Are Jellyfish the Weirdest Animals In the Ocean?

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Jellyfish are mesmerizing and beautiful and I have no idea how they work. So I went behind the scenes at the Monterey Bay Aquarium with my new friend Tommy to learn all about them. I saw some things…
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@SatinFoxx 9 жыл бұрын

This dude was excited, and clearly loved his job. Good to know people like him are on the job :)

@roshnitrivedi8725 5 жыл бұрын

I want his job too

@Everynamestaken69 2 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is 6 years old but I 100% agree. Always great to hear someone speak with so much passion for what they do.

@VK-pk8uz 8 жыл бұрын

How can you look at that tank and not instantly wonder how the fuck those things don't get tangled up? How does even one jellyfish stay untangled at all, let alone a group like that?

@SemiFakeAsian 8 жыл бұрын

And yet my headphones look like they've been mangled through a black hole.

@tariqtariq20031 8 жыл бұрын

we need to know to slove the greatest problem...tangled headphones

@friskdreemer2496 8 жыл бұрын

+Tariq Samaien yes we do!

@thereddomtorturechamber6971 7 жыл бұрын

@jasminemalhotra5253 7 жыл бұрын

I looked it up and found out that their tentacles are really slippery so even if they do get tangled up, they untangle easily.Think of it like spaghetti. Plus, their stinging cells don't fire up when in contact with another one of their species. (From : r/explainlikeimfive)

@1989theblacknight 9 жыл бұрын

I liked that guy. Seemed like he really liked his job.

@joshuahadams 9 жыл бұрын

I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy.

@joescott 9 жыл бұрын

Going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium while high would be amazing.

@ssungpo 3 жыл бұрын

I know

@DevDabs420Official 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@maxhall4766 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine taking shrooms and getting high

@heinzketchup8079 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@Lin_The_Cat_ 3 жыл бұрын

Not the sort of comment I expected from you, Joe but I love it 😂

@makdavian3567 9 жыл бұрын

Joe's certainly has come a long long way from a very stiff host he used to be in the very beginning. Remember the Solar System Scale video? He was so stoic..Now he's just as agile as those *jellies*.

@Gameboy-Unboxings 2 жыл бұрын

S t f u.

@microceratus 8 жыл бұрын

I love English A smack of jellyfish A misfortune of ravens A gaggle of geese A tower of giraffes A pride of lions

@xyzqwth 8 жыл бұрын

+Todd Starbuck a kaleidoscope of butterfly's

@insectilluminatigetshrekt5574 8 жыл бұрын

a emberassment of pandas

@microceratus 8 жыл бұрын

An aurora of polar bears

@supedsauce5981 8 жыл бұрын

a dick in the butt

@mattjohnston2 8 жыл бұрын

+M Wang Not to get too picky, but a flock of ravens is called a "misfortune". Or sometimes a "constable" or a "conspiracy". Because, you know...English makes _perfect_ sense.

@Vova3iLvova 9 жыл бұрын

my favourite joke regarding them if jelly fish survived for 650 mil years with no brain its good news for you

@apdroidgeek1737 5 жыл бұрын

well they have nerve cells

@tribaltree5381 4 жыл бұрын

@@apdroidgeek1737 woosh

@tradingpost2472 4 жыл бұрын

Good point. Good joke! Lol

@tradingpost2472 4 жыл бұрын

@@apdroidgeek1737 Nerves can't think, no conscience whatsoever so might as well be a mineral. Lol

@Rapitor 9 жыл бұрын

an entire jellyfish episode without a spongebob jellyfishing reference? damn.

@iCanHasRandomness 9 жыл бұрын

+Raptor0348 a what?

@idkman5500 9 жыл бұрын

I must admit I'm dissapointed

@josh11735 9 жыл бұрын

Ikr? I was hoping for a Jellyfish Jam reference :(

@shaniahines5121 9 жыл бұрын

+Raptor0348 i've never been more dissapointed in my life

@rillloudmother 9 жыл бұрын

+Raptor0348 what's jellyfisting?

@Xenro66 9 жыл бұрын

I think Joe smoked some good kush at 3:37

@cai6972 9 жыл бұрын

Or DMT

@CalvBore 9 жыл бұрын

Or acid

@SalmanKhanFTW 9 жыл бұрын

+Calvin Boehr definitely acid

@c3rtv239 9 жыл бұрын

Magic mushrooms for sure!

@MikeVlogWorks 9 жыл бұрын

Actually he smoked Acid Jellyrooms

@andrew24601 6 жыл бұрын

Breaking news: New psychedelic drug discovered; Looking at jellyfish is all the rage in today's teens.

