Bacillaria: Distractingly Beautiful Crystal Colonies

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[@rougnashi]

This. This is real scientists. I remember watching as deep sea marine biologists first discovered the dumbo octopus on NOAA and were squealing 'oh my God what is that it's so cute!!!' People forget at the end of the day scientists are human people that are just really interested in a certain science thing, and anyone who's really interested in anything gets a little weird about it. Keep doing the Bacillaria microbiologists 👌❤

[@rashoietolan3047]

Mariah Well said 🗣💯

[@Wtfinc]

They had a cuter name then. I cant remember it. But yes, squealing, wamen. lol

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[@rougnashi]

@@solchapeau6343 I think there's been a misunderstanding of my comment. By "this is real scientists," I was referring to those microbiologists of whom Hank referred to as drunkenly trying to link themselves together and chant "do the Bacillaria". I was referring to the fact that real scientists are also real people, and like real people, the reasons they spend their lives investigating a potentially infinitely narrow scope of the universe is because of unbound interest and insatiable curiosity for that topic. But one nit-pick for you. While this channel may be targeted not at other microbiologists, but "science interested" people, James and Hank are, in fact, both scientists. Hank's degrees are in chemistry, not microbiology, but to say he's not a scientist is incorrect. Likewise, for the other science channels in his media empire, experts are consulted, sourced, and/or flat out the main host of the show. Not everyone can go get a degree in science. Many people have hobby level interests in science, however, and channels like these in Hank's media empire give people like that a chance to keep in the know about their fields of interest or discover new ones, between the workings of their daily lives making sure the rest of the world continues to function around scientists.

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@@rougnashi lol I saw his comment b4 he removed it. It was toxic af. And wrong.

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Me too

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[@samiamrg7]

The bacillaria look EXACTLY like “Nanjing Lily” performing sticks. These sticks are tied together in such a way that they can unfold into long, flexible lines and retract back into one small package of lined-up sticks.

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DO THE B A S C I L L A R I A

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Ever heard of Nanjing Lily?

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...Da da da, da-da, da-da, da da... ...Da da da, da-da, da-da, da da... kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2Hbh399qNihrbc

[@CaveyMoth]

I've never tried it. What a shame.

[@rotifer]

*Deep down, we're all Bacillaria paxillifers just trying to reach out towards our destiny (and for some maybe contracting to try and avoid it).*

[@codyw518]

deep

[@superdupergrover9857]

I thought you were a rotifer. :)

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I enjoyed your linguistic expression my child

[@omegametroyd]

except I am not a colony of myself and my clones

[@14Hecate]

They kind of remind me of a ruffles chip, if a ruffles chip decided to make a career change into being an extendable ladder.

[@Variella]

This is one of the funniest and most accurate things I've read on the internet. XD thanks for that hearty chuckle!

[@DoofusMonkey]

6:20 That small yellow dude in the middle of the screen trying to be part of the rest of the yellow dudes, that's me trying to be part of society

[@pheart2381]

Maybe small yellow dude will make a new colony.

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This stuff is great to listen to! The music, the microscopy, the voiceover, all of it's lovely.

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I sometimes put this on to fall asleep to

[@HayTatsuko]

I'm very much of a mind that this is Hank Green's Happy Place.

[@HayTatsuko]

@@Ryukai-san If you watch Hank Green (the fellow speaking here) on SciShow, you'll see he tends to be rather more animated there. (He's also the executive producer of both.)

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It's weird, I find the writing and voiceover extremely irritating. But the subject matter and visuals are excellent

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I love these to an such an immense degree. The soundtrack, narration, and the film from the microscope combine to make the perfect viewing experience. I can’t explain the level at which I can be both mentally and visually stimulated, while also being so very calm and relaxed. I feel like this comment is a little bit rambling, but I wanted to type out my appreciation. Thank you.

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Nice dude. I appreciate your appreciation.

[@andreaporcu5070]

Their extended "form" looks so precarious... what would happened if the body breaks? Will we just have 2 bacillaria with identical genome?

[@massimookissed1023]

4:50 ...

[@suckersupreme4380]

They usually just reform, due to the fact that they are a colony of clone organisms.

