The A L I E N Seeds

[IvanMarinIvkovich]

Looks like hairy balls.

[jcmegabyte]

@IvanMarinIvkovich Pretty gnarly hair though... those spines are like needles! XD

[IvanMarinIvkovich]

@jcmegabyte Hahaha....

[psihedelicart]

datura .

[Happyface191992]

I have these growing in my back field lol

[jcmegabyte]

@Happyface191992 They're trippy plants/vines for sure... and if you ever dig-up a root, you might be surprised at what you find! XD

[kieronmelleyzpage]

you sure know how to make a film about a fucking plant scary lol

[romygirl60]

A beautiful weird plant! Thanx so much for sharing it with us!

[jcmegabyte]

Glad you enjoyed - thanks so much for watching! =)

[greenroomdude]

i work outside..and whenever i find one of these...i imediately throw it at the closest person and yell catch....

[JcmdiStockFootage]

That could make for a tough ball game - one where you try and get the OTHER team to take the ball! XD

[akashi3000]

Oh...I like the last info..."Just Kidding "!! :P

[jcmegabyte]

I didn't want anyone to take it TOO seriously! XD Thanks a bunch for stopping by! =)

[MrCocaines]

The seeds look's like egg :D

[jcmegabyte]

Yes - a very scary type egg like the ones that have Aliens in them! :-) Cheers!

[DansenMachine]

@jcmegabyte did u say aliens ? hmmm........ Cheers! :)

scary, funny, beautiful, educational, creative... thanks for sharing~

[a09873599]

這應該就是傳說中的奇檬子吧@@??



[dragger888]

the plants look like the cocoons that hold facehuggers from alien vs. predator

[JcmdiStockFootage]

It's likely that they designed the Alien egg pods after a plant like this =) Thanks for checking it out!

[13doinurmomz13]

thumbs up if ur gnna watch alien baby wants out nxt

[moveEcritik]

looks liek a moon lilly pod or devils trumpet

[2darbit]

Datura stramonium...jimson weed...looks like too. Except for the inside seeds.

Video was fun!

[jcmegabyte]

We have Jimson Weed also (wow, the colors!), but I don't remember seeing any seed pods on it... I'll have to look more closely next time I run across some :-)

[2darbit]

@jcmegabyte ---colors? I thought only white trumpet flowers.

[jcmegabyte]

The Datura plant is known for it's hallucinogenic properties, hence the ol' hippie quote. "Wow, the colors, man" XD ...my odd sense of humor at work  =)

[2darbit]

@jcmegabyte --- I know! Not that I tried it!

People die from it too, sadly.

Your channel is educational : )

[jcmegabyte]

That would indeed make for an interesting Easter Eg hunt! XD thanks for checking it out! =)

[TheSJNature]

hey, those are wild cucumbers, lol, these are scary looking, i saw this cover a whole house... but it was abandoned

[jcmegabyte]

Yep that sounds like Macrocarpus! I've seen these vines cover entire trees and hillsides too - they really try to take over the planet when conditions are just right! Thanks for watching and commenting! :-)

[nancyl2]

This is so great. :-)))) You do fantastic artistry in these vids. Those seeds were my Space Family coming to say hello to me. (Just kidding-back at ya) I must share one of your gems with a precious friend, We then can be HOME SICK together. Peace and Love for sharing your magnificent talent. IT IS AND WILL BE used, I feel sure to awaken the masses when the "Total Sound Resonance" is put out to the Universe to do JUST that, "AWAKEN THE SLEEPING-SOULS." :-) Peace and Love!!! :-)

[jcmegabyte]

Great comment! So glad you're enjoying my creations - thanks so much for visiting!  :-)

[LINDAMISTIKATUNGUSKA]

really great! ;D

[jcmegabyte]

Interesting plant' isn't it? Thanks for visiting! =)

[mohamadalikazi]

nevermind its not real

[jcmegabyte]

Actually, the plant and seed pods are quite real... it's a vine that grows commonly in the mountains of southern California. Those spiked seed pods do open all by themselves, just like you see here, although it takes 8-12 for them to do so. Of course, no alien face huggers come of them, but they sure do look like the pods from the movie! You can Google "marah macrocarpus" for lots more info on them... Thanks for watching! =)

[mohamadalikazi]

where is this?

