True Facts: The Incredible Tardigrade
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- Published on Feb 3, 2021
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This video was made in collaboration with Benedikt Pleyer, who is a gifted microscopist and has a wonderful contagious passion for discovering the incredible worlds that exist all around us. He has introduced me to all sorts of new creatures and I am fortunate to have met him.
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Kita Williams reached out to me almost a year ago with her amazing Tardigrade footage, and I am so happy that she did. She has a knack for capturing these animals in way that gives them so much personality!
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Bob Goldstein runs a lab at UNC Chapel Hill and has done incredible work on the Tardigrade (and much more.) He was kind enough to review my work to make sure I didn't screw the science up too much! I wish I could have included more of his work on the evolution of Tardigrades - but I hope to do that in a future episode on arthropods.
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Water bear (tardigrade), Hypsibius dujardini,
scanning electron micrograph by
Bob Goldstein and Vicky Madden.
Scanning electron micrograph of active hydrated
Echiniscoides sigismundi by Thomas L. Sørensen-Hygum,
Robyn M. Stuart, Aslak Jørgensen & Nadja Møbjerg.
New Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) from Amber
Mountain (Northern Madagascar) by Gąsiorek P, Vončina K (2019)
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That SHIT is beautiful
Raze Jerry
Please do Thorny devil. They have a fake second head on the back of their necks
did this bug just make the OVER completion that is our lives meaningless.
i mean thia thing is like a whole 5 cells.
@BookGirlNY yup, they're 'female' problems because we have the same problems as men.. except for the fact that we're bleeding into our pants about 25% of the time
Jerry deserves a raise for all the effort he put into making those models.
The Play-doh one was outstanding.
You're so right!!! I laughed so hard at the one filled with little balls!!!
Jerry needs his own play button
Plus it's always his fault so he should be compensated for that 😜🤣🤣
#FreeJerry
Hello there
I am Sørensen-Hygum, coauthor of one of the papers you cite. I just want to say that I am very happy and impressed with your video. It is a really great feeling to see my research become part of an educational youtube video. I am really proud of that scanning electron micrograph of Echiniscoides sigismundi and seeing it reproduced makes me happy.
@Tommy You are welcome.
Being a trained scientist I too am looking for a way to understand the process by spoiling it. But the glass probably did not spoil the process in an interesting way. Or rather did not spoil the process in a way that was interesting for me as a tardigrade scientist.
My research was about finding a way to mathematically model survival rates as a function of time, in order to lay the groundwork for building mathematical models of how the anhydrobiosis process works, when its working as intended.
finding out how to spoil it is something that has to come after having gotten a good picture of how the process is intended to work in the first place.
As an aside I have worked on some projects where we tried to figure out what was going on on a molecular level but the experiments we did focused on way of spoiling the process that are more relevant from a biological point of view.
Fortunately for you these experiments are extremely easy to do. For the low price (scientifically speaking) of about 1500 euros you can get a stereomicroscope. Tardigrades are free (if you can find them).
@thomas hygum Thank you for your reply :)
I'm an Engineer and i was taught that by understanding the mechanisms that lead to failure you find the path to success.
In this situation the glass, somehow, has broken the process. By finding what properties about the glass that is causing the failure of the process, you will learn what it take for the process to be successful, and you might have found a way to stop it happening.
I do understand that time is huge constraint in research but the experimentalist in me is a little sad the the reason glass causes an issue wasn't pursued further. I'm fascinated by the little details and this is one that is going to escape me i believe.
Thanks again for you reply :)
@Tommy. I am sorry to tell you that no I have tried none of those things, and seeing as I have left academia I will not be trying them any time soon either.
However I can tell you why I didnt pursue it further. As a tardigrade scientist, I was not so much interested in why it happened as in how to make it stop. I was trying to create an experimental setup that allowed me to study how tardigrades deal with drying out in the real environment. I found a different solution that worked, which was filter paper (but quite a fine mesh as otherwise the tardigrades would flee into the paper and I would not be able to see them).
That is not to say that it is not interesting why the glass had the effect it had, but it was not the focus of my research so I chose not to pursue it.
I did try it with a Eutardigrade species, at the time the species was named Richtersius coronifer (but the name might have changed). The Eutardigrade was much more effected by the glass than the heterotardigrade. This may be caused by a number of factors but my best guess is that the reason is either the Eutardigrade is much bigger or that it has a thinner cuticle.
