We Just Found a Missing Link For Evolution of Animal Life Hiding in a Toxic Lake

[@Jmcc150]

You can put a sponge in a blender to separate it into individual cells. After a while a sponge reforms. This works even if you mix the cells from two different species of sponge. They sort themselves into two different sponges.

[@danielearhart6467]

Sounds painful. I would not submit my sponges to this pain.

[@Hubris030]

Does this also work in a Thermomix?

[@charliethesuperfloofer]

How am I supposed to do the dishes now?

[@FloydThePink]

This was the original purpose of the Vitamix.

[@IncredibleFlyinSquid]

So the answer to "Will it blend?" is ultimately going to be "No"?

[@CrochetIsLife54]

I love any discussions about how multicellular life evolved. To me, this is the greatest mystery in evolution.

[@brothermine2292]

For me, a greater mystery is the origin of the first, simplest life. But perhaps you don't classify that as a "mystery in evolution"?

[@vidal9747]

​@@brothermine2292No. Evolution deals with what happened after that. But life is by definition something that can replicate itself, so no matter how improbable, once it happens, it just keeps going.

[@Stevestevestevestevestevesteve]

Yes same with me ​@@brothermine2292

[@davidsmithsmith5679]

you mean more than how life was created originally?

[@brothermine2292]

@@vidal9747 : Depending on the details of the origin of the simplest life and the behavior of the precursors of life, it might make sense to broaden the definition of "evolution." In particular, the precursors might have included molecules that replicated other molecules they encountered but didn't replicate themselves. Those wouldn't meet your definition of "life" but the replication could allow for variation & mutation so why not call that "evolution?"

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

Also that little island in the middle of Mono Lake is a volcano that only formed about 350 years ago. Known also for its Tufa structures, the lake is quite beautiful and still looks very blue despite its salinity. A lot of thermal activity so it isn't a surprise goofy life forms would form here. Cool!

[@Gelatinocyte2]

Does the salinity itself really change the color of water? I thought it's the halophile microorganisms that changes that.

[@lindaseel9986]

I have stood on the rim and looked into Mono Lake. That was about 40 years ago, and the lake is just as beautiful now, as it was then.

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

@@Gelatinocyte2 No my point is that nothing changes, it-- it looks normal and blue, despite a photo of a red lake in the vid. 😅.

[@DakotaFord592]

Omg!! This man is so beautiful!! I want to put my face next to the arch of his foot!!

[@andyf4292]

the US and UK use 'goofy' differently... over here 'goofy' means buck toothed

[@meurtri9312]

it's crazy how embryos literally go through every stage of evolution before getting where they need to get. edit: it looks like the cell in one phase suck up everything, group up to form a chamber, sort the food into the chamber and the bad stuff outside, then release digestion enzymes and eat the good stuff.

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

Not quite "literally" but science did believe for awhile that embryos necessarily replay their evolutionary history as they develop, it was called Recapitulation theory. There are some good docs about it on youtube, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Antarctic expedition that sought to collect penguin fetuses as evidence and only returned after the theory had been considered debunked.

[@ashleyobrien4937]

that's jumping the gun by a lot, because embryo's are mostly controlled by autonomic genetic differentiation, they are "programmed" to change and grow rapidly.

[@meurtri9312]

@@ashleyobrien4937 lol "autonomic genetic differentiation" wow you are full of it. are you AI chatbot?

[@mjeffn2]

Embryology was one of my favorite classes in undergrad biology.

[@susanjane4784]

We visited Mono Lake many times as a grew up. Back then there were brine shrimp and all sorts of flying incests. But it was the tufa towers and the ever-changing color of the lake that I truly remember. It just never occurred to me that it might be a site for extremophiles. Great discovery!

[@IncredibleFlyinSquid]

"flying incests" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andyf4292]

I take it the ;flying incests' were the royal family?

[@k1m6a11]

"Back then there were brine shrimp and all sorts of flying incests." ... go on...

