As a young scientist, Catherine Mohr was on her dream scuba trip — when she put her hand right down on a spiny sea urchin. While a school of sharks circled above. What happened next? More than you can possibly imagine. Settle in for this fabulous story with a dash of science.
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Is James going to come back yet?
James Veitch?
Great. Amazing video
I love Uni. It’s delicious.
Are you part mermaid too?
She looks like silver sable!
I hope there are more people do a presentation as the way she did
what an amazing person a real diamond God bless you n yours lady
The world needs more people like her.
She was amazing.
El Kreacher really? You preferred 90% story and 10% substance?
Tbh I expected a story of someone identifying as part sea urchin. This was a pleasant surprise. I wish she went into more detail about the calcium transference though.
i think she means the spine dissolved during recovery
+Rob Kinney That’s exactly what the calcium transference is. Her body dissolved the spine to use its calcium to help repair her pelvis. And like the original comment says, I wish she went into more detail about how exactly it works. If a foreign source of calcium can be used in such a way, could there possibly be a way to utilise it in a new innovative form of treatment?
+B T osteoblasts uptAke calcium from the blood to make new bone. In response the parathyroid hormone which stimulates bone resorbtion throughout the body by osteoclasts and improved absorbtion from the diet. Solid salts of calcium become ionized in the blood and then are redeposited by osteoblasts as calcium phosphate.
Wow that was captivating. The delivery was 10/10
I need more!!
She presented so well! Glad I clicked on this.
What even
So how do I do it, though? I’m ready for the Transition. I want to become a sea urchin!
Did I just waste 6 minutes of my time watching a lady stroking her ego in public?
That’s a superhero origin story. That’s how you got your sea urchin powers.
3:34 shoulda said “nothing too URCHIN” haha.. Ill take my leave
as much as i liked the story i didnt really learn anything XD
It started interesting but then I didn’t get the point of this talk.