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Could Aliens Communicate Like Fireflies? Firefly Model for Alien Communication

2026-01-24 Science & Technology
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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 an intriguing Fermi Paradox solution involving fireflies Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.06139 Fermi paradox playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9hNFus3sjE7lB0sJRnGLWng0uIPxUVqG 0:00 Aliens and fireflies - what is this for? 1:50 Why fireflies? Here's how they communicate 3:50 Why this is important in communication 5:10 Same login in space communication - using pulsars 6:30 Model used 7:20 Two signals found? Here's what this probably is 8:10 Conclusions 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 PhotoandGrime (Pieke Roelofs) CC BY 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly#/media/File:Lampyris_Noctiluca_(firefly)_mating.gif Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@Nethershaw 2026-01-24

I live in a place where fireflies breed. I didn't see any fireflies this year. They're dying. I'm scared.

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@star_blazers_yamato 2026-01-25

My mom had blue ghost fireflies on her property when she lived in North Catalonia. Simply amazing. They hovered just above the forest floor and did not blink. It was like a blanket of blue light.

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@paulblase3955 2026-01-24

Realistically, if aliens are trying to communicate with each other across interstellar distances, their signals will be highly directional and highly compressed, indistinguishable from noise unless you have the synchronization key.

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@jeffryborror4883 2026-01-23

Years ago one summer night i was looking out into the woods and watching the fireflies. After a while i saw hundeds of them gradually synchronize and i thought for sure i was tripping. It spooked me until i found out it is a thinig. Glad you brought it to everyone's attention.

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@RickTheClipper 2026-01-24

It's never aliens, until Anton says it is

61 8 replies
@davidwilson4437 2026-01-25

I understand that light pollution is interfering with the firefly mating cycle.

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@macgyvershe 2026-01-25

Pulse, pulse, flash - Stay wonderful!!

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@marioh5172 2026-01-25

You are a hard working guy. Amazing the quality and frequency of content. Thanks.

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@Argentumッ 2026-01-25

How terrifying would it be if suddenly, literally all of the stars started flashing in unison. We're the only species unable to detect that there's intelligent life on every star system.

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@nopers369 2026-01-25

If you live in a place that has fireflies, take the time to breed them and release them. If enough of us did this, they could make a comeback.

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