The Story of the World's Favorite Fossil

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  • @antiHUMANDesigns
    @antiHUMANDesigns 11 років тому +36

    Swede, here, and I remember the stone floor of my elementary school was packed with those, and trilobites.

    • @Kadelle
      @Kadelle 6 років тому +3

      Alright now I officially have to visit Sweden!

  • @FragrenceAtMiracleEd
    @FragrenceAtMiracleEd 11 років тому +53

    Im from Sweden and we've got those things EVERYWHERE. I have them in the stone blocks that makes the stairwell of my apartment building....

    • @Kadelle
      @Kadelle 6 років тому +1

      wow that's amazing!

  • @slayerofthebad9265
    @slayerofthebad9265 8 років тому +157

    And here I was, expecting a video about the psychology of why we love the Lord and Saviour, the Helix Fossil.

  • @ReefBuildersVideo
    @ReefBuildersVideo 10 років тому +11

    Cephalopods use jet propulsion of water through their 'siphon' while the 'siphuncle' is used to equalize pressure in the chambers of their shell to regulate buoyancy.

  • @Shadow57534
    @Shadow57534 10 років тому +72

    I thought he meant the Helix Fossil.

  • @MollyBlueDawn
    @MollyBlueDawn 11 років тому +24

    Ammonites and Trilobites would be the favourite fossils, but once all the Orthoceras were signed by Hank, their popularity skyrocketed.

  • @hermaeus_jackson
    @hermaeus_jackson 10 років тому +39

    Siphuncle sounds like some sort of horrible Simon and Garfunkel related lab experiment.

    • @bobh808
      @bobh808 9 років тому

      My very thought, and also, hilarious! Here's an example I found on the interwebs:
      www.czygan.eu/morph/Simon+Garfunkel_mix.gif

  • @littleblu33
    @littleblu33 11 років тому +31

    I was watching this, and then it got to the part with the siphuncle at 2:02. There, when I saw the picture, I realized it looked exactly like a little fossil I've had since I was about two and never figured out what it was. Now I know.

    • @TheActualRealAni
      @TheActualRealAni 10 років тому +1

      the video buffered and paused at that exact moment and in that exact moment i saw this comment incredible!

    • @baranorak4080
      @baranorak4080 7 років тому

      Anakin Pagaling mines Too!

  • @pocok5000
    @pocok5000 9 років тому +21

    1:40
    - So, how many inch is 15 cm?
    - It's almost six, close enough.
    - No, no, 5.9 is much better, the next digit is a zero anyway.
    - Oh hell with it, let's go with 5 decimals!

    • @charliespurr7325
      @charliespurr7325 7 років тому

      Dávid Kertész I'm a metrologist, so I find this funny.

  • @krashd
    @krashd 9 років тому +28

    0:41 I knew it! Unicorns are just horses with brain-sucking parasites on them!

  • @Linstrumpa
    @Linstrumpa 11 років тому +4

    It's very common to find stone floors with orthoceras in it in Sweden! One of the most interesting things I learned in third grade. :)

  • @TheBetterGame
    @TheBetterGame 11 років тому

    Awesome promotion! Other subbable members need to take note of this. There was no begging, it barely even felt like an advertisement!

  • @LFTRnow
    @LFTRnow 10 років тому +3

    Scishow tells us to point out errors so note that I'm not trying to nitpick, but at 1:40 you state "5.90551 in" to convert 15 cm. Unless you are converting 15.0000 cm (you know the measurement to that precision), then the conversion is wrong. In science you must show your answer to the correct number of significant figures. In this case - 2. The 5.9 in also could have just been called ~6 in, since that is just an approximation for the public to understand. Lovin' Scishow, thanks Hank and everyone!

    • @charliespurr7325
      @charliespurr7325 7 років тому

      LFTRnow I can confirm, I'm a metrologist. You are correct.

  • @sprngrdave
    @sprngrdave 11 років тому

    Thank You so much for all the informative videos. I've been subscribed for quite some time now. Even though I'm pushing 50 yrs old, you are never too old to learn. I will have to watch again to learn how to receive a piece of fossil history & the autograph of Hank Green. Thank You .

