Wasps Inside Figs | Incredible Creatures
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2020
- Deep in the tropical rainforests of Borneo, an unlikely partnership has developed over the years. The fig wasp and the strangler fig might look like an oddly matched couple, but each depends on the other for survival. ↠Subscribe: ua-cam.com/users/TerraMaterO...
Our latest video explores the short but eventful life of the tiny fig wasp, which is born and dies inside the strangler fig fruit. Our footage gets you up close and personal to uncover how this ancient symbiotic relationship works.
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Producer: Philip-Jamie Alcazar
Assistant Producer: Katrin Blaß
Executive Producer: Eva Schmidt
Voice-Over: Sophie Kozeluh
Graphics: Jörg Eisenprobst
Audio-Mix: Stefan Fiedler
Original Production:
„Islands in Time“ - written & directed by Paul Reddish and Matt Hamilton
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Most people fascinated by this "phenomenon".
Me: how the fuck did they get a camera inside that fruit?
Exactly!
Cut off the back end of the fig, the felame is looking for the opposite end, and the males are just gonna make a new hole out. Cover the cut end with serane wrap, you can see everything inside without leaving a big hole. Or maybe they just pushed a small camara through the other end, idk lol.
Lmao same
The camera man can do everything
@@Ryuzo0Artis most likely used one of those ear cameras doctors use, don’t know how it’s so high quality
Extraordinary filming
Thanks for watching! 🤗
Seriously!
Your comment made me realise :)
The timing and the effort behind it all!!!
It was filmed with tiny cameras...😁
Really amazing
It's phenomenal how this can be captured :o great work, I really hope more people see this
Wow, thanks for your comment!
Great to hear that you like our fig wasp video! 🤗
Except for the propaganda for the god of Evolution at the end.
So unnecessary.
@@earlysda "God of evolution"? I don't know who told you evolution is a god, but they are either very stupid or just massively misunderstanding. Evolution is a natural process, not a god, nor dictated by one. In a very simple sense, evolution is basically the development of characteristics that are useful for a species over time, and sometimes losing characteristics no longer useful. This is caused by mutations in DNA, and sometimes these mutations provide great benefit to survivability to a species, and as such, those with the beneficial mutation will survive better to continue passing it on until it is the new "normal" for said species. Over billions of years, this process has led to all the life we see, derived from a common ancestor that all life shares, most likely a very simple single cellular organism. We can even see this process happening today in real time, like bacteria developing genes that make then resistant to antibiotics, thus improving survival, and passing it on which is going to be a big problem for medicine in the future as more time passes. So evolution is not a "god" of any type, nor is a god necessary for the process to occur. Even most Christians nowadays understand evolution is an undeniable, observable fact of nature, they just place god as the one who "created" life in the first place and "directed" evolution, although I personally don't believe in that. Most Christians understand Adam and eve is a tale made up by ancient people to explain something they had absolutely no understanding of. Although Muslims do still believe the Adam and eve tale, because they believe the earth is only 6 thousand years old, which, yea, good luck finding evidence for that, because all the evidence proves earth is about 4.5 billion years old, life has been around for billions of years (dinosaurs, lol) and universe is far older even still. No god in evolution, no god needed nor mentioned anywhere in the theory, just plain scientific, observable facts and cold hard evidence proving it. Although again, most Christians do put their god as the "force" behind evolution and "creator" of life, which hey, whatever floats your boat.
@@earlysdaExactly!! Thank you! The earth is probably around 6000 years old
@@brad144k Yes, Brad! Nice to see fellow humans who are not brainwashed by the Evolutionary dogma pushed on the populace.
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Jesus is coming back soon. Let's be ready!
So basically all their life purpose is to keep their species going on. This makes me feel that life is very simple. It also makes me think that there insects are feeling less and thoughtless.
But it’s also a part of bigger ecosystem, so not that simple. It’s about adaptation to surroundings and building the more stable environment, people are trying to do the same at the most.
@@Vlow52 Yes exactly..! After seeing this video we realise that every single life on earth is so well connected. The ecosystem is far big than we humankind could ever study.
Shouldn't it be Altruism then , not mutualism?
It's to keep the genes going to be precise.
When I was a kid someone told me that the little crunchy things that are sometimes in Fig Newtons were pieces of wasps. I always thought it was a joke but maybe there was some truth to it.
