How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch

[@Phacias]

Oh god, finally a decent microscopy channel. I've been waiting 14 years.

[@ReggieTime]

"tardigrades" are much more interesting, check em out

[@johnbombware7255]

Phacias Oh microbes

[@Choyitz]

Lol

[@senanlane6882]

Microbehunter is a good channel

[@luminescentpearl4126]

Check out Sci-Inspi

[@charlebachmann8660]

as someone who is pursuing a degree in microbiology, I can’t begin to say how hyped I am for this new project

[@BookLoverrr23]

That's so exciting. Good luck! I just finished my micro degree a few months ago.

[@ptarmigan1356]

I'm a biochemistry student and so far I've been more interested in bigger organisms, but this channel is making me think maybe I should try out some microbiology. So many cool things even in just this video! Those axopodia, I need to find out more!

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

Charle Bachmann dude I feel you! I FEEL YOU. Do you own a microscope?

[@ayush8650]

Same dude same

[@DetonatorDayZ]

me too!!! microbio majors unite!! how far along are you in your degree?

[@damienholland9244]

I find it fascinating that so many life forms don't have brains but seem to feel some kind of stress or fear. You see how the 'victims' try to get away and fight against the inevitable.

[@gaodacheese4691]

crazy right? One even sensed danger and fled from the predator

[@shaunnil8248]

lmfao there organisms are not sophisticated enough to know fear. It's a simple cause and effect command that's built so that when the organism has a certain sensory signal it will flee. The tendency to flee is why you have developed fear, not the other way.

[@Youtube_Stole_Dead_Bunny]

@@shaunnil8248 Isn't our own sense of fear just a more complicated version of that sensory signal that tells an organism to flee? Like obviously it's way more complicated than that, but I think the point of the original comment was to contemplate how it APPEARS as if the organisms are fleeing in fear. Even at such a small scale the struggle for life and death is just as real as it is in the macro

[@testjeaapiel9707]

instinct is not the same as emotions.

[@Youtube_Stole_Dead_Bunny]

@@testjeaapiel9707 what's the difference? Where's the hard line we can use to say "this animal is clearly using just instinct and doesn't experience emotion"?

[@kyokoyumi]

This is like watching a live-action version of Spore's cell stage... I love it.

[@smalin]

What beautiful photography.

[@viereck-aos]

wow wouldnt have thought meeting you here. i love your animation-music videos.

[@NICHOLSON7777]

I swam in a pond this am. I was amongst the carnage. The horror....the horror.

[@aspirantpolymath]

Some of it is probably still stuck to you. :)

[@someonerandom7468]

Some cells that live in your body dont actually have an anus, yet they still eat meaning that they eventually fill up with shit and explode. Multiply that by a billion.

[@darkracer1252]

@@someonerandom7468 not everything that eats needs to shit. if there is a 100% conversion rate no waste is produced and no waste needs to be released

[@someonerandom7468]

darkracer125 i am aware that some things dont have to shit lmao but demodex mites really dont have an anus. All the waste builds up in their bodies and after 2 weeks, boom. I really dont understand what your point is but ok

[@iruns1246]

Well we have non-stop carnage going on in our body, with our own cells as part of it. In fact, we are a part of an unbroken chain of self-reproducing war zones where we fight both with and against our distant cousins.

[@re1ntyes]

9:05 "Neither egg, nor the rotifer, is going to escape this. Surprisingly heartbreaking." Spoken with the intonation of a true biologist

[@annaliseoconner9266]

It made me wonder if the rotifer was simply responding to stimuli, or if there was some "instinct" that encouraged it to try to save future offspring. Are there even genders at this level? Sorry, I'm very new to learning about microorganisms.

[@tegamingother]

@@annaliseoconner9266 probably not I mean it may be asexual

[@emily_eclaire2507]

@@annaliseoconner9266 That’s what I was thinking, it looked like a panicked and conscious last ditch effort to save its offspring..?!

[@lelduck6388]

They don’t have brains so it was just instinct. Still sad tho

[@vader567]

It also may be a bad timing

[@JoshJepson]

I'd love to see a behind the scenes video about the camera used to capture this STUNNING footage!

