Can Aquaman Drown?

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Can Aquaman be drowned? I don't know, Thor. Can you get electrocuted by lightning, Thor?

[@crittersarereal851]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache aqua man rip

[@lapatatamelarossa]

Jellal what are you doing here? D:

[@loganwoods1590]

Shhhhh he’s hiding from Erza

[@janperkovic962]

No matter he can be taken out by a small teaser

[@brotheralaric7177]

@@loganwoods1590 omfg that bimbo that think she is a warrior . . . she should go into a brothel and start a career as a rider .

[@williamthegreat2797]

Superheroes saving us incorrectly, Super Powers and why we dont want them, How to Drown Aquaman Kyle Hill villian status confirmed Next Video how transformers work and how to turn them off completely

[@jeremybrimmer1990]

"Next week: Why blocking out the sun is a Good Thing" - kyle

[@ShadowWingTronix]

No, that could also be used on Decepticons.

[@robertagu5533]

Beating either Autobots or Deceptions ought to be easy... just EMP them.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

MatPat did that

[@jawarakf]

@@jeremybrimmer1990 to cut off power source to the machines?

[@argentskies3794]

Yeah I'm calling it the void has turned Kyle into a supervillain. I mean first he made that video about how can superman defeat batman, then how to kill wolverine, now he's doing how to kill aquaman Kyle is a super villain and Gary was trying to stop him

[@daverhoden445]

Or he's Batman since wwe already know Batman already has a plan to take out each member of the JL, including himself.

[@nicknevco215]

no if that was true he would have had a fish sandwich after the Chad scene

[@argentskies3794]

@@nicknevco215 no because like every super villain he had an animal friend in this case chad

[@1014p]

santiago ardila a Villain either wants something others have or despises something worth destroying to them.

[@Callordin]

Lasers back online, Kyle. Love. Honey. Chummmmmm.

[@tobiWan_9090]

3:00 “And if we look even more closelyer” -Kyle Hill professional science man

[@wayne7521]

😂 😂 😂 you just looked in the wrong dictionphone book pal

[@chrisweiler7914]

How could you possibly say efficiency without making the pun e-fish-ency

[@PhilosopherFool]

lmao! I'm sure he's kicking himself over missing this opportunity

[@NinjaBearFilms]

Because every time he makes a pun the void tries to kill him. Go back and check old videos. It’s true.

[@becausescience]

Because I didn't think about it, Chris -- kH

[@chrisweiler7914]

@@NinjaBearFilms I want to see what chad the shad would have tried to do him

[@codyshilliday4615]

E-fish-in-sea

[@akakda657]

Eminem in 2010: homie, I'll be nicer to women When Aquaman drowns and the Human Torch starts swimmin' Kyle hill in 2019: *makes this video* Eminem: *sweating nervously*

[@chrisn4315]

hahaha :-D

[@giorgikatamadze3048]

Well human torch didn’t start swimming soo

[@jigglyness9986]

Palms sweating nervously*

[@HarlequinHeart16]

What song was that in?

[@therevelistmovement4683]

Yo, Em, two words..."flame off"! Like your career.

[@kodavillela]

First, he shows that superheroes hurt people (terminal volocity video), then he teaches how to drown aquaman. Oh boy, kyle is definitely my favorite villain.

[@TinchoX]

YES

[@Ropewatch]

He's not a villain. He teaches us how to kill superhumans through science and logic.

[@wishbone346]

I didn't know about the dead-zone in the Gulf... That's super depressing. :(

[@jparky1972]

Kyle. You missed a trick. How many times did you say efficiency? E-Fish-ency. Hohoho.

[@josephmcdonagh8389]

Reported.

[@FeetLov3r69]

Joseph is a ho ho ho get it Hoe

[@mugwump7049]

Should have said e-fish-en-sea. Fail!

[@GAROU-THEGODSLAYER]

a-fish-in-sea how about that😎

[@owenmorgan2702]

So...do flying fish effectively “hold their breath” (so to speak) when the jump and glide in the air? Or do they have a different gill structure? Or are they simply not out of the water long enough for it to effect them?

[@danieljames2438]

yes

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

Most of them simply have radically different respiratory systems. Not all fish are evolved equal.

[@luxcifer4739]

They are not out of water long enough. Fisherman can have a fish out of water for a good 45-60 seconds without killing the fish so a jump of only a few seconds is nothing relatively speaking 😂

[@thechickenfriedredneck910]

@@luxcifer4739 Granted trained people can hold their breath for 3 minutes

[@deemcgann1695]

@@thechickenfriedredneck910 i didnt realize fish were training to hold their breath for extended periods of time

[@jab-io2po]

How fast can Flash swim underwater ??? In the tv show of flash king shark said flash isn’t as fast as him in water. I’m sure he is faster but it hit me thinking 🤔 How fast can he swim underwater Let’s say he can hold his breath for 2-3 mins how fast will he go ?? And how far??

[@myself2782]

Wouldn't the Flash burn through his oxygen much more quickly moving at that speed?

