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

"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

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

The Polish scientist describing the clams as "colleagues" was such a sweet turn of phrase.

@rhamlet5290

Жыл бұрын

I'd say that term is almost more like "friends" in English

@Haxior5506

Жыл бұрын

@@rhamlet5290 No it's not :)

@rhamlet5290

Жыл бұрын

@@Haxior5506 In Polish, "Koledze" is almost always "Friends" in English

@mineq4967

Жыл бұрын

@@rhamlet5290 ale ona powiedziała "współpracowników"

@piotrbazucki4080

Жыл бұрын

but the most acurate translation would be "coworkers"

"we take care of our colleagues" when talking about the clams safety is gold

@muchanadziko6378

5 ай бұрын

we're all in this together

"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!

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?

People used to keep a canary in the coalmine, Warsaw water department keeps clams in the turbine.

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 >_>

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.

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!

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

Your entire opening monologue explains why people like you need to exist, real info coming from someone who is interested and committed to finding out how

@fang_xianfu

Жыл бұрын

I also appreciate that Tom makes the "I researched this thing and actually it turns out it's not true" video and the "well I did all the research I could and the jury's still out" video sometimes as well

@morosis82

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget trusted. The trick is having people that you trust will tell the truth, warts and all, even when the ultimate answer is "we don't know".

@Lucien86

Жыл бұрын

@@morosis82 So many times when scientific theories or ideas are put out that are wrong its down to people not wanting to admit that 'we don't know.' Not having an answer yet should always be a valid scientific position.

@morosis82

Жыл бұрын

@@Lucien86 it's also because mainstream media is hopeless at science reporting and present every study with an interesting result as The Truth.

@hannahk1306

Жыл бұрын

@@morosis82 Yes, if the scientists conclude "X may increase the cancer risk in this very specific group of people by 1%", then the headlines will say "X causes cancer".

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!

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.

In Poland, the small municipality of Zmigrod also tests water purity this way

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

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 🇰🇷!

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

Love from Poland. I'm old fan excited to see you in Poland!!

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.

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

Great video, really appreciate how wholesome you made the whole thing. Keep it up!

Im polish and I didn't even know it was a thing. More Poland videos please! (if there are any interesting topics, that is)

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

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. 😁

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

great feeling when i'm polish and i don't have to read subtitles.

@bharkbh

Жыл бұрын

fr haha

This is possibly the most Tom Scott video title of all Tom Scott video titles.

@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem

Жыл бұрын

@@A.F.1 shut up

@khalilahd.

Жыл бұрын

Lmfaoo you might be right 😅

@MrLipp24

Жыл бұрын

@@A.F.1 stop spamming

@TheStefanoMA

Жыл бұрын

@@khalilahd. Random country? Check. Random industry? Check. Random problem solution? Check.

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

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 ;)

Thanks for keeping it succinct, Tommy!

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!

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

It's so cool to see you in my country, Poland! I think I heard about it many years ago, but I'm not 100% sure. That's really interesting! Also, I'm thankful for leaving explantion in polish language so more people can hear it!

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.

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

The analogy of it being another layer in their security, like a bomb sniffing dog in an airport, was wonderfuly said.

The color filter used on this video looks amazing!

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.)

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.

Imagine aliens abducting people just to use them as a smelly fart detector for a few months

Short, brief video. Great job @TomScottGo

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.

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.

this awesome video and you didn't force it into a 10-11 minute video. hats off to you, sir. thank you for this, was very interesting.

Never before have I looked at a clam and said "good boy" but I guess today's the day

"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

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.

I like how he gets to the point and the research is thorough.

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

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'

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.

Always learn something new when you put out a video.

Yep :) Thank you for the visit and showing some of the amazing things that take place here :) Cheers

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. :)

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.

I absolutely love videos like these!

Shor, informative and straightforward. Good video!

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

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

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

Oh hey thanks for coming to our country! I live here in Poland and I honestly have never heard of this 😯 cool as heck. If you wanna visit us again, we would be thrilled! ❤️

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!

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

This is a brilliant solution for a water problem. Thanks for the interesting video. I'm glad I watched it.

Minnesota is my home! So cool to be part of a Tom Scott video.

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?

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

Great video Tom, really enjoyed it as it’s in my native language. Been watching you for years!!

really nice drone footage of the city at the end off video :)

The really whimsical bit for me isn't that they use clams, it's that someone's job description includes clam calibration.

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.

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.

Here in Colombia they do the same thing in each water plant, just that they use fishes swiming in there

"There have been plenty of hoaxes spread about and taken too serious in the past" yes Tom, yes there have been Tom :D

@blakksheep736

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.

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?

really like the moving during the video to help with attention. nice idea.

So happy to see Warsaw featured in your video! Kinda sad I didn't get to see you here 😭

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

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?

Thank You Tom for visiting my country.

jakbym wiedział, że Tom Scott przyjedzie do Warszawy szukałbym go cały dzień

@piotrwszoek9387

Жыл бұрын

Przyjechał na rokse i przy okaxji nagrał film na yt 😁

@PanRobak.

Жыл бұрын

Właśnie dlatego cię nie powiadomił

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!

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

5 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.

I was just learning about investigative journalism in Gov class, this is it!

IN Poznań, when I was on a trip to the Aquanet company. We were also shown such mussels that take care of water for the city.

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!

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 KZread video from 10 years ago- what a time capsule Love from America 😁

@suchymk

Жыл бұрын

Ta to niezła Polska osoba z chińskim nickiem😐

@natsunoneko

Жыл бұрын

@@suchymk 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

@@suchymk Czemu nie? Wiesz, że ludzie mogą znać więcej niż 2 języki xD

I have once visited Wroclaw water plant and as i remember the tour around facility it was the same warning system. Those clams react faster that any electronics.

Thanks Tom, fascinating.

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

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

Nice to see you in my home town!

They do this in my city (Minneapolis) too! It’s the one he mentions in Minnesota at the end. They recently tried to replace them but nothing else is as sensitive and cost effective

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

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.

In the Netherlands daphnids are used for monitoring water quality, as they are sensitive to pesticide.

I've just noticed that i press like button to Tom's video even before starting to watch the video.