How animals and plants are evolving in cities | Menno Schilthuizen

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. 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. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), submit a Media Request here: http://media-requests.TED.com Follow TED on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: http://facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://youtube.com/TED

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["TEDTalk", "TEDTalks", "TED Talk", "TED Talks", "Evolution", "Biology", "Cities", "Plants", "Animals", "Insects", "TEDx", "Science", "Biodiversity"]

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Duration minutes: 12

Duration seconds: 8