The Pond On My Window Sill - Ecosphere Week 1
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2020
- Last week, I scooped a jar of muddy water and weed out of a local pond, sealed it and placed it on my north facing window sill, in an experiment to create a sealed ecosphere.
Let's have a look at some of the things I saw in there during the first week...
If you enjoyed this, here are some links to channels you might like:
Life in Jars? / @lifeinjars
Journey Into the Microscosmos / @journeytomicro
Foo the Flowerhorn / @footheflowerhorn
(If you've got a suggestion for another similar/related channel to list here, please let me know in the comments) - Jak na to + styl
Reddit brought me here and I'm happy it did
Welcome everyone arriving here from Reddit - I am delighted to have you visit my channel!
Same. Great content all-around. Even the backround music
Same here, and I made sure to like your video.
What is that "cheap USB microscope" you're using?
Heya!
Same here
This is a good lesson on why you don't drink standing water.
nah, your stomach acid has no problem with all that stuff, you shouldn't drink tagnant water though. Flowing water is the safer option. Also water quality varies greatly where you live.
@@ExplizitDuester hell no im not drinking that no matter what my stomach can do
Another Guy On CZcams Yeah probably shouldn’t trust your stomach too much or things might get bad
@@darkdante8238 Yeah... don't trust your stomach.. I once ate a orange.. And Now I've got a full growing tree inside me... The morning orange shits are a bit annoying .. But I don't wanna be wasteful so I ofcourse eat them !!
CLAW WER You should not complain cuz you’re literally getting free food..before complaining at least think about the kids in Africa
This guy cares more about the viewers getting cool content and info that he gave a shout out to 2 channels for free and called them better content than his. What a class act!
Subscribed right there
ye its called being humble
a trait commonly lost to millennials and genZ
@@catnium 👏👏👏👏👏
@@catnium Ok Boomer
He gave a shoutout to Foo the Flowerhorn too in the description. Thats one of my favotire channels on here.
Flatworm: Hey what's u-
Hydra: S T I N G
Basically:
Flatworm: dog
Hydra: cat
Hotel: Trivago
@@AtomicShrimp understood
The Flatworm leans over and whispers, "Hail Hydra." Then the Flatworm was able to leave in peace.
Lollollololol
LOL
The other Flatworm was ganged up on by multiple Hydra, but it fought them all before jumping out of the jar and using a leaf as a shield
I can't wait to find out what it tastes like next month on "Weird Stuff in a Jar".
Haha! Good one.
Mmm tastes a bit like spam
That will never happen due to health concerns.
@@fingmoron more likely sperm
My little pony
You've got some great hydra shots there! Good stuff.
Hey, do you live in a jar?
@@tausiftaha12 it's simple, you have to take a deep breath and just squeeze your way in.
@Nico The Hero yes
Were you ever tempted even just a little bit, to "shake things up" a bit or toss it in the microwave? I'm asking for a friend.
no. Bad jesus.
Asking for Satan?
That will surely crucify everything in there!! Im sure you know a thing or 2 about that.
Hey jesus if u surrounded us with water then why did u chose to make it salty and not drinkable
Thanks for asking the real questions, Jesus!
OMG the hydra got me!! That's so cool!!! This is my first time seeing one outside of biology textbooks, I'm in awe. Thanks for constantly bringing us unexpected but fascinating content.
I never saw one either under the microscope. We looked at pond water with water fleas and such and we looked at onion and tomato cells. That's what really got me hooked up and ignited my love for biology. Sadly in school the microscope time was very limited. At University I then was able to work with the microscope again. Then met bacteria and viruses under the microscope and body cells. I loved to sit for hours in dark and quiet rooms, just to examinate my probe under the microscope and take notes about it and experiment with it.
Up to this day, using the microscope always gets me hyped up. I love looking at things under the microscope. This tiny world of unseen things. It's just amazing.
My Dad was a science teacher, and though you're surely younger than me, this reminds me of him. He used to do things like this for his students. It's great to show how nature finds a way.
