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Ephemeral Pools of Moab ~ The Nature & Creatures of Water Potholes

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2023 ж. 21 Жел.
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Did you know the heavy summer rains in Moab have caused tiny creatures to hatch out on the bare rock literally within seconds of a downpour? How do they survive?
Check out Moab Area Travel Council's new short film on the Ephemeral Pools of Moab: The Nature and Creatures of Water Potholes with retired USGS Biological Research Scientist Tim Graham. The latest video in our Moab Science Series takes a macro look at the survival strategies of tadpole shrimp (AKA triops,) fairy shrimp, clam shrimp and more.
Check out video #2 in the Moab Science Series:
Moab's Biological Soil Crust with Dr. Kristina Young
• Moab's Biocrust
For Moab visitor information, visit www.discovermoab.com/
Produced for Moab Area Travel Council by Finley Holiday Productions
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Published 12/22/23

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  • Holy cow, props to the camera man! These animals are NOT easy to film at such magnifications, and I seriously appreciate the effort that went into capturing them.

    @DrLobotamy@DrLobotamy3 ай бұрын

    • Thank you. That was the biggest challenge - figuring out how to film them. A lot of hours kneeling on the rock. As you noted, trying to track and manually focus on a fast moving shrimp an 1/8” of an inch long with a depth of field of a 1/4” underwater is tough. And the, being ephemeral added a whole layer of difficulty even finding them in a clear pool.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

    • @finleyholiday The tracking did not slip past me, seriously good job. Did you have to use a specialty lens to get under such a shallow pool of water?

      @DrLobotamy@DrLobotamy3 ай бұрын

    • Yes, I used the Laowa 24 mm probe lens. It was the only way to get the angles and be able to see, track and focus. Couldn’t have made this film without it. I rented one first and ruined it by getting it too deep in the water and then bought one, having learned my lesson.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

    • I've got crystal clear pictures ,the water is that clear ,it looks like they are in the air ,some look like little mermaids ,but this in Australia...

      @bigshowdownunder8969@bigshowdownunder89693 ай бұрын

    • @@finleyholidayincredible footage and story. Inspiring for sure!

      @mthulhu@mthulhu2 ай бұрын

  • This video reminds me of the days I used to spend hours watching the national geographic and discovery channels. The cinematography and narration are top notch.

    @rishab7746@rishab77463 ай бұрын

    • Thank you! That is high praise. I too remember those days. We used to sell the broadcast rights to our national park programs to Discovery Channel back in the 1990s. We would always get a ton of VHS orders whenever they aired.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

    • The same channels show bs these days. I miss those too.

      @divyanshuadarsh9850@divyanshuadarsh9850Ай бұрын

  • Seed shrimp, fairy shrimp, tadpole shrimp, clam shrimp, boiled shrimp, broiled shrimp, sweet and sour shrimp, shrimp kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, barbecued shrimp, baked shrimp, sauteed shrimp, pan friend shrimp, deep fried shrimp, stir-fried shrimp, pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That-that’s about it.

    @BrettonFerguson@BrettonFerguson4 ай бұрын

    • Actually, we also filmed Beavertail Shrimp, but they didn’t make the cut.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • Buffalo shrimp

      @kellahudson4624@kellahudson46247 күн бұрын

  • This is truly amazing, all of the micro bioverses of extremophiles separated by what seem like planets at that scale. Beautiful!

    @raymondannas4496@raymondannas44964 ай бұрын

    • Yeah it's absolutely fascinating. Makes me realize that we live among aliens, ancient ones at that.

      @lukeirmiter4830@lukeirmiter48304 ай бұрын

    • I agree it's not that impressive when you think about it

      @IziVynelol@IziVynelol4 ай бұрын

  • A very educational, well written and narrated video. Thank you!

    @kellyharrison5184@kellyharrison51844 ай бұрын

    • You’re welcome, and thank you. It was one of our most challenging to film of all the videos we’ve done.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • @@finleyholiday Maybe that story of difficulty deserves its own video.

