Aeolosoma: Polka-Dotted Vacuum Worms

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  • čas přidán 20. 02. 2022
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    Worms, despite their seemingly simple bodies, are a diverse bunch. Which is why we thought that for today, it might be fun to visit with a less famous worm, and like one of those relatives you don’t know very much about, but every time you see them, there’s a new, strange story to unpack.
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  • @journeytomicro
    @journeytomicro  Před 2 lety +21

    The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/journeytothemicrocosmos02221

    • @NP7_16
      @NP7_16 Před 2 lety +1

      I'll leave it to those in need

    • @torlarsen2212
      @torlarsen2212 Před 2 lety

      @@charlesbrightman4237 Its consciousness seems to be an illusion, a visual and observable outcome of its gibbs free energy spontaneity

  • @micro_safari
    @micro_safari Před 2 lety +148

    "There are in fact, many ways to be a tube."
    I've never related to something so much in my entire life.

    • @ivy_47
      @ivy_47 Před 2 lety +3

      Humans have 7 whole holes! We're more than mere tubes!

    • @GladiatorSlows
      @GladiatorSlows Před 2 lety

      @@ivy_47 Depends on how you define a hole. Are pores not a sort of "hole"?

    • @ivy_47
      @ivy_47 Před 2 lety +2

      @@GladiatorSlows Topologically speaking; vsauce did a video on it

  • @everythingexplained3226
    @everythingexplained3226 Před 2 lety +13

    Aeolosoma: I'm hungry. Gonna clone myself a snack

  • @awesomelyshorticles
    @awesomelyshorticles Před 2 lety +12

    "There are, in fact, many ways to be a tube"
    Top tier line

  • @choguntinnapat8628
    @choguntinnapat8628 Před 2 lety +61

    What a coinsidence! I found a worm that looks almost like this crawling in a slide of waterthymes in my biology class.

  • @albertmarti2718
    @albertmarti2718 Před 2 lety +39

    When you mentioned observations of balls of worms swirling around each other I was immediately reminded of something I saw a few years ago. I had a sample primarily containing nematodes, and one day I saw a similar kind of worm (though distantly related to Aelosoma): a catenulid. They're also zooids. Within a few days, they were all over the place, forming exactly those congregations that I referred to as orgies. They easily outcompeted the nematodes, but I never got to see whether they ate each other or not. I believe this sort of behaviour is seen across phyla and even kingdoms (that I've seen myself: catenulids, nematodes and social amoebae). The way I see it, as soon as their population to available nutrients ratio becomes too much to handle, they just bundle up together, whether it is to fight, reproduce, or both.

    • @abdeez
      @abdeez Před 2 lety +7

      Thank you for sharing your insight. Cheers

  • @micahwest3566
    @micahwest3566 Před 2 lety +10

    These animals were the first species I ever identified after I bought my microscope (inspired by this very channel, by the way!) after the colonized a jar of algae I brought inside. I was so proud of myself for discovering something new. Thanks so much for all the inspiration Hank and James!

  • @stammyy2091
    @stammyy2091 Před 2 lety +36

    I only recently found my first Aeolosoma, pretty cool that you guys make a video on them only a short time later!

  • @LouisGedo
    @LouisGedo Před 2 lety +34

    I'm always thoroughly educated and fascinated by the content on this channel.
    👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @benroberts3677
    @benroberts3677 Před 2 lety +33

    I'VE SEEN MANY OF THESE IN THE EGG CLUSTERS OF MY BLADDER SNAILS AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE, THANK YOU!

    • @senorcapitandiogenes2068
      @senorcapitandiogenes2068 Před 2 lety +10

      WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

    • @DinnerForkTongue
      @DinnerForkTongue Před 2 lety +5

      TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK!

    • @senorcapitandiogenes2068
      @senorcapitandiogenes2068 Před 2 lety +9

      @@DinnerForkTongue NEVER

    • @SolidariusLive
      @SolidariusLive Před 2 lety +2

      LOUD NOISES!?!?!

    • @mirzamay
      @mirzamay Před 2 lety +1

      I wonder what they are doing there? Maybe they are opportunists, and this is how a worm eventually evolves into a parasite? 😟. Ugh I'm off to order anti parasite herbs.
      It could also be a different kind of worm, a lot of them are really similar. 🤔 I wonder if they live inside the snail, sucking up internal snail detritus. Curious and interesting.

  • @hemiertek9038
    @hemiertek9038 Před 2 lety +20

    man i found one of these in my tank of random growing stuff and i had no idea what it was until i found this video. it was truly fascinating to see it go around! i accidentally killed it when i bumped the glass with the 100x oculus on accident :( it wasnt cut in half, more so it was just cut along its side and a small patch of polkadots were just there detached from the body but it kept on its way without notice, and i came back a couple minutes later to it and it was completely healed! it was just moving more frantically

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 Před 2 lety +5

      I think you are using the word killed incorrectly if it survived.

