German post offices actually have a reputation for temporarily keeping tardigrades. It's a point of pride for them. "Look at us temporarily keep these tardigrades!" they shout, in German. They're laughing at you. LAUGHING!
I know you've talked about how tardigrades are a little over represented but I really do just find them. Soothing to watch! they're simply just little guys, doing their best. Seeing the marine variety is super cool- and I'm relieved these ones made it safely on their odd little adventure. It just... hits a certain kind of way, to hear about a tiny little critter, surviving peril they didn't know they were in, from forces so huge and arbitrary to them... only for us to be here, massive and alien in every way, happy to see them. Just a nice thing.
What do you do with them after examining them? Are they kept as micro-pets? Imagine a whole basement full of bubbling tanks and mossy terrariums full of beloved microscopic pets....
Is a video on this channel showing pictures of James's lab it is full of jars and tanks scattered everywhere it looks like a disaster on the macro scale but it's a bunch of cute little biomes on the microscale
Hank - I appreciate this show and all your others so much, and just started listening to John's Anthropocene book on audio. Just wanted to say you're both absolute gems and we're lucky to have you, thanks for all you've both done to educate and inspire so many for years!
Awesome video as always. I'm from Brazil and was curious when I saw that there was an option for Portuguese audio and went to listen to it after watching it in English. I must say, as a professional translator and proofreader, I was a bit let down. Seems like the text went through machine translation and maybe post-editing and the narrator had a robotic voice. It's a shame because the soothing and calm voice that you guys use - kinda essential to the channel - is completely lost, as well as the natural and fluid text construction. This feature is relatively new and I'm sure you guys are gonna up your game, just wanted to give you guys a heads-up! Your channel is amazing and I'm really excited about the opportunity for sharing it with my non-english speaking Brazilian friends!
I was just in Nova Scotia, Canada visiting family and I thought about contacting you to see if James would want a sample of fresh and/or ocean water to study. However, I forgot.
@@jamesweiss6745 Really?? I may actually be going back down in not too long (depends on a few factors), if you're actually interested, I can certainly try my best to get some samples to you.
Marine tardigrades remind me of being an undergrad Marine Bio major. My capstone ended up being, for various reasons I won't get into, a review paper on marine tardigrades - with the thought of/focusing on the possibility and likelihood of their discovery, and by which methods - mostly for the sake of speculation and planning about our local conditions: the rocky intertidal of coastal Maine (USA). My advisor/professor ended up later documenting a new one as the research suggested was likely (and has gone on to do more research and discovery since). I particularly remember having constructed a taxonomic tree of all known species + subspecies by hand (in Excel) since I wanted to provide numbers and run statistics but that required work that hadn't been done yet.
Dang, those marine tardigrades look so cool. With their like horns, and really long sticky toes. They are like the bikers of the tardigrade world, with all the spikes.
Ah, well. The Germany postal inspector was doing his rightful job. I think you can expect, though, that he has done his job thoroughly and well. That's the German culture. All in the name of protecting the biosphere.
This is about Wren, not the video itself. It's honorable to empower individuals to lower their carbon emissions but in contrast to the carbon emissions from industries, our individual amounts are like a drop in an ocean. No amount of personal carbon reduction can ever match the difference we could make if we voted and pressured governments to tighten regulations of emissions. As consumers, we aren't even told what consumer products are emitting how much carbon. Corporations want all of us to think that taking personal responsibility is all we need to do, all the while they are allowed to commit crimes against the environment. We cannot and must not just stop at reducing our own foot print, it will never be enough.
That's the first time a sponsor is relevant to me. I've been thinking about offsetting carbon for years but I didn't find a company that looks as good as Wren. You never know if their projects really are that game-changing, but to me, it looks like the best bet I can make to amend some of my impact (even knowing that credits' costs are underestimated across all carbon offsetting projects).
Hey, some of the structures on that tardigrade are really small. If the scale in some of these images is 30um, that means some of the detail in the structures are about as small as the wavelength of green light, which would be about 7 few pixels wide in 1080p.... Is it ever a problem trying to image stuff that's comparable in size to the wavelegnth of light you're using? Is that why the background is blue
So actually they were stuck for just a weekend? Isn’t it more or less normal? Like you could expect a package to be send on weekend too, but sometimes they can wait for a workday. Especially if it’s within EU but still international
Oh my I've seen that you guys added Portuguese and Spanish voice-overs, that's very kind of you guys! But I I prefer the original English narrator hehe.
i barely make any carbon emissions i think. always stay home but i think most comes from factory’s and boats. maybe i can quit eating meat (from livestock emissions)
quitting meat would be great! but you can just reduce the amount of meat that you eat, if you like (itll be easier), and you'll still make a big difference!
