The Truth About Butterfly Metamorphosis (It's VERY WEIRD)

Check out @crashcourse Botany! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2th5lAd-77A ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Does any other creature on Earth undergo a life transformation as dramatic as the butterfly? I think not. Unfortunately, children's books about very hungry caterpillars skip all the COOL and WEIRD and GROSS stuff that happens along the way. It's time to dig into all the mind-blowing biology behind metamorphosis! Filmed on location at the California Academy of Sciences 0:00 We were lied to as kids 1:48 Metamorphosis is more common than you think 3:36 It starts with an egg 4:46 Eat/Poop/Grow 6:05 Busting the biggest butterfly myth of all 7:23 Time to take your skin off 8:40 Inside the "sack of magic" 11:08 Metamorphosis,… metamorphosis everywhere 11:55 Why do butterflies do this? 13:42 Sign up for our Patreon! High fives to all our Brain Trust Patrons: Holly, Brett, and Ashe Bullion Jaap Westera Millennial Glacier Mehdi Damou Barbora Bei Burt Humburg dani bowman David Johnston Baerbel Winkler Robert Young Eric Meer Dustin Karen Haskell Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/


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