[@Twinson1]

+

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

It's a microscope...the camera doesn't have to be anything special, some microscopes even come with the option to send video directly to a pc, without using an additional camera

[@darkracer1252]

@@dimitrijekrstic7567 you do realise that it sends those images to the pc by using a CAMERA. (it might be built in but it's still a camera added to a microscope. and thus by the verry deffinition. an "additional camera"

[@Twinson1]

I wonder what his resolution his? You can definitely see the sharp focal depth with there small f-number imaging. But there are all sorts of cool microscopes setups that he could be using, such as phase-contrast imaging to get a better view of the transparent microorganisms.

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

@@darkracer1252 okay

[@princessbre]

As a bio major I actually squealed when I saw this channel I am so excited for this it’s perfect.

[@lilstinker5475]

You're a major alright... A major NERD xD xD *Lifts hand to receive high five from fellow bullies*

[@alfredoainurahman1342]

Same I like microscopic cells they look interesting

[@chillaxTF]

@@lilstinker5475 Haha good one *Accidentally misses your hand and slaps your dumb bully face* Nerds rise up ✊️

[@Wy_guy]

@melonhusk562 No, you do not know what he likes. I am a kid and I like immunelogy.

[@EnderPrincess-xg9dd]

@@lilstinker5475 You just complimented them you said they are smart, and loves studying, and so they will have a very bright future

[@el3ctroshock]

Still amazes me Hank is capable of sounding this calm

[@Yves_Breeze]

Dang didn’t even notice it was him until your comment

[@ToqTheWise]

When you want us to see something do you think you could point it out on the footage? I’m trying to spot the new food vacuole forming at 3:23 but my eyes are bad.

[@wesmb5]

Maybe with an additional zoom in on the part, that way we don't have red circles on top of our gooey friends

[@oldrabbit8290]

or just a pointer like in Deep Look's videos..

[@ToqTheWise]

nam trịnh that’s what I was thinking. A little non intrusive guide so you can still enjoy the pretty protists.

[@samicollins1058]

yes! @journeytothemircrocosmos i too had a hard time looking for the new food vacuole. maybe just a quick pause with an arrow or circle the when you play the video again the circle or arrow can disappear.

[@raffyk7541]

I agree, I would really like that for the future!

[@TheRogueWolf]

9:56- "I'm not trapped here with you! YOU'RE all trapped here with ME!"

[@GenderWoman666]

Inception xD

[@joannot6706]

For those who do not get the reference, it's rorschach in watchmen (the movie)

[@AL-Friansyah]

@@joannot6706 i hear this from addams family, when Wednesday go to school at the frist time xD

[@justapassie]

I first thought the Suctorian was bullied by 4 Vorticellas

[@MysticLGD]

Lol

[@ultimateo621]

Vampyrella are boring! Specifically into cell walls.

[@tleilaxu42]

Where's my Vampyrella Co. Not-a-Flamethrower!

[@2MeterLP]

They really suck The cytoplasm out of other cells.

[@treborironwolfe978]

I bet you tell that joke at all the microgeek parties.

[@aidan5715]

*vsauce music starts to play*

[@007hansen]

420 upvotes intensifies

[@RoyGNH]

This channel peaked my interest in Microscopy, and so I purchased Microscope recently. Last night I was viewing an awesome creature called a didinium (I believe), and it was actually attacked by a group of little things that broke the didinium apart... as I watched...pretty wild. I posted a short video I made via phone through eyepiece on my channel. Just as this video shows, life can be hard even in the microscopical world! Keep up the epic work on this channel, and thanks for the inspiration in starting this new hobby!

[@Thaligamathor]

Like I'm completely sold. The video, your voice, the action, the drama, the car chase. Perfect video.

[@KravenErgeist]

Hank is totally (even if unintentionally) evoking Carl Sagan's tranquil narration throughout these videos, and I keep waiting for him to evoke him further by calling this "The world of the very small."

[@tleilaxu42]

I say it's intentional. The word "cosmos" is even in the name of the series.

