I went to a lot of effort to prove this, but it's like Carl Sagan said: extraordinary clams require extraordinary evidence.
@Rensune
Жыл бұрын
Booo
@nikahmadfaris7542
Жыл бұрын
nice
@KingKobra49
Жыл бұрын
Yo! I make entertaining videos as well. I know I am not the best rn but give me an opportunity,and I won’t fail to put a smile on your face! I appreciate you thanks❣️
@ACR909
Жыл бұрын
this has been up for 4 days? cheeky.
@SemiHypercube
Жыл бұрын
Heh
@violagreene4643
Жыл бұрын
The Polish scientist describing the clams as "colleagues" was such a sweet turn of phrase.
@Haxior5506
Жыл бұрын
@R Hamlet No it's not :)
@mineq4967
Жыл бұрын
@R Hamlet ale ona powiedziała "współpracowników"
@piotrbazucki4080
Жыл бұрын
but the most acurate translation would be "coworkers"
@alonalyy
Жыл бұрын
it means coworkers not colleagues
@alonalyy
Жыл бұрын
@R Hamlet głuchyś?
@TurtleKwitty
Жыл бұрын
"Because we take care of our coworkers" is the best line ever and shes so proud of that fact so wholesome
@xianicarus8770
Жыл бұрын
I was really glad to hear that the welfare of the clams was important to them. Using animals to help the human race is smart, but too often we do so at the cost of their safety and happiness.
@doxielain2231
Жыл бұрын
Everyone is people, after all, human or clam, insect or bird. We're all just different folks.
@AnimeSunglasses
Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@aceg81
Жыл бұрын
@@xianicarus8770 "I was really glad to hear that the welfare of the clams was important to them." You might say you're happy as a clam :)
@lewisirwin5363
Жыл бұрын
@Justin Lukas Very unshellfish of them!
@miriam4235
Жыл бұрын
Her calling the clams 'colleagues' is just the best! 😊
@SunroseStudios
Жыл бұрын
was coming down here to say that!
@A3Kr0n
Жыл бұрын
I like fried colleagues.
@justusP9101
Жыл бұрын
@@A3Kr0n Fried clams!? I only liked them boiled or steamed.
@WanderTheNomad
Жыл бұрын
@@A3Kr0n The clams are good too
@mistformsquirrel
Жыл бұрын
They're the mussel behind the project >_>
@FrozenYoghurt2411
Жыл бұрын
I'm stupid, I started reading the subtitles for when the polish started and only 30 seconds later realised that I in fact do speak and understand polish fluently
@Ruthavecflute
Жыл бұрын
Not stupid. Just not used to having Polish unexpectedly thrown at you when you were expecting English.
@nikobellic570
Жыл бұрын
Habit
@CL-go2ji
Жыл бұрын
God, the human mind is strange! (Not "your mind" - the same thing could totally happen to me with German.)
@irbissniezny7570
Жыл бұрын
I did exactly the same xD
@elemzs
Жыл бұрын
Ja też z opóźnieniem skumałem... Po 10 sekundach po czym też się chwilę nad sobą zastanowiłem ;DDD
@PinkoLP
Жыл бұрын
"So I worked in water quality assurance once..." All the other clams: "Oh, shut up Jerry!"
@Finat0
Жыл бұрын
Jerry the clam
@Electrk
Жыл бұрын
That would get him to clam up
@amadeosendiulo2137
Жыл бұрын
*Jeremiasz
@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
Жыл бұрын
dirty water
@bluemonstrosity259
Жыл бұрын
Jaroslaw
@johnchessant3012
Жыл бұрын
imagine being one of those clams returned to the water after three months ... it'd be like they got back from an alien encounter, absolutely wild
@Inquiringmind0
Жыл бұрын
Yes, they even have their own conventions where they talk about their experiences.
@kubagornowicz
Жыл бұрын
But most normal clams don't believe them.
@TheBlacktom
Жыл бұрын
And what did they do to you? Well, I was a sensor.
@TheMitchellExpress
Жыл бұрын
Lmao. Now I want to write a short story where a guy is abducted to become an air monitor for an alien race.
@p1rgit
Жыл бұрын
@@kubagornowicz i caught 5 brown trouts from puddle where they were trapped when creek dried (normally puddle is big enough for fish to survive summer, at least knee deep and metres wide and with autumn rains river returns but this summer was extra dry) and released into river proper. maybe they formed cult and are talking about alien kidnappers... fishnappers. and nobody believes them. - this is actually underground river here. Jõelähtme, Estonia. summertime only underground, except this puddle, autumn to spring both, under and above.
@pyglik2296
Жыл бұрын
It's so weird to be watching Tom Scott's video and have to switch from English to your native language! Nice to see you in Poland!
@meks3920
Жыл бұрын
Same feeling but I'll be damned if onion in my heart doesn't start to grow.
@graullas8981
Жыл бұрын
rel
@ICountFrom0
Жыл бұрын
The air quotes gesture was on "coworker" right?
@MitoTomakawa
Жыл бұрын
@@ICountFrom0 Yes
@234yh4
Жыл бұрын
i know polish but started reading subtitles, my brain was so confused!
@benjicool2808
Жыл бұрын
"we take care of our colleagues" when talking about the clams safety is gold
@muchanadziko6378
8 ай бұрын
we're all in this together
@andrehinds4804
Ай бұрын
Clams.. have feeling too.. 🎶
@Ntmoffi
Жыл бұрын
As someone who works for a water district I find this absolutely fascinating.
@CookingWithCows
Жыл бұрын
Is that like a water nation, but way smaller?
@Ntmoffi
Жыл бұрын
@@CookingWithCows 💯✅
@GamesFromSpace
Жыл бұрын
Maybe be careful how you bring this up to your coworkers. You could get fired for being a wacko, or lose your job to some clams if they believe you.
