Hello there I am Sørensen-Hygum, coauthor of one of the papers you cite. I just want to say that I am very happy and impressed with your video. It is a really great feeling to see my research become part of an educational youtube video. I am really proud of that scanning electron micrograph of Echiniscoides sigismundi and seeing it reproduced makes me happy.
I like that you are able to make research, both mine and other’s, more accessible by applying humor and more everyday language than we can get away with in research papers. In particular it made me extremely happy to see you thank us for publishing under a CC license as doing so was a decision that I had to push a little bit for and one that cost my supervisor a lot of money.
I do want to raise a few points. You state that tardigrades can dry out for decades and this is almost certainly true, but it is also somewhat misleading. It is true in that a few tardigrades may well recover after such extended periods but there is currently no solid proof of it. Note also that when I say a few tardigrades, I really do mean a few, dont expect to put 100 dry tardigrades into storage for 30 years and get 100 live ones out, you will be lucky to have 1 live animal after such a long time. However 1 live animal is enough to found a new population if the species is parthenogentic!
I would also like to add that the paper of mine you cited actually demonstrates that drying on a glass surface is extremely toxic to Echiniscoides sigismundi(a heterotardigrade) likely because of fundamental interaction that applies to other tardigrades too. I have done some experiments demonstrating that the same is true for Richtersius coronifer(a eutardigrade), though the results have never been published.
Lastly I am very happy to see that you quoted Gąsiorek and Vončina. They are both extremely talented and very nice and it is great to see them get some recognition. Sorry for posting this in so many posts, but youtube would not allow me to post them all in one.
@@thomashygum5310 do you suspect the glass alters the chemical/protein preparations the tardigrade makes, or do you think it might be altering the behavior(movement, evaporation) of the water to make it dry out faster than the tardigrade can adapt? I would think the depressurization in space would cause far more rapid evaporation of the water, and I dont know of many organic friendly chemicals that interact with glass, but off the top of my head those are the possibilities that spring to mind.
I'm a biologist and this: "Intrinsically Disordered Proteins don't have a defined shape and are Floppy Floppy like cooked spaghetti. These seem to act almost like Styrofoam packing noodles, holding organelles in place and making sure things don't stick together as the cell shrinks" --what a genius explanation
I had a science teacher like him in middle-school. I wish all teachers approached topics like this because it's fun and makes it easier to remember these things.
Poor Jerry, all he's trying to do is expand his artistic repertoire by creating those delightfully weird looking models. "No we can't sell that as merch Jerry" ... aw darn, I would have happily paid for Jerry's delectable work of art, who else is with me?
I just watched like 10 of these videos about tardigrades and none of them explained a damn thing about how they do what they do, this video answered every single question I had while also being hilarious. Thank you for this. I'm officially a huge fan. Keep up the good work!
Can we appreciate that this man started in the early days or UA-cam: before ads, professional UA-cam's, when UA-cam was basically America's funniest home videos, left for years, return in a time when UA-cam was basically a television network, did the exact same thing as before, and was successful.
When David Attenborough finally retires, ZeFrank1 should be immediately introduced as his replacement for all nature documentaries, except he is allowed to script it as well.. None of the BS he had to deal with while working for Buzzfeed.
Zefrank was on Buzzfeed?? But...he's an actually funny content creator, not a pretentious politically woke ass, or "which x are you" quizz maker? Now I've seen everything.
This is really funny but this is also the best documentary on tardigrades I've seen. The upclose footage of them eating with their needle-like mouthparts is amazing, as well as the footage of them failing to run on glass 😂
In middle school, my class went into the mountains for a field trip. We took samples of water from streams to look at the microorganisms there. I was one of two people who actually got to see a Water Bear. And, yes, I saw it poop as well. Mine wasn’t as magical of an experience.
@@AndrewCheshire I don't know if this is meant to imply that the therapist is a tardigrade, or that therapists are a horrific species that merely mimics the human appearance. But I'm here for it.
To be a fan of Zefrank, one must be like a Tardigrade.....able to wait long periods with nothing and able to spring back to life when something comes. I've waited SO long for this episode....both for the tardigrades and Ze Frank!
All men are guilty of sin. Repentance means to turn away from your sin. For example, if you are a liar you stop lying. Repenting is not just saying sorry, it is saying sorry and not continuing to do that sin. Sin is what separates us from God. God sent his son Jesus to die for our sins. Meaning Jesus took the punishment for our sins on the cross. If we believe on Jesus our sins can be washed away, and God will remember them no more. If we reject the son of God and continue in sin we will be under Gods wrath(hell fire). Repent today and believe on Jesus Christ, and recieve the free gift of eternal life.