[@argentskies3794]

I mean flash has a super fast metabolism meaning that he's body is drained from resources like food or water really really quickly so I don't think he can hold he's breath for long if at all without dying

[@RJMakes]

He wouldn't need to, considering he can run on water

[@StormLordKord]

That point about him burning through oxygen quicker is irrelevant as if it were possible for the flash to suffocate he would die everytime he moved too quickly. Intake of breath while speeding PAST the oxygen molecules affected by his intake.

[@jab-io2po]

RJMakes I know but hypothetically if he had to swim idk Lmaoo

[@OatmealCreamPie]

Only a humanoid hero like Aquaman, can survive everything that the seas have to throw at us...or can he? *Vsauce theme plays*

[@spidermonkeybm]

The Void is making Kyle more and more Chaotic Evil every day

[@martinpat94]

I really like this episode. That demonstration made me feel like I was watching something like Bill Nye again

[@aedanneely939]

Oh yah I forgot about Bill Nye the paid actor guy

[@Kezrek]

Hey Kyle! Mah man! Does this mean Aquaman could also drown in deep-sea brine pools? They have so little oxygen and so much salt that most organisms (aside from extremophiles) get toxic shock from 'breathing' those deceptive waters. I find it funny that Aquaman could drown in Spongebob's Goo Lagoon. Anyway thank you and GOOD DAY SIR

[@connorhinsley6991]

All I'm saying is Aquaman better hope Larry is on duty.

[@Noah-nt4tb]

So if I put a water tight ziplock bag over aquaman head he will drown?

[@al145]

No, he already died from getting trapped in a 6-pack ring in the pacific. Sad.

[@JJ-kl7eq]

As always a Because Science video packed to the gills with great information.

[@verylongclaw4428]

My Man!

[@JJ-kl7eq]

My Moa!

[@Awestefeld6612]

In the silver age if Aquaman was out of water for more than an hour he would suffocate. Drowning if you will.

[@Klespyrian]

I think submersion implies it being into a liquid. So you wouldn't be able to drown in the air

[@SciencewithSteph]

Alright Kyle I have a correction for you. When you are underwater like at 3:25 you can see a blueish tinge in the top half of the screen that gets bluer as you move upwards. Now I don't know how physics works in the void but that's not how it works here on earth... When you dive underwater red, yellow and green wavelengths are absorbed by water and organic matter, making the water appear bluer the deeper you go. The blueish tinge should therefore get stronger towards the bottom of the screen, not the top! great video as always :D

[@minimind2ii900]

Science with Steph can we not assume that is occurring, but the void is blocking it out in its semi trans located position.

[@moviemaker2011z]

Thats probably the surface where light is coming in and it gets darker as you go down.

[@dillonweaver9446]

but what if he was in gact heading downward and the light source was infact as his feet

[@moviemaker2011z]

@@dillonweaver9446 that would imply that our perspective is then upside down compared to kyle.

[@SciencewithSteph]

@@dillonweaver9446 The plants are growing at the bottom so he's not upside-down

[@CaveFreediving]

You can drown Aquaman if he was confined to an underwater spring cave because spring water (while underground) has little to no oxygen. It does not oxygenate until it reaches the surface. Simply blind fold Aquaman, drag him deep into a spring cave system and let him go. He wouldn't have enough time to find his way out of the cave system before drowning. Also, I imagine Aquaman would suffer the effects of decompression sickness when surfacing, after being underwater for a long period of time. He is half-human afterall.

[@blazspehar2526]

I like how you show the experiment irl. Will you do more of them in the future videos

[@deet917]

I was immediately reminded of Bill Nye back in the day when the experiment came up. Would love more demonstrations 😊

[@becausescience]

When applicable! -- kH

[@robm6726]

I agree, would love to see more of those.

[@scorpomorio2472]

Hey Kyle, in the video you said, that diffusion doesn’t require energy and I will prove you wrong. (I know you mean, that the organism don’t need to bring forth the energy, because the process is running spontaneous, but you are still technical wrong - the worst kind of wrong) The free Gibbs energy G of mixtures is defined as: G = -RT (x(a)ln(x(a))+x(b)*ln(x(b))) R = Gas constant = 8,31 J/mol/K T = Temperature = 298,15K x(a) = Mole fractures of substance a, but I will use the partial pressures instead For fresh air with p(O2)=0.21 bar and p(CO2)=0.00039 bar: G= 819 J/mol For used air with p(O2)=0.16 bar and p(CO2)=0.05039 bar: G= 1099 J/mol The difference is now the energy of diffusion: -280J/mol One mole of gas takes 22.4 l of volume under standard conditions according to the ideal gas equation and a human breathes for about 8l per minute. So you are setting free about 100 j/mol/min of diffusion energy with your squishy body by breathing. Still love the show!

