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Ximena E. Bernal

Ximena E. Bernal

Researcher

Sep 30, 2026

29:03
So for example...
29:04
We work on this species, for instance, that is called tungara frog.
29:07
[frog croaking] And males produce a call that sounds like their name, tungara.
29:13
[frog croaking] And if you have a male that is calling by himself, he will mostly produce the first part, tung.
29:30
[frog croaking]
31:04
They're preyed upon by parasitic flies, except for a select few crickets that had a single mutation that made it impossible for them to make that iconic chirping sound.
31:14
So this is a very strong selective pressure, and the crickets in Hawaii became silent.
31:20
[pensive music] So we know that evolution usually is a slow process, takes a lot of time, but we also are learning evolution sometimes can happen really fast.

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