[@HashSl1ng1ngSlasher]

I have always found microorganisms to be fundamentally disturbing. Their movement patterns alien, their practices unnerving, their appearances bizarre and in some cases disgusting. These problems are only amplified by the disconcerting sterility associated with their discussion - the pure science of life. I've failed biology classes because of these problems, and to this day have a fundamental block concerning life sciences. This is the first setting and portrayal I've discovered where I can sit down and watch these creatures with only a minimum amount of revulsion, which is beginning to diminish further. The music and video, Hank's calming tones, and the living observations come together to create a quiet environment that's helping me overcome some of those issues. Thanks! It's been great so far. Can't wait to expose myself to more.

[@alphaamoeba]

Microbiology can be gross but it's also fun and wacky, i always liked slimy blobby stuff so it was easier for me Hope you snap out of that and enjoy microbiology!

[@jackalope_hunter]

But microbiology is all around us, and inside us, and on us, it's like you can't really avoid it though. Do you have a fear of microbiology? Like a clinical diagnosis?

[@YeshuaSaves3]

It is only "disgusting" because you have been taught to hate bacteria. Bacteria can be both our friends or enemies but in either case they are alive and doing their thing to keep us alive or themselves.

[@8BitEggplant3]

this has got to be some of if not the best footage of microorganisms ive ever seen. this is beyond beautiful

[@juliagulia9224]

I'm binge-watching all your videos for the second time. Remarkable work! And Hank, your quiet, gentle narration works beautifully with the images. I've recommended Microcosmos to everyone I've encountered lately. Thank you for continuing to reveal the beauty of science!

[@DursunX]

Same. It never gets 'uninteresting'

[@heatherbecerra2108]

Absolutely fabulous video to show younger kids how cells look and act. My 4th graders loved it!

[@dennisdegasEDG]

I CANNOT be the only one here reminded strongly of SPORE from this? Right? Anyone else?

[@totalunconcern]

yes! man they should really make a rework of the cell stages into a mobile game that looks like these microscopic views

[@CatCaffeine]

@@totalunconcern That would be epic.

[@tleilaxu42]

Yeah. I'm just waiting for Jaa'm to show up.

[@deathbyseatoast8854]

door de fucking war I doubt a mobile game would be able to do such a thing. Console or pc though, perhaps.

[@JamsGerms]

I played the cell stage of that game like billion times when I was a teenager! It hugely inspired me to be curious about the microscopic life! 😊

[@GandalfTheTsaagan]

"Man I wish that I could shrink down and explore the microcosmos like in a safari!" Sees this vid "Ok, maybe I should bring a shrinked gun as well"

[@beastmasterbg]

Also a protective suit plus micro jet engine boots to travel

[@Versuffe]

Well none will work as they will just make it go to you

[@jeff5944]

Ant man

[@Viceroy000]

honestly I see this like space but Everything that wants to eat you for dinner

[@83delgado]

I won't go at all

[@samuelmondal]

I'm excited for an episode featuring the Tardigrades in the future.

[@hexeddecimals]

If I were a tardigrade I'd move out from home Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne Pressure couldn't squish ne and fire wouldn't burn There are the things I never will learn

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

Tartigrades are actually kinda boring, Tierzoo did a good video on them explaining why their probably the lamest extremophile

[@jodinha4225]

Hexed Decimals A SHRUBBERY!

[@rhijulbec1]

Don't listen to Fuzzy Thoughts~they are wonderful, fascinating little critters. None of these little creatures are "lame". What an insult to the micro world that is! (j/k sort of. I'm very protective of my "water bears")

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

@@rhijulbec1 Jus saying, they have awesome traits but they literally don't use them for anything, they 'can' do a lot of things, but they usually don't.

[@ahumanistpotato]

I can't believe this. Whenever I stumble upon a science channel, Hank Green is always in it. This man is amazing.

[@nicoler.2156]

It's very strange to think we all started in this stage and we now watch the beginning of future creatures. It's just so cool. Someday (who knows if we will be here) we could have future generations seeing what these little micro creatures evolve into. It's so crazy to think of the possibilities and to imagine this stuff.

[@JoJoJe]

did you really believe that lol. its absurd to think like that after seeing such a perfect and complex beings.

[@LimeRavioli]

I got genuinely excited when I saw this video show up.

