50 Million-Year-Old Pseudoscorpion Found Trapped in Amber | 7 Days of Science

An incredible prehistoric pseudoscorpion has been found trapped in amber! Also, evidence for Palaeolithic humans hunting cave bears has been analysed, Sperm Whales have been found to have a much more complex language than we previously realised and much more!
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Sources:
2023 was the hottest summer in 2,000 years:
www.nature.com/articles/s4158...
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/fi...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...
www.nature.com/collections/ah...
Sperm whale communication:
www.nature.com/articles/s4146...
www.sci.news/biology/sperm-wh...
Japan whaling:
phys.org/news/2024-05-japan-f...
www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Prehistoric pseudoscorpion in amber:
palaeo-electronica.org/conten...
www.sci.news/paleontology/geo...
Ancient magnetic field:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...
www.sci.news/othersciences/ge...
New sauropod dinosaur species from Brazil Tiamat valdecii:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
The hunting of bears by Paleolithic humans:
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
The bovids that coexisted with early hominins:
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
0:00 - Introduction
0:27 - 2023 was the hottest summer in 2,000 years
2:13 - Sperm Whale communication found to have similarities to human languages
4:12 - Japan whaling
6:24 - Prehistoric Pseudoscorpion in amber
7:13 - Ancient magnetic field
8:43 - New titanosaur dinosaur species
10:08 - The hunting of bears by Paleolithic humans
11:43 - The bovids that coexisted with early hominins
13:09 - Outro

[@persianking44]

South America: Wanna see me produce a new titanosaur? South America: *Wanna see me do it again?*

[@FeeshUnofficial]

I'm here for it. Titanosaur discoveries are super exciting

[@The_PokeSaurus]

South America, this is the 7th week in a row you've brought a titanosaur to show-and-tell! BRAAK!

[@gelgamath_9903]

YOU GOT IT!

[@Llamaguru]

Wild how, despite substantial international pressure, Japan doubles down on whaling even when their domestic production/consumption of whale is at an all-time low.

[@TeChNoWC7]

I’m curious what we are doing to help the cows?

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

​​@@TeChNoWC7 Yeah, because whales are a domesticated species not found in the wild and live in symbiosis with us like cows. (Although they are explored nowadays like anything, including humans.) So it is a totally fair comparison, I agree. BTW who saves the dogs and cats from irresponsible owners and exploiters? Or who saves the previous drinking water that gets brainlessly wasted in almond and rice fields replacing natural habitats and destroying ecosystems just to make fake plant mylk? Have you heard about the African grass land that started to regenerate via reintroduction of ruminants? I understand your sentiment but It's not that one sided as you think. You want humanity to run when it cannot even walk. If you catch my drift.

[@streamerssaymyname]

​@@TeChNoWC7 they are domestic animals kept alive just for what they can do for us humans, there are no wild dairy/angus cows and releasing them would disrupt native wildlife. That's what we're doing to help the cows.

[@redlight3932]

It's a deeply rooted cultural practice they feel like they'll lose everything if taken away kinda like how samurai where banned theyre holding onto their sea fairing practices as much as possible to maintain the blue collar identity that's nearly been replaced by salary men

[@Llamaguru]

@@redlight3932 are you Japanese?

[@rileyernst9086]

Whale meat has only been a traditional food in Japan since the end of WW2. It's not even very popular, there is a concerted push in conservative circles to make it more popular among the younger generations. These conservative people are the same type of people that maintain that their nation did nothing wrong in the war, and make damn sure that the education system does not teach anything else. They are the reason the Japanese call it 'the War of Western aggression'. When they were the ones who invaded China and SE Asia, bringing their idea of an 'Asian co-prosperity sphere' headed by Japan, which on the ground translates to mass r@&e, mass murder and mass starvation. Suffering only surpassed by the Germans and their holocaust.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

👆

[@spartanhawk7637]

Also surpassed by the Stalinist warcrimes, but the rest is accurate.

[@Robot_Eva]

If you really think about it, what the japanese military wnd government did during world war 2 was fairly similar to what the nazis were doing at that time. They even had their own fucked up medical experiments that they did on the various Asian peoples they oppressed during the war

[@scottthomas8894]

Surpassed by Chinese Mao also.

