That's Not Rain, That's Super-powered Pee! | Deep Look
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- Опубликовано: 26 фев 2024
- Sharpshooters survive by guzzling a lot of plant sap. But drinking all of that liquid nutrition presents a problem for these tiny insects: How do they move it all out? Easy. They've perfected a super-propulsive urination technique using a special catapult in their butt.
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The sharpshooter gets all its nutrition from the thin, watery liquid inside a plant, called xylem sap, which it sucks out with this tube-shaped stylet. That sap has so little nutrition that sharpshooters need to guzzle nonstop. Taking all that liquid in presents a problem - how to move it out. The sharpshooter has evolved the perfect tool for the job: an anal stylus -- or butt flicker. Here's something incredible: Each drop of pee actually travels faster than the speed at which the butt flicker launched it. Learn about this incredible creature's super-propulsive pee in this video!
---+ The front end of the sharpshooter is interesting as well!
Elizabeth G. Clark of the University of California, Berkeley (@UCBerkeley), who worked with us on this episode, doesn’t just study the back end of the sharpshooter. She’s also extensively studied its feeding mechanism. She and her colleagues are trying to understand how sharpshooters feed so they can help stop their transmission of a bacterial plant pathogen called Xylella fastidiosa, which causes Pierce’s Disease. Check out Clark and team’s work in understanding the sharpshooter’s mouthparts and feeding
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Georgia Tech (@georgiatech) researchers Saad Bhamla and Elio Chalita (now of @harvard) were instrumental in helping us (and the world!) understand the physics of sharpshooter pee. Bhamla was inspired to study sharpshooter urination after observing them peeing in his own backyard! Read about their team’s research here:
research.gatech.edu/super-fas...
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Hello! I'm Mimi Schiffman, the producer for this episode. Got questions? Leave 'em here! I will do my best to answer them!
Excellent video! Just curious, how do hearing aids and phones utilize biomimicry with lessons from the sharpshooter insect to become more reliable? (Feel free to post a link to a research paper)
is that insect a parasite?
@@Kessoku The sharpshooter can carry Xylella fastidiosa which can cause diseases like Pierce's disease. Deep Look made a video about that before I joined the team. Check it out: ruclips.net/video/uFA614SEDMQ/видео.html
is pineapple gud on pizza?
What was the source of the pinging noise? (very entertaining and educational video thank you)
"they even do it while doing it" talk about multitasking. They're professionals
After all, professionals have standards.
That part was so unnecessary 😂
Even some humans _do it_ while doing it.
...Unfortunately.
@@mikedaniels470 hmmmm TF2 reference....
@@mikedaniels470be polite, be efficient, have a plan to mate with every female you see
-male insect
I wish Zefrank was here. "But flickers-excuse me; Butt-flickers are fascinatingly complicated pieces of equipment..."
FYI this is the term scientists use to describe the apparatus, we're not making it up!
Watch him make a video soon.
Jerry at it again
I believe he actually did make a mention of something like this in the camouflage video.
I think he did make a video in this
Props to the editor for making a DING sound each and every time a droplet of pee was launched 😁👏👏👏
Hi! Producer for the episode here. Our composer Seth Samuel was the genius behind that sound effect!
No it comes with the pee
If every "ding" drops converts a dollar coins 🤣😏
Surface tension is no joke at that scale! Thanks Deep Look team for inspiring us to learn more about the miniscule miracles all around us!
You are most welcome. ::-)
More like miniscule pumps with that throughput. Bush oysters?
Wow
They even do it while doing it . Hilarious af.🤣🤣
Their schedule is busier than mine 😢
That *ting* everytime the droplet flicked away is the icing on the cake.
Hi! Producer for the episode here. And I v much agree!!! Our composer Seth Samuel was responsible for the ting!!! I LOVED cutting his composition into this episode.
If by icing, you mean overdone and annoying.
@@justayoutuber1906 Why are you here?
I thought it was funny, too, lol!
The consistency of that "cling" sound effect
That is the handiwork of our music composer, Seth Samuel.
@@KQEDDeepLook hats off!!
Oh wow
NEW DEEP LOOK VIDEO EVERYONE CHEERED
YASS
Did we just watch 4 minutes of bugs peeing?
Yes!
fr this one unecpectedly was so intriguing
Yay
I have now been conditioned to believe that sharpshooters also produce a 'ding' sound every time they flick their pee away
They do, I work at a grape farm, and every time I hear a "Ding" noise I get flashbacks.
