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When the snow melts in the Canadian Arctic, dormant mosquito eggs begin to awaken...

This clip comes from "The Wild Canadian Year" Episode 2: "Summer"

About "The Wild Canadian Year:"
With lightning and tornadoes whipping across the prairie, secret worlds buried beneath the snow, comatose frogs revived by the warm spring sun, and polar bears hunting in the open summer waters, revel in Canada's rare, natural wonders.

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Transcript
00:00In the far north, the summer sun brings big changes to the tundra.
00:12A time-lapse tracks the sun through 24 hours in mid-July.
00:19It only briefly dips below the horizon before rising again for the start of a new day.
00:37For the Arctic poppy, the near-continuous sunlight makes up for a very short growing
00:43season.
00:45To take advantage of the endless light, they track the sun's movement.
00:52The cup-shaped flowers focus the sun's rays on their center, speeding up the growth of
00:57their developing seeds.
01:09In the Arctic, heat means water.
01:16Almost all the water here comes from melting ice and snow, not rain.
01:25Since much of the tundra is permanently frozen, the water stays on the surface.
01:32And the 24-hour sunlight warms these meltwater ponds to the perfect temperature for a creature
01:38that has been lying in wait.
01:42Across the Arctic, mosquito eggs are awakened from dormancy.
01:49Most were laid last summer, but the eggs can survive up to seven years on dry ground.
01:57Once covered by water, the eggs hatch into larvae.
02:01They're voracious feeders, constantly combing the water for food to fuel their growth.
02:09After several days of feeding, a larva has enough energy to transform into a pupa.
02:19A few days later, the fully-developed adult emerges.

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