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  • Witness the ‘making of’ a salamander from fertilization to hatching in this six minute time-lapse.
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    Filmmaker Jan van IJken's Becoming reveals the fascinating genesis of animal life. A single cell is transformed into a complete, complex living organism with a beating heart and running bloodstream. Observe the stages of development that occur within an Alpine newt embryo (Ichthyosaura alpestris) in this fascinating six minute time-lapse captured over a three week period.
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  • @NatGeo
    @NatGeo  Před 5 lety +16175

    After more than six months of filming and countless tweaks, Jan van IJken was able to shrink what would take around four weeks in nature down to just six minutes of otherworldly beauty. If you'd like to learn more, read on here: on.natgeo.com/2DVOnUN

    • @shahrinpapri6343
      @shahrinpapri6343 Před 5 lety +44

      great job love your channel ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍

    • @nelsonvenema3614
      @nelsonvenema3614 Před 5 lety +81

      It looked like it started as a giant cell that divided into smaller cells that in total still had the same volume as the mothercell. Is this truely what happened

    • @messianen
      @messianen Před 5 lety +67

      @@nelsonvenema3614 Yeah, naturally. Cleavage divisions of the zygote do not involve growth.

    • @agerven
      @agerven Před 5 lety +36

      @@nelsonvenema3614 Good question, but obviously not. In the course of these 4 weeks they have some moments in which they zoom out to keep the growing embryo within frame and focus.

    • @nelsonvenema3614
      @nelsonvenema3614 Před 5 lety +3

      @@agerven thank very much

  • @KindOldRaven
    @KindOldRaven Před 3 lety +9340

    It's still kinda weird how a heart just ''starts'' at one point.

    • @KindOldRaven
      @KindOldRaven Před 3 lety +364

      @Luke Wilson I realize that, but it almost appears that way in this video.

    • @Quazi-moto
      @Quazi-moto Před 3 lety +338

      @Luke Wilson It takes its first beat at SOME point. We didn't see it, but it does "start".

    • @1BeGe
      @1BeGe Před 3 lety +205

      @Luke Wilson It very much does. There is absolutely a spontaneous first contraction that happens at an early point in the heart's development.

    • @sadikabes9631
      @sadikabes9631 Před 3 lety +330

      Gods power

    • @Quazi-moto
      @Quazi-moto Před 3 lety +67

      @@sadikabes9631 ♫ Woa! God! Kiiiickstart my heart, hope it never stops! ♪

  • @jessicaclark7130
    @jessicaclark7130 Před 3 lety +5376

    “Aight imma be a finger. You guys can be part of the tail. And maybe you can turn into the eye.” -cells

    • @icarus5676
      @icarus5676 Před 3 lety +392

      Enough!
      -DNA

    • @biko9824
      @biko9824 Před 3 lety +191

      I don’t really feel good about this whole ‘being the tip of the tail’ thing...

    • @viszionaso2185
      @viszionaso2185 Před 3 lety +111

      but i wanna be PP😪

    • @TheFilmmakersTimeChamber
      @TheFilmmakersTimeChamber Před 3 lety +144

      Next Pixar movie right there. Entitled "Cells" like soul and inside out

    • @ferrellfamily6316
      @ferrellfamily6316 Před 3 lety +15

      thats actually a good way to explain it

  • @kittyblack1538
    @kittyblack1538 Před 2 lety +687

    My jaw was on the floor this entire video, I could never have expected that science like this would be possible for the human eye to watch and perceive. Absolute brilliance 🥺

    • @Brukrex
      @Brukrex Před rokem +7

      This is not science but a normal nature process.

    • @E_Rico
      @E_Rico Před rokem +25

      @@Brukrex … which is science.

    • @Brukrex
      @Brukrex Před rokem +2

      @@E_Rico science is the study of of different things. But this is a "development process"

    • @E_Rico
      @E_Rico Před rokem +15

      @@Brukrex which is still part of science😂 idk where you are going with this

    • @Brukrex
      @Brukrex Před rokem +9

      @@E_Rico dude you don't get it 💀. She said it like science made it. This existed before the word science. Even Before humans too. Science is study study.

  • @RadagonTheRed
    @RadagonTheRed Před 8 měsíci +27

    Let’s not forget, we all started just like that, cells replicating and dividing, and grew into the person watching this amazing video now.

    • @Terlalu_random
      @Terlalu_random Před 2 dny

      are you sure about that🤨

    • @RadagonTheRed
      @RadagonTheRed Před 2 dny +1

      @@Terlalu_random Yes. One sperm cell combines with one egg and forms a cluster dividing cells with grows logarithmically until we are finally grown.

    • @Terlalu_random
      @Terlalu_random Před dnem

      @@RadagonTheRed what is a spearm?

  • @pablobellotto8847
    @pablobellotto8847 Před 4 lety +19918

    10/10 great character development

  • @deyb7781
    @deyb7781 Před 4 lety +2920

    play in reverse if u wanna see a salamander become a cell

  • @synappticuser7296
    @synappticuser7296 Před rokem +197

    What an absolute privilege to be able to see a creature birthing into life, from the very first cell, right through to a beautifully formed little being. It's both poignant and joyous. Seeing the whole process, leaves me feeling very protective of the little guy! Thank you for allowing us to see this. 🧡😊🤸

    • @antarcticmapper3460
      @antarcticmapper3460 Před 9 měsíci

      Good thing salamanders are cannibals and most of them are eaten by their larger siblings!

  • @rafas3941
    @rafas3941 Před 2 lety +445

    Amazing how you can see the process of Gastrulation (cells apparently "flowing inside" make up the mesoderm) start at around 1:00 and Neurulation at 1:46 (formation of the neural tube, which will make the central nervous system).
    Human embryos undergo the same processes and are quite similar at early stages of development.

