Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored

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4 жыл бұрын

We also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!
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@user-ez2le7wb2t 4 жыл бұрын

Microscopic vacuum cleaner: surviving dehydration. Biologists: “sleeping beauty!”

@liuser 4 жыл бұрын

I love to imagine the rotifers planning to leave the colony like with little conversations and tearful goodbyes.

@Diego51592 4 жыл бұрын

Goodbye my friends! Im going to test my luck on the next puddle!

@mixbraulio 4 жыл бұрын

Aight im boutta head out

@sarasmr4278 4 жыл бұрын

Now I do too. Thank you for sharing 💝

@frenzysporetv3431 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they actaully had some type of emotion, even if very simplistic. That would be very unique

@usagi2934 4 жыл бұрын

what's sadder is that they'd probably die immediately afterwards

@Jim73 4 жыл бұрын

Those who came up with this channel's approach and production are to be deeply commended. The fantastic microscopy. The gentle, comfortable audio. The flowing casual-yet-educational scripts. Some folks Didn'tFTBA. Great work. Thank you.

@bemusedalligator 4 жыл бұрын

listen to "the Anthropocene reviewed" podcast for John green's gentle audio, which was where hank got the idea to do something with gentle audio, and we all got lucky that he found this to try it on.

@jacksonwilliams8971 4 жыл бұрын

Jam’s Germs, Andrew Huang and Hank Green, respectively, are owed thanks. 3 paragons of KZfaq

@EggBastion 4 жыл бұрын

FTBA?

@Jim73 4 жыл бұрын

@@EggBastion DFTBA = Don't Forget To Be Awesome, and is an ackronym used by the vlogbrothers (who are John and Hank Green) community. I'm referencing that.

@EggBastion 4 жыл бұрын

_Awww, crubdumps._ To be fair I shoulda given Google Hank's name as well as just the letters - although by that point my brain might have started working by itself. Might've...

@AllDayBikes 4 жыл бұрын

Hank sounds like he is trying to either seduce the Rotifers or doesn't want to wake up the lil ones.

@TheRogueWolf 4 жыл бұрын

I'm picturing him bent over a petri dish, murmuring little lullabies to tiny little creatures.

@danfg7215 4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize it was Hank Green, I hate that guy, even though I liked the narration on this one. Hmm...

@cobaltclam 4 жыл бұрын

In places, it gives me a zfrank vibe.

@yaj126 4 жыл бұрын

@@danfg7215 I don't /hate/ the guy, but he narrates way too hard. I wish he'd just speak a little more naturally

@danfg7215 4 жыл бұрын

@@yaj126 yeah, I don't hate him personally or whatever, just his style in most videos, sometimes I just close the tab when it's a scishow video and he pops up.

@rotifer 4 жыл бұрын

*Finally I get the respect I deserve!*

@thuun5607 4 жыл бұрын

Hrn

@teresaswisher4414 4 жыл бұрын

Rotifer you do you bro dont let those micropredators get you down

@caioargolo288 4 жыл бұрын

F for rotifers respect!

@zer0rebel4 3 жыл бұрын

Bro i love you bro please dont give up youre beautiful

@zahraaulia3712 3 жыл бұрын

You're so mysterious😂

@zddxddyddw 4 жыл бұрын

A little correction: the rotifers' "jaws" are called the mastax, trophi are each one of the many pieces that, together, form those "jaws".

@conversacionesconmipadre 4 жыл бұрын

Continue on your journey of knowledge, great man, I'm sure that the channel will appreciate your kind correction.

@thegenerousdegenerate9395 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot to say... Actually... and push up your glasses. 😁

@MattExzy 4 жыл бұрын

You also need to consider the audience. Like me, for instance, a total dumb ass on small wriggling goopy things. Human jaws are the maxilla and mandible - but we don't refer to them separately. I think just saying "jaws" in this context is okay as well.

@Zaihanisme 4 жыл бұрын

MattExzy he was making a distinction because the video stated that the jaws of rotifers are called trophi, which is incorrect, as trophi are the parts of the mastax, which would be the better equivalent to jaws.

@1998wiwi 4 жыл бұрын

@@MattExzy well you say you're a total dumbass, but then you say you think it's okay has it occured to you that your opinion might be wrong

@elizaalmabuena 4 жыл бұрын

Rotifers are the one microorganism I’ve been able to keep in a petri dish for years... you forgot to mention the nifty horizontal gene replication some species are capable of.

