The Secret Behind Bioluminescent Bays

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  • In a few special places around the world, the ocean lights up at night with countless tiny blue flashes thanks to some tiny organisms and science.
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ความคิดเห็น • 266

  • @cheesecrew
    @cheesecrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Imagine seeing this in the 1500s, you'd think it was magic.

    • @somethingappropriate
      @somethingappropriate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheRealCheddar it probably is... Scientists still don’t really have a clue about it.

    • @Roguey84
      @Roguey84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I still think it is regardless. It’s amazing that living creatures can create a glow from their own bodies

    • @kamakhyagatekanu
      @kamakhyagatekanu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still think it's magical

    • @Negs42
      @Negs42 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@somethingappropriate we do have a clue about it
      I personally study protists

  • @fishypaw
    @fishypaw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I saw this in the Maldives one time. It was amazing. The beach lit up with each wave. If you waded through the sea your legs lit up and you could stand on the pier and watch fish swim through it and leave trails.

    • @RangerRuby
      @RangerRuby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So cool! I wish I could see an ocean do that!

    • @mariemr8574
      @mariemr8574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jst saw it

  • @raifariza1043
    @raifariza1043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I live in Maldives and this happens like almost every night! Still wows me everytime!

    • @AkleshKumar-pg1nz
      @AkleshKumar-pg1nz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Mr./Mrs. Raifa Riza. Please tell me where can we see this in Maldives. I am so fascinated by this phenomenon. I want to visit the place only when this happens. Please tell me when and where I should visit?

  • @theoregonguy
    @theoregonguy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    This cousi happens out in the middle of the ocean. I was in the Navy and sometimes there would be a glowing trail behind the ship on a dark night.

    • @keithdurant4570
      @keithdurant4570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I seem to remember a WW2 mission where a flight from the USS Enterprise followed the light from the wake of the ship home.

    • @richdiscoveries
      @richdiscoveries 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for your service

    • @TrekkieBrie
      @TrekkieBrie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TheJeffreyJJones came here to say this. I too was in the navy and this was my favorite part of the fantail. Well that and the stars.

    • @frtard
      @frtard 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keithdurant4570 Jim Lovell?

    • @keithdurant4570
      @keithdurant4570 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frtard I honestly can't remember...just a documentary stuck in my head from long ago.

  • @unicornswag888
    @unicornswag888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    I need to do a photoshoot at one of these bioluminescent beaches. I can just imagine the beautiful glow reflecting off of my glistening abs.

    • @farmthecorn5652
      @farmthecorn5652 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg I love you

    • @Rooachie
      @Rooachie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      By far the funniest one since weeks, keep flexing boi

    • @maracachucho8701
      @maracachucho8701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No homo

  • @heart0fthedrag0n
    @heart0fthedrag0n 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    We have them in Bulgaria as well, on the northern beaches of the Black Sea. They glow a dim blueish or greenish color. On a moonless night away from resorts they are quite beautiful.

  • @jamesharmer9293
    @jamesharmer9293 5 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    I see Hank hasn't paid the heating bill again. It's cruel how he forces the SciShow staff to work in the cold. Michael has to wear those thick padded jackets to keep warm and now Olivia's got a big woolly hat on....

    • @jerry3790
      @jerry3790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He’s trying to make them as tough as muscle hank

    • @greatwhiteshark9355
      @greatwhiteshark9355 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

    • @stevenstehling
      @stevenstehling 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      SciShow production quality is pathetic considering how long they've been doing this and their relatively high profile. I get that a youtube channel won't necessarily have a budget for wardrobe, a producer/director that isn't blind or even a studio with functioning environmental control, but there are many things you can do to avoid featuring your host dressed like a homeless person. The obvious simple solution is to tell her to suck it up for the 10 minutes it takes to film the segment. Another almost as simple solution is to use graphic slides throughout the entire video instead of footage of the host. They already made graphics for the video. Open with the graphics and don't cut back to video of the host in awkward attire. If it's just the audio, we're not distracted with trying to figure out why Olivia is wearing a hobo costume.

    • @Amccordford
      @Amccordford 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This episode is quite the wardrobe fail: the hat, the colors, the boxiness of the shirt, the fact that none of her outfits have been flattering to her beautifully pregnant form. Pure fail :(

    • @glenngriffon8032
      @glenngriffon8032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Amccordford
      Have you ever considered that maybe she doesn't want to accent it?
      I mean I personally wouldn't get pregnant because I think the idea of swelling up and having a baby in me growing is incredibly nightmarish but even if I were to get pregnant I wouldn't be wearing clothes to show it off.