"That's not rain that's pee"
Oh.....okay almost opened my mouth there
Don't do it, drinking pee is good for your health
😂😂
It’s so amazing how animals evolve. This reminds me of Koalas, they starting eating their food cause there wasn’t much competition for something so non-nutritious and poisonous, so it ate it and developed ways to deal with its food. Easier for some animals to evolve around an objectively bad food than fight for a better one.
Insects that eat carrion are really fascinating. They specialize so much. Some of them only eat one thing (like feathers), or they specialize at eating meat at certain levels of decomposition (to the point that forensic scientists can make a timeline based on what beetles are present).
My personal favorite is aquatic stoneflies, who will patiently wait for autumn leaves fallen in the stream to ferment before they start eating them. It's like sauerkraut, or kimchi!
@@LimeyLassen My favorite are Dung Beatles. While all the other insects just seek their food out to eat, Dung Beatles eat, sleep, breed dung. The ball is a nursery for their kids. A Dung Beatle couple will meet up to create it specifically for them. There are thieves who still the balls all the time.
" A wiz at whizzing." The best line I have heard all day.
*mic drop*
Lol
This channel is underrated to a point that I really can't explain myself.
The water dropping sounds make them all the more adorable!
That is the handiwork of our music composer, Seth Samuel.
disagree. Annoying AF
As a bug lover, I love this channel too~ It really is amazing to get such a deep look into those small animals and give them the well-deserved spotlight for all the good they do in our ecosystems~
"Honey, a new Deep Look video just dropped."
"Cool, what is it about this time babe?"
"Pee-shooting bug."
"..."
“Don’t piss on my boots and tell me it’s raining” came to mind 😂
YES YES YES! A new deeplook video featuring some of my favorite insects!
Thank you for making this video. These lil’ insects are a wonder to watch and learn from.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I hope you enjoyed the episode
I remembere I experienced this exact raining but no rains from sky, it was passing by a willow tree, there were a lot of these insects on the tree. now I know it was them urinating🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 , thanks again for the beautiful video! you got me at "butt flicker" and "capaw!!"😂😂😂😂
Thanks!
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lol I can't with the sound effect each time the pee get flung
I'm so glad the last video I see tonight would be a Deep Look video
This channel literally brings me so much life. Thank you so much to all the people who work so hard on it! You're all doing incredible work
You are most welcome! From the looks of your screen name, you like FERNS .... we have an episode on April 16 that you might be excited about, just sayin.'
@@KQEDDeepLook oooohhh I'll definitely mark my calendar!
I hope you enjoyed this episode
That bell definitely won't become a Pavlovian response anytime soon 🤣
The 1:31 “-gah!” is delightfully timed
We had fun with that moment! Laura really nailed it.
Lol
Wow it's my favorite insect!!!
Thank you for making this video!!
Awesome! How did it become your favorite?
I read a paper of sharpshooter by pf.saad bhamla last year, and it was so interesting!!
@@user-pz7ky7ue6r Producer for this episode here. We worked with Saad Bhamla for this piece! And Elio Challita and Liz Clark! That VERY cool and VERY sharp crew of researchers made all of this possible!!!
Wow
Hats off to the editor who added the "ding" to EVERY SINGLE pee flick
woo yippiee new deep look vid!!! been following for years, and im still excited whenever theres a new one :3
We are very grateful! Do you have any favorite episodes?
“Scientists at Georgia Tech filmed sharpshooters peeing in slow-mo.”
That’s going to look great on their resumes.
This would be hilarious to hear that sound every time they actually did that
this channel taught me so much about insects. the footages are awesome keep these coming.
More to come!
yay another deep look video, thank you all for the effort
Our pleasure!
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So this explains those random drops I feel when it's not raining
Absolutely fantastic video, as always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I will never be able to see these doing their thing in nature without imagining that "ding!" sound.
Thanks for your great work❤
You are most welcome. :-)
So amusing AND informative. Love these.
Glad you like them!
*PETER GRIFFIN:* Butt flickerrrrr!!!!!!!!!
Honestly as soon as I see Deep Look posted I drop everything and watch it doesn't matter if I'm in the middle of one of my classes or if people are talking to me it gets pushed in a little box and it can wait till the episode is over then life can continue lol
hahaha thanks!
Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoyed the episode
the editor must having a fun time adding "dings" every time they pee
Our music composer sent a a while separate music track of just pings!
Incredible video❤
I love this channel!
Producer for the episode here. We
This is both interesting and humoristic... Lauren! You are just great!!! 😂
Glad you think so!