[@shiftingsandsgames]

😂😂😂prolly dislexic​@@k1m6a11

[@ifsowhynot]

@@k1m6a11 On second thought, I think I'm gonna clock out for the day

[@TheJunky228]

it's really interesting to see all of the similarities you could draw between this and more complex life

[@aurelienyonrac]

Think of a city.

[@CordovaMage]

Not just life. This entire universe has an ongoing theme of simple single objects clumping together to make more complex things.

[@FloydThePink]

@@CordovaMage Lego's are proof of this.

[@Cobbido]

@@CordovaMage then why arent there any aliens contact us??? thats right

[@TheJunky228]

@@CordovaMage emergent phenomena!

[@99goat99]

The fact that the colony so closely resembles a newly dividing egg (blastula) falls directly in line with the fact that animal embryos resemble the morphology (body shapes and functions) of each of the major ancestors from which it is evolved. For example, a human embryo has a tail. Whale embryos have limb buds and even the adults have vestigial pelvic bones. Each stage of embryonic development is a mirror to how that creature evolved in the first place.

[@flamencoprof]

"The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism-often expressed using Ernst Haeckel's phrase "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"-is an historical hypothesis ... the shortcomings of the theory had been recognized by the early 20th century, and it had been relegated to "biological mythology"[1] by the mid-20th century.[2]" Thx, Wikipedia.

[@suruxstrawde8322]

@@flamencoprof Not hearing any explanations of those shortcomings given they're corroborated with fossil and DNA evidence and do in fact result in vestigial anatomy.

[@flamencoprof]

@@suruxstrawde8322 My brother developed a lump on his throat at about 10yo. It was excised. We were told it was it was vestigial gill, so, yeah.

[@suruxstrawde8322]

@@flamencoprof ok? That doesn't prove anything. Nor is that even possible as humans don't have intact genetic phenotypical coding for gills, pretty much everything we do still have is primate specific, like being able to move toes like fingers, having a tail, having a large enough jaw to support wisdom teeth, a large sagital crest, or highly flexible hip connections allowing running on all fours.

[@flamencoprof]

@@suruxstrawde8322 It was an anecdote. It was in the early 60s. It wasn't meant as a proof of anything. I was trying to be sympathetic. Genetics was a new science then, we (my family) knew nothing of it (Doctors as Authorities), although I was to go on and be educated about it a few years later. I accept what you say about our vestigial primate genes, but that is not related to the "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" theory.

[@geologyjoerocks]

Mono Lake is stunning too. It’s beautiful there. Plus, the best chicken strips and fries are sold in the little town next to the lake, Lee Vining. It’s called Mono Cone. Deep fried deliciousness

[@bjdefilippo447]

I didn't stop there for food, but yes, the lake is stunningly beautiful.

[@dt9r]

always healthy food , uh? :)

[@Adoubless]

Thank you for your recommendation! 😂

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

I like your username

[@geologyjoerocks]

@@RobKaiser_SQuest thanks! I’m a college geology teacher, and was able to get my username early on, lol

[@edtyler6444]

Thanks again, Anton. Your videos are always entertaining and informative. Science junky since age 7 here (pushing 70 now 😊)

[@markharwood7573]

Amazing stuff, every day. Thank you again.

[@maxbarth4788]

I may not know how to do my taxes, but I sure as hell know that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[@nameless2259]

amazing how cells can be on their own but then if needed, can become a sorta hive mind and turn into a single organism

[@zualapips1638]

There's this book that considers cities as living organisms, and your comment reminded me of it. It's such a cool concept that humans kind of work like that when they cluster. We even have analogs for the brain, circulatory system, skin, etc.

[@nameless2259]

@@zualapips1638 ive thought on this idea many times. Since organisms are made out of living things with eachthhing doing its own sorta task to help and maintain the well being of the whole system. thats exactly what countries and societies are. so it wouldnt be far fetched to say that countries also think "on their own", make decisions, respond to stimuli in societal terms, etc

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

Makes me think of slime mold!