[moztecka]

Is it a lotus type?

[jcmegabyte]

It's more of a Tuber/Gourd type of plant, and I don't think it's related to Lotus.

[fercha666]

great vid my friend!!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for checking it out! :-)

[sakaimen]

its a rambutan juz that its mutated??!! hahah jkjk Facehugger is in there beware!!!

[jcmegabyte]

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw these things open up! XD Thanks for watching!

[DevilBringer119]

haha, looks so wierd....*facehugger jumps out of nowhere after watching this vid* :P

[jcmegabyte]

Hahahaha [checking under desk] you never know where those buggers are going to jump out at you!  XD

[pandamanda91]

I kind of thought I saw Sigourney Weaver with a flame thrower in the tiny corner of this video! How strange are these pods.

[jcmegabyte]

Hahahaha I know what you mean... I was sure some Face Huggers were lurking around the bushes somewhere, too XD

Thanks for checking it out =)

[888Derek888Panda888]

they look like conquers

[jcmegabyte]

Those spines are very sharp, and the whole thing fairly heavy - if it weren't for the outer shell being brittle and easy to break, you could probably thread them up and use them as weapons! :-O

[solrock3]

looks like there are eggs in the plants. lulz

[jcmegabyte]

yea - they DO look a lot like eggs. There are usually 8-12 of them... It's weird! XD

[8star8wars8]

awesome video!

you seem to know alot about these strange plants!

do you know where they grow?

and do they also grow in europe?

[jcmegabyte]

This is a fairly common plant in the local mountains around southern California (and perhaps other places in the USA). I also goes by the name "Man-Root" because the roots get huge and weird-shaped, which can sometimes resemble a dead burried body! I don't think this species grows in Europe, bu there may be related species there. You could probably find out by googling the plant's scientific/family/genus name (see the vid details) and researching more about the plant from there. :-)

[8star8wars8]

ok, thanks for the info etc.!

keep up the good work!

[Automeris]

That's a kind of wild cucumber, Marah macrocarpus. It is closely related to Echinocystis lobata.

[jcmegabyte]

An odd plant, isn't it? When I first looked it up I was surprised they someone would call it a "Cucumber" since it doesn't really look anything like one. ...and too bad they aren't edible - they grow all over the place in our local mountains and would be a handy snack while out hiking! :-)

[neviatha]

looks like the seed pod from a horse chestnut tree....

Deffinately indigenous to planet earth!

Harmless fun though.... keep it up!

[jcmegabyte]

I remember when we first found these weird fruits... I had brought one back and set it on my desk overnight. By morning it had opened and was just sitting there like the empty Alien Seed Pod in the movie, and that was when we started calling them that! :-O Interestingly, the end of the pod that opens is the bottom - the pods hang on the vine from the other end, so the seeds just fall out and roll away when the pod opens . Definitely an interesting plant! :-)

[Asdflvr]

haha i bet thats where they got the Alien Face hugger pod idea from! how much you wanna bet!!

[jcmegabyte]

Yea - I think it's too similar to be a coincidence! Many SciFi things are based on nature since it's so weird - even the Alien adults are based on insects, like many other movie monsters. Art immitates nature! =)

[LoandaX3]

Cooooooool

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for checking it out! :-)

[WarezRUs]

I somewhat envy you, seeing that you spend so much time in the wild :D

There are no places for me to go, not at least close to my home, and I most certaintly don't have the time :(

Keep doing these great videos, so I ( and others like me ) can have a fair share of nature, from my house :D

[jcmegabyte]

One of the coolest things I get to do is to bring back videos of interesting things I see and do for everyone to see - glad you're enjoying it! :-)

[trexhunter34]

that a big conker seed o.o

[jcmegabyte]

Yea, the seeds ARE huge and scary-looking - and some are different colors, too!