[@infernaldaedra]

@@spartanhawk7637 stalin ordered hits and lead his people poorly famine is not a warcrime but a certain death. Any rapidly developing country going through a systemic shit storm would do the same thing. It's not even intelligent for us to claim it could have only been a dictators singular actions that would doom so many people.

[@AccidentalNinja]

"Good news! The population has recovered from our overhunting!" "So we can start hunting them again?" "..."

[@jacksonwyse7524]

why do you think japan was ever in the whaling commission? so they could get more whales to kill

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

"But Japan! You can only hunt them for a decade or a couple of decades before making them extinct and frell up the planet even more!" "So? Who cares? Money, beeatch!"

[@persianking44]

Great, now I'm imagining Sperm Whales with Italian, French and Australian accents 😂

[@FUNGUSLORD]

Yep, Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi

[@sergeykomarov2203]

My mother has a country house on the Bystritsa River. When I went into the river, I saw that there was some kind of fish, I took it and pulled it out, it turned out that it was a grayling that had been considered non-existent in this river for 40 years, extinct. I was a hero for a while.😂

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

Back in the early 1960s I bought a tuna sized can of whale meat in an import shop. I remember describing it as tasting like beef soaked in machine oil. I think it will take a big advertising budget to convince young Japanese people to eat it regularly, especially if their elders tell them "oh, yeah, we ate that after the war when we were starving and there wasn't much else."

[@alanmoulet1362]

Yhea tradition is a double edge Sword

[@dark_c_a_t8894]

Milke story.

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

@@dark_c_a_t8894 What is a "milke story"?

[@joshuaperry4112]

"Ahh! After 50 Million Years, I'm Free! It's time to conquer Earth!" - Scorpion freed from amber

[@Thechezbailey]

*Guitar starts thrashing 🎸 *

[@lilitheden748]

Ben’s enthusiasm is infectious. It’s so nice that young people still have interest in science. Ben and his peers can spread the word and make other young people enthuse about history, biology and so much more. We need young scientists that have new and fresh ideas so they can help (us) make this world a better place for all living beings on it. Me, I am a not so young long time subscriber of this channel. By watching I keep up with what’s going on in the world that doesn’t make it into the regular media.

[@sciencenerd7639]

pseudoscorpions are so cool

[@clintonjohnston2970]

Sure, so are crab lice.

[@HiopX]

Sea Shepherd: How many times do we have to teach this lesson old man?

[@LoreTunderin]

I misread the title as 50 million year old Pseudoscience and was very confused for a moment

[@spyrofrost9158]

It's a well known fact that dinosaurs were flat-earthers.

[@flapjackfae]

I'm sure it goes back farther than we think.

[@michaellejeune7715]

Terror Birds claim aliens built the pyramids. Due to lack of fingers, they can't point to any evidence, though.

[@MrCenturion13]

Anthropogenic-driven climate change has been called worse. And with good reason.

[@spartanhawk7637]

The Great Dying was a Tyrannosaur psyop, we all know it.

[@_robustus_]

I wonder if there are stats on babies being born with developmental disabilities in Japan. Eating whale has been linked to this in the Faroe Islands.

[@Caprisunss]

the whale hunting is disgusting.

[@redlight3932]

Shout-out japan

[@SakuraAsranArt]

Ikr! Can we stop butchering them and figure out how to talk to them instead?

[@sinenomine4540]

humanity is cancer.

[@OG.StrawberryGoat]

$48 MILLION DOLLARS used to make a “mothership” for murdering whales. Money that could've been used to reduce the carbon footprint, research alternative foods, or to just invest in a new business venture in general. Humans…

[@dadsoutdoors9247]

Disgusting**

[@chartreux1532]

What a timely Video! I served in the German Military and afterwards studied to become a Historian, i collect a lot of Historic Books and since i started doing that i started to notice a TON of these tiny tiny Pseudo Scorpions all over my House. When i looked into them i learned they apparently love to hunt Bugs that are attracted by old Books/Paper Items. Especially the so called "Bücherskorpion" (Book Scorpion) lat name: Chelifer cancroides So now as someone who collects old Books (i guess they were made differently back in the Day, so they attract certain Bugs that in Return attract Pseudo Scorpions) i don't have one Day where i don't encounter one of those tiny Pseudo Scorpions in my House. I of course let them live because they take Care of the Bugs that would eat up my old Books. Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden (Yes that Berchtesgaden) in the Bavarian Alps

[@coreofnothing]

I have some mid-late 19th century books, is there any beginner tip for someone with no money on how i can keep them in good condition? Can i just display them?

