A L I E N Seed opening in Time Lapse

[AlvaroVonKunstler]

What the hell is that? I wouldn't eat that Wild Cucumber! Then at midnight I wake up with an alien eating my stomach! :P

[JcmdiStockFootage]

@AlvaroVonKunstler Yep - that's about what I was thinking, too! XD Thanks for stopping by!

[Yearotta]

I love your channel though!

[jebzki123]

That isn't an alien plant..... here in philippines we call it rambutan.....it is a delicious fruit!

[thegreatMSG]

@jebzki123

It didn't looks like a rambutan fruit to me..

[TheShoe1990]

i tried growing a wild cucumber seed once in my private garden, but something went wrong, so I BLEW IT OUT OF THE GOD DAMN AIRLOCK

[here57]

i though something was going to pop up and scream!

you know you all focused on the seed and then....AAARRGGHHH!

[jcmegabyte]

That sounds familiar... The first time I left one of these things on my desk overnight, I found it opened like this in the morning and I was SURE there was a face-hugger alien around somewhere ready to jump out at me! XD

[mcgyvr2009i]

@jcmegabyte lololollllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JewBoxingIsAwesome]

haha i was just playing hemp tycoon n there is a seed called alien seed n i went to youtube n the first thing i see is ALIEN Seed opening in time lapse haha... hemp tycoon is a game where you buy plant n harvest hemp haha

[jcmegabyte]

Sounds like it could be some really strange hemp! XD

[PainIsCupcake0]

OMG U DUMB AMERICANS THAT'S A RAMBUTAN!!!! A UNRIPE RAMBUTAN!!! AND IT CURLS BECAUSE U DRIED IT DMANIT

[Ridley9548]

@PainIsCupcake0 Calm down dude, calm down.

[christian07skate]

@PainIsCupcake0 yes, the entire united states is retarded because one guy, god forbid, dried out ur prescious rambutan. dont need to start a war over a rambutan...what the hell is a rambutan...I SAY IT'S A CUCUMBER!

[PainIsCupcake0]

@christian07skate THAT'S A SWEET FRUIT IN MALAYSIA ;l any wtf ur redord this shit :l

[christian07skate]

@PainIsCupcake0 noooo idea what ur talkin about in the last sentence

[ladyfirebird93]

it looks like a datura seed pod.

[jcmegabyte]

It does indeed look like a larger version of the Datura pod, although I doubt the two plants are related. The Wild Cucumber is also mildly toxic - perhaps something like Datura, but I don't know if it's psychotropic or not. Definitely an interesting plant either way! :-)

[MrSharkman112]

Only if the seed didnt have a time laps

[jcmegabyte]

There is a non-timelapsed version of these seeds, too... it is a video respose to this one...

[cal0906]

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrrrrrrrrr



[rsv1336]

i want one

[soerism]

you should send this to Nat Geo

[jcmegabyte]

I hope to do a better documentary on this pod some day, and if I can get the quality level bumped up a bit they might actually be interested! XD Thanks for stopping by =)

[CountryGirl5077]

THAT IS SOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting! =)

[Licmycat]

How cool!!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for checking it out! =)

[APRILWEST2]

FEED ME!!! It reminds me of Little Shop of Horrors :)

[jcmegabyte]

And not only that, I was SURE there were some face huggers lurking around where I found these things too! XD Thanks so much for stopping by =)

[thedemon51015]

very coolio :-)

[JcmdiStockFootage]

Thanks so much for watching! =)

[tb823g]

it looks like a sea urchin

[jcmegabyte]

Interesting thought - if you were to cut one of these in half and set them on the ground or a rock with the cut side down - they would definitely resemble a sea green urchins with short spines! =)

[psykedude]

looks like a chestnut to me

[jcmegabyte]

Hmmm I've never seen one before (at least not un-shelled and cooked) - I'll have to look those up :-)

[bennoah222]

7 hours... SH-

[jcmegabyte]

My longest so far is a 4-month time lapse (pig head decomposing)...this one is about average. Good thing the camera does most of the time-consuming work via automation! XD

[1Celebrindor]

@jcmegabyte Where is that video? I can't find it anywhere

[JCMDIweirdStuff]

The easiest way to find it is a YT search for "pig head" - it comes up second in the list. :-)

[ZiomASek300]

I find this video hard to masturbate to :(

[MrBitchs0o]

looks like the eggs from AVP lol

[JcmdiStockFootage]

It wouldn't surprise me if they got the design for those eggs from this plant (or a similar one)! XD

[duffdeluxe]

boring

[CatspitProductions]

That's some cool stuff. ☠

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for stopping by! =D

[supermarioshock]

congatulations its a face hugger

[landtoseasandiego]

cool.

