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Filmmaker Jan van IJken's Becoming reveals the fascinating genesis of animal life. A single cell is transformed into a complete, complex living organism with a beating heart and running bloodstream. Observe the stages of development that occur within an Alpine newt embryo (Ichthyosaura alpestris) in this fascinating six minute time-lapse captured over a three week period.
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See a Salamander Grow From a Single Cell in this Incredible Time-lapse | Short Film Showcase
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After more than six months of filming and countless tweaks, Jan van IJken was able to shrink what would take around four weeks in nature down to just six minutes of otherworldly beauty. If you'd like to learn more, read on here: on.natgeo.com/2DVOnUN
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It looked like it started as a giant cell that divided into smaller cells that in total still had the same volume as the mothercell. Is this truely what happened
@@nelsonvenema3614 Yeah, naturally. Cleavage divisions of the zygote do not involve growth.
@@nelsonvenema3614 Good question, but obviously not. In the course of these 4 weeks they have some moments in which they zoom out to keep the growing embryo within frame and focus.
@@agerven thank very much
“Aight imma be a finger. You guys can be part of the tail. And maybe you can turn into the eye.” -cells
Enough! -DNA
I don’t really feel good about this whole ‘being the tip of the tail’ thing...
but i wanna be PP😪
Next Pixar movie right there. Entitled "Cells" like soul and inside out
thats actually a good way to explain it
I actually just witnessed mitosis.
Ain’t that whacky?
*OI Josuke I just used ZA HAND to witness Mitosis. Ain't that wacky?*
@@joag1971 Za hAndo reference!!!
Mitosis is the powerhouse of the cell-
So witnessing mitosis is a jojo reference now
My jaw was on the floor this entire video, I could never have expected that science like this would be possible for the human eye to watch and perceive. Absolute brilliance 🥺
This is not science but a normal nature process.
@@Brukrex … which is science.
@@E_Rico science is the study of of different things. But this is a "development process"
@@Brukrex which is still part of science😂 idk where you are going with this
@@E_Rico dude you don't get it 💀. She said it like science made it. This existed before the word science. Even Before humans too. Science is study study.
What an absolute privilege to be able to see a creature birthing into life, from the very first cell, right through to a beautifully formed little being. It's both poignant and joyous. Seeing the whole process, leaves me feeling very protective of the little guy! Thank you for allowing us to see this. 🧡😊🤸
Good thing salamanders are cannibals and most of them are eaten by their larger siblings!
Best comment ever
play in reverse if u wanna see a salamander become a cell
How do you play in reverse
cuethefox Did gohan defeat him?
@@mekmekmekmekmekmekmekmekmekmek It's illegal to make a dbz reference unless it's from TFS.
@@jurgullypurf yes
cuethefox lol
mitochondria is the powerhouse of the *salamander*
mitochondria is the power house to every cell lmao thanks for explaining the joke wow im slow
xiaohuangs that’s the joke
Chlorophyll is the powerhouse of the p l a n t
@@yuyu9229 There are actually cells without mitochondria
xiaohuangs can’t believe you made this un-funny
Let’s not forget, we all started just like that, cells replicating and dividing, and grew into the person watching this amazing video now.
are you sure about that🤨
@@Terlalu_random Yes. One sperm cell combines with one egg and forms a cluster dividing cells with grows logarithmically until we are finally grown.
@@RadagonTheRed what is a spearm?
@@Terlalu_random I don’t know what a “spearm” is. I know what a sperm is though. It’s a male reproductive cell, also known as a gamete.
Amazing how you can see the process of Gastrulation (cells apparently "flowing inside" make up the mesoderm) start at around 1:00 and Neurulation at 1:46 (formation of the neural tube, which will make the central nervous system). Human embryos undergo the same processes and are quite similar at early stages of development.
How do the cells know how to arrange themselves? I understand DNA encodes this, but not sure how exactly it works.
