The world’s largest organism - Alex Rosenthal

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Discover the world’s largest organism: Pando, an enormous and ancient quaking aspen, and find out how it became so huge.
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The largest animal in the world is the blue whale, which weighs a massive 150 metric tons. Even so, it’s not remotely close to being the largest organism by weight. That title goes to an organism so huge that it’s estimated to weigh the equivalent of 40 blue whales. So what is this behemoth? And… where is it? Alex Rosenthal shares the story of the enormous and ancient Pando.
Lesson by Alex Rosenthal, directed by Lisa LaBracio.
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Комментарии : 1,4 тыс.

@filip8121 3 года назад

I read that title very wrong

@michikomanalang6733 3 года назад

I've been at home too long.

@shandatecrisovet 3 года назад

same XD

@bismuthrainbowunicorn6383 3 года назад

I actually didn't realize it until i read your comment.

@anarkittyuwu3738 3 года назад

That would be done by a sponge, my guy

@maelsilvatt 3 года назад

me too

@TristanSamuel 3 года назад

I have a cat named Panda and he is pretty large. Should've named him Pando.

@dark_emperor9427 3 года назад

U can simply change it

@peachy7586 3 года назад

@@dark_emperor9427 it's not that easy.

@oracle372 3 года назад

@@dark_emperor9427 Do you know how cats work? Like, if a parent had a second thought about their child’s age when their like already 4 years old, they couldn’t simply “change it”

@Hammywastaken 3 года назад

@@oracle372 there animals? if they only respond to first name i understand that but a animal does not care if its name is changed because it has no concept of it

@oracle372 3 года назад

@@Hammywastaken Yeah they do, cats come when you call their name, etc,. The cats understand when you say their name.

@darkiceking6316 3 года назад

"Fought wars, domesticated animals, fought wars, created nations, made inventions and the internet, and made more ways to fight wars." Is very accurate to humans

@justicesportsman6020 3 года назад

This video does a pretty good job explaining humans and their "need" for war. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ela3ChTzFcA.html

@ME-hm7zm 3 года назад

War is what we're good for.

@enchantedshears5357 3 года назад

u guys know that the actual largest organism on earth is a mushroom that spans across an area 22.5 times larger than pando? Then again they are mushrooms and I assume they would be lighter than the trees so the trees may outweigh them but i dont know

@spacepopeXIV 3 года назад

One of those "sad but true" facts of life, very depressing

@enchantedshears5357 3 года назад

@@spacepopeXIV whats so depressing about having a huge mushroom?

@youtubeusername1489 3 года назад

Narrator: "Don't get too attached to it" Me: You don't tell me what to do *gets eaten* Me: Oh...okay...

@TEDEd 3 года назад

We tried to warn you!

@gameingplayer1352 3 года назад

Can you make the time

@lobstermyname4477 3 года назад

Gameing Player its in the first 10 seconds of the video.

@AngelA-ym2jz 3 года назад

@@TEDEd Lmao

@bepisboi7370 3 года назад

Wow Ted Ed replied!!

@sambuddhamaitra7610 3 года назад

Moral of the story: Cancel wars, preserve nature, bring about harmony

@kristiansyren3917 3 года назад

or stop putting out fires!

@doriannamjesnik3007 3 года назад

Bring about wars, cancel nature, preserve harmony.

@mr.knight8967 3 года назад

Math QUESTION Integration problem ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XYdioJXXnQ4.html Watch for fun

@GaiaCarney 3 года назад

Sambuddha Maitra - I like your way of thinking 🕊

@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 3 года назад

That's a good Moral.

@ay-pl6vn 3 года назад

“This is Goliath” Me: I love him “Don’t get too attached” Me: oh-

@elishabaah9013 3 года назад

“Trees aren’t particularly mobile”

@Readund 3 года назад

In the future we shall have mobile trees!

