How Do Oysters Make Pearls?
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Quick Questions gives you the low-down on how oysters turn a tiny bit of gunk into a lovely, valuable pearl.
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Salt + Singing + Crying + Singing While Crying = Pearl
Mr.PenguinPants STEVEN UNIVERSE??
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i do not get it
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When I heard that some people implant stuff in an oysters gonad to get a pearl, that was it. I had never felt more sorry for an oyster ever before in my entire life.
Humans are disgusting
That's all they LEARNED??? To find his BALL'S to harm him??? Is this even ok??? Unbelievable yo honestly...
Same here 🤦🏾♂️
It sad
I always hated science in school and I'm sure my science teachers hated me, but watching this makes me wish I cared more about science in school and that I actually took it more seriously. Great channel.
"Yeah, I'd like to buy some jewelry. I'll take a necklace with some compressed coal and mummified oyster gunk, please." Talk about classy.
So... one oyster's junk is a woman's treasure?
Lol
Maybe
Humans are disgusting
@@maxwellsequation4887 Tru. All hail lord Xenu, amirite?
@@OddWolf666 👽
As soon as he said "mother of pearl" spongebob came to mind
Who's the mother of pearl?
@@jonbonaxl233 Unknown
This had me thinking of my mother and her dentures. Glad for her sake that irritants under her dentures didn't create pearls. I could imagine the growth of a pearl in that location would be more irritating than the particle itself. Makes me feel bad for the oysters. I wish I had this thought while she was still living. It could have been a fun conversation. :) She was a really intelligent lady.
- Heidi
I’m sorry for your loss❤️
1:20 - I appreciate good alliteration.
I knew the basics of the making of a pearl but not all the details... Thanks for going in depth for us guys!
he look like the type to go "Aye baby girl let me buy you some pearls and tell you all about how the simple irritant of an oyster forms this beautiful nacre over a candlelit dinner"
No wonder Pearl is salty...
LOL😂
was looking for this XD
I'm wheezing
OOOOHH ROAST
YOUUU..... YOU...
YOU CLOD...
I know of this one pearl,
It is beautiful
It's captain is probably the best pirate you've ever heard of.
That explains where pearls come from, but WHY do they form? I'd think that surrounding a little irritant with layer upon layer until it's a huge ball would create a much bigger irritant, or are oysters able to expel the pearl somehow?
think of it as similar to wrapping a shard of broken glass with layers of cloth. it gets bigger, yes, but it also becomes less dangerous.
Fuck off Google Plus, you're never going to happen. your username is A+++
Maybe it makes oyster fellatio more pleasurable(?).
How does enlargening the irritant help the oyster? Would not a small layer of nacre suffice?
This was what I always wanted to know when I was a kid. The answer I was given then: they're just there. Adults care so much about children's education...
so you need to care more about your children's education. Don't be like them)
willing to bet; they just didn't know
I'd like to know what exactly is the "sand" (or "eye boogers") we get on the inside area of our eyes (the part closest to the nose) when we wake up in the morning, and why does this occur?
Those "unperfect" pearls look like champagne flavored Jelly Bellys
+Jose Martinez ...ew.
+Atem Andrew champagne is good why eww?
Red Death Because I don't like champagne XD
Oh
paw patrol
so is Pearl a fancy piece of salt?
Actually a Pearl is a gift wrapped piece of shit!
from steven universe..
LAUNDRY DETERGENT
MY THIRSTY SALT BIRD
no
Is forcing oysters to make pearls animal abuse?
Is killing a cow animal abuse? How about keeping cats as pets? Depends on who you ask.
deadeaded Depends on how you kill the cow and treat the cat.
War Rock That was a fucking beautiful response, man. Goddamn. I'm gonna take a screenshot of that.
Well, that would be stupid.
Shoving shell or plastic balls up their gonads doesn't exactly sound very friendly, so wearing a string oif pearls is a sign you support sexual-abuse of molluscs!
Also means that the Roman-Catholic church is now in deeper trouble because some rosaries have pearls strung on them!?!
&B^{O>
In the mississippi they are making pearls that are manmade but they are pink, lavender, and blue by altering the oyster's food. Old natural pearls like old mikimoto pearls can be worth a fortune. I saw one 30 inch strand worth 235,000 dollars, that would be a christmas present!
