These Tiny Crustaceans Hate Change

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One of the fascinating aspects of microscopy is the way you can look so deeply into something that it becomes unrecognizable. What could look like a stained glass window could actually turn out to be... a hopping shrimp?
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[@ActualHumanPerson]

Me too tiny crustaceans, me too

[@Etamine]

I am shrmip 🦐

[@ActualHumanPerson]

​@@Etamine I accept you

[@erikwellerweller8623]

ikr?@@ActualHumanPerson

[@kngofbng]

If only we could change hate instead.

[@quantumblauthor7300]

​@@kngofbngwish I could change anything

[@aplaceinthestars3207]

Makes me think of the adage: "Whatever doesn't kill you... doesn't kill you."

[@tinygrim]

Yeah, because it doesn't always make you stronger...I know that.

[@davemccage7918]

@@tinygrimMy cousin may not have been killed by that IED he drove over in Iraq, he survived but is now missing a leg. But I don’t know if anyone would describe him as “stronger” post incident.

[@tinygrim]

@@davemccage7918 that's great. He's is tho , only himself. Others aren't.

[@ActualHumanPerson]

I like Norms version " what doesn't kill you, kills you very slowly."

[@tinygrim]

@@ActualHumanPerson that would be life in general. It's been around since Roman times. We're really nothing special.

[@NewMessage]

My grandpa's the same way.

[@QPRTokyo]

You will be the same when or if you reach the age of grandfather.

[@ThisFinalHandle]

He’s just of a different generation.

[@sava-smth]

Crustacean??

[@vaelophisnyx9873]

@@QPRTokyo this has proved to be incredibly untrue as the last 30 years of people have aged. You don't get more conservative and hateful as you age by default.

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

So is my cat.

[@lyngs]

As someone who breeds amphipods professionally, I have to say that some of them are quite hardy. Most of them are quite good at thriving in areas with low oxygen content. Definitely fun to look at and great for aquarium and pond life. I can ship them world wide with travel times of up to 14 days without issues, so you might have packed them wrong.

[@jessehunter362]

it’s also a scale thing: they’re huge and need so many nutrients compared to the true microrganisms. also like…. the sheer varieties of ways a thing can be sensitive vs resilient. the ones in my aquaria are more sensitive to copper, but more tolerant to temperature and oxygen shifts

[@kayleighgroenendal8473]

I am also quite hardy.

[@Padraigp]

Oh! Here in ireland when we find a well with little sea monkey things like prawns in it we say it must be very clean water cos they only live in very clean water. This may be wrong now that you've said this!! Yikes!

[@Padraigp]

​@@jessehunter362huge? They're tiny!

[@jessehunter362]

@@PadraigpNo, likely is still true, especially when it’s a proper well! No copper, metals, or substantial toxins, and coming from a well means stagnant water, which they can survive more than fish on average, is much less likely. For the dangers well waters tend to face, they’re a good indicator

[@RuthBhmand]

Living 5 minutes from the Baltic Sea, I’m quite sure I have seen Scuds in the shallow water on the beach. They do ‘hop’ a lot. Local name Tangloppe meaning seaweed Flea.

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Fleaweed

[@Earthtail25]

Seeing the way they so fervently move their legs, but stay in the same place because they have a cover slip over them is kinda funny to me 😭

[@davemccage7918]

I agree, I find it vaguely funny myself, but then I realized that they’re probably being cooked to death by the microscope light underneath the slide… and it’s still vaguely funny.

[@sombrs44]

I've been breeding freshwater studs for a few years now. I had no idea how sensitive they were. Helps me feel a bit better about any lost colonies I've had

[@Padraigp]

We used to find them in well water and everyone said its a good sign that the water is very pure and good. And it was good water. They were like little sea monkeys very tiny little guys that went more up and down than side to side in the bottle. I always thought it was a good thing cos old people usually know things. They also said if licen grows well it means the air is very good and the air was good around there and not much cars and lots of hanging lichen off the trees. In winter they nearly looked like a full on tree growing on the bare branches. 😳

[@JustinLCooper]

This tiny crustacean is still a Titan compared to the teeny tiny little swimmers around it!

