Springtail Jumps Off Water and in Super Slow Motion!
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2021
- Off-water jumps of the semi-aquatic collembola Sminthurides aquaticus and solid ground jumps of Dicyrtomina minuta captured in slow motion video, filming at speeds over 73,000 frames per second! These animals are fast and incredible!
Image of Sminthurides aquaticus by Andy Murray. Check out his amazing collembola photography here:
www.chaosofdelight.org/
Here are a few of the few published studies describing and filming these jumps before my work:
Brackenbury & Hunt (1993) Jumping in springtails: mechanism and dynamics. J. Zool. Lond. 229: 217-236
Sudo et al. (2013) The Kinematics of Jumping of Globular Springtail. Journal of Aero Aqua Bio-mechanisms 3:85-91
Sudo et al. (2015) Jumps of Water Springtail and Morphology of the Jumping Organ. Journal of JSEM s117-s124
Thanks to Andy Murray, Matt Bertone, and Aron Katz for fact-checking related to this video.
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Lol, watching that springtail land face first and then camly float away on its head, basically using it like a little canoe, that made me laugh. It just looks so funny. And I never would have been able to enjoy seeing that if not for you and the amazing work that you do. So thank you for that. ☺️👍
Right! It was hilarious. It was as if the bug was saying “this happens to me all the time!”
Yeah funny springtails.. Really want some...
that lil guy should be a new "this is fine" meme
i was cracking up at that segment for a long while. And when the video ended, i happened to catch this comment (it was at the top). Now, I am laughing all over again. Havin a giggle fit
So awesome!
This just goes to show that a guy in a lab and a small bug can be (is) one of the most exciting things on CZcams. This is high quality communication, sir! Thank you for sharing.
thanks for tuning in!
It doesnt take billions of tax dollars to do it! Great vid.
@@denisebethany5691 it's just spring-theory ;)
I agree with you totally.
I couldn't help but laugh at the Springtail at the end who didn't get to right itself back onto its legs. Lucky shot for the camera and you, but no so much for the critter lol
I thought that was funny too! It was so close to landing upright, but it's own furcula messed that all up!
It worked at rehearsal just fine
Score 9.3 ....
5:45 Okay, dude is just showing off for the camera ! He's "stuck" on his back, uses his tiny springed tail to create enough momentum to fling his entire body around in the air ! ? ! and then instead of "landing" on his legs, he springs back onto his back again and awaits our applause ? B-)
Great video Adrian. I love the storytelling here.
Thanks, Rob!
Desde Paraguay mis sinceras felicitaciones doctor Smith.Quede muy impresionado viendo sus videos.
Cool mechanism for jumping but.... we need to stop and say that these little guys are super cute as well.😉👍🏻
Tardigrade: 😐
Good golly that's some fantastic filmography. Ever since your first video I've become more and more enthused about springtails, and now I have a terrarium with some on my windowsill, living in pine needles, mosses, and just regular dirt of course.
If I ever disturb the jar, all I can see is black streaks as they jump up and land down before I can even figure out what happened.
how did you get them all to jump at once like that?
He said 3, 2, 1, jump!
he might have played a loud sound
movie magic! that shot is all separate sequences of individual jumps stitched together in editing. glad to hear it plays as a seamless composition!
@@AntLab well played my friend... I was totally fooled
@@AntLab you got me too...
3:55 I like how the colors go together with the background and the springtail going well together. So not only you get never-seen-before video but the colors look great together.
My favourite Nerd!!!
OMG, that face-first landing 2:44 😅. I think that springtail guy known you were filming and tried to show off with unexpected consequences.
thx for the timestamp, saved me 7 mins xD
You do such high quality work, but even better you present it wonderfully. Thank you!
Dude, these little guys are adorable! I don't usually find small insects to be cute, but these guys are just too much! I've never seen them in the wild before, I only heard of them b/c of the reptile and tarantula keeping videos that I watch, but this is my first time actually seeing them. They're so funny, just flinging themselves into the air, what a bunch of cuties!
👍🏼 I'll never again look at a springtail in the same way! 😎
Okay, this is the first time im amazed with such documentary
Thanks for showing the unbelievable detail of these Springtails. Nature has a fantastic way of adapting life to the environment even at this nearly microscopic level.
Just found this channel and I wanna say this: Those terrific shots combined with the music and storytelling make the videos MAGICAL. As an amateur macro photographer can't get enough of these, AMAZING work! 👌
This is awesome! 🤯 It's amaizing how you can capture all of this! keep this project going please!
Thanks! The plan is to keep working on it. These populations are very season, but I collected a lot more video/data this past year and am figuring out how to analyze it now!
I think using high speed strobes can help to stop the motion and get more detailed images.
