The Snow Fly Amputates Its Own Leg To Avoid Freezing | Ft. John Tuthill
In this video, we talk about the incredible biology of snow flies with Dr. John Tuthill, a neuroscientist and mountain enthusiast at the University of Washington.
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The Tuthill Lab: https://faculty.washington.edu/tuthill/
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I'm Scott Hotaling--an Assistant Professor at Utah State University in the Department of Watershed Sciences. My lab studies high mountain ecosystems, including the biodiversity they contain and how they are changing. Learn more about my lab: https://qcnr.usu.edu/research/ccml/
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