Copepods: The Diatom-Devouring King of Plankton

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@Macakiux 2 жыл бұрын

I'm disappointed that there is no mention of Sheldon J. Plankton, the beloved antagonist in Spongebob Squarepants who happens to be a copepod.

@melskunk 2 жыл бұрын

Oh...OHHHH! Now that I rewatch the video with that in mind, I can totally see his design elements in the long antennae one in it

@alveolate 2 жыл бұрын

sheldon is also the king of copium :)

@Joe_Potts 2 жыл бұрын

All hail Plankton! ALL HAIL PLANKTON

@DinnerForkTongue 2 жыл бұрын

@@melskunk And the one single red eye.

@melskunk 2 жыл бұрын

@@DinnerForkTongue and the tiny paired front limbs, like his little arms!

@John_Smith_Dumfugg 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see the seethepods and the maldpods

@donutman4020 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@therealspeedwagon1451 2 жыл бұрын

Best joke ever

@TheMHGuild 2 жыл бұрын

What about the Dilatepods

@zanly5039 2 жыл бұрын

i hate and love this comment at the same time

@aliensguy4291 2 жыл бұрын

... i don't get it

@thegreatestpepe 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Copepod. The main ingredient for manufacturing Copium. Where would the Cope industry be without this little guy?

@lowearthsurfer 2 жыл бұрын

Seethe dilate

@kevinmartin7760 2 жыл бұрын

They couldn't cope with that

@WyrdSyster Жыл бұрын

We'd only have Podium, so we'd just be able to showcase it

@user-zz8md3ku4n 2 жыл бұрын

Omg like halfway through I realized this dude is what Plankton from spongebob was based on and I feel like an idiot for not realizing it earlier

@sevehayden1463 2 жыл бұрын

Some tiny copepods even live in trees in jungles, they move between water pockets (like the pools in bromeliads) by moving through the film of water on plants when they're wet after it rains. (they'd probably end up drying out partway through trips if jungle rainfall wasn't so absurd)

@sdmitch16 Жыл бұрын

How do they end up higher up in trees?

@sevehayden1463 Жыл бұрын

@@sdmitch16 They're small enough to swim up the films of water on the bark when its wet, and/or can hide away in cracks where water tends to stick a little. No real idea how they move from tree to tree though. (maybe they hitchike on other critters for a bit, but haven't heard anything about that)

@LEDewey_MD 2 жыл бұрын

This species has been incredibly helpful in countless research areas, from studying the genetics of mitochondrial DNA to studying the effects of oxygen levels on sizes of organisms. Great video, as always! 👍💕

@KnightsDisillusion 2 жыл бұрын

Of course he's the king of plankton, He went to collage.

@violetlight1548 2 жыл бұрын

A whole video on Copepods and not one Spongebob reference or joke. I'm impressed! My Spongebob-obsessed son, not so much :P

@juliusnepos6013 Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@zelenpixel 2 жыл бұрын

when the copepods got into the larger water drop it felt like YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

@_Solaris 2 жыл бұрын

I was rootin' them on...

@jerponemyce9497 2 жыл бұрын

Being a human is so stressful that sometimes I wish to be just a single celled organism. I always emerse myself in your videos, pretending I am in the microcosmos. This is the closest I can get to freedom from the stresses of reality. Thanks 👍

@1414141x 2 жыл бұрын

Your'e assuming they don't feel stress.......and they are not single celled organisms, they are tiny, tiny but multi'cellular.

@jerponemyce9497 2 жыл бұрын

@@1414141x ok 👍

@MCNarret 2 жыл бұрын

technically, you can just walk away from a stressful life. If you give up on having expectations and wants, you can just walk away from everything and become homeless but low stress. Some young people in china are doing something called "laying flat", where they subsist on an income of $31 dollars a month, and just, not do anything and try to be stress free. I wouldn't be able to do something like that though...