@@RICDirector that's just blatently untrue. Also a lot of meat is raised or partially raised on grain, which needs to be farmed using those fertilizers you mentioned. But I'm willing to be proven otherwise if you can show some proof!
@@L83467 most meat, particularly in the US, is raised on grains, and the calorie/protein conversion is very inefficient. "Skipping the middle man" and eating plants directly would liberate vast plots of land that could be given back to nature to restore the ecosystems present before being cropland and give the biodiversity a chance to recover.
Worked for twenty years in a drinkwater lab, doing biological research and control. There are very low numbers of Rotatoria or Gastrotrichae in your drinkwater. Never found Tardigrades, although there where present in the water my company used for producing drinkwater.
All plants need o2 to burn the energy they make. They need co2 to build the energy and that does create o2 but in a closed package the two gasses probably were not mixing well.
I imagine probably not, but who knows they might be more clever than they appear. I personally would love to see studies of their memory and problem solving skills. The trouble would be finding tools and materials small enough to work on their scale, which I don't think we have yet.
Did you know that BP (British Petroleum) was the first to coin the phrase "carbon footprint" and they are at the forefront of leading the pack with some of the best ESG scores. Weird funny world we live in.
If delayed in shipping, do they then become tardygrades?
I am so mad at the fact this comment exists. Here, have this like. /nm
+2
Ha! Nice one 😋
😂
🤣sometimes dad jokes are the best🤣
If only German customs knew the cuteness that hid below the sand. I'm so happy they made it safely to their final destination.
Me: "Wait.. A marine biologist in Portugal.. Named Maria.. Could it be?!" This is the greatest crossover I never knew I needed 😊 Thank you for these
Thank you Maria for sending us the samples!!!
-James
@@MrEmottie I was thinking the same thing lol
German post offices actually have a reputation for temporarily keeping tardigrades. It's a point of pride for them.
"Look at us temporarily keep these tardigrades!" they shout, in German.
They're laughing at you. LAUGHING!
fun fact: in german, tradigrades are called "bärtierchen" which means "little bear animal" or "bear animal-let".
"Schauen Sie uns diese bärtierchen vorübergehend an! Hahahahaha!"
"Bärtierchen? Schnapp sie die alle!"
@@sofia.eris.bauhaus In Dutch it is "waterbeertjes" (in a similar vein as in German) or "waterberen"
*"Schaut wie wir zwischenzeitlich diese Tardigrada einbehalten, hahaa!"*
Fortunately, the _Batillipes_ were unharmed by this delay, though they were noted to have an increased interest in Kraftwerk and kartoffelpuffer.
We here in germany are often stuck in our post offices, especially around Christmas, so we know how they must have felt.
I know you've talked about how tardigrades are a little over represented but I really do just find them. Soothing to watch! they're simply just little guys, doing their best. Seeing the marine variety is super cool- and I'm relieved these ones made it safely on their odd little adventure.
It just... hits a certain kind of way, to hear about a tiny little critter, surviving peril they didn't know they were in, from forces so huge and arbitrary to them... only for us to be here, massive and alien in every way, happy to see them.
Just a nice thing.
What do you do with them after examining them? Are they kept as micro-pets? Imagine a whole basement full of bubbling tanks and mossy terrariums full of beloved microscopic pets....
Is a video on this channel showing pictures of James's lab it is full of jars and tanks scattered everywhere it looks like a disaster on the macro scale but it's a bunch of cute little biomes on the microscale
Micro life is easy to keep. Leashes are very small, and their poo is not noticeable.
@@CaedmonOS That is so cool! I will look for that video....
@@jonathanleonard1152 LOL! OK, now I want to see a water bear on a little gemstone leash....with a hat....
Just go dump them on some moss outside.
That's why you never send a tardigrade with a criminal history through the mail.
Hank - I appreciate this show and all your others so much, and just started listening to John's Anthropocene book on audio. Just wanted to say you're both absolute gems and we're lucky to have you, thanks for all you've both done to educate and inspire so many for years!
I had no idea there were fresh water and salt water tardigrades.
OMG, you guys have now portuguese audio for these videos?
AMAZING!! 🇧🇷
Came here looking for this comment to upvote!
It's really cool, but the Portuguese narration kinda sucks. It sounds so flat and emotionless
@@marcloure yup, I'm 90% sure it's an AI voice instead of a human because of that. It's like the google translate voice.
@@marcloure The description says it's AI.
@@marcloure True, but at least this type of content can get more attention across the world from people who don't really speak English
Oh, poor tardigrades. I hope the tough little tuns were okay? (Looks like they stayed fresh, no hibernation needed!)
❤❤❤Absolutely adorable! Next time I dip my feet in the Atlantic on our Portuguese beaches I will be visualising these cuties strolling along.❤❤❤🇵🇹
Such charming little fellas. Glad they made it!
