Copepods: The Diatom-Devouring King of Plankton

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  • @sevehayden1463
    @sevehayden1463 2 года назад +118

    Some tiny copepods even live in trees in jungles, they move between water pockets (like the pools in bromeliads) by moving through the film of water on plants when they're wet after it rains. (they'd probably end up drying out partway through trips if jungle rainfall wasn't so absurd)

    • @sdmitch16
      @sdmitch16 Год назад

      How do they end up higher up in trees?

    • @sevehayden1463
      @sevehayden1463 Год назад +3

      @@sdmitch16 They're small enough to swim up the films of water on the bark when its wet, and/or can hide away in cracks where water tends to stick a little. No real idea how they move from tree to tree though.
      (maybe they hitchike on other critters for a bit, but haven't heard anything about that)

  • @John_Smith_Dumfugg
    @John_Smith_Dumfugg 2 года назад +343

    Can't wait to see the seethepods and the maldpods

  • @LEDewey_MD
    @LEDewey_MD 2 года назад +150

    This species has been incredibly helpful in countless research areas, from studying the genetics of mitochondrial DNA to studying the effects of oxygen levels on sizes of organisms. Great video, as always! 👍💕

  • @user-zz8md3ku4n
    @user-zz8md3ku4n 2 года назад +39

    Omg like halfway through I realized this dude is what Plankton from spongebob was based on and I feel like an idiot for not realizing it earlier

  • @zelenpixel
    @zelenpixel 2 года назад +13

    when the copepods got into the larger water drop it felt like YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

    • @_Solaris
      @_Solaris 2 года назад +2

      I was rootin' them on...

  • @jerponemyce9497
    @jerponemyce9497 2 года назад +87

    Being a human is so stressful that sometimes I wish to be just a single celled organism. I always emerse myself in your videos, pretending I am in the microcosmos. This is the closest I can get to freedom from the stresses of reality. Thanks 👍

    • @1414141x
      @1414141x 2 года назад +18

      Your'e assuming they don't feel stress.......and they are not single celled organisms, they are tiny, tiny but multi'cellular.

    • @jerponemyce9497
      @jerponemyce9497 2 года назад +2

      @@1414141x ok 👍

    • @MCNarret
      @MCNarret 2 года назад +7

      technically, you can just walk away from a stressful life. If you give up on having expectations and wants, you can just walk away from everything and become homeless but low stress. Some young people in china are doing something called "laying flat", where they subsist on an income of $31 dollars a month, and just, not do anything and try to be stress free. I wouldn't be able to do something like that though...

    • @Sphynra
      @Sphynra 2 года назад +13

      So what you are saying is that these videos help you cope?

    • @smellyfishstiks
      @smellyfishstiks 2 года назад +7

      I would rather spectate as myself of a whole team of amazing cells and a ecosystem of creatures than be a copepod or anything else frantically running or running towards food with a lifespan of a few months at most..
      So quite glad to be who(s) I am. But yes watching the microcosmos and wanting to immerse myself it in it is extremely relaxing.. from "afar"

  • @violetlight1548
    @violetlight1548 2 года назад +75

    A whole video on Copepods and not one Spongebob reference or joke. I'm impressed! My Spongebob-obsessed son, not so much :P

  • @Macakiux
    @Macakiux 2 года назад +524

    I'm disappointed that there is no mention of Sheldon J. Plankton, the beloved antagonist in Spongebob Squarepants who happens to be a copepod.

    • @melskunk
      @melskunk 2 года назад +58

      Oh...OHHHH! Now that I rewatch the video with that in mind, I can totally see his design elements in the long antennae one in it

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate 2 года назад +33

      sheldon is also the king of copium :)

    • @Joe_Potts
      @Joe_Potts 2 года назад +35

      All hail Plankton! ALL HAIL PLANKTON

    • @DinnerForkTongue
      @DinnerForkTongue 2 года назад +40

      @@melskunk
      And the one single red eye.

