ngl....its kinda wild to me that people were like 'no no, ants can't possibly be that old.' ants just look like a species that's been around for freaking ever lol.
My friend who had been a professional dancer, had received gifts of amber jewelry from admirers when she was touring Europe. She took her pieces to a small town jeweler in the early 1970s for appraisal. The high school aged girl at the front counter wanted to know why she thought "plastic" jewelry needed to be appraised.
Yep could have been an insect could have been a fungus could have been some other kind of disease could have been weather conditions. Something made them need to defend themselves by exploding with sap
@4:31 How do the researchers know that the spiders weren’t right about to cannibalize each other when they were trapped in the amber? I don’t understand assuming they were friends just because they are next to each other. I guess I’ll assume there is more evidence than that.
Wasn't expecting a 311 reference from a SciShow video, lucky day for me! Bugs, Amber, and 311, maybe enough to settle the impending doom for a little bit lmao
In the movie Jurassic Park, Dr. Hammond had a cane with amber at the top. Dr. Hammond was played by Sir David Attenborough's brother. David Attenborough had a piece of amber as a child that had a fly trapped inside, sparking his curiosity of nature.
My hypothesis why trees were so “resin-y” back then: Trees weren’t as resistant to plant diseases back then so they produced more resin to help prevent contracting anything while the tree healed. Newer trees are (relatively) more resistant to disease than trees that evolved during a time when plant diseases were relatively new.
Kudos and compliments across the board. Some of the best content I have seen. I'm not weird, however to be preserved with my giant genitalia on display many years later is pretty cool. Please keep up the amazing work.
they was a tree in my backyard growing that was constantly oozing resin from a "permawound". i used to stick mosquitos into it. hopefully a few 100 million years later someone will discover my amber mosquitos
Does amber preserve colour? Is it possible to work out the colour of the insects using the amber as a mould of the nano structures, and then either recreating the structures in air, or working backwards by working out how amber affects the scattering of light?
Perhaps there was a proliferation of tree pathogens carried by insects which led to the extreme production of amber as a defence? Or perhaps an increase in quantities of insects due to the emergence of flowering plants which Cretaceous trees needed to protect themselves from with huge quantities of amber? I don't know but since amber is good at trapping insects maybe there's a connection with the increased production in early Cretaceous.
I wonder if the resinousness of cretaceous trees is related to their predation by sauropod dinosaurs. We know diplodocus ate conifers and we know that trees produce resin in response to wounds, so that sounds like a likely causal relationship.
I have a question: why for the last few years have people started saying 66 million years instead of 65 million years ago? When did we cross this point?
I really enjoy getting my rock box once a month. Been a subscriber since the second month it opened. But the prices are getting ridiculous. I am now playing 71$ CAN I’ve been to a few rock/ gem exhibitions in the past year and it’s hard to see rocks there that I’ve gotten from SciShow. That are bigger, better quality and prettier for 1/3 the price.
I don't believe it actually fossilizes/is considered a fossil. For something to fossilize, a percentage needs to be replaced by a different substance, such as fossilized wood being predominantly comprised of silicates that have replaced the organic matter in the shapes of the original cells. What amber does phenomenally well is seal items from the air, so that oxygenation and other forces of biodegradation (water, bacteria, fungi, carrion eaters), it retains it's resinous nature. You could say that it is a natural plastic. - Please tell me where I am wrong, if I am so.
I believe that a fossil is defined as evidence of past life. Thus it can be a worm track or the cast of a plant stem or something similar. As for insects, etc in amber, what is really there is an insect shaped hole.
I suppose the trees created a lot of resin because they were injured frequently thats why conifers produce it these days. maybe some insect or animal like a bear like animal dinosaur found it tasty, have they found any animal hairs or feathers in the amber?
Myanmar amber is unethically harvested :( talking about the scientific value of Myanmar amber without at least mentioning the conditions of its discovery is also unethical
Where is prehistoric amber found, is it just lying around on or in the ground or is it trapped in other sediments like sandstone? And how does one know it’s 2 million years old or 2 years old?
ngl....its kinda wild to me that people were like 'no no, ants can't possibly be that old.' ants just look like a species that's been around for freaking ever lol.
My friend who had been a professional dancer, had received gifts of amber jewelry from admirers when she was touring Europe. She took her pieces to a small town jeweler in the early 1970s for appraisal. The high school aged girl at the front counter wanted to know why she thought "plastic" jewelry needed to be appraised.
The true origin of the "Oh no I'm stuck"-kink. :D
Take my like and get the hell out.
Take my like and stay here.... AND GET STUCK!!!
Amber has fallen
Step-fly, what are you doing?
Yall need Jesus… and by Jesus I mean yall need to get stuck and ask some man named Jesus for help 😏
Maybe the trees made more resin, because angiosperms didn't exist yet, so insects did a lot more burrowing.
