Sex, Spider Attacks, and Other Acts Caught in Amber

[@fourcatsandagarden]

ngl....its kinda wild to me that people were like 'no no, ants can't possibly be that old.' ants just look like a species that's been around for freaking ever lol.

[@tommunyon2874]

My friend who had been a professional dancer, had received gifts of amber jewelry from admirers when she was touring Europe. She took her pieces to a small town jeweler in the early 1970s for appraisal. The high school aged girl at the front counter wanted to know why she thought "plastic" jewelry needed to be appraised.

[@michealwestfall8544]

Maybe the trees made more resin, because angiosperms didn't exist yet, so insects did a lot more burrowing.

[@cratorcic9362]

That does make some sense

[@YeeSoest]

Imagine getting dumped or fired...and in that very moment of pain you are preserved in tree resin for all eternity.

[@marpfel]

The true origin of the "Oh no I'm stuck"-kink. :D

[@cratorcic9362]

Take my like and get the hell out.

[@zoekassoff6003]

Take my like and stay here.... AND GET STUCK!!!

[@quakeknight9680]

Amber has fallen

[@NinaDmytraczenko]

Step-fly, what are you doing?

[@AudraK]

Yall need Jesus… and by Jesus I mean yall need to get stuck and ask some man named Jesus for help 😏

[@Nazuiko]

earliest ive ever seen a sci show video... And a stealth 311 (three-eleven) reference

[@sicmunduscreatusest6780]

1:33 love to see it

[@AaronGeo]

Amber is so cool! It's basically fossilizes animals and preserves them with much greater detail.

[@Auriansmule]

Fossils Amber: The cooler fossils.

[@RyshusMojo1]

He whispered in her ear, just as they both became engulfed in their inescapable passionate embrace, "my love, we will be together for all eternity..."

[@GreenPoint_one]

Futurama in diamond dust xD

[@bagelsforsoupy]

crying

[@GreenPoint_one]

@@RyshusMojo1imagine a couple doing it in pompei getting turned in fossils xD Like fighting dinosaurs 🙃

[@Nmethyltransferase]

6:33 What're you doing step-resin!?

[@victoriaeads6126]

This is the absolute best news of the day! Thank you for putting this out today!!!!!!

[@tbella5186]

Was that a 311 joke?!😂

[@jrbship]

Admittedly, my mind immediately went to 311 when I saw that the episode was about amber

[@calaneedoolittleodell3190]

Wasn't expecting a 311 reference from a SciShow video, lucky day for me! Bugs, Amber, and 311, maybe enough to settle the impending doom for a little bit lmao

[@Auryce]

Funny, i put this video on instead of reading the copy of The Lost World i’ve been slowly working my way through

[@bm0ore43]

@4:31 How do the researchers know that the spiders weren’t right about to cannibalize each other when they were trapped in the amber? I don’t understand assuming they were friends just because they are next to each other. I guess I’ll assume there is more evidence than that.

[@ppsaha1994]

Exactly what I thought when I was at that part.

[@erikarussell1142]

Amber was one of my granny’s favorite stones. I have quite a bit of her collection. It’s so pretty and smooth and light.

[@zeratullotus2790]

Fly stuck in amber "HELP ME!" Glenn Quagmire Fly passing by "Giggity giggity"

[@jillrector7176]

Very interesting and delivered at a soothing rate!

[@MattWeaver-bc9dr]

Everyone of you guys are great at telling us fun science! Thank you for the knowledge along with the entertainment.

[@klbriceno1]

loved the 311 reference lol

[@zoekassoff6003]

STEP FLY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!! 7:58

[@isaiahdooley5953]

My hypothesis why trees were so “resin-y” back then: Trees weren’t as resistant to plant diseases back then so they produced more resin to help prevent contracting anything while the tree healed. Newer trees are (relatively) more resistant to disease than trees that evolved during a time when plant diseases were relatively new.

[@judithdomangue9995]

Amber is my favorite! Wonderful presentation.

[@matthewsermons7247]

In the movie Jurassic Park, Dr. Hammond had a cane with amber at the top. Dr. Hammond was played by Sir David Attenborough's brother. David Attenborough had a piece of amber as a child that had a fly trapped inside, sparking his curiosity of nature.

[@paulwormwood6414]

Kudos and compliments across the board. Some of the best content I have seen. I'm not weird, however to be preserved with my giant genitalia on display many years later is pretty cool. Please keep up the amazing work.

