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[00:00.000]This is Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano and Hawaii's tallest mountain.
[00:07:130]Incredibly for a tropical island, its peak is covered with snow.
[00:12.070]Little can survive at such freezing heights. Bugs blown up here don't stand a chance.
[00:19.080]Stunned or trapped in snow, they slowly die.
[00:23.470]But not everything succumbs to the cold.
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[00:31.270]Their cells are filled with a special kind of antifreeze that allows them to live around the snow line.
[00:37.670]Originally, wekiu bugs were seed-eating vegetarians, but their descendants have adapted to this hostile environment.
[00:45.720]Now with a taste for blood, they are the Pacific's own vampire bugs.
[00:51.890]Needle-sharp mouthparts pierce their dead and dying victims before they suck out anything that's left inside.