Tadpole Shrimp Are Coming For Your Rice | Deep Look

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  • @davidb5205
    @davidb5205 3 года назад +11748

    "This tadpole shrimp is coming for your rice."
    *Me:* "My goodness. How do we stop this monster?"
    "They even eat larvae of mosquitos"
    *Me:* "Give them a lifetime supply of rice and a Nobel Peace Prize."

    • @nickzakrath7080
      @nickzakrath7080 3 года назад +512

      Unleash them all over Africa. Problem solved.

    • @KungLao92
      @KungLao92 3 года назад +69

      Lol ok

    • @Ramash440
      @Ramash440 3 года назад +582

      You beat me to this comment, soon as they said that these things don't really destroy ricefields AND they eat mosquitoes my opinion did a 180 and now I think they're the best.

    • @TheAlien_in_your_backyard
      @TheAlien_in_your_backyard 3 года назад +27

      Haha cute

    • @jlan123
      @jlan123 3 года назад +162

      @@nickzakrath7080 This totally won't have unintended consequences like many other examples of releasing animals en-masse.

  • @jesusjoseph1899
    @jesusjoseph1899 3 года назад +3022

    Fun fact. Farmers in Japan actually introduced Triops cancriformes into rice fields to get rid of mosquitoes and help ensure the rice is healthy

    • @thanhavictus
      @thanhavictus 3 года назад +70

      What's their trick to stopping them from eating the rice

    • @noobie1890
      @noobie1890 3 года назад +370

      @@thanhavictus there is none, if the rice isn’t healthy it ain’t gonna grow and gets cut out of the equation sooner

    • @playo9197
      @playo9197 3 года назад +256

      @@thanhavictus sorta, the rice just grows, but there are some losses. Most of the rice seems fine (especially when they get tougher as they grow) then the tadpole shrimps eat mosquitoes, weeds, and the sort.

    • @genghiskhan6809
      @genghiskhan6809 3 года назад +166

      @@thanhavictus I don’t know if they do this in Japan but in southeast asia, we grow the rice on dry land until it’s big enough and then, we either transfer it to the flooded field or just flood the field.

    • @GranRey-0
      @GranRey-0 3 года назад +81

      Yeah, they plant their rice in paddies as seedlings that already poke out of the water so they're big enough at that point.

  • @jaybayer3670
    @jaybayer3670 3 года назад +2776

    These are my most favorite animals in the whole world. You can order eggs for like 10$ and they'll eat any vegetable. Most people just feed them parboiled carrots. You just add water to the eggs, and you don't even need a big aquarium for em, I've raised them in a literal fish bowl before. No heater, no filter. Absolutely give a go at hatching them, it's such a fun experience.

    • @jaybayer3670
      @jaybayer3670 3 года назад +142

      @@Tanks_In_Space yeah that's a good point. If you live where they're native then. I've always lived in the southwest us and never thought about that. i dont think there many vernal pools in many places where they would actually be able to survive multiple generations. I could be wrong.

    • @cheesedtomeetyou8007
      @cheesedtomeetyou8007 3 года назад +129

      @@Tanks_In_Space Maybe that's the case for fish, but these things die before you can get bored of them lol

    • @bigbonesjones5566
      @bigbonesjones5566 3 года назад +103

      @@Tanks_In_Space Not a huge problem, as the most common species, T. longicaudatus, is found naturally all throughout North and South America. Different species of Triops are found in Asia, Southern Europe, and Australia, so they have a pretty much global range already. I looked it up and currently Triops are only considered invasive in Northern Europe, Spain, and Japan. If you live in the States or Australia there should be no concern.

    • @jaybayer3670
      @jaybayer3670 3 года назад +58

      @@bigbonesjones5566 interesting thanks for the info. Don't buy these in you live in these areas please xD

    • @iamthinking2136
      @iamthinking2136 3 года назад +10

      They look pretty harmless too

  • @c-onethirty
    @c-onethirty Год назад +273

    Some of the best triops footage I've ever seen. Truly an underrated animal.

    • @sapphirejade5029
      @sapphirejade5029 11 месяцев назад +2

      They look like mini trilobites or horseshoe crabs. Absolutely cool!

    • @ReddPikmin
      @ReddPikmin 7 месяцев назад

      They are my new obsession

  • @The_Horizon
    @The_Horizon 3 года назад +1158

    reminds me of those little kits what you buy at scholastic book fairs and end up never hatching them

    • @Miitsu222
      @Miitsu222 3 года назад +5

      Horizon on top

    • @shadowwolfginga2112
      @shadowwolfginga2112 3 года назад +50

      Mine surprisingly hatched thooo my grandma didnt know what they were and thought it was just some dirty water and almost dumped them lolol

    • @darksparkyshark430
      @darksparkyshark430 3 года назад +10

      Why does this make me sad?

    • @Scribbby
      @Scribbby 3 года назад +36

      Triops!
      Out of the 30 eggs in the box set, 2 of mine managed to hatch.

    • @latticeddreams
      @latticeddreams 3 года назад +8

      And if you could find them in your house again, if they aren't shattered, you could likely still hatch them

  • @Guroloid
    @Guroloid 3 года назад +3465

    Can we just admire how Deep Look really goes in-depth not only with facts but with their video shots as well???

    • @5gun1
      @5gun1 3 года назад +74

      That’s why it’s called deep look

    • @SyedAli-kr6qw
      @SyedAli-kr6qw 3 года назад +15

      Duh!

