Why Are These Single-Celled Organisms So Large?

[@VikingTeddy]

I'm convinced his name actually is "James Ourmasterofmicroscopes". It's not a title.

[@Snipethebambi]

I am 100% for this he is just born into the job

[@rimibchatterjee]

Weiss + Zeiss = killer combo.

[@cineblazer]

the original German spelling is "Aurmasteraufmicroschkoppes" actually

[@VikingTeddy]

@@cineblazer Unseremeisterdenmicroscopen I think (any Germans around? Can we stretch that?)

[@XenXenOfficial]

James Weiss deserves true recognition for his skill 😤

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this channel deserves much more followers. I only discovered it a week ago and I can't stop watching them over and over again. Just incredible.

[@mopedeo7088]

Definitely, they got me so interested in microbes that I started to build my own collection of jars. I even got a microscope and started a big jar terrarium recently.

[@froglover4203]

I discovered it back in 2020 and it inspired me to get into microscopy myself :>

[@ilona3630]

Same and I didn't even realize it was Hank narrating them until a few episodes in

[@flippityfloppityfloo481]

Hank's voice is so charming and soothing at the same time. Journey to the Microcosmos is my go-to when going to sleeping or when I want to be educated Love you guys and this channel

[@johnwalters1341]

Those large, euro-sized forams are known as nummulites; the Great Pyramid of Gizeh was built of limestone blocks full of nummulites. They are about 50 million years old.

[@pattheplanter]

From the latin _nummulus_ meaning a small coin.

[@dylansan]

7:28 Larger Foraminifera are so resilient because they took to heart the lyrics to Tubthumping.

[@BrosMinecraft2]

Hank Green is actually so close to the mic that the creatures he views under the microscope can hear him.

[@nova.a.star89]

the microbes be like: “woah he’s talking about me that’s cool” “bro talk about ME I’m the star of the show” “Please stop filming me I am literally dying rn”

[@csn583]

The ones out of focus couldn't be reached to sign a release form.

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@@csn583 underrated response 👏

[@ThePurza]

Amoeba Sensory Meridian Response channel

[@holyhex6520]

At least he's not yelling like he normally does on their other channels. That is a bit off-putting. I like the calmer version of Hank much better.

[@chicobri]

i can't believe Hank scripted references to Chumbawumba in this video... And I love that he did :)

[@mattdangerg]

Evolution is never gonna keep them down. You did not disappoint sir

[@DruNature]

Oh how I love this channel! what I wouldnt give for 30 minute versions of these videos with in depth explanations. however, Hanks soothing reading voice is just simply amazing, the combination with the stunning once in a lifetime biology videos is just out of this world! I've been here since day one and I cant wait for every new vid.

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*As always, great presentation. Both picture and voice are top notch.*

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The output of this channel competes with the excellent documentaries from the "big boys" and is a testament to the collaborative enthusiasm and dedication of your team . I have watched for a wee while now and have never skipped an epidode. Kudos to all involved in the research and production teams. I don't make regular Patreon donations as I am now retired but I do so when a few more credits have evaded the tax collector. 😆👋👋👋👋👋

[@jansenart0]

Tubthumping reference and no Ian Malcolm reference!? You're a madman.

[@MiloCoyote]

Highly underappreciated channel. It is amazing that we get to see these things in such detail and clarify!

[@evanthefish]

If a new foraminifera is discovered, can we name it chumbawamba in honor of this episode?

[@TheRogueWolf]

"I'm not large; I'm just big-boned! ...wait, I don't have any bones." - _Foraminifera,_ probably

[@sarahng5191]

I love these videos so much. Thanks James and Hank and team

[@microscopyoptics2881]

Excellent episode! Top notch footage of some of the most interesting marine protists. Keep it up!

[@cryptbeast3222]

I know you guys cover microorganisms, but I've always been curious how single celled organisms can manage to evolve to a crazy large size like sailor's eyeballs. Apologies if you already covered this before.

[@MereMeerkat]

But have they evolved to survive in an environment with significant levels of whiskey drink? Or a vodka drink?

[@aceundead4750]

Lol i just left a similar comment

[@CrossbredManiac]

Drunk microbes

[@helentee9863]

Alcohol,nature's own anti microbial

[@ThinkDifferentlier]

I like the subtle Chumbawamba reference.

[@daniell1483]

I've often wondered why macro-organisms exist when microbes seem to do so well. This video feels like at least part of an answer in why. Bigger size allows for better offspring provisioning. It is a risk to get big and specialized, but that specialization unlocks niches microbes could never hope to fulfill.

