Millipedes: The First Land Animals
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2024
- More than 420 million years ago ancient millipedes took their first many -- many many many -- steps onto land. Today they remain largely cryptic animals, as there are tens of thousands of species still unknown to science. Associate Curator Dr. Petra Sierwald, arachnologist and millipede expert, is working to create a visual atlas to help with our understanding and identification of these mysterious creatures!
If you find a millipede and would like to have it identified, send us an image! thebrainscoop(at)gmail(dot)com
A massive thank-you to Petra for taking the time to film with us. My love and appreciation for millipedes has never been greater!
Learn more about Petra's research and millipedes on The Field Museum's website: bit.ly/1KuV50R
Photo credits:
Light images by Stephanie Ware, research assistant (read about her work with the Chicago Peregrine Program! bit.ly/1WiwyBw)
Scanning Electronic Microscope images by Xavier Zahnle, intern.
Additional identifications and support by Derek Hennen (@derekhennen)!
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Producer, Writer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie
Producer, Editor, Camera, Graphics:
Brandon Brungard
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Filmed on Location and Supported by:
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
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Millipedes are such a perfect blend of adorable and breathtakingly beautiful.
Emily, not only did this episode ROCK but I also really enjoyed Dr. Sierwald! She has a true passion (as do all your guests), but there is something more with Dr. Sierwald and it is contagious!
+Anthony Whitted I'm glad you enjoyed watching Dr. Sierwald -- our next episode is another interview with her all about SPIDERS. :D
+thebrainscoop YAY! So COOL! :D
+thebrainscoop
Looking forward to that! This was a great episode with a wonderful guest!
I hope you all love this episode because I love this episode thanks to how awesome millipedes are.
When's the next Prep Lab adventure?
+thebrainscoop Awesome to have you back, good job as usual.
Millipedes are so cute and glowy! ... and cyanide-y? Thanks for this video +thebrainscoop !
+thebrainscoop Fascinating! I never knew the difference between centipedes & millipedes.
Also, I'm so glad "it still has brains on it." Nice to see you back.
Im so excited you are back!!! Hooray more Emily!!! :) :) :)
It's pretty heartwarming how much Dr. Sierwald loves millipedes.
In Botswana, their local name is 'shongololo'. I always enjoyed finding them because I got to say it.
Yay for Brain Scoop being back! I like how Dr. Sierwald describes the difference between centipedes and millipedes.
Interestingly in Dutch centipedes are called 'duizendpoot', which means 'thousand-legs', whereas milipedes are called 'miljoenpoot', which means 'million-legs'. Why we've added several orders of magnitude worth of legs I'm not sure.
+John-Alan Pascoe love dem poots
+John-Alan Pascoe They got them pooty
+John-Alan Pascoe Actually millipedes comes from the latin milles meaning thousand (as in millennium, a thousand years) :D
king tyris In English, yes, just like the centi in centipede comes from the Latin word for hundred.
However in Dutch the creatures are not called 'hundred-legs' (centipede) and 'thousand legs' (millipede), but 'thousand legs' (duizendpoot) and 'million legs' (miljoenpoot) instead.
Oops, I misread your first comment, my bad :D
Making millipedes (and all biology) exciting is a real talent. Thank you!
I must agree that giant pill millipedes are adorable.
You really manage to get me excited about animals I never really thought about before.
The Brain Scoop is back! Yes! I never knew millipedes walking could be so cool!
I really enjoyed this episode. The info on the millipede was interesting and I really like Dr. Sierwald.
+desertdumitran i agree. In my opinion insect videos are the most interesting one's on this channel :)
Thank you for making millipedes more interesting and less scary!
I look at a millipede expert like this lady here and i think to myself , what was she thinking when she was younger "i want to be a millipede enthusiast and expert"
Welcome back, Brain Scoop! I'm glad to see it still has brains on it. And I love how Dr Petra Sierwald makes this topic so interesting, I never really stopped to think about millipedes or what their niche is.
More millipedes content ! Damn they're pretty cool =)
That was adorable!!! Big Mama!!!!
Love how Dr. Sierwald explains, thanks for doing this video for us.
I just got my hyena tote today and its beautiful! I'm so happy to have been able to help support the diorama. Also, this was a wonderful episode!