Atomic is not that young actually, you can notice that in some of the videos, is like a lovable old fellow with quite a variety of hobbies
@@dcal5846 I'm pretty old myself!
xingcat I can tell by your confidence you’ve got some years under your belt, old gang rise up
Having watched a couple of your videos, it's clear the apple doesn't fall far from the tree- Obviously I'm not quite the audience but you get across ideas really well. Maybe this lockdown's about time to whip the puppets out again? I'd be glad making a couple 3 ingredient recipes in these boring times :p
Just a suggestion in case you needed a push towards the idea :)
@@homicidal_duck Thanks! I stopped the channel a little over a year ago due to a number of changes going on, but all the puppets are still there. Maybe they'll pop up on YT again soon!
Never been buzzing for something this much since lockdown
Literally the perfect time to have made a observational video of a contained ecosystem was now. Lol
@@PittsburghSonido Agreed, impeccable timing haha
When I was in primary school back in the late 1950s, my favourite subject was Nature Studies (primary school science). We performed an experiment similar to this. We boiled up a handful of grass to form a nutrient soup. When it cooled, we inoculated it with an eyedropper full of water from a puddle after rain. Each day we took a drop and examined it under a microscope. After a few days we observed micro organisms in the drop. As the days rolled on the population grew and grew until it was teeming with micro organisms. I was fascinated.
As the days rolled on the population began to subside, until eventually they died out to the point that we could no longer see any. When the resources were exhausted, the dense population could no longer be sustained. I presumed a subset of the organisms continued in the soup. This has stuck with me all my life, and I took it as a good example of how a closed environment has limited resources. While not a perfect analogy of our planet, it does show what can happen when there are limited resources, and limited space for our waste.
James Noel wow i wish we did stuff like this in science nowadays. They mostly just prepare us for standardized testing now, so sad
@@punkmal shit now its just zoom calls
# WeTheNorth ur right, it’s completely pointless now
@@punkmal right how can u teach topics that also require hands on like auto shop or science lol
Having been a biology student I remember only drawing hydra without actually seeing a live one in action! Thankyou mr. Atomic shrimp
I bet there are thousands of _atomic shrimps_ living in that jar
Shrimps that, when cut open amongst other shrimps will cause a nuclear explosion
Mmm deliciousness
Yeah
@Aiden Jones
times change for living languages
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shrimps
@Aiden Jones You're not kidding. 33 years of speaking English natively, and I still sometimes have difficulty with its intricacies. A crappy keyboard doesn't help much, either. lol
This channel is full of the most random stuff, but it's still one of my favourites to watch. It's taught me so much stuff since I've started watching. Keep up the content, always look forward to it!
Sparrow i agree!
When I found Atomic Shrimp I binged. So much enjoyable content!
@@_Meadows_ Same! There's just so much to enjoy and it's all so fascinating
Can we just appreciate how good the name hydra is?
-Breaths poison = ejects poison
-grows two heads = can survive every cut and bud itself, Creatin a new "head"
The juvenile hydra is a free swimming form (like a tiny jellyfis) called a 'medusa'
Also, there is a genus of copepods called 'cyclops' (not sure if I have this actual type in the jar though - they are very tricky to ID)
Your voice is incredibly relaxing. Great to listen to while doing school work.
hello bread
Did you get much studying done during this video?
Right sounds like Planet Earth or Natl Geographic
Sounds like colossaliscrazy
Already hyped for week 2. 👍
too bad it never happened!
@@debomb824 but it did? czcams.com/video/r09ydOtsUk8/video.html&ab_channel=AtomicShrimp
The music and the your voice combine to make this sound like a science program or documentary, like Planet Earth. Soothing, informative, and fascinating.
I love the way this channel evolves. You are constantly trying things and evolving based on what you think might interest us. Hope you are doing well with the lock down. Stay safe.
Fascinating. I remember doing this kind of thing at school back when it was all black and white.
You lived back when the world was black and white!? That's insane! Very cool
Boomer
You mean during segregation? Were the black kids not allowed to have jar ponds?
Geyote Pilkington nah. We didn’t do stuff like that in the civilised part of the world.
