Alien Biospheres: Part 13 - Biotic Interchange
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
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MUSIC:
"The Sleeping Prophet" - Jesse Gallagher
"Maestro Tlakaelel" - Jesse Gallagher
SOURCES:
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IMAGE CREDIT:
Great American Interchange examples - Woudloper
Mano Pelada - Melisa Banchero
Pit Viper - Mark Mannetti
Thylacosmilus - Baperookamo
Litoptern - Olllga
Smilodon - Dantheman9758
Erethizon dorsatum - Cephas
Giant Anteater - Malene Thyssen
Bradypus - Daniella Maraschiello
Nine-banded armadillo - Hans Stiegleitz
Parasitoid strategies - Ian Alexander
Reed Warbler and Cuckoo - Per Harald Olsen
Brown headed cowbird - Jeffrey P. Hoover
Rafflesia - SofianRafflesia
Haustorium - Margaret Donald
Drosophyllum with prey - Incidencematrix
Nepenthes lowii - JeremaiahsCPs
Electroreception - Chiswick Chap
Electric eel - Opencage
Three-spine stickleback - Jason Ching/University of Washington
Aardwolf stealing food - Derek Keats
Scaptomyza - xpda
Exorista - James K. Lindsey
Brachyzapus nikkoensis - Keizo Takasuka
Harris Hawks - Martin LaMonica
Plains wanderer male and female - David Baker-Gabb
Wilson’s phalarope male and female - Don Hoechlin
Spotted sandpiper - Rhododentrites
Northern Jacana - Benjamin Keen
Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Ghulam Rasool
Dionaea muscoid fly - Beatriz Moisset
Ediacaran biota - International Union of Geological Sciences
Philornis downsi - J. O’Connor
Wasp with Orange-kneed tarantula - Charles J. Sharp
Great Spotted Cuckoo eggs in nest - Yoram Shpirer
0:00 Campfire
1:04 Intro
3:27 Land Area
7:45 Polygynandry
10:59 Large herbivores
12:40 Lack’s Principle
14:48 Predators
16:14 Armor
17:54 Kleptoparasitism
20:35 Infrared sensing
23:31 Parasitoidy
26:51 Generalists
28:28 Polyandry
33:20 Parental care
35:20 Brood parasitism
39:09 Septentria
40:08 Parasitic Plants
41:46 Carnivorous Plants
45:03 Electroreception
48:07 Male-only parental care
50:32 Echolocation
52:39 Summary - Наука та технологія
FULL LIST OF ARTISTS, ANIMATORS & THEIR ARTWORKS TIMESTAMP
Akity: 20:41
Anpsi: 27:30
appletater: 29:14
Aspen: 14:35 15:27 28:30
Arch/Noodle: 15:04
B D-signs: 7:03
Biegeltoren: 6:33
Bloody Pigeon: 17:46 20:13 41:34 46:05
Bonnie Videos: 4:27 6:28
Burpopo: 10:43 13:55 15:34 26:50 32:53 40:00 44:46 52:28
coweater: 7:32 21:00 25:00
C. M. Kösemen: 17:04 26:26
Crafty Crocodile: 4:29 21:26
Crazycrayfish: 25:04 26:05
DaMan: 32:40 50:10
DarkElf06: 12:08 24:23
DarkSonne: 40:26
DaSaurian: 18:19 50:57
Dinomaster337: 4:35
Dragan: 6:16 6:30 8:30 11:33 14:05
Ester: 20:30
Gabe_Athran: 8:14
Gaps: 9:13 21:14 50:51
Greeniverse: 3:19
Greenturtlething: 14:30 21:33 36:30
ElainiaMania: 4:00
Hallo: 19:03
HińskieMasło: 4:32 9:20 12:12 12:21 28:50 38:46
IbbTheAwful: 14:46
Isabel Beis: 4:11 14:57 45:05 52:16
jax_draws: 3:07 18:11 38:54 44:09
Jay: 21:00
Jayboli: 11:48
Jirt2000: 25:25
Jungle12: 40:09 48:00 50:00
Junobeille: 13:42
LeeTheGoat: 10:25
Lemonberi: 17:41
Kiryu: 8:21 11:43 12:41 19:15 22:32 32:11 50:15
Kiwi the Cartographer: 17:37 24:52 41:38 45:54
naturegnatiggy: 7:25 14:43 16:02 21:11 32:20 50:54
noobplix: 46:01
McDoo: 19:03 20:30
Monika: 4:24
MT_LH: 26:00
Onedayholy: 8:09
Opal: 7:37
Outokana2: 3:14 6:21 6:26 8:18 12:25 14:50 18:00 27:36 32:45
PastryXD: 45:12
Phth: 7:00 11:00 24:03
Pipimillion: 9:03 10:31 11:15 14:20 15:00 15:17 20:19 30:30 33:35 34:28 34:46 39:00 39:15 45:22 50:28
Precisa Disso: 4:05
Randox Talore: 17:43
RobertTheRobber: 48:53
Rome: 45:08
Sam_badger: 8:04 14:40 30:40 45:37
Saraxum: 8:37 38:06
Sink: 28:34 41:31 44:02
Starlotte: 25:44 34:51 52:13