@060steve 3 года назад

@@Readund the day of the Triffids

@Readund 3 года назад

@@060steve “V” word

@psalmsfarmerkitcat9304 3 года назад

5g trees

@ZOCCOK 3 года назад

"Creation, Preservation, and Destruction is a Lifestyle" - Probably Pando

@iamrvk98 3 года назад

In hindu religion , we call them Bhramha, Vishnu, Mahesh

@melodicdiscord9328 3 года назад

As a Utahan, one of my favorite things to do in the fall is to travel into the aspen forests and admire all of the beautiful leaves atop these tall slender trees. I'd be heartbroken if I wasn't able to do that anymore. When I first learned about Pando, I was ecstatic to know that the world's largest organism was literally in my back yard!

@mintayza7784 3 года назад

Wow I really really read that title wrong and was like "good for them??"

@anarkittyuwu3738 3 года назад

That would be done by a sponge, my guy

@mintayza7784 3 года назад

@@anarkittyuwu3738 I don't geddit 😩

@pikachu-jf2oh 3 года назад

@@anarkittyuwu3738 wdym?

@deepstariaenigmatica2601 3 года назад

J don't understand why did you guys read lol. I definitely read organism

@pikachu-jf2oh 3 года назад

@@deepstariaenigmatica2601 me too lol

@harsh3624 3 года назад

Ted Ed: Answering questions I asked when I was young.

@rinshad 3 года назад

yeah I was asking myself, how in the world can I save Pando too when I was a kid

@wheresdarice3988 3 года назад

My parents would be been like, "You ask me I ask who ah?" Or "Haiya, you'll get it when you're older now don't kacau me."

@harsh3624 3 года назад

@@rinshad that's funny🤣🤣🤣

@mikhwanese 3 года назад

@@wheresdarice3988 orang indonesia, ya?

@prasannank4274 3 года назад

Fun Fact: The largest organism "by area" is Honey Fungus of Armillaria genus measuring 3.8 km across

@swandivemedia9249 3 года назад

The x files was a great show

@JonGretarB 3 года назад

The thing about fungi is that it’s just impossible to know if 2 mycelium threads far apart are parts of the same organism or seperate clones. Its just to much of a jumbled mess. So the question on if it’s just a large organism or a colony of clones could be answered with “does not apply”

@curiositeconstante404 3 года назад

And they are neighbours, actually Honey mushroom is not only larger but heaviest

@prasannank4274 3 года назад

@@JonGretarB Just asking, can that be clearly distinguished in case of aspens?

@JonGretarB 3 года назад

@@prasannank4274 well. Propably easyer to see if they are physically connected. But in one way you are applying animal definitions of individuals to something not animals. And a fact that not always is correct with animals as in, are siamese twins one organism or two?

@leahpersaud9930 3 года назад

I love how many times he said "fought wars" 😅

@adityapatil325 3 года назад

Not enough times

@mr.knight8967 3 года назад

Math QUESTION Integration problem ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XYdioJXXnQ4.html Watch for fun

@megabilbo9108 3 года назад

"There's always a bigger aspen" -Qui-Gon Jinn

@Jaccobtw 3 года назад

Please explain

@melontusk7358 3 года назад

Argentinosaurus: "It's over ichthyosaur, I have the high ground".

@freddymeng 3 года назад

@@Jaccobtw there is always a bigger aspen

@anchorbait6662 3 года назад

@@freddymeng haha

@user-wl2tm1hy9u 3 года назад

اكبر

@greenergrass4060 3 года назад

I remember encountering a large patch of Aspens tree a few years back. I vividly remember being creeped out how eerily smooth, pale, identical they all look. Not to mention the surreal way they seem to be evenly space from each other.

@jewelsgrl 3 года назад

I’m surely not the only one to misread “organism” at first glance...

@CatDrinkingPoison 3 года назад

Same

@shandatecrisovet 3 года назад

haha yes

@fuzethehostage8898 3 года назад

yeah I was a little confused why there is a ted talk about orgasms

@shinigami1340 3 года назад

I opened this video just to find this comment I definitely didn't not read it as such

@lithitrabu3399 3 года назад

Me too 🤣

@ksaipraneethreddy 3 года назад

The majestic music, the curious voice and most importantly the obdurate will of pando in the game of survival, all these made me go through a different world while watching this.