Arshad Ali we all wore top hats and walked very quickly
This is so friggin wholesome, you reccomending these channels to us without gaining anything by that - except for the endless appreciation of your subscribers. Thank you very, very much!
We've all got to find ways to help each other stay sane and positive in these unprecedented weird times
Have you tried the microsmos one? Hank's narration is as stated, cool beyond compare. Just perfect for trying times.
Scooped my pond-water-and-plants in March 2019, and it's still going strong. Plants are actually sending shoots, a slug that's been there from day 1 is larger and healthy, and a bunch of shrimp swim around. I've never opened it.
“This is a hydra, and I’m not talking about a Greek mythological creature, I’m talking about a relative of the sea anemone.” What you should say when introducing a hydra.
*Hail Hydra*
Its all interesting and games until some bald guy who was tricked into killing his family kills your hydra
I love watching insects and tiny pond life, fascinated me more then mammals and bigger earth creatures
H L Yeah,they have a much more integrated and diverse eco-system than big creatures
It's hard to put a dog in a jar I can tell you.
Something is wrong with you, and I mean that sincerely.
BFKC why?
BFKC the amount of detail etched into insects is remarkable, nothing like a leopard or a bird would possess, such tiny life existing unseen by us, in each pond is a world, there is no evil in bugs, only survival.
Even isolation can't bore such as us, everything is interesting, everything can be entertaining.
You show us this again and again - thanks for taking the time, Shrimp - all the best.
This is one of the most fascinating videos I've seen in a long time
I'm in NYC, and we're having a bad time of it. But I wanted you to know that my "Play PRANG!" t-shirt gives me a smile every time I wear it. Cheers and thanks.
Very cool, although I expect the tiny crustaceans will eventually perish, they will most likely breed up until there's no longer food for them. Might defeat the purpose of the study, but adding some food in the form of goldfish flakes will really let their population take off.
Your branching creativity never ceases to amaze me. Thank you so much!
I did the Ancestry DNA test and it told me some of my distant relatives lived in that jar. True story.
*that's why I boil all of my pond water before I drink my swamp tea*
Norwegian Mountain water would like a word with you, better taste and more fresh than any filtered or bottled water
@Earthshine , really? Ooh!
@@Windir91 True, water from mountains are as clear as glass. I have drinked one before. But just to be safe I think you should boil it first
I don't know if y'all are being sarcastic :/
Fascinating. You have a pet hydra! I remember studying those many years ago in O-level biology. I never really grasped at the time how small they were.
I have no idea how I ended up here, but I am incredibly glad that I did. Possibly one of the most relaxing and interesting videos I've seen in a long time
This is how you use an idea and make it yours, shout out the other channels clearly and concisely and make your own video and analysis. The respectful references are another reason why I love this channel
This is the most interesting thing I've seen all lock down.
I absolutely love your content!
Love it! The soothing music, your calm voice, the peaceful pond in the jar - all of this makes for a really relaxing video. I could watch this for hours!
This is my favorite CZcamsr rn. The role model CZcamsr 💯
Nobody:
My mind: Drink it
Also me: Wtf why do you want to
My mind: *Do it*
Me tooooo !!!!
Something is wrong ☹️
Congratulations! You have been naturally unselected!
Darwin:Hmm...yes.
d r i n k. t h e. f l a t. w o r m s
Damn, there are a mfucing worms in this water
So much respect for shouting out the other two channel in such a respectable way. Instantly subscribed!
Well that was fascinating. I once brought some duckweed home as I was trying to make a little pond. I put it into a big glass bowl outside, while I tried to get the little pond to hold water & the most beautiful minature crested newt appeared out of this duckweed. I was delighted & watched it grow but then a bird came along & chopped it in half. I was young & sadly had not realised I needed to protect it from birds.
This man is one of the only creators on CZcams id take a recommendation from without second thought.
This is my kind of humanity. Curious, peaceful, sharing. Thank you.