[yusuf933]

where did you found this

[TheeFlamingFlamingo]

ooooh. mmk. i hear these things are god aweful to eat. ;I

[jcmegabyte]

Yes indeed - downright poisonous the way I hear it! It's too bad, too - they grow everywhere around here in spring and would be an easy snack!

[TheeFlamingFlamingo]

wait a minute. if the camera man was found a week later, how was there no trace of him?

[jcmegabyte]

...just the camera was found (sort of a take-off on Blair Witch) :-)

[xxjixyy]

it's a different species of 'rambutan', similar to malaysian rambutan....in which country did you found this fruit?

[jcmegabyte]

These are found in the mountains of southern California in the USA. :-)

[xxjixyy]

ok....i seen it in the description.....ur cool.....and keep up ur discoveries :D

[likitty20]

those are not alien seeds.those are one of the those pants with the pointy things

[gitsd70]

DUDE!! It is the pod people!

[jcmegabyte]

Yea - I'm sure what those seeds might turn into - maybe the first thing that makes contact with them! Hahahaha XD Thanks for watching :-)

[maclarnrocks]

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┃　━━━━━　┃　┏┳┫┣┳ si crees qe el qe

┗━━┳━┳━━┛　┃　┃ hizo este video es un

━━━┃　┃ ┗━┳┳━ Hijo de puta de los grandes

nueve segundos de mi vida perdidos

[rares1996]

awesome man..

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching! :-)

[AnarchicxA]

WOW! I love your videos so much more every time I watch them. That's gotta be the coolest thing I've seen all year.

[jcmegabyte]

It's just about time for these plants to mature again - I will probably do some more documentary on them, with better time lapses of them opening. It's definitely a weird plant! Thanks for watching and commenting! :-)

[adiversegrl]

whoa...

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[EvilMushroom11]

dude holy crap its an easter egg whit white chocolate eggs inside! joke lol but its kinda weird :O nice vid

[jcmegabyte]

Hmmmm now THERE'S a thought! I bet I could market something like that :-) These seed pods are definitely weird... I found a new crop of them growing yesterday and will film some more of their weirdness as soon as they get ripe... Thanks for cheking it out! =D

[Trembo3578]

Have the common garden cucumbers been selectively bred from those wild ones?

[jcmegabyte]

Definitely not - they are VERY unrelated. Only the name is the same and I'm not even sure why someone would name this thing a "cucumber" - it's very unlike the things we eat.

Interestingly, this plant is also known as "man root" because sometimes the large, tuberous root resembles a mumified human body. There are photos of the root online if you google the name(s). Interesting stuff! :-)

[nakaufo]

What is this??

[jcmegabyte]

It's a seed pod of the "Wild Cucumber" plant here in the US. When the pod mature, they split open and look just like the face-hugger "egg" pod from the movie A L I E N ! Very weird!

[explosionstuff]

Just how poisonous?

[jcmegabyte]

I don't have any exact toxicology info on them, just what I've read - that they're "mildly toxic". That usually means something like abdominal cramps, dizziness, headache, vomiting, etc.

I'm sure you could really hurt yourself if you chowed-down enough of them but fortunately, there's not much in them to eat... just those big seeds. The inside is really wet and juicy but they smell "planty" and not appetizing at all. :-)

[122172639]

I watched this after the other, and honestly, it's even better... you're incredibly skilled at tweaking these and synchronizing the music to the mood/moment (like when you quickly shifted from one open seed to the other). Your filming is superb... count me in for one more addict!! I'll 5 star you til the aliens DO take you away.

[jcmegabyte]

Yowie! Super cool comment - thanks! :D

I'll do my best to try and keep 'em interesting =)

[538gerardo538]

dose plants look wierd, and u make real good videos

[jcmegabyte]

Yea they do - thanks for watching! :D

[keepthemusicplaying0]

The end made me really laugh!! Wonderful filming, well done.

