a 16-hour timelapse of an embryo forming its spinal cord.

[u/Jazzlike-Row2536]

[u/Rip_Purr]

It's a zebrafish modified to produce a chemical light.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-timelapse-shows-zebrafish-204003660.html

[u/Tacosaurusman → u/Rip_Purr]

Thank you! So it is actually is a growing embryo. From your link:

"The video shows the development of a zebrafish embryo over a period of 16 hours. In discussion with Technology Networks, Liz and Henry go into more detail on exactly what we are seeing in the footage: "The embryo being imaged is a genetically modified organism expressing green fluorescent protein in a population of its sensory neurons. During the beginning of the movie, the main focus is on two rows of neurons in the spinal cord of the embryo (we are looking at its back and side). The cell bodies of these neurons extend two axons each in the spinal cord, forming a network to talk to the brain. They then send out a third axon, called a peripheral axon, which exits the spinal cord and innervates the skin of the embryo so it can sense touch. These axons grow incredibly long distances and establish complex, beautiful architectures." By the end of the video, the tip of the embryo's tail can be seen growing back into the movie's focal plane."

[u/SquarePegRoundWorld → u/Tacosaurusman]

expressing green fluorescent protein in a population of its sensory neurons

Future "ravers" are gonna be wild looking.

[u/RealmKnight → u/SquarePegRoundWorld]

Cyberpunk biohackers with homebrew genetic engineered bioluminescent Chromatophores gonna be killing it on the dancefloor.

[u/Almost_human-ish → u/Rip_Purr]

Thank you, you and your post are appreciated.

Still fucking cool though.

[u/aquamarie8 → u/Rip_Purr]

Thank you. I was trying to figure out how this was remotely human.

[u/Guaymaster → u/aquamarie8]

Zebrafish are the model organism to study vertebrate embryos, which is good enough: mammals are more complex, as part of it forms the placenta, but because of that it's not easy to see in real time.

[u/JonnySoegen → u/Guaymaster]

Also, I don't know if it's ethical to turn a human baby into a glowstick.

[u/Guaymaster → u/JonnySoegen]

Only if you're caught

[u/INRNME → u/JonnySoegen]

SCIENCE BITCH!

[u/Der_Redakteur → u/Rip_Purr]

Zebrafish? I thought that fish would look like seahorse but with stripes.

[u/moneymakerbs → u/Rip_Purr]

Omg 😳thank you. I was watching this damn thing like, f** we found a way to watch a human baby’s spinal cord?!!!! 🤣🤣

[u/OneBudTwoBud]

I did that once

[u/radioactive_sharpei → u/OneBudTwoBud]

I know many who didn't.

[u/t-o-m-u-s-a → u/radioactive_sharpei]

Do you still keep in contact?

[u/TheTerribleInvestor → u/t-o-m-u-s-a]

They're stuck to a piece of paper towel

[u/Top-Construction-535 → u/TheTerribleInvestor]

Stuck inside a sock.

[u/PossiblyAsian → u/Top-Construction-535]

colby

[u/sirbolo → u/t-o-m-u-s-a]

Do you keep in contact with your congressmen?

[u/t-o-m-u-s-a → u/sirbolo]

Only when they fuck me

[u/EnvironmentalCan381 → u/t-o-m-u-s-a]

No!! they are in congress now.

[u/Chiliatch → u/radioactive_sharpei]

Unfortunately theyre all on government jobs now.

[u/lucylastic89 → u/radioactive_sharpei]

spineless bastards

[u/Connor-the-beast → u/radioactive_sharpei]

Yeah their trump supporters lol

[u/IsNotPolitburo → u/Connor-the-beast]

Whose Trump supporters?

[u/ErraticDragon → u/IsNotPolitburo]

*There Trump supporters.

[u/IsNotPolitburo → u/ErraticDragon]

Where Trump supporters?

[u/i_eat_da_poops → u/OneBudTwoBud]

I was the fastest swimmer in my division

[u/Snoo-85491 → u/OneBudTwoBud]

Piece of cake.

[u/Lonely-Swimming4564 → u/OneBudTwoBud]

Zero effort too

[u/sylanar → u/OneBudTwoBud]

Yeah,so what? I did it in 15 hours

[u/TheTeflonDude → u/OneBudTwoBud]

Spine or it didnt happen

[u/1h8fulkat → u/OneBudTwoBud]

So easy, I don't even remember it

[u/Effurlife12 → u/OneBudTwoBud]

Source?

