Have a little army of zebra isopods and they do act like piranhas but mostly for potatoes and zucchini. Fun seeing them swarm tho, and they do eat the occasional dead insect.
Quite interesting to see how isopods evolved and changed ever so slightly for almost every environment. Now just makes me sad we don't have trilobites anymore ):
Seconding the comparison to The Bay. In addition to being about marine isopods eating people alive, it's even more horrific with the hindsight of the COVID and how malignant negligence enabled its spread.
As a Californian, I was honestly surprised to learn that they’re only found in a few places. I’ve been to Indonesia a few times, now it makes sense y I never see them there.
We also have the normal burrowing/filter feeding ones over here (Emerita analoga, pacific sand crabs) which are super common and similar to the east coast ones. There's also stuff like Megalorchestia californiana (which surprisingly I've caught). Isopods range from giant isopods and springtail goobers to the tongue replacing parasite, so they're basically everywhere
I think you have the cute mole crabs but there, they have flesh-devouring sea bugs. Makes me happy that shrimps have never thought of using all their limbs as weapons…
So that’s what was causing those sharp stinging pains whenever I tried to get my feet wet. Now I know there are tiny crustaceans made out of bits of me wandering around balboa.
i think more attention needs to be given to whoever does the music for these. it really brings the experience all together! the fact that each video appears to have a unique track composed especially for it is SO cool! i wonder if there's anywhere we can listen to the tracks by themselves...
Hi @josemembreno3134, Seth Samuel composes an original score for each of our episodes. For now, there isn't a way to listen to the tracks by themselves. You'll just *have* to come back and watch more of our episodes, lol.
I was exploring a beach on my way up to Big Sur, i paused next to a giant 🪨 boulder, my feet stared sinking into the sand and I felt safe as I had my rubber croc sneakers and I had no idea these things existed! As the tide left i started feeling a ton of little bites between my toes and top of my feet, they were squirming everywhere and coming in and out of the holes of my crocs! It was a nightmare!!!
So that’s what they are! One time I was at a beach (in California) and one of those sand piranhas decided to try and eat my foot. Got it off but I’ve had no idea what it was until now. Thanks Deep Look!
I remember during a trip to California, me and my siblings were exploring a beach, but evertime we put our feet in certain tidepools, our feet would sting. Now I know why.
@@HauntedMushroom96 I grew up there and so did my parents and grandparents. My father and grandfather were surfers and lifeguards. I never heard of these, nor experienced them, and neither did my parents or grandparents. So for me, never in 100 years. Literally.
I've spent my entire life on the coast of western Wa and I've never ever been bitten by anything like that.. from Neah Bay to La Push.. never ever seen anything like those.. sand fleas in their billions but nothing like that
I’m suddenly very glad to live in a landlocked area. The closest large body of water is Lake Huron. I’m glad that these little jerks don’t survive in freshwater.
This explains a lot. I used to find those sand patterns fascinating, and I thought the razor blade nicks were just from sharp bits of shell or sand hitting my ankles in the water! Are these guys related to the 3-10 mm transparent roly-poly shaped sand crabs” that also make little mounds in the sand, and lift their arms like they are a frozen Superman when you pick them up and flip them over?
Thank you Deep Look! I love the music and foley in this video, and my top three favorite subjects are music, bugs, and videography, so I just wanna say that this channel is inspiring! Much love! 🤍
@@KQEDDeepLook I love all you guys; but Laura, Seth, and Mark are all huge inspirations for me as an upcoming musician, foley artist, videographer, and (hobbyist) entomologist! Thanks for being awesome and showing the world how cool arthropods are! Not to be too gloomy, but will there be any chance that you guys will talk about the death by a thousand cuts that is currently happening to insects? Their silent extinction is really sad to me. :(
I am from Taiwan, and I've never encountered these things over my entire life. Which got me curious, so I checked on various sources, and I don't think there's any formal report of people encountering these things on our beaches either. Do you mind sharing the source on that?
Hi @mikechiu9767, This review paper mentions that Excirolana chiltoni have been reported in Taiwan: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/100390/element/2/17// This paper from 2001 also mentions them: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/research.nhm.org/pdfs/4970/4970.pdf It's possible that they aren't very abundant in Taiwan and that's why other sources, like this one, don't show them there: www.gbif.org/zh-tw/species/2212911
Fun Fact: Pill bugs and shrimp are both crustaceans, clams and snails are mollusks, and all of the mentioned creatures eat rotting material. . You are already eating the bugs.
i could have gone my whole life without knowing about these things, just like the bobbit worm... nightmare fuel i used to love water and the ocean, until i understood how... organic it is, full of squirmy and skittering things waiting to bite you
This was nice and informative since I didn't even know these creatures existed. Interesting how there hasn't been much reporting on them since many go to the beach. No media outlet as stated to be aware of these Sand Piranhas and now I wonder if investigators that have to solve a beach homicide had to have a team to scrape these critters off of deceased human bodies that were found.