@@Punishthefalse The tardigrade has sinned, as he walks on the ceiling, which is one of the cardinal sins. It displays man’s ambition to do what they were never meant to do and the consequences of those actions. The tardigrade must go to Jerry and repent.
I love these little fellas, I’m so glad you’re still making these. I remember my dad showing the chameleon one to me when it came out and it’s how I discovered your channel. Wish he was here so I could send him these videos again
i used to be obsessed w true facts in high school-- crazy how all these years later the series continues and is just as funny! nothing will ever beat the sea pig in my heart tho
The fascinating but decidedly weird thing about these creatures is that at some point the species encountered conditions where temperatures were that low and radiation levels were that high, that they had to adapt to them.
There’s a scientific hypothesis (though not consensus) that tardigrades came to Earth from astroid. Which does explain why they’re in their own phylum (which if you know taxonomy means they’re so distantly related to everything they had to get the level just under kingdom). Though this is contradicted by the fact that they have DNA which evolved on Earth and life outside Earth likely would use a different genetic material. A computer simulation found over a million different possible alternatives to DNA and RNA.
@@wildsideofthings7733 scientists did a study to test whether tardigrades could survive space travel at the required speeds and re-entry. The answer was no, the little guys got turned into dust
One key question. If tardigrades (are they always a little - late??) have such survival skills, how is their population level managed? Can they be successfully eaten/destroyed?
@@robbierotten2024 That isn't necessarily the case. It could be that the adaptations they developed to counter less cold temperatures and lower radiation levels are just so effective that they can stand up to much more extreme conditions as well. Just because a species is capable of withstanding something doesn't NECESSARILY mean it evolved with that extreme level of stress as an evolutionary filter.
I hope that one day we reach a level of technological prowess that would allow me to have pet tardigrades at home in a mini terrarium/aquarium thing and have a magnifying lens or zoomed in video feed to watch them. THEYRE SO FLIPPING CUTE
How do I get to heaven? Will my good deeds be measured against my bad deeds? Do I need to be a good person to go to heaven? How do I know if I'm good enough? Well the bible says no man is good, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. So how do we get to heaven? Answer: By believing on Jesus Christ who took the punishment for our sin on the cross. There are no amount of good works we can do to achieve salvation because salvation is a free gift of God. We need to humble ourselves, realize we are sinners and that we need a savior. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Basically the same in Swedish. "Björndjur" means "bear animals", and another name for them is "trögkrypare" (slow crawler), which is more or less a direct Swedish translation of the word "tardigrade", meaning "slow stepper" in English.
the 'little' should be between bear and animals, as it refers to 'tierchen'. otherwise is would be Bärtier or Bärtiere. or you can say little animal bears :)
Maybe a little late, but in Russian they called "Тихоходки" (quiet walkers) and now i'm stuck here thinking: Are they really quiet or loud like bears on microscopic levels?
Fun facts: Each of those eyes are single cells! Tardigrades are not invincible. They die really easily under normal circumstances, they're just resistant to a few specific things like drying out and radiation
Another cool fact he didn’t mention is that Tardigrades are born with the same number of cells they’ll have as an adult. Their cells just... get bigger(?)
@@Kreptic this episode of True Facts is sponsored by CuriosityStream, smart TV for your SmartTV - see what they did there - Almost anyplace on earth where there is water, even just a tiny bit, you can find these little fellows
I just came over, because Casual Geographic said you are funny, and I subbed halfway through the tardigrade saga. The tardigrade reminds me of what Les Stroud said. Whether or not you survive is often down to what you’re willing to do. The tardigrade is willing.
@@altonian zefrank is one of the earliest UA-cam narrators who trends a of times back then and he took a hiatus from this channel for 4 years when BuzzFeed hired him. I remember how wild it was when he finally uploaded a new video in 2018.
@@noelius4481 Yeah; I love how noobs just run with a stupid idea and are not aware of the depth a creator has gone into to preserve his art. This video takes all that he was and has indeed, created something brand new. I'm glad he's back .. and especially with moss piglets, that's a brilliant selection.
Who will win: - A water bear evolved by living millions of years in harsh, moist conditions - My Bunsen burner when I'm boiling river water for my coffee
@@ravenclawkitty1384 Seconding this. They can take some wack temperatures but no amount of fancy protein will stop organic material from burning under that kind of heat.
