A short clip from BBC’s “LIFE” series: For a contrast in narrative style, here’s the American version:
Posts Tagged ‘David Attenborough’
Sunday Night Movie: A Very Young David Attenborough
David Attenborough as a spritely young man, believe it or not: Of course, the “vast, unbroken forest” that once extended from Paraguay to the Amazon has long since been plowed under for industrial soy production. (From Zoo Quest: Paraguay [1959])
Sunday Night Movie: the Bolas Spider
From the BBC’s Life in the Undergrowth: I love that the editors added little lasso swishy noises in post-processing. Because in real life these animals aren’t quite cool enough.
Sunday Night Movie: Harvester Ants, Day and Night
From the BBC’s amazing Life in the Undergrowth: This story is based on research by Barton et al 2002.
Sunday Night Movie: A Queen Bumble Bee
From the BBC’s classic Life in the Undergrowth: For more on bee thermodynamics, I heartily recommend Bernd Heinrich’s Bumblebee Economics.
Sunday Night Movie: The Giraffe-Necked Weevil
If I had to make a list of strangest-looking insects, I’d include Madagascar’s giraffe-necked weevils. From the BBC:
Sunday Night Movie: OOGPISTER!
Another gem from Attenborough’s “Life” series: Plus, I’ll give a bonus Myrmecos point to the first person to identify the ants to species.
Sunday Night Movie: the Ant Assassin
A clip from the BBC’s brilliant Life in the Undergrowth: Per our earlier discussion, the assassin is a true bug in the order Hemiptera.
Sunday Night Movie: A Sneaky Stick Insect
From the BBC’s amazing Life in the Undergrowth: Is there anything David Attenborough touched that hasn’t turned to gold?
A personal weblog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