@krisjanio309 2 года назад

The music is impressive. Would like to find the full track somehow

@HA-cm3eq Год назад

@@krisjanio309 have you found it?

@vartikamehta3171 3 года назад

The animation is so wholesome. A moment of appreciation for the animators 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@itsnesi3929 3 года назад

"but it may not survive us" is a sentence that makes me cry almost everytime

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.” ― Kahlil Gibran

@stevemcqueen1096 3 года назад

I think that I shall never see, A poem as lovely as a tree. J.K.

@ananyagore1962 3 года назад

*Khalil

@erapunongbayan6067 3 года назад

Beautiful

@Flicks_and_Pages Год назад

"...but it may not survive us." This is more than just informing us what's the largest living organism. It's more than that. Save Pando💗

@chetanrajput3898 3 года назад

The speed with which I clicked on this video after reading the title wrong, was insane.

@nazlib.9856 2 года назад

SAMEW OMFG

@sayanchakraborty3720 3 года назад

“Always Newer Ways To Fight Wars”. Nice satire Ted-Ed!

@anujbangad3973 3 года назад

Ted-ed : *Leviatha weighs 150 meteric tons* British people : *how many double deckers is it* ??? American : *how many school buses it might be* ??

@1estel1ch.42 3 года назад

You forgot T O Y O T A C O R O L L A

@Ori_Ovadia 2 года назад

Also americans: whats a ton?

@EsotericCat 2 года назад

@@Ori_Ovadia 2000 pounds

@aryanroy9050 3 года назад

How many times have humans faught wars? Ted-Ed : Yes!

@ProgramViBee 2 года назад

Yes

@cloe412 3 года назад

This makes me want to cry. I am so proud to be a human considering our ancestors persevered despite all odds, but it turns out we can’t seem to stop hurting the beautiful planet and each other. Humans are beautiful creatures, but on a large scale, we are so terrifying.

@yankeejohn9943 3 года назад

I’m here for the wrong reasons.

@blueeye2281 3 года назад

Understandable

@blueeye2281 3 года назад

@@mominakhatoon5152 the meaning depends on your age

@kobegabaen57 3 года назад

@@mominakhatoon5152 he thought the title meant orgasmn (sorry if i misspelled it)

@Sirrajj 3 года назад

@@mominakhatoon5152 Just read the title/thumbnail thinking differently....if you still don't get it, then your youth got wasted!

@blueeye2281 3 года назад

@@mominakhatoon5152 Btw which country are you from? Your name seems like you're from Bangladesh, am I right?

@prakharchaudhary9797 3 года назад

Background music is soothing

@windysolstice 3 года назад

I misread the title, and I regret it

@tanushkulai1010 3 года назад

Title: The world’s largest organism Thumbnail: Person holding magnifying lens *Visible Confusion*

@ankitdoddamane391 3 года назад

Exactly!

@ritzzzblitzz6833 3 года назад

Ikr I was thinking world's largest microganism

@TheRainyAsian 3 года назад

The background music is absoluetly gorgeous.

@vral3980 3 года назад

4:42 "It may no survive us" Damn right

@canaryfishcat 3 года назад

Yeah, and it hurts.

@asnailitsapple6460 3 года назад

When I heard that Pando was in trouble my heart dropped. I shouldn’t be this attached to a bunch of tree clones but you’ve named it and now I’m attached.

@deathracoffee 3 года назад

Very informative! I would never expect Alex Rosenthal to be the largest organisms, but there he is!

@karthikbhat2075 3 года назад

The background music though.........! AWESOME

@naomiferrao2041 3 года назад

Hey TED-Ed, thanks for answering all of the questions we all asked as a kid and accompanying it with fantastic animation. I love this channel

@sakuramatsuyama 3 года назад

I can’t really explain why this must be one of my favourite videos from Ted - ed! Something about the animation /illustration especially those of pando’s growth) is so nostalgic to me. Thank you for this video. It was super interesting and visually pleasing. Kudos to everyone involved in the creation of the video!