    • @melskunk
      @melskunk 2 года назад +21

      @@DinnerForkTongue and the tiny paired front limbs, like his little arms!

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 2 года назад +34

    I am outright addicted to this channels uploads!
    Dammit the soothing calming voice the extremely interesting facts and UberHD view!

  • @Shaymuhs
    @Shaymuhs 2 года назад +43

    This channel is so immersive and therapeutic almost. It's really one of a kind. Thank you for the free Skillshare trial as well!

  • @KnightsDisillusion
    @KnightsDisillusion 2 года назад +41

    Of course he's the king of plankton, He went to collage.

  • @thegreatestpepe
    @thegreatestpepe 2 года назад +180

    Ah yes, the Copepod. The main ingredient for manufacturing Copium. Where would the Cope industry be without this little guy?

    • @lowearthsurfer
      @lowearthsurfer 2 года назад +22

      Seethe dilate

    • @kevinmartin7760
      @kevinmartin7760 2 года назад +20

      They couldn't cope with that

    • @WyrdSyster
      @WyrdSyster Год назад +3

      We'd only have Podium, so we'd just be able to showcase it

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 2 года назад +12

    He's trying to steal the crabby patty formula!

  • @hurpdurp3669
    @hurpdurp3669 2 года назад +16

    I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG! In my own microscopy samples I have a TON of copepods, and though I’ve studied them a lot on my own, I am so glad you guys have discussed my favorite extremely common microorganism

  • @ronkirk5099
    @ronkirk5099 2 года назад +5

    20,000 species of Copepods. Amazing. This micro imagery is really beautiful and the narration is always very informative.

  • @paintedwings74
    @paintedwings74 2 года назад +8

    I keep copopods in my aquarium full of pond-creatures, and they're fun to watch at the naked-eye level as well. I think of them as Flying Dots, flying through the water at crazy-high speeds for their size. I'm a huge fan of these guys!

  • @ViktorVaughn270
    @ViktorVaughn270 2 года назад +5

    Plank tong out here tryna steal the crabby patty

  • @InfamousGatecrasher
    @InfamousGatecrasher 2 года назад +9

    I thought copepods only lived in Mystery Flesh Pit National Park :D

  • @Vistico93
    @Vistico93 2 года назад +11

    So weird how copepods, multicellulars animals comprised of hundreds or more cells, are not all that much bigger than some of the protists shown on this channel.

  • @callappa
    @callappa 2 года назад +44

    Copepod lookin' like it about to steal the secret Krabby Patty formula

    • @Macakiux
      @Macakiux 2 года назад +6

      Yes, because Shaldon J. Plankton is actually a copepod, look it up.

  • @6t76t
    @6t76t 8 месяцев назад +2

    If you lean your ear closer, you can faintly hear at least one of the copepods shouting "I WENT TO COLLEGE!!"

  • @marcmccusker4477
    @marcmccusker4477 2 года назад +4

    Reminds me of plankton off of spongebob 😂

  • @onatarikan8285
    @onatarikan8285 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this amazing video!

  • @playaspec
    @playaspec 2 года назад +32

    Watch out for those copepods. They'll try to steal your recipe for your crabby patty.

    • @AaronGeo
      @AaronGeo 2 года назад

      🤯 Literally Plankton

  • @blight1934
    @blight1934 2 года назад +4

    So that's what they're called. I got a sample of one that grew very big. Like 2-5mm large

  • @microborealis1064
    @microborealis1064 2 года назад +6

    Only James can make a copepod tail flip look so dreamy and magical as a Disney mermaid’s 😆

  • @jarniwoop
    @jarniwoop 2 года назад +7

    I had a microscope in high school. Seeing these videos makes me interested in getting one agan.

  • @VincentFischer
    @VincentFischer 2 года назад +5

    Wow Spongebob wasn't so far of with its cartoony representation of plankton

  • @ardellolnes5663
    @ardellolnes5663 2 года назад +1

    *tune '2 sparrows in a hurricane'
    Like two copepods in a vast body of water
    in response to the tinder joke, they still find each other! awww

  • @shortpam
    @shortpam 2 года назад +33

    Question: Most non-microscopic animals make sounds. Do any of these tiny creatures have that ability?

