Some Ciliates Are Hiding a Secret Weapon

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  • @journeytomicro
    @journeytomicro  Рік тому +11

    Go to curiositystream.com/microcosmos to start streaming The Beasts of Halloween. Use code "microcosmos" to sign up, for 25% off when you sign up.

    • @crimson4066
      @crimson4066 Рік тому +1

      If there's a way to download the video files, I could label them using image software to make diagrams. It'd be nice to have a visual comparison for how things work

    • @YEWCHENGYINMoe
      @YEWCHENGYINMoe Рік тому +2

      lol

    • @OfficialGOD
      @OfficialGOD Рік тому +1

      nice

    • @sydurgraham7760
      @sydurgraham7760 Рік тому

      I'm sure I can't even afford to look at one, but does anyone know what type(s) of microscope(s)/software(s)/camera(s) are being employed to be able to see this clearly at these levels? I've used standard, lab microscopes, but nothing with this type of resolution or tracking abilities. Any help or tips in the right direction would be appreciated! I'm just so curious!

  • @Im-just-Stardust
    @Im-just-Stardust Рік тому +87

    Thanks to the entire team for making top notch videos for the past few years. I learned a lot !

    • @Liminallunatic
      @Liminallunatic Рік тому +3

      Easily one of the most thought provoking channels that stream from the creative commons; which are themselves, easily, more thought provoking, per minute, than the top tier of discovery/pbs/science channel productions. I mean in their hayday, 92-05, before it got all 'reality'😂😂😢

    • @avery8852
      @avery8852 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Liminallunaticso true

  • @Evolved_Skeptic
    @Evolved_Skeptic Рік тому +46

    There are times when I'd really love to see some diagrams & illustrations of these organelles included in the descriptions of how they work.
    Things in microcosm are so alien in their biology (to our comprehension) that trying to understand them by referring to well known aspects of macroscopic life would obviously cause misinterpretations.
    An obvious question is how do these microbes prevent their weapons from hurting themselves? Maybe some of their tools are like needles with a sharp end & a blunt end, or perhaps they're tipped with enzymes tailored to the chemistry of their prey? Presumably those with venom are at least resistant to self-inflicted stings or they'd all go extinct pretty rapidly, but do they have sensory mechanisms capable of recognising the difference between their own body (or another of their species) & that of a prey organism?

  • @AngryKittens
    @AngryKittens Рік тому +11

    What still blows my mind is that these are SINGLE cells. Yet they're doing things analogous to far larger multicellular organisms.

  • @rot_studios
    @rot_studios Рік тому +25

    So awesome to be able to see such incredibly tiny features in such detail and in motion too. Truly a Master of Microscopes :)

  • @mimiteas
    @mimiteas Рік тому +41

    0:28 How do you differentiate if it "expands outward" or it's dying? I didn't see it swim away afterwards... 🤔

    • @dantelucef
      @dantelucef Рік тому +25

      Yeah that looked like the cellular membrane burst and it leaked out ALL its insides

    • @dator36
      @dator36 Рік тому +2

      It did survive as shown in the video, they expose the cell several times over and it's fine afterwards

    • @mimiteas
      @mimiteas Рік тому +16

      @@dator36 the one at the end seems to me to be a different one... also, it seems to be exposed to a milder form of cleaning solution or maybe a smaller amount.🤔
      But the one at the beginning surely looked like it was dissolving 🙃

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 Рік тому +8

      It definitely looks like it died after ejecting the trichocysts. The organelles stop moving, and the cell starts to lyse.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 Рік тому +5

      @@dator36It looks like multiple specimens of the same species, and they all appear to die from the poison immediately after ejecting their trichocysts as a last ditch attempt to drive off the threat.

  • @GeoffryGifari
    @GeoffryGifari Рік тому +22

    When looking at long, thin extrusions from microbes like that... are they more like a sharp, rigid needle or a slack yarn? how can those protruding membranes maintain their shape and not snap off?

    • @Hongobogologomo
      @Hongobogologomo Рік тому +6

      Probably something like fiber optic glass or asbestos, crystalline fibers

    • @nuip7936
      @nuip7936 Рік тому +4

      crystals which are sharp like broken glass

    • @YunxiaoChu
      @YunxiaoChu 4 місяці тому

      Probably quite stiff

  • @mtwieg24
    @mtwieg24 Рік тому +4

    "It's like when a cat is staring off into the distance with its every muscle tensed."
    Dude have ever seen a cat.