Stretch_the_Link: 41:14
Stuart: 36:38
Tanybrachid: 12:05
VincesUsername: 19:08
WaffleGamerXOX6: 44:41
Wavethemraura: 33:15 50:20
Xavier Sosa: 44:15
Yomnk: 17:43 29:08 41:47
Zuorai: 44:37
burpopo carrying
No one can ever thank you enough for how much you've given on this day 🙏
Just saying, I would totally buy an Alien Biospheres grub plush if it ever became a thing.
YEESSSSSS! THEY'RE SO CUTE
Yes! They're so ugly, I love them.
I second the motion.
@@giaxo1739 they're so ugly it makes them cute
Big same
Someone: I can never forgive George R. R. Martin and George Lucas for how they killed this many beloved characters!
Me: Can't wait to see, how Biblaridion kills almost every clade we've been watching for over 3 years now!
Technically biblaridion killed off billions upon billions of individuals.
@@masela01 that's what I'm talking about
@@thisoneforanhour4529 I guess that is true although you referred to them as specific clades rather than individuals.
Gorge
@@Unused_Account_D3E2F1 Gorge
Once this series is completed I hope Biblaridion turns around and says "Surprise, this series has actually been a series of biology lectures!" For as popular as the series is and how effectively it's broadened the audience for speculative evolution, I hope the ease and entertainment with which all of these concepts in evolutionary biology are conveyed goes on to be Alien Biospheres' biggest legacy.
It was secretly education the whole time! Who knew?
@@pacotaco1246 ""secretly""
I'd say he's made it pretty clear by now that that's what this is supposed to be
He mentioned it in his last q&a
he mentioned in his q & a that this series is mostly an educational series about biology and hell end it when hes discussed most topics related to biology
Fun fact: the seahorses adaption of “male pregnancy” actually allows for secondary sexual selection on the part of males. Basically because the eggs are dependent on their fathers brood pouch, the male can select which eggs he withholds nutrients from.
Male pregnancy? You mean incubator.
@@blugaledoh2669 he used quotes, that is what they are for (among other things).
@@blugaledoh2669 why does that distinction matter so much to you?
@@albinopolarbear8229 it doesn't
Female: *Demands Child Support*
Male: No
I was so scared you'd dropped this series that I joined the Discord just to make sure it was still being worked on. You have no idea how happy this makes me! This is one of those things where it doesn't matter what I'm currently doing or watching, I will, no exaggeration, drop it all in an instant for this. Favorite series on youtube, hands down. Can't wait for tonight.
Same man
Same completely
If you like this series you should check out Project Rose, it’s very similar and super high quality.
@@websters5568 Unfortunately, It seems Project Rose is in a hiatus too
He tends to take his time with these
Seeing a world building video from Biblaridion pop up in my sub box gives me a dopamine rush like few other things can.
Shame at the time of commenting it’s only a preview.
I just saw the thumbnail and i'm already hyped for the discussions in it.
26:32
“Art by C. M. Kösemen”
You fuckin did it
You hit the big times with this series
He’s a pretty online guy so I’m not super surprised, but I’m still so excited to see his artwork for this. I bet Biblaridion was honored, I know I would be.
He actually made art for the 12th episode from 7 months ago too if you didn’t know, you can see his art in that vid at 52:38 for example. But yeah, super cool he’s been a fan for a while
@@riot2136 And older still. I just saw part 12 yesterday, and I saw Kosemen's art in an earlier video.
