Why Horseshoe Crab Blood Is So Valuable

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  • @shiraq07
    @shiraq07 4 роки тому +1912

    horseshoe crab: I was kidnapped by aliens and they stole my blood
    other crabs: go see a psychiatrist

  • @muggywebster1117
    @muggywebster1117 3 роки тому +717

    I love these critters. One of my favorite beings ever. I've gotten to tag them for a few years. I do classes on them from time to time. They are so critical to our ecosystem on the east coast. Their eggs are a primary food source for many shore birds. Amazing creatures. Please try to love them and never pick them up by their tail. If you must hold them, try to hold them like you'd hold a bowl with both hands. They are docile and they don't have teeth to bite you and the tail does not have a poisoned stinger or barb. The tails are mostly used to right themselves if they end up on their backs. Their numbers are in decline and it takes approximately 12 years for a horseshoe crab to get to maturity. We need to protect them whenever we can.

  • @sambrandner
    @sambrandner 4 роки тому +1470

    This is why we need to try to avoid losing any species. Nature has some hidden secrets like this! If more species go extinct, we might miss out on some world changing possibilities 😰

    • @Nikolay_Milenkov
      @Nikolay_Milenkov 4 роки тому +21

      Good point!

    • @oliverm1255
      @oliverm1255 4 роки тому +42

      What is the point of these hidden secrets if we can't exploit them?

    • @softb
      @softb 4 роки тому +88

      @@oliverm1255 because you find them
      edgy cringe

    • @Merahki3863
      @Merahki3863 4 роки тому +86

      @@oliverm1255 you don't know whether it's exploitable until you try, even then it doesn't make sense to take more than what can be sustained as it doesn't make sense to do something that will be a greater harm down the road.

    • @sambrandner
      @sambrandner 4 роки тому +27

      @Jorsey Dack or we can discover the secrets Mother Nature has crafted and find a way to synthesize them ourselves using renewable resources!

  • @CrystalGregory
    @CrystalGregory 3 роки тому +385

    Was anyone else taken aback when they saw how much blood is collected from each horseshoe crab?

    • @TeamJY
      @TeamJY 2 роки тому +36

      I was taken so far aback I was at the start again.

    • @IXSuperRadGamerXI
      @IXSuperRadGamerXI 2 роки тому +76

      I was taken aback when there has been synthetic available since 2003 yet we're still torturing these guys as the "cheaper" option.
      South Carolina DNR took a payout to allow illegal poaching and now are getting sued for that.

    • @_Wai_Wai_
      @_Wai_Wai_ Рік тому +37

      @@IXSuperRadGamerXI basically Asia, Singapore developed the synthetic alternative, but EU and US are late in adopting it.

    • @yuumijungle548
      @yuumijungle548 Рік тому +6

      "only 30%"

    • @mikec5400
      @mikec5400 Рік тому +21

      Its 16k a liter...money runs everything.

  • @frechjo
    @frechjo 3 роки тому +810

    1:43 "They belong to their own class of animals, called Merostomata, _and are not actually crabs_!"
    Well, they're not actually horseshoes either, just in case you were wondering.

  • @furn2313
    @furn2313 4 роки тому +4047

    Instead of cleaning I choose to find out why horseshoe crabs have expensive blood

    • @themindofben5085
      @themindofben5085 4 роки тому +17

      lol

    • @VictorLopez-vc6cf
      @VictorLopez-vc6cf 4 роки тому +62

      A wise choice

    • @Halfgay_boi
      @Halfgay_boi 4 роки тому +26

      As u should

    • @SameLif3
      @SameLif3 4 роки тому +6

      I forgot
      I want to drink it too at least an amount or a sip

    • @SameLif3
      @SameLif3 4 роки тому +4

      I’d find one and see if it already got drained or farm them

  • @nukeboyt7509
    @nukeboyt7509 4 роки тому +1845

    "One of the most valuable liquids"
    Printer Ink: "Hold my beer!"

    • @WispyFrost371
      @WispyFrost371 4 роки тому +74

      printer ink is actually cheaper. Only LSD, king cobra venom and scorpion venom are more expensive than this blood, according to beyondtype1.org/the-10-most-expensive-liquids-in-the-world/

    • @normalyoutubechannel3755
      @normalyoutubechannel3755 4 роки тому +144

      @@WispyFrost371 I think you missed the joke

    • @oliverm1255
      @oliverm1255 4 роки тому +25

      @@WispyFrost371 its a joke

    • @caupoli
      @caupoli 4 роки тому +7

      Magenta :D

    • @chebic5095
      @chebic5095 4 роки тому +20

      @@WispyFrost371 Tiniest brain tinier PP

  • @FindStoicism
    @FindStoicism 3 роки тому +936

    Dang, this hit me on an emotional level. I'm rooting for these little crabs. It would be profoundly sad if we made them extinct, after all they've been through

    • @salomonva
      @salomonva 3 роки тому +6

      @@rickandmorty9706 i want them extinct

    • @ogunmontgomery103
      @ogunmontgomery103 3 роки тому +6

      @@rickandmorty9706 don’t say We say big pharma they put in the work for that title everyday they deserve it

    • @scotty6124
      @scotty6124 3 роки тому +13

      If anyone can do it, humans can

    • @notsae66
      @notsae66 3 роки тому +19

      Didn't they explicitly say they weren't being killed when their blood is drained?

    • @nikolas8741
      @nikolas8741 3 роки тому +9

      They aren't kill. Did you even watch the video?

  • @amarug
    @amarug 4 роки тому +123

    Wow, I can't believe that I found a new science channel that I had not seen before. And I really could not believe when I saw that you are the writer, narrator, and editor at the same time! I assumed there was a huge team of people behind this. Absolutely incredible work and amazing quality. Keep it up!

  • @bazoo513
    @bazoo513 4 роки тому +272

    I am an avid watcher of well presented science and technology themed content, on YT and elsewhere. As 60-something old physicist by training, IT consultant by occupation and former IAEA expert, it is only occasionally that I stumble upon some nugget of information genuinely new to me. (For actual news I mostly rely on journals.)
    However, this your video, young lady, opened a whole new area to me. Thank you so much!
    BTW, your presentation and delivery style evolved so rapidly from that first GMO video that in just few months, if not weeks, it was impossible to tell you were not an experienced, but still enthusiastic, veteran of the field.
    Your and Brian's sibling channels are pure gold!

