Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation

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  • čas přidán 7. 03. 2021
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Komentáře • 293

  • @detectivewiggles
    @detectivewiggles Před 3 lety +390

    Relationship status: Two blobs that are very close

    • @mohamedhassanaldujaily9619
      @mohamedhassanaldujaily9619 Před 3 lety +1

      I think that the video will be better without music....specially the intro 😊👍🏻

    • @glottalstop2080
      @glottalstop2080 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mohamedhassanaldujaily9619 no why

    • @zeykriid
      @zeykriid Před 3 lety +13

      relationship status: ciliate destroyed by rapidly changing osmotic pressure

    • @Hobgoblin88
      @Hobgoblin88 Před 3 lety +4

      Relationship status: Fused

    • @funnygrunt_o7
      @funnygrunt_o7 Před 3 lety +4

      Status update: starting to think my partner and my baby are literally also me

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety Před 3 lety +183

    You and me, baby, we ain't nothin' but ciliates, so let's do it like they do on... our local PBS affiliate?

  • @TheRogueWolf
    @TheRogueWolf Před 3 lety +230

    "Hey, babe, I'm really digging your scent. What do you say we ditch this slide and go become a little bit of each other?"

    • @daniellewilson8527
      @daniellewilson8527 Před 2 lety +1

      If I were searching for a date, this flirt line would be successful

  • @evilnet1
    @evilnet1 Před 3 lety +21

    They may never see eachother again because they became eachother. A love story more profound than most dramas.

  • @Morberis
    @Morberis Před 3 lety +113

    Conjugate your verbs my teacher always said. Little did I know....

  • @semaj_5022
    @semaj_5022 Před 3 lety +167

    Partners mating to become their own offspring is honestly kinda beautiful in a way.

    • @Kurtlane
      @Kurtlane Před 3 lety +3

      As a microbe you have a full right to it. But keep it out of my bedroom.

    • @KOKO-uu7yd
      @KOKO-uu7yd Před 2 lety +1

      Kinda my first feeling. A little like rebirth!🤩
      Edit: ok. That's silly of me. IT IS rebirth isn't it?☺️

    • @feyternerdworld
      @feyternerdworld Před 2 lety

      I don't know sounds a little bit selfish for me...

  • @williamsudbrink4187
    @williamsudbrink4187 Před 3 lety +54

    When a mommy micro-animal and a daddy micro-animal love each other very much...

    • @Oscar4u69
      @Oscar4u69 Před 3 lety +10

      they might become their own offspring o.0

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 Před 3 lety +87

    So *Immortality* through rebirthing to your own self by your self that is some intense paradoxical situation

    • @toothpasteman3400
      @toothpasteman3400 Před 3 lety +7

      or becoming a baby every time your old

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 Před 3 lety +11

      @@toothpasteman3400 Some Jellyfish has also been recorded doing that too

    • @toothpasteman3400
      @toothpasteman3400 Před 3 lety +6

      @@thedoruk6324 that's exactly what I was talking about

    • @garret1930
      @garret1930 Před 3 lety +8

      Defining death is really difficult when you know how life really works.

    • @toothpasteman3400
      @toothpasteman3400 Před 3 lety +4

      @@garret1930 *cough* virus *cough*

  • @dangerousfables
    @dangerousfables Před 3 lety +218

    I fuse with myself daily to release stress.

    • @eduardokiryu5456
      @eduardokiryu5456 Před 3 lety +39

      Im so stressed im about to form a cyst and wait for better times

    • @drewlovely2668
      @drewlovely2668 Před 3 lety +19

      @@sirensynapse5603 can't go blind if you don't have eyes!

    • @ddkapps
      @ddkapps Před 3 lety +17

      @@eduardokiryu5456 cyst and decease! (sorry, been wanting to use that phrase for a while)

    • @procrastinator99
      @procrastinator99 Před 3 lety +3

      @@ddkapps LOL thank you for sharing.

    • @woulg
      @woulg Před rokem +2

      I also enjoy practicing my conjugation alone

  • @danielc7964
    @danielc7964 Před 3 lety +179

    Can you please, for april fools day, do an episode about the "Macrocosmos". Things that are really small, but huge under a microscope like little water crustaceans, or some small worms/ nematodes that would look HUGE under the microscope. Again, small things in the real world, absolutely massive in the micro.