So happy to see C.M. Kösemen having contributed some of the artwork 😊 And thereby having canonised Biblaridion as a saint of Speculative Biology
He’s a pretty online guy so I’m not super surprised, but I’m still so excited to see his artwork for this. I bet Biblaridion was honored, I know I would be.
I hadn't heard of Köseman before, but wow. When arguably the most famous speculative biologist in the world not only takes notice of but contributes to your speculative biology project, you know you've hit something big.
Timestamp?
@@castlewhite1577 lmk when u got it
@@castlewhite1577 26:32 apparently.
(Got it from another comment. Haven't checked it yet.)
_edit:_ It's at 26:26. And another at 17:04.
For ya'll wondering when the next episode will come out, Biblaridion is finished making the models for the episode and will need around 3 weeks to do all the editing and audio making, and meanwhile some of us on both Discord servers are making fanart for the video.
Alien Biospheres: Part 14 will be here soon.
Oh how I’ve waited so long for good news
@@codybagelstein2235 same
awesome! thanks for the update
very soon now
@@danielwols very very soon
I love the animations in this video so I want to timestamp them so I can watch them over and over.
10:42 - Neobrachids lekking
13:54 - Phalacrobrachids guarding their nests
15:33 - A tachydont chasing prey
26:50 - A generalist lophostome devours prey
32:52 - Acrocheirids dig for vegetation at night
39:59 - In the Septentrian canopy
44:45 - A picopteran falls into a harpactophyte's trap
52:27 - A hybognathan chews on an acanthopod
Thank you Burpopo for making these amazing animations! I'm looking forward to DOOM!!!!
The chasing prey one was soo good. Theres even a tumble when the tachydont pounces
reminder
THANK YOU
Thanks!
Comment goat
It’s so incredibly cool that *THE* C. M. Kösemen contributed illustrations for this project.
He’s a pretty online guy so I’m not super surprised, but I’m still so excited to see his artwork for this. I bet Biblaridion was honored, I know I would be.
Damn, these animations are getting *very* good.
The deinoglossidae are Xenomorphs
Yes
Burpopo put out some amazing content, integrating a lot of cool critters in the foreground and the background. The lighting was a little weird, but that may have just been to sell the realism of the creatures themselves, which worked well in my opinion. The whole thing looked fantastic, like a scene that was filmed instead of pure CGI. Very impressive work, and I hope to see more of it next time.
That was immediately my tjoughy as well
Finally more speculative evolution i’m so excited I’ve been making my own speculative evolution projects
cool, can ypu tell us more
I have been working on one to a alien planet thera-5 the natives call it neakoroota after the god of life like Mars from a extinct region of the Roman's I plan to create the universe
@@dontforgetyoursunscreen wait i feel like ive seen you before
@@dontforgetyoursunscreen yeah you were on the sapling premier video wednesday and one of the update posts for this episode
im mine too but its from dinosaurs
46:32 fun fact: echidnas actually evolved from platypi. as in, the most recent common ancestor of modern platypi and echidnas was recognizably a platypus. so even echidnas didn't evolve electroreception for use in digging-they evolved it for use in the water and just exapted it when they returned to being fully terrestrial.
Makes me wonder if their ancestors were a type of platypus that survived by snuffling up invertebrates from riverbank mud rather than the streambed.
Once this spec-evo series ends I'd love to see a sequel where you dive into speculative *cultural* evolution. There are a lot of parallels between biological and cultural evolution
isn't anthropology usually way more divisive than evolutionary biology?
37:28 "Having a brood parasite's young in their nest is obviously a detriment to the host, as they won't gain any fitness by wasting time and energy to care for the young of an unrelated animal."
What away to describe pets.
Good point
Why is it called "fitness"? Fitness, I would take as meaning an individual's ability to survive and compete in their niche (a fast cheetah or tall giraffe, for example), but he uses it in the meaning of having children and grandchildren. It's just an odd use of the word.
@@Aethuviel It's because the expression "survival of the fittest" has been associated with natural selection, so he's using the word "fitness" to describe exactly what natural selection selects for, which is the ability of patterns to continue to exist and/or become more common over time. Biological evolution mostly happens over timescales longer than any individual organism's life, so the patterns whose survival is selected for over evolutionary timescales are genes, not individual organisms. (No matter how fast a cheetah is, and individual cheetah won't past millions of years, but the genes that make it fast might.) When the survival of genes is what matters, the survival of individuals only matters because of how it allows them more time to reproduce and help their descendents.
