Bivalves are actually way more fascinating than people give them credit for, about a year ago I kept a freshwater mussel in a fish tank and seeing the two siphons open and close to pump water in and out is incredible. Seeing an animal doing its thing in person truly gives you a deeper understanding of these organisms and their perspectives.
i love this kind of way to talk about evolution, with narrative and purpose, i get the danger with people thinking about evolution in a teleological manner, but the romantic way in which it characterizes evolution i thinn outweight the possible negative of people adopting a teleological narrative. When people realize its a trult beautiful thing i feel like it counters the narrative of it being brute chance or cold materialism, its a beautiful story of strife and triumph against entropy, a generative phenomenon that has intent and intelligence, no need for an intelligent force (but its completely ok if you believe in one), but in itself a beautiful symphony of natural laws and circumstance. I feel unbelievably grateful to be a product of billions of years of evolution, and humbled to know i am not the "end goal", just one of many amazing stories of powerful natural forces striving against entropy.
I'm glad you enjoy the way I tell these evolutionary stories. It shows that my approach is appreciated by people. What I want to do is to eliminate those dull and boring elements in biology as much as possible, making the whole subject interesting and appealing to those who might have had no interest in biology before. I believe that is what I should be doing.
@@AncientDiscovery I've heard the phrase countless times, but never gave much thought to it. But I googled the phrase's origins and found it definitely originated in the NE area of the US. "The expression was well-enough known in the USA by the late 1840s for it to have been included in John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary Of Americanisms - A Glossary of Words And Phrases Usually Regarded As Peculiar To The United States, 1848: "As happy as a clam at high water," is a very common expression in those parts of the coast of New England where clams are found." The idea that "clams look like they are smiling when they are opened up" seems to be the reason behind it. And the high water reference goes to being safer from predators - I've never gone clam digging when they've been under water.
You should get rid of the subtitles. It makes it distracting to watch. Other channels don't use them and people can always turn on closed caption if they want them.
Oh my god that music is driving me nuts. My nerves have gone from 0 to 100, heart rate has increased. I truly want to watch this. I want to learn I find it fascinating, it’s in the end area of my interests. But that music is made to irritate the nerves and some of us are more sensitive than others. The absolute cruelty of selecting this type of music for your background is phenomenal Lee, and incredibly vicious. I know the ideas try to keep our interests keep you awake, but if that’s necessary that a person really isn’t interested in this. If you have music, I should be in the background not the foreground. I wear hearing aids, I have to turn them off, and even the cutting edge of this pointed and jagged music, made up of thousands of little needles next to each other all different heights, grinding, slicing, and shredding the nerves, as a change song cuts through wood. Too late to edit this, but please, for god sake, for the mercy of some of your viewers, or possible viewers, but cause surely, there are those who cannot watch this at all, and are not reviewers because it is too painful. The damage to my hearing came from heavy machinery, today, we have earplugs in common use. In my day they did not.
Hey, hey, friend, take it easy. I'm also a beginner when it comes to making this video, and I'm not entirely sure how to do it better. So, cut some slack for a newbie like me. I promise the upcoming videos won't have this issue anymore. Don't get so worked up about it.
Thank you for your liking, I am very happy. I found the materials on Google and some related websites. As for AI, because my English is not very good, I let AI help me translate.
You've made me imagine quite a hilarious scene! It's like Tyrael, the Archangel from Diablo2, turning into two seashells. It sounds absurd, but it's also quite funny.😄
I don't know, science has no evidence to prove the existence of God, and there is no evidence to prove the non-existence of God, but I think our cognition is limited, ghosts know what is beyond the scope of cognition.. No one can guess, I think it's better to have a glass of beer.🍺
sup with the hardcoded subtitles and annoying memes popping up ? It's in the way of the interesting content. Subs should be something you can enable /disable
I was honored to serve on the SSN652 out of Brem Wash and Pearl in 74/75. Snapping Shrimp and their rythumn and Whale song, were my Favorite, but with this Non human UPIAID/UFO nonsense, may actually be real if those souls came from Our SEA's. As my name states..I need to see it too believe it.. and I would Greatly Prefer, these Folk be from OUR Mother Earth.
