12 Year Old Terrarium - Life Inside a closed jar, Over a decade in isolation

In this video we take a look at the terrarium my brother made during his childhood. This terrarium was made between 2007 - 2008. This makes the terrarium at least 12 years old.
Inside there is a variety of organisms. All of which have persisted within the closed ecosystem for generations. Originally this terrarium was home to a lot more plant and isopod species, however as the years went by biodiversity was lost as the new ecosystem balanced out.
Currently the ecosystem is experiencing cycles. As the plant population increased, so did the isopods. This caused the isopod population to graze on a lot of the terrariums plants, causing the plant population to decrease. I imagine centipede populations may increase in future giving the plants the opportunity to recover.
I found this terrarium very fascinating as it's almost as if there are two separate worlds within the same glass demijohn. The algae underground creates a unique habitat, which couldn't possibly exist in nature due to the fact the glass ensured that light could reach the soil underground. This allowed algaes, moss and fungi to flourish, alongside any of the smaller invertebrates that lived among them.
Adult isopods seem to inhabit the surface and rarely venture below ground. I believe this is due to the hardness of the clay and rock substrate. The babies do seem to venture underground though, likely using tunnels left behind by earthworms many years ago.

[@Jartopia]

*To Answer Questions:* Water: Water inside will eventually evaporate (but can't leave the container) and turn into water vapor, this vapor will then hit the cold glass and condense forming droplets. The water droplets will then move down the glass and back into the soil. Centipedes: There is a population of them and they're breeding. The reason they don't "kill all the isopods" is because the jar can only support a small population of centipedes. They are cannibals and will eat each other if too many are born. Oxygen: Plants and Algae create Oxygen from Carbon Dioxide. Carbon Dioxide is created by animals and bacteria from oxygen. Where do nutrients come from?: The soil. How do I make this?: I have multiple videos on my channel showing the creation process of different ecosystems.

[@zohnjimmerman8145]

I wonder if this is how our existence is viewed.

[@DanielGonzalezL]

Fascinating. Thanks for the insight!

[@SolusDarkcoat]

I was wondering about the oxygen, thanks

[@MutePlayer43118]

This is really cool!

[@mainalterego2506]

the centipede dynamics are highly interesting. is there any work on cannibalism as an auto-regulation strategy for isolated carnivorous animals? it seems to be two negative feedback loops (cannibalism and isopod population decrease) that keeps them in the right balance. surface area may also play a role. obviously the whole system is more complex, but maybe this jar could be accurately modeled.

[@price8346]

"You ever wonder what's outside this jar?" "That's dangerous thinking Tom."

[@ConradKurze]

"2x2=5 Tom."

[@Solesteam]

They can actually gaze into the heavens (outside the jar) if they want, they just can't go there, nor can they go beyond there...

[@shrinjayghosh4633]

@@Solesteam that's us viewing the sky and universe

[@Solesteam]

@@shrinjayghosh4633 the word heavens (with the s) can refer to the sky and space and not literal heaven (that place isn't followed by an s).

[@isaacwithapig]

straight pixar movie potential

[@BowlingGrisen]

112 years later: The isopods have entered the industrial age

[@darinhardie8514]

**200 years later** (Bad timeline I know): “Today marks the historic launch of Centipede-13, which is hoped to be able to escape the confines of our world to explore beyond!” *Cute spaceship launches and hits glass* “Unfortunately, it seems that once again, the mysterious barrier prevents us from leaving the world.

[@mohammednaser1364]

@@darinhardie8514 lmao

[@idro3414]

@@darinhardie8514 Pixar should make a movie on this xD

[@darinhardie8514]

@@idro3414 Presenting, a Bug's Life 2: Out of This World!

[@ST4LE33]

Darin Hardie *250 years later* “everybody, we have penetrated the invisible layer of air that has kept us imprisoned for all these years. Apparently, outside is a got damn wasteland with a crap ton of radiation so we’re gonna seal it back up.”

[@Gribbo9999]

I am old now, maybe not so long to live. I hope this little ecosphere carries on after I don't. I find that comforting. I don't know why, but I have tears in my eyes.

[@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser]

I wish you the best of health, and years of life to come! I also feel something for the terrarium. I feel, in a way, like I am looking through the eyes of God at a young earth, billions of years ago.

[@Shreyy17]

Don't worry I'm young, and I plan to do this for 100s of years, even after I day hopefully someone else will continue it

[@lucasbranc]

"One day was I wandered around a strange feeling struck me, franticaly looking around I saw the source of my unease. From beyond the Crystal walls of our reality "He" was gazing upon me, a being with no equal such that I have no words that can properly describe "His" figure, so big and ancient "He" just stood there before vanishing, back into the dark reaches beyond our reality, a place that since them fulled many dreams of my about it's Mysteries, but also many nightmares about it's hidden dangers. Now here I ponder the day our people will be able to reach that place beyond our reality. I wonder, will that day be a blessing...or a curse?" - Records of the Great Sage Isopod.

[@StuartOliver83]

Hahahaaaaaaa brilliant comment mr Branco

[@oneangelartyz1090]

beautiful poetry. Love this

[@WillMoxonFloatsOnOil]

If the isopod speaking such truth was of some sort of 'weird Arby's guy'

[@lucasbranc]

I really don't where this came from, after Watching the video I Just though "How these little guys see all of this happening around them?" When I noticed I had already wrote it.