[@carla6485]

Me too! I got so excited I stopped what I was doing

[@18skeltor]

No shame in loving awesomeness

[@Bettyish]

🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

[@ReggieTime]

Want more fascination? Google tardigrades, real animals limbs eyes & a cns & it poops....goget suprised, have fun

[@christiankeefe7448]

Me to, I have some water that I took from a river near my house and it was full of life, but there were only a few rotifers here and there

[@EarthSwinging]

Me: "Hank's voice is so soothing! The footage is so beautiful! I'm totally subscribing to this--it'll be so fascinating and peaceful." Episode 1: "ARE YOU READY TO BE HORRIFIED BY MINI MURDER???"

[@Joe_Potts]

The button says 'Read more' but it just flickers when I click it... nice job trolling

[@Joe_Potts]

Also, my thoughts exactly. Hank's voice is so calming

[@mackinzie5241]

@Stellvia Heonheim Yikers, did somebody piss in your coffee?

[@IAOIceland1984]

@Stellvia Heonheim so you're saying that you're his moms bitch?

[@zebono2]

I was just thinking is that Hank

[@Rafaela-lt2pg]

i am LOVING this channel, i even made popcorn to watch this with

[@Tenraiden]

Wanna watch it together?

[@alphariusfuze8089]

Want some 🍪?

[@luisito6314]

Its just so amazing! Coming from nothing even to evolve into one of these seems like such a huge leap, these things are already so sophisticated

[@Syntaxxed]

I've seen this some years ago and now I am pursuing a degree in science (and math) and I just came back to this while learning about micro organisms. Wildly insane and beautiful. Good to have such a visual example. Please keep doing this work!

[@HEAVY_CREAM]

I just bought my first "adult" microscope a couple months ago after stumbling upon Jam's videos. I absolutely love that this channel is now a thing!

[@EyeLean5280]

Can you tell me which one? I'd like to get something nice for my students.

[@gentleman_shaco3879]

check jeulin.com

[@eltimbalino]

I imagine there might be a spin-off series in the future about growing, sorting, filming and other microscopy techiques. From what I'm seeing, there's room for this stuff to be promoted by pet shops. Instead of a fish tank people would have their pets projected live on their 4K televisions.

[@aidan5715]

@@eltimbalino That's actually a pretty cool idea! You could probably even develop a software that displays them as a screensaver on computers, laptops, phones, and other devices.

[@jamesdriscoll9405]

@@EyeLean5280 You may wish to consider a digital scope. It's easier to share the image to the class, and no pink eye. Inexpensive USB scopes are not bad for low magnification, and provide an intermediate step for introduction to high magnification systems. Good luck, I remember the excitement of exploring the microscopic for the first time. I was lucky, most students weren't given the opportunity.

[@sams7144]

This new channel is truly a blessing! I've always been so interested in this topic. Since I was 6 I always used to go collect water from the pond by my house growing up to look at under my brothers microscope.

[@w0ttheh3ll]

the quality of the microscopy footage is insane! every single shot looks better than anything I've personally seen when I was a biology student.

[@deanmoncaster]

"There are three ways things can get their food." I know these!! 1. Online shopping 2. Asking your mate to pick something up for you when you've got the munchies. 3. Having to go yourself.

[@amai3561]

This channel has been my fav find in the last year. So fascinating!

[@billclintonscomputer1408]

Literally any microorganism: exists Rotifer: *chuckles* Im in danger.

[@ajhproductions2347]

So bill, I heard you have quite a browser history on that thing...

[@plankdorodo3122]

Rotifers be like: yeah, i have a huge hole here, i think in myself as a star Any other microorganism passing next to the camera: SHUT THE FUCKUP ROTH BEFORE I GO THERE AND CHEW YOUR ASS

[@theoneitself]

@@plankdorodo3122 😂😂hahaha I imagined that cliché dialogue inside a highschool wall

[@gommisowner288]

Sorry. Wrong.

[@sent4dc]

Oh, man. What did they tranquilize Hank Green with? He sounds so mellow.

[@josephreynolds1220]

sent4dc reminds me of that tape that supposedly has Michel Jackson talking on the phone while under the influence of propofol.

[@speedweed683]

Its the music. Its so... soft

[@bongkonglus2093]

ketamine. lots and lots of ketamine.

[@gommisowner288]

Haha

[@ultimateo621]

This feels like the Anthroprocine Reviewed, but with Hank and beautiful visuals.