@thomas hygum I profess very little knowledge in this field but Glass is an amorphous solid, has this type of behaviour been noticed on other amorphous solids.
Also have other types of glass been tried, such as Safety/Toughened - Fibre/Wool/Powdered Glass - Fused Quartz - Different Coloured Glasses - Glasses with different chemical make ups and at different temperatures.
I'd love to know if it's the Chemical properties, the Physical properties or maybe a combination of both are the cause the "Flattening".
@Kreptic You'll never achieve anything of worth
I'm a biologist and this: "Intrinsically Disordered Proteins don't have a defined shape and are Floppy Floppy like cooked spaghetti. These seem to act almost like Styrofoam packing noodles, holding organelles in place and making sure things don't stick together as the cell shrinks" --what a genius explanation
Most science is easy to understand once you get away from the gatekeeping terminology scientists decide to use. Imagine if there were no science terms came from a dead language, like Latin...
I love the fact that he's an actual neuroscientist and can explain things in a way that most people understand. He makes it entirely relatable.
@Robert Andersen jup understanding it a explaining it in a comprehensive way is surround genius. All encompassing*?
He explains everything to where i can understand and remember it. I love this guy.
It’s such an apt description!
can you do "True Facts: Jerry" just so you can make a whole video about him
@Aries Aaliyah Pagette How can I like this more than once?
Reproductive cycle.
How does Jerry make the 'bebes'?
I dunno if we're ready for that much Jerry... And s/he's entitled to privacy, especially if they're a shapeshifter, they'd need to be kept hidden for their own safety, I'm sure. Don't want some government agency taking them in for dissection! #TeamJerry
Yes please
This is the content we want
As a design student, putting a scale bar that just says "small" is aspirational. You do you, Jerry. You know how to save time, Jerry.
@OÄKTA DOPBOK what if he'd put "very small"? Would that fix it? 😜
That’s how the Jerry do
"Small" bar must be labeled "not to scale"
Poor Jerry, all he's trying to do is expand his artistic repertoire by creating those delightfully weird looking models.
"No we can't sell that as merch Jerry" ... aw darn, I would have happily paid for Jerry's delectable work of art, who else is with me?
Yes! And I’m broke, but I’d find a way.
JERRY
research: 0.14
arts and crafts: 99
poop: 2
me
Sell little bags of tardigrade jelly babies. Everybody loves cute little tardigrades.
"Science isn't a style of photography, Jerry"
Hubble Space Telescope: _stands up and leaves_
Best comment 🤣🤣🤣
You just had to say something 🤦
@Md Talha Ansari no worries, that was like unjustified annoyment...
Good job 😉
@YTisleftwingpropaganda Really Bad use of your language, bro. You mean 'accept', not 'except'. Also, 'culturally appropriating', not 'cultural appropriating'.
“It looks like a galaxy.”
Wait,,,
Is our whole universe *a water bear’s poop???*
If it is, it’s the most calming thought I’ve heard all week.
New conspiracy theory just dropped!
@Becca Taylor lol right?
Scary thing is, that's possible.
Confirmed...
God is giant Tardigrade....
Who poops out galaxies...
The fascinating but decidedly weird thing about these creatures is that at some point the species encountered conditions where temperatures were that low and radiation levels were that high, that they had to adapt to them.
@Wild Side of Things scientists did a study to test whether tardigrades could survive space travel at the required speeds and re-entry. The answer was no, the little guys got turned into dust
"Moss Piglet", The cutest and most docile sounding animal name ever.
@Deanholder De Chances are if you have ever been in the forest or a pond you have had intimate contact with them. They are adorable for "Bugs".
They are unusually cute for bugs.
Theory: the universe was made by an ancient void tardigrade.
Isn't that mentioned in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Hey spoilers for star trek discovery season 5
As a religion I find that hard to beat.
No wonder water bears are so durable. They have the infinity stones inside them!
In middle school, my class went into the mountains for a field trip. We took samples of water from streams to look at the microorganisms there. I was one of two people who actually got to see a Water Bear.
And, yes, I saw it poop as well.
Mine wasn’t as magical of an experience.
What if our Universe is just the shiny poop of an extremely large Tardigrade?
The Big Bang Theory just took a whole new meaning...
What if our concept of God just comes from a massive, yet largely see through Space Tardigrade! Like that ep of Dr. Who where what remained of Earth attached itself to a giant space whale.
