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Nature's Scuba Divers: How Beetles Breathe Underwater
Season 2
Episode 11
Bugs and beetles can't hold their breath underwater like we do. But some aquatic insects can spend their whole adult lives underwater. How do they do it? Meet nature's Scuba divers. They carry their air with them—in some cases, for a lifetime.
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