Scientists Built A Robot to Hunt This Starfish

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  • Crown-of-thorns starfish are large, spiny, and eat coral reefs and without enough natural predators to control their population, someone had to create one.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 1,6 тис.

  • @Wolfsgeist
    @Wolfsgeist 3 роки тому +5478

    They really missed a chance here to call the robots Star Destroyers.

    • @HaxxorElite
      @HaxxorElite 3 роки тому +142

      aw man

    • @ashman2712
      @ashman2712 3 роки тому +223

      My god this robots name needs a revision

    • @kyle18934
      @kyle18934 3 роки тому +29

      @Bite Em Up well that sounds terrifying

    • @Spanky00Cheeks
      @Spanky00Cheeks 3 роки тому +153

      Every single starfish is now and ENEMY of the Republic!

    • @amarstang6377
      @amarstang6377 3 роки тому +65

      How about "Death Star" ;)

  • @errorcrj110
    @errorcrj110 3 роки тому +3477

    Imagine getting your own Bizarre Beasts episode but all they're talking about is how to kill you.

    • @Mel-be6mg
      @Mel-be6mg 3 роки тому +56

      I feel like that's very Black Mirror/ Tales from the Loop. Pretty dark idea, so probably more Black Mirror.

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 3 роки тому +83

      The Bizarre Beast isn't the starfish.
      The Bizarre Beast is the starfish terminator.

    • @nilspochat8665
      @nilspochat8665 3 роки тому +34

      @@neolexiousneolexian6079 yep... soon AI will be able to target and kill humans 100% of the time, avoiding the 3d printed ones even...

    • @delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951
      @delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 3 роки тому +10

      @@nilspochat8665 it can now, the bot is literally a proof that it can be done

    • @nilspochat8665
      @nilspochat8665 3 роки тому +5

      @@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 even the 3dprinted humans?! :O (yeah it would actually, with enough vram...)

  • @panzerschiff9805
    @panzerschiff9805 3 роки тому +846

    So now even Starfish have to worry about being dronestriked.

    • @SgtSkelebone
      @SgtSkelebone 2 роки тому +40

      'MERICA F*** YEAH

    • @ptitgavroche
      @ptitgavroche 2 роки тому +82

      They sit on millions of barrels of suboceanic oil. Naturally, they had to be liberated by drones.

    • @augzer261
      @augzer261 2 роки тому +24

      How to get american funding

    • @genericalfishtycoon3853
      @genericalfishtycoon3853 2 роки тому +8

      @@SgtSkelebone Coming again to save the MotherFk'n Day yeah!

    • @HairyNun
      @HairyNun 2 роки тому +13

      @@ptitgavroche imagine if we found a coral that produces hydrocarbon chains and we could turn the reefs into a petrol farm 😂😂

  • @fissionphoenix4995
    @fissionphoenix4995 2 роки тому +833

    The fact the bot seeds coral while killing the coral-eaters is amazing. It's like if your species was driven tp near-extinction by a single nefarious group of demons, but some divine entity sends a mechanized champion that helps your population return to bre-destruction levels and assassinates all the evil dark-starred demons.

    • @f1reguy587
      @f1reguy587 2 роки тому +16

      So with COVID the girls are going to be in for a real treat later in isolation then.

    • @jacobhoover1654
      @jacobhoover1654 2 роки тому +27

      That's just Pelinal Whitestrake from the Elder Scrolls videogame series

    • @carloutube
      @carloutube 2 роки тому +15

      Terminator 2

    • @monica012077
      @monica012077 2 роки тому +7

      Why do the nefarious evil demons have to be dark skinned? 😂

    • @fartdoodoostinkfart6864
      @fartdoodoostinkfart6864 2 роки тому +38

      @@monica012077 he said dark starred lmao

  • @milesprower8
    @milesprower8 3 роки тому +2828

    Starfish Robot Assassin is a videogame i want to exist

    • @johnnyrepine937
      @johnnyrepine937 3 роки тому +67

      Isn't that part of Subnautica?

    • @fluffskunk
      @fluffskunk 3 роки тому +48

      @@johnnyrepine937 Potential for a mod there.

    • @ethanspaziani1070
      @ethanspaziani1070 3 роки тому +10

      Cute profile pic and yes that would be a fun game to play

    • @TwistedPresence
      @TwistedPresence 3 роки тому +33

      Actually, it is a game that does exist... If you can manage to get to Brisbane Australia and use QUT's 'Cube': A giant wall sized array of touch screens at the ground floor of one of their newest buildings, open to the public. You control a simplified version of the RangerBot and help it take out Crown of Thorns star fish.

    • @katherinec.5375
      @katherinec.5375 3 роки тому +12

      One where we could operate ACTUAL robots that help take down the starfish?

  • @toads_ftw6866
    @toads_ftw6866 3 роки тому +1018

    I do this job for a living, hunting these starfish, ive seen litterally 100s of thounsands (i describe them as the locusts of the reef) in 8 days diving 7 of us culled 33 thousand roughly. Needless to say they chewed the reef hard. Glad CoTS are finally getting more awareness!
    Weeoow thanks so much everyone! I have passed this onto many of crew that have come through the vessels. For an update still doing it and its going good! Its now may 2024 and im a skipper of one of the vessels!