    • @alexv3357
      @alexv3357 Před 3 lety +5

      I'll second that suggestion

    • @malaakm7655
      @malaakm7655 Před 3 lety +30

      Alternatively: Macrocosmos but we look at cats and stuff

    • @danielc7964
      @danielc7964 Před 3 lety +7

      @@malaakm7655 dude I didnt even think that it's just their narration of normal sized things that they interact with. Maybe a 2 part series.

    • @malaakm7655
      @malaakm7655 Před 3 lety +10

      @@danielc7964 honestly i could listen to Hank Green narrate pretty much anything

    • @tammymccaslin4787
      @tammymccaslin4787 Před 3 lety +4

      I vote for the cat video.

  • @joshuag.2830
    @joshuag.2830 Před 3 lety +48

    2:20 awww they made a heart

  • @FriedFreya
    @FriedFreya Před 3 lety +128

    Wow. That's so weirdly beautiful, to me. That they're essentially their own offspring... Life is so fascinating.

    • @sownheard
      @sownheard Před 3 lety +3

      It might make for a crazy horror storey.

  • @himanbam
    @himanbam Před 3 lety +69

    Yo my spanish teacher must be immortal. She does this all the time

    • @realsemig
      @realsemig Před 3 lety +4

      HAHAHAHAHHAHAH this guy is funny.

    • @Aurora-oe2qp
      @Aurora-oe2qp Před 3 lety +9

      Even during class? You should probably report her then.

    • @parkerledure2266
      @parkerledure2266 Před 3 lety +7

      @Ash С i think she knows so wooosh yourself!

    • @user-jc8by2wj8g
      @user-jc8by2wj8g Před 3 lety

      @Cello Daughter of Chaos They were joking too

  • @Benzene265
    @Benzene265 Před 3 lety +22

    3:45 Always thinking with the micronucleus...

  • @GordonFreechmen
    @GordonFreechmen Před 3 lety +10

    I love that extended moment of silence just before Hank says his thank you tagline. Combined with the music, it's quite emotional.

    • @sweateryoshi4026
      @sweateryoshi4026 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes! It gives time to just linger in the thoughts just a little bit longer. Its really considerate.

  • @Snoosmumrik
    @Snoosmumrik Před 3 lety +36

    "The knowableness of the universe."
    Just this phrase brings tears to my eyes.

  • @rianantony
    @rianantony Před 3 lety +17

    Personifying cells? Yeah, I'm into it

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk Před 3 lety +7

    Fantastic video
    And may I say that while I myself clearly still have the maturity levels of a ten year old and could NOT stop giggling at various points, your delivery was perfect, calm, smooth - just tossing out the necessary terms without turning a metaphorical hair. Also, I know how to pronounce "coitus" out loud so thank you for that too.
    Immature jokes aside, the photography here is once again blowing my mind. Right about at 3:40 I was just gob-smacked by the way you captured the dimensionality of the Ophryoglena, how you made it possible to really SEE the roundness of it. No longer just a flat shape on an illustration plate, not just a pencil sketch in a lab journal, but a BODY. It feels somehow more real, almost tangible, in a way that may not be "special" to some folks but for me... magical. Really.
    Thank you so much for continuing to take us on this journey!

  • @Jop_pop
    @Jop_pop Před 3 lety +5

    I feel so awkward watching this and I think that speaks to how well this channel humanizes tiny creatures

  • @dirkstrider8783
    @dirkstrider8783 Před 3 lety +5

    why did the end of this one almost make me cry??
    how broken is my empathy??

    • @GordonFreechmen
      @GordonFreechmen Před 3 lety +2

      It's the music. It's probably the most emotional one out of all the pieces in the soundtrack.

    • @sweateryoshi4026
      @sweateryoshi4026 Před 3 lety +1

      I found it more serene and calmig than sad. Probably bcs I finished his sentence "they may never see each other again" with "as they are one and the same"

  • @aidansadowski8289
    @aidansadowski8289 Před 3 lety +7

    What if I released Gamone 1... and you released Gamone 2... and we were both ciliates 😳

  • @brianpj5860
    @brianpj5860 Před 3 lety +3

    This channel is now my new favourite channel on all of youtube. I just cant get enough of these videos, and Ive watched every new video released since the channels inception.
    The music, the visuals, the calm narration of Hanks voice. All of it is such a gem to be able to witness.