There’s no truth to it, the fruit digests the wasp before it ripens, the crunchy things are the fig seeds :)
Let's be clear here, there are also about 900 species of Fig Wasps
Is this because genes basically never really mix and only mutate due to parents being allways siblings?
@@Schoko4craft I imagine with multiple wasps going into the same fig you would get genetic mixing.
@@Schoko4craft yes and no, yes because it depends on where on earth and bugs can't travel and have a very short lifespan, so they can't mix. BUT they can if they where in the same place, problem is just that they aren't. And it's hard to even accidentally immigrate another type, because they have a very low lifespan. But it's like humans, we have Asian, European, African's etc. We look differently but we can still reproduce, and are all human. The thing is over thousands of years the earth has seperate, all the continents used to be connected at one point. And yes we constantly mutate, every living being evolve and mutate, humans average height has gone up, IQ has gone up and we have a "tailbone" for a reason
Fascinating, how life evolves and survive.
It's really fascinating! 🙌🏻
God made all, glory to God and peace be with us through Jesus Christ.
@@goshareyourown right, these creations are fascinating. But no real evidence of evolution
@@Longpipejang ignorance is bliss
Nice AC logo ..... desynchronized
Now you know the new meaning of "being loyal"
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this channel is gonna blow up.
love it.
Thanks for the support! :)
There are no dead wasps in "common" figs if you grow your own figs outside of fig wasp areas (if you don't live near a few small pockets in California or near the Mediterranean). There are hundreds of figs that are "Common" type (don't have to worry about male/female or wasps). Black Mission, Brown Turkey, Violette De Bordeaux, Italian 258, Del Sen Juame Gran, Izbat An Naj, Campaniere, Olympian, Celeste (to name a few Common fig varieties). If you live in a fig wasp area, fig wasps can help pollinate these common figs... They will actually be slightly larger, a little sweeter, and have a heavier seed crunch, but you can still get AMAZING figs without the wasp. If you live anywhere above zone 5, try to grow an italian 258 fig and let it ripen all the way and it will blow you away. It's like strawberry pancake syrup flavored goodness. No wasp needed. There are hundreds of Caprifigs, san pedro and smyrna figs that require the fig wasps for at least one of their crops. Don't worry about these. Find good common fig and have fun. They're amazing.
Thank you so much ❤️
It’s kind of sad…the only grand purpose of these wasps are to help the fig trees survive. They have absolutely no other self related goals, not even to find lots of food.
If this was told from a human's perspective, it definitely sounds like a horror movie.
Imagine a pregnant mother with strong twin-birthing genes stockpiling her underground bunker in preparation for childbirth. She seals the only opening to the bunker that is so small that her arms and legs would be broken as she enters it for the last time. The trauma causes her water to break and she gives birth to a pair of non-identical male and female twins. The twins, driven by instinct, feed on the stockpile of food inside the bunker, never knowing the outside world. Once both of them hit puberty, the twins engage in incestuous behavior until the female shows signs of pregnancy. The male then uses all of his strength to crack open the bunker's opening, just large enough for the smaller female to exit, leaving himself to die inside as his food supply eventually runs out. The female however wastes no time travelling vast distances alone to scavenge for food and materials to build her own bunker, ready to start the process all over again.
lol that does sound like a horror movie
Isn't nature beautiful?
But instead of a bunker it’s a giant organic sphere
i think the fact that the males do that while their sister are yet to be born , makes this way worse
True it's like a meaningless life
I watch a ton of documentaries. Missed this channel somehow here on YT. Very nice collection! Extraordinary topics. More than a few I have never heard of before. Thanks!!
Wonderful channel. Great discovery about these tiny wasps and their complicated life cycle.
I somehow cannot wrap my head around the fact that they are just cloning themselves in a way bc they only mate with siblings.. how? What about genetic diversity? Or do several wasps go in one fig and lay eggs in the same place? This would make more sense to me
They mate with their undeveloped sisters... Am I the only one who thinks that's fractally wrong?
Apparently many females lay their eggs in the same fruit.
Sweet home Alabama
yeah it does seem messed up but what our human brains perceives as morally “right or wrong” does not apply to other organisms. we cannot anthropomorphize these views onto insects because theyre so interesting and weird
This is the most fascinating video. Jaw dropping just in awe of nature.
Hi, Zynara!
We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
WOW!!! How were these shots obtained?! Thanks for allowing us all to witness all this!
super stuff - again.
the camera work alone is really impressive!
