Jolly Green Scientists

Ep. 9. Poison Ivy Getting Worse and Beetles Escape Through Frog's Rear End


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Increasing levels of CO2 is one of the driving factors for global climate change. This same CO2 also happens to be vital for plant growth via photosynthesis. As a result, fast-growing plants, such as poison ivy, are actually becoming more abundant and more hazardous.

https://www.southernliving.com/news/poison-ivy-more-poisonous-bigger-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR24gBcp2fknpLYUcnG6IDvLEndKF6RyMhAUqFDgYiWbpoSWsHIN0kXll3A

If you were eaten by a frog, how would you survive? Well, these water beetles survive by swimming 'downstream'.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/water-beetle-frog-eaten-alive-escape-death-butt-excretion?fbclid=IwAR2OhiL1E6IEqQs6ZjoK_ukVoL82-Ikx-zJaaUqkdO7_wnvKuprSOzcjt6Q

And lastly, here is a link to provide you nightmares of swarms of fungus gnat larvae.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MwYvLaJ6Ho

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Jolly Green ScientistsBy Erfan Vafaie

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