SciShow Talk Show: Environmental Engineer Mike Potts & Slick the Tiger Salamander

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Welcome back to SciShow Talk Show where Hank Green talks with interesting people! In this episode Hank talks with Mike Potts, an environmental engineer at Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. with special guest Jessi Knudsen Castañeda.
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@mitchellkleckner5203 2 года назад

I'm not sure if anyone will see this, but this video is what introduced me to the field of environmental engineering six years ago, and this May, I will be completing my environmental engineering degree. I don't have have any particular anecdote to share, but I just wanted to thank Scishow for inspiring so many kids and Mike Potts for taking the time to talk about his work so passionately. I couldn't be happier with my decision to pursue this field, and I want to wish any other future environmental engineers reading this good luck!

@BlakieTT 9 лет назад

Hank! When you say 'look at his face'... SHOW IT TO THE CAMERA! Ya silly billy ._.

@CuleChick11 9 лет назад

I had a tiger salamander as a kid! He had lost his leg and I took care of him and fed him until he was better and then released him in the wettest environment I could find. I never realized they were such a versatile species though! Thanks for sharing!

@tilywinn 9 лет назад

Cule Chick Oh yeah, they didn't even talk about how salamanders can regrow their limbs. Amazing creatures!

@JustinGabriel425 9 лет назад

tilywinn They have a video on that amazing ability already.

@SirChocula 9 лет назад

This thing is a pokemon... with 2 evolution routes.

@tatianatub 9 лет назад

SirChocula yes that is the closest comparison

@fonzer22 9 лет назад

I was just about to say this thing sounds like a real life eevee :)

@IceMetalPunk 9 лет назад

SirChocula I thought the same thing! But it's actually three routes: the giant, aquatic evolution; the smaller, terrestrial one; and the terrestrial one with the giant head and mouth used to eat its own kind.

@jackoghost 9 лет назад

SirChocula like eve, or evee... been too long

@WatchDoggyDog 9 лет назад

A poliwag can become a polytoad or polywrath, similar to this! Very cool interview.

@Evolutionmine16 9 лет назад

I think Hank and Norm from TESTED should get together and talk about... like... anything. It would be amazing. They're both great people.

@GuyWithAnAmazingHat 9 лет назад

Evolutionmine16 Why not go straight to Adam, I'd love to see that.

@nxrth451 9 лет назад

100% agreed. Then throw Michael from VSauce and you'd have the best show ever.

@Evolutionmine16 9 лет назад

+GuyWithAnAmazingHat I just picked Norm because he's one of the best interviewers on the show, and Hank is also a great interviewer. I thought that might lead to some interesting discussion, because they'd both know exactly the right questions to ask eachother.

@blazebluebass 9 лет назад

Evolutionmine16 Yeah! Your argument is same as valid as saying "Smoked fish is great! We should put it a cake. Cake is awesome!" Just because two things on their own are great does not mean that they will be good in combination. Your expectation are so high now already, that most probably you will be disappointing. All hail the King CGPGrey!

@blazebluebass 9 лет назад

JustinHale III Are you serious? His videos are complete nonsense, he talks about different things simply because the words sound similar, regardless of the ideas not having any connection with each other. I feel like all people do when watching his videos is thinking "HE IS AWESOME!", instead of actually understanding what he talks about. He changes the topic in the video without finishing the previous idea and he does that without any introduction. His script is complete BS.

@rummy98 9 лет назад

Just checked superfund sites and I have three in my town. One is about a half mile away... awesome.

@--sql 9 лет назад

"Slick the Tiger", Ooh!, "- Salamander", aw...

@Kaoss134 9 лет назад

I read Slick's part of the title like some superhero wrestler name. Slick "the Tiger" Salamander.

@Kaoss134 9 лет назад

He has the strength and speed of a tiger but he can move along the walls and ceiling like a salamander. His alter ego is Manny Maverick who used to be a professional wrestler. He quit on his own terms for some mysterious personal reason but he has to use his powers to save the city and has to confront his past while subduing criminals. After quitting wrestling he has some rough times trying to get back on his feet since he no longer has income and he ends up getting involved with drugs. He and his 'friends' break into a lab to steal needles. They don't pay attention to what they are doing and Manny uses a needle that was used to test experimental drugs on salamanders. The little bit of salamander DNA left on the needle mixed with the experimental drug and his human DNA gave him heightened smell and night-vision as well as the ability to climb on walls and breath underwater.

@therealjoca 9 лет назад

Well that kind of work makes me proud of being an environmental engineer too. It's not about only finding the problem, but work hard get the solution of it

@victorsempire 9 лет назад

camera guy is fired. everyone got to see the face, except us..

@s_mores 9 лет назад

I really like those talk. So interesting to watch and listen to.

