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TED Talks Science and Medicine

How animals and plants are evolving in cities | Menno Schilthuizen

TED Talks Science and Medicine

TED

Tech Demo, Ted, Technology, Design, Science, Tedtalks, Inspiration, Education, Science & Medicine, Entertainment, Creativity, Ted Talks

4.2833 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ ? minutes

Summary

In cities, evolution occurs constantly, as countless plants, animals and insects adapt to human-made habitats in spectacular ways. Evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen calls on peculiar beings such as fast food-loving mice and self-cooling snails to illustrate the ever-transforming wonders of urban wildlife -- and explains how you can observe this phenomenon in real-time, thanks to a global network of enthusiastic citizen scientists.

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