Aeolosoma: Polka-Dotted Vacuum Worms

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Worms, despite their seemingly simple bodies, are a diverse bunch. Which is why we thought that for today, it might be fun to visit with a less famous worm, and like one of those relatives you don’t know very much about, but every time you see them, there’s a new, strange story to unpack.
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@journeytomicro 2 жыл бұрын

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@NP7_16 2 жыл бұрын

I'll leave it to those in need

@torlarsen2212 2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbrightman4237 Its consciousness seems to be an illusion, a visual and observable outcome of its gibbs free energy spontaneity

@everythingexplained3226 2 жыл бұрын

Aeolosoma: I'm hungry. Gonna clone myself a snack

@micro_safari 2 жыл бұрын

"There are in fact, many ways to be a tube." I've never related to something so much in my entire life.

@ivy_47 2 жыл бұрын

Humans have 7 whole holes! We're more than mere tubes!

@GladiatorSlows 2 жыл бұрын

@@ivy_47 Depends on how you define a hole. Are pores not a sort of "hole"?

@ivy_47 2 жыл бұрын

@@GladiatorSlows Topologically speaking; vsauce did a video on it

@awesomelyshorticles 2 жыл бұрын

"There are, in fact, many ways to be a tube" Top tier line

@choguntinnapat8628 2 жыл бұрын

What a coinsidence! I found a worm that looks almost like this crawling in a slide of waterthymes in my biology class.

@albertmarti2718 2 жыл бұрын

When you mentioned observations of balls of worms swirling around each other I was immediately reminded of something I saw a few years ago. I had a sample primarily containing nematodes, and one day I saw a similar kind of worm (though distantly related to Aelosoma): a catenulid. They're also zooids. Within a few days, they were all over the place, forming exactly those congregations that I referred to as orgies. They easily outcompeted the nematodes, but I never got to see whether they ate each other or not. I believe this sort of behaviour is seen across phyla and even kingdoms (that I've seen myself: catenulids, nematodes and social amoebae). The way I see it, as soon as their population to available nutrients ratio becomes too much to handle, they just bundle up together, whether it is to fight, reproduce, or both.

@abdeez 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your insight. Cheers

@stammyy2091 2 жыл бұрын

I only recently found my first Aeolosoma, pretty cool that you guys make a video on them only a short time later!

@benroberts3677 2 жыл бұрын

I'VE SEEN MANY OF THESE IN THE EGG CLUSTERS OF MY BLADDER SNAILS AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE, THANK YOU!

@senorcapitandiogenes2068 2 жыл бұрын

WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

@DinnerForkTongue 2 жыл бұрын

TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK!

@senorcapitandiogenes2068 2 жыл бұрын

@@DinnerForkTongue NEVER

@SolidariusLive 2 жыл бұрын

LOUD NOISES!?!?!

@mirzamay 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what they are doing there? Maybe they are opportunists, and this is how a worm eventually evolves into a parasite? 😟. Ugh I'm off to order anti parasite herbs. It could also be a different kind of worm, a lot of them are really similar. 🤔 I wonder if they live inside the snail, sucking up internal snail detritus. Curious and interesting.

@micahwest3566 2 жыл бұрын

These animals were the first species I ever identified after I bought my microscope (inspired by this very channel, by the way!) after the colonized a jar of algae I brought inside. I was so proud of myself for discovering something new. Thanks so much for all the inspiration Hank and James!

@LouisGedo 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always thoroughly educated and fascinated by the content on this channel. 👏 👏 👏 👏

@hemiertek9038 2 жыл бұрын

man i found one of these in my tank of random growing stuff and i had no idea what it was until i found this video. it was truly fascinating to see it go around! i accidentally killed it when i bumped the glass with the 100x oculus on accident :( it wasnt cut in half, more so it was just cut along its side and a small patch of polkadots were just there detached from the body but it kept on its way without notice, and i came back a couple minutes later to it and it was completely healed! it was just moving more frantically

@Sara3346 2 жыл бұрын

I think you are using the word killed incorrectly if it survived.

@hemiertek9038 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sara3346 oh yeah lol it wasnt killed my bad

@DinnerForkTongue 2 жыл бұрын

So, did James manage to save the initial colony?

@Caterfree10 2 жыл бұрын

That's what I was waiting on! Alas, we do not learn. ;~;

@elliehawk817 2 жыл бұрын

I love it when Andrew gets to make horror movie music

@thrushestrange5822 2 жыл бұрын

The microscope footage is so crisp and beautiful I have a hard time believing it isnt CGI. Wonderful video, cant keep my eyes off and cant keep my thought off it

@afhdfh 2 жыл бұрын

"What's normal anyway?!" Something that always comes to mind when I watch your videos. ;)

@MaryAnnNytowl 2 жыл бұрын

I always love to listen to your voice as I watch these little bits and bobs of life wander around in the world that's usually too small for us to even see with our eyes. It's so calming and relaxing that I put on a playlist of just your voice and these critters to relax and drift off to sleep. ❤❤❤❤

@bendirval3612 2 жыл бұрын

Man, these videos are just getting better and better in terms of visual quality. That microscope upgrade is really paying off.