  • @sheenajae
    @sheenajae Před 3 lety +7

    When you're so sleepy that you really believe for .75 seconds that there is a chemical called "Yes."

  • @zukjeff
    @zukjeff Před 2 lety +1

    the best spoken mini novella so far. also more new words than i have ever heard without listening to a different language. thankyou

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous Před 3 lety +5

    "Becoming your own baby" sounds like the name of an Indie rock album.

  • @SamuelJFord
    @SamuelJFord Před 3 lety +14

    Snap! I just ran a conjugation experiment in the lab this weekend. I assure you that it was much less exciting than this video.

    • @Biped
      @Biped Před 3 lety +3

      Don't downplay yourself! Who was the lucky one? :D

    • @cillianhenry677
      @cillianhenry677 Před 3 lety

      @@Biped you made my day, thank you

  • @eroraf8637
    @eroraf8637 Před 3 lety +8

    Oh, I’m my own grandpa!
    I’m my own grandpa!
    It sounds funny, I know,
    But it really is so!
    Oh, I’m my own grandpa!

  • @nathanielanderson4898
    @nathanielanderson4898 Před 3 lety +29

    Sexual reproduction, definitely comes in many different forms, when in practice.

  • @edwardlulofs444
    @edwardlulofs444 Před 3 lety +6

    Thank you for this information. It seems that science will always find something new about even the single celled organisms.

  • @eurydice2322
    @eurydice2322 Před 3 lety +2

    I love watching these videos and being transported to a world a bit smaller and a bit more simple but beautiful all the same

  • @thehyperscientist1961
    @thehyperscientist1961 Před 3 lety +4

    I remember learning about conjugation back in school, I've only now found a detailed explanation for it that keeps me awake :-)

  • @erstwhilegrubstake
    @erstwhilegrubstake Před 3 lety +6

    🎶 Bring your cilia close to mine 🎶

  • @trucid2
    @trucid2 Před 3 lety +2

    After conjugation the DNA in the nucleus is changed, but the cell and it's structure was produced using its old DNA. It's like a chimera.

  • @badcaseofstripes
    @badcaseofstripes Před 3 lety +1

    love the stunning visuals on this channel. microscopy is one of my special interests along with mycology, it would be amazing to see a video about more types of mushrooms and their spores, if you guys don't have one in the works already that is. I would actually go mental

  • @sunnyd9884
    @sunnyd9884 Před 3 lety +1

    this is just one if my favorite channels. Ive watched every single video...

  • @albertmarti2718
    @albertmarti2718 Před 3 lety +1

    This might be one of your best episodes yet

  • @meetthecassiani
    @meetthecassiani Před 3 lety +2

    How is it that Hank makes everything so fascinating ?!

  • @matthiasmorse5263
    @matthiasmorse5263 Před 3 lety +2

    okay but why did i cry

  • @chesthoIe
    @chesthoIe Před 3 lety +14

    Maybe ciliates can't choose who they love any more than we can.

  • @ioratv
    @ioratv Před 3 lety +4

    these cells really do be chilling post coitus

  • @TheNewYear75
    @TheNewYear75 Před 3 lety

    Just discovered this channel. Incredible content, thank you for the free education

  • @marvinsandmann9441
    @marvinsandmann9441 Před 3 lety +4

    I didn't know that such a way of reproduction exist and I'm so very amazed. I am barely able to find the right words to describe my feelings. It's so interesting and yet so exciting. The microcosmos shows the real perfection of life. I wish I'd have a microscope to look for these wonderful creatures by myself.

  • @Arminius37
    @Arminius37 Před 2 lety

    This was very helpful for my Zoology module. Actually a lot of your videos are, thank you!

  • @ohlookitsrosie
    @ohlookitsrosie Před rokem

    thank you so much for the explanation!!

  • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
    @HattieMcDanielonaMoon Před 3 lety

    I love your channel so much
    I wish I had the dedication to study protozoology

  • @outdoorsy01
    @outdoorsy01 Před 3 lety +2

    Always fascinating

  • @kmcsciguy
    @kmcsciguy Před 3 lety +4

    Is this different than bacterial conjugation since bacteria just share plasmids during conjugation correct? This was so fascinating.

  • @sathanimations1457
    @sathanimations1457 Před 3 lety +5

    9:04 I mean, did they ever really 'see' each other in the first place? I know he wasn't being literal :D

  • @zJoriz
    @zJoriz Před 3 lety +3

    "So while conjugation may be advantageous to the species, it doesn't always work out so well for the individual."
    My life contains proof that this applies to other methods of reproduction as well.

  • @gildedbear5355
    @gildedbear5355 Před 3 lety +1

    Conjugation, when a parent and another parent come together to become a child and their twin.

  • @rajendrakhanvilkar9362

    Great video

  • @freethinker440
    @freethinker440 Před 3 lety +1

    Truly fascinating.

  • @joeywild2011
    @joeywild2011 Před 3 lety +2

    Me scrolling through CZcams recommendations innocently...
    This video: BECOME YOUR OWN BABY THROUGH CONJUGATION

  • @qonitamuthmainah3342
    @qonitamuthmainah3342 Před 2 lety

    i am laughing when the man said that you don't need to find a mate if you can duplicate yourself! :'D

  • @dionyzus2909
    @dionyzus2909 Před 3 lety

    Who's my little baby? Whooo's my little baby?
    I'm my little baby!

  • @JohnSmith-kf1fc
    @JohnSmith-kf1fc Před 3 lety

    Awww that was so romantic!!

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Před 3 lety +3

    Was sure this was a physics vid from the thumbnail text for a second there...

  • @AlyxGlide
    @AlyxGlide Před 2 lety

    Seems ideal TBH That sounds amazing

  • @rameyzamora1018
    @rameyzamora1018 Před 3 lety

    This video could have been made in the ocean on Enceladus or Europa! Imagine this is what astrobiologists will be searching for to begin with - how cool is that?

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks🔬

  • @mikhailgusev586
    @mikhailgusev586 Před 3 lety

    sick beat!

  • @hurpdurp3669
    @hurpdurp3669 Před 3 lety

    “Hey, I want your nucleus.”
    “I want YOUR nucleus!”
    “Lets do it then!”

  • @Cinderpelt1002
    @Cinderpelt1002 Před 3 lety

    6:54 This made me laugh way too much. It didn't help that the clip got cut off at the perfect moment. XD

  • @ZoyaStreet
    @ZoyaStreet Před 3 lety

    Every time this comes up in my recommendations, I have to remember that it's not a how-to video.

  • @Kalorag
    @Kalorag Před 3 lety

    Deam.....this one hit me diferently....

  • @fariesz6786
    @fariesz6786 Před 3 lety

    1:45 "some of which we documented in disgust already on this channel"

  • @hugo9846
    @hugo9846 Před 2 lety

    The saddest tale, I'm about to cry, mate.

  • @DominikJaniec
    @DominikJaniec Před 3 lety

    fascinated!

  • @Bill-lt5qf
    @Bill-lt5qf Před 3 lety +1

    why didn't youtube put this in my recommendeds?
    had to go to my subscription feed, which i rarely do.

    • @detectivewiggles
      @detectivewiggles Před 3 lety +1

      Did you perhaps accidentally tell youtube not to suggest this channel? I have done that before.

  • @ketoonkratom
    @ketoonkratom Před rokem

    Love One Another

  • @culwin
    @culwin Před 3 lety

    I even swiped left on myself

  • @nutzeeer
    @nutzeeer Před 3 lety +1

    2:50 try finding your mouse in this lol
    i got the "reverse from the background" type

  • @elpachonisimoSOS
    @elpachonisimoSOS Před 3 lety

    Quizá nunca mas vuelvan a verse pero, ellos saben y disfrutaron de ese momento y en este caso en particular esto perdurara por mucho mucho tiempo, quizá volviéndose mas inmortales que muchos de los que miramos y comentamos en este video.

  • @galaxypig8168
    @galaxypig8168 Před 3 lety

    Noiiiiiiice!

