Wasps use parasitic mites as baby bodyguards

[CheckNate22]

These clips are made super poorly.

[stickywiggit]

@CheckNate22 Mites are unbelievably tiny. I'm somewhat amazed they got this footage at all.

[CheckNate22]

@stickywiggit Oh no don't get me wrong, the footage is fantastic. I'm referring to the commentary, I should have been more specific.

[MrGamergg]

0:12 it's a happy face :)

[havax1]

well hell, sounds like a disney movie in the making. just like the fox and the hound, but instead called the wasp and the mite.

[pmf05]

That means that they're not parasitic...

[gloup81]

smc to protect ur ladies !

[hendsem]

dam nature u scary :(

[osirus5891]

Awesome! You learn something new everyday.

[superxinyang]

Gotta Catch Them All!

[greenpower0922]

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[EnragedTurkey]

@greenpower0922 how so?

[greenpower0922]

@EnragedTurkey

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FAKE VIEWS AND VIDEO VOTES (POSITIVE/ NEGATIVE) ARE USED WHILE WATCHING A CONSPIRANCY THEORY OR VIDEOS RELATED TO POLITICIANS.

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[EnragedTurkey]

@greenpower0922 o i c

[Baboonaiih]

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[greenpower0922]

@Baboonaiih

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[Baboonaiih]

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[greenpower0922]

@Baboonaiih

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[Baboonaiih]

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[greenpower0922]

@Baboonaiih

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[edeldoe]

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[IntarwebUser]

It's like they're using the mites as an externalized immune system. :O

[Bredification]

Internet, I love you.

[HesitatedLove]

0:11 I thought it was wearing specs - -

[Torn80cj]

This is what the narrator said in the first 34 seconds of the video. Newresearchshowsthatpotterwasp­susemitestoprotecttheiryoungth­ewaspshavepocketlikestructures­intheirbodieswherethemiteslive­whenawaspmakesanestitdigsoutse­veralcavitiesanddepositsoneofi­tseggsineachone.Themitesthenmo­vefromthewasp'sbodyintothecavi­tiestosharesomeofthewasp'sfood­andtolaytheirowneggs.Butrather­thanharmingtheyoungwaspsthemit­esactuallyfendoffintruders.Ift­heparasiticwaspsapproachesacav­itythemiteswillattackit. Speeed talking.

[GoldenKnight422]

cool

[tronex234]

lol a ''plucky band''

[chywn]

it would have such an interesting video if you didnt talk so fast. CHILL.

[shadowthedogfighter]

im never walking past my porch again

[wizirdman46]

damn nature you scary

[greenpower0922]

@wizirdman46

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOUR ILLUMINATI SPAM?

[skyw09]

mites fukin scare me



[kieferkippy]

that was fast

[kionay]

damn nature, you scary!

[malekith87]

need subtitles...

[Ratama]

awesome, a cool symbiotic relationship

[zcheeseolly]

I suddenly feel all itchy...

[brendonian]

@zcheeseolly The same thing happened to me!! Damn the nervous system playing tricks.

[willowisp60]

that is all some i want to have it made like that

[avb20540]

I have just subscribed to the coolest channel in the world. Thank you.

[livingmy]

i didn't understand a word he said...:-\

[chidori5011]

i thought he said knights for a second so i was all like is the wasp medival ???

[truvelocity]

Hooray, symbiotic relationships with animals.

[dirtybird2212]

I love when nature does shit like this

[BrillianceIsForever]

mutualism! <3

[JOCKATEO]

ants are the same family of insects as wasps as thats why once a year they grow wings

[AceofDlamonds]

awesome, they are like little bots working for the "big" mama....

They actually attack parasitic wasps who try to invade the nest........sweet!

[aaronlikesalex]

thats crazy man omg

[sweepswoop]

GROSS

[artuno1207]

What if they made pet bots for humans. Like bird thingys or somethings. And whenever you are walking down a dark alley, some guy is about to rape you, but your pet bots will be all like "OH HELL NO" and shoot the rapist with thier lazers.

[ryu8888]

:|

*has rapist bots*

*they rape your lazer bots*

>:3

*pulls off ur pants*

[artuno1207]

Ah, touche.