Happy to be sponsored by Curiosity Stream. They have great content at a great price. Check them out and sign up at curiositystream.com/zefrank :)
Yeeehah! You are awesome!
Hello :)
Hello 😁
All of your videos are awesome
Yee
Jerry deserves a raise for all the effort he put into making those models.
Jerry's snafu's are entertainment in their own right! right Jerr'!
Artsy!
"No Jerry, we can't sell it as merch, it has staples in it" 😂🤣
I died at the "small" scale hahaha
yeah, but I kinda like the underdog, Dave.
Hello there
I am Sørensen-Hygum, coauthor of one of the papers you cite. I just want to say that I am very happy and impressed with your video. It is a really great feeling to see my research become part of an educational youtube video. I am really proud of that scanning electron micrograph of Echiniscoides sigismundi and seeing it reproduced makes me happy.
I like that you are able to make research, both mine and other’s, more accessible by applying humor and more everyday language than we can get away with in research papers.
In particular it made me extremely happy to see you thank us for publishing under a CC license as doing so was a decision that I had to push a little bit for and one that cost my supervisor a lot of money.
I do want to raise a few points. You state that tardigrades can dry out for decades and this is almost certainly true, but it is also somewhat misleading. It is true in that a few tardigrades may well recover after such extended periods but there is currently no solid proof of it. Note also that when I say a few tardigrades, I really do mean a few, dont expect to put 100 dry tardigrades into storage for 30 years and get 100 live ones out, you will be lucky to have 1 live animal after such a long time. However 1 live animal is enough to found a new population if the species is parthenogentic!
I would also like to add that the paper of mine you cited actually demonstrates that drying on a glass surface is extremely toxic to Echiniscoides sigismundi(a heterotardigrade) likely because of fundamental interaction that applies to other tardigrades too. I have done some experiments demonstrating that the same is true for Richtersius coronifer(a eutardigrade), though the results have never been published.
Lastly I am very happy to see that you quoted Gąsiorek and Vončina. They are both extremely talented and very nice and it is great to see them get some recognition.
Sorry for posting this in so many posts, but youtube would not allow me to post them all in one.
@@thomashygum5310 do you suspect the glass alters the chemical/protein preparations the tardigrade makes, or do you think it might be altering the behavior(movement, evaporation) of the water to make it dry out faster than the tardigrade can adapt?
I would think the depressurization in space would cause far more rapid evaporation of the water, and I dont know of many organic friendly chemicals that interact with glass, but off the top of my head those are the possibilities that spring to mind.
we don’t know when he’ll appear but he never disappoints
JUST LIKE WALDO
He only posts when he needs money
@@TJDious where’s frank
It's the only notification I get that I need to stop everything for lol
Its like a very eloquent and funny meteor shower
I'm a biologist and this: "Intrinsically Disordered Proteins don't have a defined shape and are Floppy Floppy like cooked spaghetti. These seem to act almost like Styrofoam packing noodles, holding organelles in place and making sure things don't stick together as the cell shrinks" --what a genius explanation
I'm a microbiology student and I wish I was tutored by someone like him. That could have been hilarious.
I had a science teacher like him in middle-school. I wish all teachers approached topics like this because it's fun and makes it easier to remember these things.
"don't have a defined shape"
Prion diseases: *visible concern*
They say that the sign of true genius is taking a complex process and explaining it in a way that anyone can understand.
It’s such an apt description!
"Science isn't a style of photography, Jerry."
That's a genuinely fantastic quote. Much like this entire episode.
Truth.
Another. “It’s like masturbation with consequences”
Tears. Just tears with laughter.
Hubble Space Telescope has left this party.
I loved the not-even-mentioned "J" in that photo
Photography is a style of science, however. Hehehehe...
Poor Jerry, all he's trying to do is expand his artistic repertoire by creating those delightfully weird looking models.
"No we can't sell that as merch Jerry" ... aw darn, I would have happily paid for Jerry's delectable work of art, who else is with me?
I would be all in on some of Jerry’s merch. They’re adorable
That is how Jerry do
@@justanotherchannelonyoutub126 indeed, that's how he do do. hopefully he continues to make more models in future episodes.
I want a jerry face reveal
Well, yes, but my kids have honored me with plenty of Play Doh statues.
As a design student, putting a scale bar that just says "small" is aspirational. You do you, Jerry. You know how to save time, Jerry.