@A6Legit 9 лет назад

So, given the whole ground water surface water exchange. Fracking doesn't seem like a good idea.

@AshleyAnalysis 9 лет назад

Very interesting video!! Granted I don't understand a lot of the science behind it but it really makes you appreciate all the stuff that goes on to keep water supply safe!

@joheyjonsson2825 9 лет назад

It's really the same problem we have here. A few years ago, the chromium steel processing plant the next town over closed down and there was this huge discussion about what to do with with the tailings. Things were made even more complicated by the plant being right next to Sweden's largest lake.

@melodyplatz3159 9 лет назад

I loved all the new information in this episode! Wow. I'm impressed with the ground water projects. And those salamanders are so interesting.

@date_vape 9 лет назад

Great video, makes me feel more motivated about the bio-engineering degree im pursuing in college. First year has been a lot of homework D:

@defeatedwyvern 9 лет назад

I really like this episode. Mike Potts seems like a really cool guy

@meljac9649 9 лет назад

This is so cool that is what want to go into and what I'm going to get my undergraduate degree in. I'm geeking out so much!!!!! Thank you scishow!!!!!

@GKOALA7 9 лет назад

So I might be the only one here to say this... Mike Potts is CUUUUUUUUUUUTE! He kinda reminds me of a young Grissom from CSI.

@jonop37 9 лет назад

SAN VAL So cute. And adorably nervous.

@PSpurgeonCubFan 9 лет назад

I do groundwater remediation. This is really important.

@ClaroQueQuiza 9 лет назад

0:16 "Today we have Mike Potts who is-" "AN EXTREMELY HOT MAN."

@pcorf 2 года назад

The blotched tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum) lives in Montanna. The salamander you have here is a very nice example with wonderful skin patterns.

@binkey3374 9 лет назад

Gotta agree with Hank, it's not why, it's how. Not just with the salamander, but generally speaking how is usually the more interesting question than why.

@Ntmoffi 9 лет назад

I had a Tiger Salamander for 9 years. His name was Yoshi. Coolest pet ever when I was growing up.

@KristerSvanlund 9 лет назад

You should have Mike on more stuff! He was very good at talking about that stuff :)

@estherstrek4796 2 года назад

I would love it if the team could circle back with the scientists they interviewed over the years. Check in on their progress and new projects!

@f.b.jeffers0n 9 лет назад

Is the whole two paths to maturity unique to the tiger salamander? Such epic animals!

@sokesamurai 9 лет назад

I got a little excited since I live in Butte.

@BlackCat_2 9 лет назад

Definitely cool episode. Loved learning about the water problems and the mining problems. That salamander was the best though. :) It's like a choose your own adventure salamander. :D - Heidi

@annashklover3023 9 лет назад

This was really interesting! You should have an aerospace engineer come onto this show because I'm interested in it and I would love to learn more about it :D

@EasterWitch 9 лет назад

I love salamanders. They are the cutest of the amphibians :-)

@Falcondances 9 лет назад

LiquoriceLover Chameleons are my fav, but they're reptiles

@0604gamer 9 лет назад

LiquoriceLover I like my charizard

@EasterWitch 9 лет назад

***** I totally agree with you! ;-3

@JoshuaChowabc 9 лет назад

Multiple routes of maturity!

@sunofslavia 9 лет назад

I always fast-forward to Jessi, she's the best.

@phunder1605 9 лет назад

SciShow Tell Hank we need that picture!

@Deusmecumest 9 лет назад

If the material that polluted came out of the mine. Why can´t it be put back on the mine ground. If it was there to begin with. Why is it now a contaminant? Is there something that turned from innert to reactive? some process in the mining operation?

@TheScaper28 9 лет назад

Calo Q. while this might not be 100% correct i believe it has to do with the fact that you are taking what was solid rock and then grinding it up to extract what you want (metals ect) and then the waste is now in a soluble form. also toxic materials used in processing aren't always extracted. something similar to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_mine_drainage

@Deusmecumest 9 лет назад

Thank you for the info. (What a terrible cocktail) arsenic sulfur and lead.

@dominicmariano9201 9 лет назад

Calo Q. Adding to the cocktail mix, cyanide compounds are often used to leach gold out of ore and can present a huge problem if not properly contained.

@Deusmecumest 9 лет назад

Is the answer containment? indefinite containment. or is there a process to turn the materials innert again? I know of some bio processes that can turn even radioactive materials innert? but I know not of these metal poisons. Are the poisons too diluted? or can the waste also be mined to use the metals on other industrial processes? Cost vs benefit?

@반광현-j8h 9 лет назад

Calo Q. Vv소ㅓㅎㅅ. ㅅ0D ㅓㅜ. ㅓㄴㄷㄷㄷ. . 약을먹어야vszre슏zz ever c.f. -

@CorneliusSneedley 9 лет назад

You kept remarking on the salamander's face, but you didn't show us what you were seeing. I thought at least once you took the snapshot you would show it.

