New Zealand Glowworms Eat Like Spiders
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Жыл бұрынIn some caves in New Zealand there are "glowworms," bioluminescent fungus gnat larvae that glow bright blue and catch prey in sticky webs, like a combination of wanna-be spiders and fireflies.
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@BizarreBeasts Жыл бұрын
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@nekkoguy5870 Жыл бұрын
Thinking about it... Maggots are just larvae with bad branding.
@theperfectbotsteve4916 Жыл бұрын
yeah
@mattmorehouse9685 Жыл бұрын
@Robbie A I think it has something to do with more common maggots being associated with eating trash and rotten meat. Then there's always the bot fly maggot, which lives in living flesh. *shudder*
@Constantine_Cvl8 Жыл бұрын
@JoaquinElf related to decomposition and rotting stuff, also most generally think they look disgusting when a lot of them wriggle around in decayed/decaying things.
@IrisGlowingBlue Жыл бұрын
@@Constantine_Cvl8 ++
@gildedpeahen876 Жыл бұрын
Fr they need a new PR team
@theGhostWolfe Жыл бұрын
I want to be a glow worm The glow worm’s never glum ‘Cause how can you be sad When the sun shines out your bum?
@NinaDmytraczenko Жыл бұрын
Hey, don't be sad, I'm sure there's someone out there that thinks the sun shines out of your a****** /s 😂😂😂😂
@veramae4098 Жыл бұрын
Nominated for Poet Laureate. Like Robert Frost.
@geoffreymartin6363 Жыл бұрын
Saw these guys pretty often growing up in the South Island. Always felt like they were mimicking the stars, which would make sense. Flying bugs would think towards the predator's lines was towards open sky, in places where open sky isn't available. There's likely other tiny predators on the ground, and flying towards the stars is a good escape strategy, just as long as the stars are real.
@gildedpeahen876 Жыл бұрын
Kind of like how our reverse star lights (ground lights when seen from above) confuse the instincts of birds and bugs …and us too actually!
@PortCharmers Жыл бұрын
It's even worse: nocturnal insects use stars to navigate. Keeping any fixed point at the same angle makes you travel towards it in a spiral. If the point is a star and thus practically infinitely far away, you'll travel on a practically straight line. If it is a New Zealand Glow Worm or a candle, you're toast.
@geoffreymartin6363 Жыл бұрын
@@PortCharmers good point!
@benmcreynolds8581 Жыл бұрын
Aesthetically, I wish that these Glow worms were EVERYWHERE suitable. They are so magical looking at night.
@gildedpeahen876 Жыл бұрын
I agree but Houseplants disagree.
@taylormeaney6638 Жыл бұрын
I wonder what the first person who stumbled into a cave and saw that thought.
@NinaDmytraczenko Жыл бұрын
"wow those shrooms are really kicking in" lol
@IrisGlowingBlue Жыл бұрын
Probably that it was a special place and that they were beautiful
@attemptedunkindness3632 Жыл бұрын
We need to engineer bioluminescent earthworms. It would really cheer up gloomy places like cemeteries.
@Flt.Hawkeye 10 ай бұрын
And fill all asylums in the vicinity with the cemetery visitors.
@flamencoprof Жыл бұрын
In 1975 when I bought a section of land to get a house built on the Western outskirts of Auckland, NZ, there were glowworms amongst tree ferns at the lowest point by a small only seasonal stream. Sadly, the stream was a boundary, and the neighbour's small herd of cattle demolished the ferns on his side, the light and drying of less shade destroyed the habitat and the glowworms were no more a few years later. I have seen the cave ones in the 80s. Also saw bush/fern ones prior to 1975 elsewhere in Reserves in West Auckland. It is a wondrous sight.
@sirsmokeefortwence25 Жыл бұрын
I don't think it's better branding. I think it's the fact that they glow.
@zacrintoul Жыл бұрын
Glow maggots... Hmmm I agree, I like it regardless.
@IrisGlowingBlue Жыл бұрын
@@zacrintoul Glow Maggots is incidentally also the name of a goth band (/jk)
@Mothermochi Жыл бұрын
Sparkle maggots
@NinaDmytraczenko Жыл бұрын
Subtitle: glitter larvae
@GyprockGypsy Жыл бұрын
If there's anything I've ever learned from biology class, it's DON'T FOLLOW THE LIGHT!
@maya-gur695 Жыл бұрын
Yes, but they are pretty maggots.
@Nirrrina Жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking. Pretty maggots!