@Sphynra 2 жыл бұрын

So what you are saying is that these videos help you cope?

@smellyfishstiks 2 жыл бұрын

I would rather spectate as myself of a whole team of amazing cells and a ecosystem of creatures than be a copepod or anything else frantically running or running towards food with a lifespan of a few months at most.. So quite glad to be who(s) I am. But yes watching the microcosmos and wanting to immerse myself it in it is extremely relaxing.. from "afar"

@callappa 2 жыл бұрын

Copepod lookin' like it about to steal the secret Krabby Patty formula

@Macakiux 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, because Shaldon J. Plankton is actually a copepod, look it up.

@1.4142 2 жыл бұрын

He's trying to steal the crabby patty formula!

@Shaymuhs 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is so immersive and therapeutic almost. It's really one of a kind. Thank you for the free Skillshare trial as well!

@thedoruk6324 2 жыл бұрын

I am outright addicted to this channels uploads! Dammit the soothing calming voice the extremely interesting facts and UberHD view!

@InfamousGatecrasher 2 жыл бұрын

I thought copepods only lived in Mystery Flesh Pit National Park :D

@ViktorVaughn270 2 жыл бұрын

Plank tong out here tryna steal the crabby patty

@marcmccusker4477 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of plankton off of spongebob 😂

@hurpdurp3669 2 жыл бұрын

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG! In my own microscopy samples I have a TON of copepods, and though I’ve studied them a lot on my own, I am so glad you guys have discussed my favorite extremely common microorganism

@playaspec 2 жыл бұрын

Watch out for those copepods. They'll try to steal your recipe for your crabby patty.

@AaronGeo 2 жыл бұрын

🤯 Literally Plankton

@Vistico93 2 жыл бұрын

So weird how copepods, multicellulars animals comprised of hundreds or more cells, are not all that much bigger than some of the protists shown on this channel.

@VincentFischer 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Spongebob wasn't so far of with its cartoony representation of plankton

@ardellolnes5663 2 жыл бұрын

*tune '2 sparrows in a hurricane' Like two copepods in a vast body of water in response to the tinder joke, they still find each other! awww

@ronkirk5099 2 жыл бұрын

20,000 species of Copepods. Amazing. This micro imagery is really beautiful and the narration is always very informative.

@blight1934 2 жыл бұрын

So that's what they're called. I got a sample of one that grew very big. Like 2-5mm large

@paintedwings74 2 жыл бұрын

I keep copopods in my aquarium full of pond-creatures, and they're fun to watch at the naked-eye level as well. I think of them as Flying Dots, flying through the water at crazy-high speeds for their size. I'm a huge fan of these guys!

@dannymac6368 2 жыл бұрын

100% of Tinder profiles are about 60% water.

@z3iro383 2 жыл бұрын

All Hail Plankton

@corvuscorax7451 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! They all are, of course, but I'm more familiar with the parasitic varieties (especially that one that attaches itself to the eyes of Greenland sharks... yeah, it's as unsettling as it sounds) so getting a look at more kinds was very illuminating! I had no idea there were so many species. I always learn such cool things on this channel.

@jarniwoop 2 жыл бұрын

I had a microscope in high school. Seeing these videos makes me interested in getting one agan.

@Xarrayne 2 жыл бұрын

My bed is my Cope Pod

@CaptainWwowW 2 жыл бұрын

4:06 I was so afraid you guys were gonna cut away before we got closure on this struggle

@onatarikan8285 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this amazing video!

@microborealis1064 2 жыл бұрын

Only James can make a copepod tail flip look so dreamy and magical as a Disney mermaid’s 😆

@shortpam 2 жыл бұрын

Question: Most non-microscopic animals make sounds. Do any of these tiny creatures have that ability?

@AndrewChumKaser 2 жыл бұрын

Essentially no. They might incidentally make tiny sounds by moving around and such, but they don't have an organelle or any other structure dedicated to making noise, especially not in the way us at our scale do. That is unless you consider the movements in the water sounds, which you arguably could. In which case almost all of them do make sounds, and a good many of them can detect and react to them.

