Aeolosoma: Polka-Dotted Vacuum Worms

[@journeytomicro]

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[@NP7_16]

I'll leave it to those in need

[@torlarsen2212]

@@charlesbrightman4237 Its consciousness seems to be an illusion, a visual and observable outcome of its gibbs free energy spontaneity

[@micro_safari]

"There are in fact, many ways to be a tube." I've never related to something so much in my entire life.

[@ivy_47]

Humans have 7 whole holes! We're more than mere tubes!

[@GladiatorSlows]

@@ivy_47 Depends on how you define a hole. Are pores not a sort of "hole"?

[@ivy_47]

@@GladiatorSlows Topologically speaking; vsauce did a video on it

[@everythingexplained3226]

Aeolosoma: I'm hungry. Gonna clone myself a snack

[@chogun_tinnapat]

What a coinsidence! I found a worm that looks almost like this crawling in a slide of waterthymes in my biology class.

[@awesomelyshorticles]

"There are, in fact, many ways to be a tube" Top tier line

[@albertmarti2718]

When you mentioned observations of balls of worms swirling around each other I was immediately reminded of something I saw a few years ago. I had a sample primarily containing nematodes, and one day I saw a similar kind of worm (though distantly related to Aelosoma): a catenulid. They're also zooids. Within a few days, they were all over the place, forming exactly those congregations that I referred to as orgies. They easily outcompeted the nematodes, but I never got to see whether they ate each other or not. I believe this sort of behaviour is seen across phyla and even kingdoms (that I've seen myself: catenulids, nematodes and social amoebae). The way I see it, as soon as their population to available nutrients ratio becomes too much to handle, they just bundle up together, whether it is to fight, reproduce, or both.

[@abdeez]

Thank you for sharing your insight. Cheers

[@stammyy2091]

I only recently found my first Aeolosoma, pretty cool that you guys make a video on them only a short time later!

[@micahwest3566]

These animals were the first species I ever identified after I bought my microscope (inspired by this very channel, by the way!) after the colonized a jar of algae I brought inside. I was so proud of myself for discovering something new. Thanks so much for all the inspiration Hank and James!

[@LouisGedo]

I'm always thoroughly educated and fascinated by the content on this channel. 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@revenevan11]

I'm invested in this story now, did the colony of "pet" ciliates survive the invasion? Was James able to take some countermeasure(s) like lowering the temperature to a range that was okay for the ciliates but killed the worms, or maybe add a selectively poisonous chemical?

[@hemiertek9038]

man i found one of these in my tank of random growing stuff and i had no idea what it was until i found this video. it was truly fascinating to see it go around! i accidentally killed it when i bumped the glass with the 100x oculus on accident :( it wasnt cut in half, more so it was just cut along its side and a small patch of polkadots were just there detached from the body but it kept on its way without notice, and i came back a couple minutes later to it and it was completely healed! it was just moving more frantically

[@Sara3346]

I think you are using the word killed incorrectly if it survived.

[@hemiertek9038]

@@Sara3346 oh yeah lol it wasnt killed my bad

[@benroberts3677]

I'VE SEEN MANY OF THESE IN THE EGG CLUSTERS OF MY BLADDER SNAILS AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE, THANK YOU!

[@senorcapitandiogenes2068]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

[@DinnerForkTongue]

TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK!

[@senorcapitandiogenes2068]

@@DinnerForkTongue NEVER

[@SolidariusLive]

LOUD NOISES!?!?!

[@mirzamay]

I wonder what they are doing there? Maybe they are opportunists, and this is how a worm eventually evolves into a parasite? 😟. Ugh I'm off to order anti parasite herbs. It could also be a different kind of worm, a lot of them are really similar. 🤔 I wonder if they live inside the snail, sucking up internal snail detritus. Curious and interesting.

[@thrushestrange]

The microscope footage is so crisp and beautiful I have a hard time believing it isnt CGI. Wonderful video, cant keep my eyes off and cant keep my thought off it

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

I always love to listen to your voice as I watch these little bits and bobs of life wander around in the world that's usually too small for us to even see with our eyes. It's so calming and relaxing that I put on a playlist of just your voice and these critters to relax and drift off to sleep. ❤❤❤❤

[@DinnerForkTongue]

So, did James manage to save the initial colony?

[@Caterfree10]

That's what I was waiting on! Alas, we do not learn. ;~;

[@elliehawk817]

I love it when Andrew gets to make horror movie music

[@afhdfh]

"What's normal anyway?!" Something that always comes to mind when I watch your videos. ;)

[@bendirval3612]

Man, these videos are just getting better and better in terms of visual quality. That microscope upgrade is really paying off.