      @Don.Challenger@Don.Challenger4 ай бұрын

    • @@Don.Challenger Это нужно сделать ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНО!

      @StrannikTula@StrannikTula4 ай бұрын

  • Saw a Fairy Shrimp in a pool at The Cabins in Valley of Fire State Park over 40 years ago as a kid. Never knew what the hell it was until this video! Thank you!

    @randyj4452@randyj44524 ай бұрын

    • Same thing happened to me at red rock Canyon in Las Vegas. Started my interest in finding out what they were and how to film them. And then I ran into Tim.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • ​@@finleyholiday, The Learn Your Land channel has a video episode about "fairy" shrimp ( the channel is primarily oriented towards learning the trees, fungi and edible plants around you). By the way, on a trip to Acadia Maine we visited the Schoodic peninsula and found that there were potholes in the bedrock along the shore, maybe 100-150 feet from the open Atlantic ocean at most, which had fresh water and tadpoles in them! A gray seal was cruising up-and-down along the shore feeding on schools of fish that it had chased up into the shallows.

      @goodun2974@goodun29744 ай бұрын

  • The first shrimp in the vacuum of space will never know it went to space.

    @WuSteve@WuSteve4 ай бұрын

    • Or in a vacuum

      @will-i-am-not@will-i-am-not4 ай бұрын

    • Because it will be too busy exploding, like anyone in near total vacuum

      @RunningTree@RunningTree4 ай бұрын

    • Its not possible to go in to space.

      @MICH137@MICH1374 ай бұрын

    • I bet it came back as a Scientologist

      @langa77777@langa777774 ай бұрын

    • Just as well, because no one is going to believe him anyway.

      @PhilJonesIII@PhilJonesIII4 ай бұрын

  • This really blew me away, I had no idea aquatic life could be so drought resistant in this environment. An entire food web in a temporary pond.

    @Kdub09swm@Kdub09swm2 ай бұрын

    • It really is amazing, isn’t it. That they can survive such extreme conditions, and go even decades without water.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday2 ай бұрын

  • I wish this was longer. Absolutely fascinating

    @jakel5801@jakel58014 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it. Tim is such a good teacher and I captured so much interesting footage, we should have made it longer.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • Please consider doing so ;) This is indeed absolutely fascinating and very well produced! Would love to see more.

      @hapklaar@hapklaar4 ай бұрын

    • Director's cut when?@@finleyholiday

      @RyanWilson-qy7kb@RyanWilson-qy7kb4 ай бұрын

    • @@RyanWilson-qy7kb That’s a good idea. Quite a few comments have expressed they wished it were longer. I wonder how KZhead would handle that?It would be awesome to get recommended again.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

    • @@finleyholiday Yes, another one please. make it an hour long! Good educational stuff!

      @huntermcclovio4517@huntermcclovio45173 ай бұрын

  • There are desert shrimp in freaking Utah? Wow! I’ve been to Moab three or four times to see the rock formations. Who knew these creatures were there! Wow. Amazing. Thank you

    @jd497@jd4974 ай бұрын

    • Pretty amazing indeed. And set in the middle of that beautiful landscape makes it that much more amazing.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • I wonder if they've always been there, like since it was all underwater, they remained... or did they migrate somehow from another big water source?

      @nofurtherwest3474@nofurtherwest34743 ай бұрын

    • These shrimps aren’t actually shrimps, they aren’t even decapods.

      @lirachonyr@lirachonyr3 ай бұрын

    • @@lirachonyr are they edible?

      @nofurtherwest3474@nofurtherwest34743 ай бұрын

    • @@nofurtherwest3474 tadpole shrimp are a delicacy in japan, i don’t know about others

      @lirachonyr@lirachonyr3 ай бұрын

  • I'd never have guessed the diversity of larger crustacea in these little pools - I always assumed these were species found in similar environments but in different locations or even continents!