[@Vcamolesi]

Belo storytelling. Me peguei pensando algo semelhante depois do video... hahahaha

[@mast3rchief536]

Isopod: “Bro I swear we’re living in a jar” Other Isopod: “bro quit it with the conspiracy theories”.

[@kriptid4506]

Holy shit are we in a jar

[@IoIo-en3bt]

The centipede is working for THEM.

[@svenvhengh3217]

@@IoIo-en3bt the Jar matrix

[@travis1043]

The jar is flat.

[@larswadefalk6423]

@@travis1043 haha, best

[@ihateloudbitches]

Isopod son: dad do you ever think there's more to life outside the jar Isopod dad: that's heresy son, now shut up and eat your algae

[@airosmithredila4725]

How to kill kids curiosity in a nutshell

[@ladybyronpoe9954]

😂😂😂

[@thedeliveryboy1123]

We can make a movie outta this

[@chickentea7346]

@@thedeliveryboy1123 nope never will make it and it will suck

[@karp_]

@@chickentea7346 shut the hell up.

[@theconcourseapprentice2451]

In grade 4 we made terrariums from plastic soft drink (soda) bottles, mine was / is a 7up bottle. We put a variety of plants brought to school by other students. I'm 42 now and mine is still thriving although I think it was the ivy that took over long ago. It has small holes in the base and sits on a terracotta saucer which I give water occasionally. Goes to show the resilience of plastic from the 80s

[@riven5677]

I did that but mines bottom half was a marine environment which had snails and the top half has worms and I had it for like a year unfortunately the snails started dying and the worms too and there was no eggs so my dad just dumped it out outside

[@justemusicme]

You have a plastic soda bottle terrarium that you kept since the 80s?? Jesus!

[@sultan9givewey]

Record it please

[@DisobeyZOG]

Pics or it didn’t happen

[@theconcourseapprentice2451]

@@DisobeyZOG how do I post pictures? Profile pic?

[@beneaththefloorboards]

This is SO cool. I didn't realize you could create self-supporting enclosed ecosystems so easily! Absolutely fascinating. It looks like an empty big bottle of wine or cheap liquor.

[@MultanKnight007]

Isopod 1: They're watching us you know. Isopod 2: Seriously? You're gonna start that crazy shit again?

[@thehavoccompany-a3]

Isopod History Channel Guy: _Humans._

[@subliminal6529]

@@thehavoccompany-a3 lol

[@The-unsighted-one]

True.

[@williamwebb580]

_”...but could the jar, and the elements therein that make up our delicately balanced ecosystem, have really been the machinations of supremely intelligent beings laid out for us as little as 12 years ago?_ *_Ancient-Terrarium Theorists... say yes...”_*

[@theguywhoasked4235]

@@williamwebb580 *ancient-terrariums*

[@vpaul4374]

1.2 million years later: The only remaning life on planet Earth is inside this jar.

[@zwurka6826]

Eventually the jar will fall over and break. Then life will start on earth again

[@sonarchy343]

@@zwurka6826 I like that thought.

[@Itsnoct]

We will be over run by centipedes then

[@CatwithFancyHat]

And Wall-E will present it proudly to E.V.E, who will obliterate it cause it looked dangerous and she couldn't see inside because of the vapor

[@leht1617]

@@CatwithFancyHat ow

[@solbradguy7628]

Im extremely curious how differently the species inside the jar would evolve from their cousins if they were able to be isolated like this for millions of years.

[@boringbilal]

most likely, the species out in the world would be the ones that change. the ones inside this jar shouldn't have any reason to change at all. pretty amazing

[@arnoygayen1984]

@@boringbilal mutation occurs randomly No one knows. Mutation in one species in the system may force mutation in another species ( natural selection)

[@dawnydawny123]

@@arnoygayen1984 because it's rather fragile and very little diversity there's a high chance that if there were a mutation that made one animal much more successful it would kill another species entirely. Ecosystems do fails a lot of the time and more diversity helps fill in the gaps. Like let's say if the centipedes ended up accidentally eating themselves, They die then the isopod population grows out of control and they could drive the plant life to extinction which would then possibly kill off the isopods. Sometimes closed systems like this fail it's part of the challenge in designing them to last. I've seen my fair share of failures but some of them could last a very long time

[@GB-kj3fr]

@@boringbilal Mutation isn’t always a “forced thing” this is why gene mutation can be a bad thing, it may cause us to develop something we dont need that ends up sacrificing something we do need.

[@ustanik9921]

@@boringbilal both would change, a jar is an extremely specific ecosystem and while the isopods are doing good, they haven't evolved to thrive in those conditions. Most likely a few different species of isopod would evolve adapting to eat different plants, but would be very small and would be unlikely that a lot of species could evolve in such a small ecosystem. The smaller organisms would enjoy faster adaption because of larger population sizes, I wouldn't be suprised if the springtails outcompeted the isopods and the centipedes and became the dominant organism.

[@AliciaHoneyOG]

This gave me a whole new perspective of our world. I never really thought about it until watching this. Awesome work!

[@naderfares]

1M years later: The Centipede discovered that the jar is actually flat.