    • @mirabelch5439
      @mirabelch5439 Před 2 lety +12

      How do the cells know how to arrange themselves? I understand DNA encodes this, but not sure how exactly it works.

    • @rafas3941
      @rafas3941 Před 2 lety +72

      @@mirabelch5439 Cells guide themselves by following migration factors, substances encoded by DNA, as you say. Imagine someone in a room puts perfume on, the closer you get to them, the stronger the smell will be. This works similarly. For example, cells which are supposed to go to the developing heart, and become heart cells, will have receptors for factors that “smell strongest” in the mid thorax.
      So when an organism develops, key structures like the spine or the digestive tube will release these substances locally and cells in migration will guide themselves to their final destination by detecting them.
      It is all about how they play with the intensity of these “smells”, which allows cells to adopt a very specific location.
      For complicated processes like these, there are thousands of genes which are expressed during embryo development and, after birth, never used again.

    • @Arendt-Foucault
      @Arendt-Foucault Před 2 lety +7

      @@rafas3941 to summarize, 1) spatially distributed transcription factors (maternal contributions ) and 2) intercellular talks(paracrine signals) .

    • @rafas3941
      @rafas3941 Před 2 lety +16

      @@benjamin4321 there are genes called structural genes, which encode the functional molecules making up the “perfume”. But then there’s also regulation genes, encoding molecules which will determine when, where and for how long the structural genes are expressed.
      These regulating molecules (proteins) act through various mechanisms to silence/activate genes. It is an extremely complex system: a molecule regulates a molecule which in turn regulates others, and so on. The moment when different regulating proteins interact with one another determines the moment when genes are expressed, and thus when different types of “perfumes” (transcription factors, etc) are released.

    • @GrammeStudio
      @GrammeStudio Před rokem +1

      @@rafas3941 im curious. since there would be more perfume at any direction of a given radius. in other words. the space 1nano-meter from the source would have the same amount of perfume at the north, south, east, and west direction. and the space 5nano-meter away would have less perfume in any direction. you get the point.
      however, the cells that would migrate to form the head has to know to travel in only one direction e.g. north instead of dispersing in all direction and stopping at the same radius away from the source. how does the cell know and decide to only send the precursor cells for the head to only ONE direction?

  • @user-ic6gr1vd1j
    @user-ic6gr1vd1j Před 4 lety +2599

    I actually just witnessed mitosis.

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 Před 4 lety +74

      Ain’t that whacky?

    • @joag1971
      @joag1971 Před 4 lety +75

      *OI Josuke I just used ZA HAND to witness Mitosis. Ain't that wacky?*

    • @Nsfwstar
      @Nsfwstar Před 4 lety +8

      @@joag1971 Za hAndo reference!!!

    • @tomhollandfan1982
      @tomhollandfan1982 Před 4 lety +7

      Mitosis is the powerhouse of the cell-

    • @emptytrashcan33
      @emptytrashcan33 Před 4 lety +27

      So witnessing mitosis is a jojo reference now

  • @user-yz4ll8pr9x
    @user-yz4ll8pr9x Před 4 lety +4950

    *a person after birth*
    needs constant care and supervision.
    *Salamander after birth*
    - well, I'm off

    • @morganalabeille5004
      @morganalabeille5004 Před 4 lety +334

      I once heard someone say that animals are born instinctively knowing their most important skill, and for humans that skill is asking for help

    • @Astitva
      @Astitva Před 3 lety +73

      @@morganalabeille5004 engineering : guess I will die then

    • @aarongonzalez4458
      @aarongonzalez4458 Před 3 lety +151

      @@morganalabeille5004 not all animals instinctively know only reptiles, fish and insects. birds and mammals have to learn that's why when you get a pet fox ( I have one sinse it was small) and try to release it back into the wild it will not know how to hunt because it has to learn from its parents but if you release a pet fish I've done it the fish instinctively knows that it has to find and knows what is food even tho it never lived wild

    • @Thanos-tm2ng
      @Thanos-tm2ng Před 3 lety +9

      Bees McBee another day another karen

    • @chiliology3921
      @chiliology3921 Před 3 lety +66

      Turtles after birth: GOTTA GO FAST

  • @kamiziatk1519
    @kamiziatk1519 Před rokem +95

    That lens glare in it's eye gave me goosebumps. Crazy to think that one cell eventually had the needed DNA programming to construct a whole lens and light sensors which connects to a biological computer etc.

    • @mqry_ii
      @mqry_ii Před 11 měsíci +9

      fr. and even then someone pople dont belive their is a ultimate being behind such miracles!

    • @soxnation1000
      @soxnation1000 Před 9 měsíci +8

      Yes. Think how complex it is just to build "self driving cars" with computers and sensors to navigate around traffic, that it hasn't even been done yet. But for living things, the DNA builds all the senses, the brain/ mega processor that processes real time feedback from all the sensors, detects threats, makes decisions, learns from experience, adapts to the environment.
      Even bugs like a FLY is better than the most advanced computer/AI robot in so many ways. It's mind boggling

    • @South-uh5wu
      @South-uh5wu Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@soxnation1000 Well I'd assume that computers would be more complex if we got like 3.7 BILLION years to improve them. Compare that to the 80 years we've had for computers and it's really not that surprising.🤣

    • @AERONOOB
      @AERONOOB Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@mqry_iithat is bs. This is all chemics. No smart mind will make life this faulty.

    • @edwardspencer9397
      @edwardspencer9397 Před 4 měsíci

      @@South-uh5wu Well with electronics we cannot multiply. With biology we can. Cells divide and then as time progresses the division is pretty quick. And i am sure the program to create something like is simple. Just that we haven't cracked the code yet to add programming to biological things.

