3 Wasps That Will Do Anything to Survive

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From ripping your own appendages off to cockroach mind control, wasps go to great lengths to ensure the survival of their species. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- 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 Kevin, Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- 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: animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/wasp/ Fig wasps: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982205014661 www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20160429-a-tale-of-loyalty-and-betrayal-starring-figs-and-wasps askabiologist.asu.edu/figs-without-wasps Fairy wasps: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803911000946 blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/11/30/how-fairy-wasps-cope-with-being-smaller-than-amoebas/#.WQinO1Pytxw Jewel wasps: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-wasp-turns-cockroaches-into-zombies/ academic.oup.com/icb/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/icb/icu006

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