[@MrPedala94]

For the first time in 25 years i fell asleep in my chair while watching this. Subscribed.

[@NeonsStyleHD]

What makes this truly fascinating is imagining the molecular biology that is going on during each of these contacts. It is truly fascinating. Most of my life I've been fascinated by physics, but that's now changing into molecular biology because it's just so fascinating finding out how it all evolved.

[@Elong_Musket]

I'm struggling to wrap my head around the fact there are microscopic single cell organisms that hunt other celluar organisms. Life is constantly consuming other life right down to the cell. Man...

[@diego89132]

It's the only way life can happen.

[@sheastone3403]

i hope ur ok

[@coocoo3336]

Thats how we started out. As life got more complicated some things stayed the same

[@Elong_Musket]

@@coocoo3336 yea, you're right.

[@Guelo6891]

Life its f*cked up!

[@azh-cn1im]

I told my dad about this channel and he didn't really understand but he's excited! Like me!

[@PeterPhillipsVaycent]

James you're videography is beautiful and Hank your narration is stellar.

[@JamsGerms]

Thanks a lot!

[@reptilejesus829]

By far one of the greatest videos I've ever seen on KZbin

[@ReggieTime]

U must see tardigrades for total awe

[@gemmanarendra8480]

i was working in aquaculture and i really love it when it suddenly show up on my recommendation. kinda throwing the memories back..

[@jrekwq]

Hey I have a question. Are the bacteria in the video their true colors? Or is there some kind of dye introduced so we can see them?

[@m1i9d9a1s]

These are their true colours as you can see through most parts of the cells. Most staining techniques kill the cells btw.

[@evilsharkey8954]

The creatures you’re seeing are their natural colors, but most of them are not bacteria. Bacteria are so small that they appear as tiny specks even at this high magnification.

[@jrekwq]

Awesome thank you so much! Also yea sorry force of habit, microorganisms

[@Someone-cr8cj]

Electron microscopy is usually used to image bacteria as they are incredibly tiny. There is no dye introduced. The cells are illuminated by a light on the bottom of the microscope

[@ayush8650]

There are no bacteria here

[@isabellebergevin]

I've been a fan of Jam's videos for a while and I'm so glad that you decided to collaborate with him! It's nice to have the narration to go with the beautiful images. I wish that someone would translate these in French so that I could share them with my microbiology students...

[@freontolstoy4993]

this is an old comment, but what is the name of the channel?

[@Markfps]

This is impressive. This channel should have milions of subscribers by now. Great work

[@romilagarwal8868]

10:16 looks like a garden gnome with no arms

[@nagamanjunath2102]

*This channel is god given, literally.*

[@numbers9to0]

Our food can come to us too, it's called pizza delivery.

[@LimeyLassen]

You can also eat the delivery boy, if you're quick enough.

[@sinephase]

ah, the circle of life!

[@Dexuz]

@@LimeyLassen AHH THE VORE OH YES

[@tegamingother]

@@LimeyLassen but wat about the genitals I dont wanna be a dick eater do I?

[@jhasahab123]

It's hard to argue with his assessment.

[@berglettemom6045]

Hank, everything about this new channel is perfect. The photography, the music, your voice. I just love it.

[@Mike504]

Love it. Hank, please don't stop narrating these.

[@benparker384]

This is one of those channels/videos that you MUST watch in full screen

[@hadishstreet3066]

Humbling and moving. What a beautiful piece of work. Thank you

[@acvaticlifE]

This is the abslute best footage of the microscopic world I have ever seen. Instantly hooked

[@adventurerneil]

Loving the pacing and tone of this new series! That music + narration lyfe

[@SquirrelGrrl]

This is so incredible. Thanks for bring us another masterpiece, Hank and James!

[@OtterLakeFlutes]

I love rotifers. There is a type that has temporary, communal mating "colonies" or fertlization groups where a load of them all attach until they form a thing like a dandelion seed sphere, or a 3-D star like the pom pom on a yarn hat. One will break away and swim off leaving a spot for another to swim up, attach and restore the 100% complete the star-sphere shape. Each mating sphere is quite visible to the human eye, and clouds of them catch the eye. I wondered what they were and took a pickle jar of lake water full of them to a high school bio professor in the 80's who magnified them for us and identified them as rotifers, but he was previously unaware of the variety with this behavoir, and I'm yet to see it online.