Wikipedia claims that this us the standard biological definition of "fitness", and that Henry Spencer even had precisely this meaning in mind when he coined the phrase "survival of the fittest" to avoid the way Darwin's term "natural selection" personifies nature and makes it sound like some conscious choice is going on; however, pehaps because of it's wording, I think a lot of people agree it is more likely to lead to misconceptions about what is selected for (as opposed to the term "natural selection", which is completely uninformative as to this point on its own, and so can't be blamed for the misconceptions that happen with it anyway), and perhaps because Henry Spencer tried to apply the theories to humans, it is more associated with "Social Darwinism", which, at least in its lessaiz faire capitalist interpretation, perhaps focuses too much on individuals. (The fascist/racist version of "Social Darwinism" is actually more in line with real biology, I think, much as that dismay most people. That's not to say other elements of racist and fascist/Nazi biology/anthropology are accurate, because many are completely crazy, and others are just false or largely false if not actually crazy. It also doesn't necessarily mean that racist fascistic societies have more fitness than liberal capitalistic ones, which brings up the interesting point that, while natural selection can theoretically operate on human societies, this is actually fundamentally independent of how it acts on human genes, and also probably greatly perturbed by human conscious thought, which works faster than natural selection and can be done collectively.)
ive already binge rewatched this series recently, but i might as well do it one more time before this next video comes out. im literally so excited for this
thats what i just did :D
I must've rewatched it three or four times already
Rewatched it around 5 times very good series
I remember binging the first 12 parts. can't wait to see this one. I already know it's gonna be good.
Binged the first 5 was so fun first going through it would literally rewatch all other episodes each time a new one was released
I love this series as well im here before watching this
Each episode is so densely packed with information that im probably going to have to binge watch the entire thing again once it is finally complete. Despite the high density of information its amazing that this is still an easily digestible series that can be understood by people with varying degrees of preexisting knowledge
I've been here since day one
hwo you made this post a day before the video came out
So, apparently this series will end roughly at episodes 15-16. Will you make a sapient species for the last episode and transition the series into an “Alien civilizations” or something like that? It would be really cool.
I hope not!
I'm seriously hoping for a speculative societies series.
I think an abyssal specbio is on the table
conlang alien series????
Imagine if the twist is that it takes place in the same universe as the Refugium.
Burpopo's animations are absolutely stellar
Your icon is particularlyfitting
44:08
I've been thinking on this idea since the Rainforests episode. It's a _very_ easy path to develop carnivory, because every step of the way and every scenario poses advantages for the plant:
- Originally they used the sticky secretion to attach their gametes to passing animals. However, the loose "slime" with gametes can still be washed down with the rain or fail to attach to the target well enough, resulting on them being lost in the dark understory.
- So a more aggressive adhesive that only detaches the gamete once securely attached to a target provides an advantage.
- Over time it proves more effective to further strengthen _both_ the adhesive _and_ the gamete "stalk" so the only ones that can rip them off will be larger animals which will travel farther, spreading its offspring over a wider area.
- This again has the side effect, that smaller animals may get stuck and can't pull themselves loose. This has two possible outcomes, both of which are advantageous: For one, they may serve as easy meals for larger predators who rip them off along with the gamete and bring them to a save spot to eat - which is _very_ likely to be a good place for the new plant to take root - while also leaving some remains and feces near the budding gamete as first nutrients. The other case is that the animal stays stuck and decays on location, its nutrients feeding the plant below. They would benefit a lot from mimicking other chromatophytes to attract nectarivores both for fertilization and later as "prey".
- From there you can go into extreme variants, like one that may develop a cyclical life style: Initially it produces nectar like its "mundane" cousins. However, once enough of its/the colony's gametangea have been fertilized, they all start secreting the adhesive at the same time, trapping any nectarivores late to the party. As soon as it has caught enough animals to become too obvious to others, it drops the charade and stops producing nectar and pigments, becoming "inert" while it absorbs the nutrients from the cadavers. When it has extracted all it can from its "prey", it then begins to "bloom" again, using its stored nutrients to produce an _irresistibly_ nutritious nectar as a powerful incentive for animals to take the risk it poses...
As someone with ADHD & Autism, I often find it difficult to retain information. However, these videos have managed to stay in my mind for years! Awesome work on the part of Biblaridion to make an engaging and thought-provoking series that, honestly, far outstrips the Netflix series Alien Worlds in terms of accuracy, education, and interest. I'm excited for whatever comes next!