  • @Oxide294
    @Oxide294 Рік тому +5

    Я продолжаю удивляться тому, что одноклеточные организмы на такое способны. Когда видишь многоклеточных, то как-то осознаёшь, что у них есть специализированные клетки, выполняющие определённые задачи. Но когда одноклеточные имеют те же возможности в одной клетке, это удивительно.

  • @Herperof1000derps
    @Herperof1000derps Рік тому +1

    No harm in clarifying that the 1st one dies. It would clear up a lot of confusion. If the commenters are confused, then many others are surely confused. That looks like the death from "This Ciliate is about to Die" that got me hooked on the channel.

  • @evilsharkey8954
    @evilsharkey8954 Рік тому +3

    I saw a pair of Paramecium multimicronucleatum eject their trichocysts when the water droplet they were in dried on them. It was the last thing the poor little guys ever did.

  • @RogueJyn
    @RogueJyn Рік тому +1

    Didnt even know Hank Green had another channel, I loved this

  • @robertsretrogaming
    @robertsretrogaming Рік тому +1

    The quality of the video in this episode is stunning.

  • @hippopajamas
    @hippopajamas Рік тому +5

    It's always so wild to me that Jams manages to catch these amazing moments!

    • @darcieclements4880
      @darcieclements4880 Рік тому +2

      What amazes me is the amount of time that must go into editing this. Getting footage is easy, editing through hours of it to find the little nuggets like this That's a pain. I wonder if he keeps a log while it's running of exactly what time he sees things happen so that it's at least somewhat manageable. Still just needing to dump the footage and then find the spot. Man that's got to be just really time-consuming.

  • @mohamedmohamedn5550
    @mohamedmohamedn5550 Рік тому +3

    Would it be possible to include notes- perhaps in the comments- with details on how images were captured (eg, brightfield, phase, any gels etc to slow organisms)? It would be great for those of us learning these techniques! Thank you so much!

  • @GeoffryGifari
    @GeoffryGifari Рік тому +8

    those extrusomes look so similar to the nematocysts of jellyfish!

    • @LimeyLassen
      @LimeyLassen Рік тому +1

      My first thought was that jellyfish likely inherited that trick from a single-celled ancestor.

  • @ronaldmorgan7632
    @ronaldmorgan7632 Рік тому +1

    It's a wonder that different types get along within a single cell. "Hey, this is my ciliate, you, you, suckosome!"

  • @supreetsahu1964
    @supreetsahu1964 Рік тому +3

    So nice to have Hank back on the narration ❤

  • @anonymous5405
    @anonymous5405 Рік тому +3

    The beginning has me confused that thing is dead as fuck it’s not frozen in terror

  • @MaryAnnNytowl
    @MaryAnnNytowl Рік тому +5

    Oh, I have SO missed Hank's voice as he takes us on the microscopic journey! Sure, the little critters and beasties are interesting, alone, but add Hank's golden voice into the mix, and the journey becomes magical! ❤❤

    • @ArchangelExile
      @ArchangelExile Рік тому

      I liked the voice better before I realized that it was Hank that was narrating these videos. Now, all I see is his face and it's distracting, even though it's an enjoyable and fitting narration voice. Years back, when I used to watch Sci-Show, I eventually started getting sleazy used car salesman vibes from him just from his appearance, mannerisms, and speech, and it turned me off.

  • @Soraviel
    @Soraviel Рік тому +9

    Again, thank you for this insightful (calm, collected) content that you and your team create for us consumers.

  • @Sparks.u
    @Sparks.u Рік тому +2

    I would love to learn more about this! How fascinating!!! Thank you for this video!

  • @AlienXtream1
    @AlienXtream1 Рік тому +42

    i think you may have used the wrong clip for the intro as the wording does not seem to be reflecting the video... at first it seems right but... we can see its not "expanding outward" or "freezing"... its dead... XD

    • @ArchangelExile
      @ArchangelExile Рік тому +8

      Lol, my brain was hurting trying to connect the two also. It didn't match at all.

  • @Ryodraco
    @Ryodraco Рік тому +3

    1:15 Honestly it looks more like it's being torn apart than simply strained.