    • @liriosogno6762
      @liriosogno6762 4 роки тому +21

      They also have all their references in the description if you didn't knew! You can read even more about it

    •  4 роки тому +3

      As a fellow nerd, are there any channels you would recommend? I find that UA-cam is really bad at digging up new stuff for me.
      My own favorites are:
      Most of the PBS shows, but especially PBS Space Time.
      "Sean Carrolls" physics playlist called "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe".
      "Curious Droid" (general technology information)
      "Practical Engineering" (mostly infrastructure)
      "3Blue1Brown" (math)
      "Applied Science" ("DIY" science, extremely well done, not stuff anyone can do at home)
      "Tech Ingredients" (DIY technology, like homemade high quality speakers)
      I also really enjoy "Lex Fridman" (podcast)

    • @bazoo513
      @bazoo513 4 роки тому +2

      @ Pretty much the same. Add "Real Engineering", a kind of this channel's big brother, then "Veritasium", climate and energy focused "Undecided with Matt Ferrell", "Just have a think", "Climate Adam" and "Hot Mess", light pop-sci "Minute Earth" and "Minute Science", more thorough "Kurzgesagt" ("In a nutshell"), a bit iconoclastic physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, then "Mathologer", "Robert Miles" (cryptography), everything by Brady Haran (e.g. "Periodic Videos" and "Objectivity"), "Computerphile", "Up and Atom", "Steve Mould", "exurb1a", "CGP Grey", "Knowing Better". I also follow a number od spaceflight related channels, as well as some on linguistics and generally fun like various by Tom Scott and "Answers with Joe", astronomy ("Cool Worlds" and "DR. Becky") etc.

    •  4 роки тому

      @@bazoo513 Yeah, I watch a lot of those as well, but they aren't quite at the top. "Steve Mould" was nearly included, but it is a little bit too superficial to make the list for me, despite me watching almost everything he does. "Dr. Becky" I simply forgot.
      All of the "minute _" are not in-depth enough for me.
      Periodic videos is more entertainment than information, and as a 3'rd year computer science student the programming channels don't make the cut for me either.
      Tom Scott and Answers with Joe I also watch, but again that's more entertainment than actual science.
      All of the spaceflight and CGP Grey are mostly a waste of my time in my opinion. I know the rocket equation, and all the videos are about just that, and minuscule variations of the same things. I would rather watch a video on the actual new materials used in the rockets than how those materials are used in rockets - that's self-explanatory in my opinion.
      I very nearly included "Isaac Arthur", but that's mostly future stuff and a lot of it won't matter in my lifetime - that's kind of a different topic, but a channel I would recommend to curious people nonetheless.

    • @bazoo513
      @bazoo513 4 роки тому

      @ Mostly agree, but I watch mostly for entertainment - not much new info here. That's why I was so pleasantly surprised by this video.
      I was surprised you don't like CGP Grey (OK, his topics are far broader, like those of "Knowing Better" and "Veritasium", but IMO worth watching.)
      Computerphile is mostly known stuff for professionals, but there is an occasional gem. Robert Miles (cryptography and AI) is more informative.
      "Mathologer" is not far from "3brown1blue" - different styles, similar topics.
      I like to follow spaceflight news - my first stop for that is Scott Manley, with occasionally "Everyday Astronaut" and Fraser Cain
      Have you tried Curiosity Stream and Nebula streaming service bundle (there authors often plug them) - worth the money (which is barely more than a dollar a month)
      Enjoy!

  • @npc0197
    @npc0197 4 роки тому +483

    Horseshoe crab: im here for 500 million year..
    Human: i need your blood

    • @babylebron6119
      @babylebron6119 3 роки тому +21

      Oh shit here we go again

    • @bucketlist3727
      @bucketlist3727 3 роки тому +17

      *I NEED YOUR BLOOD OH ANCIENT ONE*

    • @giganigga3025
      @giganigga3025 3 роки тому +2

      Blood for the blood god

    • @AzraeIlIl
      @AzraeIlIl 3 роки тому +6

      Never thought we would become vampires n just start extracting blood by 100s of crabs at once

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 3 роки тому +3

      Just when people are like: "Ain't no such thang as vampires..." 😕

  • @mastergecko1178
    @mastergecko1178 3 роки тому +743

    Horseshoe crabs: Survived 5 global mass extinctions
    Humanity: Allow me to introduce myself

    • @brianhale3678
      @brianhale3678 3 роки тому +1

      Food vs Evolution.
      You have the same problems that every organism has whether it's an single cellular organism or a large animal. The darwinists wants you to believe that an organism popped into existence with the ability to find and digest food.
      But consider the components that have to be in place in your own body in order for that to happen.
      Eyes to find and identify the food.
      Nose and taste buds to identify the quality of the food. If you didn't have taste buds you would die from food poisoning. When was the last time you spit something out that tasted rotten.
      Bones and muscular structure to move yourself towards the food.
      A month that is designed to intake food and only food and not other matter.
      A brain to identify the food.
      The digestive system to transform the food into energy. Which is made up of many complex parts just on its own.
      An anus to excrete the food waste or you'll explode from food waste buildup.
      Liver and kidneys.
      To filter the natural toxic build up inherent to all food.
      And last but not least, Food itself.
      Which only comes from the food chain and organisms that would have to already exist. Or you could be born into existence with the ability to manufacture your own food which is called photosynthesis. An extremely complex multi-step process. Which is just as complicated as digestion.
      And requires the intake of oxygen and water. So it's really just the ability to eat CO2, water, and sunlight. Darwinism wants you to believe that an organism popped into existence with all of these features.
      Single cellular organisms do not have eyes, mouths, or muscular structure. Actually they do, they just go by different names like... Membrane, Chemical receptor, Mitochondria, Endoplasmic reticulum.
      Single cellular organisms have all the same basic parts that we do we just call them by different names. And if a single cellular organism existed without every single one of them it would immediately die.

    • @eliassis576
      @eliassis576 2 роки тому +27

      @@brianhale3678 "Darwinists wants you to believe that an organism popped into existence with the a ability to find and digest food"
      Popped into existence fully formed? I don't think that's darwinism...
      Sounds awfully like creationism to me...
      Which happens to be it's polar opposite...

    • @brianhale3678
      @brianhale3678 2 роки тому +6

      @@eliassis576
      You can play word games.
      You don't like the word "popped"
      At the end of the day the first organism needed every single component necessary to collect and process food... or it would have died immediately.
      No food, no self-replication.
      No self-replication, no natural selection.
      No natural selection, no evolution.
      Therefore all the components necessary to collect and process food must have been in place before Evolution could have happened...
      Anyone can understand this argument it's not complex.
      People cling to Evolution because they hate God and His moral authority over us.
      An empty Universe cannot tell us what to do.
      An empty universe doesn't care how many sins you commit.
      God cares a great deal and he will punish every single sin that was not atoned for on the cross of Jesus Christ.

    • @eliassis576
      @eliassis576 2 роки тому +11

      @@brianhale3678 whether right or wrong,we both need to study more...

    • @brianhale3678
      @brianhale3678 2 роки тому +5

      @@eliassis576
      I'll leave this here.
      How do you get to hell?
      Very simple: claim that you're innocent.
      How do you get to heaven?
      Very simple: Admit that you're not Innocent, you're guilty and ask for mercy.
      How to know if you're guilty or not?
      Simply: Compare your life to the Ten Commandments God gave you in the Bible.
      Everyone agrees that if people followed the ten commandments there would be no need for governments or police.
      Do not lie.
      Do not steal.
      Do not commit adultery.
      Do not insult God by using his name as a cuss word.
      There are six more but let's just leave it at that.
      How many lies have you told in your life?
      Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you?
      Jesus said, if you look at a women lustfully you've already committed adultery in your heart with that woman.
      How many times a day do you do that?
      Do you use God's name as a cuss word?
      Would you do that with your own mother's name?
      If you answer these questions honestly you know that you're guilty.
      God can justly punish you and send you to hell.
      Ask him for mercy.
      His name is Jesus.
      It's as simple as this, The Ten Commandments are called the moral law. You and I broke God's laws. Jesus paid the fine.
      The fine is death.
      Ezekiel 18:20 -
      "The soul who sins shall die.
      That's why Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. This is why God is able to give us Mercy.
      Option A.
      You die for your own sins.
      Option B.
      Ask for mercy and accept that Jesus died for you.

