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CREDITS:
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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Thank you to the following for publishing their images
under the CC license, it is a huge contribution to
science communication.
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)
Thank you to all of my Patreon patrons for the
patience, support and feedback
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Smeuthe, very nice.
I want to take my grade offff
@Uninspirational Lizard 😄👍👏😁🤓🦠
@pee poo Fact 1: They are tasty!
you should try doing true facts: crayfish haha
5:38 so those sparkly sht I see on the ground is their crap
Incredible!!
9:05 So they can survive near absolute zero degree Kelvin!
I just realized I was listening to it like I was at school
Wood Frog next?
Lol
I LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS THANK YOU!!! 🥰
I really liked learning about these tiny creatures 😂👍🏻👏🏼
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the reason their poop looks like a galaxy is because it is they are the microscopic equivalent to the being that created the universe
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
"some species are parthenogenic which mean they can reproduce by themselves, solo. Think masturbation with consequences" I laugh out loud on that one!
Your the funniest and best nature person ever even better then David atambrouh
I’d like to introduce my new religion/ creationism theory we are born from a tardigrade poop
In 1979 I was on a secret mission with a team of specialists. We traveled to an area which I can only identify as LV-426. One of our operatives came in contact with one of these things and it attached to his face by wrapping around his head. Needless to say our mission did not go well and I'm convinced the "Company" is researching this thing for our weapons program.
Learn about legos
My ma says their unicorns. If they poop cristals, then they're just tiny umicorns.
i will buy them all. theyre so cute
You are the best Ze 😂 I've been in a depressed funk lately but this video perked me up a bit. Thank you for knowing what's funny. 😂😁
i cant tell if they are gross or cute...and also i keep thinking of the water bear from kipo and wondering how many of these things and their poops i've accidentally swallowed
“Think masturbation but with consequences.” 😳 Hahaha I lost it. Then ZeFrank proceeded to further shock me 🥺
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!
Babey. Little feet. Tiny eyes. Love
Think masturbation with consequences
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.
holy crap, best channel on youtube, where do you get your footage from? awesome stuff!
i think zefrank accidently proposed our universe is just a tardigrade poop
I just found this channel and this is so hilarious and informative at the same time. I know what videos I'm gonna waste hours on now.
Tardigrade drinks your tiny tiny milkshake
My new favorite channel, I feel blessed 🥲
"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.
Is teddy still doing good ?
I would love to see an episode on lobsters. WHO WILL JOIN ME IN THIS NOTION?!?!
Like it was a kale-flavored Capri Sun©.
Dude finally we have a vid on one of my fav animals! I’m so happy rn!
... what if our entire universe in giant microscopic poop? mind=blown
the last two minutes are absolute Au
LOL!!! 🤣🤣😊🙏🙏🙏
This is great, I am fascinated by this lil creature.
Instant Tardigrades™: Just Add Water!
True facts: "Karen"
Ho, please do the Napoleon fish! They are so misunderstood. I misunderstood them.
I love tardis!!! 💧🐻🌱 Aw I wish they could survive gastric acid.
What if our galaxy is just a one big tardigrade poop? 🤯🤯🤯
Could you make one on Manuls/Pallas’ Cats? They’re grumpy looking.
Do one on Fireflies
Parthenogenesis (noun) : masturbation with consequences
Oh and heres a thought ive lived with for some time now, that you have just jogged. As you can see the mighty tardigrae poops galaxys. Imagine for a second our universe was just the atom of another larger being we could never comprehend. We are nothing but beings that live on a spec inside these poop galaxys that are based in this atom sized universe. All hail the might all knowing, universal tardigrae! Hail tards
MOARRRRR!!!!!!! The people demand MOARRRRRR!
this was awesome and hilarious 😂 glad I found your channel!
So every time we drink water, we accidentally drink them? I’ll never drink water again...
I really want to hear what you’d have to say about the bag worm moth caterpillars little stick cabins they glue to their backs
Narwhal???
Started watching this through my phone speakers and it freaked my bearded dragon out. She started waving to show submission and puffing out to make herself look bigger. She did not calm down until I turned the video off.
Christ Jerry get your act together (kidding of course)
How many complaints would I get if I sent this to all my Biology students? I may be about to find out. POV tardigrade porn is suitable for the over 12's, right internet?
True facts about the geoduck. A shellfish that looks way too much like a giant dong.
You better sell those orbeez tardigrade models as merch RIGHT NOW
Are you the voice of the current scientology commercial?
Jerry is the perfrct embodiment of my enthusiasm towards living this life
tartigrades: reproduction via diy skin condoms
why are these things so.... ADORABLE
Glass of Gatorade?! You barbarian!
Nice but a little bit less Jerry would be great.
I wish I was a tardigrade
Could you do a video on peacocks please? Pretty, pretty please?? Picture me peacocking ! Lol
Hello Frank, I hope you read this. I just learned about the existence of the (more or less spooky) "Potoo", or "common potoo" (Nyctibius), and I would love to learn about it. By you :)
that was a good one!
I have a hard time believing aliens don't exist after seeing this. I thought Jerry did a great job in those models! 👍
Please make a video about terrestrial isopods. They are gaining popularity in the pet community and I have them. Would love to see a video on them from you
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It isn't good for them to obtain or get close to Borealis,otherwise not to mention 7 hours but not even 7 minutes war...
Because humans have the stupid bias that assumes advanced forms of life must be large, they've failed to realize that Tardigrades are the alien rulers of the universe who came here from a galaxy a trillion light years away to add earth to their empire.
Jerry is very good at making models, he probably has a curiosity shower every day before work
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 😁
*Jerry is what you'd call "Passive-aggressive"*
Do a true facts about cockroaches
This is the first time frank made a video about an animal they did before
Our universe is made up of tardigrade $#!+
Great movie! I hope that someday in the future I will get an audience like yours. Please visit my channel, maybe you can advise me something :)
So what you’re saying is that a bag of tardigrades is essentially a bag of rice with protein that makes them come back to life after you poop them into the water in your toilet. Do we get nutritional value from them?
Plenty of creatures do eat them, which is one of the few ways to kill them.
“It looks like a galaxy.” Wait,,, Is our whole universe *a water bear’s poop???*
My mind just exploded. Who is going to pay for the damage? You?
Beats the elephants on a turtle
Yes.
Whats the name of the song at the very end?
It’s official. I will never get enough of you and Jerry.
This video was amazing!! I'd like to see dust mites in a future episode.
Yeah.... *LEWD* 😂
They're so cute, I want all of them
Just a reminder: This guy did an operation on a teddy bear
You should do one on the mountain chicken
Teach us about the jellyfish
I love Jerry
Love you Ze Frank's,Your amazing, you made 12 + years of my DEhave expensive awesome,Oh and plz Do one on another small creature,The Sea Monkey.
Water bears are only cute because they aren't big and can't kill you like regular bears.
Jerry is poggers
Can u do a true facts about Humans
I Follow and Get Excited when a new vid is posted, I just love his Narrations and the Simple Witty Humor. Thanks Man Don't Change.
Is the universe Gods poop?🤔
Jerry been acting up lately.
Dude you are amazing