  • @user-kc8fm3wq6d
    @user-kc8fm3wq6d Před rokem +27

    I can't overestimate this masterpiece. This is perfect artwork.

  • @gnollio
    @gnollio Před 2 lety +5176

    Knowing cells divide is one thing but actually seeing it is shocking. This process feels both scientific and metaphysical at the same time.

    • @AClRCLEOFLlGHT
      @AClRCLEOFLlGHT Před 2 lety +187

      The cellular programming to be able to accomplish such a thing is remarkable. Even our scientific understanding of it is dumbed way down to our level of comprehension. The science is not at all a satisfactory alternative to metaphysical.

    • @therealestg9
      @therealestg9 Před 2 lety +147

      Atheists be like "everything is random and there is no unifying energy behind the meticulous order and structure of the universe"

    • @AClRCLEOFLlGHT
      @AClRCLEOFLlGHT Před 2 lety +132

      @@therealestg9 Science is great at helping to understand that order, but not where the order came from. Using science in the place of God is why they have to use words like "Accident" and "random", which are just words for "we can't figure it out, so let's just ignore it and pretend what we do know is the ceiling".

    • @birbboi2986
      @birbboi2986 Před 2 lety +212

      @@AClRCLEOFLlGHT nah that just mean let's ignore it until we have the tools tp understand it, knowledge doesn't come over day. You have to accept you don't know if u want to make progress

    • @MiloMay
      @MiloMay Před 2 lety +95

      @@therealestg9 I dont think that is the atheists view, I think there view is that they dont belive in god.

  • @bluedreamz78
    @bluedreamz78 Před 4 lety +5142

    The cell splitting was nuts crazy how everything knows exactly what to do

    • @HappyDude1
      @HappyDude1 Před 4 lety +320

      I was thinking the same thing !
      I dont get it how the cells know what to do and when to do it.
      Like creating his eyes.
      But also what we dont see
      On the inside his brains and organs .... really amazing

    • @doggodoggo2381
      @doggodoggo2381 Před 4 lety +431

      did you ever heard about.....
      *genes* ?
      They are basically one big to-do list for organisms

    • @AldwinSalig
      @AldwinSalig Před 4 lety +38

      People know about that how that works since a couple decades ago.

    • @JorgeHernandez-qw3wy
      @JorgeHernandez-qw3wy Před 4 lety +149

      The crazy world only god knows

    • @doggodoggo2381
      @doggodoggo2381 Před 4 lety +43

      @@elkirb9997 *Yes* . Also they follow genes because if they don't ,organism would likely die due to some fatal mutation : D. .They are basicly just multiplying wich builds organism cell by cell.It's like I would ask you why are you mating with others?.That's just how it work's

  • @FrameCounting
    @FrameCounting Před 10 měsíci +19

    One of the most incredible things I've ever seen! Just magical how a single cell can turn itself into a living creature.

  • @asdfghjkl900321
    @asdfghjkl900321 Před 2 lety +205

    Kudos to the camera guy for spending 4 weeks in a salamander's womb to record this.

  • @paepsae4904
    @paepsae4904 Před 5 lety +5975

    not too sure why this was in my recommendations but im glad it was

  • @fazza2104
    @fazza2104 Před 4 lety +2746

    mitochondria is the powerhouse of the *salamander*

    • @yuyu9229
      @yuyu9229 Před 4 lety +34

      mitochondria is the power house to every cell lmao
      thanks for explaining the joke wow im slow

    • @fazza2104
      @fazza2104 Před 4 lety +40

      xiaohuangs that’s the joke

    • @Odinsday
      @Odinsday Před 4 lety +19

      Chlorophyll is the powerhouse of the p l a n t

    • @EvonixTheGreatest
      @EvonixTheGreatest Před 4 lety +8

      @@yuyu9229 There are actually cells without mitochondria

    • @chrisgonzalez3817
      @chrisgonzalez3817 Před 4 lety +11

      xiaohuangs can’t believe you made this un-funny

  • @Horny_Fruit_Flies
    @Horny_Fruit_Flies Před 4 měsíci +19

    Evolution is amazing

    • @shariksaiyed3944
      @shariksaiyed3944 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Evolution is a fabrication! A lie!

    • @spamm0145
      @spamm0145 Před 2 měsíci

      After watching this you still believe molecules without the ability to 'think' designed and created this process? Science still doesn't understand the complexity of a single cell after 70 years of scientific scrutiny, yet its immensely complex design is still attributed to molecules that do not have 'thoughts'. It took 2,800 scientists from around the world 13 years to map a human genome using intelligence, knowledge, understanding, and intent, yet people still believe dumb molecules designed all the mindbogglingly complex organisms like the Salamander in the video. Think about the most complex object ever discovered, the human brain, how does matter without a mind and therefore incapable of abstract concepts like numbers, emotions, metaphors, and abstract actions, design a brain that can comprehended the abstracts that the matter building the brain does not. This is the paradoxical lunacy that's required to believe in the absurdity of evolution. There is certainty variation within a kind but all life was designed and created by God, not molecules that got bored one day and without the ability to 'think' designed living organisms that are more complex than anything mankind has devised. Evolution requires a faith in dumb mindless molecules that is orders of magnitude greater than any persons faith in God. We understand complexity necessitates an intelligent agent and this is our observations, God has a mind, he is a creator, and designed all of life, within a finely tuned universe, with a complex ecosystem that absolutely requires symbiosis between many living organisms. Only a blinding worldview prevents any rational person from seeing that everything was created by God.

    • @Al-Hussainy
      @Al-Hussainy Před 15 dny

      أشهد أنه لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمدًا رسوله وأشهد أن هذا خلق الله وأنا من المسلمين له

    • @Horny_Fruit_Flies
      @Horny_Fruit_Flies Před 15 dny

      @@Al-Hussainy This is an english titled video for an english speaking audience. Please speak english

  • @carmenparrado8393
    @carmenparrado8393 Před 7 měsíci +15

    This is of astonishing beauty! Also, a big shout out to those people who have gotten microscopy imaging to such a high level of detail!

