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One of the spectacular details of animals in our world is just how varied their colors can be. When you look at birds, for example, you’ll see everything from mundane grays to iridescent blues. So why don’t we shine with the same iridescence of birds? Follow Journey to the Microcosmos: Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyToMicro Shop The Microcosmos: https://www.microcosmos.store Support the Microcosmos: http://www.patreon.com/journeytomicro More from Jam’s Germs: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jam_and_germs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg Hosted by Hank Green: Twitter: https://twitter.com/hankgreen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers Music by Andrew Huang: https://www.youtube.com/andrewhuang Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production. Find out more at https://www.complexly.com Stock video from: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/beautiful-peacock-with-open-tail-stock-footage/1057143814 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-at-a-lake-in-munich-stock-footage/1369306503 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/beautiful-male-peacock-displaying-its-feathers-in-a-stock-footage/1412901099 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/parrot-macaw-on-the-tree-stock-footage/962168768 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-blue-eared-kingfisher-in-the-rain-stock-footage/1022012506 SOURCES: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss3/pigments.html https://ia800502.us.archive.org/25/items/micrographia15491gut/15491-h/15491-h.htm https://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/~gebeshuber/Structured-color-physics.pdf https://wonders.physics.wisc.edu/prisms/ https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/how-birds-make-colorful-feathers/ https://www.livescience.com/why-blue-rare-in-nature.html https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/feathers-article/ https://elifesciences.org/articles/71179 https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physrev.00059.2017 https://elifesciences.org/articles/71179 https://scitechdaily.com/microscopic-feather-features-explain-why-these-terrifyingly-dangerous-birds-shine/?expand_article=1 This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. You can change the audio track language in the Settings menu.