Reinventing the Wheel: 5 Species That Roll

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If wheels and rolling have proven so efficient for humans, why hasn’t evolution pushed at least some other species in that direction? Well actually, there are a few species that can get around by rolling. Hosted by: Stefan Chin 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: Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- 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.researchgate.net/publication/289523168_Spiders_wheel_to_escape envs.dartmouth.edu/sites/department_environmental_studies/files/dartmouth_in_nambia_2016.pdf blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/its-not-funny-anymore-golden-wheel-spider/ www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59954-9 www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/science/rolling-ants.html www.gbif.org/species/1315215 www.nature.com/articles/37253 ukmoths.org.uk/species/pleuroptya-ruralis/ www.gbif.org/species/1879252 asknature.org/strategy/rolling-locomotion-aids-escape/ journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0017746 www.crd.bc.ca/education/our-environment/ecosystems/coastal-marine/intertidal-zone plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_satr12.pdf www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(18)30289-6.pdf scienceline.org/2011/03/virtues-of-a-weed/ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/284068 www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/hoffman/commonfiles/bio182/whydon%27tanimalshavewheels.html Images: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wasp_and_spider_02.jpg www.antwiki.org/wiki/File:Myrmecina_graminicola_casent0008643_profile_1.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_of_pearl_moth_(Pleuroptya_ruralis).jpg www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsnortheast/5951127039/ www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/4050282814/ www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/8186664746/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEbKIpI7Bp0

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