Its still kind a weird to have such delicate body elements outside... And its go for all creatures that have external gills gills(axolotls and bunch of animal larvas that have them)
Thanks for this amazing Video. I live in Germany and know the Westerwald, Eifel, Hunsrück Area quiet well, yet I learned about these amazing Scorpion Fossils just today.
Another banger video on a paleozoic oddball. I genuinely had no clue that scorpions are now thought of as starting out terrestrial and the image of WWM's Brontoscorpio has been shaken for me. Waeringoscorpio throwing a wrench into my preconceived notion on aquatic scorpions yipee! Also yeah, the whole 'unchanged for millions of years" schtick is really annoying to me.
Yeah I didn’t know that the consensus on scorpion terrestrialisation had changed until quite recently. And I’m quite surprised that something as unique as Waeringoscorpio hasn’t been discussed more.
@ it’s quite weird. Scorpions are always touted as some of the first land lubbers but they never get highlighted really. Brontoscorpio is the only one I can think of.
The insects with tracheal gills are the larval instars of terrestrial flying insects which lay their eggs in water. Couldn't these early scorpions also have had an aquatic stage with gills. Maybe the adult form is terrestrial with book lungs developing at the moult stage where the adult emerges? Alternatively it could be like the axolotl, a salamander which retains its gills as an adult because it remains aquatic.
I’d be inclined to think they were present at all life stages; they’ve been found on Waeringoscorpio specimens of a variety of sizes (not just large individuals) and no scorpions undergo any process akin to insect metamorphosis.
With the Bark Scorpion, the Dominate species found here in America, stings are very severe however are rarely fatal (2 since counting). But with the Temperature Zones inching ever Northward some Mexican Scorpions are making their way here, & they Can be Fatal, if not dead, a very bad time will be had. What I was taught that has worked well for me beside staying far away, is that as Scorpions Claws gets Smaller/Thinner the More Lethal they usually are
Claw thickness can be an iffy indicator at times. Most notably, Hemiscorpius lepturus has big, robust claws and is one of the deadliest scorpions on earth.
@@BugsandBiology -True, there's always going to be an exception to the rule, for myself with the few species I come into Rare contact with, it has worked for me, although I would not trust that decision for areas I do not know, anyway I have no intention of being stung if I can avoid it. -Nice expose', well put together👍🏿👍🏿
Pleasant chamber music and such comments as “ A blowjob in a city square “ 😂😂 I love this channel because I get a good knowledge gain and cracked ribs for laughing so hard at your humor 😂😂😂😂 My favorite nerd 🤓
You can still kind of see in modern scorpions, were the compound eyes once were. They have clustered ocelli there as a remnant. Although sight became less important, it is also intresting to see, how the originally less important pair of ocelli between and behind the compound eyes gained more importance overall compared to the reduced remnants of the compound eyes. They sit now in an elevated position further back on the prosoma like frogs eyes almost, although they look more threatening up close. If you think then further to the evolution of spiders, you can kind of visualize how all these ocelli of different evolutionary backgrounds come together to form that ring of eight eyes.
Wæringoscorpio was an amphibious subaquatic niche-predator. Like modern dragonfly nymphs or helgrammites, they hunted among clouds of fish or proto-amphibian spawn in shallow waters. They could have also hunted primitive insects, arachnids, myriapods, or other land-dwelling prey on the water's edge. Unable to take advantage of a soft,gas- permeable skin of amphibians like frogs and salamaders, from its chitonous exoskeletal panoply it sprouted its frilly magazine of book-gills to extract oxygen from the moist air and water of its demesne. Alternatively, Wæringoscorpio possessed winglets that helped it to glide (¿!?) The book-gills seem too small, though, and its carapace too heavy, for this theory. However…who knows if we will find a gliding scorpioid in mebbe the Carboniferous? Perhaps mirroring the evolution of the aforementioned dragonflies ⸮¿? 🧐 So many secrets that the ancient rocks still have hidden!!!
Thank you for not having a ridiculous overreaction thumbnail. I know a lot of people click for that reason but it's nice to see a channel not do that. It's okay if you ever end up doing that. I'm just commenting that I'm glad you don't do that currently. lol
I remember when I was a kid, I looked at my scorpion's belly and saw something weird (pectines ) and thought "are those gills!?"
They really are an odd-looking body part. Always found them rather weird as a kid, too.
Your videos are so relaxing and well paced. Perfect for getting cozy when it's snowing like crazy here.
Fantastic work as always!
Thanks again! Glad you enjoyed
"Welcome back sea scorpions"
Scorpions when they find out sea scorpions aren’t actually scorpions:
“Fine, I’ll do it myself!”
Its still kind a weird to have such delicate body elements outside... And its go for all creatures that have external gills gills(axolotls and bunch of animal larvas that have them)
Great video dude
What a great channel keep it up
Thanks mate!
0:28 Lmfao you're such a wordsmith xD
Haha, I didn’t even have to click on the timestamp to know exactly what line you were referring to!
Thanks for this amazing Video. I live in Germany and know the Westerwald, Eifel, Hunsrück Area quiet well, yet I learned about these amazing Scorpion Fossils just today.
Thanks!