If it is a person who has not fully grasped the basic principles of natural selection, then the probability of him choosing to watch this movie should be relatively low, or in other words, just watch it casually, as long as it is interesting. I personally hate those rigorous academic terms. It can be said that these boring professional terms must prevent many people from liking paleontology.
You say “imitate” as if they observed a successful neighbor and decided to evolve in that way. Was it imitation or was it a design that just worked in a certain area?
used the word "imitation" in a personification narrative. In reality, facing the same evolutionary pressures, convergent evolution towards the same ecological niche is common. However, this is my personal viewpoint.
I reckon evolution becomes harder for all species in modern days. Because millions of years ago, species were facing predators, climate changes, natural disasters etc. But in morden days, all species have to face more hurdels such as politicians, sport hunting, overly fishing, oil spills, chemical waste dumping, nuclear wastes disposal and many more...... All species might be totally wiped out by human before they could evolve to something.😢
You actually have a misconception that modern industrial development has led to a significant extinction of species. If you study human history during the Stone Age, you will realize that this is not the case. Our ancestors, from the time they left Africa and migrate to places like Tierra del Fuego in South America, caused the extinction of numerous species through their hunting and killing. Fortunately, we have now gained knowledge about the importance of protecting animals and established animal conservation organizations.
@@AncientDiscovery You might be right. But what I was saying was that all species facing more challenges in morden day. If they want to evolve then they have more hurdles to overcome. Anyway, thanks for your kind opinion.
Convergent evolution has interesting implications for exobiology. Our solar system has many ocean moons. Will convergent evolution give rise to squid-like analogues in the seas of Enceladus?
Oh, I really don't know. I think we need more exploration and scientific research to understand the relevant parameters of the oceans on Enceladus, as well as the potential existence of organic compounds and energy sources. These factors are likely to impact the forms of life and the possibilities of evolution.
I question the use of the term evolutionary potential. What is it supposed to mean? All life has the potential to evolve and is constantly doing so. No one kind of organism has more potential than another, so using such expression is superfluous. Also saying thinbgs life "the barrier to entry in filter feeding is relatively low" is somewhat incorrect. For a human, the barrier to entry in that niche is literally insurmountable, we would quickly die if we tried being filter feeders. The evolution to bivalves is just as complex as to any other species.
Evolutionary potential is a subjective perception, and nature does not assign hierarchical labels to evolution. Additionally, when discussing the topic, let's confine ourselves to a specific timeframe, when humans did not exist. Furthermore, can humans really not occupy a filter-feeding ecological niche? Is it challenging to invent a machine that can filter-feed on plankton from seawater? The reason humans do not typically occupy a filter-feeding ecological niche is not because it would lead to their demise; rather, it's because we have other, more abundant ecological niches to choose from. You can express your viewpoint, but please keep logical consistency in mind. Thank you for your comments
@@AncientDiscovery Evolutionary potential is not at all subjective. All life has the potential to evolve, that is a fact. I would agree if we specified that some species have more potential to evolve in a certain direction, such as a mollusk having more potential to become a filter feeder than to fly, but in the general sense, all life has equal potentiality. Even in the timeframe of the time when bivalves evolved, a non filter feeder had to go through as much transformation than any species going through radical change in niche, the bar for becoming a filter feeder is just as high as to other marine niches. And sure, we humans can develop technology to filter food, but that completely misses my point. that being that a species with radically different physiology has no possibility to enter a filter feeding niche. Think of some other animal, say a lion, the bar for it entering that niche is insurmountable. There was no inconsistency in my logic...
I understand that the way I expressed my thoughts was meant to be in a straightforward and understandable manner, rather than in a dry and academic style. I often refer to scientific literature myself, and I know it can be quite tedious. Therefore, there might be some language gaps in my writing since English is not my native language. I create English videos to learn the language as well. Let me reiterate my viewpoint: the evolutionary potential varies among different species. For example, our human ancestors had greater evolutionary potential compared to other species because we evolved larger brains. Our brains enable us to occupy various ecological niches, which demonstrates our evolutionary potential. Ecological niches do have a hierarchical structure, and different niches offer varying resource opportunities. Lions, for instance, cannot occupy a filter-feeding ecological niche because they belong to a higher ecological niche. All organisms are not equal, and their evolutionary potential differs. This is a fact of life on Earth and is reflected in the existence of food chains. I think we may not be able to convince each other to accept our respective viewpoints, so let's just hold on to our own perspectives.