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

I’m not the James mentioned, but I can vouch for the voracity of these worms. I found one individual in an artificial pond water environment I’ve been growing. That was a couple weeks ago. I checked the microscope this morning. It’s worms and algae all the way down.

[@Alondro77]

"They grow attached to each other's butt." Human Centipede guys, "YOU SEE?! I WAS RIGHT!! I WASN'T MAD!!"

[@nottheborg836]

I'm in my first year of a zoology degree and these videos are genuinely really great revision!!

[@hoppiegems5504]

Hii I'm thinking of getting enrolled for a zoology degree too but I'm kinda confused about the career options one can opt for after completing their bachelor's, do you mind telling me about the scopes in this field?

[@AphidKirby]

A microscopic freshwater polychaete!!!! that's actually so cool in and on itself! And wow they're weird! you love to see it!

[@uprightape100]

Cool......now I know where Tom Six got the plot for his great film "The Human Centipede". Thank you so much.

[@nbrader]

7:56 I didn't even know they existed, let alone excysted!

[@jesusisunstoppable4438]

Do these things have brains or something similar ? How do they know where to move ? what are the tiny little things inside them.. like muscle or something ? So fascinating.. I'm glad I found this channel.

[@ethanmorris7115]

This has to be your cleanest work yet. Nice job.

[@ahaks7269]

You guys are amazing, every episode blows me away! Thank you very much for these videos.

[@NewMessage]

How is there not a children's book about a polka-dotted vacuum worm?

[@user-hnjga8is1zr6u]

I don't like worms and anything like that, but they're...so cute and look so soft...

[@leecalaguan6201]

Hi! I had some observations that the oil droplets on the aeolosoma are also essential for their paratomy. You can see that, as the aeolosoma exerts paratomy, these oil droplets become more evident on the edge where the parts are separating (the soon to be anal part and the soon to be head). I hope you may validate this observation in your future video.

[@natureman494]

funny that you guy's have uploaded this video, I've been on a aeolosoma research binge for the past couple days.

[@mirzamay]

How did the worms get into the silica? Did it blow in like a worm spore?

[@sciencenerd7639]

Learning about obscure worms is my favorite. Thanks and keep up the good work!

[@FractalNoize]

I never knew I needed this information..this is beautiful.

[@PinataOblongata]

What are the genetic differences between the long-lived and short-lived worms? It sounds like a pretty clear indication ageing, at least in this species has a component that is highly "programmed", rather than just being wear-and-tear or accumulated damage.

[@Jonhdudley2]

Can someone please suggest a good microscope for my family to get started with. This is so fascinating!!

[@violetlight1548]

I vote to give Aeolosoma the common name "the Deadpool Worm" :)

[@evilsharkey8954]

Wait until you meet the planarian!

[@jessehunter362]

its whole family does this stuff!

[@wezul]

I'm confused, clearly I misunderstood parts of the video. These worms live for 2 months but also hibernate through the winter as cysts? Do they only live here in florida where winter is only 2 weeks long?

[@eldrichlarva9911]

The lifespan of 2 months refers to the average lenght of their life cycle, if I'm not mistaken, that's indepentdent from the time they survive as cyst. For example, scientists have found ancient rotifers and nematodes trapt in permafrost and still alive, that doesn't mean that their average lifespan is houndreds of years.

[@evilsharkey8954]

When they’re encysted, they’re almost in suspended animation.

[@wezul]

Thank you both!

[@therapgame1091]

Had my biology teacher brought this channel up i would have definitely payed attention more in class and be way more interested as i am now.

[@dgeeiqueay]

I found these dudes in the hole of some bricks filled with water. I didn't exactly know what they were, so i was surprised to see them, in a brick of all places

[@rickseiden1]

"Looking like it's attached to the other's butt. Because it's attached to the other's butt." "COMING THIS SUMMER! HORROR LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! 'THE AOELOSOMA CENTIPEDE! THIER CYST IS HIS FANTASY!"

[@micro-reefsaquariums5169]

Very impressive your video came out nice on my new LG 4K Monitor. How did you get the video to be floresent blue and glowing? Didn’t look like bright or dark field microscopy so, soemthing else is being used? DIC perhaps, interested in reading about it?

[@TheRogueWolf]

"Cannibal Clones" would be a really good name for a punk band.

[@Yezpahr]

3:15 Microbes invented Human Centipede: Confirmed!

[@enimu]

i love how you just go "While eating a part of your family is quite, RUUDE-"

[@gastarbeiter1]

loving your new microscope!