  • @lefr33man
    @lefr33man 4 роки тому +1804

    Can't fool me, Real Science.
    That's a Pokemon.

    • @skizzik121
      @skizzik121 4 роки тому +95

      Kabuto! Oh fuck that means it can evolve into Kabutops at like lvl 40 then it will be 8ft tall and have razor sharp scythe arms!!!!! Fml

    • @surajsahoo4748
      @surajsahoo4748 4 роки тому +7

      I thought of liking your comment but that's the perfect number of 69 you got there 😂😂😂

    • @PersonManManManMan
      @PersonManManManMan 4 роки тому +5

      Pp checks out

    • @horndoggreg
      @horndoggreg 4 роки тому +6

      There harvesting crabby and kingler blood stop harming pokemon most of the 150 speacies are already extint most species of rydon and ryhorn are extinct in our world

    • @Srikanth_CVA
      @Srikanth_CVA 4 роки тому +10

      Ya that's a "Pokémon"
      That's why scientists are like :
      "Gotta catch 'em all"

  • @jurgenadai8699
    @jurgenadai8699 4 роки тому +3273

    I know why their blood is so important, it keeps them alive.

  • @michealoflaherty1265
    @michealoflaherty1265 4 роки тому +534

    They are magnificent creatures but I have to say they freak me out. So alien looking

    • @DreadDeimos
      @DreadDeimos 4 роки тому +80

      But they have been around for hundreds of millions of years, unlike us. So it's us who are mutant aliens for them.

    • @randomotter6346
      @randomotter6346 4 роки тому +20

      Face hugger. Alien(s) (the movie) is real

    • @2fifty533
      @2fifty533 4 роки тому +9

      @@randomotter6346 headcrabs from the half life series lol

    • @chebic5095
      @chebic5095 4 роки тому +9

      @@DreadDeimos If we ever find aliens then we’ll be aliens to them.

    • @prathamjohari8301
      @prathamjohari8301 4 роки тому +9

      how do we know what an alien look like?... maybe we are aliens to them...

  • @thenerdlobby6599
    @thenerdlobby6599 3 роки тому +260

    god, that crab blood disassembly lab is the super inverse horror movie i've been having quantum nightmares about in preparation for this day.

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 3 роки тому +15

      Getting cracked in half and getting drained

    • @garbagetrash2938
      @garbagetrash2938 3 роки тому +12

      Wtf is an inverse horror movie or a quantum nightmare?

    • @hansvonmannschaft9062
      @hansvonmannschaft9062 Рік тому +1

      @@garbagetrash2938 I suppose "an inverse horror movie" is welp, when the humans are the ones chasing the monsters around, unlike in, dunno... "Alien", and as for the second subject, I believe it might've to do with the OP's nickname and Physics 😀

    • @CrimsonA1
      @CrimsonA1 8 місяців тому

      Imagine an alternate world where WE'RE the ones having out blood extracted by Horseshoe Crab beings. *Shudders profusely.

  • @robbyluvadooz
    @robbyluvadooz 4 роки тому +388

    When I was a kid, the horseshoe crabs would line up on all the local beaches and breed, and it was a criminal offense to harass them or take them. They are very valuable to our ecosystem.

    • @lisarochwarg4707
      @lisarochwarg4707 3 роки тому +46

      Imagine going to jail because you harassed a crab.

    • @yoohoo9744
      @yoohoo9744 3 роки тому +23

      Lisa Rochwarg you can go to jail for touching a swan, you also can't renovate or demolish a house if there's wildlife in there in U.K. Lots of animals are protected

    • @Baalaaxa
      @Baalaaxa 3 роки тому +32

      Yeah, criminal offense for everyone else except for the pharma business who reserves the right to make crazy $$$ by exploiting these old fellas.

    • @maskarovortzy6947
      @maskarovortzy6947 3 роки тому +12

      Well. that's kinda obvious, i mean, how would pharma bussiness feel if you were messing around with their products like this? They have feelings too, you know? They need to make a lot of money. So please, do not touch their special magical crabs.

    • @briham81
      @briham81 3 роки тому

      @@lisarochwarg4707 not crabs 😁

  • @db-7531
    @db-7531 4 роки тому +390

    Reject humanity, embrace horseshoe crab

    • @theweedeater1842
      @theweedeater1842 4 роки тому +5

      ORE WA NINGEN O YAMEREZO

    • @redherring5016
      @redherring5016 3 роки тому +5

      *Stand:* Blue Blood
      *Stand User:* Horseshoe Crab

    • @lizpeszka7640
      @lizpeszka7640 3 роки тому

      You will when you get your immunization, they use the chemicals in the vaccine from these crabs, to glow in your body to show you had the vaccine. You can't buy, sell, or travel wo it.

    • @joels310
      @joels310 3 роки тому

      that's what I got out of the video...

  • @michaelhart7569
    @michaelhart7569 3 роки тому +159

    When I first found one of these creatures on a beach near Charleston SC, it took me a while to figure out whether it was a creature or a just a rock.

    • @mariatorres9789
      @mariatorres9789 3 роки тому +7

      We have small ones in CA, only 2". No harvesting here, lol.

    • @kincaidiator
      @kincaidiator 2 роки тому

      No you don't, they don't live there. It's literally called the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab. Why lie?

  • @margauxmadman
    @margauxmadman 3 роки тому +584

    If I ever become rich, I'll just make an entire sanctuary for them. I dont care too much about their blood, I just want them to survive a bit more longer

    • @marcopohl4875
      @marcopohl4875 3 роки тому +22

      sounds like a good idea to me

    • @jer7602
      @jer7602 3 роки тому +7

      Bet

    • @mihaelurasek6262
      @mihaelurasek6262 3 роки тому +10

      People like you needs to be protected. Nice one

    • @YurimoHikashi
      @YurimoHikashi 3 роки тому +15

      If you become rich find an alternative for their blood. Otherwise we'll need to keep using it

    • @krsmanjovanovic8607
      @krsmanjovanovic8607 3 роки тому

      Why dont we just clone them?

  • @TheSheekeyScienceShow
    @TheSheekeyScienceShow 4 роки тому +254

    This was such a well made video! Horseshoe crabs are very interesting!

    • @nathanclark778
      @nathanclark778 4 роки тому +4

      This was such a well made video! Horseshoe crabs are very interesting!

    • @ravensnflies8167
      @ravensnflies8167 4 роки тому +3

      This was such a well made video! Horseshoe crabs are very interesting!

    • @riteshyeddu
      @riteshyeddu 2 роки тому +1

      This was such a well made video! Horseshoe crabs are very interesting!