I’m ok with that lol
Pretty sure I saw that episode of Dr Who 🤔
"Oh look, there's David Attenborough. Show off" best paid promotion line ever
Nice website
Oh man, echidna's gonna be thrilled that there are new members of the "having your back legs on backwards" club lol
And the "inexorably linked to crystals of mysterious light and power" club
@Jeremiah J no, that was a true fact about actual echidnas from Zefrank's echidna video
@Jeremiah J pangolin posse!
Re:zero. Reference?
Did anyone notice how zefrank’s voice has gotten more light pitched over the years for “true facts”?
Ah!! My viewers suggested your channel! You are great.
I require these animals. Somehow my axolotls don't seem as cool now and they would definitely be easier than my Onni, the now teenage, Cockatoo.
@Hibiscius Hi!
@Questionable 42 So, I must go on safari for them. Or... get some droplets, put them in a pretty container, and tell people. "Behold my amazing exotic pets. Becareful and keep your distance.... they eat eyeballs".
You almost definitely have some tardigrades already if you have any droplets of water with organic material in them
I just had to do a double take because I thought sleep deprivation made me misread the username.😅🤣 Hello yes welcome to the wonderful world that is Zefrank vids! Hope you enjoy your stay. Also love Axel regardless of them not being cool in the same way as a Tardigrade and always ALWAYS love Onni even if he is being a hormonal teen 'Too.💙💙💙
we don’t know when he’ll appear but he never disappoints
Hopefully sooner than this... I mean, quality over quantity, for sure, but...
I wish I had cool nature videos to donate to him. That’s how he makes all this stuff. Unfortunately, all I have is Vids that belong on FailArmy or TikTok... I should’ve payed attention is school, so I could be a scientist.
Irrefutable quality, consistently stellar humour !!
That's how zefrank do.
@Aaron Diede 🥊 still?
Sounds like an ex of mine.
I just watched like 10 of these videos about tardigrades and none of them explained a damn thing about how they do what they do, this video answered every single question I had while also being hilarious. Thank you for this. I'm officially a huge fan. Keep up the good work!
"What was your earliest memory?" Bahahaha!
This show is hilarious and "Jerry" is a treasure
Some call it junk, but I call it treasure
"Tardigrades poop galaxies" should be a T-shirt.
@potatoe gamez This is now how I believe galaxies are made!
@Emma Martinez by one super tardigrade that fard big bang
So that’s how galaxies are made 🤔
@Dollie The Addict that’s cursed but yes
"Masturbation with consequences" should be a band
"For most creatures the technical term for this [being completely dried out] would be getting very dead" I lost it.
Hilarious. Loved this video
What did you lose?
You a scammer?
Can we appreciate that this man started in the early days or TheXvid: before ads, professional TheXvid's, when TheXvid was basically America's funniest home videos, left for years, return in a time when TheXvid was basically a television network, did the exact same thing as before, and was successful.
True facts. I saw Ze Frank live at an open air art festival in Amsterdam in 2009 to talk about his work. Now it's 2021 and he's still killing it. You love to see it!
@Sulayman Mujaahid deoowh
Thats how the Zafrank do
True quality never dies, it merely enters cryptobiosis and waits for the moment to strike.
I hadn't realized that. That's really cool.
YAAAAY! You finally did a video on my favorite animal! I watched this while holding my giant plush tardigrade and eating pizza. It made up for my crappy day at work.
@Kreptic dude your name is literally dark rage warrior
@Kreptic Wow you got fucking destroyed lol ~
@Techneique Word! I don't know why some people have such a hate boner for how other people live their lives. I had a bad day and hugged a stuffed microbe once 3 months ago and now someone feels the need to lecture me with the vernacular of a petulant child. Thankfully TheXvid has a mute option. Lol!
@Gelbadaya H. Sneach Don't grow up, it's overrated. By miles!!!
I'm 50 and have 2 enormous unicorns on my bed 🛌
🦄... and they both have names
🥰... and I use emojis to talk
💁🏾♀️... and life is good!
AND WHAT⁉️⁉️
"imagine having doritos each individually wrapped in glass and trying to eat it... well the tardigrade doesnt give a crap"
@Kreptic how could you say that? i bet he's quaking and shaking, you must have hurt his feelings so bad that he will never recover...