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Journey to the Microcosmos: good for sleep and good for education. Seriously the visuals are gorgeous, the audio is relaxing, and the knowledgeable is presented so well

[@macroplexx]

Siempre fructífero, siempre aprendiendo de los que saben

[@Snipethebambi]

Always keep learning my friend

[@stevegoralski7247]

Hank: "...maybe someday the world will have a shadow version of us." Also Hank: "I GET KNOCKED DOWN BUT I GET UP AGAIN"

[@GeoffryGifari]

algae symbionts inside forams reminds me of endosymbiosis theory, where chloroplast might evolved as a separate organism first before it was embedded inside another organism

[@sciencenerd7639]

this is great, thanks

[@mayaenglish5424]

4:06 I love when a video says what I just said to myself to me lol. It's like ok Good! It's Explanation time.

[@Drozido]

mind blown, thank you!

[@lapissea1190]

It seems like evolution is never gonna keep them down, never gonna let them down

[@nariu7times328]

Foraminifera is just so much fun to say :D

[@rot_studios]

I wonder how many nuclei these giants have, what with that size?

[@benjaminwagner4702]

I am so thankful for this show and the team of individuals and the families behind them that go into making this educational master piece.

[@Eamon597]

5 : 07 that thing is so beautiful! Looks like a large transparent spider!

[@prototropo]

It's helpful for me when the distinction is made between species that recover from a few survivors, and those that utterly disappear in a mass extinction, but whose strategy of morphology or metabolism, etc, was so effective that a new species found that path again.

[@iftenegabriel69420]

I love how it is so peaceful to watch microorganisms live their life

[@13ccasto]

Jim our maestro of macroscopes

[@ZacharyRoy1]

This is my new favorite youtube channel

[@mediumbug]

okay but seriously this video is so good

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Fantastic!

[@gegenbauer]

I’m an oceanographer and I learned cool new things about forams from this video! (I’m not a biologist, but I overhear other people taking about these things weekly.) Fascinating critters!

[@L83467]

have you guys ever found any microplastics in the slides before?

[@chaklatech]

As a person who just uses my microscope on everything I stumble across, you find them literally everywhere, especially in stuff like lunch meats and other foods

[@pattheplanter]

Journey to the Millicosmos

[@coltrv]

Such an underrated comment

[@viridiantheforest1037]

I love the background music!

[@eblackbrook]

That one foramenifera that was shown several times had a rather nautilus look to it...does that one really grow its shell in a similar way or was that just a deceptive appearance?

[@st1220music]

0:43

[@chakacain1282]

When you eat them they pop!🤤 satisfying

[@GeoffryGifari]

huh i have no idea pseudopodia can be so thin and yarn-like. how can they be directed and not break apart?

[@MeetAnEcoregion]

Archaeologists use foraminafera to date ancient ruins. By cross-referencing a sample of stone with a known database of fossil signatures, you can determine the age and geographical origin of the building material. They also look at the microbial and pollen content of sediment layers to establish a site's environmental history year-by-year, somewhat akin to tree ring dating. The layers really need to be undisturbed to get a clear picture, so topsoil is generally not a great candidate for palynology. Lake bed sediments are better - protected from the weather and containing comparatively few microfauna to disrupt the stratification.

[@MrSinner86]

This is the most interesting channel on KZbin. I got my son a microscope for his birthday. We watch this together. Thank you for this channel. It is awesome!

[@shawnorthrop2009]

Haven't watched the video yet, but is it supposed to say "forearms"? Dang things look jacked 😳

[@Jojoblurp]

Someone's been listening to Chumbawamba recently.

[@benroberts3677]

I- I am confused, at 4:20, you show a foram, you cannot see through it, then you change where you are focusing and suddenly you..can see through the shell??? how?

[@benroberts3677]

LARGE SINGLE CELLED ORGANISMS, MY FAVOURITE!!! I loveeee stentors and amoeba

[@NATUREN3ST]

He sees the fossils that remind him of the good times, he sees the fossils that remind him of the bigger times

[@aceundead4750]

Foraminifera probably likes a whiskey drink, and a vodka drink.

[@socialite1283]

You know the video has finished when you hear the words "thank you for coming on this journey".

[@supersonictumbleweed]

Laforams are herding algae. I wonder what would it do if their cattle herd was removed. Would they try to obtain more?

[@microworld1001]

Amazing 🤞

[@andrearupe8094]

I love that the foraminifera in the thumbnail looks like it's flexing it's muscles 💪 and it tricks my brain into thinking it says forearms and not forams

[@luisito6314]

Probably the most profound thing ever said, why be the best adapted to your niche when the niche is changing

[@am4teur]

Although it is for entirely different reasons, I think it is interesting the parallel that can be drawn between the extinction of many of these large species and the fact that larger terrestrial animals on earth are currently and have historically been those who face some of the most risk of extinction, leading to a world which was once dominated by very large terrestrial animals but now cannot support such a creature. (or at least many of them that is)

[@helentee9863]

Adaption to environmental changes (evolution) occurs more easily in any species that reproduces rapidly. This is because adaption is due to beneficial faults in DNA/RNA reproduction by the adult organisum that are passed on to it's young. The more reproductive cycles that take place,the greater the adaptability of the organisum in a limited period of time. Smaller organisums always reproduce more rapidly because reproduction uses up resources within the parent. Smaller organisums have shorter lives because of this In a rather 'indirect' way this is the main point made in this video. Viruses are THE big demonstrators of this science fact,because they evolve so rapidly,are extremely small and have extremely fast reproductive cycles

[@ManulalPRam-hh2vx]

It would be so good if you could start doing the life and complexity of all single celled marine planktons.