    • @Craq_
      @Craq_ 3 года назад +11

      @@5gun1 danm u beat me to it

    • @aaronnekrin5150
      @aaronnekrin5150 3 года назад +4

      You mean kqed

    • @Guroloid
      @Guroloid 3 года назад +11

      @@5gun1 Exactly, you understand! The lengths they go through to take shots like these is astounding, man!

  • @CommieGIR
    @CommieGIR 3 года назад +890

    Practically look like fossils come to life. Cute little guys.

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  3 года назад +211

      Indeed - sometimes they are referred to as "living fossils," but even though they look very similar to their ancestors from many millions of years ago, there are notable internal changes that have occurred over time.

    • @lawrencecarr4973
      @lawrencecarr4973 3 года назад +16

      @@KQEDDeepLook I always love your video s I learned something new every time I watch

    • @dave901102
      @dave901102 3 года назад +14

      Kabuto

    • @nolashingout4940
      @nolashingout4940 3 года назад

      That's what your mom said last night

    • @raloed.363
      @raloed.363 3 года назад +13

      they look like horse shoe crabs, which are also considered living fossils

  • @diyshah8861
    @diyshah8861 3 года назад +248

    The eyes of a tadpole shrimp give me the "don't talk to me, i angry" vibes

  • @Crystalline_Chaos
    @Crystalline_Chaos Год назад +7

    I remember triops and I loved them so much.

  • @bunkfoss50yearsago53
    @bunkfoss50yearsago53 3 года назад +14

    I found this channel a few years ago before I was even old enough for RUclips TOS on my old Nintendo Switch account. When I sadly lost that account I also forgot about this channel. Now that I'm back on RUclips on this newer account and I happened to be watching PBS Digital Studios and I saw this channel and even though I didn't know this channel was a PBS Digital Studios channel I'm happy I found it again. Also I heard about these emerging recently they're really cool especially the third eye which I have no idea why it evolved.

  • @alkatraz706
    @alkatraz706 3 года назад +1004

    "This tadpole shrimp is coming for your rice"
    *Sweats in Filipino*

    • @chau8122
      @chau8122 3 года назад +133

      *sweats in indonesian*

    • @MissMoron
      @MissMoron 3 года назад +120

      *Sweats Intensely In Malaysia*

    • @emperortunalirius2753
      @emperortunalirius2753 3 года назад +48

      Vietnamese

    • @NanashiCAST
      @NanashiCAST 3 года назад +67

      Sweats in Japanese

    • @hazeeqrazak
      @hazeeqrazak 3 года назад +72

      *Sweats in South East asian along with ehtnic Asians*

  • @chileplease960
    @chileplease960 3 года назад +412

    The way life can adapt to literally every environment is beyond amazing

    • @Jadae
      @Jadae 3 года назад +5

      The Way Deep Look described them, and said they weren't true shrimp, that they survive beyond the breaking point of other beings -- I was like... oh, okay. Water Cockroaches lol. Got it :P

    • @billbull1JB-EH
      @billbull1JB-EH 3 года назад

      The meek(shrimp) shall inherent the earth

    • @settrasurfs1780
      @settrasurfs1780 3 года назад +2

      "Life uh, finds a way"

    • @amarguediomar8076
      @amarguediomar8076 3 года назад +3

      Because god is great 😌

    • @billbull1JB-EH
      @billbull1JB-EH 3 года назад

      @@amarguediomar8076 agreed

  • @KittyMeow1984
    @KittyMeow1984 3 года назад +1136

    Kind of strange to think that they can spend years dormant in their eggs, only to hatch and live for just 20 to 90 days.

    • @Cleeon
      @Cleeon 3 года назад +86

      Yes, because they don't have much time for the plenty of water 💧

    • @sleepypotato7183
      @sleepypotato7183 3 года назад +74

      Having longer maturity is actually detrimental for them. Most seasonal rainstorm puddle wont even last a month.

    • @fiercetatsu6782
      @fiercetatsu6782 3 года назад +71

      They hustle, wake up reproduce and off to heaven they don’t waste time like us

    • @hdjghasgaj
      @hdjghasgaj 3 года назад +22

      If that is kind of strange to you, you should definitely check out cicadas! They wait 17 years and ALL of them hatch at the same time

    • @raccoonchild
      @raccoonchild 3 года назад +14

      @@hdjghasgaj Only some species from North America. Most cicadas come out every single year and are very representative of summer.

  • @amish613
    @amish613 2 года назад +3

    The story narrative makes the information so easy to digest

  • @gabrielfrost9134
    @gabrielfrost9134 3 года назад +143

    Didn't knew about it's existence, fascinating to know it lived even before the dinosaurs and still rocking, thank you deep look subscribed. ❤️

    • @kamageddynvideochannel3479
      @kamageddynvideochannel3479 2 года назад +3

      Buy a triops kit then you can have these guys as pets

    • @gabrielfrost9134
      @gabrielfrost9134 2 года назад +3

      @@kamageddynvideochannel3479 Why you assume I'll have them as pets?! No thank you. 🤣

    • @destineloathe2999
      @destineloathe2999 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@gabrielfrost9134 Cause it seems like you love them interestingly😂

  • @nozeeek2385
    @nozeeek2385 3 года назад +1456

    Triops look like aliens from the twilight zone. It’s fascinating how they can persevere and live for so long!

