The Most Important Animal You've Never Seen | Meet the Nematode

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  • Did you know that four out of every five animals are nematodes? But what is a nematode? This animal predates the dinosaurs and they outnumber humans by trillions, yet you might not ever have the pleasure of seeing one. So let us introduce to you in this episode of SciShow, the infamous nematode.
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  • @MorgenPeschke
    @MorgenPeschke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1598

    Watching this while eating tube-shaped pasta may not have been my best decision today

    • @jakobraahauge7299
      @jakobraahauge7299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Bon appetit, mon amis! I hope you will always remember not to think about nematodes before eating tube-shaped pasta! 🍝🙏

    • @ElInextricable
      @ElInextricable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Stop whining and eat your worms

    • @nancykurtz7333
      @nancykurtz7333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Oh gosh, now I’m hungry😯

    • @jakobraahauge7299
      @jakobraahauge7299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nancykurtz7333 I was having a pear as he started talking about how nematodes could have been a covering the planet and kinda is. I am full now 😂 pasta is cooked. I could definitely go for that! 😋

    • @JohnDrummondPhoto
      @JohnDrummondPhoto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      At least it wasn't vermicelli.

  • @ganaraminukshuk0
    @ganaraminukshuk0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1426

    For most of us, our first encounter with nematodes was watching them drink Spongebob's house.

    • @joshhubbard6285
      @joshhubbard6285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I was waiting for a spongebob related comment!

    • @WilliamMelton617
      @WilliamMelton617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Dude you are so right.....wow

    • @WilliamMelton617
      @WilliamMelton617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      🤯

    • @MrYTGuy1
      @MrYTGuy1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Try Doug. Like a decade earlier

    • @WilliamMelton617
      @WilliamMelton617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@MrYTGuy1 I remember Doug and Skeeter lol

  • @taeahwalker8958
    @taeahwalker8958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1081

    I don’t like nematodes... they really destroyed my boy spongebob’s house

    • @paulgoogol2652
      @paulgoogol2652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I hate sand.

    • @rqzzlldqzzls
      @rqzzlldqzzls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@paulgoogol2652 same .

    • @ShutItKyle
      @ShutItKyle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Danged nematodes

    • @jerry3790
      @jerry3790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Paul Googol it’s course and rough and irritating and it gets evwrywhere

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i forgot about that episode of spongebob until you said something :P

  • @chesthoIe
    @chesthoIe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    There is also a nematode that has specialized itself to almost only live on German beer mats, drinking the yeast they love alongside German beer drinkers. They're like pets we didn't even know we had.

    • @chrisrockett5897
      @chrisrockett5897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Dang, that's kinda crazy.

    • @rosetta6218
      @rosetta6218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well then, Prost! : )

    • @milozimben
      @milozimben ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Little drinking buddies :)

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      345th 👍
      Nor wanted.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1552

    Never seen? I've seen them destroy a pineapple

    • @TheCondorjc
      @TheCondorjc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Avery the Cuban-American nematodes made and ended that episode

    • @misamokuzelpizu
      @misamokuzelpizu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@archenema6792 hi, havent enemated in i while, how is it flowing?

    • @luissimo6925
      @luissimo6925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I'm crying 😂fear the nematodes before they make you homeless

    • @pikatzer
      @pikatzer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And the whole bottom of a bikini

    • @AllDayBikes
      @AllDayBikes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I only clicked on this video in hopes someone would make a reference like that haha

  • @LazyartistLast
    @LazyartistLast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +823

    so what i have learned is that everything on this planet is either a nematode or its not.

    • @mrjoe332
      @mrjoe332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      And each and every thing that exist is surrounded by at least 50 billion nematodes

    • @roscojenkins7451
      @roscojenkins7451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Everything in the world is a penguin or is not

    • @PumpyC
      @PumpyC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      All of these things are correct. ☺️

    • @_vicary
      @_vicary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @cafn8ed74
      @cafn8ed74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You might also say that everything on this planet is either a nematode's food or a nematode's toilet. Or both.

  • @mayathomas8934
    @mayathomas8934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    “57 billion? I mean that’s a bunch but not.. that much.”
    *per person*
    “... o”

    • @lucianblackreign604
      @lucianblackreign604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imagine not all person have,

    • @lunar58071
      @lunar58071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      We all have at least 1 nematode on us. I think I'll call mine champ.

    • @boooomerwang
      @boooomerwang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lunar58071 i call mine poggers. Hes a feisty lil bugger.

