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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  5 лет назад +16194

    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 5 лет назад +44

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

    • @nelsonvenema3614
      @nelsonvenema3614 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +67

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

    • @agerven
      @agerven 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +3

      @@agerven thank very much

  • @pablobellotto8847
    @pablobellotto8847 4 года назад +19944

    10/10 great character development

  • @Wrijvingsloos
    @Wrijvingsloos 10 дней назад +56

    Im here because of Amit! A huge inspiration for us all. RIP

  • @saadiqahsurname9859
    @saadiqahsurname9859 10 дней назад +47

    Here from the special PIH fundraiser. Thank you Amit!

    • @definedbyfire
      @definedbyfire 10 дней назад +1

      +

    • @jqmth
      @jqmth 5 дней назад

      Who is amit?

    • @saadiqahsurname9859
      @saadiqahsurname9859 5 дней назад

      @@jqmth Nerdfighter Amit Schiller sadly passed away at the age of 28. Amit was working on research to explain the topological phenomena of salamander embryc growth, as seen in this video.

    • @jqmth
      @jqmth 5 дней назад

      @@saadiqahsurname9859 How can I not find anything on him?

  • @kimmykimmie
    @kimmykimmie 10 дней назад +39

    Here in honor of Amit and everything he's done for our community.

    • @saadiqahsurname9859
      @saadiqahsurname9859 10 дней назад +1

      +

    • @ryanmarttala5096
      @ryanmarttala5096 10 дней назад +1

      +

    • @definedbyfire
      @definedbyfire 10 дней назад +1

      +

    • @idkbruh2994
      @idkbruh2994 6 дней назад

      may i ask who that is?

    • @saadiqahsurname9859
      @saadiqahsurname9859 5 дней назад +1

      @idkbruh2994 Nerdfighter Amit Schiller sadly passed away at the age of 28. Amit was working on research to explain the topological phenomena of salamander embryc growth, as seen in this video.

  • @bluedreamz78
    @bluedreamz78 4 года назад +5181

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

    • @HappyDude1
      @HappyDude1 4 года назад +321

      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 4 года назад +431

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

    • @AldwinSalig
      @AldwinSalig 4 года назад +38

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

    • @JorgeHernandez-qw3wy
      @JorgeHernandez-qw3wy 4 года назад +149

      The crazy world only god knows

    • @doggodoggo2381
      @doggodoggo2381 4 года назад +44

      @@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

  • @gnollio
    @gnollio 2 года назад +5191

    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 2 года назад +190

      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 2 года назад +147

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

    • @AClRCLEOFLlGHT
      @AClRCLEOFLlGHT 2 года назад +130

      @@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 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +94

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

  • @denisehunley9583
    @denisehunley9583 10 дней назад +51

    We’re here because we’re here! ❤

  • @inquisitiveterrestrian
    @inquisitiveterrestrian 10 дней назад +37

    Thank you, Amit Schiller, and thank you Nerdfighteria!
    We're here because we're here...

  • @jessicaclark7130
    @jessicaclark7130 3 года назад +5467

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

    • @icarus5676
      @icarus5676 3 года назад +400

      Enough!
      -DNA

    • @biko9824
      @biko9824 3 года назад +194

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

    • @viszionaso2185
      @viszionaso2185 3 года назад +116

      but i wanna be PP😪

    • @TheFilmmakersTimeChamber
      @TheFilmmakersTimeChamber 3 года назад +146

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

    • @ferrellfamily6316
      @ferrellfamily6316 3 года назад +15

      thats actually a good way to explain it

  • @Slobrojoe
    @Slobrojoe 10 дней назад +28

    You will be missed, Amit. Thank you for all you did

  • @falwyn
    @falwyn 10 дней назад +36

    Here because of Amit Schiller, may his memory be a blessing.

  • @SnugglingontheSofa
    @SnugglingontheSofa 10 дней назад +25

    Thank you Amit! We're here because we're here 💛

  • @rreidnauer
    @rreidnauer 5 лет назад +2561

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

  • @paepsae4904
    @paepsae4904 5 лет назад +5972

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

  • @ruthschiller151
    @ruthschiller151 10 дней назад +27

    Thank you for all your kind words. Amit would have been thrilled to know that he caused people to watch it

  • @rearles4951
    @rearles4951 10 дней назад +31

    We’re here because…. Thank you Amit for showing us this beautiful video and for being awesome. DFTBA!