    • @rydon6330
      @rydon6330 3 года назад +6

      They only live for like 90 days tho

    • @RainebowEvee
      @RainebowEvee 3 года назад +21

      @@rydon6330 individually yes, but a species as a whole they have survived major extinctions

    • @RainebowEvee
      @RainebowEvee 3 года назад +19

      they're kind of cute to me! almost like shrimpy looking horseshoe crabs

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 3 года назад +6

      @@doctordemon5076 we as a species aren’t that old, we’re really new relative to others

    • @localeboy808
      @localeboy808 3 года назад

      @@rydon6330 30 days…..

  • @beepboop7219
    @beepboop7219 3 года назад +362

    I always think Tadpole shrimp and Triops are so cool and cute. It's like a Horseshoe crab but...smol 🥺

    • @neljonhporia
      @neljonhporia 3 года назад +6

      Same thought 😍😍

    • @furby9284
      @furby9284 3 года назад +34

      Horseshoe crabs are some of my favorite animals. I have so many of them on my beach in Animal Crossing. So when I saw the tadpole shrimp up close I just about squealed.

    • @WanderTheNomad
      @WanderTheNomad 3 года назад +4

      I wonder how closely related they are

    • @scarfy790
      @scarfy790 3 года назад +21

      Not as close as one might think. While both are arthropods, Tadpole shrimps belong to the Crustacea and Horshoe crabs to the Chelicerata. So Horseshoe crabs aren't actually crabs and are more closely related to spiders and scorpions, which also belong to the Chelicerata.

    • @WanderTheNomad
      @WanderTheNomad 3 года назад +11

      @@scarfy790 so just convergent evolution for their general shape?

  • @EddVCR
    @EddVCR 3 года назад +782

    As a Japanese person who loves rice (I can practically live on just onigiri 🍙) but hates mosquitoes, I’m super conflicted about these guys

    • @BroadwayRonMexico
      @BroadwayRonMexico 3 года назад +160

      Rice farmers in Japan actually introduce these guys to their fields to deal with both weeds and mosquitoes

    • @zrlg3241
      @zrlg3241 3 года назад +2

      YWNBJ

    • @thegamergirl6164
      @thegamergirl6164 2 года назад +2

      lol

    • @thegamergirl6164
      @thegamergirl6164 2 года назад +2

      I like rice not mosquiteoes

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl 2 года назад +54

      @Hernando Malinche why the reaction? They barely touch the crop harvest. As soon as the seedlings are set in and growing well, these critters move on to eating invasive weeds and mosquito larvae. Plus, there are Native species of these things in that area, so it's not like there's a dangerous invasive pest getting introduced. They live there, already.

  • @allarian8726
    @allarian8726 3 года назад +41

    These little critters are pretty cool. I remember having some as pets when I was a kid. This kinda made me want to buy another box from Argos and raise new ones xD

  • @Astronomemereal
    @Astronomemereal 3 года назад +39

    Fun fact: the first speicies' of tadpole shrimp lived over 200 million years ago, and that could easily prove how hardy they are

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl 2 года назад

      Um... they literally say that _in_ the video. That's not how the "fun fact" thing works. 🙄 Just repeating stuff the video says isn't a "fun fact" situation. At all.

  • @DPowered2
    @DPowered2 3 года назад +531

    why do we like naming things something they aren't.
    "its not a tadpole"
    Yeah because its a shrimp
    "its not even a shrimp"
    wth!

    • @brianisme6498
      @brianisme6498 3 года назад +70

      It’s named after its appearance. It looks like a tadpole and shrimp. Taxonomy and naming traditions also changes a lot. For example eagle used to be a term which referred to raptorial birds in general. So there are a fair few ‘eagles’ that aren’t eagles at all.

    • @xmorose
      @xmorose 3 года назад +7

      english moment

    • @xmorose
      @xmorose 3 года назад

      @@inanefabas4402 aint latin but doesnt matter lol

    • @andrewwojtas8486
      @andrewwojtas8486 3 года назад +8

      The Mountain Chicken would like a word with you

    • @haze6647
      @haze6647 3 года назад

      @@inanefabas4402 latino call it Triops.

  • @kathyl9222
    @kathyl9222 3 года назад +332

    In some countries in Asia, rice is planted from seedling instead of from seed so the triops won’t eat them. They are found throughout the world, not just in the Americas, and there are many more species than just the one displayed here.

    • @Isaac-gh5ku
      @Isaac-gh5ku 3 года назад +10

      I wonder how long humanity have known these tiny creatures.

    • @patremagilbert8787
      @patremagilbert8787 3 года назад

      Woe

    • @PatchyE
      @PatchyE 3 года назад

      but where does the seedlings come from?

    • @MRVNKL
      @MRVNKL 3 года назад +9

      Even in the real china, taiwan?

    • @mr.paradox333
      @mr.paradox333 3 года назад +7

      @@PatchyE they are grown seperatly in mud

  • @abyssalzei552
    @abyssalzei552 3 года назад +301

    "Who's been eating up everything"
    "It's been Tadpole Shrimp All Along!"

    • @nwartistry9399
      @nwartistry9399 3 года назад +1

      Ohhh i get it
      You got the idea from agatha all along wasnt it

  • @greminboye
    @greminboye 5 месяцев назад +1

    The little tune at the start is so irresistibly catchy i find myself unknowingly humming it because of this goddamn video

  • @meh3803
    @meh3803 3 года назад +26

    their cuteness is the reason why I'm willing to give up my rice. 🥺

  • @lanthelancer
    @lanthelancer 3 года назад +970

    “These shrimp are eating your rice.”
    How dare they, we should really do something about tha-
    “They eat mosquito larva.”
    All is forgiven.