  • @anahiapcay9042
    @anahiapcay9042 Před 4 lety +4397

    Salamander: *happily starting to live without knowing that 5,5 million people have witnessed its birth*

    • @danielt.4330
      @danielt.4330 Před 4 lety +17

      @Siggesatan I'm an antinatalist, so I don't think it's ethical to start a life without being able to gain the consent of the being beforehand.
      When you say it is "amazing," biology itself might be amazing, but that doesn't mean it's ethical.

    • @tristanfaulkner6003
      @tristanfaulkner6003 Před 4 lety +88

      @@danielt.4330 I really hope you are joking

    • @danielt.4330
      @danielt.4330 Před 4 lety +7

      @@tristanfaulkner6003 Why do you hope I'm joking? And I'm not, I'm expressing my thoughts. If you think I'm incorrect, why do you think so?

    • @tristanfaulkner6003
      @tristanfaulkner6003 Před 4 lety +65

      @@danielt.4330 Well, that would mean that you view life itself and existence as morally wrong. No being "consented" to it's own birth because no being exists in this reality before it's birth. What is the alternative to existence? There would just be nothing. The universe would have little meaning without any living thing to experience it. Even if there are other planes of existence it would still mean that this one will completely go to waste and lose all meaning. Whether life exists for a reason or by chance, it exists and it doesn't deserve to be frowned upon for continuing to exist.

    • @danielt.4330
      @danielt.4330 Před 4 lety +7

      @@tristanfaulkner6003 How does your comment, in any way, address the issue that I raised?
      I didn't ask about how you feel the consequences of such actions would conclude. I stated that "starting a life without gaining consent beforehand is unethical."
      Do you disagree with my point? And if so, why?
      And furthermore, saying, "it exists and it doesn't deserve to be frowned upon for continuing to exist" is not what I did. I didn't "frown upon" it for existing - I frowned upon humans for engaging in specific activities that start new life. There's a difference.

  • @daybyday834
    @daybyday834 Před 5 lety +4841

    A+ for no obnoxious background music. The amazing visuals and beauty of nature is more than enough.

    • @noneofyourbeeswax01
      @noneofyourbeeswax01 Před 5 lety +133

      The visuals were indeed awesome - as is the transformation itself - but I have to admit I was a little put off by the added sounds; they were both unnecessary and misleading.

    • @user-vc5rp7nf8f
      @user-vc5rp7nf8f Před 5 lety +4

      yeah i liked the simplicity of the video

    • @daybyday834
      @daybyday834 Před 5 lety +31

      @tommy aronson Then you might not want to look up what foley artists do for nature documentaries...

    • @daybyday834
      @daybyday834 Před 5 lety +10

      @tommy aronson any suggestions?

    • @cqproton
      @cqproton Před 5 lety +8

      I’m confused the op is talking about background music. Is his statement not valid?

  • @8422373
    @8422373 Před rokem +40

    The fact that we all come from one single cell and evolve into human beings having a whole individual experience just blows me away

    • @Brukrex
      @Brukrex Před rokem +1

      Yeah and that is because of an explosion that happened 13 billion years ago 😂

    • @passerby4876
      @passerby4876 Před rokem +2

      oh really you must have been there cause you have some memory

    • @Repentandbelievethegospel460
      @Repentandbelievethegospel460 Před 8 měsíci +4

      God is the author of life, not evolution. We are not the results of a random chain of events that put everything perfectly in place for intelligent life as a result of nothing. He gave you a conscience and personality

    • @40watt53
      @40watt53 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@Brukrex Bro what's your point here??? That's the scientific AND biblical interpretation of it. "Let there be light." and all??

    • @griffinwelch2436
      @griffinwelch2436 Před 7 měsíci +9

      ⁠​⁠God or no god, evolution is proven beyond reasonable doubt. If there is a God, evolution is his paintbrush.

  • @kamiziatk1519
    @kamiziatk1519 Před rokem +16

    This is amazing.
    Really makes you rethink life in general. It's crazy how a growth of a 'simple' life is so incredibly complex and that we can still learn tons about it.

  • @i1s9m9r5
    @i1s9m9r5 Před 3 lety +4409

    I was thinking about my whole existence throughout the video.

    • @mateoarenales3758
      @mateoarenales3758 Před 3 lety +36

      lol same

    • @garsayfsomali
      @garsayfsomali Před 3 lety +162

      we're very privileged to be able to live at a time where technology has developed so much that we are able to know such design.

    • @froog7068
      @froog7068 Před 3 lety +7

      same XD

    • @firegator6853
      @firegator6853 Před 3 lety +4

      same

    • @djzatorze
      @djzatorze Před 3 lety +8

      I'm still doing it and it was a while since I watched the salamander

  • @rreidnauer
    @rreidnauer Před 5 lety +2530

    Salamander: _"It feels like I've been watched my _*_ENTIRE_*_ life."_

  • @Wallacenawa
    @Wallacenawa Před rokem +6

    Life is a miracle, HUGE miracle. These cells won't turn into a human or frog. They have a program code they follow. Beautiful.

  • @Sofia-bt5iv
    @Sofia-bt5iv Před 2 lety +27

    I've watched this video so many times. It's amazing to watch the cells divide and organize themselves. The audio is calming as well.

  • @jeslynlim7753
    @jeslynlim7753 Před 4 lety +2445

    Dude! I always wondered how cell division looks in real life!

  • @PhantomKode
    @PhantomKode Před 4 lety +3749

    It's amazing how the cells "know" how to arrange billions of themselves into this particular shape.