    • @inotaarto8719
      @inotaarto8719 2 роки тому +123

      Ppl who do cullings are ironically some of the greatest heroes of nature, my hats off to you and your fellows

    • @amandathurston2720
      @amandathurston2720 2 роки тому +16

      I bet your job is AMAZING 🤩

    • @toads_ftw6866
      @toads_ftw6866 2 роки тому +39

      @@inotaarto8719 thank you kind sir, means alot to me and the crew!

    • @toads_ftw6866
      @toads_ftw6866 2 роки тому +37

      @@amandathurston2720 its pretty awesome! Work isnt really work when you love what you do.

    • @miserablepumpkin9453
      @miserablepumpkin9453 2 роки тому +28

      @@toads_ftw6866 Thanks for protecting the reefs.

  • @robadc
    @robadc 3 роки тому +464

    -What do you do for a living?
    -Oh, I manage an extra national group of robotic assassins

    • @domeen0gt895
      @domeen0gt895 3 роки тому +73

      "Oh, do they like, protect the president?"
      "No, they kill starfish"

    • @yourdaddy6030
      @yourdaddy6030 2 роки тому +12

      That's a panty dropper right there

    • @Corvus__
      @Corvus__ 2 роки тому +3

      @@yourdaddy6030 Never heard that term.

    • @elleryhorton8434
      @elleryhorton8434 2 роки тому +34

      @@domeen0gt895 you ever see a starfish near the President? Sounds like they're protecting the President to me.

    • @Corvus__
      @Corvus__ 2 роки тому

      @@masonsmith9619 Shoot! I'm all ears.

  • @foux7061
    @foux7061 2 роки тому +318

    How bad is it?
    "The scientists decided to create an army of murderbots to solve the problem" bad.

    • @desolateflea2236
      @desolateflea2236 2 роки тому +24

      Enough for the terminators to change their target kind of bad

    • @fallen4satan
      @fallen4satan Рік тому +2

      typpical aint it? a natural phenomena occurs and man tries to use its own hands and tech brain pride on its own to try n fix an issue that only nature itself can solve...

    • @door-chan
      @door-chan Рік тому +2

      @@fallen4satan But the issue came from nature itself...?

    • @fallen4satan
      @fallen4satan Рік тому +5

      @@door-chan from human alteration with nature

    • @door-chan
      @door-chan Рік тому +1

      @@fallen4satan Nature doesn't have some perfect balance where every species has its place or whatever, every species looks after itself and there were several extinction periods long before humans were even a thing, nature doesn't care about anyone

  • @instaperil
    @instaperil 3 роки тому +1028

    I'm wondering why I never thought about how starfish eat. Not disappointed.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 3 роки тому +54

      It’s pretty gruesome if you think about it. Lots of sea stars are predators. The ones that prey on bivalves will grab onto their shells with their hydraulic tube feet and pull until the prey is exhausted, and then insert their stomachs into the shell and digest the prey out of it, alive. It’s a good thing even fast sea stars are pretty slow because being eaten by them would suck.

    • @starandfox601
      @starandfox601 3 роки тому +27

      A lot of the ways invertbrates eat is terrifying.

    • @fuupdaass275
      @fuupdaass275 3 роки тому +3

      Now how do they poo

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 3 роки тому +4

      Fu Updaass, their butthole is on the top.

    • @fuupdaass275
      @fuupdaass275 3 роки тому +12

      @@evilsharkey8954 face down ass up

  • @mattdeblassmusic
    @mattdeblassmusic 3 роки тому +882

    Well, shoot, there goes the plot of my epic sci-fi/horror story about monster starfish rising from the depths to devour human livers.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 3 роки тому +75

      Nah, you just have to adapt a little bit. Let them gain control over the killer robots and use them to sink every single one of our military and cargo ships. That way it'll actually be us who'll have made their rise possible.

    • @LukeBunyip
      @LukeBunyip 3 роки тому +50

      "I know that organ harvesting is illegal, but we need as much bile as possible in order to defeat the starfish invasion!"
      Am available for further script editing suggestions. You're welcome.

    • @madzmidz
      @madzmidz 3 роки тому +24

      Are we ignoring the second horror element here. Artifically intelligent, aquatic assassin robots have been unleased underwater. This is terrifying.

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 3 роки тому +15

      Nah, this is the perfect setup for you.
      Humans have created selection pressure so only the strongest starfish can now survive, and at the same time humans are giving starfish good reason to hate humans.
      They're already immune to most physical and chemical trauma. Once they evolve immunity to bile, humanity is basically doomed.

    • @skinnypete8928
      @skinnypete8928 3 роки тому +5

      These Idjuts don’t know that bile is in the liver.

  • @philb9015
    @philb9015 2 роки тому +136

    Starfish: leisurely devouring coal reefs, yummy
    Killer robots: WE ARE THE BORG. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

    • @yachiyous9110
      @yachiyous9110 2 роки тому +2

      Lower your metabolism and surrender your lives, you will be eliminated

    • @theenderdestruction2362
      @theenderdestruction2362 11 місяців тому +2

      We are the necrons and your on our planet get off

    • @thomasherndon-io2gl
      @thomasherndon-io2gl Місяць тому

      More like the resistance to the empire 😂

  • @Zedigan
    @Zedigan 2 роки тому +68

    The fact that it can also seed coral and test water quality makes me think that the rangerbots would be very easily altered or tinkered with for other marine conservation jobs that may come up, perhaps in the future we'll see them using ai to do species count estimations

    • @riddell26
      @riddell26 2 роки тому +2

      It's gonna deploy the fish variants of covid

  • @buriedghostlady
    @buriedghostlady 3 роки тому +823

    How amazing that they found a relatively easy to get, and inocous to other animals venom that kills the starfish fast. Like, it's usually much more complicated than that

    • @casualsleepingdragon8501
      @casualsleepingdragon8501 3 роки тому +37

      Does this make sheep poisonous to starfish, like whooly cane toads

    • @saucevc8353
      @saucevc8353 3 роки тому +75

      @@casualsleepingdragon8501 Only if the sheep is feeling rather sick that day.