    • @vicentegambini8907
      @vicentegambini8907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@boooomerwang im gonna call mine steve

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just call him Fred.

  • @garethdean6382
    @garethdean6382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Find Nemotode:
    *Points to anything*
    There he is.

  • @SiirEgg
    @SiirEgg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    I'm a C. elegans researcher, thanks for giving this little worm some love!

    • @Aflelo
      @Aflelo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :0

    • @bread5460
      @bread5460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cool

    • @yourfavoriteweapon92
      @yourfavoriteweapon92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      what’s your research in?

    • @SiirEgg
      @SiirEgg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@yourfavoriteweapon92 Stem cell regulation.

    • @humbertoochoa1777
      @humbertoochoa1777 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saaammmeeeee

  • @SAMURIADI
    @SAMURIADI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    8:46 crawls? WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT CRAWLS
    8:53 dont leave without explaining! get back here and explain how it crawls!

    • @Cora.T
      @Cora.T 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      He explained it moved like an amoeba. I can't describe what it looks like, but there are videos on TH-cam, just search amoeba moving

    • @Endrance88
      @Endrance88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They mean the sperm

    • @Nata-rb4vc
      @Nata-rb4vc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Pseudopodia is how it moves

    • @cmdann8
      @cmdann8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      There is a species that can literally fling themselves 7-10 times their body lenth. Idk why he didn't touch on that.

    • @majacovic5141
      @majacovic5141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@cmdann8 Now I'm picturing a living slinky.

  • @klutterkicker
    @klutterkicker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    "4 out of every 5 animals are nematodes" glances over at five of my coworkers...

  • @tatuvarvemaa5314
    @tatuvarvemaa5314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Nematode scientists are studying humans for going extinct.
    ”There’s only 10 billion of them”
    ”Wow, that very litlle :(”

    • @DarkAlkaiser
      @DarkAlkaiser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Clearly anything that's not a nematode is endangered

    • @tiwapptya13
      @tiwapptya13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Imagine their reactions during the extinction of other animals species

  • @andrezits9723
    @andrezits9723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    God: so what do you want your design to be??
    Nematode: a gut
    God: ... okay, and where do you want to live?
    Nematode: everywhere
    God: alright...
    Nematode: including guts

    • @sendmorerum8241
      @sendmorerum8241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      50% guts, 50% genitals, humans will thank later

    • @samuelaraujomedeiros6682
      @samuelaraujomedeiros6682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      gutception

    • @pansexualdoofus3202
      @pansexualdoofus3202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sendmorerum8241 speaking from experience, getting both at the same time really was not a good experience in the slightest 💀

  • @xoxo2008oxox
    @xoxo2008oxox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Number 7: Beneficial nematodes are helpful to lawns and gardens. There are products that allow you to connect to a garden hose, and spray them on the soil (has to above 68F soil temp). The nematodes will invade larvae of pests like Japanese beetles, grubs and other harmful insects. The nematodes will lay eggs inside the grubs and eat the larvae from the inside out.

  • @Cinderpelt1002
    @Cinderpelt1002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    I for one, welcome our invertebrate overlords.

    • @bilwisss
      @bilwisss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      (keep this one away from the water supply)

    • @Margrreet
      @Margrreet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Collaborater!

    • @harlequin2584
      @harlequin2584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      All hail our nematode overlords.

    • @ArmchairDeity
      @ArmchairDeity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      HYPNOTOAD WANTS YOU BZHZHZHZHZHZHZZHZHZHZHZ

    • @nziom
      @nziom 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ERA CASTE depends on your cleaness you can get rid of them with medicines

  • @chillsahoy2640
    @chillsahoy2640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I did my Master's research project on the C. elegans nematode species. You want an idea for a horror film? An agar plate visibly squirming because it has been 7 days since you placed an initial colony of 5 worms on the surface. Note: an adult C. elegans is about 1 mm long so if you can see the agar plate squirming with the naked eye, that's A LOT of worms sliding over each other.

    • @grimesdaughter9042
      @grimesdaughter9042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My professor told us at the beginning of the course, that when students get to see the worms for the first time, there's always this one person, that's has a fright at the sight of the worms and needs to go outside and calm down 😅.I know what you mean with creepy. We also worked with a.strain that has no vulva, and when our professor told us, that these worms don't lay the eggs- because not possible- but instead the worms hatch and develop inside and the mother just bursts and they go free, there was kind of a silence in the room....so yeah, nematodes are perfect horror creatures

  • @grimesdaughter9042
    @grimesdaughter9042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    You wonderful people 😅 here I sit, studying for my C. elegans theme test, and see the notification of your nematode video! That's irony, isn't it? And yes, my professor, who has been working with C. elegans since 20 years can tell you for hours about their importance as model organisms, especially in cancer research. She studied them in regard to the control of their assymetric seam cell (stem-cell-like-cells) divisions to find genes regulating those divisions.
    I love SciShow ❤

    • @wonderwend1
      @wonderwend1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What an amazing coincidence!