  • @jeslynlim7753
    @jeslynlim7753 4 года назад +2449

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

    • @owenleenstra6501
      @owenleenstra6501 4 года назад +17

      same!

    • @jonathan99097
      @jonathan99097 4 года назад +43

      Yeah me too, it's fascinating asf

    • @inh6940
      @inh6940 4 года назад +58

      Same! I wish my biology teacher showed me this when I was in senior high school

    • @Moni-xt2xz
      @Moni-xt2xz 4 года назад +51

      Mitosis, actually

    • @darenejamesdapar1249
      @darenejamesdapar1249 4 года назад +3

      you mean how it looks like in microscopic measure

  • @user-yz4ll8pr9x
    @user-yz4ll8pr9x 4 года назад +4989

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

    • @morganalabeille5004
      @morganalabeille5004 4 года назад +341

      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 4 года назад +74

      @@morganalabeille5004 engineering : guess I will die then

    • @aarongonzalez4458
      @aarongonzalez4458 3 года назад +153

      @@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 3 года назад +9

      Bees McBee another day another karen

    • @chiliology3921
      @chiliology3921 3 года назад +67

      Turtles after birth: GOTTA GO FAST

  • @nyreak
    @nyreak 10 дней назад +29

    I can see why Amit found this so interesting! Thinking of Amit and his family while watching.

  • @pegmama8
    @pegmama8 10 дней назад +21

    Watching this in honor of nerdfighter Amit 💕 Rest in Awesome

  • @Loddentidster
    @Loddentidster 5 лет назад +3091

    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 5 лет назад +111

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

    • @Milkymalk
      @Milkymalk 5 лет назад +30

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

    • @stillybrings6251
      @stillybrings6251 5 лет назад +11

      Fact. It's rare

    • @gnk53
      @gnk53 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @stillybrings6251
      @stillybrings6251 5 лет назад +2

      @@Milkymalk hit the nail on the head.

  • @daybyday834
    @daybyday834 5 лет назад +4852

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

    • @noneofyourbeeswax01
      @noneofyourbeeswax01 5 лет назад +134

      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 5 лет назад +4

      yeah i liked the simplicity of the video

    • @daybyday834
      @daybyday834 5 лет назад +31

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

    • @daybyday834
      @daybyday834 5 лет назад +10

      @tommy aronson any suggestions?

    • @cqproton
      @cqproton 5 лет назад +8

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

  • @jesseepstein7326
    @jesseepstein7326 10 дней назад +19

    May Amit's memory forever be a blessing - zichrono l'vracha

  • @kateodonnell4359
    @kateodonnell4359 10 дней назад +18

    For Amit and his fascination and love of the world ❤️

  • @KindOldRaven
    @KindOldRaven 3 года назад +9371

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

    • @KindOldRaven
      @KindOldRaven 3 года назад +364

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

    • @Quazi-moto
      @Quazi-moto 3 года назад +339

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

    • @1BeGe
      @1BeGe 3 года назад +208

      @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 3 года назад +331

      Gods power

    • @Quazi-moto
      @Quazi-moto 3 года назад +68

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

  • @anahiapcay9042
    @anahiapcay9042 4 года назад +4421

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

    • @danielt.4330
      @danielt.4330 4 года назад +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 4 года назад +88

      @@danielt.4330 I really hope you are joking

    • @danielt.4330
      @danielt.4330 4 года назад +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 4 года назад +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 4 года назад +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.

  • @matthew_vercammen
    @matthew_vercammen 10 дней назад +23

    We're here because we're here 💚

  • @nickfcarter
    @nickfcarter 10 дней назад +23

    We're Here!

