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The Strange Thing That Turns Grasshoppers Into Locusts

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The stickers! https://complexly.store/products/locust-sticker-sheet Locusts don't have to be locusts. When they grow up by themselves, they lead pretty regular, grasshopper lives. But when conditions are right, well, it’s swarming time. Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month's pin is designed by Nana Williams. You can find out more about her and her work here: https://nanawilliams.com/ You can cancel any time by emailing [email protected] Host: Hank Green (he/him) Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #locusts #grasshopper #swarm ----- Sources: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(08)00175-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982208001759%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.livescience.com/locusts.html https://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/oldsite/LOCFAQ.htm#q10 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/gigantic-locust-swarms-hit-east-africa https://www.hcn.org/issues/243/13695 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1007529617032 https://www.britannica.com/animal/locust-insect#ref185279 https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/serotonin-the-natural-mood-booster https://entomologytoday.org/2019/09/04/swarm-shift-how-locusts-switch-phases-when-numbers-swell/ https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/112/5/458/5529659?login=false https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/genotype https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-orthoptera-research/volume-14/issue-2/1082-6467(2005)14%5B213%3AACACIL%5D2.0.CO%3B2/Advances-controversies-and-consensus-in-locust-phase-polyphenism-research/10.1665/1082-6467(2005)14%5B213:ACACIL%5D2.0.CO;2.full https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-07105-y https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13705 ------ Images: https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/crowd-on-stands-waving-flashlights-at-night-hkugzah3ukb01uj8g https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/people-with-hands-up-at-the-rock-concert-view-with-stage-lights-ht1ry1lxpkcr2yylg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/big-crowd-of-people-walking-on-the-streets---unfocused-r1me22yfghjyklq53o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwYvaqzyqvg https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/24233722406/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS9IVgWHJgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Hfl8UGwn0 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110892#page/181/mode/1up https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110892#page/811/mode/1up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyN4ggCI-3o https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/aerial-wild-animals-in-african-safari-viqurrb https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/112/5/458/5529659?login=false#163628032 https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.7.075099 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/science-genetics-and-technology-concept-3d-rendering-of-virtual-dna-molecule-over-black-background-r-anry6l7jibz0ljo https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/termites-or-white-ants-crawling-on-wood-gm471740577-26286560 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/ants-eat-nectar-from-branches-of-trees-large-african-asian-ants-on-a-tree-branch-close-up-rafohc1vyxjmgwjyrr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UevnAq1MTVA&t=91s https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/swarm-of-desert-locusts-in-samburu-national-park-gm1206113596-347729731 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6EYDV12RJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8KuHcElzA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdpXe7-JOl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flyr39Td4r8

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