[@jonathancraven1163]

Scuds are amazing! Great fish food for your aquarium.

[@tomhomunculus]

They keep nibbling on my sea star >:-(

[@daniell1483]

I love the way microbes floated around these amphipods. Normally so difficult to see without a microscope, I can't help but imagine what life would look like if microbes were as visible to us as they must be to these crustaceans. Entire clouds and halos surrounded these guys, and I'm sure it is the same with us humans. Very beautiful imagery here, as always!

[@Arcian]

I'm a tiny crustacean?!

[@Yakkityyak248]

Yes, yes you are and you will continue to be until you decide not to be. Apologies to all who read that

[@pattheplanter]

Shipwrecks and tree-falls. Trees are occasionally washed out to sea by rivers after heavy storms, mudslides and such.

[@kngofbng]

And OG surfboards.

[@quantumblauthor7300]

​@@kngofbngtree falls are the og surfboards

[@frankmckenneth9254]

1:28 I'm sorry but I can't unsee that face in the iridescent bit of color there.

[@KGTiberius]

Floaters in the eye? Excellent analogy.

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for the awesome content and all the amazing videos!!

[@hunterklein9892]

Oh wow! I live in Southeastern New Mexico and have seen the ones mentioned in the video!

[@DruNature]

Hanks voice is incredibly soothing!

[@Zichronot]

Conservative crustaceans! 😂

[@mrsheep9776]

This is indeed a square space

[@SlinkySmith59]

Indeed it is! 😆

[@atomatman3104]

THIS IS A LIVING CRYSTAL ZOOM IN IT BECOMES STILL AND HARD AS GLASS IN THIS REAL REALITY. U R SIMULATED

[@fappingfoopa]

It's beautiful

[@skittlesryan7862]

At 5:15 when he mentions Gamarids, all I can think is Gamarids are friends to children.

[@sava-smth]

I remember eating these things as a child

[@brianboye8025]

I've love to see an electronic microscope view of these crustaceans.

[@zacharywong483]

Fantastic video!

[@djluminol]

The acid shrimp is so pretty.

[@the2nd965]

Yayy hopping shirmp!

[@erikwellerweller8623]

Looking at life like this, it's obviously so absurdly impossible that I don't believe in it. Nope not happening, somebody is just trolling us. All that wiggling and waggling is just exhausting to watch. Gummie Bears now there is something I can understand and accept as real, no hairs or shells or wiggly bits.

[@VikingTeddy]

Someone please explain the wiggling of the feet. Wouldn't it be a needles expenditure of energy? What's the purpose?

[@datgecko6330]

I believe it filters oxygenated water into the gills. I'm not an Amphipod expert though, so I could be wrong 😅

[@stevenkarnisky411]

You are correct,@datgecko6330

[@kngofbng]

@@datgecko6330 I thought they were having nightmares, but you're probably right.

[@jasobobo]

So beautiful :)

[@memyself3510]

Watching this in 2160p is bonkers. Soo much detail

[@goodluck5642]

Try looking at ur screen under a microscope…

[@quantumblauthor7300]

​@@goodluck5642wait, these aren't shrimp!

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Freshwater amphipods appear from time to time in my fish tanks. At about 50 seconds in there are three ovoid obects on-screen. Are they egg cysts?

[@Graphomite]

Something that lives in the water that evolved to eat wood is such a strange paradox.

[@richierich3194]

That's just cool ❤

[@marilynlucero9363]

These Tiny Crustaceans and I have a lot in common.

[@theuneducatedbiologist9637]

I’ve never even thought of microbes being endangered! What kind of an effect would an extinct microbe have on an environment? With them being the absolute bottom of the food chain, it would probably change things drastically. I would like to learn more about this.