@damnwtf 3 года назад

the background music is so calming

@stenarsk6877 3 года назад

I am subsctibed to many channels but rarely get interested in any video. But this one, the title sounded interesting. Clicked right away lol

@Grisht_ 3 года назад

Smar!

@Grisht_ 3 года назад

Same!*

@ikanspelwel4705 3 года назад

A man of culture i see

@enchantedshears5357 3 года назад

Sure. culture... I think this year culture wants me to search up my favorite animes and start to spank the monkey

@Grisht_ 3 года назад

@@enchantedshears5357 lol

@obsoleteeclipse5310 3 года назад

Human just don't understand how majestic and beautiful trees really are

@ghostderazgriz 3 года назад

Well I wouldn't lump all humans in the same category, but yeah I get your point.

@TristanSamuel 3 года назад

0:11 What did he do wrong!?!

@blueeye2281 3 года назад

When I read the title I knew someone was gonna misread that. I was damn right! Maybe watching Ted Ed videos gave me some superpowers lol

@BlenderStudy 3 года назад

Thank you for the update, Alex..!! Good information..!!

@striverbeing 3 года назад

That's a beautiful animation. Simple, yet complete.

@Hellgrinde 3 года назад

Oh, “ORGANISM” Boy did i read that wrong...

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ― Lao Tzu

@salted3507 3 года назад

Every video has a unique artstyle. Every one of these videos is a gem.

@dailydoseofmedicinee 3 года назад

This videos are always wonderful👏

@joeltan7074 3 года назад

Worlds largest organism? Simple answer: Me after 1 pringles chip

@Alkalus 3 года назад

Holy s**t

@MOOTLEZ 3 года назад

You are smarter than everybody in the universe😱

@sukhchain9696 3 года назад

oh frick we have galactus here in the comment section😨😨

@mr.knight8967 3 года назад

Math QUESTION Integration problem ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XYdioJXXnQ4.html Watch for fun

@ritzzzblitzz6833 3 года назад

I just had Pringles dude!

@kumottakun6089 3 года назад

Ted-ed: the world's largest organism Me, a dyslexic: the world's largest org*sm 😨

@iamlancepeter 3 года назад

i’m not the only one who misread the title, right?

@Prince_of_X 3 года назад

yeah me too

@cherryproductions3307 3 года назад

Yeah I was about to say-

@joatanpereira4272 3 года назад

What did you read?

@deepstariaenigmatica2601 3 года назад

Such a beautiful video. Thank you.

@swampdonkey1567 Год назад

When you think your observing the forest but the forest is observing you.

@Starfire861 3 года назад

“Destruction is part of my lifecycle.” -The Pandolorian

@et99366 3 года назад

Art is an explosion-Mouth for Hands

@burntye8795 3 года назад

This is the way

@FedJimSmith 3 года назад

Added to my bucket list: "Meet Pando someday"

@alin8921 Год назад

i love this channel. every video explains things simple, animated and in an interesting way❤

@michikomanalang6733 3 года назад

This is the Fallacy Demon when he's in a good mood.

@saffasamreen4893 3 года назад

Oh my god I just noticed the voice!!!

@skiaphrene 3 года назад

I love this voice!

@ViniciusMeireles3 3 года назад

here in brazil we have the biggest cashew in the world, he growth in a similar conduction, their branches, as they grew, curved to the ground, entering the sand and creating new roots. in Piauí we have the Cajueiro Rei, which has 8,800m²!

@ViniciusMeireles3 3 года назад

condition*

@sayminepatel5616 3 года назад

Thanks @TED-Ed I've learning a lot from Videos 😊

@siddharthkumarverma1207 3 года назад

It's a very nice and great explanation 🙂

@megabilbo9108 3 года назад

Ah yes, Alex Rosenthal, the world's largest organism

@goncharov000 3 года назад

Such beautiful music! What a shame that the credits of these videos never include the title of the music that was used. The credits say the composer is André Aires, but that doesn't help me find this specific piece. So frustrating!