    • @AndrewChumKaser
      @AndrewChumKaser 2 года назад +17

      Essentially no. They might incidentally make tiny sounds by moving around and such, but they don't have an organelle or any other structure dedicated to making noise, especially not in the way us at our scale do.
      That is unless you consider the movements in the water sounds, which you arguably could. In which case almost all of them do make sounds, and a good many of them can detect and react to them.

  • @ivytarablair
    @ivytarablair 2 года назад +2

    The copepod larva!! I had a bunch of those about a month ago and could not figure out what they were! yay, i love learning!!

  • @corvuscorax7451
    @corvuscorax7451 2 года назад +17

    Great video! They all are, of course, but I'm more familiar with the parasitic varieties (especially that one that attaches itself to the eyes of Greenland sharks... yeah, it's as unsettling as it sounds) so getting a look at more kinds was very illuminating! I had no idea there were so many species. I always learn such cool things on this channel.

  • @alanweiman1521
    @alanweiman1521 2 года назад

    This has become one of my favorite channels!

  • @Flybunker_events
    @Flybunker_events Год назад

    Fascinating, thank you for the information!

  • @alan2here
    @alan2here 2 года назад +3

    diatomivore :)
    delicious crunchy diatoms
    I'll have a plate of the semi-icosahedral ones please, and a couple of cubes for afterwards.

  • @MJ-iq9ph
    @MJ-iq9ph 2 года назад +3

    I have many copepods living in my fish aquarium and ciliate(loxophyllum I think) that congregate on the glass walls. It’s fascinating!

  • @alternativeaquascaping517
    @alternativeaquascaping517 2 года назад +2

    These little guys are so critical to everything, that we even need them in reef tanks to keep the system in check. Without them all sorts of gnarly things can happen and your tank then crashes. Some people even go so far as to set up a refugium in their sump to remove waste and grow pods, especially with the use of macro algaes.

  • @TheOnlyZiTRO
    @TheOnlyZiTRO Год назад

    Cool video dude! I enjoyed it!

  • @z3iro383
    @z3iro383 2 года назад +4

    All Hail Plankton

  • @valeriog8780
    @valeriog8780 2 года назад +2

    Finally... Copepods!! These animals, especially the Harpacticoids copepods, live also between leafs, mosses, soil.

  • @CaptainWwowW
    @CaptainWwowW 2 года назад +1

    4:06 I was so afraid you guys were gonna cut away before we got closure on this struggle

  • @lordlatt535
    @lordlatt535 9 месяцев назад

    I find these so often. They are pretty cool to view 👍🏾

  • @tonyhinderman
    @tonyhinderman 2 года назад +3

    what is that adorable green ball that shows up at 3:18 and can I learn more about it please?

    • @betarik30
      @betarik30 2 года назад +1

      it's Volvox, green algae that lives in fresh water, maybe rare to catch.. I always wanted to catch it :D

  • @CarlytheWolf23
    @CarlytheWolf23 2 года назад +1

    I love how copepods look like transparent aquatic silverfish with comical antennae.

  • @Xarrayne
    @Xarrayne 2 года назад +2

    My bed is my Cope Pod

  • @hugo9846
    @hugo9846 2 года назад +1

    So the copepod in the room .... how many of these do I swallow a year? The horror, the horror.

  • @TedToal_TedToal
    @TedToal_TedToal 2 года назад +6

    How does a copepod digest the glass shell of a diatom? It seems like that would be hard to digest.

    • @ivytarablair
      @ivytarablair 2 года назад +4

      I'm always amazed to see microbes STUFFED full of diatoms, looking like the glass just has to poke right out of them...and yet amazingly doesn't. How does that work? I mean...those things are sharp, as anyone who has used them for pest control knows! They are pretty even inside other critters tho :)

  • @carlcarus7409
    @carlcarus7409 2 года назад

    I think this is one of the most important channels here.