[pointer7pl]

take 20 and make tea from it ... its strongly halucyns

[jcmegabyte]

Yea I've heard that these and Datura species are pretty trippy but a bit poisonous, so you you'd have to be careful too! XD

[pointer7pl]

@jcmegabyte

yes are poisonous .. shourly can find instruction in internet :P

some time ago it was grows in my willage like decorations

now it becomes drugs ...shity law ..its beauty

[ENVOYizCLUTCH]

I TOLD YOU THEY WERE OUT THERE

[jcmegabyte]

Indeed - I just wonder where the face-hugger went!! XD

[pointer7pl]

@ENVOYizCLUTCH come poland !:D

[thebluberrypotart]

thats a flower

[TheMrBlinx]

Does it shoot little darts when you look at it?

[jcmegabyte]

I didn't see anything come shooting out of it, myself, but I was wondering if there might be a face-hugger hiding in the bushes nearby! XD

[lesouder2222]

These are a nice climbing vine! I let them grow in my yard!

[jcmegabyte]

They do make for some nice foliage, and once the roots get really big, the vines grow amazingly fast! Thanks so much for stopping by :-)

[ingridgott]

beautiful an sexy amy sound crazy but some flowers an this seeed is sexy forme is like welcome love

[jcmegabyte]

These are indeed fascinating little wonders! Thanks so much for dropping by :-)

[hunkatiel]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers!

[2mr0taggy9]

poke it with a stick :P

[MrNividium]

It has a very dangerous self defence mechanism, you don't dare kill it !

[Soneclipseredvblue]

heh i found some wild cucumber vines. was so weird. 

[jcmegabyte]

In spring, these vines really go nuts and take over whole areas... and if there is lots of rainfall, these weird fruits are all over too... Definitely looks like some sort of alien plant invasion! XD

[Soneclipseredvblue]

@jcmegabyte This was just last week. Was on the side of this creek. Really nice quality water there. Stole a few pods heh. The seeds were interesting. Brown with lighter brown lines on them. Kinda ingenious the way they do that. The bottom opens and the seeds would fall out right into the creek and go down stream.

[jcmegabyte]

They do have some interesting tactics. It's also interesting to hear that they are actively growing even in the fall when abundant water is present. I've often wondered how the seeds get uphill from existing locations... must be birds or squirrels carrying the seeds away and dropping them.

[IgnoredComment]

looks like a guava's seed

[jcmegabyte]

I've never seen those - I wonder if they open-up like these things do...

[SuckerGamer]

Burn it... BURN IT WITH FIRE!

[jcmegabyte]

Flamethrowers seemed to work well in the movie! XD

[Piratesofsingapore]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEAD HUMPERS

[LovedWife1]

What species is this?

[jcmegabyte]

This plant is "Wild Cucumber" (Marah macrocarpus). It can be fairly common in the mountains of southern CA. :-)

[teewhy1977]

what was the purpose of that..

[jcmegabyte]

Interesting how this seed pod opens a lot like the alien face hugger pod in the movie. Kinda makes you wonder if it's coincidence, or borrowing from nature...

[teewhy1977]

@jcmegabyte oh i see.. i thought it was some random pod opening..lol i get it now :) i think :/

[HaloReachS117]

I wonder if one of the aliens popped out of a chest and was like'Mom??!!! mom are you dead??!!!!'

[jcmegabyte]

Hahaha Probably more like "Thanks, see-ya!" XD

[KittyIStalking]

thats gonna be one strange pickel!!! i wonder who would eat it?

[jcmegabyte]

It is indeed an odd plant... Apparently, some animals like to eat the seeds since I see many of the pods ripped-open with the seeds missing. The flesh is mildy toxic though, so I doubt anything can eat it without some adverse effects XD

[KittyIStalking]

@jcmegabyte maby if someone ate it, they would get super powers!!