@@doctorinternet8695 Pretty much all evolution is the repurposing of existing parts. You would not expect a mollusc to grow bony legs that would permit the same evolutionary path as a vertebrate.
@@AncientDiscovery Oh I see, I'll keep in mind them that there may be some difficulties with language in our conversation. I'm also not a native speaker, but I'm more confortable with english, even so, i may face difficulties as well. Well, with your point reiterated, I see that Iindeed understood what it was, and my argument remains the same. In the specific case of humans, we do seem to have the potential to change more radically in the future then other lifeforms due to our technology. But bear in mind that we may be saying this simply because we overestimate our capabilities. In fact we have changed little from our ancestors physiologically. Our bodies remain the almost the same, just like every other species that has shared the world with us until now. So I half agree with you here. When you say we could occupy other niches, what's in fact being said is that we can develop technology that exploits those resources. It's different from our bodies adapting to them. So for other species, I'd say they all have the potential to eveolve. It's not that one species has more potential to evolve than another, I'd say that species have more potential to evolve in certain directions to occupy certain niches. Do you get what I'm saying? I actually fully agree with you on the latter points. My objective was to simply question the notion of "evolutionary potential". But maybe we should just call it a day, as you suggested. Thanks for your respectfull attitude.
How much of this is AI? I am assuming that the narration is AI....but is the rest made by a real human? (I only ask because there is a huge amount of crappy AI 'science' channels popping up that are just churning out mediocre content at an alarming, and frankly inhuman rate. Kyle Hill did a good vid about these AI Science and Astronomy channels...TH-cam needs to do something about them before they take over the entire platform....coz they will.....some of the vids get millions of views and they put out three 1/2 hour vids a day in some cases.....and they have clickbaity thumbnails featuring Elon Musk, or Tesla or Einstein with some catchy phrase and some red circles and arrows.....theres a tsunami of obviously easy to watch, but low actual informational content vids. And these channels grow ...faaaast. Coz the best way to crack the TH-cam Algorithm...is with another AI algorithm.....there are dark days ahead)
Apart from the voice being AI-generated, another aspect is that I use ChatGPT to help me translate the video scripts I write myself because English is not my native language. I utilize this method as a way to learn English. Everything else, including the production of the videos, researching relevant literature, and searching for related materials, is done by me personally. It takes approximately two days to produce each video, and if research is involved, it may take about a week to complete one video. As for the things you mentioned that I'm not familiar with, my English proficiency is not sufficient to support me in accessing perhaps more English information.
@@AncientDiscovery That's awesome. Its good to know that there is a real person at the helm. Great vid. Prehistoric life has always been one of my favourite science subjects. Subbed!
Bivalves are actually way more fascinating than people give them credit for, about a year ago I kept a freshwater mussel in a fish tank and seeing the two siphons open and close to pump water in and out is incredible. Seeing an animal doing its thing in person truly gives you a deeper understanding of these organisms and their perspectives.
"latched onto the gills of fish with a determination similar to that of an Indian passenger on a crowded train" LMFAO. hilarious
oh yeah he is good
Music noise is unnecessary and made it difficult to hear and pay attention to the information given. Still gave a thumb up.
OK next time I will change BGM
i love this kind of way to talk about evolution, with narrative and purpose, i get the danger with people thinking about evolution in a teleological manner, but the romantic way in which it characterizes evolution i thinn outweight the possible negative of people adopting a teleological narrative. When people realize its a trult beautiful thing i feel like it counters the narrative of it being brute chance or cold materialism, its a beautiful story of strife and triumph against entropy, a generative phenomenon that has intent and intelligence, no need for an intelligent force (but its completely ok if you believe in one), but in itself a beautiful symphony of natural laws and circumstance. I feel unbelievably grateful to be a product of billions of years of evolution, and humbled to know i am not the "end goal", just one of many amazing stories of powerful natural forces striving against entropy.
I'm glad you enjoy the way I tell these evolutionary stories. It shows that my approach is appreciated by people. What I want to do is to eliminate those dull and boring elements in biology as much as possible, making the whole subject interesting and appealing to those who might have had no interest in biology before. I believe that is what I should be doing.