@andrei1637 4 жыл бұрын

They are making clones?

@elizaalmabuena 4 жыл бұрын

The ones I got a hold of were bdelloids. They are know to reproduce asexually through parthenogenesis but they also do horizontal gene replication which prevents full on clones. They take ‘you are what you eat’ to a whole new level, stealing bits of DNA from those cells.

@Ellyerre 4 жыл бұрын

@@elizaalmabuena Okay, you just blew my mind. I thought you meant they ate other rotifer cells and incorporate the genes in those cells into their own genome, sort of like bacteria transfer genes with plasmids, which would already be weird but I'm reading this paper that says they found bacteria, fungi and plant genes in rotifers and some of those genes were actually functional. So they literally gain genes from whatever they eat, which is wild. Also, I love that they are called 'ancient asexuals' because they have reproduced asexually for the last 25 million years. Thank you for getting me a new obsession!

@Blucario90 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if we can make a rotifer that is invincible if we feed it the right genes...

@csweezey18 4 жыл бұрын

@@Blucario90 Wouldn't it just be a tardigrade, then? ;)

@WillMoff0 4 жыл бұрын

"imagine this Rotifer..." sorry Hank, I can only imagine it in its hungry hungry hippo mode

@evilsharkey8954 4 жыл бұрын

I was hoping you’d have footage of the predatory synchaeta rotifers. They’re much more badass looking, with some of their cilia fused into curved spike-like structures, and their little trophi look like piranha jaws!

@Restilia_ch 4 жыл бұрын

So they're microscopic langoliers?

@clovis5857 4 жыл бұрын

Looked them up, really cool critters!

@remliqa 4 жыл бұрын

They seem to look like the one at the beginning of the video.

@evilsharkey8954 4 жыл бұрын

remliqa, the one in the beginning looks like a loricate rotifer, which also wasn’t really discussed. They have a hard shell, often with spikes, that makes them less tasty to other critters. Synchaeta have some of their corona on the side like tiny water wings.

@shootingstxrz 4 жыл бұрын

how did I read structures* as strawberry *corrected spelling

@ultimateo621 4 жыл бұрын

I too curl up into a ball when I lack water. It’s a problem.

@JazzFlop212 4 жыл бұрын

Woaw make much funny so laughing

@renasance2 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have a crippling dependence on water. Please seek therapy.

@urbannanni5864 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a retired nurse. I've been enchanted with microscopic life since I was a 7th grader and got my first peek into a microscope to see the marvelous little wiggly bits. Rotifers, tardigrades, and paramecium have been my favorites. Thank you for this wonderful program!

@Googledeservestodie 4 жыл бұрын

Could we get a video on endangered micro lifeforms? How could we even tell if one is endangered?

@kk4pqr 4 жыл бұрын

Just wait for it get close enough to another lifeform, then it will be endangered.

@marksminis 4 жыл бұрын

We're all endangered by climate change, overuse of pesticides herbicides antibiotics hormones heavy metals plastics... these guys will either go first or outlive us.

@michaelbuckers 4 жыл бұрын

@@marksminis Either they die before us or they die after us. Wow that's deep.

@willemvandebeek 4 жыл бұрын

Nature has the general rule; the bigger you are, the more susceptible you are for extinction. Small animals tend to survive extinction events, especially micro lifeforms. There is strength in numbers.

@Gun4Freedom 4 жыл бұрын

@1234 Although you might think that with more generations there'd be more genetic change, that's untrue. Keep in mind that a majority of microorganisms asexually reproduce, so there's not as much mixing of genes. Some of them can transfer genes to eachother, but that's not done with intent or precision, and it's only some of them. With a shorter lifespan, there is also less time for mutations to occur. Quantum physics behaves at the same rate regardless of the overall size of the organism. Much of the microbiome exists in aqueous environments, which is very effective at reducing ionizing radiation, one of the bigger drivers of mutation.

@newdefsys 4 жыл бұрын

Hi MICO. I love your channel. Can I make a small request. Could you include a small micrometer scale, along with your posted magnification level. It would be very helpful in judging the size of these little creatures. Thanks.