I love how the intro is long enough for me to turn of the subtitles and turn the quality to 1080p.
Love these cute, durable creatures. More on them, please!
Yay! Another tardigrade episode
Extremely interesting account of the life of a Tardigrade. Fascinating life form, extraordinary time for researchers.
Awesome video as always. I'm from Brazil and was curious when I saw that there was an option for Portuguese audio and went to listen to it after watching it in English. I must say, as a professional translator and proofreader, I was a bit let down. Seems like the text went through machine translation and maybe post-editing and the narrator had a robotic voice. It's a shame because the soothing and calm voice that you guys use - kinda essential to the channel - is completely lost, as well as the natural and fluid text construction.
This feature is relatively new and I'm sure you guys are gonna up your game, just wanted to give you guys a heads-up! Your channel is amazing and I'm really excited about the opportunity for sharing it with my non-english speaking Brazilian friends!
Biofilm , Yuk ! ,.. That's one hell of a friend you got there, James. 🥰💃
i have been looking for marine tardigrade videos and papers im crying, they're so cute
I was just in Nova Scotia, Canada visiting family and I thought about contacting you to see if James would want a sample of fresh and/or ocean water to study. However, I forgot.
Next time!
@@jamesweiss6745 Really?? I may actually be going back down in not too long (depends on a few factors), if you're actually interested, I can certainly try my best to get some samples to you.
Credit to the 16 hours of dedicated resurrection of these tiny companions.
Tardigrades are, and will be my favourite animalcule.
Marine tardigrades remind me of being an undergrad Marine Bio major. My capstone ended up being, for various reasons I won't get into, a review paper on marine tardigrades - with the thought of/focusing on the possibility and likelihood of their discovery, and by which methods - mostly for the sake of speculation and planning about our local conditions: the rocky intertidal of coastal Maine (USA). My advisor/professor ended up later documenting a new one as the research suggested was likely (and has gone on to do more research and discovery since). I particularly remember having constructed a taxonomic tree of all known species + subspecies by hand (in Excel) since I wanted to provide numbers and run statistics but that required work that hadn't been done yet.
Dang, those marine tardigrades look so cool. With their like horns, and really long sticky toes. They are like the bikers of the tardigrade world, with all the spikes.
I love tardigrades, they have to be my favourite, I would love to have a way to have them as pets with a screen to watch them at home!
I have to say that they are just as cute.
Thank-you James, Hank and everyone else involved! ✌😎🤘
Oh wow, the feet are adorable! (of course so is the rest of the tardigrade too lol)
*Who doesn't love tardigrades* 💜
They're Tardygrades now.
Well said! They are very weird to look at more so than the fresh water ones
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
I think those are even more adorable than freshwater versions. 😍
The Batillipes looks like a many limbed Grogu with somewhere to be!
You should find some extreme ones like brine or high ph low ph or lots of iron but there eating it something man.
I ❤️ tardigrades
I found one from my saltwater tank once one of the times I was looking at stuff under my microscope. Which is interesting...
Does that Maria run the Sea & Me TH-cam channel by chance?
Fantastic Video!
such a great show!
1:06 & 1:56 aw what happened to your leg, friend?
So cool!
Ah, well. The Germany postal inspector was doing his rightful job. I think you can expect, though, that he has done his job thoroughly and well. That's the German culture.
All in the name of protecting the biosphere.
I do similar work for California. Inspector doing a great job which is preventing invasive species introduction.
It was probably an entomologist who had to give the ok for it’s release
This is about Wren, not the video itself. It's honorable to empower individuals to lower their carbon emissions but in contrast to the carbon emissions from industries, our individual amounts are like a drop in an ocean. No amount of personal carbon reduction can ever match the difference we could make if we voted and pressured governments to tighten regulations of emissions. As consumers, we aren't even told what consumer products are emitting how much carbon. Corporations want all of us to think that taking personal responsibility is all we need to do, all the while they are allowed to commit crimes against the environment. We cannot and must not just stop at reducing our own foot print, it will never be enough.
This. I scrolled down here just to find a comment like this or write one myself, but you said it better than I could.
And the new audio track seems cool
They look fuzzie!
Wow - didn't realize there were marine species. I need to open up my invertebrate's textbook and ready up on them.
beautiful, and classic :]
good stuff
Tomei um susto quando o cara começou a falar em português....
Mano, eu tbm. Pensei que era um canal deles secundário em PT, mas aí percebi q era o mesmo canal kkkkkk
That's the first time a sponsor is relevant to me. I've been thinking about offsetting carbon for years but I didn't find a company that looks as good as Wren. You never know if their projects really are that game-changing, but to me, it looks like the best bet I can make to amend some of my impact (even knowing that credits' costs are underestimated across all carbon offsetting projects).
They survived german bureaucracy, thats really an achievment.
