Nature's Most Surprising Projectiles
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Published 2023-01-28
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Credits:
Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann
Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault
Editor: Dylan Hennessy (www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1)
Editor: Leany Muñoz
Illustrator: Elfy Chiang (www.elfylandstudios.com/)
Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (kpatart.com/illustrations)
Animator: Mike Ridolfi (www.moboxgraphics.com/)
Sound: Graham Haerther (haerther.net/)
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (twitter.com/forgottentowel)
Producer: Brian McManus (youtube.com/c/realengineering)
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References:
[1] www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/bombardier-beetles-and-thei…
[2] www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.11.421891v…
[3] news.mit.edu/2015/how-bombardier-beetles-produce-d…
[4] royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0…
[5] link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-020-01692…
[6] www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(07)012…
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[9] elifesciences.org/articles/74057.pdf
[10] www.nature.com/articles/srep27523
[11] www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982…
[12] bit.ly/3Cr7ntc
[13] www.micropia.nl/en/discover/microbiology/pilobolus…
[14] journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journ…
All Comments (21)
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the image of charles darwin biting a beetle with his hands full and getting shot by it just seems utterly hilarious
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That butterfly flying upside down after evading death by the archer fish was incredible.
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Imagine the amount of computation in an archerfish's brain trying to aim in ebbing, murky water and taking account of light refraction from water to air, not to mention gravitational pull on the water stream
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2:07 the knowledge that Darwin referred to a beetle he was holding between his teeth (which I mean can you blame the dude he had no more hands) as “the little inconsiderate beast” just made my life a little bit happier today, as I too have called wild animals I’m holding little inconsiderate beasts
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"Whatcha watching?" "Something about bugs with acid sharts, fish that shoot water, and mushroom cannons." "Bro, are you high?" "That's not the point. This is awesome. Check it out." "Whoa."
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It's fascinating to take a closer look at this topic! Our crew managed to shoot some sort of ant war, in which, in order to protect their territory, they used chemical formic acid. They sport acid from the tips of their abdomens, targetting their enemy. And after that, it's crazy and fascinating to see how the whole conflict gets even more intense.
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Vivaldi playing in the background makes this so much more intense. Absolutely brilliant and terrifying
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"The zone of repugnance" that's funny...and appropriate. God I love this channel. Again, the clarity and articulation of her voice is oh so impressive....not to mention the content.
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I used to work at a pet store in the fish room and had a pair of archers at home. When I'd walk past the tank I'd feel water hitting my ear, and one time I was on the phone and was standing next to the tank looking down at them through the open top. They were side by side looking up at me, and I swear i watched the water coming straight up at my right eye. It hit, and i sputtered and wiped my face and as soon as i took my hand away the one on the left fired (watered?) and hit my other eye.
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I dont how to say this in a non-insulting way but I fall asleep within a minute of putting your videos on... i have no idea why but as a person who struggles sleeping (its 3am ive been awake 20hrs) its a real lifeline. I watch them in the day sometimes too for entertainment but primary consumption is bedtime. I'm going to put this on now and go to sleep. Thank you for this weird gift! Your content is so wonderful and interesting and just peak relaxation for me. Thanks again xx
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Your video has truly made my weekend, it's the highlight of it! Keep up the amazing content.
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This wsa very well done. Better intro than most, great examples, good narrative, and a more engaging delivery style than most YouTubers.
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I wonder what the smartest fish is if it isn't an archerfish. Also I like this kind of video focusing on multiple creatures instead of just one!
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Great video "exploding" full of interesting amazing animal facts! Extremely well written and narrated as all your videos are! Thanks you!
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Extremely disappointed pistol/Mantis shrimp weren't mentioned, as they use implosions that reach thousands of degrees, through cavitation bubbles, either knocking out their crustacean prey, or shattering their shell. Scientists are theorizing it's a quantum event, and creates an entangled pair of particles. Absolute dissatisfaction that they weren't included
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One of my favorite armed and dangerous creatures is the pistol, whom, using its specially designed claw can fire bubbles at its prey. The bubble is useful at stunning, and sometimes frying the prey, that it hunts. It is capable of being shot at over 82 feet a second, generating over 216 decibels of sound, and generating over 4,000°c in heat from the exploding bubbles. It is an absolutely insane creature!
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The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) is another interesting projectile flinger in nature. The fruit uses fluid pressure to squirt its seeds out
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was just watching another one of your videos, happy to have another one to watch now :)
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Oecophylla Smaragdina Weaver ants - formic acid spraying - are also impressive. It's a beautiful creature, too. And Colobopsis Saurdausi "kamikaze" ant has worker castes with a gland of acid that runs the length of its body, which it can rupture in battle, spewing a sticky acid everywhere, dying in the process.
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Have always been fascinated by bombardier beetles, was pleasantly surprised to find the are quite common in my parents backyard was great fun showing their tricks to my kids !