"Small" bar must be labeled "not to scale"
That’s how the Jerry do
@@oaktadopbok665 what if he'd put "very small"? Would that fix it? 😜
As someone that has built a great many things that were 'designed,' I've seen worse. Don't listen to them, Jerry.
I just watched like 10 of these videos about tardigrades and none of them explained a damn thing about how they do what they do, this video answered every single question I had while also being hilarious. Thank you for this. I'm officially a huge fan. Keep up the good work!
He even makes his advertisements funny; "Oh, there's David Attenborough; show off."
like a curiosity shower
i loved finding out that ze frank has beef with David Attenborough
Got me to watch it.
Bro I will pay good money for the battle of narrators
Jerry is getting more creative. We should encourage him, unlike David.
I like jerry and his antics
He must have had his crotch-unicorn replaced recently. How else could he be so creative suddenly?
Who is David?
@@2degucitas He's an idiot. He mistakes poop for leaves.
Yeah david is an idiot he makes typos
Can we appreciate that this man started in the early days or UA-cam: before ads, professional UA-cam's, when UA-cam was basically America's funniest home videos, left for years, return in a time when UA-cam was basically a television network, did the exact same thing as before, and was successful.
Dear Kitten....
@@jannweitman3803 quite a while before that, even
I hadn't realized that. That's really cool.
True quality never dies, it merely enters cryptobiosis and waits for the moment to strike.
Thats how the Zafrank do
"Moss Piglet", The cutest and most docile sounding animal name ever.
They are unusually cute for bugs.
@@deanholderde5959 Chances are if you have ever been in the forest or a pond you have had intimate contact with them. They are adorable for "Bugs".
can you do "True Facts: Jerry" just so you can make a whole video about him
Please??!!!
A good idea i say
I would love that
Yes!
Yaaaaaaasssssssss
When David Attenborough finally retires, ZeFrank1 should be immediately introduced as his replacement for all nature documentaries, except he is allowed to script it as well.. None of the BS he had to deal with while working for Buzzfeed.
agreed! begin the petition!
Yes
I had no idea about his buzzfeed dealings
Zefrank was on Buzzfeed??
But...he's an actually funny content creator, not a pretentious politically woke ass, or "which x are you" quizz maker?
Now I've seen everything.
I want ZeGrank to narrate a documentary about David Attenborough.
I love that zefrank is collaborating with real scientists to make these now
Got to make it accurate while being funny so people learn something
Other 'way 'round: Scientists are collaborating with zefrank!
Too bad they were such perverts.
He has been for a while? I swear he collaborated with that Dr tongue guy for the lizard video
@@hereticwaffle5514 you’re correct! His leafhopper one was also a tribute to a scientist that had recently died.
I for one Jerry, greatly enjoyed your DIY Tardigrades. Very well done.
"Science isn't a style of photography Jerry!" -zefrank, 2021
My favorite.✌🖖
This should be someone’s political campaign. 😭
My first thought on hearing that was "It damn well should be".
Lol I just posted that quote before I saw that you already did. Best line. 😂
What about the science of photography? Photology?
"Science isn't a style of photography, Jerry"
Hubble Space Telescope: _stands up and leaves_
Tardigrade poop crystals has joined the chat.
*blue planet disagrees with that statement*
🥰
😆
@YTisleftwingpropaganda Really Are you referring to 'science' and 'photography' or 'standing up' and 'leaving'?
We need a True Facts: Jerry at this point.
Agreed. I second this motion.
Hell yes!!
Isn’t “Jerry” a construct? Ze writes his own scripts.
@@beachgirl4583 Who cares it'd be funny if he made a video about "that weird guy" we call Jerry as if he were his own animal.
Agreed
“It looks like a galaxy.”
Wait,,,
Is our whole universe *a water bear’s poop???*
Yes.
Beats the elephants on a turtle
My mind just exploded. Who is going to pay for the damage? You?
Logarithmic spiral
You could make a religion out of this!
I like how “getting very dead” is a technical term for an animal losing 97% of its water
As usual, he's not wrong. 😂
I think the candy-bag “tardigrade” is one of the cutest things I’ve seen in a bit.
Aside from perhaps tardigrades’ little lizard fingers and toes.
That " candy" one is a "cutie patootie". And speaking of tardigrade patooties.....well, maybe I better not. It would definitely get weird.