    @tanksfornothin@tanksfornothin4 ай бұрын

    • It is pretty amazing. And yes, different species are found worldwide in many different environments.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • Love your videos man

      @korbankyler3174@korbankyler31744 ай бұрын

    • ​@@finleyholidayI have seen tadpole shrimp on regular dirt. I was in the west desert of Utah (west of what's now Eagle Mountain). It was about 43 years ago. Someone had dug a large whole in the dirt with what was most likely a backhoe. Presumably rained a had accumulated to around round 6 inches. Tadpole shrimp were swimming around. The wind likely blows their eggs all over the desert . They are just waiting for rain.

      @ParallaxView111@ParallaxView1114 ай бұрын

    • When's your next video coming out?

      @joshclayton9789@joshclayton97894 ай бұрын

    • @@joshclayton9789 Should have a new one in January sometime.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • At first I thought it was just some small creatures that like to find random puddles . But their entire existence is reliant on the puddles . They even dig underground to wait for their puddle to fill back up again with rain if it dries out. Really cool

    @wudly9195@wudly91954 ай бұрын

    • And if they get out during a heavy rain, they'll be part of life in other pools and rivers.

      @ameyring@ameyring4 ай бұрын

    • You’re really cool.

      @GalenWillettMusic@GalenWillettMusic4 ай бұрын

  • Glad KZhead sent this video my way! Very cool 😁

    @TheOtherSlideYT@TheOtherSlideYT3 ай бұрын

    • Glad you liked the video! That’s what we thought while we were filming it - very cool!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • Whoa. I live in a place near polar circle, and all those little crustacean guys or their distant relatives appear in local water holes around last 10 days of May and first 10 days of June. Similarity between those and these is mind-blowing.

    @justincase5002@justincase50024 ай бұрын

    • Well it's sort of the same type of environmental stress--pools that are only inhabitable for a short period of time, with long periods of harsh survival between. Yours just happens to be cold vs. hot. :)

      @ryanpenrod1859@ryanpenrod18594 ай бұрын

    • They may well be actual fairy shrimp, there’s various species all over the world, many live in temperate forests

      @swayback7375@swayback73754 ай бұрын

    • Even in Moab, there is one species of shrimp, that hatches out in summer, and a different species that hatches out in cooler fall and winter temps. The tryouts only like warmer water temperatures, above 70° before they hatch.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • there are fairy shrimp in our vernal pools here in michigan too!

      @jimjimsauce@jimjimsauce3 ай бұрын

  • dang, we really are lucky to live in sucha naturally beautiful country. thank for giving us an insight into these creatures

    @Taskforce1@Taskforce12 ай бұрын

    • So true! Glad you enjoyed the video

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday2 ай бұрын

  • I could spend a lifetime on my belly looking at such wonders.

    @theretrogamer5843@theretrogamer58433 ай бұрын

    • Definitely

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • Isn't life wonderful? That was a fantastic introduction to how life persists in such extreme environments. Thanks for sharing it. 🇦🇺

    @greasylimpet3323@greasylimpet33234 ай бұрын

    • Yes it is! Thank you

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • informative, concise, well paced, and with good attention to aesthetics. everyone involved in making this video should be proud.

    @dylanberger8701@dylanberger87014 ай бұрын

  • Большая благодарность автору данного ролика. Прекрасно продуманный сценарий и замечательная режиссура. Получился превосходный учебно-познавательный фильм для молодежи. Для начинающих экологов и гидробиологов это ценно.

    @StrannikTula@StrannikTula4 ай бұрын

    • Thank you. We were very fortunate to have Tim dedicated to this film. He has been studying these creatures for over 30 years in Moab. We spent over a year filming the macro footage.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • @@finleyholiday😊

      @enenTea@enenTea4 ай бұрын

  • Amazing video! I love seeing such an unusual, unique ecosystem

    @bt9565@bt95654 ай бұрын

    • It’s so complex, and the more you learn about it the more questions you have. Even after years of filming, I still see new creatures every each season.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • I can listen to Tim talk all day about these creatures and the ecosystem.

