Life - 6. Insects
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Life - 6. Insects
Darwin's stag beetle fights in the tree tops with huge curved jaws. The camera flies with millions of monarch butterflies which migrate 2000 miles, navigating by the sun. Super slow motion shows a bombardier beetle firing boiling liquid at enemies through a rotating nozzle. A honey bee army stings a raiding bear into submission. Grass cutter ants march like a Roman army, harvesting grass they cannot actually eat. They cultivate a fungus that breaks the grass down for them. Their giant colony is the closest thing in nature to the complexity of a human city. (R)
- Broadcast on:
- BBC One, 6:00pm Sunday 22nd November 2009
- First broadcast:
- Monday 16th November 2009
- Duration:
- 60 minutes
- Available until:
- 9:59pm Monday 21st December 2009
- Categories:
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