    • @sertan3665
      @sertan3665 Před 4 lety +241

      its called dna

    • @user-kl5sn4rq6r
      @user-kl5sn4rq6r Před 4 lety +9

    • @LoganAddisMusic
      @LoganAddisMusic Před 4 lety +615

      @@sertan3665 You're so smart! What does knowing the name of something that you learned in 3rd grade have anything to do with explaining how something this complex works? I bet my boy Jordan is also beyond the 3rd grade so he is also well aware that "dna" is the chemical set of instructions behind this process.

    • @sertan3665
      @sertan3665 Před 4 lety +129

      @@LoganAddisMusic you making dna so simple in that sentence. dna is complex itself. science still cant understand most of its' parts. and there is no magical reason one cell multiplying and become a complex living being. answer is simple, dna.

    • @LoganAddisMusic
      @LoganAddisMusic Před 4 lety +341

      @@sertan3665 you are proving my point, you made it sound like "aw it's just dna bruh" when it's obviously more complex than that

  • @audreylui1560
    @audreylui1560 Před rokem +6

    This is amazing, thanks to the filming team for bring us this incredible video.

  • @erikmarquez1951
    @erikmarquez1951 Před 2 lety +36

    It is strange to think that in one point we were all just a single-celled called zigote just like this salamander.

  • @Loddentidster
    @Loddentidster Před 5 lety +3089

    Let's give a shout out to the sound departement aswell! 👏 👏 👏 The choice of not putting any music onto this made it that more immersive and beautiful!

    • @mark-jf5ik
      @mark-jf5ik Před 5 lety +111

      what if there was no sound department and that’s why there’s no music

    • @Milkymalk
      @Milkymalk Před 5 lety +30

      I wouldn't have minded if it had been Massive Attack - Teardrop ;)

    • @stillybrings6251
      @stillybrings6251 Před 5 lety +11

      Fact. It's rare

    • @gnk53
      @gnk53 Před 5 lety +5

      Sound can be muted (or didn't you know?)

    • @stillybrings6251
      @stillybrings6251 Před 5 lety +2

      @@Milkymalk hit the nail on the head.

  • @Zorioy
    @Zorioy Před 4 lety +2442

    To think that we were that small once, it’s really impressive

    • @preethigasara2212
      @preethigasara2212 Před 4 lety +39

      I just realized.....

    • @Maraien
      @Maraien Před 4 lety +9

      were*

    • @joscram1129
      @joscram1129 Před 4 lety +7

      I call bull

    • @Zorioy
      @Zorioy Před 4 lety +4

      Deepanshu Joshi Yes

    • @smhwolvi
      @smhwolvi Před 4 lety +34

      We have millions/billions/trillions of children inside of us.. They just need to do their thing until one gets chosen

  • @tyn999
    @tyn999 Před rokem +3

    Amazing how only one cell knows what it has to do! One of the best time-lapses I've ever seen!

  • @I_Mark_Mills
    @I_Mark_Mills Před 2 lety +7

    I especially liked seeing it turn itself inside out, and the individual blood cells flowing though the body towards the end there. Fascinating footage

  • @maiko_kun_
    @maiko_kun_ Před 4 lety +9589

    Those cells be like
    *o*
    *0*
    *∞*
    *oo*

  • @AzlianaLyana
    @AzlianaLyana Před 5 lety +8749

    Such an amazing opportunity to be able to see this up close. Love these timelapses. Thanks NG

    • @nicci11green
      @nicci11green Před 5 lety +45

      This is absolutely amazing! Life, no matter what form, is precious!!

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  Před 5 lety +128

      It takes so much work, too! If you'd like to learn more about the process of capturing this on film, read on here: on.natgeo.com/2DVOnUN

    • @tgmtf5963
      @tgmtf5963 Před 5 lety +8

      it's cgi betches

    • @cqproton
      @cqproton Před 5 lety +12

      Yamamoto Genryuusaii nuh-uh prove it beo-tch ugh *hair flip*

    • @611gay5
      @611gay5 Před 5 lety

      You were there?

  • @markdumas
    @markdumas Před rokem +5

    I like the presence of PI just about everywhere. Near perfect circles in cells, the early embryo formation, the eyes.

  • @samediwinnfield9908
    @samediwinnfield9908 Před rokem +4

    Imagine being the first scientist to document this. It must have been so surreal to watch this happen.

  • @abhishekmg2451
    @abhishekmg2451 Před 3 lety +2155

    It's really cool that the yellow liquid turned into a conscious living thing just like that

    • @akainsxrtions1626
      @akainsxrtions1626 Před 3 lety +264

      The "Yellow liquid" is actually a single cell, splitting up into billions of other cells eventually forming the salamander

    • @pia1938
      @pia1938 Před 3 lety +133

      @@akainsxrtions1626 i think we all got that part. it's just better to not speak in scientific terms sometimes, child.

    • @akainsxrtions1626
      @akainsxrtions1626 Před 3 lety +230

      @@pia1938 Not sure why you tryna come at me like that but go crazy i guess

    • @timothymenard4946
      @timothymenard4946 Před 3 lety +90

      @@akainsxrtions1626 They're probably just insecure about something.

    • @netzly1305
      @netzly1305 Před 3 lety +63

      @No One u are trying to sound ingenious, but what you wrote made no sense.

  • @davidschmidt6013
    @davidschmidt6013 Před 2 lety +2830

    Absolutely incredible. This needs to be shown in EVERY Science class.

