Charles Anderson discovers dragonflies that cross oceans
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Dec 17, 2009
http://www.ted.com While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the globe skimmer, only to discover that it had the longest migratory journey of any insect in the world.
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@eva171 Unluckily we humans don't seem to appreciate it enough.
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@hardtomemorize Yes you are true about this one, and many more, but there are some talks that actually made me mad in their ignorance (some religious nonsense, and distorted history). So not all are amazing!
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Nature is so awesome!I've seen dragonflies in India, fauna and flora is so beautiful there.
I love how passionately he tells it, too.
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fantastic...
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I loved the dragonfly discussion. But I was wondering about the IBM commercial at the end.
They cut down on traffic in Stockholm but they didn't mention whether or not they also cut down on business revenue throughout the city.
Does anyone know whether it did or not?
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extraordinary. nature never fails to surprise us with its gifts =)
1 year ago 2
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indeed
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wtf! Is there a single video on youtube where people are not arguing about religion or politics or race!? What the fuck does that even have to do with this video?! Is this what people are really like when they feel free to speak their true mind? So much hate eating away at them like a poison. No art or kind deeds can balance these scales.
robotpanda77 1 year ago 8
to steal a line from the editor of science weekly
ted talks are amazing and if you dont agree you can fuck off!
hardtomemorize 1 year ago 3