  • @deyb7781
    @deyb7781 4 года назад +2937

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

  • @abhishekmg2451
    @abhishekmg2451 3 года назад +2156

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

    • @akainsxrtions1626
      @akainsxrtions1626 3 года назад +263

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

    • @pia1938
      @pia1938 3 года назад +133

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

    • @akainsxrtions1626
      @akainsxrtions1626 3 года назад +230

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

    • @timothymenard4946
      @timothymenard4946 3 года назад +89

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

    • @netzly1305
      @netzly1305 3 года назад +63

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

  • @alarcon99
    @alarcon99 10 дней назад +24

    John Green said watch so I watched. Thank you Amit and family!❤

  • @itme_jd
    @itme_jd 10 дней назад +16

    Rest in awesome, Amit

  • @Zorioy
    @Zorioy 4 года назад +2445

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

    • @preethigasara2212
      @preethigasara2212 4 года назад +39

      I just realized.....

    • @Maraien
      @Maraien 4 года назад +9

      were*

    • @joscram1129
      @joscram1129 4 года назад +7

      I call bull

    • @Zorioy
      @Zorioy 4 года назад +4

      Deepanshu Joshi Yes

    • @smhwolvi
      @smhwolvi 4 года назад +34

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

  • @i1s9m9r5
    @i1s9m9r5 3 года назад +4409

    I was thinking about my whole existence throughout the video.

    • @mateoarenales3758
      @mateoarenales3758 3 года назад +36

      lol same

    • @garsayfsomali
      @garsayfsomali 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +7

      same XD

    • @firegator6853
      @firegator6853 3 года назад +4

      same

    • @djzatorze
      @djzatorze 3 года назад +8

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

  • @MossyBear
    @MossyBear 10 дней назад +18

    Thank you, Amit. This was extremely beautiful 💚

  • @katiessss6424
    @katiessss6424 10 дней назад +17

    Thank you Amit!

  • @noel-tt4rc
    @noel-tt4rc 4 года назад +4085

    Let's be honest, none of you searched for this.

    • @Charle_Z
      @Charle_Z 4 года назад +61

      GG Dream Welcome back to “Why is this on my recommended??”

    • @johnjohnson201
      @johnjohnson201 4 года назад +177

      I did

    • @lilleh3353
      @lilleh3353 4 года назад +28

      ...what is I did tho........

    • @the_grey_phoenix
      @the_grey_phoenix 4 года назад +19

      I got this reccomended to my at 1:04 am

    • @sundeww
      @sundeww 4 года назад +49

      Let's be honest, you copied this comment.
      Let's be honest, I copied this reply.

  • @Premium_Jelly
    @Premium_Jelly 4 года назад +1910

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

    • @OnceUponLater
      @OnceUponLater 3 года назад +17

      very this lol

    • @tabletanoastra8342
      @tabletanoastra8342 3 года назад +16

      underrated comment lol

    • @juleann21
      @juleann21 3 года назад +9

      lmfaooooooooo this just made my day

    • @JosephRGrych
      @JosephRGrych 3 года назад +6

      Better than those darn ol' shrimpy sea monkeys.

    • @niamh69
      @niamh69 3 года назад +3

      @@JosephRGrych those things terrified me

  • @danielarthur04
    @danielarthur04 10 дней назад +19

    Here because of Amit, what a fascinating video!

  • @Riccardo_can
    @Riccardo_can 10 дней назад +15

    This is so cool, thanks for bringing us here, Amit! You'll be missed

  • @fazza2104
    @fazza2104 4 года назад +2755

    mitochondria is the powerhouse of the *salamander*

    • @yuyu9229
      @yuyu9229 4 года назад +34

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

    • @fazza2104
      @fazza2104 4 года назад +40

      xiaohuangs that’s the joke

    • @Odinsday
      @Odinsday 4 года назад +19

      Chlorophyll is the powerhouse of the p l a n t

    • @EvonixTheGreatest
      @EvonixTheGreatest 4 года назад +8

      @@yuyu9229 There are actually cells without mitochondria

    • @chrisgonzalez3817
      @chrisgonzalez3817 4 года назад +11

      xiaohuangs can’t believe you made this un-funny

  • @PhantomKode
    @PhantomKode 4 года назад +3749

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

    • @sertan3665
      @sertan3665 4 года назад +240

      its called dna

    • @user-kl5sn4rq6r
      @user-kl5sn4rq6r 4 года назад +9

    • @LoganAddisMusic
      @LoganAddisMusic 4 года назад +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 4 года назад +128

      @@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 4 года назад +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

  • @pizzathehoe
    @pizzathehoe 10 дней назад +26

    Here for Amit

  • @JoannaVolavka
    @JoannaVolavka 10 дней назад +14

    This is truly amazing. Here for Amit ❤

  • @Wisprea
    @Wisprea 4 года назад +651

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

  • @user-ic6gr1vd1j
    @user-ic6gr1vd1j 4 года назад +2612

    I actually just witnessed mitosis.

