The World of 'Expedition' | Part II
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Published 2022-01-13
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Welcome back to Curious Archive. This video is the finale of my two-part series on the biology of Darwin IV — an alien planet explored in the book ‘Expedition’ by Wayne Barlowe, which I have a link to in the description. On this perilous world, deadly predators, strange herbivores, and uncategorizable oddities are still waiting to be discovered.
So, follow along on this firsthand account of an expedition across a spectacular planet — a journey that will end with an encounter with a mysterious observer…
0:00 Return to Darwin IV
0:37 Skewers
2:16 Sac-back
3:26 Bladderhorn
4:23 Keeled Slider
5:07 Springwing
6:05 Unth
7:06 Tundra Plow
7:45 Rimerunner
9:10 Rugose Floater
9:44 Ebony Blisterwing
10:26 Eosapien
11:35 Outro
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All Comments (21)
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I absolutely love Darwin IV, it really feels like a unique alien planet instead of a copy and paste of earth.
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The fact that the narrator, managed to survive so long, despite their main tactic being "oops lucky it didn't eat me" is honestly more mysterious than the planet. Great video though, very entertaining.
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Words cannot describe how beautifully unique this project is, I’ve seen pictures of emperor sea strider and other organisms but never knew where they are from until now.
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That sad part about the Rimerunner encountered in the book is that it is slowly dying as Barlowe noticed a few Beach Quills embedded in its body.
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I just realised something. The skewer propels itself through combusting methane they internally generate. The skewer is quite literally a living fart propelled jet aircraft.
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I wonder if the story of this strange human traveler would be passed down in eosapien oral tradition. There probably wouldn’t be a full-on cargo cult, but maybe they’d perceive this odd, spindly, ground-bound creature as a spirit of the earth underneath them.
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I think a speculative biology book about potential life on the moon Enceladus would be awesome. There’s a lot of potential.
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I remember watching this documentary years ago and could not get enough of how amazing it was!
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Bit ashamed to say this, but as a kid I actually thought this was a real documentary, I also fell for the Mermaid one, and the Megalodon one, and the Dragon one. I was way too trusting of anything which described itself as a "documentary" as a kid.
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Darwin IV remains, to this day, my absolute favorite speculative biology project and inspired my love for similar projects.
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I wish Barlowe had added a few more chapters or at least pages to the reprint of the book that came out last year. Sooooo much more stories to tell and organisms to explore.
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Darwin IV was a massive part of my childhood, actually. I've been a bit obsessed since I was about 5 or 6. Great to see a new video on it.
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I remember watching the show when it came out and being completely mesmerized. It's nice to see new creatures that I didn't see before!
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You should try checking out the creatures in the world of "made in abyss". It has so many cool and unique creatures in it and is illustrated beautifully.
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I swear nothing makes me happier than a Curious Archive upload before going to sleep.
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I can't get enough of these speculative biology works and alien worlds, I really can't, thanks for sharing them with us.
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I kinda feel bad that it took almost 14 years for the book to get recognized enough for a movie despite coming out at the height of UFOs and extraterrestrials back on the 90s. (It's release being January 12, 1990) I would've cherished it all my life, and I mean that literally.
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I remember watching this documentary years ago. I absolutely loved it. It revolved around two AI probes investigating the planet. If I remember correctly the primitive intelligent species were not friendly.
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I've watched some speculative biology before but finding your channel by complete chance has gotten me into the wider genre as a whole. Thanks for uploading videos like this!
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Never expected to see a video like these pop into my recommendations, you’ve really made me happy with these in-depth looks into one of my favorite books (and documentary), and it’s great to know that I am not the only one out there who finds this world to be both beautifully fascinating and terrifying, these were two great videos, you’ve really made my day.
