Scientists Built A Robot to Hunt This Starfish

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  • Crown-of-thorns starfish are large, spiny, and eat coral reefs and without enough natural predators to control their population, someone had to create one.
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  • @Wolfsgeist
    @Wolfsgeist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5462

    They really missed a chance here to call the robots Star Destroyers.

    • @HaxxorElite
      @HaxxorElite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      aw man

    • @ashman2712
      @ashman2712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      My god this robots name needs a revision

    • @kyle18934
      @kyle18934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Bite Em Up well that sounds terrifying

    • @Spanky00Cheeks
      @Spanky00Cheeks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      Every single starfish is now and ENEMY of the Republic!

    • @amarstang6377
      @amarstang6377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      How about "Death Star" ;)

  • @errorcrj110
    @errorcrj110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3467

    Imagine getting your own Bizarre Beasts episode but all they're talking about is how to kill you.

    • @Mel-be6mg
      @Mel-be6mg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I feel like that's very Black Mirror/ Tales from the Loop. Pretty dark idea, so probably more Black Mirror.

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      The Bizarre Beast isn't the starfish.
      The Bizarre Beast is the starfish terminator.

    • @nilspochat8665
      @nilspochat8665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@neolexiousneolexian6079 yep... soon AI will be able to target and kill humans 100% of the time, avoiding the 3d printed ones even...

    • @delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951
      @delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@nilspochat8665 it can now, the bot is literally a proof that it can be done

    • @nilspochat8665
      @nilspochat8665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 even the 3dprinted humans?! :O (yeah it would actually, with enough vram...)

  • @panzerschiff9805
    @panzerschiff9805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +837

    So now even Starfish have to worry about being dronestriked.

    • @SgtSkelebone
      @SgtSkelebone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      'MERICA F*** YEAH

    • @ptitgavroche
      @ptitgavroche 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      They sit on millions of barrels of suboceanic oil. Naturally, they had to be liberated by drones.

    • @augzer261
      @augzer261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      How to get american funding

    • @genericalfishtycoon3853
      @genericalfishtycoon3853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SgtSkelebone Coming again to save the MotherFk'n Day yeah!

    • @HairyNun
      @HairyNun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ptitgavroche imagine if we found a coral that produces hydrocarbon chains and we could turn the reefs into a petrol farm 😂😂

  • @fissionphoenix4995
    @fissionphoenix4995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +829

    The fact the bot seeds coral while killing the coral-eaters is amazing. It's like if your species was driven tp near-extinction by a single nefarious group of demons, but some divine entity sends a mechanized champion that helps your population return to bre-destruction levels and assassinates all the evil dark-starred demons.

    • @f1reguy587
      @f1reguy587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      So with COVID the girls are going to be in for a real treat later in isolation then.

    • @jacobhoover1654
      @jacobhoover1654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That's just Pelinal Whitestrake from the Elder Scrolls videogame series

    • @carloutube
      @carloutube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Terminator 2

    • @monica012077
      @monica012077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why do the nefarious evil demons have to be dark skinned? 😂

    • @fartdoodoostinkfart6864
      @fartdoodoostinkfart6864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@monica012077 he said dark starred lmao

  • @milesprower8
    @milesprower8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2822

    Starfish Robot Assassin is a videogame i want to exist

    • @johnnyrepine937
      @johnnyrepine937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Isn't that part of Subnautica?

    • @fluffskunk
      @fluffskunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@johnnyrepine937 Potential for a mod there.

    • @ethanspaziani1070
      @ethanspaziani1070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cute profile pic and yes that would be a fun game to play

    • @TwistedPresence
      @TwistedPresence 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Actually, it is a game that does exist... If you can manage to get to Brisbane Australia and use QUT's 'Cube': A giant wall sized array of touch screens at the ground floor of one of their newest buildings, open to the public. You control a simplified version of the RangerBot and help it take out Crown of Thorns star fish.

    • @katherinec.5375
      @katherinec.5375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      One where we could operate ACTUAL robots that help take down the starfish?

  • @toads_ftw6866
    @toads_ftw6866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1013

    I do this job for a living, hunting these starfish, ive seen litterally 100s of thounsands (i describe them as the locusts of the reef) in 8 days diving 7 of us culled 33 thousand roughly. Needless to say they chewed the reef hard. Glad CoTS are finally getting more awareness!
    Weeoow thanks so much everyone! I have passed this onto many of crew that have come through the vessels. For an update still doing it and its going good! Its now may 2024 and im a skipper of one of the vessels!

