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Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Bumblebees are found all overthe northern hemisphere, there are about 200 differentspecies...

Bumblebees are found all over
the northern hemisphere, there are about 200 different
species of them. But pheromones released by the queen can only control a certain number of
individuals - 100 or so at the most. To organise bigger colonies, workers need to be able to send
messages to one another. It's no longer about control,
it's about communication

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Bumblebees are found all over the northern hemisphere,
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there are about 200 different species of them.
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But pheromones released by the queen
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can only control a certain number of individuals - 100 or so at the most.
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To organise bigger colonies,
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workers need to be able to send messages to one another.
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It's no longer about control, it's about communication.
Duration
0 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:23
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2024
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary
Production
Colossus Productions,Sky 3D,Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Movie Summary

David Attenborough uses the latest 3D technology to bring to life the extreme and deadly unseen world of bugs.
S01 • E02 First, she injects it with a venom that paralyses its front legs. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
First, she injects it with a venom that paralyses its front ...
S01 • E01 It enters this ant colony unchallenged. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
It enters this ant colony unchallenged.
S01 • E06 If they dislike what they are getting, they release - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
If they dislike what they are getting, they release
S01 • E03 Holding his upper body in her left claw, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Holding his upper body in her left claw,
S01 • E01 The assassin simply takes an ant whenever it feels hungry. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
The assassin simply takes an ant whenever it feels hungry.
S01 • E01 And the body of each victim then adds to its disguise. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
And the body of each victim then adds to its disguise.
S01 • E03 ..until the two halves of his body are only held - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
..until the two halves of his body are only held
S01 • E02 She leads her victim to an underground burrow. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
She leads her victim to an underground burrow.
S01 • E01 Conflict pervades the bug world. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Conflict pervades the bug world.
S01 • E03 Remarkably, this male isn't entirely dead. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Remarkably, this male isn't entirely dead.
S01 • E02 The lava spends five days sucking the cockroach's body fluids, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
The lava spends five days sucking the cockroach's body ...
S01 • E01 It dictates their lifestyles. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
It dictates their lifestyles.
S01 • E01 And it's their extraordinary diversity - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
And it's their extraordinary diversity
S01 • E01 In the next programme, I'll look at arthropod predators. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
In the next programme, I'll look at arthropod predators...
S01 • E04 In our next programme, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
In our next programme,
S01 • E04 And for these too, life was about more than just staying alive, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
And for these too, life was about more than just staying ali...
S01 • E02 We have seen some of the deadly ways in which arthropods - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
We have seen some of the deadly ways in which arthropods
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