[@antonioandrade4867]

This one got me lol😂

[@kwazhims3lf]

@@antonioandrade4867 there are a lot of them here it was a good scroll

[@antonioandrade4867]

@@kwazhims3lf best comment section 😂

[@nowanimportant8887]

They then discovered that the jar was not flat and that it is, in fact, a jar-shaped jar

[@antonioandrade4867]

@@nowanimportant8887 but there’s always that one group of centipedes that believe it’s all a hologram and that the Rollie pollies are just lying to them

[@bakubread9308]

the year is 3000, life on earth has all but disappeared, when quietly, somewhere deep and undisturbed, a glass jar falls from a shelf and shatters, from there... things will slowly return

[@CatCheshire]

A buck up plan... I like it!

[@7MeansLuck]

Hooo... this actually could be a good start of a story

[@onderatar2816]

Nah... Without the bulb, they gonna die in weeks.

[@sabik6979]

@@onderatar2816 True but then again there is life deep within the earth where there is no light.

[@heysaucemikehere1804]

@@obi-wan-cannoli just let us believe

[@DWCessna4130]

Wow this brings back memories. We made one of these in science class in 5th grade (about 1994) and I had mine sealed up until the age of 33 years old just a few years ago and the glass cracked and it busted. It was absolutely thriving with life before that happened as it was kept in a garage closet. I never could find myself the ability to throw it away until it fell off the damn shelf that collapsed. I had full intentions on keeping this until the day I died. And before you ask , no, it surprisingly did not stink. Just smelled like musty wet soil.

[@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser]

That's amazing

[@dinothedragonet8757]

Came back after a year and this hit different. This just made me realize how much things had changed. This jar is like my own thoughts in some aspects. Nice to see how life can still prosper in isolation for such a long time.

[@raven4k998]

just wonder what the minimum size of a terrarium has to be to keep a human being alive inside it for that long🤔

[@dsdy1205]

​@raven4k998 we know that something the size of Earth's atmosphere tends to work

[@reedspun]

"The [baby isopods] do seem to venture underground though, likely using tunnels left behind by earthworms many years ago." holy shit this world has lore

[@kaiserswaghelmii9361]

The once mighty earth worms... "What is it Isopod, Dragons?!"

[@SpicePrincess1890]

No like for real though... this whole thing could inspire a bomb epic fantasy story. A thriving and isolated terrarium is physical worldbuilding.

[@jonksmodels]

Walk without rhythm and you wont attract the worm.

[@adamwilson1167]

"Isopod, do we have wormsign?"

[@jonksmodels]

@@adamwilson1167 We have wormsign the like of which even the centipede has never seen.

[@itschoke]

Organism 1: wait, it's all a jar? Organism 2: always has been.

[@syndicate4417]

Best comment

[@nicolasgarza3540]

Damn why didn’t I think of this.

[@crazycow5881]

This is extremely deep. Think about it. Isn't earth a jar too? When we explore the infinite universe, will we ever really notice we were always trapped in a self-contained environment that kept us alive? Earth is our trap inside our universe, yet it is also our paradise. The same way those isopods might see the jar and the world some day, we might see the world and the universe. And what if the universe is yet another jar inside of another even greater cosmos? We shall never know, for discovering the mysteries of existence itselt would take more than a thousand lifespans, and even that, is nothing compared to the age of time

[@cynthiaandersen3691]

chokanashi yes

[@dustinalcorn8765]

Best one so far

[@lekanraposte6732]

Sealed and self-sustained. Amazing!

[@cryzz0n]

You know that moment in good sci-fi, when it subverts your expectations and lets you understand something from a different perspective? Strangely, that's how I felt watching this. Mind, blown. Life survives for over a decade, neglected in a sealed jar.

[@giuliorossi1126]

i'm literally imaging the isopods discussing if the jar is flat or not

[@matttherrien9608]

How about the ongoing discussion about evolution?

[@BrazilianImperialist]

And if the jar warming is real

[@matttherrien9608]

At least they don't have to be concerned that they're being choked to death by plastics.

[@1cy524]

The jars fake! You can’t see it! It’s the centipedes tryin to control us!

[@FanChannelForPewDie]

Made my fucking day with this comment wtf lmfao

[@GY-uo8dd]

Imagine if this stays long enough, so the centipedes enters their Stone Age and start making tools from the rock, so they can break the glass.

[@singingsun04]

Imagine if outer space just shattered

[@AirellSkye]

@@singingsun04 fuckkk, this got me.

[@gregtheflyingwhale6480]

@@singingsun04 imagine the whole outer world dies and all there is left to give s life back on the planet is this terrarium!

[@illla]

And then invade the humanity

[@manasrajoriya9164]

Wtf😭

[@fredsteiner3546]

Ein wunderschöner Blick in die Seele der Natur....mit sehr schöner Musik.....der zeigt, wie wertvoll das Leben ist!

[@coelophysisstudios465]

Just started a half gallon mason jar terrarium! Has 3 centipedes, 3 slugs, countless pill bugs and wood louses, 1 jumping spider, many springtails and more! I sure hope it thrives like yours!!!! Edit: Just found a millipede finally! Second edit: I have upgraded to a 3 gallon tank after most of the original inhabitants died do to the slugs absolutely decimating the plants cutting off their source of oxygen! Only the 3 millipedes, the 3 earthworms, 1 of the centipedes, and a single pill bug lived… But they are now thriving in their new tank!

[@OxyToxyNT000]

your gonna need more pillbugs so they can trive once again. or, they will go extinct. its your choice

[@sash7048]

That's really cool, do you have a photo or video?

[@axolotlinabucket1287]

hows it going now?

