Every specimen has a story; this one is about a special species of Australian jewel beetle that found love in all the wrong places. Guess you could say these affairs were pretty one-sided.
Sources:
Beetle's beer bottle sex wings Ig Nobel Prize:
The Giant Jewel Beetle that Mates With Beer Bottles:
Fluoro orange the new red light symbol for randy beetles:
Review of the biology and host-plants of the Australian jewel beetle (Julodimorpha bakewelli):
More 60 Second Specimen stories:
Murder by Birder:
I'm Lichen this Car Door:
The playlist:
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Created by:
Emily Graslie -- Brandon Brungard -- Sheheryar Ahsan
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This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
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Sources:
Beetle's beer bottle sex wings Ig Nobel Prize:
The Giant Jewel Beetle that Mates With Beer Bottles:
Fluoro orange the new red light symbol for randy beetles:
Review of the biology and host-plants of the Australian jewel beetle (Julodimorpha bakewelli):
More 60 Second Specimen stories:
Murder by Birder:
I'm Lichen this Car Door:
The playlist:
...
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Created by:
Emily Graslie -- Brandon Brungard -- Sheheryar Ahsan
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This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
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