    • @AbbyCackowski-Schnell
      @AbbyCackowski-Schnell 2 роки тому

      The video has two wrong things though. They have 10 eyes. One at the base of their tail. That one the video missed. And the name was messed up on part of it. The first word should be upercase the rest lowercase. Both words on the comparison part were upercase.

  • @grgr6616
    @grgr6616 4 роки тому +447

    *Let’s see if they survive us.*

    • @PrimoStracciatella
      @PrimoStracciatella 4 роки тому +28

      That's impossible.

    • @grgr6616
      @grgr6616 4 роки тому +6

      @@PrimoStracciatella ikr

    • @gulraizfarrukh
      @gulraizfarrukh 4 роки тому +36

      we are biggest calamity

    • @gulraizfarrukh
      @gulraizfarrukh 4 роки тому +16

      @Charles Pearce lol. If you knew reality you wouldnt say this.

    • @gulraizfarrukh
      @gulraizfarrukh 4 роки тому +5

      @Charles Pearce im a paleontologist bro. You dont even know shit about it. And yes i know.

  • @Iburn247
    @Iburn247 3 роки тому +23

    My grandmother loves the shells. She finds them along the beaches in Cape Cod where she lives and cleans them up and keeps them on a shelf. Along with bird nests and stuff from her travels.

  • @21units
    @21units 3 роки тому +40

    Jeez all I can say is thank you for these crabs' sacrifice albeit having no choice. These little guys are literal life savers.

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 2 роки тому +12

      Don’t say “thank you” while they get extinct!
      That is incredibly egocentric.

    • @HomoLegalMedic
      @HomoLegalMedic 2 роки тому +9

      @@Celisar1 would you rather they laugh? Celebrate? Participate?
      Praise and admiration, no matter how small, is how all conservation begins. And mockery is how it gets shut down.
      You're not helping.

  • @bio-tech169
    @bio-tech169 4 роки тому +447

    They have 10 eyes. It was recently discovered they have one on the tip of their tail.

    • @bio-tech169
      @bio-tech169 3 роки тому +42

      @big pompano Its not a joke? I work work with these amazing creatures at the aquarium i work at. The one on the tip of their tail was only recently decided on a few months ago. They have 2 complex eyes on the top, and the rest are simplistic eyes. Some on top, some underneath them, and the one on the tip of their tail.

    • @yestfmf
      @yestfmf 3 роки тому +38

      World’s first backup camera.

    • @LuckyBadger
      @LuckyBadger 3 роки тому +14

      Further proof that they are aliens. When things get bad enough, the mothership will come and take them back to the stars.

    • @garfield3764
      @garfield3764 3 роки тому +15

      @big pompano wut? Dude, don't be lazy. Search "how many eyes do horseshoe crabs have". Literally, the first link on google shows you the number 10.

    • @garfield3764
      @garfield3764 3 роки тому +12

      @big pompano Sry if my other reply seemed agressive. Here you go,www.google.com/search?q=how+many+eyes+do+horseshoe+crabs+have&oq=how+many+eyes+do+horseshoe+crabs+have&aqs=chrome..69i57.10670j0j4&client=ms-unknown&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

  • @frogchamp.
    @frogchamp. 4 роки тому +249

    Every body gangsta till the horseshoe crabs evolve into Kabutops

  • @alexandercinca7093
    @alexandercinca7093 Рік тому +3

    It blows my mind that your channel has only a bit more than 1 million subscribers, i’ll be honest this is my new favourite channel and I’m binge watching everything you’ve got

  • @mykhailohohol8708
    @mykhailohohol8708 4 роки тому +364

    *horseshoe crab survives 5 mass extinctions*
    Homo sapiens: hold my vaccine

    • @johankoningsteinsalcedo7328
      @johankoningsteinsalcedo7328 4 роки тому +10

      Anti-vaxers: hold my essential oils

    • @eorozco7
      @eorozco7 4 роки тому +1

      No

    • @carlosoliveira-rc2xt
      @carlosoliveira-rc2xt 4 роки тому +1

      You believe humans make species go extinct? Lol

    • @iamthehype3684
      @iamthehype3684 4 роки тому +26

      @@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Sometimes yes. We have definitely hunted species to extinction before. Have you heard of the tasmanian tiger? I bet not.

    • @palipalli4348
      @palipalli4348 4 роки тому +8

      @@carlosoliveira-rc2xt ha humans have killed species to extinction before.. And were cutting forwsts and polluting so much that many species will go extinct.

  • @-ExperienceWithMe-
    @-ExperienceWithMe- 4 роки тому +242

    For how old they are they still don't know how to flip over when on their back

    • @callsignapollo_
      @callsignapollo_ 4 роки тому +50

      Lol they really cant, just gotta hope the waves roll em over. Suffer from the same curse as turtles and tortoises; highly armored at the cost of most mobility.

    • @jennymisteqq5399
      @jennymisteqq5399 4 роки тому +16

      Niandratheel55 Don’t forget Bender suffers from the same curse.

    • @aidanmatthewgalea7761
      @aidanmatthewgalea7761 4 роки тому +5

      bitch they use their tail and they swim upsideown

    • @123TeeMee
      @123TeeMee 4 роки тому +1

      They've got to catch up with the self-righting mechanism meta

    • @MrDrManPerson
      @MrDrManPerson 4 роки тому +4

      It's not like anyone is going to attack them from the belly with those knives they call legs.

  • @Ojb_1959
    @Ojb_1959 3 роки тому +339

    It’s delicious too. I’ve been drinking it everyday for around 864 years, give or take😎

    • @zainday7173
      @zainday7173 3 роки тому +5

      😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂👆

    • @sludgefactory241
      @sludgefactory241 3 роки тому +3

      Fantastic!

    • @bored1930
      @bored1930 3 роки тому +1

      😂

    • @drisher7016
      @drisher7016 3 роки тому

      You're a foo😆 for that one 🚭

    • @Case-DawgYT
      @Case-DawgYT 3 роки тому +3

      Come on! Nobody is going to believe that!! 864? Yeah right. 800.. yes. 864. Your stretching it a bit. 😆😂👏 You made me lol

  • @PlatonsArm
    @PlatonsArm Рік тому +28

    I think it’s so depressing to see how humans see other animals as tools to do whatever they want with.

    • @Topper_Harley68
      @Topper_Harley68 11 місяців тому

      Humans are the worst that could happen to this planet. All we do is kill and destroy.

    • @Lambda_Ovine
      @Lambda_Ovine 3 місяці тому

      I mean, in this instance, is not like we take pleasure on taking their blood, do you the bunnies to do the trick or have untested vaccines?
      plus, we're working on an synthetic alternative

  • @sdfiddler
    @sdfiddler 4 роки тому +120

    We use this for testing Reverse Osmosis water systems for certifying use in Dialysis!

    • @pbjracing14yearsago49
      @pbjracing14yearsago49 4 роки тому +10

      Wow that's fascinating! Never knew of this application

    • @realscience
      @realscience  4 роки тому +30

      That's cool! It really is needed in so many places

    • @estebancollazo9125
      @estebancollazo9125 4 роки тому +4

      0:19
      They look like "the Alien"
      XD

    • @ronwesilen4536
      @ronwesilen4536 4 роки тому +1

      @@estebancollazo9125 why dont you cppy the same message again?

