Botflies, Chicago Parakeets, and the Smallest Collection | Ask Emily #13
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Hey! We're behind the scenes on the set of our news show, called Natural News. It's a new news show about natural history news This isn't that show. This is Ask Emily. [The Brain Scoop theme plays] Warning! This is fairly gross! Bot flies are from the family Oestridae and there are about 150 known species Most of which require some type of mammal to help complete the fly's life cycle There's even one that uses humans as a host [Dramatic music] The adults of the particular botflies that infest squirrels do so by laying their eggs on tree branches and leaves and the hatched larvae wait for a squirrel to stop by so they can attach themselves to its fur and may its way into an orifice From there, the larvae find a way to burrow under t...
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Hey! We're behind the scenes on the set of our news show, called Natural News. It's a new news show about natural history news This isn't that show. This is Ask Emily. [The Brain Scoop theme plays] Warning! This is fairly gross! Bot flies are from the family Oestridae and there are about 150 known species Most of which require some type of mammal to help complete the fly's life cycle There's even one that uses humans as a host [Dramatic music] The adults of the particular botflies that infest squirrels do so by laying their eggs on tree branches and leaves and the hatched larvae wait for a squirrel to stop by so they can attach themselves to its fur and may its way into an orifice From there, the larvae find a way to burrow under t...