Yup, it's nearly as cute as a Tardigrade poop... But better tasting... Probably....Ive never tried one
This is really funny but this is also the best documentary on tardigrades I've seen. The upclose footage of them eating with their needle-like mouthparts is amazing, as well as the footage of them failing to run on glass 😂
In middle school, my class went into the mountains for a field trip. We took samples of water from streams to look at the microorganisms there. I was one of two people who actually got to see a Water Bear.
And, yes, I saw it poop as well.
Mine wasn’t as magical of an experience.
how ungrateful you are, it gave you a microscopic diamond out of its booty and you dont consider that magical
I am your 100th like. Greetings from the future.
This video made all of our days better because that’s how zefrank and Jerry do
I imagine getting rehydrated would be like the absolute worst time your foot was waking up. But worse. And your whole body
At least you wouldn’t have to exfoliate your face...🤣
Your body just wakes you up from dehydration stasis like "sLURP BITCH WE L I V E AND **H U N G E R**"
I imagine it's like having a cool glass of water after being out in the sun all day.
@@noneofyourbusiness27 But it might have been a hundred days or even 36 000. You never know.
Zefrank should be awarded an oscar or something... This guy is a living legend.
I love how I actually learn things from you. Octonauts taught me waterbears existed, you literally taught me cellular analysis on them. I love you.
"Oh look, there's David Attenborough. Show off" best paid promotion line ever
Gffr'fg red row sd gf gr fgfxs xxv big ed Ed's zfs hhhh
@@mstance8134 true
@@mstance8134 yes
@@mstance8134 yes
Ha! My toddler
The scale bar that just says “small” kills me. I want to use that
To avoid any IP issues, we would strongly advise using "tiny" instead.
Biology professor: But how small is it?
Me: Hella
2:02 cracked me up
"For most creatures the technical term for this [being completely dried out] would be getting very dead"
I lost it.
Lost what
@@ryanrigley2558 It, can you not read?
Lost what
@@khandmo You’ve never heard the term “I lost it”?😳 It means they burst out laughing...
@@Barabel22 it’s not funny though
Oh man, echidna's gonna be thrilled that there are new members of the "having your back legs on backwards" club lol
Re:zero. Reference?
@@Cymru1987 pangolin posse!
And the "inexorably linked to crystals of mysterious light and power" club
"Science isn't a style of photography, Jerry"
Now that's a true fact.
I almost disagree. But that's hilarious.
Ahhhh, but science does use different styles of photography to make different examples of the science.
the 146 dislikes are from astrophotographers
oops
damn it
read that as pornography 👁👄👁
Cracked me up!!
This guy inspires me to have my own documentary series one day
Dew it!
You'll need to hire a guy named Jerry.
My Dad’s name is Jerry if you need a Jerry on hand!
"Masturbation with consequences"
Never change.
I snorted my soda when he said that
Need to remember that one.
I also noticed how the sexual reproduction was basically blow-up doll with consequences.
I lost my shit when he said that and almost woke up the whole house. This man is a global treasure.
Imagine fertilizing your hand.....
Zefrank1: They are smooth and plump like a Gummy Bear that might pop in your mouth like a Grape.
Me: **Eating a bag of Gummy Bears**
*Pop*
I was eating gummy fruit snacks when he said that line. I legit paused and hesitated before chewing.
@@SadisticSenpai61 Were you eating grapes, you would have been able to experience the "pop" part.
“A very technical term called ‘getting very dead’” 😂
"For most creatures the technical term for this would be 'getting very dead'".
Pure gold.
That part cracked me up the most out of the whole video. 🤣
So unlike roaches these little guys are everywhere but not a nuisance, are cute, and double invincible? Just add water and they're fine?
they just vibin
Terraforming plans of Mars and outersolar planets require algae, bacteria and tardigrades as a starting point.
They do die from a tiny bit of force tho
They are not invincible, snails commite mass murder to them
@@spinosaurusstriker well planetary immunity really
The tardigrade lives up to my mom's wise words "just drink water and you'll be fine"
"Now for most creatures the technical term for this would be getting very dead" LMFAO.
...a desiccated bag of protoplasm hung in suspension of quarantine for one year. That is how a human do.
Zefrank is the only person where I don’t skip the sponsorship ads
Facts
Nah I skipped it.
What I dont skip - Good sponsorship skits, extremely good transition punchline to sponsorship.
@@aljon5947 wow you're such a rebel
Skipped reflexively.
I'm happy to watch ads to bring a bit of money to great creators like Zefrank!
Psychiatrist:
What was your earliest memory?
Tardigrade:
Crawling out of mom's lifeless skin sack. I don't want to talk about it.
