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Deep Look
This Weevil Was Born in Your Rice and It’s Hungry
Season 12
Episode 2
While it has a cute snoot, a rice weevil is a stowaway. It sneaks into your pantry as an egg that its mom laid inside a single grain of rice. Once it hatches, it turns your rice into its new home.
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