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And now, a rousing game of Spot the Thrips

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Sunday Night Movie: The First Taste

We take a break from all the bugs for an unexpectedly charming short film by Matt Gilmour, The First Taste: (via)

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Sunday Night Movie: True Facts about the Sea Pig

An astute documentary by the inimitable* Ze Frank: *Frank is not really inimitable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTvRekbKuM

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Sunday Night Movie: Ye Olde Debunking

Something I did not know, from the always excellent Minute Physics:  

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Sunday Night Movie: The Brain, as explained by John Cleese

Good luck.

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Sunday Night Movie: Thanks, Ants.

An odd little clip from the BBC’s comedy series Look Around You:  

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Another down side to being a group selectionist…

… is the apparent predisposition to Comic Sans: Yes, that’s Ed Wilson, chronic Comic Sans user and group selection proponent.

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Sunday Night Movie: An Army Of Grass-Cutting Ants

A clip from One Life, an upcoming BBC nature film: The species is Atta vollenweideri, the same ant featured in the earlier viral video of a massive underground ant city. Atta is an impressive animal, both as an individual and as a civilization. Here’s Mrs. Myrmecos casually climbing a mound in northern Argentina:  

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Nightwalkers among us

Ok, fess up. Which one of you is also a vampire?

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Sunday Night Movie: The Ultimate Beer Goggles

A now-classic tale of natural history:

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