    • @inotaarto8719
      @inotaarto8719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Ppl who do cullings are ironically some of the greatest heroes of nature, my hats off to you and your fellows

    • @amandathurston2720
      @amandathurston2720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I bet your job is AMAZING 🤩

    • @toads_ftw6866
      @toads_ftw6866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@inotaarto8719 thank you kind sir, means alot to me and the crew!

    • @toads_ftw6866
      @toads_ftw6866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@amandathurston2720 its pretty awesome! Work isnt really work when you love what you do.

    • @miserablepumpkin9453
      @miserablepumpkin9453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@toads_ftw6866 Thanks for protecting the reefs.

  • @robadc
    @robadc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    -What do you do for a living?
    -Oh, I manage an extra national group of robotic assassins

    • @domeen0gt895
      @domeen0gt895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      "Oh, do they like, protect the president?"
      "No, they kill starfish"

    • @yourdaddy6030
      @yourdaddy6030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's a panty dropper right there

    • @Corvus__
      @Corvus__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yourdaddy6030 Never heard that term.

    • @elleryhorton8434
      @elleryhorton8434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@domeen0gt895 you ever see a starfish near the President? Sounds like they're protecting the President to me.

    • @Corvus__
      @Corvus__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@masonsmith9619 Shoot! I'm all ears.

  • @Zedigan
    @Zedigan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    The fact that it can also seed coral and test water quality makes me think that the rangerbots would be very easily altered or tinkered with for other marine conservation jobs that may come up, perhaps in the future we'll see them using ai to do species count estimations

    • @riddell26
      @riddell26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's gonna deploy the fish variants of covid

  • @instaperil
    @instaperil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1026

    I'm wondering why I never thought about how starfish eat. Not disappointed.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      It’s pretty gruesome if you think about it. Lots of sea stars are predators. The ones that prey on bivalves will grab onto their shells with their hydraulic tube feet and pull until the prey is exhausted, and then insert their stomachs into the shell and digest the prey out of it, alive. It’s a good thing even fast sea stars are pretty slow because being eaten by them would suck.

    • @starandfox601
      @starandfox601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      A lot of the ways invertbrates eat is terrifying.

    • @fuupdaass275
      @fuupdaass275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Now how do they poo

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fu Updaass, their butthole is on the top.

    • @fuupdaass275
      @fuupdaass275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@evilsharkey8954 face down ass up

  • @buriedghostlady
    @buriedghostlady 3 ปีที่แล้ว +822

    How amazing that they found a relatively easy to get, and inocous to other animals venom that kills the starfish fast. Like, it's usually much more complicated than that

    • @casualsleepingdragon8501
      @casualsleepingdragon8501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Does this make sheep poisonous to starfish, like whooly cane toads

    • @saucevc8353
      @saucevc8353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@casualsleepingdragon8501 Only if the sheep is feeling rather sick that day.

    • @BastiatC
      @BastiatC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@saucevc8353 or if the sheep is in a bad mood

    • @omfgHumuhumunuku
      @omfgHumuhumunuku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      It gets better. Turns out you can just use regular old household vinegar. Quick 20 ml injection gives 97% mortality. And it's a lot easier to source than bile salts.

    • @JelB
      @JelB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@omfgHumuhumunuku while I haven't properly looked into it, I'd think that acetic acid might be worse due to the higher acidity, while the acidification of the oceans is already a problem.

  • @gothic-aqua
    @gothic-aqua 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I remember in a Pokémon game a few years ago there was a Pokémon based on a crown of thorns starfish called mareanie that attacks corsola and I never realized that the interaction was based on how the starfish actually damage reefs

    • @avidarois5505
      @avidarois5505 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not only that but Bruxish, which is Mareanie's predator, is based off a triggerfish (which can attack COTs in real life)

  • @philb9015
    @philb9015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Starfish: leisurely devouring coal reefs, yummy
    Killer robots: WE ARE THE BORG. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

    • @yachiyous9110
      @yachiyous9110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lower your metabolism and surrender your lives, you will be eliminated

    • @theenderdestruction2362
      @theenderdestruction2362 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We are the necrons and your on our planet get off

    • @thomasherndon-io2gl
      @thomasherndon-io2gl 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      More like the resistance to the empire 😂

  • @mattdeblassmusic
    @mattdeblassmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +880

    Well, shoot, there goes the plot of my epic sci-fi/horror story about monster starfish rising from the depths to devour human livers.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Nah, you just have to adapt a little bit. Let them gain control over the killer robots and use them to sink every single one of our military and cargo ships. That way it'll actually be us who'll have made their rise possible.

    • @LukeBunyip
      @LukeBunyip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      "I know that organ harvesting is illegal, but we need as much bile as possible in order to defeat the starfish invasion!"
      Am available for further script editing suggestions. You're welcome.