Psychiatrist: *gasp* Me too!
Jizzy skin sack *
Now I'm imagine Guts from Berserk, but as a Tardigrade. Would explain how unkillable the dude is.
@@jessb6929 don't know why someone downvoted you. I think your punch;line is funnier than mine! r/therealjoke Thumbs up!
@@AndrewCheshire I don't know if this is meant to imply that the therapist is a tardigrade, or that therapists are a horrific species that merely mimics the human appearance. But I'm here for it.
I would sincerely pay to watch documentaries about anything with you as the voice over. You would be a great teacher.
To be a fan of Zefrank, one must be like a Tardigrade.....able to wait long periods with nothing and able to spring back to life when something comes. I've waited SO long for this episode....both for the tardigrades and Ze Frank!
We need:
True Facts: Humans
True Facts: Zefrank
True Facts: Jerry
I think he already did the Humans one, well not as a documentary video tho
Someone did a true facts on zefrank years ago. Now I have to check if it's still around.
I don't think we should know too much about jerry
I feel like that can't end well
Jerry Plz
Yes.
"And that's the problem with having horns and spikes and things, all kinds of crap gets stuck on them. Don't teach you that at dragon school"
all joking aside, i had no idea these little critters are that adorable and awesome
you can tell, Jerry is trying his best.
“Jerry he’s walking on the ceiling again. Well tell him to get down!”
All men are guilty of sin. Repentance means to turn away from your sin. For example, if you are a liar you stop lying. Repenting is not just saying sorry, it is saying sorry and not continuing to do that sin. Sin is what separates us from God. God sent his son Jesus to die for our sins. Meaning Jesus took the punishment for our sins on the cross. If we believe on Jesus our sins can be washed away, and God will remember them no more. If we reject the son of God and continue in sin we will be under Gods wrath(hell fire). Repent today and believe on Jesus Christ, and recieve the free gift of eternal life.
@@brotherdj777 What does that have anything to do with anything?
@@Punishthefalse The tardigrade has sinned, as he walks on the ceiling, which is one of the cardinal sins. It displays man’s ambition to do what they were never meant to do and the consequences of those actions. The tardigrade must go to Jerry and repent.
I like how Jerry is actualy geting more character development
I am as well, I've been practicing casual smiling on command, in the mirror.
"What was your earliest memory?" Bahahaha!
This show is hilarious and "Jerry" is a treasure
Some call it junk, but I call it treasure
Jerry is a replicant! ua-cam.com/video/NwJEb3vJvWY/v-deo.html
Most of nature is rather horrifying when put into human terms.
Lmao!
Sounds like me when I'm just being honest, making comments about my day to day life lmao!
@@chaosdweller I think my day to day comments would get me banned so fast. ;)
That's cause it is.
i mean, a lot of humanity is horrifying when put into human terms.
No wonder water bears are so durable. They have the infinity stones inside them!
"Tardigrades poop galaxies" should be a T-shirt.
YES
"Masturbation with consequences" should be a band
@@dollietheaddict8340 that’s cursed but yes
@Emma Martinez by one super tardigrade that fard big bang
I love these little fellas, I’m so glad you’re still making these.
I remember my dad showing the chameleon one to me when it came out and it’s how I discovered your channel.
Wish he was here so I could send him these videos again
I swear, zefrank is the only youtuber who can pull off 'hey, you like curiosity? how about an entire stream of it?'
Tardigrades are so incredibly adorable for literally no reason and I love that.
i used to be obsessed w true facts in high school-- crazy how all these years later the series continues and is just as funny! nothing will ever beat the sea pig in my heart tho
true facts about ducks is my favorite
The fascinating but decidedly weird thing about these creatures is that at some point the species encountered conditions where temperatures were that low and radiation levels were that high, that they had to adapt to them.
There’s a scientific hypothesis (though not consensus) that tardigrades came to Earth from astroid. Which does explain why they’re in their own phylum (which if you know taxonomy means they’re so distantly related to everything they had to get the level just under kingdom).
Though this is contradicted by the fact that they have DNA which evolved on Earth and life outside Earth likely would use a different genetic material. A computer simulation found over a million different possible alternatives to DNA and RNA.
@@wildsideofthings7733 scientists did a study to test whether tardigrades could survive space travel at the required speeds and re-entry. The answer was no, the little guys got turned into dust
One key question. If tardigrades (are they always a little - late??) have such survival skills, how is their population level managed?
Can they be successfully eaten/destroyed?
