Science News | These snow flies amputate their freezing limbs | Science News @ScienceNewsMag | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
A thermal camera can pick up the moment ice begins to form in a snow fly’s leg and track when the insect self-amputates it. Colors represent temperatures, shown from warmer (yellow) to colder (purple).
Read more: sciencenews.org/article/trick-snow-flies-survive-self-amputation
Video: Dominic Golding et al/bioRxiv 2023