@reedr7142 2 жыл бұрын

My sister is a science teacher, and she refers to them as sea jellies (which makes way more sense, since they aren't fish). I've been going by that term ever since. Very fun video, as per usual.

@velvetsrose 9 жыл бұрын

Lest you forget, this guy has a PhD.

@MegaMGstudios 7 жыл бұрын

Juliane Nguy im not american, whats a Phd?

@velvetsrose 7 жыл бұрын

MegaMGstudios It's a Doctorate, a PhD is the highest degree for science.

@MegaMGstudios 7 жыл бұрын

Juliane Nguy thanks

@layasreekumar9638 7 жыл бұрын

Phd is not only an american concept though!!

@Sarah-lr6vp 6 жыл бұрын

I thought post doc was the highest degree in science. Its done after PhD right

@Nexus2Eden 9 жыл бұрын

I've had to dive through a Smack of Jellyfish before - and Smack is the perfect verb/noun to use, especially if you got one wrapped around your thigh or forehead. lol

@CatThingy 9 жыл бұрын

+Nexus2Eden Do you understand what an adjective is? Because I have a feeling you don't.

@Nexus2Eden 9 жыл бұрын

andycandychen Sorry verb/noun, thanks Nazi. ;)

@CatThingy 9 жыл бұрын

Nexus2Eden NP bruh. :)

@henriklarsen8193 7 жыл бұрын

You're weird. I appreciate that.

@ssungpo 3 жыл бұрын

Why?

@brianpso 9 жыл бұрын

I love how everyone you're interviewing is so fun and happy when they talk. It really makes it so much more enjoyable.

@marccolten9801 2 жыл бұрын

Watching that guy talk about all the times he’s been stung sounds like the origin story of a comic super-villain.

@DruNature 7 жыл бұрын

LOL this channel is amazing, really loving the host and every episode is very interesting and entertaining. Thank you PBS!

@Thumbsupurbum 9 жыл бұрын

3:38 DDDDUuuuuuuuudddddddeeeeeeee

@MegaMGstudios 7 жыл бұрын

Flintstoned saaah duuh

@iprobablyforgotsomething 9 жыл бұрын

XD Joe, you make me laugh. Nice dancing.

@Moscato_Moscato 9 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to go swimming into those tanks *-*

@KasisnuSingh 9 жыл бұрын

+NovaPrince more than once.

@LethalMonarch 7 жыл бұрын

Moon jellies sting, but there stings are not potent and you can feel them. So i would be happy to swim with them

@Frozealyn 8 жыл бұрын

I should be studying...but... Here I am~~

@Forever_Rayne 5 жыл бұрын

They're deadly, but so beautiful. I'd love to go to an exhibit and photograph them.

@colettesheaff4180 9 жыл бұрын

There is a thin semantic line separating weird and beautiful. And that line is covered in jellyfish. -THE WHISPERING FOREST

@robinchesterfield42 6 жыл бұрын

Jellyfish are so freaky...and beautiful, in a strange way. The way they're so transparently thin and drift along with no feet, no fins, no traditional motion-devices...they've always reminded me of something you might see floating along through some alien sky. They're like delicate floating grocery bags...with poison. :P

@TennesseeLelands 9 жыл бұрын

You rock! Thank you for crediting @smartereveryday for video you have used! And it didn't hurt at all! Hope FB is watching and can learn something as well.

@SoroushXD 4 жыл бұрын

Damn so thats the secret its water with a blue back round in the tank and its hella thin i always thought it was just a blue void of water, i mean they use like lights to make the water look blue and nice but

@finnberuldsen4798 9 жыл бұрын

Fun, but silly.

@stainlesssteel6559 6 жыл бұрын

I remember visiting the Monte Ray Bay Aquarium a few years ago and my favorite part was the Jellyfish exhibit! XD

@rappie1329 6 жыл бұрын

Your oceans episodes are awesome! Thank you for doing this :D

@emirhanyildiz4258 8 жыл бұрын

wow jellyfishes got a relaxed life

@KellseyAlexHipo 9 жыл бұрын

Clara! #jellyfishreference

@danielmuonio7043 9 жыл бұрын

+KellseyAlexHipo omg princess jellyfish

@icyshaymin9318 6 жыл бұрын

What's the word said afterwords? Tequila?

@kayreb 5 жыл бұрын

Yushhhh

@NicWalker627 8 жыл бұрын

Acid and jellyfish.. what could be better!?