    • @madzmidz
      @madzmidz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Are we ignoring the second horror element here. Artifically intelligent, aquatic assassin robots have been unleased underwater. This is terrifying.

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nah, this is the perfect setup for you.
      Humans have created selection pressure so only the strongest starfish can now survive, and at the same time humans are giving starfish good reason to hate humans.
      They're already immune to most physical and chemical trauma. Once they evolve immunity to bile, humanity is basically doomed.

    • @skinnypete8928
      @skinnypete8928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      These Idjuts don’t know that bile is in the liver.

  • @foux7061
    @foux7061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    How bad is it?
    "The scientists decided to create an army of murderbots to solve the problem" bad.

    • @desolateflea2236
      @desolateflea2236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Enough for the terminators to change their target kind of bad

    • @fallen4satan
      @fallen4satan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      typpical aint it? a natural phenomena occurs and man tries to use its own hands and tech brain pride on its own to try n fix an issue that only nature itself can solve...

    • @door-chan
      @door-chan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fallen4satan But the issue came from nature itself...?

    • @fallen4satan
      @fallen4satan ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@door-chan from human alteration with nature

    • @door-chan
      @door-chan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fallen4satan Nature doesn't have some perfect balance where every species has its place or whatever, every species looks after itself and there were several extinction periods long before humans were even a thing, nature doesn't care about anyone

  • @notafan5573
    @notafan5573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    4:00 Now I see why Toxapex's defenses are so stupidly high, damn.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      And it fookin regenerates

    • @Jake.The.Snake.
      @Jake.The.Snake. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I always thought toxapex was based off of a vampire squid in its defensive position. It's listed as a "brutal star" pokemon on bulbapedia, but they refer to it's legs as tenticles, like a squid, multiple times in the article. Perhaps it's a combination of both real life animals.

    • @BrandonJ978
      @BrandonJ978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      And just like the real crown of thorns, toxapex quickly takes over a meta :D

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BrandonJ978 pretty toxic

    • @notempura
      @notempura 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@Jake.The.Snake. You missed an event in SM/USUM where the Aether Foundation explained that Mareanie and Toxapex prey on Corsola.

  • @user-zy4wv7yx1z
    @user-zy4wv7yx1z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +667

    "Correctly identified the crown of thorns 99.4% of the time"
    RIP to the lost 0.6% ⚰

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      ...That might be false negatives instead of false positives?

    • @cane870
      @cane870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@neolexiousneolexian6079 a mixture of both

    • @n1nj4l1nk
      @n1nj4l1nk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Rip for the ones the machine doesn't see and thus survive... Nice logic.

    • @desperatelyseekingrealnews
      @desperatelyseekingrealnews 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Funnything, coincidentally if you turn the stats downside up or front to back you get the approximate "success" rate of the "deadly" wossname .
      Do you believe in coincidence?.🤔

    • @SpinosaurusStudios_
      @SpinosaurusStudios_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That one purple starfish with only 6 arms: i feel funny…

  • @arcticdino1650
    @arcticdino1650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Crown of Thorns: Ha ha, I'm invincible!
    Snail: Who left all this free food here?

  • @cptntwinkletoes
    @cptntwinkletoes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    The way starfish move reminds me of the sped up footage of plants growing. Both are deeply disturbing for some reason.

    • @ShakaZoulou77
      @ShakaZoulou77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like the galoping starfish th-cam.com/video/9rxf_2EgwfE/w-d-xo.html

    • @IrisGlowingBlue
      @IrisGlowingBlue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's the creepy-crawly reflex, I think, & in the starfish's case it's literal.

  • @mikki429
    @mikki429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My dive instructor in Hawaii always carried a net for removing crown of thorns.
    It's quite funny to watch a cots run in terror from a giant triton since it's such a slow chase.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Crown of thorns can actually really run for sea stars, but they’re still super slow.

  • @MB-sq7yn
    @MB-sq7yn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Heard about these things first from a show called 'Barney's Barrier Reef', a BBC nature show that talked about various lifeforms in the GBR.
    Normally it was a light hearted/edutainment show, talking about various ways creatures used mucus, poop, bits of reef debris, colours, and so on.
    But from what I can remember, every single time the Crown-Of-Thorns was talked about, it was in a much more serious tone compared to everything else, and was in a way the main villain/antagonist of the show due to the fact that they're mostly known for how much damage they cause to the reef at large.

    • @ccg2301
      @ccg2301 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't they have any other purpose other than eat corals?
      They're basically pest of the sea if they have no other positive contribution to sea life.

    • @MB-sq7yn
      @MB-sq7yn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ccg2301 They might have some other purpose to them, but their reef killing ways overwhelm all other elements to them by far.