    • @BastiatC
      @BastiatC 3 роки тому +11

      @@saucevc8353 or if the sheep is in a bad mood

    • @omfgHumuhumunuku
      @omfgHumuhumunuku 3 роки тому +69

      It gets better. Turns out you can just use regular old household vinegar. Quick 20 ml injection gives 97% mortality. And it's a lot easier to source than bile salts.

    • @JelB
      @JelB 3 роки тому +20

      @@omfgHumuhumunuku while I haven't properly looked into it, I'd think that acetic acid might be worse due to the higher acidity, while the acidification of the oceans is already a problem.

  • @gothic-aqua
    @gothic-aqua 2 роки тому +55

    I remember in a Pokémon game a few years ago there was a Pokémon based on a crown of thorns starfish called mareanie that attacks corsola and I never realized that the interaction was based on how the starfish actually damage reefs

    • @avidarois5505
      @avidarois5505 8 місяців тому +1

      Not only that but Bruxish, which is Mareanie's predator, is based off a triggerfish (which can attack COTs in real life)

  • @arcticdino1650
    @arcticdino1650 3 роки тому +139

    Crown of Thorns: Ha ha, I'm invincible!
    Snail: Who left all this free food here?

  • @user-zy4wv7yx1z
    @user-zy4wv7yx1z 3 роки тому +668

    "Correctly identified the crown of thorns 99.4% of the time"
    RIP to the lost 0.6% ⚰

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 3 роки тому +96

      ...That might be false negatives instead of false positives?

    • @cane870
      @cane870 3 роки тому +43

      @@neolexiousneolexian6079 a mixture of both

    • @n1nj4l1nk
      @n1nj4l1nk 3 роки тому +28

      Rip for the ones the machine doesn't see and thus survive... Nice logic.

    • @desperatelyseekingrealnews
      @desperatelyseekingrealnews 2 роки тому +2

      Funnything, coincidentally if you turn the stats downside up or front to back you get the approximate "success" rate of the "deadly" wossname .
      Do you believe in coincidence?.🤔

    • @SpinosaurusStudios_
      @SpinosaurusStudios_ 2 роки тому +11

      That one purple starfish with only 6 arms: i feel funny…

  • @notafan5573
    @notafan5573 3 роки тому +266

    4:00 Now I see why Toxapex's defenses are so stupidly high, damn.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 2 роки тому +36

      And it fookin regenerates

    • @Jake.The.Snake.
      @Jake.The.Snake. 2 роки тому +10

      I always thought toxapex was based off of a vampire squid in its defensive position. It's listed as a "brutal star" pokemon on bulbapedia, but they refer to it's legs as tenticles, like a squid, multiple times in the article. Perhaps it's a combination of both real life animals.

    • @BrandonJ978
      @BrandonJ978 2 роки тому +37

      And just like the real crown of thorns, toxapex quickly takes over a meta :D

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 2 роки тому +5

      @@BrandonJ978 pretty toxic

    • @notempura
      @notempura 2 роки тому +31

      @@Jake.The.Snake. You missed an event in SM/USUM where the Aether Foundation explained that Mareanie and Toxapex prey on Corsola.

  • @thiagomarques3036
    @thiagomarques3036 3 роки тому +381

    "is this Bizarre Beasts?" "NO, this is Patrick!"

  • @mikki429
    @mikki429 3 роки тому +37

    My dive instructor in Hawaii always carried a net for removing crown of thorns.
    It's quite funny to watch a cots run in terror from a giant triton since it's such a slow chase.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 3 роки тому +3

      Crown of thorns can actually really run for sea stars, but they’re still super slow.

  • @dianadeane9233
    @dianadeane9233 2 роки тому +61

    The “kill the Crown of Thorns” and “reseed the reef with coral”robot sounds fantastic!!!! Congratulations to everyone involved!! 🎉🎊🥳

  • @cptntwinkletoes
    @cptntwinkletoes 3 роки тому +185

    The way starfish move reminds me of the sped up footage of plants growing. Both are deeply disturbing for some reason.

    • @ShakaZoulou77
      @ShakaZoulou77 3 роки тому +4

      I like the galoping starfish ua-cam.com/video/9rxf_2EgwfE/v-deo.html

    • @IrisGlowingBlue
      @IrisGlowingBlue 3 роки тому +1

      It's the creepy-crawly reflex, I think, & in the starfish's case it's literal.

  • @MB-sq7yn
    @MB-sq7yn 3 роки тому +61

    Heard about these things first from a show called 'Barney's Barrier Reef', a BBC nature show that talked about various lifeforms in the GBR.
    Normally it was a light hearted/edutainment show, talking about various ways creatures used mucus, poop, bits of reef debris, colours, and so on.
    But from what I can remember, every single time the Crown-Of-Thorns was talked about, it was in a much more serious tone compared to everything else, and was in a way the main villain/antagonist of the show due to the fact that they're mostly known for how much damage they cause to the reef at large.

