Những mánh khóe tuyệt đẹp của hoa – Jonathan Drori

The beautiful tricks of flowers - Jonathan Drori
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The beautiful tricks of flowers - Jonathan Drori

 


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these pictures before as I say every<00:01:12.040> home<00:01:12.200> should<00:01:12.400> have<00:01:12.479> a<00:01:12.600> scanning every home should have a scanning every home should have a scanning electron<00:01:13.360> microscope<00:01:14.240> you'll<00:01:14.400> be<00:01:14.479> able<00:01:14.640> to electron microscope you'll be able to electron microscope you'll be able to see<00:01:15.000> these<00:01:15.400> and<00:01:15.520> there<00:01:15.640> is<00:01:15.799> many<00:01:16.040> different see these and there is many different see these and there is many different kinds<00:01:16.520> of<00:01:16.759> pollen<00:01:17.759> as<00:01:17.920> there<00:01:18.040> are<00:01:18.439> flowering kinds of pollen as there are flowering kinds of pollen as there are flowering plants<00:01:19.840> and<00:01:20.040> and<00:01:20.200> that's<00:01:20.400> actually<00:01:20.640> rather plants and and that's actually rather plants and and that's actually rather useful<00:01:21.200> 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and that's more their bidding uh and that's more intelligent<00:01:56.520> in<00:01:56.640> a<00:01:56.799> way<00:01:57.200> um<00:01:57.719> because<00:01:58.439> uh<00:01:58.719> the intelligent in a way um because uh the intelligent in a way um because uh the pollen<00:01:59.479> you<00:01:59.560> don't<00:01:59.680> need<00:01:59.960> so<00:02:00.159> much<00:02:00.320> of<00:02:00.479> it<00:02:00.880> the pollen you don't need so much of it the pollen you don't need so much of it the uh<00:02:01.640> insects<00:02:02.240> and<00:02:02.560> and<00:02:02.880> and<00:02:03.079> other<00:02:04.039> um<00:02:04.880> species uh insects and and and other um species uh insects and and and other um species can<00:02:06.159> take<00:02:06.360> the<00:02:06.520> pollen<00:02:06.920> transfer<00:02:07.360> it<00:02:07.600> directly can take the pollen transfer it directly can take the pollen transfer it directly to<00:02:08.280> where<00:02:08.440> it's<00:02:09.119> required<00:02:10.119> 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great load wops it on the back with the great load of<00:03:00.480> pollen<00:03:01.000> that<00:03:01.120> it<00:03:01.319> then<00:03:01.519> goes<00:03:01.680> to<00:03:01.920> another of pollen that it then goes to another of pollen that it then goes to another plant<00:03:02.560> with<00:03:03.480> um<00:03:03.799> is<00:03:03.920> an<00:03:04.080> orchid<00:03:04.799> that<00:03:05.239> uh<00:03:05.560> I plant with um is an orchid that uh I plant with um is an orchid that uh I mean<00:03:05.760> it<00:03:06.000> might<00:03:06.159> look<00:03:06.319> to<00:03:06.440> you<00:03:06.560> as<00:03:06.680> if<00:03:06.799> it's<00:03:07.000> got mean it might look to you as if it's got mean it might look to you as if it's got jaws<00:03:07.799> and<00:03:07.920> in<00:03:08.000> a<00:03:08.120> way<00:03:08.280> it<00:03:08.400> has<00:03:08.560> it<00:03:08.720> forces<00:03:09.080> the jaws and in a way it has it forces the jaws and in a way it has it forces the 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co-evolved with this guess something has co-evolved with this and<00:03:59.239> sure<00:03:59.480> enough and sure enough and sure enough there's<00:04:00.959> um<00:04:01.920> there's<00:04:02.120> the<00:04:02.280> insect<00:04:02.760> and<00:04:02.959> I<00:04:03.040> mean there's um there's the insect and I mean there's um there's the insect and I mean normally<00:04:03.439> it<00:04:03.560> kind<00:04:03.640> of<00:04:03.760> rolls<00:04:04.000> it<00:04:04.200> away<00:04:04.599> but<00:04:04.959> uh normally it kind of rolls it away but uh normally it kind of rolls it away but uh in<00:04:05.319> its<00:04:05.640> erect<00:04:06.079> form<00:04:06.560> that's<00:04:06.720> what<00:04:06.879> it<00:04:07.400> looks in its erect form that's what it looks in