@Xyz55593 3 года назад

Thanks TED-Ed 🙏 for giving such knowledge to us..😇😇

@harsh3624 3 года назад

The animation is amazing.

@beccaa2919 3 года назад

I really like the music 🥰

@veronicakiwanga1913 3 года назад

I love the music😍

@act-hs2uw 3 года назад

Do u know the name

@karlafarquharson323 3 года назад

Loved it ❤️❤️ #Save Pando

@hellihello2333 3 года назад

Such an interesting video! Never knew about this!

@chintukaku1546 3 года назад

It is AMAZING VIDEO !!😇 Its Time to stop wars and start new life with Nature. 👍 IT'S BACKGROUND MUSIC IS SOO SOOTHING. 😇 IT'S TIME TO SAVE "PANDO"🙏🙏🙏 THANKS TO TEDEd FOR GIVING THIS INFORMATION. KEEP IT UP.

@brodstytoasty 3 года назад

I definitely read that wrong lol

@techguyz839 3 года назад

All support ted ed , atleast for their hard work, generosity, dedication the bring out cool stuff and amazing videos , thank you ted ed

@Amitdas-gk2it 3 года назад

TY 😊

@eoinmelby9948 3 года назад

I can’t be the only one to instinctively respond with “YOUR MUM”

@VitalityFitnessScience 3 года назад

Damn I read smth else first 😄

@alexdearing626 3 года назад

Not only you

@pratikgiri3598 3 года назад

Great video. I really loved the narration and narrator's voice ♥️

@tusharyadav.4163 3 года назад

When he said " pando me not survive us " it brok my heart.

@Luffy_wastaken 3 года назад

After some years, covid 19 will take *“pando's”* place. (Laughs in coughs and sneezes)

@BrandonClaridge 3 года назад

Interesting enough, there are a huge variety of ages for Pando, some even younger than the 80,000 years commonly cited. Portions of the Fish Lake Plateau on which Pando grows was glaciated during the last glacial period (it seems the Pando site remained unglaciated), so some estimates place Pando as being as young as 16,000 years old. It would not surprise me if Pando could have survived on the margins of an ice cap, given that Aspen trees have a largely boreal/subarctic/subalpine distribution.

@colinpecka4927 Год назад

The music in this one is cool. good job

@amalirfan 3 года назад

hi, good work is getting better

@hahanamegobrrr6667 3 года назад

OG MinuteEarth viewers : _Hey, I've seen this one!_

@abdullahalharthi2429 3 года назад

Hey if you're seeing this comment Hope you have the best life, you can do it.

@theowlx7_alex245 3 года назад

Those teams of TED are really exciting

@anonymousdude2550 3 года назад

Proud to be a part of countdown and 1 week away to complete 1st task❤️

@ashutoshgupta1999 3 года назад

OMFG! I've never been so early on a Ted-Ed video.

@craigoda4284 3 года назад

Same

@Shazistic 3 года назад

If you get tired,learn to rest,not to quit -Shazistic

@potterheadsalike1142 3 года назад

Great!

@starboysuniverse9956 3 года назад

13,000 views just under 1hour 30 minutes damn but you guys deserve it. Am a big fan of these quality videos bring it on.

@davidperego7217 3 года назад

loved the video

@Fiidiiii 3 года назад

Let’s be honest. We were all fooled by the title

@jegge5336 3 года назад

I'm here bc of stephan

@allaboutstudystuff817 3 года назад

Ted very good way to learn

@vginsprdsobepr9698 3 года назад

Great choice of topic I’m familiar with this amazing life form.

@anish3410 3 года назад

Pando is perhaps the world's heaviest organism but it comes nowhere close to honey mushroom (a fungus found in Oregon) which is in fact the world's largest organism.

@watcherx2592 3 года назад

Not me reading the word organism as something else entirely.. 🤣

@BreadAB 2 года назад

found out about these cool trees a few days ago!

@beccathenoodle 3 года назад

Stuff You Should Know did an amazing episode on Pando! You would think an aspen tree forest would be boring but there’s such a crazy amount to learn about it!