And I, my friend's pilfered scooter. Earlier this month, WTTW Channel 11 profiled him (using the name Joey Santore) and though he does have a noticeable Chicago accent, its not nearly as heavy as what you hear in his nature videos (or his voice memo to me). So a lot of them just kind of look like shit, right. Who is the man behind an accent more commonly associated with a Chicago firehouse than an open expanse of mountains and grassland? You'll see guys posting photos of dead coyotes they shot over the weekend. Subscribe to one or more of our free e-mail newsletters to get instant updates on local news, events, and opportunities in Chicago. Usually, we just see his hands, which are covered in tattoos. 3 min read. Joey's video from South Texas has some 50,000 views and counting. The whole thing is kind of sad. Every time it feels like an apocalyptic story with this plant. As Jesse points out, what makes Joey's videos different from so many of the strangely popular educational personalities found on YouTube, is that we rarely see much of Joey himself. Asclepius prostrata, the prostrate milkweed. According to the man behind the video Joey Santore, an Oakland-based, self-taught botanist who runs the YouTube channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesnt the pup died two nights after he discovered it in the northern California countryside in June. Nother payote right there, doing that thing they do, just blendin' in with the gravels that have been deposited over the last, I don't know, 300,000 years by the, uh, meandering channel of the Rio Grand-ee. Some of his tree babies meet an untimely end, felled by pollution, city maintenance, or swerving vehicles. By his own estimate, he has planted somewhere between 300 and 400 trees, mostly native and drought-tolerant oaks and cypresses, along medians and in parks. I believe you; I believe youre so tough., Guy with thick chicago accent helps coyote pup pic.twitter.com/RJB9sqkrxl. The biggest population of it keeps repeatedly getting cleared by a well-intended, albeit somewhat oblivious, road grader. But if it gives me a chance to get more people excited about botany and plants and viewing the world outside of this depressing human infrastructure in society that I think is killing so many of us slowly, then I guess its good then I guess the clickbait coyote video served a purpose and its all part of my grandiose plan to get more people interested in science and ecology and I guess, this sounds corny, the natural world in general.. You gotta, you gotta peyote, a peyote, a lophophora, whole shit tons of peyotes. I'm Joey Santore: a Connecticut-born, Brooklyn-living, nonprofit-working, cooking-loving, playlist-making, lucid-dreaming, karate-coaching, twenty-something. you're seeing people that comment and say things like this, guys, the reason why I got interested in plants. Grew these both from seed. Beyond the tenderheartedness, what really made the video was Santore's thick, Bill Swerski-esque Chicago accent. Larsen: Joey took matters into his own hands and began slowly replacing the non-native, water-sucking ornamentals the city installed with an assortment of plants he grew himself from seed. This plant has adapted to lie dormant in its underground rhizome for years until conditions are right. Just imagining the possibilities of like planting something that would get bigger or, you know, dwarf your lifetime and your physical size. It was funny, going out to California when I moved out there. It looks like a weed. You're ob-, obviously a NorPac. Today. Santore is turned on to the outdoors because hes turned off by everything else. don't you dare rattle that fucking thing at me. Santore: I like the ambiance of railroads. He says that working as a freight train operator rather than spending his time in school has allowed him to pursue that passion. Joey Santore, based in Oakland, California, specializing in Cupressaceae, currently studying native California Cypresses. I want to get more people excited about it, because theres a lot of dark (crud) coming our way. This blend of well-informed science, minor lawbreaking, and humorous rants about the ills of society is what draws people to Joey's YouTube channel, as well as his Instagram account, and his podcast. Sounds like a cool dude. Every time it feels like an apocalyptic story with this plant. There's something to be said for keeping something like this around, you know, it's, it's a part of this, this interwoven fabric that supports it, supports the life that's been here for millions of years and is part of the bigger picture. Joseph Anthony Bosa ( / bos /; born July 11, 1995) is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). Joey Santore holds his cell phone, widescreen-style, in his fingers, one of which is tattooed with a ruler's hash marks. Thats basically all I do is I look at rare plants, I photograph them, I make notes and then share that information with