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 4 года назад +74

      Ain’t that whacky?

    • @joag1971
      @joag1971 4 года назад +77

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

    • @Nsfwstar
      @Nsfwstar 4 года назад +8

      @@joag1971 Za hAndo reference!!!

    • @tomhollandfan1982
      @tomhollandfan1982 4 года назад +7

      Mitosis is the powerhouse of the cell-

    • @SaoirseVisceral
      @SaoirseVisceral 4 года назад +28

      So witnessing mitosis is a jojo reference now

  • @Ford_prefect_42
    @Ford_prefect_42 10 дней назад +16

    Thank you Amit for introducing this fascinating video to us. We may not all be scientists, but today we are thanks to you ❤️

  • @quackandcat
    @quackandcat 10 дней назад +20

    For Amit

  • @davidschmidt6013
    @davidschmidt6013 2 года назад +2831

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

    • @aiseruchaan
      @aiseruchaan 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +5

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

    • @umutsen2290
      @umutsen2290 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +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.

  • @yesitsmemaya
    @yesitsmemaya 4 года назад +1848

    I'm just curious about how this was filmed

  • @ffbx4143
    @ffbx4143 10 дней назад +13

    This is incredible! In memory of Amit

  • @kittyblack1538
    @kittyblack1538 2 года назад +721

    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 Год назад +8

      This is not science but a normal nature process.

    • @E_Rico
      @E_Rico Год назад +26

      @@Brukrex … which is science.

    • @Brukrex
      @Brukrex Год назад +3

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

    • @E_Rico
      @E_Rico Год назад +16

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

    • @Brukrex
      @Brukrex Год назад +11

      @@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.

  • @AzlianaLyana
    @AzlianaLyana 5 лет назад +8745

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

    • @nicci11green
      @nicci11green 5 лет назад +45

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

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  5 лет назад +129

      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 5 лет назад +8

      it's cgi betches

    • @cqproton
      @cqproton 5 лет назад +12

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

    • @611gay5
      @611gay5 5 лет назад

      You were there?

  • @tash5186
    @tash5186 3 года назад +1686

    That isn't even its final form

    • @kkayn
      @kkayn 3 года назад +41

      ur pfp is so cursed

    • @nalynnsansaneeyawet3136
      @nalynnsansaneeyawet3136 3 года назад +7

      They don’t stop growing lmao

    • @senorclown9882
      @senorclown9882 3 года назад +8

      I mean, yeah

    • @macyadams6963
      @macyadams6963 3 года назад

      LOL

    • @cleitonakaspyda
      @cleitonakaspyda 3 года назад +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

  • @seapel133
    @seapel133 10 дней назад +14

    Thank you Amit! ❤💌

  • @KatieHambor
    @KatieHambor 10 дней назад +17

    Amazing to see!
    DFTBA, y’all.

  • @cyanoxile
    @cyanoxile 4 года назад +115

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

  • @spenarkley
    @spenarkley 3 года назад +2102

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

    • @muzanjackson8827
      @muzanjackson8827 3 года назад +23

      ikr

    • @leonalionheart1398
      @leonalionheart1398 3 года назад +154

      Power of dna

    • @michealtaylor7745
      @michealtaylor7745 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +6

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

    • @niamh69
      @niamh69 3 года назад +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

  • @RadagonTheRed
    @RadagonTheRed 9 месяцев назад +55

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

    • @Kinda_random.
      @Kinda_random. Месяц назад

      are you sure about that🤨

    • @RadagonTheRed
      @RadagonTheRed Месяц назад +2

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

    • @Kinda_random.
      @Kinda_random. Месяц назад

      @@RadagonTheRed what is a spearm?

    • @RadagonTheRed
      @RadagonTheRed Месяц назад +1

      @@Kinda_random. I don’t know what a “spearm” is.
      I know what a sperm is though. It’s a male reproductive cell, also known as a gamete.

