The mind-blowing circle of life, explained by a biologist | Sean B. Carroll

[@stevechrisman3185]

Sadly, I don't have much confidence in our stewardship at this point. As a species we are too greedy, short-sighted ... and stupid.

[@FoOtFoOt542]

You are correct but eventually nature will do it’s thing

[@SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor]

Yep it's game over for humans. No continue or extra lives. GAME OVER

[@Deltahairlines82]

Speak for yourself

[@seabass3104]

Weirdos

[@maesk52]

Every animal, plant, insect, microbe, cell, is a constituent of the broader organism! No matter how little or insignificant the entity, it’s value to the whole can’t be logically denied as of yet, and THIS is true 😊 it is also true that some organisms can de appreciated as very important to a specific environment and cared for accordingly however we can’t give out preference as it was true that some organisms don’t matter, harm is in the end of that road and it can be appreciated in our current environmental situation. I appreciate the approach and invite ourselves to be careful with our words as always ❤

[@emmanuelweinman9673]

We may be managers of our little bubble of nature, but Nature will always be infinitely more than we can manage. Just how no one can fully control our Own Nature, aka no one can truly own us, we’ll never be able to fully control or own Nature. Never the less, the abilities of humanity and knowledge we have continues to blow my mind 🙏🏼

[@sred5856]

The point is we have an interconnected system with a relationship to every aspect of life established over eons. No one is talking about taking control or who is powerful or who dominates

[@familyforonehumanity5630]

That's why the older eternal religions like Hinduism talked about cycle of nature and respecting nature.. They had access to history and knowledge which we all slowly lost. Once the real next civilization downfall comes, we will slowly revert back to those religions 99.9% of our history is unknown. Humans have been here for 2 million years but history is only known for last 2000 years for most places. That's just .01% of history known

[@WiseandVegan]

Make the connection 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌎 ♥️

[@Zar2244]

​@@familyforonehumanity5630Aborigines in Australia also knew to respect the earth.

[@MoreLifePlease]

Thanks!

[@SpiritualSigns777]

Nature is truly amazing! Every part of the ecosystem has its own unique role, and the connection between all living things, from plants to animals, creates a perfect cycle. These relationships not only sustain life but also bring about incredible things that we still can't fully understand 😃

[@familyforonehumanity5630]

That's why the older eternal religions like Hinduism talked about cycle of nature and respecting nature.. They had access to history and knowledge which we all slowly lost. Once the real next civilization downfall comes, we will slowly revert back to those religions 99.9% of our history is unknown. Humans have been here for 2 million years but history is only known for last 2000 years for most places. That's just .01% of history known

[@WiseandVegan]

Make the connection 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌎 ♥️

[@WiseandVegan]

If you love nature, you don't modify and exploit 👉 Dominion (2018)

[@calmeats-danielamodesto]

I’m forever humbled by the intricate connection of all beings in nature

[@PranayCh]

And at the end nature controls us

[@bigearl4753]

I truly hope it will dawn on people how magnificent this world is. Absolutely fantastic. The way we are carrying on, it alomst feels like, we don't deserve it.

[@rohnmiller8063]

Thank you for saying it, That every little Natural thing matters to Life. Not a quote, this is what I took from this.. Thank you

[@livephysiology]

It's a similar idea when people first learn of the gut microbiota, or the bacteria in the digestive tract that aid in digestion and other physiologic processes. To tell people that humans need bacteria living in their bodies can seem like a contradiction considering all that has been taught about hygiene. Then, when the awareness that not all bacteria are the same, and only some are pathologic sets in, it begins to make sense.

[@firstlast2762]

💯 There is a universe of sentient creatures living inside of us and on us and they require our care in order to survive, in order for us to survive. ✌️

[@MGTOWPsyche]

imagine if bacteria drove evolution in order to make the best creature (humans) as a biological exoskeleton for the bacteria !

[@kelleyrc5671]

Bacteria are running the world

[@WiseandVegan]

Make the connection 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌎 ♥️

[@maesk52]

@@MGTOWPsychetheir intention is indeed a mistery! Stubborn truth is that out of this symbiosis I’m writing this comment 😂 🙏🏽 all the best fellow societies of entities ❤

[@HealthyMindA]

Wishing anyone who reads this message a New Year full of joy and good health!

[@MysteriousMag]

@bigthink I greatly appreciate all the videos shared on your channel but this was one of my favorites. Thank you for posting such interesting content

[@omarelmaghat5050]

Such cycles are critical for maintaining the balance of ecosystems and illustrate the importance of each species in contributing to environmental health and stability. This symbiotic relationship shows the beauty of ecological interdependence and the cycles that sustain life across different habitats.

