There are at least 900,000 species of insects and the ocean is the largest biome on the planet, so you would think there would be tons of insects riding the waves. But it turns out the sea skaters are the only ones weird enough to make it work. Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month's pin is designed by Tyler Thrasher. You can find out more about him and his work here: https://tylerthrasher.com/ You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com Host: Sarah Suta (she/her) Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #SeaSkaters #WaterStriders #bugs #insects #ocean ----- Sources: https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/bugnos https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64563-7 https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/surface-tension-and-water https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/adhesion-and-cohesion-water https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/learning_launchers_centrifuge https://escholarship.org/content/qt9js6m9k1/qt9js6m9k1.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20091003005140/http://cgi.unk.edu/hoback/marineinsects/halobateslife.htm https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/2628/1/v56n4-441-445.pdf https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/uoc--pta050712.php ------ Images: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64563-7#Sec18 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/open-seas-open-water-ocean-waves-during-sunset-golden-hour-time-elfnpeghlilba1uqb https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/close-up-of-peacock-mantis-shrimp-leaving-a-rock-cave-nvgdyer3xilqgkrez https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/blue-crustacean-walking-through-coral-nq9qsfq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sewhedyC0F0 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/big-green-beetle-on-pink-flower-noc2q6auxijsmiu2z https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/cone-case-moth-psychidae-caterpillar-insect-macro-blq42inalj17fgkxe https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/small-insect-fly-lauxaniid-flies-family-lauxaniidae-hgmtpinaej17fns5s https://youtu.be/gSpIGVGKxHM https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64563-7#Sec18 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/school-of-coral-fish-near-hard-corals-on-friwen-wall-best-diving-spot-near-friwen-island-gam-raja-ampat-indonesia-bhicff_zbj3qapdka https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/water-striders-and-water-on-the-water-surface-baouv_gsisepkzrj https://www.instagram.com/p/BOw8VHWgKj3/ https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/massive-sea-swell-waves-braking-on-coast-during-storm-el-nio-s1zyta4sipnfa81r https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/close-up-of-falling-droplet-breaking-surface-tension-of-still-water-and-making-ripples-blnxvewzxivhtdn4l https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/16464626080/ https://escholarship.org/uc/item/70q6j76r#main https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/shimmering-water-surface-of-a-crystal-clear-swimming-pool-4u02ctrdeijtfschz https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/shimmering-water-surface-of-a-crystal-clear-swimming-pool-4u02ctrdeijtfschz https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4174 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/plastic-pollution-in-ocean-environmental-problem-plastic-cupscarrier-bags-bottles-and-straws-dumped-in-sea-seuv2ybdnvjrsuzy1k https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/sea-lion-colony-in-the-ocean-at-the-coast-of-cape-cross-seal-reserve-in-namibia-hhbysu2kdkkcstcb3 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/glowing-squids-swimming-underwater-i-6zkyj