    • @grimesdaughter9042
      @grimesdaughter9042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@wonderwend1 Truly, 😅 I forwarded a link to the video to the whatsapp-group of my course. Probably everyone is studying for the test right now.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good luck on your test.

    • @grimesdaughter9042
      @grimesdaughter9042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@qwertyTRiG Thank you🍀 It's on Thursday, so I still got time to study.

    • @chillsahoy2640
      @chillsahoy2640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If you ever want a chuckle, look up the Worm Shows from Curtis Loer and Morris Maduro. It is incredibly nerdy and niche but people who have studied C. elegans will appreciate the jokes and humour.

  • @AlienWavesTV
    @AlienWavesTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I get it, Thanos was sick of them nematodes

  • @davidbuschhorn6539
    @davidbuschhorn6539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    [sun goes nova]
    [nematodes colonize the sun]

  • @justinsankar1164
    @justinsankar1164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    They are quite fond of pineapples i hear

    • @1west815
      @1west815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh really?

    • @chrisrockett5897
      @chrisrockett5897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This pfp with that reply makes this seem even funnier.

  • @ChrisD4335
    @ChrisD4335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    im goona go get a tube of apple flavored horse dewormer from the farm store and eat it.

    • @pangolothian
      @pangolothian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hahaha jesus alright

    • @lemonheep
      @lemonheep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *death note reference* Kira kills me because of my various warcrimes

    • @brittstates9607
      @brittstates9607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can only stop myself from thinking way too hard on how to make an antibiotic consumable for all possible hu-mans/ wo-mans/animal/mammals and basically any living creating these little hungry hide and seek slimey friends invite themself over to Thanksgiving turkey gutting 🤣 awe LAWD, I have to do some house cleaning now! 🤣

  • @1stupidfatginger
    @1stupidfatginger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Hank, you need to plug your Journey to the Microcosms show, its stupid interesting and really cool to watch. If any episode is appropriate for a plug, its this one.

    • @nightmary
      @nightmary 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just checked into Journey and subscribed immediately. Thanks for the heads-up.

  • @GodofWeird
    @GodofWeird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Worms are everywhere. You cannot escape them. You will not escape, not even death will save you. Give in to the worms.

  • @thenortonanti
    @thenortonanti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Me: Starts the video
    SciShow: Opens a can of worms, FOR SCIENCE!

  • @comment.highlighted
    @comment.highlighted 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    You got me at 8 Billion People & 57 Billion Nematodes. I was thinking “Ehh, that’s not that much.” 🙂

  • @Svnipni
    @Svnipni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Im so happy to see these squiggly bois getting a bit more attention. They're a large focus of my research in Stockholm. They're incredibly diverse but tricky to properly capture and classify unless you're a true nematode veteran.
    So my team and myself are currently using metagenomic (metabarcoding) techniques to get a better feel for their diversity. This way we hope these guys can tell us more about the environments they inhabit.

    • @Katie_the_fox
      @Katie_the_fox 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There fast to

    • @shivshiv6958
      @shivshiv6958 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      updates, any special findings?

    • @oliverbyrne508
      @oliverbyrne508 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should make a TH-cam video that's less annoying than this one

  • @ye3s146
    @ye3s146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Ive seen these bois from spongebob my dude

    • @YCCCm7
      @YCCCm7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice.

  • @Restilia_ch
    @Restilia_ch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I've seen several... on Journey into the Microcosmos.

    • @jakobraahauge7299
      @jakobraahauge7299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah! They are great! 🥰

    • @wonderwend1
      @wonderwend1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Best channel EVER!

    • @colesherrill7472
      @colesherrill7472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I legit thought this was that channel and was like, "what? Yes we have.". Then saw the intro.

    • @WilliamMelton617
      @WilliamMelton617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hank Greens voice is like a satin sheet against my bare eardrums

    • @KokoroKatsura
      @KokoroKatsura 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A N I M E
      N
      I
      M
      E

  • @repeatdefender6032
    @repeatdefender6032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i recently set up a couple small vivariums with soil, plants, and fauna found in my neighborhood and i've noticed tiny nematodes squiggling around in the condensation on the walls. after i first noticed them i began to notice more and more, they really are everywhere.