@tanya292 4 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else feel bad for the rotifer stuck in the purple sulfer bacteria

@yaj126 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's something we can all relate to

@BobStein 4 жыл бұрын

I felt bad for those tiny critters spinning around and around by the spinny jaws-of-death. Either they got ate, or VERY dizzy. 7:06 especially

@michaeldebidart 3 жыл бұрын

No because they do not have a soul

@Talinoth 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldebidart Why not? Where's the cut-off? I agree that some animals are "more" or "less" than others in that department, but from even a tiny little rotifer, we're separated by *degree* rather than by *type*. A great, great degree. But still not entirely separate. I have seen remarkably intelligent displays by chimpanzees, gorillas, dolphins, orcas, parrots, ravens, dogs and cats. If I'm required to believe *every* human has a soul - even the absolute dingbats among us who are stupider than a lot of people's dogs - then why can't other intelligent animals have souls? And what hard cutoff separates them from other animals? It seems more likely to me, that tiny animals with tiny brains have commensurately tiny brains and/or souls. But in the end, they're not so different from us. That's where we - where all animal life began, evolving to this point step by step.

@jaythomas3180 4 жыл бұрын

Me: *about to go to bed* This channel: We'll see about that.

@godzilla_fan_13 4 жыл бұрын

Me right now in Pacific Time lol

@LouisGedo 4 жыл бұрын

LOL.......zzzzzzzactly!

@airpolygon2714 4 жыл бұрын

I feel so comprehended and share your situation 😂

@kjzsbtby 4 жыл бұрын

I can second this at 1am

@frogz 4 жыл бұрын

it is now 2:30 am in chicago....maybe some of us have succeeded?

@gtd360 4 жыл бұрын

Could you guys do and episode on Microscopic archaeology. How does that even work? Do they have to take thin slivers of rock or something? Or do they like look like in ice cores or crystal inclusions?

@nerfheardingfuzzball 4 жыл бұрын

Try asking PBS Eons

@reloup8969 4 жыл бұрын

One of my professor who is a paleobotanist said we have techniques using acid to keep just the fossil pollen from a rock. I assume there are similar techniques for other microstuff

@jackwalker8991 3 жыл бұрын

@TheLydiaReed 4 жыл бұрын

I've never related to something so hard in my whole life...

@Byter09 4 жыл бұрын

Stuck to a place sucking food into your mouth and occasionally rolling up in a ball because of "bad conditions"? Same... 😐

@prplepuffl 4 жыл бұрын

YES OH MY GOD I LOVE ROTIFERS I DIDNT KNOW WE DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THESE LITTLE GUYS!!!!! OH MY GOD THEYRE SO CUTE WE FOUND ONE IN OUR LAKE WATER THE OTHER DAY YESSSSSS I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!! PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!!!

@flukislucas 4 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite channel of yours by far. There are really no other channels dedicated to the microbial world with such production.

@raulflores3796 4 жыл бұрын

Human: "Rotifers are often mysterious and bizarre animals" *Alien: "Humans are often mysterious and bizarre animals"*

@philtkaswahl2124 4 жыл бұрын

*ENERGY BEING: "BIOLOGICALS ARE OFTEN =BURST OF RADIO PULSES="*

@martinxy1291 4 жыл бұрын

fuck we dont even know what we are

@BobStein 4 жыл бұрын

Rotifers: "You're both bizarre. And ugly."

@samanli-tw3id 4 жыл бұрын

Alien Commander: DEPLOY THE TRIPODS!

@ilovecheez7769 3 жыл бұрын

Rotifers: "Aliens are often mysterious and bizarre animals."

@Tytoalba777 4 жыл бұрын

What ever they are, they're the Wheel Deal

@CalebK64 4 жыл бұрын

funni

@eleSDSU 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wheel, it could've been worst.

@insertnamehere8096 4 жыл бұрын

Wow...🙄 y'all are wheel punny🙄

@danielguy3581 4 жыл бұрын

That's a nice a spin on it.

@LoisSharbel 4 жыл бұрын

So clever!

@HiAdrian 4 жыл бұрын

I think no episode left me as mesmerized as this one. Shots like 3:25 are so incredible, how they sense their environment and _switch on_ like a vacuum cleaner. And the little "organs" you can see inside, wow.

