The Maple Tree

[BuggttiVeyronW16]

I am feeling hurt...You see I am a Canadian....I love Maples

[TatianaBoshenka]

I want to hear his theory of why the leaves over here in North America are bigger!

[Envergure]

Have you any idea why the maples in southern Ontario would get twoonie-sized black spots all over them every year?

[imaball]

ha the ending made me laugh.

[Doogeedoo12]

The great Canadian maple!! Yeah!!!

[mortimerpa]

Canada is in America ;)

[animestop95]

@mortimerpa lol your right :3

[WhiteTiger333]

I'd like to hear the theory, too! When I visited England, I was struck by the green all over every part of a tree, trunk and all. And the very ancient feel of some trees and of the land. Of course, the entire planet is the same age, but somehow, the very soil in the UK felt well-trodden and full of a special deep something. When I returned home to the northeast USA, the land felt very wild, huge and strange in comparison...for a few hours.

[dradeel]

I'd love to hear his theory about the difference in leaves. You should've given him a follow-up question on that (and if you did, could we maybe get the answer? Hehe). Anyways, I like this series on different trees. 

[Kwodlibet]

Please, make more of these and please make them longer :)

[nottinghamscience]

@Kwodlibet plenty more coming, of various lengths.

[Rhianimator]

at least blue oaks of California (quercus douglasii) have tiny leaves, but that's probably because of the difficult conditions they live in.

[o0oTheBeesKneeso0o]

Not feeling the love from Markus here...

[nottinghamscience]

@o0oTheBeesKneeso0o his love is for trees!

[wdm2112]

As a Canadian, I am unimpressed.

[kcazzo69]

I don't know if I want to eat out of tree measles. Maple leaves are nice but they make the train rails slippery.

[andrewmclean87]

Yay for Canada!

[Skindoggiedog]

He says his 'r's sometimes and other times uses a 'w'.

Just something I noticed and that annoyed me.

[acs197]

Sugar Maples, just another reason why I love living in the North Eastern U.S. :)

[TatianaBoshenka]

Brilliant!  I wanted to hear his theory, too! Could you do a follow up bit and post it for us?

[Vennificus]

Our canadian maples are actually Saiyans

[Firesoar13]

I'm from PA! One thing I always miss here at school is the fresh REAL maple syrup.

Also, Ha! ^ ^ Sorry Canada, we're just that amazing!

<3 Still love you guys.

[acs197]

@Firesoar13 Yeah PA! I'm in the central ridge/valley region.

[Firesoar13]

@acs197 I love how no one wants to even TRY to spell out our state. It takes too long.

My hometown is right along the river, just west of Lancaster city.

[13someguy13]

Damn, now I crave maple syrup...

ps. Thanks for keeping us Canadians in mind Brady.

[nottinghamscience]

@13someguy13 always!

[dicekar]

Thanks Brady for sticking up for Canada

[animestop95]

Lol i love Canada

cheerss to you amazing peeps

[culwin]

Canada... America's hat

[yngmalm]

Yes, many thanks to Brady for pointing out that we have beautiful maples here in Canada as well.

[Lewdeman]

Markus knows his trees but SFA about geography and culture! :. ...

[BIGGGY305]

yea new jersey in winter is fukign awesome red tree after red tree looks very cool

[AstOnokReviews]

thats it as a canadian i am unsubbing

;)

[clayphish]

Hey thanks Brady! I was feeling a bit left out. I swear here in Canada we have massive coloured leaves too!! :^}

[Alfalotter]

The maple kind yeah

[afhdfh]

TOO SHORT!!!

[nishbrown]

I can't speak for the rest of America, but yeah, it's bigger.

;)

[poopsicle45]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS



[killernat]

not enough tree videos i love theses

[pgunn01]

I wonder if it's genetics or environment that accounts for most of the size difference.

[c4clive]

It's a shame this series doesn't have it's own channel, I love these videos, but people tend to ignore the NottinghamScience channel. }8¬L

[iFoamy]

I quite enjoy this series on trees.  Thanks a lot for uploading them! :-)

[DeoMachina]

Can European trees be tapped for syrup?

[dreasim]

lols good vid

[BITARTEN]

I like European trees like our oaks, beechtrees... and also our maples are very nice

[suburiboy]

Markus might have to pay reparations to the Canadian viewers, perhaps a trip to Canada to talk about some of the native trees, if you two have time.

[Nilguiri]

1:49 The forest literally blazes? That's worrying!

[chocomalk]

Canadian here...our Maples are better! And tastier!

[FreestyleCodShots]

When wil DeepSky start being uploaded to?

[AlanKey86]

I wanted to hear his theory as to why the leaves are so red.

[nilbud]

@AlanKey86 After hunters killed the Great Bear in the sky his blood splashed down and turned the leaves red. The yellow leaves get their tint from the bear's fat splashing out of the pot that it's being cooked in.

[AlanKey86]

@nilbud Ah, it seems so obvious now!

[nilbud]

@AlanKey86 Researchers at New York's Colgate University have found evidence that the brilliant red colors of maple leaves is created by a separate processes than those in chlorophyll breakdown. Maple trees are involved in an additional metabolic expenditure to create anthocyanins. These anthocyanins, which create the visual red hues, have been found to aid in interspecific competition by stunting the growth of nearby saplings in what is known as allelopathy. (Frey & Eldridge, 2005)

[Alfalotter]

@AlanKey86 Wasn't it about why they're bigger in North America?

[DocLow]

@AlanKey86 I think it was about why they are so large, though.

[XxhilfmirxX]

@AlanKey86 check out this site " /environmental/life/botany/lea­ves-turn-red1 " search it in google and it should be by how stuff works

[MrTechGuy1995]

@AlanKey86 Learned that in my Bio class. It's something called anthocyanin, which my how I was explained, is that it keeps the leave on longer to just give the tree more of its products before the leave falls off. I don't know beyond that point.

[catsfromhell1]

@AlanKey86 Me too.

[alancheira]

@AlanKey86 actually, as I understood, the theory was more about the reason why the trees there have bigger leaves, etc. But I would like to hear too, to thumbs up!

[XxhilfmirxX]

i laughed pretty hard at the "yeah they got maples too...idk..."

[SEThatered]

@XxhilfmirxX

Actually geographical therm "america" includes u.s. and Canada so no one is left out.

[ejp93]

Can't wait for the canadian response!

[porkypine1888]

D:!