[@TanishkaBhandari-nj5fo]

All of these examples are mentioned in a book called secret network of nature….so anyone interested in the relation and inter connection of every being should definitely give it a read

[@nate-beard]

I used to work with a biologist in the PNW and he said an unfortunate consequence of certain stream restoration practices (like falling logs for better salmon habitat) was that all of these beds of freshwater muscles were being destroyed and neglected as key species who filter the water for salmon. So yes, Salmon are super important, but so much habitat can be damaged by tunnel vision. (I''m no expert, but thought I'd share an insight I heard.)

[@dfinma]

Mother Nature has been figuring things out for 3 billion years then humans come along and think we know better (or at best we don't realize what we're doing).

[@mpetrison3799]

Mother Nature is a nightmare, full of incomprehensible suffering always.

[@dfinma]

@@mpetrison3799 What's the alternative?

[@bluestar1234able]

Transcendence to a technology/society that sustains everyone ​@@dfinma

[@Lifesage1]

I really enjoyed the music in the background. Kinda reminds me of Sufjan Stevens. I watched the video with earbuds and pretty quickly got as interested in the music as I was with what he’s talking about. Honestly even more so.

[@mathew1904]

The Serengeti Rules is the most hopeful nature documentary I’ve ever seen, [PBS] because it explains how we can save all life on earth.

[@WiseandVegan]

Make the connection 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌎 ♥️

[@RK-bw8tu]

This is what “ Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism) “ preaches.. every living being is interconnected, therefore plays a big role in our life, and needs to be worshipped and taken care of.

[@Accessquran]

Needs to be taken care of make sense but worshipping. Like worshipping highest majesty is something different

[@mafarmerga]

To paraphrase Nathan Hale: "I regret that I have but one thumbs up to give to this video!"

[@9y2bgy]

The positive thing I took away from this is that global crisis doesn't necessarily require an overhaul of everything. Not all things have equal impact on the overall health of a system, including our world. As Dr. Carroll suggested we can manipulate few key players to bring about a major change for the better. So thinking about critical issues facing earth today, we as its managers can use our increasing knowledge to better manage this planet ALL OF US call home. Don't just work hard. Work smart.

[@ytabhishek]

In nature nothing works alone !

[@A.X.76]

“You know not what you do”is actually true..

[@alanbarrington733]

If you have access to PBS shows be sure and watch The Serengeti Rules. They did a wonderful job putting that movie together.

[@pjayadeep]

No nothing is critical or more important than others in nature, nature is regenerative and will survive with what's left.

[@lbthingsstuffmore9513]

Yes, our trees and the people need the salmon, and they're making a comeback here in WA! ❤😊

[@meliorohno6628]

It reminds me of a book I've been reading recently, Suzanne Simard's Finding the Mother Tree. Highly recommend!

[@0ptimal]

nature is the most incomprehensibly beautiful art. art that would take an infinity to fully appreciate.

[@WiseandVegan]

Make the connection 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌎 ♥️

[@davepoul8483]

Great vid.. Love the Big think... the internet has some real crap on it .. but thankfully there are channels like this... :) happy new year THE BIG THINK......... looking forward to your out put in 25.. Davey P. Peace N Love..

[@sankarsana]

Vaata Kapha and Pitta is what ancient Indian medicine says for human beings. The 3 that needs to be in balance.

[@k-3402]

Ecology is so fascinating.

[@countalucard4226]

How the Salmon jump high enough to get to the origins to lay their eggs is amazing.

[@mospeaks9256]

I’ve been thinking about this very same thing. Earth’s ecosystem perhaps has a fail safe switch that gets triggered when there is a threat to the balance it works meticulously to maintain. Ultimately it’s all about balance and the ecosystem prioritizes that balance above all else.

[@ticklefritz5406]

My wish is that our society will wake up to the objective truth that valuable things are difficult to attain, and if they weren't difficult to attain they wouldn't be valuable. In this example, it would be our health and the health of our planet. Ancient peoples realized sacrifices were beneficial, today not so much.

[@laarayaghujaanas]

Indigenous peoples have known and been sharing this for decades. Why have we not/cannot listen to them?

[@MizzouRah78]

They had a generalized and spiritual belief that nature is all connected, but to claim they "have known and been sharing this" when referring to something this scientifically precise isn't very relevant.