[@thunderkus290]

Micro journeys into the microcosmos >_>

[@RonRonAngel1]

*sigh* I needed you guys today

[@tomholroyd7519]

1:58 it's also hard to tell what's going on when it's smashed flat

[@theredbaron1309]

I recently tried out the tardigrade trap and i manged to fine 6 tardigrades in one drop (completely unrelated to this vid)

[@charcharlie183]

Could you please tell me what microscope you are using?

[@RD9_Designs]

Hank, how many channels do you have???

[@Nefertiti0403]

5:02 What are those tiny things around it. Is this one dead?

[@culwin]

I turned around, and the Subscribe button was RIGHT BEHIND ME

[@scottastatine]

Sie sind mesmerizing!❤

[@PotooBurd]

It’s a scud! ❤ 🎉😂

[@MyNameHere101]

Same.

[@mattBLACKpunk]

Time for crab!

[@datnguyen-ob6gn]

damn never knew Gamefreak employees were that tiny

[@jeffreyschweitzer8289]

Lawn shrimp!

[@AdmiralSym]

What is the title of the track starting at 4:00?

[@RJFerret]

In case they don't reply, Andrew Huang did custom music for them, he's got a channel they link in the description and has released his own music, some of which likely are akin to what you desire.

[@AdmiralSym]

@@RJFerretthank you, I checked his channel before hoping he had a playlist or something but sadly not. That track has really good Jake Chudnow VSauce type sound which is nice

[@rocketpsyence]

* reads title * same tbh

[@lisamckey2678]

I saw alot of faces in those close ups 😮

[@Nefertiti0403]

I think most of us Don’t like change. Of course I’m not speaking for everyone. So I get it 😂

[@crazyboutferrets]

Necer thought I'd be relating to a crustacean

[@frugducked420]

i know you are all about finding micro life but could you look for micro-plastics in bottled water?

[@brendakrieger7000]

Always fascinating🔬🦠

[@lindasapiecha2515]

👍

[@shadov5159]

Can someone reccomend me please some big high quality atlas on these water microorganisms? Especially for Europe?

[@johnclinnick3969]

Maybe... I am a tiny crustacean after all?

[@sonder420]

What's mico plastic look like?

[@EggplantHarmesan]

Me too crustacean

[@drewmasker8605]

You could say they're a little crabby.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

"You see a hopping shrimp!" Me: 😃 "It's not actually a shrimp" Me: 😑 How am I meant to trust anything these days, man?

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

"These guys are really hairy and their hair's name is ziti", like, I thought this was science, not the Sopranos...

[@PotooBurd]

Ahh another being to identify with ❤

[@NonEuclideanTacoCannon]

I feed copepods/amphipods to my mandarin goby

[@melissaadkins1995]

Sand flea?

[@fappingfoopa]

Amphipod

[@a.r.h9919]

Nurgle's god of rot enjoyers

[@sciencenerd7639]

I like crustaceans

[@jasonadair9849]

Dag nab it

[@Trrip000]

Just like me fr fr

[@d3nir265]

Thought about ammonia spike in the tank? Scuds are pretty hardy when it comes to stuff like that compared to say vertebrates

[@animalshorts4377]

Finally found my spirit animal.

[@NubalanceDNAcDc]

Ceres🎉❤ AR 3576 AR 3590 Vee R Pac Oceana Lemureana Mareanas Trencc...flares..comets..vee make landfl mene vvays Æ Eters n Physical Playnes r Naut separate..

[@shelleymarquis2887]

I'm pushing 80. My consciousness is as high as is going to get. Is there a version of micro cosmos for old people who want to know the science without the preaching? I did my bit for the planet by choosing not to have children, though for women of my generation that choice made me a villain, and shucks, the population doubled anyway... I'm comforted by knowing that genetically speaking humans have lost so much diversity we're already extinct. So the earth will survive us, too; probably not the expansion of the surface of the sun.😅

[@kayleighgroenendal8473]

Everything on this channel is ugly-cute