[@raviolibois1127]

I learn more from KZbin videos like this than I do in school

[@NP-sd9md]

Love the calm energy and great visuals of these. Ive been looking for something like this on yt for a long time. Looking forward to more.

[@Pannekoek.]

A chill Hank! that's new! The music, footige and the voice over make it almost otherworldly and then you realize that these things are hapaning in the pond near your house!

[@CaptainPIanet]

Reminds me of looking at the space map on Mass Effect haha

[@gewurzgurke4964]

Really excited for this channels launch!

[@georgesalles1166]

The best youtube channel about microbial life!

[@MegaAduffy]

this is the place to view an alternate reality people...amazing job guys in brining us little folk the invisible world most of us will never see..thank you

[@daisynadauld1107]

1:20 I can't believe that I'm watching a living microscopic jelly bean search for food

[@ReggieTime]

Daisy, then search tardigrades & see micro bears with complete cns & it poops

[@ToxicTerrance]

Oh.. yes. More Hank ASMR with cool shit on screen. 🖤

[@ultimateo621]

Primordial Eudaimonic pretty much... I kinda love it.

[@crywhit4619]

Does Hank have any audiobooks he has narrated? I _need_ his voice to fall asleep! That first microcosmos put me out in under 3 mins.

[@TheFox517]

Thanks for ruining it.

[@ultimateo621]

This is already one of my favorite things! Keep up this amazing series!

[@sharonking3268]

I knew I recognized Hank's voice--but such a more soothing pace than the Crash Course Biology videos! Fantastic footage, thank you!

[@thevaluechance6527]

I had seen all these videos on jams germs , but you deserve a big thanks for your great commentary..this will develop interest of microscopy amoung nonsense (non_science) ppl toooo,,

[@haggis53]

Aaaahhh I can't wait for more episodes!!! This is so awesome already!!

[@HonageMaximus]

As a Microbiologist I am thrilled by this new project and have to say that the microscopy is simply stunning. Bravo!

[@FATmonkeyCHRIS]

What a delightful find. Thank you. Looking forward to enjoying more of this micro amazingness.

The most incredibly sensational channel on this social midia platform. Thanks guys.

[@zaneywmn1]

WOW! I just discovered this channel and I had no idea all this happens! I also can only imagine it takes hours of observation to see just minutes of what's in the video! Thank you! I feel like I'm learning so much!

[@brendancarlton7326]

I like this. As someone who was raised Evangelical and Young Earth Creationist, I appreciate these videos helping me to understand the beauty and brutality of an evolved world.

[@JulianPratley]

Beauty and brutality is a fantastic way of putting it.

[@katiekawaii]

Isn't it wonderful? 😊

[@TheShamois]

Awfully relaxing and hypnotic, thank you for brining something so wonderful to the internet!

[@inzanozulu]

Amazing work, thank you for doing these, and making them available on KZbin? Incredible. The footage you've got here (and your other videos) is hands down the best I've ever seen of the microbial world. And your knowledge and research is just.. wow. Incredible content, thanks again, so much.

[@ReggieTime]

But have you seen the bears yet? Micro real bears that poo

[@ReggieTime]

Type it in, tardigrades

[@SquirrelASMR]

Congratutalion to Jams Germs for the footage. Followed him for long time!

[@Dzeroed]

Oh I am exited to find this channel, a couple years ago (millions of "years" I'd suppose for a tiny organisim, but only two for me!) a kids microscope amongst my late Father's possessions, I've got some mold and bacteria samples growing, not sure what I'll be able to see/resolution yet.... Edit: I'm 37, no idea when it was bought but it looks about 20-30 years old, has a light, slides, chemicals etc., old school

[@FastEddiesmom]

Love the colors and shapes you've captured. I would totally buy prints of this stuff.

[@Kram1032]

This is absolutely beautiful. The only thing I wish you'd do is using some form of highlighting to direct attention to the specific thing you're talking about. Occasionally I find myself not knowing where to look. It's gorgeous and super interesting all around though

[@journeytomicro]

Definitely going to be discussing the best way to handle this! Thank you!