[@pheart2381]

@@suckersupreme4380 so they could get snapped off and start a new colony?

[@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep]

@@pheart2381 Yeah that's pretty likely, I study lab research and there's actually a lot of micro organisms and tiny animals (like Schmidtea Mediterranea, a type of flatworm) that you can cut up into pieces and all the separate pieces will grow an entire new organism.

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[@TealCheetah]

How could you NOT be really fascinated by Bacillaria?!

[@AeronHale]

I can see why they are so well loved by those who study them. They are fascinating to watch move and have such an interesting structure to them. I feel like I could sit for hours and just watch as they move about.

[@vincentque1238]

this mans voice is beautiful

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I can imagine that voice belonging to a family doctor with a good 'bedside manner', with even the most agitated or worried patients becoming a lot calmer just after hearing him talk.

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This voice belongs to hank green! He is apart of several other science related channels

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I never thought that I would geek out so much about micro organisms

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[@rashoietolan3047]

Let the tree grow in its own time my child We know it is meant to be

[@linefortier8595]

I guess...

[@lacrymaria_]

Guess who just found their first Bacillaria colony! \( ^-^ )/ They really are as beautiful as they look in this video!

[@SmokesOnMe]

10:45 thank you patrons

[@vincentcosta3275]

Can the two ends somehow connect with each other? Is there a way for them to 'know' that the other is already connected? Is the raphe small enough so only one can attach? If thats the case then can multiple bacillaria connect to a single one and you could have them branching off? So many questions! Bacillaria are so cool!

[@treborironwolfe978]

When I read your comment I read it as a poem.. After rereading it, I wish I had answers to your question.

[@mauricenr2969]

I think we still don’t even know how diatoms move. Maybe the movement detection involves voltage differences, electrostatics? If these are photosynthesis creatures, the only reason these guys want to move is to push predators FAR away, and for show (freaking out the microcosmos)

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This organism made my jaw hit the floor. Absolutely incredible.

[@jerrymuns]

I love this channel because it takes place of having a microscope of my own. You’re presentations are so eloquently spoken, and the sights are beautiful. Thanks for your hard work.

[@DigGil3]

I think this movement can be explained as a swarm behaviour. Each cell can only sense what the adjacent cell is doing, but if one of them starts shifting, it propagates a signal with all others shifting too. This movement could be a way for the colony to reach out for surfaces to to attach to, enabling them to move by swinging from rock to rock or whatever they can grip.

[@sophiarose03]

8:13 WHEN NERDS GET DRUNK😂😂😂

[@stormreach1234]

8:15 Wow, alcohol was involved? I never would have guessed!

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This is probably the strangest and most interesting episode yet. Great job. Those things are really weird

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You speak right in to my heart - I am confused whether it's merely exceedingly interesting, profound or if I am just stunned by the beauty you immerse me in! I guess a blunt "Thank You" is the appropriate response, so - Thank You! 🥰

[@gotcha4688]

Yes!! I saw these in an older video and I was fascinated by them!

[@Rotorzilla]

Please tell me there is going to be a Bacillaria pin. I need this in my microcosmic life.

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

Only if it can slide around.

[@codychickadee5095]

Thanks for taking me on these odd, relaxing journeys with you.

[@LouisGedo]

*My fix of microscopic life.......yes!*

[@jeremiahsweeney6577]

Hank at his most soothing narration.

[@labcat647]

I absolutely love these videos, though the ASMR quality of the narration makes me quite sleepy. I can't seem to escape a mid-video nap.

[@LeftSoulz]

5:23 if you stop to think a little bit, being such a "big" being with various clonal cells, it is somehow just like us. I mean, just before we born we are like 1 cell, and then, mitosis after mitosis, clones are made and we are formed. interesting to think about it this way... (sorry for my "brenglish")

[@carlosandleon]

Chaos allows everything. Even Order.

[@JorgeCarvajalHurtado]

Now l love Bacilaria!

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I could listen to this man for a whole day

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They seem to stretch and maneuver like the mini blinds of the microworld... hivemind, comergence, emergence, call it what you like.. they are beautiful to me.

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I did the same thing. I thought, this guy sounds like The scishow guy, only more laid back.