[@malachilynch2979]

Hope you get super nerd!😁

[@corwin32]

“Science Tube” is the technically correct term. Identifying the people who say “Graduated Cylinder” is how we find the noobs

[@acerumble]

Is the same for "Smart Bois" vs. "Scientists" and "Engineers"

[@becausescience]

Agreed -- kH

[@tylerdorton-beck1153]

Just thought I'd stop by and say how much I appreciate what Kyle does and the work he puts in. This is my favorite content on KZbin and has been for years

[@barronkoll6436]

Really holding back that surprise lightsaber man, been a hot minute

[@PhilosopherFool]

They must be waiting for the next Star Wars flick to get closer lol

[@vroomzoom4206]

Omg I miss surprise lightsabers

[@DickDiamond74]

apparently you didn't see his shirt on the last footnotes. surprise surprise lightsaber

[@dudepool7530]

Ya gotta give Kyle some time to grow his skin back. There are only so many times you can light yourself before you need to take time to heal (I love surprise lightsaber, crap I'm on fire moments lol)

[@becausescience]

Oh it's going to be huge -- kH

[@gamermasterpl6943]

Hi Kyle, You are literally a super villain. Love your videos

[@kysier6015]

Could Aquaman command cyanobacteria or something along those lines to carry oxygen his way?

[@akakscase]

Aquaman's sea creature control relies on the creature having some modicum of intelligence. Cyanobacteria, to our knowledge, his no discernable intelligence.

[@TheFlyingFlies]

@@akakscase Well he could just signal cyanobacteria to come by biomolecules that algae are attracted to. What I mean is that cells also have "senses" and can move towards an stimulus, so Aquaman just has to throw some chemicals into the water to attract all sorts of cells. Then he "eats" and digests those algae, and hopefully he has some mechanism to absorb oxygen in the guts. Nevertheless, those algae might not have any oxygen, because they can grow in anoxic zones. That is the problem, those cells proliferate so much that deplete all the oxygen and then continue to live "anoxycally", without oxygen. So he's pretty dead me thinks.

[@kevrulz06]

In the animated film, Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox, it was shown that Aquaman was capable of controlling microscopic microbes in the water to eat a small bomb's wiring. So, why can't he control cyanobacteria?

[@kysier6015]

@@kevrulz06 Haha, that film is exactly what made me think of the question to begin with.

[@NelielSugiura]

I really like that you involved a physical prop to aid your explanation this time around. I would love to see more of these!

[@rjdrakon2492]

So, multiple armies of fish fighting in close quarters would likely not last long.

[@elramon7038]

Last summer it was really hot in my home town which somehow also caused the algae level inside a lake to rise. In order to keep enough oxygen in the lake the firemen used their hoses to simulate rain over the lake which provided more oxygen because of higher water movement and surface area (that’s at least what they explained me). What I want to say is that Aquaman or the justice league could technically move the water surface in order to prevent your (or someone else’s) villainous actions. Love your show

[@naydra6075]

Why is it that when we hear about our breathing, that we become aware and it goes off of autopilot?

[@OhitsONnow]

DAMN YOOOUUuuuuu

[@otakuman706]

First--Big fan of the show, always loved these types of conversations at the intersection of Sci and sci-fi. Hope to see more for years to come. This video (especially Chad...) reminded me of a dark past.... I accidently pulled a bit of a kid-villain move and massacred the frogs in a large area as a child. Every summer I would start to hear them and shortly after I would start finding tadpoles in my pool and around the area wherever possible. One year, when I was like 7-9, I had scavenged a mid sized fish tank and I decided to catch all the tadpoles I could, and make them a cozy, safe (boy was I wrong) little home. Sadly at that time, my science knowledge was very sparse and I didn't plan it anywhere near correctly. They were all dead within a day or so. I now know so issues my setup had- oxygenation, and summer Florida heat probably being the biggest, and I'm sure over populating it in general didnt help... Hundreds of tiny froggy lives snuffed out in their prime! I felt (still do tbh) so bad. It took like 8 years before their was another frog heard in my neighborhood. Even then it was no where near the sonorous chorus of croaks that it had been previously--even like 12 years later. After that I looked into what I did wrong so as to prevent murdering any of my little aquatic friends- and told some other kids not to do the same type of thing. I actually buried them and the tank after this too. I learned, sure--but at what cost?!? Obviously I still feel bad about this, though in the years since I try to live and interact in better, and safe (for me and them) ways when coming into contact with any organisms. Learn from me!?! Don't massacre your little buddies-- in general leave them in peace and enjoy from afar. And let's prevent similar mass die offs from happening in the wider world from our pollution.

[@owenmatthewsacuna3813]

Fun fact you can dehydration people if you only give them heavy water(water with an extra neutron on the hydrogen) despite them drinking what seems like water. Would aquaman similarly be dehydrated by heavy water? Edit: So I misremembered this. While drinking large quantities of heavy water does kill you it does this through interfering with biological processes such as mitosis not through dehydration. Thus if you put aquaman in a tank full of heavy water he would indeed die of having many many chemical reactions going wromg but would he drown in addition?

[@RobMellor]

Wow.... Fun fact indeed! Murder has never been so discrete.

[@DFloyd84]

No, he'd gain super-speed. That's how Jay Garrick originally became the Flash.

[@fuseteam]

Title: can Aquaman drown Conclusion: we are drowning fish with our pollution

[@impkid204]

There is a lack of Futurama on this channel. There is so much science you can do from the show, like how the Galaxy Express ship moves. The professor said the ship doesn't move through space but rather it moves space around it.

