Tardigrade Hatching - A Rare Sight

[@JamsGerms]

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[@killpidone]

Would you be interested in a water sample from South Carolina's salt water marshes?

[@GrumpyGrimo]

what microscope do you use?

[@andrewkerr8829]

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[@Chitose_]

i can imagine the person controlling the microscope being like "WHAT IS THAT!?" and there's someone in the background just as enthusiastic as them

[@WarioNumberOne]

It's amazing how different the physics are at that scale. The water is so dense for them they actually grab on to it to move around

[@greysky1252]

Must be like swimming through jello

[@WarioNumberOne]

@@pyramid9530 The smallest insect in the world, the fairy fly, actually does it with air. Its wings have a weird shape, round with hairs around it. That's because it grabs on to air to fly, instead of generating lift. You can check Kurzgesagt's videos about the size of life if you want more on the subject. They're really interesting

[@Noosh_noot]

I love kurzgesagt. Love his videos. Adore the birds.

[@jasonk795]

I like to discuss physics at scales with friends and they all give me blank stares trying to come with stuff. Is it really that hard to think about?

[@Palladiumavoid]

Yes we call it swimming

[@berlinnotfromgermany]

0:37 tartigrade: ok almost done bug: *_ZIPPY ZIP ZIP!!_* tartigrade: tf m8

[@amytaf2387]

0:37 he's not even all the way out his egg yet and he's already getting pushed around

[@alextheconfuddled8983]

Could be a baby silverfish or smth. Tardigrades arent microscopic, around 1mm in length, so it wouldnt be unrealistic

[@wickedchild8501]

@@alextheconfuddled8983 I thought it was a copepod

[@itssaleenaithink]

0:37 that scared the shit out of me

[@joswift360]

Glad I wasnt the only one

[@nydidalex7093]

@@joswift360 yes

[@S.Waters.]

I wish I knew what the heck that was!

[@wickedchild8501]

@@S.Waters. I think it's a copepod

[@davidci]

Congrats on being a father! Hope you have good family planning!

[@lesliesylvan]

Hope he/she doesn't "Slide" into obscurity. A trade-school will suffice. College education is way overrated.

[@S.Waters.]

@@lesliesylvan, yes! Trade schools need to be brought back! College is way overrated AND overpriced.

[@Inexpressable]

How large is that egg, roughly? And thank you very much for capturing and uploading this footage, you're doing a stellar job of it.

[@TheBartgry]

The eggs are microscopically small, a diameter of 0,07 to 0,115 mm.

[@FuriousMaximum]

It scales from the size of a red blood cell to a human egg cell

[@oldnosoul4183]

Look down at ur pp it the size of ur pp 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@WaspandUnicorn]

So freaking cool! Nature never ceases to amaze me.

[@mimiteas]

Congrats on your 28 babies! I can only imagine the excitement of watching them all hatch. 😊

[@TheGlo0m]

That is super cool. never thought i would see something like this.

[@KJensenStudio]

All babies are cute, but this one is Adorable!

[@yellowfrog2259]

It actually looks like a 6 legged bear cub. It's very cute.

[@turmat01]

except it has 8 legs.

[@BondJFK]

That's why it called water bear

[@theotheseaeagle]

They are called water bears for a reason

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@50-frames-of-stick71 yes they can survive in space

[@mnc1126]

That’s awesome ❗️ I see the early stage a lot at the waste water plant. Didn’t know what I was looking at till just now. In 2 years I’ve only seen 3 live Tardigrades and lots of dead ones . Great channel ❗️

[@luckylooser2013]

Nature is beautiful, isn't it?

[@Kurayamiblack]

0:34 For a second my mind was like "OH DAMN! His life just started and it's already over!" 😅

[@sinconstanza]

BROOO THIS IS THE COOLEST THING!! Thanks for taking the time to film and upload this. We all appreciate you ❤️

[@valhatan3907]

Congratulations of being a father!

[@CrankyPantss]

That giant monster that flew past the screen at 0:38 was scary, but the baby tardigrade was adorable. Why do we love them so much?

