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It's Okay to Be Smart
Is This A NEW SPECIES?!
Season 5
Episode 1
This is the first-ever video of what we’re calling the "hermit crab caterpillar"! We’re pretty sure this strange caterpillar is a NEW SPECIES. We went to the Peruvian Amazon to see amazing things, but we never expected this :) But that makes me wonder: What *is* a species anyway? And how do you know if you’ve found a new species?
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19:07
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22:18
Joe talks biology with science communicator extraordinaire Prof. Brian Cox.

9:42
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10:16
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16:14
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17:56
Neuroscientist David Eagleman talks about illusions that make the moving picture possible.

16:20
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15:15
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14:29
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14:06
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9:21
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15:33
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