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Stumpy and the Deer Flies

How could one-armed ‘Stumpy’ invent what is – arguably – the world’s finest mosquito repellent? Maybe losing that arm helped!
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How could one-armed ‘Stumpy’ invent what is – arguably – the world’s finest mosquito repellent? Maybe losing that arm helped!

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  • director
    André Desrochers
  • producer
    André Desrochers
  • script
    André Desrochers
  • music
    Jérôme Langlois

Education

Ages 8 to 12
School subjects
Geography - Territory: Protected Science - Life Systems/Ecology

Questions/Activities:

  • What is something that sets the deer fly apart from other insects?
  • What animals depend on the deer fly?
  • What is it about the extremities of the Quebec region that allow deer flies to live for so long?

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