@khalilahd.
Жыл бұрын
It’s so cool
@ScottieContact
Жыл бұрын
Same here
@dahgnzg5508
Жыл бұрын
Finally a topic I already know something about, in Poland schools they taught us that clams require a very specific enviroment which allows clams to be a tester for water as they are very vurnerable to enviroment changes, unluckily they can only live in healthy bodies of water which gives us the ability to determine in what state the water is.
@holdmacat9932
Жыл бұрын
My poland school have never taught me that..
@dahgnzg5508
Жыл бұрын
@@holdmacat9932 for my class it was bonus work for interested people
@TonyWhitley
Жыл бұрын
Burn! 😁
@bluethunder212
Жыл бұрын
bro how did you write this in 9min 💀
@junkim2789
Жыл бұрын
This was really cool! Love to Poland from 🇰🇷!
@Hotlooksamerica
Жыл бұрын
People used to keep a canary in the coalmine, Warsaw water department keeps clams in the turbine.
@Jordan-sy7my
Ай бұрын
Clam the dam! Clam the dam!
@andrzejbroniarek9256
Жыл бұрын
I live in Warsaw, and I think I was told about those clams in school, and it never occured to me, that this is something weird. So I interpret this video other way around: I just found out, that this thing that I just knew and accepted as a fact might be weird to someone :)
@JakubKas
Жыл бұрын
Polish engineering at its best. Although I don't think it will help if Odra 2.0 happens
@TrveIrrlicht
Жыл бұрын
@@JakubKas Why shouldn't it?
@assassingamer1879
Жыл бұрын
siema
@wiktoriarynkun3673
Жыл бұрын
Same here! During the intro I thought "Wait, so that's not like a standard thing used worldwide???"
@MBkufel
Жыл бұрын
@@JakubKas I would help with keeping the contaminants from entering the water system.
@TheStefanoMA
Жыл бұрын
This is possibly the most Tom Scott video title of all Tom Scott video titles.
@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem
Жыл бұрын
@@Cristiano_km shut up
@khalilahd.
Жыл бұрын
Lmfaoo you might be right 😅
@MrLipp24
Жыл бұрын
@@Cristiano_km stop spamming
@TheStefanoMA
Жыл бұрын
@@khalilahd. Random country? Check. Random industry? Check. Random problem solution? Check.
@ninjoshday
Жыл бұрын
I never realized water treatment was so clamplicated. Thanks for the great work
@cf453
Жыл бұрын
You really musseled your way through that joke.
@ninjoshday
Жыл бұрын
@@cf453 Maybe I was a little shellfish there
@KoRbA2310
Жыл бұрын
get out xD
@belverdemotorsports2410
Жыл бұрын
Ahaaaaaa
@WouterWeggelaar
Жыл бұрын
@@KoRbA2310 thats my trout!
@ThatOneBlackGuy
7 ай бұрын
The analogy of it being another layer in their security, like a bomb sniffing dog in an airport, was wonderfuly said.
@TheVagolfer
Жыл бұрын
Tom, you willingness to be humble and occasionally admit you're wrong , makes you a rare and likeable entertainer. Thank you.
@khalilahd.
Жыл бұрын
Agreed ❤
@tolep
Жыл бұрын
That's why he does it.
@caliphax70
Жыл бұрын
In fairness, if someone told that to me I think I wouldn't believe it either.
@oldvlognewtricks
Жыл бұрын
Clams also tested his sensitivity to misinformation
@josmith4531
Жыл бұрын
On a side note, In my experience it's generally the smartest and most knowledgeable people that are the fastest and most willing to admit when they are wrong.
@EASSIMVAMOS
Жыл бұрын
I've been living in Warsaw for 4 years and always wondered what happens inside this building! Thanks, Tom XD
@az1z91
Жыл бұрын
Me too! But the more important question now is - how does this lady get to this building?
@grzesieks345
Жыл бұрын
@@az1z91 there is a tunnel
@davidiverson5928
Жыл бұрын
Tom SPECIFICALLY said that there were things that he was not allowed to film. 504 Battery Place in NYC is a building that provides ventilation to the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel, but it's also the entrance to the MIB headquarters.
@Pressplay_Media_EU
Жыл бұрын
Li'l Yachty says wazzap 🥤He took the waaaaalllllllllllllk (To Poland)
@largol33t1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad the city didn't keep its mouth clammed shut. 😁
@emilyjanet455
Жыл бұрын
The line "we take care of our colleagues here" was so genuinely sweet? I love that. I love these clams.
@vinsanity488
Жыл бұрын
And not only can they help protect us from potentially contaminated drinking water, but they also are very important natural filters for freshwaters worldwide, helping to clean our rivers and streams. Unfortunately freshwater mussels are one of the most endangered group of organisms in the world and they need our help to prevent extinction of species of mussels. The more we help protect them, the more they can help protect/clean the waters we rely on!
@mareksicinski449
Жыл бұрын
i don't like the term 'sweet' her, just interesting, in a postive sense
@watarod
Ай бұрын
Yes me too!
@tribblefluffer
Жыл бұрын
I love that you are willing to go through all the effort and research and hard work to prove to us that Poland is indeed testing their water with clams! Such an interesting story, i'd never heard of it before but it does make sense. Thank you for taking the time and effort to create this and know that you and your work is loved and appreciated!
@HalfShelli
Жыл бұрын
The most delightful (and surprising, tbh) part of this for me is that they don't hurt the clams, and that they return them to their lake homes after three months for working so diligently in a stressful job. 🥰
@vinsanity488
Жыл бұрын
It is very nice to see the water managers take good care of the mussels that are taking good care of us
@strzalek
Жыл бұрын
The clams are from the river itself, so they catch them like around water tower and move them just like a few dozen meters from their natural habitat. And after 3 months they come back to the river.