[@PhilosopherFool]

You have a good point, Futurama really had some astounding ideas to explore.

[@ariechriswell2669]

That's actually not just nonsense talk, but an actual theory on how to break the light-barrier. Its called an Alcubierre drive

[@MKDumas1981]

@@ariechriswell2669: If I'm not mistaken, the Alcubierre drive is being worked on right now, so we can go, boldly, where no non-gender-specific humanoid organism has gone before.

[@ReaperUnreal]

Could definitely cover whaling on the moon. Also putting a spaceship on the bottom of the ocean. Only one of those is a real suggestion.

[@nicknevco215]

I thought it moved the WHOLE universe on the show.

[@kadensavala2355]

Aquaman reminds me of lungfish or fish with labyrinth organs that allow them to breath air. Fish can also drown in different zones like that of the Bathypelagic zone (midnight zone) or Epipalagic zone (sunlight zone) due to the differences in the amount of oxygen in each zone.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_NOTHING CAN STOP ME FROM DEFEATING... THE EEEEEVIIIL!!! NOOOTTHHIIIIING!!!_ ~ Mermaid Man 2018

[@joeb3590]

"Aw what now?!" Barnacle boy

[@sinfulwrath666]

Hey Kyle! I have an idea of drowning Aquaman, make him swim with all his might and since there is a low amount of oxygen he can breathe with every breath, he will eventually become tired quickly for lack of oxygen in his body PLUS his body is much more larger than a fish which means he needs more oxygen to breathe in.

[@ColMcWillis]

New Jersey is a dead zone the size of that deoxygenated water in the gulf, BooYa

[@mass1985]

Could Aquaman survive in New Jersey?

[@loganricherson]

Good job, you got me manually breathing

[@michaelaengelbrecht5074]

Kyle, if aquamans gills are anything like that of a sharks he could be drowned by simply pulling him backward for a while or causing water to move over his gills in the wrong direction. While many fish species are able to pump water over they're gills be "gulping" (definitely not the technical term)some sharks have to keep moving forward to push water through their mouths and over their gills and others are able to pump water over their gills when resting on the sea floor but still don't fair well when pulled backwards since their gills usually aren't structured to handle backwards flow, especially not at speed. It's clear aquaman doesn't have to keep moving forward to breath underwater but he definitely isn't constantly "gulping" mouth fulls of water to pump over his gills so without over thinking it one could assume that his gills work in some way like that of a shark that has the option of pumping water over their gills. In that case all a villain would have to do is say trap him, submerge him in water and create some contraption to push water over his gills in the wrong direction and he would suffocate in a matter of minutes. Or simply capturing him and doing enough damage to his gills to render them ineffective could also work. Alternatively just stick him in a vacuum chamber like you've been planning to do to wolverine.

[@novaengliae78]

Hey Kyle, just wanted to say thanks for bringing attention to the situation in the Gulf. I live in Florida and it's depressing to be afraid to go to the beach in my home state. I'm a big fan, keep up the great science!

[@TDG2654]

RIP Chad He will forever be missed

[@runefaustblack]

We shall bury him with every bit of the honor that Anthony received.

[@dudepool7530]

HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON! He had a family, and a mortgage, and we used to play poker together on Saturdays... Kyle is a monster! He didn't even ask his name, just slapped one on him...

[@nicknevco215]

but it's a chad they can't be trusted

[@dudepool7530]

@@nicknevco215 HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON!

[@ailius1520]

@@dudepool7530 Dude, it's just a fish. He should go out in the way that he wanted. I would say he would've wanted to be seasoned with olive oil and lemon, and served with a side of broccoli and mashed potatoes.

[@gothski4773]

Hey Kyle, good episode as always, just to let you know it's not the air bubbler itself that increases dissolved oxygen in aquariums but rather the way the bubbles break the surface of the water, increasing surface area and therefore increasing the oxygen exchange. This is why it's recommended to aim a fan at the water of an aquarium during a heatwave as warm water holds less oxygen and the fan creates "waves" on the surface dramatically increasing oxygen exchange, not for it's cooling effects.

[@שלומיוינר]

Yess, bus oxygen is only necessary for ATP production however there are other ways such as glycolysis to produce ATP. and so if by some magical way or superpower can Aquaman store glycogen more effectively or break down fats more effectively, in theory Aquaman should be able to not suffocate even with a lack of oxygen. love you and love your show Shlomi vinar By the way if you will give me a super nerd title I will hang a poster of u on my roof

[@שלומיוינר]

Or bathroom what u ‏ prefer

[@jlokison]

But does Aquaman even have any body fat?