[@miensojady]

I can't stop watching this ! 😍😍😍

[@nullspark99]

"It's attached to the other's butt because... it's attached to the other's butt" I *literally* laughed out loud at that one 😂

[@Efsiksotu]

Best one youve made in a long time

[@123TeeMee]

Happy twosday everyone

[@JuuJuuism]

Wow the movement under the head is terrifying

[@atalhlla]

“So how you doin?” “Oh, you know, excysting…”

[@samiamrg7]

Imagine an intelligent species that could lose it’s head and regrow it. Would they become a new individual since they lost all the memories in their other head? What would the societal consequences of such an ability be? Instead of executions, would people simply have their head removed and regrown? Would there be prejudice against people for their “past lives?” Just imagine someone who turned out to be a chronic criminal who was “executed 5 times and each time turned out to be a bad egg” or something like that.

[@andylikesyourkite]

The upload notification for this channel makes me happy: So good.

[@a.l7025]

They look so cool though. regenerative tubes 😁

[@adammobile7149]

It so weird and anesthetic at the same time

[@davidvegabravo1579]

Is there a Spotify channel with the music of JTTMC?

[@StrattCaster]

The worm centipede LOL, not that I've ever seen that movie

[@Suffex_1]

Do you have any sights for buying organisms that you could possible suggest?

[@shxdo3712]

Love your vids as always

[@SlightlyAboveAverag3]

The way that they fold makes them look almost like living paper machete

[@rubixmantheshapeshifter1769]

very good show , im hooked

[@VANOXmicroscopy]

Great footage!!!

[@xcsheehan]

Love this channel

[@pochmurnelato8286]

Anybody know what kind of microspope they use, what model? Thanks in advance!

[@jamesbenz3228]

All of that information is covered in their video titled "we got a new microscope" or something like that. I think it was like a $50k scope tho so out of range for most.

[@polito1644]

Hold on so the speed we see them move is actually wayyyyy slower and just sped up for the video?

[@tippib2222]

I remember being in bio class and learning about worms and thinking that worms weirdly seem to have such pretty names?? Annelida could easily be a girl’s name.

[@xorgehernandez3407]

What are those things floating around at 3:05 ?

[@sue-anneastman3502]

Came for the science, stayed for the Hank!

[@beginnereasy]

Can you believe some people think every action from every creature has a karma associated with it

[@brendakrieger7000]

Always very fascinating🔬🪱🪱🦠🦠

[@jaydonbooth4042]

Should've said "when worm weather comes" when talking about conditions to leave their cysts.

[@jaybingham3711]

"Very well...I willa eat duh cuttal feesh!"

[@jonjudice1155]

"It just showed up" really? Where did it come from?

[@Alondro77]

Goku blows off an Aeolosoma's head... IT GROWS BACK! "Oh no! Another Perfect Cell! And this one's all gross and icky!"

[@88997799]

Ever heard of Nano-Oil??

[@sqeekms6186]

I thought it read Chernobyl clones in your thumbnail lol!

[@thenonfurry]

wth only 173 comments???? this is awesome.

[@MrGustavier]

Are the sequences in this video sped up ?

[@hobbithabits]

Not entirely sure how i end up here at 2:30 in the morning every few days but i cant say im upset about it

[@iivera7618]

Great content.

[@marimisty-biowonders4285]

That's so amazing

[@Hin_Håle]

We should let them be. They just want to excyste! 🥁😂

[@michaelbuckers]

-human- aeolosoma centipede

[@Vdossed]

I have some great rotifers that are so cool. I have yet to see my type on KZbin.

[@evilsharkey8954]

Search for different rotifer varieties. There are some weird ones out there. I once found a synchaeta rotifer in my slide. That was super cool!

[@BluesBewitch]

I Thought I recognized his voice!

[@Yutaro-Yoshii]

So aeolosoma are basically microcosmos equivalent of 40k space orks

[@samanthav563]

If I could divide myself and eat myself, I would ?

[@Fitten06]

There ARE many ways to be a tube!

[@beginnereasy]

Gross and super weird. But a good reflection for the sort of nonsense that occurs at our density

[@kgallchobhair]

So they're like a human centipede, but made of worms?

[@autumnn5463]

I'd love to see yogurt or a swap of some produce skin under the microscope to see what's on (or in!) what we eat

[@fartzinwind]

Human Aeolosoma would have been far more fitting movie title title.

[@Thepher6]

8:04 did you say... egg-zit?

[@tree7486]

I love your videos, Awesome 💖, please maybe go about deeper? 💖🇬🇧♀️

[@cole9799]

Worm Weather!

[@kats9755]

"There are many ways to be a tube."

[@bigbrady2244]

nice vid

[@Luna_Cee]

Up there

[@TheWhisperingRaccoon]

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