  • @francoislacombe9071
    @francoislacombe9071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "I for one welcome our nematode overlords." Put that on a T-shirt! 🤭

  • @joeclark18
    @joeclark18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Me: *watching video about worms*
    My brain: ALASKAN BULL WORM

  • @dstinnettmusic
    @dstinnettmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Listen, I know the nematoads.
    I watched them eat a house once and it scared me.

  • @polkadottedpolak
    @polkadottedpolak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I literally just came inside after turning my marigolds under in my tomato bed to combat nematodes, then I saw this video. Weird flex, Universe, but OK.

  • @joanhoffman3702
    @joanhoffman3702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Many years ago, I saw a short nature film called "Nematode". Each section, such as Motion, Eating, Reproduction, etc. was first shown with a clay model nematode and a few props, then a clip of a nemotode in action. All this accompanied by the music of Mozart's Variations on "A Vous Dirae Je, Maman", otherwise known as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. An interesting introduction to a piece of classical music! 😁

  • @cafn8ed74
    @cafn8ed74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fascinating video! Now my entire body itches.

  • @RoxaneJ14
    @RoxaneJ14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    At the beginning of the video : god, I love science
    As it gets creepier and creepier : what the eww !

    • @The.Plague
      @The.Plague 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's science for you!

    • @donloyal
      @donloyal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Roxane! RoxAaAne! All she wanna do is party all night.
      God daaamn! RoxAaAne! Never gonna love me, but it's alright."

  • @Bingo_the_Pug
    @Bingo_the_Pug 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    “Doug Bags a Nematoad” was the very first episode of Nickelodeon’s Doug back in the early 90’s.

  • @crystala7x182
    @crystala7x182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    **cue Spongebob comments**

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice synopsis on Nematodes Hank! As an undergrad at the U of MD I took a few Parasitology courses & one of our professors was responsible for not only figuring out the life cycle of Heartworm disease in dogs but also was instrumental in developing a drug to prevent the infection. The culprit is the roundworm Dirofilaria immitis which can infect Dogs, Cats & Ferrets. It is transmitted via Mosquitoes, as are many diseases. Nasty little critters but still part of the natural world around us!

  • @gothicangel160
    @gothicangel160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Scishow: "The world is covered by tiny unnoticed roundworms!"
    Me, an intellectual and MLS: "ANCYLOSTOMAAAA"

    • @Saternalia
      @Saternalia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hookworms for days

  • @mungolianbeef
    @mungolianbeef 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Fun fact:
    There's enough nematodes on Earth to send roughly *1 billion to each star* in the Milky Way Galaxy

    • @mari2x474
      @mari2x474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep there about 400 quintillion of them

    • @doomsins
      @doomsins ปีที่แล้ว +1

      let's do that.

  • @Prelude610
    @Prelude610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love your show. I usually click "Like" even before the intro jingle is done.

  • @wfheron2315
    @wfheron2315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Also common in the marine environment, Nearly all seaweed samples I collect there are nematodes present.

  • @PopeKurt
    @PopeKurt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Doug Funnie once caught a nematode. Legend.

  • @deakenwylie3819
    @deakenwylie3819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If you don't know about really tiny animals, there's a TH-cam channel all about them, called, what is it... "Travels through a Microscope"? Something like that. The narrator there has the nicest, most calming voice, too.

    • @PopeGoliath
      @PopeGoliath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nah, Pretty sure it was "Migration with Microbes."

    • @deakenwylie3819
      @deakenwylie3819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PopeGoliath Yeah, "Migrations" sounds better than "Travels". ;)

  • @equationat0r263
    @equationat0r263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    you had me at *nematode overlords*

  • @masterofpureawesome
    @masterofpureawesome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this video! Best one in a while! Super interesting, long, and engaging. Keep it up!!!

  • @WilliamMelton617
    @WilliamMelton617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very interesting episode! More like this, please!

  • @TheRogueWolf
    @TheRogueWolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Hey, I thought Journey to the Microcosmos wasn't going to update this week... oh, this is SciShow.

  • @RichardRagan
    @RichardRagan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My father's favorite nematodes joke:
    You're studying to become a civil engineer. It's a Sanitary Engineering class you're watching a video of a microscopic sample of sewage. Student in the front: "Sir why do these nematodes wiggle around so much?" Student in the back: "You would too if you were living in nothing but poop."