[@Rishi123456789]

@@zualapips1638 I don't know about cities being living organisms, but I do think that Earth itself is a living thing.

[@flamencoprof]

@@nameless2259 Just as a muscle cell doesn't know what the brain is thinking, I sometimes wonder if we don't know what or even if the internet is thinking.

[@justinpyle3415]

This is actually amazing. This *IS* the link. Seeing a colony move with such coordination is truly incredible.

[@dontactlikeUdonkno]

This is definitely A link... unless all of the eukaryotic cells that make up the multicellular organism share a single genome. Then it would be *THE* link, but I'm not sure. This seems like it may be cooperation, or a colony, of multiple genetic beings,-which is an extremely important step. Please correct me if I'm mistaken on this 😉

[@196cupcake]

I mean this in a good way, but the video title is like what I would make up as a generic title to a video on this channel.

[@justinpyle3415]

@@dontactlikeUdonkno i call it a colony right in my comment. Perhaps your thinking of a different link, but the link i specifically refer to is the coordination of the colony

[@tom-hy1kn]

Sure cells are just going to come together and form a heart or lungs or an eye all by magic.

[@ivankuzin8388]

@@tom-hy1kn oh, so all that was created by an omnipotent magical, is that a better explanation? :D I'd rather go with evolution, as that's something that can actually be proven, and not just believed in

[@jonathandock8416]

I just wanted to thank you and tell you that You are the wonderful person to listen to ❤

[@user-wy7ml3sd2m]

Lovely how the patterns repeat themselves from one form of life to another.

[@jasonlow6943]

Thanks for another great one Anton! Even some of the smallest life on the planet can be amazing and complex....

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Absolutely amazing...the more we search micro organisms, the more we learn...

[@NowinWTF]

I can't think of another youtuber that so consistently brings knowledge and entertainment. Love you.

[@tenbear5]

🤣

[@dontactlikeUdonkno]

How do the proto-organisms increase their cell count? Is it reproduction from members of the mini-colony or outsiders who join in?

[@davidrosen5137]

Now that's a great question.

[@davidrosen5137]

I don't have the reference handy, but a study demonstrated single celled green algae formed multicellular forms in the presence of a protist predator. If I recall after several generations colonies stabilized at about 30 cells via individuals remaining attached following division.

[@jimcurtis9052]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. ☺️🫡👍

[@antoniomonteiro3698]

Could this be what I saw on TV about 50 years ago? What I remember was that the colony had different behavior from the ones in isolation. Of course I can't remember what documentary it was - I've been hoping to see this again since. The wait was worth while :)

[@trekpac2]

This was a very enlightening video, demonstrating how various processes might be happening such as multicellularity, symbiosis, early colonial behaviour and early embryo development. Wow, that really taught me a lot about how some aspects of early life might have developed.

[@untouchable360x]

It’s actually a black goo. An alien drank a potion and then jumped in the lake. He dissolved into a black goo.

[@appleid3151]

You seem to understand that film better then the writers did

[@chrisdieguez1950]

Cue Spongebob: "We're like brothers, only closer."

[@uhohhotdog]

Conjoined twins?

[@krisj5826]

I first studied this theory when I was at University for my undergrad. It's so exciting to hear about the new discoveries surrounding it. Love your videos, thank you for the updated knowledge 🤓.

[@acestapp1884]

This reminds me of the extremely old organisms in your video "Did Complex Life on Earth Begin But Fail 2.1 Billion Years Ago?"

[@georgemorgan685]

Thx Anton for your interested shows

[@zelrex4657]

That is freaking awesome. Crazy to think that all multicellular life came from something like that 😮

[@FloydThePink]

Toxic Lake would be a cool name for a band.

[@bobsana4590]

Seven car pile up

[@bobsana4590]

My Dixie wrecked

[@andycordy5190]

Given what we know about components in human cells and how they are represented by a coming together of micro organisms, the sight of these colony structures is even more mind boggling. What it may tell us about evolution and an organisms response to specialised conditions is very exciting, even how the mechanism of species differentiation takes place in single celled life forms. Wow! Dynamite research area.