  • @albinnilsson2035
    @albinnilsson2035 7 років тому +6

    I live in Sweden and there are those things EVERYWERE! In like stairs

  • @Zedwhyx
    @Zedwhyx 11 років тому

    I was about to skip an add on a song I was going to listen to on youtube before realizing it was Hank talking about Scishow! It was refreshing seeing an ad that actually is about something I like!

  • @daniw8903
    @daniw8903 10 років тому +5

    I thought Sifunkel was the ship name for Simon & Garfunkel.

  • @mazdaspeedmx512lbs
    @mazdaspeedmx512lbs 11 років тому +1

    I dug up lots of fossils when I was a kid living in Curtisville Pennsylvania about 100 yards north of Kaufman road & Saxonburg blvd behind a garage that they bulldozed into the hill to put in. That hill is loaded with fossils.

  • @crunchy_kitkat
    @crunchy_kitkat 9 років тому +9

    our lord helix would be displeased with your conclusion
    HE HAS SPOKEN

  • @lemonadecupcakes
    @lemonadecupcakes 11 років тому

    I just recently showed my class the one I have had for years! Might have to get a second one in thanks for you giving me more information to share about these guys. What a helpful (and for me- timely!) vid. Much appreciated.

  • @gitanjalivr9621
    @gitanjalivr9621 9 років тому +5

    Hey !Can you please do a video on Schrödinger's cat?
    Love all your videos :)

  • @cloudydawn
    @cloudydawn 11 років тому +2

    Petoskey stones are my favorite! I grew up in Petoskey, and I'm always amazed that other people don't even know that they exist.

  • @dajosh42069
    @dajosh42069 8 років тому +8

    I like the way you do this show... but I'd rather have one you didn't sign.

  • @mmld2011
    @mmld2011 11 років тому

    Just found your channel... LOVE IT! Finally, something educational instead of mind numbing. NEW SUBSCRIBER!!!!

  • @megamegatron99
    @megamegatron99 10 років тому +14

    ...who here has played Fossil Fighters and/or Fossil Fighters Champions

    • @9ColdFire
      @9ColdFire 10 років тому +1

      me

    • @theatomixgaming5520
      @theatomixgaming5520 8 років тому

      Me, on my old Nintendo DS.
      Good times :')

    • @Dylnsgames
      @Dylnsgames 8 років тому

      I have, I havnt played the newest one though

    • @theatomixgaming5520
      @theatomixgaming5520 8 років тому

      Dylansgames I didn't know it even existed.

    • @megamegatron99
      @megamegatron99 8 років тому

      Dylansgames fossil fighters frontier screwed up the mechanics and some of the designs, but it has a good story and good graphics, and beating the final boss is like playing Russian roulette but the barrel is capable of holding a ton of bullets and you're pointing the gun at something evil and your life and the rest of the world depends on the one bullet being in the correct spot at the correct time

  • @darrylarthur5283
    @darrylarthur5283 5 років тому

    awesome. thanks Hank. I have many of these in my collection. cheers from the Niagara escarpment!

  • @andbingowashisnamo1
    @andbingowashisnamo1 10 років тому +27

    Wrong.
    Helix fossil.
    'Nuff said.

  • @lillalysmasken3
    @lillalysmasken3 11 років тому +1

    omg, i just realized that thats the one we have in an stone by our stove...awesome:)
    live in sweden btw

  • @CarbonTalon
    @CarbonTalon 8 років тому +7

    I'd much rather have a Trilobite... JS

    • @kellynhajime6568
      @kellynhajime6568 8 років тому +2

      I would love a Placoderm myself. Now those things are awesome!

  • @jiggmin1234
    @jiggmin1234 Рік тому

    They are quite common on the beaches here in Denmark and I have atleast 50 in my collection that I've found over the years. I love collecting them so I always hunt them down and take the best ones home.

  • @CapitalMort
    @CapitalMort 11 років тому +3

    I don't know how to do much with the new youtube interface

  • @rachelschwarz5646
    @rachelschwarz5646 7 місяців тому

    I just got an orthoceras fossil as a birthday gift. It is beautiful!

  • @sebastianlee760
    @sebastianlee760 11 років тому +3

    I'd kiss Hank!