@@mirabelch5439 Cells guide themselves by following migration factors, substances encoded by DNA, as you say. Imagine someone in a room puts perfume on, the closer you get to them, the stronger the smell will be. This works similarly. For example, cells which are supposed to go to the developing heart, and become heart cells, will have receptors for factors that “smell strongest” in the mid thorax. So when an organism develops, key structures like the spine or the digestive tube will release these substances locally and cells in migration will guide themselves to their final destination by detecting them. It is all about how they play with the intensity of these “smells”, which allows cells to adopt a very specific location. For complicated processes like these, there are thousands of genes which are expressed during embryo development and, after birth, never used again.
@@rafas3941 to summarize, 1) spatially distributed transcription factors (maternal contributions ) and 2) intercellular talks(paracrine signals) .
@@benjamin4321 there are genes called structural genes, which encode the functional molecules making up the “perfume”. But then there’s also regulation genes, encoding molecules which will determine when, where and for how long the structural genes are expressed. These regulating molecules (proteins) act through various mechanisms to silence/activate genes. It is an extremely complex system: a molecule regulates a molecule which in turn regulates others, and so on. The moment when different regulating proteins interact with one another determines the moment when genes are expressed, and thus when different types of “perfumes” (transcription factors, etc) are released.
@@rafas3941 im curious. since there would be more perfume at any direction of a given radius. in other words. the space 1nano-meter from the source would have the same amount of perfume at the north, south, east, and west direction. and the space 5nano-meter away would have less perfume in any direction. you get the point. however, the cells that would migrate to form the head has to know to travel in only one direction e.g. north instead of dispersing in all direction and stopping at the same radius away from the source. how does the cell know and decide to only send the precursor cells for the head to only ONE direction?
It's still kinda weird how a heart just ''starts'' at one point.
@Luke Wilson I realize that, but it almost appears that way in this video.
@Luke Wilson It takes its first beat at SOME point. We didn't see it, but it does "start".
@Luke Wilson It very much does. There is absolutely a spontaneous first contraction that happens at an early point in the heart's development.
Gods power
@@sadikabes9631 ♫ Woa! God! Kiiiickstart my heart, hope it never stops! ♪
10/10 great character development
I mean, you aren’t wrong.
Literally a character developing
I feel like I really watched the character grow throughout the film
and the arc is majestic. It doesnt feel rushed at all
😂😂
That lens glare in it's eye gave me goosebumps. Crazy to think that one cell eventually had the needed DNA programming to construct a whole lens and light sensors which connects to a biological computer etc.
fr. and even then someone pople dont belive their is a ultimate being behind such miracles!
Yes. Think how complex it is just to build "self driving cars" with computers and sensors to navigate around traffic, that it hasn't even been done yet. But for living things, the DNA builds all the senses, the brain/ mega processor that processes real time feedback from all the sensors, detects threats, makes decisions, learns from experience, adapts to the environment. Even bugs like a FLY is better than the most advanced computer/AI robot in so many ways. It's mind boggling
@@soxnation1000 Well I'd assume that computers would be more complex if we got like 3.7 BILLION years to improve them. Compare that to the 80 years we've had for computers and it's really not that surprising.🤣
@@mqry_iithat is bs. This is all chemics. No smart mind will make life this faulty.
@@South-uh5wu Well with electronics we cannot multiply. With biology we can. Cells divide and then as time progresses the division is pretty quick. And i am sure the program to create something like is simple. Just that we haven't cracked the code yet to add programming to biological things.
I can't overestimate this masterpiece. This is perfect artwork.
The cell splitting was nuts crazy how everything knows exactly what to do
I was thinking the same thing ! I dont get it how the cells know what to do and when to do it. Like creating his eyes. But also what we dont see On the inside his brains and organs .... really amazing
did you ever heard about..... *genes* ? They are basically one big to-do list for organisms
People know about that how that works since a couple decades ago.
The crazy world only god knows
@@elkirb9997 *Yes* . Also they follow genes because if they don't ,organism would likely die due to some fatal mutation : D. .They are basicly just multiplying wich builds organism cell by cell.It's like I would ask you why are you mating with others?.That's just how it work's
*a person after birth* needs constant care and supervision. *Salamander after birth* - well, I'm off
I once heard someone say that animals are born instinctively knowing their most important skill, and for humans that skill is asking for help
@@morganalabeille5004 engineering : guess I will die then
@@morganalabeille5004 not all animals instinctively know only reptiles, fish and insects. birds and mammals have to learn that's why when you get a pet fox ( I have one sinse it was small) and try to release it back into the wild it will not know how to hunt because it has to learn from its parents but if you release a pet fish I've done it the fish instinctively knows that it has to find and knows what is food even tho it never lived wild
Bees McBee another day another karen
Turtles after birth: GOTTA GO FAST
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen! Just magical how a single cell can turn itself into a living creature.