[jcmegabyte]

I'm glad you got the humor in this one - I was trying to make a "fun" video while documenting such a strange thing I found. Seemed to work out pretty well. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[ayisza]

Co to za owoc?... :) Muzyka rewelacyjna... pozdrawiam serdecznie... :)

[jcmegabyte]

Hopefully the translator program made proper sense - Inside this seed "pod" are the actual seeds of the Wild Cucumber plant. There are about 8 of them, sometimes, 10 or 12. The seeds are dark and light colored and quite large. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[timm19752000]

wow never seen anything like that before. does look like a prop straight from the movie. i like then ending to. i do learn something new everyday lol

[Polarbong]

Wow. Great filming. That seed certainly looks like it's taken right out of the movie.

[jcmegabyte]

The story of my first encounter with them is kind of funny - I had brought a few of them home to take pictures of them. They were still fresh and unopened, and I had never seen one opened before. One opened overnight and I found it like that the next morning! First thing I was thinking was "Uh Oh, FACE HUGGER!" XD

[mmmmmarcus]

Whoa wild cucumbers! You must be in Socal!

[jcmegabyte]

Yup! They get pretty common in the local mountains here. Thanks for the view and comment :D

[PeopleRpeople07]

Thats really cool! They really do look like a Alien pod, Never seen anything like it before. ^^

[jcmegabyte]

That's actually the bottom of the pod - it basically opens up like a trap door and the seeds fall out and roll away. But, when you turn it over and let it open up that way - it looks just like the movie! XD

[kickazzkid]

just a furit

[jcmegabyte]

That's true, but it's a WEIRD one!

Hahaha XD I'm uploading a video time lapse of one of these pods opening now...

[Starhawk73]

Very cool, never seen anything like that before! It certain has an 'ALIEN' egg pod look to it! The seeds look like eggs within an egg, weird!

[jcmegabyte]

They tripped me out too when I first saw them. I had to bring a few of them home to mess with. Then, when I found one opened on my desk a day or two later I was SURE there was a face hugger in the room somewhere! Hahaha XD

[jcmegabyte]

Hit the right chord did it? Hahaha Cool! It's a little more "meaty" than my other stuff, but I enjoyed making it. I'll keep it in mind when composing in the future :-)

[destroyahdes]

I must agree with moodist1 on that one. Sometimes I open this vid just to listen even though I also love that plant.

[cor579ujhyt]

Wow! This is from the movie"Alien."They look like the pods in the movie when they open up.  Don't get too close. Something might jump out and eat your face off.lol

[jcmegabyte]

Hahaha That's exactly what I thought the first time I saw one opened up like that! XD

I have a time lapse of the actual event, I just have to make a video out of it. Stay tuned! :D

[TFWC88]

whoa

[jcmegabyte]

Freaky plant eh? I have a time lapse of one of them opening up but haven't found a good place to use it yet. Hopefully soon! :-)

[dynamiclunartick]

hmmm... kinda reminds me of the sweet chestnut here in UK [might remember me from your moth video :D] they got a spiky shell but unline that, they can be eaten xD

[jcmegabyte]

Make a vid about them - I'd like to see!

FabianaRickman did a really cool vid about Cashews which was fascinating (and she's really hot too). I always wondered where those came from. Search "Butter Babe" to find her fast.

[jcmegabyte]

It's a trippy plant, isn't it? Thanks for watching :D

[maryandmartin1]

amazing

[Rango9]

Cute display of moments in nature. And good music, too.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for taking the time! :D

[armiger044]

there called english coconuts

[jcmegabyte]

...never heard of that before - thanks for the info :D

[jcmegabyte]

That's for sure! Hahahaha XD Thanks for watching :D

[starzship]

Those are my (ahem!) Eggs (shall we call them?). I regeneate new (ahem!) eggs and deposit them around Southern CA to hatch new aliens infest the humans.