[@Dwagginz]

Yay Savannah! Also I like this set design - is that a taxidermed squirrel holding a scythe?

[@liveinamber1307]

Thank goodness! That title had me scared for a second.

[@toastghost9145]

Being named Amber makes this video so funny

[@joshg.6893]

1:38 LOLLLLL it took me a second longer than it should have 😂

[@Serenity_Dee]

Spider-friends and spider-foes? Amazing!

[@Tannerbot2k]

A+ on the 311 reference at 1:38

[@punypufferman180]

Whoa-oh

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

That spider be like "It's my kink, don't judge me!"

[@ChinchillaBONK]

Random scientist opens amber stone : Damsel fly couple : Break's over babe. Let's continue

[@johnmillerpere_grin6371]

Bug wife at home: What is taking him so long?? Bug husband: doing it with the bug neighbor, thinking they wouldn't get caught

[@jadensanchez3189]

“Ooo nooo step fly what are you doing” 👀 didn’t know flies did that

[@laurenzparsons5315]

Does amber preserve colour? Is it possible to work out the colour of the insects using the amber as a mould of the nano structures, and then either recreating the structures in air, or working backwards by working out how amber affects the scattering of light?

[@VoidVagabond]

0:27 at first I thought that was beef and carrots and potatoes on a bed of rice.

[@ChinchillaBONK]

"Well if we are about to die encased for eternity for some random advanced evolved being to see, let them witness our final romp!"

[@whoopsydaisy6389]

At first I missed the comma in "sex, spider attacks" and every hair on my body stood up at once *shiver.

[@Skateandcreate9]

It’s fun to think that trees were extra gooey 100m years ago

[@OMGitshimitis]

Awesome! New jersey amber is good, was worried it may be from Myanmar which has been used to fund some bad things.

[@Hide_Me]

I have a question: why for the last few years have people started saying 66 million years instead of 65 million years ago? When did we cross this point?

[@yaboi8130]

Back in 2010 we passed from 65,999,999 years to 66,000,000. To be more accurate you should be saying 66 million and 14 years ago

[@Immortal10364]

LOVE FROM PUNE MAHARASHTRA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 ❤😘🧡😍😃🥰😀🤝👍😊😎😍❤😍❤❤

[@pssurvivor]

they was a tree in my backyard growing that was constantly oozing resin from a "permawound". i used to stick mosquitos into it. hopefully a few 100 million years later someone will discover my amber mosquitos

[@marckyle5895]

3:20 I have personally seen a jumping spider, Phidippus audax, jump on and carry off a tick on my car. They seem to be omnivores regarding insects.

[@anthonyfrench3169]

After hearing Amber and not the color of your energy I was thinking of 311! 😅

[@Clearlight201]

Perhaps there was a proliferation of tree pathogens carried by insects which led to the extreme production of amber as a defence? Or perhaps an increase in quantities of insects due to the emergence of flowering plants which Cretaceous trees needed to protect themselves from with huge quantities of amber? I don't know but since amber is good at trapping insects maybe there's a connection with the increased production in early Cretaceous.

[@lilashelton535]

Very informative

[@EmilyJelassi]

I LOVE amber!! I have an amber necklace from my grandmother that she got in the USSR, so I treasure it😊❤

[@hudsonconant6335]

I can’t be the only one who caught that 311 joke😂😂

[@unionmaster]

No way I just heard a 311 reference in a sideshow video😂

[@gabrielmarciu69]

Was this filmed in a crash course set?

[@saraa3418]

I wonder if the resinousness of cretaceous trees is related to their predation by sauropod dinosaurs. We know diplodocus ate conifers and we know that trees produce resin in response to wounds, so that sounds like a likely causal relationship.

[@WBradleyRobbins]

A 311 reference, nice

[@JAGFG42]

Makes me wonder if it was due to bugs or animals that would like to puncture the trees? So fun to day dream about the Jurassic

[@StrayVagabond]

Amber is more than the color of my energy

[@mintybadger6905]

I would love to get myself a legit piece of amber with a little critter in it for my collection.

[@joshc2206]

Does anyone know what that nonprofit that sponsored scishow that showed you jobs that would make a difference is called?

[@archerelms]

80,000 Hours

[@blakespower]

I suppose the trees created a lot of resin because they were injured frequently thats why conifers produce it these days. maybe some insect or animal like a bear like animal dinosaur found it tasty, have they found any animal hairs or feathers in the amber?

[@12345Kainan]

The other spider could be fighting for the prey

[@blakemelton7166]

Love the not Jurassic Park reference

[@johnnydarling8021]

8:00 Help me step-fly. I'm stuck!