-Why'd y'all start a cult down there?
Hey! I have ADHD too! I agree, these videos are great for memorability
Thought I was the only one who felt like this! It’s crazy how much of this information I retain. I too have ADHD.
The words Square-cube law are burned deep into my mind lol.
@@temporary_name7665 as they should, your entire existence is owed to that applying in all cases, without it your muscles would be so strong that blinking would tear skin off your face and making a fist would rip tendons. Praise be to our glorious and beautiful god, square cube law
@@zackbuildit88 all hail Square Cube Law
Gotta say, the animated segments made by burpopo are truly impressive, props to them for adding that extra bit of life to the series
Ah yes, nightmare-fuel spine-having plant-squid _xenomorph-birthing_ tree predators.
That's going to be in my nightmares.
Hello nightmares.
My old friend
The series started with nightmare fuel.
The fact that now only a handful of the species inspire the primal desire to gtfo asap is honestly impressive.
More might inspire such a feeling if I wasn't consistently imagining all of these creatures at about two or three times the size that they actually are, so my brain jumps to "Elephant!" instead of "Dog with six mouthparts that breathes and vocalises through its belly".
Because yeah, these things can't breathe or vocalise through their mouths, which is something that my brain still can _not_ wrap itself around.
Just one invasive species can seriously fuck up an ecosystem, so an entire continent’s worth is no doubt a source of great instability.
*cries in glyptodon*
Those bastards took out the cryptodont and sphenocerata homies
omg, 10:42 threw me for a loop. they're alive right in front of me! wow, props to burpopo, the animations are amazing.
I’m honestly a bit sad that all the hard work these species have done over the millennia will come to an end, but I’m nonetheless hyped for the next episode. What new creatures will arise from the ruins, and what new challenges will they have to face? Only episode 14 will tell.
I have my money on all the megalobrachids dying off, along with most diegnathans and onychidonts. I thing the Allodont clades will fill the large predatory role, and leptopods filling a lot of niches.
Gotta love this series; I'm a little concerned though, we're nearing the end of the tectonic map. Is the series gonna end soon? If so, so be it, but I think I speak for many when I say we love this alien biosphere.
It will around episode 15 or 16.
It'd be nice if we saw the potential evolution of an intelligent species and transition into a new series, but that's up to Biblaridion.
@@SomeKindaSpy I always feel like they take away the intrigue and focus of the rest of the project tho. I haven't seen too many projects that successfully fit in a sophont and treat them like just another member of the ecosystem and not a "main character".
Good news, after the main series ends we get a sequel. It will dive deep into specific parts of the ecosystem of tirade :)
@@astick5249 yes, thank you for saying that. it happens so much too
@@astick5249 tbf that's how they tend to be - the presence of culture and history and tech alongside their outsized influence on the world at large means it's hard not to do sophonts that aren't main characters
I appreciate how you keep the second greco-latin root the same between related clades to help us keep track of things, only changing it when there's a big innovation
I'm continually amazed by the level of detail and consideration that goes into these. A couple things of note though (and these are very pedantic things to point out) - the image provided as an example of an ectoparasitoid at 25:21 is actually an endoparasitoid! The image shows a tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, that has been parasitized by the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata - and those white things on the caterpillar's back are the cocoons of the almost fully-developed wasps, not eggs. Additionally, the statement that Virginia opossums are the only marsupial in North America isn't quite accurate, as there are eight opossum species present in Mexico, which is part of North America. Virginia opossums are the only marsupial in North America north of Mexico. Again, excellent work with these. I've been following this series since episode one, and it's given me a lot of fodder for my own worldbuilding.
Waited 7 months for this and IT WAS SO WORTH IT!!
The content is, as always, amazing and The Animations blew my mind!!! Never have I thought I would see these creatures actually move in front of my eyes!!
Infinity/10
MVP: Burpopo
Burpopo's animations really increase the feeling of immersion in this world, they are stunningly good. Kind of look like the last films of the Tasmanian Tiger
YES! Finally! I knew he was going to talk about mass extinctions, one way or another.
Excited for the next part! See you all in about 8 months!
Good things come to those who wait.
Nothing else on UA-cam could get me this excited. When this video is released I'm dropping everything, whatever I'll be doing and go watch it.
