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Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

David Attenborough uses the latest 3D technology to bring to life the extreme and deadly unseen world of bugs.

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Our world is not always the same. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Our world is not always the same.

Our world is not always the same. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Our world is not always the same.

Our world is not always the same. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Our world is not always the same.

Our world is not always the same. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Our world is not always the same.

Our world is not always the same. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Our world is not always the same.

Our planet's rainforests are home to
millions of animal species. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Our planet's rainforests are home to millions of animal...

Of all the arthropod adaptations, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Of all the arthropod adaptations,

Ever since they first appeared
on land, the arthropods have - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Ever since they first appeared on land, the arthropods have

Every species of animal must
reproduce. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Every species of animal must reproduce.

Millipedes were among the first
arthropods to move up - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Millipedes were among the first arthropods to move up

Some of the most remarkable hunting
strategies in the animal kingdom - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Some of the most remarkable hunting strategies in the animal...

Goliaths are among the strongest
insects in the world. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Goliaths are among the strongest insects in the world.

These are whirligig beetles and they
live on ponds throughout the world. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

These are whirligig beetles and they live on ponds throughou...

Their body is divided into segments,
each with its own set of legs - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Their body is divided into segments, each with its own set o...

Honeybee workers are able to send
complex messages to one another. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Honeybee workers are able to send complex messages to one an...

A stick insect held fast to the
water by surface tension. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

A stick insect held fast to the water by surface tension.

This one is a female. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

This one is a female.

It eats decaying leaves and plants, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

It eats decaying leaves and plants,

Her tunnel is a metre deep, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Her tunnel is a metre deep,

Millipedes are peaceful creatures, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Millipedes are peaceful creatures,

In spring, when food stocks are low, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

In spring, when food stocks are low,

She's about 20 times
the size of the male. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

She's about 20 times the size of the male.

Having done so, most insects
would leave, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Having done so, most insects would leave,

Centipedes. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

They have a remarkable method of
telling one another - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

They have a remarkable method of telling one another

It is called the Waggle Dance. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

It is called the Waggle Dance.

The loser retreats. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

The loser retreats.

Occasionally, she'll return to the
surface to collect eucalyptus leaves - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Occasionally, she'll return to the surface to collect e...

The start of their courtship is
triggered by the insect - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

The start of their courtship is triggered by the insect

This is the one to be feared most - - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

This is the one to be feared most -

She is distracted by it,
so he seizes his opportunity. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

She is distracted by it, so he seizes his opportunity.

This cockroach will live
for eight years or more. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

This cockroach will live for eight years or more.

First, she gathers an audience. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

First, she gathers an audience.

On the floor of the
South American forest, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

On the floor of the South American forest,

But it's not the only top
predator here. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

But it's not the only top predator here.

He climbs very tentatively
onto her abdomen. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

He climbs very tentatively onto her abdomen.

But some creatures have taken
social living a step further. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

But some creatures have taken social living a step further.

..and in the same territory. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

..and in the same territory.

Success! - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

This mass of white silk is home
to a very unusual spider. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

This mass of white silk is home to a very unusual spider.

Spiders are usually solitary. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Spiders are usually solitary.

A few weeks later the young
emerge from it. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

A few weeks later the young emerge from it.

Scolapendra uses all its strength - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Scolapendra uses all its strength

To begin with, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Golden orb web spiders
live for only a year. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Golden orb web spiders live for only a year.

When she lays her eggs,
the offspring will all be his. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

When she lays her eggs, the offspring will all be his.

A driver ant colony may
contain 50 million individuals. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

A driver ant colony may contain 50 million individuals.

So instead, they collaborate. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

So instead, they collaborate.

The horde is coordinated by the
queen. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

The horde is coordinated by the queen.

Even the smaller, young spiders
lend a hand. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Even the smaller, young spiders lend a hand.

But before Argiope can strike, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

But before Argiope can strike,

Eventually when their prey
is exhausted the spiders feed. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Eventually when their prey is exhausted the spiders feed.

And then she does something
very curious. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

And then she does something very curious.

Her size enables her to produce
at least 120,000 eggs a day. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Her size enables her to produce at least 120,000 eggs a day.

She plucks on very carefully
chosen strands. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

She plucks on very carefully chosen strands.

She is tended by the workers when in
a bivouac and carried by them - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

She is tended by the workers when in a bivouac and carried b...

But the pie dish beetle's armour - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

But the pie dish beetle's armour

He has no time to waste, and moves
on to look for another female. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

He has no time to waste, and moves on to look for another fe...

Instead of attacking Portia, Argiope
returns to the centre of her web... - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Instead of attacking Portia, Argiope returns to the centre o...

By living together
as an extended family, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

By living together as an extended family,

Other Australian insects have a
different defensive strategy. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Other Australian insects have a different defensive strategy...

She moves off the web,
so that she can survey the scene. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

She moves off the web, so that she can survey the scene.

This stick insect relies on
camouflage to make it invisible, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

This stick insect relies on camouflage to make it invisible,

In the rainforests of Australia, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

In the rainforests of Australia,

She uses these robotic movements
to camouflage herself from Argiope. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

She uses these robotic movements to camouflage herself from ...

They have found a slug and released
a different pheromone, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

They have found a slug and released a different pheromone,

A huntsman spider -
and it's ready to strike. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

A huntsman spider - and it's ready to strike.

Portia has superb eyesight and she
can judge angles and distances - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Portia has superb eyesight and she can judge angles and dist...

The soldiers' powerful jaws slice
into the slug. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

The soldiers' powerful jaws slice into the slug.

But as the winter
approaches the aphids - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

But as the winter approaches the aphids

The family seems to have found
a suitable location. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

The family seems to have found a suitable location.

But the stick insect
doesn't even try to escape. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

But the stick insect doesn't even try to escape.

Now they can start construction. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Now they can start construction.

She's planning to
pounce on Argiope. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

She's planning to pounce on Argiope.

The spray can reach half a metre, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

The spray can reach half a metre,

He arouses her... - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

He arouses her...

Her venom kills Argiope instantly. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Her venom kills Argiope instantly.

The million or so species of
arthropod on our planet have matched - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

The million or so species of arthropod on our planet have ma...

Their nest will be made
by joining these leaves. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Their nest will be made by joining these leaves.

It fills the forest with
the scent of peppermint. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

It fills the forest with the scent of peppermint.

Like most spiders, she can't eat
solid food, so she pumps - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Like most spiders, she can't eat solid food, so she pum...

But while he tries to stimulate her,
she is testing his strength. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

But while he tries to stimulate her, she is testing his stre...

An organised community of millions
can only work - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

An organised community of millions can only work

But to do that, they need help from
the youngest members of the family - - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

But to do that, they need help from the youngest members of ...

Most of them lay eggs. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Most of them lay eggs.

So the stick insect is free
to graze in peace. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

So the stick insect is free to graze in peace.

She yields. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Ever since they first appeared
on land, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Ever since they first appeared on land,

Our planet is home to over
a million species of arthropods. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Our planet is home to over a million species of arthropods.

Eventually, he deposits
his sperm on the ground - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Eventually, he deposits his sperm on the ground

Micro Monsters with David Attenborough poster

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David Attenborough uses the latest 3D technology to bring to life the extreme and deadly unseen world of bugs.

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Production: Colossus Productions,Sky 3D,Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Genre: documentary

Year: 2013

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ImdbRating: 8.4

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Released: 15 Jun 2013

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