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0:00 - Introduction to Animal Superheroes
0:13 - The Pistol Shrimp's Plasma Cannon
3:22 - The Icefish with Antifreeze Blood
6:32 - The Deceptive Spider-Tailed Viper
8:19 - The Deadly Poison Dart Frog
11:28 - The Super-Strong Beetle
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0:00 - Introduction to Animal Superheroes
0:13 - The Pistol Shrimp's Plasma Cannon
3:22 - The Icefish with Antifreeze Blood
6:32 - The Deceptive Spider-Tailed Viper
8:19 - The Deadly Poison Dart Frog
11:28 - The Super-Strong Beetle
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00:01Let's take a look at five amazing abilities that animal superheroes possess, and the footage you're about to see proves
00:07that these aren't just empty words. Let's go!
00:13The Shrimp with a Plasma Cannon
00:16Life on the reef is tough and full of dangers, racketeering, territorial wars, poisoning, and sneaky attacks from around the
00:23corner.
00:24You can't survive here without natural caution, strong fangs, and sharp spines.
00:30Or you can just arm yourself with a Plasma Pistol, like the Pistol Shrimp did.
00:34This little guy, about the length of a finger, doesn't have fast legs, strong armor, or powerful jaws, but it
00:41does have a firearm.
00:43This creature is capable of breaking glassware from a distance of 10 centimeters. How does it work?
00:50Actually, it's pretty simple. Inside its Mega Claw, there's a cavity. When the shrimp opens its claw, it fills it
00:57with water, basically charging up.
00:59As soon as something that looks like an enemy or prey appears on the horizon, the shrimp forcefully squeezes its
01:05claw, and then physics comes into play.
01:08The claw releases water with such force that it creates an acoustic wave measuring 190 dB. Such a sonic attack
01:15easily stuns fish that are two or three times bigger than the shrimp itself, and there's nothing surprising about that.
01:22The snap is louder than the roar of a jet engine. But that's not all.
01:33After one millisecond, the bubble collapses, releasing the power stored inside it in a brief flash with a temperature of
01:417,700 degrees Celsius.
01:44For comparison, the temperature on the surface of the sun usually does not exceed 8,000 degrees.
01:50So, our superhero is not armed with a puny revolver, but with a high-tech plasma cannon.
01:56However, the plasma that forms when the bubble collapses is completely useless for killing.
02:01It forms too close to the claw, but this effect is quite helpful when building a lair.
02:06Pistol shrimp dig their burrows into the mineralized remains of coral, but shrimps use that claw for more than just
02:14fighting and building.
02:16They communicate with each other using loud clicks. Why? So that no one else enters their territory, because these creatures
02:23are extremely territorial.
02:26In some places, the density of the population reaches such a level that the sounds they make interfere with the
02:32sonar of submarines and passing ships.
02:36There is only one case when a shrimp can tolerate another member of its species in its territory.
02:42If it's its, mate.
02:45Another unique feature of these shrimp is strict monogamy.
02:48Even when they're young and inexperienced, the male and female pair up and stay together for life.
02:56The couple is joined by a pair of shrimp gobies.
03:00These fish rent a corner in the pistol shrimp's burrow, but they don't pay with money or goods, they pay
03:05with their eyes.
03:07The gobies' eyesight is much sharper than that of the shrimp, so the fish are always on the lookout.
03:13If there's any danger, they warn their arthropod friends, and together the neighbors quickly retreat into their shared burrow.
03:22Now take a look at another amazing sea creature.
03:26A fish with antifreeze instead of blood.
03:29We've all learned the axiom.
03:31The deeper you go into the ocean, the scarier the creatures become.
03:35But today we'll give you a new thesis.
03:37The closer you get to the pole, the more sophisticated survival methods organisms choose.
03:43What happens if you combine these two statements?
03:45You get the ice fish.
03:47A ghostly fish with antifreeze in its veins, roaming the waters of the South Pole.
03:52There are only 26 species of ice fish.
03:55As deep-sea creatures go, our heroes look unusual.