This is of astonishing beauty! Also, a big shout out to those people who have gotten microscopy imaging to such a high level of detail!
Salamander: _"It feels like I've been watched my _*_ENTIRE_*_ life."_
420
*Good morning. And if I don't see you later, good afternoon, good evening and good night.*
LOL
Truman show flashback intensified
The Salamander Show
Knowing cells divide is one thing but actually seeing it is shocking. This process feels both scientific and metaphysical at the same time.
The cellular programming to be able to accomplish such a thing is remarkable. Even our scientific understanding of it is dumbed way down to our level of comprehension. The science is not at all a satisfactory alternative to metaphysical.
Atheists be like "everything is random and there is no unifying energy behind the meticulous order and structure of the universe"
@@therealestg9 Science is great at helping to understand that order, but not where the order came from. Using science in the place of God is why they have to use words like "Accident" and "random", which are just words for "we can't figure it out, so let's just ignore it and pretend what we do know is the ceiling".
@@AClRCLEOFLlGHT nah that just mean let's ignore it until we have the tools tp understand it, knowledge doesn't come over day. You have to accept you don't know if u want to make progress
@@therealestg9 I dont think that is the atheists view, I think there view is that they dont belive in god.
This is amazing. Really makes you rethink life in general. It's crazy how a growth of a 'simple' life is so incredibly complex and that we can still learn tons about it.
Kudos to the camera guy for spending 4 weeks in a salamander's womb to record this.
Salamanders hatch from laid eggs
@@landenplaze9764 r/whoooosh
@@landenplaze9764 Kudos to the camera guy for spending 4 weeks in a salamander's egg to record this.
Frrrr
@@ashes_to_ashes_dust_to_dust no no, he's got a point
not too sure why this was in my recommendations but im glad it was
same fam..
Same
Same jin
Same
Such an original comment
Salamander: *happily starting to live without knowing that 5,5 million people have witnessed its birth*
@Siggesatan I'm an antinatalist, so I don't think it's ethical to start a life without being able to gain the consent of the being beforehand. When you say it is "amazing," biology itself might be amazing, but that doesn't mean it's ethical.
@@danielt.4330 I really hope you are joking
@@tristanfaulkner6003 Why do you hope I'm joking? And I'm not, I'm expressing my thoughts. If you think I'm incorrect, why do you think so?
@@danielt.4330 Well, that would mean that you view life itself and existence as morally wrong. No being "consented" to it's own birth because no being exists in this reality before it's birth. What is the alternative to existence? There would just be nothing. The universe would have little meaning without any living thing to experience it. Even if there are other planes of existence it would still mean that this one will completely go to waste and lose all meaning. Whether life exists for a reason or by chance, it exists and it doesn't deserve to be frowned upon for continuing to exist.
@@tristanfaulkner6003 How does your comment, in any way, address the issue that I raised? I didn't ask about how you feel the consequences of such actions would conclude. I stated that "starting a life without gaining consent beforehand is unethical." Do you disagree with my point? And if so, why? And furthermore, saying, "it exists and it doesn't deserve to be frowned upon for continuing to exist" is not what I did. I didn't "frown upon" it for existing - I frowned upon humans for engaging in specific activities that start new life. There's a difference.
The fact that we all come from one single cell and evolve into human beings having a whole individual experience just blows me away
Yeah and that is because of an explosion that happened 13 billion years ago 😂
oh really you must have been there cause you have some memory
God is the author of life, not evolution. We are not the results of a random chain of events that put everything perfectly in place for intelligent life as a result of nothing. He gave you a conscience and personality
@@Brukrex Bro what's your point here??? That's the scientific AND biblical interpretation of it. "Let there be light." and all??