I was going to make some kind of joke, referencing...uh, a form of media, because well I got here from something else and I thought it was, uh a different kind of rock. I'm not going to say it, I'll just go back where I belong.
I'm trash.
You're not the only one
👏👏
Round and round let the city turn. Party in the hills we can party in the burbs. Roof on fire, let it burn. Champagne in my hand, I'm not concerned.
As this guy seems like he's reading out of a text book, Hank seems like he knows exactly out of his head and explains thing in a fun way -.-
My engagement ring has pearls instead of diamonds. They're beautiful and unique, and it's fun now to think about how they're made. ... Though I wish they weren't produced in the gonads. That's a little ... unromantic ....
Well, if you really think about it, you were basically produced in someone's gonads.
deadeaded
Can't get much more romantic than that, but babies are usually iritating once they're out in the open!
&B^{P>
Both true ... ew.
Is it unromantic? Or is it the most romantic?
You know, here in the Philippines, Pearls are so common that Pearl farms can sell you a ring, bracelet, earrings, and a necklace with a pearl pendant for only 40 pesos ($ 0.80)
Hey SciShow. Scientifically, What are "goosebumps" and why do we get them? Why do we get the "chills" that give us goosebumps?
Normally are pearls dispelled by the oyster? It seems odd that if it's a method of protection that the oyster would rather have a huge pearl blocking it's insides forever! But I've never heard of scouring the floor of oyster beds for pearls either.
White-nose syndrome in our bat populations is a big concern of mine. What I was wondering was whether or not an ozone generator would work. A number of years back there was an odor/mold problem at work that was solved using one.
Peridot, get some oyster, Lapis, form a mini ocean, we have to make some pearls
I say
That's pretty epic
Can we please get an episode on earthworms? The animal is superstrange, what with weird anatomy, mating habits, living conditions and all. Please?
Does the oyster at some point release the irritant pearl or does it continue to get larger or will it stay the same size.
Yes, if they get too big then oysters have the ability to spit pearls out 😄
I have always wondered, if you were an oyster and something got into your system and irritated you, how much less irritative would it be to drastically increase he size of said irritant?? Or does the oyster eventually spit the pearl out..
instead of having dust in your eye, u got a giant eye booger, not sure which would be more irritating
i'd prefer a bit of dust on my balls than an extra ball
x2lazy2die the combination 😂😂
what helps the oyster to have so many layers of the calzium? wouldn't 1mm thick layer be enough to sorround the Irritation and avoid further infections or stuff like that?
How come some of these comments are already 3 days old?
Great question! I don't have an answer but would love to hear one!
Stephen Horton you can choose when you upload the video. it can go live immediately, or it can stay hidden for everyone except you, or it does not go live but you can embed it and can share a link that allows people to watch it.
the third option is the key. you upload it, you get a link, everyone who has the link can watch it. and later you can make the video go live.
***** what are subbable subscribers I am subscribed to them but I go the video today
thanks
TIME TRAVEL
This is a thing that I never realized I wanted to know until literally right now.
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Spherical pearls look nice because I have slight OCD so symmetry is important to me, but I think the more natural, irregular shaped pearls looks cool. All pearls are beautiful! XD
reminds me of the Jimmy Neutron movie where he puts Oysters into a microwave and get pearls like popcorn
Don't mind me, just a crystal gem passing through
MVP
So a pearl is an Oysters equivalent of a booger?
Then that means pearls are the most expensive boogers
I found a lobster pearl at work. I did some research and they don't normally make pearls because crustaceans shed their shells often, and also because it's not as easy for junk to get in under the shell as it is for mollusks. My best guess is that it was a genetic shell deformation, or perhaps an injury that grew strangely into a teardrop like shape, broke off, and then became rounded. But I'm not sure... What can you tell me about lobster pearls SciShow?
So are Subbable subscribers getting early access to the SciShow videos? Or is RUclips lying about 3 day old comments? I have no problem if they are, just didn't realise it was another perk.
Now I feel stupid because I always thought "subbable subscriber" just meant that you were subscribed to the channel . . . what exactly does it mean if that's not it?
Alise A It means that you pay a slight fee monthly in order to get some perks.