I don't know if I'm more impressed about the springtails or the camera
Zefrank said to come check out this scientist n his work..so here I am
Same here
Holy CRAP ! Thank you so much for taking the time to record such stunning footage of these amazing animals. You are so cool, I love how dedicated you are to your craft. As a botanical illustrator, I cannot wait to draw some freeze frames of this incredible video. Keep up the amazing work friend
Looking forward to seeing those illustrations!
This is amazingly done.
As helpful and cool as springtails are, I have an aquarium and they're an annoyance.
This made me appreciate them a lot more.
Can't wait to see more of your videos.
How are they an annoyance?
Do you big like the look of them, cuz they’re pretty beneficial in most cases
I used to dispise insects. I noticed in the few weeks since I found this channel that I am more curious than anything, watching even mosquitoes with new interest ! Thank you so much for sharing your research.
Those are some *big* Sminthurids.
It's insane how good you are at recording these insects 🤯 truly amazing
genuinely and from the bottom of my heart, this is one of my favorite videos on this entire platform. i tell people about it all the time, the fact that this EXTREMELY niche little research project is recorded and compiled so nicely in a way that is fun to look at and easy to understand is truly nothing short of inspiring. thank you for uploading this, and please never ever stop learning obscure and convoluted things about how our tiny bug friends live and function!!
They look super adorable
that little buddy landing on the face and slowly going off camera is my new hero, even if he is probably dead inside now
Before he jumped,, he said:
HEY GUYS... WATCH THIS!!!
These Springtails are so cool & cute! Your videos are AMAZING! Can't wait to watch more!
Awesome work! I'm always excited when more research is done on springtails, they're amazing little critters.
You're at the point where I can't tell if you're really dedicated or really obsessed.
Wow Congratulations on the 73 thousand frames per second on the SpringTail. ❤AWARDING YOU THE MEDAL OF PERSEVERANCE! I made that award up, but you deserve it. Thank you just so interesting.
Your videos are so interesting. I appreciate the work you do to take out the time to show us these insects in detail.
This was really fascinating. I'm currently keeping springtails to aid in keeping my tarantula containers clean as they're known to eat molds, uneaten 'foods' and rotting matter. Incredible footage and I kinda want to keep larger springtails like that, I think they're adorable.
Such lovable goofs! Thanks for bringing such tiny yet marvellous creatures to our attention in such a detail!
I love springtails, they are absolutely adorable!
You are doing an incalculable good with these videos and your research. The beauty and power of these everyday activities of simple, humble insects is an immense treasure and could lead to people giving a darn about other forms of life. They matter a great deal.
Fantastic video man!
Olympic sport material right here! Truly astonishing footage. Thank you.
How beautiful! What incredible athletes these creatures are. Thank you for filming them.
Amazing footage! I've studied soil fauna for a while now, and I've never seen footage like this. Astonishing video and channel, thank you!
I really enjoy these little acrobats,thank you for this amazing work ,you are a real pro!
Well done, Adrian! I love watching springtails at a speed that "meets their behavior."
Thanks, Barrett!!
I'm falling in love with springtails after watching your videos! :)
This is completely amazing. Kudos on the unfathomable effort and perseverance this must've taken!!!
I’m not a fan of bugs in-person, but I do love them from a scientific, studious point of view. These spring jumpers are so cute when they jump, I can’t help but imagine them going, “Weeeee~!”
Cuteness aside, makes me real happy to see individuals like yourself exploring and studying the neglected, ignored, and often underestimated creatures of this world. I’m almost always up for learning about something new! And this is delightful. The world of science needs more individuals like yourself.
Considering how fast these little critters are, do you think it would be safe to say they see the world in “slow-motion”?
They remind me a little of the (pardon if I get the name wrong) Spring-Trap Jaw ants. If I’m not mistaken, they use a spring-trap mechanism in their jaws to also send themselves flying.
Different method, similar results.
Keep up the good work! 😁👍🏼
I've never come across any video of springtails. Thank You !!
These little fellas are great, the slow-motion footage is out standing thanks!😊✌️
I'm stoked I found this channel !
Ive always loved timelapse, close up, and slow motion art and this is truly some art you've got here. Thank you for taking time to capture and share all your findings, I'm in love with all these adorable lil buggers and the moths. Jeesh! Incredible!!
i never knew about these until I got myself a macro lens and got one in a shot by chance. Great video
Wow! that was some great slow-motionfilming. Subjects this small and unpredictable are quite the challenge. Kudos!
This is amazing. Thank you for your work so that we're able to see it, much appreciated.
This makes me appreciate God's creation all the more. Thank you for taking so much time and photographic creativity to film these marvelous creatures.
I'm addicted to your videos. This is some of the most fascinating content on the internet.