[@KrisPSouls9258]

Those pseudoscorpions are so tiny but cool looking. I find them while working on old houses. I use a coin loop that I always have on me to look at them better.

[@Kargoneth]

Coin loop?

[@Kargoneth]

Coin loupe. I see. A small hinged leather-magnifying glass. Like what a gemologist might use.

[@KrisPSouls9258]

@@Kargoneth Yeah it's just a little 10 X magnifying glass used to look at coins or jewelry. They come in handy big time.

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Japan, I love what you have with Godzilla, Pokemon, and all, but knock it off with the whaling.

[@lenabreijer1311]

Whale vending machines need to have crazy glue inserted.

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

Or rather something with a bang should be inserted to the part of the CEOs and upper management responsible for these, deep where the sun never shines. But yours is the walkable route. Hope you've predicted the near future.

[@Crovus804]

This channel brightens my week every time ♥♥ I love having this as my weekly news

[@JackChop]

Japan shouldnt be hunting whales at all

[@leokoehne]

Why is that?

[@JackChop]

@@leokoehne there to intelligent and its very easy to hunt them to extinction.

[@FeeshUnofficial]

​@@leokoehnewhales have an extremely low quantity and density compared to many other aquatic animals due to their large size (a trend that can be seen in many large animals that generally do not get hunted much in nature) as well as some other factors. Japan is planning on hunting fin whales, an animal that is still on the threatened species list. On top of that, it can be difficult to tell the difference between them and their slightly larger close relatives the blue whales: an endangered animal

[@cro-magnoncarol4017]

More anime less whale-eating, Japan...

[@FeeshUnofficial]

@@cro-magnoncarol4017 this is so real. I want to see funny pirate anime, not news about whales going extinct.

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

Pseudo scorpions are amazing. I started seeing them while rooting around as a kid and I remember telling someone who didn't believe me, at the time I thought they were babies.

[@danielpicassomunoz2752]

*in Ryan George's Producer guy's voice: "50 million yr old pseudo scorpions are tight"

[@phillipmitchell2254]

I wish these ancient critters would leave poor Amber alone 😞

[@gregrefon]

nice and precise as allways

[@Magmafrost13]

The scientists who named Tiamat deciding they want to challenge Meraxes for the most inappropriate and confusing name ever given to a dinosaur

[@ivanvukasovic1371]

Last time I was this early, the Earth was a giant snowball.

[@decay3091]

Bravo brate😁

[@beastmaster0934]

Last time I was this early, the Earth didn’t even exist.

[@cv7368]

This looks like something I'd make in spore

[@sullentamp9140]

Miss that game…

[@bobsmith8405]

We got a new dinosaur with a kaiju name lets go!!!

[@derrickbonsell]

What an interesting coincidence, I saw my first pseudoscorpion two nights ago.

[@rafaelcalderabebber1198]

Thanks for the infos

[@TheAutisticFrog]

0:04 that is a dropwig, and nothing can convince me otherwise.

[@elnovillomapuchedehomerus2412]

I literally saw one of those pseudo-scorpions some years ago in one of my fig trees in my backyard, it was tiny like an ant i didn't know what it was but didn't think it was something weird or unique.

[@kenwiggs756]

I have these in my house quite often. Pseaudo scorpions.

[@ro4eva]

You gonna tell your audience why 536 AD was so cold? Seems important to leave out. Explosively important. Also, I think a distinction should be made between ground temperature and ambient temperature. Mixing those two sounds like the kind of thing I'd expect from a tobacco-funded paper on smoking.