@nikmohamed5906 Жыл бұрын
I had the most amazing time of my life in Waitomo glow worm cave in the new zealand! in the subterranean river (river in underground cave) they can form a rather large colonies and once your eyes adjusted to the darkness you can see the glowing fishing line goop thing the worms use to trap their prey
@Saphuria Жыл бұрын
I visited the Waitomo caves. Seeing these little glowing blue lights in pure darkness was amazing but slightly waisted on me since I'm nearsighted XD
@Nico-od4yv Жыл бұрын
In this episode, the host chose the "new substitute teacher in Hogwarts" look, and I am all here for it 👍
@NewMessage Жыл бұрын
Oh, that reminds me.. That new Avatar movie's opening soon.
@TOjJeto Жыл бұрын
I've visited theses caves to look a glowworms years back on vacation, they aren't as luminescent as the video makes you think (possibly brightness and saturation boosted), and are super super tiny as well.
@veramae4098 Жыл бұрын
Darn.
@catzkeet4860 Жыл бұрын
Please don't believe every word from a random who's been once. The glow worms displays vary. Strangely enough, being a natural population of animals, their population density varies widely depending on temperature, the height of the river, the recent weather and prey concentration. I've been to Waitomo dozens of times over the years. Sometimes the gloworms are dim, other times, very very bright indeed. In fact the last time I was there they were so bright you could read by their light. In any case they're def worth seeing, particularly as they're just a part of the tour. There's also the cave to wonder at too. Gloworms are pretty common in NZ tho they're often missed as their lights aren't that bright and in areas with other light they're easily lost. I live in Auckland and there are several colonies of gloworms that I know of in my area, west Auckland, including a couple in sea caves on the coast.
@finalmage6 Жыл бұрын
That's creepy...but definitely worthy of being a Bizarre Beast. I would turn it around next time and do something cute, but equally bizarre with flying squirrels!
@dragonharris5465 Жыл бұрын
They’re so pretty in those big groups, like a starry night!
@pvtpain66k Жыл бұрын
This made me think of the Barnacle enemy in Half-Life, and that they should have glowed.
@benjaminmiller3620 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if anyone has compared the glowworm luminescence genes to fungal luminescence genes. Also I should go for a night walk again this summer. There is a population of glowworms in a reserve not too far from me, and they do look very pretty.
@kyrab7914 Жыл бұрын
That's a really neat angle. I'm wondering if maybe all the relatives were in one place at one point, when continents were closer
@benjaminmiller3620 Жыл бұрын
@Karan Raj That was my thought too, especially as the ancestral glowworm lived in such a close relationship to mushrooms.
@IrisGlowingBlue Жыл бұрын
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@HYEOL Жыл бұрын
I love your voice. Great narration
@tibble_studios Жыл бұрын
I love it when KZfaqrs visit New Zealand, it is weird hearing them talk about my home land!
@PastelBat Жыл бұрын
I guessed it right!! I finally got one right AND it's one of my favorite bizarre beasts ever!!
@mariakasstan Жыл бұрын
I would love to learn about the fungus gnat that pollinates chocolate.
@frisbyart Жыл бұрын
I still hope for a vampire squid or even a Greenland shark to become one of these bizarre beasts.
@mattmorehouse9685 Жыл бұрын
Either of those would be great! Vampire squids look scary, but really just eat marine snow (dead animals and refuse that filters down to their abyssal home). Greenland sharks can live for a ridiculous number of years, I'm pretty sure it's in the multiple hundreds and are often blind due to a parasite on their eyes.
@BizarreBeasts Жыл бұрын
We actually did a short, narration episode about vampire squid! It is part of a video series we have been working on with Nautilus Live. The format is a little different, but we've been having fun with it! And who knows! We might do a pin episode about them one day too! They are really cool and so are Greenland sharks! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otR1mMt80tKaiKc.html
@mattmorehouse9685 Жыл бұрын
@@BizarreBeasts Now that you've reminded me, I remember that episode. Thanks.
@BizarreBeasts Жыл бұрын
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@angelalewis3645 11 ай бұрын
They’re like fairy lights. No wonder prey get lured in and trapped! This is straight out of folklore. :)
@kaitlynoddie9649 Жыл бұрын
i wish the fungus gnat larvae in my house did something cool like this instead of eating my plants :/
@MuseDoes Жыл бұрын
Love the glow!
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@Borsuk3344 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for including more information :)
@heavymetalbassist5 Жыл бұрын
Cool stuff, thank you for sharing
@michaelt.wardlespider2496 10 ай бұрын
Bioluminescence is totally fascinating.
@I4get42 Жыл бұрын
Ooh, I've been there and seen them! It is indeed pretty, and creepy!
@WhiteThumbs Жыл бұрын
Gotta love what's around
@tommyboy1two Жыл бұрын
Feels like an Halloween special
@e.s.4184 Жыл бұрын
YES!!
@la912 Жыл бұрын
That's so beautiful
@DrowSkinned Жыл бұрын
I wish I had a Specialized Light Organ in my abdomen
@kyrab7914 Жыл бұрын
I love things that glow and also Sarah's shirt
@dunker-roo9552 Жыл бұрын
Man... that pin sounds cool
@brendakrieger7000 Жыл бұрын
Still pretty cool!