  • @MinecraftTestSquad
    @MinecraftTestSquad Рік тому +6

    Intro clip looked DEAD bro, I don’t think it was just expanding outwards?

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 Рік тому

      Yeah, it’s lysing. The organelles have all stopped moving, and the diatoms it had eaten oozed out.

  • @Lionfury1985
    @Lionfury1985 Рік тому +1

    Amazingly interesting. But I won't lie, there were a few times when large complicated words I've never heard before were used in succession and I thought I was having a stroke. XD

  • @Nerd1704
    @Nerd1704 Рік тому +1

    That tiny cell with no ability whatsoever to comprehend human culture thinks hes walter white 1:49 💀💀💀

  • @amberwalsh5767
    @amberwalsh5767 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for sharing this information, I love learning and this channel always has something that I haven't learned yet

  • @WAMTAT
    @WAMTAT Рік тому +5

    Another phenomenal video, great job team.

  • @Anaesify
    @Anaesify Рік тому

    I LOVE the new title screens (display screens?), so cool!

  • @darcieclements4880
    @darcieclements4880 Рік тому +3

    Oh that intro, that's not frozen that's dead. Very very very dead. ☠️
    Edit: I don't know why but I feel so bad for this little microbe that hit the cleaning product. I know microbes hit cleaning products all the time, but my gosh why why poor little microbe. I mean I even knew that this is how cleaning products kill microbes, but oh the tragedy. That clip gets me every time. 🤪

  • @HotdogJuice
    @HotdogJuice Рік тому +1

    I'm fully convinced the micro world is full of secrets

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Рік тому +2

    "Trichocyst! I mean.. I mean, Trick or Treat! Sorry... just saw a neat video."

  • @animab4737
    @animab4737 Рік тому +1

    What kind of filters does james use?
    I would be happy to know the specific ones.
    Your videos are my favourites and I want to try making my own ones

  • @alexskibaaaa
    @alexskibaaaa Рік тому +1

    I wonder if these diatoms that were in frontonia survived or not

  • @unni0p
    @unni0p Рік тому +1

    1:42 Skyler i am not the threat i am the threat

  • @MCNarret
    @MCNarret Рік тому +4

    He's dead Jim.

  • @luisaparodi8571
    @luisaparodi8571 Рік тому +1

    A new amazingly interesting, educational video! Thank you so much 🙏🏻😊💖

  • @hellokittysays6333
    @hellokittysays6333 Рік тому

    @3:50
    Did anyone else notice the dileptus appeared to be covered by what looks like a fingerprint?

  • @6c3333
    @6c3333 Рік тому +2

    I agree with others that this episode was quite confusing.... Who is killing whom in the first clip?

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 Рік тому +2

      The organism ejected its trichocysts in response to a poison in the water. It dies shortly thereafter, and the cell begins to lyse.

  • @allenbinger3067
    @allenbinger3067 Рік тому

    so glad youre doing ok hank

  • @katiusciapigini5519
    @katiusciapigini5519 Рік тому

    I love the homalozoon,thanks for this fantastic video

  • @HolographicThoughts
    @HolographicThoughts Рік тому +5

    I wonder how analogous this experiment is to skin-dwelling microbes coming into contact with hand sanitizer, despite having very different morphology.

  • @That_Freedom_Guy
    @That_Freedom_Guy Рік тому

    Fantastic Voyage! Thanks. 🦠

  • @sydurgraham7760
    @sydurgraham7760 Рік тому +1

    I'm sure I can't even afford one, but does anyone know what type(s) of microscope(s) are being employed to be able to see this clearly at these levels? I've used standard, lab microscopes, but nothing with this type of resolution or tracking abilities. Any help or tips in the right direction would be appreciated! I'm just so curious!

  • @jakobraahauge7299
    @jakobraahauge7299 Рік тому +1

    Microcosmic Hank is so much more ensnaring than TikTok Hank - awesome video! Thank you guys

  • @GaryKing564
    @GaryKing564 Рік тому

    It’s crazy because u can see the stingers eject 1:59

  • @katipohl2431
    @katipohl2431 Рік тому +1

    War, murder and hunting in the microspere with chemical and physical weapons.