@mareksicinski449
Жыл бұрын
i don't know how much the clams notice the change in environment, i guess it helps and prevents some distortion i guess
@davidmartensson273
Жыл бұрын
3 month of consultant work :D And I bet the lake they come from gets all the protection it can get in return
@watmfw
Жыл бұрын
@@strzalek In the subtitles its says the clams are caught in a "very clean lake". Is it mistranslated?
@qubusieq8694
Жыл бұрын
Dziękujemy Tomku Szkocie za ten edukacyjny materiał
@1pawelgo
Жыл бұрын
Tomku Szkocie, haha.
@JOLLY-10
Жыл бұрын
@@1pawelgo czy masz napad, ponieważ polski szczerze nie ma sensu i jest bardzo skomplikowany do mówienia?
@katekyy7
Жыл бұрын
@@JOLLY-10 tzn?
@pablx9944
Жыл бұрын
@@JOLLY-10 what u mean
@edziofilipek
Жыл бұрын
xd
@DawidSikora
Жыл бұрын
As a Pole I heard this story so long ago it never occurred to me it even could be false. More: I assumed this is a standard procedure worldwide
@mareksicinski449
Жыл бұрын
well it is based on the style of article and scpeticism due to looking for interesting claims a lot
@michalwojtylo8929
Жыл бұрын
Kiedyś widziałem to w tv, nie pamiętam jak dawno temu. Ale logicznie myśląc uznałem to za tani i świetny sposób na badanie wody i nie byłem tym zdziwiony.
@bubblewrapstargirl
Жыл бұрын
It's should be standard imo. This is adorable! You can have all the fancy gadgets you want but Nature always knows best 💖😊
@bigporkcity420
Жыл бұрын
We do stuff like this is NA, just with fish (LD50 test), and it's not continuously monitored onsite, but is rather a test done at a lab using samples that are sent in once a month (for wastewater, not sure if this is required for drinking water). Drinking water will be regularly measured for coliforms and chlorine residual, which should ensure the water stays disinfected.
@marcofloresmfcs1
Жыл бұрын
In American the water is crap
@angelinasurzhyk6655
Жыл бұрын
As a Ukrainian speaker, watching the Polish interview was a delightful mix of “oh, I can understand that!” and “huh-” It does not help that Polish for “contaminated water” is literally Ukrainian for “crazy/rabid water”😂
@missquprison
Жыл бұрын
"skażona woda"?
@mabciapayne16
Жыл бұрын
@@missquprison może скажений
@Kriae
Жыл бұрын
I can relate, this happens to me with some Russian words that sound Polish
@felixfelix9219
Жыл бұрын
lmao ikr
@ZanHellish
Жыл бұрын
@@Kriae there is no such things
@PetrHosek
Жыл бұрын
Wow, listening to Polish (which I as a Czech can sort of understand) while reading English subtitles nearly broke my brain :)
@thebiggestcauldron
Жыл бұрын
Cześć, Czechu! Fajne macie znaki diakrytyczne.
@PanLukash
Жыл бұрын
Szukaj drogi, a ją znajdziesz! ;)
@hypnoskales7069
Жыл бұрын
Čeśť, Čechu! Fajne matě znaki diakrytyčne.
@Morrov
Жыл бұрын
@@thebiggestcauldron tak zwane háčky, haczki
@lolipka
Жыл бұрын
Podobnie, chociaż ja z Polski
@surfing_yoda
Жыл бұрын
in switzerland we used to use trouts but now we use daphnia because they use less space and are easier to reproduce in a lab setting. i used to work in QA for a water treatment facility and it is super facinating
@tangiers365
Жыл бұрын
Are you rich
@chilanya
Жыл бұрын
yes i was told about the trouts as a child, that they were used for this purpose in the Netherlands (where i grew up) and many different places as well. i thought it was normal. i probably misremembered it being the NL, though.
@cheddars2426
Жыл бұрын
@@chilanya No you remembered right. In the Biesbosch in the Netherlands they used to use a certain fish species, not sure whether it was trout. Nowadays they also use daphnia because the reason mentioned. And they are much more sensitive to pollutants than fish.
@moos5221
Жыл бұрын
In Germany we used dolphins to check the water quality, but now they've all been eaten by free roaming water elephants.
@veramae4098
Жыл бұрын
Daphnia. Googled it. WATER FLEAS.
@smartereveryday
Жыл бұрын
This is awesome
@QingChina1
Жыл бұрын
Indeed it is
@suchyzgr
Жыл бұрын
Even smallest towns like Legionowo are using that. And i think like you - it's freaking cool!
@kartoffelbrei8090
Жыл бұрын
No u. or more like you included
@JesusFriedChrist
Жыл бұрын
I bet you were losing your mind with all the *turbulent flow* happening in the river eh?
@moos5221
Жыл бұрын
You are awesome!
@Brian-bp5pe
Жыл бұрын
Fresh water clams are amazing creatures, unappreciated for their contributions to their local environment. Once abundant in the many rivers and streams of North America, today they are not as easily found. As prodigious filter feeders, they effectively kept the water clear and can be used to do the same in aquariums. The trouble is, mollusks are unusually sensitive to chemical pollution, often dying after exposure to concentrations that won't harm fish.
@dustinbasurto7371
Жыл бұрын
I live on the Oregon coast and near a river with a declining population of fresh water mussels, eel, and craw-fish in my lifetime. They are still here luckily. The ocean tide pools are not as fortunate . In my opinion it was declining as well and then the Fukushima accident wiped out 90% of the tide pool life.
@ravenwarjoy
Жыл бұрын
Tom Scott finally came around to Poland, how nice. Hope you didn't just come here for some clams, looking forward to more videos on cool stuff from the region.