  • @MrThatguyuknow
    @MrThatguyuknow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I hope to hear hank talk about this again on into the microcosmos

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Assuming the audience of this video hasn’t seen a nemotode is a misguided assumption. 😉

    • @saygr8
      @saygr8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Cody, How have you been doing brother?

  • @mutantmaster1
    @mutantmaster1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Nematodes: living proof of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

  • @claybaxter291
    @claybaxter291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Are there viruses that prey on nematodes? Do other creatures? How long do/can they live? I have so many questions!

    • @brittstates9607
      @brittstates9607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great question! That’s actually, seriously, interesting to know. I mean if so, it doesn’t seem the Nema family has ever had to make much of a competition or plan for battle against any possible attack. They seem to expand their Nema army larger than any other living mechanisms this well blended in their incognito slime suite and way of traveling to and fro

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If I recall correctly, we NEED some of the nematodes here. And some of them eat other kinds of nematodes, too, IIRC.

    • @jebbsredemption
      @jebbsredemption 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brittstates9607 There are types of microscopic fungi that constrict and digest a nematode.

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Anyone else up for the Beets concert?
    And if you genuinely do get the reference and relation then you are awesome and probably a 90's kid too.

    • @skitzcrasher
      @skitzcrasher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh Doug....

    • @jakobraahauge7299
      @jakobraahauge7299 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like the sugar beets?

    • @alexxakaromeo
      @alexxakaromeo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I need more allowance!

    • @mjdRx
      @mjdRx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glenn Griffon , my nematode call: COOO-A-COO COOOOOOO!!!
      COOO-A-COO COOOOOOO!!!

    • @trevorus
      @trevorus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aahhheeeeoooo, killer tofu!!!

  • @YurinanAcquiline
    @YurinanAcquiline 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hank: Nematodes
    Everyone: Spongebob
    Me: Flashback to parasites

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah, not everyone. Some of us were lucky enough to miss that whole mess... like, we are too old, and our kids were too young, to get into the show, so it all worked out. Thankfully, LOL!

  • @mvsawyer
    @mvsawyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I learned a cool nematode fact recently. There is a nematode species that makes the vitamin B-12. Many animals have evolved a symbiotic relationship with this nematode, one of which is humans. Unfortunately, our B-12 nematodes live in our small intestine and the B12 they make can't be absorbed. Lucky for us, though, ruminates, like cows, can absorb the nematodes' B12. B12 deficient humans still have B12 in their feces, because it's made in our gut, just not absorbed. This is not an endorsement of eating your own poop for B12, though.

  • @MrMegaPussyPlayer
    @MrMegaPussyPlayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    1:44 I'm outa here.
    1:50 Ok, we have to nuke the solar system ... there is no other way.

    • @hmpang4996
      @hmpang4996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *You nuke the universe but some absorbed the radiation and increased in size by 900000000 times*

  • @pritambanerjee1377
    @pritambanerjee1377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worked on a dissertation project on C elgans in the final semester of Mol. Bio course and instantly fell in love with them.. Continued working on the project after that for more than a year.. beauty about the organism is, in a way they reply to you or communicate to your signals ( I know I'm a hopeless lonely individual).. Unfortunately, they are much lesser known than drosophila or mice and people tend to get disgusted by the idea of working with a roundworm or when they see worms wiggling under the microscope. This video marvellously extrapolates the dynamic world of nematodes.. Keep up the good work! :)

  • @PamdaDev
    @PamdaDev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    you get excited about the weirdest things, Hank. I do love you for that... still weird, though.

  • @Anubalfer
    @Anubalfer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    First time I heard about a nematode was in Doug, but they spelt it "neematoad".

  • @rickkwitkoski1976
    @rickkwitkoski1976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember studying these WAY BACK WHEN! We were supposed to see them crawling through a jungle of fungal hyphae and then getting caught in a hyphael "snare" and subsequently devoured by the fungus. Uh uh! The nematodes that we were given were MUCH TOO LARGE to be caught in the snares that we saw. We needed a smaller gauge nematode! I was disappointed!

  • @evanhenderson1760
    @evanhenderson1760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For some reason the crawling sperm creeped me out the most

  • @salmaalialhalawani7252
    @salmaalialhalawani7252 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best informational video ever about the C. elegans, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

  • @michellereed2535
    @michellereed2535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i was literally eating spaghetti and meatballs when i opened this video. i may never eat again.