    • @josephsworldoftaekwondo5059
      @josephsworldoftaekwondo5059 15 дней назад +1

      The X Chromosome is 3X larger than the Y-C. Is not Y a defect of X?

  • @ConnorHay
    @ConnorHay 10 дней назад +17

    Here because of Amit. Rest in Awesome, Amit. DFTBA

  • @davontihoward9038
    @davontihoward9038 2 года назад +1550

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

  • @unknown5yearsago799
    @unknown5yearsago799 5 лет назад +915

    My single brain cell will turn into a salamander

    • @SlightlyTerrified
      @SlightlyTerrified 5 лет назад +8

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

    • @unknown5yearsago799
      @unknown5yearsago799 5 лет назад +12

      @Abhay Tin cause it substracts

    • @cassu6
      @cassu6 5 лет назад +5

      your brain cells wont do anything worthwhile

    • @Andre-cj1ds
      @Andre-cj1ds 5 лет назад +25

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

    • @bdl2157
      @bdl2157 5 лет назад +13

      Mine turned into a platypus. It really hurts.

  • @SpeakShibboleth
    @SpeakShibboleth 10 дней назад +11

    That was much more interesting than I would have expected! DFTBA

  • @evilsharkey8954
    @evilsharkey8954 3 года назад +535

    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.

    • @turtlemanbilo5009
      @turtlemanbilo5009 3 года назад +7

      @whesley hynes that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard

    • @turtlemanbilo5009
      @turtlemanbilo5009 3 года назад +14

      is it weird that blastula and gastrula remind me of pokemon names

    • @RomanshGupta
      @RomanshGupta 3 года назад +2

      @@turtlemanbilo5009 lol same blastoise and galvantula right?

    • @turtlemanbilo5009
      @turtlemanbilo5009 3 года назад

      @@RomanshGupta yea lol

    • @alejandromorales1691
      @alejandromorales1691 3 года назад

      @whesley hynes what are you on about

  • @canwegetsubswithfewvideos
    @canwegetsubswithfewvideos 4 года назад +1505

    *poor salamander has a creepy stalker*

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 4 года назад +4

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

    • @plantbasedplant3505
      @plantbasedplant3505 4 года назад

      @@MrBiggysmalls87 are this is a joke

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 4 года назад

      ok im done Is this feet plink store go.

    • @sesanti
      @sesanti 4 года назад +1

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

  • @rafas3941
    @rafas3941 2 года назад +463

    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 2 года назад +12

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

    • @rafas3941
      @rafas3941 2 года назад +76

      @@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 2 года назад +9

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

    • @rafas3941
      @rafas3941 2 года назад +18

      @@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 2 года назад +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?

  • @metalheadjakob
    @metalheadjakob 10 дней назад +10

    What an enchanting look at Life. Rest in peace Amit, your legacy lives on.

  • @ramsewanthakur
    @ramsewanthakur 5 лет назад +1226

    Ok, RUclips 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 5 лет назад +2

      I agree

    • @moser3712
      @moser3712 5 лет назад +5

      Dumb Indian bigot showing off his EENGALIS! 🤣

    • @fifthe4908
      @fifthe4908 5 лет назад +8

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

  • @SubaruOutback-uc2nt
    @SubaruOutback-uc2nt 4 года назад +160

    Cell : Become Salamander

  • @chai4768
    @chai4768 10 дней назад +15

    Something truly amazing in the moment the embryo moves, and life comes into focus. Thank you for making the world a more wonder filled place, Amit.

  • @synappticuser7296
    @synappticuser7296 Год назад +205

    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 11 месяцев назад

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

    • @ThatGuy-eq9mz
      @ThatGuy-eq9mz Месяц назад +1

      Best comment ever

  • @Leto85
    @Leto85 2 года назад +1150

    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 2 года назад +11

      I too thought about it...

    • @pleeppants1712
      @pleeppants1712 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +41

      @@pleeppants1712 Haha, I know that.

    • @Tantalus010
      @Tantalus010 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +42

      @@Tantalus010 Will this count as animal abuse?