[ryu8888]

Yeah it's kinda sad really. You make guns illegal, and criminals, who don't follow the laws to begin with, ignore them and still have guns, whereas good folks are defenseless. You invent some new form of self-defense, and the criminals just get one more thing to hurt you with.

*runs away with your pants, leaving you stranded in the middle of the city* >:3

[Witchielake]

@artuno1207 naruto abriged?

[BluesTriops]

@artuno1207 More logically, why not we start with nanobots that attack virusis and the like. Then we use them to make holes in people and keep small nano swarms in those holes. That we we both get what we want ;)

[RepublicofSocialismZ]

but if we'd all have bots, then u could escape while ur bots are having a dramatic dogfight with his.

[idiotbox1223]

wow! you guys do the ABSOLUTE neatest videos :D

[Daneus05]

killer lice!

lol

[serialies]

Great, another reason to hate wasps.

[DOX9500]

ahhh symbiotic relationships... most of us dont know it but the human gut is one big bacterial larder home to beneficial bacteria that aids digestion. ^^"

[RustyNex]

@DOX9500 yet we are the biggest and most dangerous parasite on earth

[DessonPwns]

I Want Protective Cows... What?? Can't I?? lol

[yellowdart137]

Zerg rush!

oh yea, good times have begun.

[jackstitty]

im glad they dont use a money system,, because that process probley wouldnt happen...lol,,,how i wish humans followed nature more than paper......

[shugo957]

hm...i guess for them its a win-win situation.

[happyking9]

isn't that a symbiotic relatoinship instead of parasitic?

[Zantaer]

Parasitic is a type of symbiotic relationship.

[Goryal]

A parasite benefits at the host expense, where as in a symbiotic relationship, both parties benefit.

[Zantaer]

No no no.

There are three main types of symbiotic relationships.

Mutual symbiotic relationships are ones that both organisms benefit

Parasitic symbiotic relationships is one where one is harmed and one benefits, and then there are commensal symbiotic relationships where one benefits and one isn't affected.

[BillyBobsEel]

0:12

A face!

[mastercheeok]

this is like beening allies animals are not stupid!

[orenjidance]

That is a fairly great defense mech, with mutual trust! Lovely!

[miggeev]

Zerg rush!

[Exequian]

MITES. DEFEND YOUR MASTER.

[SmellyBananna]

Cool i didnt knew that

[solutionsplease]

Wasps are the most successful insect.. Damned

[banditoxviii]

no =. ants are

[AceofDlamonds]

ants are the most successful insect, not wasps...

[agate112]

@AceofDlamonds boo wasps rule screw you

[AceofDlamonds]

@agate112

yeah I love wasps as well.....but someone said they're the most successful, which isn't tru.

[tomanol8]

mites -babysitters

[sukkahiki666]

@MrKit3n Oh shit!? FRIDAY?? 

[Scythemantis]

A plucky band of mites...with everything to prove!

THIS SUMMER.

[Nanovirus5995]

@Scythemantis Rated PG THUURTEEN

[dragonslovefire]

@Scythemantis you sir win a free internet or girl sorry for the fail

[4878656]

@Scythemantis HAHAHAHA Lol

[trinidadnomad]

oh wow i have to say that was interesting

[trent8002003]

I hate parasitic wasps. Do any creatures prey on them at all?

[Scythemantis]

Parasitic wasps can be preyed upon by spiders, mantises, other wasps, anything that eats insects. I don't see why you would hate them, though. The majority of them are harmless to humans, and they themselves are essential predators in the ecosystem, controlling populations of caterpillars, aphids and other herbivores.

[trent8002003]

Great to see some insects turn the table on those bloody wasps. Thought they were just about invincible. Know moral judgement has no place in nature but I love tarantulas. And wasps kill many of them. So can't help loathing wasps. BTW, I figure wasps are vulnerable only to webspinning spiders as ground stalkers like tarantulas and wolf spiders are more sluggish than a marauding wasp. No?

