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soapyfish
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2005 22:27 Edited at: 23rd Nov 2005 22:28
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Anyone else watching this, it's an amazing television program about insects using some of the best camera techniques I've ever seen. I needed some insects for a project I'm thinking of and this has given me oodles of ideas.

Here's a link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeintheundergrowth/

There are some amazing close ups. On the news earlier there was a piece about one of the sound engineers placing a caterpillar on a microphone and hearing it talk to some ants.


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ThinkDigital
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Posted: 24th Nov 2005 21:13
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Quote: "caterpillar on a microphone and hearing it talk to some ants"
No way! Caterpillers can talk?

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David R
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Posted: 24th Nov 2005 21:32
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Saw an episode of this when I got in from a drama performance yesterday. Amazing stuff!

The mayflies were especially cool


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spooky
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Posted: 24th Nov 2005 23:54
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Yep, I saw it too - I liked the mating scorpion dance!

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soapyfish
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Posted: 25th Nov 2005 00:56 Edited at: 25th Nov 2005 01:06
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Yeh, seemed to include lots of mating, those earth worms that were at it for 3 hours................

Quote: "Caterpillers can talk?"


It was a tiny pink caterpillar, and the only way it survived was by it being carried into an ants nest (by the ants) and they would feed it. When it was put on the microphone with some ants it made weird clicking sounds. This was, apparently, the caterpillar talking to the ants.

They're probably plotting the conquering of the world as I type.


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It's link-tastic, read all to see if I was telling the truth or talking bovine excrement about the talking caterpillars. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4460030.stm#

DOUBLE EDIT:: href tags don't want to work, looks like it's back to the old copy>paste.


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