[jcmegabyte]

So THAT'S where they came from! Ah HA! ...and that JIUCE... sheesh... I got it all over me. Now I'm probably gonna to turn into an alien hybrid! XD

[AuronWarrior]

Are the pods deadly toxic? is the pod itself toxic. If the pod isn't poisonous, I gonna bring one home and play it as a toy.

[jcmegabyte]

I think they're only a problem if you actually eat them. I handled them a lot, got the juice all over me, got poked by them a bunch of time - I didn't have any problems. When they're green, the flesh is really wet and "crunchy", like a melon/pumpkin but lightweight and hollow-ish inside. When they dry, they get all brown and look like a giant "burr". If you don't have small kids or curious pets that like to taste everything, they're perfectly safe to have around as curios. :D

[starzship]

Now you have been infected with ALIEN juice !!

hahaha hohoho hee hee heeeeeee? ?  ????

[Zarbod]

Sorry. I didn't realize I left those out.

[Schmangy]

That was really neat. I've lived in Cali all my life and have never seen those. Don't worry I won't eat one if I see it. Thanks for sharing this interesting tidbit of nature.

[jcmegabyte]

It's a fairly common plant in the foothills of our medium-to large mountains. It's very "viney" and prolific in wet years - seems like it was everywhere this season! I finally got a time lapse footage of one of the seed pods opening. Video to come (hopefully soon!) Thanks for watching :D

[destroyahdes]

OOOH I can't wait to see that. This is one of my favortie vids you have and I watch it all the time. The music is one of my faves too. I love members of the cucumber/gourd family!

[AuronWarrior]

I have been in to a nersuery where they sell those plant's seeds as ornamnetal plants. They call it ornamental cucumbers. Its very very toxic.

[jcmegabyte]

Wow - I didn't know they were available. I can get tons of them from the plants I find... but do I really want these things taking over my yard? Hahahaha XD

[eligarf]

o0O◎∞ NICE ∞◎O0o

I've been exploring more and its amazing what we can find out in nature. but if its poisonous, is it art?

peACE!

[jcmegabyte]

I think I've heard of "poison art" before... and if not, it's a good time to start making some! :D Thanks for watching!

[AuronWarrior]

I love this plant. Can you upload more videos of this plant?

[jcmegabyte]

Most of the plants near me are pretty dried-up right now. I'll try to get some more shots next time they take over the hillside - probably next spring if the rainfall is good. :-)

[AuronWarrior]

Have you encounter any other exotic plants?

[jcmegabyte]

I do see some odd-looking plants now and then but this is probably the weirdest one so far. Yesterday I managed to find one of these fruits that was just in the process of opening so I brought it home. It spent the whole evening on my desk with the camera rolling so I have a decent time lapse of it! I'll get the video online soon.

If I encounter anything else worthy of video I'll be sure and post it, too. :-)

[beebutterfly09]

Looks so scary and first! Brilliant and love the humour :D

[jcmegabyte]

I'm glad it wasn't taken too seriously... I wanted to show this weird plant, but not in a boring documentary way - especially when the thing opened on its own like the alien eggs in the movie! I haven't actually seen one open yet - I just find them one day after I've picked them and they've been sitting around for a week or so. I'm hoping to get it on video some day! 8o Thanks for watching! :-)

[myjugsarehuge]

They looked like eggs inside - what a strange plant. Great music by the way.

[jcmegabyte]

I thought so too - and the way it opened just screamed to be compared to the movie! Hahaha XD I wasn't sure what I was going to use that music for - it's mostly unfinished but I thought the bit that I did have done kinda fit here. Thanks! :-)

[waywardmuse]

I kept waiting for something to jump out of that pod! That was fun.

[jcmegabyte]

I was gonna rig something up to pop the seeds out towards the camera but wimped-out and just did a fast zoom with blood effect. XD Hahaha Still it got the idea across, and the seed pods, well, they're just weird and 100% real... They really do open like that all by themsleves. I've never seen it happen, but I know it happens within a few hours' time. Gonna have to time lapse it some day! :D

[maarakailet1]

Once again, a great video! Always love you stuff. Can't wait for the next one.