@Kreptic this one is hungry and is looking for - what’s it doing Jerry? It’s walking on the ceiling Jerry! ... Well tell it to get down.
@Kreptic lol someone is mad
i used to be obsessed w true facts in high school-- crazy how all these years later the series continues and is just as funny! nothing will ever beat the sea pig in my heart tho
Zefrank1: They are smooth and plump like a Gummy Bear that might pop in your mouth like a Grape.
Me: **Eating a bag of Gummy Bears**
I was eating gummy fruit snacks when he said that line. I legit paused and hesitated before chewing.
*Pop*
Jerry is getting more creative. We should encourage him, unlike David.
Jerry does not exist.
Yeah, david is like a clam
😘 I ❤ Jerry. He needs his own voice over.
@2degucitas I have no idea...
I love how I actually learn things from you. Octonauts taught me waterbears existed, you literally taught me cellular analysis on them. I love you.
I love these little fellas, I’m so glad you’re still making these.
I remember my dad showing the chameleon one to me when it came out and it’s how I discovered your channel.
Wish he was here so I could send him these videos again
Zefrank's voice is always music to my ears, even with the wit and scientific knowledge 😍
I've been fascinated by these creatures for over a decade! The amount of information we can learn from a species that can survive radiation, dehydration, extremes of temperature, and the void of space, is limitless. They needed more public exposure to pique the interest of young aspiring scientists/biologists, and this video may finally do just that!
The tardigrade lives up to my mom's wise words "just drink water and you'll be fine"
"Science isn't a style of photography, Jerry!" I love your little quips. 😂
I was laughing and learning at the same time. Fascinating and hilarious content as always.
I would sincerely pay to watch documentaries about anything with you as the voice over. You would be a great teacher.
My son got me hooked on this channel. Never a dull moment. I'm always laughing while learning, which is (IMO) the BEST way to learn. 😅
That was the most amazing footage of tardigrades I’ve ever seen! Awesome commentary too as usual.
I for one Jerry, greatly enjoyed your DIY Tardigrades. Very well done.
Can you do a true facts about hippos? They spend most of their life in water, yet cannot swim. They just run along the bottom, at 30km/hr.
I can honestly cannot get enough of these videos. I laugh so hard everytime and just deeply appreciate the original content and the smiles the whole thing gives me!
Thank you zefrank!
To be a fan of Zefrank, one must be like a Tardigrade.....able to wait long periods with nothing and able to spring back to life when something comes. I've waited SO long for this episode....both for the tardigrades and Ze Frank!
Loved the narration. Haven't laughed so hard in a while. Glad I did learn quite a bit about these little creatures. I had heard about them but didn't know their name.
"Sort of like POV pornography"
I mean true, but not a comparison I was expecting in a pop science video.
@redfoxonstilts Is it supposed to be pleasant?
@redfoxonstilts try lost property, they may have found your sense of humour.
You're new around here, aren't you?
Jerry really cracked me up in this one. brilliant job guys. I find these so informative (with a bit of fun thrown in)
"Heterotardigrades, on the other hand, are not smewth." dunno why but the delivery of that line made me cackle.
"Science isn't a style of photography, Jerry."
That's a genuinely fantastic quote. Much like this entire episode.
I loved the not-even-mentioned "J" in that photo
Hubble Space Telescope has left this party.
Truth.
Another. “It’s like masturbation with consequences”
Tears. Just tears with laughter.
Now imagine vegan animal rights activists being as resilient as tardigrades are: that’s how a Biopantheist do.
PS : this is my favorite episode of all time, and it’s not just because I’m high on my non-pharma medication. Thank you, @Zefrank1. Your curiosity inspires me every single time, as do these ancient immortal teeny tiny moss water bears. 🙏🌲🌒
If we could all poop like that, I could only imagine what early Instagram would of been filled of
Glad to hear Jerry's on the job. One of the most alien-looking critters I've ever seen. These videos are like gold; this one is no exception!
Never in a million year wouldnt't have imagined myself smiling like a father who just got a baby while watching the microscopic tiny little bears I mean animals.... What a world! Thanks for sharing
For some, the fantasy of eating glitter and shining a laser pointer into the toilet just got too very real.
"It's like if your partner had a sunburn, some of their skin peels off and you ..."
Why, WHY didn't he continue? I was interested to hear what he was going to say about that. :-D
If you don't know the rest then you need to reconsider your IQ level.