@austinbutts3000 Жыл бұрын
I think it's fascinating that many insects have evolved adult stages that do not eat. Such a counterintuitive evolutionary strategy!
@1984Phalanx Жыл бұрын
You look very classy ib that outfit. Great video, I've always been curious about glow worms, ever since I was a kid.
@ashardalondragnipurake Жыл бұрын
its weird how close they live together you would think the light bait becomes less efficient when the entire roof glows especially if they get wings to find their mates far away in the end
@markopolo3445 Жыл бұрын
"Treat for the eye balls"👀👀That you are Sarah !!!✨😘✨& ears👂👂
@TheEncouragementKid Жыл бұрын
My brother has these on his farm in New Zealand it's awesome and lucky
@sciencenerd7639 Жыл бұрын
wow!
@stax6092 Жыл бұрын
Cool.
@CMZneu Жыл бұрын
Kinda weird an organism would evolve to hang under mushrooms and eat spores since you got the fleshy mushroom cap right there filled with all the required nutrients to make the spores, also i doubt spores are all that nutritious, i guess they would capture a ton of them and they are kinda like diet seeds.
@murkyseb Жыл бұрын
That’s so cool! I can’t wait for my pin
@ThatJaymsWisdom Жыл бұрын
Ooh! Those are cool! Can't wait for my pin!
@flamencoprof Жыл бұрын
"Worms" is also erroneously used for butterfly and moth larvae, e.g. "Silkworms" and "Armyworms".
@salaltschul3604 Жыл бұрын
YOU"RE MAGGOTS! Seriously, though, I'd love to see these guys. We have some near where I live in Aus and just haven't had the chance to see them. A cave full of stars. They might be maggots but at least they're pretty maggots.
@godrilla5549 Жыл бұрын
Those worms told me I should do a terror.
@mikkosaarinen3225 Жыл бұрын
Why the maggot hate?
@knightshade6232 Жыл бұрын
How did this glowy worms from Pandora settle on earth
@JustSimplyBrandon Жыл бұрын
Still waiting for your video on Ramisyllis multicaudata!!!
@takenname8053 Жыл бұрын
NICE
@MI-gn9lg Жыл бұрын
Great video but could you folks keep the music lower in the mix? It’s kinda distracting.
@christianstamm94 Жыл бұрын
What is that first animal in the water, and why do I want to pet it sooo bad
@BizarreBeasts Жыл бұрын
It is a giant salamander!!!! We actually did an episode all about them. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ft1ipbOd0rzOZ40.html
@williamlouie569 Жыл бұрын
Fungus in their name meant there's some kind relationships between the gnat and fungus. What is that relationship?
@Abishek_Muthian Жыл бұрын
Where did you get that cool owl chain Sarah @2:58 ?
@sarahsuta9672 Жыл бұрын
I think my friend got it at a craft fair a few years ago!
@Abishek_Muthian Жыл бұрын
@@sarahsuta9672 Very nice! Both Owl chain and the Glow worms :)
@okinawa1312 Жыл бұрын
I thought avatar or a video game invented these things but they are REAL?
@TeethToothman Ай бұрын
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@samwill7259 Жыл бұрын
Look, so long as it won't lay its eggs in ME, I still think they're pretty
@borrero-md1196 Жыл бұрын
Oh come on! Why would the south american species lack the bioluminescence :( well, i guess new zeland and australia win this time around for the Coolest Maggot Award
@BigScreamingBaby Жыл бұрын
They could have just been called Glow Maggots but no call it a Glow Worm its not like theres lots of other animals that are alredy called that. Cool creature but whoever named it gets an F for being unoriginal
@Jean-yn6ef Жыл бұрын
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@TRDPaul Жыл бұрын
The closest relative of the New Zealand glowworm is the Australian glowworm? I thought they had no cross over species?
@flamencoprof Жыл бұрын
Look up Swamp Harrier. :-)
@nietzschescodes Жыл бұрын
money from merch should go to protect some non-human animals instead...
@ilexater9556 Жыл бұрын
All the pretty things are murderous... Why is life so hard?
@joearnold6881 Жыл бұрын
Wha? It looks like snot. A cave covered in snots. It’s gross. The light just accentuates the boogers 😊
@tafazzi-on-discord Жыл бұрын
they glow in the dark if you see them while you're driving you can hit them with your car
@scorpisnake Жыл бұрын
When I saw the title of worm with better branding in New Zealand I instantly thought of there Prime Minister !
@NoperQ Жыл бұрын
I really wish ya'll would stop flashing spiders on the screen out of nowhere, and I doubt I'm the only arachnophobe in your viewers who hate when that happens.