    • @aiseruchaan
      @aiseruchaan Před 2 lety +26

      And if they did, nobody would believe there's a god anymore, or most of them would start doubting with their existence and question everything...
      Which is what majority of society doesn't like 😂😌

    • @umutsen2290
      @umutsen2290 Před 2 lety +95

      @@aiseruchaan You're wrong, unfortunately, instead of questioning the existance of metaphysical entity, religious people will consider this lecture as a "miracle" and a "proof" of the existance of god.
      So nobody will examine their belief at all, believers and non believers will call it proof, and the skeptical ones will stay the same

    • @ewigerschuler3982
      @ewigerschuler3982 Před 2 lety +5

      @@umutsen2290 That makes zero sense, why would they do that?

    • @umutsen2290
      @umutsen2290 Před 2 lety +29

      @@ewigerschuler3982Because most of the religions are based on the term 'miracle' and they consider the life itself as one of those miracles, just try to have an arguement who has made tons of researches and still deeply religious and you will see what I mean here

    • @Benjamin-1776
      @Benjamin-1776 Před 2 lety +23

      @@aiseruchaan If anything this proves God’s existence. Just as the glory of His creation can be seen in the beauty of nature. One would need quite the convincing to propose this cell production and development can occur on its lonesome.

  • @ArchieAxolotl0444
    @ArchieAxolotl0444 Před 7 měsíci +1

    4:18 I love how he looks around his egg and sniffs

  • @johnjackson4479
    @johnjackson4479 Před 2 lety +2

    This needs to get more views. It needs to be shared. It tells what happens when a baby is forming.

  • @Premium_Jelly
    @Premium_Jelly Před 4 lety +1907

    What we all imagined would happen after putting our instant-dinosaur pills in some hot water

  • @yesitsmemaya
    @yesitsmemaya Před 4 lety +1846

    I'm just curious about how this was filmed

  • @Therealplotski
    @Therealplotski Před 2 lety +6

    I love the moment where the salamander just “escapes”

  • @a.p.5429
    @a.p.5429 Před 2 lety +9

    Amazing. Thats how humans form too. From conception. From the womb to the tomb, a unique human being.

  • @Wisprea
    @Wisprea Před 4 lety +650

    This is the most incredible thing i have seen in a while

  • @Fire-xq8je
    @Fire-xq8je Před 5 lety +9108

    And that kids is how Mark Zuckerberg was born

  • @aleisaqui
    @aleisaqui Před rokem +2

    the little pop of the embro sac (please correct me if I'm wrong) was. adorable

  • @kashyapraval5431
    @kashyapraval5431 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I wasn't allowed to see my son during ultrasound scans of my wife! This helps me. Thank you.

    • @shoeboxbistro
      @shoeboxbistro Před 4 měsíci

      Bro your kid was a newt? That's crazy.

  • @spenarkley
    @spenarkley Před 3 lety +2101

    Amazing to see that every cell knows exactly what to do, what to be or what to become

    • @muzanjackson8827
      @muzanjackson8827 Před 3 lety +23

      ikr

    • @leonalionheart1398
      @leonalionheart1398 Před 3 lety +154

      Power of dna

    • @michealtaylor7745
      @michealtaylor7745 Před 3 lety +144

      Every single cell is alive, & has that knowledge of what to do. Just amazing seeing it split from two cells into a heart beating, moving, conscious tiny thing that still hadn't finished cooking yet.

    • @michealtaylor7745
      @michealtaylor7745 Před 3 lety +6

      Conscious as soon as its heart beat. Moved some, though it hadn't finished cooking yet. Fabulous to behold.

    • @niamh69
      @niamh69 Před 3 lety +35

      @@michealtaylor7745 I'm gonna have to disagree with that, when something is growing and it still can't survive by itself, it isn't really conscious

  • @davontihoward9038
    @davontihoward9038 Před 2 lety +1552

    The cast for this film couldn't had been any better, everyone played their roles perfectly!

  • @mlong61
    @mlong61 Před rokem +8

    Incredible! Thank you very much for sharing.

  • @WilliamRedfield1528
    @WilliamRedfield1528 Před rokem

    Time-lapse for showing the development of life is a mind expanding tool.
    Thanks.

  • @tash5186
    @tash5186 Před 3 lety +1685

    That isn't even its final form

    • @kkayn
      @kkayn Před 3 lety +41

      ur pfp is so cursed

    • @nalynnsansaneeyawet3136
      @nalynnsansaneeyawet3136 Před 3 lety +7

      They don’t stop growing lmao

    • @senorclown9882
      @senorclown9882 Před 3 lety +8

      I mean, yeah

    • @macyadams6963
      @macyadams6963 Před 3 lety

      LOL

    • @cleitonakaspyda
      @cleitonakaspyda Před 3 lety +8

      OMG that landed so perfectly in this video LOOL let's hope it doesnt become one of those "hold my beer" or "you have chosen death" ones we see all the time

  • @ramsewanthakur
    @ramsewanthakur Před 5 lety +1224

    Ok, CZcams auto recommend algorithm you won this time.
    Love you national geographic for showing 6 min of incredible footage of nature's finest artistry.

    • @kamikaze6198
      @kamikaze6198 Před 5 lety +2

      I agree

    • @moser3712
      @moser3712 Před 5 lety +5

      Dumb Indian bigot showing off his EENGALIS! 🤣

    • @fifthe4908
      @fifthe4908 Před 5 lety +8

      ​@@moser3712 ,perhaps speaking english ain't showing off english dumb muggle.

  • @PatricioMarino
    @PatricioMarino Před 2 lety +2

    First half of the video: "Ok its chill and mute"
    Second half: *Heart attack*

  • @lynebjornson2928
    @lynebjornson2928 Před rokem

    Thank you for doing that. It is so precious to see this beautiful little beings ❤️ heart beating.

  • @Leto85
    @Leto85 Před 2 lety +1151

    I'm so impressed by how all these cells 'know' how to arrange themselves.
    Amazing timelapse. I would have loved to see a timer on screen to see the growth compared to the actual time.