    • @briangarrow448
      @briangarrow448 4 роки тому +1

      Terran sandworm.

  • @YashKMusic
    @YashKMusic 4 роки тому +394

    "horseshoe crabs have survived 5 mass extinctions"
    me: _laughs in human being_

    • @YeeSoest
      @YeeSoest 3 роки тому +22

      "You ain't seen nothing yet, here come the big boys of extinction"

    • @windsorival
      @windsorival 3 роки тому +26

      they are now going extinct. survived hundereds of millions of years, that is until we became industrialized..

    • @gustercc
      @gustercc 3 роки тому +12

      Maybe the earth created the ultimate final boss: us.
      The universe accidentally created actual life. Realized the mistake. Didn’t know how to fix it. Creates man in order to self correct. We are our own cure for the mistake.

    • @RadoslavSoth
      @RadoslavSoth 3 роки тому +13

      @@gustercc I'm pretty sure we humans are the mistake. Pandemics might be nature's solution ^^

    • @HeadNtheClouds
      @HeadNtheClouds 3 роки тому +2

      I think it may be up to 6 mass extensions soon 💥

  • @brighton2862
    @brighton2862 3 роки тому +224

    this is much better then the homework im supposed to be doing

    • @AntiCoruptionCentral
      @AntiCoruptionCentral 3 роки тому +6

      Make sure then -v- than usage is in your study guide.
      SMH.

    • @bouilletfamily
      @bouilletfamily 3 роки тому +6

      ATTN CURIOSITY STREAM: THIS STUDENT NEEDS A FREE MEMBERSHIP TO YOUR STREAMING PROGRAM ASAP! This is so much more important than whatever your homework is supposed to be. I promise you this! Kudos to you I hope they put you in accelerated learning programs for STEM. Unless you are avoiding homework from MIT 😂. Impressive child. I hope your curiosity never changes. I hope someone from Curiosity Stream gives you a free membership!

    • @bouilletfamily
      @bouilletfamily 3 роки тому +2

      @@AntiCoruptionCentral I bet you believe in standardized testing. Shame on you! I hope you are not an educator!

    • @brighton2862
      @brighton2862 3 роки тому +2

      @@bouilletfamily :)

  • @plsdont7515
    @plsdont7515 3 роки тому +12

    Taken to the lab for the crab is like alien abduction is to us
    Crab A: i swear human aliens are real I got taken before
    Crab B: sure Dale I believe you

  • @Folly_Choly
    @Folly_Choly 4 роки тому +92

    So little timmy what do you want to be when you grow up?
    Timmy: horseshoe crab vampire.

  • @CireWilbur
    @CireWilbur 4 роки тому +28

    Finding myself really enjoying this channel. Thanks for the incredibly great content

  • @jguo
    @jguo 4 роки тому +119

    That’s why blue printer ink cartridges are so rare and expensive

    • @Og-Judy
      @Og-Judy 3 роки тому +1

      Bullshit! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jaewok5G
      @jaewok5G 3 роки тому +2

      *cyan

    • @chady51
      @chady51 3 роки тому

      Totally True 🤣🤣

  • @snickersmyknickers5120
    @snickersmyknickers5120 3 роки тому +28

    Human: "Oh no! Horseshoes crabs are dying!"
    Human: *starts to drink blood of crab*

  • @LeFatalpotato
    @LeFatalpotato 4 роки тому +98

    Crab:makes molecule to protect itself from infections for 500m years.
    Big pharma:I'll take your whole stock!

    • @georgetitsworth8919
      @georgetitsworth8919 4 роки тому +2

      Pharmaceutical companies spend the most on lobbyists in American politics. Read that in my political science book and think about it a lot. I would thought it was oil companies or military you know?

    • @sueyoung2115
      @sueyoung2115 4 роки тому

      These are the greedy buzzards

    • @iamleplatypus
      @iamleplatypus 3 роки тому

      Crabs did not make the molecule.
      Do you really say around, okay, laid around and one, or a bunch of them decided that they needed to make a molecule? Come on, man.

  • @alejandrodeugarriza7690
    @alejandrodeugarriza7690 4 роки тому +183

    horshoe crabs: We have survived all mass extinctions, we are one of the oldest species in the planet, we will never go ex...
    humans: *allow us to introduce ourselves*

  • @ZCV7853
    @ZCV7853 3 роки тому +158

    Been around for 5 bazillion years..... then met humans and 50 years later.... RIP.

  • @mildlydazed9608
    @mildlydazed9608 3 роки тому +3

    I've been ranting about this for years since I learned about the Horseshoe Crabs to survive longer than dinosaurs love to see a video getting the knowledge out.
    And we're over here polluting their habitats.

  • @stephenbrody2717
    @stephenbrody2717 3 роки тому +21

    Stephanie you killed this! Writer, editor and narrator. Great job with all three elements of production.

  • @piedpyper9034
    @piedpyper9034 4 роки тому +276

    Get ready for people poaching these crabs once they learn how valuable they are

    • @MrPobanz
      @MrPobanz 4 роки тому +106

      One cannot simply sell this stuff on eBay. It would be pretty hard to get any buyers without being a certified pharma company.

    • @yeetus_reetus_deeleetus
      @yeetus_reetus_deeleetus 4 роки тому +13

      Dangit

    • @theclimbingchef
      @theclimbingchef 4 роки тому +19

      Im sure its a hot item on the underground market....

    • @aidendixon1682
      @aidendixon1682 4 роки тому +18

      @Its Called Trolling Straight to the insults?

    • @alejandroreyes9975
      @alejandroreyes9975 4 роки тому +40

      @@aidendixon1682 Have you read his name?

  • @HeyitsDee
    @HeyitsDee 4 роки тому +78

    It wasn't until I watched this video that it even occurred to me that crustaceans HAVE blood. Thank you for enlightening me.

    • @metal_pipe9764
      @metal_pipe9764 2 роки тому

      @Eric Hagen cells technically have blood, meaning they technically also have blood

    • @allenhaywood9608
      @allenhaywood9608 2 роки тому

      @Eric Hagen wrong

    • @allenhaywood9608
      @allenhaywood9608 2 роки тому +1

      @@metal_pipe9764 cells have protoplasm dummy, u need a circulatory system for blood

    • @andrewmendez8322
      @andrewmendez8322 Рік тому +2

      Horseshoe crabs are not actually crustaceans.

    • @HeyitsDee
      @HeyitsDee Рік тому

      @@andrewmendez8322 Arachnids, thank you, I learned something! 😚

  • @The-Portland-Daily-Blink
    @The-Portland-Daily-Blink 3 роки тому +6

    Wow. This is so incredibly interesting. Your videos are amazing. I love learning about stuff like this. Thank you.

  • @theweebintheafuniform1746
    @theweebintheafuniform1746 4 роки тому +61

    Any extinction event: happens
    This crab: You’re gonna have to try a little harder than that

    • @citizenmattify
      @citizenmattify 4 роки тому +3

      I dunno, we’re trying pretty hard right now to fuck up as much as we can

    • @theweebintheafuniform1746
      @theweebintheafuniform1746 4 роки тому

      @@citizenmattify That was a reference to the undyne fight, mate

    • @Pineappletaco
      @Pineappletaco 4 роки тому +1

      Been happening for a while, but it is supposed to be illegal. Also, we can in fact make it in a lab. The only country attempting to exploit them still is the U.S.