@Teefs001 4 жыл бұрын

That quote gave me chills, something about the acceptance of the unknown in order to appreciate and acknowledge the beauty of this stunningly bizarre creature for a moment is such a beautiful thing. Not often humans will accept they don’t know things while still respecting and loving it. Thank you for giving the rotifers the spotlight!

@timjackson3954 4 жыл бұрын

Just remembered Terry Pratchett: Ankh Morpork Bar customer: "What's in your beer" Barman: "Rotifers mostly"

@thetomnivore 4 жыл бұрын

I studied bdelloid rotifers for my MSc - I put them in a Mars simulation chamber and they survived it like a champ. Glad to see rotifers getting their own episode!

@natewho4366 4 жыл бұрын

Literally my first thoughts when I saw that. "what is that"

@nolanwestrich2602 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently, that's also what rotifer experts think. They somehow don't know the animal's lineage beyond invertebrate?

@flutterbree 4 жыл бұрын

That quote at the end made me really emotional and existential, holy hell

@pflamel8385 4 жыл бұрын

yea man. i had a moment, wanted to engrave that quote in my brain

@paulex12 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite rotifers are the ones that hang out in the leaf lobes of Frullania liverworts. They're so cute.

@airpolygon2714 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, living creatures from the micro cosmos are so cute 🥰. Also, the microcosmos seems like a terrifying place; thank god we are from the bigger picture

@Kiwi_Tea 4 жыл бұрын

@@airpolygon2714 How do we know that we are not something elses microcosmos?

@airpolygon2714 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kiwi_Tea Oh we certainly don't know! I think we might be. It's crazy to think how life could be like in an even bigger picture. Although, you know, physics has all this laws that could demonstrate otherwise if they are right. like the speed of light as a limit to movement velocity

@urbannanni5864 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe that explains alien abductions. Lol

@roha5220 2 жыл бұрын

I love to come back to this video every so often. The way he narrates is just so soothing and interesting, and the rotifers themselves are so strangely cute, like adorable tiny and mysterious aliens.

@oblivionscall 4 жыл бұрын

"The wheel animal in its several postures" is possibly the best figure title i've ever seen

@justme2423 4 жыл бұрын

Am I seeing a beating heart? This is an amazing channel. I wish I had had the smarts to study this but I was always told I wasn't smart enough. I got my first microscope when I was eight. I loved it.! Everything went under my microscope! I was not allowed to go to the pond for specimens so I looked at leaves, pollen, etc. This channel feeds my sense of wonder.

@bumblebaa2327 2 жыл бұрын

no those are its jaws, chomping away.

@ChaosMagnet 4 жыл бұрын

Rotifers have become my favourite microscopic animal. They’re just so eccentric and bizarre.

@SpongeX1 4 жыл бұрын

You are one of the best channel on KZfaq. Thank You for showing us the microcosmos.

@Jetsamjunk 4 жыл бұрын

God I love this channel, I love how you narrate and share information, I adore the footage and the soothing music. This channel has been blowing my mind and makes me wanna look up more information and find out more about this big little world. Always looking forward to more, and love rewatching to catch the stuff my mind glosses over when I get distracted by wonder and awe.

@aisles23 4 жыл бұрын

Hank and friend... where do they come from? All these forms of life... you put chlorinated water in a Pool, the desinfectant evaporates and suddenly they appear, airborn? Would love to hear how they get there! Love this Channeo, Sebastián.

@swedneck 4 жыл бұрын

>rotifer opens mouth to feed anything nearby: SPEEEEEN

@AssistantCoreAQI 4 жыл бұрын

Vinny No-

@mikkellopez8429 4 жыл бұрын

I see you're a person of culture as well.

@feralperil 4 жыл бұрын

oh no

@theinternaut1991 4 жыл бұрын

Microcosmos is my favorite channel, I look forward to their videos the most. I've been watching Hanks stuff for a while, and I absolutely love this shit oh my god

@aidensharp9788 3 жыл бұрын

The laid back narration, the beautiful video, and the awesome music...it’s so good.

@SickDelusion 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your videos and this channel so much. It not only teaches me new stuff I hardly knew about, but it also somehow always manages to make me forget a rough day (at work) etc. and makes me relax. So thanks for that :)

@Reth_Hard 4 жыл бұрын

I really LOVE these videos! On KZfaq there is a ton of videos about animals, but those about microorganisms are relatively rare. I wish there was more videos like this. Thank you for your awesome work!

