SciShow: 6 of the Coolest Things We've Found in Amber

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Content of the Lesson: 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 http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://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: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/amber.html https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/24696/paleo_Labandeira_Paleont._Soc._Pap._2014.pdf Carnivorous plant: https://www.pnas.org/content/112/1/190.abstract https://jeb.biologists.org/content/212/19/3184 Dino feathers: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6049/1619.full Flea: https://today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2015/sep/bacteria-ancient-flea-may-be-ancestor-black-death https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/52/6/1234/869360 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150915141145.htm Salamander: http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/03Palaeodiversity_8-15_Poinar-Wake_4.pdf https://today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2015/aug/first-ever-discovery-salamander-amber-sheds-light-evolution-caribbean-islands https://www.cnet.com/news/ancient-salamander-in-amber-is-a-scientific-surprise/ Bat flies: https://today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2012/feb/battle-vampires-20-million-years-ago https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-4-229 http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46256764/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/first-fossil-vampire-bat-fly-discovered/#.XYvTledKjOQ IMAGE SOURCES: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gouttes-drops-resine-2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltic_amber_inclusions_-_Ant_(Hymenoptera,_Formicidae)8.JPG https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/112/1/190/F3.large.jpg https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/112/1/190/F2.large.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pameridea_marlothi_Rebelo_1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drosera_capensis_bend.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pameridea.jpg https://science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6049/1619 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sinosauropteryx_with_Dalinghosaurus.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sinornithosaurus.jpg https://academic.oup.com/view-large/figure/27495606/tjv134f1p.tiff https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1186%2F1756-3305-4-229/MediaObjects/13071_2011_474_MOESM1_ESM.jpeg https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1186%2F1756-3305-4-229/MediaObjects/13071_2011_474_MOESM2_ESM.jpeg https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1186%2F1756-3305-4-229/MediaObjects/13071_2011_474_MOESM3_ESM.jpeg https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/20036776643/in/photostream/ https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/205295_web.jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/205294.php?from=434638 https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/205293.php?from=434638


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