mac books that have a bad thermal cooling system (lol) - The story of Staten Island And more to come... - Death - Airplane Seats
@mk_rexx 4 роки тому
- Old British infrastructure that have a bad thermal cooling system (lol)
@hubril7921 4 роки тому
also First Past the Post voting
@krissp8712 4 роки тому
Where's the cooling stuff?
@sakawi 4 роки тому
One cent coins are still widely used in the USA. I'm Canadian and we only got rid of pennies in 2013.
@AposineYT 4 роки тому
What about new Macbooks that have bad thermal cooling system?
@dnsvls 3 роки тому
I just noticed now. At 4:55 Texas is trying to shoot it off her arm with a revolver :D
@thecatpage732 2 роки тому
As a Texan. Yes.
@countryballsandstuff447 2 роки тому
Maybe Florida to
@kartikiyer3067 2 роки тому
4:56 actually
@turborooster8548 2 роки тому
Based
@schmoborama 2 роки тому
that explains why they tried that with covid19
@demyx981 Рік тому
Pokemon has added a tumbleweed pokemon (Bramblin) and outside of the one i caught for my dex, i need to help contain their new target, the Poke World. End to the tumbles
@andreaboyd3996 2 роки тому
Congrats on 5M!
@timmccarthy872 4 роки тому
This video in a nutshell: "It's called a weed for a reason"
@marcogiovani1298 4 роки тому
Can you get tumblehigh from it?
@madhououinkyoma 4 роки тому
Marco Giovani yeah, but then you’ll fall and tumbledie
@sup1oukasontwitch 4 роки тому
@@madhououinkyoma lmao
@kaexewires7531 4 роки тому
@@madhououinkyoma but first I would just tumblehide! there's no hiding from it, is there?
@Elvyne 2 роки тому
Thanks for the laugh at 4am, dammit 😂
@randomdude-4353 4 роки тому
tumbleweeds when they see a crop: "There ain't enough room in town for both of us"
@vladthemagnificent9052 4 роки тому
the world is big enough. for both of us. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah. AAAaaaaaaaaaah.....
@faustoflores3334 4 роки тому
[bouncy cowboy bounces between both of them]
@closedcl8 4 роки тому
@@vladthemagnificent9052 I have a mouth but I can't scream...
@SoccerBoyAP Рік тому
0:56 - I had no idea! Grew up in the land of tumbleweeds and nobody told me???!!!
@dddfeardi 2 роки тому
A couple of these things got blown into the rail line near my suburban house and were moved against the a sound wall where they were out of the way of the trains. Fast forward two years and there are now *eight foot tall* tumbleweed plants growing all along that section of the rail line. Those things are *terrifying*.
@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 3 роки тому
People with a normal education: Afghanistan is the longest American conflict. CGP Grey: No... People: The Indian Wars? CGP Grey: *Tumbleweed*
@hasanmuhammad6651 3 роки тому
Yes
@Blade.5786 3 роки тому
Wasn't Afghanistan the USSR's problem (Ofc USA contributed against the Russians but indirectly)? I think you mean Vietnam?
@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 3 роки тому
@@Blade.5786 We have had troops in Afghanistan for about 20 years.
@r0cketplumber 3 роки тому
We'd be better off fighting emus.
@jeffjefferson3183 3 роки тому
@@hasanmuhammad6651 AHHH
@akronred648 4 роки тому
When I ran on my high school's cross country team, we would go running down trails that would occasionally become so clogged with tumbleweeds that they'd be unusable for us short pant-legged runners.
@codyday9848 4 роки тому
The Observer that’s why you run in jeans and boots
@molobot2529 4 роки тому
I remember running cross country back in high school running down a country road and a fucking tumbleweed came of of god Damn no where and lodged itself onto my shirt and head with its stupid thorns and I still have some scars on my neck
@OdaKa 4 роки тому
@@codyday9848 That's definitely the best outfit for an athletic activity
@itclientservices 4 роки тому
@@OdaKa our fastest runner basically did this one time as a flex, though instead of boots they used Converse.
@adygombos4469 4 роки тому
Now I'm imagining a group of short people that have pants for legs. Thanks.
@Rhyzal_ Рік тому
4:48 All these years watching this video as a Nebraskan, and I couldn't figure out why this picture didn't quite feel right. Finally realized: you got Nebraska and North Dakota's characters in the wrong states at this scene. 🤣
@brockjazz8838 2 роки тому
UC Davis agricultural scientists made a machine to turn tumbleweeds into press logs for fuel.
@DipakTUBE 4 роки тому
Humans: Robots will take over the world in future Tumbleweed: Hold my seeds
@haidarali9069 4 роки тому
That's equivalent to saying: Humans: Our creation will take over the world in the future. Tumbleweed: Hold my unborn children.
@mckstellar1005 4 роки тому
Robot: wtf!! *Shorts out due to clogged gears*
@EduardoEscarez 4 роки тому
@@mckstellar1005 _Life finds a way _*_to destroy humanity and its inventions_*
@DisturbedWuasa 4 роки тому
Lewd..
@shitongoogle1132 4 роки тому
TAKE MY SEEDS Ohhhh yeah, plains, you love it don't you...
@golagiswatchingyou2966 4 роки тому
Me reading title "well this must be a joke video, right?... right?" After video : "Tumble weed of death"
@kingvinoda3896 Рік тому
The solution is nukes
@okone25 Рік тому
"Hexagons are the Bestagons" my new fav saying.