Journey to the Microcosmos - 2019-07-01
On this week's journey, we explore the ways things eat in the microcosmos, from Stentors filter feeding to Dileptus hunting down and absorbing its prey. Follow Journey to the Microcosmos: Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyToMicro More from Jam’s Germs: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jam_and_germs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg Hosted by Hank Green: Twitter: https://twitter.com/hankgreen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers Music by Andrew Huang: https://www.youtube.com/andrewhuang Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production. Find out more at https://www.complexly.com
I find it fascinating that so many life forms don't have brains but seem to feel some kind of stress or fear. You see how the 'victims' try to get away and fight against the inevitable.
@testje aapiel it’s ALL based on chemical reactions
@Catman2u Alan Ruta amen, the first one to get it right xD
@testje aapiel for all of us. When I pet my dog serotonin is released in his brain and mine
@testje aapiel You're a pseudo-intellectual dolt, and you lost your own pissing contest. Also, you have butchered my beautiful language. Were you born an illiterate serf, or have you done this on your own?
@testje aapiel lmao, this person only came back when someone 'sided' with them.
Smh doesn't even know how to reason and stand up for themself.
These videos make me really question life in general. I realized how weird it is that all the cells in our body are basically a society of little organisms that are mutually agreeing to do jobs to keep the others alive. I wonder if any of them have individuality to an extent, like are they just following genetic instruction blindly or is it more like the social hierarchy observed in insect colonies or even humans to an extent?
If that's the case, cancer is what happens when the peasants revolt
This is like watching a live-action version of Spore's cell stage... I love it.
As a bio major I actually squealed when I saw this channel I am so excited for this it’s perfect.
I just wanted to say after probably logging as many hours with a microscope as a commercial pilot has on their aircraft.. the fact you guys can chase those quick'ems around so accurately not only horizontally but vertically through the sample column is really amazing to me.
I love this stuff, but I love that 236,000+ others also love it even more.
This is so incredible. Thanks for bring us another masterpiece, Hank and James!
What a delightful find. Thank you. Looking forward to enjoying more of this micro amazingness.
Amazing work, thank you for doing these, and making them available on YouTube? Incredible.
The footage you've got here (and your other videos) is hands down the best I've ever seen of the microbial world. And your knowledge and research is just.. wow.
Incredible content, thanks again, so much.
But have you seen the bears yet?
Micro real bears that poo
Type it in, tardigrades
Oh god, finally a decent microscopy channel. I've been waiting 14 years.
Deep look
Same
I wasn't even particularly drawn to microscopy, until I stumbled upon this channel.
@Rita Lee neither. I like the less known ones, these two have been talked about to death. I am no longer interested in either one
Haha Same
Literally any microorganism: exists
Rotifer: chuckles Im in danger.
So bill, I heard you have quite a browser history on that thing...
Rotifers be like: yeah, i have a huge hole here, i think in myself as a star
Any other microorganism passing next to the camera: SHUT THE FUCKUP ROTH BEFORE I GO THERE AND CHEW YOUR ASS
@Plank do Rodo 😂😂hahaha I imagined that cliché dialogue inside a highschool wall
Sorry. Wrong.
Love it. Hank, please don't stop narrating these.
This is awesome! I can watch this all day!
I'd love to see how this process scales up, eg. during algal blooms in the oceans.
This was amazing, can't wait to see more content. Also, please keep hank on as the voice, he seems as awestruck as the viewer.
I swam in a pond this am. I was amongst the carnage. The horror....the horror.
Adam Wunker
A piece of the madness will always be with you
@bmk777k good job! you've commented on an 8 month old post!
and whenever cells have anuses or not is totally irrelevant to the fact that i was talking about mites. my wording might be confusing but i meant mites, not cells. i'm aware that cells don't have an anus and use proteasomes to recycle broken proteins for reconsumption.
@Someone Random weird you would use the word cells when referencing mites
@Kes But Cooler i was an idiot when I wrote those replies. I admit it was strange
@TerminalVerbosity and thanks to those microscopic mites that eat dead skin cells we are are free of looking like something out of a horror fan fiction.
this channel absolutely blew my mind today. Thank you for creating such a great content.
I'm binge-watching all your videos for the second time. Remarkable work! And Hank, your quiet, gentle narration works beautifully with the images. I've recommended Microcosmos to everyone I've encountered lately. Thank you for continuing to reveal the beauty of science!
Same.
It never gets 'uninteresting'
this is completely mind blowing!! I knew they existed but they're still amazing!! I can watch this all day
Tremendous stuff ..... thanks for the effort and I can't wait for more!
I'd love to see a behind the scenes video about the camera used to capture this STUNNING footage!
I worked at a factory making punches and dies for powder compression mold formed pills and the "cup" was meant to be a spotless mirror finish throughout the entire manufacturing process once it had been pressed into the raw stock. Before and after each operation in a batch of tooling I had to check the surface finish of the cup with a microscope that had a live digital camera feed, but the eyepieces still worked perfectly, while I didnt get a rundown of how the equipment worked... my assumption is it worked by redirecting a ray of light from one stage of the refractory process in the lense set and that reflected image would beam straight into a small digital camera and the rest is self explanatory. I think in order to achieve the level of quality in these images it would be necessary to affix a camera to the eyepiece.
That is a wonderfull idea meet the team that makes this wonderfull project a reality.
@Dimitrije Krstić I built a stand for my iPad. I put the microscope beneath.
@Tom schaffner yeh, I was thinking something along those lines when I wrote my comment
I'd like to see the microscopic cameraman who operates the tiny camera.