  • @derpychicken2131
    @derpychicken2131 3 года назад +334

    I always called them Triops, I literally never knew they had a common name, much less “tadpole shrimp”

    • @aight.544
      @aight.544 3 года назад +7

      I am pretty sure I’ve seen a brand of triops that said tadpole shrimp on them in a thrift shop long ago. Then again there’s probably a lot of different brands of triops so I mean ya lol

    • @quentinultramegadroiteradi7345
      @quentinultramegadroiteradi7345 3 года назад

      Same

    • @quentinultramegadroiteradi7345
      @quentinultramegadroiteradi7345 3 года назад +3

      @volle Kanne DUDE I had one who lived 6 months and a half didn’t know it was possible to do better ! Most don’t get passed 1 and a half lol

    • @snattler
      @snattler 3 года назад +2

      Triops are common here in desert regions where water collects. You can find them if you know where to look. There's a lot of them at Hueco Tanks State Park near El Paso, Texas. There's voids in the big rocks that collect rainwater and you will see them if it has rained recently.

    • @jameandthegiantpeach2273
      @jameandthegiantpeach2273 3 года назад +1

      @Derpychicken....Lol...😆... and what was the first thing you thought of when you saw their common name and what it was?

  • @microska2656
    @microska2656 3 года назад +156

    When I was a kid, I got a kit containing a container with sand and some triops eggs for Christmas. It was the best Christmas gift ever.
    I also thought for some reason that they took these eggs from the dinosaur era, and preserved the eggs

    • @christiana5453
      @christiana5453 3 года назад +4

      Yooo i had some to when I was seven they were really cool

    • @molybdaen11
      @molybdaen11 3 года назад +5

      Because they were often advertised as dinosaur crabs or something similar silly.

    • @ricelover6948
      @ricelover6948 3 года назад +3

      mine died so i had to bury it

    • @RainebowEvee
      @RainebowEvee 3 года назад +2

      aww that's so cute

    • @charlietheooferson5384
      @charlietheooferson5384 3 года назад

      @@ricelover6948 rip

  • @petermallia558
    @petermallia558 2 года назад +7

    They look prehistoric, a bit like the crabs from the Horseshoe crab family of crustaceans, just miniature versions.
    As always top notch production, and another great learning experience, short simple and factual, exactly what/how it should be.

  • @joejoejoe2233
    @joejoejoe2233 3 года назад +1

    Seriously cant get enough of these videos

  • @diamantemaluco5757
    @diamantemaluco5757 3 года назад +201

    watching them eat the rice is weirdly adorable, let's agree

  • @jonhy8351
    @jonhy8351 3 года назад +178

    FINALLY THEY GOT THEIR ATTENTION THEY NEEDED, LET'S GO TRIOOOOOOOPS AAAA

  • @Beliserius1
    @Beliserius1 3 года назад +116

    As someone Chinese, my first thought was, "Ooh, free shrimp coming with my rice?"
    After seeing the video and seeing how tiny they are... "Do they still taste good at least?"

    • @RainebowEvee
      @RainebowEvee 3 года назад +12

      I'M CRYING DUDE SAME

    • @oceanicwhitetip8984
      @oceanicwhitetip8984 3 года назад +11

      They have basically not meat on em so no.

    • @Beliserius1
      @Beliserius1 3 года назад +11

      @@oceanicwhitetip8984 you make me sad

    • @fenrirgg
      @fenrirgg 3 года назад +4

      It's a shrimp crust with mud, I don't think they are tasty at all.

    • @thebongoman627
      @thebongoman627 3 года назад +2

      @@fenrirgg I will crush them with my teeth and eat until i have my fill.

  • @Bluey_UwU
    @Bluey_UwU Год назад +5

    Tadpole shrimp: we have come for your rice.

  • @abhirajbhokare1989
    @abhirajbhokare1989 2 года назад +13

    Deep look truly looks deeply into information and give it to us in a way more detailed unique efficient and simple way which is the best thing. I really feel like this channel deserves a few more million subscribers.

  • @doomscyte1087
    @doomscyte1087 3 года назад +798

    so basically they help us to differ good seeds from the bad ones (since only the strongest seed gets to grow and bears fruit for us)
    they also kills off any Mosquitoes Larvae; truly an impressive creature 👀

    • @AA-vr8ve
      @AA-vr8ve 3 года назад +37

      They were actually introduced in Japan on purpose!

    • @pino_de_vogel
      @pino_de_vogel 3 года назад +54

      That's not how bugs think. Bugs eat everything period. And frankly the strongest seeds are the ones germinating first and therefor wil get eaten first. So if anything the opposite is true.

    • @lalaland962
      @lalaland962 3 года назад +4

      What's not to love about the little critters?

    • @pacific_watercress
      @pacific_watercress 3 года назад +10

      Sigma grindset creature

    • @anthon8907
      @anthon8907 3 года назад +2

      Sadly, they only live about a month :(

  • @dajustin5408
    @dajustin5408 3 года назад +67

    I love my fellow shrimps! Thanks for showing me Deep Look.

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  3 года назад +14

      My pleasure 😊

    • @jockseethe9300
      @jockseethe9300 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/t_y4OmLnZnc/видео.html&feature=share

    • @roccotaco1843
      @roccotaco1843 3 года назад

      @@jockseethe9300 BRUH

  • @Tobazhniazhi
    @Tobazhniazhi 3 года назад +56

    I remember seeing these little critters while growing up in Jemez New Mexico, I thought it strange that there were these prehistoric creatures in the middle of the desert, absolutely amazing.