[@FuriousMaximum]

It's so cute how it tries to grab the egg and pull itself off of the egg, and it looks like it's crawling upside down

[@MichaelHarrisIreland]

Thanks, educating us all who have never gone to university. ....from Ireland.

[@mimiteas]

My name suggestion is Meda (teddy bear in Serbian). 😊

[@hisyam1664]

I like it!

[@ganjapanda25]

name the bear... bear... how original

[@lenamonroe2961]

The little feet!!! That thing at 0:36 scared the shit out of me

[@ReggieTime]

What was that creature that swished over everything at 0:40 ?

[@imbbgamer1012]

I think you mean 0:37

[@TheBartgry]

Regina Lee Looks like an amphipod to me

[@imbbgamer1012]

Plankton maby?

[@TheBartgry]

Fnaf BB Gamer Amphipods are plankton, yes

[@ReggieTime]

Oh interesting!!! Almost Unbelievable Animal that bear LoL

[@ctkairos]

Wow! Thank you for posting this!!!

[@FlatEnough]

The miracle of birth. Or hatching. Well, you get the idea-

[@malkulaas6380]

I really don't know anything important about bacteria, but I love your channel so much because you show me a new microscopic world ☺️ I would be really happy when you also can talk about them. I think it would be very interesting to get some facts about the bacteria that you show us 😋 specifically for a noob like me!

[@leonardowendhausen]

It is very good to see someone wishing to know more about the microscopic world, but a Tardigrade is an Animal and not a Bacteria. Source: www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1276

[@RachelBayati]

Check out his other channel Journey to the Microcosmos. Each episode is narrated, so you get to learn more about these little guys: kzbin.info/door/BbnbBWJtwsf0jLGUwX5Q3g

[@JamsGerms]

Thanks Rachel! ❤

[@RachelBayati]

@@JamsGerms No problem! It's become one of my favorite channels. Thanks for putting in the hard work of caring for and filming these little guys!

[@Manon9931]

It’s an animal

[@cotakoma4749]

Man that's cool! It's great that you get this footage for people to enjoy!!

[@painterdawn2]

My favorite animal! This video is such a treat.

[@kitkatvantass3104]

What zoomed past at 0:36?? Was it actually that fast? Is this sped up?

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

Welcome to the world, lil bear!

[@dariakolesnik7281]

He looks like Zappa from ATLA, especially at 1:20

[@anjou6497]

Tardigrades fascinate me... 😄👍

[@ArtraLife]

Omg it crawls once it hatches!! How cool is that

[@neversaw]

Well that was surprisingly adorable

[@arstotzka8837]

0:38 WHAT JUST RAN ACCROSS THE SCREEN?

[@Chitose_]

i can imagine the person controlling the microscope being like "WHAT IS THAT!?" and there's someone in the background just as enthusiastic as them

[@Microscopyenthusiast]

I just crossed a bucket list :) Thanks for this video. Your channel inspires me!

[@meggibuns]

This is so amazing thank you!!

[@xFF7xGIRLx]

Cutest little bugger I've ever seen.

[@paranoi4en]

Your videos are amazing! Please post more

[@saadianaeem5800]

0:37 did anyone else get a heart attack?

[@phabidz]

Can we call two of them TARDIS and TARS

[@DocBree13]

Happy 🎂 💧 🐻 !

[@frogchair]

Y R THEY SAUR CUTE 😭🥺

[@artmakersworlds]

Awwww happy birthday little moss piglet. Lol. I just went harvesting mosses for a terrarium. Putting it together I had to wonder how many moss piglets might be in there. I never even heard about these until I found the journey to the microcosmos videos.

[@childofcascadia]

I keep armidillidium vulgare isopods (aka the common pill bug) in a terrarium. They eat moss and various tiny bits of scraps being detrivores. I always wonder if they eat the tardigrades on the moss I install in their habitat. I hope not, but they sure do love it when I bring in new moss. Makes me wonder.