During my son's 4th grade science class on insects and invertebrates, the Bug Lady came and brought lots of different types of creatures. They asked for parents to come and help with bug wrangling. I got to handle a large millipede; a fat, green, spiny caterpillar; and a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. The millipede was as you see it but the Hissing Cockroach actually have cute little faces under all that fierce-looking armor. It was awesome!
I love watching people who are passionate about their field. Very amazing!
Yay you are back! I am happy!
More videos with Petra! This was fascinating!
Never have I found myself more fascinated by a millipede!
Yey I've been waiting for thebrainscoop to upload a video so bad. Thanks and btw millipedes (and centipedes) are my biggest phobias.
It was your amazing speech in Chicago that got me excited enough to watch this. I'm glad I did! Can't wait to learn more. Thank you for sharing your subject with such passion!
The lady was so nice and explained greatly about millipedes... Would love to work with her. Nice video for arthropods lovers!!!
This was a really fantastic episode! Really enjoyed it.
Thank you for this educational video! I've loved these beautiful creatures ever since I was a child. Watching this just warmed my heart. Might be silly but I'm getting teary eyed over millipedes. My love for them is eternal.
Extraordinarily informative! You managed to cover most of the characteristics of this arthropod in just 7 minutes, even though you didn't set up a "class-like" video, it was all just informal.
Zoosphaerium darthvaderi? What's the story on that. at 2:22
+Nafve well it starts A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....
Naboo was under an attack.
And I thought me and Qui-Gon Jinn...
+Bokk Snow could talk the Federation into maybe... cutting them a little slack.
+Nafve Zoosphaerium darthvaderi Wesener & Bespalova, sp. n.
Figs 11-13, 17D
Etymology: From the “Star Wars” character Darth Vader, whose helmet strongly
resembles the anal shield of this species (Fig. 11D).
www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/wesener_etal_2010.pdf
This is so beautiful. I mean, all the video.
Everything in this video is adorable!
Nevver thought I would say that about a video on giant insects...
Dr. Sierwald reminds me of my grandmother. She seems like an awesome lady! Really interesting stuff.
Big Mama the millipede was so cute.
Good to have the Brain Scoop back! Lovely episode
Liking the slightly revamped text styles - and the episode in general of course, much as usual!
Such fascinating animals! Thank you for this video.
so many adorable and brilliant people at the field museum. I want to tour every sector and have each expert teach me everything! Em, you are so lucky!
You guys definitely deserve more subscribers, the content and quality of each video is amazing!
Yay she's back! Another great episode. :D
watching videos like this is what keeps me going in wanting to pursue zoology, thank you so much to emily and the brain scoop team for posting these videos!
Another great episode! I especially like what you did with the editing- adding the written informations. You put great effort in your videos and I love it!
I love this channel so much!
I would have screamed, wet myself and run out of the room - good work on handling the giant leg monster!
I NEED MORE!
Thank you for this interview. I have been interested in these and have not found much info. Great job Emily.
It's official: Petra Sierwald is simultaneously the coolest and most adorable Field Museum person you've interviewed so far, not to mention knowledgeable! I really, really enjoyed this episode - I love the new graphics/fonts/editing style too. Keep it up guys, and I can't wait to see the next episode. :D
+frenchw1nter See, internet! Germans aren't so scary like Hollywood told ya
I would study millipedes if it wasn't for me in the middle of Computer Science and my other interest in Political Science and Geogrpahy. Millipedes looks so absolutely amazing.
I have a new appreciation for these adorable critters. Centipedes can still stay a mile away though, thanks.
So happy! I was just thinking of you today and tadah! An upload. Very fascinating, I really liked this one. No idea why but I grinned like an idiot when "Big Mama" started walking.
Dr Sierwald is so knowledgeable. I want to hear more of what she knows!
Amazing episode!!! I love millipedes so, so much. I hope to own a few species myself someday very soon!
Thank you Emily and Dr. Sierwald for a great video....fun and educational.
See, I'd be more inclined to let creepy crawlies crawl on my body if I knew which ones weren't likely to lay eggs in my ears or poison me. Normally, I'd see that big momma and lose my shit. "Does it bite!? Does it poison!? Does it lay eggs in my ears!?". But I see it is quite harmless, so now I think it's cute.
+Salty Child Knowledge is poooowwweeeeerrrr!
+thebrainscoop With knowledge, I can touch all the things!!!
millipedes are so cute. Just gotta remember to wear glove next time i pick up one though.
