The Predator We Still Can’t Figure Out

I've seen leopard seals in person. They are absolutely dino-like. But the thing is they are smart and rather curious. Not stupidly aggressive. Calculating almost. In all honesty, they are amazing, but should absolutely be a 'watch from the distance and wish they had a good lunch' type. Otherwise they might consider their options and Fido is an option.

I haven't seen the criticism about you that you talked about, so you'll have to take this opinion with a grain of salt. In my opinion you're extremely funny, and educational. Unfortunately you can't please everybody, and a lot of people are always looking for something to get mad at, so they'll never engage in good faith.

I think you've done a good job of balancing the jokes and making sure to remind us they're wild animals being wild animals. We'll never know what it's like to live like them, and make decisions like them so we can't moralize them.

Your videos kick arse, and the sourpusses who are bashing them are probably chronically constipated. It's easy to be grumpy when you can't poop for a long enough time.🤣

I think you do the right thing. A lot of people just look for something to blame. You do good videos, don't let them get to you.

You should remove your apology its not needed, we know you. them haters can eat dirt

great video

idk they're still kinda cute, just threateningly cute.

Animals deserve respect not fear or fear’s cousin(hate) — these videos help me balance my “this is friend-shaped, let’s it pet” response….

I always find these videos super interesting and informative. These give me a new appreciation and respect for the animals you cover. Hope you can just forget about twitter. People using that hellsite to complain are idiots with megaphones who have never done anything interesting in their lives. Keep up the awesome work.

I love the way you present these facts humorously and i have never felt like theyre "demonizing" or "fear mongering" as long as ive watched. Passion for wildlife demands a respect of even the most gruesome facts, especially in the face of potentially mortally dangerous animals. I havent yet taken the first steps towards it but I have a goal of returning to school for biology to work in conservation to some capacity, admittedly im somewhat lost, but working on it, and your content is a huge motivator for me. Dont listen to the haters.

One of just many ready to avoid the ocean.

Your videos are great. I hardly ever comment on videos but I find you knowledgeable and entertaining. I watch your videos about big cats, crocs, animals that can kill me cause I love those animals but I then watch your videos on orcas, red pandas and so on not cause I love those animals but because you give info in a creative and fun way. So dont stop, ever

My favourite pinniped

That animal is way too cute for me to get into the horror mood the video is trying to set up.

Kind of like a bear.

Sure i understand the danger and power these animals have, but if a human gets attacked by one, i'm going to blame the human, not the animal.

"A leopard seal. Nature's snakes!"
-Skipper, 2014

The aussie gator oil-checker fans love nature so much to want to punch trapped animals. How on earth the 'it's ok to study nature as if animals were toys' message was allowed to be divulged is beyond me.

I dont feel like you demonize them. You frequently say that they're just animals surviving. They way you describe animals is in the name of making the video entertaining. Its not your fault if people aren't able to tell if you're joking.

Marine biologist here, yeah pretty sure they can smell our qualification and that has me avoiding any place this thing is (I'm also British so I have a 2x weakness)

Dang, I have not watched your channel in a long time, I must admit. Catching up with your past couple months worth of videos right now, and the production quality has not gone down one bit. I finished the first semester of Biology in college this year, hope to be up there with your level of knowledge some day.

i think anyone who actually watches your video with an open mind can see that you love animals and don't seek to demonize them. sometimes people just come into it with a preconceived idea of how they think you're going to talk about them, and then blame you for their inability to see past that

I am making a rubber band all rn

Specifically about the last bit of the video, some of those critiques could be true from certain lens I guess. No person is perfect.

But just in case you even check comments my guy, you gotta remember that Twitter is also one of the most miserable platforms devised by man and THRIVES off of negativity.

You could be a pure good Samaritan that solved all of the world's problems and some mf there with a blue check would still get 100k likes for comparing you to a national tragedy.

epstein as honourable mention?