[@AimForMyHead81]

Fascinating! You should document it

[@kraitshakti]

Don’t you need more than one jumping spider though? How will it breed?

[@settratheimperishable7800]

And to think that these animals don’t even know that they live in a jar, to them the jar is the entire planet.

[@eren-tv2et]

@@RichyStix cool idea for a sci fi story: people in the far future find the edge of the universe, only to discover the truth; we’re beings living in a small terrarium much like the one in this video, being watched by higher beings who created our whole world for their own entertainment.

[@LiamLegoStudios]

@@eren-tv2et cool idea!

[@MikeZdoesitz]

Insects don’t think, they react (very different!).

[@eren-tv2et]

@Samson 92 haha I only watched the first one

[@keesdevreugd9177]

@@eren-tv2et I'm sure I read a sci fi story with that premise a long time (over 30 years) ago.

[@ireneiniguez4083]

Imagine the world is post apocalyptic like fallout and you find something like this preserved in a house.

[@Top_Nep]

i can imagine it being a unique little item in games or something

[@andrewlopez6225]

not worth many caps

[@chrisg2506]

@@andrewlopez6225 a certain collector of odd paraphernalia will give you 1.5k caps for it

[@DarwinskiYT]

At first I was like “wait wouldn’t they suffocate if it’s sealed off?” But then I remembered the crap ton of algae in there

[@stormstudioproductions9860]

Like, a real life G.E.C.K?

[@TheKruxed]

This is really cool, I didn't want a aquarium due to management issues so this kind of thing adapted to my needs is perfect. Thank you for a great video as well, no annoying bass drops and screeching

[@Black_Kakari]

This is so awesome, i feel like a nerd for saying that but man now i wanna make one. The fact that you have trakced and monitored the activity and have seen patterns in the flucuations is so interesting

[@Timerballs]

What you imagine the isopods are thinking: “The world is so small. Is this all there is to life?” What they're probably thinking: "EAT PLANT"

[@okidj683]

Yes.

[@josuanachname1914]

Got me.

[@bluesummers5051]

“SEE GREEN, EAT GREEN. GET OUTTA MY WAY”

[@gabrielwahr998]

They will give it all they got until the infection from the radiance gets them

[@garrosh9215]

lmao

[@Sendu7]

Sophisticated Aliens looking down: Hey look! Our experiment has copied our experiment.

[@luigidisanpietro3720]

I have a feeling that this comment shall be great...

[@MrCaradras]

Now it's time to destroy them, before they outsmart us!

[@PopotaPlay]

42

[@jasminstrika7350]

Rick and Morty style

[@divaagarpavalakumar6714]

And they know that we know it

[@avinsiebalak]

The concept of nature is truly amazing !

[@n000b51]

Nice. Thanks for sharing this good short footage.

[@TontoGoldstein81]

Isopod Son: Dad, I'm telling you... we are living in a world inside another world. Isopod Dad: What did I tell you about eating that algae?!

[@bungarin4041]

😂😂😂😂

[@natureselement7588]

Men in black

[@natureselement7588]

Galaxies contained in a single marble.

[@dustinalcorn8765]

HFS this is hilarious little Edgy Teenage Tardigrade and his burly moustached father

[@drewg4323]

@@dustinalcorn8765 It's about time microbiologists got their own comic strip

[@horacio1464]

Something similar is happening at the bottom of my school bag

[@TheFreakyFish251]

Hmm, I didn’t see centipedes on the supplies list. Guess I gotta get some from the store.

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Lmao.

[@hippiegirlhippiegirl9199]

I can relate 😂

[@Yoruharu]

same

[@seesritual8990]

No joke, when I fully emptied my schoolback once during summer break, there was soil on the ground, I might have created new life..

[@retrogradeyeoXRP]

BEAUTIFUL! ❤️ just breathtaking. Crazy how you can see the nematodes with no problem. 12 years old. Wow that’s awesome! I had one but mama dukes made me get rid of it. Had to move. 🤷🏼‍♂️ I am going to build a huge aquarium and terrarium too! 🙌🏼❤️

[@RavenVargas27]

Amazing and beautiful thank you for sharing

[@raredoodah6649]

200 years later: The entire terrarium has held a presidential election: Isopods vs centipedes

[@jellyrollmorton2051]

And the centipedes will say it was rigged by the isopods.

[@dangerdan2592]

The isopods will riot at the drop of a hat and burn down the plants.

[@youtube.silenced.m]

😂

[@dangerdan2592]

@Dizzy Lol originally it was centipedes = republicams and isopods = democrats.

[@karltaylor2857]

Best thread ever...hahaha!. The isopods and centipedes are really part of a secret society both working together to control all of the other organisms and the elections are nothing more than a ruse to give the other organisms the illusion of choice.

[@jq747]

Mother isopod to young: "Be good and eat all ur algae, or the centipede monster will get you"

[@Flaminturkey1]

lmao

[@davids9522]

hahaha yes!

[@combatboots3517]

Baby iso: "the wot? O.O"

[@recu1]

lmao

[@stingray4567]

Mother centipede to young: "Be good and eat all ur isopod, or your father will eat you"

[@violentviolet1404]

Can’t believe how interesting I found this, I would never have looked for it, but I am glad it found me. Fascinating 🧐

[@ToxicSkullFear]

This is just incredible to watch. Well done sir!

[@rockydee7499]

Imagine if the universe is just a forgotten terrarium inside somebody else is attic.

