[BONUS] A hedgehog doppelgänger and STEVE lighting up the sky: Tiny Show and Tell Us #14

Tiny Matters

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we cover an aurora-like phenomenon — STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) — and how citizen science led to its discovery and unforgettable name. Then we talk about convergent evolution in tenrecs, a fascinating family of animals endemic to Madagascar. Some look identical to hedgehogs, some are similar to opossums, and others look like moles.
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Chapters

1. [BONUS] A hedgehog doppelgänger and STEVE lighting up the sky: Tiny Show and Tell Us #14 (00:00:00)

2. STEVE in the sky! (00:00:34)

3. That's not a hedgehog, it's a tenrec (00:05:59)