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How Can These Flies Live in Oily Black Tar Pits?
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How Can These Flies Live in Oily Black Tar Pits?
Season 11 Episode 10 | 4m 45s | CC
In the sticky oil seeps known as the La Brea Tar Pits, the tiny petroleum fly and their larvae thrive in the natural asphalt that oozes up to the surface. The larvae hunt among the fossilized bones of dire wolves, mammoths and saber-toothed cats.