    • @solitude99999
      @solitude99999 Před 2 lety +11

      I too thought about it...

    • @pleeppants1712
      @pleeppants1712 Před 2 lety +74

      i hope i don't ruin this, but there is a thing called genes. it is like a instruction manual for organisms.

    • @Leto85
      @Leto85 Před 2 lety +41

      @@pleeppants1712 Haha, I know that.

    • @Tantalus010
      @Tantalus010 Před 2 lety +52

      It actually makes me want to pause the development of the embryo very early on (say when it's at 4 cells), rotate one of the cells (nucleus and all) by 90 degrees, then let it resume developing and see what happens. Would that destroy the embryo? Will it survive but come out all wrong? Will the cell rotate back to its original orientation? Does cell orientation matter at all?

    • @Leto85
      @Leto85 Před 2 lety +42

      @@Tantalus010 Will this count as animal abuse?

  • @cyanoxile
    @cyanoxile Před 4 lety +113

    Not a single word spoken but you're feeling it all.

  • @mackenziemaltbia9642
    @mackenziemaltbia9642 Před 2 lety +1

    This is INCREDIBLE. I LOVE THIS! Thank you so much for this cool informative video.

  • @akshaymuluk5793
    @akshaymuluk5793 Před 2 lety +3

    Today I learned, this very clearly displays how you should start with 1 and then create patterns multiply and GROW!

  • @Thomas_Cool
    @Thomas_Cool Před 5 lety +1989

    I guess that's what happens when you leave those little foam dinosaurs in the water for too long

  • @DerangedDurain
    @DerangedDurain Před 5 lety +2481

    Just think, this salamander is more popular than you before it was even born.

    • @jimjimsauce
      @jimjimsauce Před 5 lety +33

      Well, not exactly. The footage was edited than uploaded after the birth of the salamander, and then got popular.

    • @somebody9633
      @somebody9633 Před 5 lety +7

      @@jimjimsauce ok

    • @garrykennedy5484
      @garrykennedy5484 Před 4 lety +2

      I can only adore that fact. Not envy it. I think it's great!!!!

    • @wolferine6466
      @wolferine6466 Před 4 lety +1

      Popularity is an illusion, so how is this salamander “popular”?

    • @danieldevito6380
      @danieldevito6380 Před 4 lety +1

      Actually, the video was released after the salamander was born... How could he release a video of the salamander being born, before the thing is born?

  • @rachel296
    @rachel296 Před rokem +2

    as a med student i was super intrigued to finally see gastrulation and embryonic folding in a real world setting. finally no complex diagrams for us to wrack our minds picturing the processes !!

  • @balwantkaur2620
    @balwantkaur2620 Před 9 dny

    Can we take a moment and appreciate how cute the lil heart is?

  • @canwegetsubswithfewvideos
    @canwegetsubswithfewvideos Před 4 lety +1505

    *poor salamander has a creepy stalker*

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 Před 4 lety +4

      can we get 6,000 subs with few videos? Nope. 👎🏿

    • @plantbasedplant3505
      @plantbasedplant3505 Před 4 lety

      @@MrBiggysmalls87 are this is a joke

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 Před 4 lety

      ok im done Is this feet plink store go.

    • @sesanti
      @sesanti Před 4 lety +1

      It's the salamander's version of the Truman show.

  • @karnage9685
    @karnage9685 Před 3 lety +1553

    Lol imagine if we're being observed by extraterrestrial life just like this.

  • @DaveFer
    @DaveFer Před rokem +2

    What a fantastic video. I can't wait to show it to my kids. Thanks for making this. If only there were a time stamp or some indication in the video telling us the gestation duration at each point.

  • @akramelmansouri6752
    @akramelmansouri6752 Před 4 dny

    this is the most beautiful thing i've seen in a while

  • @z3dar
    @z3dar Před 5 lety +327

    You should absolutely make this a series with different animals. Seriously, it would be mind-altering. This video alone is one of the best I've seen. I would also love to see a continuous time-lapse without cuts.

  • @Archer-1453
    @Archer-1453 Před 5 lety +290

    This easily the most beautiful thing I’ve seen this year

    • @bejelweledlegacy8282
      @bejelweledlegacy8282 Před 5 lety +3

      It will probably be the only beautiful thing you see this year, on the internet at least

    • @5and532
      @5and532 Před 5 lety +1

      More beautiful than Liverpool beating barca?

    • @samuelcerda9876
      @samuelcerda9876 Před 5 lety +1

      You need to see how a baby is made then...

  • @chasehicks7465
    @chasehicks7465 Před 2 lety +3

    Turning in on its self was amazing to watch. What a wonderful thing nature is

  • @Jill_Sandwich
    @Jill_Sandwich Před rokem

    Watching this reminds you how precious life is.

  • @evilsharkey8954
    @evilsharkey8954 Před 3 lety +534

    It’s crazy how clearly you can see the early stages of development, like when the blastula becomes a gastrula, and the creature starts to develop a front and back.

  • @mollyf604
    @mollyf604 Před 3 lety +980

    i feel very emotionally attached to this singular specific salamander

  • @realmarsastro
    @realmarsastro Před měsícem

    It's kind of insane that the creature started out being a cell almost as big as itself. It didn't grow, it just divided itself into smaller more specialized parts that can be moved around to assume certain shapes and execute different functions. Incredibly fascinating stuff!

  • @C-qc657
    @C-qc657 Před 4 lety +686

    It's eyes kinda look like cheerios

    • @kingcow4109
      @kingcow4109 Před 4 lety +25

      Charlie I’m gonna have to check my Cheerios every morning hoping they aren’t salamander eyes now.