the general public and make silly botany videos too., "It looked grossly malnourished. But on Thursday, the Chicagoland native went viral when a profanity-laden clip of him comforting a sick coyote pup surfaced on Twitter, garnering upwards of 8 million views. But again, we always say that people should not pursue, chase, corner or attempt to capture wildlife because it places the person and the animal at risk.. Okay. Journalist - SF Bay Area. And conditions are tough here, and getting tougher: high heat, poor soil, little rain. Meet the Misanthropic Chicago Italian Who Charmed Twitter, 2020 Chicago magazine / A Chicago Tribune Media Group website, I try to always encourage people to download Wikipedia and, onto their phones as a resource. If there's one thing philosophically learning about natural sciences has done for me, it's to tell me that it's all going to be okay." Joey Santore JASON HENRY According to Jesse Will, Joey's subscribers don't fit any kind of mold. Santore: So I found this astronomy textbook and then was reading it on a train once. Larsen: And so, an ex-punk, former-train-hopper-turned-engineer who doesn't have a college degree is getting hundreds of thousands of people excited about botany using just a camera and his voice. There's little nuances of social mannerisms that I miss about Chicago, like that voice I channel on the YouTube page. Come on, hey. Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher who first studied with Plato and then became a disciple I think it's kind of risky. another adaptation to that, uh, aridity that, that dry climate. His life as a guerrilla forester began when he noticed some of the public spaces the city was ignoring. Shhh, what appened to yer fokes?. Whether its oaks or Oaklanders, theres a lack of suitable habitat for many. You got your coryphantha, you know, and it all just coming up in the dappled light, the understory of, of the thorn scrub, which of course is getting cleared away at an increasing rate to make room for the fucking Panda express uh, tumor of modern society. If someone spots a wild animal that theyre concerned about, Monroe recommends that they contact the Department of Fish and Wildlife directly to assess the situation. (Joey Santore). I was like, I feel like an ignoramus. A botanist is just someone who studies plants, which is what I doI do it solely because I want to learn.. The video, he said, is from late June when he was in small Siskiyou County, California, in the northern part of the state. Sorry. I bet a bunch of illegal tree planting. I didn't realize botany could be so cool. I believe Northern Pacific rattlesnake. What drew you to making videos about botany? Theyre normally crepuscular or theyre out at night." But also,[coyotes] are heavily persecuted. But is now just kind of leftover. I first learned about Joey a few years ago, in a video titled "Guide to Illegal Tree Planting," which was sent my way by a friend familiar with my affinity for both botany and what's known as "guerilla gardening." He played college football at Ohio State and was selected third overall by the (then San Diego) Chargers in the 2016 NFL Draft, where he was named NFL Defensive Rookie . But regrettably, it had a very sad epilogue. There's another one just coming up right in the middle of the road, it's a goddamned big prostrata. I want to help you but I dont want to get bitten, he tells the pup in his put-on accent. This episode was brought to you by Mississippi, a wonderland for outdoor adventurers. I found it hard to swallow. Learn more about all the benefits of membership at outsideonline.com/podplus. Unfortunately, it seems this particular coyote pup may have already had something wrong with it when Santore stumbled upon it. Will: It's the oldest psychedelic substance known to man. Obviously the accents canned, he said. Larsen: This is journalist Jesse Will, who profiled Joey for Outside Online. But on the other hand, the sad part of the story is that the thing died before I was able to get it to a rehab center. Joey: You know, and I kind of like seeing trees. (Photo by Jesse Will) I called Joey Santore just as he'd returned from a botanizing trip to South Africa. Larsen: Which is to say: sometimes what it takes to get us to give a shit about the natural world is a foul-mouthed amateur scientist. Will: It's a real weird cross section of people that are watching this stuff, it's like people that are propagating weed and they got like maybe a little bit more interested in plants than just weed, you know, they want to know more about it. Got a tip? You know, and I just dont want to get bitten. Just imagining the possibilities of like planting something that would get bigger or, you know, dwarf your lifetime and your physical size. A few months ago, Outside dispatched Jesse Will to tag along with Joey on a field trip to the backroads of South Texas. I think the video obviously it got a lot of hits I think it touched