[@stevenkarnisky411]

From simple life to complex, winding up as us! What a long, strange trip it's been! Thanks for pointing out the way, Anton!

[@jamie101010]

So the fertilization and growth of a human embryo into a fetus seems to be a reflection of the evolutionary process that got us here, starting with Choanoflagellates, moving to Blastoderm

[@jimidangertv4569]

Hello wonderful anton this is a conplex life form 😊

[@Robert-lb8jt]

I used to work in Mono Lake lodge. If you have burns or cuts on your hands or feet, they will heal very fast if you soak them in the water. Burns like hell at first 😂😂

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

I did not know that! Is it the same for the hot springs in the area?

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

It feels like burning due to the high salinity of the lake.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

@@EL_DUDERIN0 Salt is probably the cause of the pain for hot springs. Remember people saying, "Don't rub salt into an open wound?"

[@Robert-lb8jt]

@EL_DUDERIN0 the lake is the only place that I experienced the healing. The hot springs were where we partied. 😜

[@costrio]

A farm? A type of symbiosis? Maybe like herding cattle? Now this, is weird but cool to ponder.

[@shawnvines2514]

Excellent video. Thank you for wonderful videos and your extreme consistency with making videos.

[@George-rk7ts]

Physics can involved at times, but biology takes the cake for complexity. Wonderful work, Anton

[@vidal9747]

It is all Physics in the end.

[@wmpx34]

@@vidal9747 But physics (and chemistry) alone can't be used to explain biology, even if they ultimately underlie it.

[@99goat99]

@@wmpx34 I would argue that they CAN explain it, even if it hasn't been done to the satisfaction of the entire scientific community as yet. We move ever closer.

[@tenbear5]

🤣

[@rlwemm]

How fascinating! Thanks for delving into the beginning of life research every now and again, Anton. Your series has come a long way from the Sand Box episodes and the emphasis on astrophysics. It gets broader and better every month.

[@putteslaintxtbks5166]

Slime molds are more interesting, I think they think, I think! Therefore they are.

[@advertisercommerce6990]

This is awesome! Thank you for this, excellent. I live in CA and have been to Mono Lake! It is an ery place but fascinating in a strange way.

[@Pixels-ix9nx]

How the cells arrive at that conclusion is the real mystery.

[@sorryplease5071]

By trying many many many different things hoping something useful will stick and occasionally it does.

[@sorryplease5071]

By trying many many many different things hoping something useful will stick and occasionally it does.

[@stevengill1736]

You found the missing link...and in Mono lake, cool! Right up the hill from the Owens Valley..... figures LA would have stolen the water from that area first.... It's flagelladelic baby! (the little organic motor that runs flagella and cilia are actually living motors...go figure!)

[@johnh539]

I have always found Physics fascinating but Biologists' are unravelling evolution to an extent that explains life in the purest sense, the line that divides chemical complexity from being alive . That is a reality that I never expected to witness and I would never have dared set odds against us never knowing. Genomic research is exploring the universe faster than any cosmologist. Genes are like a camera giving us clear pictures on anything you focus your attention on. From a Viewers point of view Microscopes provide pretty pictures too.

[@TheVarulfen]

I misheard the first time Anton said "flagellate" and understood something along the lines of "flatulence" and I couldn't un-hear it throughout the entire video. Thank you, brain!

[@baref1959]

so life developed around a stomache.... wow i feel so validated...

[@Gabu_]

The first structure to develop in all humans is the anus.

[@stargazer5784]

My mother knew that years ago after raising three boys, all of which grew to over six feet tall at a young age.

[@duncanfrere2656]

Biogenesis is endlessly fascinating! Thanks for this episode!!

[@pancake2662]

The lockness salt monster

[@xl_JAKE_lx]

You have the perfect balance of quantum physics and astrophysics/astronomy mixed in with some biological evolution. I've enjoyed your videos for years. Thank you for being such a wonderful source of learning and inspiration

[@pancake2662]

Hello wonderful earthlings

[@seabud6408]

Great analysis/summary. A real breakthrough discovery. Thanks.