Dojan5 subbable is also free you dont actually have to pay to get some perks others do cost money
ljlightfire1 Well, yes, but it depends on the channel.
well yea but i think early access is free
I saw Hank's Emerson ad before Hank's SciShow channel's video. Hank is getting ad revenue from Hank.
so... Pearl is not a *gem*?
I'VE BEEN F***ING LIED TO!!! WTF!?! I sad.
Peridot the PineTree i dont know?
So cultivated pearls are just our oyster version of putting Friday by Rebecca Black on repeat over your home cinema speakers which you've pointed towards the neighbour you really hate, while you are on vacation in the Maldives?
And this is my theory why in Steven universe pearls are servants there different and there almost being gemest
Idea: Snowflakes. Before I moved somewhere where it snowed, I had always thought that the cartoon depictions of snowflakes as unique and composed of intricate designs was just that, a cartoon depiction (similar to the popularized depiction of a heart as opposed to the anatomical version of it). Now I know that snowflakes really are made up of intricate designs, but I want to know more!
Wow those are some lost detective pearls right their.
+Razing Flame c;
+Razing Flame my prayers have been answered. I literally JUST posted a comment asking for a joke like this!
+Fireheart318 xD
Help... I don't get it
Joke
🙄 Me
“Defective” “There”
So a lot of pearls start out as an itch on an oyster's ballsack? That's awesome, it's basically fromunda jewelry
do vegans wear pearls?
cara dixon dhjgi hmm o.o j
They do, they don't know what they're
Vegans don't know what anything is. > @@meetaverma8372
Wow, that's really interesting. I've heard of oysters having pearls but I didn't know how they made it. 😮👌
I'm waiting for an episode where Hank starts with:
"Oysters, how exactly do they make pearls?"
"We have no idea!"
"Thanks for watching SciShow"
Would make for a great april fools day video.
Video idea: how long can someone live underwater. That is, if someone stayed in a swimming pool for months with everything but their head submerged, what would happen?
it's weird seeing the comment section empty.
Oyster is a sea creature gives out secretions in self-defense, which form pearls in them
I can see you watched the video.
How do oysters produce offspring? Like is there just magically a baby oyster? And how does it get its shell?
HouseMDaddict I'm sure you have already discovered the answer, but there are a few videos on RUclips as well. To channel my inner Lil' Jon, the female oyster "skeets" its eggs into the water column near a male oyster who "skeets" his sperm into the mix. The sperm and egg combine, and over the course of about 3 months the new baby oyster is floating about in the current until it becomes big enough to swim down and attach itself to a hard surface. It stays there, feeding, and growing for about 2-3 years where it becomes an adult and the cycle of skeet continues. #TheMoreYouKnow
ooh cool! Thanks dude! And thanks for channeling your inner lil' jon haha.
So we're basically wearing a fishes tonsil stones-
"Mother of pearls-"
FIRE ON THE POOP DECK
Speaking of round things in gonads, I've been reading a lot of books about history. One of which meantioned a culture (Can't remember which), where when men get a certain age they have their foreskin cut open, then have some beads inserted to make it look kind of like a cluster of grapes. Not only that, but the little beads have a small grain of sand inside them, so when they walk, you hear a little 'tinkling'.
This supposedly sounded very enchanting or musical, but I think it had more to do with the fact that usually only rich men got this operation. So if a woman hears it, they know there's a very wealthy man nearby. The book I'm reading is focusing on China in 1421 or so, as well as their trading and travels, however this tradition is based elsewhere I think. Mysore or something like that. Pretty sure somewhere in India.
Just thought I'd share this... weird bit of history.
Especially to our subbable subscribers who keep these /answers/ coming...
Why do onions make us cry
There are many sulfur compounds in the cells of onions, and when you cut them up the gases get released and make contact with your eyes. When this happens the gases (with sulfur specifically because they're the ones that hurt) and the tears react and form sulfuric acid which is a very strong and painful acid. You crying is a reaction to the irritant and an attempt at flushing it away. That's what all tears are for actually; getting rid of irritants.
Katelyn Shacklock Great. So if the purpose of all tears is resolving irritation, why do people cry for emotional reasons? Hmm?