[@laarayaghujaanas]

@ I’m First Nations and we had a generalized belief like many religions but also had deep knowledge, or science, that was/is only discounted because of racism. For example a deep understanding of the winds and waters that led to the Māori being the most successful navigators in the world, a deep understanding of the interconnection of plants and their environment, or a deep understanding of the ocean life, and its connections to so much more. And let’s not forget that what you call precision science led to eugenics being recognized as a science previously. There is also much more that could improve our world from our knowledge keepers. My message is that before this scientist making these observations (where he uses ‘I’ asserting that he is the first to understand this interconnection that is inaccurate), many scientists before had made the same observations, and many could still benefit from respecting and learning from indigenous sciences today.

[@alexnunes5186]

Thanks for yours almost 6 min explanation. Now we are waiting for your 60 min explanation.

[@jasonbecker4974]

This is wonderful.

[@OldschoolTruths]

"It is in your nature to destroy yourselves' Terminator 101.

[@markcollins1577]

outstanding video...

[@PamelaSmullen-du7mx]

Very educational, thank you ❤

[@mfanasibilimanonankosi778]

Epic!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@i.am.navkaur]

This was SO great!

[@carolinewolf565]

Thank you! Love my true nature info! Always a student 😊👍🏻

[@botshelo_modisa]

I once heard Neil Tyson talk about the other Scientist "Sean Carroll" other than the Quantum Physicist, so this is him!

[@DY2784]

👋🏼Great explanation!!!💙💙💙

[@spiralstairs]

What a beautiful world. It's too bad that a few huge egos are about to destroy it forever...

[@jayasreemovva5490]

Great story ❤

[@garethmartyndavies2250]

Wooow amazing 🇬🇧🙌❤️🙏🏻

[@davidsoloninka7742]

As the salmon carcass decays/decomposes along the stream banks wouldn’t only impact tree near streams? Thx

[@Tactical_DZ]

Good video.

[@sutanugupta2836]

Excellent!

[@econtrolable]

This is the only little blue ball that we can currently live on. My generation failed to even maintain it let alone make it better. I can only hope a generation will make it the priority it needs to be.

[@andrewpepperoni197]

Unpopular opinion: Everything matters, the more impactful, the more it matters.

[@DJW56]

Very unpopular 🧐

[@Mommy92700]

Keystone species concept braddah

[@AA-qs4ju]

I love❤ mother nature!

[@EagleEye-vm9gf]

Glorious Mother Nature:)

[@omsh4939]

We need to understand how to stay calm after watching this video

[@SelfSustainableCity]

Oh traveler, behold life’s sacred thread, Where unseen hands by balance are led. The wolf, the tree, the salmon’s plight, Together weave the world's great light. For in each leaf, each stream, each call, The circle of life sustains us all. Step closer now, to nature’s grace, And find your home in her embrace.

[@shivagurrala]

Was the Salmon shot taken in Sol Duck River Valley? I was able to see salmons queueing up to jump upstream and travel North for mating season.

[@JapremeMagnetic7]

As a vegetarian, I think we help the environment from our inner vibratory frequency. ☝🏿

[@kgdangar2]

key question, who/what regulates all these?

[@Muxammadamiin]

0:26 It’s amazing that the first thing that instantly came to my mind after hearing this, is the Quranic verse: تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِی نَزَّلَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ لِیَكُونَ لِلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ نَذِیرًا﴿ ١ ﴾‬ ‫ٱلَّذِی لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَمۡ یَتَّخِذۡ وَلَدࣰا وَلَمۡ یَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِیكࣱ فِی ٱلۡمُلۡكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَیۡءࣲ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقۡدِیرࣰا﴿ ٢ ﴾‬ Translation: Blessed is He(Allah) who sent down the Criterion(Quran) upon His Servant(Muhammad) that he may be to the worlds a warner - He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination. Al-Furqān, verse 1-2

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

In Toronto or “the GTA” (the Greater Toronto Area), people are noticing more coyotes roaming the streets. This is due to mass deforestation of once forested land for housing. This will indirectly have an effect on the ecosystem in Toronto I’m predicting. More people tend to be feeding these coyotes as well so they’re becoming domesticated or taught to be a city creature as opposed to a forest one. This is similar to raccoons in Toronto I guess. They will adapt but how will the prey that were once hunted by coyotes adapt?

[@danielford5329]

Who and what created all of these animals ect that you are talking about ????

[@chrisdiaz9061]

Thank you

[@mikescan7050]

Every ecosystem balance has at least one Kevin Bacon in the chain.

[@buddytransfer9879]

So saying it's all interconnected; and that it's necessary for balance

[@broughxtreme]

That's like saying that my back lawn needs BEER. I drink the beer, then I go to the toilet (lots). I flush after I pee, all that water goes out into the septic system under my back lawn and that water sokes into the lawn making the grass grow. So if I drink enough I'll have the best looking house in the street.