people in different ways. by Joey Santore, a self-taught botanist and producer of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't YouTube channel, which he describes as "a low-brow, crass approach to plant ecology as muttered by a misanthropic Chicago Italian.". "I dont know, the whole thing kind of messes me up thinking about it because it was pretty sad she died that morning when I was due to bring her south to the wildlife rehab that was on my way back to Oakland., "It looked grossly malnourished. Santore: Look at that beautiful bastard, not flowering yet may not flower this year at all. Joey was interested in science and growing things from an early age: he recalls trips to the Field Museum and propagating elm trees in his backyard. The Outside Podcast is made possible by our Outside+ members. He's just borrowing. And Jesse's with me. It was about 2 p.m. and hot out and coyotes, I rarely see them out during the day. And despite his cynical-seeming exterior, Joey finds beauty in all of this, too. Braidwood Dunes is another really good one. Guerrilla gardener Joey Santore has planted more than 300 trees, encouraging a new appreciation of our habitatand one another. You can hit the Explore button [iniNaturalist] and see what grows around you and then just start learning plants by family and genus, which is how they're all grouped together. I guess why I talk like that is, one, I want to make the science communication more funny. When Joey Santore went searching for a biological "origin story" of sorts, he stumbled into the world of botany. Who discovered botany? Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital To find enough real estate to survive, these prostrata often end up finding their home in the middle of the road. It was grossly underweight.. The mannerisms at least among the white people out there were super soft and delicate and kind of passive, with an NPR voice. And then I realized, I didn't know anything about the country I lived in and it was a big ass country, so why not travel? This episode was written and produced by me, Maren Larsen:, and edited by Michael Roberts. As it happens, the particular species of milkweed that Joey wants to find here in South Texas is especially rare. Let's see. Were gonna need this kind of awareness of ourselves in the world to be able to deal with it., Video 1: Santoree Youtube ChannelVideo 2: Interview. I want to inspire people to look at the world differently, he says. I want to share themand [talk about] what a tragedy it is that people don't know this stuff is here. His appeal is all about sounding nothing like the stereotypical botanist. countries. Santore: Anyway guys, here we are once again. I ended up bringing it to the house I was staying at about 15 miles away and called around for wildlife rescue and the nearest one was about a 2 hour drive south. Magazines, Digital He is diversity. Oh, yeah, there we go. It's totally fascinating stuff, man. Like I just got really excited when I would read about this stuff. I got like 120 Facebook friend requests from middle-aged white ladies in Iowa. Behind the camera, the 39-year-old doesn't dress the part of your typical field scientist, instead opting for Oxfords, carpenter jeans, and a baseball cap. Botanist Joey Santore. A knowledge of the relationships between living things and how we have all evolved to survive over time is a coping mechanism and a glimmer of hope in the age of increasingly dire predictions about the progress and effects of climate change. On his YouTube channel, Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, which has close to 260,000 subscribers, the vast majority of his videos have him giving half-hour-plus-long lectures on topics like plant morphology and evolutionary relationships in his very distinctive accent. Learn more about all the fun to be had across the state at visitmississippi.org. The way my mind works, I just obsessed on fix that on something I probably got fucking add or some sort of neurological disorder, you know, that at one point served our species of evolutionary benefit. I guess it's for the better. You got a Tecate Cyprus, a Santa Cruz Cyprus, and a Guadalupe Cyprus. I went to college and studied sociology and communication but dropped out to travel. Learn to spot shallow conformity in social circles and don't waste your time on them, study plants and geology instead. Santore: And then I realized, I didn't know anything about the country I lived in and it was a big ass country, so why not travel? You need help! As a fellow phyto-obsessive personality, Joey is dedicating most of his spare time to not only understanding plant diversity but also sharing his passion for botany with the world. I'm getting welcome to Mexico texts, were so close to the border. Just to get more voices into the fold to invite more people to care about this stuff, because any interest that they get is, is a good thing. Theres so many