Respect to the flesh/blood donor humans, that's dedication to footage (pun intended)
I couldn't imagine anyone sitting on the shore front in their speedo. Ouch!
I felt that joke as if your had stepped on me lol
I have pet isopods and I just thanked them for staying as cute leaf munchers and not these nightmares
Have a little army of zebra isopods and they do act like piranhas but mostly for potatoes and zucchini. Fun seeing them swarm tho, and they do eat the occasional dead insect.
Quite interesting to see how isopods evolved and changed ever so slightly for almost every environment. Now just makes me sad we don't have trilobites anymore ):
There's a horror movie just waiting to happen here.
It's pretty close to The Bay.
Seconding the comparison to The Bay. In addition to being about marine isopods eating people alive, it's even more horrific with the hindsight of the COVID and how malignant negligence enabled its spread.
Adding a third recommendation for The Bay. Best horror movie set on the 4th of July.
Ooh, like quick sand that eats you, I like it. As an idea. I like it as an idea.
Not really, would be as horrible as what the alien franchise has become
As an Australian, I’m surprised this isn’t found here.
As a Californian, I was honestly surprised to learn that they’re only found in a few places. I’ve been to Indonesia a few times, now it makes sense y I never see them there.
🤣🤣
Yeah huh 😊😊😊
Yeah if they were in Australia they'd need to be venomous, too.
Oh I'd be happy to smuggle a few million in for you if you want😉
*Kudos to the volunteers that had to sacrifice their limbs and feet during the making of this video!*
Deep look trauma was not on my video feed today.
The more you know...
@@KQEDDeepLook The more freaked out I become....😨
seeing the wound with the sand made me cringe so hard
No kidding.
Its just sand dude
It’s coarse rough and gets everywhere
@@KQEDDeepLook How did you all prevent infections?
@@bruhb7611don’t forget irritating
Thanks for unlocking this new fear for me
Knowledge is power, no?
I KNEW there was a reason why I preferred mountains to beaches. XD
Don't give up on the beach!
@@KQEDDeepLook Too late.
Mountains will always be superior 🔝 🏔️
Depending on which mountains, some do come with leeches 😄
@@sendoh7x still better
woe to someone that passes out on the beach in that tidal zone.
Shudder.
I mean, I'd be more worried about getting carried to sea...
I live on the east coast, we have sand fleas wich are harmless and funny.
YOU HAVE FLESH EATING SAND FLEAS OVER THERE!?
The east coast does have relatives (fish lice) that will swim up to you!
And they can stay over there. We can keep the cute funny ones, and they they can keep the foot munchers.
We also have the normal burrowing/filter feeding ones over here (Emerita analoga, pacific sand crabs) which are super common and similar to the east coast ones. There's also stuff like Megalorchestia californiana (which surprisingly I've caught). Isopods range from giant isopods and springtail goobers to the tongue replacing parasite, so they're basically everywhere
We have both.
I think you have the cute mole crabs but there, they have flesh-devouring sea bugs. Makes me happy that shrimps have never thought of using all their limbs as weapons…
Roly Poly: hi, I’m second only to the ladybug in terms cute bugs.
Everything closely related to it: your flesh and your nightmares are delicious!
Have you seen a ladybug on a feeding frenzy yet? 😉
Carnivorous pill bugs… I’m stuck between admiration, mild fear, and dismay. If it’s not a friend, then why must it be adorable?
Good Lord, and they live exactly where I do! Maybe I should wear socks next time I go to the beach
LOL, no socks needed. Though socks with flip-flops is a beach look that seems to never goes out of fashion. Seriously, you should be fine on dry sand.
@@KQEDDeepLook maybe just bring socks for walking through the surf, then. Just in case.
Ah yes, the bitey boys
Ah yes
hahaha i like this name. the bitey boyes
Getting sand in your shorts has never been scarier.
These critters take "looking like a snack" to a new level
So that’s what was causing those sharp stinging pains whenever I tried to get my feet wet. Now I know there are tiny crustaceans made out of bits of me wandering around balboa.
These are anything but "chill-toe-guys"... ok I'll see myself out.
Nice!