    • @ccg2301
      @ccg2301 3 роки тому

      Don't they have any other purpose other than eat corals?
      They're basically pest of the sea if they have no other positive contribution to sea life.

    • @MB-sq7yn
      @MB-sq7yn 3 роки тому +11

      @@ccg2301 They might have some other purpose to them, but their reef killing ways overwhelm all other elements to them by far.

    • @omfgHumuhumunuku
      @omfgHumuhumunuku 3 роки тому +16

      @@ccg2301 Animals don't have a purpose. They're just out there trying to grow and reproduce as much as possible, just like every other animal. If you're asking if they provide a benefit to the rest of the ecosystem, it's the same as any other predator. They tend to feed primarily on the most abundant fastest growing corals, which in a balanced system, increases biodiversity.

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem 3 роки тому +9

      @@ccg2301 Which were held in balance by the Giant Triton Snail until humans reduced the numbers to critical levels.
      So who's the culprit here? A starfish that's been around for thousands of years (if not more) before the European human got to Australia, and yet the Reef still thrived, or the humans who collected the snails to near extinction because they were "pretty" and looked nice on a shelf or aquarium, along with (according to the vast majority of scientists in the field) have created climate conditions that are severely stressing coral reefs everywhere? (Coral bleaching is also devastating reefs)
      My money is on the human being the criminal here, as is usually the case when species go extinct.

    • @fortytudo
      @fortytudo 2 роки тому +4

      @@iffracem And yet the humans put all the blame on someone else like they always do.

  • @skybattler2624
    @skybattler2624 3 роки тому +41

    Now, what we need is a psychic-water Snail Pokemon that hunts the Mareanie and Toxapex down.

    • @mlpfanboy1701
      @mlpfanboy1701 3 роки тому

      Too bad they are nearly exstinct

    • @isaaclim8645
      @isaaclim8645 3 роки тому +1

      Love this idea

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 2 роки тому +3

      Save the Corsola!

    • @CarmenLC
      @CarmenLC 2 роки тому +3

      and a Steel/Poison COTSbot
      evolving into a LarvalBot

    • @Jynx9921
      @Jynx9921 2 роки тому

      O think Poison-Water with corrosion would make more sense since its the saliva that renders them useless

  • @Alorand
    @Alorand 3 роки тому +63

    Now Lovecraft novels make so much sense.
    Cthulhu is just taking revenge for his pet starfish.

  • @austinbyrn5661
    @austinbyrn5661 3 роки тому +110

    Random recommendation for a bizarre beast. The naked mole rat is the only mammal that is eusocial, and it is a thermoconformer (meaning they are practically cold blooded). A university professor I had had done studies with naked mole rats and I truly learned how bizarre they were from him.

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 Рік тому +1

      Also they have no sense of touch IIRC? It's speculated that that prevents them from feeling pain due to the extremely high levels of CO2 in their burrows.
      (Also, I *think* they're immortal/cancer-proof/senescence-proof?)

    • @CL-go2ji
      @CL-go2ji 9 місяців тому

      Those are really bizarre.

  • @cptntwinkletoes
    @cptntwinkletoes 3 роки тому +222

    The real question is when are we going to get an episode on the Hanklerfish?

    • @jozenne0018
      @jozenne0018 3 роки тому +11

      We already got that in april, go look at it, it's very interesting

    • @IrisGlowingBlue
      @IrisGlowingBlue 3 роки тому

      @@jozenne0018 ++

  • @Quack_Whack69
    @Quack_Whack69 3 роки тому +59

    Starfish:
    • no responsibility
    • no need to pay taxes
    • no sand in swimsuit
    • can regrow lost limbs
    • stay on mermaid's booba
    *Become starfish*

    • @matsveritas2055
      @matsveritas2055 3 роки тому +1

      Underrated

    • @prestongonzalez3836
      @prestongonzalez3836 3 роки тому +4

      @@Ampedcrafter shut

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 3 роки тому +5

      @@prestongonzalez3836 NO LET THE MAN SPEAK.

    • @JoeMama-1diot
      @JoeMama-1diot 2 роки тому

      what's that last point? you spelled it wrong 😅 you should have payed more attention in school instead of wanting to be a starfish ☝️

    • @toads_ftw6866
      @toads_ftw6866 2 роки тому

      @@JoeMama-1diot booba is a thing 🤣

  • @rs86
    @rs86 3 роки тому +51

    COTSBOT: Think, Starfish! Think! WHY DID YOU MAKE ME DO THIS?! YOU'RE EATING AND REPRODUCING SO MUCH YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE AROUND YOU DIE!
    Crown-of-Thorns Starfish: ......

    • @mlpfanboy1701
      @mlpfanboy1701 3 роки тому +12

      The crown of thorns: its your makers fault. I had few natural predators, each one your makers hunted near exstinction for there own vanity or greed. They invited me to kill.

    • @toniotrussardi8126
      @toniotrussardi8126 2 роки тому +1

      @@mlpfanboy1701 and you accepted it..