God or no god, evolution is proven beyond reasonable doubt. If there is a God, evolution is his paintbrush.
I've watched this video so many times. It's amazing to watch the cells divide and organize themselves. The audio is calming as well.
I was thinking about my whole existence throughout the video.
lol same
we're very privileged to be able to live at a time where technology has developed so much that we are able to know such design.
same XD
same
I'm still doing it and it was a while since I watched the salamander
Those cells be like *o* *0* *∞* *oo*
OwO
LOL that was creative of you
Straight up
cool
What is this sorcery of fonts
this is the most beautiful thing i've seen in a while
This is amazing, thanks to the filming team for bring us this incredible video.
A+ for no obnoxious background music. The amazing visuals and beauty of nature is more than enough.
The visuals were indeed awesome - as is the transformation itself - but I have to admit I was a little put off by the added sounds; they were both unnecessary and misleading.
yeah i liked the simplicity of the video
@tommy aronson Then you might not want to look up what foley artists do for nature documentaries...
@tommy aronson any suggestions?
I’m confused the op is talking about background music. Is his statement not valid?
It's amazing how the cells "know" how to arrange billions of themselves into this particular shape.
its called dna
啊
@@sertan3665 You're so smart! What does knowing the name of something that you learned in 3rd grade have anything to do with explaining how something this complex works? I bet my boy Jordan is also beyond the 3rd grade so he is also well aware that "dna" is the chemical set of instructions behind this process.
@@LoganAddisMusic you making dna so simple in that sentence. dna is complex itself. science still cant understand most of its' parts. and there is no magical reason one cell multiplying and become a complex living being. answer is simple, dna.
@@sertan3665 you are proving my point, you made it sound like "aw it's just dna bruh" when it's obviously more complex than that
Life is a miracle, HUGE miracle. These cells won't turn into a human or frog. They have a program code they follow. Beautiful.
Amazing how only one cell knows what it has to do! One of the best time-lapses I've ever seen!
What we all imagined would happen after putting our instant-dinosaur pills in some hot water
very this lol
underrated comment lol
lmfaooooooooo this just made my day
Better than those darn ol' shrimpy sea monkeys.
@@JosephRGrych those things terrified me
And that kids is how Mark Zuckerberg was born
No this thing has expression. Mark was made from the same factory as Brie Larson.
This needs more likes
Lord *_ZUCC_*
Lmao
@@df3yt O O F
I especially liked seeing it turn itself inside out, and the individual blood cells flowing though the body towards the end there. Fascinating footage
This needs to get more views. It needs to be shared. It tells what happens when a baby is forming.
Let's give a shout out to the sound departement aswell! 👏 👏 👏 The choice of not putting any music onto this made it that more immersive and beautiful!
what if there was no sound department and that’s why there’s no music
I wouldn't have minded if it had been Massive Attack - Teardrop ;)
Fact. It's rare
Sound can be muted (or didn't you know?)
@@Milkymalk hit the nail on the head.
Dude! I always wondered how cell division looks in real life!
same!
Yeah me too, it's fascinating asf
Same! I wish my biology teacher showed me this when I was in senior high school
Mitosis, actually
you mean how it looks like in microscopic measure
Watching this reminds you how precious life is.
Time-lapse for showing the development of life is a mind expanding tool. Thanks.
To think that we were that small once, it’s really impressive
I just realized.....
were*
I call bull
Deepanshu Joshi Yes
We have millions/billions/trillions of children inside of us.. They just need to do their thing until one gets chosen
It's really cool that the yellow liquid turned into a conscious living thing just like that
The "Yellow liquid" is actually a single cell, splitting up into billions of other cells eventually forming the salamander
@@akainsxrtions1626 i think we all got that part. it's just better to not speak in scientific terms sometimes, child.
@@pia1938 Not sure why you tryna come at me like that but go crazy i guess
@@akainsxrtions1626 They're probably just insecure about something.
@No One u are trying to sound ingenious, but what you wrote made no sense.
Evolution is amazing
Evolution is a fabrication! A lie!