    @darklordojeda@darklordojeda4 ай бұрын

    • Absolutely could not have made this video without Tim. There aren’t many people on the planet, that know as much about these ecosystems.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • It helps that his voice sounds like Desert Santa - he looks the part, too! I guess he is Desert Santa for all these critters @@finleyholiday

      @alexkt3400@alexkt34002 ай бұрын

  • That was fascinating, holy hell, the speaker! he is such a knowledgeable and nice person, really really loved this video, good work!

    @jesuschrist194@jesuschrist1944 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • This summer I read "The Secret Knowledge of Water" by Craig Childs, which focuses on this topic. Very interesting read. It's amazing how so many of these life forms can go into cystic form for years - just waiting for water to return to their little pothole.

    @SamSeth@SamSeth4 ай бұрын

    • That is definitely one of the best resources out there on the subject.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • ​@@finleyholidayand this is the best video I've seen on the subject. Your success with the video is well deserved. Keep it up

      @SamSeth@SamSeth4 ай бұрын

  • Similar ephemeral pools exist on granite outcroppings in Fredricksburg TX (Enchanted Rock)..I used to collect insects from them for entomology class...I did my Master's Thesis on Eulimnadia texana...clam shrimp. Thanks for the reminder and detailed presentation!

    @davidtrimm3823@davidtrimm38234 ай бұрын

    • You’re very cool! Those clam shrimp are very fascinating to watch. They seem to be a favorite target of the diving beetles. I saw several get eaten by them, but it was only able to film two.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • This is a very professional and informative video, had no idea such a dry place could have so much life waiting to by hydrated! Reminds me of the trisolarians from the Three Body Problem

    @bunnypeople@bunnypeople4 ай бұрын

    • I was thinking the same thing. The husks from the Three Body Problem. I still haven’t read the last book in the trilogy, yet.

      @samsalamander8147@samsalamander81474 ай бұрын

    • @@samsalamander8147 It's so good!! Definitely worth it if you get around to it.

      @bunnypeople@bunnypeople4 ай бұрын

  • A little clear puddle teeming with life is a kid's summer dream!

    @chickendrawsdogs3343@chickendrawsdogs33434 ай бұрын

  • My wife and I have marveled at the life that wakes up in these amazing pools at toroweap, North Grand Canyon. Thanks-great video!

    @MrZooBreak@MrZooBreak4 ай бұрын

    • I’ll have to take my macro to Toro weep after a summer thunderstorm : )

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Small bodies of water have always fascinated me, I grew up next to a tiny stream in the valley behind my house, not a huge amount of life in it but there was some and I spent days and days down there looking around to see what else was there. I have a special place for little creeks and streams in my heart, people dismiss them but they play a role in the environment regardless. Wish I could visit these little pools, tadpole shrimp are so awesome looking!

    @brightargyle8950@brightargyle89504 ай бұрын

    • It would be fascinating to see what we could film in a small creek.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Very well spoken and presented mate. Genuinely presented is a rare thing on KZhead.

    @samrichards8609@samrichards86092 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed the video. Tim is genuine indeed!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday2 ай бұрын

    • Yeh I don’t think there’s much bullshit goin on with Tim Boi, do you know if he has other videos? Thanks for replying

      @samrichards8609@samrichards86092 ай бұрын

  • Dry rocky desert, backed by snow covered mountains! I saw that when in the Moab area in May 2023. What an environment. Loved this video.