  • @leviroch
    @leviroch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Resolution bay, queen elizabeth track in south island new zealand, at about mid january this year. First time i have ever encountered a 'bioluminescent bay'. Watching seals and small sharks hunting smaller fish at night with the constant explosions if blue light as the baitfish would attempt to swim away is to date one of the most visually stunning things i have ever seen. . .

    • @leviroch
      @leviroch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh. . . Did not know some could be dangerous lol. . . We were just divebombing off the jetty into it. . . It looked awesome though lol

    • @leviroch
      @leviroch 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lasted 3 days straight. . .

  • @VfletchS
    @VfletchS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I was in the navy, I'd go out onto the wingwalls or the flight deck overlooking the aft end of the ship. The props would churn so many of these up that it looked like the ship was being propelled by two huge sparklers. So relaxing to head out there at midnight after a long day/watch in the engine room, with stars like you've never seen anywhere within 200 miles of a big city, the warm tropical air, and those light trails in the water.

  • @mikepierson7447
    @mikepierson7447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Dinoflagellates sounds like science jargon for dinosaur farts

  • @tiaxanderson9725
    @tiaxanderson9725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really glad we went to the bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico a couple of years back, amazing sight to see.

  • @TrekkieBrie
    @TrekkieBrie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I was in the navy I used to go to the fantail every night and watch the water behind the ship glow from bioluminescents. Between that and the stars, nights on the ocean can be amazing.

  • @hprev
    @hprev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I experienced this north of Vancouver! It was one of the most beautiful things, they luminesce more if you skip a stone or toss a pebble in!

  • @willalogicalwf
    @willalogicalwf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My first open water night dive was on Grand Cayman and waving your hand through the water created a magical streak of sparkles. Dive master said in his 25 years he had never seen it like this before

  • @therealpixie
    @therealpixie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been privileged to play in bioluminescence on several occasions at both Topsail and Ocracoke Islands in North Carolina. Once there were even bioluminescent sand crabs! It is truly a magical experience.

  • @38josue91
    @38josue91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Lucky here! We have 3 permanent Bioluminescent bays here in PR. Also experienced a Bioluminescent bloom in Railay Beach in Thailand.

    • @mattemattemattematte
      @mattemattemattematte 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      PR?

    • @kafn0912
      @kafn0912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vieques, Lajas and Fajardo....if someone is interested...Ours are the safe ones so come on down...they wont hurt you!

    • @mattemattemattematte
      @mattemattemattematte 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kafn0912 is it all year around or is it a specific month where you can se it? I would love to visit and see it!

    • @kafn0912
      @kafn0912 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattemattemattematte yes it is all year round...

    • @ordinarynocturne
      @ordinarynocturne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, I visited one many years ago. I can't remember which one, however, it was near a town called La Parguera (sp?) on the southern coast. We went out on a small boat and watched it around us. It was awesome. I wish I had had a better camera that was able to get photos of it, but at least I have the memory.

  • @galenrichter41
    @galenrichter41 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    how long can they give off light? in one clip you show someone with them in a flask and giving them a little spin to make them give off light. if you kept doing that, would they be able to keep making light for a long time, or would they run out of the compounds to make the reaction really quickly?

  • @CrankyPantss
    @CrankyPantss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That looks beautiful. I would like to see that some day. Nature can be so crazy.

  • @RangerRuby
    @RangerRuby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I did not know about this before this video but boy I want to see a light up ocean now!

  • @r21167
    @r21167 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw this in the Netherlands once. I never even knew it was a thing and this woman who lived near the beach told us about the sea lighting up. When we were there it was just a little bit of spark when you wade through the water, but still magical.
    If you’re near water after a very hot and humid day, and it’s still very hot after total dawn, i I recommend to check out the water!

  • @adlockhungry304
    @adlockhungry304 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw this in bays in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand in ‘98-99, and also in the wake of fishing vessels in Alaska, particularly in the Fall.
    So awesome! Especially when the porpoises start dancing in it, making their own bioluminescent trails!!!

  • @petrichor9417
    @petrichor9417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw sea sparkle once in the north sea... it was beautiful ^^

  • @XIIIHero
    @XIIIHero 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After my senior year of high school, I got to
    Go do charity work in Puerto Rico and see the
    Bioluminescent Bay there before Hurricane Maire
    Happened... I feel very lucky!