@ravenwarjoy
Жыл бұрын
@@ragnkja I know, that's why I'm hoping.
@matnovak
Жыл бұрын
For this video, Tom hired a guy who's a specialist at finding locations for professional movie and video production. I really hope that they have some more stuff that could be explored
@esverker7018
Жыл бұрын
I live in Minnesota with the other bio-monitering system! The city of Minneapolis is the only city in the USA that monitors the water with mussels (not clams), it's been going for like 15 years. We get our water from the Mississippi and contamination is always a concern. I remember learning about it in school. I had no idea it was a unique concept before watching the video
@MegaTpeck
Жыл бұрын
From Rochester, this is news to me. That's absolutely fascinating! Sometimes the world feels unusually small 😆
@strehlow
Жыл бұрын
Ah, I live in Minneapolis too and was wondering. I asked the question, then scrolled down a bit and found this. Cool, thanks!
@AmyC37217
Жыл бұрын
Rose Lindström Nylund and the city of St. Olaf Minnesota must be so proud . . . . . . . . . . . . . (and yes - this is a joke for those who can not grasp the allusion)
@strehlow
Жыл бұрын
@@AmyC37217 That allusion is golden!
@NothernSide
Жыл бұрын
If the mussels in Minnesota die in two days, the water is considered passable. (I joke.)
@wingshad0w00982
Жыл бұрын
I can completely understand both why you were very suspicious, and why this would be a good indicator. Clams are sensitive creatures in terms of pollutants, and if they find something is wrong, something is probably wrong. While I’d prefer to have a few other backups if I ran something like this using a systems that’s not too expensive to maintain, and provides a fairly straightforward answer is always nice to have on hand. I’d put a ‘happy as a clam’ pun in there, but that’d be shellfish of me.
@leadpaintchips9461
Жыл бұрын
Last line absolutely worth clicking 'Read more'.
@Hallonbot
Жыл бұрын
You were really flexing your pun mussels there!
@Salt_Master_Queue
Жыл бұрын
I'm not one to clam up when it comes to a good pun.
@jbrou123
Жыл бұрын
They do something similar to test rivers and lakes her in Louisiana. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries will collect several fish, then send them to LSU med labs to check levels of mercury and lead and other chemicals. High levels may indicate that a refinery or chem plant upstream is releasing toxic chems into the water.
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
Жыл бұрын
Well, the clams probably aren't too happy to be used as poison sensors.
@KobiSheero
Жыл бұрын
I've actually completed studies in Łódź, Poland with Biomonitoring specialization, our country slowly but surely implements those kinds of enviroment monitoring in various places
@heavyarmor2446
Жыл бұрын
What I really like, and is a returning feature of these videos, is that the speakers are allowed to speak in their native languages. In my perspective it enhances the cultural importance of a lot of topics. Furthermore, has it something to do with the speaker ability to explain it as natural as possible? It feels like it anyway. Thanks again for the video
@ApprenticePL
Жыл бұрын
I'm more inclined to think they just didn't find anyone qualified + fluent + camera-ready enough among the water plant staff 😅
@1203fild
Жыл бұрын
Another good thing was i as a Czech could listen to the Polish language and try to make out the meaning of the spoken words :D
@marsjaninzmarsa
Жыл бұрын
@@ApprenticePL you will always be more fluent in native language
@olekj8665
Жыл бұрын
@@ApprenticePL It wasn’t just in this video, in many others in the past the speakers were talking in their native language
@WhammeWhamme
Жыл бұрын
@@olekj8665 - sure, but Tom has also made videos (especially in France and Germany) where people spoke in accented English. So I think he just leaves it up to the interviewees to answer however they feel most comfortable, which is of course the best way to do it. :)
@averagemoth
Жыл бұрын
I used to live in Warsaw. I had no clue that clams tested the water that I drank, thank you clams for your service.
@TheBlacktom
Жыл бұрын
Did you drink tap water? Is it safe now? I remember it wasn't safe 10-20 years ago. You had to boil the water to use it, or buy bottled water or water from special wells.
@jakubniemczuk
Жыл бұрын
@@TheBlacktom It's safe.
@bartekmarze1863
Жыл бұрын
@@TheBlacktom it is now completely safe to dring water from taps in major cities
@krzysztofmikoajczyk1415
Жыл бұрын
@@TheBlacktom it is safe and it was safe 10-20 years ago for sure.
@clray123
Жыл бұрын
@@TheBlacktom The boiling was necessary more like 40 years ago.
@ringosis
Жыл бұрын
"We take care of our colleagues" in reference to clams might be the most adorable thing anyone has ever said.
@mareksicinski449
Жыл бұрын
i wouldn't say adorable, it is abit of a different vibe, jsut interesting diffent hinking possitve
@Xenoxvvv
Жыл бұрын
@@mareksicinski449 wholesome
@AltimaNEO
Ай бұрын
Man, watching these older videos makes me realize how much I miss Tom Scott already...
@vinterbjork4128
Жыл бұрын
While being critical infrastructure I really like that they allow some small amount of controlled filming, it really brings the story to life!
@clray123
Жыл бұрын
The question is why there would be any issue with filming inside an object like this at all. After all, the enemy already knows where to drop the bomb to get rid of this piece "critical infrastructure". And they will do it if they intend do (see Ukraine)...
@paweldembowski
Жыл бұрын
@@clray123 could be sabotaged instead of bombed
@edwardhuggins84
Жыл бұрын
@@clray123 while that is true for a conventional war/enemy however it is protection from sabotage or terrorism
@Milten130
Жыл бұрын
@@clray123 you could see what kind of access control system they are using for doors, where is security, cameras, valves, computers etc. To get in and out unnoticed
@Failzz8
Жыл бұрын
@@clray123 Giving the public a blueprint for the one piece of infrastructure with which a single bad actor could instantly poison a city of millions is kind of a bad idea.