[@osmosisjones4912]

Sperm actually move their Bodies and tales spin and save energy

[@22222Sandman22222]

Tails*

[@forgotultag1543]

wait so the tail is acting like a counterbalance? Like how cats roll their bodies and use tail to counter the forces?

[@osmosisjones4912]

​@@forgotultag1543more like worlpool the head spins take created forward flowing worlpool

[@Hubris030]

​@@22222Sandman22222heads*

[@BusyWithBizzy]

Creatures farming aphrodisiac bacteria to make more shelter for themselves sounds like the mating process from 'Fantastic Planet' or, maybe, a misunderstanding of this video :3

[@Trihalo42]

We've been over this with mold colonies. Identical cells sharing the same exact DNA linked together is not cell specialization. Having symbiotic cells using cellular communication but having different DNA is not cell specialization. It's a superficial comparison. Superficial.

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

Make your own video, pedant.

[@butters4596]

Love your shirt, Anton. Thank you for bringing us this information.

[@scottjackson8771]

This is so profound I want to go outside in the rain tear my shirt off and scream, thanks for the video

[@axl1002]

We knew about organisms that are both multi cellular and mono cellular, also that are both animals and plants. You learn about them in the elementary school. Or at least that was the case 40 years ago when I was in school. Modern lab research showed that single cell organisms learn to become multicellular in just few generations.

[@baraskparas9559]

Most complexity evolved within single cells as their varied biochemistry took many different pathways and produced polymers like lignin, cellulose and collagen that allow true multicellularity. Snowball Earth put a great stress on life on Earth towards multicellularity for reasons of greater mass to surface area providing lower heat loss rates. Ocean habitation also allowed support of a heavier bulk and protection from UV rays. A new book published by Austin Macauley Publishers titled From Chemistry to Life on Earth outlines abiogenesis in great detail with a solution to the evolution of the genetic code and the ribosome as well as the cell in general using 290 references, 50 illustrations and several information tables with a proposed molecular natural selection formula with a worked example for ATP.

[@ProfessorJayTee]

So, it's a mainstream-publisher promoted, non-peer-reviewed hypothesis aimed at the general public instead of the relevant scientists? Thanks, I'll pass and save my money. That's the same way the creationists work.

[@ProfessorJayTee]

"About the Author" (Who is nearly a layman without much better qualifications than I have.) "Barask Paraskevopoulos was born in Athens, Greece, and migrated with his parents from one year of age to Melbourne, Australia. Six years of studying medicine at Monash University [but didn't pass, most likely], a science degree in cell biology and pharmacology at Monash [what level degree is that? odd you don't say,] as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Criminology at Melbourne University...[likely his highest qualification, which is why they said what it is!]"

[@ProfessorJayTee]

AND he's self-promoting his book here in comments on a very good HARD science page. So give this book a HARD PASS.

[@ProfessorJayTee]

P.S. GO SPAM ELSEWHERE. Don't fuck with Anton. Thanks.

[@baraskparas9559]

@@ProfessorJayTee Thanks mate, don't hold back, let me have it. Whatever you do, don't read the book. It is only for those who know some chemistry and physics and wish to read a thorough scenario of life's origin and evolution. Not for dickheads like you.

[@kakhipudhi]

Recapitulation theory, ie, ontogeny recreates phylogeny (Ernst Haeckel's phrase). Fertilised egg divides into 2,4,8 and 16 identical cells, then the cells start to differentiate. First step: cells. Second: individual cells join together for mutual defense or feeding. (An interesting parallel might be early hunter/gatherer families joining together.)

[@TotesRandom]

They found the missing link? Was it's name KingCobraJFS?

[@kaelhooten8468]

Don’t be bashing our gay little wizard like that.

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

No,that is dQw4w9WgXcQ

[@DeepRockLabs]

Always a good day when Anton posts.