  • @TheSentientCloud
    @TheSentientCloud 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm just picturing swimming in a bioluminescent bay and having the Tetris Effect soundtrack on that'd be so ethereal.

  • @JeremyWS
    @JeremyWS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    neat. I want to see that in person someday.

    • @raifariza1043
      @raifariza1043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Come to Maldives! Happens almost every night!

    • @JeremyWS
      @JeremyWS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Visiting the Maldives is actually on my bucket list.

    • @raifariza1043
      @raifariza1043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JeremyWS Hope you get to come by soon.

  • @jliller
    @jliller 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bioluminescent Dinoflagellants would be an excellent name for a band.

  • @davidg.3664
    @davidg.3664 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an awesome video, release more like this!!!

  • @furpurse9543
    @furpurse9543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Momorangi bay New Zealand has them but it’s dim, The best way to see it there is by doing a night kayak you can see your own kayak Wake as well as the glowing water on your paddles and watching the fish swim through it Below

  • @snowwonder9814
    @snowwonder9814 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked the bedtime clothing/tired theme for the video; gave me a chuckle.

  • @jennysspiceoflife8581
    @jennysspiceoflife8581 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Professional explanations!

  • @in2webelieve997
    @in2webelieve997 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I literally just saw this in Oahu. There weren't very many of them, but it was still really cool.

  • @ziqi92
    @ziqi92 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw this phenomenon in San Diego, CA back in...Fall of 2012 I think? It was gorgeous.

  • @wyllomygreene7700
    @wyllomygreene7700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "...to help them escape predators like Coco Puffs"
    (rewinds)
    oh. I need chocolate

  • @KaySTeal4434
    @KaySTeal4434 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad they touched on the delicate cycle of these guys. Too many of these dinoflagellates can cause harmful effects to the ocean's wildlife and accumulate toxic levels of NH4 in the waters. Their growth is currently stimulated by drastic changes in climate change and they are being found in uncommon areas causing increase in risk for dead zones.

  • @MsMorganThorne
    @MsMorganThorne 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got to see this (and swim in the water) just outside of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca, Mexico. It was a little scary to be out in a lagoon, pitch black and have our guide say "jump out of the boat!" Glad I did, though, it was absolutely magical!

  • @turdl38
    @turdl38 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is there a tiny scishow hostlet yet Olivia?

  • @misschief4283
    @misschief4283 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We get this in Wales sometimes, it happened this year and a few years back, it's stunning :)

  • @iwanttomake9262
    @iwanttomake9262 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    thats here in jamaica!!! wow didnt know

  • @AxelLeJeff
    @AxelLeJeff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When Pismo Beach experiences red tide, this is visible, and walking on the sand causes your shoeprints to light up. (If you go barefoot, it could irritate your skin)

  • @drakencorin
    @drakencorin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This happens every year for a couple of weeks in the little town in Japan where I live :-)

  • @askjeevescosby2928
    @askjeevescosby2928 ปีที่แล้ว

    We need to bio engineer this into trees. Imagine roads lined with glowing trees.

  • @johngarvey3598
    @johngarvey3598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    We also have this in Ireland. In Kenmare Bay. Recently went night Kayaking there and it was amazing.

  • @phatphracker
    @phatphracker 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You might want to consider asking the US Navy Submarine Force element located in Yokosuka, Japan to film and release to the public how a submarine conducting a low-pressure blow in the harbor there can activate the bio-luminescent organisms so dramatically that it makes entire lochs of the harbor shine purple. It's not a permanent feature of the harbor but it's common enough they could plan on capturing it to support scientific public interest efforts like SciShow.
    www.csp.navy.mil/csg7/Contact-Us/

  • @PrimitiveTim
    @PrimitiveTim 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This shows up in florida every summer in le coastal lagoons. It's amazing so go see it!

  • @rickoleary7060
    @rickoleary7060 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome back!!! Sci show wasn't the same

  • @RiggingDoctor
    @RiggingDoctor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One windless night when we were sailing across the Atlantic, we saw a bioluminescence that responded to light instead of touch.
    We would shine a torch into the water and they would glow for a few seconds. Any idea what species it might have been? They extended from the surface down to about 60 feet deep.
    Thanks!