I absolutely love a appreciate how you're still very active in the comments despite growing exponentially in the last 8 months
Pond on a jar: Exists
1.1 million people: Interesting
Epic
cumjar
This joke again, there are many ways to gain like, but i do really seen this joke on every video i watched, oh god my mind cannot ignore this again and has to leave a goddamn comment right here
Hugo No Pony?
more interesting than these life style influencers with their silly and unrelevant lives
Absolutely loved that! You are such a clever man with many talents. Looking forward to the next update.
This is easily one of the happiest most enjoyable videos I've seen on CZcams
I like to watch Foo The Flowerhorn
It’s a CZcams channel that makes stuff like this, but instead of jars, it’s a tank. It’s really peaceful and they check up on each tank every few weeks
Found this from a Digg email update. Glad I found this as well. Interesting stuff!
I actually appreciated that you shoutout similar channels near the beginning. Makes it seem like you care about our learning too
It is so amazing how a small jar of pond can be very full of life!
I don't know where this channel is going, but I like it.
I can confirm that is in fact a nematode, looking forward to the update soon
Appreciate the fact you always reference your source. Great work.
Love people like this Atomic Shrimp fellow. Curious, knowledgeable, adaptive, competent...
Looking at tiny creature reminds me when I have fun at the swampy ponds there little toads, fogs and bugs and tiny fish in the rivers. I then draw themm all to scale in my sctegch book itvs very nice to do
This is horrifying and fascinating. The microscopic world freaks me out, and knowing that everything that is happening in that jar happens... well, everywhere... is disconcerting at best. Your presentation and earnest nature, though, is so calming and downright professional that I couldn't turn away. Very impressive.
This guy’s voice would be perfect for a sleep podcast. I could fall asleep to the combination of this music, his voice, and this topic.
I'm so happy you mentioned Life In Jars! His videos rabbitholed me to yours! Great content
Another great series. You never cease the amaze me with intersting videos
I've always wanted to do this.. I'm gonna watch an learn 😁
I have been a patron of Journey into the Microsocomos for nearly a year. And Life in Jars? has been a popular favourite among my roommate and I for ages! Love your stuff man.
My class did the same thing in elementary school. We took a field trip to the local lake & each of us got to take a jar of lake water home. I remember the teacher showed us a daphnia in a drop of water under the microscope & we could see its wriggling innards through its transparent body. I was amazed. Back at home with the jar, I was fascinated by the life enscapulated within its own small world. I even had a tiny fish that hid among the vegetation at the surface, much to my delight. But then my memory fails me. I'm not sure how long I had this jar or what happened to it. My parents probably threw it out. Maybe everything died beforehand. In any case, to this day I'm fascinated by life that exists in puddles & other microcosms. Thanks for the opportunity to relive my memories through this video.
Please more this is so cool.
That footage was deadly. Im a fan life in jars and sometimes he struggles to get good action sequences like that, with good quality picture. You should use that microscope setup more! Maybe create a content stream for the channel based around it
This show is awesome. I am looking forward to more Atomic Shrimp, especially in the world of biology. Fried crickets, mushroom hunts, stinging nettle soup, and now microscopic wonders presented in exquisite documentary form with music that flows perfectly. This is just plain rad. I hope your own enthusiasm for subject matter takes precedence over relevance or feedback. I'm glad you value our feedback, but I hope you continue to do what you dig.
Its like listening to a young David Attenborough. It was an absolute pleasure listening to your narration, well done.
ooooh, looks interesting.
i really enjoyed that video!!! please by all means continue these updates, i’m fascinated to see how this little ecosystem turns out! :)
My daughter had an assignment from school to gather pond water. It's been sitting by our kitchen window for a while now, haven't seen any movement yet. I'll show this video to her so she can see what kind of creatures to expect! Great video, as always!
This is brilliant we take life like this for granted they are everywhere it's so amazing
Question: Why did you seal the jar shut and won’t that eventually starve the life inside of it of oxygen? Or will the algae produce enough to sustain it?
That's part of his experiment, I think. He's trying to see if the various living things he collected in the jar can achieve a relatively stable cycle.