    • @hemiertek9038
      @hemiertek9038 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Sara3346 oh yeah lol it wasnt killed my bad

  • @thrushestrange5822
    @thrushestrange5822 Před 2 lety +2

    The microscope footage is so crisp and beautiful I have a hard time believing it isnt CGI. Wonderful video, cant keep my eyes off and cant keep my thought off it

  • @afhdfh
    @afhdfh Před 2 lety +5

    "What's normal anyway?!" Something that always comes to mind when I watch your videos. ;)

  • @MaryAnnNytowl
    @MaryAnnNytowl Před 2 lety +5

    I always love to listen to your voice as I watch these little bits and bobs of life wander around in the world that's usually too small for us to even see with our eyes. It's so calming and relaxing that I put on a playlist of just your voice and these critters to relax and drift off to sleep. ❤❤❤❤

  • @DinnerForkTongue
    @DinnerForkTongue Před 2 lety +20

    So, did James manage to save the initial colony?

    • @Caterfree10
      @Caterfree10 Před 2 lety +3

      That's what I was waiting on! Alas, we do not learn. ;~;

  • @elliehawk817
    @elliehawk817 Před 2 lety +6

    I love it when Andrew gets to make horror movie music

  • @bendirval3612
    @bendirval3612 Před 2 lety +3

    Man, these videos are just getting better and better in terms of visual quality. That microscope upgrade is really paying off.

  • @nottheborg836
    @nottheborg836 Před 2 lety +5

    I'm in my first year of a zoology degree and these videos are genuinely really great revision!!

    • @hoppiegems5504
      @hoppiegems5504 Před 2 lety +1

      Hii I'm thinking of getting enrolled for a zoology degree too but I'm kinda confused about the career options one can opt for after completing their bachelor's, do you mind telling me about the scopes in this field?

  • @AphidKirby
    @AphidKirby Před 2 lety +1

    A microscopic freshwater polychaete!!!! that's actually so cool in and on itself! And wow they're weird! you love to see it!

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 Před 2 lety +6

    Cool......now I know where Tom Six got the plot for his great film "The Human Centipede". Thank you so much.

  • @jesusisunstoppable4438
    @jesusisunstoppable4438 Před 2 lety +2

    Do these things have brains or something similar ?
    How do they know where to move ?
    what are the tiny little things inside them.. like muscle or something ?
    So fascinating.. I'm glad I found this channel.

  • @natureman494
    @natureman494 Před 2 lety

    funny that you guy's have uploaded this video, I've been on a aeolosoma research binge for the past couple days.

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd7639 Před 2 lety +1

    Learning about obscure worms is my favorite. Thanks and keep up the good work!

  • @ethanmorris7115
    @ethanmorris7115 Před 2 lety +1

    This has to be your cleanest work yet. Nice job.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Před 2 lety +6

    How is there not a children's book about a polka-dotted vacuum worm?

  • @ahaks7269
    @ahaks7269 Před 2 lety +3

    You guys are amazing, every episode blows me away! Thank you very much for these videos.

  • @violetlight1548
    @violetlight1548 Před 2 lety +7

    I vote to give Aeolosoma the common name "the Deadpool Worm" :)

  • @Alondro77
    @Alondro77 Před 2 lety +2

    "They grow attached to each other's butt."
    Human Centipede guys, "YOU SEE?! I WAS RIGHT!! I WASN'T MAD!!"

  • @revenevan11
    @revenevan11 Před rokem +3

    I'm invested in this story now, did the colony of "pet" ciliates survive the invasion? Was James able to take some countermeasure(s) like lowering the temperature to a range that was okay for the ciliates but killed the worms, or maybe add a selectively poisonous chemical?

  • @FractalNoize
    @FractalNoize Před 2 lety

    I never knew I needed this information..this is beautiful.

  • @andylikesyourkite
    @andylikesyourkite Před 2 lety

    The upload notification for this channel makes me happy: So good.

  • @nbrader
    @nbrader Před 2 lety +1

    7:56 I didn't even know they existed, let alone excysted!

  • @shxdo3712
    @shxdo3712 Před 2 lety

    Love your vids as always

  • @miensojady
    @miensojady Před 7 měsíci

    I can't stop watching this ! 😍😍😍

  • @Efsiksotu
    @Efsiksotu Před 2 lety

    Best one youve made in a long time

  • @therapgame1091
    @therapgame1091 Před 2 lety

    Had my biology teacher brought this channel up i would have definitely payed attention more in class and be way more interested as i am now.

