This might sound like a silly question, but TONS of organisms change their body types during their lifetimes. And while it has its advantages, it does come with a cost.

#metamorphosis

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1) Post and share stories about specific science research that's being affected. (Make sure to include why this research is important and who is being harmed.)
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Earth worms are an invasive species and changed the American landscape!

The worst thing about being a vampire would be the diet. Blood is really not that nutritious and you'd run into several problems while maintaining your bloody diet!

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The various ways new fish get into isolated lakes are a microcosm of the complicated ways that life has spread around the globe.

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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Aerial stocking: The practice of releasing hatchery fish into a natural body of water from airplanes.
- Panspermia: The theory that life on Earth may have come from other parts of the universe.

If you liked this week’s video, you might also like:
Stocking Colorado's Mountain Lakes by Plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCW3eWPX9Ww

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Nathaniel Schroeder | Music

MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
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Berthelot, C., Brunet, F., Chalopin, D. et al. The rainbow trout genome provides novel insights into evolution after whole-genome duplication in vertebrates. Nat Commun 5, 3657 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4657

Pister, E. P. (2001). Wilderness Fish Stocking: History and Perspective. Ecosystems, 4(4), 279–286. https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/css496/secure/Readings/WFishStockingHistory.pdf

Á. Lovas-Kiss, O. Vincze, V. Löki, F. Pallér-Kapusi, B. Halasi-Kovács, G. Kovács, A.J. Green, B.A. Lukács, (2020) Experimental evidence of dispersal of invasive cyprinid eggs inside migratory waterfowl, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117 (27) 15397-15399, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004805117

Adno, M. (2023) The Mystery of Florida’s Flamingos. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-mystery-of-floridas-flamingos

Philipp Emanuel Hirsch, Anouk N'Guyen, Roxane Muller, Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser, Patricia Burkhardt-Holm. (2018) Colonizing Islands of water on dry land-on the passive dispersal of fish eggs by birds. Fish and Fisheries. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/faf.12270

Hermit crabs grow throughout their life, but their shell doesn't! This is why they are always on the lookout for a new shell that fits perfectly.

We teamed up with Miranda Cosgrove to make Science Minute with MinuteEarth, an illustrated segment for her TV show: Mission Unstoppable. If you like this, there's a ton more over at @CBSUnstoppable or, if you're in the US, watch the new season on CBS on Saturday mornings!

Humans are strange animals for many, many reasons. One of them is that we are the only ones to wipe our butt.
But why do we need this?

A crime spree hit England! The criminal? A feathery cutie.

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