@dreyfusslugado 4 жыл бұрын

My brother used to own a Keeshond dog named Rotifer. He chose that name because when he was in biology class, one girl (having misplaced her microscopic sample) was jokingly wandering around the room, looking around, calling out "Here rotifer! Here rotifer!"

@bumblebaa2327 2 жыл бұрын

I have a rotifer named Kees! Spiders are all Herbert. Ewe's are Stientje.

@Kryptnyt 4 жыл бұрын

Do the lashes on the tip rotate on a fixed point like fanblades, or are they just going back and forth really fast?

@ronwesilen4536 4 жыл бұрын

Probably back and forth. When going in one direction they are rigid and on the other they flex, so they move water on one direction. At least that is what happens in other similar cases

@NathanaelNewton 4 жыл бұрын

MFW When I realized they're called rotifers because they have rotary jaws.. 😱 My roommate: "I'm so glad that these cannot grow to be the size of bears.."

@AClockWorkKelly1 4 жыл бұрын

I love that so many people in the comments of these videos have genuine interest and knowledge about this subject ... An someone who has not got a background in the area, I often enjoy reading the moments on these videos as much as watching the videos ... This channel is a lovely pace

@lilitheden748 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful little life things. Thanks for letting me get to know the Rotifer. It really cheered up my day

@benschools 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hank, James, and team for this beautiful work of art.

@zacharywinters1841 4 жыл бұрын

I really want to say that I truly appreciate your Channel! I'm just a simple Carpenter, but still have an appreciation for science. And now with the encyclopedia value of KZfaq. I learn about so much more stuff that I never knew I was interested in so thank you. And will on little rotifer!

@johnnyswatts 4 жыл бұрын

What an great video. Thank you. Thanks, too, to Andrew Wang for these awesome soundtracks!

@DennisEckmeier 4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully written, fascinating images! This is a real joy :)

@krazymuncher2288 4 жыл бұрын

Sick beats and the mouth bit looks so weird! They seem to have done really well if there are that many species.

@sholemp 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this wonderful video. Rotifers are amazing. They can even incorporate outside DNA into their own.

@John_Smith_Dumfugg 4 жыл бұрын

It was awesome learning that these creatures were discovered in the 18th century. Would you folks consider making a historical episode? Covering the early history of microbiology, early microscopes, and showing hi Def footage of the first microscopic cells and animals that were recorded being observed? I think it'd be a unique, insightful, and weirdly humbling concept for a video.

@88Cardey 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is awesome, love the visuals and the narration. Great team.

@clanmeademagruder9692 4 жыл бұрын

Love the new video and the hard work of the microcosmos team. Great work!

@robinbantigny8640 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is everything I wanted to learn and see, without even knowing it. Thank you so much for your consideration for undercover life forms.

@clovis5857 4 жыл бұрын

Colonial rotifers are so cool and so much fun to watch, kind of comical in a way, some of the ones I find have eyespots which lend them a cute 'sock puppet' look. They are cool creatures. They are definitely all over the place, the most common microscopic animal I find in dried moss. Such an amazing video, rotifers are amazing!

@YooNoel 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making these videos

@tmaKlopp 4 жыл бұрын

Constantly in awe of everything this channel puts out

@Tamonduando 4 жыл бұрын

your channel makes me very happy, even if for the length of your videos, it's more than enough. thank you

@LoisSharbel 4 жыл бұрын

What a joy to discover this channel! Remembering my only conscious contact with this world as a student, trying to draw an amoeba for biology class! This information is fascinating!

@PedroPetracco 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Awesome soundtrack in the opening!

@intuitivamkt 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is the best thing ever, I had no idea I would find this so interesting and mesmerizing. Damn.

@fleshtickled1947 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, the narration alone had me hooked. Thank you for the information!

@djinnisequoia 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you! I love rotifers!

@timhill7291 4 жыл бұрын

I can usually take or leave most videos with this narrator, but this one was definitely enjoyable. I hope he keeps it up!

@Verisetti 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this little vacation. Thank you.

@cRAVEtrance 4 жыл бұрын

awesome and fascinating as always!