@uprightape100 2 жыл бұрын

Cool......now I know where Tom Six got the plot for his great film "The Human Centipede". Thank you so much.

@nottheborg836 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in my first year of a zoology degree and these videos are genuinely really great revision!!

@hoppiegems5504 2 жыл бұрын

Hii I'm thinking of getting enrolled for a zoology degree too but I'm kinda confused about the career options one can opt for after completing their bachelor's, do you mind telling me about the scopes in this field?

@AphidKirby 2 жыл бұрын

A microscopic freshwater polychaete!!!! that's actually so cool in and on itself! And wow they're weird! you love to see it!

@ahaks7269 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are amazing, every episode blows me away! Thank you very much for these videos.

@revenevan11 Жыл бұрын

I'm invested in this story now, did the colony of "pet" ciliates survive the invasion? Was James able to take some countermeasure(s) like lowering the temperature to a range that was okay for the ciliates but killed the worms, or maybe add a selectively poisonous chemical?

@Alondro77 2 жыл бұрын

"They grow attached to each other's butt." Human Centipede guys, "YOU SEE?! I WAS RIGHT!! I WASN'T MAD!!"

@FractalNoize 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew I needed this information..this is beautiful.

@NewMessage 2 жыл бұрын

How is there not a children's book about a polka-dotted vacuum worm?

@jesusisunstoppable4438 2 жыл бұрын

Do these things have brains or something similar ? How do they know where to move ? what are the tiny little things inside them.. like muscle or something ? So fascinating.. I'm glad I found this channel.

@ethanmorris7115 2 жыл бұрын

This has to be your cleanest work yet. Nice job.

@sciencenerd7639 2 жыл бұрын

Learning about obscure worms is my favorite. Thanks and keep up the good work!

@nbrader 2 жыл бұрын

7:56 I didn't even know they existed, let alone excysted!

@shxdo3712 2 жыл бұрын

Love your vids as always

@itsnotmyfaultyourbraindoes8457 2 жыл бұрын

Best one youve made in a long time

@miensojady 7 ай бұрын

I can't stop watching this ! 😍😍😍

@RealBelisariusCawl 11 ай бұрын

I’m not the James mentioned, but I can vouch for the voracity of these worms. I found one individual in an artificial pond water environment I’ve been growing. That was a couple weeks ago. I checked the microscope this morning. It’s worms and algae all the way down.

@natureman494 2 жыл бұрын

funny that you guy's have uploaded this video, I've been on a aeolosoma research binge for the past couple days.

@violetlight1548 2 жыл бұрын

I vote to give Aeolosoma the common name "the Deadpool Worm" :)

@evilsharkey8954 2 жыл бұрын

Wait until you meet the planarian!

@jessehunter362 Жыл бұрын

its whole family does this stuff!

@user-hnjga8is1zr6u 2 жыл бұрын

I don't like worms and anything like that, but they're...so cute and look so soft...

@gastarbeiter1 2 жыл бұрын

loving your new microscope!

@VANOXmicroscopy 2 жыл бұрын

Great footage!!!

@rickseiden1 2 жыл бұрын

"Looking like it's attached to the other's butt. Because it's attached to the other's butt." "COMING THIS SUMMER! HORROR LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! 'THE AOELOSOMA CENTIPEDE! THIER CYST IS HIS FANTASY!"

@rubixmantheshapeshifter1769 2 жыл бұрын

very good show , im hooked

@xcsheehan 2 жыл бұрын

Love this channel

@therapgame1091 2 жыл бұрын

Had my biology teacher brought this channel up i would have definitely payed attention more in class and be way more interested as i am now.

@leecalaguan6201 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I had some observations that the oil droplets on the aeolosoma are also essential for their paratomy. You can see that, as the aeolosoma exerts paratomy, these oil droplets become more evident on the edge where the parts are separating (the soon to be anal part and the soon to be head). I hope you may validate this observation in your future video.

@andylikesyourkite 2 жыл бұрын

The upload notification for this channel makes me happy: So good.

@dgeeiqueay 2 жыл бұрын

I found these dudes in the hole of some bricks filled with water. I didn't exactly know what they were, so i was surprised to see them, in a brick of all places

@Jonhdudley2 2 жыл бұрын

Can someone please suggest a good microscope for my family to get started with. This is so fascinating!!

@PinataOblongata 2 жыл бұрын

What are the genetic differences between the long-lived and short-lived worms? It sounds like a pretty clear indication ageing, at least in this species has a component that is highly "programmed", rather than just being wear-and-tear or accumulated damage.

@marimisty-biowonders4285 2 жыл бұрын

That's so amazing

@nullspark99 2 жыл бұрын

"It's attached to the other's butt because... it's attached to the other's butt" I *literally* laughed out loud at that one 😂

@iivera7618 2 жыл бұрын

Great content.

@adammobile7149 2 жыл бұрын

It so weird and anesthetic at the same time

@TheRogueWolf 2 жыл бұрын

"Cannibal Clones" would be a really good name for a punk band.