@kontanaizumi
Жыл бұрын
I never thought it was a weird claim i always thought it was along the same line as using birds to check for deadly gases
@blackiceocto9229
Жыл бұрын
You are probably thinking of canaries, a type of song bird. They were used just as you described by miners.
@TheBirchCreek
Жыл бұрын
Some water treatment plants, AFAIK, also use fish that require very clean water, like trouts, for example.
@dorol6375
Жыл бұрын
That exists???
@Person01234
Жыл бұрын
@@dorol6375 The phrase "the canary in the coal mine" (to mean someone or something forewarning of a disaster) is derived from the very real (outdated) practice of miners taking canaries (or other small birds) down into the coal mines with them and if there were dangerous gas buildups (like carbon monoxide) the birds (being smaller and less resiliant than the miners) would die and the miners would gtfo. There was actually some special cages that they could use to keep the bird alive if it fell unconscious from the gas too.
@vez3834
Жыл бұрын
@@Person01234 Yo! I never realized that saying was from a real-world example. That's cool, although sad that those birds had to die.
@oleopathic
Жыл бұрын
Civil engineer, here. I work with water projects and am fascinated by this cross-section of synthetic/designed infrastructure and biological infrastructure. Never heard of clam use in PL before but now glad that I did. Thank you for your investigation ! "Bio-monitoring" I'll keep this concept on my radar.
@ballyhigh11
Жыл бұрын
Bio-monitoring has been famously used by miners for centuries.
@oleopathic
Жыл бұрын
@@ballyhigh11 the canary in a coal mine? tell us more.
@greenanubis
Жыл бұрын
One could say that a dog in the backyard is bio-monitoring.
@SaheeliRai
Жыл бұрын
You don't have to use clams. In germany daphnia are used
@Sir_Bucket
Жыл бұрын
In France, we used to have trouts to check water purity in some instalations. Idk if they still are in service tho'
@MattyW5321
2 ай бұрын
Clam returning from 3 months tour of duty to the lake: Ooof finally home Clam VA: Your shell pain is not service related e.e
@royalninja2823
Жыл бұрын
I remember years ago a photo going around of one of those clams with the spring and magnet glued on top. It makes me so happy that that is exactly how the sensors actually work
@Gorrgrim
Жыл бұрын
There's tubers who never leave their house just copying and pasting stories they hear from the internet, then you got Tom Scott who actually goes out there and creates stories for the internet
@cleverusername9369
Жыл бұрын
I realized I've never heard Polish spoken aloud before, what a lovely language! Written out it looks like someone trying to write a series of sneezes but spoken, it's very beguiling.
@Hollyweed1
Жыл бұрын
Series of sneezes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@rcollyer77
Жыл бұрын
Polish is a lot like English in that it too has Latin roots. I found this out when I saw the Polish word for library: biblioteka.
@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies
Жыл бұрын
@@rcollyer77 It seems like a bizarre one to me. Not often you hear a language with such strong slavic roots that also has strong latin roots!
@redgamer821
Жыл бұрын
@@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies Almost like Poland is situated in between Latin and Slavic dominated regions
@rcollyer77
Жыл бұрын
@@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies it was a complete surprise to me, too. I know only a couple of words from friends, so the language was almost a complete mystery. It was an interesting surprise.
@youseck
Жыл бұрын
Love from Poland. I'm old fan excited to see you in Poland!!
@arbitraryconfusion
Жыл бұрын
I am so happy to learn about calibrating a clam.
@GrzegorzSobkowicz
Жыл бұрын
Now what about overclocking lobsters?
@theleva7
Жыл бұрын
@@GrzegorzSobkowicz Thankfully lobsters are already liquid-cooled, no problem there.
@BWGPT
Жыл бұрын
Can tuna fish. But should we?
@Mandanara
Жыл бұрын
@@GrzegorzSobkowicz Undervolting my electric eels made them run much more efficiently, I go through way less used car batteries to recharge them than I used to.
@davemoore7442
Жыл бұрын
In north east England the water authority used a trout in a tank with the mains water flowing through. The fish's vital signs were monitored electronically. Came across this in 1999 while doing millennium compliance testing.
@Nuskrad
Жыл бұрын
don't tell half a tale, was the trout Y2K compliant?
@Skilly42
Жыл бұрын
Fish monitors were used in North West England as well in the 80s and 90s. Stopped being used I think due to too many false alarms and a lot of maintenance/attention required.
@SB-jt2vx
Жыл бұрын
I was involved in using a particular breed of Chinese carp for this. Very sensitive to water quality, a little too sensitive in the end!
@Lucina..
Жыл бұрын
@@Nuskrad 🤦🏼♀️ everyone knows that was just invented to scare people. In reality, the onboard clock on the trouts was perfectly fine to continue for at least another thousand years. I bet you fell for the hype hook, line and sinker. I’ll see myself out.
@ammo2222
Жыл бұрын
Fish Monitors were also used in a Chemical Plant in Austria to Test the used Cooling Water.
@SmallGuyonTop
Жыл бұрын
I lived in Poland 7 years. They are quite ingenious and they purposefully seek creative and out of the ordinary solutions to their way of living.
@retroelectrical
Жыл бұрын
They just have to avoid their natural enemy, the light bulb. :)
@m1515
Жыл бұрын
@@retroelectrical 100% sure you've never been to Poland
@GabeNotNewell
Жыл бұрын
Well, Just check how many stuff Polish people invented For example Kerosene Lamp
@Shadow38PL
Жыл бұрын
@@retroelectrical The "Osram" light bulb?