  • @NOAHCASAS
    @NOAHCASAS 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IT THE ORANGE. COUNTY. AREA OF CALIFORNIA WHAT AN AMAZING SITE TO SEE 💙

  • @jkg6211
    @jkg6211 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We have it here every year in Indian River/Mosquito Lagoons in east central Florida.
    It's like something out of the movie "Avitar".

  • @urmorph
    @urmorph 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I observed bioluminesence in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, in July, many years ago. I don't know if it common there, as I have not returned since. Very nice video, but watch the pronunciation of "heterotrophic" -- that's "ph" at the end, not "p". The first is from Greek "trophein", to nourish or feed, and the second from Greek "tropein", to turn, as in "heliotropic", meaning to turn towards the sun. The opposite of a heterotroph is autotroph, which is sung correctly by Bare Naked Ladies before every episode of "The Big Bang Theory." The autotrophs began to drool oxygen, in case you were wondering--the first atmospheric pollutant, depending on your point of view.

    • @christelheadington1136
      @christelheadington1136 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hallelujah! I've been trying to find out what that line meant as long as I've been watching TBBT.Thank you,thank you.thank you!

  • @culwin
    @culwin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, call me Noctiluca Scintillans

  • @lucianomacias1589
    @lucianomacias1589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Un Cartagena, Colombia I saw them once in a type of lagoon while traveling exploring islands

  • @lior1299
    @lior1299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I read that thumbnail all wrong

    • @edgardoalonso5068
      @edgardoalonso5068 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude my heart skipped a beat when I saw it

    • @heycharliemot
      @heycharliemot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too, this would be a totally different video

    • @mattcossey
      @mattcossey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad to know I’m not alone lol

    • @memeswiper
      @memeswiper 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read boys instead of bays

  • @anevenbluerjay
    @anevenbluerjay 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a mild version of this that happens in the Puget Sound. If you go kayaking at night, you can see your trail in the water.

  • @liem11
    @liem11 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got to go kayaking in one in Florida. It was amazing.

  • @aleksanderskobe7010
    @aleksanderskobe7010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was swimming in that... so cool

  • @LN031
    @LN031 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can I go if I want to experience it?

  • @Bambi_Sapphic
    @Bambi_Sapphic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The north pine river in south east Queensland that is down the street from where I live does this every autumn and spring when the water quality is good.

  • @vladmihaivarga4487
    @vladmihaivarga4487 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    i've seen them in Sulina, Romania . The water started to glow if you stired it.

  • @KnightSlasher
    @KnightSlasher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The glow in the depths below

  • @Kamodomon
    @Kamodomon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everyone that presents for this channel has amazing pronunciation, as far as I can tell. I know they have multiple takes, but damn!

  • @buknono1984
    @buknono1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I experienced this at a local beach in Melbourne Victoria Australia in summer once. Was amazing but it was green in colour not blue. What does that mean if it was green?

  • @officialalaskan3439
    @officialalaskan3439 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen these in Alaska. If they need warm water how are they up there?

  • @PrettyMuchPhysics
    @PrettyMuchPhysics 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Looks like ghosts swimming in the water :P

  • @y11971alex
    @y11971alex 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Protists deserve more attention. Choanoflagellates are sister to animals.

  • @KiaraWilliamsX
    @KiaraWilliamsX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well I’m scared, should I go in or not???

  • @melissawickersham9912
    @melissawickersham9912 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is why you should be very careful when eating fish and shellfish straight from the fisheries.

  • @FiMilton
    @FiMilton 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got to swim with them in Jamaica. It was an amazing experience.

  • @PauloHenrique-bx7ft
    @PauloHenrique-bx7ft 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    is there an experiment that they rotate those things iincredible fast and non-stop in order to see what happens?

  • @SamuraiJACsr
    @SamuraiJACsr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just hear "Dino farts"... Heh heh heh. Dino flatulence

  • @AdamShaiken
    @AdamShaiken 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    On Snell Isle in St. Petersburg, Fl the dinoflagellates produce a green glow.

  • @RPostVideos
    @RPostVideos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun fact: We have this on the Space Coast of Florida.