@123TeeMee 2 жыл бұрын

Happy twosday everyone

@enimu Жыл бұрын

i love how you just go "While eating a part of your family is quite, RUUDE-"

@a.l7025 2 жыл бұрын

They look so cool though. regenerative tubes 😁

@JuuJuuism 2 жыл бұрын

Wow the movement under the head is terrifying

@micro-reefsaquariums5169 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive your video came out nice on my new LG 4K Monitor. How did you get the video to be floresent blue and glowing? Didn’t look like bright or dark field microscopy so, soemthing else is being used? DIC perhaps, interested in reading about it?

@atalhlla 2 жыл бұрын

“So how you doin?” “Oh, you know, excysting…”

@brendakrieger7000 2 жыл бұрын

Always very fascinating🔬🪱🪱🦠🦠

@bigbrady2244 2 жыл бұрын

nice vid

@Yezpahr 2 жыл бұрын

3:15 Microbes invented Human Centipede: Confirmed!

@mirzamay 2 жыл бұрын

How did the worms get into the silica? Did it blow in like a worm spore?

@StrattCaster Жыл бұрын

The worm centipede LOL, not that I've ever seen that movie

@wezul 2 жыл бұрын

I'm confused, clearly I misunderstood parts of the video. These worms live for 2 months but also hibernate through the winter as cysts? Do they only live here in florida where winter is only 2 weeks long?

@eldrichlarva9911 2 жыл бұрын

The lifespan of 2 months refers to the average lenght of their life cycle, if I'm not mistaken, that's indepentdent from the time they survive as cyst. For example, scientists have found ancient rotifers and nematodes trapt in permafrost and still alive, that doesn't mean that their average lifespan is houndreds of years.

@evilsharkey8954 2 жыл бұрын

When they’re encysted, they’re almost in suspended animation.

@wezul 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you both!

@davidvegabravo1579 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a Spotify channel with the music of JTTMC?

@stax6092 2 жыл бұрын

Cool.

@Luna_Cee 2 жыл бұрын

Up there

@SlightlyAboveAverag3 Жыл бұрын

The way that they fold makes them look almost like living paper machete

@Suffex_1 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have any sights for buying organisms that you could possible suggest?

@sqeekms6186 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it read Chernobyl clones in your thumbnail lol!

@tree7486 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, Awesome 💖, please maybe go about deeper? 💖🇬🇧♀️

@dianetheone4059 2 жыл бұрын

⭐️

@xorgehernandez3407 2 жыл бұрын

What are those things floating around at 3:05 ?

@jaydonbooth4042 Жыл бұрын

Should've said "when worm weather comes" when talking about conditions to leave their cysts.

@hin_hale 2 жыл бұрын

We should let them be. They just want to excyste! 🥁😂

@Shampoid 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@Ratciclefan 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@hobbithabits 2 жыл бұрын

Not entirely sure how i end up here at 2:30 in the morning every few days but i cant say im upset about it

@Fitten06 2 жыл бұрын

There ARE many ways to be a tube!

@cole9799 2 жыл бұрын

Worm Weather!

@BluesBewitch 2 жыл бұрын

I Thought I recognized his voice!

@jaybingham3711 2 жыл бұрын

"Very well...I willa eat duh cuttal feesh!"

@11x334 2 жыл бұрын

Can you believe some people think every action from every creature has a karma associated with it

@pochmurnelato8286 2 жыл бұрын

Anybody know what kind of microspope they use, what model? Thanks in advance!

@jamesbenz3228 2 жыл бұрын

All of that information is covered in their video titled "we got a new microscope" or something like that. I think it was like a $50k scope tho so out of range for most.

@Alondro77 2 жыл бұрын

Goku blows off an Aeolosoma's head... IT GROWS BACK! "Oh no! Another Perfect Cell! And this one's all gross and icky!"

@sue-anneastman3502 2 жыл бұрын

Came for the science, stayed for the Hank!

@marchelandersen6839 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@tippib2222 2 жыл бұрын

I remember being in bio class and learning about worms and thinking that worms weirdly seem to have such pretty names?? Annelida could easily be a girl’s name.

@autumnn5463 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see yogurt or a swap of some produce skin under the microscope to see what's on (or in!) what we eat

@MrGustavier 2 жыл бұрын

Are the sequences in this video sped up ?

@Barnaclebeard 2 жыл бұрын

6:36 -- "ek-speer-a-mints"

@polito1644 2 жыл бұрын

Hold on so the speed we see them move is actually wayyyyy slower and just sped up for the video?

@88997799 2 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of Nano-Oil??

@Vdossed 2 жыл бұрын

I have some great rotifers that are so cool. I have yet to see my type on KZfaq.

@evilsharkey8954 2 жыл бұрын

Search for different rotifer varieties. There are some weird ones out there. I once found a synchaeta rotifer in my slide. That was super cool!

@samiamrg7 Жыл бұрын

Imagine an intelligent species that could lose it’s head and regrow it. Would they become a new individual since they lost all the memories in their other head? What would the societal consequences of such an ability be? Instead of executions, would people simply have their head removed and regrown? Would there be prejudice against people for their “past lives?” Just imagine someone who turned out to be a chronic criminal who was “executed 5 times and each time turned out to be a bad egg” or something like that.