  • @laosi4278
    @laosi4278 3 роки тому +28

    seems Australia had a knack to launch war with animals just like like the infamous The Great Emu War

    • @whalesauce3647
      @whalesauce3647 3 роки тому +4

      This time it seems that they're winning.

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem 3 роки тому +3

      Shhhhh! don't speak of the Emu's! They are listening, and waiting, they will strike when the time is right.
      Plus, humans killed every single one in my state (Tasmania) around 1865, they still want revenge.........

    • @mochardiansah7452
      @mochardiansah7452 2 роки тому +1

      This angered the Emus, who punished the Australians severely

    • @justanuff
      @justanuff 2 роки тому +2

      Just want to point out that the "army" they sent to deal with the emu's consisted of 3 men, 2 lewis guns and ONLY 10,000 rounds of ammo for 20,000 emus. Work that one out.

  • @ScionStorm1
    @ScionStorm1 3 роки тому +83

    When you play New Pokemon Snap and watch Corsola desperately flee a swarm of Mareanie in the distance.

    • @thaiangquoc9505
      @thaiangquoc9505 3 роки тому +14

      Magnezone...
      Invasive species massacre now

    • @tommycriton9758
      @tommycriton9758 3 роки тому +5

      Tyranitar eating entire mountains also imagine monster hunter x Pokemon

    • @werwolf6746
      @werwolf6746 2 роки тому +2

      Followed by Porygon Star destroyer evolution

  • @conservat1vepatr1ot
    @conservat1vepatr1ot 3 роки тому +31

    “Radula”: a famous vampire that, wether on boards or wheels, shreds the gnar while always having a Vans baseball hat on backwards.

    • @chrisburn7178
      @chrisburn7178 3 роки тому +2

      He only has one fang because the other got knocked out trying to land a flair.

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 3 роки тому +2

      @@chrisburn7178
      I see you are also studied up on your ancient Romanian texts 😂

    • @chrisburn7178
      @chrisburn7178 3 роки тому +1

      @@conservat1vepatr1ot Well yeah, but also whenever I'm at the bowl or pump track he's there waiting for someone to stack so he can lick up the blood 🙄

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 3 роки тому +1

      @@chrisburn7178
      🤣🤣🤣

  • @maxaprettyboy6512
    @maxaprettyboy6512 3 роки тому +64

    I was hyped to see starfish footage then you brought out the sea snail... Dude you don't even know how much I love sea snails, this is making my bad morning way better thank you

  • @V1ctoria00
    @V1ctoria00 3 роки тому +131

    Imagine dying to allergic reactions for up to 24 hours.

    • @keithfaulkner6319
      @keithfaulkner6319 3 роки тому +18

      It's a starfish, not your sister. Get over it.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 3 роки тому +66

      Fortunately, sea stars don’t have brains and probably don’t suffer pain the way we do. It’s more like a stimulus to move them away from ouch thing.
      Besides, predatory sea stars digest their prey alive. That inside out stomach. Death in the ocean is not gentle.

    • @keithfaulkner6319
      @keithfaulkner6319 3 роки тому +17

      @@evilsharkey8954 nature is not gentle. You ever watch fish crunch up crayfish, or Komodo dragons rip up living deer?

    • @V1ctoria00
      @V1ctoria00 3 роки тому +41

      @@keithfaulkner6319 this is called projection. I get it. You care way too much about it and it makes your eyes all teary so you tell other people to shut up and you "grrr" at them. We see you.

    • @keithfaulkner6319
      @keithfaulkner6319 3 роки тому +7

      @@V1ctoria00 ok

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 3 роки тому +43

    "..and you are being hunted by robotic assassins'."
    Netflix.. you listening?

  • @ninoangelojoson7132
    @ninoangelojoson7132 3 роки тому +6

    To fight the monsters we built monsters of our own
    -pacific rim

  • @beanburrito4405
    @beanburrito4405 Рік тому +3

    Oh, so _THIS_ is what the Mareanie and Toxapex lines from Pokémon were based on. No wonder they were considered pests who feasted on Corsola (actually, they were only catchable by SOS chaining from a Corsola in SM iirc. Corsola is a coral Pokémon)

  • @normalemoji
    @normalemoji 3 роки тому +31

    I feel like the giant snail and the robots deserve their own pins. Everything is so cool!

  • @terrylong8894
    @terrylong8894 3 роки тому +17

    That was simultaneously really interesting and several different kinds of super creepy.

  • @heywaitMarlee
    @heywaitMarlee 2 роки тому +5

    I adore this hosts energy. Starfish freak me out too and he admits that even this particular species is especially weird and aggressive to boot. Glad to see these sea-locusts are being culled in a way that helps the reefs as well.

  • @kasuraga
    @kasuraga 3 роки тому +6

    We built a mechanical predator. This isn't good. We've created an ocean terminator XD

  • @corgeekshoozkeb
    @corgeekshoozkeb 3 роки тому +34

    Toxapex is based on the Crown of Thorns Starfish
    *explains why its so hard to kill Toxapex*

    • @tsuribachi
      @tsuribachi 3 роки тому +7

      somehow I can imagine the whole thing as Magnezone go on Toxapex KO-ing spree

    • @corgeekshoozkeb
      @corgeekshoozkeb 3 роки тому +1

      @@tsuribachi SAME!

    • @beastwarsFTW
      @beastwarsFTW 3 роки тому +1

      @@tsuribachi
      It's an electronic steel type so it probably could.

