What’s It Like to Be Killed by Nature’s Most Brutal Predator
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There is a hidden world filled with monsters you never heard of, from predators who spit acid and shoot harpoons, to armored hunters that devour their prey alive. Deep in the oceans, and even in fresh water from puddles and lakes, these microscopic super predators remained hidden in plain sight, and evolved over the last 2 billion years.
What are the deadliest predators of the microworld, and what kind of bizarre biological weapons have they evolved over the past billions of years?
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@kentemaks5944
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Can you do some videos about geology
@ahnabarnob5004
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
I drink a bit of water now my stomach acid is killing millions🤣
@sorbet-fox1334
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
If y'all like this y'all should check out journey to the microcosmos. They stopped making episodes last year but there's a lot of amazing material there.
@saulhollands296
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Finally, a documentary on Dave the Diver, Natures Dominant Lifeform! 😀
@Jimmy_Johns
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
THIS MUST BECOME A SERIES!!! You know you have all thr material to do it. Please!!!!
@Jimmy_Johns
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Creating a Custom Pókemon for yoooouuuuuuu…!! 🫵
@monkeyturtle9931
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
I don't feel safe going into the micro world without Ms. Frizzle 🫣
@royalit98
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Why tf does this sound like AI?
@ProfessionallyUnprofessional-9
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
1:13 woah 😳
@teresae9249
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
I loved this video, especially the first segment on coleps hirtus – as a zebrafish researcher that has had experiments ruined by coleps getting into my larvae!
@TheLukeShadow
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Basically SPORE
@Sithslayer-u8d
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Toad scream
@johnarbyponce8224
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
this would be horrifying if I didnt have a nucleus 😱
@BoneyMalone
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Cafeteria? Really? What idiot allowed a scientist to name that one that.
@zebymtojawiedzia6724
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
IRS?
@jhonfisher8910
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Fascinant 👏👏💚💚
@kagayakuharada
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
now do to every species of tiny microorganisms 😅
@larryredbeard
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
For a channel built on strict scientific data, pushing exaggerated digital-boogeyman fears feels off-brand. I don't like it, and you are losing my trust. I'm just one person, but I'm a person. If I think this others do too.
@XX83XX
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
8:59 those are macarons, not macaroons
@PatMcRutch1
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Drawn in with "Killer turtles/poison spears"
Educated damn you. Zoom-scrolling Kurzgesagt.Made REAL shrinkray!
Coleps won't hirtus on our fantastic voyage.Trichocyst thoraxed, Psuedo or otherwise!
@the_bootleg_starwalker
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
10:42 dude got vored
@choclo1905
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
gracias 🙂
@duopirate2644
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
0:51 I'm crine why is bro called 'cafeteria' 🙏💔
@dwdei8815
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
The weird, backwards microbial world where you can be eaten by a cafeteria! (I thought it was a joke label you lot had put in to check we were paying attention – but then I looked it up.)
@SpencerBaderman
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Love the video
Small nitpick but there is no solid evidence velociraptors or any dromeosaurs hunted in packs. Could have referenced wolf packs, lions, hyenas, whale pods, the list of factual examples goes on.
@zarretmills9456
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
8:03 please go back to using birds instead of people
@zarretmills9456
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
bro they are literally aliens. think about the fact that on some distant planet, there may be one where one of these is the dominant species.
@cpbxd1454
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Great descriptions of these creatures!
@jaromir_kovar
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
I'm reading the comments mentioning the narrator and am wondering what everyone is talking about. For me it was just music and animation. Still a great story telling with animation alone. Only after watching the whole thing I realized there is an audio setting that switches the narration on and off. I like that it exists and I enjoyed the video but it would be great if the narration "on" was the default. If it wasn't for the comments I wouldn't have known. But again, I really enjoyed the music only video.
@Zander5000
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Nice video
@bystander2328
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
“Kaiju”… Watching these microscopic critters, I’m remembering Red’s voice from OSP Trope Talks saying, “‘Kaiju’ is a Japanese word that literally means ‘strange beast’”. (Double-checked: she captioned the two syllables as “strange/mystery” and “beast/animal”.) That checks out 😵💫.
Thank you, Kurzgesagt, for the introduction to tiny kaiju!
@pendarkouhnavard6016
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Amazing animation I searched them up and lost my appetite for everything
@pendarkouhnavard6016
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
I love the last one
@about7grams
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
If you told me that these lil guys were the inspiration for the Angels from Neon Genesis Evangelion I wouldn't even think twice. Freaky lil mfs
@cathymoeller3764
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
BTSh
@cathymoeller3764
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Sir
@jindraws
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
I’m no longer hungry
@PlantAFish517
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
0:58 jojo refence
@Sarkic_king3
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Damn Steve Taylor your voice is amazing
@Tomerkad
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
That lion’s tongue animation was of so unpredictable and so well done
@GodHeld
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
Microscopic themed videos are always less interesting than Macroscopic like space
@WilliamLee-k3n
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
what happened to the tech and space kurzgesaut 😩 i miss those videos!! also plaese stop making videos about drugs, if you go back to the good old days i will subscribe
@TehKisuka
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
9:00 I think you meant macarons not macaroons. They are different.
@rfak7696
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
5:05 If they are eating cyanobacteria, and cyanobacteria are pretty much microscopic plants. Isn't Pseudomicrothorax dubis an herbivore?
@numero7mojeangering
July 10, 2026 at 6:14 am
It would be great for a bird to show real pictures of the world sometimes!
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