Imagine, if the Fused Plants (syphonophore tree) fell into the water and began life as a living raft (carnivourous variation as a convergent evolution of a jellyfish may also be interesting)
Cant wait to hear about the square cube law for the morbillionth time
In terms of biology, there are few other laws with as many profound implications, with the possible exception of the law of gravity.
@@TheZetaKai yes my guy it was a joke
The square cube law makes my day I can’t function as a person so without it!
The inverse square law of value is just as important.
hehee
I have to say, this was well worth the wait! I can’t believe the mass extinction is coming in the next episode. I remember when he mentioned it many episodes ago
Mass extinctions are an uncommon but inevitable part of life, apparently. Earth has experienced 5-6 extinction events since life began, each killing off >80% of all species at the time. It just seems to happen periodically, although the causes are different each time: meteor strikes, poisonous gas buildups, solar flares, etc. Sometimes we have no clear idea what happened, only that there was a massive die-off for no known reason. Any project like this should feature at least one such event, if not more.
Such a shame to think this amazing series might be nearing it’s climax and epilogue but since I found this series a few years ago I keep coming back, watching it again and again, and I always love it when a new episode drops! It’ll be bittersweet to see this chapter close but I know you’ll do it justice and justify every decision as best as possible
It's an educational series, first and foremost, so if you learned something, then the series did its job. Bibs has said that he will be following this up with additional videos exploring other topics, like sociology, culture, and (of course) linguistics. So it won't end, per se, just branch off into other fields of study. And I am here for it.
there are still 3 more episodes then specculture since he knows how to do dat
Fitting for you to have the mass extinction occur in 200 million years, because that's just about how long I've been waiting for this video
It was worth it, wasn't it?
Long have I waited to see how a mass extinction will destroy what has been built here over 200 million years. We shall see who is worthy, what shall survive by the luck of the gods and how life will rebuild in the next episode. We'll also see what kind of event leads to it and how large it is, from the images I'm imagining volcanic activity, but it could be anything. I can't wait!
No gods here though, at least none in canon, it's pure luck and competition to decide who will live and who will die
Pretty sure it’s gonna be the death chemical every plant needs to live running out.
@@longfineel2630 not death chemical, just rotten egg smell
@@zackbuildit88 well, death chemical too, it'll still kill us if we were ever to go there, but the lifeforms on the planet are fine. But I don't think a chemosynthetic collapse is the most likely just due to the fact that the hydrogen sulphide is replenished by natural processes on the planet, and if it were going to happen it would've happened already
@@YourGayOverlord it's replenished by volcanic activity, if the planet starts to cool, it'll decrease concentration
my goodness this animations have so much quality that if said quality was mass i would gravitate around it
I would be pulled apart by the tidal forces, or spaghettified. Either way, the qualitational pull would have its own event horizon, beyond which nothing could escape.
How the hell you get so amazing patreons that produce so cool animation?. Some of them seem so real that they may fit into a DiscoveryChannel documentary.
Wow I learned so much about Bateman’s Principle.
Finally! I’ve been awaiting this ep for a long time. It has such cool organisms compared to the other ones
Hey folder!
Agreed. The creatures from this one are sooo good
folber (real)
@@imaredwhale2thenotsoelectr916 heyyyyyy
I'm a red whale 2: the not so electric Boogaloo *summons myself
I’ve waited 4 no 5.000 years for this
The only problem in this series is that, as it goes on, it becomes increasingly more complex, meaning that each video takes longer to make, which increases the waiting time for new videos.
those animations are INCREDIBLE, holy cow. they look so real
This is coming out on my birthday, best birthday gift ever!
One of the greatest triumphs of the internet during the 2010s was the quality of documentaries by independent creators surpassing major media networks. And this series is the pillar of all examples of this
Incredible. This metas getting more and more interesting by the day , cant wait to play em in the new meta game
Hello there
Prepare for the banlist
Episodes take so long because the aliens have to evolve first. Excellent attention to detail.
Jokes aside - good as always.
upon seeing the thumbnail in my subscription section i immediately made a pog face
I thought that the really hyped mass extintion would have happened in this episode and it was kinda delusional not seeing a massive dying of species
However now im very hyped for the next episode
Also the exploration of parasitic behaviours was quite interesting
He talked about this on Discord. The clades we’ve seen are broad enough that he’s rarely 100% sure an entire lineage is completely extinct, making him perhaps overly cautious to mark off specific groups, especially since his vision has changed with time.