I’m in love with the last springtails faceplant..remembering that also nature can be clumsy ❤️
It's just amazing what you do bud. As a North Carolinaian I admire the footage you get and I'm amazed how much you catch in camera. Well done.
saludos desde Chile
Here from the DPReview article. Amazing and fascinating work!
Never heard of springtail until now. Thanks.
Definitely worth it. Thank you for your hard work and your patience.
That is sooo awesome!! Loving the detail you capture.
This is quite amazing!
Thank you for all the work you do and for sharing these videos with us!
Peace&Love&Light ☮☯️🕉
As hard as it is to film these little guys, you have managed to make great clips out of it. Congratulations! Great job! Thanks for sharing 😊
So completely cool! Thank you for doing the work and posting it for the world!
This work is simply amazing. I always wished someone would go down to insect levels and start showing us just how incredible their bioengineering really is! Your work is not only ground breaking its visually beautiful too!! Thnx and keep up the innovation!
🧡U r a totally sweet person…I’ve been showing all your videos to my son!💙
amazing footage . thank you for your work Dr Adrian
Great to see new video Doctor..........they are stunning! Always a big Thank You for your work!
I’m so glad there’s finally a video showing this! I’ve been looking for one since I got into the bioactive hobby
I don't know why I find it amazing that the springtails furcula bounces as it hits the ground.
Woah, what a wonderful video, Adrian! Very informative and really interesting!!
Absolutely awesome 😊
Would love to further see the micro construction of the spring and its internal components.
Thank you for these videos man!
Incredible video, thank you for sharing this with us!
It's fascinating to see them close up in slow motion! Thanks for all the time and effort you put in to record these guys!👏👍💯 I'm a big fan of them now lol
Impressive !!! Thank you for all your work in making these videos
Good morning AM, a 1st timer here to your channel after Zefrank 1 had suggested you at the end of his film on ant jaws and springtails.
I spent 20 years working on 24 & 12 frames per second animated films & commercials, just wish your films and been around when I was doing my walk cycles and referencing Edward Muybridge's 1910 books. Likewise the amazing advances in camera lenses, definition and slow-mo since that time is astounding, last year I saw a Tedtalk about a camera that could shoot at trillion frames a second which help drivers see around corners.
I find it amusing in the way they jump. But incredibly beautiful.
I pretty much laughed all the way through this, their failures were hilarious. Brilliant video.
Brilliant video. Thanks for the hard work.
Brilliant work! Glorious footage!!!
Wow, amazing. Thank you for this video!!
I’m glad that I found this channel this guy is doing something beyond a great job 👏🏻
So glad I found your channel! I adore all the little guys too.
Wow. This is mesmerizing stuff. I can't wait to show my grandkids.
Amazing videos!! Thanks for sharing them and thanks for your detailed explanations!!
How has youtube never shown me this? Your work is amazing!
Loving the videos!
What an incredible video. The fact that their tail coils are hydrophilic to gain traction is such a neat biomechanical trick. Interesting that only globular springtails were used here when blue snow fleas are everywhere in the northern hemisphere.
Excellent work man, and I love it.
Please continue your searches & studying, it's so cool.
Keep up the good work.
02:42 - 02:54 got me giggling 🙈 great deadpan editing.
Amazing video, wonderful presentation - that's the second video I've watched from this chan - liked, subbed and planning to binge the rest/hope that there are already many videos and if there aren't -- i sure hope there will be.
Not to mention that i love springtails and moths - YT did well with suggesting me those first 😎
Incredible work!
Just wonderful, please keep them coming :)
Always love this channel
This was awesome, thanks for sharing!
Totally amazing!!!!
Green springtails every year are the first fellas that i notice to start walking around here when the snow melts. When there's still like 30cm of snow right next to a place where the snow has melted, springtails still hang around there
this footage is amazing... ! thanks for sharing with us
Fantastic work. What a fascinating experience, watching it frame by frame, how this tiny animals are able, reaching unbelievable speeds and heights, just what nature has provided it with. It’s a amazing world, that still needs to be discovered. We should learn from our world first, before we are drying looking for another planet, we where able to live on. Thanks for your great work hopefully you continue it.
This is really cool! I’ve never heard of or seen Springtails but in this video I learned a lot about them. Thanks so much for this! 🤩🤩🤩🙌
sooo 290 revs/sec? that's actually 17,400 rpm... which is faster than almost every car engine out there!
how much g-force is the tiny thing experiencing? there is probably quite a lot of interesting biology going on to keep its circulatory system from basically snap-freezing off of the extreme pressures it generates even for a fraction of a second, i'm guessing...
yeah, there's a lot to unpack related to the spinning. I go into slightly more detail about that in the first springtail video I put out here last year