    @irened9961@irened99614 ай бұрын

    • Moab is awesome indeed! Glad you likedthe video

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • We have vernal ponds in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan which only last a couple of months at best. Usually they have lots of cyclops and daphnia in them, but if you get lucky you can also find fairy shrimp in them. Looking at those temporary ponds in Moab, reminds me of one other set of critters that lives in seasonal ponds in Africa and South America and that would be the annual killifishes (Nothobranchius in Africa, and Cynolebias in South America). Their eggs go through a diapause (arrested development) which enables them to re-emerge when the ponds fill back up in the rainy season.

    @jonlobello7151@jonlobello71514 ай бұрын

    • i wonder if annual fishes could reduce mosquito populations

      @drakekoefoed1642@drakekoefoed16424 ай бұрын

    • They sure can. And so do mosquito fish which is a live bearer similar to guppies, which have been used for mosquito control in the Southwest. But, then you would be introducing an invasive species to the system.@@drakekoefoed1642

      @jonlobello7151@jonlobello71514 ай бұрын

    • I thought I might have mentioned something about mosquito fish to you which have been used in the SW US for that purpose.@@drakekoefoed1642

      @jonlobello7151@jonlobello71513 ай бұрын

    • We have mosquito fish in North America, as well.

      @AaronHendu@AaronHendu3 ай бұрын

    • Are you telling me this? Yeah, Gambusia affinis, range from southern Indiana and Illinois to the gulf of Mexico, the Southeast US and the Northern states of mexico. They are related to guppies, but they are not annual Killifish and will die when the temporary ponds dry up.

      @jonlobello7151@jonlobello71513 ай бұрын

  • It reminds me the hours that i would spend watching the tiny living creatures as soon as i would walk outdoors

    @the0442@the04422 ай бұрын

    • That’s definitely what we did to film this

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday2 ай бұрын

  • I've seen the fairy shrimp in the pothole of the Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma. I'm going to have to look for the other species when it warms up! Nature is amazing!!

    @SirCharles12357@SirCharles123574 ай бұрын

  • 2:38 fairy shrimp are cute. The way they break apart the sand clump on their back they remind me of otters.

    @smartperson1@smartperson14 ай бұрын

    • 22 seconds later reminds me of me 😜

      @cornfarts@cornfarts4 ай бұрын

    • Thought the same thing too!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • As a Rush fan, this is what "natural science" is about! Look it up, listen and be amazed.😊

    @ErickvdK@ErickvdK4 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful video of the temporary mini ecosystems,taught me a few new things,thank you for teaching and inspiring others too..

    @Tokermon@Tokermon4 ай бұрын

    • Thank you! I really learned a lot making the video with Tim and observing and filming at least 100 different potholes.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • A very well made and informative video. Thank you!

    @CucumberShop@CucumberShop4 ай бұрын

    • Glad you liked it!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • As a child, I always used to wonder if we were also living in a virtual pond, of sorts, completely oblivious to giant creatures looking at us with interest.

    @vondahe@vondahe4 ай бұрын

    • in theory we probably are due to how vast the universe is.

      @MadStyle1911@MadStyle19114 ай бұрын

    • I’ve heard astrophysicists give a good explanation of why the laws of physics don’t line up with that hypothesis.

      @Earthad23@Earthad234 ай бұрын

    • You and every other kid

      @jckdnls9292@jckdnls92924 ай бұрын

    • @@theOGabcduong nice bait mate

      @presidentmorsi4677@presidentmorsi46774 ай бұрын

    • I've dreams like that. The onlookers were in fact sentient clouds. Couldn't do anything but watch.

      @darrellcook8253@darrellcook82534 ай бұрын

  • Oh the depths of your knowledge oh my God, how unsearchable they really are!

    @mxggo9046@mxggo90462 ай бұрын

  • Kudos to your camera person. Spectacularly gorgeous images of surrounding scenery. The colors. The hue. The saturation. Outstanding landscape imagery.

    @dad102@dad1024 ай бұрын

    • Thank you. Moab’s epic landscapes are one of my favorite places to film, and the ephemeral pools make it just that much more interesting

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • This is a beautiful production, thank you!