    • @charliedeegan1598
      @charliedeegan1598 2 года назад +2

      Wait I live so close to Jemez! I might have to go check it out

  • @mayonnaiseeee
    @mayonnaiseeee Год назад +2

    Beautiful creatures with a very interesting life cycle, thanks for the video

  • @Ghost-ub2ti
    @Ghost-ub2ti 2 года назад +5

    "We have come for your rice"
    "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE"

  • @Captain_Bagel
    @Captain_Bagel 3 года назад +45

    Thank you tadpole shrimp where my favourite when I was a kid. I had a few different generations of them until they died. I bought some more soon after, but something was wrong. With my 9 year old brain I didn't question how water fleas got into my enclosure and the eggs in the packet where thin and long compared to there normal ball shape. If I just thought to tell someone that I think there's something weird with the larva of the tadpole shrimp we could of prevented the disaster to come. On the night they all seemed fine after I left them some boiled cucumber I went to bed. I woke up with covered in itchy bites all over my body and my room was swarming with mosquitos. My mom had to spend 2 nights swatting them with a tea towel leaving me sharing my mom's bedroom. After that I wasn't aloud to have anymore breaking my heart as I just wanted to have some little buddies. Why do mosquitos ruin everything.

    • @tookitogo
      @tookitogo 3 года назад +9

      They sent you mosquito eggs instead of tadpole shrimp eggs?!?

    • @Captain_Bagel
      @Captain_Bagel 3 года назад +5

      @@tookitogo Yeah I don't know how maybe it's the way they collect them and they got collected instead I'm not sure.

    • @tookitogo
      @tookitogo 3 года назад +10

      @@Captain_Bagel Indeed. I mean, the only other thing I could imagine would be a packaging error, but then again, who on earth would want to buy mosquito eggs?!?

    • @Oscar4u69
      @Oscar4u69 3 года назад +1

      maybe they were from China, trying to sabotage other countries

  • @cathyb1273
    @cathyb1273 3 года назад +90

    They look like tiny horseshoes.
    So if i understand well, between the tadpoles and the rice farmers it’s a win-win situation ? They lose some rice but they gain strongers plants and less mosquitoes. Cool.
    Never knew they were rice farmers in California... i learn something today. 😁

    • @robrod7120
      @robrod7120 3 года назад +7

      We farm basically everything here in California, so honestly its harder to look for something that ISNT farmed here. The central valley is basically one giant fertile valley, and would be perfect if it weren’t running out of water faster than ever.

  • @tuckerricklefs4830
    @tuckerricklefs4830 3 года назад +100

    Kinda gives "shrimp fried rice" a whole new meaning.

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl 2 года назад

      Um, not so much. They are long dead and their eggs are at the bottom of the water until next year loooong before the rice gets harvested. The two don't interact once the rice plants are established and growing. So... yeah. Not really logical to conflate the two things.

    • @noimnotakpoppfpsheacy2526
      @noimnotakpoppfpsheacy2526 2 года назад +2

      @@MaryAnnNytowl This comment wasn't meant to be taken literally

  • @Scribbby
    @Scribbby 3 года назад +2

    Triops!!!
    I had one of them toy sets as a kid but only managed to grow 2 out of the 30 eggs that was provided. The bigger one ended up cannibalising the substantially smaller one. Then it ended up dying two months later. These events confused me as a kid, but I ended up learning one very important lesson; life is brutal.

  • @asuddenredfox3626
    @asuddenredfox3626 Год назад +2

    “They eat rice crops.”
    “Oh no!”
    “And mosquito Larvae”
    “OH YES”

  • @bazookallamaproductions5280
    @bazookallamaproductions5280 3 года назад +32

    the long shelf life of the eggs is why theyre sometimes sold as "instant pets" to kids.
    "put them in water and blammo" kind of thing.

  • @dominiciancabatit6012
    @dominiciancabatit6012 3 года назад +59

    I want them in my ponds. To eat the mosquito larva! Anyway, I almost thought they would be killed as pests or something since they eat rice seedlings. I'm happy it didn't turn out that way. They're awesome creatures!

    • @beachgirl4583
      @beachgirl4583 3 года назад +5

      You can get mosquito eater fish, often for free.

    • @Isaac-gh5ku
      @Isaac-gh5ku 3 года назад

      I wonder when humanity first discovered them, probably thousands of years ago, did they treat these tadpole shrimps as pest first, or use them for their benefits of their crops?

    • @ratnoodles6981
      @ratnoodles6981 2 года назад

      @@Isaac-gh5ku I saw that people introduced them to rice fields.

  • @wafflehouse5289
    @wafflehouse5289 3 года назад +49

    Triops are so cool! I wonder how long their resilient eggs can be dormant for. They are so derpy in their movements, haha!

    • @KittyMeow1984
      @KittyMeow1984 3 года назад +6

      According to a Google search, the eggs can survive up to 27 years!

    • @crabjuice3001
      @crabjuice3001 3 года назад +1

      @@KittyMeow1984 😱 that’s long Long.

    • @backyardtortoise.
      @backyardtortoise. 3 года назад

      The most resilient organic this is Pollen grains which is present in flowers. No acids or enzyme can damage a pollen.