  • @manasnaik1819
    @manasnaik1819 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I leave in costal region in South India and from past few days I can see this in sea

  • @brickbunny9686
    @brickbunny9686 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I WANT THOSE IN MY BACKYARD! It would be cool for Christmas! xD
    And anyone wanting too rob my house would regret it later. heeheeheeheehee

  • @JCFan-mt4sh
    @JCFan-mt4sh 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can finds this in Don't Starve Shipwreck

  • @DRODRIGUEZMARK
    @DRODRIGUEZMARK 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hola, Im from Puerto Rico and im a tour guide at turtle bay and I always have seen it green

  • @shamalk
    @shamalk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't believe why scientists are still figuring out how they produce light. The technology is so far ahead and what is stopping them from observing these organisms in a lab and figuring out how?

  • @naveend5468
    @naveend5468 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It happens in Mangalore

  • @meldafert7619
    @meldafert7619 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a question: Why does pumpkin seed oil look red in the bottle, but green in the salad?

  • @NostalgiaChubby
    @NostalgiaChubby 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    actually, we have a bay like that on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia...not exactly a warm location

  • @anibee7797
    @anibee7797 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In mangalore its happening now

  • @AkleshKumar-pg1nz
    @AkleshKumar-pg1nz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone from Maldives? Please tell me when this can be witnessed and where? Seriously, I will plan my trip from India only to watch this. Please let me know.

  • @omnipotentfish
    @omnipotentfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    blue light has a short wave length and thus has a high energy,how can a single cell organism can emit such a costly photon? why not emit a low energy photon instead (green,red...)? i wonder how much power (watts) it can produce and how efficient it is if you take into account the input energy source (plankton??)?

  • @plursocks
    @plursocks 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually, the second to last bioluminescent bay you showed wasn't due to dinoflagellates but due to Firefly squid. That's Toyama Bay in Japan.

  • @europegirllostincalifornia6032
    @europegirllostincalifornia6032 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is happening now in California

  • @stromagedon
    @stromagedon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in Canada on the west coast and the estuary that runs through my city is home to a small population of these bioluminescent little guys they don't light up as storngly as the videos so many people aren't aware of them

    • @ashlynkmiles
      @ashlynkmiles ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey, I live on the island as well and I’ve always wanted to see them! Whereabouts are you if you don’t mind me asking?

  • @Dragrath1
    @Dragrath1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    A bit disappointing to see protists still being used but at least you mentioned it is a lump category remember that plants fungi and animals are all descended from "protists" and thus cladistically would have to be considered protists too!.
    It is worth mentioning that the term for creatures that both photosynthesize and eat is mixotrophs. Predatory dinoflagulates including those that cause red tides eat for similar reasons as Venus flytraps in this case emitting powerful toxins into their environment poisoning competition and liberating the nutrients from the unfortunate victims to fertilize their own photosynthesis. Mixotrophs are quite common among photosynthetic plankton as nutrients at the water surface are unreliable and typically quite scarce coming in boom bust cycles. These nutrient limits especially in the open ocean prevent most phytoplankton from being able to readily photosynthesize most of the time which leads to a very harsh life where in order to grow most of the time if you want to photosynthisize you got to kill for those resources all while trying to avoid getting eaten.

  • @tommyiturra9586
    @tommyiturra9586 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice!

  • @lostcolonyforge5792
    @lostcolonyforge5792 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This happens in my area I believe every couple of decades only seen it once I’m 15

  • @22vx
    @22vx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm flatulent. So can I make jacuzzi water glow?

  • @huldu
    @huldu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Replacement for LED?

    • @Nate.mp4
      @Nate.mp4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah but instead of replacing the battery you feed your Christmas tree.

    • @schregen
      @schregen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Replacement for LSD? Hahaha 🍄

  • @zeath_zolaries3508
    @zeath_zolaries3508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am not gonna touch it...no matter what

  • @Jop_pop
    @Jop_pop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Dino flatulence"

  • @michselholiday9046
    @michselholiday9046 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know Dino farts glowed blue

  • @dmbrGG
    @dmbrGG 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Recalling my bot"

  • @ixeroi
    @ixeroi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ooohhhh its Glowing Bays.... you do not want to know how I read that!!

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Are you sure people aren't going out there at night dumping barrels of radioactive waste? :-) It's been done before.

  • @FBIJim
    @FBIJim 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    God: oh sorry I left the pool light on

  • @gooblepls3985
    @gooblepls3985 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saxitoxin? That's one sexy toxin.

  • @akamemurasame4691
    @akamemurasame4691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dino flatulence, got it

  • @craigcorson3036
    @craigcorson3036 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 2:22 - You should know that in biology, there are no sacks. There are sacs, no 'K'.