  • @karnage9685
    @karnage9685 3 года назад +1553

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

  • @itboom
    @itboom 10 дней назад +4

    For the days of sitting on your couch, watching food wars, forged by fire and salamander growth. The couch will never be the same.

  • @juliaxchung
    @juliaxchung 10 дней назад +12

    We’re here because (of Amit!)

  • @maiko_kun_
    @maiko_kun_ 5 лет назад +9594

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

  • @hanaeve__
    @hanaeve__ 4 года назад +645

    When the cells started to split themselves up into billions of themselves, it was both beautiful but *kinda spooky.*

    • @purpleemerald5299
      @purpleemerald5299 4 года назад +22

      Blueberry Gamer You’re just the end result of that same process.
      At one point, we were both just a pile of mindless cells. *Imagine how terrifying it would be if we could create and maintain memories from our earliest days of existence.*

    • @jskratnyarlathotep8411
      @jskratnyarlathotep8411 4 года назад +1

      interesting, during all the development it did not grow at all
      or is it just a magic zoom?

    • @davidkonevky7372
      @davidkonevky7372 4 года назад +2

      I loved every second of it

    • @searchingmyfxcks2334
      @searchingmyfxcks2334 3 года назад

      it looked really psychedelic and trippy

    • @Nhatanh0475
      @Nhatanh0475 3 года назад

      And then everything just swallow them self.

  • @meganl8071
    @meganl8071 10 дней назад +12

    In memory of Amit

  • @griffinheaney148
    @griffinheaney148 10 дней назад +12

    May your memory be a blessing, Amit ❤

  • @z3dar
    @z3dar 5 лет назад +328

    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.

    • @Brathize
      @Brathize 5 лет назад +5

      Pyry Parkkola it takes too much time and patience.. Not easy tho

    • @danman9847
      @danman9847 5 лет назад +1

      Baandi set it and forget it ez pz lol

    • @GauravSanjeevKumarBhardwaj1220
      @GauravSanjeevKumarBhardwaj1220 5 лет назад

      Hehehe

    • @carneliantopsoil
      @carneliantopsoil 5 лет назад +1

      Start with babies and change some minds!

    • @someonessidechannel1485
      @someonessidechannel1485 5 лет назад +1

      It would be a lot harder with avians and mammals, but with other species of amphibians and fish... That would be a sweet series

  • @alonzomorning1411
    @alonzomorning1411 5 лет назад +160

    It’s crazy to think we were all a single cell at one point as well...

    • @SexyFace
      @SexyFace 5 лет назад +15

      you know too much. be expecting a visit

    • @johnmoreno6903
      @johnmoreno6903 5 лет назад +1

      * cough * cough * sperm and egg

    • @tomd5069
      @tomd5069 5 лет назад +9

      Our dna, what makes us, well us, only fully formed after fertilization. That’s the start kinda, the first cell that held your entire being coded in an insanely long molecule. An entirely unique code that has never before been seen nor ever will be again unless taken directly from itself (you)

    • @lystic9392
      @lystic9392 5 лет назад +1

      Makes you wonder about what consciousness really means.

    • @caprice459
      @caprice459 5 лет назад +2

      @Andres Hernandez lol

  • @JoshuaDolman
    @JoshuaDolman 10 дней назад +8

    We’re here ❤

  • @laurawhittenburg
    @laurawhittenburg 10 дней назад +8

    We're here. ❤

  • @Archer-1453
    @Archer-1453 5 лет назад +290

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

    • @bejelweledlegacy8282
      @bejelweledlegacy8282 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @5and532
      @5and532 5 лет назад +1

      More beautiful than Liverpool beating barca?

    • @samuelcerda9876
      @samuelcerda9876 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @mollyf604
    @mollyf604 3 года назад +981

    i feel very emotionally attached to this singular specific salamander

  • @kamiziatk1519
    @kamiziatk1519 Год назад +103

    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 Год назад +9

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

    • @soxnation1000
      @soxnation1000 11 месяцев назад +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 9 месяцев назад +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 7 месяцев назад

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

    • @edwardspencer9397
      @edwardspencer9397 6 месяцев назад

      @@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.

  • @movingforwardLDTH
    @movingforwardLDTH 10 дней назад +13

    For Amit….