@nikodembiniek7103
Жыл бұрын
@@m1515 Oj tak ziomeczku
@lyagushkha8490
Жыл бұрын
Im polish and I didn't even know it was a thing. More Poland videos please! (if there are any interesting topics, that is)
@Szymmon614
Жыл бұрын
Poznań also have clams monitoring system. I was in there several years ago, and I didn't realize that other cities have it too. And it was nice to hear my language in your video.
@zelekk86
Жыл бұрын
Company setting up this monitoring systems is set in Poznań, and its providing SYMBIO devices all over the country. Whats funny Poznań's Aquanet is not using said divice, they have their own bit different solution.
@katekyy7
Жыл бұрын
@@zelekk86 I suppose it's probably 'cause Poznań's Aquanet was using this before SYMBIO has been created?
@benjaminmatheny6683
Жыл бұрын
I think one of the best parts of your videos is the interviews with the unsung heroes that keep our world running. people are ignorant of what all goes into make the modern world work.
@maxicx75v
Жыл бұрын
You mean the clams?
@Rosa-xg8tb
Жыл бұрын
Been waiting for an episode from Poland for years and it finally came true! Great video
@tomrogue13
Жыл бұрын
I can watch a Tom Scott video and practice my Polish at the same time!
@amadeosendiulo2137
Жыл бұрын
@@tomrogue13 Well, we have some advanced vocabulary here
@jobal3278
Жыл бұрын
In Poland, the small municipality of Zmigrod also tests water purity this way
@atlas132
Жыл бұрын
In Poland that object we use to call it "Gruba Kaśka " Thank you Tom for visiting our country!🥲
@irippiri2847
Жыл бұрын
It's a shame, good video title but had the wrong person reporting it. Tom Scott is too boring
@michals9929
Жыл бұрын
@闘将ダイモス It is a Warsaw thing. Only this specific object is called Gruba Kaśka.
@Glownyszef
Жыл бұрын
Just Default City things
@gkasprow
Жыл бұрын
@闘将ダイモス it's in Warsaw, and we call this particular building that way.
@marvindebot3264
Жыл бұрын
@@irippiri2847 Several million people beg to differ. Why are you even here?
@jakistam1000
Жыл бұрын
Love to see a video from my country! Also, it was a really weird feeling to read the English subtitles and listen to Polish speech (I have some experience with the reverse, from movies, but not this way). But I can assure everyone that the translation was very good!
@ChristianBehnke
Жыл бұрын
This is incredible, and I love that they call them "colleagues"! 😂
@lmesen1873
Жыл бұрын
We used to have a different word for workers that don't consent to being there... hmm.
@kubaGR8
Жыл бұрын
@@lmesen1873 A slave is a person (physically, since I assume actual slave owners might think otherwise), a clam is not a person.
@soundscape26
Жыл бұрын
@@lmesen1873 You wanted to ask the clams?
@pequodexpress
Жыл бұрын
The translation should have been "our workers."
@piotrpodolski1589
Жыл бұрын
@@pequodexpress co-workers
@krysstefan2505
8 ай бұрын
Was in Poland few years ago my coffee was testing so good ….bring same coffee too London GB was disappointed coffee tastes totally different now I’m shocked and amazed the secret off Poland is doing amazing job polish granny from Canada
@natsunoneko
Жыл бұрын
As a longtime fan I'm beyond excited that you not only came to my country but taught me something about it! I also appreciated the reminder at the beginning of the video to be skeptical about such extraordinary clams (I stole your joke)! And props to the translator, they did a great job. Love from Poland!
@MidnightTheKitten
Жыл бұрын
Bruh I see you have a KZitem video from 10 years ago- what a time capsule Love from America 😁
@suchlimk
Жыл бұрын
Ta to niezła Polska osoba z chińskim nickiem😐
@natsunoneko
Жыл бұрын
@@suchlimk rany, nawet już nie można lubić chińskich bajek 🙄
@Exchromer
Жыл бұрын
@@natsunoneko potwierdzam, moja koleżanka jest na japonistyce i jak nauczyła się kany to stała się japonką
@AkenoXD
Жыл бұрын
@@suchlimk Czemu nie? Wiesz, że ludzie mogą znać więcej niż 2 języki xD
@SirMarq
Жыл бұрын
Damn, i see this building almost everyday for over 20 years, i have always wondered what is inside, but never enough to do research on my own. Thanks Tom, it really suprised me you visited my hometown, i wish i knew earlier so i would find you hehe
@oxybrightdark8765
Жыл бұрын
I have had the exact same experience! For me , it was a Coca Cola bottling plant.
@StudentInFrance
Жыл бұрын
More videos from Poland please! :) There's so much to explore!!!
@Mike-or2cv
Жыл бұрын
You can always visit us! :) Hugs from Poland.
@aleks6809
Жыл бұрын
There is a lot. Theres „wieliczka salt mine” near krakow and that has a good history defenitelly something tom would would go look at
@Ratiosaurus
Жыл бұрын
I think Crooked Forest is a perfect place for Tom's video, because it's where weird and unique meats the interesting history of technology (possibly, according to the main theory at least).
@r00tw00t
Жыл бұрын
Poland is great. I have had such good times visiting
@nowymail
Жыл бұрын
@@Ratiosaurus Meats? Yum! Beef, please!
@DavidJamesHenry
Жыл бұрын
Never before have I looked at a clam and said "good boy" but I guess today's the day
@CatsMeowPaw
Жыл бұрын
As someone who was born in Poland but has lived their entire lives overseas, I found this video fascinating. Great to see a novel approach to water quality and safety being implemented in real world use.
@maddummel
Жыл бұрын
I don't think it's very new, I've learned about it at school 15 years ago and it's been a thing for a while then
@rybalan
Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile me who got used to watching with English subtitles, so even when they are speaking in my native language, I'm still watching with the English subtitles completely ignoring the audio
@Draconicrose
Жыл бұрын
What surprised me most about this is that the clams are caught wild and returned to nature after a while. I would have guessed that they'd be bred for this and "used" until they died.