[Scythemantis]

Yeah tarantula hawks are probably unlikely to get caught by tarantulas, which may instinctively flee from wasps, even :)

[uh3xiizdan]

i think all the natural and organic is consumeable...by other organisms

[RookieZeratul]

I think that they aren't parasites in this relathionship, but i think they might become a parasite when with other animals such as eating it.

[jerumd]

XD LMAO!! Two organisms, depending on one another.

[TombaFanatic]

the mites aren't parasites if they're helping.

[GmovieSnake]

in a way they are

[MagusJoseph]

The correct term for the relationship between these two species is Symbiosis.

This means that both species benefit from each other's presece. It's not as rare as some people think

[yao11ming4mvp]

there are three types of parasite relationships

mutualism- both organisms benefit

parasitism- one benefits as a result of the other

commensalism- neither of them really benefits or is hurt

[beaglemanzzz]

Nature is the best.

[CutieNoorah]

LOL!

Yeaashh (:

[talonakalu]

I guess having mites around beat being eaten by parasites.. whats worst?

[ihatepanda]

that is sooo nasty

[monehget]

badass

[kurtilein3]

yeah, well, what can i say....

evolution is damn powerful when it comes to finding solutions and strategies.

next time you meet a creationist, you can ask him/her why and how god made it this way, why didnt he just make the wasps stronger? and what is the purpose of the parasitic mite? did he design them to solve issues arising from design-problems in the wasps?

[Xenoce]

No such user as coulditbekronau.

[earthwolf82]

Ask a creationist why men have nipples and they're stumped;)

[547212436]

reciprocal relationship?

[dragonniz]

lol

[gothmusicsukz]

Cool!

[trotroy]

Interesting...

[caoskin]

see the instinct of these tiny creatures just to survive!

[FondleMyNuts]

the mites should be reclassified as symbiotic, not parasitic, since they are beneficial to each other.

[gothmusicsukz]

Yea true

[Atzy]

Yes, previously they were probebly called "parasitic mites", but the light of this research might cause them to be reclassified.

[landcruiserlarry]

plucky mites

[galvetraz302]

If it happens on such a small scale, why could it not happen in the Universe? Do you believe in aliens/UFO's?

[classicrockmann]

Just shows You The Power of Natural Mutualistic Paratism

[xbocliveisawsome12]

kooool

[linux750]

why aren't we basing most of our technology off of nature? everything in nature is so well engineered.

[radlations]

If it works, why not copy it?

[UcanbeGOD]

A plucky band if mites FTW!

[pyrrho314]

wasps take parasitism to extremes which are bizzare parasitic-symbiosis, e.g. the african fig wasps... or this. Taking a parasite and using it, being a parasite but helping your host, but not quite seeming very symbiotic, nor always being symbiotic (e.g. wasps that lay eggs in live spiders). Very interesting.

[CousinoMacul]

I believe that there is no clear demarcation between parasitism and symbiosis.

[panicatthediscosuck]

Symbiosis is something using something and helping it out in exchange for something. Parasitism is something using something and not giving anything in exchange.

[CousinoMacul]

I understand the definitions, but you're kidding yourself if you think there's a clear demarcation there.

Evolutionary theory suggests that most symbiotic relationships evolved from parasitic ones. Does that mean that at some point the organisms crossed some "magic boundary" or is the difference not as real as you might think?

Or how about h. pyroli bacteria? They cause stomach ulcers. Are they parasites? They also protect against stomach cancer. Are they symbionts?

Food for thought. :-)

[pyrrho314]

the big implication of this debate comes in the form of a metaphor to human-kind. Are we parasites or symbiots wrt the planet, is there really no distinction?

[CousinoMacul]

"Are we parasites or symbiots wrt the planet, is there really no distinction?"

Obviously this depends on what you mean by "the planet" and how you would measure the fitness of the planet. I think it comes down to perspective.

[panicatthediscosuck]

We're parasites. We feed off the planet and damage it.

[radlations]

Need to survive.

[dehbee]

any living creature is considered a parasite when theres too much of one animal.

[FondleMyNuts]

@dehbee: parasites feed off a host bringing no benefit to the host. numbers has nothing to do with it.

you could be a parasite living off your parents, bringing no benefit whatsoever to the household, and there's only one of you!

jks ;)

[dehbee]

i was responding to panicatthediscosuck. im talking about being a parasite to the earth not another living creature.