[@שלומיוינר]

@@jlokison bobbly not much

[@שלומיוינר]

@@jlokison however if he has a diffrent compand maby like super concentrated fat or glicogen he can store it in his masels and liver

[@שלומיוינר]

I thing we all miss suprise lightsaber And you can sell suprise lightsaber merch😂 it would be cool

[@justinwestbrook7156]

Kyle You make a good point about oxygen concentration allowing suffocation in or out of water. One thing you might add is the interesting anatomy Aquaman would need to support gills. Most bony fish have some sort of gill pump, allowing them to "gulp" water and force it over the gill filaments. On the other hand, many sharks lack a gill pump and rely on swimming with their mouths open to provide oxygenated water to their gills (ram ventilation). If we assume Aquaman uses a gill pump, you might imagine how his body would reuse the same biology used for breathing air. His lungs would inhale water through the nose or mouth, but then force the water out of the body through gills. Since to my knowledge Aquaman has never been shown with gills in his neck (I could be wrong, there's a lot of comics), gills would have to be located on his back, chest, or abdomen, or.... maybe his armpits? This might explain why he prefers to be shirtless or wearing a special orange fish suit, to allow ventilation. This setup would require an entire seperate "lower respitory system" with seperate air/water ways exiting the lungs, and likely some extra muscles to close off this system on land to keep him from exhaling though his armpits. If Aquaman does not utilize a gill pump of some sort, but uses lungs, he would use ram ventilation like sharks, or otherwise rely on water passing over his gills as a result of his own movement. If that is the case, the easiest way to drown aquaman might simply be to hold him still for a few minutes. Of course, all of this assumes he uses gills at all. Anyways, great episode as usual.

[@suman_gautam]

Now I wonder 🤔 Can human torch be burned?

[@willbryant3451]

@John Stoudemire Conventional being key word. Its comic book world there's bound to be all kinds of unconventional fires that can burn him otherwise they wouldn't use that word. So the answer is Yes, he can be burned.

[@lasarith2]

Suman K.C. There would eventually be a temperature point that he could not sustain and would burn at - probably plasma temperatures 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@razielsouvare715]

I mean, I'm pretty sure he could be vaporized by the sun...

[@emmanuelbrioche6582]

@@razielsouvare715 He became the sun in at one point in Battleworld story arch. So I dont think any level of conventional heat will burn him.

[@akakda657]

a question more relevant concerning eminem, can human torch start swimming?

[@PkmnBreeder]

Hello Kyle, it's very refreshing to watch a more biology oriented episode! I know this is more of a physics show, but as a veterinarian I find this topics fascinating and would love for everybody to learn more about them. Keep it up!

[@danielduvernay3207]

Hey Kyle, I'm thinking of writing a story about a protagonist who gets separated from his party on Mars by a gigantic Dust Storm Would the winds be strong enough to break a tether like that that they have on the ISS. I tried to do some research myself but I couldn't find any solid facts.

[@thassalantekreskel5742]

According to Niel deGrass Tyson, the dust storms on Mars have so little strength, the wind would be lucky to push over a piece of paper. This is because the atmosphere is so thin. Now, if you want the story to take place during the process of terraforming the planet, you can simply say that the atmosphere has been made thicker in the process of warming the planet.

[@thassalantekreskel5742]

@Dr.Weavile, PhD Well, you know what they say. Nothing new under the sun. Ultimately, all stories sound like prior stories, especially in brief descriptions.

[@akakscase]

The diffuse atmosphere of Mars would make it unlikely in the manner you are thinking. However Mars' dust contains an extremely erosive chemical that could weaken said tether making it easier to break under mechanical force, i.e. the colonist pulled too hard on the tether during said storm causing it to snap and then lost their way due to visibility.

[@dudepool7530]

This joke is timed so late, it's well past being worried about pregnancy... Like, people who still make Ace Ventura jokes are questioning your comedic timing... The next joke you make should be "Sssssombody Sssstop Meh!"

[@Kremit_the_Forg]

Consider: average ropes for climbing are rated for 22kN. I don't think there is a storm on earth or mars that can deliver those kind of forces. And if.. well I guess then there are more important things to worry about.

[@skylernewcomb2507]

Kyle, great stuff, I would like to add two corrections/elaborations. 1) Superman's powers or many of them have been explained as tactile-telekinesis. This is what prevents the plane from crumpling around him, or the ground being pulverized when he supports these massive loads, and more importantly why when he catches someone, he can essentially cancel out the impulse imparted on them. Now this explanation only works for superheros that have that ability and does not explain why people such as batman could do similar. 2) Neo in The Matrix, when he catches Trinity, I argue, would not have killed her. In The Matrix, Neo is basically God, having the ability to manipulate his environment to his will. He can do more than just fly and hit things really hard; he can manipulate the source code of The Matrix. I would argue that with the abilities Neo has, he could easily just manipulate his own and Trinity's momentum to match and also their durability. This is reinforced in the next scene where he puts his hand into her chest to remove the bullet, then again to restart her heart. I think Neo is much more powerful than people give him credit.

[@roy1701d]

I'm calling graduated cylinders "science tubes" from now on. 😆 Thanks for another great video, Kyle!