@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 2 жыл бұрын

So this is where plankton ended up.

@spiraldown2710 2 жыл бұрын

F is for fire- that burns down the whole town U- is for uranium Bomb N- is for No survivors!

@ralphlorenzperolino3054 2 жыл бұрын

Their talent: Stealing a Krabby Patty Formula from a crab

@alan2here 2 жыл бұрын

diatomivore :) delicious crunchy diatoms I'll have a plate of the semi-icosahedral ones please, and a couple of cubes for afterwards.

@ivytarablair 2 жыл бұрын

The copepod larva!! I had a bunch of those about a month ago and could not figure out what they were! yay, i love learning!!

@valeriog8780 2 жыл бұрын

Finally... Copepods!! These animals, especially the Harpacticoids copepods, live also between leafs, mosses, soil.

@alanweiman1521 2 жыл бұрын

This has become one of my favorite channels!

@Flybunker_events Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, thank you for the information!

@alternativeaquascaping517 2 жыл бұрын

These little guys are so critical to everything, that we even need them in reef tanks to keep the system in check. Without them all sorts of gnarly things can happen and your tank then crashes. Some people even go so far as to set up a refugium in their sump to remove waste and grow pods, especially with the use of macro algaes.

@CarlytheWolf23 2 жыл бұрын

I love how copepods look like transparent aquatic silverfish with comical antennae.

@telephonecell1366 2 жыл бұрын

7:36 the irony 😂

@kailawkamo1568 2 жыл бұрын

They look like they're about to steal your secret fermeler

@6t76t 6 ай бұрын

If you lean your ear closer, you can faintly hear at least one of the copepods shouting "I WENT TO COLLEGE!!"

@lordlatt535 7 ай бұрын

I find these so often. They are pretty cool to view 👍🏾

@guymontag9577 2 жыл бұрын

That's the villain from SpongeBob Square Pants.!

@conquestanddeath4406 2 жыл бұрын

Damn I didn’t know Sheldon’s family had a long-living royal dynasty

@Thundernugget 2 жыл бұрын

He has a large family, that's for sure

@hugo9846 2 жыл бұрын

So the copepod in the room .... how many of these do I swallow a year? The horror, the horror.

@TheScienceguy77 2 жыл бұрын

I love copepods and diatoms. Culturing them is free, low-effort and feeds a lot of the critters in my aquariums.

@TheOnlyZiTRO Жыл бұрын

Cool video dude! I enjoyed it!

@MJ-iq9ph 2 жыл бұрын

I have many copepods living in my fish aquarium and ciliate(loxophyllum I think) that congregate on the glass walls. It’s fascinating!

@LongDefiant 2 жыл бұрын

These are the best watch while stoned

@geckoram6286 3 ай бұрын

4:04 this gave me a "racing water droplets in a car" vibes

@luipaardprint 2 жыл бұрын

It's Kingdom seemed to be quite clearly bound by the edge of that waterdroplet though.

@carlcarus7409 2 жыл бұрын

I think this is one of the most important channels here.

@MrWhangdoodles 2 жыл бұрын

Ooooh King OF Plankton. I thought King Plankton...like in the SpongeBob movie.

@tonyhinderman 2 жыл бұрын

what is that adorable green ball that shows up at 3:18 and can I learn more about it please?

@betarik30 2 жыл бұрын

it's Volvox, green algae that lives in fresh water, maybe rare to catch.. I always wanted to catch it :D

@Mostlyharmless1985 2 жыл бұрын

Oooooh. That’s why they are called cyclops. That always made me a bit confused because the food you get from the pet store just look like tiny dots. I was wondering what Greek myth had to do with it.

@Bhodisatvas 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, more microscope footage that blows my mind! I dream of having a set up like James.