@@yvetteworrall8909 they can be eaten/killed by any creature on Earth. I guess they just has quick respawn rate to keep their population.
@@robbierotten2024 That isn't necessarily the case. It could be that the adaptations they developed to counter less cold temperatures and lower radiation levels are just so effective that they can stand up to much more extreme conditions as well. Just because a species is capable of withstanding something doesn't NECESSARILY mean it evolved with that extreme level of stress as an evolutionary filter.
This episode is the apex of True Facts, since it’s the tardigrade.
"Science is not a style of photography, Jerry!" ...I burst out laughing and scared my cat when he said that. 🤣
"The technical term would be: Getting very dead" I lost it
Same
“Jerry that one made a poop”
Haven’t laughed that hard in a while
"There's David attenborough. Show off." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Whether it’s Parks and Rec, Rick and Morty, or True Facts: Jerry can’t seem to do anything right 😅
That is how a Jerry do...
Funny because it's true...
I thought his name was Terry
Unless he’s matched against a scheming Tom cat. Then he’s borderline unstoppable
Wait what?
I hope that one day we reach a level of technological prowess that would allow me to have pet tardigrades at home in a mini terrarium/aquarium thing and have a magnifying lens or zoomed in video feed to watch them. THEYRE SO FLIPPING CUTE
Get a digital microscope, a laptop, and an aquarium. Voila!
This is one of the most underrated channels on the whole of UA-cam!
don't mess with the moss piglet has to be one of most adorable sounding threats
"Listen, it's kind of like..."
Immediate fear from that sentence.
How do I get to heaven? Will my good deeds be measured against my bad deeds? Do I need to be a good person to go to heaven? How do I know if I'm good enough?
Well the bible says no man is good, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. So how do we get to heaven? Answer: By believing on Jesus Christ who took the punishment for our sin on the cross. There are no amount of good works we can do to achieve salvation because salvation is a free gift of God. We need to humble ourselves, realize we are sinners and that we need a savior.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
what the hell is this????
@@yashica__ any questions?
@@brotherdj777 You don't
@@brotherdj777 I wish God had named spamming and inappropriate comments as a sin, then you'd be f*cked!
My new favorite quote “science isn’t a style of photography, jerry”
Thank you for the new tardigrade video. Feel free to feature these little guys often. They're always entertaining.
"When exposed to the vacuum of space, the tardigrades get frisky"
"Looks like a little galaxy." Mmmmm Are we all living in a giant tardigrade turd?
Edit: spelling error
It's not impossible...
The things we think about after our fourth pot brownie.
Need to remake Men in Black: “the Galaxy lies on the Tardigrade turd”
That would explain the existence of dark matter - it's all invisible tardigrades
@A non mouse: _Star Trek: Discovery_ would seem to imply so.
Glad to hear Jerry's on the job. One of the most alien-looking critters I've ever seen. These videos are like gold; this one is no exception!
Pretty much anything at the microscopic level is extremly alien looking^^
I'm gonna go fetch myself some wild moss and start up a Tardigrade village.
u are 1
Sim City Tardigrade Style
@@quantquill would that be sims 5 ? how do we suggest it to the sims makers ?
@@wombat.6652 We ask Ze Frank. He'll know how the Sims do.
@@wombat.6652 That sounds a hell of a lot better than Sims 4.
"Heterotardigrades, on the other hand, are not smewth." dunno why but the delivery of that line made me cackle.
“Tarigrade don’t give a CRAP!” is where I lost it.
Some of this stuff needs to be on merch.
But tardigrade does give a crap. Sparkly sparkly crap.
@@slidey1000 And that is how tardigrade do do.
I lost it at think about masturbation but with consequences
That was the most amazing footage of tardigrades I’ve ever seen! Awesome commentary too as usual.
Tardigrades are called "Bärtierchen" in German, which literally means "little bear animals", and I think that's beautiful.
yeah in my country too.only without the little.
In hungarian tardigrades are called "medveállatka" wich means the same.
Basically the same in Swedish.
"Björndjur" means "bear animals", and another name for them is "trögkrypare" (slow crawler), which is more or less a direct Swedish translation of the word "tardigrade", meaning "slow stepper" in English.
the 'little' should be between bear and animals, as it refers to 'tierchen'. otherwise is would be Bärtier or Bärtiere. or you can say little animal bears :)
Maybe a little late, but in Russian they called "Тихоходки" (quiet walkers) and now i'm stuck here thinking: Are they really quiet or loud like bears on microscopic levels?