    • @omfgHumuhumunuku
      @omfgHumuhumunuku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@ccg2301 Animals don't have a purpose. They're just out there trying to grow and reproduce as much as possible, just like every other animal. If you're asking if they provide a benefit to the rest of the ecosystem, it's the same as any other predator. They tend to feed primarily on the most abundant fastest growing corals, which in a balanced system, increases biodiversity.

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ccg2301 Which were held in balance by the Giant Triton Snail until humans reduced the numbers to critical levels.
      So who's the culprit here? A starfish that's been around for thousands of years (if not more) before the European human got to Australia, and yet the Reef still thrived, or the humans who collected the snails to near extinction because they were "pretty" and looked nice on a shelf or aquarium, along with (according to the vast majority of scientists in the field) have created climate conditions that are severely stressing coral reefs everywhere? (Coral bleaching is also devastating reefs)
      My money is on the human being the criminal here, as is usually the case when species go extinct.

    • @fortytudo
      @fortytudo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@iffracem And yet the humans put all the blame on someone else like they always do.

  • @dianadeane9233
    @dianadeane9233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    The “kill the Crown of Thorns” and “reseed the reef with coral”robot sounds fantastic!!!! Congratulations to everyone involved!! 🎉🎊🥳

  • @thiagomarques3036
    @thiagomarques3036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    "is this Bizarre Beasts?" "NO, this is Patrick!"

  • @skybattler2624
    @skybattler2624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Now, what we need is a psychic-water Snail Pokemon that hunts the Mareanie and Toxapex down.

    • @mlpfanboy1701
      @mlpfanboy1701 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too bad they are nearly exstinct

    • @isaaclim8645
      @isaaclim8645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love this idea

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Save the Corsola!

    • @CarmenLC
      @CarmenLC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and a Steel/Poison COTSbot
      evolving into a LarvalBot

    • @Jynx9921
      @Jynx9921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      O think Poison-Water with corrosion would make more sense since its the saliva that renders them useless

  • @Alorand
    @Alorand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Now Lovecraft novels make so much sense.
    Cthulhu is just taking revenge for his pet starfish.

  • @austinbyrn5661
    @austinbyrn5661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Random recommendation for a bizarre beast. The naked mole rat is the only mammal that is eusocial, and it is a thermoconformer (meaning they are practically cold blooded). A university professor I had had done studies with naked mole rats and I truly learned how bizarre they were from him.

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also they have no sense of touch IIRC? It's speculated that that prevents them from feeling pain due to the extremely high levels of CO2 in their burrows.
      (Also, I *think* they're immortal/cancer-proof/senescence-proof?)

    • @CL-go2ji
      @CL-go2ji 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those are really bizarre.

  • @cptntwinkletoes
    @cptntwinkletoes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    The real question is when are we going to get an episode on the Hanklerfish?

    • @jozenne0018
      @jozenne0018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We already got that in april, go look at it, it's very interesting

    • @IrisGlowingBlue
      @IrisGlowingBlue 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jozenne0018 ++

  • @laosi4278
    @laosi4278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    seems Australia had a knack to launch war with animals just like like the infamous The Great Emu War

    • @whalesauce3647
      @whalesauce3647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This time it seems that they're winning.

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shhhhh! don't speak of the Emu's! They are listening, and waiting, they will strike when the time is right.
      Plus, humans killed every single one in my state (Tasmania) around 1865, they still want revenge.........

    • @mochardiansah7452
      @mochardiansah7452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This angered the Emus, who punished the Australians severely

    • @justanuff
      @justanuff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just want to point out that the "army" they sent to deal with the emu's consisted of 3 men, 2 lewis guns and ONLY 10,000 rounds of ammo for 20,000 emus. Work that one out.

  • @ScionStorm1
    @ScionStorm1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    When you play New Pokemon Snap and watch Corsola desperately flee a swarm of Mareanie in the distance.

    • @thaiangquoc9505
      @thaiangquoc9505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Magnezone...
      Invasive species massacre now

    • @tommycriton9758
      @tommycriton9758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tyranitar eating entire mountains also imagine monster hunter x Pokemon

    • @werwolf6746
      @werwolf6746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Followed by Porygon Star destroyer evolution

  • @Quack_Whack69
    @Quack_Whack69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Starfish:
    • no responsibility
    • no need to pay taxes
    • no sand in swimsuit
    • can regrow lost limbs
    • stay on mermaid's booba
    *Become starfish*

    • @matsveritas2055
      @matsveritas2055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Underrated

    • @prestongonzalez3836
      @prestongonzalez3836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ampedcrafter shut

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@prestongonzalez3836 NO LET THE MAN SPEAK.