03:59They look like fish, not like something from the underworld.
04:03The creature resembles a juvenile pike, and the maximum size it can reach is 70 centimeters.
04:09A third of that length is taken up by its giant mouth.
04:12The blood of this creature has turned into a colorless liquid full of nutrients.
04:17How did this fish end up living like this?
04:21After all, we all know from biology textbooks that all vertebrates, including fish, need oxygen.
04:26In their bodies, oxygen is carried by red blood cells armed with hemoglobin.
04:32But in the blood of white-blooded fish, there are neither hemoglobin molecules nor red blood cells.
04:38In humans, a lack of red blood cells causes anemia.
04:41But these fish live without red blood cells in harsh polar conditions and feel just fine.
04:46At the same time, the fluid that flows in the fish's body is still responsible for transporting oxygen.
04:52Only now, the vital gas is delivered to the tissues exclusively in dissolved form.
04:58Since this method is much less efficient than the standard delivery of O2 using hemoglobin,
05:03these white-blooded fish had to upgrade their circulatory system.
05:06The fish has four times more blood than any other of similar size.
05:11Each blood vessel in its body is noticeably wider,
05:14and its enlarged heart is five times more powerful than a normal fish's heart.
05:18But even that wasn't enough.
05:20Polar fish had to give up their scales to absorb oxygen through their entire body surface.
05:25They also seriously slow down their metabolism and carefully conserve every drop of energy,
05:32since the scarce oxygen is so necessary to replenish their reserves.
05:36But why did this family of fish give up hemoglobin at all?
05:40It caused them so many problems because it was their only chance to survive.
05:45It used to be believed that white-blooded fish adapted to the conditions of the South Pole
05:50in such a radical way.
05:51The blood of most fish freezes at 0.8 degrees, but thanks to their unique composition,
05:58anti-freeze flows in the veins of white-blooded fish.
06:01They are able to survive cold, down to minus 2 degrees Celsius.
06:05The secret of their anti-freeze is simple.
06:08Ice can't destroy red blood cells if you don't have any.
06:11But later, scientists determined that tolerance to low temperatures is just a pleasant bonus.
06:16The main reason for giving up red blood cells is the low metal content of their diet.
06:21Young guys fish feed almost exclusively on krill, which has never contained any metal.
06:27That's an interesting story, and now it's time to move on to land.
06:32Spider-tailed Viper
06:34Imagine that this combo of a snake with a spider on its tail fooled people for almost 36 years.
06:41In 1970, biologists got their hands on the body of a somewhat strange false-horned snake.
06:47Everything was as usual, 60 cnm long, sandy camouflage, and soft-horned-like scales above
06:54the eyes. But at the very tip of the tail, there was a disgusting growth.
06:58The creepy growth was surrounded by abnormally long scales.
07:02It was only in 2006 that researchers traveling through the eastern provinces of Iraq came across
07:08a similar sick animal in its natural habitat.
07:12But the snake, deformed by the tumor, was in no hurry to roll its eyes in agony and give up
07:17the
07:17ghost. It was actively rubbing its tumor against the surface of its body. That's when the scientists
07:22finally understood. The reptile was perfectly healthy. It was simply using its tail to mimic
07:27a camel spider, a favorite delicacy of desert birds. The snake mimics so well that all the local
07:34birds living alongside the Viper don't even try to tell its tail apart from real prey anymore.
07:39They simply stopped eating camel spiders to avoid falling into the trap.
07:44But since birds rarely stick to one territory, the spider-tailed Vipers always have something to
07:49munch on. However, this hunting method has made the snakes very lazy.
07:53During the day, they only do two things. Crawl into the shade and return to the sun.
07:58They don't even go to water sources. They restore their water balance by drinking the blood of their
08:03victims. The Viper does have venom, but it's very weak since mimicry and stealth are the reptile's
08:09main allies. The spider-tailed Viper is so secretive and cautious that scientists still
08:15don't really know its range, let alone its lifestyle or reproduction. Now let's take a look at another
08:21creature whose poison, to put it mildly, is deadly. The terrible poison dart frog.