Great narration, music, and composition. Equally informative and entertaining. Love it. Subscribed. Congrats on the new channel!
That was an amazing detailed intro for the microspce. Thanks a lot for such a beautiful video. I have captured a creature as u explained in ur video as Stentors, a single cell organism with filter feeding. i was stunned to see their mechanism to eat. i am trying to find a tardigrades and yes to some extent i was successful but yet learning as time permits. Thank you so much once again for such a beautiful video. Would love to share some videos as I am exploring the exotic and beautiful microscopic world.
This was beautiful, truly incredible to watch! 👏👏
This is everything I've ever wanted to see in a YouTube channel made by my favourite creators. Love you uncle Hank
Hank is totally (even if unintentionally) evoking Carl Sagan's tranquil narration throughout these videos, and I keep waiting for him to evoke him further by calling this "The world of the very small."
I say it's intentional. The word "cosmos" is even in the name of the series.
Great information, I've learned so much! Thank you.
Excellent video. I have been observing these organisms for many years and this video filled me in on many things I was not aware of or had not seen before.
Thanks.
I'm looking forward to a video on the equipment, techniques and challenges behind the excellent footage on this channel
Very interesting and informative! Definitely on a "smaller" level than the animals I film!
9:05 "Neither egg, nor the rotifer, is going to escape this. Surprisingly heartbreaking."
Spoken with the intonation of a true biologist
It made me wonder if the rotifer was simply responding to stimuli, or if there was some "instinct" that encouraged it to try to save future offspring. Are there even genders at this level? Sorry, I'm very new to learning about microorganisms.
@Annalise O'Conner probably not I mean it may be asexual
@Annalise O'Conner
That’s what I was thinking, it looked like a panicked and conscious last ditch effort to save its offspring..?!
They don’t have brains so it was just instinct. Still sad tho
It also may be a bad timing
Some of the best microphotography I've ever seen. Thank you for producing and sharing this vid.
Thanks for the great video.
How often should the image be enlarged to get these small objects?
The most incredibly sensational channel on this social midia platform. Thanks guys.
Amazing channel and one of the best narration styles I've ever heard. Immediate fan.
This is so relaxing to watch ❤️
so glad to have found your channel. well done to all involved
bravo
I knew I recognized Hank's voice--but such a more soothing pace than the Crash Course Biology videos! Fantastic footage, thank you!
What an amazing footage! Great videos, amazing channel!
I made my own microscope, which has a very good magnification to be homemade, my question is, where can I find all those microorganisms that you show in your video? ... good video, thanks in advance.
I love it. Great job...keep it up and keep posting.
Thank you so much for making these beautiful videos!
its amazing that chains of really complex chemical reactions can do all this
I'm excited for an episode featuring the Tardigrades in the future.
@FuzzyThoughts
Ahhhh got it. Maybe call them "Lazy Bears" instead of water bears. Is that better? 😁 They're still my absolute favourite though. I mean they are adorable to watch. Can you give me that much?
Jenn 💖 in Canada 🍁 ☺
He said they'd be following a family of Tardigrades from eggs to fully grown!
@Ratchet4647
Can't wait!!
Rotifera are cooler than Tardigrades.
tardigrade- the ugliest creature on planet earth
I like to watch these videos before bed they're so relaxing and so informative.
Absolutely amazing. I would really enjoy seeing human sells or microorganisms.
I remember seeing a rotifer in my bio course for a first time and my teacher told me what it was, it was so wild to see!
Beautifully capturing the micro biological living world, like the voice and asking for more and more, cheers
I have always found microorganisms to be fundamentally disturbing. Their movement patterns alien, their practices unnerving, their appearances bizarre and in some cases disgusting. These problems are only amplified by the disconcerting sterility associated with their discussion - the pure science of life. I've failed biology classes because of these problems, and to this day have a fundamental block concerning life sciences.
This is the first setting and portrayal I've discovered where I can sit down and watch these creatures with only a minimum amount of revulsion, which is beginning to diminish further. The music and video, Hank's calming tones, and the living observations come together to create a quiet environment that's helping me overcome some of those issues.
Thanks! It's been great so far. Can't wait to expose myself to more.
Microbiology can be gross but it's also fun and wacky, i always liked slimy blobby stuff so it was easier for me
Hope you snap out of that and enjoy microbiology!
But microbiology is all around us, and inside us, and on us, it's like you can't really avoid it though. Do you have a fear of microbiology? Like a clinical diagnosis?
It is only "disgusting" because you have been taught to hate bacteria. Bacteria can be both our friends or enemies but in either case they are alive and doing their thing to keep us alive or themselves.
Cool videos! What microscope do you use and where do you get these organisms?
i always found these creatures impressive they look so simple most of them look like just seeds that swim arround but they are alive they hunt they reproduce they do whatever a normal animal does they look just completely alien like
Charle Bachmann - 2019-07-01
as someone who is pursuing a degree in microbiology, I can’t begin to say how hyped I am for this new project
hanselberry - 2020-05-23
@Swetha Sritharan sick burn! Just report this Troll. Kthxbb
Dillinger - 2021-06-28
Is anyone working after earning their Microbiology degree? Just curious—what do you do? 👀
Caitlin Burke - 2021-11-15
@Dillinger good question. I'd love to know who is working now
Danger Doberman - 2021-12-29
I'm getting my degree online with Youtube >:0
Cutechri - 2022-02-09
imagine having degrees and not being a high school dropout failure that should die