Alex Wild on insects, science, and photography
This adorable 1983 animation by Eduard Nazarov was one of the films featured at last night’s Insect Fear Film Festival:
An award-winning short by Pixar:
From the brilliant Creature Comforts: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob-OVUoJ1RM]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCGRXTmLp2Q]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmk1dToZYGo]
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from the always excellent Creature Comforts: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtk5qs3HvlI] For those sensitive to meaningless violence against ants, you might want to look away around 5:20.
Another classy animation from Creature Comforts: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvETCQiUCv4]
Courtesy of Miniscule: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPhRA2qywgU]
Disney’s pesticide-induced hallucination from 1935: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r45taz9Boi0]
A personal blog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild. Myrmecos- derived from the ancient greek word for "ant"- hosts Alex's musings about these and other little creatures that share our planet. Questions? Email alwild [at] myrmecos.net; or follow @Myrmecos on Twitter.
  
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