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Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Success! His alertness has saved him frombecoming the female's next meal. He will only...

Success! His alertness has saved him from
becoming the female's next meal. He will only mate
once in his short life and this is his reward. He is father to the 400 or
so eggs in this egg sac

Full Transcript

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Success!
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His alertness has saved him from becoming the female's next meal.
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He will only mate once in his short life
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and this is his reward.
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He is father to the 400 or so eggs in this egg sac.
Duration
0 seconds
Views
65
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:46
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2024
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E05 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.
S01 • E05 Spiders are usually solitary. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Spiders are usually solitary.
S01 • E04 A few weeks later the young emerge from it. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
A few weeks later the young emerge from it.
S01 • E01 Scolapendra uses all its strength - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Scolapendra uses all its strength
S01 • E04 To begin with, - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
To begin with,
S01 • E04 Golden orb web spiders live for only a year. - Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Golden orb web spiders live for only a year.
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...