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We Just Found a Mind-blowing New World of Electrostatic Biology

2026-02-09 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a strange electrostatic world of tiny organisms Links: https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2503555122 https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2823%2900674-7 http://cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00772-8 Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wlRg2KX1KM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8VLDN3QIU #biology #science #electrostatics 0:00 Static phenomena and electrostatic ecology 1:50 Pollen and bees 3:00 Flying spiders and ballooning 4:10 Ticks 4:40 Electrosensation 5:40 Worms and jumping 7:50 Worm parasites 9:50 Practical applications and aeroplankton Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Ortega-Jiménez Sean McGrath CC BY 2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_electricity#/media/File:Cat_demonstrating_static_cling_with_styrofoam_peanuts.jpg WanderingMogwai CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooning_(spider)#/media/File:Pardosa_spp._ballooning.jpg Stephen Michael Barnett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwflickrcomphotostopend CC BY 2.0 Cho M, Neubauer P, Fahrenson C, Rechenberg I (2018) CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooning_(spider)#/media/File:Ballooning_spider_positiv.png Richard Bartz CC BY SA 2.5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodes_ricinus#/media/File:Ixodus_ricinus_5x.jpg Dihong Lu CC BY 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinernema_carpocapsae#/media/File:Steinernema_carpocapsae_activation.tif Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@TheMrgoodtool 2026-02-10

I bought a sweater that kept zapping me with static electricty! I took it back to the store and they gave me another one....no charge🤣

938 69 replies
@DeWolfburns 2026-02-11

Air is a new ocean of discovery. The entire earth is electric. What an amazing world.

272 12 replies
@stianweiseth5784 2026-02-10

May the Electrostatic force Bee with you!

244 9 replies
@CaptainMWKing 2026-02-09

Thank you Anton for your concise reports on so many topics I could never discover on my own.

241 7 replies
@cbluebeard 2026-02-10

Sounds like a good opportunity for some sort of anti-static, anti-tick field gear.

222 26 replies
@Zytanlyer 2026-02-09

This makes a lot of sense tbh, being tiny and having static electricity is super powerful for travel

220 4 replies
@aitoluxd 2026-02-09

The force is in all of us.

133 4 replies
@SirCharles12357 2026-02-09

This is why I love watching Anton's show! Remarkable! . . . and thanks!

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@MaxOakland 2026-02-10

Wait so nematodes work together to build huge towers so the can use static electricity to get rides on bees and travel? Like some kind of mini insect taxi? That’s amazing. The world is amazing

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@tuxuhds6955 2026-02-10

I'm ecStatic, this is electrifying! Thanks anton!

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