That does make some sense
Yep could have been an insect could have been a fungus could have been some other kind of disease could have been weather conditions. Something made them need to defend themselves by exploding with sap
Not only did angiosperms exist, they were the dominant plant group of the Cretaceous.
Imagine getting dumped or fired...and in that very moment of pain you are preserved in tree resin for all eternity.
On the bright side, you'd be a lot more likely to welcome you're end under those circumstances!
6:33 What're you doing step-resin!?
earliest ive ever seen a sci show video...
And a stealth 311 (three-eleven) reference
1:33 love to see it
Amber is so cool! It's basically fossilizes animals and preserves them with much greater detail.
Fossils
Amber: The cooler fossils.
This is the absolute best news of the day! Thank you for putting this out today!!!!!!
He whispered in her ear, just as they both became engulfed in their inescapable passionate embrace, "my love, we will be together for all eternity..."
Futurama in diamond dust xD
crying
@@RyshusMojo1imagine a couple doing it in pompei getting turned in fossils xD
Like fighting dinosaurs 🙃
Was that a 311 joke?!😂
Admittedly, my mind immediately went to 311 when I saw that the episode was about amber
@4:31 How do the researchers know that the spiders weren’t right about to cannibalize each other when they were trapped in the amber? I don’t understand assuming they were friends just because they are next to each other. I guess I’ll assume there is more evidence than that.
Exactly what I thought when I was at that part.
Yay Savannah! Also I like this set design - is that a taxidermed squirrel holding a scythe?
Amber was one of my granny’s favorite stones. I have quite a bit of her collection. It’s so pretty and smooth and light.
Funny, i put this video on instead of reading the copy of The Lost World i’ve been slowly working my way through
loved the 311 reference lol
STEP FLY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!! 7:58
Wasn't expecting a 311 reference from a SciShow video, lucky day for me! Bugs, Amber, and 311, maybe enough to settle the impending doom for a little bit lmao
Amber is my favorite! Wonderful presentation.
Very interesting and delivered at a soothing rate!
Everyone of you guys are great at telling us fun science! Thank you for the knowledge along with the entertainment.
1:38 LOLLLLL it took me a second longer than it should have 😂
0:27 at first I thought that was beef and carrots and potatoes on a bed of rice.
In the movie Jurassic Park, Dr. Hammond had a cane with amber at the top. Dr. Hammond was played by Sir David Attenborough's brother. David Attenborough had a piece of amber as a child that had a fly trapped inside, sparking his curiosity of nature.
My hypothesis why trees were so “resin-y” back then: Trees weren’t as resistant to plant diseases back then so they produced more resin to help prevent contracting anything while the tree healed. Newer trees are (relatively) more resistant to disease than trees that evolved during a time when plant diseases were relatively new.
Fly stuck in amber "HELP ME!" Glenn Quagmire Fly passing by "Giggity giggity"
Kudos and compliments across the board. Some of the best content I have seen. I'm not weird, however to be preserved with my giant genitalia on display many years later is pretty cool. Please keep up the amazing work.
Being named Amber makes this video so funny
they was a tree in my backyard growing that was constantly oozing resin from a "permawound". i used to stick mosquitos into it. hopefully a few 100 million years later someone will discover my amber mosquitos
Spider-friends and spider-foes? Amazing!
A+ on the 311 reference at 1:38
Whoa-oh
Bug wife at home: What is taking him so long??
Bug husband: doing it with the bug neighbor, thinking they wouldn't get caught
“Ooo nooo step fly what are you doing”
👀 didn’t know flies did that
Does amber preserve colour? Is it possible to work out the colour of the insects using the amber as a mould of the nano structures, and then either recreating the structures in air, or working backwards by working out how amber affects the scattering of light?
Thank goodness! That title had me scared for a second.
That spider be like "It's my kink, don't judge me!"
"Help, stepfly, I'm stuck in the amber!"
Was this filmed in a crash course set?
Random scientist opens amber stone :
Damsel fly couple : Break's over babe. Let's continue
It’s fun to think that trees were extra gooey 100m years ago
Awesome! New jersey amber is good, was worried it may be from Myanmar which has been used to fund some bad things.
"Well if we are about to die encased for eternity for some random advanced evolved being to see, let them witness our final romp!"
A 311 reference, nice
Perhaps there was a proliferation of tree pathogens carried by insects which led to the extreme production of amber as a defence? Or perhaps an increase in quantities of insects due to the emergence of flowering plants which Cretaceous trees needed to protect themselves from with huge quantities of amber? I don't know but since amber is good at trapping insects maybe there's a connection with the increased production in early Cretaceous.
Very informative
I wonder if the resinousness of cretaceous trees is related to their predation by sauropod dinosaurs. We know diplodocus ate conifers and we know that trees produce resin in response to wounds, so that sounds like a likely causal relationship.