“…soft shifting sands in shallow seas…” I love a modern twist on an old classic. 🏆
I love your commentaries. And this voice is perfecto.
Thank you !
You've got the narration voice just right in this episode. Keep going. It's good content!
Thank you!!😀
Agreed. Big advance in narrative voice. Is it an AI?
@@RobotBoy76 Yes, I tried to record with my own voice, my English reading level is really bad, thankfully I found a good AI voice😂
This sounds EXACTLY like the OG narrator from the History Channel. Late 90’s through mid-00’s I believe. Awesome stuff!
@@AncientDiscovery What AI voice is it?
For me the background music is too loud and makes the narration difficult to hear.
Yes, that's why I won't add background music to my future videos anymore.
@@AncientDiscovery I like the background music, just quieter, but none at all is good too.
got this randomly on the feed and watched at full, keep growing small channel, just as bivalves do💪
Thank you!😄
turn off that background hum in the audio OMG
hope ur channel blows up
Thank you for liking my channel
i hope this channel grows strong and makes Darwin proud!
Thank you for your support. I will strive to do better.😁
good comment! relevant.
Gives new meaning to the phrase "happy as a clam"
“Happy as a clam”is it an American proverb?
@@AncientDiscovery I've heard the phrase countless times, but never gave much thought to it. But I googled the phrase's origins and found it definitely originated in the NE area of the US.
"The expression was well-enough known in the USA by the late 1840s for it to have been included in John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary Of Americanisms - A Glossary of Words And Phrases Usually Regarded As Peculiar To The United States, 1848:
"As happy as a clam at high water," is a very common expression in those parts of the coast of New England where clams are found."
The idea that "clams look like they are smiling when they are opened up" seems to be the reason behind it. And the high water reference goes to being safer from predators - I've never gone clam digging when they've been under water.
Oh, it sounds a bit complicated, but thank you.
Thanks, TIL :) I love hearing about the origins of such phrases; always an interesting story behind every weird expression, lol.
this voice is perfect, please keep using it!
You should get rid of the subtitles. It makes it distracting to watch. Other channels don't use them and people can always turn on closed caption if they want them.
Hmm, that's a great suggestion. I was actually planning to do that. Thank you.
Also, there were a lot of typos in the subtitles.
@@ddichny Oh, making subtitles can sometimes make one's eyes go blurry.😅
Yum Scallops
They eventually evolved into delicious seafood.😂😂😂
@@AncientDiscovery haha thats what really counts lol
Omg, this voice is so much better! What is it?
it's Audyo 😀
Oh my god that music is driving me nuts. My nerves have gone from 0 to 100, heart rate has increased. I truly want to watch this. I want to learn I find it fascinating, it’s in the end area of my interests. But that music is made to irritate the nerves and some of us are more sensitive than others. The absolute cruelty of selecting this type of music for your background is phenomenal Lee, and incredibly vicious. I know the ideas try to keep our interests keep you awake, but if that’s necessary that a person really isn’t interested in this. If you have music, I should be in the background not the foreground. I wear hearing aids, I have to turn them off, and even the cutting edge of this pointed and jagged music, made up of thousands of little needles next to each other all different heights, grinding, slicing, and shredding the nerves, as a change song cuts through wood.
Too late to edit this, but please, for god sake, for the mercy of some of your viewers, or possible viewers, but cause surely, there are those who cannot watch this at all, and are not reviewers because it is too painful. The damage to my hearing came from heavy machinery, today, we have earplugs in common use. In my day they did not.
Hey, hey, friend, take it easy. I'm also a beginner when it comes to making this video, and I'm not entirely sure how to do it better. So, cut some slack for a newbie like me. I promise the upcoming videos won't have this issue anymore. Don't get so worked up about it.
wasn't there a monty Python sketch about a mollusk documentary?
what?
I did like the bgm tbh lol, soothing. So where did you find the footage, and did you use ai to write the script too?
Thank you for your liking, I am very happy. I found the materials on Google and some related websites. As for AI, because my English is not very good, I let AI help me translate.
What would we do without the food delivery drivers?
Go out to find food
@@AncientDiscovery probably about one% of Americans would be successful
good documentary, mollusk are cool
thank you!!
2:10 - The Cambrian Explosion was more than 500 million years ago.
