eDNA: How Scientists See Hidden Animals

How do you track turtles that spend most of their time in muddy water and also look like rocks? It turns out, scientists have found a way to track such hidden animals using eDNA. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org/ ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11… link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-018-3750-… www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/4/50/htm journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journ… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-294… www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/77082 www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/503… www.env.go.jp/en/nature/as/02_English190111IAS_UAS… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294… link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-003-1396-… www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/503… afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1577/15… journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journ… journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journ… bewildvirginia.org/wildlife-action-plan/pdf/2015-V… nationalzoo.si.edu/news/smithsonian-scientists-use… link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-017-1545-… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5981191/ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.4341 www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/share/AquaticMammals… www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534… www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000… www.researchgate.net/profile/Margaret_Hunter/publi… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/edn3.8 link.springer.com/article/10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004… www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/blog/eureka-lab/ISE… Image Sources: www.istockphoto.com/vector/animal-track-vector-gm9… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WoodTurtle.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitochondrial_DNA_… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecomare_-_bruinvis… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pilot_whale_spyhop… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waldbachschildkroe… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Female_Wood_Turtle…

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