SHREK
seigeengine I wanna say they're different tears... Like the chemical composition of emotional tears is different from that of the ones that are washing irritants out. So presumably the reason for emotional tears is different since I would guess production is different. But I'm not sure where I learned that. I could be wrong. Potentially they are the same, but one is an involuntary reaction like breathing and the other is a voluntary reaction like moving. I'm gonna have to look into this now. I'm curious if I'm just making stuff up now :)
Katelyn Shacklock I believe SciShow actually did an episode on tears.
u should do a video on what causes Alexandria (one of my Birthstones) to appear to change colors and why
why youtube.
why was this in my suggestions?
is it because i watch too much steven universe?
why youtube...?
OMG same
lol same :D
We are same, I'm watching this to find out the origins of Crystal Gem Pearl and why she is salty.
pearls can come from freshwater in Tennessee, salt water pearls come from Hawaii
Dont be mad!
I get much worse recommendations
please put English subtitle for all shows until these get more useful for whom are weak at listening.
This all seems quite inhumane.
Well oysters have about as much consciousness as a houseplant. It's no more inhumane than a bonsai tree in my opinion.
How? Humans don't force it on them
Bob Jones GCS Oh don't go arguing what's inhumane and what's not. We're humans! We have developed on a path that is not in sync with nature and we're too far in to turn back. Inhumane means are inevitable. Don't like it? Pick a goal and help us work towards it instead of wasting your breath on the internet... yes, I know that's exactly what I just did >.
xxDrain Inhumane acts for survival is one thing, annoying creatures for the sake of vanity is another.
Olav Lomeland What PacMonster0 said.
Cool question for an episode :
Why do cats like to knock things over ?
The video's are everywhere !
Why Does every animal only mate with the other gender ,but some dogs and some humans mate with their gender. I'm not gay. 0_o
deadeaded It was a little confusing to put my question into words.
I'd say that on average, around 10% of the population of a species is homosexual. Proof that it's perfectly natural to be attracted to the same sex, despite what some political conservatives say.
Quick answer, not all animals do only have sex with the opposite gender, though if they only did it would be logical why that would happen evolution wise (reproduction and stuff) if you actually watch the vlogbrothers giraffe sex video, you'll find out that a lot of animals do have sex with those of the same sex
deadeaded In the context he was using the words they meant the same thing.
TheShepard256 Firstly, 10% of the population is what the LGBT community would like you to believe, but in reality, its more like 1-2% (for humans). Having said that, 90% of giraffe sex is male on male, and only 9% of it is male on female intercourse.
i think im in love with him
That doesnt mean I can't be in love with him
So has it ever happened where you go to eat oysters at a restaurant and you find a pearl inside?
it does happen but its quite rare. there are videos of people finding pearls in oysters at the restaurant.
I imagine the chefs would be on it before that stage
unless that restaurant wants a lawsuit, no
kurtilein3
Pearl oysters (Pteriidae) aren't the ones we eat (Ostreidae).
Im living few kilometers from indian ocean, and man lots of this pearls available here but never thought are in any use, lots i mean lots of them.
Where does a baby come from?
The ass
When a mommy and daddy love each other so much, they make a wish and then at night when they are asleep a stork comes with a baby in a bag.
Dr.RamsBottom SCIENCE!
A vagina
When a man and a women sleep togethor in the same bed, they have the option to woo hoo. Then,in a few months, a baby will come out of the green diamond on top of the woman's head.
Knock knock! Who's there? Oyster. Oyster who? Oyster face up and I'll give you a pearl necklace.
Why do deer in headlights act like deer in the headlights?
what i would like to know is how on earth did you comment 3 days ago on a video that was posted half an hour ago?
***** i second this
***** Subbable subscribers get to see the videos earlier than everyone else.
so, in the wild, would oysters naturally eject pearls or would it just have a pearl in it forever? do oysters then get multiple pearls from various irritants? is there such a thing as cluster pearls like, where multiple irritants and pearl sacs get smooshed together?
This makes me wonder how humane the process is considered.
Well they are oysters so most people don't care lol, including PETA most likely.
Oysters don't have much in way of a nervous system so I don't think we need to worry much about hurting their feelings =)
AlgaeEater08 Has this been confirmed by a credible source yet? Because so far all I've found is a bunch of poorly-executed studies by people with no scientific merit.