Scallops with all their eyes remind me of angels with all the eyes...
You've made me imagine quite a hilarious scene! It's like Tyrael, the Archangel from Diablo2, turning into two seashells. It sounds absurd, but it's also quite funny.😄
It sounds like you may have an interesting video, but I can't stay because your backgroung music is so annoying
is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? is it like the hand of god above?
I don't know, science has no evidence to prove the existence of God, and there is no evidence to prove the non-existence of God, but I think our cognition is limited, ghosts know what is beyond the scope of cognition.. No one can guess, I think it's better to have a glass of beer.🍺
is this ai?
sup with the hardcoded subtitles and annoying memes popping up ? It's in the way of the interesting content. Subs should be something you can enable /disable
I was honored to serve on the SSN652 out of Brem Wash and Pearl in 74/75. Snapping Shrimp and their rythumn and Whale song, were my Favorite, but with this Non human UPIAID/UFO nonsense, may actually be real if those souls came from Our SEA's. As my name states..I need to see it too believe it.. and I would Greatly Prefer, these Folk be from OUR Mother Earth.
Deep time is nearly beyond my comprehension. Amazing video. Thanks
100 million years, it was the cretaceous period!
I'm afraid that labeling convergent evolution 'imitation' could mislead those without a good grasp of the fundamental principles of natural selection.
If it is a person who has not fully grasped the basic principles of natural selection, then the probability of him choosing to watch this movie should be relatively low, or in other words, just watch it casually, as long as it is interesting. I personally hate those rigorous academic terms. It can be said that these boring professional terms must prevent many people from liking paleontology.
This was greatly informativ content keep it up u earned my sub for shure
I'm glad you like my channel, thank you.
You say “imitate” as if they observed a successful neighbor and decided to evolve in that way. Was it imitation or was it a design that just worked in a certain area?
used the word "imitation" in a personification narrative. In reality, facing the same evolutionary pressures, convergent evolution towards the same ecological niche is common. However, this is my personal viewpoint.
I reckon evolution becomes harder for all species in modern days. Because millions of years ago, species were facing predators, climate changes, natural disasters etc. But in morden days, all species have to face more hurdels such as politicians, sport hunting, overly fishing, oil spills, chemical waste dumping, nuclear wastes disposal and many more......
All species might be totally wiped out by human before they could evolve to something.😢
You actually have a misconception that modern industrial development has led to a significant extinction of species. If you study human history during the Stone Age, you will realize that this is not the case. Our ancestors, from the time they left Africa and migrate to places like Tierra del Fuego in South America, caused the extinction of numerous species through their hunting and killing.
Fortunately, we have now gained knowledge about the importance of protecting animals and established animal conservation organizations.
@@AncientDiscovery You might be right. But what I was saying was that all species facing more challenges in morden day. If they want to evolve then they have more hurdles to overcome.
Anyway, thanks for your kind opinion.
Convergent evolution has interesting implications for exobiology. Our solar system has many ocean moons. Will convergent evolution give rise to squid-like analogues in the seas of Enceladus?
Oh, I really don't know. I think we need more exploration and scientific research to understand the relevant parameters of the oceans on Enceladus, as well as the potential existence of organic compounds and energy sources. These factors are likely to impact the forms of life and the possibilities of evolution.
I question the use of the term evolutionary potential. What is it supposed to mean? All life has the potential to evolve and is constantly doing so. No one kind of organism has more potential than another, so using such expression is superfluous.
Also saying thinbgs life "the barrier to entry in filter feeding is relatively low" is somewhat incorrect. For a human, the barrier to entry in that niche is literally insurmountable, we would quickly die if we tried being filter feeders. The evolution to bivalves is just as complex as to any other species.
Evolutionary potential is a subjective perception, and nature does not assign hierarchical labels to evolution. Additionally, when discussing the topic, let's confine ourselves to a specific timeframe, when humans did not exist. Furthermore, can humans really not occupy a filter-feeding ecological niche? Is it challenging to invent a machine that can filter-feed on plankton from seawater? The reason humans do not typically occupy a filter-feeding ecological niche is not because it would lead to their demise; rather, it's because we have other, more abundant ecological niches to choose from. You can express your viewpoint, but please keep logical consistency in mind. Thank you for your comments
@@AncientDiscovery Evolutionary potential is not at all subjective. All life has the potential to evolve, that is a fact. I would agree if we specified that some species have more potential to evolve in a certain direction, such as a mollusk having more potential to become a filter feeder than to fly, but in the general sense, all life has equal potentiality.
