Wonders of Life — S01E02 — Expanding Universe

00:00:11 These are the waters off Catalina, a tiny island

00:02:58 These remarkable eyes

00:05:52 but down here in the darkness, it's a very different world.

00:08:34 Now that is a paramecium.

00:11:02 and are carried upwards,

00:13:23 This ability to precisely control flows of electric charge

00:16:41 Those are barbels.

00:18:36 your environment,

00:21:22 98% of scorpion species have a sting that is no worse than a bee's.

00:24:33 But we can also hear much higher-pitched sounds,

00:27:16 because they too are filled with fluid.

00:29:34 way beyond the fish that we see today.

00:31:49 A reptile's jaw is made of several bones fused together,

00:34:52 The complex structure of the mantis shrimp's eyes

00:37:13 from hour to hour, with changing lighting conditions,

00:39:21 It is this chemical reaction

00:41:45 So the origin of my ability to see

00:44:05 so this eye becomes less and less sensitive.

00:46:33 If you think about what's important to a toad visually,

00:49:02 into the most relevant bits of information

00:51:13 'Although the octopus is a mollusc, like slugs and snails,

00:53:42 'The only other group

00:56:23 in a subject that has no saints,

00:58:34 Our insatiable quest for information is the making of us.