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Hi Science News and Deep Look Fans — Deep Look is taking over the science newsletter this week. We’re highlighting two of our videos that won Northern California Emmys earlier this month. Also, since hot summer weather is upon us, we hope you'll enjoy a few recent ocean-themed videos to put you in a Pacific frame of mind. We'll be on break for next week's newsletter. Have a very happy 4th of July!
Correction: An earlier version of this newsletter incorrectly cited our mussel beard video as having won a Northern California Emmy Award. It was our "bee fly" episode that won. Our mussel beard video was nominated. |
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| 🏆 This Weevil Has Puppet Vibes But Drills Like a Power Tool | | This fuzzy acorn weevil can’t crack open acorns like a woodpecker or chomp through them like a squirrel. Instead, she uses her incredibly long snout, called a rostrum, to power-drill through an acorn’s tough and resilient shell. And it's not just lunch on her mind – she's also making a nursery for her babies.(Northern California Emmy winner!) | | |
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| 🏆This Fly Torpedoes a Bindweed Bee’s Nest | | A “bee fly” looks a bit like a bee, but it’s a freeloader that takes advantage of a bindweed turret bee’s hard work. The bees dig underground nests and fill them with pollen they collect in the form of stylish “pollen pants.” As the bees are toiling on their nests, the flies drop their own eggs into them. But the bees employ a tricky defense against the flies. (Northern California Emmy winner!) | | |
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| How Does the Mussel Grow its Beard? | | Mussels create byssal threads, known as the mussel's "beard," to attach themselves both to rocks and to each other. They use their sensitive foot to mold the threads from scratch and apply a waterproof adhesive that makes superglue jealous. (Northern California Emmy nominee!) | | |
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| These Solar-Powered Carnivorous Flatworms Divide and Conquer | | Tiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They’re referred to as “plant-animals” because they’ve got a partnership with photosynthetic algae that live inside of them. But this acoel’s real superpower is its ability to regenerate any part of their body! | | |
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| Watch Jellyfish Go Through Their “Stack of Pancakes” Phase | | When grown-up jellyfish love each other very much, they make huge numbers of teeny-tiny potato-shaped larvae. Those larvae grow into little polyps that cling to rocks and catch prey with their stinging tentacles. But their best trick is when they clone themselves by morphing into a stack of squirming jellyfish pancakes. | | |
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| Witness the Nighttime Magic of Spawning Corals | | When the moon, sun and ocean temperatures all align, an underwater "snowstorm" occurs. Corals put on a massive spawning spectacle by sending tiny white spheres floating up the water column all at once. | | |
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