Amber is more than the color of my energy
I have a question: why for the last few years have people started saying 66 million years instead of 65 million years ago? When did we cross this point?
Back in 2010 we passed from 65,999,999 years to 66,000,000. To be more accurate you should be saying 66 million and 14 years ago
more accurate dating techniques give approximately 66 million years instead of 65 million years
Does anyone know what that nonprofit that sponsored scishow that showed you jobs that would make a difference is called?
80,000 Hours
8:00 Help me step-fly. I'm stuck!
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No way I just heard a 311 reference in a sideshow video😂
Amber is the color of your energy. I get that reference.
I would love to get myself a legit piece of amber with a little critter in it for my collection.
I can’t be the only one who caught that 311 joke😂😂
8:03 step-fly help! I'm stuck in resin
Makes me wonder if it was due to bugs or animals that would like to puncture the trees? So fun to day dream about the Jurassic
Amber is crazy beautiful.
After hearing Amber and not the color of your energy I was thinking of 311! 😅
2:58 I would rather suffocate in amber than die from having my insides liquified by spider venom to be slurped up by the spider.
Where are the images of things described caught in amber?
Note to self, never have sex near sap.👍
That title 😮😂
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Love the not Jurassic Park reference
I have water trapped in amber, my favorite piece of
I really enjoy getting my rock box once a month. Been a subscriber since the second month it opened. But the prices are getting ridiculous. I am now playing 71$ CAN
I’ve been to a few rock/ gem exhibitions in the past year and it’s hard to see rocks there that I’ve gotten from SciShow. That are bigger, better quality and prettier for 1/3 the price.
Ants have been around that long? Very interesting.
Not the taking advantage of the situation 😭
At first I missed the comma in "sex, spider attacks" and every hair on my body stood up at once *shiver.
OoooOOhhHHhhh NoooOOo I hope no other ticks get stuck in amber. Like especially not the ticks near and around me!!!
I don't believe it actually fossilizes/is considered a fossil. For something to fossilize, a percentage needs to be replaced by a different substance, such as fossilized wood being predominantly comprised of silicates that have replaced the organic matter in the shapes of the original cells. What amber does phenomenally well is seal items from the air, so that oxygenation and other forces of biodegradation (water, bacteria, fungi, carrion eaters), it retains it's resinous nature. You could say that it is a natural plastic.
- Please tell me where I am wrong, if I am so.
I believe that a fossil is defined as evidence of past life. Thus it can be a worm track or the cast of a plant stem or something similar. As for insects, etc in amber, what is really there is an insect shaped hole.
The other spider could be fighting for the prey
Yay new jersey amber! Just didn't want Myanmar amber since it funds war.
I adore amber
You missed out on the chance to define true amber and copal!
Anyone have a guide on how to clear the browser history of amber?
I LOVE amber!! I have an amber necklace from my grandmother that she got in the USSR, so I treasure it😊❤
Where are the huge insects? I thought there were humongous in that time period. Or at least some of them.
You'd need massive amber to trap them.
That was the Carboniferous with the giant insects, not the Cretaceous.
3:20 I have personally seen a jumping spider, Phidippus audax, jump on and carry off a tick on my car. They seem to be omnivores regarding insects.
Hell yeah love this dude
I suppose the trees created a lot of resin because they were injured frequently thats why conifers produce it these days. maybe some insect or animal like a bear like animal dinosaur found it tasty, have they found any animal hairs or feathers in the amber?
Myanmar amber is unethically harvested
:( talking about the scientific value of Myanmar amber without at least mentioning the conditions of its discovery is also unethical
Yeah I was looking for this comment. There have long been ethical concerns about Myanmar amber.
Talk about it here at least then, I don’t know what you are referring to
8:00 oof
So maple syrup is... Cooked tree plasma? Yummy
Whatcha doing there, step fly? *splot*
Amber also burns which is why loads of it has disappeared into incense
This is almost as bad as when i found out Victorians ate all the mummies
Where is prehistoric amber found, is it just lying around on or in the ground or is it trapped in other sediments like sandstone? And how does one know it’s 2 million years old or 2 years old?
Lol.. that 311 joke was painful 😖
It's obvious dinosaurs' smaller forelegs were wings as other flightless birds have.
1:37
*WHOA, SHADES OF GOLD DISPLAYED NATURALLY*
(let's all agree that 311 does not exist next time, ok?)
WHO WANTS TO BE BURIED ON AMBER?
Poor Amber
9:18 Did they find Jimmy Hoffa persevered in amber in New Jersey?
Why does the voice go all.. AI staticky at 6:50?
Maybe evidence of backward time travel
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When will we cure blindness caused by retinal vein occlusion
If that cat in last video was still conscious then the cat counts as an observer
I thought spiders didn't have blood, so how could his blood pressure go up? Or is that they just don't have blood in their legs cause they too small?