  • @leecalaguan6201
    @leecalaguan6201 Před 2 lety +2

    Hi! I had some observations that the oil droplets on the aeolosoma are also essential for their paratomy. You can see that, as the aeolosoma exerts paratomy, these oil droplets become more evident on the edge where the parts are separating (the soon to be anal part and the soon to be head). I hope you may validate this observation in your future video.

  • @VANOXmicroscopy
    @VANOXmicroscopy Před 2 lety

    Great footage!!!

  • @user-hnjga8is1zr6u
    @user-hnjga8is1zr6u Před 2 lety +3

    I don't like worms and anything like that, but they're...so cute and look so soft...

  • @xcsheehan
    @xcsheehan Před 2 lety

    Love this channel

  • @rickseiden1
    @rickseiden1 Před 2 lety +1

    "Looking like it's attached to the other's butt. Because it's attached to the other's butt."
    "COMING THIS SUMMER! HORROR LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! 'THE AOELOSOMA CENTIPEDE! THIER CYST IS HIS FANTASY!"

  • @gastarbeiter1
    @gastarbeiter1 Před 2 lety +2

    loving your new microscope!

  • @RealBelisariusCawl
    @RealBelisariusCawl Před 11 měsíci +1

    I’m not the James mentioned, but I can vouch for the voracity of these worms.
    I found one individual in an artificial pond water environment I’ve been growing.
    That was a couple weeks ago. I checked the microscope this morning.
    It’s worms and algae all the way down.

  • @Jonhdudley2
    @Jonhdudley2 Před 2 lety +2

    Can someone please suggest a good microscope for my family to get started with. This is so fascinating!!

  • @rubixmantheshapeshifter1769

    very good show , im hooked

  • @nullspark99
    @nullspark99 Před 2 lety

    "It's attached to the other's butt because... it's attached to the other's butt" I *literally* laughed out loud at that one 😂

  • @enimu
    @enimu Před rokem

    i love how you just go
    "While eating a part of your family is quite, RUUDE-"

  • @marimisty-biowonders4285

    That's so amazing

  • @dgeeiqueay
    @dgeeiqueay Před 2 lety +1

    I found these dudes in the hole of some bricks filled with water. I didn't exactly know what they were, so i was surprised to see them, in a brick of all places

  • @PinataOblongata
    @PinataOblongata Před 2 lety +2

    What are the genetic differences between the long-lived and short-lived worms? It sounds like a pretty clear indication ageing, at least in this species has a component that is highly "programmed", rather than just being wear-and-tear or accumulated damage.

  • @iivera7618
    @iivera7618 Před 2 lety

    Great content.

  • @TheRogueWolf
    @TheRogueWolf Před 2 lety +1

    "Cannibal Clones" would be a really good name for a punk band.

  • @atalhlla
    @atalhlla Před 2 lety

    “So how you doin?” “Oh, you know, excysting…”

  • @wezul
    @wezul Před 2 lety +5

    I'm confused, clearly I misunderstood parts of the video. These worms live for 2 months but also hibernate through the winter as cysts? Do they only live here in florida where winter is only 2 weeks long?

    • @eldrichlarva9911
      @eldrichlarva9911 Před 2 lety +17

      The lifespan of 2 months refers to the average lenght of their life cycle, if I'm not mistaken, that's indepentdent from the time they survive as cyst. For example, scientists have found ancient rotifers and nematodes trapt in permafrost and still alive, that doesn't mean that their average lifespan is houndreds of years.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 Před 2 lety +5

      When they’re encysted, they’re almost in suspended animation.

    • @wezul
      @wezul Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you both!

  • @a.l7025
    @a.l7025 Před 2 lety

    They look so cool though. regenerative tubes 😁

  • @micro-reefsaquariums5169
    @micro-reefsaquariums5169 Před 2 lety +1

    Very impressive your video came out nice on my new LG 4K Monitor. How did you get the video to be floresent blue and glowing? Didn’t look like bright or dark field microscopy so, soemthing else is being used? DIC perhaps, interested in reading about it?

  • @123TeeMee
    @123TeeMee Před 2 lety

    Happy twosday everyone

  • @mirzamay
    @mirzamay Před 2 lety +3

    How did the worms get into the silica? Did it blow in like a worm spore?

  • @adammobile7149
    @adammobile7149 Před 2 lety

    It so weird and anesthetic at the same time

  • @Yezpahr
    @Yezpahr Před 2 lety +1

    3:15 Microbes invented Human Centipede: Confirmed!

  • @JuuJuuism
    @JuuJuuism Před 2 lety

    Wow the movement under the head is terrifying

  • @bigbrady2244
    @bigbrady2244 Před 2 lety

    nice vid

  • @StrattCaster
    @StrattCaster Před rokem

    The worm centipede LOL, not that I've ever seen that movie

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 Před 2 lety

    Always very fascinating🔬🪱🪱🦠🦠

  • @stax6092
    @stax6092 Před 2 lety

    Cool.