I’m kinda surprised Waeringoscorpio has never gained any real publicity - it’s one of the most unique scorpions out there
Another banger video on a paleozoic oddball. I genuinely had no clue that scorpions are now thought of as starting out terrestrial and the image of WWM's Brontoscorpio has been shaken for me. Waeringoscorpio throwing a wrench into my preconceived notion on aquatic scorpions yipee! Also yeah, the whole 'unchanged for millions of years" schtick is really annoying to me.
Yeah I didn’t know that the consensus on scorpion terrestrialisation had changed until quite recently. And I’m quite surprised that something as unique as Waeringoscorpio hasn’t been discussed more.
@ it’s quite weird. Scorpions are always touted as some of the first land lubbers but they never get highlighted really. Brontoscorpio is the only one I can think of.
Interesting. Can you do one on the fact that modern potagto bugs (roly polys) have gills too?
Could definitely be worth discussing, thanks for the idea!
🦂Interesting!
I was really hoping the gill would have been analogous to their smelling v shaped organs on their underside, that would ha been neat
The insects with tracheal gills are the larval instars of terrestrial flying insects which lay their eggs in water. Couldn't these early scorpions also have had an aquatic stage with gills. Maybe the adult form is terrestrial with book lungs developing at the moult stage where the adult emerges? Alternatively it could be like the axolotl, a salamander which retains its gills as an adult because it remains aquatic.
I’d be inclined to think they were present at all life stages; they’ve been found on Waeringoscorpio specimens of a variety of sizes (not just large individuals) and no scorpions undergo any process akin to insect metamorphosis.
@@BugsandBiology Correct. I forgot my first year invertebrate Zoology.
As someone who forgets basically everything I’ve learned at uni as soon as my last exam for the semester is done, I can sympathise…
Waeringoscorpio Still keeping their old ways alive 430 million years ago Arachnids used to be Aquatic like all members of Chelicerata
Perfect get over a Wednesday video. Much respect to you when calling out bullsh@t in your videos
With the Bark Scorpion, the Dominate species found here in America, stings are very severe however are rarely fatal (2 since counting). But with the Temperature Zones inching ever Northward some Mexican Scorpions are making their way here, & they Can be Fatal, if not dead, a very bad time will be had. What I was taught that has worked well for me beside staying far away, is that as Scorpions Claws gets Smaller/Thinner the More Lethal they usually are
Claw thickness can be an iffy indicator at times.
Most notably, Hemiscorpius lepturus has big, robust claws and is one of the deadliest scorpions on earth.
@@BugsandBiology -True, there's always going to be an exception to the rule, for myself with the few species I come into Rare contact with, it has worked for me, although I would not trust that decision for areas I do not know, anyway I have no intention of being stung if I can avoid it. -Nice expose', well put together👍🏿👍🏿
Read that as Scorpion with girls. Like damn a pimp Scorpion!
Scorpion 🦂: Get over here!
Man that is interesting shame I didn't know about it earlier
Ah well, never too late to learn something new!
Pleasant chamber music and such comments as
“ A blowjob in a city square “
😂😂 I love this channel because I get a good knowledge gain and cracked ribs for laughing so hard at your humor 😂😂😂😂
My favorite nerd 🤓
No idea how that line sprung into my sick mind, but I’m glad it did…
@
It’s ok, …….I’ll gladly be sick minded along with you as long as you’re honest with yourself and me.
Nice video. However, image in 1:31 should credit "Satoshi Kawasaki" instead of Fandom Wiki.
Right, I’ll see if I can put a note in the captions - currently at work, so can’t do it now
You can still kind of see in modern scorpions, were the compound eyes once were. They have clustered ocelli there as a remnant. Although sight became less important, it is also intresting to see, how the originally less important pair of ocelli between and behind the compound eyes gained more importance overall compared to the reduced remnants of the compound eyes. They sit now in an elevated position further back on the prosoma like frogs eyes almost, although they look more threatening up close. If you think then further to the evolution of spiders, you can kind of visualize how all these ocelli of different evolutionary backgrounds come together to form that ring of eight eyes.
YAY!!!!
Nice!
I loved this video
Wæringoscorpio was an amphibious subaquatic niche-predator. Like modern dragonfly nymphs or helgrammites, they hunted among clouds of fish or proto-amphibian spawn in shallow waters. They could have also hunted primitive insects, arachnids, myriapods, or other land-dwelling prey on the water's edge. Unable to take advantage of a soft,gas- permeable skin of amphibians like frogs and salamaders, from its chitonous exoskeletal panoply it sprouted its frilly magazine of book-gills to extract oxygen from the moist air and water of its demesne.
Alternatively, Wæringoscorpio possessed winglets that helped it to glide (¿!?) The book-gills seem too small, though, and its carapace too heavy, for this theory. However…who knows if we will find a gliding scorpioid in mebbe the Carboniferous? Perhaps mirroring the evolution of the aforementioned dragonflies ⸮¿? 🧐
So many secrets that the ancient rocks still have hidden!!!
Thank you for not having a ridiculous overreaction thumbnail. I know a lot of people click for that reason but it's nice to see a channel not do that. It's okay if you ever end up doing that. I'm just commenting that I'm glad you don't do that currently. lol
muito massa,gostei
Did his accent change?
I have refined my narrating voice over the years, so to speak