  • @alphanumericskeptic
    @alphanumericskeptic 3 месяца назад +1

    If my memory serves me well. This creature is what they were selling on the back of comic books in the 70's. They called them Sea Monkeys. And the drawing on the ad showed a neat little family of web footed people holding hands. I had orderd some and hatched them in water. And was upset that they did not look at all like little web-footed people. But they were neat to watch grow in the water. And the excitement was worth the effort in the long run I guess. Kids love to get excited about something new to try.
    **Now after some thinking, I realized that the sea monkeys were not tadpole shrimp. They were brine shrimp instead. Sorry my error.

  • @smackingjack425awesome3
    @smackingjack425awesome3 Год назад +1

    “Tadpole shrimp are coming for your rice” sounds like something that should be made into a meme.

  • @jirredvang901
    @jirredvang901 3 года назад +55

    I remember raising these guys from a kit I got from a book fair at school when I was a kid

    • @Azio666
      @Azio666 3 года назад

      Wdym when you was a kid you are a kid

    • @danhix5005
      @danhix5005 3 года назад

      @@Azio666
      How do you know?

    • @Azio666
      @Azio666 3 года назад +1

      @@danhix5005 idk

    • @null-yp6gs
      @null-yp6gs 3 года назад

      @@Azio666 ?

    • @l__-
      @l__- 3 года назад

      @@Azio666 that was a wild guess, his acc is 9yo

  • @chir0pter
    @chir0pter 3 года назад +119

    These are highly predatory- I grew some once and there ended up only being one big one in the tank by the end. They also eat crustaceans like Daphnia that also produce resting eggs- I wonder if adding Daphnia to the rice fields would give the tadpole shrimp something else to chew on other than seedlings?

    • @MorbidMoonflower
      @MorbidMoonflower 3 года назад +6

      when I had some as a kid they'd eat the bodies of ones who had died naturally. Not sure if I ever saw them actively hunt each other but maybe they did

    • @MorbidMoonflower
      @MorbidMoonflower 3 года назад +8

      oh and they also ate their shedded exoskeletons which I found kinda gross to watch

    • @Astronomemereal
      @Astronomemereal 3 года назад +7

      When i had these, the 4 lived in harmony together and shared their spaces

    • @kamageddynvideochannel3479
      @kamageddynvideochannel3479 2 года назад +1

      Yep they like too eat their friends

  • @Formula_Zero_EX
    @Formula_Zero_EX 3 года назад +232

    Angel: “Your Master, can we have trilobite?”
    God: “We have trilobite at home”
    Trilobite at home:

    • @major156
      @major156 3 года назад +14

      I see this as an absolute win

    • @gabrielgaite9376
      @gabrielgaite9376 3 года назад +24

      Trilobite: WELLCOME TO THE RICE FEILDS MOTHER-
      God: 눈_눈

    • @tsarbomba8233
      @tsarbomba8233 3 года назад +12

      Triops:iam rice trilobite
      Horseshoe crab:am spike trilobite
      Giant isopod:am KILLER TRILOBITE

    • @zombiesnipr4542
      @zombiesnipr4542 3 года назад +2

      @@tsarbomba8233 underrated comment

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 2 года назад +2

    Growing rice in a desert. Brilliant, California.

  • @elizabethacosta1667
    @elizabethacosta1667 3 года назад +1

    Over here in Arizona they come out every monsoon season and kids capture them as pets for the summer.
    Seems to benefit the little creatures because enough tadpole shrimp are taken away from natural predators and allowed to breed rapidly in tanks, then their mud and eggs are poured back into the areas they're found.
    For the past four years there's been an explosion of them in the canals and they seem a lot bigger than I remember. Same with the mantises, I saw about six-seven huge green ones in my yard, one laid an eggcase on my patio curtains.

    • @axolotlinabucket1287
      @axolotlinabucket1287 3 года назад

      here in saudi arabia they catch every heavy rain season they're taken by kids as pets to, theres littel to no real naural predators for them here expect humen garbage and of course them self as they are cannbiles. im starting to see less and less every season as the water is filling with more trash as my spot is a peopler camping place for people here and also city folk coming for nature and recreational off-roading on dunes

  • @fujitafunk
    @fujitafunk 3 года назад +25

    They look like they’re related to Horseshoe crabs, but tiny.

    • @sacha96155
      @sacha96155 3 года назад +4

      Yeah I wonder if they have blue blood, too..

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 3 года назад +6

      @@sacha96155 not likely horseshoe crabs aren't actually crustaceans and are in fact more closely related to spiders and scorpions.

    • @darrellcook8253
      @darrellcook8253 3 года назад

      Maybe evolving from a common ancestor during the Cambrian period but moving to freshwater did something to them. DNA testing might answer hat although I thought that horseshoe crabs are related to spiders and crabs. Hmmm.

  • @Magical_turtle
    @Magical_turtle 3 года назад +40

    Wha…whaaat? I’ve never heard of them! They are so cute! I love them! 🥰

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  3 года назад +10

      Right?!

    • @sekkianorin5118
      @sekkianorin5118 3 года назад

      Yes but they gunna eat your rice

    • @CD-lj4qs
      @CD-lj4qs 3 года назад +2

      @@sekkianorin5118 But they also gonna eat mosquito babies, which is very good

    • @millenniumf1138
      @millenniumf1138 3 года назад

      You should try raising them! They're pretty cheap and can be mail-ordered, and eat just about any plant matter. It's really fun to watch them hatch and then develop into adults!

    • @TriassicParkTriops
      @TriassicParkTriops 3 года назад

      Feel free to check out our Channel, we keep them as aquatic pets!

