Phylum Onychophora: Velvet Worms

[@ExplosiveBrohoof]

That movement footage at 7:04 is incredibly hypnotizing. These creatures are lovely.

[@wolfkrueger7530]

it kinda looks like a gummy worm

[@DfvbcxIgigut]

انا طالبة بايولوجي واستمعت واستفدت كثيراً من شرحك عن شعبة Onychophora وسأكمل مشاهدة باقي المواضيع على شروحاتك .... شكرا جزيلاً 🌷✨

[@CaptainMonarda]

Thank you so much for making these videos! I love your phylum videos delving into the various branches on the tree of life. This is quality content!!

[@JCO2002]

Great. We stumbled across what might be the rarest species in a cave here in Jamaica a while back, Speleoperipatus spelaeus. Only five had been found before, at one site. Eventually, we found a total of three more at the second site. So, only eight in total ever observed. There are some decent photos and videos if you search online. RS Stewart - JCO.

[@jayjeetkumar2008]

Sir, I am a great fan of yours.....hats off to your dedication towards science, literature and each and every field of nature.....I am a student and currently I am trying to understand modern physics and many other subjects which have been cracked by you in the easiest way possible.... Thanks a lot Sir, for creating such videos and helping us in understanding the concepts. With regards, Jayjeet, India

[@guiltystress509]

7:11 lol hes got a bit of slime stuck on his foot like he just got out the restroom with a long pice of paper stuck on his shoe

[@YetiUprising]

1:26 lmao I heard "and consume using two foot covered mandibles" and almost spit out my breakfast.

[@sugarfrosted2005]

I can't imagine how in depth the arthropod video is gonna go, there are so many major groupings!

[@TomMinnow]

That first close up of the velvet worm looks so goofy hahah It's the same vibe as a mall portrait shot

[@themachine5647]

I love that Dave's channel is just highly educational short and long-form videos that provide excellent resources and overviews of fascinating topics... only broken by occasional, brutal, bloody takedowns of charlatans and grifters.

[@meatmobile]

Velvet worms are awesome. Not enough people know about them.

[@mantispidoizquierdista4850]

U got good taste, meatmobile

[@iuliancojocaru4125]

Very interesting to see these little creatures be social. I wonder how small a creature can be while still being social.

[@cedarwaxwing3509]

Well, ants and termites are certainly social, and most of them are much smaller than onychophorans. One does wonder if there is a collective name for a gathering of onychophorans, and what they chat about when they all get together.

[@thomasbutler6198]

Most people out there have absolutely no knowledge of the wonderful diverse world of Invertabrates, especially in marine and aquatic environments. My background is such that I do. How different invertabrate animals function and reproduce is amazing.

[@BhbtheRock]

What timing, I just learned of the existence of these today

[@thetachyon456]

I've always loved velvet worms, they seem like the closest thing we have to experiencing the cambrian explosion

[@Beepers559]

I love these little guys, they have this weirdly cute look to me

[@IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous]

Wonderful video Dave! How many videos will you do on Arthropoda? With all the diversity therein they of all clades deserve multiple videos to them.

[@nicklagoudakis4674]

Another success as always

[@sciencenerd7639]

one of my favorite phyla

[@cambriaofthevastoceans6721]

Velvet worms are so cool!

[@khushisansar]

Nice video sir ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@markborok4481]

Interesting how they are cousins to the tardigrades, looking like much larger versions of them, and yet tardigrades are found in every environment and are incredibly durable.

[@SherazMia-ji1cj]

Bro, get to the arthropods, you took the patience from my heart

[@PavewayIII-gbu24]

Why are they so cute

[@nancyzipperer8819]

Can you explain toxoplasmosis pls

[@sava-smth]

Ahh, finally. My favourite animal

[@animegangster6710]

Do more science videos! I really enjoy them

[@Cyber-Gigachad]

Does professor Dave read comments on these videos?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

yep

[@snakepliskin6391]

What is a hydrostatic capsule and it's functions?

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

Yet, I can't help but wonder if there is some shared common ancestry resulting in the modern arthropod caterpillar?

[@pramodsingh7569]

Thanks

[@outlawGFXaus]

Now i wonder how related James Tour is to this worm. Seems close

[@cedarwaxwing3509]

I think that is insulting to Onychophorans.

[@vibe1337]

really crude..​@@cedarwaxwing3509

[@kemicalhazard8770]

these comments are really mean guys... show some respect to one of the worlds worms please

[@cedarwaxwing3509]

@@kemicalhazard8770 You mean Tour the worm or the Onychophorans?

[@kemicalhazard8770]

@@cedarwaxwing3509 Oncyophorans lol

[@Eludinium]

Please please please can you make a video on inductive and mesomeric effects? 🙏🥺

[@artemirrlazaris7406]

The orange colouring seems to be denoted grouping of various insects, so it must be a wider simliar linkage to tis origins, but maybe its al ong shot. THe Larva(scorpion state) of Ladybugs gets taht simliar colour, my inution leads me to state that perhaps there is a triggering simalarity between not the life form, but how the bioworkings are articulating its outside pigmentation... or carapace or whatever they are composed of on teh outside, but that would be strange.

[@valkeakirahvi]

1:11 What happened to the Baltic Sea in that map? lol

[@prywatne4733]

and the black sea too lol

[@valkeakirahvi]

​@@prywatne4733and the Caspian sea. Global warming really boiling away the water it seems...

[@cocoblaze10]

WE’RE SO CLOSE

[@ferociousfeind8538]

VELVET WORMS YEEEEEEEAAAHHH

[@sunlightsage2982]

I love these horrific little worms

[@laura.s.m]

That’s a scary kind of worm

[@PaVbrL]

thats a worm

[@powpuckmobile9226]

I have not been accepted into worm society

[@raxinda6918]

🐛🪱 they cute tho

[@dr-Dork]

Agreed❤

[@alifrahman5430]

Hey. Can you debunk a video of this flat earther eric dubay in which he shows footage of the earth from high altitude and it looks flat.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I did that about a month ago

[@guiltystress509]

only thing that was high was himself probably🤦

[@guiltystress509]

he has already debunked pretty much every flat earth argument there is by now

[@alifrahman5430]

@@guiltystress509 his fans are just like himself. I commented on his video that dave debunked this guy so hard. And guess what they said. "He didn't debunked a thing". Flerfs are only deserving of being mocked.

[@guiltystress509]

@@alifrahman5430 fr

[@abon010]

Wth why this only has 487 views wired shit happening with yt

[@XDHJ7]

i really love this chanil

[@YasserTh66]

Hey doctor dave , is it ok to use one of your videos to explain in channels ( non profit channels) ? Like insta stories and stuff like this

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

No please do not upload my content elsewhere

[@YasserTh66]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains ok that’s fair

[@donchristie420]

Waellllllll

[@waelfadlallah8939]

Doooooooooooon

[@kamogelomathabathe9761]

I like all ur videos sir but ur fast hey🥲🥲

[@TheDiveWithJackson]

They remind me of Anomalocaris

[@KenLord]

Anomalocaris are arthropods, but Hallucigenia might be close to the general form from which velvet worms and later anomalocaris came from.

[@guiltystress509]

they are, i think they're the closest thing to an ancient arthropod, thats why i used one of them as reference for an anomalocaris paleoart i did