    • @JoeMama-1diot
      @JoeMama-1diot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      what's that last point? you spelled it wrong 😅 you should have payed more attention in school instead of wanting to be a starfish ☝️

    • @toads_ftw6866
      @toads_ftw6866 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JoeMama-1diot booba is a thing 🤣

  • @rs86
    @rs86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    COTSBOT: Think, Starfish! Think! WHY DID YOU MAKE ME DO THIS?! YOU'RE EATING AND REPRODUCING SO MUCH YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE AROUND YOU DIE!
    Crown-of-Thorns Starfish: ......

    • @mlpfanboy1701
      @mlpfanboy1701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The crown of thorns: its your makers fault. I had few natural predators, each one your makers hunted near exstinction for there own vanity or greed. They invited me to kill.

    • @toniotrussardi8126
      @toniotrussardi8126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mlpfanboy1701 and you accepted it..

  • @conservat1vepatr1ot
    @conservat1vepatr1ot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    “Radula”: a famous vampire that, wether on boards or wheels, shreds the gnar while always having a Vans baseball hat on backwards.

    • @chrisburn7178
      @chrisburn7178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He only has one fang because the other got knocked out trying to land a flair.

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chrisburn7178
      I see you are also studied up on your ancient Romanian texts 😂

    • @chrisburn7178
      @chrisburn7178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@conservat1vepatr1ot Well yeah, but also whenever I'm at the bowl or pump track he's there waiting for someone to stack so he can lick up the blood 🙄

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrisburn7178
      🤣🤣🤣

  • @maxaprettyboy6512
    @maxaprettyboy6512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I was hyped to see starfish footage then you brought out the sea snail... Dude you don't even know how much I love sea snails, this is making my bad morning way better thank you

  • @V1ctoria00
    @V1ctoria00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Imagine dying to allergic reactions for up to 24 hours.

    • @keithfaulkner6319
      @keithfaulkner6319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It's a starfish, not your sister. Get over it.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Fortunately, sea stars don’t have brains and probably don’t suffer pain the way we do. It’s more like a stimulus to move them away from ouch thing.
      Besides, predatory sea stars digest their prey alive. That inside out stomach. Death in the ocean is not gentle.

    • @keithfaulkner6319
      @keithfaulkner6319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@evilsharkey8954 nature is not gentle. You ever watch fish crunch up crayfish, or Komodo dragons rip up living deer?

    • @V1ctoria00
      @V1ctoria00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@keithfaulkner6319 this is called projection. I get it. You care way too much about it and it makes your eyes all teary so you tell other people to shut up and you "grrr" at them. We see you.

    • @keithfaulkner6319
      @keithfaulkner6319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@V1ctoria00 ok

  • @normalemoji
    @normalemoji 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I feel like the giant snail and the robots deserve their own pins. Everything is so cool!

  • @beanburrito4405
    @beanburrito4405 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh, so _THIS_ is what the Mareanie and Toxapex lines from Pokémon were based on. No wonder they were considered pests who feasted on Corsola (actually, they were only catchable by SOS chaining from a Corsola in SM iirc. Corsola is a coral Pokémon)

  • @ninoangelojoson7132
    @ninoangelojoson7132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    To fight the monsters we built monsters of our own
    -pacific rim

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "..and you are being hunted by robotic assassins'."
    Netflix.. you listening?

  • @corgeekshoozkeb
    @corgeekshoozkeb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Toxapex is based on the Crown of Thorns Starfish
    *explains why its so hard to kill Toxapex*

    • @tsuribachi
      @tsuribachi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      somehow I can imagine the whole thing as Magnezone go on Toxapex KO-ing spree

    • @corgeekshoozkeb
      @corgeekshoozkeb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tsuribachi SAME!

    • @beastwarsFTW
      @beastwarsFTW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tsuribachi
      It's an electronic steel type so it probably could.

  • @rinc.979
    @rinc.979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Ok I’m super impressed that the bile poison is safe after the fact

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It’s sort of like snake venom in a way: the snake can eat the snake’s prey just fine after injecting its blood stream with venom.
      In this case bile makes perfect sense since a creature with bile in its stomach will be able to handle eating a creature with bile it its blood stream (emphasis on the bile in the blood stream as how the target died).

  • @terrylong8894
    @terrylong8894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That was simultaneously really interesting and several different kinds of super creepy.

  • @heywaitMarlee
    @heywaitMarlee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I adore this hosts energy. Starfish freak me out too and he admits that even this particular species is especially weird and aggressive to boot. Glad to see these sea-locusts are being culled in a way that helps the reefs as well.

