8 Animals That Only Live in One Place

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Some animal species are found in almost every corner of the world. But these 8 species are impressively isolated. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Bella Nash, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.livescience.com/18481-world-tiniest-chameleon-discovered.html www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/science/four-new-species-of-tiny-chameleons-are-found-in-madagascar.html?_r=0 www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17028940 www.ventanasierraclub.org/back_issues/0302/krat.shtml tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/blindsal/ www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2013/4/19/Think-You-Know-All-There-is-About-the-Texas-Blind-Salamander-Think-Again www.fws.gov/endangered/species/faq-first-species-listed.html www.fws.gov/endangered/map/ESA_success_stories/TX/TX_story2/index.html www.nwf.org/wildlife/wildlife-library/amphibians-reptiles-and-fish/texas-blind-salamander.aspx animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/marine-iguana/ www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161024-there-is-a-hidden-iguana-on-the-galpagos-and-nobody-noticed news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160504-golden-jellyfish-disappear-from-palau-lake/ animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/golden-jellyfish/ www.atlasobscura.com/places/jellyfish-lake www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/all-the-pretty-jellyfish oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/coral02_zooxanthellae.html www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/first-tree-lobsters-born-us-hatch-san-diego-zoo pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/gelada_baboon animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/gelada/ www.iucnredlist.org/details/21744/0 www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/factsheet/22692556 www.tristandc.com/inaccessible.php www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/09/23/tristan_da_cunha_the_world_s_most_remote_inhabited_island.html link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00317436 bio.research.ucsc.edu/~barrylab/Lisa/PDFs/Hazardchap06proof.pdf journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031314 Images: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADipodomys_venustus_santiluciae_-_Pacific_Grove_Museum_of_Natural_History_-_DSC06627.JPG commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATexas_blind_salamander.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMarineiguana03.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_marine_iguana_(Amblyrhynchus_cristatus)_Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands_Santa_Cruz.JPG commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABrookesia_species_male_female_(Journal.pone.0031314.g010).png commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#/media/File:Charles_Darwin_01.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=marine+iguana&title=Special:Search&go=Go&uselang=en&searchToken=3d0z9ugayszk5koemueeoae0y#/media/File:Marine_Iguana_head.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJellyfish_Lake%2C_size_comparison_of_Mastigias_sp._papua_etpisoni.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASide_view%2C_Mastigias_sp._papua_etpisoni%2C_Jellyfish_Lake.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_Lake#/media/File:Jellyfish_Lake_aerial_(March_2008).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJuvenile_Brookesia_micra_on_finger_tip.png commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABrookesia_micra.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALord_Howe_Island_stick_insect_Dryococelus_australis_10June2011_PalmNursery.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADryococelus_australis_male_%26_female.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATheropithecus_Gelada_%C3%84thiopien.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AZooZ%C3%BCrich_-_Theropithecus_gelada_11.JPG commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAtlantisia_rogersi_sw.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inaccessible_Island_Panorama.jpg#/media/File:Inaccessible_Island_Panorama.jpg

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