The craziest part about this is that life on Earth is just as weird as on these imaginary places- we are just used to it
I can see why the video's title changed, "We Discovered Alien Whales On Planet Nimbus" was a bit misleading haha.
The snails were such a cool concept. I've heard of floating animals and underwater animals many times as viable concepts in alien worlds. But the snails with EM kites chasing the sun was something super fresh and novel. Great stuff
This man has straight up put together Subnautica Skyrim and Astrnear all together in one video. Salute to you my friend.
I’d love to see this become a dedicated mini-series exploring unconventional planets and imagining what kind of life could live there if it did
It has always bothered me how humanoid aliens in films often are. We, on Earth, are rare in our ability to walk on 2 legs yet almost always aliens in media are depicted as bipedal. In reality if aliens are out there they may not even be carbon-based nor mammal-like, insect-like or bird-like but maybe something beyond our imaginative abilities. So I'm happy this video is touching on this.
Videos like this prove that creature design is a skill. Each of these lovely beings was crafted with care, and enough detail to make them come to life. This may be my favorite Kurzgesagt video now.
as someone who lives in the overlap between several cicada broods, the phrase "you're just in time for mating season" carried a very particular kind of alien horror >_>
1:28 "Warning, detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?"
I always feel like fictional aliens are so unimaginative, the possibilities for bizarre life are hardly ever explored deeply, and the planets used seem to always just be earth analogs. This is a really refreshing and imaginative spin on aliens and the vast potential that life inherently has
7:16 "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Nimbese meal?"
Seeing a real dog in a kurzgesagt video is the most insane thing I’ve seen this year so far
I love how kurzgesagt actually gave these imaginary (for now) creatures scientific names. Now we just have to make sure that if we actually discover any of these extraordinary species, kurzgesagt gets dibs on naming them
The contrast between Iper’s eternal stability and Nimbus’ fleeting existence is both poetic and thought-provoking. It really makes you appreciate how fragile and rare life can be in the universe. Thanks for another masterpiece!
Disclaimer: We did not find alien whales on planet nimbus 😭(old title)
the best thing I've seen from this channel in a while. absolutely brilliant
03:00 the sound design was like ear candy here! So many layers of creative work to appreciate in this video, bravo as always 👏
I thought this was a legitimate scientific discovery for a moment
I thought I had plans, but this video just became the main event
@kurzgesagt