[@maiksommer908]

Mind......... Is................. Blown...............

[@zero5496]

I had a theory about that, but people just called me insane

[@dramaticexperiment144]

Some kid probably found it and thought it would be funny to shake it for 2020

[@salmo436]

@@zero5496 lol

[@salmo436]

@@dramaticexperiment144 forgot it in his cargo pants when they were being washed in the washing machine

[@nixboaski]

This is one of the most beautiful videos I've seen. It remembers me of the video "this ciliate is about to die" from journey to the microcosmos. The choice of music is amazing, the images are amazing. Looking forward for more of your content (-:

[@hatonafox5170]

An oddly soothing video to watch. Haven’t felt this relaxed watching KZbin probably ever.

[@eddvcr598]

Something about being hairy and bitter resonate with me.

[@Jartopia]

Lmao my favorite comment here! Thanks for stopping by! :P

[@rickrollrizal2364]

Meghan Markle?

[@gracehampton7036]

Edd VCR I feel that this a minuscule yet complex example of the circle of life

[@wayneessar7489]

Bitter cress is a very determined plant!

[@Bazzable]

@@Jartopia has their evolution changed by 1 percent yet

[@bubbletea1985]

This man put some dirt in a jar and basically became a god

[@latassedethe4931]

I got a jar of dirt!!

[@spicygoodness6928]

la tasse de thé I’ve got a jar of dirt!!!

[@DawidBartczak4]

Isn't that what happened to earth?

[@ammyowl473]

Bruh

[@ivanarcheous4731]

Wait, are we all in a giant jar?!?!

[@TheThinkersBible]

Absolutely fascinating. It's truly amazing how you got a self-contained ecosystem that balances and self-maintains for so long. Thanks for sharing!

[@yawg333]

a sane comment among this section

[@TheThinkersBible]

@@yawg333 thank you :)

[@FurtiveSkeptical]

Amazing specimen of a terrarium. Thanks for this video.👍

[@sleepless9326]

The fact that its become a fully self sustaining environment is really interesting

[@1earflapping]

In Chaos Theory, the disorder eventually creates an order. This whatever you start with evolves, dies out, or flourishes throughout the system, achieving a balance.

[@MarshallApplewhite143]

@@1earflapping keep it all the way real you only know about chaos theory because of Jurassic Park!

[@1earflapping]

@@MarshallApplewhite143 No, I read the book by James Gleick. All I remember from the movie is Laura Dern and the velociraptors.

[@alienz8641]

@@1earflapping Nice!

[@StanSwan]

It is sustained by light and heat that comes from outside the jar. If you put the jar in the dark or freezing temperatures everything would die.

[@bearcatben4762]

Make sure to write who inherits this in your will, because I would cry if someone threw this away

[@hannahcollins6909]

🥺

[@silver-pearl]

Now I'm worried about this too :(

[@bearcatben4762]

@@silver-pearl Don't be worried its very unlikely to happen

[@retrouvailles4084]

It cant survive after 20 years, the glass should be dark

[@iluan_]

@@retrouvailles4084 What causes the glass becoming dark? Is there any way to reverse it?

[@vc8160]

Thanks mate, you have just spared me 10 years of my life!

[@dragonlord4452]

It is crazy how every role in our world's ecosystem has to be replicated even in the most tiny ecosystem. Water: feeds the plants and organisms, evaporates and condenses (rain) Plants: Fed by water, grow to provide food for organisms, decrease in population controlling isopod population Isopods: Fed by plants, grow to ensure future generations, increase in population controlling plant growth, decrease in population controlling Centipede population Centipedes: Increase in population controlling Isopod population Lamp: The Sun outside our atmosphere

[@lx4302]

See ya in a billion years when a mini dinosaur spawns inside the jar.

[@blainepavlock8012]

Evolution

[@abeharder-cattell6810]

Glass biodegrades in a million years. The glass would break before then even.

[@lx4302]

@@abeharder-cattell6810 wow I didn't know glass decomposes 1000 times slower than plastic. I guess they should layer the jar with bismuth so it doesn't decompose until the earth gets destroyed by the sun.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

I understand your meaning... but no. Dinosaurs WERE vertebrates. NONE of the animals in this terrarium are vertebrates and will not become so. Evolution works on the material at hand. It does not create new stuff out of nothing.

[@blainepavlock8012]

Rick Kwitkoski it’s a joke

[@elmoremora4738]

12 yrs old, damn. That’s older than most of the people in TikTok.

[@davidm5172]

Damn lol

[@wedividedyou1424]

and older than most anti-vax kids.

[@davidm5172]

@@wedividedyou1424 Damn

[@ermacn.cheese726]

Lol, not true. Most TikTokers are dumb teens. Now fortnite? Hell yeah.

[@NoobsDudes]

Amazing

[@justinf1343]

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

[@azombiestool]

Just found this video/your channel. And it is sooooooo awesome! Keep it going! So fascinating. Really bring me back to being a kid (not to say that your videos/ecosystems are childish by any means). Really quite interesting!! Love it

[@chibyversity5356]

Imagine if this passed on to the next generation until it reaches 100+ years like a bonsai trees. Nice video!

[@CHLOCHLOLP]

the apocalypse will come one day and this will be the only life left on earth lmao

[@guxsus13]

@@CHLOCHLOLP well i mean if there will be sun...................than maybe

[@karla9319]

Evolution would happen in that terrarium

[@j9392]

Imagine elephant size rollie pollies lol

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@j9392 imagine bug sized elephants in there. or even amobia sized elephants.