  • @finalmage6
    @finalmage6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Sounds to me that you need to do a Bizarre Beast on the snail that eats the starfish up 😁

    • @samprada9298
      @samprada9298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why did your pfp make me so happy ☺️🖖

    • @finalmage6
      @finalmage6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@samprada9298 Because I went out of my way to grab the TNG emblem to show everyone how "old" I am 🖖😆

  • @daftodil589
    @daftodil589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    this is solarpunk as all hell i love it

  • @vanessaanderson497
    @vanessaanderson497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Octonauts made a movie about their invasion on the great barrier reef! Its a good watch for all ages

    • @phycoticreaction1179
      @phycoticreaction1179 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny they left out the killer bile robots though...

  • @gavincurtis
    @gavincurtis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The starfish surrounded by all the fighting, time traveling robots is the one.

  • @pineapplesideways3820
    @pineapplesideways3820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Definitely need a camera for live streaming on the rangerbot

  • @callabeth258
    @callabeth258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Growing up in North Queensland Australia next to the Great Barrier Reef I learned about these starfish from a very you age. Our first school trip to the aquarium Reef HQ was in grade 3.

  • @kasuraga
    @kasuraga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We built a mechanical predator. This isn't good. We've created an ocean terminator XD

  • @laurachapple6795
    @laurachapple6795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    this episode only just finished and I'm already wondering if I dreamed it.

  • @DarkKnightofIT
    @DarkKnightofIT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    We're now drone striking starfish, what a time to be alive...

  • @ArticBlueFox96
    @ArticBlueFox96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Robotic assassins seem like a good way to control introduced and invasive species without harming the rest of the ecosystem.

  • @TheTerranInformed
    @TheTerranInformed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hank green:
    “You are, by all accounts, a fairly standard starfish.”

  • @paternoaparente2196
    @paternoaparente2196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Am I the only one who thinks that protecting, breeding, and deploying Giant Tritons will be better for the environment in the long term?

    • @wombataldebaran9686
      @wombataldebaran9686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Probably. On the other hand: Autonomous Killer Robots!

    • @Hawk013
      @Hawk013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was pretty much my first thought...

    • @werewolf4358
      @werewolf4358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It takes time and effort, so while I'm certain that's happening it's not enough for what appears to be a more immediate problem.

    • @omfgHumuhumunuku
      @omfgHumuhumunuku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      The key word there is long term. Plus the snails can only eat about 1 starfish a week. Some reefs have 50k + starfish

    • @paternoaparente2196
      @paternoaparente2196 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@omfgHumuhumunuku still, does it justify spending millions on high tech equipment, maintenance, and staff per machine instead of supplementing the invader's natural predators?

  • @tengkuamirultengkukudin7438
    @tengkuamirultengkukudin7438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is your first video that start sad on the get go, and finishes with hope, you guys are amazing!! 👍🏻

  • @undeadladybug7723
    @undeadladybug7723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I saw an older video about a virus that was causing starfish to rip themselves apart, and stopping them from regenerating. Any chance there could be a video about that?

  • @juniormynos9457
    @juniormynos9457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Scientist: Rangerbot can be trained to identify,target and terminate Crown Star fish.
    CIA: 🤔

    • @rbb9753
      @rbb9753 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh come on, you know the CIA had it first

  • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol
    @i-never-look-at-replies-lol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "You are, by all accounts, a fairly standard starfish..."
    NO IM NOT MY MOM SAYS IM A SPECIAL STARFISH

  • @alexconn7473
    @alexconn7473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As long as we don't wipe out the crown of thorns sea star species entirely I am totally okay with this

  • @Kudu300
    @Kudu300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cots sounds like Kots in my language and that means Puke. Quite fitting since the bile is an internal fluid so now I will call it Kotsrobot

  • @BlizzardofKnives
    @BlizzardofKnives 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:29 Well, that escalated quickly.

  • @thatdarnskag5043
    @thatdarnskag5043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember this from Tangents! It's nice to get some footage to go along with that nugget of knowledge 👍

  • @Thirdman24
    @Thirdman24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I work for the COTS programs in Townsville Australia! this would be amazing to have!

    • @avacurtis2729
      @avacurtis2729 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow really? That is so intresting

    • @lukelblitz3627
      @lukelblitz3627 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well,they are making breakthroughs.maybe they will be available for purchase in a few years?

    • @toads_ftw6866
      @toads_ftw6866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @scott appelbaum yeah bro we are up in cairns! Smooth travels and culling to you and the crew G!

  • @blu12gaming44
    @blu12gaming44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's far more effective to try and breed Triton Snails in captivity and release them into vulnerable reef zones. One or two robots won't be able to cover as much ground and control such a large population of starfish.
    This would also help rejuvenate the diminished population of snails too.