[jcmegabyte]

or [more likely] a really bad stomach ache!  XP

[mmmmmarcus]

Ive seen these things burst pretty dramatically.. I used to work around Whiting Ranch and Limestone Canyon, and Modjeska canyon, i was startled by a few exploding. They dont make any sound, but it can happen fairly quickly and squirt juice at ya lol. Some of them would burst at the touch.

[jcmegabyte]

Wow - I didn't know they opened that quickly. All the ones I've filmed took hours to open, but they did make a little noise every now and then, as the outer skin ripped apart. Very trippy plant in any case! :-)

[mmmmmarcus]

Hey wild cucumber! Such a neat plant! These grow everywhere here on coastal california.

[jcmegabyte]

It is a pretty trippy plant. Further inland here they grow in a lot places too, but some years they do much better than others - probably related to rainfall. The past two years have been really bad for them, with hardly any foliage and really small/few gourds. I'm waiting for some really big fresh ones so I can do some HD timelapse of them opening - this time, more ALIEN style! :-)

[MEMATTYME]

Like the eggs on alienvsPredator

[jcmegabyte]

Yep - it was scary - when I found the first one of these, it was completely closed and since I'd never seen one before I didn't know anything about it. When I came back and looked at it in the morning, it was wide open, and I was wondering if a face hugger was lurking around somewhere! :-O

[MEMATTYME]

@jcmegabyte haha LMFAO m8 ill add u w8 sec face hugger lol makes me laugh also looks like a deformed conker

[MEMATTYME]

@MEMATTYME Sick i look back and i have 4 likes :D

[deathkiller43]

yeah who knows if they are really flying above us but since many people make hoaxes people mostly say its faake and thats it without looking at the possibilities

[deathkiller43]

imagine if it WAS actually alien!

[jcmegabyte]

It sure had us freaked out - the first one we found wasn't open when I brought it inside as a sort of conversation piece. The next morning, it was wide open as if something had burst out during the night! :-O Funny thing is, with all the hoaxes out there, aliens could probably fly right over and people would just laugh at the "fake" ship or alien beings! XD

[Waterhousing]

i bought the 7d canon and going to buy the 5dmk2...keep an eye out for canon in the fall or winter...35 0r 40 megapixell range/ 15 frames per second on the stills.....it would be neet if they do 120p also for the video..

[jcmegabyte]

I'm particularly interested in something with a big, sensitive sensor (perhaps the backlit variety) . I've seen some great time lapses on MockMoon2000's channel - especially night sky sequences, which were shot with 5Dmk2. I'm concerned about shutter wear though... I put 1.1 million frames on my Canon S5 and it finally started having problems. DSLRs are a little less expendable! :-) An intervalometer function/method is also a needed. Guess I still got some shopping to do!

[Waterhousing]

did this wild cucmber say anything like " FEED ME "....great shot..is this shot with a dslr then the frames strung togeather ??

[jcmegabyte]

Hahahaha XD Actually I think it was more interested in launching its payload! (face huggers, anyone?)

This was one of my older sequences, made from individual stills which were frame-captured from a JVC MiniDV camera over firewire. All my HD stuff is made from hi-res stills shot with Canon S5-is and SX10-is digital cams (which aren't even DSLRs). I'm currently shopping for a large-sensor DSLR though, perhaps Nikon or Canon models.

[askpersonaltrainers]

Nice,

What camera do you use? NOT a full frame right?  Do you know if there is any way to squeeze out a 16:9 video using pictures from a cropped camera?

[jcmegabyte]

This sequence was frame captured from MiniDV tape. The native DV frame is 720x480 (3:2 aspect ratio) , which explains the unusually small "letterbox" bars in the 4:3 viewport.

My realtime videos are 640x480, 720x480 or 1920x1080, but most of my time lapses are made from 4:3 still image sequences which I crop/resize, one at a time, using several proprietary, self-designed methods. You could use any image editor to crop your images. Windows Movie Maker does the rest in final render. :-)

[miniclipplay]

hi! im making a rotting bannana timlapse got any idea how long it will take?

this is awesome !