  • @aksel299
    @aksel299 4 роки тому +13

    i grew up super curious about the ocean, i now work under water and love this channel. keep up the good work.

  • @notzachpowers
    @notzachpowers 4 роки тому +75

    I’ve grown up with these i love them please don’t ruin their species :(

    • @OBPagan
      @OBPagan 4 роки тому +3

      Your parents let crabs live with you?

    • @notzachpowers
      @notzachpowers 4 роки тому +6

      @@OBPagan i live on the water they are always on my little beach, i didn’t “live” with them no but i was always with them

    • @nucleartree8159
      @nucleartree8159 4 роки тому +2

      @@notzachpowers are you Sharkboy? From The Adventures of Sharboy and Lavagirl?

    • @barsnacker
      @barsnacker 4 роки тому +1

      I feel ya

    • @jtarantula3390
      @jtarantula3390 4 роки тому +1

      Where do you live?

  • @jonBrazilian
    @jonBrazilian 2 роки тому +6

    I remember learning about the LAL drug safety test in Pharmacy school and I was so shocked and impressed by these little creatures.

  • @chebic5095
    @chebic5095 4 роки тому +154

    Who’d think a Pokémon would be this valuable

    • @alexb8926
      @alexb8926 4 роки тому +11

      Kabutops :)

    • @hellhero7449
      @hellhero7449 4 роки тому +14

      Kabuto not kabutops and even in the anime it's said that kabuto's blood/shell oil is Very valuable

    • @rajneeshifollower811
      @rajneeshifollower811 4 роки тому +1

      I think then you wont suck its blood out untill it dies.🤣

    • @MouAresounTaPneusta
      @MouAresounTaPneusta 4 роки тому

      Ohmu

  • @lcdream4213
    @lcdream4213 4 роки тому +30

    "not to be killed but for thier blood to be carefully extracted"
    *shows crabs being broken and drained of thier blue blood*

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 4 роки тому +1

      I think that was the past, because people are smart enough to protect their assets.

    • @rajneeshifollower811
      @rajneeshifollower811 4 роки тому +2

      Ya human don't have a 30 percent mortality rate after blood donation.

  • @Kevin_Street
    @Kevin_Street 4 роки тому +12

    This is an excellent video on a really interesting subject! Thank you for making it.

  • @theblessedone9700
    @theblessedone9700 2 роки тому +3

    Wow! This adorable creature is so important to us & creatures. I thinks the world should seriously protects creatures. I loves this particular creature. Now that I knows how valuable it is, I loves them even more. Thanks for Uploading this.

  • @RPista
    @RPista 4 роки тому +75

    so horseshoe crabs have survived an ice age more than once, an asteroid & countless other threats and still made it but humans come along and they are becoming extinct?. wow

    • @gilgabro420
      @gilgabro420 4 роки тому +8

      That's the case for a lot of animals but that only makes it worse.

    • @hadrien5684
      @hadrien5684 4 роки тому +1

      They aren't becoming extinct, did you watch the video ?

    • @marygracepacheco8450
      @marygracepacheco8450 4 роки тому

      i believe they put the horse shoe crab back into the water after extracting the blood

    • @gilgabro420
      @gilgabro420 4 роки тому +1

      @@marygracepacheco8450 that's what the Video said.

    • @georgetitsworth8919
      @georgetitsworth8919 4 роки тому +2

      @@gilgabro420 video said 100,000s die a year. Not sustainable to say the least. Gonna go excint unless we do first (or stop destruction industrial practices/rrplace with sustainable)

  • @stefanschleps8758
    @stefanschleps8758 4 роки тому +12

    The most entertaining, informative, and important video, I've seen on UA-cam in five years.
    Thank you RealScience. Outstanding work. Bravo.

    • @jackgibsxxx0750
      @jackgibsxxx0750 3 роки тому

      They have one on the Biology of the Octopus. Outstanding.
      Let me know if you like it.

    • @stefanschleps8758
      @stefanschleps8758 3 роки тому

      @@jackgibsxxx0750 Thank you. I have seen it. A remarkable, fascinating creature. It's intellect is almost frightening.
      All the best to you.

  • @renegadevestige1639
    @renegadevestige1639 4 роки тому +72

    Presenter: Has only been around for 20 MILLION years.
    Me: You try living that long!

  • @thenerdlobby6599
    @thenerdlobby6599 3 роки тому +17

    So wait, if they're that freaking old, what did we call them before metallurgy and, well...horseshoes?

  • @Mommapunkin
    @Mommapunkin 4 роки тому +18

    This brakes my heart for the crabs. We as in human beings need to protect the animals in our care, which MEANS all animals in our land, water and seas..

    • @aezzil3536
      @aezzil3536 4 роки тому

      @@snuurferalangur4357 Then don't ask "why" when its our turn to face extinction 🙂

    • @aezzil3536
      @aezzil3536 4 роки тому

      @@snuurferalangur4357 No one promises tomorrow Mr. Fedora wearing incel 🙂

    • @Mommapunkin
      @Mommapunkin 4 роки тому

      @@snuurferalangur4357 .. You are right.. We as humans are not under any obligation...but we have cause the extinction for a lot of animals and after we realize what we were doing and knew better, we also helped animals from going.. So it is our responsibility to take care of this earth, the animals on it, and the ones in our earth's water and seas, because if we don't...who will?

    • @missm2925
      @missm2925 4 роки тому

      I understand why this is very needed, but I hope one day soon scientists will be able to make a synthetic alternative. It seems like we’re getting close.

    • @trickshot646
      @trickshot646 4 роки тому +1

      All animals you say? So you better not step on a cockroach when it scuttles across your floor then.

  • @奈-o2y
    @奈-o2y 4 роки тому +74

    Horseshoe Crab: Guess, I have to evolve until my blood become useless to human :)

    • @charlie.b1303
      @charlie.b1303 3 роки тому

      To bad evolution isn't real

    • @Black.Spades
      @Black.Spades 3 роки тому +4

      @@charlie.b1303 Evolution means change. Even if you don't believe in human evolution, you can't deny evolution in general. Going from wild animals (wolves, wild cattle) to domestic animals is already evolution.

    • @stuart940
      @stuart940 3 роки тому +1

      @@charlie.b1303 someone who is so stupid they dont know how to spell too is probably wrong about evolution. science allows you to read this, religion is a fairy story

    • @charlie.b1303
      @charlie.b1303 3 роки тому

      @@stuart940 give me a reason that evolution exists that has proof

    • @stuart940
      @stuart940 3 роки тому +3

      @@charlie.b1303 you dont want to know or else you would know already

  • @randynelson2265
    @randynelson2265 4 роки тому +5

    When I was a boy back in the 60's I lived next to the Indian River Lagoon in Florida and there were lots of horseshoe crabs everywhere. Now days you hardly see any.