[u/FesteringNeonDistrac → u/OneBudTwoBud]

All I could think was here comes a lifetime of back problems.

[u/Pu-Chi-Mao → u/OneBudTwoBud]

You're not a seahorse....

[u/x_xiv → u/OneBudTwoBud]

you're a marvelous

[u/sneakycatattack → u/OneBudTwoBud]

I did it twice! But my twins were not meant to be 🥲 

[u/I_AM_FERROUS_MAN → u/OneBudTwoBud]

This is the part my body didn't quite finish correctly.

Remember to take Folic Acid Vitamin B9 supplements newly pregnant Moms!!! It helps the nervous system form correctly!

Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, NHS, CDC

[u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

[u/CykoX90 → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

My thought exactly

[u/Dinofours → u/CykoX90]

Mine too.

[u/lonely_bohner1 → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

WE GOTTA STOP IT FROM TOUCHING EREN

[u/daveyjanma → u/lonely_bohner1]

[u/Anvil_Prime_52 → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

Isayama just could not stop cooking could he

[u/oxkwirhf → u/Anvil_Prime_52]

Zebrafish for dinner tonight WE'RE EATING GOOD

[u/DJ2SO → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

Attack on Titan 🔥

[u/Avocados_number73 → u/DJ2SO]

I thought it was the elden beast.

[u/Far_Relationship5509 → u/Avocados_number73]

Eren Beast

[u/TheNorseFrog → u/Avocados_number73]

Both based on same mythical creature Hallucigenia. I think

[u/Informal_Ad3244 → u/TheNorseFrog]

Not mythical. It’s a panarthropod from 500 million years ago.

[u/Dart4jb1nks → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

I thought of raava at first.

[u/lonely_bohner1 → u/Dart4jb1nks]

I thought of Reina first

[u/DenjiTargaryen-PE → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

I love my Attack on Titan peoples!

[u/AssistanceSuch1230 → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

There it is

[u/joemckie → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

Bloodborne did it

[u/Quaesemaik → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

That's crazy

[u/doxtorwhom → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

To you in 2,000 years

[u/MartinchoLM → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

Only came here looking for this comment, happy I found it.

[u/KetoReeves → u/Sure-Blueberry-5151]

Went straight to the comments.

[u/sublimeprince32]

Source? More?

[u/schimshon → u/sublimeprince32]

Found the source here

[u/sublimeprince32 → u/schimshon]

SWEET - thank you internet champion!!!

[u/pinkpnts → u/sublimeprince32]

Using Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy to Image Zebrafish Eye Development - PMC https://share.google/FAswGRkHLLaDUkaoc

Here's the paper and not another video.

[u/CauliflowerIcy3283 → u/schimshon]

I thought 100% this was going to be a risk roll. thank you

[u/tequilavixen]

Source?

[u/schimshon → u/tequilavixen]

source

[u/doyouwantsomecocoa]

Is this real?

[u/schimshon → u/doyouwantsomecocoa]

I think it's real. Looks like zebra fish development to me.

Edit: found the video link

[u/sylanar → u/schimshon]

Zebras don't live in the sea, you're probably thinking of sharks, a common misconception

[u/piltonpfizerwallace → u/sylanar]

Yeah looks like tiger shark development to me.

[u/Veggies-are-okay → u/doyouwantsomecocoa]

Probably best in this day and age to assume fake unless an article is linked alongside it.

[u/pinkpnts → u/Veggies-are-okay]

It's real. I can't find the article for this video but my lab has these same modified zebrafish. It's used to study development.

Edit-found the paper: Using Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy to Image Zebrafish Eye Development - PMC https://share.google/FAswGRkHLLaDUkaoc

An Ath5:gap-GFP37 transgenic zebrafish embryo was used for imaging. This transgene labels different neurons in the retina (mainly ganglion cells and photoreceptor precursors).

[u/inspanishthetable → u/doyouwantsomecocoa]

A real zebra fish

[u/5h15u1]

Elden beast

[u/Oxyg3n-Potassium → u/5h15u1]

My first thought lol

[u/PaleBlueCod]

Everyone starts as a dick pic.

