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A new species in NYC?
A new species in NYC?
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So, we are in the middle of Central Park
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in New York and we are setting up
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basically a giant bug trap. And the idea
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is that we are going to try to collect
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lots of small flying insects like wasps
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and flies for the big goal of trying to
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discover a new species in the middle of
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New York City. So, we set up this trap
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here in Central Park, but we also set up
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a trap in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
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Thanks to a partnership with the Central
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Park Conservancy, Prospect Park
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Alliance, and of course, the New York
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City Parks Department. Scientists
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estimate that like as much as 90% of all
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species have not been discovered yet,
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which is just a crazy fact. Even in the
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middle of the largest city in the
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country that is incredibly well
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explored, there's an opportunity to
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discover something new, a new species.
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So, we have these traps which are
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collecting insects already as we speak.
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We just set them up and they're going to
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be open for the duration of the summer
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until the end of August. It's important
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to know what animals we share our home
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with, but also it's really hard to
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conserve species if we don't know that
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they exist. And right now, lots of
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insect groups are declining. And so,
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just to do the conservation to try to
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protect these insects, which we all rely
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on for pollination, for eating our poo,
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just knowing that they exist is an
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important step. So, in about a month,
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we're going to send our first batch of
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insect samples to a lab in Canada to
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start figuring out if what we have is
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new. So, check back in in about a month
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and follow us at vox.com if you want to
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see if we can discover something new in
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New York.