@deathtomegacorporations6243 8 жыл бұрын

I love the way you make things funny yet very educational!

@LAngel2REAL 6 жыл бұрын

Oh I can assure you. I'm always ready for these Jellies.

@moocats 9 жыл бұрын

I like that guy he was interviewing, he seems to really like his profession

@thatsoliz 9 жыл бұрын

I'm going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium this weekend and these videos are making me even more excited.

@rcmz0 9 жыл бұрын

This video was very strange, but very cool! You should do more strange videos

@Pan_Blazej 5 жыл бұрын

A group of squids should be called a SQUAD.

@eveykrushensky2928 Жыл бұрын

the height difference between joe and the jellyfish dude😭 i love this guy he was so fun

@militantpacifist4087 8 жыл бұрын

You jelly bro?

@marshacreary9771 6 жыл бұрын

Jellyfish directed by Etgar Keret, Jellyfish directed by Shusuke Kaneko, Jellyfish Eyes, Year of the Jellyfish, Moonlight Jellyfish, Princess Jellyfish, Bright Future, Sphere, Seven Pounds

@williamcampbell4807 6 жыл бұрын

I was expecting them to talk about the box jelly. I wasn't expecting cannibal jellyfish. The more ya know.

@journalistatwork5462 7 жыл бұрын

these jellyfishes are so cool !!

@peterparkour9405 6 жыл бұрын

4:13 Kid: Daddy, why is the guy dancing?

@xellos5262 7 жыл бұрын

This guy is really the definition of a crazy nerd. Love it :D

@mattm6430 9 жыл бұрын

So... To pee or not to pee? That is the question.

@phroggothephirst6288 5 жыл бұрын

No.Use sea water and don't use fresh water or pee.

@dali3839 3 жыл бұрын

Don't the composition of the urine make it worse

@adilpetanque9437 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that Jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains gives hope to many people 😂

@Moonbeam143 9 жыл бұрын

This was pretty neat, but I was wondering. How are they born?

@SunsetMarineLabs 6 жыл бұрын

Well, that's an interesting question. The floating critters we picture when we think of jellyfish are actually just one stage of their life cycle, the medusa stage. Those jellies will spawn, releasing their sperm cells into the water in hopes that another jelly will take them in and fertilize them. Then once they're fertilized the little larvae will settle onto a hard surface and become a polyp, like a tiny anemone. Then that anemone will start to bud into small segments, which will get bigger and bigger until they separate and pop off the polyp, and that's when the medusa jellyfish is born! Hopefully you haven't been biting your nails for the last two years waiting for that answer!

@gadielgonzalez2755 6 жыл бұрын

MoonJellyfish.com sweet thanks

@Abhishek-fe7hc 5 жыл бұрын

Not only nails ,He lost fingers too One reason why he hasn't typed the the 'thank you' message yet

@katelynnehansen8115 5 жыл бұрын

MoonJellyfish.com haven’t we actually found that some jellyfish can repeatedly revert to polyp stage, thereby making them essentially immortal?

@dali3839 3 жыл бұрын

Eggs

@laurens7704 9 жыл бұрын

3:38 i´m having what he´s having

@kodexi2761 6 жыл бұрын

Best Episode. By Far. Love your stuff man.

@MoviMakr 9 жыл бұрын

Joe tripping on jellies is great.

@Nchinnam 9 жыл бұрын

best video yet!!!! love that trippy jellies

@NicolasPerez15 9 жыл бұрын

Man this guy is awesome. I will forever watch your videos sir.

@KatieMoorerose 3 жыл бұрын

Why is my FIRST response “I wanna touch it”

@TheCowFreak 9 жыл бұрын

Tommy looks like he really enjoys his job!

@unepommeverte17 9 жыл бұрын

the "trip" part was even more funny since joe kinda looks like hank green

@MZZenyl 9 жыл бұрын

That guy was awesome! Cool, nerdy and funny! :)

@joannpelas5101 7 жыл бұрын

This was fun to watch.

@hawaiano8 6 жыл бұрын

I have so much fun watching your vids!

@michellegrover1067 6 жыл бұрын

3:38 how it feels to chew five gum

@TheIdeanator 9 жыл бұрын

OMG Joe, no. This is no time for LSD trips.

@dexmerx3425 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making me smile!

@raytoplay4142 6 жыл бұрын

I m so JELLY for the power of these JELLIES

@legendarypussydestroyer6943 6 жыл бұрын

0:11 comb jelly detected!!! Jellyfish are more related to us than comb jellies.

