I totally like like the vibe of your videos. The big spider crawling onl your face totally ignored while you deliver your narration with an impeccable Brit accent. And under all that, you impart top-level knowledge. Keep it up.
@@BugsandBiology Well, my own accent has been turning more and more Cajun from Texan as time goes on, so nowadays only my neighbors can understand me. So I think your path is the better one :)
Gotta love the mimetics. Soon we will see you swimming like a radiodont while explaining the mechanisms of underwater locomotion. Also the proper pronunciation of organisms will never die. I was very surprised the internals survived. That's amazing! I also like how some art makes it look almost cute when it has black eyes, but when you make it look like a mantis shrimp, it's way less adorable. Still strange an eye looks like a nose.
Definitely agree about the cute reconstructions! What I find most endearing about Stanleycaris is that armour plate at the front that resembles a big round nose.
Love the Cambrian and the creatures we have been able to find or visualize. Stellar animation by the way; It would be terrific to see your illustrations move one day.
Very interesting, I wonder what happened to Stanleycaris from a genetic/evolutionary perspective that caused it to develop a third eye. Maybe it got jealous of Opabinia lol.
If I recall correctly, the same has been said for other Radiodonts like Peytoia too. Would be an interesting development if that turned out to be the norm.
@@BugsandBiology This proves opabinia wasn't as unusual for the time as once thought, and now we have a better idea regarding its philogeneitc placement. Now nectocaris and the tully monster are the real mysteries
Plus Opabinia is now known to have had a relative that also had five eyes. In fact a fair few of the more well-known Cambrian weirdos aren’t quite as unique as we used to think they were - could say the same for Hallucigenia.
@@BugsandBiology Yeah, it also seems ecdysozoans at least, have much more variability in number of eyes, regardless of evenness or oddness, compared to chordates.Will you make any videos doing a deep dive regarding arthropod internal anatomy, as in different muscle types, nerves, oesophagus, etc?
What I wonder is...why evolve an ODD number (whether 3 or Opibinia's 5) of eyes? Unless the middle one is like 2 that fused together over time or something.
Is the third eye on this thing an evolutionary offshoot/ cousin to the 3rd eye ocelii we see in things like wasps and bees? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_eye_in_invertebrates?wprov=sfla1
Apologies for the crooked glasses - I don’t know if the spider weighed them down or what…
all good but just outta Curiosity whos your friend crawlin around ?
I totally like like the vibe of your videos. The big spider crawling onl your face totally ignored while you deliver your narration with an impeccable Brit accent. And under all that, you impart top-level knowledge. Keep it up.
I kinda feel like my accent has been imperceptibly turning more and more British as time goes on. Definitely not complaining though.
@@BugsandBiology Well, my own accent has been turning more and more Cajun from Texan as time goes on, so nowadays only my neighbors can understand me. So I think your path is the better one :)
@@gravy3907 🕷A gorgeous Golden Huntsman (Beregama aurea) 🕷
The wonderfully bizarre creatures of the Cambrian period look like the kind of creatures that you'd might find on an alien planet.
To those animals, the future is full of aliens
Honestly, it’s we four-limbed tetrapods that are the weird ones in the grand scheme of things.
I always get excited when learn something about Cambrian Period. I wish I could see those times once.
"What in Sauron's left testicle" is an excellent phrase.
Gotta love the mimetics. Soon we will see you swimming like a radiodont while explaining the mechanisms of underwater locomotion.
Also the proper pronunciation of organisms will never die.
I was very surprised the internals survived. That's amazing! I also like how some art makes it look almost cute when it has black eyes, but when you make it look like a mantis shrimp, it's way less adorable. Still strange an eye looks like a nose.
Definitely agree about the cute reconstructions! What I find most endearing about Stanleycaris is that armour plate at the front that resembles a big round nose.
Agreed, I thought that part was cute. :)
Love the Cambrian and the creatures we have been able to find or visualize.
Stellar animation by the way; It would be terrific to see your illustrations move one day.
Great work there!
Cheers!
Does anyone else feel that the Cambrian has huge potential for a movie?
Welcome…To Cambrian Park.
for real
Awesome edit, and great guest appearance by your gorgeous golden huntsman 🕷
I like the way you talk, thank you for this informative video. Also I kept watching the spider as it crawled around on you lol
Thanks for this video, Jackson. As always, the information is interesting, and the presentation is entertaining. Don't change your format, please.
Very interesting, I wonder what happened to Stanleycaris from a genetic/evolutionary perspective that caused it to develop a third eye. Maybe it got jealous of Opabinia lol.
Haha. Opabinia hogging all the attention for being the multi-eyed freak.
@@BugsandBiologyKylinxia was probably jealous too. It also had a median eye!
Great material!
What a great introduction to the video...
... and then the spider pooped on the jacket, I nearly died from laughing, epic!
i love ur vids man, you have helped me start studdying bioligy.
@7:38 where crawlyboi?
Went in my jumper haha
Very good. Keep it coming!
Thanks! I certainly will
RAHHH I LOVE RADIODONTS ❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥
They are a fascinating group of animals for sure!
If you study Anomalocaris fossils, it is not out of the question that it had 3 eyes too.
If I recall correctly, the same has been said for other Radiodonts like Peytoia too. Would be an interesting development if that turned out to be the norm.
@@BugsandBiology This proves opabinia wasn't as unusual for the time as once thought, and now we have a better idea regarding its philogeneitc placement. Now nectocaris and the tully monster are the real mysteries
Plus Opabinia is now known to have had a relative that also had five eyes.
In fact a fair few of the more well-known Cambrian weirdos aren’t quite as unique as we used to think they were - could say the same for Hallucigenia.
@@BugsandBiology Yeah, it also seems ecdysozoans at least, have much more variability in number of eyes, regardless of evenness or oddness, compared to chordates.Will you make any videos doing a deep dive regarding arthropod internal anatomy, as in different muscle types, nerves, oesophagus, etc?
What is the structure in front of the middle eye and between the appendages?
That’s an armour plate
3:51 Didn't Echidnacaris have non-stalked eyes?
Yeah my bad, that one slipped under the radar. And an Aussie species too!
@@BugsandBiology It's an understandable mistake. It can be pretty easy to forget about exceptions when it's only a few species that don't conform.
Hahaha yes, good save this time! 5:02
Not gonna catch me again!
What I wonder is...why evolve an ODD number (whether 3 or Opibinia's 5) of eyes? Unless the middle one is like 2 that fused together over time or something.
dam i need a bigger boat i mean pokedex :) great vid mate
cowriter speedran causing a film delay
Cheers great video
two thumbs up!
It would be so amazing to see any of the cambrian animals alive
Indeed. Screw Jurassic Park - I'd give anything for Cambrian Park.
Actors say, never work with animals.
i need a paleo breakdown on my boi amplectobelua
It’ll be coming someday! That genus has been on my to-do list for a while.
@@BugsandBiology awesome! Great to see another giant cambrian giant to see some recognition.
Stanley
its like an anomalocaris and opabinia had a son
That is a great way to put it haha
Теперь представьте если бы он насил очки
hey uh, you got a little something on your face there.
cute spider btw! what species? their vibes are great
She’s a Beregama aurea - golden huntsman. Super docile spiders, especially as adults.
What this needs is a B/W or Eastmancolour filter and some projector noise. JK
Is the third eye on this thing an evolutionary offshoot/ cousin to the 3rd eye ocelii we see in things like wasps and bees? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_eye_in_invertebrates?wprov=sfla1
To be honest, I’m not entirely sure. Could just be analogous.
@@BugsandBiology Why did chelicerates lose compound eyes?