Deep LookStagione 2022
Explore the mysteries of the world around you, at the very edge of visibility.
Dove guardare Deep Look • Stagione 2022
17 Episodi
- Australian Walking Stick Insects Are Three Times Weirder Than You ThinkE1
Australian Walking Stick Insects Are Three Times Weirder Than You ThinkThe Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises. Before it’s even born, it mimics a seed. In its youth it looks and acts like an ant. Only when it has grown up does it settle into its final, leafy form. Along the way, it fools predators at every turn. - Flying Termites Take a Dangerous Journey to a New LifeE2
Flying Termites Take a Dangerous Journey to a New LifeAfter the first big rain, western subterranean termites swarm by the thousands. Hungry ants, spiders and birds pick them off as they emerge from the soil. The survivors fly off to find mates, and quickly drop their delicate wings to start new underground colonies. If you’re really unlucky, they’ll build tubes of mud and saliva from their nest to yours. - This Mushroom Tricks Flies By Faking Its Own Death
E3This Mushroom Tricks Flies By Faking Its Own DeathThe cage fungus looks and smells like decaying meat — on purpose. Its goopy lattice gives off a rotten odor that attracts flies, which help spread its spores far and wide. It's like a bee to a flower, but way more macabre and putrid. - The Vinegaroon Sprays Acid to Foil Its FoesE4
The Vinegaroon Sprays Acid to Foil Its FoesThe vinegaroon – also known as a whip scorpion – looks like a Frankenstein creation of monster body parts. But unlike true scorpions, it doesn’t use venom to defend itself from predators. Instead, it aims its tail at their face and sprays a blast of acid that reeks of – you guessed it – vinegar. Only this weaponized vinegar is 16 times stronger than what’s in your salad. - Honeypot Ants Turn Their Biggest Sisters into Jugs of Nectar
E5Honeypot Ants Turn Their Biggest Sisters into Jugs of NectarDeep in their underground nests, honeypot ants stuff members of their own colony until they look like golden water balloons. Drop by drop, worker ants deliver nectar and other liquid food into their largest sisters’ mouths. When food is scarce in the desert, the colony will feed from these living storage tanks, known as repletes. - Barnacles Go To Unbelievable Lengths To Hook Up
E6Barnacles Go To Unbelievable Lengths To Hook UpAcorn barnacles might look like jagged little rocks at low tide, but they have a surprisingly wild sex life. These crusty little animals — related to crabs and shrimp — have the longest penis of any animal relative to their body size. It's up to eight times the length of the barnacle itself! - Silkworms Spin Cocoons That Spell Their Own DoomE7
Silkworms Spin Cocoons That Spell Their Own DoomThose precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillar of a fuzzy white moth – thousands of them. Silkworms spin a cocoon with a single strand of silk up to ten city blocks long. Humans have bred these insects into weaving machines that can no longer survive in the wild. - This Freaky Fruit Fly Lays Eggs in Your Strawberries
E8This Freaky Fruit Fly Lays Eggs in Your StrawberriesThe spotted wing drosophila may look like a common fruit fly, but it’s so much worse. Just as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are ripening in the field, this fly saws into them and lays her eggs inside. The growing maggots turn the fruit into a mushy mess. Could a wasp and its own hungry maggots save the day? - Don't Go Chasing Water BugsE9
Don't Go Chasing Water BugsGiant water bugs — aka "toe-biters" — pack one of the most painful bites of any insect. But they make the best dads ever. Rather than leaving the survival of his eggs to chance, dad will haul them around piggyback style for weeks, until they hatch right off his back. - Teddy Bear Bees Stab Flowers To Steal Their Nectar
E10Teddy Bear Bees Stab Flowers To Steal Their NectarOriginal Title: Carpenter Bees Stab Flowers To Steal Their Nectar With their short tongues, Valley carpenter bees can't easily drink the nectar from tubular flowers. So they use powerful mandibles to slice into the blooms and steal it. It's called nectar robbing, since the plants don't get the benefit of being pollinated by these enormous bees. - Barn Owl Table Manners are Just ... Different
E11Barn Owl Table Manners are Just ... DifferentBarn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But how do they keep down all that food? Well, they don’t. In a few stomach-turning steps, they transform the varmints into compact balls of fur and bones known as pellets. - Backswimmer Insects Drag Prey Into the Upside Down
E12Backswimmer Insects Drag Prey Into the Upside DownThey look like little rowboats, cruising belly up below the surface of a pond or gentle stream. But don't be fooled. Backswimmers are voracious predators, and when it's time to find a new home they know how to make a dramatic exit. - Fire Ants Turn Their Babies into a Stinging Life Raft
E13Fire Ants Turn Their Babies into a Stinging Life RaftAs floodwater flows into their nest, red fire ants build a terrifying raft – out of their own interlocking bodies. And they put their babies on the bottom, like floaties. If you wade into this ant raft nightmare, you’ll likely get a vicious bite and sting. - This Parasite is Cramping The Monarch Butterfly’s Style
E14This Parasite is Cramping The Monarch Butterfly’s StyleOriginal Title: This Nasty Parasite Is Ruining Monarch Butterfly Wings Monarchs are locked in a battle with Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE), a parasite that can trap a butterfly in its own chrysalis and deform its beautiful wings. Turns out there is a wrong way, and a right way, for you to help these butterflies in your backyard. - Yellowjackets Roll Tiny Meatballs For The Babies
E15Yellowjackets Roll Tiny Meatballs For The BabiesWhy is that yellowjacket crashing your BBQ? Well, she wants what you're having: burgers, hot dogs, fish and turkey. But she doesn't eat them herself. Her nest's larvae need that protein to develop. So she carves up your dinner and makes teeny-tiny meatballs for them. - How Hoverflies Spawn Maggots that Sweeten Your Orange
E16How Hoverflies Spawn Maggots that Sweeten Your OrangeOblique streaktail hoverflies zip from bloom to bloom wearing a wasp costume to avoid getting eaten. But it’s all for show – they don’t even have stingers! Their fierce maggots, on the other hand, devour hundreds of insect pests. As they gorge, they help keep orange trees safe from disease. - Citrus Psyllids Bribe Ants With Strings Of Candy Poop
E17Citrus Psyllids Bribe Ants With Strings Of Candy PoopAsian citrus psyllids transmit a disease that can ruin your oranges. Even worse, Argentine ants protect them in exchange for the psyllids' delicate ribbons of sugary poop, called honeydew. So, researchers are helping orange growers fight back with invisible lasers, ghastly wasps and more trickery.