5 Bug Pokemon that ACTUALLY Exist!
Channel: SciBugs
Date: 25/03/2021

Did you know that some of your bug favorite pokemon exist in real life? Everything from appearance to their actual biology you can find Pokemon in your own back yard. Hang tight to learn about defensive chemicals and fungus that takes over insect brains. 

Table of Contents
0:00 Intro
0:13 Caterpie
1:52 Beedrill
3:39 Poke-Facts
6:16 Heracross
8:37 Shedinja
10:41 Paras

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Beetle Horns: A Complicated Affair: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-beetle-breaking-point

Osmeterium: https://askentomologists.com/2014/12/23/what-does-an-osmeterium-smell-like-does-the-smell-differ-between-species/

Zombie Fungus Bypasses Brain: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/study-zombie-ant-death-grip-comes-from-muscle-contractions-not-the-brain/


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