Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mistletoe was considered a magical plant for ages. Science shows today that it has healing potential. Plus, it's a great Christmas plant with some fun traditions. As an ecologist though, I also see its role in the community as one of the most amazing things.
Thank you to Dr. David Watston ( twitter.com/D0CT0R_Dave ) and Dr. Rob Salguero-Gómez (twitter.com/Rob_SalGo) for their kindness and guidance in helping me understand why mistletoe are so amazingly cool! #SantalaceaeScience
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Common Christmas Mistletoe Mistake
0:20 - Mistletoe Introduction
1:48 - What is a Mistletoe
2:51 - Mistletoe Toxins
4:01 - Norse Legends
5:08 - Medicines from Mistletoe
6:27 - Is mistletoe Bad?
7:15 - How to get rid of Mistletoe
7:38 - Mistletoe Cross-section
8:31 - How to Plant Your Own Mistletoe
9:28 - Wrap
A big thanks to all current and future patrons who are helping fund this science and filmmaking outreach via patreon: bit.ly/2Sfmkph
Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/untamedscience
We make all these videos ourselves with this gear ------------
Main DSLR : amzn.to/2Sho2qc
Second Camera : amzn.to/2B9HInR
Main Lens - amzn.to/2BaEXTk
The Adventure Camera Bag : amzn.to/2B8WYRH
The Macro Lens - amzn.to/2hHUhxW
Telephoto Lens - amzn.to/2za1FJV
Our MegaWide Lens - amzn.to/2z9KtnS
Our BEST oncamera Mic - amzn.to/2hGuSVt
The Drone - amzn.to/2z84Bqc
My Moving Timelapse setup - amzn.to/2SeCZcJ
GoPro HERO 7 - amzn.to/2ShoPHG
Our Filmmaking Book!!! - amzn.to/2zV88LS
Our music: goo.gl/roSjb7
The full video setup: kit.com/UntamedScience
(By buying through these links you help us support the channel)
If you want to see how we do the videos we have a channel dedicated to video Edu: youtube.com/robnelsonfilms
On Social --------------
Instagram: instagram.com/untamedscience
Twitter: twitter.com/untamedscience
Facebook: facebook.com/untamedscience
Website: untamedscience.com
Jonas and I are creating a whole series of how-to-filmmaking videos to get you started. Here is the first video: bit.ly/2AcYvHJ and our book: amzn.to/2zV88LS
Help us create amazing, world reaching content by translating and transcribing videos on our channel: bit.ly/2Crnjgu
Mistletoe was considered a magical plant for ages. Science shows today that it has healing potential. Plus, it's a great Christmas plant with some fun traditions. As an ecologist though, I also see its role in the community as one of the most amazing things.
Thank you to Dr. David Watston ( twitter.com/D0CT0R_Dave ) and Dr. Rob Salguero-Gómez (twitter.com/Rob_SalGo) for their kindness and guidance in helping me understand why mistletoe are so amazingly cool! #SantalaceaeScience
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Common Christmas Mistletoe Mistake
0:20 - Mistletoe Introduction
1:48 - What is a Mistletoe
2:51 - Mistletoe Toxins
4:01 - Norse Legends
5:08 - Medicines from Mistletoe
6:27 - Is mistletoe Bad?
7:15 - How to get rid of Mistletoe
7:38 - Mistletoe Cross-section
8:31 - How to Plant Your Own Mistletoe
9:28 - Wrap
A big thanks to all current and future patrons who are helping fund this science and filmmaking outreach via patreon: bit.ly/2Sfmkph
Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/untamedscience
We make all these videos ourselves with this gear ------------
Main DSLR : amzn.to/2Sho2qc
Second Camera : amzn.to/2B9HInR
Main Lens - amzn.to/2BaEXTk
The Adventure Camera Bag : amzn.to/2B8WYRH
The Macro Lens - amzn.to/2hHUhxW
Telephoto Lens - amzn.to/2za1FJV
Our MegaWide Lens - amzn.to/2z9KtnS
Our BEST oncamera Mic - amzn.to/2hGuSVt
The Drone - amzn.to/2z84Bqc
My Moving Timelapse setup - amzn.to/2SeCZcJ
GoPro HERO 7 - amzn.to/2ShoPHG
Our Filmmaking Book!!! - amzn.to/2zV88LS
Our music: goo.gl/roSjb7
The full video setup: kit.com/UntamedScience
(By buying through these links you help us support the channel)
If you want to see how we do the videos we have a channel dedicated to video Edu: youtube.com/robnelsonfilms
On Social --------------
Instagram: instagram.com/untamedscience
Twitter: twitter.com/untamedscience
Facebook: facebook.com/untamedscience
Website: untamedscience.com
Jonas and I are creating a whole series of how-to-filmmaking videos to get you started. Here is the first video: bit.ly/2AcYvHJ and our book: amzn.to/2zV88LS
Help us create amazing, world reaching content by translating and transcribing videos on our channel: bit.ly/2Crnjgu