    @based_gigachad6094@based_gigachad60944 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Wow I guess life really does find a way huh

    @OctorokSushi@OctorokSushi4 ай бұрын

  • It's not just the beautiful landscape but the ecology of the area, the more you learn the more interesting life gets.

    @nelsonpagel2175@nelsonpagel21754 ай бұрын

    • So true!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Wish more people has this level of appreciation for life...

    @bugjams@bugjams3 ай бұрын

    • Thank you. Maybe our little video will help towards that goal

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • I remember seeing these shrimp creatures in these temp pools on rocks years ago, always wondered what was going on there.

    @Earthad23@Earthad234 ай бұрын

    • Where did you see them? Was it in the desert Southwest?

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • @@finleyholiday Rocky Mountains in Colorado at like 9,000 ft.

      @Earthad23@Earthad234 ай бұрын

  • I knew about fairy shrimp. But, I had no idea there were other small organisms (let alone, so many) that could go dormant in dry periods, like this.

    @TurinTurambarTolkien@TurinTurambarTolkien3 ай бұрын

    • Yes, it seems like every time I go out to film freshly-filled potholes with my macro I see some other new crustacean or weird thing that I have to go back to Tim to find out what the heck I'm looking at.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • Research that will change humanity forever. This guys going to change our world. Thanks man.

    @jacksiscavage6265@jacksiscavage62652 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed the video. Tim really is a unique teacher.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday2 ай бұрын

  • This is amazing. I am from a coastal city and never would have thought ephemeral desert pools could host large shrimps like this. Nature is amazing, thank you for sharing this and educating us about them.

    @Alex-kv9un@Alex-kv9un3 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • Very instructive ! Fun to see how life can stand in such a dry place : at 2:13 you can see some rodent passing dicretly in the background behind the scientist ? A very busy place fill with life despite the desert look like at first though. Great video !

    @XXX59FRED@XXX59FRED4 ай бұрын

    • Thank you! That was an antelope ground squirrel that was watching us during the interview

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Amazing aerials, time lapse, and even underwater macro. Great work!

    @airsearch9192@airsearch91924 ай бұрын

    • Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Dr. Tim Graham showing off the Paraquanothrus grahami he discovered is such a flex :)

    @dungeonbrownies@dungeonbrownies2 ай бұрын

    • To be fair, we asked him to talk about it. We were so excited to film a creature that’s never been filmed before, and we never would have been able to find or figure out how to film them without Tim. Quite fascinating that you have an invisible bug named after you.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday2 ай бұрын

  • Tim Graham is an excellent speaker! Kudos!

    @GronTheMighty@GronTheMighty4 ай бұрын

    • Definitely! Knows so much and knows how to dumb it down for us non-scientists.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Wow, I thought fairy shrimp only live in saltwater since I often bought those for my fish, turns out there are also freshwater species. Fascinating, keep up the good work👍

    @hartoramasenju4012@hartoramasenju40123 ай бұрын

    • I was pretty wowed when I first saw these in a desert pool

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • We have big huge rocks like that in the west Australian bush. ,,the crustaceans lie dormant until rain ,ive seen them and have many photos of them in the pools ,it's amazing really because it's a virtual desert during summer and the fact they keep reappearing after rain is like miracle...

    @bigshowdownunder8969@bigshowdownunder89694 ай бұрын

    • It's due to evolution, not a miracle.

      @trinidadscorpion3835@trinidadscorpion38353 ай бұрын

    • @@trinidadscorpion3835 ...captain obvious ,I salute you

      @bigshowdownunder8969@bigshowdownunder89693 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating stuff. I could listen to Tim talk about pot holes all day.

    @penngwinn@penngwinn3 ай бұрын

    • Definitely! He’s a walking encyclopedia when it comes to the creatures in the ephemeral pools

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • I could watch one of these small ecosystems for hours. Its just so fascinating...