  • @finalmage6
    @finalmage6 3 роки тому +32

    Sounds to me that you need to do a Bizarre Beast on the snail that eats the starfish up 😁

    • @samprada9298
      @samprada9298 3 роки тому +2

      Why did your pfp make me so happy ☺️🖖

    • @finalmage6
      @finalmage6 3 роки тому +1

      @@samprada9298 Because I went out of my way to grab the TNG emblem to show everyone how "old" I am 🖖😆

  • @rinc.979
    @rinc.979 3 роки тому +32

    Ok I’m super impressed that the bile poison is safe after the fact

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 3 роки тому +9

      It’s sort of like snake venom in a way: the snake can eat the snake’s prey just fine after injecting its blood stream with venom.
      In this case bile makes perfect sense since a creature with bile in its stomach will be able to handle eating a creature with bile it its blood stream (emphasis on the bile in the blood stream as how the target died).

  • @vanessaanderson497
    @vanessaanderson497 3 роки тому +10

    Octonauts made a movie about their invasion on the great barrier reef! Its a good watch for all ages

  • @paternoaparente2196
    @paternoaparente2196 3 роки тому +71

    Am I the only one who thinks that protecting, breeding, and deploying Giant Tritons will be better for the environment in the long term?

    • @wombataldebaran9686
      @wombataldebaran9686 3 роки тому +21

      Probably. On the other hand: Autonomous Killer Robots!

    • @Hawk013
      @Hawk013 3 роки тому +2

      That was pretty much my first thought...

    • @werewolf4358
      @werewolf4358 3 роки тому +28

      It takes time and effort, so while I'm certain that's happening it's not enough for what appears to be a more immediate problem.

    • @omfgHumuhumunuku
      @omfgHumuhumunuku 3 роки тому +26

      The key word there is long term. Plus the snails can only eat about 1 starfish a week. Some reefs have 50k + starfish

    • @paternoaparente2196
      @paternoaparente2196 3 роки тому

      @@omfgHumuhumunuku still, does it justify spending millions on high tech equipment, maintenance, and staff per machine instead of supplementing the invader's natural predators?

  • @daftodil589
    @daftodil589 3 роки тому +11

    this is solarpunk as all hell i love it

  • @pineapplesideways3820
    @pineapplesideways3820 3 роки тому +15

    Definitely need a camera for live streaming on the rangerbot

  • @callabeth258
    @callabeth258 3 роки тому +21

    Growing up in North Queensland Australia next to the Great Barrier Reef I learned about these starfish from a very you age. Our first school trip to the aquarium Reef HQ was in grade 3.

  • @tengkuamirultengkukudin7438
    @tengkuamirultengkukudin7438 3 роки тому +3

    This is your first video that start sad on the get go, and finishes with hope, you guys are amazing!! 👍🏻

  • @laurachapple6795
    @laurachapple6795 3 роки тому +17

    this episode only just finished and I'm already wondering if I dreamed it.

  • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol
    @i-never-look-at-replies-lol 3 роки тому +4

    "You are, by all accounts, a fairly standard starfish..."
    NO IM NOT MY MOM SAYS IM A SPECIAL STARFISH

  • @gavincurtis
    @gavincurtis 3 роки тому +8

    The starfish surrounded by all the fighting, time traveling robots is the one.

  • @DarkKnightofIT
    @DarkKnightofIT 2 роки тому +8

    We're now drone striking starfish, what a time to be alive...

  • @juniormynos9457
    @juniormynos9457 3 роки тому +4

    Scientist: Rangerbot can be trained to identify,target and terminate Crown Star fish.
    CIA: 🤔

    • @rbb9753
      @rbb9753 3 роки тому

      Oh come on, you know the CIA had it first

  • @TheTerranInformed
    @TheTerranInformed 3 роки тому +5

    Hank green:
    “You are, by all accounts, a fairly standard starfish.”

  • @itsdweezy
    @itsdweezy 2 роки тому +1

    Imagine you're little nemo sleeping in his coral and out of no where this machine drives by and STABS your next door neighbor.

  • @wombataldebaran9686
    @wombataldebaran9686 3 роки тому +5

    Ah yes. Built killer robots that deploy poison and can learn to spot hidden prey.
    I feel like Cave Johnson was involved in this somehow. The next model probably also dispenses cake.

    • @justanothermollusk5829
      @justanothermollusk5829 2 роки тому

      That does sound like something he would make his scientists do, now that I've thought about it...

  • @undeadladybug7723
    @undeadladybug7723 3 роки тому +7

    I saw an older video about a virus that was causing starfish to rip themselves apart, and stopping them from regenerating. Any chance there could be a video about that?

  • @justinr.116
    @justinr.116 3 роки тому +2

    Imagine one day our AI creations declare us an invasive species and start jabbing us with nature friendly bile.

  • @Thirdman24
    @Thirdman24 3 роки тому +8

    I work for the COTS programs in Townsville Australia! this would be amazing to have!

    • @avacurtis2729
      @avacurtis2729 3 роки тому

      Wow really? That is so intresting

    • @lukelblitz3627
      @lukelblitz3627 3 роки тому

      Well,they are making breakthroughs.maybe they will be available for purchase in a few years?

    • @toads_ftw6866
      @toads_ftw6866 2 роки тому +1

      @scott appelbaum yeah bro we are up in cairns! Smooth travels and culling to you and the crew G!