    • @MrTREEHUNTER22
      @MrTREEHUNTER22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah but that isn’t as cool

    • @melodyszadkowski5256
      @melodyszadkowski5256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My only worry: how many captive bred tritons are being released on the reef as opposed to how many are being plucked OFF the reef by divers.

  • @theseamusexperience
    @theseamusexperience 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great episode, glad i found this channel!

  • @wombataldebaran9686
    @wombataldebaran9686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ah yes. Built killer robots that deploy poison and can learn to spot hidden prey.
    I feel like Cave Johnson was involved in this somehow. The next model probably also dispenses cake.

    • @justanothermollusk5829
      @justanothermollusk5829 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That does sound like something he would make his scientists do, now that I've thought about it...

  • @leoanton2408
    @leoanton2408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is a very cool idea, but wouldn't the star fish become immune to the "bile" over time

    • @JohnSmith-mk1rj
      @JohnSmith-mk1rj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      There would have to be survivors for any immunity to build up in a species, and it takes a few generations and a lot of survivors to repress their vulnerability to the toxin.
      It sounds like the robot doesn't leave any survivors, so immunity seems unlikely at best, in this case.

    • @romanmeneghinister1584
      @romanmeneghinister1584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Considering the lack of exposure to bile naturally, it should take a while before a mutation would appear in the population that could benefit the sea star. That being said, the massive amounts of eggs produced could be an issue if a mutation does appear and is selected for.

    • @leoanton2408
      @leoanton2408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JohnSmith-mk1rj thank you for your answer I appreciate it.

    • @leoanton2408
      @leoanton2408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@romanmeneghinister1584 thank you for your answer I appreciate it.

  • @reality7823
    @reality7823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This needs millions of more views why is this so underrated

  • @entothechesnautknight1762
    @entothechesnautknight1762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am both excited and terrified of the fact we are now making and deploying real ass killer robots designed to kill specific targets for scifi reasons.

  • @VioletWhirlwind
    @VioletWhirlwind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I did a school report on this starfish a long time ago (I must have forgotten their spines were poisonous though, because I was surprised by that.), They are fascinating.
    To be fair, it's not the starfish's fault the corals are dying...they've been eating coral for thousands of years. It's only when humans started screwing things up that the balance of nature got out of wack. Now we have to fix what we broke, and the starfish pay the price. :(

    • @mrshumancar
      @mrshumancar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This ^
      Anyone who has looked deeper into this matter will know about this.

    • @avacurtis2729
      @avacurtis2729 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. Just like its not an invasive species fault they do harm. Nature is perfectly balanced until humans mess it up

    • @ribozyme2899
      @ribozyme2899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@avacurtis2729 Nature is not "perfectly balanced", it just moves a bit slower. Species have still died out regularly before human activity. (Not saying that it's not way worse now)

  • @bigode9743
    @bigode9743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So that's what Caster's been summoning in Fate: Zero!

  • @emberhydra7621
    @emberhydra7621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God I hate waking up as a starfish getting haunted by assassin robots

  • @justinr.116
    @justinr.116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine one day our AI creations declare us an invasive species and start jabbing us with nature friendly bile.

  • @deezal4588
    @deezal4588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fish heads are usually used by some home gardeners from where I'm from and I'm wondering that if this starfish can be great for gardening as well.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We use "charlie carp" as fertiliser in Australia instead, that product being made from invasive carp that are cleared from waterways to save them, using the profits their sale as fertiliser net

  • @cannab-al9582
    @cannab-al9582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wonder if this is being adapted for lionfish. mind you, is it a wise idea to start making assassin bots to "manage" our oceans. im picturing a scary mix of Terminator and Sharknado

  • @seanriopel3132
    @seanriopel3132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hank don't stop man. Love this guy.

  • @88Goldilucks88
    @88Goldilucks88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We also have that same problem here in the Philippines but divers here found a solution. They inject vinegar and they die right away.

  • @gandalfthegreen117
    @gandalfthegreen117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is quite hopeful for the lives and preservation of coral reefs. That’s nice to hear

  • @type-moonfag4413
    @type-moonfag4413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    TH-cam: "hi, i heard you like science and biology, check this out"
    Me: "oh, neat"
    Hank green: "hola"

  • @itsdweezy
    @itsdweezy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine you're little nemo sleeping in his coral and out of no where this machine drives by and STABS your next door neighbor.

  • @snehapradhan5591
    @snehapradhan5591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so interesting, loved this video!!

  • @LeafseasonMagbag
    @LeafseasonMagbag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I actually read about this thing years ago.
    I’ve been waiting to see it in action!