  • @Bhodisatvas
    @Bhodisatvas 2 года назад

    Yep, more microscope footage that blows my mind! I dream of having a set up like James.

  • @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692
    @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 2 года назад +2

    So this is where plankton ended up.

  • @obieobrien5883
    @obieobrien5883 2 года назад +1

    Not only fascinating, but learning how to pronounce some of the crazy names of the organisms…

  • @celestestefanova8791
    @celestestefanova8791 2 года назад +1

    would it be possible to include the microscopy technique used for each clip in the corner in future videos? i'd be interesred to know which ones yield each bit of footage

  • @ralphlorenzperolino3054
    @ralphlorenzperolino3054 2 года назад +2

    Their talent: Stealing a Krabby Patty Formula from a crab

  • @telephonecell1366
    @telephonecell1366 2 года назад +2

    7:36 the irony 😂

  • @velodim
    @velodim 6 месяцев назад

    Cool video. I am about to start culturing my own copepods. To feed my fish and keep my tank clean

  • @journeytomicro
    @journeytomicro  2 года назад +1

    The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/journeytothemicrocosmos11211

  • @luipaardprint
    @luipaardprint 2 года назад +2

    It's Kingdom seemed to be quite clearly bound by the edge of that waterdroplet though.

  • @1414141x
    @1414141x 2 года назад

    I love these guys !

  • @dannymac6368
    @dannymac6368 2 года назад +3

    100% of Tinder profiles are about 60% water.

  • @o.regalis
    @o.regalis Год назад

    I have an ecosphere I made from a jar and some sand and algae I got from the beach and it's full of copepods! They're wonderfully delightful creatures

  • @MrWhangdoodles
    @MrWhangdoodles 2 года назад +1

    Ooooh King OF Plankton. I thought King Plankton...like in the SpongeBob movie.

  • @limiv5272
    @limiv5272 2 года назад +2

    I'm surprised there wasn't a comparison to how rotifers eat. It sounds like the same feeding mechanism, but I would've liked some details

  • @madamsloth
    @madamsloth 2 года назад

    With a new upload: Now today is a good day ☺️

  • @LongDefiant
    @LongDefiant 2 года назад +1

    These are the best watch while stoned

  • @marius165
    @marius165 2 года назад

    Subscribed immediately

  • @Secret_Takodachi
    @Secret_Takodachi 9 месяцев назад

    These videos make me hungry, thanks science! 😂❤ God I wish I could filter feed! 🤣

  • @geckoram6286
    @geckoram6286 5 месяцев назад

    4:04 this gave me a "racing water droplets in a car" vibes

  • @TheScienceguy77
    @TheScienceguy77 2 года назад +7

    I love copepods and diatoms. Culturing them is free, low-effort and feeds a lot of the critters in my aquariums.

  • @pixelated_dinosaur
    @pixelated_dinosaur 2 года назад +1

    isn't this the coolest channel on RUclips ??!

  • @LemonToGo
    @LemonToGo 2 года назад

    If you'd uploaded this a week earlier I could have used this in my Ecology finals

  • @guymontag9577
    @guymontag9577 2 года назад +4

    That's the villain from SpongeBob Square Pants.!

  • @StrattCaster
    @StrattCaster Год назад

    Great music!

  • @alan2here
    @alan2here 2 года назад +1

    digging a tunnel though the air :)

  • @Suffex_1
    @Suffex_1 2 года назад +1

    I found a species of Copepods in my ocean samples on day..It looked quite interesting but it was being eaten.

  • @1000huzzahs
    @1000huzzahs Год назад

    Looking at this creature for 2 seconds and I knew this had to be the inspiration for "Plankton" from "Spongebob," and what do you know, Hillenburg was very exacting that Plankton is a copepod.

  • @andreask.2675
    @andreask.2675 2 года назад +1

    In some scenes they very much reminded me of silverfish, though those are insects.