different wildlife disease concerns that have significant overlap with human health impact.. But before I did that I decided to give it a flea bath, which was probably a stupid idea in retrospect, since I think it might have just been shocked by it. First he delved into various sciences and then focused, increasingly, on botany. Well, he's not pilfered. In addition we have many gardens here that are maintaining endangered plant species, especially Lotusland. He's on your level. He started growing rare conifers from seed. Right. I don't know, six or seven years give or take. The 23-minute videoreleased the week before the murals revealis the work of a tattooed, foulmouthed Chicago transplant who for the past few years has been quietly greening up Oakland. Looking for Tony Santoro online? But also, I grew up knowing guys like that, you know? WARNING: This video includes foul language. interface language. Cmere, hey, youre OK, shhh, a mans voice can be heard as he runs after a small, skittish coyote through the tall grass. Take it easy, buddy. Joey Santore's path to becoming an unlikely YouTube star really is one of the most winding journeys you could imagine. Jesse Will: Basically he stole the scooter or somebody handed him the scooter and that's your intro to the whole video, which just seems like appropriate. His appeal is all about sounding nothing like the stereotypical botanist. The self-taught botanist sounds off on going viral, preserving the natural world, and the story behind that accent. We dont value plants, we dont value habitat, often we dont value each other. It's just the way it is. Did some redneck shoot your parents whats going on? He now works as a freight train driver in Oakland, where he frequently makes trips into the wilderness in search of native plants. It was recently proposed for the Endangered Species list, and is only observed a few dozen times a year in a handful of locations near the Rio Grande. Listen to me. You know, maybe not being seen for, for God knows how long. Oh, what's going on here? Will: When you speak to them in person that accent gets dialed way back down. However, the downtime has allowed him to post more videos about botanizing the Bay Area. I mean, on some level it looks, it looks like a weed. I don't know why you're taking that kind of stance with me. Santore: It's, it's like this, recently born into consciousness, species of primate is now able to figure out the world, dissect the world around it and figure out how it fits in. Like I just got really excited when I would read about this stuff. So today I'm going to show you a little project that I've been engaged in for about the past. It was about 2 p.m. and hot out and coyotes, I rarely see them out during the day. Explore. I just want people to take a closer look at the nonhuman world and askmore questions. Much of his audience, no doubt, shares his worldview: in a landscape of American cultural decline, the study of natural sciences and ecological systems are all that make sense right now. That's just the funny accent. I have been driving freight trains for, I dunno, the past 15 years. Earlier this month, WTTW Channel 11 profiled him (using the name Joey Santore) and though he does have a noticeable Chicago accent, it's not nearly as heavy as what you hear in his nature. Behind the camera, the 39-year-old doesn't dress the part of your typical field scientist, instead opting for Oxfords, carpenter jeans, and a baseball cap. Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered. Find out where to go, what to eat, where to live, and more. Every academic botanist that I talked to was super stoked on his work. And that's why he's lovingly bullying it out of the road, just like he did that rattlesnake. He is an ex-punk and a former freight train engineer who has been self-taught in his field. Not in a bad way. If you like what we do here, please support our work on an ongoing basis. He undoubtedly spurred people who'd never heard about milkweed to give a damn about the plant. Joey Santore Oakland, California Favorite Activities First he delved into various sciences and then focused, increasingly, on botany. It's doing pretty good. After hearing Joey talk about milkweed, I'm personally in the mood to go plant a whole shit ton of it maybe even in places where I'm not supposed to. It plays into some of the more gross elements of human nature. One Atmosphere commissioned a 60-by-30-foot mural of climate activist Greta Thunberg for San Franciscos Union Square. And then, uh, of course these are a couple of mine as well. World United States United Kingdom Canada Australia South Africa Israel India France Belgium Switzerland. You see it get wiped out, you know, but then of course, you know, they're just hiding. Santore: It's an idea of the bigger picture, you know, instead of this human myopia, where I'm just I'm just concerned about, I view everything through the lens of my own life. it's