Evolution is a long, slow process – but sometimes, changes (often caused by humans) happen too quickly for a species to properly adjust. These scenarios are called evolutionary traps, and can lead species to make seemingly-illogical decisions triggered by rapid changes to their environments.
Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
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, 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, Lehel Kovacs, Bd_Tmprd
———-
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:
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/06/19/193493225/the-love-that-dared-not-speak-its-name-of-a-beetle-for-a-beer-bottle
Why beetles mate with beer bottles: evolution and perception
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150914102741.htm
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/How-much-plastic-does-it-take-to-kill-a-turtle
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51804884
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/seabirds/laysan-albatrosses-plastic-problem
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/mygreenspace/issue-19-vol-4-2013/conservation/the-secret-life-of-dragonfly-larvae
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01798.x
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44585834_Reducing_the_Maladaptive_Attractiveness_of_Solar_Panels_to_Polarotactic_Insects
http://www.fernbank.edu/Birding/parasitism.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041122092100.htm
http://www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio300b/cbp.htm
https://monarchjointventure.org/get-involved/create-habitat-for-monarchs
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4650158/
https://xerces.org/blog/tropical-milkweed-a-no-grow
http://europepmc.org/article/med/29618170
Image Sources:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/Deforestation/show-all
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/news/40th-top10-amazon.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buprestidae_-_Julodimorpha_bakewelli.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jewel_Beetle_(Julodimorpha_bakewelli)_(8226842917).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bottle,_soda_(AM_629572).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerremans.Monographie.des.Buprestides.06.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Sea_Turtle_grazing_seagrass.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic_bag_jellyfish.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor-Dragonfly-(5).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brewsters-angle.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_butterfly_in_BBG_(84685).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardenolide.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asclepias_curassavica-Thekkady-2016-12-03-001.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asclepias_curassavica_1854.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asclepias_curassavica234.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danaus_plexippus-caterpillars.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asclepias_curassavica_(BG_Zurich)-01.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heteronetta_atricapilla_blackheadedduck_(cropped2).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-gartered_Coot_RWD5.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-gartered_Coot_(Fulica_armillata).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulica_rufifrons_-_Red-fronted_coot;_Punta_del_Este,_Uruguay.jpg
Powered by WPeMatico