[@artmakersworlds]

@@childofcascadia Interesting thought, now I wonder too. I bought some springtails for my terrarium but those are so tiny, and don't like light, I'm not even sure if they grew into a nice culture or just died off. Terrarium is otherwise thriving so thinking maybe they are fine but who knows.

[@childofcascadia]

Ive tried to put springtails in mine too and my entire culture seemed to vanish recently. I dont know if the armidillidium are eating them or what. My colony isnt overcrowded or anything and they do get other protein sources. There has been a tiny spider living in a little web in the corner that came in on some moss i brought in, so maybe s/he ate the springtails. But i like the spider, s/he keeps down the gnats but is small enough that only the mancae (baby isopods) would be considered food and the mancae dont generally leave the soil tunnels. Terrariums are really fun!

[@saadk72510]

So cute ☆

[@xiimooniixmoon2988]

Yes little one! Shake those paws of freedom

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

Happy B-day.."Tardi"!! 🥰

[@flttcrsi]

Wow...I never knew they would O.O

[@sbp4215]

omg 🙀🥺 i frikken love waterbears

[@jahnavee_palsodkar]

Howwwwwwwww cuuuuuuuuute!!!!!

[@Michael-g1w]

OMG AWWWWEEEE!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@rqzzlldqzzls]

What happens to the egg casing ??

[@Video2Webb]

Fabulous footage! I want to know how their little bud legs work. Surely there are no muscles if so small, so how does the tardigrade baby move its legs I wonder?

[@diegoscopia]

Maybe actin and myosin filaments in some sort of form

[@hamjudo]

Tardigrades have 10000 or more cells when they hatch, the exact number varies from one species to the next. That includes nerve cells and muscle cells.

[@ReggieTime]

I heard a scientist on another yt channel say, they have muscles, and all parts to be named an "animal" like central nervous system, muscles, etc

[@stevemackenzie8250]

The octopus this that scurries by is farbmore interedting to me.

[@Orelaf84]

Omg! Look how big her head is in comparison to the rest of her little baby body! So cute! Who knew baby moss piglets would be so cute?!

[@yellowfrog2259]

0:36 Something just swam past the baby at lightning speed

[@freontolstoy4993]

it would be cool if this tardigrade had a daily vlog, so interested in his day-to-day existence..wonder what it's up to now.

[@eliteknightsk3035]

may ik where the other tardigrades are? are they there, but off cam?

[@superbaddctv]

Imagine your first moment opening your eyes stretching your arms for the first time and you get hit by a Mack truck lol

[@Macro-photographer]

Are you James from Journey to the microcosmos? The images are very much like their DIC ? Amazing quality

[@thatcarguy2064]

What is that speedy little guy at 0:36?

[@bloodyzohair]

Can you also attach a length scale in the videos. That would make it more interesting ... .

[@richlv422]

See how it fights to get out and it knows when it’s free hmmm

[@pinkbunnywithtealeyes]

Tardigrade: [hatching while thousands of people watch the miracle of life] That one homie at 0:37: *I’M A GIRAFFE*

[@FKradyoterapi]

0:37 işe geç kalınca ben😂

[@melodymusic9676]

What was that thing that crashed into it very quickly

[@VishnuIITMadras96]

I guess, Even the guy who posted this video didn't know it

[@melodymusic9676]

@@VishnuIITMadras96 i guess not lol

[@VishnuIITMadras96]

@@melodymusic9676 May be or May be not, But I am destined to reply your comment👀

[@breezyncj]

This is awesome. I've known about tardigrades but seeing this...just...how..wow..if that's that, who the absolute fuck are *we.*

[@КонстантинСтолбиков]

Это была медведка? Что так быстро пролетело 0:37?

[@WEYffles]

Name her Tara!

[@sanitysquota937]

Yes! Tara the Tardigrade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eggofilms3840]

0:37?

[@valobrien9596]

What an amazing moment you captured there, well done👏! You produce excellent work, you've just got yourself another subscriber. By the way, is that a silverfish zipping by at 0:37?

[@slushfest8475]

Ye what was that thing

[@valobrien9596]

@@slushfest8475 Whatever it was, it looked like it was in a hurry!