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

I now think of paramecia as micro-whales. Thanks.

[@ReggieTime]

Then youll love tardigrade bears with a cns

[@seratheeducatedfeline4227]

It’s midnight, I’m siting up watching this while cutting out pattern pieces to make a plush tardigrade. It’s one of the most ‘me’ things I’ve ever done.

[@LaceworkDreams]

Andrew huang did an amazing job on the soundtrack

[@MikeKoss]

Suggestion: it would be helpful if you could use arrows or a spotlight in the video. So much is going on in frame, I'm not sure I'm finding the feature you're describing. Thanks!

[@Mens_Rea]

3:23 WTF IT HAS EVIL RED EYES!

[@ReggieTime]

Search tardigrades

[@blorgle]

eyespots!

[@Zaizku]

4:28 YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SMALLER ONE HAS A FACE LOL

[@AmitRaka79]

That was an amazing detailed intro for the microspce. Thanks a lot for such a beautiful video. I have captured a creature as u explained in ur video as Stentors, a single cell organism with filter feeding. i was stunned to see their mechanism to eat. i am trying to find a tardigrades and yes to some extent i was successful but yet learning as time permits. Thank you so much once again for such a beautiful video. Would love to share some videos as I am exploring the exotic and beautiful microscopic world.

[@lazarobustos3403]

Y'all have peaked my interest in the microcosmos, BRAVO!

[@vibhamahanth2439]

Really great Really really great

[@onesneakyboigaming7575]

Vorticella: We have you four to one. Suctorian: I like those odds.

[@liamwalton4183]

"Thanks for the extra food. Got any other friends to invite?"

[@just_lord_and_master]

Вот чем должны заниматься люди, наукой и исследованиями в различных областях, а не политикой, войнами и прочей грязью. Аплодирую стоя вашему каналу! Браво! Спасибо!

[@Zenikat]

this is exactly what i needed i love this stuff but ive been waiting to find a series thats as immersive as this thank you

[@davidschmidt6013]

Some of the best microphotography I've ever seen. Thank you for producing and sharing this vid.

[@AwesomeCrackDealer]

holy shit this is awesome but how do they KNOWWW HOW TO MOVE AND STUFF

[@screwaccountnames]

Chemistry. Lots of really complex chemistry.

[@noneofyourbeezwax7284]

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe a different video can explain the chemistry. It seems so intentional, but I know they aren’t really conscious/aware (?) all new to me! Fascinating!

[@ptarmigan1356]

A tiny part of an explanation, that is still complicated, but just to give an idea, would be here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotaxis. Whilst we are not looking at these bacteria here, the section on bacterial chemotaxis explains how some bacteria can sense gradients of food molecules. When the concentration of food is decreasing, they are more likely to change direction, but if they are going towards it, they are more likely to keep going in that direction. I imagine that these more complicated organisms have many many systems like this to sense things and determine which way to move to be beneficial to them.

[@XMysticHerox]

@@noneofyourbeezwax7284 Grasping the chemistry takes years. Well science hasn´t fully grasped any organisms chemistry. Way too complex. Even a single chain of reactions is a lot for a 10 minute video and would depend on having a grasp of chemistry. Biochemistry students generally only start to learn full chain in third semester. So a bit much for a single video or the a whole youtube channel. If you are really interested you will want to buy a book or visit lectures. Though as I said you´d have to take chemistry first.

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

5:46 Reminds me of my girlfriend back in high school.

[@marloc2019]

"Intelligent Design"... Yeah, of course, directly from a serial killer's mind...

[@tubesurfer4331]

@@jungefrau With out sight there can be no blind With out pain there cannot be pleasure. No happiness, without sadness. There is no light without darkness. No creation without destruction. No life without death. Either life, pleasure and happiness exists along side death, pain and suffering; or it does not exist at all. So I ask you; what kind of God would NOT create life while simultaneously knowing that death would also be created?

[@gilles466]

Wow, Hank. Thank you and the team for these wonderful videos. I only recently found em, sadly, from the announcement that there will no longer be any more, but I'm sure that I'm in for one helluva ride!

[@Groggle7141]

This made me realize that even though Spore could have used so many cool aspects of real-life single celled organisms, they still went on and created cartoony adaptations for the Cell Stage.