what's the world's longest living thing
uh a giant redwood good answer not correct but good they do live a very very long time
and it's not a jackson a clam a clam that some scientists killed last year that was 500 years
old but some scientists killed yeah it was an accident but they were like guys great news we
found the oldest thing in the world we killed it but it's really old and it was over 500 years old
this is well over 500 years old possibly immortal is that picture a clue there is something there i
think well you can see should we have a question do you want a question what are you going to do is
uh obviously if you're watching this um love respect yeah everything we loved
if you're still hanging on stop it like yes is the right answer lycan but no
nothing to do with the lavatory but i wouldn't cut that as plague it is like like there it is but
how many forms of life make up liken as it were i don't even understand the question how many forms
are well you know sometimes you get symbiosis which creates what seems to be one thing but it's
in fact made up of other things okay things living together symbiotic and this is two organisms
it's fungus and algae fungus and algae living together yeah that's right what is it we're making
you want to survive a sitcom the fungus putting together but i don't get all this is the bogeyman
and algae algae from biggest ebony and ivory in my head now
well the fungus provides a cozy environment and the algae has the equipment to to photosynthesize
and they live happily together on the stones and in incredible environments well there's 9 000
years old one in lapland probably the world's oldest living thing so far as we know they're
everywhere they're the dominant vegetation on eight percent of the world's surface not just they
exist there they're the dominant vegetation it can be very tasty there's a pete townsend you know
you you remember no i don't mean pete that can't be right go in another room see if you remember
pete
so pete waterman of his hobbies
um model railway model railways very good where might you use lycan or all over his face
there's a kind of leica that's known as caribou moss so it's a moss-like lichen and that's it
there and it's used by model railway enthusiasts for what who put that to create grass grass bushes
bushes and trees they've got a second can we just take a moment to look at a little furry
green wheat what the hell is going on it feels to me like a zoo with an enclosure that's just gone
stick them in together let's need some budget cuts they can work it out
a lot of those guys need water it's very near the coast as you can see
how is that near the coast it's slivering down all the little waters running down to the sea
look at the poor fat fella at the back
he's just stranded there
which is just one more just one more dear drunk all the water
thank you for watching do remember to subscribe to the qi channel and click here to watch more videos
you