Fun facts:
Each of those eyes are single cells!
Tardigrades are not invincible. They die really easily under normal circumstances, they're just resistant to a few specific things like drying out and radiation
Is there something you need to confess, Ben?
It had to be balanced somehow, too OP otherwise.
Also a vacuum
Neat! Thanks!
@@isabellarussell4407 they nerf him a ton.. Let's take a look on next update
It's ok zefrank1, you're our David Attenborough.
I fully agree. And once sir David Attenborough unfortunately dies, we shall salute him and look to frank.
@@Iamlurking504 bro, I already look to ZeFrank over Attenborough. I learn more
I thought zefrank already did something for PBS, so people are already joking/speculating that he's going to be Attenborugh's replacement.
As a child I saw a tartigrade in a magazine they horrified me, now I find that they still terrify me
"Sort of like POV pornography"
I mean true, but not a comparison I was expecting in a pop science video.
Yeah, I found it unpleasant.
You're new around here, aren't you?
@@redfoxonstilts That's because you aren't a man yet. Man up.
That's because it's a science video for degenerate adults.... come on we know you're one.
@@redfoxonstilts try lost property, they may have found your sense of humour.
Another cool fact he didn’t mention is that Tardigrades are born with the same number of cells they’ll have as an adult. Their cells just... get bigger(?)
That just gives me the idea of a tardigrade giving birth like “Get out, you’re too big”
That's interesting, probably related to their radiation tolerance.
Euletic!
Theory: the universe was made by an ancient void tardigrade.
As a religion I find that hard to beat.
Hey spoilers for star trek discovery season 5
Isn't that mentioned in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Are we all Tardigrades?
"Science is not a style of photography, Jerry!"
That had me dyin 😂😂
Idk I think I'm with Jerry on this, his models were quite convincing.
2:01 “Jerry that one made a poop! Dont focus on it Jer- Oh good. Now it stuck to its foot.” LMAO
"imagine having doritos each individually wrapped in glass and trying to eat it... well the tardigrade doesnt give a crap"
Good job typing exactly what he said in the video, your ears are working perfectly.
@@Kreptic this episode of True Facts is sponsored by CuriosityStream, smart TV for your SmartTV - see what they did there - Almost anyplace on earth where there is water, even just a tiny bit, you can find these little fellows
@@oof8911 Stfu
@@Kreptic lol someone is mad
@@Kreptic this one is hungry and is looking for - what’s it doing Jerry? It’s walking on the ceiling Jerry! ... Well tell it to get down.
I had a phobia of these for some reason growing up and this was a very nice way to get positive exposure thank you 🥺
Zefrank has taught me more than any biology class ever has
Truth!
"That's how a Tardigrade Do"
Me: *Fangirl Noises*
@Mummichog WOOOOOOO!!!
thing=said
Yyyesssss
the single cell things: has a harden shell to protect its self
the bear: that's cute
I just came over, because Casual Geographic said you are funny, and I subbed halfway through the tardigrade saga. The tardigrade reminds me of what Les Stroud said. Whether or not you survive is often down to what you’re willing to do. The tardigrade is willing.
Imagine someone big narrating our lives like zefrank narrating these little creatures
Can we appreciate the fact that this guy has been doing this series for * looks at channel * 7 YEARS!? HOLLY CRYSTAL SHIT
*8 years
@@altonian zefrank is one of the earliest UA-cam narrators who trends a of times back then and he took a hiatus from this channel for 4 years when BuzzFeed hired him. I remember how wild it was when he finally uploaded a new video in 2018.
Not impressed, he was literally gone for 6 of years. Mortgage probably due, and said *time for videos*.
@@noelius4481 Yeah; I love how noobs just run with a stupid idea and are not aware of the depth a creator has gone into to preserve his art. This video takes all that he was and has indeed, created something brand new. I'm glad he's back .. and especially with moss piglets, that's a brilliant selection.
After he said they poop 💩 looks like galaxy 🌌 I can't stop thinking....I could be living in somthing else's poo right now.
I'm a little freaked out
Who will win:
- A water bear evolved by living millions of years in harsh, moist conditions
- My Bunsen burner when I'm boiling river water for my coffee
The Bunsen burner hands down
@@ravenclawkitty1384 Seconding this. They can take some wack temperatures but no amount of fancy protein will stop organic material from burning under that kind of heat.
Tardigrade
"NO, we can't sell that as merch, Jerry! There's staples in it!"
But you COULD auction it. lol