First Life with David Attenborough- Giant Millipede

[MTran0708]

wheres bear grylls when you need him...

[funkimunkeyy]

where can I watch this series for free online?

[fyunuskhan]

dAVID rOCKS  ...........

[TheMissParadox]

I was watching this on tv yesterday xD im actually kinda scared of millipedes but awwww this ones so cute xD its face is like :]

[GoulGuyProductions]

I'm actually watching this on TV right now

[Sweettart9467]

Just saw this on tv yesterday lol

[TbaginANDBuck]

So this guy looks at a rock, and from indentations in it he says that it was a GIANT millipede. wow

[MoonPhase94]

@TbaginANDBuck That's not quite what happens is it now...? -_-

[MrWasabi]

bear grylls would eat it!

[13makio]

mayb it was a tractor

[jvdanilo]

A long time ago, and far far away...

[Puglord99]

He likes putting his fingers in those dimples!

[GoOgleBG32]

yay didnt knew that more oxygen means bigger insects /animals etc

[bakaTenshi101]

ewww.. so creepy.. Do not want to find that around my house.

[CrazyChainSawLuigi]

couldn't the tracks come from an ancient extra-terrestrial rover... so but i need fossils

[boobottle]

back then you had spider the size of a man head and dragon flys half the size of a bus the wing span about 12 feets across

[5233484]

@boobottle Are you serious!? or are you trolling o.O

[koapwns]

@5233484

He's serious,

[braddudeguy]

@5233484 No he's serious. That was all true at one point

[karadan100]

@boobottle Nope. The largest dragonfly fossil they found had a three foot wing span. It was the largest insect which ever lived.

[yeolstrat]

I'm gonna but lotsa oxygen tanks and grow giant ants and birds so I can ride them.  Thanks for the tips David Attenborough.

[braddudeguy]

@yeolstrat But you wouldn't be able to ride them in the outside world. There wouldn't be enough oxygen and they'd die. DINNER! =D haha

[psilocyberspaceman]

How do they know the color it had?

[tarnishedmercury]

@psilocyberspaceman

they likely dont, however you can often take estimates based on the genomes of modern day living relatives

[Spootchies]

@psilocyberspaceman They don't. they likely just guessed.

[Hornystick]

Love the ending... "Very big... indeed."

[josephlin01]

i would actually like to grow an insect in 35% oxygen through several generations and see how large they grow :D

[tarnishedmercury]

@josephlin01

the majority of organisms have a maximum body size which is determined genetically, but you could definitely give it a try :)

[josephlin01]

@tarnishedmercury genetically, you're correct. indeed, but over time, think of how fast generations can be produced - it would be plausible over a certain time period that we'd see change or maybe a modification, especially if this characteristic remains true for all organisms, we may even use bacteria.

[MrCockSlut]

@tarnishedmercury A study was done in which drosophila fruit flies where put in tanks with more oxygen and over about 5 generations they where about %10 larger in size.

[tarnishedmercury]

@MrCockSlut

yes thats called phenotypic plasticity.

im not exactly sure what point youre trying to make by saying this. phenotypic plasticty and evolution are two very different things.

[KawaiiKemonomimi]

@MrCockSlut Man! Where can I get oxygen tanks!? See what it does to tarantulas. LOL!

[TheRealBlackPuma]

I like him. :3 He tells it so vividly that it almost seems like you're there with him.

[eeedel]

im not afraid of insects... but holy s@#!

[jacobbobcorn]

orr...those couldve just been striations during an ice age

[MrShuxin]

Attenbrough is LENGEND

[bb1televator]

David Attenborough rocks!!

[fossilvivo]

@bb1televator he rocks but with fossils on it!

[InsideDating]

More oxygen pls

[19countryboy71]

That is one serious artropod! DANG!!!

[blobbios]

FIRST!!!...wait a second...

[Semtexxxxx]

303! woot woot!

[moe210333]

OMG...I HATE THESE COMERICALS...WTF YOUTUBE

[Sh4dowsUnited]

@moe210333 agreed but without it youtube wouldnt be making money therefore youtube will get shut down.its one of those stuff we have to live with.

[JOHNCHUYOUTOO]

@moe210333 adblock plus ftw!

[CanadianCatastrophes]

ahhh pangea

[Kicker20007]

yessss 302 viewer!

[oddsource]

wow wouldn't like to find that in my tent LOL

[rlinfinity]

@oddsource It was a herbivore

[myhamster1212]

@krystian1333 Dont be such a fucktard!!

[ALAPINO]

Sorry, Sir David Attenborough shall and should always be on the BBC.

[Victoriankitsune]

I love David Attenborough he really knows his stuff. Damn America for replacing him with Ophra in the Life series

[star666moon]

is this a new series by David? I haven't seen it before.

[KiLLeRxxBuNNy]

if he messed up saying oxygen than carbon they can edit it

but they havent

[rastarigate]

David Attenborough is like.....

.... Gandalf of science!

[FlowCell]

Why isn't it called to Oxygeniferous period and not the Carboniferous if it had so much more oxygen?

[SosoSeth1990]

@FlowCell Ya thats true. Why did he say back when they could grow in the Carboniferous peroid they could grow a lot bigger than would now. Your right. They should have called that the oxygeniferous peroid instead. Only makes sense considering the atmpsphere was full of oxygen at the time. Maybe he was the one who accidently messed up and phrased it wrong. Had to of been. No way they could call a oxygen rich age the Carboniferous peroid. So is our carbon rich age considered the oxygeniferous prd?

[gamehero77]

@SosoSeth1990 No. He's correct, it is called the Carboniferous. Reason why is because most oil that we have today comes from this period. All life on Earth has carbon, since there was an abundance of life during that period, there was an abundance of carbon, in the form of oil and coal today.

[gamehero77]

@FlowCell Good question. He's correct, it is called the Carboniferous. Reason why is because most oil that we have today comes from this period. All life on Earth has carbon, since there was an abundance of life during that period, there was an abundance of carbon, in the form of oil and coal today.

[Sanngot]

@FlowCell Well I think there is already a response answering why the carboniferous period has its name. However, North America has different names for this time. That is because all the coal deposits in the British Isles are from that time. In North America this period is divided into the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods. I think those names make less sense TBH... -.-