@ChrisThomasBone 9 лет назад

I understand that you're going for an intimate nature for the talk show, but I think it would be nice if there was at least some compression used to make the quiet sentences louder. Luckily my sound system is designed to play back low-level signals at an audible level, but I imagine a lot of people have a hard time hearing some parts of this video, and the louder moments can get a bit too loud. Or perhaps a more sensitive mic on a boom stand on either side, placed somewhat farther away from the people. I don't like being a complainer though. This is still an enjoyable video, I'm just sharing my thoughts on how I might set up the sound

@dannyvr91 9 лет назад

in this episode hank is with a cool animal, some cool people and they discuss cool things. Cool.

@cho4d 9 лет назад

that sign off was legendary 15:58

@insignia9989 9 лет назад

Hank's sign off was great this time!

@PinkChucky15 9 лет назад

That is the most interesting salamander i've ever heard about.

@cmh2210 9 лет назад

Is the expression of hox genes responsible for the polymophisim in the tiger salamander?

@TheTaintedWisdom 9 лет назад

12:58 Hank's mind = blown

@Jedonai 9 лет назад

I would love to watch this but all youtube videos are displaying black screen and playing only audio and various annotations but none of the actual video.

@kiddpenn 9 лет назад

Jedonai I can usually fix that by restarting the browser. You may have to update something like flash?

@Magmafrost13 9 лет назад

I didn't realise Tiger Salamanders were that big.

@moffig1 7 лет назад

What is a good major to study in college/uni? Im interested in the environment, climate change, physics and engineering. But Idk which major is actually the best to find a job that can make a positive impact on those issues

@whitespanish11 7 лет назад

This is exactly my problem..... I am thinking of changing my Environmental Science Major into an environmental engineering

@bballmymy 9 лет назад

I am going to go ahead and apologize for being superficial but I must say Mike is HoTT

@tristiansanderson9830 9 лет назад

why do they add chemicals to mine waste? In cliff mine dump site there is just a massive mountain of rocks from inside. I did not know they did that. can anyone explain to me the process and reason for I am new to this topic.

@paulwyrough2765 9 лет назад

this was great

@NeoFighterX 9 лет назад

I owned axolotls, I knew all that stuff, wish they'd have mentioned more about neoteny or even mentioned it

@LyssandraNorton 9 лет назад

Has he heard the song you wrote about Butte Montana, Hank?

@Spnzr1 9 лет назад

can someone please cover the "breathing thru the skin" thing? i would hate to pick up a salamander and accidentally suffocate it b/c of the oil on my skin.

@the1annex 9 лет назад

Were Jessi sarcastic when she said they were related?

@TheScaper28 9 лет назад

the 1annex don't think so since hank says she introduced them

@patrickpowell2919 9 лет назад

Jessi's catch phrase should be "Yeah, Yeah."

@RMoribayashi 9 лет назад

I guess this is how the axolotl evolved. Remaining in the larval form must have had some advantage over full maturation. Over time it gave up metamorphosis altogether. Strangely, when exposed to iodine, axolotls will develop into something very similar to a tiger salamander.

@nickjorgensen9786 9 лет назад

Hank i was wondering why when you look at say for example break lights and when you look away and blink the image of the light lingers in your line of sight

@ejetzer 9 лет назад

It's because our light sensitive cells can take some time to "re activate", so to speak. They detect light using a reversible chemical reaction, but the time it takes to revert from the "light detected" to the "can detect new light" state can take some time if the light was very bright. I think.

@nickjorgensen9786 9 лет назад

Émile Jetzer Awesome! Thank you

@jc99x 9 лет назад

berkley pit could be used to make bateries

@IwishiknewMinecraft 9 лет назад

Tiger Salamanders, the Eevee's of real life.

@nevereverevil 9 лет назад

#Scishow#HankGreen Please make a video about earthquakes in Nepal~ It caused so much destruction only because of the weak buildings and abnormally shallow earthquake? why do aftershocks happen?

@PavchBavin 9 лет назад

Mike Potts more like Mike Hotts

@Ceallai 9 лет назад

DAMMIT for a second there I thought you guys brought a tiger on the show.

@colbyfowler9405 9 лет назад

i thought he was saying there's a scishow for kids and mike..

@corywillett1276 8 лет назад

can Sci Show tell me our biggest enviromental problem

@Z325i 9 лет назад

Would have been nice to show us the salamander's face. Was anyone else worried about Jessi's hand movements while talking, that salamander must have been freaked.