  • @fuckthis6906
    @fuckthis6906 5 лет назад +144

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

  • @craftourartout
    @craftourartout 3 года назад +293

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

    • @spicynoodles2742
      @spicynoodles2742 3 года назад +20

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

    • @kateallison6096
      @kateallison6096 3 года назад +6

      im watching this for bio class right now.

    • @DajaninaNa
      @DajaninaNa 3 года назад +5

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

    • @none8163
      @none8163 3 года назад

      Exactly it would have been more interesting

  • @iota_tau
    @iota_tau 10 дней назад +9

    From cell to bread dough proofing to salamander - fascinating! Thank you Amit for leading me here!

  • @TBFighterTofu
    @TBFighterTofu 10 дней назад +12

    Thank you Amit! Rest in awesome.

  • @clownfiesta8205
    @clownfiesta8205 5 лет назад +970

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

  • @Gnoggin
    @Gnoggin 5 лет назад +578

    Life is amazing.

    • @dandragonz3483
      @dandragonz3483 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah it is (btw I love your stuff dude)

    • @DuskLegend
      @DuskLegend 5 лет назад +1

      But that’s just a theory

    • @Natsu2G
      @Natsu2G 5 лет назад +1

      Hye sup, what are you doing around here? XD
      love your stuff btw ^^

    • @jonnynik7626
      @jonnynik7626 5 лет назад +1

      Says the guy with a skull as his avatar? :D

    • @immagreenunit8301
      @immagreenunit8301 5 лет назад

      Your the best love what you do

  • @toby_wan
    @toby_wan 10 дней назад +9

    In honor of Amit. Thank you for everything you have done.

  • @morgansaucier8684
    @morgansaucier8684 10 дней назад +13

    DFTBA! 💗

  • @hyperbolictesseract6609
    @hyperbolictesseract6609 4 года назад +524

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

    • @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening
      @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening 4 года назад +58

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

    • @purpleemerald5299
      @purpleemerald5299 4 года назад +15

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

    • @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening
      @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening 4 года назад +11

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

    • @katiev5281
      @katiev5281 4 года назад +6

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

    • @crystald3346
      @crystald3346 4 года назад +6

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

  • @hoixmap520
    @hoixmap520 2 года назад +1560

    Notice how as the cells divide at the start, the embryo as a whole stays the same size. This is different to conventional mitosis outside of developmental biology where a cell grows and THEN divides into two daughter cells, essentially doubling the total volume of cells. Also, notice how you can see the red blood cells flowing through the circulatory system. Just a few interesting points.
    Anyway, the way these cells actually coordinate themselves is by secreting substances called morphogens. These morphogens then diffuse around the surrounding mass binding to the cell surface of each other. The area where the morphogen is produced is very high in the amount of the morphogen (as it was produced there). As you move further and further away from the source, the amount of morphogen decreases. In this way, the cells can "know" where they are in relation to the rest of the cells and embryo by different amounts of morphogen binding back to their cell surface membrane. They can then respond by activating or silencing certain genes. This happens throughout the process allowing cells to differentiate and specialise into the different tissues and organs eventually resulting in the salamander. The world of developmental biology is an incredibly clever and fascinating process.

    • @RadeticDaniel
      @RadeticDaniel 2 года назад +47

      thanks for this comment, I just learned something new =)

    • @hoixmap520
      @hoixmap520 2 года назад +20

      @@RadeticDaniel No problem, happy to help ✌🏻

    • @martinfraga4329
      @martinfraga4329 2 года назад +13

      Thank you! I was so confused by that...to the point where I thought we were not looking at cell division, and simply something that looked like it.

    • @hoixmap520
      @hoixmap520 2 года назад +10

      @@martinfraga4329 Oh yes, it’s still cell division so you’re completely right.

    • @nahidsyyed906
      @nahidsyyed906 2 года назад +14

      All this finally reflects that there is a SUPERPOWER above and beyond human comprehension that we call by different names..OMG!

  • @toripenceyo
    @toripenceyo 10 дней назад +7

    Because we’re here 😊

  • @rebeccabrown4277
    @rebeccabrown4277 10 дней назад +9

    That was absolutely amazing. Thank you, Amit, for sharing your passion from beyond the veil. RIP