Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything

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[jmaes]

Hank: “This is the last episode”
Me: *is dying*
Hank: “...of the first season”
Me: “OMG THANK GOD”

[ssemo]

My fiancée calls this show “Sleepy time Bacteria”

[Vistico]

I love every time you get a momentary view of the 3-D shape of these organisms. They become so much more real in those moments...

[TripleDVideos]

As someone that works with microscopy on a daily basis, this was wonderfully explained! Your science communication chops are showing!

[Dmoney]

0:41 "the organism seems to be lit".
My kind of organism

[PirateOfTheNorth]

I’m not used to Hank sounding so calm. Usually in sci-show he’s so energetic. I didn’t recognise his voice at first. Great series by the way.

[Taxtherich]

The best present I got as a child was an old brass and glass microscope. When I first looked at a drop of apparently clear water from an outside bucket and saw a whole mini universe of moving creatures I was amazed. Your channel reignited that fascination. The images are amazing and the narration is perfect, both informative and witty. Thank you to all involved. ❤️

[briannenurse]

The polarized light shots are always my favourite. Like you said, Hank, it's like looking into an entire cosmos wrapped up in a tiny little microbe. The world is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose. I love this channel, please keep up the good work!

[andylindsaytunes]

From season 2, I think we can all expect more bikini models, car chases, and explosions than season 1.

[SimonClarkstone]

A question for next season: What senses do these microbes have and can they feel the bright light passing through them?

[MrCasual]

Man, what a channel you guys have started. I found the first episode on reddit when it aired. Since then everytime you guys upload, everything gets put on hold for me to watch it. Just amazing content. Content that has given me a complete new perspective on the world and life. I've always been told about the microcosmos in school but it really hasn't ever clicked like it has watching your video's. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[hammedhaaret]

I completely lost focus on the narration when that living mikado set came on screen at 3:43.
Would like to hear more about that one.

[aledro]

This topic about what we see and what things really look like, allways blows my mind.

[noeldenever]

Such a profound way of seeing the world, gained from watching the beautiful critters in the microcosmos. That's Hank Green for you. What a wonderful episode to end a season. Thank you, and see you in the next one guys ❤

[_motho_]

Man, what blows my mind is a majority of microbes are just... Living bubbles filled with smaller bubbles.

[KOKO_CARES]

Hank: ..."and then, we will be back..."

Me: starts to breathe again!!😅

[Tocsin-Bang]

As someone who spent five years staring down a microscope in the 1960s. I love this. I initially worked as a histology technician, then moved to bacteriology, specialising in acid-fast organisms and then mycoplasmata. sadly we used none of these techniques. Pretty much everything was stained.

[rotifer]

4:58 - *Hey, you caught my good side!*

[bludclone]

The complex Kaleidoscope of colors and detail you can capture filming these microbes is honestly just amazing.

[CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

I love you Hank Green. Let's go get a pizza when the pandemics over.