  • @El.Duder-ino
    @El.Duder-ino 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for making these vids and for supporting Nebula and Curiosity Stream!

  • @spartan8705
    @spartan8705 4 роки тому +80

    Could you talk about how so many species evolve into crabs?

    • @tracylynn1461
      @tracylynn1461 4 роки тому +18

      🦀🦀🦀crab people....

    • @IKKAIWINS
      @IKKAIWINS 4 роки тому +16

      @@tracylynn1461 crab people, crab people, LOOK LIKE CRABS, TALK LIKE PEOPLE

    • @geradosolusyon511
      @geradosolusyon511 4 роки тому +6

      Just take a look at body armors

    • @anishaditya4400
      @anishaditya4400 4 роки тому +8

      Cuz it's a good ,successful body plan that crustaceans find more effective In getting away from predators and also convergent evolution....

    • @pbjracing14yearsago49
      @pbjracing14yearsago49 4 роки тому +3

      Mr. KRABS

  • @reinigen4706
    @reinigen4706 4 роки тому +46

    Well. This something i want to know. They are an interesting creature

  • @jonathanmoelester448
    @jonathanmoelester448 4 роки тому +38

    "Pharmaceutical companies needed a large supply of the blood of live horseshoe crab"
    Horseshoe crab: *My time has come*

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 2 роки тому +1

    I can't be the only one that heard "kill a couple crabs for a couple thousand bucks" and were hella tempted

    • @Yo-sb9st
      @Yo-sb9st 2 роки тому

      Yessir, I stopped listening at 16 grand

  • @Falcon9Block5
    @Falcon9Block5 4 роки тому +6

    Words cannot describe how incredible your content is! I always have to make sure I’m not dreaming when I see that your videos are free to watch! It’s a great way to educate the entire public regardless of wealth. Keep it up!

  • @BrianMcGauley
    @BrianMcGauley 3 роки тому +15

    just wanted to say this was very clearly described and layed out. showed to my wife who is in microbiology right now and she was able to connect a few missing dots as well as learn a few things from this video alone. thanks for that!

    • @allenhaywood9608
      @allenhaywood9608 2 роки тому

      She's married and still in school? Smh

    • @HazyNova420
      @HazyNova420 Рік тому

      Connect a few missing dots as in practically torturing and killing these beautiful creatures.

  • @johnschultz3287
    @johnschultz3287 4 роки тому +33

    These animals deserve to live in peace sometimes i wonder why as a species we can be brilliant and ignorant all at the same time

    • @scott4981
      @scott4981 3 роки тому +1

      That's easy branched off from firmament denied UFO life styles accoutrements tptb demand hostage extortion godeviling rights taking the world with serpent/worm religion -4pilars earth 2pilars firmament=4cranial plates a brain stem and a brain etc. Mi5/6senses digit's appendages. Gemini ♊twins , lirbra {=} Aries and scorpion bind as no touch 1 making 3 level of hardens steel spread out into 5/6 360° 5/6 + Days

    • @godfreyberry1599
      @godfreyberry1599 3 роки тому

      Mostly ignorant!.

    • @stanpines9011
      @stanpines9011 3 роки тому +3

      Tell me, why do they deserve to live more than we do

  • @stijnvdv2
    @stijnvdv2 3 роки тому +14

    The Dino's went instinct... Horseshoe Crab and the crocodile are like: Don't generalize!!!

  • @oORiseAboveOo
    @oORiseAboveOo 4 роки тому +4

    I lived on the bay and always loved horseshoe crabs. As a little girl, there were so many horseshoe crabs in mating season that you could dig randomly on the shoreline and find tons of eggs and see adorable baby ones inside. Over the years, the population reduced so dramatically that these days I’d be lucky to spot one or two coming to the shore to mate. I don’t know if that’s due to harvesting, or the polluted waters, but I think it’s the latter, as turtles disappeared as well.

  • @omnio2043
    @omnio2043 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you for the free science content and listing the references. 🌟 💫

  • @godknightomega
    @godknightomega 4 роки тому +5

    Appreciate the video and the info.
    Some ways I COULD see them not killing the crabs is reduce the amount of blood taken from each subject.
    Perhaps a large breeding facility to help offset the damage being done to their numbers via being fished and having blood drained.
    Heck maybe a recovery facility to ensure they stay healthy until they recover lost blood.
    All of this done just until we no long need them for the medical field once we have created a synthetic version.

  • @dusktheowlgryphon
    @dusktheowlgryphon 2 роки тому +4

    I'm starting to think humanity's only purpose is to destroy.

  • @deamunich
    @deamunich 4 роки тому +6

    very informative with well-made presentation, thank you so much

  • @drbun4033
    @drbun4033 4 роки тому +4

    Really enjoyed this video and felt like I learned something while still being entertained through the whole video. Thank you, hope to see more videos like this.

  • @animeAJproductions
    @animeAJproductions 2 роки тому +1

    We could conserve the wild population ofhorseshoe crabs if we established a domesticated population for medicine and food.

  • @miguelz5854
    @miguelz5854 4 роки тому +28

    6:45 reminds me of that video “fight back mf fight back”

  • @washingtonconsultants1041
    @washingtonconsultants1041 3 роки тому +19

    I thought that it was for something more substantial, like extending life for 20 years or the cure for cancer

  • @gearhead1302
    @gearhead1302 4 роки тому +8

    I found one on the beach once and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I'd never seen anything like it. Survived all 5 mass extinctions, geeze!

  • @harveybirdman74
    @harveybirdman74 3 роки тому +19

    "He who controls the Spice, controls the Universe"

  • @namedesired
    @namedesired 4 роки тому +41

    That's so cruel. Imagine 1/3 of a persons blood drained and that person released into the streets.

    • @elusuariosecreto2458
      @elusuariosecreto2458 4 роки тому +13

      Yeap it's cruel but these people only care for money

    • @namedesired
      @namedesired 4 роки тому +6

      @@elusuariosecreto2458, I see the greater good for medicine and drug safety, but it still feels too much :(

    • @dallasoch
      @dallasoch 4 роки тому +17

      I doubt they're wasting time releasing them & re-catching them every time. I bet they have some giant facility to hold them all & then they drain the blood as soon as it's had time to replenish itself.

    • @gathsfamily2866
      @gathsfamily2866 4 роки тому +12

      They could at least nurse them back to health before release!!!!!
      Latest exposure of man's diabolical insensitivity !!!!!

    • @gathsfamily2866
      @gathsfamily2866 4 роки тому

      @@dallasoch yep they would do that !!!!!

  • @ileiad
    @ileiad 4 роки тому +15

    "reject monke, embrace crab."
    -"haha, sure man."
    -**violently bonks head**

    • @carso1500
      @carso1500 3 роки тому

      It would be more like
      "Reject monkey, embrace crab"
      "Sure mate, now, i will need your blood"

  • @switchlaserflip9243
    @switchlaserflip9243 4 роки тому +45

    The belief that synthetic versions of natural substances are always more dangerous/less effective is going to cost lives, if it hasn't already..

    • @davidnichol4735
      @davidnichol4735 4 роки тому +13

      The anti-GMO industry has already taken millions just from denying better food to people who need it most. Now I'm learning we can't even test drugs with blood grown from yeast because of these clowns? Luddites...