Please do more true facts with microfauna! I love it and i love learning about them!
I freakin love these! Just stumbled across one by accident and subscribed straight up! Wish our science classes were like this when I was at school. I might have actually learnt something
We need:
True Facts: Humans
True Facts: Zefrank
True Facts: Jerry
Full support
There is no Jerry. There is just the friends we made along the way.
Plot twist: Jerry is Zefrank's alternate personality
Yes.
Jerry Plz
Absolutely wonderful video.
Have you thought about doing a video on canids or possibly about migratory salmon?
I would imagine both subjects would prove to be both extremely educational and would have a lot of comedy value.
Man, I always get so excited when you upload something! Your humor and new facts literally get me through my day sometimes. This is also great ASMR stuff on low volume; helps me sleep quite well. Can't wait until your next upload! I know it takes quite a lot of effort to make each one so I will be as patient as humanly possible lol. Thanks for doing what you do, man. It means more than you know.
I love your explanation of animals, insects or fish or lots of other things. I actually learn alot. Your very inspirational,
Wow, their mechanism in surviving in space is probably one of the reasons why life started on Earth. Truly fascinating! Next thing you know, ores are actually micro poo! Truly fascinati- Wait... Dear god...
When David Attenborough finally retires, ZeFrank1 should be immediately introduced as his replacement for all nature documentaries, except he is allowed to script it as well.. None of the BS he had to deal with while working for Buzzfeed.
@Caffeinatrix I'd settle for "True Facts: the Snoop Dogg"
@Dr. Limbo He was president of Buzzfeed and also Tasty.
He also did some Dear Kitty for them.
Here, here !!!!
So they're immortal. They survive ice, fire, and the vacuum of space. They're probably doing just fine in the pandemic, too. I feel so insignificant :(
@Michael Devenish while they've been confirmed to stay in cryptobiosis for many years, I'm not aware of any source that states there is no limit on how long they can stay that way.
@Ryodraco immortal literally means never dying or decaying. By staying in a cryptobiosis state, they can be immortal. It's just semantics
@Michael Devenish certainly, but the point is tardigrades are neither immortal nor invincible. When not dormant they have a definite lifespan.
@Ryodraco to be fair, immortal doesn't necessarily mean invincible. And there may be immortal organisms, and it's really difficult to verify but basically, it's like, "well they're fine after x amount of time, maybe if nothing ever happens, they'd always be fine"
Snails commit mass murder to them tho xD
I lost it when Jerry made space using poops. That's genius.
What did you lose exactly?
I love this. It's such a treat whenever ZeFrank posts anything ;)
In the novel "It," giant turtle claimed the Universe was created because he sicked it up. But the crystal footage makes me wonder it it didn't come out the other end of a cosmic Tardigrade (Or would that be Turdigrade?) certainly explains a lot.
Let's see someone do a SCP-001 proposal for THAT.
Zefrank should be awarded an oscar or something... This guy is a living legend.
I had a phobia of these for some reason growing up and this was a very nice way to get positive exposure thank you 🥺
I can't tell you how happy you make me. I am so glad that you are back! Thank you for bringing joy, laughter and learning to a pretty empty time. Peace brother.
This is Journey to the Microcosmos - except hilariously fun.
Thank you, Mr Z Frank!
I love Tardigrades! I think they are so amazing. Thanks for teaching me more about them. I've loved and shared your videos since I first discovered your Sad Cat Diary. Your voice and manner of speaking are the best 😁
This is really funny but this is also the best documentary on tardigrades I've seen. The upclose footage of them eating with their needle-like mouthparts is amazing, as well as the footage of them failing to run on glass 😂
This is SO incredible! I LOVE these little water bears/moss pigs 😍
Whenever I read the book “WTF NATURE?!” I always picture the narrator as you, it just fits so well
Thank you for the new tardigrade video. Feel free to feature these little guys often. They're always entertaining.
this whole time my brain has been reading “zef-rank-1”
he is ze frank. how did i not see this sooner
Tardigrades are called "Bärtierchen" in German, which literally means "little bear animals", and I think that's beautiful.
Basically the same in Swedish.
"Björndjur" means "bear animals", and another name for them is "trögkrypare" (slow crawler), which is more or less a direct Swedish translation of the word "tardigrade", meaning "slow stepper" in English.
In hungarian tardigrades are called "medveállatka" wich means the same.
yeah in my country too.only without the little.
