Is This A NEW SPECIES?!

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Uploaded 17-01-17 Order my Maker Box from Quarterly ►► http://on.qrtr.ly/ItsOKtoMake Don’t miss the next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ This is the first-ever video of what we’re calling the "hermit crab caterpillar"! We’re pretty sure this strange caterpillar is a NEW SPECIES. We went to the Peruvian Amazon to see amazing things, but we never expected this :) But that makes me wonder: What *is* a species anyway? And how do you know if you’ve found a new species? These people helped make this episode happen: Aaron Pomerantz https://www.instagram.com/nextgenscientist/ Daniel Couceiro: https://www.instagram.com/danicouceiro21/ Ryan St. Laurent - Florida Museum of Natural History Dr. Andy Warren - Florida Museum of Natural History Dr. Daniel Janzen - University of Pennsylvania Special thanks to our hosts Rainforest Expeditions: http://www.perunature.com/ LEARN MORE: Mayden, R. L. (1997). A hierarchy of species concepts: the denouement in the saga of the species problem. In M. F. Claridge, H. A. Dawah and M. R. Wilson (eds.), Species: The units of diversity,. Chapman and Hall. pp. 381–423. Sutton, G., and Dickson, G. (1965). Interbreeding of the Eastern and Western Meadowlarks in Central Oklahoma. The Southwestern Naturalist, 10(4), 307-310. doi:10.2307/3669307 FOLLOW US: It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. Director: Joe Nicolosi Editor/animator/producer: Andrew Matthews Producer: Stephanie Noone and Amanda Fox Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter: @okaytobesmart @DrJoeHanson Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Instagram: @DrJoeHanson Snapchat: YoDrJoe Produced by PBS Digital Studios Music via APM Stock images from Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices