Some of the World's Most Interesting Ancient Organisms

[@cibinskymojo5750]

Kudos for not revealing Methuselah whereabouts. Even though the info is out there, the less its shared the longer the tree will hopefully be able to live.

[@bjarkiengelsson]

I live in the general area.. I'm glad people don't know where it is. They'd destroy it for instagram clout.

[@V3RTIGO222]

​@@bjarkiengelsson :c

[@avengingkitty]

@@bjarkiengelsson you're so right, sadly.

[@martinthompson4707]

The Bristlecone Pines are really something. Those twisted, ancient trunks are fascinating.

[@mustafaeh]

Well now that I know it's out there, might look it up

[@AlaskaB83]

As some have mentioned, it was a missed opportunity not to discuss Pando, the aspen grove in Utah that genetics have shown is one creature (like the sea grass colony), and is considered one of the oldest living creatures on the planet. Unlike other clonal colonies, all of the individuals are connected into the same root system

[@MichaelMikeTheRussianBot]

~9000-12,000 yrs old? About Pando : www.fs.usda.gov/detail/fishlake/home/?cid=STELPRDB5393641

[@ThillerKillerX]

Also every Aspin there are an exact genetic match to each other.

[@differentfins]

I've heard of Pando but not in age of the organism but I've heard it is the most massive single organism on Earth.

[@mikeximenez5285]

Creature was an odd choice of word haha. But pando is pretty amazing for sure

[@DevinDTV]

nothing holds a candle to the hibernating bacteria beneath the sea floor, some of which have been estimated at over 100 million years old

[@allenrhyno1738]

Had to pause and applaud you for not mentioning the location of the oldest tree. It's not much but it's better then adding to the problem.

[@NorthOntarian]

Think Simon needs to start a nature channel, He's got one for everything else so might as well..

[@brianrufh3684]

I mean, you're not wrong 😂

[@danielhaigler556]

But he did. Its called side projects. Its a channel about the Nature of randomness

[@EmilyJelassi]

Fascinating video!! And we all thank you for not revealing the location of Methuselah! Well done Simon & team 😊🙌🏻🔥👏🏻

[@RoseNZieg]

all old trees need to be protected!!!

[@ExarchGaming]

it's on wikipedia. There is no way to hide that kind of information after it's been found.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Fun fact: adult Greenland sharks are usually blind, or almost so. Not because of a genetic defect, but because they are prey to a parasitic copepod that latches onto their eyes early in life. Virtually every Greenland shark studied, including the ones shown in this video if you look closely, has one or more of those copepods latched onto their eyes. Fortunately for the sharks, they have excellent senses of smell and hearing; they largely scavenge when not actively hunting; and they largely inhabit deep water where light is limited anyway. So, for them, sight isn't a great loss.

[@run_amuk_ranch]

Eeeewwwww... i cant unsee it!

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@run_amuk_ranch made you look! 😆

[@run_amuk_ranch]

@@JohnDrummondPhoto 🤭😜 yes...yes you did...lol

[@missmarasmenstrualmuffmunc2085]

I wonder if their evolution is allowed to continue if they will lose their eyes altogether or if they will develop a natural response to gid rid of the parasites

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@missmarasmenstrualmuffmunc2085 evolution does one of three things: kill off negative mutations; allow positive mutations to succeed and thrive; and, leave neutral conditions alone. Greenland sharks have had many millions of years to evolve a response to eye copepods. That they haven't, means the copepods' presence doesn't affect the sharks' ability to survive and breed. So, it's more likely there'll be no evolution of anti-copepod characteristics.

[@GhostNinja0007]

I love these kinds of videos, it's interesting to see the stuff of the past!

[@HyperactiveNeuron]

How about a video on the largest organisms on Earth like the Pando Aspen Grove in Utah? It's a 106 acre clonal colony.

[@nicko5945]

It is also one of the oldest organisms on earth. Frankly should have been on this video as well considering it estimated to be around 10k years old.

[@danielabbey7726]

Yeah, I was waiting for a mention of Pando. Especially since biologists say it is dieing.

[@russward2612]

I live about 150 miles north of Pando. I've seen it several times, it looks more distressed each time. It's being eaten by deer that are starving. Any predators ( bear, puma, wolf, coyote, etc ) that might have kept the deer population in check have been hunted nearly to extinction because they are a nuisance to local ranchers. Local infrastructure has also severely impacted the interconnectivity of the root system, severing it into several isolated organisms. For it to survive, the roads need to be rerouted, the predators need to be reintroduced, and humans need to leave it alone.

[@Gertyutz]

But is it a SINGLE organism or a GROUP of organisms?

[@DivineEternalOne]

Pando quivers in anger at being excluded.

[@reptilez13]

The original Bodhi Tree and it's seed tree in Sri Lanka are interesting. Fig/Bo Trees, the latter Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi (the great bodhi in Sanskrit I think) protected and built around in Anuradhapura with a Garden around it. Fascinating history to it. Planted in 288 BC.

[@orchidism5063]

Never thought i would be so emotionally devastated about the death of a clam

[@abhinavvatsa7832]

Literally one of my most favorite topics that no one talks about

[@daniellevalyou2227]

Vermont was actually part of an inland sea after the last ice age! I've been out to the reef and it's amazing. Fossils of ammonites everywhere

[@WFWhitney]

One of the most amazing things I have ever done was travel down from the source of the Ausable River down to Lake Chaplain on the NY side. {I went to SUNy Plattsburgh "back in the day" as it were). The river begins by cutting its way through the Adirondacks, showing the most ancient fossils of life to be found anywhere, even older than the ammonites. Worth the trip. I lived in Peru, NY, and used to love my view of Vermont.

[@Matkin222]

Technically the last ice age never ended, we are still in it

[@Zeppathy]

Had a brain failure for a moment. Misread Vermont as Voldemort and was so confused. 🤣

[@rajeevkisseur876]

​@WFWhitney 13:47

[@rajeevkisseur876]

​ 13:47

[@chrissyboy7047]

Quite a few different breeds of shark are ovoviviparous, Great Whites included. They give birth to perfect miniature sharks ready to go about their business

[@aceundead4750]

Tiger sharks as well, little cannibal babies that eat each other in the womb

[@ChineseKiwi]

7:35 - Another ancient tree species cut down to near extinction was the Kauri tree in New Zealand, as it was a high quality, very heavy wood. You still find them in older houses in New Zealand and as it is illegal to cut them down now, the ‘used’ wood is still highly prized (and thus very expensive) for making doors. It is a VERY dense and heavy wood and has amazing feel. If you have one of these older houses with this wood, do not get builders to trick you into letting it go without paying LOTS of money for it.

[@AnnaBell033]

This episode was filled with shenanigans! And I am here for them and the learning!!!

[@jorceshaman]

If you like Simon's shenanigans, I highly recommend Brain Blaze.

[@ajolillen]

Fulfjället is my second home basically :) I know Tjikko well. Thank you for including him in this video.

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

Another great video Simon. Thanks!

[@Leiflokey]

Knew it would be a fun time hearing Simon try to say fulufjället

[@bfg5291]

The redwoods that were cut down 100 years ago were so much bigger than the ones left standing. Also, there's a tree in northam Florida that was allegedly planted by Ponce De Leon.

[@CDRaff]

"...the feature of it's anatomy having been spent by the time scientists found it..." that's one side effect of immortality I hadn't considered before. Eesh!

[@equious8413]

Right? Hurrah, I'm immortal, but my John Thomas has been dust for hundreds of years.

[@ryandowney8743]

Keith Richards should have been on this list.

[@Joppi1992]

Easiest way to learn how to pronounce ä in Swedish, is to think of it as inbetween a to e. The same way orange is inbetween yellow to red. Swedish got 3 extra letters, åäö, and they can all be thought of as inbetween the way letters sound in that way. Ä is inbetween a to e. Ö is inbetween e to o. Å is inbetween a to o. They're very simple to pronounce as they've only got one sound and doesn't require any tongue-twisting like other languages sometimes do.

[@n00n1n]

I wonder if Simon ever asks himself, "am I becoming a caricature of the archetypal hipster?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pozzowon]

No, the redwoods reach 64 meters tall in specific areas, but in other areas they're better protected and reach 110 meters

[@BrodieB762]

As a fan and as someone who is Swedish and lives in Sweden, I will say that you almost got the word Fulufjället correct lol. Sorry my English is not the best. Love from Sweden 🇸🇪 thank you for doing us proudly!

[@bunnygirl2448]

I just feel bad for Greenland sharks though. They spend practically their whole lives basically blind because parasites invade their eyes and destroy them at a very young age.

[@bgmmaine]

I grew up in Chazy, New York, on Lake Champlain. I would see Isle Lamotte every day and have been there numerous times, but just recently to get a closer look at the fossil reef. "Chazy" is pronounced like 'hazy', with a soft 'ch' like Champlain.

[@gansior4744]

I really grow to like all your channels and You overall, and I appreciate amount of content you put out, even if sometimes not everything is perfect

[@tylerj.6973]

Idea for mega projects: the Sprint missile which was developed during the Cold War by the US. It accelerated so quickly that it glowed red hot from the friction with the air

[@RemyMartinVSOP]

Also missed the oldest living known organism the oldest sea sponge on Earth. Found off Hawaii 7000m down in 2016. Dates to atleast 20,000 years old.

[@TetsuShima]

Everytime a species go extinct, I cannot help but imagine this iconic futurama quote "Two hundred million yearsvof evolution, snuffed out...For, in the end, nature is horrific..and teach us nothing..."

[@battlefieldcustoms873]

this channel has filled a hole in my watch schedule I never knew I had

[@ashb7846]

I need an entire video of Ming just swirling over the screen with historical things in the background 😂

[@Finding457]

A rare oasis of intelligent, informative and beautifully presented, well researched content by an excellent narrator in a desert of Utube trash. From my heart - thank you

[@michael42093]

Wait until you see how many channels he has.

[@Finding457]

@@michael42093 Astonishing!

[@michael42093]

It's all quality content

[@Finding457]

@@michael42093 that’s a LOT of hard work. I wish more Utube channels were as motivated

[@1xivix]

Wow I live on the shores of Lake Champlain and didn't know that about that reef. Very interesting.

[@daniellevalyou2227]

It's right in Isle La Motte! As a fellow Champlain Valley resident, I have to say it's definitely a really cool place to visit

[@WFWhitney]

The Adirondacks are amongst the oldest mountains of the world. When the weather warms up, take a canoe trip down the Ausable River, and stop a lot along the way to find fossils. You will.

[@WFWhitney]

@@daniellevalyou2227 see my comment below.

[@AngeliqueStP]

Me either ...and I spent my childhood years living in the tiny farm town of Chazy. (it's Shay-Zee, btw, love how Simon tries the pronunciations, lol.)

[@olanmills64]

Now that's a quality thumbnail

[@carltuckerson7718]

Haha - my wife did aging research for Zoltan at the University of Oklahoma before we got married. That was a trip seeing him on this video.

[@talljohn5350]

Did they wear bubble suits and hang out in his parents’ barn?

[@pixelfox119]

​​@@talljohn5350 is it red?? Then it's not a barn! ZOLTAN!!!

[@gavhenrad]

Not sure if it's sadder to kill an old shark that's been around for 100s of years doing it's thing or to kill one that's only about ten.

[@mikenco]

This vid was fascinating, thank you!

[@vickilindberg6336]

They "accidently" froze a clam? Send those folks back to get another BS before they're trusted again.

[@Tabbasco2012]

If you Google Neptune grass you quickly find that one strand is not 8km. The whole bunch is 8km long. Each stand is 1.5 meters long

[@joshuakarr-BibleMan]

13:19 This is untrue. Everybody knows the Great Lakes were created by Paul Bunyan dragging his axe instead of carrying it. I think he was sad or something, maybe about the ox?

[@leemon908]

I live 600m above sea level and where i used to live was an inland sea, tons of calcified coral still on the sides of the rivers.

[@johnandpearllewis8720]

Interesting video and proof that you can produce videos WITHOUT distracting background noise, so thank you for that and please keep up the good work.

[@ak47alice]

I sympathize w/Old Tjikko, I've had that struggle too

[@Appletank8]

pretty wild for reefs to grow for so long that moving tectonic plates pushed their home out of the water.

[@tess.....]

The tree in Sweden broke of a large portion of the top a few weeks ago. Unfortunately the experts think it's dying

[@multiyapples]

1:14. Weird. I had no idea part of Rhode Island flooded underwater and had sea life there.

[@Wiscotac]

Really? Check out R.I. maps again while thinking about sea level rise, look at Narragansett Bay, that's kind of wet, right? I learned to swim at R.I. beaches as a toddler, which might be a useful skill as global seas rise. Also probably a good reason not to migrate to Florida at this time, at least some of R.I.'s coast is rocky and elevated. :-)

[@Wiscotac]

Now, this was a very interesting posting on the longevity of lifeforms on earth, very interesting so I decided to throw a tiny tip over at the B.Blaze merch store channel. Thank you.

[@bettyswallocks6411]

Also Black Coral (c5,000y) and Glass Sponge (c10,000y).

[@cratorcic9362]

Surprised you didn’t mention the 20000-year old glass sponges. That’s right… SpongeBob will outlive us all.

[@afrog2666]

Little tip: If there`s an A with two dots, (Ä), it`s not Norwegian..

[@afrog2666]

It`s close to the border though, but still..

[@Pomzy]

The fact that its a Norwegian Spruce and its basically on the border between the two countries probably threw him off

[@wastedapathy22]

You know another interesting ancient organism? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.

[@ispbrotherwolf]

Mammals live longer the slower their heart beats, what a strange phenomena 🤔

[@jonathankool1997]

Biggest reason is a relation to metabolism. Over simplified is that the more it works the faster it burns out.

[@lightbeingform]

Please do a biologygraphics channel this is my jammmm ❤❤❤

[@aventurascomtadeu]

Very interesting

[@garethwigglesworth8187]

Very very good indeed, short to listen to whilst painting but good enough that i would stop to write this👍

[@gordonwallin2368]

Cheers from the, elderly, Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@grapeshot]

I guess that tree is the very definition of I'm still standing. Next time try Kryptonite.

[@cathyjful]

"it's in the script but..." this is why I'm team Simon whistler. youtube is suggesting a lot of similar channels but they don't have values or writing quality

[@moebius2k103]

What I’ve learned from this video is that we are terrible at naming things.

[@goodboid]

Stromatolites of Western Australia would be a welcome addition to this list.

[@MisterBloo42]

This man has figured out KZbin. You must make a whole lot..

[@SpankyK]

I regularly find horn coral fossils near my home in northern Utah. They come from below the blue Mississippin I believe.

[@williamdrijver4141]

If people would leave all those previous lifeforms alone, they could live so much longer. Human stupidity and greed are the problem.

[@multiyapples]

These are interesting.

[@quaziquazi440]

Magnifico

[@JRMshadow260a]

YA!!! I can hear you for the first time in months....

[@grim1427]

I love that one of these is just a field of undersea grass.

[@RHCole]

I love trees, and it saddens me what our species has done to them.

[@Naturschaf]

Sounds interesting :D

[@captain_crunk]

Consider adding a de-esser to your audio processing - your S's are a bit harsh at times. Anyway, I love what you do, keep it up :)

[@josephpercente8377]

You seemed to misspoke about the chestnut. Perhaps you meant another species for part of that segment.

[@LdyVaJedi]

Bristlecone is located in Nevada, California and Utah.

[@codymoe4986]

Colorado

[@dianahowell3423]

This was beautiful and inspiring. Thanks!

[@victorbellew3759]

It’s a good video, but you forgot the aspen trees in Colorado. There is a grove of aspen that grows from one root system and dates back something like 80,000 years.