This came at a great time. I’m currently studying this in my biology class.
I’m studying entomology in college right now, and honestly it’s crazy how many structures in the tardigrade are the same/similar to ones in insects
@Un Pingouin de Sophistiqué I was curious, so I looked up how closely related tardigrades and arthropods(phylum that includes insects, crustaceans, spiders, scorpions, etc). It turns out that it’s most likely that tardigrades are an ancient form related to the ancestor to arthropods!
(Info from Wikipedia)
Convergent evolution be wildin
Jerry is the perfrct embodiment of my enthusiasm towards living this life
Zefrank, I love you man. I swear I'm constantly checking to see if you have new uploads. You entertain me more than 99% of the other things I see on TV or the internet. Oh, tell Jerry I believed his Tardigrade was real.
I like how “getting very dead” is a technical term for an animal losing 97% of its water
Love the viewer comments and I am so glad you keep showing back up Ze.... your videos are so funny and endearing! I especially titter like crazy when you pronounce the word "bbabies" the way you do! I also was glad to see you use your patreon account in such a productive way. Plotting world domination is extremely important and I look forward to seeing you move forward with that goal. I am sure the world will be a much better place dominated by you so good luck with that!! ♥
I was rolling on the floor laughing while learning a lot about tardigrades.
Pardon my ignorance. Are you the one doing the voiceover? If so, I love what you said and how you said it. You've embarked on explaining a subject that can be dull, but your way of doing it was riveting and riotous. I enjoyed every second of it. Good job!
This now my favorite science channel, just my favorite channel actually.
This was *WAY* more educational than most of his other videos. Like I was genuinely feeling like I was watching a real documentary, lol
I think the candy-bag “tardigrade” is one of the cutest things I’ve seen in a bit.
Aside from perhaps tardigrades’ little lizard fingers and toes.
Yup, it's nearly as cute as a Tardigrade poop... But better tasting... Probably....Ive never tried one
That " candy" one is a "cutie patootie". And speaking of tardigrade patooties.....well, maybe I better not. It would definitely get weird.
Oh wow...I am almost at a loss for words, laughing and in pure enjoyment of the so far 3:47 I've watched. @Zefrank1, the music, production, the everything, your voice....THANK YOU INFINITELY is all
My earliest memory is being a stroller on a hike up a mountain. I remember going over a big bridge over a giant cliff.
It turns out that there was no mountain, more of a long hill and only a very small bridge over a small stream.
Video was great , just like all of them. I always look forward to them. Especially if its anything with frogs since I'm a huge frog lover. Maybe african dart frogs or different species. Seriously though if I'm feeling down I watch your channel and maybe a handful that I actually really like and watch all the time
I love “Jerry”’s attempts at model tardigrades! 🥰
I love that zefrank is collaborating with real scientists to make these now
Guy Dudebro The 4th,
Yes, and now I follow some of them (particularly the divers/photographers who provide some of the footage he uses).
@Angry Kittens no Jerry, when a scientist does it it’s called a special interest
They're perverts, you know.
I'd hardly call Jerry a scientist.
He is a scientist. He’s a published author of a neurological paper. Google his background. He’s legit!!
“Jerry that one made a poop”
Haven’t laughed that hard in a while
zefrank, first off, I’m a huge fan. love all your videos, especially True Facts, and share them with my friends often. Special request though, can you do a video on Bearcats? Which are neither bears, nor cats, but do have a prehensile tail and smell like popcorn. Pretty sweet, right?
“Tardigrade don’t give a crap”
OMG! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this guy is so hilarious I am hooked!! Been watching now for hours 😱
Cheers
If I’d had Zefrank for biology in college my life might’ve been completely different.
The scale bar that just says “small” kills me. I want to use that
2:02 cracked me up
Biology professor: But how small is it?
Me: Hella
To avoid any IP issues, we would strongly advise using "tiny" instead.
Just brilliant. I have not laughed so hard in a while, and learned a lot too. Thank you.
THEORY: The first waterbear was an alien from another galaxy, and our galaxy’s creation was the result of it having shat after consuming a dangerous substance.
Yes, i know this sounds more like an acid trip than a scientific theory.
THIS is how you sell stuff to the public! You get somebody like this guy to talk about it for a moment in the middle of his work. I would listen to this guy read shampoo bottles, so whatever Curiosity Stream paid him, it wasn't enough! I'll probably check it out.