[jcmegabyte]

It really depends on the environment you choose. When I did my banana timelapse, (v=gmgdjk5UXyw and v=UC3f5nQIvA8) it was outside so that it was exposed to bugs and weather. It took about 12 days for most of the banana to be consumed. Indoors, it could take a month or longer since mold and dehydration will be the primary consumers. Good luck and be sure to post it! :-)

[MidnightPsychoKiller]

This is a manroot Marah.

[jcmegabyte]

Yup - that's the stuff! Pretty strange plant, and grows everywhere in the local mountains here. :-)

[andrerds2]

mamona?

[legend1donky2]

those seeds grows on trees in holland.. or sumthing like that

[jcmegabyte]

I'd hate to have a spiky thing like THAT fall on me from a tree! XD

Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[lalaliam]

alien conker fight :P

[Maymona13]

Anybody seen the movie Alien? Remember those eggs? If I didn't know any better and If I was still 10, Id scream till my lungs erode away.

[jcmegabyte]

Yup - except for the spikes and lack of a Face-Hugger inside I thought this thing was a dead ringer for Alien Egg-Pod from the movie!

[Mr1960ratman]

Interesting videos you posted. Seems like there are limitless number of things to apply time lapse photograhy to.

[jcmegabyte]

I've gotten into the habit of shooting just about anything that moves slowly (or quickly) Even the trivial things seem to get much more interesting when you speed them up (or slow them down) :-)

[threelegduck]

that's wild - where do you get such a seed. kinda like a chestnut

[jcmegabyte]

These plants grow all over the mountains here in southern California. They're definitely trippy! :-)

[killeruk0k]

lolz looks like one of those eggs fron aline movies

[jcmegabyte]

Exactly! :-)

[sciencoking]

WHAT THE FUCK lol

looks quite funn ^_^ (i guess it´s to scare away animals that could eat it??)

[jcmegabyte]

In all the years I've seen these weird, spikey seed pods, I've never seen anything eat them. I guess they are too toxic. The part that opens is actually the bottom of the pod - as it hangs from the vine, the "doors" open below and the seeds fall out and roll away. Sure looks like science fiction though! :-O

[philgurl33]

COOOLLL....

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[kaoritubes]

Hi, I've never seen anything like this before. Does it have any kind of scent or smell? Also, I think the quality of your music on the video is awesome. Such high quality of sound.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for the great commet! The music comes right off of my master recordings so there isn't much degradation.

The plant isn't terribly strong-smelling but does have a "planty" smell to it, similar to freshly-cut grass. The seed pods are also very "juicy", being full of fleshy, fiberous material which is laden with water/liquid. It is a very odd plant! :-)

[AuronWarrior]

The pods kindas resembles Datura/Jimson weed. Jimson weed is poisonous.

[jcmegabyte]

We have Jimson Weed here too. These vines/pods are also (mildly) toxic in spite of their seemingly friendly common name "Wild Cucumber". Thanks for watching! :-)

[skylineanimation]

Cool! You Should Be Proud Of Yourself!

[jcmegabyte]

So glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watcing and commenting =D

[AuronWarrior]

Have you encounter more of these plants? Since its spring. I would like to see more.

[jcmegabyte]

Yep! The vines are growing all over the place now. It's almost time to start filming again! :-)

[yvierivera]

WIERD!!!

[jcmegabyte]

That's for sure! Thanks for watching :-)

[artworkslive]

yup, that looks like an alien alright....beautiful, in a creepy sorta way. ; )

[jcmegabyte]

They're definitely creepy! Imaging leaving one unopened on your desk at night, then finding it all opened in the morning! Hahaha At the time, I had no clue they did that. I was thinkin' "Uh oh... FACE HUGGER!" Aaah! XD

[vinayhompath1]

Excellent and weird!

[jcmegabyte]

They're weird plants alright! Thanks for the view and comment :-)

[sigma1920]

amazing, interesting.

u are the top master of time-lapse nature movie!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks! Next spring I'll see if I can do some better ones - this was just a last-ditch attempt to get one that had already partially opened. It is such a weird thing. :D

[sabrina3309]

Excellent video! I think it's fantastic!