[@nataljac.3911]

Hi Kyle, love the show and this episode in particular! I will defend my PhD (in 6 weeks) in Environmental sciences and Ecology, where I touch the subject on eutrophication and anoxic waters as well. Glad you brought up this subject :) Correction/clarification for the episode: One part that you did not entirely explain correctly (this misunderstanding is very common): the oxygen gets depleted not because of algae, well not completely. The increased nutrient concentration (and organic matter) in the water indeed causes algal blooms. But the oxygen gets depleted when the algae consumes most of the nutrients and starts to die off. Then the bacteria start to decompose the organic matter, including these dead algae. And this process consumes the oxygen! Not the algae itself, but decomposition bacteria do that using the dead biomass. So, you see, although the increased nutrient loads are linked to oxygen depletion, it might not always lead to anoxic conditions, or might not happen at the same place, depending on hydrodynamic conditions. Looking forward to your next show, we are watching with entire family, although my 4-year-old does not fully understand the content yet :). Cheers from Lithuania!

[@mateogonzalez5678]

*Walks into Resturaunt and is immediately thrown out* MY MAN! My maaaan...

[@eventuel4987]

It says "a substance, especially water". So technically it's considered drowning if you drown in a different substance. Like, I don't know, mercury

[@psychetitan3529]

No one: Not a single atom in the universe: Kyle: CAN AQUAMAN DROWN.

[@vbrevolution]

Because I'm a responsible (fairly new) reefer I thought I'd mention that when you said if you want to populate a fishtank with a lot of fish all you'd have to do is increase the amount of dissolved oxygen you may have glossed over the part where you first have to cycle your tank by having it go through a process known as the nitrogen cycle. Basically you'll be introducing beneficial bacteria to your tank and letting it build up so you have enough of it in order to take care of the deadly toxins that build up inside it (by testing your water parameters you'll see a rise and then fall of ammonia, then a rise and then fall of nitrite, and then nitrate). I think this is worth mentioning because before getting into the hobby I was constantly told how people got into the hobby, their fish "mysteriously" died, and they got out of the hobby. The nitrogen cycle can take weeks but is essential process when owning a fish. This is true for saltwater aquariums, not sure about freshwater but Professor Google seems to think so. Also adding too many fish at once can potentially be detrimental to your fishtank as well because if you add too many fish their bioload (fish waste) will be too much for the beneficial bacteria to handle which can lead to ammonia poisoning. Loved the show and as always, just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

[@clarinetclasher4335]

I was wondering could Auqaman survive in both fresh water and salt water. Since we have seen him in the ocean (salt water) would he be absorb to much water, since when salt water fish are placed in fresh water their higher salt content bodies absorb all the water until they bloat and die. Luv ur Vids!!!

[@kimikimchi8652]

Clarinet Clasher Salt water salmon can turn into fresh water salmon and back again for reproduction reasons, maybe aquaman has that ability.

[@SeantheBawse]

If Black Manta, et al, actually did cap the oceans or lower O2 levels, would that be their "drowning" achievement..? HO-HOOOO, YES!!!

[@Theoq99]

Yeah so if aquaman gets his oxygen like normal fish, how deep in the ocean can he go before that's not viable? Ignore the oxygen now, wouldn't the water pressure crush him at some point?

[@connorhinsley6991]

I'd imagine the writers just ignored the oxygen factor (because gills or whatever) and chalked up his ability to withstand water pressure to super strength.

[@ditto7380]

9:25 that was a glorious anime level grieving scream. Well done good sir.

[@Gevaudan1471]

Kyle how does your hair retain such bounce and shine even while submerged in saltwater? Is this the power of Manetain?

[@andrewkershaw5093]

This was a really cool episode keep up the great work! Fun fact, my dad works as a project manger at a waste water treatment plant. There is a stage in the process where they need to kill the biology out of the water so they use bugs to eat it(it’s algae but that’s the name they gave it). They are so effiective that they could drop the dissolved oxygen down to 0 so to keep the algae alive they use commercial grade bubblers to keep enough dissolved oxygen in the water. So I could defiantly see this explanation working through your super villian ways

[@k7999]

What would have really happened in Finding Nemo??

[@ashenwuss1651]

*No one answer this.* ~whimpers~ I dunwanna know

[@axe693axe]

7:19 *Blast, I'm already awake!*

[@josexavier5518]

R.I.P Chad(2019-2019)

[@pabloparraguez4724]

Hey Kyle, we don't only breath by molecular diffusion, but also by the difference in pressure between the inside of our lungs and the outside. As pressure gets lower inside the air is pushed(it goes from the place with greater pressure to one of less pressure) and oxygen gets in. When our diaphragma relaxes the pressure inside is increased, thus making the air go from the lungs to the outside. I known the video wasn't at all about this, but I guess u could have just referenced. Anyhow great vid!

[@shinjiji5537]

So I'm going to dig out that interesting hippo fact you mentioned in footnotes once.. A villain could use use a bunch of hippos and drown Aquaman in the right situation, eh? What a crappy way to go.

[@hazeltree7738]

I don't think Moto Moto likes you.

[@Lexekon]

TY for sciencing in an entertaining manner, we need more like you bringing the learning.

[@karakurt7876]

Wwwwwait a minute! So, theoretically, if I could somehow quickly dry fish's gills it would survive on land?!?

[@RobMellor]

Experiment #10315: Result - dehydrated fish, gills crusted in salt. Conclusion: Still no land fish. Continue the research.

