Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Metroid for NES has some interesting plants. Without sunlight, it's questionable how the plants in Brinstar are managing to survive, if they are even photosynthetic to begin with. Join me in an attempt to make sense of the science behind how these plants are continuing to thrive despite a harsh environment that plants would never persist in on Earth. 🍖

The introductory animation and outro text were created and designed by Saad Azim.

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This is part of a series of videos dealing with biology and science in video games.

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