08:27This tiny creature has a massive excess of poison. A single touch can kill 250 people. But why does
08:34such a small creature need such a monstrous concentration of toxin? Let's figure it out now.
08:39Terrible poison dart frogs. Like other poison dart frogs, prefer to spend their days in the treetops
08:45rather than in cool water. Their bodies have adapted so much to their new way of life that these guys
08:51decided to get rid of the webbing between their toes completely. Instead, these animals have
08:56developed sticky pads. They allow them to crawl on vertical surfaces, even upside down. And of course
09:02anyone who climbs high sooner or later is bound to fall from the sky to the ground. In the case
09:08of other
09:08frogs, it doesn't really matter to a person. You just take the amphibian out of your hair and release it
09:13into the nearest bushes. But the golden poison frog is covered from head to toe in toxic slime,
09:18the poison of which can be absorbed even through the skin. If you don't wash your hands after taking
09:24cute photos with the four centimeter bright amphibian, your body will start to shut down
09:29in about half an hour. The heart will be the first to malfunction, with arrhythmia indicating that
09:34something is wrong with the body. A little later, paralysis of the muscles in the lungs and limbs will
09:39follow. It can all end fatally. So that's a pretty strong argument for washing your hands after
09:44handling poison dart frogs. Of course, only a small amount of the poison penetrates through the skin,
09:49but this toxin is so deadly that just 2 micrograms are enough for an adult. And in a day, the
09:55poison
09:55dart frog produces up to 500 micrograms of poison. Why does it need so much? After all, potential
10:02predators that might eat the toxic amphibian would die from even a hundredth of the human dose. In fact,
10:09it's all about the production mechanism. The poison is produced automatically when the frog eats local
10:15poisonous beetles and spiders. At the same time, the amphibian itself doesn't get poisoned. Moreover,
10:20it turns its prey's weapon into its own. But if you switch the poison dart frogs to a diet of
10:25ants,
10:26butterflies or chicken meat after just a couple of weeks, the frog itself can be eaten without any
10:31danger to your health. Toxic animals also eat each other without fear. They are immune to their own
10:37poison. The frogs aren't shy about practicing cannibalism when there's no other food around.
10:43The only reason a poison dart frog would refuse to snack on smaller frogs is if they're its own
10:48offspring. Once they reach a length of 3.7 centimeters poison, dart frogs start breeding frantically
10:54throughout the entire rainy season. As you may recall, this amphibian has almost given up water,
11:00so these frogs breed on land. The female lays her eggs on moist soil in the shade,
11:06and the male carefully tends to them, moistening them with his mucus and regularly turning them
11:11from side to side. When the babies hatch, he gathers them onto his back and quickly crawls to the nearest
11:17body of water. The father has to hurry, as the tadpole's food supply is not endless. If he hesitates,
11:25the little ones will start chewing on each other right on his back. And for dessert, let's take a look
11:31at a superhero from the insect squad, the muscle beetle.
11:36This bodybuilder definitely never skipped leg day at the gym. Why does an insect need such a huge leg?
11:42The first obvious answer that comes to mind for jumping is wrong. First of all, muscle strength
11:48alone isn't enough for jumping. You need a special joint structure, which this beetle doesn't have.
11:53And why jump anyway, when this big guy can fly? So, he's clearly not much of an athlete. Usually,
12:00in the comments on shots like this, people say he bulked up on steroids. And in a way, they'd be
12:06right.
12:07Beetles and frogs are kind of like upside-down gymnasts or chitinous Tarzans. They need their mega
12:13legs to hang for hours on slippery vine leaves. That's also why they have stiff hairy brushes on the
12:19inside of their legs. Excessive hairiness is useless for jumping, but those bristles are perfect for
12:25clinging to vines. That's quite an unusual super team. Write in the comments which one surprised you
12:31the most. Leave a like if you found it interesting and see you in the next episode on our channel.