  • @UrbanArtifact
    @UrbanArtifact 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Excuse me, Rodger Klotz taught me about Nematodes back in the early 90's.

  • @notgate2624
    @notgate2624 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was fascinating! Such a great video

  • @emmadevries811
    @emmadevries811 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video, thank you!

  • @willykillz1
    @willykillz1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Splice a chicken and nematode, I'm down for 24/7 omelettes.

    • @sneeringimperialist6667
      @sneeringimperialist6667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The chicken salad sandwich that eats you... From the inside. ..

    • @zack7122
      @zack7122 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      heart disease

  • @thepurityofchaos
    @thepurityofchaos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Imagine if H.P. Lovecraft learned about Nematodes.

    • @iprobablyforgotsomething
      @iprobablyforgotsomething ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good grief... the horror stories would've been unimaginable. *shudders*

  • @markduric7812
    @markduric7812 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great summary thanks dude!

  • @lanceg3208
    @lanceg3208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive video! Thank you

  • @dondake3409
    @dondake3409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What you mean I’ve never seen nematodes?
    They literally drank SpongeBobs house to death - mischievous creatures, those nematodes

  • @fennecfoxfanatic
    @fennecfoxfanatic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    8:23 worm on a string!!! REAL

  • @yuriykuzmin2170
    @yuriykuzmin2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this video. It is just brilliant!

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always interesting, thanks.

  • @ras_krystafari3333
    @ras_krystafari3333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Doug has tried to catch these. Who remembers

    • @wonderfulfable
      @wonderfulfable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I did! I hear Nematode and I remember that first episode of Doug.

  • @d00mf00d
    @d00mf00d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Would you like some... Basghetti?
    Sure
    You're eating... Worms!

  • @3nimac
    @3nimac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man imagine humans excreting urine from their sweat glands. We would have invented perfume way earlier.

  • @mongevoador
    @mongevoador 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive numbers. 🤯 Nice video, guys!

  • @christianhunt7382
    @christianhunt7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I waited the full episode for a plug of "Journey to the Microcosmos" and IT NEVER CAME

  • @liamyoung8479
    @liamyoung8479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "All i have is this little pebble"

  • @shopski
    @shopski 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, so interesting !! Great episode !!

  • @alveolate
    @alveolate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i dunno why but seeing hank geek out over nematodes is just super entertaining!

  • @reneebissonnette1300
    @reneebissonnette1300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Is anyone else thinking of that one episode of Doug?

  • @theferalhousehusband4567
    @theferalhousehusband4567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I wonder how many undiscovered ancient nematodes are inside insects inside amber... 🤯

  • @missdolittle
    @missdolittle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am into ecospheres and active in various groups. Every time nematodes come up I post a link to this video. I have referred at least 5 dozen people so far ..love it!

  • @TheJoaovascorodrigue
    @TheJoaovascorodrigue 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well written and presented video

  • @Techn9cian123
    @Techn9cian123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I learned about these watching Doug

    • @highjinx6519
      @highjinx6519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finally someone else that knows this came Long before Spongebob!!!

  • @zebobez2715
    @zebobez2715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I actually saw some nematodes during my high school "Biome in a Bottle" experiment. The teacher called everyone over and we got to see something nice.

  • @tylerdiabo6248
    @tylerdiabo6248 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    best SciShow episode i've ever watched not only was it interesting it was hilarious

  • @deonlatchman3283
    @deonlatchman3283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this educational channel

  • @sdfkjgh
    @sdfkjgh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:50 "Bisexuality automatically doubles your chances of finding a date for Saturday night."
    --Woody Allen

  • @drbloxham1
    @drbloxham1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    OMG......thank you for giving me a phobia!! “Squirmy thing that can live in your gut”. Yum, sounds like something I want but somehow can’t avoid!🥴🥴

  • @WingedAsarath
    @WingedAsarath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Move over viruses!"
    That didn't age well!

  • @mischevious
    @mischevious 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny! Awesome!
    Thank you!!

  • @IaconDawnshire
    @IaconDawnshire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saw Nematodes. Thought of Doug

  • @noelthorley3248
    @noelthorley3248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So is there a Tardigrade specific Nematode?

  • @iwantpancakes838
    @iwantpancakes838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Me eating pizza while watching this vid: “I hope the nematodes inside me like this snack”

  • @timotheeoliveau3568
    @timotheeoliveau3568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That video was at the same time, extremely funny, and completely filled with crazy fact I had no clue about, and am grateful for being exposed to.