still there. I'm not trying to harass you. Yesterday. Basically he stole the scooter or somebody handed him the scooter and that's your intro to the whole video, which just seems like appropriate. While some scientists bristle at Joey's swearing or his abrasive politics, most professional plant lovers recognize that his approach is having an important impact. Unfortunately when I found her, I was so far out in the middle of nowhere and I didnt really realize how sick she was until later that night when I brought her home, he says. What he's talking about, if he's speaking directly to you. Then there are people who got sucked in because of one of those viral videos. May 26, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Painted on the side of an eight-story building, the fiery teenager looks determined and unbowed, gazing down at pedestrians and traffic with eyes the size of windscreens. It was crossing a road on like a 90-degree day at 2 p.m, he says. And in particular, that pup being in thinner body condition and being possibly hungry, that wouldnt be unexpected to see it at different times of day or night, she explains. I remember reading about spectroscopy there and that was what really blew my mind was how you could take the light that's reflected off of a star or a planet and put it through a prism and then you'd get a spectral signature of whatever the atmosphere was composed of or whatever the star was composed of. We join Santore on a peyote hunt in the South Texas scrublands to try to understand how hes getting so many different kinds of people to geek out on plants. I've been breaking relatively unimpactful laws my whole life. It's just, there's something so inherently beautiful about that. You gotta, you gotta peyote, a peyote, a lophophora, whole shit tons of peyotes. Let's see. Specifically, trees. He undoubtedly spurred people who'd never heard about milkweed to give a damn about the plant. Joey had always liked railroads. Santore: Oh, what's going on here? He would print out papers to read during downtime on the trains. Larsen: And they did find some. Because what better way to understand the guy who created "Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't" than to join him on a hunt for a plant that's a schedule 1 controlled drug? I associate them with a place to like get away from people and, kind of open air playground. Rainy winter is planting season, giving his seedlings months to take root. Joeys a breath of fresh air. But, about that voice. I was out in the country and the nearest rehab center was, like, two hours away, and they weren't open the day I got it. [laughs] And I had a pang of regret. Listen to me. And this is a problem. You can read Jesse's story on Outside Online. 2018-21; 2010-17; 1999-2009; 1990-99; 1983-90; 1978-83; 1974-77; 1972-1973; Drawings. I just been planting trees, sometimes with permission, mostly without, uh, because the city I live in kind of dropped the ball so hard on their, uh, uh, public beautification efforts. But then Monday when I woke up and was about to head back down south and take her to the wildlife rehab, she had already passed that night., Santore says that although the coyotes death wasnt entirely unexpected, it still hit him hard. Possibilities opened up. And it clearly has a special place in Joey's heart, based on a t-shirt he sells. Today I'm here to answer your plant questions via Twitter. with a website! A lot of folks think that coyotes in particular are purely nocturnal or even crepuscular, which is like dawn, dusk, night. I would be a lot more angry of a person if I didn't have this. There's enough cat videos and cute videos with corny narratives. It's totally fascinating stuff, man. Volo Bog near Crystal Lake is another great resource. It's, it's like this, recently born into consciousness, species of primate is now able to figure out the world, dissect the world around it and figure out how it fits in. It appears that he observed a potentially orphaned coyote pup in poor condition so he was trying to obtain this animal and then transfer it to a wildlife rehabilitator., But Monroe says that his approach presents some challenges. We launched in March2016with our first series, Science of Survival, which was developed in partnership with PRX, distributors of the idolized This American Life and The Moth Radio Hour, among others. Joey is a botanist & producer of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't YouTube channel. There's another one just coming up right in the middle of the road, it's a goddamned big prostrata. It was recently proposed for the Endangered Species list, and is only observed a few dozen times a year in a handful of locations near the Rio Grande. We're going to turn it to shit. Santore, who hails from West Oakland, is YouTube's botany- and profanity-loving phenom by Robert Langellier July 11, 2022 Share This: Botanist Joey Santore. I did a couple videos where I