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Hi There, the videos of this channel are amazing. My son is amazed by them. We are exploring the possibility of buying a microscope and we are educating ourselves on which one would be a good start for us. We have used a darkfield one (medium range) from our neighbor but cannot reach colors as James shows. Any suggestion would be great. Thank you!

[@brianedwards7142]

Forams are SO big Caesar and all the conspirators could fit in there and with room to swing a dagger.

[@limt9824]

In right bottom corner its lengh of that line or creature?

[@lunkel8108]

It's the length of the line

[@exeter7414]

Wow. These guys really stood the test of time.

[@seabeepirate]

This is fascinating. Is the common goal communicated or do they take cues entirely from the environment to manage their population?

[@cerberaodollam]

So, the whole K vs R thing. Cool.

[@AlexGottlob]

It's amazing to think about how something can control all of those limbs simultaneously while stretching them out so far. If my Math is right.... I used the scale lengths that they gave to find out that it would be stretching all of it's 'limbs' about 16 times its body length ( at minimum !). It would be like a 6ft person having lots of arms, and stretching them all out to 96 ft while controlling all of them at the same time. I wonder how something without a brain could have that kind of processing power.

[@AlexGottlob]

@Robbie A Thank you! You too

[@tiffanymarie9750]

Foram theme song is Tubthumping...

[@benroberts3677]

I had no clue Foraminifera got that large..

[@sethbrooks8889]

Darn, sad I missed the livestream.

[@DekkarJr]

Anyone else think the guy narrating all of these sounds a bit like Moe Rocha? ( think the last time i heard his voice was as a narrator on a PBS documentary so his cadence is very similar )

[@scottthomas5819]

Yesss

[@piopob]

We should use that model to spread out through the universe

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

Enjoy ur break 😁

[@NewMessage]

Pretty T-Rexy to me, by single celled standards, anyhow.

[@FirstNameLastName-gh9iw]

How many channels does Hank green have?!?

[@coltrv]

more than 1

[@euphorbia8106]

more than 2

[@stax6092]

Cool.

[@cosi8935]

I’m trying to look into buying a microscope can anyone give me some pointers where to look and the price range for a microscope cable of something like in the videos

[@vccv9785]

I wanna eat one of those for some reason

[@ZonsoAvalune]

They do kinda look like gummies

[@ewanb8067]

Who cares about gummy worms and bears all we want is a gummy foraminifera.

[@ruinkid11111]

I wanna bite the "head" and split it in half with my front teeth, one forearm in each cheek to chew on with my molars.

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[@vexbane]

Andrew Huang did an awesome job with the music, it very much reminds me of SPORE.

[@horsetuna]

Did you really quote I Get Knocked Down???

[@brushbros]

Query "Morphic Resonance," and Rupert Sheldrake.

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

I go to the gym to get my large forarms

[@caseywright619]

I get knocked down, but I get up again You are never gonna keep me down I get knocked down, but I get up again You are never gonna keep me down I get knocked down, but I get up again You are never gonna keep me down I get knocked down, but I get up again You are never gonna keep me down

[@jasethesmiff5683]

The Green Hank..... n SciShow ..... Micro .... distinct voice that has one enraptured. Almost a David Attenborough of sorts.

[@jesper112183]

Want to buy soundtrack!

[@FnXMusique]

I was a phytoplankton taxonomist in the UK for years looking at samples preserved in Lugols. I assumed these were 💩 I've been on several, world-renowned training courses, and looked at many tomes, but never ever have these forams come up. They seem plentiful off the UK coast. I've been underestimating biomass for years......

[@thatoneguy8512]

Life finds a way.

[@jesseowens1786]

They been working out...

[@vidyagaems4063]

One day, they will evolve into crabs. Then they will no longer go extinct after that.

[@alan2here]

can we breed some, up to pet size

[@seanwelch71]

What are these Formas doing?

[@davidmarshall6970]

Foraminifera Foraminifera Foraminifera Foraminifera Foraminifera

[@Nick-hm2dm]

I wonder what these micro worlds would look like with a little bit of Carolina Reaper chili 🌶️…

[@chairwood]

🦠🥵

[@fourleafclover2064]

Large Forams? or Forarms?

[@mrcrazyadd2]

7:30...how dare you