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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr.) ; 286426719 bytes |
| Series |
Monster Bug Wars ; Series 1, Episode 1 |
| Summary |
Get a ringside seat for some of nature's deadliest encounters: losers aren't just knocked out, they're eaten alive. This is the no-holds-barred, real-life world of spiders, scorpions, centipedes and killer ants who fight to the death.With commentary from bug experts Dr Linda Rayor and Dr Bryan Grieg Fry, viewers will witness epic encounters between swarms of marauding assassins, and vicious one-on-one clashes where only one bug survives.When rainforest monsters like the spiny leaf insect and giant rainforest mantis go head-to-head, it's an all-out assault where only one survives. A bull ant then uses its lethal stinger as it tries to overcome the suffocating silk of the redback spider, while the amazing speed of a water strider attempts to triumph over the stealth and cunning of a water spider.Finally it's a spider battle royal as a black house spider tries to outpoint its arch-rival, the white-tailed spider, before Sydney's own funnel-web goes head-to-head with its highly-evolved nemesis, the garden wolf spider. When bugs go to war there's just one guarantee - you're either dead or alive. (From the US) (Documentary Series) (Part 1 of 6) *New Series* G CC Follow the conversation on Twitter #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2012-11-14 at 19:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Insects -- Behavior.
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Insects -- Evolution.
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Insects -- Food.
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Mantodea.
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Predatory insects.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Willis, Paul, host
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