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Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Nature Documentary hosted by David Attenborough, published by BSkyB in 2013 - English narration





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Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Right beneath our feet is a secret world of disguise and espionage, social networking and courtship, rape and pillage, parenthood and relationships. The terrestrial arthropods - the bugs - are the most dominant animals on our planet. They outnumber us in their hundreds of billions and have survived for 500 million years. They have outlived every catastrophe Earth has thrown at them, seen the dinosaurs come and go and even witnessed our own arrival. They are so intrinsic to the natural world that without them we would struggle to exist. Sir David Attenborough will take you deep into the macroscopic world of bugs that deeply fascinates him. He will uncover their marvellous adaptability from the primitive evolutionary design of the millipede through to the graceful apex predators that exist today. We will descend into the watery depths to witness aquatic battles, explore intricate spider webs and get closer than ever before to the fangs and claws that create this fascinating world.




5) Family
While most of the series has focused on conflict, this episode is all about co-operation. The suitably named social spiders spin one enormous, 30m web for the whole colony, a queen bee rules her hive with a strict hierarchy and some green ants show great team spirit to help build a nest together. There are no broken societies here. David Attenborough shifts the focus to bugs that prefer cooperation rather than conflict. They include burrowing cockroaches, the suitably named social spiders - which share a 30-metre web.

6) Colony
Watching the fascinating display of leafcutter ants at the Natural History Museum in London is one of my favourite ways to while away a few hours, but David Attenborough is operating on a much grander scale here in the last in the series. In Argentina he observes some cousins of the leafcutters who are part of a community so vast it spans an entire continent. It's one of the mandible-dropping facts in a look at one of the key inventions of arthropods: colonies. From termites and honey bees to the leafcutters, it seems that if you want to get ahead, you move to the big city.

7) The Making of Micro Monsters
A behind-the-scenes special offering an insider's look at Sir David Attenborough's innovative series exploring the macroscopic world of bugs. David reveals how the film-makers got up close with the insect and arachnid world for the innovative documentary series

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Technical Specs
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1) HDTV
* Technical Specs for HDTV
* Video: Codec: x264 CABAC High@L5.1
* Video: Bitrate: 2660 Kbps
* Video: Aspect Ratio: 1.778 (16:9)
* Video: Resolution: 1280 x 720
* Audio: Codec: AAC LC
* Audio: Bitrate: 160 Kbps CBR 48KHz
* Audio: Channels: stereo (2/0)
* Audio: English
* Run-Time: 22mins
* Framerate: 25fps
* Number of Parts: 7
* Part Size: 407 MB
* Container: mp4
* Source: HDTV
* Encoded by: Harry65





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1) Further Information

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/gallery/2013/jun/13/micro-monsters-in-pictures