[@markedis5902]

Amber also burns which is why loads of it has disappeared into incense

[@janetdudley4729]

This is almost as bad as when i found out Victorians ate all the mummies

[@SunsetLynxx]

I really enjoy getting my rock box once a month. Been a subscriber since the second month it opened. But the prices are getting ridiculous. I am now playing 71$ CAN I’ve been to a few rock/ gem exhibitions in the past year and it’s hard to see rocks there that I’ve gotten from SciShow. That are bigger, better quality and prettier for 1/3 the price.

[@SaintDane]

Where are the images of things described caught in amber?

[@forestxander]

Amber is crazy beautiful.

[@rajathr7217]

Love from INDIA !!❤

[@decafcj]

Not the taking advantage of the situation 😭

[@yamjamjam]

OoooOOhhHHhhh NoooOOo I hope no other ticks get stuck in amber. Like especially not the ticks near and around me!!!

[@korygurman6638]

I have water trapped in amber, my favorite piece of

[@laratheplanespotter]

That title 😮😂

[@Jallamedalla]

Whatcha doing there, step fly? *splot*

[@statickaeder29]

I don't believe it actually fossilizes/is considered a fossil. For something to fossilize, a percentage needs to be replaced by a different substance, such as fossilized wood being predominantly comprised of silicates that have replaced the organic matter in the shapes of the original cells. What amber does phenomenally well is seal items from the air, so that oxygenation and other forces of biodegradation (water, bacteria, fungi, carrion eaters), it retains it's resinous nature. You could say that it is a natural plastic. - Please tell me where I am wrong, if I am so.

[@jacksonhamilton6302]

2:58 I would rather suffocate in amber than die from having my insides liquified by spider venom to be slurped up by the spider.

[@BlackDawnYaoiLover]

I thought spiders didn't have blood, so how could his blood pressure go up? Or is that they just don't have blood in their legs cause they too small?

[@nebulan]

Yay new jersey amber! Just didn't want Myanmar amber since it funds war.

[@danielgolarz2117]

When will we cure blindness caused by retinal vein occlusion

[@Kerry-uo6og]

Note to self, never have sex near sap.👍

[@elainelear4982]

Ants have been around that long? Very interesting.

[@angelitabecerra]

I adore amber

[@ParadoxProblems]

Anyone have a guide on how to clear the browser history of amber?

[@icarusbinns3156]

You missed out on the chance to define true amber and copal!

[@camatrusaca]

8:03 step-fly help! I'm stuck in resin

[@-BEASTOR-]

Where are the huge insects? I thought there were humongous in that time period. Or at least some of them.

[@janetdudley4729]

You'd need massive amber to trap them.

[@colbyr7811]

Hell yeah love this dude

[@stevenoberfeld6758]

So maple syrup is... Cooked tree plasma? Yummy

[@anniecampbell3170]

Myanmar amber is unethically harvested :( talking about the scientific value of Myanmar amber without at least mentioning the conditions of its discovery is also unethical

[@wesleyson21]

Yeah I was looking for this comment. There have long been ethical concerns about Myanmar amber.

[@yaboi8130]

Talk about it here at least then, I don’t know what you are referring to

[@catman8965]

WHO WANTS TO BE BURIED ON AMBER?

[@JeevasJerico13]

8:00 oof

[@paulmillbank3617]

Where is prehistoric amber found, is it just lying around on or in the ground or is it trapped in other sediments like sandstone? And how does one know it’s 2 million years old or 2 years old?

[@glennbabic5954]

SciShow should boycott any science that comes at the expense of human lives, like those slave miners in Myanmar.

[@edenisburning]

Lol.. that 311 joke was painful 😖

[@ExiledYVM95]

1:37 *WHOA, SHADES OF GOLD DISPLAYED NATURALLY* (let's all agree that 311 does not exist next time, ok?)

[@LogicalThinking-p2s]

If that cat in last video was still conscious then the cat counts as an observer

[@saiynoq6745]

Poor Amber

[@janusatthegate6201]

It's obvious dinosaurs' smaller forelegs were wings as other flightless birds have.

[@LogicalThinking-p2s]

Maybe evidence of backward time travel

[@jasonremy1627]

9:18 Did they find Jimmy Hoffa persevered in amber in New Jersey?

[@inkiblackman2625]

yo

[@bensoncheung2801]

👋👋👋

[@blakespower]

isnt the amber like natures plastic