You’ve mentioned before that after this series you might do some more specific sort of spin-off type videos. I hope when that time comes you give some attention to the seas, because probably my very biggest complaint with the whole series is how much more focus there is on the land compared to the sea. There’s so much to talk about in the oceans, maybe even more than on land, so I really wish they got more attention (there’s a reason episode 7 is my favourite). I would also have liked if you touched some on fungus, and that sessile organisms got a little attention, but oh well. This series (and channel in general) is great, keep up the good work (but don’t be afraid to take breaks, don’t wear yourself out please)
This series has come a long way. I started watching it from the beginning, and it's been amazing to see it grow and grow.
I have gained an internal clock for when these arrive, I watched the last episode again just earlier
I just finished rewatching the series.
Do let us know when you are rewatching in anticipation for episode 14
I’ve waited 4,000- no... 5,000 thousand years for this!
Edit: This definitely is the BEST episode of Alien Biospheres thus far, it’s sheer gold and you can’t tell me otherwise.
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Can’t wait until episode 100 when he creates intelligent life and this becomes a civilization building series
I support this idea.
I'm betting only episode 16 or so for intelligent life to first appear, and 17 for roughly human intelligence to be established
@@zackbuildit88 That makes sense.
@@zackbuildit88 nah, I don’t think so. The earliest humans appeared extremely late in the history of life. I actually think it’d be around probably episode 50
@@ninjaeagleart I don't think every episode is in the same length increments though, nor is this world's timeline synced up with Earth's, so assuming it'd be so late is pretty extreme. Some episodes have only been 1 mil or so, others 50 mil (heck the next is supposed to be 200 million years), and with some species already being close to ape like it seems unlikely that any intelligent life won't be pretty soon after that
Yo i just wanna give a massive thanks to you man. ecology homework is a breeze, I already know all the terms thanks to you.
This series changed my view on art, I'm so hyped to see it's going strong ! :D
If you want to see some stuff like this, chevk out Curious Archives
It's all fun and games until "Part 18: Cosmic Intervention - Supernovas, Black Holes, Asteroids" drop in 2024
Everyone gangsta until the screen turns grey and bib gets MENACING
Bibladarion I absolutely love this series! And I find it amazing how much hard work and effort you put into it! But please listen when I tell you I think everyone would much rather you look after yourself and have fun making these. They don’t have to be better each time and I think we’d all love to know you are happy and not overworked than over the top quality. Take as much time as you need and don’t push yourself too hard, we all will be patient and give you the time you need to make these amazing videos. Thank you.
Epic! Been missing your conlanging stuff a lot, but I am highly, highly appreciative of all the work you put into these detailed videos, and I hope you are able to give yourself a well deserved break and stay healthy mate :) - Even though I have minimal idea what is going on content wise in this series as I’m not too naturalistic-science-savvy, they are undeniably works of art, and I enjoy watching them nonetheless just because I think it is cool what humans who have invested the time to be talented can dream up and accurately model when it comes to worldbuilding.
Hyped for the “You Know What’s Coming” to come soon… I remember a long time ago someone predicted you had an arrangement to publish a book, so maybe it will be that, or even cooler? Lots of exciting things in the Bib-verse to come IMO, so I’ll keep waiting for whatever that announcement is or the conlang series remake or whatever else you feel like you’d enjoy making!
I love ABS, but conlang content is best content. I can't wait for the next Feature Focus video.
the animations where amazing shoutout to Burpopo
I like how most of the species get more spikey with evolution
Those animations! That art! The research! The wait was worth it several hundred times over!
day 1 of pestering biblaridion untill the new episod comes out.
Amazing episode as always, can't wait for the next one. I gotta say, all the fan works are super cool but I've been completely blown away by the quality of those animations. I can imagine a whole documentary like that and it would be on par with any professional studio-made stuff.
I love how this series is what if Australia was an alien planet and I'm here for it
the animations made by Burpopo are absolutely gorgeous and really adds to the 'nature doc' feel of these vids
53:01
Welp, everyone prepare your tissues, ‘cause sh*t is going to hit the fan in episode 14
I really liked this episode, but I’m also really happy that we’re back to speculative linguistics for a bit.
Those animations burpopo did were really entertaining and added a lot to the experience.
