Fruit Fly Blues
How to Die Clever · Season 3 · Episode 6
Professor Mustache takes a science-comedy look at the bizarre reproductive biology of the fruit fly Drosophila, which produces a single sperm cell that can be many times longer than its own body. He explores how extreme evolutionary strategies can lead to surprising and counterintuitive biological adaptations.
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Season
3
Episode
6
Air Date
06/Mar/2020
Air Time
—
Runtime
3 min
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Professor Mustache takes a science-comedy look at the bizarre reproductive biology of the fruit fly Drosophila, which produces a single sperm cell that can be many times longer than its own body. He explores how extreme evolutionary strategies can lead to surprising and counterintuitive biological adaptations.
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