[@degariuslozak2169]

Oh my, how cool🎉

[@cadebritt8001]

Anton, you definitely make a space cadet out of me. Allwise lost in space. You are remarkable.

[@ChristopherWaddelow]

Thanks for the content!

[@mafarmerga]

We have known about choanoflagellates for 150+ years. Ernst Haeckel actually predicted that they were the ancestors of animals.

[@CORYJOHNM]

Yall are fast

[@CORYJOHNM]

Says this came out a minute ago..

[@22222Sandman22222]

You are just slow

[@CORYJOHNM]

@@22222Sandman22222 🐢

[@danoblue]

Fascinating video! All these new discoveries suggest to me that life is more common than the opposite, although intelligent life may be quite rare indeed.

[@jawharp9467]

My comment has no value to the reader.

[@ForzaJersey]

You said more than most

[@calebzenner9847]

it has value to me! it exists!

[@davidaugustofc2574]

You're very self aware

[@justinpyle3415]

It was amusing, and that has value to me, the reader. So thanks :)

[@aaronrealerx]

Haven't evolved yet, brain is still a sponge 🎉

[@Like_A_Hamburger_Bun]

Just wanted to say. I love your channel! Thank You!

[@view1st]

Christian fundamentalists will still talk about the 'missing link' no matter how many 'missing' links you find.

[@kevinsayes]

Maddening huh? They pass laws

[@timothyamaraobrien]

Don't vote for anti-scientists! They've taken over the GOP.

[@ToyotaKTM]

I'm an atheist. Thank God.

[@showerhead5891]

Science respecters will blindly believe words they cannot understand as proof that they're arrogance against their creator is justified

[@XiamaraTheToxicMu]

Tell me about it. So, I made a deal with myself... instead of trying to teach cultists I rather watch this channel and learn.

[@bnjm8868]

It seems calling them organisms would be appropriate. 😊

[@Kingsblade7]

No wonder why so many people are TOXIC, we literally evolved from Toxicity 🤣

[@LaGuerre19]

So, a cluster of cells from a toxic lake forms a blastula....?! This is like 1950s pulp magazine sci-fi where some slimy mutant crawls out of a toxic pit. Love it. Or like Radioactive Man! Up and atom!

[@Jokers_Yugioh666]

Cool! Other life is in the astral realm btw 👍👍

[@Zionswasd]

Okay man

[@XxTW0F4C3DxX]

@@ZionswasdIf you read the fbi declassified paperwork from the 1920-40s on extraterrestrial life, they speak of inter dimensional beings. They exist in the same space as us, but are supposedly on a higher plane of existence. Therefore, we can’t interact with them, but they can interact with us. It could be all bs, but it’s from the declassified ufo stuff from 2018 from what I can remember.

[@zackmeaders6199]

Ive been to mono lake. Its absolutely disgusting. The entire perimeter of the lake is a solid black 2 ft wide band of flies. But it is a scientist's dream. Such an alien environment

[@Terran.Marine.2]

Hello wonderful people 😊👋

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

The 'stimulates sexual reproduction' part is interesting, but I don't think this discounts that the bacteria are being used for food. It would make more sense that, when the organisms sensed there was plenty of food available, they'd signal that this was a good time to make babies. It wouldn't be just that there's enough food to go around, but also that it's safe to expend energy on reproduction.

[@osmosisjones4912]

What if earth had twice as much Hydrogen would it open more possibilities for life such fire under water

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

All of Earth's hydrogen is in compounds such as water. Any elemental hydrogen is so light it rises and escapes into space by a process called "Jeans escape."

[@MCsCreations]

Ok... If that thing grows into something else we might be screwed.

[@mofo5206]

This is how zombies come about

[@MCsCreations]

@mofo5206 or worse.

[@rafaelpais970]

My toddler came out as trans

[@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd]

That's not possible.

