The Awesome Bug That Lives on Frozen Volcanos

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In the frozen mini volcanoes on Mauna Kea there lives a scavenger-predator that prefers its meals delivered. Thank you to Dr. Jesse Eiben for information on Wekiu bug ecology and evolution. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- 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: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jez.1402590318 vimeo.com/57490005 hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/wekiufinal-low.pdf www.malamamaunakea.org/library/reference/index/refid/1163-evolutionary-ecology-of-aeolian-and-subterranean-habitats-in-hawaii www.malamamaunakea.org/library/reference/index/refid/1112-entomologists-discover-new-life www2.hawaii.edu/~pine/Phil100/wekiubug.htm www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/rubinoffd/rubinoff_lab/projects/wekiu_bug/wekiu%20bug.htm esa.confex.com/esa/2008/webprogram/Paper38751.html www.researchgate.net/publication/226801637_Life_history_and_captive_rearing_of_the_Wekiu_bug_Nysius_wekiuicola_Lygaeidae_an_alpine_carnivore_endemic_to_the_Mauna_Kea_volcano_of_Hawaii www.researchgate.net/publication/267889266_Exploring_the_evolution_and_diversity_of_Hawaii's_endemic_seed_bugs_Nysius_Hemiptera_Lygaeidae dlnr.hawaii.gov/mk/files/2016/10/Ex.-A-042.pdf ------ Images: www.flickr.com/photos/papahanaumokuakea/37227769890/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iiwi.jpg www.istockphoto.com/photo/magnicent-and-snow-capped-mauna-kea-and-research-telescopes-gm514166120-87960433 www.istockphoto.com/photo/hawaii-gm670270566-122560467 www.istockphoto.com/photo/magnicent-and-snow-capped-mauna-kea-in-the-distance-gm531612998-93872117 www.istockphoto.com/photo/big-island-mauna-kea-gemini-observatory-hawaii-islands-gm683310362-125397793

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