<description>&lt;p&gt;Sika deer on Japan's Yakushima Island let macaque monkeys groom them in exchange for food scraps and sexual mounting, creating what scientists awkwardly call "interspecies sexual behaviour with mutual benefits."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Nederland, Colorado hosts annual "Frozen Dead Guy Day" festivals celebrating Bredo Morstoel, whose body has been preserved in a shed on dry ice for decades after his grandson's cryogenic dreams failed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Brazilian Butt Lifts cause "BBL smell" - a rancid odour from fat necrosis when transferred fat cells die and rot inside the body, which surgeons rarely mention before surgery.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Milan researchers found commuters offered seats to pregnant women more often when Batman was on the train, proving superhero costumes trigger prosocial behaviour because nobody wants to look bad in front of Batman.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;AI-generated recipes tell people to bake cakes for days and combine impossible ingredients, confidently presenting unworkable instructions that ruin dinner.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Chinese researchers discovered rock, paper, scissors players stick with winning choices or switch after losses, revealing predictable patterns that can be exploited.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;From deer trading sex for grooming to frozen dead guy festivals and butt lifts that smell like death - nature is uncomfortable, humans are weird and technology can't cook. Maybe stick to human recipes, don&amp;rsquo;t try to freeze Grandpa and think twice before committing to a bouncy-butt medical procedure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHAPTERS:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;00:00 Introduction&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;00:35 Interspecies Sexual Mutualism&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;01:24 Unexpected Observations: Monkeys and Deer&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;06:15 Frozen Dead Guy: A Bizarre Tale of Cryogenics&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;14:03 Batman and Prosocial Behavior&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;20:20 Hilarious AI-Generated Food Recipes&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;30:39 The Ultimate Rock, Paper, Scissors Strategy&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;33:54 The Dark Side of Plastic Surgery&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;39:59 Conclusion and Final Thoughts&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOURCES:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/win-at-rock-paper-scissors-by-knowing-thy-opponent/"&gt;Rock, Paper Scissors Study&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://google.com/url?sa=D&amp;amp;q=https://www.nature.com/articles/s44184-025-00171-5&amp;amp;ust=1764735240000000&amp;amp;usg=AOvVaw1pjSrt4z7mSD0yQjEjvohl&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/thanksgiving-dinner-ai-recipes-slop"&gt;https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/thanksgiving-dinner-ai-recipes-slop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aiweirdness.com/ai-recipes-are-bad-and-a-proposal-20-01-31/"&gt;https://www.aiweirdness.com/ai-recipes-are-bad-and-a-proposal-20-01-31/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aiweirdness.com/the-neural-network-has-weird-ideas-16-03-05/?ref=aiweirdness.com"&gt;https://www.aiweirdness.com/the-neural-network-has-weird-ideas-16-03-05/?ref=aiweirdness.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://aiweirdness.tumblr.com/post/190721709472/ai-vintage-american-cooking-a-combination-that?ref=aiweirdness.com"&gt;https://aiweirdness.tumblr.com/post/190721709472/ai-vintage-american-cooking-a-combination-that?ref=aiweirdness.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/macaque-monkey-deer-mate-sex-ride"&gt;https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/macaque-monkey-deer-mate-sex-ride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a60887514/diy-cryonics-frozen-dead-guy/"&gt;https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a60887514/diy-cryonics-frozen-dead-guy/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Dead_Guy_Days"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Dead_Guy_Days&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bbl-smell-is-real-and-just-as-gross-as-it-sounds/"&gt;https://www.vice.com/en/article/bbl-smell-is-real-and-just-as-gross-as-it-sounds/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://plasticsurgery.org.au/procedures/surgical-procedures/buttocks-lift/"&gt;https://plasticsurgery.org.au/procedures/surgical-procedures/buttocks-lift/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A Little Bit Of Science

A Little Bit Of Science

Interspecies Love, Annual Frozen Dead Guy Day, and Stinky Brazilian Butt Lifts

DEC 2, 202540 MIN
A Little Bit Of Science

Interspecies Love, Annual Frozen Dead Guy Day, and Stinky Brazilian Butt Lifts

DEC 2, 202540 MIN

Description

Sika deer on Japan's Yakushima Island let macaque monkeys groom them in exchange for food scraps and sexual mounting, creating what scientists awkwardly call "interspecies sexual behaviour with mutual benefits."

Nederland, Colorado hosts annual "Frozen Dead Guy Day" festivals celebrating Bredo Morstoel, whose body has been preserved in a shed on dry ice for decades after his grandson's cryogenic dreams failed.

Brazilian Butt Lifts cause "BBL smell" - a rancid odour from fat necrosis when transferred fat cells die and rot inside the body, which surgeons rarely mention before surgery.

Milan researchers found commuters offered seats to pregnant women more often when Batman was on the train, proving superhero costumes trigger prosocial behaviour because nobody wants to look bad in front of Batman.

AI-generated recipes tell people to bake cakes for days and combine impossible ingredients, confidently presenting unworkable instructions that ruin dinner.

Chinese researchers discovered rock, paper, scissors players stick with winning choices or switch after losses, revealing predictable patterns that can be exploited.

From deer trading sex for grooming to frozen dead guy festivals and butt lifts that smell like death - nature is uncomfortable, humans are weird and technology can't cook. Maybe stick to human recipes, don’t try to freeze Grandpa and think twice before committing to a bouncy-butt medical procedure. 



CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction

00:35 Interspecies Sexual Mutualism

01:24 Unexpected Observations: Monkeys and Deer

06:15 Frozen Dead Guy: A Bizarre Tale of Cryogenics

14:03 Batman and Prosocial Behavior

20:20 Hilarious AI-Generated Food Recipes

30:39 The Ultimate Rock, Paper, Scissors Strategy

33:54 The Dark Side of Plastic Surgery

39:59 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

 

SOURCES:

Rock, Paper Scissors Study 

Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/thanksgiving-dinner-ai-recipes-slop

https://www.aiweirdness.com/ai-recipes-are-bad-and-a-proposal-20-01-31/

https://www.aiweirdness.com/the-neural-network-has-weird-ideas-16-03-05/?ref=aiweirdness.com

https://aiweirdness.tumblr.com/post/190721709472/ai-vintage-american-cooking-a-combination-that?ref=aiweirdness.com

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/macaque-monkey-deer-mate-sex-ride

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a60887514/diy-cryonics-frozen-dead-guy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Dead_Guy_Days

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bbl-smell-is-real-and-just-as-gross-as-it-sounds/

https://plasticsurgery.org.au/procedures/surgical-procedures/buttocks-lift/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.