[u/Agitated_Dish_6990]

Where's the long version?

[u/Mythril_Zombie → u/Agitated_Dish_6990]

That's what she said.

[u/Iamasadlittlething]

[u/Tight_Fee_3853 → u/Iamasadlittlething]

This is the comment I was looking for!

[u/Monkeyboy999]

OP - Can you link a source please?

[u/Neeklow]

Since many people have the doubt: yes it's real and that's very likely a zebrafish embryo here's an old Nikon post on YouTube of it

[u/SarcasmisEasier]

The nerves on this guy. Can you believe it?

[u/DogeAteMyHomework]

I came here for a 16-hour time-lapse to give 2026 a little hiatus. 

[u/Biggest-bozo1234]

Bro finally grew a backbone, no more googoo gaga mentality

[u/nachobel]

Someone should send this to Congress.

[u/CartographerOk7579]

Hits harder when you’re a parent.

[u/inspanishthetable → u/CartographerOk7579]

of a zebra fish.

[u/metabolitesafter9pm]

Now that is wild

[u/Any_Classic_1667]

Gonna put this on my resume

[u/Nadran_Erbam]

I can’t find the source, everyone copy paste the video with basically the same explanation.

[u/TyrantJaeger]

bro 3D printing himself

[u/Quiverjones]

Looks nervous

[u/it777777]

The miracle of life in a mostly lifeless universe

[u/Lucky_Veruca]

Big deal. I did that when I was a baby.

[u/Federal_Routine_3109]

This is why I'm in med school wow my lord this is so insanely cool and amazing

[u/man_juicer]

When somebody tells me to grow a spine:

[u/Hot_Aspect7353]

As someone who watches the mandelbrot sequence to sleep this is incredibly calming.

[u/HasGreatVocabulary]

so beautiful

[u/Odd-Craft-9798]

So this is where it all went wrong

[u/Beastw1ck]

TOOL music starts playing…

[u/AlexiusPantalaimonII]

That is so beautiful

[u/MoreThenAverage]

I need a banana next to it

[u/What_a_fat_one]

See? It's a PERSON this early!!

Oh that's a zebrafish?

Ah! Well, nevertheless,

[u/Canelosaurio]

This music overlay is trash. Should have played Battle Of Evermore by Led Zeppelin.

[u/Bulletmaniac89]

And people say magic doesn't exist.

[u/Gluedbymucus]

Life, uh, finds a way…

[u/countcraig]

God is good

[u/Ok_Frosting_6438 → u/countcraig]

Science is good.

[u/bumtrinket]

Wow. Is this a human embryo? It's like watching magic.

[u/schimshon → u/bumtrinket]

No, it's zebra fish (danio rerio)

[u/Acceptable-Major-575]

like 3d printer

[u/BigBibs]

Looks like roots

[u/Tophigale220]

Man this is fascinating if it’s real

[u/Grouchy-Engine1584]

This week on Mega Construction Projects! The Information Superhighway like you’ve never seen it before! It really is the “backbone” of our civilization.

[u/pleth0ra]

Elden Beast

[u/BodybuilderMany6942]

[u/snappla]

This is SO fucking cool! 😮

[u/Majestic-Routine2228]

We were the aliens all along

[u/Just1n_Kees]

Where’s the rest of the 16hours?

[u/Dart4jb1nks]

I thought it said 16 years at first and was like wtf…. Lol

[u/GODLAND]

How did you get in there?

[u/netuniya]

Wow! We all did that!

[u/AapChutiyaHai]

That is freaking awesome.

[u/paris_rogue]

I think death will be another adventure

[u/Brizzle351]

Incredible!!! ❤️

[u/tankpuss]

An embryo of what?

[u/FartsonmyFarts]

Its 23 seconds not 16 hours.

[u/AStrayGod]

Spine? Completed it mate

[u/needaburn]

Elden beast

[u/Raelah]

Damn. It only takes 16 hours to form a spinal cord?

[u/PreposterousPringle]

And it already has more of a spine than Chuck Schumer.

[u/JerkOffToBoobs]

That's only 16 hours? What's the length scale? What's the cell replication rate there? How is it possible to do that so fast?

[u/pinkpnts → u/JerkOffToBoobs]

Zebrafish. 3 days post fertilization they're considered full fish. Able to feed on their own and absorb the yolk sac entirely at 7 days.