@matasa7463
Жыл бұрын
Probably to prevent the clams from being changed or adapted to dirty water. They are caught in a known clean lake and changed frequently to keep the samples stable.
@Bettinasisrg
Жыл бұрын
Only in America, but we'd never do this because there's not enough profit in it. Imagine if this was implemented in Flint Michigan
@redwitch12
Жыл бұрын
@@Bettinasisrg Do you want rampaging mutant death clams? Because that's how you get rampaging mutant death clams.
@_de_reve
Жыл бұрын
"using them until they die" is such a capitalist idea. the eu has strict animal safety regulations, thank goodness
@maleficent3333
8 ай бұрын
breeding freshwater clams requires fish as they are parasites and live on fish before they turn into actuall clam, and takes years, so not fizzible.
@myblacklab7
Жыл бұрын
Who would have thought that putting a clam on a pedestal would be a great idea? Very cool, and smart.
@Glenn-F-Rice
Жыл бұрын
It makes sense. Water quality in a river can be determined by the clam shells left by raccoons.
@myblacklab7
Жыл бұрын
@@Glenn-F-Rice I suppose it does, but human beings rarely make sense, especially when it comes to recognizing the value and potential contributions of wild animals. ;P
@malusignatius
Жыл бұрын
Medeka (a small toothcarp also known as a Ricefish) are used in Japan for biomonitoring water supplies as well.
@mareksicinski449
Жыл бұрын
is it the same way or just studying their presence in habitats?
In Zurich (Switzerland), they actually do something similar. A small portion of drinking water passes water fleas/daphnia for quality control. The movement of these fleas is tracked by software. Since these are very active and sensitive, even small impurities are noticeable in the movement pattern. Biomonitoring is everywhere :D
@tookitogo
Жыл бұрын
Actually, they use water fleas to test the well water, but trout to test the lake water! :P
@sektionneun3199
Жыл бұрын
I know Austria is also using fleas
@glubone
Жыл бұрын
we are dependent on other living creatures
@Miki_hero
Жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say that I am one of the people who met you while you were taking a break from filming this to go to Energylandia. I was wondering what the video you were filming was going to be about. I actually didn't know something like this existed even tho I live in Warsaw.
@JeremiCzarnecki
Жыл бұрын
ZAZDRO
@bartosz6515
Жыл бұрын
to nieźle
@antrathrax7479
Жыл бұрын
You just summoned thousands of polish people. We are always curious what other nations have to say about us
@jakub.anderwald
Жыл бұрын
If you happen to live in Warsaw, then you can visit the water filtration facilities. They host annual open door event plus smaller events for groups. If you get to join them, you can see much more than Tom was able to show on video.
@orangecrow157
Жыл бұрын
Holy cow. I live near Warsaw and I never knew that. It's so cool to see my native language in one of your videos.
@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP
Жыл бұрын
What a sweet people, they consider these clams as their colleagues and return them to their home lake after their job is finished. The more I hear about Poles the more I'm impressed.
@Rokomarn
Жыл бұрын
They glue them down for 3 months bro
@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP
Жыл бұрын
@@Rokomarn Clams don't seem to mind
@siema14123
7 ай бұрын
@@Rokomarn the glue is safe and not painful for them, they sit in place all day in their natural habitat too
@Nickula
Жыл бұрын
You always open my eyes to questions I've never even thought about, and your videos are always so cool!
@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem
Жыл бұрын
@@Cristiano_km nein
@liquideq9287
Жыл бұрын
Dzięki za odwiedziny Tomek! Pozdrowienia z Polski
@ps1hagridoufofcharacter
Жыл бұрын
Tomek haha. spolszczone brzmi zabawnie
@adrianbik3366
Жыл бұрын
Tomek Szkot xD
@gonerator
Жыл бұрын
Awesome to see that you arrived in my country! I hope you enjoyed it and we can expect few more videos from Poland :)
@_oleslaw_4235
Жыл бұрын
great feeling when i'm polish and i don't have to read subtitles.
@bharkbh
Жыл бұрын
fr haha
@hjalfi
Жыл бұрын
I live in Zurich, and got a tour of the water refinery here; they use shrimps for the same purpose. I can recommend the tour as they're also a bunch of insane overachievers who use, essentially, _all_ the ways to purify water, simultaneously. They say that it's unfair to compare Zurich tapwater with bottled mineral water, as the tapwater is substantially better.
@kiko.Poland
Жыл бұрын
W polsce też niektóre badania wskazują że woda z kranu jest lepsza niż kupiona w sklepie. Ogólnie w Polsce większości miast można pić wodę prosto z kranu.
@hjalfi
Жыл бұрын
@@kiko.Poland Zurich water isn't just drinkable from the tap, it's so clean they don't even have to chlorinate it!
@e5858
Жыл бұрын
You’re telling me a shrimp checked this water?
@hjalfi
Жыл бұрын
@@e5858 Yes. They continuously run a sample of the water through a glass cell containing shrimp. Computer vision cameras monitor the shrimp's motion. They said that they can identify specific contaminants by the way the shrimp's swimming patterns change. All the shrimp are produced parthenogenically to ensure they're genetically identical, and they get swapped out before the become fully mature to prevent sexual reproduction.
@wojtekpolska1013
Жыл бұрын
@@hjalfi yea, its the same in Poland. very proud of that, i can just drink as much water straight out of the tap without worrying about boiling or anything. feel bad for the people who have to go out to a store just to get some drinking water
@That_Chemist
Жыл бұрын
Someone had commented about these clams a while ago on my channel - I'm glad to see that you were able to cover it!
@awli8861
Жыл бұрын
Pozdrowienia z Polski!
@martakociolek
Жыл бұрын
It's so weird to listen to a Tom Scott's video narrated in my native language. It actually took a minute for my brain to start to comprehend what was being said.