@WhipFlashz 9 жыл бұрын

My body is ready

@dr.altoclef9255 5 жыл бұрын

“What do you think Jellyfish do all day?” “Well, didn’t the guy at the aquarium say they have no brains at all? So my guess would be...not a goddamn thing!” -Game Grumps

@pigcatapult 9 жыл бұрын

Seen this exhibit in person. The egg yolk jellies had managed to tie themselves in a knot.

@maggieedna 9 жыл бұрын

A few weeks ago, my local town river was FLOODED with tiny jellyfish. I caught a few of them in an empty coffee cup. it was crazy.

@Kaganath 7 жыл бұрын

I was stung by a jellyfish when I was three... You'd think I was too young to remember but to this day I remember the moment it happened... Im still scared of going to beaches.

@katiegraham6853 9 жыл бұрын

Love this! Can't wait for the baby pig vid!!!!

@eertikrux666 5 жыл бұрын

IOTBS: I don’t think you’re ready for these jellies My incompetent self: *proceeds to watch

@armaniperez6558 8 жыл бұрын

i kinda expected him to say at the end "what are those?!?"

@tomatensalat7420 9 жыл бұрын

They actually produce secret new "stuff" from jellyfish powder there. You can sniff it ;)

@buddinghumanist6285 9 жыл бұрын

Trippin' on jellies, Joe; trippin' on jellies.

@AoWunknownking 9 жыл бұрын

please dont ever stop making videos like this.

@Silver-Arrow 6 жыл бұрын

"Hey Tommy have you every tried to snort a jellyfish?" "wouldn't be the first to try it..." 3:42

@homealone931 6 жыл бұрын

This guy is great.... Does a great job

@elliemack5366 9 жыл бұрын

In addition to being called a smack, they can also be called a swarm or a bloom.

@gracemeredith5375 8 жыл бұрын

That LSD dancing though

@TheNoobinTheBucketRBLX 9 жыл бұрын

"I don't think you're ready for Jellies" I think I am... OH SHIT I WAS WRONG!

@TheNoobinTheBucketRBLX 9 жыл бұрын

HELP! AHHH!

@gato-junino 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most weirdest animals on Earth.

@ethancornelius7163 7 жыл бұрын

Jelly fish do have brains actually

@chillsahoy2640 9 жыл бұрын

We have so much to thank /Aequorea victoria/ for in modern biochemical methods for the lab. Fluorescent proteins are uses on a regular basis as markers for transformations, as well as expression markers when you want to find out when and/or where a protein is expressed in an organism or cell. Thank you for being so awesome, jellyfish!

@shwetayadav653 2 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful and unique creature jellyfish ❤️❤️

@diegovisoso7005 5 жыл бұрын

Even though jellyfish look other worldly they are our fellow earthlings.🌎

@Weslu505 8 жыл бұрын

I'm terrified of jellyfish and the ocean

@andreichino 9 жыл бұрын

That guy seems really nice. I would like to have a conversation with him lol

@pliktley1 6 жыл бұрын

That was a ride

@MegaMGstudios 6 жыл бұрын

Someone should make an hour long version of Joe's jelly dance

@jacng 6 жыл бұрын

im ready for these jelly fish

@AtheistCitizen 9 жыл бұрын

next time in CA gotta go to Monterey Aquarium!

@kentstark3104 8 жыл бұрын

this episode is funny... loved it...

@josephallen4475 9 жыл бұрын

I would love a pet jellyfish!!!

@miguelarias5000 6 жыл бұрын

Joe Allen same

@shantyirish7564 5 жыл бұрын

So cuddly!

@joshuaestrada6042 5 жыл бұрын

Lucky for you that is a possibility you can get jellies there is site called jellyfish art . Org

@amyzacarias6675 4 жыл бұрын

So stupid

@christinesanderson3914 9 жыл бұрын

I lost it at the plart where he went to his jellyfish place xD

@penand_paper5112 9 жыл бұрын

Now all we need is a Kraby Patty!

@MrsXx 5 жыл бұрын

Who else was a bit slow when peanut butter fish came up? For a few seconds i was thinking oh i have look for them, then got the joke... 😅

@johnspinelli9396 4 жыл бұрын

They are really the oddest creatures

@Guillermoq5 9 жыл бұрын

Once i was stung by a SO MANY jellyfishes in Panama here where i live. I was surfing btw. I had to go to the hospital because i wouldn't be able to stop vomiting due to the poison. the pain was so horrible. it was all over my body. the fist stung felt like a whip slash in my leg. when swimming out of the water i could feel there tentacles in my hand. it felt as if i was brushing someones hair.