Foraminifera: Hard on The Outside, Squishy on the Inside

We're going fossil hunting for Foraminifera! From beaches, to the ocean floor, to the foundation of the Egyptian pyramids, Forams are everywhere!

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[JamsGerms]

Some of these clips are my favorites! Forams are so weird!
-James

[mhorram]

Boy, that must have been a jarring experience for James.

[BlackieSootfur]

I'm so glad i found this series. It fills me with the same wonder and peaceful tranquility that cosmos (the neil degrasse tyson series) did when i was younger. I've always loved these funky little guys and now i love them even more

[FritzSchober]

Some guy in Hollywood should take notes and make a Horror movie just with upscaled Microcosmos creatures.

[wildbill]

Without this channel I wouldn’t know so much about microbiology
Thank you all even other watchers for making this channel happen every day

[elieclaerhout]

This comes in handy for my invertebrates final! Thanks for always creating great videos! :)

[exploremicroscopy]

Stunning microscopy as always. The views of reticulopodia are almost beyond belief. It makes me appreciate my fossil foram slides even more. Now I'm going to have to collect some live ones... I'd love to spend a day or two, one on one, learning some of your techniques!

[semaj_]

Those poor forams in that jar had one hell of an adventure! Amazing episode as always. Foraminifera are some of the most important organisms in existance to the current ecology of Earth and are crazy weird and cool. I love it!

[JaBryDa]

Well this is generic but I’ve never clicked on a sleepy time bacteria video so fast

[MrHichammohsen]

I love how calm and poetic you are in this series! Thank you James for opening our eyes on microcosmes!

[RaginKavu]

The crazy thing is that Foraminifera can be read as "Outminibeast" in Portuguese.

[camgood]

So bizarre, I just randomly watched a 2 hour documentary about mummies, pharaohs, and tombs in Ancient Egypt yesterday! What are the odds this would be posted this morning?

[laurachapple]

In 7th grade I volunteered for a paleontology thing and ended up spending a month of weekends picking these small friends out of cretaceous gravel.

[HayTatsuko]

The motions of these forams' reticulopodia are absolutely mesmerising to me. Thanks yet again, James and Hank and everyone else on the crew, for a new and fascinating exploration into the world of the teeny tiny. Happy new year to you all!

[Desklamp]

i would love to see an episode about fossils, i didnt know things that small could even become fossils

[eternalsong]

my Geology 1010 professor did her doctoral work on foraminifera and explained to us at length how cool they are, so they have a special place in my heart.

[DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope]

I would love if these "journeys" were longer, and more frequent. They are truly enjoyable and interesting and at times quite eye opening given how many details we as people tend to be completely oblivious of on a regular basis.

[TheRedStig]

Shouting out my home state, very cool! Virginia is an interesting place, geologically speaking. The clay hills near the tidewater region are rich with ancient mollusk shells.

[tundrataiga]

really love the sound effects in the very beginning of the video

[moojidy]

That shot at 4:20.... wow. Amazing. And beautiful! What an amazing job to be able to study things like this.