  • @thatdarnskag5043
    @thatdarnskag5043 3 роки тому +6

    I remember this from Tangents! It's nice to get some footage to go along with that nugget of knowledge 👍

  • @ArticBlueFox96
    @ArticBlueFox96 3 роки тому +4

    Robotic assassins seem like a good way to control introduced and invasive species without harming the rest of the ecosystem.

  • @theseamusexperience
    @theseamusexperience 3 роки тому +1

    Great episode, glad i found this channel!

  • @emberhydra7621
    @emberhydra7621 3 роки тому +1

    God I hate waking up as a starfish getting haunted by assassin robots

  • @alexconn7473
    @alexconn7473 3 роки тому +6

    As long as we don't wipe out the crown of thorns sea star species entirely I am totally okay with this

  • @VioletWhirlwind
    @VioletWhirlwind 3 роки тому +14

    I did a school report on this starfish a long time ago (I must have forgotten their spines were poisonous though, because I was surprised by that.), They are fascinating.
    To be fair, it's not the starfish's fault the corals are dying...they've been eating coral for thousands of years. It's only when humans started screwing things up that the balance of nature got out of wack. Now we have to fix what we broke, and the starfish pay the price. :(

    • @mrshumancar
      @mrshumancar 3 роки тому +1

      This ^
      Anyone who has looked deeper into this matter will know about this.

    • @avacurtis2729
      @avacurtis2729 3 роки тому

      Exactly. Just like its not an invasive species fault they do harm. Nature is perfectly balanced until humans mess it up

    • @ribozyme2899
      @ribozyme2899 3 роки тому +2

      @@avacurtis2729 Nature is not "perfectly balanced", it just moves a bit slower. Species have still died out regularly before human activity. (Not saying that it's not way worse now)

  • @reality7823
    @reality7823 3 роки тому +2

    This needs millions of more views why is this so underrated

  • @nightthought2497
    @nightthought2497 3 роки тому +2

    I'm hecka looking forward to my starfish pin!

  • @type-moonfag4413
    @type-moonfag4413 3 роки тому +3

    UA-cam: "hi, i heard you like science and biology, check this out"
    Me: "oh, neat"
    Hank green: "hola"

  • @blu12gaming44
    @blu12gaming44 2 роки тому +11

    It's far more effective to try and breed Triton Snails in captivity and release them into vulnerable reef zones. One or two robots won't be able to cover as much ground and control such a large population of starfish.
    This would also help rejuvenate the diminished population of snails too.

    • @MrTREEHUNTER22
      @MrTREEHUNTER22 2 роки тому +7

      Yeah but that isn’t as cool

    • @melodyszadkowski5256
      @melodyszadkowski5256 2 роки тому

      My only worry: how many captive bred tritons are being released on the reef as opposed to how many are being plucked OFF the reef by divers.

  • @seanriopel3132
    @seanriopel3132 3 роки тому +1

    Hank don't stop man. Love this guy.

  • @100PercentMuscleUsage
    @100PercentMuscleUsage 2 роки тому +1

    All fun and games until the starfish starts programming the assassin bot to hunt swimming humans

  • @LeafseasonMagbag
    @LeafseasonMagbag 3 роки тому +3

    I actually read about this thing years ago.
    I’ve been waiting to see it in action!

  • @gandalfthegreen117
    @gandalfthegreen117 2 роки тому +3

    This is quite hopeful for the lives and preservation of coral reefs. That’s nice to hear

  • @entothechesnautknight1762
    @entothechesnautknight1762 3 роки тому +1

    I am both excited and terrified of the fact we are now making and deploying real ass killer robots designed to kill specific targets for scifi reasons.

  • @zolacnomiko
    @zolacnomiko 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the great science video, John!

  • @bigode9743
    @bigode9743 3 роки тому +6

    So that's what Caster's been summoning in Fate: Zero!

  • @deezal4588
    @deezal4588 2 роки тому +4

    Fish heads are usually used by some home gardeners from where I'm from and I'm wondering that if this starfish can be great for gardening as well.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 9 місяців тому

      We use "charlie carp" as fertiliser in Australia instead, that product being made from invasive carp that are cleared from waterways to save them, using the profits their sale as fertiliser net

  • @cuddlepaws4423
    @cuddlepaws4423 4 дні тому

    I remember seeing something about these critters some time ago, and there were actually divers going down onto the reefs to find and kill them. The robot is an absolutely brilliant idea. It destroys the invasive species and then replenishes what has been lost, kind of a 'remove and repair' situation. Now this is where technology is brilliant and shows what we are capable of and what we should be using it for instead of trying to kill each other.

  • @snehapradhan5591
    @snehapradhan5591 3 роки тому +2

    This is so interesting, loved this video!!

  • @SNAKE.LOVER.69
    @SNAKE.LOVER.69 3 роки тому +11

    I just like how, after creating actual robot, our first instinct was to break the laws of robotics

    • @wombataldebaran9686
      @wombataldebaran9686 3 роки тому +2

      Do not worry! The next version of the army of killer robots will be taught to read and given a copy of the laws of robotic. To share.

    • @techpriestsalok8119
      @techpriestsalok8119 3 роки тому +1

      Last i checked starfish were not considered to be humans.

    • @SNAKE.LOVER.69
      @SNAKE.LOVER.69 3 роки тому

      @@techpriestsalok8119 Life is not determined by sapience. The law states only that robots shall not kill. This law makes a starfish's life equal to that of a human's life.

