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Insectia - Season 1 (Discovery Channel) HDTV XviD AVI

Produced to the highest standard of scientific film making, INSECTIA is an educational series built on the startling analogies between human and insect behaviour. As of now, our survival on this planet depends on our ability to forge new alliances with nature, and INSECTIA sheds some critical light on the subject.
They have existed for over 225 million years, and long after we are gone, they will continue to create new forms that will occupy every conceivable ecological niche. Their ability to adapt is one of evolution s success stories. Their diversity is phenomenal; their biomass, colossal. By themselves, they represent 80% of all living species; their weight exceeds that of all mammals put together. They are the inventors of paper, sonar, air conditioning, chemical warfare, pharmacology, and specialized workers.

Duration of each episode: 25 min

Studio: Discovery HD Theater

Categories: TV Documentary

Insectia1_01/13 - Living Art

Insectia: Living Art is a half-hour episode in the 13-part nature documentary series Insectia. Host Georges Brossard travels to Penang Island in Malaysia and Lago Agrio in Ecuador to investigate the artwork of insects. In the tropics, shining leaf chafer shells are used to make necklaces by the Sequoia tribes. Colorful butterfly wings are framed as works of art and decoration. Brossard visits artist George Foster, who creates large-scale sculptures inspired by the beauty of insects. This episode looks at the a Jewel-Darkling beetle used for live jewelry, the Morpho butterfly, and the rare brookiana called Rajah Brooke's Birdwing.