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[@BirdWhisperer46]

I found one bacillaria in the 6 years I had my Fluopot on the table. They are fascinating to watch and never seem to tire.

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• You had me at 0:55. • How the heck do the segments slide yet stick together to avoid slipping off the end while telescoping? 🤨 The adhesive doesn't explain that. 😕 I can't help but wonder if this could be used to solve Oskar van Deventer's Segerdas conundrum. 🤔 • 6:45 - Maybe they use a biomechanical version of Oskar's solution to the Segerdas. 🤔

[@TheLocust911]

He mentioned that the adhesive comes from a slit. maybe that slit is also accompanied by a "rail" in the membrane. After that it would just have to contract fibers like normal muscles.

[@spudato961]

Pretty

[@angelidez13]

Looks like a bunch of little diatoms sliding past each other lol That's really mesmerizing.

[@Suchega_Uber]

Very glad to be able to the voice clearly. Fahtastic improvement.

[@gudel5585]

Magnificient pictures, and thank you for teaching me new things!

[@guy3nder529]

bacillaria inspirandum, that bit at the end

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

4:02 What a master! Debated himself, back and forth! *snickers*

[@tumbleddry2887]

It almost looks like it's stretching out to collect food, then contracting to "grind" it up...and then out again to collect (and grind , I suppose) and then back to grind....maybe ingesting small particulate stuff the entire time. Just a thought.

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great show. also love the narration.

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[@madidelrio7805]

My new favorite microorganism ❤

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Wonderful as everything you made until now!

[@Jim73]

This is by far the craziest lookin animal I've seen on this channel. Great work. How much are they like muscle cells?

[@moyakurai4292]

I need a Bacillaria enamel pin. These little guys are so cute.

[@tranl1050]

There’s a lot of macroscopic clips now. It looks great!

[@TheEpcwin]

I fall asleep to these every night

[@sxyqt3.14]

Thank you for making these

[@otakuman706]

Absolutely fantastic video, as always. I'm a bit biased though, while I always loved just about anything 'science related,' I went on to major in biology, focusing on microbiology specifically. So I love everything here (and on related channels tbh) to start, but this was a real gem. Great work, keep it up! 👍👏🏼

[@MITE2994]

These videos are always so... NICE.

[@syntaxerror9994]

Theory : The structure is "controled" by the two outermost pieces. When it reaches for light/food/etc it tugs on the next one which tugs on the 3rd and so on. If a piece senses relaxation it in turn relaxes. No communication, just an If/then instinct.

[@jameshall1300]

Just a thought, if you're proposing an idea for possible study in science, it's an hypothesis, not a theory. Using theory in th colloquial sense while talking about science just makes it easier for science deniers to try to ignore all the evidence behind actual scientific theories. There's a good chance thats how it works though, since it looks like they move too quick for chemical signaling, although how the physical movement itself .triggers the next one could be interesting to find out. Is it something ON the cell wall sliding past that does it, or some type of bio-electrical thing where it subtly jolts the next one and kind of says "come on". Quite a few possibilities i would think.

[@KJensenStudio]

A Bacillarial ballet? Nay... a microbial murmuration! A lark in the park would show the way (or perhaps a few starlings). I love you guys.

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Nice! You added a scale bar

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It's making a ladder to the macrocosmos!

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Nice! And good sound mixing this time...can hear you (and without music drowning out) perfectly

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This is beautiful!

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Learnt a lot from this channel!

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How wonderous is creation.

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All it takes is for the music to begin, aaaand I'm there... My heart rate slows. Step by step, I grow more relaxed. By the time Hank's mellifluous voice begins, I'm in the optimum mental space to be fascinated. ~ ~ ~ I look forward to more episodes about Diatoms... Especially, the exquisite, symmetrical & highly efficient structures (+), that they build from dissolved silica & sea minerals, which serve as skeletons. (+) Which are currently being reexamined as exemplars to emulate with advanced materials in both nanoscale & macroscale engineering.

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Breathtaking photography with funny intellectual narration Oscar worthy 2 cilia up🖖

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I love this so much, thank you!

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Do the Bacillaria! Do the Bacillaria!

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I always hated ASMR, but Hank's voice somehow soothes my soul.

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Ultimate relaxation💚💛🔬

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