I hope you enjoyed the episode
I love that your channel highlights insects that we don't even know about!
Glad you like them!
I didnt know about that insect at all! Thanks deep look!
You are most welcome.
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wake up babe new Deep Look video dropped
Whoever created the Life on Earth or however the Life on Earth evolved, it's just so mesmerizing .
Another excellent video! 👌
Glad you enjoyed it!
2:03 snoipin’s a good job mate!
Omg,it's so cool❤❤
This is so funny and amazing at the same time
thx
It's so amazing
Amazing. I remember hearing ppl complain about millions of small liquid drops on their car after staying under a tree for a bit. It's so interesting looking close to it.
I love theses leaf hoppers
:3
You just made my day 😅😁❤❤❤
So glad!
I often see in backyard and that's fascinating... And what more!? Your video explaining the details that is make me know more and really awesome!
Producer for the episode here! Cicadas have a unique way of peeing too! Take a dive into what you find on the internet about them! Very rainy!
Glad you enjoyed it!
A beautiful channel that makes even insect haters love them.
thank you for covering this,I never knew this is called as Sharpshooter-when I was 7 y/o I always see this insects.(when I lived in Sabah).
now 30 years later-I learn its name.
"Gahh!" I really felt that 😂
The fact that these sharpshooters make a ding sound everytime it pees
Wow! Amazing little insects.
They are!
amazing... how do you doing it! micro super-class-work! applauds - you are discovering so nicely.
Thank you very much!
When your outside and feel a drop, but there’s no rain…
Love ya Laura !!!!
Awesome!!
Thanks!
“They even doing it while doing it” I cannot believe insects do golden showers too 💀
It's deeplook at it again
Not wrong.
1:27 this is adorable :D
They had a huge campaign for years in the Napa valley to warn of glassy wing sharpshooters when I was growing up as a lod
the pee sfx is amusing
"Butt-Flicker" ZeFrank's attorneys are on line one with a cease and decist order! 😂
Imagine if they actually made that little “ding!” sound effect every time they launched a pee
Didn't even know a thing like this existed. Nature sure is neat.
Indeed!
The surface tension force of water is based on a certain weight. The smaller the size of the water drop, the more durable it will be. So even if you hit it faster, it will not disperse. Also, since the muscles contract and relax like a small water wave during throwing, water does not stick.
Deep Look stealing all my joke before I could even think of one 😂
*grins*
These creatures seem very pissed off. 🤣
Looks like a fishing lure that I need to make a mold of, they looks so good
You should!
🧐🧐🧐👍👍👍👌👌👌 Nature never fails to amaze if one is willing to be amazed. ❤️❤️❤️
"KAPOW! They even do it while doing it" Hilarious.
So glad to listen to The voice of Deep look! Equally good is a beautiful image with the latest tech advance!
Quantity of pee ball is very impressive relative to its body size, although sapping all day long, or whole life, it may not be a surprise. 'm wondering if they poo ......
I'm going to be thinking about this the next time a water drop hits me when I'm under a tree.
Genova’s spirit animal.
2:56 you can see a similar effect if you've ever watched the videos of dudes launching a ball after Canon balling into a pool
Vintners: Dangit. We need some ladybugs, Stat.
Producer for the episode here: YES! we didn't get into it in this episode bc we'd already done a sharpshooter + vineyards episode. Check it out if you haven't already! ruclips.net/video/uFA614SEDMQ/видео.html
interesting convergent evolution with another insect that drinks sap that has too much sugar, so it shoots away the excess using a similar method. Only for them somtimes other insects will gather up behind it to catch it.
Watching/watched this while high asf this shii was funny and interesting asf like w t f am i watching 😂 especially when they talked about their pee and flinging it away lmfaoo
BUTTFLICKER! OUR PRICES HAVE NEVER BEEN LOWER!
The word "evolve" should not be used when discussing these marvels of creation. Nothing comes without intelligent design.
Those little tings lol
They just be peeing all day ahah. Deeplook vids are simply incredible ❤
Gracias!
At least there wasn't much 'yellow' in this video. Thanks Laura!
That's true!
"Butt flicker" 😂
wow!
Thank you for entering the term "butt flicker" into my vernacular. 😂
You are welcome.
You are most welcome.
When I was a little boy my grandmother would call it 'shaking the lily'
😂
Hahaha...a butt flicker @ 1:54😂🤣😂
Not the little "ding" sound effect every time 😅😅
i come to conclusion that i will always discover new species on youtube