Dude, you can get rich only on continuing this series. You get more views than some official news channels. Please, continue. I know it's a long term project and you have stuff to do, but it's beautiful storytelling and worldbuilding you developed here. It's too beautiful to be lost and discontinued. And at some point the hypewave will end and you will lose on it.
he just takes a long time between videos, also he's going to stop the series soon he has an ending planned for it
So cool to see all the incredibly talented people contributing their artwork! I got so excited when I saw Kösemen had contributed!
I was literally thinking to myself "dang, it's been a while since the last Alien Biospheres episode..." And the same day a new one is posted.
I like how if you look at the whole playlist every single episode is just a little bit longer and at this rate the next episode will probably be more than an hour I can't wait
New Adaptation: Needs to evolve
Ancestral setae: "It's free real estate."
For vertebrates it’s scales. Our teeth, nails/claws and fur/feathers are all modified scales.
Yoo shout out to Burpopo! That animation was clean and smooth, very good
I hope the mass extinction isn't the end of this series
even just one or two more episodes afterwards dealing with the ecological fallout and recovery would be awesome
Yes i love this series
Mass extinction next episode!!! Yes! Soon the slate will be nearly cleaned, most large animals will likely be extinct, and a lot of new animals will evolve to replace them!
Burpopo's animations are amazing!
Love the video! Carnivorous plants grow almost exclusively in boggy conditions, where there is plenty of water & CO2 for photosynthesis to occur, but the poor-quality water has little to no essential elements (eg nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium), so the carnivorous plants use carnivory to obtain these essential elements from insects (or in a few unique cases, faecal matter)
a new video to nap 2 👍 thank you so much for making these!
Nerdy background lecture sleep sound buddy?
@@crowsworthy shakes ur hand...its Necessary.
These animations by Burpopo really take this to another level - and the level already was insanely high! :-)
Burpopo’s animation add a lot of life to this, very good!
40:00 HE ALMOST DROP HIS FRUIT
NOT HIS FRUIT
🙂🙂lets go see a new episode of alien biospere the ultimate saga that deerves a entire documentary about it
This channel introduced me to the speculative evolution community and it's been a great journey ever since then. Thank you for making this, every episode the production quality gets better and I always learn (or relearn) a lot about real life biology. Truly one of the greatest spec projects
This was great. I like that you touched upon the water again and now with the theme of the next episode maybe you’ll dive into that even more haha
so about the american interchange...
it was weirder than we thought.
north and south america had roughly equal interchange rates, but the major difference lie in which niches got switched.
south americas terror birds, for instance, were far larger than any competing mammal predators, with the exception of omnivorous entelodonts and bears, which were slower and less endurant, allowing the great avians to dominate over mammal carnivores, forcing many to shrink in size. likewise, sloths and glyptodonts were more efficient, better defended, and in the case of the former, able to reach higher than many competitors, and so took spread north. rodents also spread north, possibly due to their teeth, alongside raccoons, armadillos, and at least one toxodont, though a huge number of these south american titans would rapidly die off not 5 million years after their introduction, thanks to an ice-age which the north american fauna, having migrated largely from eurasia through the arctic circle, was far better adapted for
i have misremembered at least one thing but most of this is supported
Hey there! Hope you're doing well! Your content introduced me to both in depth conlanging and speculative evolution, which I'm very grateful for. Your videos inspire me, and I want to someday make as well researched content as yours. Take all the time you need! Your wellbeing is more important than scheduled uploads!
Continents: *merge into a single continent*
Local fauna: "IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-DUEL!"
I evolve into blue eyes white dragon
This man has single handedly made speculative evolution a well known genre
Man the wait has been worth it, just by the thumbnail I can see this is going to be a 🔥 episode.
No, the fire will be in the next episode, when he burns the setting down to ground, before building it back up again.
@@TheZetaKai good point
I always eagerly anticipate the next Alien Biospheres episode. I know these take a lot of time and work to make, likely even more than most would think just to make sure you're happy with the final product, and I'm very glad you're willing to put in that effort to make something great. The next episode will certainly be interesting... Sad, but interesting.
Gotta love the way in which Biblaridion's voice dramatically shifts at 52:54 from informative and matter-of-fact to dark and ominous as he announces the coming mass extinction...
33:42 As soon as I saw the koala I knew what was coming..... Animal Planet robbed me of my childhood innocence