Amber is amazing stuff! It can preserve organisms whole, and essentially freeze them in time, and the specimens we’ve found in it so far range from amazing to downright bizarre. Here are six of the coolest things we’ve found trapped in amber. 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: Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, 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: ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/amber.html repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/24696/paleo_Labandeira_Paleont._Soc._Pap._2014.pdf Carnivorous plant: www.pnas.org/content/112/1/190.abstract jeb.biologists.org/content/212/19/3184 Dino feathers: science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6049/1619.full Flea: today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2015/sep/bacteria-ancient-flea-may-be-ancestor-black-death academic.oup.com/jme/article/52/6/1234/869360 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150915141145.htm Salamander: www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/03Palaeodiversity_8-15_Poinar-Wake_4.pdf today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2015/aug/first-ever-discovery-salamander-amber-sheds-light-evolution-caribbean-islands www.cnet.com/news/ancient-salamander-in-amber-is-a-scientific-surprise/ Bat flies: today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2012/feb/battle-vampires-20-million-years-ago parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-4-229 www.nbcnews.com/id/46256764/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/first-fossil-vampire-bat-fly-discovered/#.XYvTledKjOQ IMAGE SOURCES: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gouttes-drops-resine-2.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltic_amber_inclusions_-_Ant_(Hymenoptera,_Formicidae)8.JPG www.pnas.org/content/pnas/112/1/190/F3.large.jpg www.pnas.org/content/pnas/112/1/190/F2.large.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pameridea_marlothi_Rebelo_1.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drosera_capensis_bend.JPG commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pameridea.jpg science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6049/1619 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sinosauropteryx_with_Dalinghosaurus.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sinornithosaurus.jpg academic.oup.com/view-large/figure/27495606/tjv134f1p.tiff static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1186%2F1756-3305-4-229/MediaObjects/13071_2011_474_MOESM1_ESM.jpeg static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1186%2F1756-3305-4-229/MediaObjects/13071_2011_474_MOESM2_ESM.jpeg static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1186%2F1756-3305-4-229/MediaObjects/13071_2011_474_MOESM3_ESM.jpeg www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/20036776643/in/photostream/ media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/205295_web.jpg www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/205294.php?from=434638 www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/205293.php?from=434638

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