This Predator Is A Shape-Shifter

In the middle of the 19th century, a scientist stared into the microscope and found, staring back at him, a vampire.
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[@Eloraurora]

Okay, the final overextension of this metaphor was amazing. Especially with the added digression into whether Cienkowski had originally considered the implications of vampire poop.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

more like a pillar man tho

[@davidlange1000]

It was I, vampyrellidae!!

[@dickrichard626]

I think that it's annoying.

[@herbertkeithmiller]

So step one is the blob Step two the thing Step three vampire Step four invasion of the body snatchers

[@Rosetta-zb4gm]

Fun ,authentic , analogy !!

[@CODENAMEDERPY]

Amoebas my beloved.

[@MasterBlaster3545]

I pass them every day in the thousands

[@johnmcnally7812]

Spooky season is upon us! Fangs for the informative content as always!🧛

[@jakobraahauge7299]

ooh - I actually didn't get the nod to Halloween until you pointed it out for me! Funny, since I love Halloween and already have carved pumpkin, a tray of cute candy, and a fire cat in my window! 😄

[@TreeFlob]

The thumbnail for this one was really fun! I liked it!

[@2Sor2Fig]

Thank you for reminding me every day why life's good. Much love from a Zimbabwean microbiologist.

[@jakobraahauge7299]

I love having Hank's amazing voice mesmerisingly guiding us on our journey through the Microcosmos

[@eldritch-nerd]

"And then the vampire needs to clone itself a few times..." Ah yes. As vampires do.

[@Krakachan]

Came for the scary vampire amoeba, stayed for the silly vampire metaphors. 😆

[@Sparks.u]

Thank you for such a wonderful episode! This is the exact sort of information I love the show for ❤

[@ThisFinalHandle]

“If an amoeba or any type of simple bacteria were to gain the power of a man, this bacteria would then appear as a god to its own kind. If the power of a human were to be explained to an amoeba, it would not do as humans do, but would merely harness this new power to do whatever an amoeba already does - consume and destroy” - Kei (Kay)

[@glenliesegang233]

Evil is the use of personal power to destroy what is innocent or "good" for personal gain or pleasure. It is the ones with brains which have a choice of their behaviors.

[@glenliesegang233]

As the theme of "Transcendence" with Johnny Depp, the question is, "What kind of god?"

[@homeopathicfossil-fuels4789]

Vague quote there, where is this even from? Googling the full quote does nothing, attaching that three letter name didn't either.

[@BlinkyLass]

@@homeopathicfossil-fuels4789 It's from Akira, a cyberpunk anime movie from the 80's.

[@frankmckenneth9254]

Watching this during a thunderstorm really adds to the atmosphere

[@jayl5032]

Mobile Shielded Buffet is the perfect setting for vampire post-apocalyptic movie.

[@user-qy1jz4bl8f]

Awesome video! Having a vampyrella printed on a t-shirt would be a great low effort Halloween costume.

[@MindinViolet]

I love the retro aesthetic in this episode. It has such atmosphere!

[@LimeyLassen]

Every vampire movie or novel should clarify if their version of vampires needs to poop or not.

[@exploremicroscopy]

Absolutely loved the intro! And the metaphors couldn't have been better. Well done!!

[@thedukeofweasels6870]

Waking up from a long nap hungry but also ready to leave some brown particles behind relatable

[@UatuOmega]

I thought the music was a great match with the subject matter. Good job, @andrewhuang ! 😄

[@wither5673]

Imagine a contemporary take on ''the blob'' horror movie but with a more ''scientific logic'' to it that has the blob change and go through various life cycles. Would actually be kind of neat ngl.

[@disgracetologic]

Beautiful photography. Thank you. I love it that its happening all over all, the time and everywhere...

[@jpopelish]

Digestive cyst = after-Thanksgiving snooze.

[@Retrofire-47]

this was a particularly exciting episode ;) i love this passion project of yours

[@ulteriorworn4831]

wonderful episode as always, keep it up!

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for the awesome content and great videos!!

[@MicroSaner]

Great video! ❤

[@santiagogonzalezcasillas3847]

I just subbed to your channel! Nice spider video 👀

[@shugganize]

I was today years old when I found out the lovely modular sounding synth music on these videos is by non other than Andrew Huang

[@AphidKirby]

Common Amoeba W they're soooo cool!!!! These feeding methods are insaaaane! Super cool creature and very entertaining to see the metaphor overextending

[@brendakrieger7000]

This is really awesome 🧛🏻‍♀ Thanks so much Hank & James🧡🖤 Happy Spooktober👻 🔬🦠

[@antonimalachowski5262]

I wonder if these things would still move in the same way if they weren't growing on a smooth glass substrate. Frosted glass can be index matched with media using iodixanol, which should facilitate good microscopy.

[@Satellite_Of_Love]

Awesome! Looking forward to the Elvirella episode 😉

[@corbeaudejugement]

i've been waiting for you guys to do a video on these! they're my favorite amoebae and some of my favorite microbes in general.

[@LangThoughts]

5:50 Actually, sounds like a great new horror movie idea!

[@Beepers559]

It’s so bizarre with how microscopic life is almost like a completely alien world to everything else

[@mauz791]

Beautiful work

[@andreassuthaus7792]

Very nice work! Love the footage. Personally, looking at the footage at 05:20, it appears to me to be more of a Leptophryidae, rather than Arachnula, the movement is too rigid and the filopodia are tapering. Also, just to add there are currently 4 described vampyrellid families, though the other two are definitely rarer. Not to mention many other exciting new insights into vampyrellids to come. ;)

[@Flanowa]

I wonder if Brian Lumley was inspired by these for Necroscope. The Vampires in those novels do have many of these qualities including the tendrils and puncturing to eat from the inside out stuff. Great espionage suspense series. A little dated, but I enjoyed them!