  • @scarfy790
    @scarfy790 3 года назад +16

    "In a world where the future is unpredictable, tadpole shrimp are the ultimate survivors"
    Cockroaches: Finally, a worthy opponent!

  • @v3xqueb345
    @v3xqueb345 2 года назад +1

    Sorry, i was just scrolling through my recomended and i see “Tadepole shrimp are coming for your rice” while i was eating rice and i look at the thumbnail and start bursting out in laughter

  • @Bob_theking
    @Bob_theking Год назад +1

    “Roses are red violets are blue”
    “The water is flooding up,your rice is gone too”

  • @EclipsaMyrtenaster
    @EclipsaMyrtenaster 3 года назад +20

    Tadpole Shrimps to the mosquito larvae: "Welcome to the rice fields!"

  • @7_y1ar
    @7_y1ar 3 года назад +51

    This is bad...
    "They even eat larvae of mosquitoes"
    This is good

  • @MrTheWaterbear
    @MrTheWaterbear 3 года назад +6

    In many Asian counties with high Triops populations, rice plants are started indoors in pots and troughs, and are then planted out in flooded fields once the plants reach a decent size :)

    • @RainebowEvee
      @RainebowEvee 3 года назад +3

      That's good to know! Less energy spent trying to eradicate Triops and learning to coexist with them while they help eat weeds and mosquito larvae

    • @YldMaine
      @YldMaine 3 года назад +1

      @@RainebowEvee I agree

  • @Ziru0Gaming
    @Ziru0Gaming 3 года назад +4

    Narrator: Pronged tails stir up the mud bloting out the sun
    Xerxes: I like these puny insects.

  • @NoMoreHeroesAnymore1334
    @NoMoreHeroesAnymore1334 Год назад +1

    I can't stop laughing at that built-in grumpy face. Talk about resting B face! HE MAD! BIG MAD! Oosh!

  • @Ibloop
    @Ibloop 3 года назад +4

    3:45 Awww It's doing a little dance!

  • @tracybowling97
    @tracybowling97 3 года назад +11

    I love this channel!!!! This world is so full of surprises! And you guys work so hard to unwrap those surprises for us!

  • @lukejackson7945
    @lukejackson7945 3 года назад +99

    "They are coming for your rice"
    *Me* : Oh no how to kill them without Contaminating the rice
    "They eat mosquito eggs"
    *Me* :Can I keep them as pets and feed them rice?
    Oh wow thx for the likes this is the most amount I've ever gotten

    • @oceanicwhitetip8984
      @oceanicwhitetip8984 3 года назад +8

      They're also more beneficial to the rice overall. Plus they aren't able to eat ALL of it, only the toughest and fastest growing will survive.

    • @lukejackson7945
      @lukejackson7945 3 года назад +7

      @@oceanicwhitetip8984 wow they would make the best pets then its a win overall to get them

    • @mantisguy746
      @mantisguy746 3 года назад +2

      You can and they are cheap

  • @WalldoTheWInner
    @WalldoTheWInner Год назад +1

    That's some charismatic micro-fauna if I've ever seen any..

  • @2ndLifeRetro
    @2ndLifeRetro Год назад

    I raised some of these guys from a kit several years ago and watched them bury a bunch of eggs in sand near the end of their lives. Still got the sand and waiting for a good time to hatch new babies. Love these guys.

  • @dracodracarys2339
    @dracodracarys2339 3 года назад +5

    0:42 and are responsible for hundreds of multiversal temporal paradoxes

  • @heavymetalbassist5
    @heavymetalbassist5 3 года назад +52

    I'm just curious why California is still growing rice when they are quickly running out of water. Grow it here on the east coast again

    • @gaygengar
      @gaygengar 3 года назад +11

      exactly what I was thinking! it seems like a massive waste of their already-low freshwater supply.

    • @lovemoviesful2
      @lovemoviesful2 3 года назад +15

      Because of the environment. California has hot days and cool nights, along with clay soil that holds on to virtually every drop of moisture create the perfect conditions for growing California’s distinctive japonica rice.

    • @graphite2786
      @graphite2786 3 года назад +5

      I couldn't believe it either! Rice is a crop with very high water consumption, are there not other cereals that would be better suited to the environment?

    • @GranRey-0
      @GranRey-0 3 года назад

      Along with their almond tree farms...at 1-3 gallons per almond...

  • @HinDoongEe
    @HinDoongEe 3 года назад +6

    It’s always great recognizing the part of California in these videos.

  • @joshyoung1440
    @joshyoung1440 Год назад +1

    Great video. One thing I'd love to see added to these videos is a bit of text on key words. Would've loved a little panel to pop up letting me know how to spell "chorion" so I could go google it haha.

  • @joshyoung1440
    @joshyoung1440 Год назад

    1:16 look at the two little shrimp on the right moving in harmony. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPITY DOO 😂

  • @VenceleVarga
    @VenceleVarga 3 года назад +5

    I want to thank you for these amazing filming! I teach zoology and show your films to students

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  3 года назад +2

      That is awesome! So glad to hear. #inspo

  • @Dragon-xq2vk
    @Dragon-xq2vk 3 года назад +6

    Aww look at how cute it is! It evens eat mosquitoes eggs, amazing cute little heroïc creatures.
    I will literally let them eat all the rice they need

  • @Vulppix
    @Vulppix 3 года назад +5

    This is one of the coolest looking creatures I’ve ever seen

    • @Pokefan000000
      @Pokefan000000 3 года назад

      These are the “aqauasaurs” I had as a kid

  • @dream__soda7900
    @dream__soda7900 Год назад +1

    I guess trading a few rice stocks for less mosquitoes is fair. And actually really cool.