[@josephbenson6301]

Interesting video, although I think you missed a couple that wood have fit in here. Also... call a coral reef old is a bit like saying the inhabitants of The Pendleton apartment building in Cincinnati, OG, are 171 years old. The overall structure might be old, but not those living there.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

Box huckleberry, not the oldest, but one colony in Pennsylvania is thought to be 13,000 years old. One near my home is around 1500-2000 years old. A big colony was bulldozed to put in a road, gotta love human advancement.

[@staytuned2L337]

(Did anyone else immediately do the !Zoltan! Gesture in their head?) 2:16

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

That 4000 year old tree would make a lovely bowl😉

[@robf6389]

Like most things your researchers missed the obvious, they forgot Stromatolites! Which can be found, still living, in Western Australia! Stromatolites predate corals or any other complex life forms, they are a bacteria that come together to live in clumps, they form coal like structures. Stromatolites were/are the organisms responsible for oxygenating the earth's atmosphere! Seems you would've wanted to include them in your oldest living organisms?! 🤔

[@Gertyutz]

How long does a single stromatolite live?

[@NotSoSerious69420]

Because we are talking about individual organisms life spans. Not the species as a whole lol.

[@Gertyutz]

@@NotSoSerious69420 Yes, I was referring to individuals. Any idea of possible age?

[@rcisneros8567]

Welcome to the club Simon. Even scientists will NO longer age trees AND not reveal their locations.

[@WFWhitney]

I have a B.S in Biochem/Biophys from SUNY at Plattsburgh, NY. Nø disrespect intended, Simon, but "Chazy" is pronounced like "Shay Sea." as if said as one word. I lived in the summers I spent there primarily by fishing in Lake Champlain. It is truly beautiful there in the Spring, Summer, and Fall. It is brutally cold in the Winter. (I live in Arizona now... ). 'Nuff said.

[@AngeliqueStP]

Yay, another person who knows how to say Chazy! (I spent my childhood years living in the tiny farm town of Chazy. We'd have to go over to Plattsburgh to do anything.)

[@arthurb6200]

I read Orgasms, I thought we were finally getting the Simon Whistler Kama Sutra! Imagine his silky smooth voice giving you instructions on “technique” 😂

[@badgherkin3302]

Yeah… I totally misread the title for a good minute. I thought Simon had delved into an extra spicy side project! 😅

[@wmrme9084]

I came for details on Cthulu, I was disappointed too.

[@lordalexandermalcolmguy6971]

More like this please simon

[@CZPanthyr]

One of the coolest clonal organisms is Pando.

[@jasonyoung7705]

I very much agree.

[@Tael71]

Whats really surprising that for their size, Redwoods actually have very shallow roots...

[@xAoDxNoiseComplaint]

Great!

[@iriel4274]

That tree looks like it was back in Hercules age lol

[@honeynfred]

Why do people have such a strong desire to live longer? I would prefer a good life than a long one. No children dying, no dementia, no cancer.

[@AndrewLyon23]

I love this

[@meshachperera7081]

in srilanka we have an ancient sacred tree over 1000 years old

[@viridiscoyote7038]

Something worth looking at is the flowering cycle of bamboo. There is currently a species of black bamboo that is in a state of flowering; it only flowers every 120 years. Coinciding with the flowering of bamboo is a plague of rats. What is (apparently) happening is the flowering bamboo supplies pest with food. Rats and mice feed on the seeds and have a high success rate of progeny. Suddenly, there are no more bamboo seeds to eat, and the population of rodents seek out food among the human population.

[@rn2787]

I was waiting for Pondo. Pondo is an aspen colony.

[@zioncardman18]

There are some bristlecone pine 20 minutes from me in Utah. They are 2k+ years old

[@romemedina4712]

What about things scientists find in ice that were basically sleeping.

[@Gertyutz]

An example?

[@dawnpalmby5100]

every time i hear the word anemone i hear Nemo in my head trying to say it lol

[@mercenarygundam1487]

You think Greenland sharks ever have flashbacks to all those naval wars in the past?

[@mattpyfe]

Greenland sharks were tracked and tagged for 80 years?

[@mattpyfe]

Methuselah tree is in th3 Joshua Tree National park