[@sfo45]

5 years later: The isopods have learned how to farm.

[@shahinakther1384]

Thats deep bro

[@angrybob197]

And religion

[@forgotmyname5742]

@@angrybob197😂

[@thealien_ali3382]

Now they planing a family and travel abroad 🤣

[@jasonchiu272]

30 years later Help! The isopods have escaped the terrarium! They found a way to drill through the lid.

[@sourasnatadnath1488]

This beautifully shows the balance in nature.

[@gypsygemjewel9760]

Loved when the centipede crawled out. I absolutely live this. It is your version of Horton Hears a Who. Love this.

[@theunraveler]

1000000 years later... The Isopods have completed the Manhattan Project

[@lordbogus6709]

MAD go BRRRRRRRRRRR

[@TheNecropolis20]

that reminds me of the Sea Monkeys off of the Simpsons. it was a tree house of horrors.

[@TheNecropolis20]

every hour to us was like 100 years from the sea monkey..they (LISA and Bart )came back a few days later and it was thousands of years for the sea monkeys and then they had advanced technology like Laser weapons and nuclear weapons

[@vankai6817]

More like 100 million years later

[@duracellrabbid]

meanwhile, Gandhi isopod is threatening to use nuke against the centipede populations…

[@DDmegadoodoo]

Imagine if the world ended and somehow this jar becomes the catalyst to start the next cycle of lives/evolution on this planet.

[@Dan23579]

That is a really cool concept

[@helloman8541]

That would have saved the next life

[@onealdavis8267]

Pineapple Who said it was a concept... ~ominously said~

[@tony_5156]

Cool concept but we’ll need to speed run through most of it lol and make it the intro

[@siddhanthbhattacharyya4206]

That would be fascinating, Imagine the isopods evolving over the course of millions of years, and then just ending up with another version of humans, only to discover mankind predicted it all along

[@Spenelo]

THanks so much for this, very interesting!

[@surferdude-ll2qu]

This takes some skill to build this eco environment but what a reward to see it thrive and fluctuate. I gotta make one of these.

[@jamesostrander8022]

Imagine being an Isopod and seeing a magnified face staring into their world.

[@thebritishviking]

Well due to their limited intelligence they'd hardly take notice of our existence but if they were smart enough to recognise us; It would be like a god to a caveman.

[@eeveelynnashes]

Oh heavenly being, why did all of my children get eaten again. If you could smite the centipedes, us isopods would build you a shrine!!!

[@casperghost0secondsago594]

They will start a religion. "Big face god from dark sky"

[@holyrosie981]

this kinda reminds me of attack on titan s1😩

[@skylinexp2]

That attack on titan means

[@jtmnavy]

100 years later: A human is born in the jar

[@cadennorth8539]

Evolution

[@cadennorth8539]

@Johnny Rebellion aight

[@nunyabusiness5819]

@Johnny Rebellion Don't like the confederate flag but what you said are facts lol.

[@iam9447]

@@nunyabusiness5819 It's just a piece of clothe

[@Kuma_Kuro]

100 years later: terrarium is what is outside of the jar ?

[@ethanpeeples6187]

I did this same concept as a school science fair projects years ago. Was pleasantly surprised at the growth

[@jingleskhanaudioproductions]

this is wonderful! nature always finds a way to survive in beauty. the music has been chosen perfectly

[@arthurservulo]

I wonder if these isolated individuals already have different DNA characteristics than the ones in the wild. Magnificent

[@Alb410]

possible, since insect breeding cycles are fast, there's a chance they lost some of the defenses for non-centipede predators in favour for anti-centipede defenses

[@tw1zt84]

I'm surprised there's enough genetic diversity that they're not all inbred by now.

[@777Electric]

@@tw1zt84 No inbreeding avoidance has ever been discovered in insects, as far as I'm aware. If anything, they show kin preference. So the higher inbreeding coefficients in this environment keeps the mutation loads down and means that over the course of generations, they become extremely resilient thanks to advantageous recessive phenotypes being expressed. Them being inbred would be nothing but beneficial in this environment.

[@aleksitjvladica.]

Thank you, I wondered that too. > @@777Electric

[@zeronight911]

Did the person add the bugs to the jar before closing it?

[@Ullmans9]

The music is very fitting when you realize the baby isopods are trapped in there with a centipede

[@annemcintyre9620]

That got dark

[@Ranstone]

We're trapped on this tiny ball of rock with some pretty troublesome apex-predators ourselves. At least theirs are a different species.

[@Aaronduhmoron]

@@Ranstone clever

[@dylaneverett4586]

You can also look at it another way - Every other species is currently trapped on this tiny ball of rock with almost 8 billion pretty troublesome apex-predators.

[@unknownknown4180]

@@dylaneverett4586 ummmm..... Someone already said that😳

[@rogerkay8603]

Fascinating, thanks!

[@jakke1975]

Not sure how this entered in my recommendations but a big thumbs up, very cool.

[@sporepics]

"Do you think there are other worlds outside this jar?" "The outside is barren, no algae grows, no isopods roam. It's just a wasteland, nothing but dust and wood. Venturing out is pure suicide there's no other place we can call home." "Well we can try right?"