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks Sabrina! Nice of you to watch and comment :D

[Pyromaceno1]

cool :D

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for watching :-)

[hoyroyda]

what is this exactly i found some was pretty freaked out so i took one hom and freekin lost it

[jcmegabyte]

See my "The A L I E N Seeds" video (response link right below the video window above) for more video and info. The plant is Wild Cucumber... :D Definitely a weird plant!

[austinsplace1]

Awesome! Wow! Beautiful and endless stars! ****** :)

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks! :-)

[bludolf]

cool, you have patience jcm.

[JcmdiStockFootage]

It's funny how just about all of my footage takes a really long time to record, but fortunately for me the camera does the really boring part! Hahaha XD The frame processing afterward takes some time and effort too, but at least that's a little more interesting. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[AuronWarrior]

What kind of plants grows your yard?

[jcmegabyte]

Except for the butterfly-specific plants I grow for raising lepidoptera, I have pretty much standard stuff. No Wild Cucumber though! :D

[MorphoHercules]

This music and video are the perfect choice for my first favorite! Thanks Mr. Bug :-)

[jcmegabyte]

Glad you like - thanks so much! :D

[Polarbong]

Beautiful time lapse filming. Nature is full of little wonders:)

[jcmegabyte]

I always thought so, too. Thanks for watching and commenting :D

[CatZilla]

HELLO!!!! Are you there???

[jcmegabyte]

Hello hello!  :-)

[CatZilla]

Good Morning America!!!

[CatZilla]

I am not sure? But I do remember my Grandpa has it growing in his garden and he lives in Florida. So I cant really remember? Have to rethink of that.For you.

[CatZilla]

Cool! Well I know this one plant that its seeds pop! when its ready to open.

[jcmegabyte]

That wouldn't be violets would it? I had some little seed pods from a common violet and had to keep them in a covered container becuase the pod literaly exploded as it dried out, throwing the seeds all over the place! :D

[austinsplace1]

WOW! Great video!! ******** :))

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks - glad you anjoyed! :D

[Xiphion]

it looks a LOT like datura. i think the seed is very prettyful =]

cool vid

[jcmegabyte]

Yea, yer right - I hadn't noticed that before - these seed pods look like larger versions of Datura seed pods. We have both plants here (Jimson Weed) and they get pretty common.

[PeopleRpeople07]

Its so strange, When it opens it appears to peel. Really amazing! Always love your videos! =D

[jcmegabyte]

What's really odd is that it's fairly wet inside and dries out as it opens - so you'd think the inside would contract as it dried, pulling the "petals" inward but instead it does just the opposite! Weird plant. :D

[PeopleRpeople07]

The weird thing is the shape, I didn't really think it would have petals, So I wasn't really sure how it would open...But I know now. It dosen't really make sense when it curls outward but thats why you call it Alien plant other than its strange looks. ^^;

[GeraldBoyClassical]

Wow, very cool !

[jcmegabyte]

I had this one on the shelf for a while - finally gotit done and published! Thanks for watching! :D

[flyngsnow]

that is quite strange looking!

[jcmegabyte]

Yup - one of the weirder plants I've run across in my travels! :-) Thanks for stopping by :D

[AuronWarrior]

Are there any other interesting plants? If you do see them strange plants make a video of it. I would like to see them.

[jcmegabyte]

This is one of the weirdest ones I've run across so far, mostly because of these seed pods. I'm always on the lookout for strange stuff to video so if I find anything I'll be sure film and post! :-)

[AuronWarrior]

I want so see more Alien seed pods.

[jcmegabyte]

I've seen a few old dried-up ones laying around but there won't be any new, green ones until next spring... I'll keep an eye out for them :D

[armiger044]

im gettin more and more curious about this world, i mean i didnt have a clue about anything youve done, an dyet theres 1000000x more out there

thats scary to me lol nice vid yet again!

[jcmegabyte]

There's some really weird stuff out there, and it's cool that we have YT to let us see it all! :D

[destroyahdes]

And you dedicated this to me! Thank you so much. You know it's funny because I always read the descriptions on all the videos, but I don't know why I missed the last sentence. When I watched this last night I read about how you flimed and how long it took. Thank you so much. A fave and five stars.

[tiffanyrox79]

wierd it totally does look like something from invasion of the bodysnatchers!

[jcmegabyte]

Hahahah yea, you gotta wonder what crawled out when we weren't looking! XD