AlgaeEater08 That would require a very very loose definition of "feel". Having systems that react to injury is far from having qualia (consciously feeling). Would you say we need to be considerate to the "feelings" of a burglar alarm or the self diagnostics of our cars? :-)
Thanks I've been wondering this for years
Are viruses alive?
We don't really know. Our definition of life isn't really all that specific, so it's hard to know when it comes to things like viruses. They're effectively inanimate objects that can reproduce. They don't move or eat or anything, they just float around until they find a cell to inject their DNA into. The cell then creates more viruses that repeat the cycle. It's more like a computer virus than a living creature, which makes it hard to say.
Are Viruses Alive?
There are five things that define what is alive. Get a biology book and read.
No. Just pay attention in middle school.
Currently, science says no but this is ever changing as viruses are one of a tiny handful of things that walk the line between death and life. They display components of both living AND dead things, leaving humans unsure how to classify them as of yet.
SciShow, if the air around lighting reaches a temperature upward of 30000 degrees Celsius, why is it that people who have been struck by lightning do not all have severe burns all round their bodies. Also, why don't all people die due to the high temperature when they are stuck? Thanks in advance to SciShow, or any viewers who can answer this!
It only reaches temperature that high for such a small time that nothing major happens.
Probably because of the short duration of the current's flow. Also, if only a small amount of gas gets heated, it may quickly disperse.
*****, thanks for answering. I appreciate it.
yeah, if a perfectly round pearl was created by a human at the expense of a poor seashell's comfort....
African kids are dying of starvation yet the thing you care about most is humans treatment of an unconscious seashells
*sarcasm*
you have your priorities set well
don't you?
Geo Hd
No, the opposite solves it.
We eat starving children.
Problem solved.
No one is hungry.
And we have more food
Geo Hd
Laws are different from country to country
Geo Hd
*spreads propaganda and changes consent laws around* xP
Geo Hd
What about murder?
I'm pretty sure its illegal.
Yet the military gets away with killing all da time
Oh I forgot to ask , Is it true that pearls dissolve in wine? That would be cool, Thanks.
How many people are watching this video and also have Steven Universe on the brain?
yeah me. i feel like total genius by whatching this and research
Yeah I was just thinking like "quartz and other rocks/gems are made of compressed dead trees and stuff... whAT aboUT pEARLS??"
I'm actually watching it right now
Lionstar16 Me Steven Universe is so popular
I didn’t until you mentioned it. Thanks.
Inside every man-made pearl there's a tiny piece of oyster testicle? *dies laughing* That' beautiful. I appreciate them far more now.
And why do oysters make pearls? Do their babys hatch out of it?
...... No comment.
Did you not watch the video, Patrick?
John Doe He is Patrick.
It literally just explained it in the video?
Do pearls grow to a certain size so the irritant can be dislodged easily, or do they just keep growing unless removed by humans?
Subbable subscribers who keep these ansvers comming... thats intresting i though they keep questions comming
Interesting, but what about BLACK pearls? How do those specific super-rare jewels form?
LOL, he said "pearl sac and gonads"!! Thanks for fast talking though!
I have a seashell that I got from Pensacola Beach and it has something that has opened this year now that is coming out of it what is it can I keep it alive I found it in salt water I put it in regular water and for the last 4 days I have been putting salt in it and it is something coming out of it
Wait a minute.. you are so eye catching.
The host is very smart!
I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying in this episode because I was seriously distracted by the sounds his hands were making every five seconds lol.
Thank's for the Information...
Hey Aranda, Sugar Ray called... He wants his hair back.
(good video though!)
How many pearls can an oyster produce? What happens to the pearls in the wild afterwards? Does it kill the oyster when humans open their shell to harvest the pearl?
How can the universe be ever expanding thus everything moving farther apart but scientists say our galaxy will collide with andromina (spelling?) Billions of years from now.
Also any resturant that says "if you find a pearl, it's yours" you will never find one.
How long does it take the oyster to form the pearl?
Did anyone else giggle when he said "gonad"?
Gee, how many pearls actually are there then? SSAALLTTYY
Thank you for the very good information,
I really like your videos and they have taught me many good things. I was wondering if you would make one about "zero calorie" beverages
I've always wondered. Thanks for the knowledge! ☺️