Fascinating. Life finds a way.

"[T]he La Brea Tar Pits [...] are located in the heart of Los Angeles, not far from West Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

But among these fossils, the tiny petroleum fly and their larvae not only survive but thrive in the natural asphalt that still oozes to the surface today."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0CKcK5BqQU

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