Suddenly my legs itch.
i think more attention needs to be given to whoever does the music for these. it really brings the experience all together! the fact that each video appears to have a unique track composed especially for it is SO cool! i wonder if there's anywhere we can listen to the tracks by themselves...
Hi @josemembreno3134, Seth Samuel composes an original score for each of our episodes. For now, there isn't a way to listen to the tracks by themselves. You'll just *have* to come back and watch more of our episodes, lol.
His name is Seth Samuel! He has a little behind the scenes video from a while ago: ruclips.net/video/as5vqInrwoA/видео.html
@@lemon9bug whoa!! thanks for the info! that's awesome!
KILLER ROLY POLYS haha!
These sand piranhas bit me at our local beach in Goa (India). Unfortunately I didn't know who they were. Thanks to the deep look for educating us.
New fear unlocked.
Noooo...! Knowledge is power. Just don't hang out on the wet sand and you should be fine.
I was exploring a beach on my way up to Big Sur, i paused next to a giant 🪨 boulder, my feet stared sinking into the sand and I felt safe as I had my rubber croc sneakers and I had no idea these things existed!
As the tide left i started feeling a ton of little bites between my toes and top of my feet, they were squirming everywhere and coming in and out of the holes of my crocs! It was a nightmare!!!
stashing these fellas in my "horror monster inspiration list"
So that’s what they are! One time I was at a beach (in California) and one of those sand piranhas decided to try and eat my foot. Got it off but I’ve had no idea what it was until now. Thanks Deep Look!
Glad we helped you solve the mystery.
Wow that was disturbing and compelling!
Great ;^; now I have to watch out for sand piranhas when at the beach T^T
Only if you're standing in the wet sand. You're safe on the dry sand!
@ OMG U replied to meh!
And ah! Got it, thx for the tip if I’m at the beach!!
1:05 *laughs in Atlantic*
I can’t wait till Steven Spielberg gets a hold of these guys
"Here's one biting on a foot..."
**Quentin Tarantino wept**
I love this channel 😊
Always happy to find out that most blood sucking or flesh eating animals or parasite live thousands of miles away from me haha
Loved it! Thanks for the preview!
Respect to the guy who got bitten by those nightmares
I’m pretty sure the person in this video was an unwilling victim because there’s no way they were a willing volunteer.
Always learn something new!
I remember during a trip to California, me and my siblings were exploring a beach, but evertime we put our feet in certain tidepools, our feet would sting. Now I know why.
The more you know ...
How often do californians have to deal with sand piranah's
@@HauntedMushroom96 I grew up there and so did my parents and grandparents. My father and grandfather were surfers and lifeguards. I never heard of these, nor experienced them, and neither did my parents or grandparents. So for me, never in 100 years. Literally.
I had one of these latch to my leg in Southern California when I was a kid. It freaked me out so bad I never wanted to go back in the water.
So sorry to hear that!
I've spent my entire life on the coast of western Wa and I've never ever been bitten by anything like that.. from Neah Bay to La Push.. never ever seen anything like those.. sand fleas in their billions but nothing like that
Same here for Southern California. Sand Dabs yes. But they don't bite.
Same, I live by puget sound and though ive seen lots of different isopods and relatives at the beach, theyve never bitten me (to my knowledge)
I see. I slept on the sand in many beaches in SEA countries and I never felt anything biting on me.
One got into my swimming shorts once, let me say- it sucked!
Yikes!
These are isopods. That means these are related to the rolypollies you played with as a kid.
Wow these rolly pollies rude af. Never knew these were a thing, thanks Deep Look fam!
I was gonna say, I’ve never seen them before. They’re only found on the pacific, that explains why.
I’m suddenly very glad to live in a landlocked area. The closest large body of water is Lake Huron. I’m glad that these little jerks don’t survive in freshwater.
* brings flamethrower backpack * Helldivers taught me a thing or two about getting rid of bugs .
It premieres on my birthday
@worldofanimations456 happy early birthday!
@ it is my birthday
@worldofanimations456 happy birthday!
@@bmo14lax thanks
Yeah, beach trip wouldn't be the same anymore after watching this documentary
We have this kind of creatures in Brazil. I'm not sure about the species, but we have them. When I was younger, I thought they were baby sand crabs.
What's the fear of going to the beach called? Now I have it.
Well this got me goosebumps. These guys will be in a monster movie someday
Yes, take a dive, and then when you come out of the water, get some on your feet. Lovely...
You should be fine if you don't hang out on the wet sand. Enjoy!
This explains a lot. I used to find those sand patterns fascinating, and I thought the razor blade nicks were just from sharp bits of shell or sand hitting my ankles in the water! Are these guys related to the 3-10 mm transparent roly-poly shaped sand crabs” that also make little mounds in the sand, and lift their arms like they are a frozen Superman when you pick them up and flip them over?