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    While the Rangerbot is an exciting development, is it not possible to grow more Giant Triton snails and deploy them?
    Or would that end up like the introduction of the Cane Toads?

  • @nightthought2497
    @nightthought2497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm hecka looking forward to my starfish pin!

  • @zolacnomiko
    @zolacnomiko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the great science video, John!

  • @DieFarbeLila88
    @DieFarbeLila88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    wow, Hank really is all over the place :D
    Subscribed! ^^

    • @myboy_
      @myboy_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      King of educational youtube

    • @DieFarbeLila88
      @DieFarbeLila88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@myboy_ s.o. make him a crown!

  • @jamespigeon1399
    @jamespigeon1399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    star: fish
    symmetry: radial
    crown: of thorns
    assassins: robotic
    hotel: trivago

  • @100PercentMuscleUsage
    @100PercentMuscleUsage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All fun and games until the starfish starts programming the assassin bot to hunt swimming humans

  • @fightingspirit6520
    @fightingspirit6520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now we know how to finally kill a monster that regenerate and split into 2 when you cut them in half..

  • @SNAKE.LOVER.69
    @SNAKE.LOVER.69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I just like how, after creating actual robot, our first instinct was to break the laws of robotics

    • @wombataldebaran9686
      @wombataldebaran9686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do not worry! The next version of the army of killer robots will be taught to read and given a copy of the laws of robotic. To share.

    • @techpriestsalok8119
      @techpriestsalok8119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Last i checked starfish were not considered to be humans.

    • @SNAKE.LOVER.69
      @SNAKE.LOVER.69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@techpriestsalok8119 Life is not determined by sapience. The law states only that robots shall not kill. This law makes a starfish's life equal to that of a human's life.

    • @techpriestsalok8119
      @techpriestsalok8119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SNAKE.LOVER.69 I’m pretty sure the first law of robotics is “a robot may not harm a human or through inaction allow a human to come to harm” if you don’t allow robots to harm any living creature you are going to have problems with for example your farming equipment refusing to harvest your plants, or your butchery equipment refusing to butcher animals.
      Like it or not most people consider humans to be a step above animals, which are in turn a step above plants.

    • @gabrielpinhal8325
      @gabrielpinhal8325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SNAKE.LOVER.69 First Law
      A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
      Second Law
      A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
      Third Law
      A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
      As you can see, the Laws of Robotics explicitly mentions humans, so unless starfish are considered humans you're wrong

  • @caveofskarzs1544
    @caveofskarzs1544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was good to hear. Lots of negative things going on in the world with no possible solutions, and this seems like it's viable.

  • @uekiboy92
    @uekiboy92 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:15
    "Decepticons.. Mobilize.. It is time.."

  • @AllDayBikes
    @AllDayBikes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another Hank channel? Yes please. Don't know how I missed this one.

  • @dominicocampo5402
    @dominicocampo5402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hank, I need a pin of the deadly anti starfish assassin robot!!

  • @Stef-iq4dh
    @Stef-iq4dh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stumbled upon this channel recently and it got me thinking, are there other channels I might not know where Hank Green is in? Even as a guest? I only know SciShow and CrashCourse. Very curious as I’ve been seeing him everywhere lately 😁

    • @amelisticamente56
      @amelisticamente56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he is on pbs eons occasionally and vlogbrothers of course

    • @justlurking6529
      @justlurking6529 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s a narrator on Journey to the Microcosm

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Neat video! Thanks for uploading!

  • @nyeeeessss7674
    @nyeeeessss7674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know what will also help. Put a bounty on them like they did to Lion Fishes so people will also have some motivation to get rid of them.

  • @BOAYang
    @BOAYang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m sure those scientists have been binge watching Michael Reeves videos

  • @joinmarch76
    @joinmarch76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First off, this is another good episode in this series all about weird creatures. However, I do have one minor question. To be clear, I am aware of how the pin club works, and that's well-understood. However, even after the video went live, my pin still says its unfulfilled.
    Is this delay happening with all shipments, or is there something I'm missing? 'Cause I'm pretty sure the window of a week to ship has passed a while ago.

    • @BizarreBeasts
      @BizarreBeasts  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are correct! It looks like there has been a delay in the manufacturing process! Unfortunately the pins may not ship for another two weeks.

    • @joinmarch76
      @joinmarch76 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BizarreBeasts Okay, that's all I wanted to know. Not sure what's caused this delay, my best guess being the plague that's sadly still going on.

  • @SnepperStepTV
    @SnepperStepTV 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whoever came up with this is a genius.

  • @johnberg1836
    @johnberg1836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How many times do we have to say Stop making future weapons for the Robot overlords...lol.