They look like fuzzy little Yodas
Kraut descendant here and I can just see how this kind of stuff happens. 😅
Did the journey through the microcosmos add a machine translated voice-over or was it Google doing its usual weirdness?
Save the tags stuck on moon!
Hey, some of the structures on that tardigrade are really small. If the scale in some of these images is 30um, that means some of the detail in the structures are about as small as the wavelength of green light, which would be about 7 few pixels wide in 1080p....
Is it ever a problem trying to image stuff that's comparable in size to the wavelegnth of light you're using?
Is that why the background is blue
2:01
So actually they were stuck for just a weekend? Isn’t it more or less normal? Like you could expect a package to be send on weekend too, but sometimes they can wait for a workday. Especially if it’s within EU but still international
That tardigrade has horns on it's head.
Oh my I've seen that you guys added Portuguese and Spanish voice-overs, that's very kind of you guys! But I I prefer the original English narrator hehe.
Are there tardigrades around the deep sea hydro thermal vents ? - .....would bringing them to the surface kill them?
Poor tardigrade :c
Your Microscopes got stuck in EU customs too, looks like everyone makes mistakes, the senders of Tards the senders of microscopes
Stop eating the microbes !
I can hear you've been at it.
(Get better soon)
i think it is time we should send a bajillion of these to the moon and the mars to set up a tardigrade colony.
But what happens after this?
Cool.
Short video today. Shame! Can't wait to see more of Batillipes in the future!
Don't worry, they'll survive.
Yo, I don't want to watch this channel in Portuguese, the draw is Hank's narration!
That's what she said!
This would sound better with a new York accent lol
I bet those inspectors were very confused as to why anyone would bother to send sand.
They are still discussing😃
It got Stuck in Germany because IT IS Germany: bureaucracy, forms, stamps
i barely make any carbon emissions i think. always stay home but i think most comes from factory’s and boats. maybe i can quit eating meat (from livestock emissions)
quitting meat would be great! but you can just reduce the amount of meat that you eat, if you like (itll be easier), and you'll still make a big difference!
@@RICDirector that's just blatently untrue. Also a lot of meat is raised or partially raised on grain, which needs to be farmed using those fertilizers you mentioned. But I'm willing to be proven otherwise if you can show some proof!
@@L83467 most meat, particularly in the US, is raised on grains, and the calorie/protein conversion is very inefficient. "Skipping the middle man" and eating plants directly would liberate vast plots of land that could be given back to nature to restore the ecosystems present before being cropland and give the biodiversity a chance to recover.
@@hechss oh i know, that's why i eat a mostly vegetarian diet
Cute animal...
Entschuldigung, wir schicken die Bärtierchen unverzüglich zu Ihnen. /s
no extra tardigrade info?
:(
WREN GREENWASHING FOR YOUR GUILTY FEELINGS! 🤣
That's so ridiculous! Is everyone completely nuts nowadays?
Arrrr…aren’t they cute ☺️
Why do marine tardigrades have smaller bodies?
How can I listen it in English ????
Everytime you take a drink of water, hundreds of these swim down your throat.
Not true; your average tap water is perfectly safe to drink with no micro animals in it
@@prooamix is that what you tell yourself?
Worked for twenty years in a drinkwater lab, doing biological research and control. There are very low numbers of Rotatoria or Gastrotrichae in your drinkwater. Never found Tardigrades, although there where present in the water my company used for producing drinkwater.
Es könnte schlimmer sein. Sie hätten in einem polnischen Postamt stecken bleiben können.
What happens when a tardigrade actually dies? Will their soul go to heaven?
Alguém sabe como mudar a faixa de áudio automática de volta para o inglês? Odiei a narração pelo robô.
Yep - Sounds German enough to me...
- Source: I'm German
Wait... I thought algae needed CO2, not oxygen?
All plants need o2 to burn the energy they make. They need co2 to build the energy and that does create o2 but in a closed package the two gasses probably were not mixing well.
I wonder if Tardigrades get bad grades because they are tardy
Wait, now you guys have audio tracks on Spanish? TH-cam WHY YOU KEEP MESSING WITH MY SETTINGS!!!!???
You can just change it
Can you train tardigrades?
I imagine probably not, but who knows they might be more clever than they appear. I personally would love to see studies of their memory and problem solving skills. The trouble would be finding tools and materials small enough to work on their scale, which I don't think we have yet.
2nd comment! Love your channels hank
now we have dubbed audio? WTF!
Like
Just don't mention the War.
Did you know that BP (British Petroleum) was the first to coin the phrase "carbon footprint" and they are at the forefront of leading the pack with some of the best ESG scores. Weird funny world we live in.
I'm getting the audio in Spanish and it's horrible.
Cuties
Você poderia pronunciar direito as palavras. Não é tardigraaado. Perceba que tem um acento no í
Algorithm comment.