[@Supermynci9000]

Let's not forget that just like you can die from not enough oxygen, you can also die from having too much oxygen. It must be... _ _ _ _ /0 0 0 0\ | O '|) \ / / \ |______| ... perfectly balanced.

[@samchindedza2012]

@@RobMellor land fish exist like lungfish mudfish and the fish that made all thing that Are reptiles birds mammals

[@RobMellor]

@@samchindedza2012 you're forgetting the leopard epaulette shark. But still trying to be humourous has never been so tedious.

[@Snipeonz]

If Aquaman does breathe through gills, there could actually be another way to drown him. It all depends on how he gets water to flow over his gills; buccal pumping or ram ventilation. Buccal pumping is manually pumping water over the gills with the cheek muscles or something, this is what allows most fish to stay in one spot without drowning. Ram ventilators, such as the great white, requires it to be continually swimming to get water flowing over its gills. As such, if Aquaman is a obligate ram ventilator, all you have to do is to immobilize him and leave him for dead on the ocean floor. I doubt he's a ram ventilator, but here's an interesting thought.

[@joshuamcelroy100]

Kyle is unapologetic about his new evil status, and I like it! Stealing a page from batman in the Doom story, and creating a plan to eliminate every superhero. I would like to hear how he is going to counter the rest of the Justice League. This week on The Days of our Villainous Lives: "How the luscious headed Sci_Phile plans to neutralize Captain Atom's nuclear power while slowly dominating the Earth's sciences with knowledge and KZbin Comments."

[@johndailey4363]

I don't know what it is, but Kyle reminds me so much of Cisco Ramon off of the CW Flash series.

[@UdayKDixit]

What if aquaman had developed symbiosis with cyanobacteria or something like that which made him self sufficient in oxygen? I mean it's not the most unrealistic thing in comics right?

[@cristonsloan]

Dude, I envy your friends. It must be so much fun to hang out and chat with you. Thanks for an unquestionably entertaining, yet simultaneously (some might think paradoxically) immensely educational experience. Do you do your own editing? The amount of creativity and attention to detail is amazing.

[@richardalvares5834]

Would his lungs collapse if he reached the deepest point of the ocean?

[@Yora21]

If he were to hold his breath, yes. But since he can breath water, he simply can fill his lungs with water and he will be fine.

[@richardalvares5834]

@@Yora21 that's not what I asked My question is not about breathing My question is about the strength of aquaman's lungs being able to tolerate water pressure if he reached at the bottom of the ocean + The deeper you go the less oxygen you get How would his lungs be able to filter oxygen under that pressure where oxygen is almost not available

[@Yora21]

@@richardalvares5834 If his lungs are full of water, pressure inside and pressure outside would be the same, so no crushing.

[@omegadeadpool4987]

@@richardalvares5834 He survived getting hit in the chest by Superman Wonder Woman and Darksied and Since he is direct rip off from Marvel's Namor who lives Beyond the deepest point we as human knew and also Since Aquaman has went there and back and forth No he won't be crushed

[@m.4243]

Would love to see more demonstrations in future videos, super cool stuff.

[@mokatwenty]

"Even more closelyer" 3:00 Really? -.-

[@acidblue8111]

Hehe... Kinda reminded of that time the aerator on one of the treated water holding ponds at our plant broke down. We keep fish in them as to show guests the quality of our treated waster. One Monday we found a holding pond with a lot of dead fish. We found out that the aerator in that pond broke down sometime over the weekend and no one noticed. It was a very hot summer and by the time anybody noticed, the pond DO was so low most of the fish were dead. I still remember how me and my boss had to explain to the plant GM how fish could drown.

[@StormLordKord]

Kyle an Intellectual: Technically you are correct the best kind of correct. Me a nasty: i like anatomically correct better...

[@Gevaudan1471]

No lewdness on my science-based Minecraft server

[@StormLordKord]

@@Gevaudan1471 Minecraft? Oh you mean block art porn.

[@becausescience]

I'll allow it -- kH

[@StormLordKord]

@@becausescience thank you master

[@oswaldovzki]

Great video! I loved the way you brought this environment problem.

[@nicholascave3012]

Can't we drown him in a different liquid other than water? Like drown him in cooking oil or something?

[@alexmikhylov]

or like sulfuric acid

[@robertagu5533]

That was my guess too. Figured he'd drown like the rest of us if it was anything but water basically

[@spyrosmerianos3839]

Spyros from Rhodes: This video is amazing, although it does kinda spoils the magic from the movie, but also you make it sound realistic enough at the same time, so I'm covered. (The videos are amazing I hope you keep this up!)

[@JessieWard33]

3:00 More closelier, really? Be careful you're not attacked by, because language.

[@DickDiamond74]

exactlyer

[@Sarcastic_darkstar]

Funnily said

[@shivanshlolayekar9668]

Oh my godly

[@karabearcomics]

I actually let that one pass, because I figured it was for comedy, but I made a different grammar correction in my main comment, because of course I did.

[@cameronallmon]

6:14 "helps keeps"

[@WhiskyCanuck]

More table-top science demos/experiments, please!

[@lovell8983]

can human torch get burned?

