This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does)

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Hidden in the microverse all around you, there is a merciless war being fought by the true rulers of this planet, microorganisms. Amoebae, protists, bacteria, archaea and fungi compete for resources and space. And then there are the strange horrors that are viruses, hunting everyone else. Not even being alive, they are the tiniest, most abundant and deadliest beings on earth, killing trillions every day. Not interested in resources, only in living things to take over. Or so we thought.
It turns out that there are giant viruses that blur the line between life and death – and other viruses hunting them.

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[shreyassingh]

"No metabolism, no way to propel themselves, no will or ambition."
We still talking about viruses, right?

[ShortHax]

Can’t believe these things evolved to affect computers

[prashanthbaliga]

5:21 I like the fact that the girus has an IF conditional in Javascript enabled to confuse the duck in both cases if it's alive or dead.

[Chatz]

So if these “Girus” things target amoebas, but seem to ignore human cells. Could they be used to treat “brain-eating amoeba” cases?

[alexbosse]

"Sputnik is hunting Mamavirus which is hunting Acanthamoeba."

Microscopic Qui-gon Jinn: "Theres always a...smaller fish?"

[truestory]

Before - What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!
Now - What doesn't kill you, only mutates and tries to kill you again

[jaykoblz]

I studied a marine virus in grad school and almost every source I cited at some point included the phrase "viruses are the most abundant biological entities in the world and world's oceans." I always loved the term "biological entity" for something that is very close to alive, but isn't quite.

[silverstar]

I think the thing that most amazes me is the fact that every virus side by side can make a line larger than 500 milky ways... thats insane, like, ... REALLY insane. As a Space Engine enjoyer i understand pretty well the humongous size of the mily way, but i cant imagine it anymore, just because of this insane count of viruses...

[ConnorNolanTech]

"Imagine a mouse crawled down your throat and turned your guts into a mouse factory"

I would rather *not* imagine that. Please stop giving us new nightmares.

[therealpotpol]

"Imagine a mouse crawling into your mouth and using your guts and Bones and fat tissue to build a mouse factory"

No I'm not going to imagine that

[Penghuin_]

"What is life"

Microscope : Birdy don't hurt me 💀

[aanrrat]

3:30 a better comparison would have been : like if we found out most urban pigeons aren't pigeons at all, but rather giant hummingbirds.

[YetAnotherSpyMain]

"Just imagine a mouse crawling into your mouth and creating a mouse factory."


Let's not

[bonbonbonbon]

"No way to propel themselves, no will, or ambition"

Wow I didn't expect an attack like that

[samanvayasrivastava]

The fact this channel was created by a student inspired by a brilliant teacher is just amazing… you alone are doing so much for learning then all schools and all the incompetent teachers who pretend to teach and blame the students for their failures. I was once a student that was blamed for being too dumb to understand and now I know better.. so watching your world gives me a lot of pleasure

[royearle]

I have chosen Pithovirus as my subject for a school essay I have to write. This is interesting stuff. How can something so tiny (to us, anyway) be so complex and influential? Fascinating stuff, I love it.

[Tog-jbcy]

“Imagine a mouse running into your mouth and using your guts and bones to make a mouse factory.”
No, no I don’t think I will.

[bgdddyweave]

Kurzgesagt: “Imagine a mouse crawling into your mouth and using your guts and bones and fat tissue to build a mouse factory.”

Me: “No… I don’t think I will.”

[KindOldRaven]

Also: kind of fascinating that with large organisms you'll usually see the bigger hunting the smaller. But on the microscopic level, it often happens the other way around; with smaller things hunting larger things.