its erect form that's what it looks like<00:04:09.959> now<00:04:10.200> you<00:04:10.280> can<00:04:10.519> imagine<00:04:11.120> that<00:04:11.640> if<00:04:12.640> um like now you can imagine that if um like now you can 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these are you know little yellow flowers these are you know little yellow flowers like<00:11:17.040> we<00:11:17.160> all<00:11:17.279> see<00:11:17.560> little<00:11:17.760> yellow<00:11:18.000> flowers like we all see little yellow flowers like we all see little yellow flowers all<00:11:18.519> over<00:11:18.720> the<00:11:19.000> place<00:11:20.000> and<00:11:20.519> this<00:11:20.600> is<00:11:20.760> what<00:11:20.839> it all over the place and this is what it all over the place and this is what it looks<00:11:21.200> like<00:11:21.360> with<00:11:21.560> visible<00:11:22.000> light<00:11:23.000> this<00:11:23.079> is looks like with visible light this is looks like with visible light this is what<00:11:23.399> it<00:11:23.480> looks<00:11:23.680> like<00:11:23.800> if<00:11:23.920> you<00:11:24.040> take<00:11:24.240> out<00:11:24.480> the what it looks like if you take out the what it looks like if you take out the red<00:11:25.560> most<00:11:25.920> bees<00:11:26.279> 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here's<00:12:05.680> another<00:12:05.959> Little<00:12:06.360> Flower background here's another Little Flower background here's another Little Flower different<00:12:07.040> range<00:12:07.320> of<00:12:07.560> ultraviolet<00:12:08.560> um<00:12:09.120> uh different range of ultraviolet um uh different range of ultraviolet um uh frequencies<00:12:10.320> uh<00:12:10.600> different<00:12:11.000> different frequencies uh different different frequencies uh different different filters<00:12:11.800> to<00:12:12.000> match<00:12:12.279> the<00:12:12.560> pollinators<00:12:13.560> and filters to match the pollinators and filters to match the pollinators and that's<00:12:13.920> the<00:12:14.040> sort<00:12:14.199> of<00:12:14.320> thing<00:12:14.519> that<00:12:14.639> it<00:12:14.720> would that's the sort of thing that it would that's the sort of thing that it would be be be seeing<00:12:16.959> just<00:12:17.120> in<00:12:17.279> case<00:12:17.440> you<00:12:17.600> think<00:12:17.839> 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pictures<00:12:54.600> taken poetic here uh that these pictures taken poetic here uh that these pictures taken with<00:12:55.120> ultraviolet<00:12:55.680> filter<00:12:56.000> the<00:12:56.120> main<00:12:56.399> use<00:12:56.680> of with ultraviolet filter the main use of with ultraviolet filter the main use of that<00:12:57.240> filter<00:12:57.880> is<00:12:58.040> for<00:12:58.240> astronomers<00:12:58.760> to<00:12:58.880> take that filter is for astronomers to take that filter is for astronomers to take pictures<00:12:59.600> of<00:13:00.360> Venus<00:13:01.320> actually<00:13:01.720> the<00:13:01.839> clouds<00:13:02.240> of pictures of Venus actually the clouds of pictures of Venus actually the clouds of Venus<00:13:03.320> right<00:13:03.720> that's<00:13:03.880> the<00:13:04.040> main<00:13:04.279> use<00:13:04.519> of<00:13:04.680> that Venus right that's the main use of that Venus right that's the main use of that filter<00:13:06.160> Venus<00:13:06.480> of<00:13:06.600> 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when you think of it is the moment that<00:13:29.399> it<00:13:29.480> sort<00:13:29.639> of<00:13:30.000> encapsulates<00:13:31.000> the<00:13:31.279> the that it sort of encapsulates the the that it sort of encapsulates the the sort<00:13:31.560> of<00:13:31.680> transfer<00:13:32.120> of<00:13:32.240> genetic<00:13:32.680> material sort of transfer of genetic material sort of transfer of genetic material from<00:13:33.720> one<00:13:33.880> organism<00:13:34.760> to<00:13:35.120> another<00:13:36.120> thank<00:13:36.279> you from one organism to another thank you from one organism to another thank you very very very [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music]



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