Phylum Loricifera: Microscopic Armor-Bearers

Kicking off Ecdysozoa we have phylum Loricifera, or the tiny armor-bearers. These were discovered only a few decades ago, but they live all over the world and are fascinating creatures. Let's learn about them!
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[@w.randyhoffman1204]

I appreciate the video, but it would've been nice if you had covered what Loriciferans eat and, in the absence of oxygen and mitochondria, how they get the energy they need to survive.

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Who is here to watch his/her favorite Professor like me?❤️

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No

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me (though their in my case i guess)

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@@rheiagreenland4714 not intrested

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@@waelfadlallah8939go read the bible lol

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98% of the people, though I like Grant from 3B1B a bit more. The rest are James Tour's frothing fans.

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Fascinating series, thank you.

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Thank you Dave for these educational videos , watch, learn and share, Best !

[@katep1530]

Really enjoying this series :) What's your planned release schedule for the next upcoming parts? Thankyou!

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

About one per week!

[@papalouis9111]

this is really insignificant, just wanted to note that Reinhardts middle name is Møbjerg, not Mobjerg. Even without the danish letter it's more accurate to write Moebjerg, but hey wthc

[@gabrielmensah6113]

Please do you have videos on PHYLUM ARTHROPODA?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

they are coming soon

[@kevinthecat9704]

Curious about something... How many parts will the arthropods and chordates get? Also will you be covering extinct phyla like the trilobozoans?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

16 parts on arthropoda, just finished those this morning. chordates not sure yet. i do talk about trilobites briefly.

[@kevinthecat9704]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains Trilobozoa not trilobites

[@ZeStreD]

I think he is just sticking to what has been shown on that chart that has persisted through the whole series. Trilobozoa is pretty niche and poorly understood so I don't think it is really possible for him to cover it anyway. Ever since it got kicked out of Cnidaria there hasn't really been any clear answer on where to put them or if they truly need to be given their own phylum branch.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

@@kevinthecat9704 oh the extinct cnidarians? I already covered cnidaria, they might be in there. Otherwise I probably talked about them in my Stephen Meyer debunk.

[@Neha_671]

Can you please make a video on Echinodermata larvae?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I'll get there in time! All phyla will be covered.

[@magroves]

I'm curious about that too. I realize that i have been aware of sea urchins and starfish since i was little and even saw sand dollars at my local beach. But I really know very little about them, how they work in general, and especially their life cycle compared to animals like amphibians or bees or butterflies. I look forward to the echinoderms a lot.

[@noswim]

Thanks Dave.

[@RichTheMusician]

#9!

[@LontsiPaul-pp7er]

Could you please make one on Biochem

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I have a whole biochemistry playlist.

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@@ProfessorDaveExplains okay I'll check it out

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Did Professor Dave and Bill Nye the Science Guy take the same short bus to school?

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Did you have a problem with something in this video, sweetie?

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😦 I'm afraid

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hooray, zoology!

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How on earth would those two topics correlate?

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I just saw on Instagram that Bryce Mitchell (UFC fighter who brings a Bible into the octagon) is gonna have a flat Earth debate tomorrow and now all I want is for his opponent to be Professor Dave

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He knows a lot about shitty USA farming practice but that's about it. Don is dumb, likely from all the glyphosphate.

[@billyr2904]

4:40 so Loriciferans are EXTREMAPHILES!!!!!!

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The only scientific advancements & discoveries that matter now are those in the field of anti-aging. Aging is the biggest problem in human history & is still undefeated

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Some things you might want to use for any flat earth videos again. You can use the creative phrase: "Thermometer drinkers", its either methanol or mercury and they have basically poisoned thenselves and are as dumb as you would get if you drunk either. I got it from Cletus in the simpsons who said that he drank his thermometer in the episode where Bart escaped Juvenile Detention. I would also add the historical context. In the past, most people did not have anything to do which required or benefitted from knowing the shape of the Earth. A farmer in a field probably needs to nothing about it. A local engineer might depending on the curve of the Earth over a big enough thing like a road, but not a house or castle. Flat earthers even prove today that they can live a miserable little life with half their children dying by the age of ten and still with sufficient calories will somehow stagger to maturity and reproduce, in the paraphrased quote of Alfred Crosby.

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Do not use AI narrations--not that you are. I'm just warning you not to go there. Real people don't like being talked at by pretend human beings.

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Did you see James Tour's latest video? Now he's moved on from attacking OoL research to attack Issac Newton, almost like a flat earther. Next thing he'll be telling us that gravity doesn't exist, the sun is electric, and that density and buoyancy are what makes things fall 🤣🤣🤣