[@glo_bin]

Nah, silverfish are much larger than that

[@valobrien9596]

@@glo_bin You're right there, it looks quite big compared to everything around it, but it's still microscopic. Plus of course, silverfish don't live in water.

[@tigrehermano]

a rotifer maybe

[@turkeyman86]

Around the 36th second, it looked like a silverfish was trying to photobomb the hatching lol

[@ko.ala.b]

good luck bumblebabee

[@lilypryce4653]

awesome

[@josephmealor1592]

What the hell was that organism that darted across the screen around 0:45? If there are speed limits at that level then it was definitely speeding!

[@noideawhoiam3855]

Looks like a silverfish.

[@jakobraahauge7299]

Beautiful - thank you! 🥰 Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! We have entered the year of the Metal rat 🐀 pretty Metal, right?! 😎

[@JobenJP]

Aww is a baby

[@daybyday834]

Very cool! For a name, how about Bubbles?

[@sbp4215]

0:37 Someone musta been on his way to a meeting.

[@Phapchamp]

welcome to the world little one

[@jamescobrien]

How do you record these?

[@aCrocodileMan]

Is that then bear thugs and how did u get them

[@wickedchild8501]

0:37 wtf was that a copepod??

[@pignek]

What microscope do you use? And how much does it cost?

[@mrpickle8677]

I have one that can see these. Proboly roughly $200

[@sbp4215]

0:37 "get tf outta my way!!"

[@a.s.h.5774]

Dear diary: Today I watched a poor innocent sweet single-cell organism struggle in life and persevere to teach me about the gift of and empathy in life and love through his death... Then I went to another video of something called a "tardigrade" and watched a demon that is invisible to my naked eyes hatch into my nightmares...

[@imagination_nub]

Please make a Video with a beacteria getting killed by a bacteriophage when possible. It would be very intersting to See something.

[@pinnacleexpress420]

There's no way. He'd need a microscope 100x as strong. Are there no videos of that on the internet?

[@noideawhoiam3855]

at 0:38, pretty sure that was a silverfish.

[@latipahjr9985]

So interesting

[@lesliesylvan]

It's ALIVE !!! 👹 Run . . . run . . . run away! (mixed comical metaphors) Frankenstein's monster/Holey Grail 😁

[@JustinAlexanderBell]

0:36 NOPE

[@pandekuri]

Justin Bell krill?

[@nekomimicatears]

@-*Frostbite*- neither are tardigrades

[@FireyCanon]

whats that? 0:37

[@officialsundiniro1529]

0:36 what was that?

[@illuminatigbeats1397]

0:36 imagine just starting life trying to get out the egg and somebody come running full speed trampling you 😭😭 life comes at you fast is the first lesson

[@firstcynic92]

Looks like a scene from Spore.

[@1122JZ]

So COOL!

[@hornetscales8274]

Water-bear, if I remember correctly is another name for them. Aren't some of them almost viewable with just a magnifying glass?

[@jonathanpittock1447]

What do you do with the samples when you've finished observing? Do they get returned to the water by dipping the slide? Never occurred to me until now but what are the ethics around studying water based organisms? Is it possible to do without the organism eventually dying? I'd like to take up microscopy but wouldn't want to kill anything

[@REV0KE]

Man, you must hate hand-sanitizer

[@jonathanpittock1447]

@@REV0KE lol, yes, carconegenic! 😆 But I have no issues sterilising my hands, but removing an organism from say water just for the purposes of study played on my moral compass. Life is life

[@jonathanpittock1447]

@tripplefives I think you miss the point. Drinking water and ingesting things accidentally is one thing. Removing something from its habitat purely for study is another. The latter serves no purpose other than self interest. Anyway I'm not meaning to start a ethicsr debate, it was just something I wondered

[@anonmouse7900]

Absolutely ridiculous. It doesn't even have a central nervous system. A single leaf is composed of millions of those cells.

[@efeguleroglu]

Impressive

[@_clary99]

I'd love to have that microscope, I'd be glued to it all day long