[@dessertstorm7476]

you can buy Minke whale meat at the local supermarket in Norway. I tried it. it is NOT good.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

I wonder what India was like over 50 million years ago? Was the region an island before colliding with Asia to close off the Tethys ocean?

[@jakubskarzynski5680]

Basically yes

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

Was an islandon a slowl process of collision with Asia so there was both isolation and migration, making it very interesting faunal wise

[@FFNOJG]

The whale hunting is fucking despicable..... God why am I not suprised that the nation that ran UNIT 737 would also be the world's biggest whale murder state =/

[@sassa82]

Whats the difference with the hunting of bears, moose, elephants etc and whales?

[@Jay-ho9io]

​@@sassa82not sapient, many threatened, not sapient and not threatened, sapient and endangered and sapient and endangeredsapient and endangered. That's the difference. Idiot.

[@fabiosplendido9536]

That would be Unit 731. 737 is a model by Boeing.

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

13:13 Enjoyed is a stretch seeing what Japan does. But you were great as always. That pseudoscorpion is super cool. And the sperm whale research. I wonder where will we be in 30 years using thousands of hydrophones and attachable minicamera sets and AI to understand their language. I wouldn't be surprised if it were at least as complex as human languages. This finding also points to the rough equivalents of inflection and/or agglutination, tenses and more. And South America did it's thing, again.

[@WishfullDev]

Why isn’t this channel larger yet

[@davidfiore4677]

No way! First there’s a Monsterverse Titan named Tiamat, now we have a newly discovered titanosaur named the same thing? Coincidence? I think NOT!

[@glitchedoom]

Tiamat is a Mesopotamian goddess.

[@Sam-for-Dyce]

As soon as I heard the name Tiamat here, my mind went immediately toward old-school Dungeons & Dragons.

[@speedy29676]

Thanks!

[@legendre007]

Real scorpion or pseudoscorpion: both are scary. 😮🦂

[@sinenomine4540]

great content.

[@10siWhiz]

I saw a pseudoscoripon for the first time in years today. Odd coincidence.

[@relaxingthesoulmind1879]

Here We Are Trying to save the Wales and Japanese is Hunting them for meat. Whales are Smart Beings and Humans just have to eat everything😢

[@PotatopancakesOMG]

My roommate found one of these in his room the other day and I live in Prince Edward Island , in the east coast of Canada

[@akumaking1]

Can Godzilla stomp some sense in not Japan to stop the whaling?

[@gattycroc8073]

I really hope your 7 Days of Science series gets more attention from our younger generation because it is a lot better pieces of dung like LankyBox. if anybody who is watching this has kids make sure they see this stuff before they have a chance to watch all the crap channels out there.

[@madaggar9765]

Thanks for the video. Looks like KZbin can recommend interesting things sometimes.

[@lochness5524]

It’s ironic how generalised P.robustus was compared to when in walking with caveman P.bosei was depicted as a specialist

[@debramoreau7447]

I found one of these guys on the wall in my house and thats how i learned of their existence.

[@Kargoneth]

50-million years? Must be a winning body plan and behaviour.

[@rursus8354]

I find this discovery of the Sperm Whales' phonetic system ... somewhat fascinating, as opposed to just a discovery of expected facts or discoveries of minor facets. In this channel's terms that translates to "astounding discovery".

[@TheAnon26]

Nativlang is going to have a field day. 😁

[@jeffhillstead3302]

Another study in the arctics found Ice amounts were higher..?

[@luukzilla1519]

Got a off topic question, could Basilosaurus survive in the modern day oceans?

[@dlon9067]

I think whales have their hands full with the Japanese. No need to give them another headache.

[@luukzilla1519]

@@dlon9067 True

[@FeeshUnofficial]

Possibly, but modern whales are much more derived, so probably much better adapted at whatever open sea niche basilosaurus would fill. On top of that, we now also have many other marine mammals that live in shallower waters, so it would have to compete with them too

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

Too cold for an animal with likely little blubber

[@DW7887]

First time you wear glasses in 7DoS? Now you look like a proper scientist ;-) Greetings from Germany!