  • @Luna_Cee
    @Luna_Cee Před 2 lety

    Up there

  • @SlightlyAboveAverag3
    @SlightlyAboveAverag3 Před rokem

    The way that they fold makes them look almost like living paper machete

  • @dianetheone4059
    @dianetheone4059 Před 2 lety

    ⭐️

  • @hin_hale
    @hin_hale Před 2 lety

    We should let them be. They just want to excyste! 🥁😂

  • @Ratciclefan
    @Ratciclefan Před 2 lety

    Wow

  • @Suffex_1
    @Suffex_1 Před 2 lety

    Do you have any sights for buying organisms that you could possible suggest?

  • @Shampoid
    @Shampoid Před 2 lety

    nice

  • @sue-anneastman3502
    @sue-anneastman3502 Před 2 lety

    Came for the science, stayed for the Hank!

  • @tree7486
    @tree7486 Před 2 lety

    I love your videos, Awesome 💖, please maybe go about deeper? 💖🇬🇧♀️

  • @cole9799
    @cole9799 Před 2 lety

    Worm Weather!

  • @davidvegabravo1579
    @davidvegabravo1579 Před 2 lety

    Is there a Spotify channel with the music of JTTMC?

  • @11x334
    @11x334 Před 2 lety

    Can you believe some people think every action from every creature has a karma associated with it

  • @jaybingham3711
    @jaybingham3711 Před 2 lety

    "Very well...I willa eat duh cuttal feesh!"

  • @pochmurnelato8286
    @pochmurnelato8286 Před 2 lety +1

    Anybody know what kind of microspope they use, what model? Thanks in advance!

    • @jamesbenz3228
      @jamesbenz3228 Před 2 lety

      All of that information is covered in their video titled "we got a new microscope" or something like that. I think it was like a $50k scope tho so out of range for most.

  • @sqeekms6186
    @sqeekms6186 Před 2 lety

    I thought it read Chernobyl clones in your thumbnail lol!

  • @hobbithabits
    @hobbithabits Před 2 lety

    Not entirely sure how i end up here at 2:30 in the morning every few days but i cant say im upset about it

  • @Vdossed
    @Vdossed Před 2 lety +1

    I have some great rotifers that are so cool. I have yet to see my type on CZcams.

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 Před 2 lety

      Search for different rotifer varieties. There are some weird ones out there. I once found a synchaeta rotifer in my slide. That was super cool!

  • @jaydonbooth4042
    @jaydonbooth4042 Před rokem

    Should've said "when worm weather comes" when talking about conditions to leave their cysts.

  • @marchelandersen6839
    @marchelandersen6839 Před 2 lety

    Interesting

  • @xorgehernandez3407
    @xorgehernandez3407 Před 2 lety

    What are those things floating around at 3:05 ?

  • @autumnn5463
    @autumnn5463 Před 2 lety

    I'd love to see yogurt or a swap of some produce skin under the microscope to see what's on (or in!) what we eat

  • @Fitten06
    @Fitten06 Před 2 lety

    There ARE many ways to be a tube!

  • @tippib2222
    @tippib2222 Před 2 lety

    I remember being in bio class and learning about worms and thinking that worms weirdly seem to have such pretty names?? Annelida could easily be a girl’s name.

  • @Alondro77
    @Alondro77 Před 2 lety

    Goku blows off an Aeolosoma's head... IT GROWS BACK! "Oh no! Another Perfect Cell! And this one's all gross and icky!"

  • @BluesBewitch
    @BluesBewitch Před 2 lety

    I Thought I recognized his voice!

  • @Barnaclebeard
    @Barnaclebeard Před 2 lety

    6:36 -- "ek-speer-a-mints"

  • @polito1644
    @polito1644 Před 2 lety

    Hold on so the speed we see them move is actually wayyyyy slower and just sped up for the video?

  • @MrGustavier
    @MrGustavier Před 2 lety

    Are the sequences in this video sped up ?

  • @Yutaro-Yoshii
    @Yutaro-Yoshii Před 2 lety

    So aeolosoma are basically microcosmos equivalent of 40k space orks

  • @kats9755
    @kats9755 Před 9 měsíci

    "There are many ways to be a tube."

  • @fartzinwind
    @fartzinwind Před 2 lety

    Human Aeolosoma would have been far more fitting movie title title.

  • @11x334
    @11x334 Před 2 lety +2

    Gross and super weird. But a good reflection for the sort of nonsense that occurs at our density

  • @88997799
    @88997799 Před 2 lety +1

    Ever heard of Nano-Oil??

  • @TheWhisperingRaccoon
    @TheWhisperingRaccoon Před 2 lety

    Commented within 8 mins of upload