  • @joearnold6881
    @joearnold6881 Рік тому +2

    So I’ve stopped it at the end of the intro, the “why is it reacting this way”, and…
    what in earth are you talking about?
    A cat freezing in place?
    My guy… it looks like a cracked egg spilling its guys all over the place.
    It just looks like a broken, gooey mess.

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 Рік тому

    Love this channel🧡🔬🦠

  • @dembro27
    @dembro27 Рік тому

    Homalozoon: Grr, I hate those tricksy trichocysts!

  • @Whomobile
    @Whomobile Рік тому

    Hairy little fellas

  • @frankwu4747
    @frankwu4747 Рік тому

    So are the Nematocysts considered as Extrusomes for Cnidocytes? Are there Extrusomes in multicellular organisms?

  • @ObeyDeFi
    @ObeyDeFi Рік тому

    Imagine seeing this in 3D 😅

  • @pedrocastel8177
    @pedrocastel8177 Рік тому

    Love the way You explain , i Will try todo BR from Bolivia

  • @VictorFursov
    @VictorFursov Рік тому

    Thank you for nice video. Best greetings from Kyiv Ukraine!😮😮😮😊😊

  • @L4lN
    @L4lN Рік тому +1

    Im so high and this is the coolest shit ive seen in a long time 😮

  • @youtuber23450
    @youtuber23450 Рік тому

    I wanna know is hank doing ok?

  • @greatbutler
    @greatbutler Рік тому

    I enjoy these views into the micro world, but I am never sure exactly what I'm seeing. Could you sometimes freeze a frame and label what's what? Then I'll know better what I'm observing. Thank you!

  • @z3rocool
    @z3rocool Рік тому

    i love these vids smsn

  • @dannw1286
    @dannw1286 Рік тому +1

    Hey nice video, just wanna say id prefer it without any music. Too much energy. Just the voice is very relaxing

  • @TheAntibozo
    @TheAntibozo Рік тому

    Interesting video; NB hearing you use "paramecium" as a plural is distracting.

  • @Imbapiranha
    @Imbapiranha Рік тому

    Damn!

  • @Lay1894
    @Lay1894 Рік тому

    I really like the drum tracks you guys use. It reminds me of the Halo soundtrack lol.

  • @Fummy007
    @Fummy007 Рік тому +3

    So it wasnt "stunned with fright" but just dying because you poisoned it?

  • @A_polyhedron9459
    @A_polyhedron9459 Рік тому +1

    Cool

  • @Nefertiti0403
    @Nefertiti0403 Рік тому +1

    Now this IS something I can stop to watch 😬

  • @BorisNVM
    @BorisNVM Рік тому

    i am the danger

  • @SyIe12
    @SyIe12 Рік тому

    👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @YEWCHENGYINMoe
    @YEWCHENGYINMoe Рік тому +1

    20h ago

  • @Juniperrrrrr
    @Juniperrrrrr Рік тому +1

    God that music is wet

  • @casiopea2161
    @casiopea2161 Рік тому

    im a little saddened that the narration is more fast and energetic, and not as lullaby-like :(

  • @RabidMortal1
    @RabidMortal1 Рік тому

    I know UA-cam comments are ignored, but all these microcosmos videos would benefit from some superimposed arrows and/or freeze frames to help orient viewers. I THINK the content is super interesting, but I find myself constantly overwhelmed by not knowing what to focus on so I end up ending the video about half way through...

  • @markrix
    @markrix Рік тому

    Man the names of these guys, talk about letter salad! Bet you have to redo the script so many times before getting it all correct !

  • @joseandrade5399
    @joseandrade5399 9 місяців тому

    Respeito quem não acreditar, mas Deus através de Nsra de Anguera ,BA já profetizou o seguinte:
    2.493 - Mensagem de Nossa Senhora Rainha da Paz, Anguera, transmitida em 10/03/2005
    "Queridos filhos, do alto ele virá fazendo grande sombra sobre a Terra e muitos homens morrerão de pavor ao vê-lo..."
    Há uma outra profecia que também cita que Deus quebrará . Confiemos. Mas ele virá sim. Pode ser esse .

  • @watamatafoyu
    @watamatafoyu Рік тому +1

    Mic's too close to your mouth. When I can hear your saliva moving around, it's too far down your throat. My hearing sucks, BTW.