[@dudepool7530]

Yeah, but you have to have a pretty snappy wit. Pretty sure Jeff Ross could do it.

[@dracone4370]

This could be a fun one, and I don't I've seen it as a video, it could even be its own little miniseries, Dragons and their breath types/weapons. The Fantasy genre is more popular than it has been for some time now these days, and Dragons are a big part of that genre. Culturally, dragons have different definitions and properties, depending on which nation you're talking about. That said, games like Dungeons and Dragons (D&D/DnD) do a pretty good job of creating a wide variety of dragons with different properties for everyone to potentially encounter/deal with. Yes, the Gold and Red dragons breath fire, something we have no real life animal capable of, to our knowledge, but we also have Black dragons breathing acid, Silver dragons breath a force that rapidly cools the air to the point it's like getting blasted with ice, Bronze dragons breathing lightning, Green dragons breathing potentially harmful gasses, and so on. And some dragon varieties are even stated to do things like breath underwater as if it were air. Dragons are as close to a logistical nightmare as you can get in terms of trying to explain things scientifically as possible. Peter Dickenson did a pretty good job of explaining how some varieties of dragon could do certain with some of their properties in his book The Flight of Dragons, but dragons have only gotten more complex in the public consciousness since he wrote and published that book. Even so, I think it would be an interesting little task for Because Science to take on the science of dragons, starting with breath types probably or maybe starting with how some can be such massive apex predators with intelligence comparable to or greater than that of humans. As problematic, and potentially daunting, taking on aspects of dragons with science could potentially be, I think it might also prove to be an interesting, and potentially fun, adventure. D&D is bigger in the public consciousness now than ever before, with KZbinrs like Taking 20 and Nerdarchy, and shows like Critical Role getting quite a bit attention and influence, taking on things related to them with science could at least help point you towards some stuff that could lead you towards some scientific works on the subjects. Plus, there's obscure shows that tried to do a bit of this from a while back that went under like Beast Legends, a Scifi (now Syfy) channel show from the early 2000s that took stories about monsters from real places on earth and did some sciency things to explain a few things, one of their first episodes actually involved a dragon that was said live in a forest, I don't know if that show is still going on or not (last I checked it only had a small handful of episodes).

[@axe693axe]

Moral of the day: Don't poop in the ocean.

[@axe693axe]

You just might drown Aquaman...

[@al145]

@@axe693axe also, it's kinda gross. People will stare at you, and if there's kids around someone might call the cops.

[@manekou3303]

I remember a documentary about jellyfish blooms that were cause by the dead zones in the Pacific which provided a safe haven for the polyps (or whatever they're called) due to the fact that baby jellyfish don't need as much oxygen. Maybe algae eating jellyfish will evolve in these dead zones to clean things up.

[@legokillercroc]

Theres 68 dislikes. Lord, please forgive me for what i'm about to do. Great video though.

[@kirkbreneman8078]

A video talking more about dissolved oxygen and how that process occurs in our oceans considering the relatively small amount of surface water compared to its depth and how the many species that depend on this dissolved oxygen have enough with out depleting it would be awesome thank you

[@sdfkjgh]

Dangit, Kyle! I was hoping you'd point out that sharks can drown if you pull them backwards through the water even a few meters, but no! Science boy, I am disappoint.

[@DrJiKentauriuzHero]

Thank you for pointing that out though, lol.

[@Hopelesshobo1]

For keeping your fish alive, the bubbler doesn't do as much as you think. What is more important is to disturb the surface of the water to increase the surface area, which then increases the rate of gas exchange. Although this CAN be done with a bubbler, but this can also easily be done for most situation by simply having a filter and running it at a high enough rate to disturb the surface across the tank. But you do have to be careful as not all fish like current, in which case having a large bubbler would be the way to go.

[@wellreadbull3740]

Breathing in deeply right before you dive isn't a good idea. You should hyperventilate before, breath in deeply once, breathe out and then dive.

[@CaveFreediving]

You most be trolling because that's incredibly dumb.

[@MrMetalMichael]

"More closlier" I generally say this sometimes and it saddens me

[@desin24]

"Thor kills the DC Universe" is the best thing coming out of DC Rebirth this year.

[@hyperbowl_art3030]

Hey Kyle, love ur vid! However, u talked about Aquaman breathing in freshwater, when he is usually seen breathing in saltwater. If he was to move from saltwater to freshwater, his cells would absorb too much water and explode, unless he has eurahyline cells, like those seen in salmon which travel from salt water to freshwater to mate. His cells would perform osmosis differently in freshwater vs saltwater.

[@Barry.BBenson]

Just wanna say you're pretty awesome, good luck with whatever you do with your day!

[@100colinrr]

"It's like asking you to breathe while holding a hand over your mouth." Someone please teach Kyle about noses.

[@williamturner6192]

She, this will save people from the mysterious phone person.

[@xoxoDonkey]

Wow, wow, hold up... Why didnt that water boil inside the void?

[@Unknown50677]

The void is magical

[@sloth-guy]

I Love the facto that u tell people about enviromental issues in your Show :) Keep it up (l am german, so sorry of anything is speilend wrong)