These have been many times before... the point is to make a closed ecosystem, so yes, the algea is able to make enough oxygen.
@@benjaminjolly2371 when i think about it, earth is kinda like this jar. There's basically no substance exchange with the universe only all kinds of electromagnetic rays coming in. So if they're able to make a large scale ecosystem, it should also work in a smaller scale.
They have to keep it sealed or the water would evaporate and we would run out of water
Still water environments require very little oxygen. It's why there aren't a ton of big fish in them. But there's plenty for this stuff
I have my jar running, inspired by you. However, I just used some water that was standing in a flowerpot in the garden, a bit brown and murky. Definitely something moving in there, not much but there is movement, looks a bit worm like but very thin.
This is actually really fascinating
Fascinating, love it, more please and Thank you.
I'm a brazilian and I don't have idea how I got here. What a surprise to watch a video like this right before I sleep. Interesting how by watching the micro life make us understand our responsibility with the planet. Great video Atomic Shrimp
Glad to see you're doing well during the lockdowns. Love from Australia
I like to get dirt from my garden and see what random plants would grow, I usually add moss on top so even if there is nothing, I can still grow a plant.
Please make this a series! The footage was awesome and your narrations were pretty relaxing and interested.
this is facinating sadly I can't recreates this myself or at least not legally but I'm looking forward to the future updates
bruh
Where do you live for it to be illegal to do this?
@@tommitchell1908 I assume somewhere that is locked down to the extent that travel to the nearest natural water would be impossible right now
Atomic Shrimp Ah yeah of course. Still getting used to the fact that this has become normality.
This is cool! Desert sand has some hardy microbes, "just add water." A friend of mine says she sometimes finds triops in her part of the city.
This beautiful tiny universe makea me so happy. Thank you so so much for doing this!
OMFG THIS IS A HEAVENLY CHANNEL! CAME HERE AFTER YOUR RAREBIT RECIPE! Thanks mate!
Awesome love this! I also watch Life in jars too! Great see other people trying this too. :D
I know you mentioned Life In Jars in your last video in this, but dang, Journey to the Microcosmos! I love that channel too; and if you don't watch them, I would recommend all of Hank's sci show channels too. *Edit:* Also, PBS Eons!
I love life in jars and I can't believe you've done a simular thing inspired by him. Loved the video, thank you!
The art of making a video about anything. Superb.
The universe is a jar of pond water sitting on some higher-being's window sil.
Lewis Baker Simpson’s
PGT96drvr...That is quite an observation and not far from the truth!
Watching this while high was the most interesting thing ever
its more interesting when not needing idiotic drugs
@@wysiwyg2006 that's a bit harsh
Sounds like a good time
John Cusick why do you say that? I think it’s pretty harmless. Then again I only smoke cigarettes. I guess comparatively it’s better for you than cigs. Do you think alcohol is bad as well?
@@wysiwyg2006 Good job on shouldering your opinion in to a comment which really didn't need it
Very Attenborough esque. Absolutely love this,nothing interesting is happening in my jar yet 👌
I enjoyed this video immensely! One of the things I like most about your channel is the diversity of content.
So me and a jar will go to the nearest pond soon. maybe two different ponds and do a comparison =)
Get a big jar, the bigger the jar the more stable it might be.
"If you are hungry for more content like this"...yes
"But better than this"...well there is nothing better than atomic shrimp content, but i guess I can look at those other channels too.
I enjoy your curiosity thank you for the journey
Wow.. Just Wow... I'm amazed at how good the shots are. Big appreciation for the effort put in to getting these clips. Well done!
4:08 When you go swimming into cold water...
Entendí jajjaa
Did anyone else say Hail Hydra whenever you mentioned the Hydra or do I just watch too much Agents of Sheld?
The jar looks great.
Amazing all of this is in just one liter of pond water! There’s so much life on this earth
Really quite interesting. Though i must say feel less inclined to stick my hand into a pond, now i know it is a truly terrifying place.
Terrifying? Hardly. The overwhelming majority of microorganisms-probably in excess of 99 percent-have no effect on human beings at all.