  • @NagatoPR
    @NagatoPR 11 років тому

    I always like this videos before I watch it and never regretted

  • @BlurgMaster3000
    @BlurgMaster3000 11 років тому

    Aww, that's adorable!
    We asked one of our teacher what they were so she looked it up and we had an entire lesson about them. It was awesome :3

  • @Daisy-e5q6w
    @Daisy-e5q6w 5 років тому

    The script writer and the presenter are geniuses

  • @WatVids99
    @WatVids99 11 років тому

    I would love to see an episode about "Singing Tesla Coils." I think they are super cool and I would love to learn how they work!

  • @TheVGrdifyer
    @TheVGrdifyer 11 років тому

    Hey SciShow-guys, this video got me thinking. It would be really cool if you did a series of videos on the different periods og earth, from beginning to present. Of course, this would mean a whole lot of work, but it would also be really, really cool.

  • @Avokado34
    @Avokado34 11 років тому

    Someone has probably already pointed this out, but yeah, they can be seen in practically every step of stone stairs in sweden. If I haven't seen at least a hundred of them in a day, it usually means I stayed home watching scishow all day.

  • @NathanASchrader
    @NathanASchrader 11 років тому +1

    One of my favorite bands from the 60's was Garmon and Siphuncle…

  • @Lorrefestatie
    @Lorrefestatie 11 років тому

    I have got the same kind of fossil at home. Never knew what it was, now i do! Thanks SciShow

  • @Heymannsurfing
    @Heymannsurfing 11 років тому

    1:40 Got to love Sci Shows VERY precise measurement! :D

  • @BlurgMaster3000
    @BlurgMaster3000 11 років тому

    When Hank said that they are really common in Sweden we was not kidding. In my old school here in Sweden we have these big stone stairs in which you can see lots of them. :)

  • @extremosaur
    @extremosaur 11 років тому

    Hey I am an avid fitness buff (no pun intended), and you should do a sci show on how muscles are built, and where the muscle burn comes from when you work out.

  • @Snowmunkee
    @Snowmunkee 11 років тому

    I bought the first one available! so excited for it to arrive

  • @antivanti
    @antivanti 11 років тому

    The stone used to make the stairs here at work have so many of these that pretty much every step has at least one.

  • @Sakura1Irving
    @Sakura1Irving 11 років тому

    I would love to see more geology related scishows! I was excited to see this one because I thought you might touch on how coal was made... But ended up not doing so.

  • @WoolyFetish
    @WoolyFetish 11 років тому

    At my school we had these fossils in our floor tiling in the hallways. But as you said, they are pretty common in Sweden.

  • @recklessroges
    @recklessroges 11 років тому

    um, you can pause and rewind as many times as you like. I like Hank's pace.

  • @omedelbart
    @omedelbart 11 років тому

    Same here, my school had marble floors and those things were everywhere. But we always thought they were dinosaur tails x)

  • @MaximusFPV
    @MaximusFPV 10 років тому

    WOW! I love fossils! You should totally do one on trilobites!!!

  • @cathysabin4420
    @cathysabin4420 2 роки тому

    I’m looking for a video on how they take a rough fossil with orthoceras and polish it to what we collect and show today.

  • @grantrothrock396
    @grantrothrock396 11 років тому

    Hank should do a video on zombie science. I know he addressed the complete lack of zombie science on vlogbrothers, but he did a video on Sharknado so I don't think a zombie video would be completely ridiculous.

  • @RyanMcLeanau
    @RyanMcLeanau 11 років тому

    I like the sales idea. Really cool

  • @MsSBVideos
    @MsSBVideos 8 років тому +2

    It would be fun to collect fossils and build my own miniature museum!

    • @zopilote_4000
      @zopilote_4000 8 років тому

      +SamThe RandomG1rl yea but rly expensive tho

    • @amandam8623
      @amandam8623 8 років тому

      I collect fossils. You have to really look around to find cheaper ones that are still nice. I just got one for $17 that's pretty decent. I do have some that are several hundred dollars though, but they're super nice.

  • @Tfin
    @Tfin 11 років тому

    Hobbits originated in the Valley of Anduin, between Mirkwood and the Misty Mountains. There were three "breeds" of Hobbits:
    The Harfoots, the most numerous, lived on the lowest slopes of the Misty Mountains and lived in holes dug into the hillsides.
    The Stoors, the second most numerous, were shorter and stockier and had an affinity for water. They lived on the marshy Gladden Fields.
    The Fallohides, the least numerous, preferred to live in the woods, and were said to be taller and fairer.