  • @antaresm1.5iab-ib93
    @antaresm1.5iab-ib93 3 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for doing a video on Triops. I raise them as a hobby and have always desired more media coverage of these guys because they’re just so cool! You guys have also given us camera shots new to the Triops community. Thank you!

  • @hunter-gp2lc
    @hunter-gp2lc 3 года назад +5

    I've been waiting for a long time to watch this again love you guy's I miss deep look

  • @AngryKittens
    @AngryKittens 3 года назад +7

    "Scatter their seeds"
    **collective gasp from seedling-planting rice farmers of Asia**

    • @BLOODKINGbro
      @BLOODKINGbro 3 года назад +1

      Hmm weren't they sending over invasive plant seeds in the mail? Time to return this favor and mail and invasive species back

    • @quitlife9279
      @quitlife9279 3 года назад +2

      It's funny that the shrimps wouldn't even be a problem if the farmers planted seedlings, as the plants would already be too big to be damaged, but i guess it's cheaper to use more seeds and save labour costs.

  • @IsabellyButton
    @IsabellyButton 3 года назад +11

    I just found this channel and I find it to be so fascinating. I would love it if you guys did a video on roaches you typically see in houses.

  • @vigiantitanudjaja1364
    @vigiantitanudjaja1364 3 года назад

    My sister once bought a triop kit from a book fair. Fascinating experience! It was so cool then and now!

  • @EarthshakerOnamazu
    @EarthshakerOnamazu 2 года назад +2

    4:05
    who's gonna tell these people that most things came "before the dinosaurs?"

  • @rainuh5514
    @rainuh5514 3 года назад +7

    "As Long As They Don't Come Alive and Eat My Eyes... I'm Cool."
    -Main 2021

  • @peglin5117
    @peglin5117 3 года назад +4

    Me: reads the title*
    Me: He’s just standing there menacingly

  • @sandyschutt6132
    @sandyschutt6132 3 года назад +9

    All part of the food chain ,God’s creations are Amazing!

  • @AmericanCrusader222
    @AmericanCrusader222 3 года назад +1

    Wife: Why is there an Amazon purchase for bulk tadpole shrimp eggs?
    Me: (thinks about them killing mosquitos) No reason.

  • @Crona_Gowther_Kanato
    @Crona_Gowther_Kanato 3 года назад +2

    As an avid rice lover, this video blew my mind, thanks for another great vid lol

  • @blahblahblahEMILY
    @blahblahblahEMILY 3 года назад +7

    They’re so cute! They seem very polite and can have my rice if they want it

  • @varunk6633
    @varunk6633 3 года назад +4

    Love this channel.

  • @Baegitte
    @Baegitte 3 года назад +11

    Asians: “you touch our rice, WE COMING FOR YOU.” 🍙

  • @monticore1626
    @monticore1626 Год назад +2

    I just impulse bought some at 1 am after watching this video

  • @anitalinda1949
    @anitalinda1949 3 года назад +4

    Funny thing about animals who lived in a short time, waking up not being able to see their parents, they actually know how long their lives are gonna last, what theyre supposed to do, i mean, one mistep on their journey would be the last of their race or kind.

    • @molybdaen11
      @molybdaen11 3 года назад

      They have they instincts.
      And if they fire wrong, well - then the species cleaned its gene pool.

    • @MIND_THE_BASIC
      @MIND_THE_BASIC 3 года назад

      They have their studies while inside their egg

  • @TheDarknessConsumesMe666
    @TheDarknessConsumesMe666 2 года назад +3

    0:10 - STAY AWAY FROM MY CIVIC

  • @ZenerRocksMC
    @ZenerRocksMC 3 года назад +5

    They’re called shield shrimp in Aus, I can’t remember how closely our species are related tho

    • @AzeOfSpadez
      @AzeOfSpadez 3 года назад

      lies, you call shrimp prawn.

  • @CommanderViviax
    @CommanderViviax Год назад

    Awesome!
    They're so cute!
    They look like tiny Horseshoe Crabs.
    They're a really useful animal. Getting rid of mosquitos is a good thing. A portion of rice is a fair price for that.

  • @orangecreme222
    @orangecreme222 Год назад +1

    Why are they soooo cute :⁠-⁠D

  • @zezekingyo2374
    @zezekingyo2374 3 года назад +5

    I'm so upset that triops are always believed to be living fossils, which they aren't. While a living fossil in a lot of terms represents a living thing that hasn't been changed in so many years that their ancestor's physiology remains unchanged, the *real* definition of a living fossil is _very_ complicated and also rare to define in the modern world of science.

    • @hipbubble7685
      @hipbubble7685 3 года назад

      But you deserve it when you were thought to have died out with the dinosaurs and suddenly pop up in the ocean

    • @zezekingyo2374
      @zezekingyo2374 3 года назад

      @@hipbubble7685 You didn't deserve it by what they assume you who you are as a species, you deserve your legacy as a "living fossil" by simply survive mass extinctions and evolve like any other successful organisms do.

    • @hipbubble7685
      @hipbubble7685 3 года назад

      @@zezekingyo2374 I was just joking around about the coelacanth

    • @hipbubble7685
      @hipbubble7685 3 года назад

      @@zezekingyo2374 but I get you of course

    • @VinylUnboxings
      @VinylUnboxings 3 года назад

      That's a pretty small thing to be upset about homie.