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Biting bush cricket

by George McGavin for Revealing New Guinea's forest secrets , 4 February 2009

A bush cricket bites off more than it can chew when it meets insect expert George McGavin, 'Bush crickets can be quite large and some are omnivorous with impressive jaws. Usually they rely on camouflage or jumping to escape predators but when I grabbed this one it fought back'.

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It's just not cricket!

John Aitchison also became a victim of animal crime while filming in a bustling fur seal colony on Bird Island, South Georgia. John found he had to keep his wits about him when he was surrounded by fur seals.

Published 8 September 2009

Meet the explorer

George McGavin

George, an expert on tropical insects, is an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

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