[jcmegabyte]

This was kind of a strange one but I had fun making it! :D

[qSMITHp]

Same as below, I seen them, but never cut them open, was a great view..thanx..Your friend..>Smith

[jcmegabyte]

You don't have to - just let them sit for about 6-7 days - the end opposite the stem opens just as shown all by itself! I'm SURE some aliens come running out an hide before you get to see them! XD

[GeraldBoyClassical]

We have a similar plant growing up at the cottage, but nowhere near so big! Maybe about 1/4 of the size. And I didn't cut it open to see the seeds inside. Loved how you cut the tops open to make it look like the eggs in Alien, that was great.

[jcmegabyte]

Actually, I didn't cut it open - they open like that on their own about a week after being removed from the vine! Imagine my shock after finding one opened like that on my desk one morning! It was creepy!

[musumeci2008]

Very strange and beautiful.

Thanks.

Christian.

[londonpenda]

Weird looking seeds....O.O

Loved your presentation of this.

Great sounds by Technician:)

Did they find the poor, intrepid cameraman.;/

[jcmegabyte]

Yea, he was hiding in the bushes, still in shock! Hahaha XD

[sabrina3309]

Very interesting video!

[jcmegabyte]

I thought this weird plant was interesting enough to warrant some airtime - especially considering the similarity to the ALIEN egg from the movie(s)! :-) Thanks for watching!

[ithinklikeacow]

Cool do they have an odor

[jcmegabyte]

They smell "planty" ..no particular oder, other than a a mild smell, similar to regular cucumber or generic crushed leaves. It's too bad they're not edible - they're everywhere right now! :D

[jules10109]

Oh Cool! Those prickly seeds look like the ones that would fall from the tree in my parents home..They weren't that big though. They were spiky and my brothers use to throw them at me..lol ;p LOL!!XD You gave me the giggles just now at the end....I loved it. :)

[jcmegabyte]

ITCH BALLS! I had those too! If it's what I'm thinking of, they're the seed clusters of Sycamore trees. The urban legend says that if you break them apart and expose the furry little seeds, then stuff them down your friends' (or enemies) shirt they will itch so bad they'll scratch themselves to death!

Hahaha... I stuffed many an itch ball down my friends' shirts but it never worked. XD

[destroyahdes]

Thank you for sharing this!! The cucumber or gourd family is one of my all time favorite plant families. When I first saw it I thought it was the Ball Luffa which I'm going to try and grow this year. It's rare comparted to the regular long Luffa Cylindrica. It has little spikes like that. Too bad Marah macrocarpus is poisonous. But not to many Cucubrits are thank goodness.

[jcmegabyte]

One day I'd like to see the root - it's supposed to be really big and looks like a dead body! weird! :D

[destroyahdes]

I found a website where someone dug one up and it was the size of a five gallon bucket. I'll have to PM the url to you.

[seniorsite]

Love it and looking forward to the

stargazer:-)

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks! Stargazer is up and running, but not me - 3 videos made in one day and I'm exhausted! :D

[mettanc]

what do u do in the field? what si your work?

[jcmegabyte]

I'm a computer network/telecommunications manager by profession, but I spend a lot of "amateur" time in the field studying lepidoptera on a semi-serious hobby level. I run across all kinds of interesting stuff while out exploring. I have many other hobbies and interests, too, which all seem to find their way into the mix! So much more fun to be had than can be fit in one little lifetime! :D

[jcmegabyte]

I have SOOO much video and still material - just having a hard time finding music - I insist on using my own compositions as much as possible, and I'm running a little short these days! hahaha

I hope to get one more out today... "Stargazer, time lapse night skies" - working on it now :-)

Thanks for all your support! :D

[AustDingo]

Looks like you had a big day of filming. Hope there is more to come.

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