@ordinarymaker5851
Жыл бұрын
Clams and other shellfish in lakes and rivers are actualy good indicator of water purenes because they are very sensitive to "bad" water. I used to have aquarium where fish lived for months and when I add few shrimps to it they literally wanted to jump out of the tank. I did some tests and it turns out it has higher level of NO3 in it! They feeled that in a seconds :D
@matthewzaczeniuk4892
Жыл бұрын
As someone with a Polish background this is super fascinating! Also its nice to hear Polish, not very common on KZitem.
@HuatengChen
Жыл бұрын
Really Matthew?? Poland has nearly 40 million citizens and KZitem as everywhere is the most popular video platform. There are millions of Polish videos out there and hundreds of Polish channels... Just type anything in Polish into search bar and set your VPN to Warsaw to find out 😁
@stayhigh66
Жыл бұрын
@@HuatengChen shhhh dont tell him
@mareksicinski449
Жыл бұрын
eh deps which part
@DoctorStrange01
Жыл бұрын
It is not if you're not on Polish youtube, yes :D
@maddinek
Жыл бұрын
@@HuatengChen "set vpn to warsaw" says it all.
@piotrbukowski9566
Жыл бұрын
Wow, Tom Scott finally in Poland! 🔥 Can't believe you traveled here just to record those few minutes 😄
@KingSizeUGP
Жыл бұрын
I'm hoping there will be more videos to come from Poland!
@aurelspecker6740
Жыл бұрын
That is what I thought when there was a swiss clip. But the next few weeks, one after the other swiss clip got launched. So: all the best, that this is gonna be the same!
@bzqp2
Жыл бұрын
Huh, so you tell me that during my recent walks along the Vistula river there was a non-zero possibility of meeting Tom Scott?? :o
@_r4x4
Жыл бұрын
There is always non-zero possibility, but in the last days it was higher than usual.
@Gringottone
Жыл бұрын
Great video, really appreciate how wholesome you made the whole thing. Keep it up!
@cowwzymoo
Жыл бұрын
dziekujemy tomek szkot za odwiedzenie polski, mam nadzieje ze produkt przywieziony przez malego jachta panu smakowal 👍👍
@nal5965
Жыл бұрын
Tomek Szkot 🥳
@M2rsh
Жыл бұрын
Tomek Szkot 🥵🥵
@fangier0
Жыл бұрын
Tomek Szkot 😂
@effbar2400
Жыл бұрын
Google translate says small yacht
@czaro8006
Жыл бұрын
Proszę pozdrowić Grzegorza Florydę
@malwazerek5311
Жыл бұрын
As a polish citizen I'm happy you did a video on this topic! I find it really cool!
@tomekl119
Жыл бұрын
Imagine aliens abducting people just to use them as a smelly fart detector for a few months
@Phalgrin
Жыл бұрын
Can't underestimate how awesome it is that Tom still seeks out stories after somewhat dismissing them. Having seen a lot of the water infrastructure in my state I was thinking throughout this video that it seems like the kind of thing we would do, and then Minnesota is mentioned at the end XD
@fabiankesler5032
Жыл бұрын
I have build an installation like that in the Netherlands. It works very effective in detecting small amounts of toxins. If the clams or mussels close their shells, the water is too polluted to handle it safely by humans.
@katnax3059
Жыл бұрын
I live in Warsaw and I remember from a young age that i was looking at this building and wondering what does it do. Thank you very much!
@2908Jarek
Жыл бұрын
Chyba kazdy z warszawy wie czym jest Gruba Kaśka.
@Deflas
Жыл бұрын
I have never heard about this so far despite of beeing from Poland. Its insanely good idea! Thanks for an excelent and educative video Tom ;)
@khalilahd.
Жыл бұрын
I love that I never know what you’re going to talk about but I’m never disappointed ❤. Such a fascinating video
@insevanhouts
Жыл бұрын
You're still the absolute best KZitemr out there. No unnecessarily long videos, great fact checking and overall super clear and interesting!
@silverthorngoodtree5533
Жыл бұрын
Here from MN. We use mussels not clams. They live longer, 50+ years and are native. They get too big after a long time though, I mean BIG. Similar system though, monitoring open and close and all that. It is for water testing from the Mississippi for the Twin Cities. State college is also involved too.
@JuanJNieto
Жыл бұрын
Here in Colombia they do the same thing in each water plant, just that they use fishes swiming in there
@AppleReviewsPL
Жыл бұрын
Great to see you in Poland and thanks for covering this super interesting topic!
@Elmer545
7 ай бұрын
Dlaczego juz nic nie nagrywasz?
@Bartekwis
Жыл бұрын
I never thought that my favorite KZitemr would record something in the country where I live and I certainly did not expect it to be recorded in my home city! Nigdy nie sądziłem, że mój ulubiony KZitemr nagra coś w kraju, w którym mieszkam i na pewno nie spodziewałem się, że zostanie to nagrane w moim rodzinnym mieście!
@lesnior3617
Жыл бұрын
no a gdzie indziej jak nie default city;d
@EternalGriever
Жыл бұрын
I can only imagine how much talking out the specifics and getting the right permissions had to be done in order for you to get on top of Gruba Kaśka. I was lucky enough to have my internship there while studying so I did get to see the clams myself, along with the rest of the facility located onshore.
@jaspal201
Жыл бұрын
That's so clever. Hats off to polish government that allows for initiative that invites out of the box solutions. Respect from India 🇮🇳
@oliwierszady3797
Жыл бұрын
Finally a Tom Scott video i dont have to read the subtitles for, wish you make more videos in Poland :)
@kubak3381
Жыл бұрын
I was waiting for a video from Poland for SO long. Happy to finally see you make a video on something here :D
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