7 Animals That Evolved at Hyperspeed — Because of Us

Evolution is known to be a long, slow process. But thanks to our interference, some animals have adapted at light speed in order to survive. 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: Kevin Carpentier, Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg , Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr.Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- 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://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110316-023011 https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/cliff-swallow https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23288-birds-evolve-shorter-wings-to-survive-on-roads/ https://www.wired.com/2013/03/cliff-swallow-evolution/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20420-unnatural-selection-fish-growing-up-fast/#ixzz62dv9k17L http://discovermagazine.com/2015/march/19-life-in-the-fast-lane http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160323-the-unique-mosquito-that-lives-in-the-london-underground https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf https://www.newscientist.com/article/2143489-sea-snakes-are-turning-black-in-response-to-industrial-pollution/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/08/sea-snakes-color-pollution-environment-oceans/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/seasnake-peppered-moth-industrial-melanism/536382/ http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80505e/80505E03.htm https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w https://www.newscientist.com/article/2132650-newly-evolved-microbes-may-be-breaking-down-ocean-plastics/ https://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6278/1196 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2080279-bacteria-found-to-eat-pet-plastics-could-help-do-the-recycling/ https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Euphydryas-editha https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLLA https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05068-2 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/wildlife-watch-news-tuskless-elephants-behavior-change/