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Floating robots act like marine larvae to solve a mystery

Clip: 11/02/2016 | 8m 9s

Many mysteries remain about life under the sea, like what happens to marine creatures between life stages of larvae and adulthood. These tiny creatures are extremely hard to track in the open ocean, so one marine ecologist is using robots to mimic the larvae’s motions in order to determine what control they have over their own fate. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports.

Aired: 11/02/16

Rating: NR

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