talked in my normal voice, but it just didnt feel right, says Santore. email me. So I found this astronomy textbook and then was reading it on a train once. Joey Santore @JoeySantore Recently finished filming our 1st piece for a show encouraging people to kill their lawns & replace with low-maintenance native - or at least non-invasive - gardens. Will: It looks like a weed. An ex-punk and former train engineer who is self-taught in the sciences, Joey Santore does not fit the mold of the stereotypical botanist. For his part, Santore says that while he understands why the Department of Fish and Wildlife recommends avoiding direct contact with wild animals, he feels there can be extenuating circumstances. Even if it gets really ugly, it's still gonna be okay. I don't know why. He hadn't cooled off by Monday. Anyway guys, here we are once again. I don't want to hear that. FILE - Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Joey Bosa (97) looks on before an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 25, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. Bosa took part in 15 snaps . On his YouTube channel, Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, which has close to 260,000 subscribers, the vast majority of his videos have him giving half-hour-plus-long lectures on topics like plant morphology and evolutionary relationships in his very distinctive accent. A shantytown of homeless people has sprung up adjacent to the neighborhood where hes been doing much of his planting. That's a Crotalus Organus NorPac. Guy with a thick Chicago accent helps coyote pup, Newest rescued sea otter pups make their fuzzy debuts at Shedd, Photos: Baby animals from around the world, Terrier survives coyote attack caught on camera in Northfield, WTTW Channel 11 profiled him (using the name Joey Santore, I wrote about the Chicago accent and its near total disappearance from TV and film, Microsoft cuts 10,000 jobs, about 5% of global workforce, Seth Jones rallies Chicago Blackhawks past the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime to close out 4-3-0 homestand, Kevin Warren and Justin Fields, once divided in the Big Ten during the pandemic, are now united with the Chicago Bears, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Here's Joey pointing out a colony of the quarter-sized gray-green buttons in the video he made about the day. "I'm stuffing envelopes right now," he told me from his home in West Oakland. I mix tragedy with comedy to make it more digestible and less futile-seeming. Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't: Created by Joey Santore. You got to get out of the road. Join Outside+ to get Outside magazine, access to exclusive content, 1,000s of training plans, and more. Riding the rails, he got an up-close tour of the geologic time scale exposed by railroad cuts: layers of rock dating back millennia. What do you hope viewers take away from your channel? Come along. As a child, Santore took an interest in science early, visiting Chicagos Field Museum with his mother and propagating elm trees from seeds in their yard. Add to that the threat of invasive buffelgrass, which is fast outcompeting this important little weed. And maybe you have a better likelihood of accepting. Take it easy, buddy. The penalty, which came . Sorry. Of course. Nowadays he films the trips he takes in search of some of the rarest plants on the planet. All right. I love getting people excited about these things I've seen. Kind of a bummer! Larsen: Allow me to introduce you to Joey Santore. Joey Santore, 36, never expected to get famous for posting videos about nature. If you want to take a look at what I've been up to more seriously, check out my resume. She was really sick, I could tell. But he also had this aside at the time, that was like, I get it, yeah of course you had to pitch the psychedelic angle. Larsen: I first learned about Joey a few years ago, in a video titled "Guide to Illegal Tree Planting," which was sent my way by a friend familiar with my affinity for both botany and what's known as "guerilla gardening." And so I realized that might happen, but it didnt really mess with me until the day after, he says. Although Santore was worried about this pup being out during the day, Monroe says thats not actually out of the ordinary. Joey was born in Chicago and yet --. He admits to being borderline contemptuous of maples and rosebushes. Nother payote right there, doing that thing they do, just blendin' in with the gravels that have been deposited over the last, I don't know, 300,000 years by the, uh, meandering channel of the Rio Grand-ee. I want to learn how this stuff works. Jesse Will interviewed Joey Santore. Then there are people who got sucked in because of one of those viral videos. It starts with Joey on a rideshare e-scooter that a friend of his had hacked using some kind of computer chip he bought online. Larsen: He was kicked out of military