[@DevilishChrist]

@@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd 'ube tourist

[@johnbaker9290]

Thanks Anton! Interesting that this critter is almost the same shape as squid, particularly short armed heavily webbed squid like the vampire squid. It would be interesting to do a morphology study of single and multi celled critters in similar environments at the two scales. I guess osmotic pressure would affect larger creatures more and so that's why we're still collections of the same size cells.

[@AlabamaUSA1234]

I really enjoy your content and look forward to seeing your future videos

[@riadhalrabeh3783]

Many thanks for this.. it is almost unbelievable!! All the best.

[@m40r_workout]

3:15 well not all the multicellular life. Algae gained multicellularity multiple times and independently of animals and each other. And they are not related to Choanozoa

[@ashleyobrien4937]

Just looking at it, it's almost self explanatory, the inner environment formed by all the cells clumping together create an inner sealed off volume whereby the environment can be controlled, to change the "cytoplasmic environment" to better suit the cells needs....

[@claudiaarjangi4914]

And then imagine one of these managed to snip & add all the rna /dna etc of each of them into just one of these organisms ( over time ), and got surrounded by a lipid layer that holds in the structure.

[@EM-qr4kz]

I found you here too!! Are you a biologist?? Or physicists?

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

We should do more research in poisonous areas.They are the best places to find what is outcompeted everywhere else.

[@davidrosen5137]

Rosie Alegado at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa has done some research in this area. She found a typically free-living choanoflagellate species will form colonies in the presence of high concentrations of their favorite food (bacteria).

[@geared2cre8]

Been to mono lake 3 times, pretty strange and bizarre landscape

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

Mono Lake

[@thermonucleardom]

2:48 PEASHOOTER

[@aresaurelian]

Looks like the two types of bacteria attracts each other, either by conflict or love. In between this urge, the choanoflagellates forms barriers between them, to harness the exchange between them. Smart. It could be proved by examining and measuring the exchange in energy, molecules, and signals between the bacteria through the barrier. The barrier gain protection and nutrients. The way they change shape may be because one cell starts to notice a distress, perhaps from sunlight, and starts to signal it wants to move direction, and as more of them does the same in the same area, they all eventually flip, which also could be the way they capture correct bacteria for the inside. It can also be a oscillation of exchange, depending on what bacteria is dominant in the local space, protecting whatever faction is in need of protection, to maintain the exchange.

[@JoaoCsiszer]

You once post a video talking about parasites or something like living in our belly are linked to our brain?

[@cleanerben9636]

This discovery really puts the origins of animals to bed.

[@misusedfilms69]

You said mono lake correctly! Thank you! ❤❤❤

[@albertleibold1415]

Although 150 base pairs of DNA allow for 2.04 x 10^90 unique combinations, the probability of any of these many combinations resulting in the genome of a cell is ZERO.

[@timothypatrick9476]

My wife and I was just talking about this. Thank you!

[@albertleibold1415]

The probability for the emergence of a genome of a cell cannot be greater than 1 in 2.04 x 10^90, since 150 base pairs of DNA are insufficient for the genome of a CELL.

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

And here I thought this video was symbolic for politicians (bizarre organisms) from Washington DC (toxic lake).

[@archlich4489]

It may be so.

[@jcskehan]

I'm slightly concerned that the bacteria seem to be playing some essential role here. I wonder if - if the bacteria weren't there or were only there in small numbers / playing a minor role (just enough to access the multi-cellular niches but not enough to be firmly rooted in those niches) -- then it would somehow encourage true multi-cellular development. It feels like the bacteria colony - if it is playing an essential role - is somehow limiting the evolution into true multicellular life.

[@matieyzaguirre]

Curiously, I got somewhat of the opposite impression, that those bacteria might be the needed ingredient to achieve multicellularity, that all metazoa are essentially symbionts with their microbiota since the very beginning

[@clintparsons3989]

Choanoflagellates, now there’s a microbe I haven’t thought of in years….like 13 lol

[@Simson616]

"It's actually super salty, and so not a lot of life can be discovered inside of it." Hey that's me.