    • @TheOpalHammer
      @TheOpalHammer 4 роки тому +3

      @Tim v H Ironically we can easily make synthetic ivory, but obviously you can't solve a problem caused by witchdoctors by using science.

    • @TheOpalHammer
      @TheOpalHammer 4 роки тому +9

      @@davidnichol4735 The misinformation around GMOs is more rampant than non-misinformation. I'm in my third year of a Biotechnology degree and you wouldn't believe how many lectures end with some variation of "... so even though we discovered this amazing thing, it's illegal because people are idiots"

    • @TheOpalHammer
      @TheOpalHammer 4 роки тому +4

      @Tim v H Natural is a useless word. Either we are a part of nature, or we are the definition of it's antithesis.

    • @daisuke910
      @daisuke910 4 роки тому +4

      @Tim v H @Daniel Mason Oh my god. Thank you for the comments. People are just not understand on how GMO is important. Not just food, even for drugs. GMO is when human achieve by smartly figure out and manipulate gene than to what the 'nature' takes millenia to achieve. Just like recombinant insulin produce from a GMO rather than haevesting it from animals (igs and cow). Hence, why it is cheaper now and less people die from diabetes (well affordable compared to the US anyway). Anti-GMO is very good at lobbying and advertising to make sure the 'natural' is safer to it a high price tag for it. Scientist do research rigorously especially if it is related to health/drug testing! And this thing is not even injected into or ingested by human. It is just a protein to check if the drug or solution is totally sterile, free from the pyrogen-causing bacteria.

  • @mohammedaffan594
    @mohammedaffan594 2 роки тому

    Really opened my eyes I been seeing this tests in pharmacy school but never really noticed by watching this I realized how interesting it can be ,truly amazing 👏

  • @bulldoze
    @bulldoze 4 роки тому +30

    This channel is so underrated

  • @wormoncrack4276
    @wormoncrack4276 4 роки тому +15

    I feel like if we kill the horseshoe crab then that will mark the point we’re we cant turn back and fix our mistakes

    • @gekyumerising3152
      @gekyumerising3152 3 роки тому +1

      Or psilocybin mushrooms. Also nearly as old as life

  • @luiztosk
    @luiztosk 3 роки тому +5

    great content, lots of information. Thank you for producing this

  • @arcie3716
    @arcie3716 Рік тому +1

    Didn’t realize how important horseshoe crabs are 😭😭😭

  • @PittheadX
    @PittheadX 3 роки тому +87

    That ain't crabs 🦀, rather old ass freaking ticks..

    • @sandimccarthy2067
      @sandimccarthy2067 3 роки тому +6

      I just got the most horrifying visual when reading your comment....and I happen to love these amazing animals.

    • @MyRx777z
      @MyRx777z 3 роки тому +4

      Well, there is a real salt water tick. You don't want to look at them they are huge.

    • @resilientlemon1302
      @resilientlemon1302 3 роки тому +12

      Ironically humans are the ones that want its blood.

    • @Zeero3846
      @Zeero3846 3 роки тому +2

      I went a little dyslexic and read "freaking old ass ticks" instead.

    • @etyler01
      @etyler01 3 роки тому +1

      I lold

  • @Iconology
    @Iconology 4 роки тому +37

    I remember seeing horseshoe crabs on The Simpsons and thinking “those can’t be real”.

    • @bleachiniac
      @bleachiniac 4 роки тому +1

      In fact, it's eaten by some people in my country. My friend said, it's flesh tasted nice. But need to eat it immediately after freshly caught.

    • @Silentevil7
      @Silentevil7 3 роки тому

      Nice doggie

    • @mariatorres9789
      @mariatorres9789 3 роки тому

      I remember digging them up on the beach with my toes as a kid.

  • @bachnguyen7448
    @bachnguyen7448 4 роки тому +30

    will real science get bigger than real engineering?
    Probably, more recommendations by youtube is good

    • @skilllessbeast7416
      @skilllessbeast7416 4 роки тому +1

      There is a good chance. The algorithm likes biology more than war technolgy.

    • @hassanlabyad4082
      @hassanlabyad4082 4 роки тому

      Bruu engineering is science
      Physics and applied maths (engineering) and chemistry and biology are science
      One the other hand abstract math and pshycology aren't
      Same goes for evolution since it doesn't respect scientifique method

  • @MrHalfDoom
    @MrHalfDoom Рік тому +4

    I remember when I was a kid visiting Vietnam, I had family that would bring about 50 of these from their fishing boats. They would cook and eat them, and threw away the blood…

  • @darrenparee1084
    @darrenparee1084 3 роки тому +8

    This is one of the most interesting videos I have ever watched....awesome narration!!

  • @emmaspring8312
    @emmaspring8312 4 роки тому +9

    I love your animal-related videos the most!

  • @FloridaManFotoz
    @FloridaManFotoz 3 роки тому +8

    I love how science just makes up how many millions of years old things are. Hmm 140 million, give or take 2 years.

    • @duaneegan1230
      @duaneegan1230 3 роки тому +1

      Right?? I always laugh when I hear people saying how old something is. Carbon dating is such a flawed method.

    • @EdbertNemrus
      @EdbertNemrus 3 роки тому

      How about the gas you fill up your car with? (It's made out of fossil fuels formed from the remains of dead animals and plants million of years ago.) Unless you're using E-car charging from a solar, hydro, etc. power source. lmao

  • @DoggosAndJiuJitsu
    @DoggosAndJiuJitsu Рік тому +1

    It's concerning how you spent a few seconds mentioning the statistics of survival at 3% but spent the rest of the video on a tangent speculating at the estimates of "conservationists", the same people who chain themselves to submarines prevent a dive.

  • @chikuchiku2
    @chikuchiku2 4 роки тому +6

    In japan, they called "Kabuto-gani". It means helmet-crab.
    Horseshoe and helmet are an interesting contrast.

    • @trivkypeak-eye3557
      @trivkypeak-eye3557 4 роки тому +1

      That's where pokemon got kabutop's name from

    • @georgiykireev9678
      @georgiykireev9678 4 роки тому +1

      In Russian, they're called "mechehvost", meaning "swordtail"

  • @mikedubovs1574
    @mikedubovs1574 4 роки тому +17

    Why not farm them.. Keep the ones they caught.. Feed them give them easier lifes and stop taking new ones..

    • @gilgabro420
      @gilgabro420 4 роки тому +7

      Well some animals don't survive captivity

    • @tafazzi-on-discord
      @tafazzi-on-discord 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, it's weird, it sounds awfully profitable.

    • @christophertillack7995
      @christophertillack7995 4 роки тому

      That sounds like a good idea...

    • @pougetguillaume4632
      @pougetguillaume4632 4 роки тому +3

      you think they never thought of that? How could they have possibly missed such an obvious answer? They're spending millions or even billions to come up with an alternative trying to figure the exact component of the blood yet never thought of just farming them? Yeah if they could, they would.

    • @hellhero7449
      @hellhero7449 4 роки тому

      Just take a lil blood then release em.... Then repeat 🔁