[@juansebastiancastillo5575]

This is My favorite episode so far, not only cause of the theme, but also as a fellow microbiologist i'm progress ❤❤❤

[@Stroopwaffe1]

Arachula looks genuinely terrifying tbth, imagine it around as big as a football in a body of water you frequent often, silly you, it's looking for a warm blooded orifice thankyou very much.

[@jeread5193]

Great video!

[@fabricebareille]

Everything they do is great, but I liked this one very much! The old movie effects at the beginning is a nice additional touch 😊

[@mtmirian]

Super interessante! Adoro assistir esse canal! Parabéns pelo trabalho. 👏💝

[@silviavalentine3812]

Having to poop before a murdery feast is verrryy important you know! 😊

[@DerZiip]

I can't find anything in the name "Arachula"? What did pop up is "Arachnula" which seems to be it

[@journeytomicro]

Seems that we might have gotten a little too excited about it being Spooktober and missed this one! Thanks for calling it out and good job catching the misspelled name!

[@DerZiip]

​@@journeytomicrohaha no problem. I thought it looked sooooo cool and I had to know more! Great video as always!

[@Aemirys]

Awesome intro!!

[@sohkaryong5605]

Protoplast extraction sounded like a spider sinking it fang into the prey, then turning the internal body into liquid, then sucking it up.

[@bananahpolkadot]

Love this!!!!! ❤

[@mcmagic6723]

In 1:14, it says Arachula, not Arachnula.

[@markthompson3529]

I ❤ this channel.

[@Alondro77]

Colony invasion is how the Pillar Men can feed! (IT'S A JOJO REFERENCE!!)

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

I'm excited to the next Halloween special where we journey to find a microbe that changes in the moonlight

[@MrTylerStricker]

Reminds me of the Strigoi from The Strain TV show 😂

[@truantverreaux5483]

wow these are cool as heck

[@littlebacchus216]

Please please please when there is something interesting happening on screen DON'T SLAP TEXT ACROSS IT!

[@R-Tex.]

Why do I read Vampyrella in an Italian accent 😂

[@ashimahmed2193]

"Numerous Brown particles" is a clear definition for it. :) XD

[@ubtpixielox]

An incredible intro

[@SoniaMaria-dy5ug]

Keep away from me vampy lady!!😲

[@mcmagic6723]

In 1:09, you wrote Leptophyrs, not Leptophrys.

[@RuthBhmand]

Sucky little lifeform. Quite practical though 😍 To be hiding inside a buffet 😂

[@willemvandebeek]

I love October!

[@MandelscapeDA]

OMG VAMPIRELLA are my favorites!!!!!

[@MasterCowsChaos]

Massively appreciate the Vampyr reference

[@supersam5802]

%:55 might've taken the metaphor a lil far but my dnd brain doesn't mind, my players might however

[@ivanfedak4517]

Awsome

[@crawhey]

definitely thrown off by the title

[@zhoufang996]

Next April fools you should do a joke episode on the Thing from another world

[@stevenkarnisky411]

I am glad they are not the size of a raccoon. I would not like to have my insides sucked out.

[@bigsarge2085]

Interesting.

[@Builder_2]

Tradução em português br please

[@onlyonewhyphy]

The thumbnail sounds like it's about my ex 😂

[@somedude6161]

I almost skipped this because I didn't read the channel name and read the title as "Vampirella". Was she making a comeback?

[@BwfVid]

"Numerous brown particles..."

[@claudiamanta1943]

And Smith told Morpheus in the Matrix movie… It’s a matter of perspective.

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Amoebas my beloved! 😍

[@pikmin4743]

GOAT

[@xyzabc4574]

Everybody poops.

[@Axacqk]

Ia! Ia! Shub-Niggurath!

[@358itachi]

So, microbes poop's also brown, huh!!

[@caiden-_-]

Howdy

[@kats9755]

❤❤❤

[@rawrzillakira5928]

2:50 Mickey Mouse cell

[@Emotionallyattachedtorocks]

❤😂

[@claraclear5665]

Love your videos but the music was a little distracting on this one. Keep up the amazing work! 💜💜

[@user-kz7ul4eo6m]

morph.

[@dominikfalkiewicz6991]

988

[@brianedwards7142]

Arachula = Hermaeus Mora

[@Haplo-san]

vamp/vampself

[@dhaktizero4406]

what we really do in the shadows poo

[@augustodelerme7233]

Noumena bacterias 🦠🦠🦠

[@ogniann2450]

It should really be pronounced vam-pee-rella, not vam-pie-rella

[@CrimSang420]

Well, a vampire "sires" another by draining them and then letting them drink their tainted blood, effectively "consuming them from the inside" so... Yeah. Good metaphor. EDIT: In any vampire lore worth its salt, that is, with absolutely no reference to any modern sparkly daywalking millennia-old angsty teen-stalkers. "I like watching you sleep..." Ewwwww! Suck the blood, freak! Don't just SUCK fullstop!

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Then it's a pillar man not a vampire.

[@Ki_Adi_Mundi]

Joe Biden?

[@luisito6314]

I wish they would just give the science and just save the drama and bad comedy for another channel

[@RlythtnigBryce]

Glad to hear hanks voice that’s my nigga frl

[@SlavesWereGood]

show us viruses and deseases