  • @astralislux305
    @astralislux305 2 года назад +1

    FYI: I've been subscribed to your channel since the beginning and I haven't received any notices about new videos for six months.

  • @martwymem2564
    @martwymem2564 2 года назад +2

    They look like microscopic shrimps.

  • @abc.animal5143
    @abc.animal5143 Год назад +1

    A cool little organism that might just steal the Krabby Patty formula

  • @sharifjohnson1451
    @sharifjohnson1451 2 года назад

    It took me so long to find out this species of animal. I have plenty of them in my fresh water ecosphere they are very fast

  • @carrielange2692
    @carrielange2692 2 года назад

    I know they aren't exactly the same, but I raise daphnia to feed my fish, and they are so cute. I find myself watching the daphnia as much as I watch my fish. Love the little buggers.

  • @Max-Original
    @Max-Original 2 года назад

    Hello. What is the name of your microscope? And which camera do you use?

  • @CybranM
    @CybranM 2 года назад +3

    You guys might be interested in the "Artificial Life Environment (ALiEn)" project, really cool simulation software which partially imitates the microcosmos

  • @NinjaSushi2
    @NinjaSushi2 2 года назад

    That's cool.

  • @lemonlizard1
    @lemonlizard1 Год назад

    Copepods live in nearly every aquarium. In fact, I was looking at a copepod in my aquarium while watching this video 😂

  • @jamesdriscoll_tmp1515
    @jamesdriscoll_tmp1515 2 года назад

    I like how copepods scale.

  • @shxdo3712
    @shxdo3712 2 года назад

    trippy !

  • @jesper112183
    @jesper112183 2 года назад

    I would very much like to buy either the tracks used in this episode or the entire soundtrack of journey to the microcosmos please

  • @trungtintran9945
    @trungtintran9945 2 года назад

    What's model of microscope he used, please

  • @mslaterboy
    @mslaterboy 2 года назад

    Do Amphipods next!

  • @OKittenPlayz
    @OKittenPlayz 2 года назад

    Is someone able to tell me where to buy live Freshwater Copeapods for an aquarium?

  • @fartzinwind
    @fartzinwind 2 года назад

    floating around at the whims of the ocean currents hoping to bump something to eat or mate with.... sounds like my younger days.

  • @kylesteele9403
    @kylesteele9403 Год назад

    I was listening to this, and thought to myself: man, he sounds just like Hank green. Until I had the realization

  • @TamAnds
    @TamAnds Год назад

    This explains why I'm suddenly seeing a lot of copepods in my aquarium - after my fish died of some unknown illness I treated the whole tank with an antibiotic, hoping to kill off whatever it was that killed my fish under the assumption it was some kind of bacterial infection. Of course this also messed with my biological filter and so I've been seeing some diatoms again, which I never get anymore in a tank that's been established for close to two years. So I'm getting more copepods because there's more diatoms in the tank to sustain a larger population! I saw them skittering around on the glass and was uncertain what they were, all my various googling eventually led me here! I'm very happy to let them eat up all my diatoms.

  • @Mostlyharmless1985
    @Mostlyharmless1985 2 года назад +12

    Oooooh. That’s why they are called cyclops. That always made me a bit confused because the food you get from the pet store just look like tiny dots. I was wondering what Greek myth had to do with it.

  • @ketoonkratom
    @ketoonkratom Год назад

    Love One Another God Bless Everyone

  • @Pooer
    @Pooer Год назад

    Plankton and his computer wife coping in the ocean.

  • @ibrahimert1453
    @ibrahimert1453 2 года назад

    Thankyou skillshare

  • @conquestanddeath4406
    @conquestanddeath4406 2 года назад +5

    Damn I didn’t know Sheldon’s family had a long-living royal dynasty

    • @Thundernugget
      @Thundernugget 2 года назад +1

      He has a large family, that's for sure

  • @redfeatheredreptile
    @redfeatheredreptile 2 года назад

    Video: lovely, informative, beautiful
    My brain: a b y s s a l c o p e p o d