BIG MAMA IS GORGEOUS
Such a fascination video. Very well done.
Yayyyyyyy you're back!!!!
Welcome back Emily! We've missed you!
We need more of this!
Happy to report that millipede appreciation is still strong in 2021.
This is awesome! I don't think millipedes will freak me out anymore.
i love this lady's voice. i would listen to dr. sierwald reading her grocery list and thoroughly enjoy it (though a scientific series of videos or podcasts would be much better).
Such a pleasure to watch
Yay! Brain Scoop's back!
oh how i miss brainscoop... thumbs up for dr. sierwald and emily for a very engaging topic
These are so cool... I don't really ike these animals but every time I read or see something about them they get cooler and more interesting...
So cute! Millipedes are awesome!
I want more episodes with Dr Sierwald! :)
"Wald" means Forest, so her name fits very well to the topic. :D
+MsSceneDinosaur German
***** German, as "kitemare H." said. :)
Thanks Emily and the brain scoop crew , I love these insect videos
I love that this sweet lady says the phrase, "adorable giant pill millipedes." She's my kind of lady.
Wow, so leggy! I love it.
In Indonesia, we called milipedes "Kaki Seribu" literally means "Thousands legs", and yes. i agree, millipedes are indeed in danger. i used to play with them when i was younger, but lately i rarely see one.
but centipede? scary as fuck lol
Welcome back!
I've never noticed your earings before, I like a lot the ones you used in the squirrel dissecting video, I think they were insect wings, and now this ones... I really really love them! :D
I try to theme my jewelry to the topic of the day. Petra is an arachnologist and the other video we filmed that day with her was about spiders. :D If only someone would make millipede earrings....
That adorable giant pill millipede at 2:20 is named after Darth Vader... Never have I been more compelled to discover a new species for the simple satisfaction of naming it something awesome.
Whoop! Brainscoop is back. It feels like it's been forever!
what a nice lady! I'd love to hear more of her research
great video keep up the amazing work!
They're just leggier! Gonopods! ^_^
I was smiling uncontrollably through this whole video.
This is so fascinating!
Great episode!💚
Your videos are great cause you're enthusiastic. It's the same reason hank green is so cool.
Very, very cool and very, very informative. Dr. Sierwald is doing very important work, and I was quite surprised that our understanding of millipedes, particularly their reproductive systems, is still very limited. The necessity of a research framework that provides a sort of morphological database was a dimension of biological research that I hadn't really thought about. Looking forward to more videos!
Now you can add "it just tickles" to "it still has brains on it"
Awww, it's so cute!
I always loved millipedes. As a kid I thought they were adorable! I still do, really. I want I know about that one near the beginning that looked like a giant pill bug! I hope they can live in captivity, because I would love to have some one day!
I used to dislike them so much when I was a kid. Looking back I really don't understand why, they are really beautiful and very fascinating to look at. They used to be all over the house around 20 years ago, now they are all gone, it's very sad.
I spent a lot of my childhood digging up pill bugs (I called them rolly pollies) in my yard, but I stayed away from the millipedes because I thought they bit like centipedes. Now I wish I had examined them more! Pill bugs also have claws, from what I remember. Sometimes they took a bit of pulling to get them off my hand and back into the rocks.
Love for Petra!
The tone felt a little more calm than I'm used to, but that may be because it's an interview with Dr. Sierwald and not cutting open a dead animal with Anna. Also I guess the camera felt a lot more static? Anyway, I learned things and enjoyed it. Hooray!
Awesome, keep up the good work.
The big millipedes are so cute! I want one, but too bad I live in Western Washington :( only tiny little millipedes in my garden and the occasionally seen black and yellow ones in the parks.
2:23 Zoosphaerium Darthvaderi - Ha! Nice. That's my kind of naming convention.
+thecassman srsly? no way! That's almost as cool as buckminsterfullerene (C60), but not as cool because Bucky was real and he was a positivist inventor/contributor to the world vs the fictional-destructive-yet-force-balancing Darth...
That reminded me of SciShow Interviews. Talk about interesting people about interesting things, and then after that we're all looking at the weird animal that crawls all over the place. :D
Emily is not millipede food!
+ljmasternoob but she just might be a millipede chew toy.
+ljmasternoob No, not yet :-)
Im so excited you are back!!!!! Hooray more emily :) :) :)
Great video!