@martwymem2564 2 жыл бұрын

They look like microscopic shrimps.

@1000huzzahs 10 ай бұрын

Looking at this creature for 2 seconds and I knew this had to be the inspiration for "Plankton" from "Spongebob," and what do you know, Hillenburg was very exacting that Plankton is a copepod.

@astralislux305 2 жыл бұрын

FYI: I've been subscribed to your channel since the beginning and I haven't received any notices about new videos for six months.

@obieobrien5883 2 жыл бұрын

Not only fascinating, but learning how to pronounce some of the crazy names of the organisms…

@user-xo1ch3dx2n 18 күн бұрын

Juvenile copepods are colloquially know as nauplii amongst scientists :)

@alan2here 2 жыл бұрын

digging a tunnel though the air :)

@velodim 4 ай бұрын

Cool video. I am about to start culturing my own copepods. To feed my fish and keep my tank clean

@1414141x 2 жыл бұрын

I love these guys !

@limiv5272 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised there wasn't a comparison to how rotifers eat. It sounds like the same feeding mechanism, but I would've liked some details

@NickDaGod 2 ай бұрын

I wish I could have plankton and a microscope so I can do the smart Patrick microscope scene

@o.regalis 9 ай бұрын

I have an ecosphere I made from a jar and some sand and algae I got from the beach and it's full of copepods! They're wonderfully delightful creatures

@madamsloth 2 жыл бұрын

With a new upload: Now today is a good day ☺️

@celestestefanova8791 2 жыл бұрын

would it be possible to include the microscopy technique used for each clip in the corner in future videos? i'd be interesred to know which ones yield each bit of footage

@Max-Original 2 жыл бұрын

Hello. What is the name of your microscope? And which camera do you use?

@megakillowning 2 жыл бұрын

Any spongebob fans here?

@CybranM 2 жыл бұрын

You guys might be interested in the "Artificial Life Environment (ALiEn)" project, really cool simulation software which partially imitates the microcosmos

@abc.animal5143 Жыл бұрын

A cool little organism that might just steal the Krabby Patty formula

@TedToal_TedToal 2 жыл бұрын

How does a copepod digest the glass shell of a diatom? It seems like that would be hard to digest.

@ivytarablair 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed to see microbes STUFFED full of diatoms, looking like the glass just has to poke right out of them...and yet amazingly doesn't. How does that work? I mean...those things are sharp, as anyone who has used them for pest control knows! They are pretty even inside other critters tho :)

@Secret_Takodachi 7 ай бұрын

These videos make me hungry, thanks science! 😂❤ God I wish I could filter feed! 🤣

@pixelated_dinosaur 2 жыл бұрын

isn't this the coolest channel on KZfaq ??!

@kylesteele9403 Жыл бұрын

I was listening to this, and thought to myself: man, he sounds just like Hank green. Until I had the realization

@StrattCaster Жыл бұрын

Great music!

@LemonToGo 2 жыл бұрын

If you'd uploaded this a week earlier I could have used this in my Ecology finals

@TheBullethead 2 жыл бұрын

It's strange that you mention how many diatoms copepods eat in a day, yet don't show that happening. I mean, given the consumption numbers, you'd think videos of copepods NOT eating diatoms would be exceedingly rare :) But I must say, as a Cajun, this video made me hungry. Copepods look (and probably taste) much like shrimp, my absolute favorite food and, when shown much magnified on my monitor, were about the same size as the shrimp I love so much. Time to put on my white boots.

@marius165 Жыл бұрын

Subscribed immediately

@NewMessage 2 жыл бұрын

The person who manages to reliably breed them in captivity will be set for life.

@thedoruk6324 2 жыл бұрын

+New Message Free Oxygen for all! Btw Cope pods is a delightful name

@Peregrine1989 2 жыл бұрын

Its been done. They are a critical food in the Salt Water Aquarium trade and are starting to make inroads to the fresh water one. You can google how to form colonies.