@jamesmacleod7407 9 лет назад

Hi, under 301 club

@made4line 9 лет назад

i'm so curious about it's face i googled it and I regret it... its eyes and face... give me chills.. maybe because i'm not a frog person... but it have amazing color and amazing option of life cycle

@BuBubbi 9 лет назад

Oh my Hank, I was sure you'd know how to take proper photos in landscape mode with your phone. ;-) Please don't tell me you shoot videos like that also? :-D

@ShadeSlayer1911 9 лет назад

These salamanders are like the Evees of the real world.

@J_C_576 9 лет назад

So Hank is probably the last person left with an iPhone 4/4s

@CGlacia 9 лет назад

JuanCanahui My 4S is three and a half years old...

@BelladonnaRLGK 9 лет назад

I have an iPhone 4! I'm impressed that I've kept it alive this long :S

@vickylikesthis 9 лет назад

besides the point but the environmental engineer is unbelievably cute aka good looking aka hot. omg.

@lazyperfectionist1 9 лет назад

I've looked up Butte, MT on Google Earth and this Berkeley Pit looks freaky.

@tacticalultimatum 7 лет назад

Hopefully those dams go away intentionally * Dambusters music plays *

@Kimes763 9 лет назад

Aww it's so cute!!!

@joelhc9703 9 лет назад

The main question that causes me the video is: he grew up in love with his cousin, right? That probably would have happened to me!

@kingkrzes7121 4 года назад

bro what

@melb3950 9 лет назад

The level of awkwardness

@Abruenetti 9 лет назад

Interestingly, It is possible that Mike's work indirectly HARMED native ambystoma species rather than helped them. These species depend on temporary pools of water referred to as 'vernal ponds' to reproduce. Damming and other hydrologic practices actually contribute to the drying up of these naturally occurring ponds which are independent of the streams, rivers etc. which Mr. Potts' work focuses on. Stream restoration is important, but focusing on those ecosystems alone can indirectly diminish marginal wetland habitat. It is likely that the milltown dam actually reduced much of the tiger salamanders' breeding habitat.

@slingslang2934 5 лет назад

You have a good point but I doubt he built that damn in 1908 and making water less poisonous is usually a good thing

@ryancassarini4557 9 лет назад

why do cats like to stand inside of circles?

@Razzlion 9 лет назад

Yo, where are the cookies i was promised? :O

@DDazzle1 9 лет назад

So tiger salamanders are Eevees of real animals.

@xoxo2008oxox 9 лет назад

Please Hank, close ups!

@affablegiraffable 9 лет назад

hot guy

@culwin 9 лет назад

affablegiraffable 9/10 would bang

@doctoryellow 9 лет назад

Not with all that cooling water around.

@lilkitten545 9 лет назад

affablegiraffable go get a drink :p

@atomicsquidofdoom3685 9 лет назад

I have a pet tiger salamander names Sally.

@awsomguy09 9 лет назад

Swiss army salamander?

@tatianatub 9 лет назад

heard you like mudskip

@MrKevinpooran 9 лет назад

Someone send this good man and new iphone 6 or nexus

@voyagerabove4034 9 лет назад

salamanderus derpus

@MichaelMerrifield 9 лет назад

Butte America!

@whitespanish11 7 лет назад

Cute red head

@Spiros219 9 лет назад

Λια σαγαπαω

@parthasarathipanda4571 4 года назад

lol... even i have chosen not to mature :P

@solum_mirari5925 9 лет назад

10th Comment!

@corytaughtu 5 лет назад

Mike is cute

@IAMGATCHES 8 лет назад

omg, Jessi, (squee)

@tiagopadua 9 лет назад

yin-yang

@C_hoffmanni 9 лет назад

wat

@kemioldaccount1325 9 лет назад

"With special guest Jessi" Really? She's on every fucking day you film. Why isn't she just another person on the show? Does she just keep forcing you at gunpoint to come back? Are we ever going to see anyone else?

@backhandkill 9 лет назад

If you had very harsh pollution in there air, let's say a city in China, could cans of fresh air be a thing?

@Fortstorm 9 лет назад

Jared Miller dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271690/Bottled-AIR-Chinese-multimillionaire-sells-EIGHT-MILLION-cans-fresh-air-TEN-DAYS-pollution-levels-climb-record-high.html

@J_C_576 9 лет назад

So Hank is probably the last person left with an iPhone 4/4s

@justmethatsfine5688 9 лет назад

Um, no. He is just one of the millions if people that do not consider the possession of the latest and greatest cell phone to be a reflection if their worth as a human being. Honestly, if your cell phone is perfectly adequate for the purpose you need it, why shell out money for new one?

@J_C_576 9 лет назад

Lauren Cress Chill out girl scout. I never implied anything about the worth of a human being being related to the phone you have, and I certainty don't think that there is anything wrong with an older phone. Just been awhile since I saw a 4/4s, that's all. Not everything is a societal issue, you know.