    • @techpriestsalok8119
      @techpriestsalok8119 3 роки тому +4

      @@SNAKE.LOVER.69 I’m pretty sure the first law of robotics is “a robot may not harm a human or through inaction allow a human to come to harm” if you don’t allow robots to harm any living creature you are going to have problems with for example your farming equipment refusing to harvest your plants, or your butchery equipment refusing to butcher animals.
      Like it or not most people consider humans to be a step above animals, which are in turn a step above plants.

    • @gabrielpinhal8325
      @gabrielpinhal8325 2 роки тому +3

      @@SNAKE.LOVER.69 First Law
      A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
      Second Law
      A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
      Third Law
      A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
      As you can see, the Laws of Robotics explicitly mentions humans, so unless starfish are considered humans you're wrong

  • @cannab-al9582
    @cannab-al9582 3 роки тому +5

    wonder if this is being adapted for lionfish. mind you, is it a wise idea to start making assassin bots to "manage" our oceans. im picturing a scary mix of Terminator and Sharknado

  • @88Goldilucks88
    @88Goldilucks88 2 роки тому +1

    We also have that same problem here in the Philippines but divers here found a solution. They inject vinegar and they die right away.

  • @Kudu300
    @Kudu300 2 роки тому +2

    Cots sounds like Kots in my language and that means Puke. Quite fitting since the bile is an internal fluid so now I will call it Kotsrobot

  • @DieFarbeLila88
    @DieFarbeLila88 3 роки тому +4

    wow, Hank really is all over the place :D
    Subscribed! ^^

    • @myboy_
      @myboy_ 3 роки тому

      King of educational youtube

    • @DieFarbeLila88
      @DieFarbeLila88 3 роки тому

      @@myboy_ s.o. make him a crown!

  • @caveofskarzs1544
    @caveofskarzs1544 3 роки тому +3

    This was good to hear. Lots of negative things going on in the world with no possible solutions, and this seems like it's viable.

  • @AllDayBikes
    @AllDayBikes 3 роки тому +2

    Another Hank channel? Yes please. Don't know how I missed this one.

  • @nyeeeessss7674
    @nyeeeessss7674 2 роки тому +2

    You know what will also help. Put a bounty on them like they did to Lion Fishes so people will also have some motivation to get rid of them.

  • @leoanton2408
    @leoanton2408 3 роки тому +7

    This is a very cool idea, but wouldn't the star fish become immune to the "bile" over time

    • @JohnSmith-mk1rj
      @JohnSmith-mk1rj 3 роки тому +19

      There would have to be survivors for any immunity to build up in a species, and it takes a few generations and a lot of survivors to repress their vulnerability to the toxin.
      It sounds like the robot doesn't leave any survivors, so immunity seems unlikely at best, in this case.

    • @romanmeneghinister1584
      @romanmeneghinister1584 3 роки тому +10

      Considering the lack of exposure to bile naturally, it should take a while before a mutation would appear in the population that could benefit the sea star. That being said, the massive amounts of eggs produced could be an issue if a mutation does appear and is selected for.

    • @leoanton2408
      @leoanton2408 3 роки тому +2

      @@JohnSmith-mk1rj thank you for your answer I appreciate it.

    • @leoanton2408
      @leoanton2408 3 роки тому +1

      @@romanmeneghinister1584 thank you for your answer I appreciate it.

  • @Stef-iq4dh
    @Stef-iq4dh 3 роки тому +4

    Stumbled upon this channel recently and it got me thinking, are there other channels I might not know where Hank Green is in? Even as a guest? I only know SciShow and CrashCourse. Very curious as I’ve been seeing him everywhere lately 😁

    • @amelisticamente56
      @amelisticamente56 3 роки тому +1

      he is on pbs eons occasionally and vlogbrothers of course

    • @justlurking6529
      @justlurking6529 2 роки тому

      He’s a narrator on Journey to the Microcosm

  • @Booty_Crocker
    @Booty_Crocker 3 роки тому +2

    A new channel to binge

  • @luster5497
    @luster5497 3 роки тому +1

    If I was a robot,
    "Robro, why won't they build a Freezer for Antarctica?

  • @dominicocampo5402
    @dominicocampo5402 3 роки тому +3

    Hank, I need a pin of the deadly anti starfish assassin robot!!

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 Рік тому +3

    While the Rangerbot is an exciting development, is it not possible to grow more Giant Triton snails and deploy them?
    Or would that end up like the introduction of the Cane Toads?

  • @BlizzardofKnives
    @BlizzardofKnives 3 роки тому +2

    0:29 Well, that escalated quickly.

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 3 роки тому +1

    Neat video! Thanks for uploading!

  • @jamespigeon1399
    @jamespigeon1399 3 роки тому +6

    star: fish
    symmetry: radial
    crown: of thorns
    assassins: robotic
    hotel: trivago

  • @BOAYang
    @BOAYang 3 роки тому +3

    I’m sure those scientists have been binge watching Michael Reeves videos

  • @eliasthesarcastic8707
    @eliasthesarcastic8707 3 роки тому +2

    You see a starfish. I see a Toxapex.

  • @erick001bc
    @erick001bc 2 роки тому

    I feel like I've done some hardcore cramming for Anatomy and Physiology with this guy.