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

Golden orb web spiderslive for only a year. Mating is the culminationof their lives

Golden orb web spiders
live for only a year. Mating is the culmination
of their lives

Full Transcript

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Golden orb web spiders live for only a year.
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Mating is the culmination of their lives.
Duration
0 seconds
Views
57
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:47
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2024
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary
Production
Colossus Productions,Sky 3D,Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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David Attenborough uses the latest 3D technology to bring to life the extreme and deadly unseen world of bugs.
S01 • E03 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.
S01 • E06 A driver ant colony may contain 50 million individuals. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
A driver ant colony may contain 50 million individuals.
S01 • E05 So instead, they collaborate. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
So instead, they collaborate.
S01 • E06 The horde is coordinated by the queen. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
The horde is coordinated by the queen.
S01 • E05 Even the smaller, young spiders lend a hand. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Even the smaller, young spiders lend a hand.
S01 • E02 But before Argiope can strike, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
But before Argiope can strike,
S01 • E05 Eventually when their prey is exhausted the spiders feed. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Eventually when their prey is exhausted the spiders feed.
S01 • E02 And then she does something very curious. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
And then she does something very curious.
S01 • E06 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.
S01 • E02 She plucks on very carefully chosen strands. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
She plucks on very carefully chosen strands.
S01 • E06 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...
S01 • E01 But the pie dish beetle's armour - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
But the pie dish beetle's armour
S01 • E03 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...
S01 • E02 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...
S01 • E05 By living together as an extended family, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
By living together as an extended family,
S01 • E01 Other Australian insects have a different defensive strategy. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Other Australian insects have a different defensive strategy...
S01 • E02 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.
S01 • E01 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,
S01 • E05 In the rainforests of Australia, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
In the rainforests of Australia,
S01 • E02 She uses these robotic movements to camouflage herself from Argiope. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
She uses these robotic movements to camouflage herself from ...