The Insect That Thrives in Antarctica
It requires a certain attitude to brave the elements of Antarctica. Luckily, the Antarctic midge has a set of adaptations that fit the bill. Hosted by: Michael Aranda Mars Express Pin: https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow/products/scishow-pin-of-the-month-mars-express-june SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Jeffrey McKishen, Scott Satovsky Jr, James Knight, Sam Buck, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Leslie Potts, Researcher at the University of Kentucky Prof. Nicholas Teets, Assistant Professor of Entomology at the University of Kentucky http://www.units.miamioh.edu/cryolab/education/antarcticbestiary_terrestrial.htm https://askentomologists.com/2015/02/23/does-uv-light-kill-insects-what-about-other-types-of-light/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phen.12019 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29749114 https://www.livescience.com/47311-antarctic-insect-smallest-genome.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022191007001102?via%3Dihub https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-0190-6_4 https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/1996/01/01.pdf https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/weather-and-climate/weather/ Image Sources: Leslie Potts Dr. Ben Philip Richard E. Lee, Jr. https://www.videoblocks.com/video/scenic-view-of-the-icebergs-and-glaciers-across-the-water-of-antarctica-polar-regions-bcr_knu4zbjxyg5yaa https://www.videoblocks.com/video/gentoo-penguins-waddling-on-ice-in-antarctica-polar-regions-rcigh_vzrjxyg70xp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Round_iceberg_Paradise_Bay_Coral_Princess_Antarctica.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sun-over-antarctica-gm471052021-3171463 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/flying-around-mars-the-red-planet-version-02-sbukhdndfjeg1rw08
