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CREDITS:
This video was made in collaboration with Benedikt Pleyer, who is a gifted microscopist and has a wonderful contagious passion for discovering the incredible worlds that exist all around us. He has introduced me to all sorts of new creatures and I am fortunate to have met him.
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Kita Williams reached out to me almost a year ago with her amazing Tardigrade footage, and I am so happy that she did. She has a knack for capturing these animals in way that gives them so much personality!
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Bob Goldstein runs a lab at UNC Chapel Hill and has done incredible work on the Tardigrade (and much more.) He was kind enough to review my work to make sure I didn't screw the science up too much! I wish I could have included more of his work on the evolution of Tardigrades - but I hope to do that in a future episode on arthropods.
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Thank you to the following for publishing their images
under the CC license, it is a huge contribution to
science communication.
Water bear (tardigrade), Hypsibius dujardini,
scanning electron micrograph by
Bob Goldstein and Vicky Madden.
Scanning electron micrograph of active hydrated
Echiniscoides sigismundi by Thomas L. Sørensen-Hygum,
Robyn M. Stuart, Aslak Jørgensen & Nadja Møbjerg.
New Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) from Amber
Mountain (Northern Madagascar) by Gąsiorek P, Vončina K (2019)
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patience, support and feedback
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you should try doing true facts: crayfish haha
How about one on platypodes ?
What do you have to say about Honey Pot Ants?
Dude I love this guy so much. If only I could capture him and put him in my closet.
True facts about the geoduck. A shellfish that looks way too much like a giant dong.
You better sell those orbeez tardigrade models as merch RIGHT NOW
Are you the voice of the current scientology commercial?
Jerry is the perfrct embodiment of my enthusiasm towards living this life
tartigrades: reproduction via diy skin condoms
why are these things so.... ADORABLE
Glass of Gatorade?! You barbarian!
Nice but a little bit less Jerry would be great.
I wish I was a tardigrade
Could you do a video on peacocks please? Pretty, pretty please?? Picture me peacocking ! Lol
Hello Frank, I hope you read this. I just learned about the existence of the (more or less spooky) "Potoo", or "common potoo" (Nyctibius), and I would love to learn about it. By you :)
that was a good one!
I have a hard time believing aliens don't exist after seeing this. I thought Jerry did a great job in those models! 👍
Please make a video about terrestrial isopods. They are gaining popularity in the pet community and I have them. Would love to see a video on them from you
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It isn't good for them to obtain or get close to Borealis,otherwise not to mention 7 hours but not even 7 minutes war...
Because humans have the stupid bias that assumes advanced forms of life must be large, they've failed to realize that Tardigrades are the alien rulers of the universe who came here from a galaxy a trillion light years away to add earth to their empire.
Jerry is very good at making models, he probably has a curiosity shower every day before work
I love Tardigrades! I think they are so amazing. Thanks for teaching me more about them. I've loved and shared your videos since I first discovered your Sad Cat Diary. Your voice and manner of speaking are the best 😁
*Jerry is what you'd call "Passive-aggressive"*
Do a true facts about cockroaches
This is the first time frank made a video about an animal they did before
Our universe is made up of tardigrade $#!+
Great movie! I hope that someday in the future I will get an audience like yours. Please visit my channel, maybe you can advise me something :)
So what you’re saying is that a bag of tardigrades is essentially a bag of rice with protein that makes them come back to life after you poop them into the water in your toilet. Do we get nutritional value from them?
“It looks like a galaxy.” Wait,,, Is our whole universe *a water bear’s poop???*
Yes.
Whats the name of the song at the very end?
It’s official. I will never get enough of you and Jerry.
This video was amazing!! I'd like to see dust mites in a future episode.
Yeah.... *LEWD* 😂
They're so cute, I want all of them
Just a reminder: This guy did an operation on a teddy bear
You should do one on the mountain chicken
Teach us about the jellyfish
I love Jerry
Love you Ze Frank's,Your amazing, you made 12 + years of my ITworlds expensive awesome,Oh and plz Do one on another small creature,The Sea Monkey.
Water bears are only cute because they aren't big and can't kill you like regular bears.
Jerry is poggers
Can u do a true facts about Humans
I Follow and Get Excited when a new vid is posted, I just love his Narrations and the Simple Witty Humor. Thanks Man Don't Change.
Is the universe Gods poop?🤔
Jerry been acting up lately.
Dude you are amazing
Today I learned that tardigrades have disco poo and life feels a little better.
Great white sharks no reason just like them
I wish i could get smaller to taste moss bacon
zefrank, first off, I’m a huge fan. love all your videos, especially True Facts, and share them with my friends often. Special request though, can you do a video on Bearcats? Which are neither bears, nor cats, but do have a prehensile tail and smell like popcorn. Pretty sweet, right?
I don't know why, but this little thing is adorable. It looks like a tiny animal not just the usual blob.
Scatter them and some GMO lichens all over Mars.
How are you, Ze? I hope you are happy and well. :-D
Is Cancel Culture gonna ban you for offending these things?
The sticky toe ones...so cute
Damn it, Jerry.
lol brilliance as always! Also...we love Jerry lol
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Wow, this was educational!
Is teddy ok
Absolutely fantastic, as always.
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three things you learned about water bears two things you already knew about bears one question you still have about water bear
Amazing 🤯
Star Trek Discovery.
This is the best thing i've seen in a long time
Tardigrade, the manatees of microscopic world.
I LOVE the true facts series...humour and science
Thank you for this incredibly detailed and completely serious video.
Ze Frank is just the bizarro David Attenborough
Damnit Jerry, get it together
This channel kinda like national geographic and darkweb got smash together to make a smoothie of animal pornhub but super informative
What mic do you use
This is so great, i wish this channel grows to infinity
zefrank and Jimmy Carr. Podcast. Go.
well at least we know that once we kill off the human race, tardigrades will take over and become the all powerful.
I love these videos! You should do one about Potoo birds!
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So cool there are these tiny living on our planet
I saw the world of sentient jelly beans.... I'm glad I'm not one of them.
True facts about Jerry 🤣
True Facts: Velvet Worms!!
Mind BLOWN!
"What can you do? Not that." Is that a challenge?
Water bears:3
Thanks for the useful analogies Jerry
That tardigrade was roughly 5 small long.
Absolutely love these videos! Thanks so much zefrank!!
Your pfp makes you look like gorden ramsay
"masturbation with consequences" made me lose it
Came here because of Star Trek Discovery.
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My husband and I love your channel we watch a few of your vids every night before we go to bed. We always have a good laugh and learn a thing or two 😁
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Is this in me, are these cthulu creatures inside me?
Imagine if we pooped crystals.
“Teddys on drugs 🤯”
Wait so the giant alien in starship troopers was a giant tardigrade??
I REALLY appreciated that the adult content was almost entirely at the end. Small children LOVE this content but many parents won't let them watch. If you can release more content that is mostly PG, we will watch more content and share more. I think the content is brilliant.