@gailhowes9398 4 жыл бұрын

I love this site! So fascinating and keeps getting better all the time, I wish I were much younger as I would enjoy learning and studying these lovely microorganisms !

@dsrgrd2043 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding . This information was key in tying mold spores to my observations over the past six months.

@MrTimjwilson 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done. One of my favorite animals and great nutrient cyclers.

@johnmcnaught7453 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty impressive to watch !

@reginamountaincross3363 3 жыл бұрын

When he said 'corona' I really just died a little

@bumblebaa2327 2 жыл бұрын

so innocent he was, in 2019

@joetaylor486 4 жыл бұрын

A particularly charming and visually stunning view of these enigmatic animals. I was looking at all the algae washing past their cilia, thinking how inefficient that seemed, but then noticed that their pharynx, or what ever the analogous structure is called, was full of algae waiting to be processed by the trophi. Hmm not so inefficient after all! I guess disturbing the water to put it in a slide makes it resource-rich in respect of filter feeders. Lovely.

@mr.y9669 4 жыл бұрын

It is so weird and cool that there are animals the size of single-celled creatures.

@jorishozee2943 4 жыл бұрын

It is also weird and cool that there are single-celled creatures the size of animals.

@williamoldaker5348 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the beat of this episode!

@camgood4884 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful quote at the end. Great video!

@ameremortal 4 жыл бұрын

Channels like this make KZfaq the great tool that it is.

@dacisky 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! I really enjoyed this.

@NamirahWolfrik 4 жыл бұрын

Absolute best part of my week!

@mikecodner7444 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating creatures. Love your microcosm series. Would you consider doing a video on the amoeba, one of my favorite protists?

@rawrthedinosawr9659 4 жыл бұрын

6:10 damn only 40x magnification, that could probably seen as a tiny speck with the naked eye

@dwaynesapling9468 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this channel. I've been a microbiological observer for most of my life, and I have found it extremely difficult to get others interested in the activity. Your videos should do the trick.

@bens4446 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining this bizarre little beast. It was the second most peculiar, and second fastest, thing my daughter and I saw in our first drop of pond water the other day. In this particular drop the rotifer seemed to be kicking ass. (The first most peculiar and fastest thing, if you must know, was a "giant" shrimp/flea something or other that zipped in and out of the field of view.)

@letrolltwo5625 4 жыл бұрын

wakes up middle of the night and cant sleep -> watches these vidoes -> no longer feel sober xD

@wntu4 4 жыл бұрын

I love this channel. These videos are fascinating.

@sagealyxander 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for the captions!!!

@jjstratford 2 жыл бұрын

The music and visuals on this channel are so symbiotically zen.

@jamescerone 4 жыл бұрын

It is completely incredible that we can find fossils of microscopic jaws

@harku123 4 жыл бұрын

I always thought it sounded like Hank Green. I read the about section of the channel just now and finally I've found out, very satisfying!

@thegenerousdegenerate9395 4 жыл бұрын

I shall now from this point forward address them as... Wheelifers. Cause its cute and I hear it in Hanks voice when I read it. Lol

@firstlast-wg2on 3 жыл бұрын

If anyone is watching this, as of June 2021, scientists found Rotifers in 24,000 year-old permafrost within a Siberian lake. The Rotifers came back alive and replicated. What the hell. These things are crazy.

@merveilleuxetmagique 4 жыл бұрын

AWESOME, just awesome!! Thank you very much, I've learned something! Beautiful creature, splendid!!

@BodyMusicification 2 жыл бұрын

Rotifers are so adorable! 😊🥰😁

@CRMayerCo 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating!!

@toastedfish996 4 жыл бұрын

Just love the music in all of these, eerily satisfying

@jossartsz6570 4 жыл бұрын

toasted fish Ikr! I can’t find the name of these songs tho

@sohamsengupta6470 3 жыл бұрын

It's all stuff by Andrew Huang, and although I think they are custom made for the show but I'd recommend checking out his stuff, he's got some insane variety music

@rambozo_fpv176 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely, as always.

@scoopishere7881 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing a rotifer open up that corona vacuum thingy is so satisfying.

@Term-0 Жыл бұрын

I love how small rotifers are when they are multicellular, but then there are stentors that use a similar approach to collect food, are many times larger, and are single cellular.