The Hardcore Crickets That Only Live on Bare Lava
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Some animals live in pretty extreme places, but the lava cricket might be the most hardcore of them all. These crickets have only been observed right after volcanic eruptions, and scientists have questions, like How does a flightless insect appear on freshly-cooled lava?
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Sources:
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/20%282%29-133.pdf
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/these-intrepid-crickets-hawaii-s-lava-home-sweet-home
https://books.google.ca/books?id=4LswmjBnlJMC&pg=PA259&lpg=PA259&dq=Caconemobius+fori&source=bl&ots=eVpMAvzIzr&sig=ACfU3U2i6BewNUtSgPk0b9-meV0FEyPa4g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCtMKvxtfhAhXHu54KHaykBSg4ChDoATABegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=Caconemobius%20fori&f=false
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2019/03/25/hawaii-news/on-the-hunt-for-lava-crickets/
IMAGE SOURCES:
Credit: William P. Mull, 1974. Copyright Bishop Museum
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/abstract-magma-texture-gm1077643600-288678388
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Thurston_Lava_Tube.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dry-lava-in-bali-indonesia-gm1150406781-311398203
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ropy_Pahoehoe_Lava_at_Kilauea_Volcano_in_Hawaii_20071209_A.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/aerial-photos-of-volcano-lava-flow-on-big-island-of-hawaii-gm924266248-253663066
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_lower_Puna_eruption#/media/File:USGS_K%C4%ABlauea_multimediaFile-2062.jpg
Some animals live in pretty extreme places, but the lava cricket might be the most hardcore of them all. These crickets have only been observed right after volcanic eruptions, and scientists have questions, like How does a flightless insect appear on freshly-cooled lava?
Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, , Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
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Sources:
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/20%282%29-133.pdf
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/these-intrepid-crickets-hawaii-s-lava-home-sweet-home
https://books.google.ca/books?id=4LswmjBnlJMC&pg=PA259&lpg=PA259&dq=Caconemobius+fori&source=bl&ots=eVpMAvzIzr&sig=ACfU3U2i6BewNUtSgPk0b9-meV0FEyPa4g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCtMKvxtfhAhXHu54KHaykBSg4ChDoATABegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=Caconemobius%20fori&f=false
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2019/03/25/hawaii-news/on-the-hunt-for-lava-crickets/
IMAGE SOURCES:
Credit: William P. Mull, 1974. Copyright Bishop Museum
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/abstract-magma-texture-gm1077643600-288678388
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Thurston_Lava_Tube.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dry-lava-in-bali-indonesia-gm1150406781-311398203
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ropy_Pahoehoe_Lava_at_Kilauea_Volcano_in_Hawaii_20071209_A.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/aerial-photos-of-volcano-lava-flow-on-big-island-of-hawaii-gm924266248-253663066
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_lower_Puna_eruption#/media/File:USGS_K%C4%ABlauea_multimediaFile-2062.jpg
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