[@whiztafox297]

Attack on titan

[@heysaucemikehere1804]

@Johnathan Johnson pretty motivational if you ask me

[@user-sz6dm8fy2m]

@@heysaucemikehere1804 ikr that was a nice quote

[@heartofjustice6041]

this is straight up fallout

[@sporepics]

@@heartofjustice6041 When I read this back to myself i did actually hear it as the narrator from the first game in my head.

[@GrowwithCourt]

Imagine the creatures in this glass thinking this jar is the whole universe. “I can’t see outside this glass, there must be nothing there. This is the whole of existence.”

[@th6574]

I would like to know if the weigh chance over the years.

[@bowendu8724]

Imagine we are the creatures inside the jar but on a way bigger scale . Give me chills...

[@thelobrielbiznarck9152]

Like us

[@Rodiboy60]

Bowen Du the marbles of men in black our entire universe is a marble and it is just a toy for something far freater

[@jdunnatl]

In the land of The Jar, the centipede is King.

[@haroldoakland3480]

Wonderful work throughout!

[@suzannespinler8834]

This is amazing, thank you.

[@chigozie123]

Organism 1: How did we get here? Organism 2: Billions of years ago...

[@nathanilemiller7750]

Kiss me baby

[@bigsmall246]

-or- organism 2: i was visited by god in a dream...

[@lukemurray7219]

Organism 2: God himself took us from the heavens into the world....

[@ggg90599]

Organism 3: God spoke to me, therefore you need to obey my orders and provide food, money and resources

[@zaddyxyborg9873]

Organism 5: purposterous twas a quaint dream and ye shall be rediculed for thy transgressions on modern science you cephalopod. Clearly we spontaneously were put on earth by a chain reaction starting with the anomaly of nothingness.

[@stefangatev5530]

Almost nobody searched that but almost everybody likes it.

[@_____Z_____]

I disliked it

[@AngelicAutumn]

@@_____Z_____ how could u >:0

[@SafiullahMollick]

@@AngelicAutumn He didn't go to school so his questions were more than 1 and after he argued himself over not having answers, He disliked the video..... Traditional example of a moron.

[@lightterror3304]

@@SafiullahMollick or... Or.... OR, its a joke and you wasted a good roast for nothing.

[@vaibhavsrivastva1253]

I am 666th liker.

[@visualpathways-becomethema557]

WOW! Amazing and with the music it’s EPIC!!!!

[@noplsmakeitstop7179]

Very good idea and photography skills!

[@alienation5118]

People keep asking about the water but closed terrariums don't need to be watered more than once. The water inside will eventually evaporate (but can't leave the container) and turn into water vapor, this vapor will then hit the cold glass and condense forming droplets. The water droplets will then move down the glass and back into the soil. This is basic water cycle stuff. As for the centipede questions which I keep seeing posted here in the video he/she said CENTIPEDES! There is more than 1 centipede. There was even 2 shown in the video. They're breeding in there and I saw on another comment that Jartopia said they even control their own numbers though cannibalism. Hope this clears up some of the questions you guys are asking. EDIT: You people don't even know plants produce oxygen? Or that plants slowly release water through transpiration? Or that soil has nutrients in it? Did most of you guys even go to school??? The amount of dumb questions I am getting on this comment is insane

[@jhostintola3092]

What about oxygen circulation

[@rstlr01]

A small look at our planet, cannibalism will happen!

[@cxalesce]

@@jhostintola3092 plants and algae will absorb the carbon and release it back as oxygen

[@adb4522]

@Chris D'oulmeth Diminishing return is more about the point that you get less productivity if you overuse a factor. I guess what you mean is the Liebig law of the minimum, which state that you can not increase the productivity above the lowest factor. But in the case the Terrarium isn´t sealed to 100%, i think the humidity in the glass balancing it self out with the humidity of the room. Even if the lamp heats the glass and there for would made it drier, it would it only dried up to a certain point. Given the variables dosn´t change that much, but hey this system works for 12 years!

[@Crusina]

What would happen if you opened it up? Or if you put the animals and plants where they normally live?

[@s.p.q.r.5102]

Guy: "Shit the electrics cut off..." Life in the bottle: "100 seconds ago when your great great grandfather was alive... the great schism came and darkened the realm... horrors lurked 200 centipede feet away from our home but yet we prevailed!"

[@khai96x]

isopods just breed too fast

[@Mishkola]

I love that. 100 seconds ago.

[@AlexTunstall]

Centifeet

[@OrphanCrippler1]

Holy shit

[@theultraatomicgamer]

@J van Sevenhoven Bug time is shorter than real time I guess

[@renajforbesceoofmobay9814]

this is absolutely amazing

[@zekTHEtinter]

Great vid!! THANKS

[@WRGOP]

Whole generations of insects have lived and died in that jar, that is something that is strangely impressive.

[@egregius9314]

Well arthropods, but yeah (even springtails are not considered insects any more, but proto-insects).

[@Optimaloptimus]

Don’t forget the amount of bacteria in there.

[@douchymcdouche169]

"That is something that is strangely impressive" should be written as separate sentence and there's no need for that second "that is". Tsk tsk.

[@morallygray6527]

@@douchymcdouche169 i was going to say nice job being a pedantic ass, but then i noticed his grammar nazi pfp lol

[@TylerMcCann-Barnes]

@@Harkassf why did you capitalize ever word?