Even in the timeframe of the time when bivalves evolved, a non filter feeder had to go through as much transformation than any species going through radical change in niche, the bar for becoming a filter feeder is just as high as to other marine niches.
And sure, we humans can develop technology to filter food, but that completely misses my point. that being that a species with radically different physiology has no possibility to enter a filter feeding niche. Think of some other animal, say a lion, the bar for it entering that niche is insurmountable. There was no inconsistency in my logic...
I understand that the way I expressed my thoughts was meant to be in a straightforward and understandable manner, rather than in a dry and academic style. I often refer to scientific literature myself, and I know it can be quite tedious. Therefore, there might be some language gaps in my writing since English is not my native language. I create English videos to learn the language as well.
Let me reiterate my viewpoint: the evolutionary potential varies among different species. For example, our human ancestors had greater evolutionary potential compared to other species because we evolved larger brains. Our brains enable us to occupy various ecological niches, which demonstrates our evolutionary potential.
Ecological niches do have a hierarchical structure, and different niches offer varying resource opportunities. Lions, for instance, cannot occupy a filter-feeding ecological niche because they belong to a higher ecological niche.
All organisms are not equal, and their evolutionary potential differs. This is a fact of life on Earth and is reflected in the existence of food chains. I think we may not be able to convince each other to accept our respective viewpoints, so let's just hold on to our own perspectives.
@@doctorinternet8695 Pretty much all evolution is the repurposing of existing parts. You would not expect a mollusc to grow bony legs that would permit the same evolutionary path as a vertebrate.
@@AncientDiscovery Oh I see, I'll keep in mind them that there may be some difficulties with language in our conversation. I'm also not a native speaker, but I'm more confortable with english, even so, i may face difficulties as well.
Well, with your point reiterated, I see that Iindeed understood what it was, and my argument remains the same. In the specific case of humans, we do seem to have the potential to change more radically in the future then other lifeforms due to our technology. But bear in mind that we may be saying this simply because we overestimate our capabilities. In fact we have changed little from our ancestors physiologically. Our bodies remain the almost the same, just like every other species that has shared the world with us until now. So I half agree with you here.
When you say we could occupy other niches, what's in fact being said is that we can develop technology that exploits those resources. It's different from our bodies adapting to them.
So for other species, I'd say they all have the potential to eveolve. It's not that one species has more potential to evolve than another, I'd say that species have more potential to evolve in certain directions to occupy certain niches. Do you get what I'm saying?
I actually fully agree with you on the latter points. My objective was to simply question the notion of "evolutionary potential". But maybe we should just call it a day, as you suggested. Thanks for your respectfull attitude.
How much of this is AI? I am assuming that the narration is AI....but is the rest made by a real human? (I only ask because there is a huge amount of crappy AI 'science' channels popping up that are just churning out mediocre content at an alarming, and frankly inhuman rate. Kyle Hill did a good vid about these AI Science and Astronomy channels...TH-cam needs to do something about them before they take over the entire platform....coz they will.....some of the vids get millions of views and they put out three 1/2 hour vids a day in some cases.....and they have clickbaity thumbnails featuring Elon Musk, or Tesla or Einstein with some catchy phrase and some red circles and arrows.....theres a tsunami of obviously easy to watch, but low actual informational content vids. And these channels grow ...faaaast. Coz the best way to crack the TH-cam Algorithm...is with another AI algorithm.....there are dark days ahead)
Apart from the voice being AI-generated, another aspect is that I use ChatGPT to help me translate the video scripts I write myself because English is not my native language. I utilize this method as a way to learn English. Everything else, including the production of the videos, researching relevant literature, and searching for related materials, is done by me personally. It takes approximately two days to produce each video, and if research is involved, it may take about a week to complete one video. As for the things you mentioned that I'm not familiar with, my English proficiency is not sufficient to support me in accessing perhaps more English information.
@@AncientDiscovery That's awesome. Its good to know that there is a real person at the helm. Great vid. Prehistoric life has always been one of my favourite science subjects. Subbed!
Thanks so much