  • @somethinginthewalls388
    @somethinginthewalls388 Před 3 lety +1

    thanks for the DIY how to basically birth yourself tutorial! might use later

  • @jamesjosep4393
    @jamesjosep4393 Před 3 lety

    That was wild 😳

  • @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube

    So they really are just dancing. The fusion dance, still counts.

  • @taylortisaac
    @taylortisaac Před 2 lety

    All I could think: “and beneath a man is his… nuuccleus.”

  • @chopin65
    @chopin65 Před 3 lety

    I'd have thought "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye more appropriate for this video.

  • @tammymccaslin4787
    @tammymccaslin4787 Před 3 lety +2

    I don’t remember learning this in biology class...

    • @dragaashenoak5338
      @dragaashenoak5338 Před 3 lety +1

      It's okay if you forgot. I only remember the word anyway, like cojugation, gametosis, and something about vegetable reproduction

  • @jophmac
    @jophmac Před 3 lety

    That’s neat.

  • @jadedrealist
    @jadedrealist Před 3 lety

    I wanna be like these little critters. Conjugation sounds fun.

  • @Hallands.
    @Hallands. Před 3 lety +4

    Chemical jealousy!

  • @Vistico93
    @Vistico93 Před 3 lety

    If this can be imagined on the multicellular scale, you have an alien species for your sci-fi franchise of choice. Two beings I guess would "melt" into a pile of goo, exchange their nuclei and reform as two new beings. Would they have the same memories as before, a mix of both, or be effectively formatted? i don't think it was ever specified how the Changelings from Deep Space 9 reproduced but maybe this is how :-)

  • @DylanMcMullen
    @DylanMcMullen Před 3 lety

    I wonder if we can use this to reduce or reverse aging....

  • @kraneiathedancingdryad6333
    @kraneiathedancingdryad6333 Před 6 měsíci

    "What sets the mood?"
    I thought that was why you were pushing the CD at the beginning of the video....

  • @harshsinghal4342
    @harshsinghal4342 Před 3 lety

    But how do they get their micronucleus back after conjugation? The zygotic nucleus serves as the new macronucleus but there is no micronucleus, right?

  • @josephsshitpostemporium4325

    dude you forgot to say "thank you for coming" the microbes too

  • @zamby_person1621
    @zamby_person1621 Před 3 lety +2

    I love when you upload 😉

  • @freedom-in-moonlightlunari8916

    Oh noes those poor Hypotrich ciliates thats hilarious and sad its hard not to feel bad for them.

  • @paitonkmonk6285
    @paitonkmonk6285 Před 2 lety

    I’m convinced this is what the aliens want to do with us in order to evolve us and themselves

  • @onaturalista.6851
    @onaturalista.6851 Před 3 lety +1

    🇧🇷please traducion.

  • @missseaweed2462
    @missseaweed2462 Před 3 lety

    Of course these cells can conjugate! If they couldn't, they'd talk roughly like this, "Of course cell to conjugate! Is not, talk like this."

  • @loganweiler5297
    @loganweiler5297 Před 3 lety

    Is it possible to have an organism that conjugates but does not subsequently divide by mitosis? Of course this could not increase the number of organisms (and therefore this trait couldn't be selected for in a normal way) but could an organism exist in perpetuity exclusively via conjugation, or perhaps for many "generations" before undergoing mitosis?

  • @fnamelname9077
    @fnamelname9077 Před 3 lety

    That's a great album, but what is the name of the "Microbe Bongos" beat you sometimes play? It's not in this episode, but it's my favorite.

  • @MugenTJ
    @MugenTJ Před 3 lety

    Once you have a child, your life is done, essentially the lesson here!

  • @rohandevyadav5234
    @rohandevyadav5234 Před rokem

    wow.. how romantic

  • @limiv5272
    @limiv5272 Před 3 lety +2

    Awesome! During my bachelor's degree we only ever talked about conjugation in bacteria, which is very different and honestly sounded more like rape than sex

  • @Hallands.
    @Hallands. Před 3 lety

    Gamete w gamete, fine!
    Gamete w gambit, what?

  • @78deathface
    @78deathface Před 3 lety

    Well, that’s one way to do it...