Insect Returns From The Dead


August 22, 2017
Feature
Weta are a group of around 70 insects, endemic to New Zealand. The Mountain Stone Weta has an unbelievable survival technique, during the cold winter it dies and freezes, when spring comes, it unfreezes and it's heart starts beating again. BBC Earth managed to capture incredible footage from the resurrection of this insect.

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