Insects in Space!

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Insects in Space!

• Cindy Shannon, Chris Briggs and Bryan Carey

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First Animals in Space

• The very first animals in space were insects,
  Drosophila fruit flies launched on a V2 rocket on
  February 27, 1947
• In 1947, the U.S. was interested in sending men
  into space but radiation dangers unknown
• fruit flies had long been used to study gene
  mutations caused by radiatio.

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Fruit Flies Pave The Way

• the capsule containing the fruit flies returned
  to earth by parachute and the fruit flies
  survived
• The successful experiment demonstrated that the
  radiation in space was not enough to cause
  mutations to the fruit flies.

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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
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Fruit Flies in a vial
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Fruit Flies like an apple
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Detailed Fruit Fly Life Cycle
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Metamorphosis

• the process of transformation from an immature
  form to an adult form in two or more distinct
  stages
• Change in form

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• In the 1830s a German naturalist named Renous was
  arrested in San Fernando, Chile for heresy. His
  claim? He could turn caterpillars into
  butterflies
• A few years later, Renous recounted his tale to
  Charles Darwin, who noted it in The Voyage of the
  Beagle

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Butterfly Life Cycle
Young and old insects do not compete for the same
resources
Benefit of Metamorphosis?
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Crickets in Near Space

• https//www.youtube.com/watch?vccuWJc5Y2Ok

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Now You Be The Insect!

• And try some tasty insect treats!