[@tokio1651]

Everything is connected in life.

[@mahrusafe5994]

Amazing to know nurture interaction

[@GrimReaper-xy4kr]

Very intersting theme. 😮😮

[@sironaldkemo]

Cool

[@ytabhishek]

We are the nature's manager now..what an arogant thought😂

[@DonD-m6i]

Unfortunately, good or bad, it’s a reality.

[@julieross652]

Everything dovetails 🙏

[@blackl1steddrums]

Maaaaaaaaaa de-hinhyahhhhhhhh, babadeeeee simbidahhhhhhh!!

[@user-fv4vj9ne7e]

Rules without a ‘rule maker’?

[@DeAguaMusic]

EVERY species is important.

[@lovethemack]

Nice little over view of basic inter connectedness between kingdoms but nothing about HOW TREES EAT SALMON. Disappointing, I was hoping to learn about the fungal kingdom members that get the nitrogen to the tree roots for example

[@anukpersad4808]

Y trees need omega 3 fatty acid???

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

trace minerals. and mushrooms assist the tree roots in making it usable.

[@arifirfan6657]

The law of mother's nature..(mercy & love)

[@pradeepanck8213]

Tsunami, Tornordo, hurricane, flooding, corona 😂😂😂

[@AFC0712]

Wolves are an essential part of the ecosystem in Yellowstone National Park, where they help to restore balance by reining in the elk population and creating a trophic cascade.

[@JamesSmith-qj9kd]

Yes, i agree, but i need salmon too😂

[@emilysha418]

Ancient peoples in north america used to bury dead fish to fertilize soils

[@lbthingsstuffmore9513]

Still do.😉💕

[@adamk.7177]

@@lbthingsstuffmore9513well, most of them probably aren't ancient at the moment, but later they will be 😂

[@justinciallella4724]

Fish emulsion is still very much a common fertilizer in organic farming.

[@lbthingsstuffmore9513]

@@adamk.7177 🤣👍

[@f77ddngeod888]

And they run when the sun comes up With their lives on the line (ALLIIIIIVEEE)

[@guaromiami]

We are logically and scientifically "discovering" things that our ancestors knew intuitively thousands of years ago.

[@HakendaNatan]

GOOD

[@gps9715]

"We are the managers of nature." ooof Yeah, I really don't like that statement. I don't think Mother Nature likes that statement too much either. "Mom's coming 'round to put it back the way it oughta be." - Tool

[@josepha9061]

So basically even a lil change to our environment can help it. Yet we do nothing.

[@guaromiami]

This is not the Sean Carroll I was expecting. 😂

[@adamashton6742]

How has the world survived then? With all the species that have gone extinct already?

[@carlbrenninkmeijer8925]

amazing, many thanks !!!

[@gunsnderrickroses2777]

If only we used this wisdom of regulatory systems that control and sustain our bodies towards our economic policies...

[@swlucas]

“Who would have thought of such things?!?”… Native Americans all over the country silently raise their hands.

[@brotherdavis771]

So nature has rules and there’s no rule giver or manager. We wonder.

[@marcomalley2516]

It kills me that he said the last line the wrong way round to emphasise the result being managing the planet better

[@luisfilipelopes2900]

Loved most of this BT, except, we are the managers of nature 😂😂😂 I'm sorry, I laughed so loud. Yes, we disturb constantly what nature regulates, and we affect some of the outcomes (temporarily only, especially in the scales of time), but we are the regulator?!? Just ask this question: if nature quits regulating, how many days will we last. AND, if we quit regulating, how many millenia will the planet survive? Besides this crazy point, I really liked the article and thought super insiteful! Thanks❤

[@LoisSharbel]

insightful!

[@EpicDevine05]

I agree with you. That statement threw me off. But then again, I understand maybe a little bit of his reasoning because imo, some people feel the need to acknowledge their self-importance to feel a sense of being valued and worthy lol. It’s not necessarily the truth because if humans were to be extinct, I think Mother Earth will continue to live on and thrive without human existence.

[@scottmerritt9877]

3:39 and 4:41. use “organisms” not “creatures”.

[@bubbles3161]

I’m still trying to figure out the circle of 5ths.

[@thomasmacon7782]

IN flowing..OUT GOING...ABOVE AND BELOW 🌏👀

[@TheUnknown79]

U bloody artificially intelligent man Are u the master of nature man

[@anadoz1155]

What he was describing were keystone species

[@dya_dyo]

lovely video & intersting insights....but 'manage nature' isn't the right lens to view this from imho (in my humble opinion)