True Facts: The Incredible Tardigrade
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CREDITS:
This video was made in collaboration with Benedikt Pleyer, who is a gifted microscopist and has a wonderful contagious passion for discovering the incredible worlds that exist all around us. He has introduced me to all sorts of new creatures and I am fortunate to have met him.
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Kita Williams reached out to me almost a year ago with her amazing Tardigrade footage, and I am so happy that she did. She has a knack for capturing these animals in way that gives them so much personality!
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Bob Goldstein runs a lab at UNC Chapel Hill and has done incredible work on the Tardigrade (and much more.) He was kind enough to review my work to make sure I didn’t screw the science up too much! I wish I could have included more of his work on the evolution of Tardigrades – but I hope to do that in a future episode on arthropods.
https://goldsteinlab.weebly.com/
Thank you to the following for publishing their images
under the CC license, it is a huge contribution to
science communication.
Water bear (tardigrade), Hypsibius dujardini,
scanning electron micrograph by
Bob Goldstein and Vicky Madden.
Scanning electron micrograph of active hydrated
Echiniscoides sigismundi by Thomas L. Sørensen-Hygum,
Robyn M. Stuart, Aslak Jørgensen & Nadja Møbjerg.
New Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) from Amber
Mountain (Northern Madagascar) by Gąsiorek P, Vončina K (2019)
Thank you to all of my Patreon patrons for the
patience, support and feedback
MUSIC:
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“BackBay Lounge” by
Kevin MacLeod
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Additional footage used under
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Not enough sex jokes >:(
PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT: What if this whole universe is made from the dazzling poops of a gigantic tartigrade?
Jerry is the true MvP.
Mooooorre videos please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today I can say: I've seen something poop crystals. My day is done.
If you are reading this: Have a great day 😊
Can we have "True Facts: Jerry" one day?
When I die, I'm going to ask God two things:
(1): What inspired Him to create Tardigrade, which may or may not have inspired us to make gummi bears and Pokemon?
and
(2): Who the Hell would want a kale-flavored Caprisun?!
Totally unrelated but…
See the green thing that the tardigrade pushes? I can see something similar floating over my vision when looking at something bright. I swear I've first noticed it when I was a child and now in my teens that single "cell" has "grown" longer over the years. WTF is this.
Love you Frankyyyyy thanks for another video
Always happy to see a new video from Sir Ze & Jerry.
PHUCK YEAH!
They poop galaxies… and now a message from our sponsors.
Me and my friend had an on going joke a few years ago that the tartigrade is the answer to everything
Thank you! Been missing you!
“Some can survive temperatures lower than -270 degrees Celsius.”
That’s incredible! That’s 3 kelvin away from absolute zero (all atomic movement stops)
MB with consequences… that's the moment you got me. Nicely done
Someone tell me why I was literally listening to the adventure zone Podcast episode where they fight these and this came up on my notifications… I was really spooked😂😳
Don't mess with the Moss Piglet. Put that on a T-shirt! 😀
WOW! I actually learned way more than I thought I would.
Tardigrade sex -> The PornHub search where you zero results and a WTF?
Weirdly, this made me very very happy.
Imagine if that's how the world was created, a bunch of water bears pooped
There are also 35 collections of—
Oh, there’s David Attenborough. Show-off.
i want evolution to make it bigger so i can pet it
It's ok zefrank1, you're our David Attenborough.
Those little legs are amazing
If I were a tardigrade I'd move out from home.
Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne?
Pressure wouldn't squash me and fire couldn't burn.
These are the things that I never will learn.
@zefrank1 Love your stuff so much! It's good to hear you laugh too hehe
This is beautiful o(´^｀)o
Alas, one may not simply post a black and white picture of their genitals and add a scale that says "big" to impress the ladies 😫
An 11 minute video YESSSS
#kriegrock LOL
"It is how a tardigrade do"
The radioactive resistance is also present in the parasitic wasp species Habrobracon hebetor, if you're looking for another video idea 😉
I swear to God, you and your channel need to get its own tv show on Netflix or Hulu or something. I wish I watch new episodes every day lol
Imagine being an animal that shits space
Bear o water
Think master nation with consequences! I’m dead! 😂
Imagine if the Milky Way is just one Tardigrade's poop crystal.. as if we're all just microscopic organisms to some much, MUCH larger beings.
Damn it jerry i told you i wanted photos of spider man not photos of a spider in a mat.
So on top of everything they poop galaxies.
I have literally watched all your True Facts Videos. Daym I need more now. 😩😩😩
Tardigrades are some of the most badass creatures on the planet. I kinda want a shirt with a tardigrade on it and some witty catchphrase
This critter was special made for True Facts 👍
Hey, i know what these things are thanks to the channel, Brew!
I am so into this video my boo just called and I said "I'll be right… bear" 🤦♂️