..also, this could be a great idea for various themed doujin. oh the possibilities!!
Epic soundtrack yet somehow found commensurate. Rough, beautiful lifecycle.
Wow. This was amazing!!!
Its incredible that technology has allowed recording wasps hatching inside of figs
Snake cam
I don't usually comment on documentaries but this thing is purely astonishing!
Oh Wow we are happy to hear that you enjoy our content 😊
Great! Great work! Keep it up.
Thanks, we will do!
Most beautiful nature doc I’ve seen. Thank you
Hi noamvardys!
Wow these are some huge words! Thank you so so much for leaving so much love under our video 🥰
In your videos everything in detail thanks for your videos🙏🤗
So nice of you, thanks! 🤗
@@terramater What is the name of the music playing in the background
Good job terra matter thanks for teaching us about this wasp good job
Thank you! 😊
Great that you like our content!
High quality content
thanks
Stunning
Very nice movie! The head of fig was was so enlarged and flatten to enter to the fig fruit!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great filming ❤️ thankyou ❤️
Hi, The2000skid!
We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
This shows how beautiful nature actually is and how nature works I’m a NEET Aspirant . Glad to see this ❤
Excellent team work for this video
incredible work
Wow. Great mini documentary
Superb , what's a video 👍👍😎😎
Great to hear, that you like it! 😎
@@terramater thanks 😀😀
Amazing!!
🙌
3:44 The message about the flight of females of fig wasps to 50 km away is a fantasy. 100m-1 km is possible.
I was gonna ask for a source because I dont usually put any credibility on the comments section. But then I saw who wrote the comment.
Another extraordinary documentary
Update: Spanish, German and Hindi subtitles available!
हिंदी उपशीर्षक उपलब्ध!
¡Subtítulos en español disponibles!
Deutsche Untertitel verfügbar!
add subtitles in urdu as well
Hey Tera Mater , could you add videos on TikTok as well. I guess it could help.🙂
Thanks for your input, but we're a small team and focus on UA-cam. :)
Thank you for Hindi Subtitles
@@AmreshAmar You're welcome! :)
Wow, that’s really interesting nice video
unbelievable footage.
One of the most fascinating 😮 thing I ever watched 😢....
I wonder how they manage genetic diversity when both "parents" come from one female and she only mates with one male.
Also, what do they eat? Do they have a larval stage in which they eat from the fig?
But great video, now I am intrigued to learn more about them
I think they don't need that because they reproduce so quickly and exponentially, that genetic defects are simple not relevant anymore.
What a great job you guys do
Klasse Video!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you. So interesting.
This is outstandingly amazing! I am so curious on how you filmed all of this, is there any interview or anything that can tell us?
It's very good video. Good job.
Beautiful
Thank you!
Amazing
Beautiful ❤
Hi Mohamad!
Thank you so much! We are happy that you liked it so much! 🥰🐜
I swear to god that was awesome!🙏
Beyond 🔥
Thank you so much for this video.....but those wings.....
Extraordinary 👍thanks
Thanks for watching! :)
That's a pretty impresive symbiosis.
What's even more surprising to me is the short life cycle of those wasp. Do they compensate the small genetic pool by having a new generation every 2 days ? It seems very ineffective from an evolution standpoint to have a species that only reproduce between siblings.
I'm also very curious at how all of this was filmed.
This channel really is special, I really hope it can grow bigger with time so we get even more quality content like this one. ♥
Thanks for your nice comment! :)
Yes, it's really ineffective, but they need this lifecycle because figs & wasps depend on each other to reproduce.
Just as the fig wasp depends on the fig tree to complete its life cycle, the fig tree is counting on the wasp. Like most plants that reproduce using fruit, the fig tree’s fruit ripen only after its flowers are pollinated with a grain of pollen from another tree. It turns out that the wasps bring the pollen that triggers the growth of fig fruits. The mother wasp carries pollen from the flowers in her birth fig to the flowers in the new fig. Her daughters repeat the cycle, when they carry pollen from their birth fig to the flowers in their next figs.
@@terramater would u happen to know if the figs grow all year round, or if the wasp species kinda ..dies off with no specific fruit around? -ty
@@bizzhat yes the figs grow all year round, and the waspes depend on it
It showed multiple wasps going into one fig so maybe that’s how they get their genetic diversity, and sibling mating is just a backup if they’re alone in there
@@terramater Terra Mater, it was a great video until the end when you started proselytizing for the god of Evolution.