[u/J0s3l1t0]

This is how the Rumbling began.

[u/pseudoboi_band]

Send this to your Congress person, they probably need tips.

[u/KenUsimi]

I remember visiting Florence once; the Natural History Museum there is amazing, they have these wax sculptures of humans. All the way down to the nervous system, so perfectly recreated that medical students study off them.

They were created hundreds of years ago, when studying human anatomy with cadavers was extremely controversial. They were created as a substitute. One consecrated dissection with master sculptors in attendance to recreate what they saw.

Well, almost; they also included the development of a human embryo in the womb. Except the female cadaver wasn’t pregnant, and they only had the one as a reference, so they just sorta… made it up. The embryo started as a tiny human, full formed, like a baby in a King’s Cake. It then grew in proportion to become baby sized.

Once again, master sculptors; this was all done to the highest standard, perfectly sculpted recreation of how the leading science of the day believed pregnancy proceeded. Hey, not like they could peek inside!

Now we can watch a spinal column build itself in near-real time. We’ve come so far. Let’s keep that up.

[u/Darwincroc]

That’s wild!

[u/TacticaLuck]

Alright everybody now let's get out there and make some friends! There are no mistakes even if you befriend yourself

[u/Aliencoy77]

Does it use the electromagnetic spectrum to determine its spread?

[u/Negotiation-Narrow]

That was not 16 hours. 

[u/PixelCrunchX]

Awww, on his way to getting chronic back pain already ❤️

[u/KenseiHimura]

Cool, but knowing that's a nervous system for some reason makes me think it'd feel painful. You know, if there was enough of a brain to process pain.

[u/diodenkn]

I feel like humanity was never meant to see this

[u/Gotrek6]

Eren did it faster and with more conviction

[u/hendrix320]

So the ass is where life starts. Good to know

[u/SteroidSandwich]

At least someone has a spine

[u/GroovinChip]

Forbidden Mario Kart track development

[u/thoroughbred901]

AOT vibes

[u/WoodooTheWeeb]

Maris, Fathom of the night

[u/Spyrothedragon9972]

Incredible

[u/SkooksOnReddit]

Real shit?

[u/Karnij13]

Eren?

[u/HalfOffSnoke]

That's wild. Thanks for sharing

[u/Zealousideal-Ad7707]

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[u/Splodeybeholdja]

Now if only Congress could do this. 

[u/Uk_KingsStar]

That’s the fucker that got Ymir

[u/Striking-Performer66]

I thought my time-lapse video of a pot plant was cool. This almost made me cry as I smiled in amazement. That's literally a life being formed 🥲

[u/ExplodingSteve]

Yall know this is a bot right?

[u/Plane-Koala3478]

Wow science is incredible

[u/Pale_Performance_510]

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Reddit really wants me to see this post

[u/blarg_somthing]

Is the bottom the brain?

[u/Mets2k24]

Ai

[u/flibbell]

Visions of AoT

[u/MulfordnSons]

This might be the coolest thing I have ever seen

[u/Fisher2087]

Where my back problems started.

[u/Librarian-Rare]

The video wasn’t 16 hours..? Not enough close. Some people are so stupid.

Cool video though 😎

[u/lady_faust]

Thanks to Sonic Hedgehog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog_protein

[u/armaghetto]

“And that kids, is where Titans come from”

[u/Ya-Dikobraz]

On a tangent, internationally it is only allowed to develop a human embryo for 14 days (for experimental/ research purposes). Although some people want to extend that limit to 28 days now.

P.S. I realise the embryo in OP's post isn't human.

[u/Rath_Brained]

So you are telling me that I have been dealing with backpack for so long, when I could just rip mine out and grow a new, better one in 16 hours?!

I have been bamboozled my whole life! /jk

[u/alienwalk]

That was only 24 seconds, not 16 hours.

[u/BobSacamano47]

Is there some way I could redo mine?

[u/sarcastic_wanderer]

THE NEURAL TUUUUUUBE

[u/Affectionate_Use406]

it’s a dolphin

[u/SeveralAnteater292]

If you really think about it, biology is absolutely bonkers

[u/ihadtoresignupdarn]

Kinda crazy that we form from nothing into humans

[u/Renojackson32]

I wanna see the rest