    • @mateuszmaj4219
      @mateuszmaj4219 Před 4 lety +5

      King Cow ,buy cornflakes instead

    • @azanakhter9438
      @azanakhter9438 Před 4 lety

      Charlie li ik

    • @graag5388
      @graag5388 Před 4 lety +1

      King Cow underrated reply

    • @smileforthesun
      @smileforthesun Před 4 lety

      ..........cheetoh

  • @SubaruOutback-uc2nt
    @SubaruOutback-uc2nt Před 4 lety +160

    Cell : Become Salamander

  • @christianmcbride6458
    @christianmcbride6458 Před 24 dny

    You have no idea how much more that made me appreciate life.

    • @shariksaiyed3944
      @shariksaiyed3944 Před 2 hodinami

      Come to lslam,you will have the purpose of life when you submit your will to Allah-The Lord of the worlds Who has never had any son.

  • @antonialillyskaf3066
    @antonialillyskaf3066 Před rokem +2

    Outstanding. Beautiful. What a life force, trying to get out. How much life knows without being taught.

  • @clownfiesta8205
    @clownfiesta8205 Před 5 lety +968

    When kids ask me how babies are made this is the video I show them
    Keeps them quiet ✅

  • @bingoccolon
    @bingoccolon Před 4 lety +266

    at the end he frickin YEETS himself out

  • @vanenavarro0731
    @vanenavarro0731 Před rokem

    Wow 🥺 this is far from what we can never have control over…….but just learn how these amazing things happen, beautiful 🥺🙌🏼

  • @tagomago7314
    @tagomago7314 Před rokem +4

    الحمدلله فاطر السماوات والأرض. تبارك الله أحسن الخالقين.

  • @hyperbolictesseract6609
    @hyperbolictesseract6609 Před 4 lety +523

    its weird that I was a microscopic ball and now I'm a human

    • @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening
      @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening Před 4 lety +58

      What's also weird is that I used to be the youngest person in the world

    • @purpleemerald5299
      @purpleemerald5299 Před 4 lety +15

      Carnivorous plants & gardening I wonder if anyone tied it with you, or if you were nanoseconds off...

    • @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening
      @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening Před 4 lety +11

      @@purpleemerald5299 no one could've I was the youngest person in the world by just 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 seconds

    • @katiev5281
      @katiev5281 Před 4 lety +6

      Hyperbolic Tesseract reminds me of the princess and the frog song “when I’m human”

    • @crystald3346
      @crystald3346 Před 3 lety +6

      You were a human microscopic ball. Now you are an adult or teenaged human. Always human.

  • @craftourartout
    @craftourartout Před 3 lety +291

    This is what our teachers should have shown us after teaching about cells in biology class.

    • @spicynoodles2742
      @spicynoodles2742 Před 3 lety +20

      That would have been great, more interesting than the cell drawings we saw in school.

    • @kateallison6096
      @kateallison6096 Před 3 lety +5

      im watching this for bio class right now.

    • @DajaninaNa
      @DajaninaNa Před 3 lety +5

      we watched something similar but with a human baby in biology class

    • @none8163
      @none8163 Před 3 lety

      Exactly it would have been more interesting

  • @marysheffield190
    @marysheffield190 Před 9 dny

    When my Father was stationed in France, we lived out in the woods and as kids we used to grab a bunch of these salamander eggs, throw them in a bucket with the pond water and watch them grow and wiggle out of the gel they were in. A great education for an 8- year old.

  • @Yanthungbemo
    @Yanthungbemo Před 2 lety +1

    That clear visualisation of mitosis.. First time that I'm seeing it with my own eyes! This is so cool.

  • @unknown5yearsago799
    @unknown5yearsago799 Před 5 lety +914

    My single brain cell will turn into a salamander

    • @SlightlyTerrified
      @SlightlyTerrified Před 5 lety +8

      I'm not quite sure that's exactly how it works but you can always imagine

    • @unknown5yearsago799
      @unknown5yearsago799 Před 5 lety +12

      @Abhay Tin cause it substracts

    • @cassu6
      @cassu6 Před 5 lety +5

      your brain cells wont do anything worthwhile

    • @Andre-cj1ds
      @Andre-cj1ds Před 5 lety +24

      @Abhay Tin looks like we found the guy with a single brain cell

    • @bdl2157
      @bdl2157 Před 5 lety +13

      Mine turned into a platypus. It really hurts.

  • @fuckthis6906
    @fuckthis6906 Před 5 lety +144

    Not gonna lie, i didn´t know i needed to see this until it appeared in my recommendations. Good one CZcams.

  • @sudhirkalapala
    @sudhirkalapala Před rokem +2

    And the fools say, life happens on it’s own.

  • @ccctindy
    @ccctindy Před 4 měsíci

    So glad I watched this, I won't even try to express how watching that evokes my trying to truly comprehend the miracle of life. Amazing

  • @donbagab9627
    @donbagab9627 Před 5 lety +167

    Best 6 minutes of silence I’ve ever had in my life.

    • @NobleVagabond2552
      @NobleVagabond2552 Před 5 lety +6

      Jay.P.F Mcafee I see what you’re tryna say but this wasn’t silence, js

    • @LePageChannel
      @LePageChannel Před 5 lety

      It's because the sound guy did an amazing job in creating that illusion.

    • @Ratigan2
      @Ratigan2 Před 5 lety +2

      you must have had mute on then

  • @mallwaki
    @mallwaki Před 4 lety +1225

    That salamander at the end was like : Aight Ima head out

  • @Akultic
    @Akultic Před 2 lety +1

    I wanna be like this. Hatch, listen to intuition for a moment, then GO. Bo stress, no over thinking, no wondering. Just gratitude

  • @user-aeb87825
    @user-aeb87825 Před měsícem

    Still amazes me how cells create complex structures and potentially do a lot of things.