Never knew how they looked like. So bizarre :D
Incredible
Hi, Kai!
We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
Good quality video
Thanks Satyarth!
Awesome
Right?!
No words for this one...sad,amazing, surprising, weird just how the system of nature is efficient and working n everything has it's role which fits perfectly to keep the system running like wasps are born to mate n die without any other things to do in their lives and a wasp dies for it's next generation...just astonishing
Nice music 👌
Thanks ✌️
Nature's awesome nastiness.
Wow... Such a short life...
"Wasp FBI, it's here this is the fig tree I was talking about"
Wasp FBI break in and enter to the music of 'Sweet Home Alabama'.
Wonderful documentary! I had No idea this was a going. How do they KNOW?? ISN'T THIS WORLD BIZARRE! Thank you
Thank you for watching it!
nice
Imagine being as small as them, and collect their wings and create out of them useful hardware or keep them as decoration.
That little wasp is another friend to the fig trees along with the mosquito.
May Allah grant us guidance and increase us in it, ameen.
how did you film inside the fig?
Same way the wasp did it
Wow, What a Wonderful planet.
Yes!
You are wonderful & amazing documentator too, I Love you channel.
Bro there’s bugs in our fruit >:(
Wow❤
❤️
How you put the cameras?
shout out to the cameraman who went inside the fig to record 🙌🙌🙌
Our crew does magic
Let's make this channel famous... 🙌
Wow
Natur is truly stunning, right?
Its kinda weird how such a sophisticated animals had such a dull and short life.
It really is!
and yet they manage to be content.
Appreciating the nature happens when v r ready to learn about them,respect them,preserve for eternity. Not necessarily destroying this symbiotic relationship can destroy humanity. But still giving the nature her space and take wht only v need matters!
Yum 😋
But how did it come to such a symbiosis? How did the fig come into existence and was able to reproduce when there was no wasps who knew about figs?😅
I want a fig newton now
Here is another creature that does nothing for the environment but lived an extraordinary life
Did you miss the whole "fig tree pollination" part?
The information provided is very useful and this channel is enough good to gain knowlegde, improve English listening, volcabulary - in my opinion. But I have one thing and hope Terra Mater improve in later videos. Sound effect should reduce, which helps listeners can hear contents clearly.
Thanks for your words and thanks for the hint with the sound effects.
We'll discuss this topic in our editorial meeting. ;)
We had studied this in school, its way better to learn this way!
But great to hear that you liked it!
But also kudos to your biology teacher that discussed this special topic in class. 🥳
@@terramater Its was in syllabus as an example of symbiotic relationship.
But still you guys are great!
@@shukoor26 Ah, okay!
Thanks for always watching! 🤗
Not bad i love figs
So that’s what the crunchy part is
What an utterly bizarre anomaly of evolution.
🤯
how did u film in the berry ?!?
Those figs need the wasp to pollinate. We dont eat that variety. The modern fig we eat is self pollinating and does not need the fig wasp. Enjoy figs because there are no wasps inside.
Every life has a purpose to be fulfilled.
Amazing you were able to film this! Was just wondering how genetic diversity occurs within their population when from what I have gathered from this, the male inseminates his sisters? or are the multiple females entering the fig of different descent? Great video!
3:27 lyle punching air rn
amazing video thanks, i wonder what the genetic diversity is if both the males and females are from the same parent?
Thank you! :)
Unsure but there are plenty of tribes where there is maybe a hundred or so people and they get no outside genetic materials and they're fine. Perhaps as long as the mates are healthy then it just works.
Sweet home Alabama
Nice video! Nearly comparable with BBC
Wow, thanks!
What a sacrifice a mother is doing 😢
Hi @ashutoshbehera4500! It’s quite a short life, but very fascinating!
3:32 fly upto 50 km above the canopy? thats a mistake guys . XD
i dont think it is lol. i think they mean horizontally not vertically.
@@jackrollins2847 makes sense now. Thanks
space wasps!
If they only live for 2 days, then how does this game continue when there are no figs growing??? I mean, there must be some time -at least during winter- where this is the case
3:32 That can't be right. 50km is the stratosphere
imagine someone saw a fig and decided to eat it but there were wasps inside
The ripe figs have usually dissolved and absorbed the corpses inside it. But ya. Don’t eat unripe figs
1:54 hes just like me fr