[@shanehebert3237]

Titano discoveries trying to catch up with Spino discoveries! Also, I was going to give Japan crap over commercial whaling, but a quick search for "what countries still allow commercial whaling" shows its not just Japan, but Iceland and Norway as well. Not much point in singling out a single nation when its just one of three still allowing whaling. Keeping in mind there are more than just commercial whaling practices. Certain Indigenous Canadians for example still hunt Beluga, Narwhal, and Bowhead whales for food.

[@demoncet1998]

There's a massive difference between Native peoples hunting whales in canoes and small modern boats and comercial companies hunting wales in massive cargo ships that can hold more than one

[@shanehebert3237]

@@demoncet1998 No shit sherlock.

[@PenDragonsPig]

Of course, the Sperm Whales could be messing with us.

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

7DOS just sounds like what we might have gotten as an operating system if windows never happened. Lol. Its a cool name!

[@TheRipdub]

Poor Amber.

[@Micamicamico]

ayo new dinosaur just dropped

[@matthewpitre8159]

So the scorpion does not have a stinger On the end of a tale? I've heard of a tailless whip scorpion Not a tailless scorpion

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

I do NOT understand Japan's stubborn stance on whale catching.

[@claibino]

Nice glasses Clark Kent! 😊❤💫

[@MrWanapon]

Whale meat isn't for everyone, just eat cow, pigs, sheep, chicken, duck, turkey, shrimp, octopus, squid, crab and lobsters.

[@knickebien1966]

9:16 GOT?

[@LeonidasB9258]

Tree rings make terrible temperature proxys. They only tell you about moisture.

[@harrypeterson9287]

Within a fairly broad range ambient temperature is irrelevant. 90% of plants and trees are perfectly comfortable and will grow similarly within 15.5C to 32.5C. A 3C change is absolutely nothing. The intensity and accumulated duration of sunlight as well as adequate moisture is most of the equation. Then you have unusual frosts, unusual heatwaves, torrential flooding, late springs, dry springs, false springs, early winters, late winters etc. These can all stunt growth, prolong growth or otherwise cause abnormalities that can't be accounted for by simply looking at ancient fossilized tree rings.

[@MrWanapon]

You know I think those Japanese Whalers should not bother with hunting whales because up to 95% of Japanese people very rarely or never ate whale meat at all

[@tomholroyd7519]

Nothing about extracting pseudoscorpion DNA?

[@tikimillie]

Can we call it the scorpen’t

[@DGFTardin]

Leave to Brazil to name a dinosaur "Tiamat"

[@Macachee]

Awwwwwwww!

[@Kargoneth]

I'd say that Japan should only consume beached, dead whales, but that would incentivize them to drive whales aground.

[@streamerssaymyname]

There is a reason people don't eat found carcasses.

[@jacktheron2900]

i personally find whaling to be disguisting because i believe that whales are sapient.

[@humanname5684]

This guy underneath me is a bit coocoo

[@jamiegallier2106]

❤❤❤

[@tonyhaslam186]

All whaling should be ended.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

The whales aren't going to make it by 2100, are they?

[@mattheide2775]

❤

[@yashshukla1336]

JoJ

[@geomy3814]

And here I was thinking that Avatar 2 had an irrelevant plot

[@Moulton_Lava]

The rest of the world may be experiencing a hotter summer... Utah on the other... hand it blizzard last week, and the weather right now is actually not too bad

[@swayback7375]

Well yea! It is utah, but also that’s just how it works, cold escapes the poles, gets warm and leads to less cold and more warm

[@Moulton_Lava]

@@swayback7375 it also doesn't help that we're a bowl of mountains

[@streamerssaymyname]

It's not summer yet

[@Moulton_Lava]

@@streamerssaymyname whatever, you know what I mean

[@johnsalisbury3768]

Science gang

[@elnovillomapuchedehomerus2412]

Japan shouldn't be allpwed into the antarctic treaty, all they do is "scientific research" in the whales population there and their scientific bases help the whalers find the location of the whales in those waters.

[@screachog-reilige]

Japan's whaling is very disappointing :(

[@peterclegg2609]

I've always loved Japan but hunting whales is just unnecessary and barbarous.

