34 Years Of Strandbeest Evolution

The surprising genius of Strandbeests. Fight the data brokers with Incogni. Head over to https://incogni.com/veritasium to get 60% off your annual subscription. A massive thank you to Theo Jansen, to learn more about him and his Strandbeests check out: https://www.strandbeest.com/ A special thank you to Adam Savage, check out his channel Tested over at: https://www.youtube.com/tested If you enjoyed the Strandbeest song at the end, you can hear the whole thing on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/by-popular-song-117493336 Also on Patreon: an extended bonus interview with Adam Savage https://www.patreon.com/posts/117886682 0:00 Creation of the Beests 2:40 Learning to walk 6:50 Overcoming the sand 9:00 Surviving the storms 11:46 Building muscle 14:27 A developing brain 17:39 Fossils and decay 18:13 Strandbeests and climate change 19:16 Legacy 20:03 The Virus is Spreading ▀▀▀ Join us on Patreon for early access videos, bonus content, and to support Veritasium! https://ve42.co/PatreonDE Patrons: Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Alexander Tamas, Anton Ragin, Autodidactic Studios, Bertrand Serlet, Blake Byers, Bruce, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Evgeny Skvortsov, Farbod Mansorian, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, Greg Scopel, I. H., Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, Spilmann Reed, TTST, Tj Steyn, Ubiquity Ventures, gpoly, meg noah, wolfee If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - https://ve42.co/SnatomsV ▀▀▀ References: https://ve42.co/Refstrandbeest Video and Image Credits: Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2022 by via nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/temp188022 Adam Savage’s TestedAdam Savage's One Day Builds: Pedal-Powered Strandbeest! via Youtube - https://ve42.co/pedalbeest greenmanbucket1980: Walter Cronkite on Climate Change via Youtube - h