The Microscopic Insect Smaller Than a Single Cell

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Turns out fairies DO exist—on a microscopic level. Well, sort of...meet the fairyfly: the smallest insect on Earth! Learn all about this tiny creature in a new episode of SciShow, 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: Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Drew Hart, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, GrowingViolet, Ash, Laura Sanborn, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- 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://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.32.4663 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25341106/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22078364/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414980/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/chalcidoids/mymaridae.html https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.345.6209 https://eol.org/pages/715 Image Sources: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ekayc6ga https://commons.wikimedia.o

Published 2021-04-01 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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