  • @onemanriot8641
    @onemanriot8641 11 років тому

    UA-cam teaches me so much more than school ever has.

  • @JohnSmith-td7hd
    @JohnSmith-td7hd 7 років тому +1

    I've just started using the video speed function, and I recommend listening to the outro at various speeds, and listening to Hank at .5 speed because he sounds totally drunk.

  • @hpajc18
    @hpajc18 11 років тому

    Its like a crazy mix of crash course and asap science

  • @Celrador
    @Celrador 11 років тому

    Also the upright posture gives an advantage against the sun. (smaller surface area)
    Aswell as granting us the ability of discovering new grounds for food easier, than if we had to rely on trees to get there.

  • @ivyghood
    @ivyghood 11 років тому

    The low amount of likes on these videos compared to the views makes me pretty agitated. I don't want these videos to stop.

  • @HeyHeyHarmonicaLuke
    @HeyHeyHarmonicaLuke 11 років тому

    I have one I have one!
    It's a piece with 4 orthoceras, the siphuncle is visible in each of them :D

  • @alfredodiaz297
    @alfredodiaz297 11 років тому

    A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on knowledge that has been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experimentation.

  • @malificentpurple
    @malificentpurple 11 років тому

    it is - but it's an easy topic to be passionate about.
    have a great night and happy halloween!

  • @ajkelly451
    @ajkelly451 11 років тому

    Being able to name the top ten elements of the periodic table makes you scientist? Adorbs.

  • @dianapatron9071
    @dianapatron9071 11 років тому

    I'm sleep deprived and these videos help me go to sleep :) thanks

  • @hannahlovezeb
    @hannahlovezeb 11 років тому

    I live in Sweden and these are really common here. I've seen loads. I went to live in a cottage in Öland (big island) a summer when i was little. outside the cottage the ground was made out of stone, and these fossils were everywhere.

  • @Lukos0036
    @Lukos0036 11 років тому

    They are very pretty. My favorite fossils are usually of plants or sea rays or large spiral shells.

  • @DerekWorth02
    @DerekWorth02 11 років тому

    Love this channel

  • @waterbender2016
    @waterbender2016 11 років тому

    I love getting smarter here with SciShow.

  • @bee6195
    @bee6195 11 років тому

    While I love orthoceras, I have a HUGE thing for ammonites. I've ammonite jewelry, pyritized ammonites, lumpy ones, halves, even one with a layer of ammolite. One of these days I will get a fossilized nautilus, darn it!

  • @ant3daly
    @ant3daly 11 років тому

    Good damn it! Only 20 fossils hank? Come on. You knew there would have been more demand. Are you going to get more. I really want one!

  • @Xo0pro0ox
    @Xo0pro0ox 11 років тому

    i enjoyed version 3 the most but still loved playing red version when i was a kid

  • @ajkelly451
    @ajkelly451 11 років тому

    I agree that we should all get along, but the doesn't mean that we should ignore the fact that we didn't get along in the past! We have to take historical facts and learn from them if we wish to flourish and grow as a society!

  • @DanAllenPlaysGuitar
    @DanAllenPlaysGuitar 11 років тому

    Love this channel! Can you do an episode or segment explaining binaural beats/out of body experiences? Thanks!

  • @Celrador
    @Celrador 11 років тому

    Well, as I already stated more than enough, I can only say either what "we" know somewhat for sure, or what I would assume.
    In this case it's a mix:
    Roughly 5 million years ago, our ancestors started walking upright. And we know, that the earliest evidence for an upright posture also came from those parts of the earth, where back then the land was dominated by what we would today call "gallery woods" (Galleriewälder in german - A mix of forest parts, lakeshores and green grasslands.)

  • @nikushim666
    @nikushim666 11 років тому

    Depends on the type, but for the most part its just a normal tesla coil with the drive current controlled with a PWM to create the "pitch". In alot of designs just a simple 555 timer is used as the function generator.