[@OldieBugger]

Oh no, the hockey stick again! That scam just keeps on living. Will the people ever learn?

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

?

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Oh no a self important moron.

[@titolino73]

Japan just stop it common

[@secularsunshine9036]

*Let the Sunshine In...* thanks

[@dirt_dert_durt]

We all know where this leads

[@user-ey4ob3oc6u]

Hello Ben, it's tRICKy again? The "cave" bears probably used caves for hibernation, and thus became winter prey, then fare, for humans that had the tech' to take them down when they were most vulnerable, hence eventually wiping them out? Especially if the females are giving birth under those circumstances too, hey presto extincto'! Another enjoyable vid', thanks!

[@bowiedoctor9156]

Don't we need more whales to help combat climate change?

[@thelittleal1212]

Despite my love for Japan, It’s disheartening to see japan still having a bit of a indifference to animal life, even to their own Native animals, and now their trying to normalize whaling just makes me more sad.

[@maxh.3426]

Blud cooked wit this one 🔥

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I wish we would stop wasting time & actually start to do Anything to address these climate issues. The more i learn about our power grid, the more i realize modern nuclear energy options is our best option. Small form reactors, LFTRs, Thorium Reactors, molten salt reactors. Utilizing our advanced technology, Improved engineering & material science. Utilizing our greater understanding of safety & well made designs. We have so much more advanced computer technology & robotics that can be used. It feels like even tho tons of advancement has occurred with engineering designs, safety measures, etc. It still doesn't matter to most people. It's like most people are ingrained with a natural negative response when talking about nuclear energy. It's a bummer because i truly believe that our best option for our future is to start utilizing Modern advanced nuclear energy options in our electrical grid. It's just proving to be challenging to get politicians to get on board. It will really allow places to be much more energy independent. Less reliant on fossil fuels. They'll have efficient, stable electrical grids and the rest of the grid could experiment with alternative power sources, power desalination plants, etc. We need to heal from the trauma of our past. See & learn that those things only happened solely from Us not understanding what we were doing when it came to nuclear energy at the time. We didn't have advanced enough technology, material science, engineering, safety measures, understanding of how to go about everything, etc. This source of energy will greatly help the world improve towards the future and lowering emissions. More than anything else could, while also providing a very stable electrical grid system. Currently we have alternative energy options but the majority of our grid is powered off of fossil fuels and emission producing sources of energy. We will be so much better going forward commiting to modern advanced nuclear energy options. *it also would be beneficial to try those specific aerosols that reflect heat when released high up in the atmosphere.. We gotta do something.. We should have done something forever ago. We are so behind and of course it doesn't seem like our country is going to get around to doing anything with in my lifetime. It's ridiculous. Our system is so broken

[@perry92964]

did you know the guy who coined the phrase runaway greenhouse effect said it was impossible? al gore took that phrase and turned it into a multi billion dollar empire. did you also know that most of the facts you repeat about global warming are made up by people who made them up. global warming movement is akin to flat earth

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

Unfortunately, the problem of disposing of nuclear waste, which can remain dangerous for thousands of years, doesn't have a good solution yet.

[@demoncet1998]

Unfortunately, unlike what the onter commet here thinks, the resistance to nuclear energy is not because of fear of it going wrong, but of it going right and killing off the fossil fuel industry, and tge fear isn't one that the politicians naturally hold, but one they've been paid to hold

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Good luck seeing a psudoscorpion in real life. The few I've found were about 3mm.

[@whiskeytango9769]

I live in Canada, I am looking forward to milder winters and warmer summers. Bring it on.

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

Did you enjoy the massive wildfires last year?

[@whiskeytango9769]

@@b.a.erlebacher1139 They happen every year. The vast majority are set by careless humans, and the fire suppression of the past century or so has allowed brush and other combustibles to accumulate. Don't get me wrong, I believe that Climate Change is real and the result of human activity. I just don't buy all the catastrophism, and I cannot take the environmentalists seriously when they are against nuclear power, the cleanest and safest energy source ever developed.

[@oHaiKuu]

smh

[@booboolips6053]

They discovered that the whales were complaining about how hot it was in 2023.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

Come on, Japan; you're better than this.