Love this channel. You guys!! So good.
A better nwme for them would be Beach Ants!
Really makes you appreciate how sweet the Roly Poly is by comparison.
Thanks I hate beach piranhas 😭
Thanks for the knowledge, now i have unlock another fear for crustacean.
Didn't watch whole video.
But
Leme guess.
Australia.
They are so cute though... Might let them nibble a little...
Perfect timing! OMW back to Japan right now. Going to look for these!
When I went to the beach as a kid I always felt sharp pinches on my feet and legs I’m glad to know what it was
I love this channel. I just wish it was longer videos so you all could make more and I can learn/see more lol
Thank god i never encountered these here in Portugal
Yes, they don't live in Portugal.
Very informative. Thanks
Ooh! So, it was a bloodworm the sand piranha was eating in the question! 😁
Yes!
Genuinely never even heard of these until today
Thank you Deep Look! I love the music and foley in this video, and my top three favorite subjects are music, bugs, and videography, so I just wanna say that this channel is inspiring! Much love! 🤍
Glad you enjoyed the video! Seth Samuel composes an original score for each of our episodes!
@@KQEDDeepLook I love all you guys; but Laura, Seth, and Mark are all huge inspirations for me as an upcoming musician, foley artist, videographer, and (hobbyist) entomologist! Thanks for being awesome and showing the world how cool arthropods are!
Not to be too gloomy, but will there be any chance that you guys will talk about the death by a thousand cuts that is currently happening to insects? Their silent extinction is really sad to me. :(
Excellent, _fantastically_ great narrator! Keep her. ❤❤
Imagine getting splashed by a wave and one of them ends up in yo eye 💀
These things had a field day with me as an 8-year-old playing in the sand in San Diego
I am from Taiwan, and I've never encountered these things over my entire life. Which got me curious, so I checked on various sources, and I don't think there's any formal report of people encountering these things on our beaches either. Do you mind sharing the source on that?
Hi @mikechiu9767, This review paper mentions that Excirolana chiltoni have been reported in Taiwan: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/100390/element/2/17//
This paper from 2001 also mentions them: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/research.nhm.org/pdfs/4970/4970.pdf
It's possible that they aren't very abundant in Taiwan and that's why other sources, like this one, don't show them there: www.gbif.org/zh-tw/species/2212911
Nature is Nature there is a reason for everything here 😅
That Camo is Amazing
I've had these get me at the beach and it sucks.
So glad I live on a coast with the Atlantic and not the Pacific.
Fun Fact: Pill bugs and shrimp are both crustaceans, clams and snails are mollusks, and all of the mentioned creatures eat rotting material.
.
You are already eating the bugs.
Fantastic work as always deeplook.
Thank you!
Hi Laura 👋 😊 nice to hear you again
wow great shots
Why are there so many people willingly to get bitten by animals?
I have actually never encountered these in all my years going to beaches
sounds like a great way to get flesh eating bacteria from the ocean.
This preview is giving my nightmares, does that mean I should stop subscribing to this channel?
Nah bro
It means you should watch it twice so the fear become familiar
Don’t be a coward
Fantastic. I just love your work. Happy Holidays to the entire team 🎄
Same to you!
Who else sees the scarabs from The Mummy?
This video just reminded me the pain…😢💔
i could have gone my whole life without knowing about these things, just like the bobbit worm... nightmare fuel
i used to love water and the ocean, until i understood how... organic it is, full of squirmy and skittering things waiting to bite you
Fire, fire, we need lots of it. 🔥🔥🔥
Knew I shouldn't watch this, but did watch it anyway.
Bed bug- oh hi there fellow human ptsd inflictor..
Sand bed bug- sup, still giving people nightmares?
Bed bug- you know it
This just in, James Cameron abandons his billion dollar Avatar franchise to make a sequel to his directorial debut: "Piranha 3: Sand Swarm!"
*When you thought it was just a bad B-movie from the 80s...*
Fascinating.
No wonder I always get itchy whenever I'm at the beach.
This was nice and informative since I didn't even know these creatures existed. Interesting how there hasn't been much reporting on them since many go to the beach. No media outlet as stated to be aware of these Sand Piranhas and now I wonder if investigators that have to solve a beach homicide had to have a team to scrape these critters off of deceased human bodies that were found.
You know. I'm not surprised these things exist. But i still never knew about them
I love these little guys! I mean, I don't wanna be bitten by them, but they are so cool to watch!