school and got into graffiti and the punk scene. And maybe you have a better likelihood of accepting. Suddenly I'm able to zoom out and see how the world around me works and how I fit into it and, and observe these relationships that different organisms have with each other. No, it's not like that. Makes the turd of, uh, uh, life in modern society easier through a swallow, helps it go down easier. He's shooting the shit. A halfway decent knock-knock joke? A low-brow, crass approach to plant ecology as muttered by a misanthropic Chicago Italian. Hi, I'm Joey Santore, plant lover, botanist, and working class mook. Many of those unauthorized trees now are more than 30 feet tall. You like the fuzzy stem. That's one of mine. These are animals that dont let you get close to them, but it was so sick I was able to get up close to it and I could see it was kind of scraggly and it was totally malnourished and underweight., After realizing that the coyote was covered in parasites, including ticks and fleas, Santore says that he decided to give it a bath. Most important is the Garfield Park Conservatory, which is free and features plants from all over the world. You got to get out of the road. But Joey has his own reasons for loving the plant, chiefly its incredible diversity -- there are hundreds of species of milkweed in North America alone -- and unusual flower morphology, laden with abundant nectar and distinctive pollen structures. Subscribe for free today! [Terrier survives coyote attack caught on camera in Northfield]. Joey Bosa was responsible for one of the more costly moments of the Los Angeles Chargers' collapse Saturday, taking a crucial 15-yard penalty after losing his temper on the sideline. But Joey's influence goes beyond just getting laypeople to care about the things growing in their neighborhoods. but I think there's other things happening there it's like in this time that we're in, which is like pretty, anti-science he's getting across these scientific ideas by not sounding like he's shouting at you from the ivory tower, right? "I liked trees originally because they are so big. Santore: I kind of joke humans have like the king might've shit touch, you know, everywhere we go, even if the intent is good, there's enough of us. Amidst mild profanity, general irreverence and a thick Chicago accent, Joey examines plant life and the nature of the rocks and soil they grow on, as . Allying with Nature to Regenerate our Living Planet, Perhaps our favorite botanist to watch and learn from, Joey Santore offers us a bit of a different spin on the world of botany with his informative and hilarious (often PG-13) YouTube channel. Well, first off, I'm not really trying to create YouTube fluff. This shits connected., Theres a parallel between Santores efforts and the present plight of his city. As with some content posted on Twitter, @eedrk did not create the video. Milkweed is a favorite of many botanists because of its critical importance to the endangered monarch butterfly. Kind of a bummer! It's everyone from dope growers to amateur science geeks to viewers who just stumbled onto his YouTube. He would print out papers to read during downtime on the trains. You can follow Joey Santore on his YouTube channel, Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, or on his instagram and podcast of the same name. To see this whole thing being paraded around as a cute clickbait video kind of bummed me out. So I ham the Chicago accent up a little bit and put on this character of a geriatric, you know, extroverted, really turned-up loudmouth West Side Italian because my familys Italian, thats mostly what I know, just to make it funny and whatever. And it's it's, uh, that kind of grated me. And around that time I hired out with the railroad, where I got a locomotive license. And even more specifically, conifers. Will: Well, hopefully people will hear this and, you know, chase down this stuff. Uh, where you get summer rain. And especially where we are now as a species with our understanding of science and the world and all this technology that we have. but I think there's other things happening there it's like in this time that we're in, which is like pretty, anti-science he's getting across these scientific ideas by not sounding like he's shouting at you from the ivory tower, right? This is what happens when you dont have any regulations in place to protect the people on the bottom, he says. I don't know why they got to keep grading the road, but you know, you give a man a machine and you tell him, go do this, give him a mower, give him a road grader. Although he doesnt have a degree in botany, Santore tells TIME that nature is his true passion. I'm a writer and photographer living in downtown Berkeley, California. One Atmosphere commissioned a 60-by-30-foot mural of climate activist Greta Thunberg for San Franciscos Union Square then uh. 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