    @AngrySinn@AngrySinnАй бұрын

    • The more you watch, the more you learn. But having Tim to explain what I was looking at was invaluable.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholidayАй бұрын

  • This video is fantastic. I never gave this topic much thought but have wondered about the desert in general and it's basically the same concept but way weirder and cooler. I didn't realize water bears/Tardigrades lived in potholes.

    @AngryAmericanWizard@AngryAmericanWizard4 ай бұрын

    • Water bears live everywhere. They survive space. They can totally chill in a pothole

      @Wyi-the-rogue@Wyi-the-rogue4 ай бұрын

  • Great video! Very educational. I had read that the brine shrimp in the west originated in the inland sea that existed millions of years ago, and the eggs have been blowing in the wind ever since.

    @Laserblade@Laserblade4 ай бұрын

    • That is the question that everybody seems intrigued about. Where did it all start? How did they get here? Definitely have seen eggs spread locally by wind.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

    • That is fascinating. Adapting to a shifting niche. I guess we all are, in a way?

      @marcomoreno6748@marcomoreno67484 ай бұрын

  • One of my favorite areas in the world. The tinajas are incredible windows into life. 👍🏼👍🏼

    @IndridCool54@IndridCool543 ай бұрын

  • As a kid I used to watch and "study" different kinds of puddles and ditches and I remember how fascinated I was with all the life in them!

    @Sc0pee@Sc0pee2 күн бұрын

    • Me too. Its been fascinating to learn so much about the desert potholes.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday2 күн бұрын

  • I was so surprised to find out that a species of fairy shrimp lives in vernal pools in the woods near me. Never expected to look for tadpoles and find shrimp.

    @Ok-vj3dw@Ok-vj3dw3 ай бұрын

    • It is amazing how many different ecosystems they have survived in worldwide.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • Note to self...Don't drink from puddles!

    @glbernini0@glbernini03 ай бұрын

    • That would’ve been a good question for Tim. I would like to hear his explanation of why you shouldn’t drink the water

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

    • Shrimp cocktail yum

      @lethalweaboo8662@lethalweaboo8662Ай бұрын

  • I'd love to see those samples under a microscope.

    @LandonStrauss-hc1sc@LandonStrauss-hc1sc4 ай бұрын

  • Deserves more attention. Now I love potholes :D.

    @bfkick5971@bfkick59714 ай бұрын

  • I didn't realize that there were brachiopod dominant ecosystems! I always kind of assumed that they each had their own little pond, I didn't know they were so conspecific. It kind of makes me want to get a tank!

    @Polymorphidz@Polymorphidz4 ай бұрын

    • Yes, surprising amount of species in each time I go out I seem to see some new creature we haven’t seen before

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • this is what i imagine most life would look like when the oceans evaporate and the earth would have mostly seasonal water coverage

    @eduardopupucon@eduardopupucon4 ай бұрын

    • if the oceans were to evaporate, the earth will be beyond supporting life anymore. all that water has weight. if it evaporates, that means that weight is now air pressure. water vapor is also a greenhouse gas, so the greenhouse effect would get completely out of control and "run away." eventually, earth would be a twin for venus again.

      @rakninja@rakninja4 ай бұрын

  • Research scientists like Tim have the coolest job

    @turanamo@turanamo4 ай бұрын

    • They really do! Tim does some really important work in controlling invasive species in the desert southwest.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Every word that came out of his mouth was engaging and educational! I didn't want it to stop!

    @TheJanda777@TheJanda7774 ай бұрын

    • Tim is such a great interview. I could’ve easily made the video 10 minutes longer with all the good information he knows about pothole ecosystems

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Damn this is one of the best videos I've seen in ages. Just a guy talking passionately about something. So good

    @llamamusicchannel7688@llamamusicchannel76884 ай бұрын

  • Nature never ceases to amaze.

    @christopherhoskins@christopherhoskins28 күн бұрын

  • its like a glimpse at ancient, early life, ecosystems, only at a much smaller scale. worlds within worlds, fascinating and humbling stuff.