[@smolchungus9213]

Everybody gangsta 'til *_the insects start a rebellion and escape the simulation_*

[@scoobydoo7220]

I knew I shoulda kept away the silica gel! (if you know you know lol)

[@CodfishJoe]

None of these are insects, actually--isopods are crustaceans, centipedes are myriapods, and springtails are, like, proto-insects. But yeah, the revolution will be bitter and violent regardless

[@thegenius8817]

I got really sad when I learned that the owner deliberately put in carnivores to hurt the babies. Starvation is kinder. Let’s get the person who made this to show us what happens after one year without predators.

[@MrTom-kl7hy]

The insects and "lower" lifeforms already rule the earth, in time they have been here, by sheer numbers and by weight, and by future survivability.

[@chrisclifford7080]

Just Wait until Tiny people Emerge And Start driving tiny cars and then The jar cracks open.

[@martinb.3997]

Just imagine an isolated enviroment like this, but like 100x or even 1000x bigger. Man, the things that could happen

[@williamjpriest7475]

would could go a 100,000 times bigger, but I think that's just called Earth

[@dbsouza1]

Outstanding!

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Young Isopod: " This here is my Mom, my Dad, and my brother who is also a first cousin..."

[@chrishushak3562]

The jar is in West Virginia?

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

@@chrishushak3562 There was a girl in my Highschool who had 2 kids before she graduated... different fathers, the fathers were brothers. Her name was Sophie von Greiffenberg. They were first cousins and half brothers.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

@@sophievongreiffenberg3182 it was 35 years ago i don't care. Do you think you should post comments online with your full name?

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

@@sophievongreiffenberg3182 There...fixed it.

[@daftnord4957]

"... OH GOD IS THAT HOW IT HAPPENED"

[@redDL89]

Give it another 12 years and we might see a miniature King Kong on a miniature Skull Island.

[@ohnono3130]

Lmao kinda true

[@montalesjuliuscesard.1010]

Lols

[@user-gq4dy7ds4y]

Prince kong

[@marley8684]

Lol

[@MrSimplewish85]

Good one

[@vic0734]

Congratulations! Amazing!

[@bluebird3042]

Fascinating! I really like the little butchy boys.

[@cancerguy5435]

The interesting thing is that they technically have seasons in this jar, season of bugs and season of plants, that are constantly changing.

[@unofficialAyP]

And who said we can't play God

[@jamessmith65536]

It's like we have mini eras in this lol. The era of isopods, the era of centipedes, the era of springtails, the era of algae, the era of hairy bittercress, etc. The organisms inside the jar must have gone some gene modifications also. The natural selection. Think about the strong isopod survivors everytime the centipedes predate a lot of them, the next generation of isopods would be stronger and would be able to recover from their little population. The gene pool is also constantly changing too because of these little conditions changing.

[@itsalittlerusty9817]

@@unofficialAyP 😂

[@abdullahzubair1149]

@@unofficialAyP GOD creates life out of nothing.

[@bushydev2050]

@@abdullahzubair1149 it’s a joke😐

[@gudintentions]

I love closed terrariums, they seem wildly underrated compared to open terrariums. I have one I made out of a 5 gallon wine glass jar, the larger opening allowed me to get creative with the decor. I look at that thing every single day and try to see what changed or is in the process of changing. I've seen whole life cycles come and go. It's extremely fascinating. Had it for about 4 years now

[@alexcrowder1673]

I would love to see that! Im using a 5 or 6 gallon jug as well. Im trying to make a present for my son when hes born. Im doing a water layer with jungle val and 2 snail species on the bottom. Theyve been stable for a few months now so im wanting to get started on the soil layer which will be suspended above. Id love to either see a video or even just hear from you what sorts of life you have inside and roughly how hot/cold and dry/humid it is etc. 4 years is very impressive!

[@chelseacomps829]

@@alexcrowder1673 Wow! That sounds amazing lol, I’m only 17 so when I’m responsible enough I think I’ll fill a jar with pond water as a beginner.

[@TastyyOnYoutube]

haha terraria

[@tonic3898]

@@TastyyOnKZbin great video game. haha

[@rohan69420]

@@chelseacomps829 bro how it survives without water though??

[@cptmarvelous5897]

Fascinating

[@Snake-sv6ie]

this is awesome ! congratulations ! :)

[@bruh1077]

I don’t think people understand how magnificent this is. This is literally a world inside of a glass jar. As we look into our universe and the world is all we know, this is all the species in the jar know, and outside is their universe. Lit asf mate

[@Terror187D]

I see that u kno da wae

[@yussnan843]

Ok

[@gcjas1998]

We could be living inside our own universe sized jar as well, and we wouldn't know it. Just like the cute little isopods.

[@hardbentpp2038]

DeputyMuffinTop hahaha bro hahah

[@siddhanthbhattacharyya4206]

@@gcjas1998 Haha imagine Isopods having their own versions scientists and other professions, Even Michio Kaku said in his book Hyperspace, he thought like that when he was a kid and looked into the lake, "The Einsteins of fishes must wonder what the outer world is like."

[@philcestrilli9115]

This is fascinating

[@woodfield9584]

That is wonderful.

[@solusidarilangit]

100M years later : one of the isopod created KZbin channel and make his own terrarium to watch small living thing inside it.

[@h.s.c.-5769]

Lol

[@mannysong1752]

Jesus that meta

[@exposedition6999]

Nah

[@AddersOtter]

I saw that Rick and Morty episode lol

[@ninjadude9039]

Fractal af