[ThompsonSeedless]

Parasitism, even on that scale is only a matter of time. A virus, like the one that helps women give birth, may become helpful after awhile, and besides there's more fecund creatures than humans

[clauzii]

The earth is pretty un-static to me. Every single atom moves around on this planet :)

[nelli0t]

hey thats a good idea ... atoms never stop moving ... thats pepetural motion (sorry for spelling everthing wrong)

[panicatthediscosuck]

Mosy parasites evolve into symbiotic creatures. Sometimes because of some kind of evolution in the animal to stop the parasite. They evolve into something symbiotic so that it can feed and not get removed or attacked by it's host.

There symbiotic. They stop something from killings it's host. Stomach ulcers are less deadly then stomach cancer. I suppose the relation can be looked at as parasitic as it causes something bad in it's host. It also protects it host from something much worse.

[pyrrho314]

probably not, wasps demonstrate this, but in general I have always held there is a distinction, does ultimate success of the entity mean destruction of the host, or even does it make the host weaker, vs. does it help make the host stronger directly. I think the distinction holds, though it could be made cleaner... but what is strange is something like mites which have clearly gone through a parasitic evolution, but entered into a symbiotic one eventually.

[CousinoMacul]

Well, I think the distinction is arbitrary. As for making the host stronger or weaker, I could ask what that means, but I'll assume we're talking about survival (Evolution's built-in utility function).

The question becomes one of how can you test whether the host is stronger or weaker. I think it depends on context. For example, in the presence of parasitic wasps, the mites make the host stronger, but in the absence of them, the mites might make the host weaker.

[CousinoMacul]

I think it's eye-opening to see parasitism and symbiosis as two sides of the same phenomenon (IMO).

[pyrrho314]

it is... but also a very difficult one for me as I like to draw a metaphor if possible, and I like to think humans will not choose parasitism, so I hope there is a distinction we can handle.

I wonder if this mite only infests wasps as I suspect... or if this mite also infects other insects as a parasite.

[whitephillyboy13]

well it';s not that diffrent that the human body if you think... we have thousands of parasites in our body at this moment.. some hurt us, some we've adapted to, and some help us. like the ones in our stomache help brake down food!

[Melee2k]

that was interesting d000d.

[getinthecarinc]

they found it was a virus from india or someplace like that

[lulupaloozatv]

"A plucky band of six mites..." :D

[amishbros]

he talks fast

[Clausfarre]

Do they help? They mites!

[ipn0y]

i c wat u did thar.

[pyrrho314]

ouch!

[900lbfatguy]

That parasitic wasp "mite" have a problem. That is so funny. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. anyone. It's not that corny of a joke.

[seancosgrave]

hahaha

[javierenchina]

those mites sure are plucky

[DamienZshadow]

Wow, I'm always so impressed by separate species that have learned to co-evolve and develop a symbiotic relationship as complexed as this.

[TECHKLEC]

Yes, and it just seems a littlr more impressive in the world of onsects.

[DamienZshadow]

Heh, yeah, considering both of them are insects. Usually you'll see a lot of symbiotic relationship between certain bacteria and animals like e.coli but this makes it seem a little more difficult to have developed at all. Makes you wonder about how this kind of thing probably started off early in their evolutionary history.

[davedoug]

plucky band...LOL!

nice nice...

[qanazir]

Quite informing.

[Kergillian]

"Plucky band of six"

lol

[bigj130]

I have those wasps in my back yard, they die in my pool all the time.. :/

[Roman500]

lol awesome

[dafttool]

"a plucky band of six mites" lol

[ScottishAtheist]

Irreducibly complexicated !!111!!

[unbeliever1000]

symbiotic relationship......neat!

[mrboxleytheonly]

can the mites harm the wasp when they are on it? like if there are too many, do they become parasites to the wasp?

[ruthlessx]

they shouldn't do and only so many can survive on the wasp at a time.

[BMWxM3xGTR]

the mites dont attack the wasp, so no they wont harm it.