Scientist Saad Bhamla is on a mission to answer a question most people don’t think to ask: How do insects pee? Taking inspiration from the incredible “butt flickers” of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Bhamla presents a fascinating study of the physics behind how bugs take care of business and invites us to be more curious about the seemingly mundane.
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Nicholas Pruitt
March 3, 2023 at 2:12 pm
You had me at…insect pee.
Mr. Mayhem
March 3, 2023 at 2:19 pm
Little R. Kelly’s
Donald Auguston
March 3, 2023 at 2:37 pm
This was wonderful. However, I still don’t understand why the bugs project their pee. There must be some evolutionary purpose for doing so.
zarkork -
March 3, 2023 at 3:47 pm
Maybe due to water tension and how it’d get stuck on the bug
Bryan Cobussen
March 3, 2023 at 4:56 pm
If you know it, let me know
Bulet
March 4, 2023 at 12:43 pm
I think he said something along the lines of those bugs being so small that gravity doesnt have much impact so they must create droplets and fling their pee for it to leave their body. That’s why I think he showed the cicadas (the bigger ones) actually peeing in jet form rather than flinging.
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March 3, 2023 at 2:43 pm
Don ka natak
Alex Prevost
March 3, 2023 at 2:52 pm
To be fair, the thought of insects peeing never crossed my mind.
A Person
March 3, 2023 at 10:29 pm
For some reason spiders’ butt-holes have been coming to my mind recently. True fact.
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March 3, 2023 at 3:56 pm
Is it Javed from bobs burgers? ☺️
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March 3, 2023 at 4:55 pm
Hmm…i guess i now understand why i sometimes feel very light rain drops when walking/standing under my backyard Valencia orange tree…even on a clear sunny low-humidity Southern California day…and i thought it must be condensation.
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March 3, 2023 at 6:47 pm
Bravo! 👏
I honestly never thought I’d be this transfixed by a guy talking about insect pee! 😂😂😂
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March 3, 2023 at 8:58 pm
if only TED talks went back to being like this one. but I’m sure they have way too many propaganda quotas sponsored by ultraweathy corporations to meet, to actually care about informative content or integrity.
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March 3, 2023 at 9:02 pm
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March 4, 2023 at 6:37 am
One of the best TED Talks I’ve ever watched. lol
Bulet
March 4, 2023 at 12:44 pm
“I have to go pee” couldn’t have ended the talk better 😂
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March 4, 2023 at 4:19 pm
This was really interesting. I totally didn’t expect this!
Aman
March 4, 2023 at 7:08 pm
1:38 Urine for a treat.
But sub guy didn’t get the pun.
adax Pan
March 4, 2023 at 9:23 pm
it’s not a bug, it’s a feature!! lol
Nakko
March 4, 2023 at 10:01 pm
I wish I could pee 50 meters away from the toilet bowl like this insect.
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March 4, 2023 at 10:28 pm
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