After watching this you still believe molecules without the ability to 'think' designed and created this process? Science still doesn't understand the complexity of a single cell after 70 years of scientific scrutiny, yet its immensely complex design is still attributed to molecules that do not have 'thoughts'. It took 2,800 scientists from around the world 13 years to map a human genome using intelligence, knowledge, understanding, and intent, yet people still believe dumb molecules designed all the mindbogglingly complex organisms like the Salamander in the video. Think about the most complex object ever discovered, the human brain, how does matter without a mind and therefore incapable of abstract concepts like numbers, emotions, metaphors, and abstract actions, design a brain that can comprehended the abstracts that the matter building the brain does not. This is the paradoxical lunacy that's required to believe in the absurdity of evolution. There is certainty variation within a kind but all life was designed and created by God, not molecules that got bored one day and without the ability to 'think' designed living organisms that are more complex than anything mankind has devised. Evolution requires a faith in dumb mindless molecules that is orders of magnitude greater than any persons faith in God. We understand complexity necessitates an intelligent agent and this is our observations, God has a mind, he is a creator, and designed all of life, within a finely tuned universe, with a complex ecosystem that absolutely requires symbiosis between many living organisms. Only a blinding worldview prevents any rational person from seeing that everything was created by God.
أشهد أنه لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمدًا رسوله وأشهد أن هذا خلق الله وأنا من المسلمين له
@@Al-Hussainy This is an english titled video for an english speaking audience. Please speak english
I like the presence of PI just about everywhere. Near perfect circles in cells, the early embryo formation, the eyes.
That isn't even its final form
ur pfp is so cursed
They don’t stop growing lmao
I mean, yeah
LOL
OMG that landed so perfectly in this video LOOL let's hope it doesnt become one of those "hold my beer" or "you have chosen death" ones we see all the time
*poor salamander has a creepy stalker*
can we get 6,000 subs with few videos? Nope. 👎🏿
@@MrBiggysmalls87 are this is a joke
ok im done Is this feet plink store go.
It's the salamander's version of the Truman show.
Thank you for doing that. It is so precious to see this beautiful little beings ❤️ heart beating.
Turning in on its self was amazing to watch. What a wonderful thing nature is
I'm just curious about how this was filmed
animation from disney studios
through a microscope
HuffPuff Productions ah ok ty
@@mojoejojo6675 I hope you're joking
Comment nah he isn’t
Absolutely incredible. This needs to be shown in EVERY Science class.
And if they did, nobody would believe there's a god anymore, or most of them would start doubting with their existence and question everything... Which is what majority of society doesn't like 😂😌
@@aiseruchaan You're wrong, unfortunately, instead of questioning the existance of metaphysical entity, religious people will consider this lecture as a "miracle" and a "proof" of the existance of god. So nobody will examine their belief at all, believers and non believers will call it proof, and the skeptical ones will stay the same
@@umutsen2290 That makes zero sense, why would they do that?
@@ewigerschuler3982Because most of the religions are based on the term 'miracle' and they consider the life itself as one of those miracles, just try to have an arguement who has made tons of researches and still deeply religious and you will see what I mean here
@@aiseruchaan If anything this proves God’s existence. Just as the glory of His creation can be seen in the beauty of nature. One would need quite the convincing to propose this cell production and development can occur on its lonesome.
Outstanding. Beautiful. What a life force, trying to get out. How much life knows without being taught.
It is strange to think that in one point we were all just a single-celled called zigote just like this salamander.
Such an amazing opportunity to be able to see this up close. Love these timelapses. Thanks NG
This is absolutely amazing! Life, no matter what form, is precious!!
It takes so much work, too! If you'd like to learn more about the process of capturing this on film, read on here: on.natgeo.com/2DVOnUN
it's cgi betches
Yamamoto Genryuusaii nuh-uh prove it beo-tch ugh *hair flip*
You were there?
Just think, this salamander is more popular than you before it was even born.
Well, not exactly. The footage was edited than uploaded after the birth of the salamander, and then got popular.
@@jimjimsauce ok
I can only adore that fact. Not envy it. I think it's great!!!!
Popularity is an illusion, so how is this salamander “popular”?
Actually, the video was released after the salamander was born... How could he release a video of the salamander being born, before the thing is born?
Incredible! Thank you very much for sharing.
Today I learned, this very clearly displays how you should start with 1 and then create patterns multiply and GROW!
This is the most incredible thing i have seen in a while
Dont you see yourself everyday? 😊
@@Nobody-xq2gu 👍👍
Imagine watching a human do this.
@@Nobody-xq2gu oooo
Maybe EVER?!
Let's be honest, none of you searched for this.
GG Dream Welcome back to “Why is this on my recommended??”
I did
...what is I did tho........
I got this reccomended to my at 1:04 am
Let's be honest, you copied this comment. Let's be honest, I copied this reply.
This is INCREDIBLE. I LOVE THIS! Thank you so much for this cool informative video.
Wow 🥺 this is far from what we can never have control over…….but just learn how these amazing things happen, beautiful 🥺🙌🏼
Amazing to see that every cell knows exactly what to do, what to be or what to become
ikr
Power of dna
Every single cell is alive, & has that knowledge of what to do. Just amazing seeing it split from two cells into a heart beating, moving, conscious tiny thing that still hadn't finished cooking yet.
Conscious as soon as its heart beat. Moved some, though it hadn't finished cooking yet. Fabulous to behold.
@@michealtaylor7745 I'm gonna have to disagree with that, when something is growing and it still can't survive by itself, it isn't really conscious
My single brain cell will turn into a salamander
I'm not quite sure that's exactly how it works but you can always imagine
@Abhay Tin cause it substracts
your brain cells wont do anything worthwhile
@Abhay Tin looks like we found the guy with a single brain cell
Mine turned into a platypus. It really hurts.
That clear visualisation of mitosis.. First time that I'm seeing it with my own eyes! This is so cool.
I guess that's what happens when you leave those little foam dinosaurs in the water for too long
the foam pills my parents thought were "drugs" XD
Exactly my thoughts those dinosaurs
Haha
Classic LOL
Definitely only 90’s babies will get that reference!
The cast for this film couldn't had been any better, everyone played their roles perfectly!
Some honorable mentions please?
@@coolsalmon485 science
@@coolsalmon485 salamander
@@coolsalmon485 egg
The mitochandria is the powerhouse of the cell.
as a med student i was super intrigued to finally see gastrulation and embryonic folding in a real world setting. finally no complex diagrams for us to wrack our minds picturing the processes !!
the little pop of the embro sac (please correct me if I'm wrong) was. adorable
Not a single word spoken but you're feeling it all.
yes
yes in my back
Yes and it’s quite an unpleasant feeling
I just feel hungry, like for some salamander eggs
Lol imagine if we're being observed by extraterrestrial life just like this.
Karnage 🤭🤧whoaaa
Who said we aren't? 😉
@@Navoo2008 dont do that again😀 with your comment feeling witty🥲
@@leonardvalenzuela9276 what?
@@CorporalTailsDude what what?
I wanna be like this. Hatch, listen to intuition for a moment, then GO. Bo stress, no over thinking, no wondering. Just gratitude
So glad I watched this, I won't even try to express how watching that evokes my trying to truly comprehend the miracle of life. Amazing
It’s crazy how clearly you can see the early stages of development, like when the blastula becomes a gastrula, and the creature starts to develop a front and back.
@whesley hynes that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard
is it weird that blastula and gastrula remind me of pokemon names
@@turtlemanbilo5009 lol same blastoise and galvantula right?
@@RomanshGupta yea lol
@whesley hynes what are you on about
Ok, KZhead auto recommend algorithm you won this time. Love you national geographic for showing 6 min of incredible footage of nature's finest artistry.
I agree
Dumb Indian bigot showing off his EENGALIS! 🤣
@@moser3712 ,perhaps speaking english ain't showing off english dumb muggle.
What a fantastic video. I can't wait to show it to my kids. Thanks for making this. If only there were a time stamp or some indication in the video telling us the gestation duration at each point.
Imagine being the first scientist to document this. It must have been so surreal to watch this happen.
When kids ask me how babies are made this is the video I show them Keeps them quiet ✅
Keep in mind that you should be prepared for thousands of questions to answer then ^^
@@simvoli lol beat me to it.
