Deep Look

Tar Pits Are a Death Trap. Except for This Fly. (2024x10)

Air date: Jul 30, 2024

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.