@GhostSoapO
That kleptoplasty idea is such a good horror movie idea.
@birkobird
"There's nothing educational in this part, I just wanted to complain" Iconic.
@omnijack
5:52 So I had to look it up and -- well, the species is called "lettuce sea slug." So yeah I think they totally did that.
@incineroar9933
Oarfish apparently can drop their tails. There’s a 2017 documentary on YouTube that suggests they either do it when attacked by sharks or when they sexually mature. And their tails consists of a large portion of their body length
@coryzilligen790
So, from what I can gather, phenotype is referring to ANY measurable physical difference (including biochemistry, etc.), while morphotype is referring specifically to shape, structure, and other obvious parts of outward appearance. This makes morphotype a subset of phenotype. To give examples: A black-furred jaguar would be both a morphotype and a phenotype. Having a B- blood type would be a phenotype but not a morphotype. Edit: Another way of thinking about it: If it's something that can distinguish two individuals which you can observe without genetic analysis, it's a phenotype. If it's something you can observe without harming the individual or doing anything invasive, it's also a morphotype.
@SabrinaStrats
God you need more subscribers. You are one of the most well-read YouTubers that I watched animal related content on. I’m going to veterinary school soon and I love how I both deepen my understanding on so much ocean life at an academic level, but also are entertained by your jokes and delivery. Keep it up fellow nerd!!
@SeamusMudge
Parasite: "Great place you've got here." Slug: "Did you know it has an airlock?" (digests a hole) Parasite: "W-wait, we can talk about this, ma-"
@rosswhite-chinnery5725
"There's nothing educational in this part, I just wanted to complain." This is why you are one of my favourite educators on Youtube!
@jademirror
I don't remember if you have talked about Christmas tree worms before but I think they are quite funny. They thwoop back into their tube when threatened. Sea life is just neat, like Ctenophora or Bristle worms. My family loves the Sea bunny nudibranch.
@saltenzy449
The Chloroplasts being able to run themselves thing even if they arent in the cell they are an organelle of is a really fun thing. Cuz the theory is that Chloroplasts (and Mitochondria and potentially the Nucleus itself) are endosymbiosis events. So in taking a chloroplast out of a cell and into use by another organism, the chloroplast is basically just switching hosts, and even though its dependent on a host to survive and cant do so fully on its own, a not fully correct host can still provide it the right conditions to continue operation for a long time. Cells are neat
@dragonfly.effect
Yay!, Phew!, & Finally! The Octopus Lady posts again! 🐙🐙🐙
@herbertkeithmiller
6:25 the reason that chloroplasts and mitochondria have their own DNA is that once they were independent organisms that started out in a symbiotic relationship with the cells. They were absorbed by the cells much as these slugs do the chloroplasts, and eventually became part of it losing all but the DNA necessary to produce either chlorophyll for the chloroplasts or ATP in the mitochondria. But in both instances they also lost the DNA that allowed them to survive on their own.
@kombatwombat6579
Cross-referencing and checking for replicas of experiments IS educational.
@johnsober
That "I thiiiink" is such a mood. I swear when reading papers, I understand saliently, but the second I question how I understand, yeahhh...
@RwnEsper
For what it is worth, i really enjoy seeing/hearing about your research-related dead ends and tangents. It's relatable and speaks to how thoroughly you research. Also, OMG Hades! My most played game on Switch, by a couple orders of magnitude.
@unknowable4147
YES MORE SEA SLUG CONTENT
@janehates
If you think that copepod was weird, check out the dendrogaster, which is a seastar endoparasite. I swear crustaceans make for the WILDEST parasites.
@GeoffryGifari
stealing photosynthesis from plants/algae sounds like such a useful strategy i'm surprised this is not more common
@Negative_Clover
I love how happy you are to be wrong and how open you about what you don't know. Its refreshing and humanizes the sciences in a much more authentic way than the usual manspain format with complete authority and zero questions which is NOT HOW SCIENCE BE
@OctopusLady