Creation looks painful
Very clever^^
Or even more curious
I'm so impressed by how all these cells 'know' how to arrange themselves. Amazing timelapse. I would have loved to see a timer on screen to see the growth compared to the actual time.
I too thought about it...
i hope i don't ruin this, but there is a thing called genes. it is like a instruction manual for organisms.
@@pleeppants1712 Haha, I know that.
It actually makes me want to pause the development of the embryo very early on (say when it's at 4 cells), rotate one of the cells (nucleus and all) by 90 degrees, then let it resume developing and see what happens. Would that destroy the embryo? Will it survive but come out all wrong? Will the cell rotate back to its original orientation? Does cell orientation matter at all?
@@Tantalus010 Will this count as animal abuse?
Amazing! Thanks for spreading knowledge!
That was beautiful. Thank you for not putting background music
at the end he frickin YEETS himself out
XD
he was tired of being locked in a cell
he be like: aight imma head out B)
Chris Gonzalez get out
@X4TERUMI can you even handle a joke?
i feel very emotionally attached to this singular specific salamander
It's been dead for years
@@uchennauko7307 you hush your face!
@@benjaminholcomb9478 f my life
it's probably dead
@@skullerton9858 Aren’t we all?
4:18 I love how he looks around his egg and sniffs
Absolutely mind blowing. Life is honestly just astonishing.
This is what our teachers should have shown us after teaching about cells in biology class.
That would have been great, more interesting than the cell drawings we saw in school.
im watching this for bio class right now.
we watched something similar but with a human baby in biology class
Exactly it would have been more interesting
its weird that I was a microscopic ball and now I'm a human
What's also weird is that I used to be the youngest person in the world
Carnivorous plants & gardening I wonder if anyone tied it with you, or if you were nanoseconds off...
@@purpleemerald5299 no one could've I was the youngest person in the world by just 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 seconds
Hyperbolic Tesseract reminds me of the princess and the frog song “when I’m human”
You were a human microscopic ball. Now you are an adult or teenaged human. Always human.
Wow! This could be my favourite video, what an incredible thing to be able to film.
Breathtaking!
This easily the most beautiful thing I’ve seen this year
It will probably be the only beautiful thing you see this year, on the internet at least
More beautiful than Liverpool beating barca?
You need to see how a baby is made then...
Something about watching this little guy come into existence has made me feel extremely attached to him/her...
Me too!
did you just assume his/her gender?!
It's not a he/she!!! It's a tsundere battle helicopter!!!!! Lol but seriously I now want this salamander, the attachment is increasing
Yeah, but I also get a little creeped out whenever it twitches >.
Welcome to parenthood
Amazing. Thats how humans form too. From conception. From the womb to the tomb, a unique human being.
Immensely beautiful! Great engineering by Nature!
It's eyes kinda look like cheerios
Charlie I’m gonna have to check my Cheerios every morning hoping they aren’t salamander eyes now.
King Cow ,buy cornflakes instead
Charlie li ik
King Cow underrated reply
..........cheetoh
1:43 is the brain and spinal cord forming by folding into a tube from the same tissue that becomes your skin
Worth knowing
Weird flex but o k
@Nentardes lolll
whats is a skin cell
@@lugh6982 😂😂😂
الحمدلله فاطر السماوات والأرض. تبارك الله أحسن الخالقين.
I always find it so magical the way even we start out looking kinda like little tadpole type critters.
When the cells started to split themselves up into billions of themselves, it was both beautiful but *kinda spooky.*
Blueberry Gamer You’re just the end result of that same process. At one point, we were both just a pile of mindless cells. *Imagine how terrifying it would be if we could create and maintain memories from our earliest days of existence.*
interesting, during all the development it did not grow at all or is it just a magic zoom?
I loved every second of it
it looked really psychedelic and trippy
And then everything just swallow them self.
That salamander at the end was like : Aight Ima head out
U have to do that don't you...
@@sayyedzarrar Yeah...
.....you had to.
This is incredible. We all know but to witness is something else.
Cell : Become Salamander
Detroit: become hum... Ehm salamander
Dragon ball