  • @OsaSoft
    @OsaSoft 11 років тому

    that just makes Sweden more awesome... Really need to go there someday

  • @Christian-Rankin
    @Christian-Rankin 11 років тому

    Hank,
    Do you know Brady from SixtySymbols/Periodic Videos/Numberphile or Destin from SmarterEveryDay and have you talked or tought about a collaboration with them? I know you all have different styles, but I'm not the only one that likes to see you guys working together and how good the content would be.

  • @AmyDoggy
    @AmyDoggy 11 років тому

    this video is like an informative sales pitch to get us to buy some stones...

  • @Watswat5
    @Watswat5 11 років тому

    I've had one of these fossils for five years, but never knew what it was!

  • @14Hedlund
    @14Hedlund 11 років тому

    I come from Sweden and I remeber that in one of my schools there were stone floors and there was allot of fossils on the stones.

  • @Duckeyboos
    @Duckeyboos 11 років тому

    Archaeopteryx, Aurornis, Australopithecus afarensis, Tiktaalik, Pakicetus, Maiacetus, Dorudon, Megazostrodon, Morganucodon, Haikouichthys, Juramaia, and Djarthia, just to name some good examples.

  • @josiahhockenberry9846
    @josiahhockenberry9846 7 років тому

    Squid cream cone! Great idea for a new Japanese novelty food😋

  • @NoSleepRacing
    @NoSleepRacing 10 років тому

    can we actually get a signed one from you? Would love to support SciShow. I think what your doing and what your changing is great.

  • @InterrobangActivate
    @InterrobangActivate 11 років тому

    Can you please make a scishow about the age of the earth, solar system, and universe and how we know please? :)

  • @ScottLahteine
    @ScottLahteine 11 років тому

    These shelled creatures raise the interesting question: Has there ever been a mass die-off due to ocean acidity becoming globally unsuitable for shell formation? A great volcanic event might be enough to wipe out animals that relied on shallow waters and a more or less neutral water chemistry.

  • @halfbakedthoughts
    @halfbakedthoughts 9 років тому

    So what's the difference between orthoceras and endoceras? I've found one, but I'm not sure about which.

  • @SuperKonohaNinja
    @SuperKonohaNinja 11 років тому

    Siphuncle sounds like a dance move.
    "Let's all do the siphuncle!"
    "Yeah!"
    Unfortunately, it is not a dance move.

  • @greyflow
    @greyflow 11 років тому

    Yes! A video about fossils!

  • @hitfan01
    @hitfan01 11 років тому

    forget college. This, Vsauce, and Headsqueeze teach me all i need to know

  • @LarsaXL
    @LarsaXL 8 років тому

    You see them all the time in Sweden, most marble floors have a couple of them. I don't know if it's the same in the rest of the world. But since marble here are often brown or dark grey, white fossils are easy to spot.

    • @Hazel_Velociraptor
      @Hazel_Velociraptor 8 років тому +2

      I was gonna say something similar! :)
      I remember the flooring in at least part of a museum up here; full of fossils!

  • @brunofeitosafl
    @brunofeitosafl 11 років тому

    Thank you Lyria!

  • @PalaeoTube
    @PalaeoTube 11 років тому

    The Ordovician wasn't really a hangover from the Cambrian. Palaeontologists identify a significant event in it called the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE), where life diversified in the next 50 million years or so after the Cambrian, replacing many of the weird forms seen in that period

  • @KoriC4077
    @KoriC4077 11 років тому

    I would like to end this conversation with a quote. "absence of evidence, is not evidence of absence."

  • @tommyflo146
    @tommyflo146 9 років тому

    The coolest kin was Cameroceras it was huge! if you've seen chased by sea monsters you'll know what it looks like

  • @Zattiea
    @Zattiea 11 років тому

    I have never been so happy to see my name attached to something.

  • @CheeriOSPlays
    @CheeriOSPlays 11 років тому

    And, based on the study of the, as you call it, 'survival lottery' of mtDNA, the 'Eve' from which all humans originated existed a mere 6000 years ago. That's a pretty solid blow to evolution's timeline, don't you think?

  • @GabrielTheViking
    @GabrielTheViking 11 років тому

    scishow and vsauce my favorite youtube channels

  • @connorbrown8743
    @connorbrown8743 7 років тому

    Mmmmm.... Squidcream cones. **drooling**