    @samuraibeluga3749@samuraibeluga374929 күн бұрын

  • Thank you, I grew up in the desert Southwest and these pools were great for watching

    @davidconner-shover51@davidconner-shover514 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it. So fascinating because there is all this life right under your feet on bare rock and most people have no idea its there.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • I would be very surprised if the person talking in this video does not have fish aquariums. Beautiful video. Absolutely loved it.

    @dellseasandoval8187@dellseasandoval81872 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed the video!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday2 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely amazing!

    @sunny_muffins@sunny_muffins4 ай бұрын

  • Amazing video and I could listen to Tim for hours. He tells the story so well.

    @macbitz@macbitz3 ай бұрын

    • Thank you. Tim is the best.

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for the Video ❤

    @pascalraskal9347@pascalraskal93474 ай бұрын

  • Thank you!

    @eugenetswong@eugenetswong4 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating. Thank you for opening the window to this little world.

    @MichaelAyden@MichaelAyden4 ай бұрын

  • I saw the beauty of what we watched. Thank you.

    @josephpecoul6532@josephpecoul65324 ай бұрын

  • super fascinating! i keep neocaridinia shrimp and love seeing all their little wild cousins

    @sardjentpepper8897@sardjentpepper88974 ай бұрын

  • The production is Amazing

    @jossa942@jossa9423 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • What a beautiful presentation -thanks

    @Droidzi@Droidzi4 ай бұрын

  • Great video, thanks for sharing it and your knowledge !

    @tedbomba6631@tedbomba66314 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating 👍

    @glennquagmire1747@glennquagmire17474 ай бұрын

  • Love this video and subject! Last spring I found fairy shrimp in a vernal pool near my home and I nearly lost my mind.

    @MiltonRoe@MiltonRoe4 ай бұрын

    • Hopefully, this will inspire you to look even closer

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • That was fantastic. Thank you so much - Fairy Shrimps, just awesome

    @farmplantsandseeds@farmplantsandseeds4 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for this lovely video! I miss Moab so much!

    @patormsby9441@patormsby94414 ай бұрын

  • Facinating. Thanks for posting.

    @JimCTSCLO@JimCTSCLO4 ай бұрын

  • No better way of explaining it than Dr. Ian Micheals “Life, finds a way.”

    @Joel-vq3ch@Joel-vq3ch3 ай бұрын

    • That is a very relevant quote. There is something very prehistoric about these creatures!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating! Great job Dr. Graham and Mark Finley.

    @gesx6598@gesx65984 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Its just Aaaamazing! Thanks for showing us!

    @PapaSchlumpf78@PapaSchlumpf784 ай бұрын

    • It’s our pleasure!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday4 ай бұрын

  • Moab is my favorite place in the universe. One good rain and the whole ecosystem totally changes in seconds

    @BenjaminIMeszaros@BenjaminIMeszaros4 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating

    @devono7230@devono72304 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for your incredible presentation. I had no idea.

    @markcrume@markcrume3 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed the video! I really is an amazing science and nature story

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating stuff.

    @gaiusoctavian8278@gaiusoctavian82783 ай бұрын

    • Glad you like the video!

      @finleyholiday@finleyholiday3 ай бұрын

  • astounding !

    @PersonalInformation-ns9gy@PersonalInformation-ns9gy4 ай бұрын

  • This is by far the most fascinating video I've seen in a while. Amazing!

    @mickymaninthehouse@mickymaninthehouse4 ай бұрын

  • That was very cool. Thank you for uploading.

    @Incorruptus1@Incorruptus14 ай бұрын

  • Underrated work.

    @asiy1809@asiy18094 ай бұрын

  • I never knew much about shrimp lovin but I now know more than I should 👍😁

    @ANDunn-tf6xp@ANDunn-tf6xp4 ай бұрын
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