Life in the Undergrowth

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Overview

Take a trip through an amazing universe without even stepping off of the ground as host David Attenborough explores the lives of the planet's most fascinating insects in a documentary that utilizes advanced technology to prove that in the wondrous world of nature, size is but a matter of perspective. From swarms of desert locusts to living, breathing mountains comprised entirely of cockroaches, these worlds are often a strange combination of the bizarre and sublime. In addition to offering a closer look at these ...
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Overview

Take a trip through an amazing universe without even stepping off of the ground as host David Attenborough explores the lives of the planet's most fascinating insects in a documentary that utilizes advanced technology to prove that in the wondrous world of nature, size is but a matter of perspective. From swarms of desert locusts to living, breathing mountains comprised entirely of cockroaches, these worlds are often a strange combination of the bizarre and sublime. In addition to offering a closer look at these fascinating microscopic wonders themselves, Attenborough and filmmakers also explore the lives and habits of the insect world in a manner never before available to filmmakers.
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Special Features

Interview with David Attenborough
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/2/2006
  • UPC: 794051251428

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  • Source: Bbc Warner
  • Time: 4:10:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 10,821

Cast & Crew

Technical Credits
Bridget Appleby Producer
Peter Bassett Producer
Stephen Dunleavy Producer
Mike Gunton Executive Producer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Life in the Undergrowth
1. A Miniature World [6:52]
2. Millipedes [8:26]
3. Velvet Worm [14:22]
4. Dancing Springtails [5:43]
5. Egg Protection [7:14]
6. Scorpions [6:45]
1. Mayflies [6:46]
2. Fossil Dragonflies [8:04]
3. Cascade Damsels [3:55]
4. Butterflies [:58]
5. Bumblebees [12:32]
6. Cicadas [10:43]
1. Illuminations [8:16]
2. Web Spinners [5:14]
3. Web Construction [9:25]
4. Modifications [9:53]
5. Hunting in Packs [5:52]
6. The Wolf Spider [11:12]
Disc #2 -- Life in the Undergrowth
1. Aphids and Ants [7:25]
2. Gall Makers [7:03]
3. Pollination [8:47]
4. Nursemaids [7:30]
5. Orchard Spiders [11:09]
6. Alcon Blue Butterflies [8:00]
1. Sand Wasps [6:41]
2. Bees [6:02]
3. Wood Ants [4:47]
4. Harvester Ants [10:38]
5. Termites [9:04]
6. Matabele Ants [5:56]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- Life in the Undergrowth
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   Subtitles: On
   Subtitles: Off
   Episode 1: Invasion of the Land
   Episode 2: Taking to the Air
   Episode 3: The Silk Spinners
Disc #2 -- Life in the Undergrowth
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   Subtitles: On
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   Episode 4: Intimate Relations
   Episode 5: Supersocieties
   Special Features
      Interview With Mike Salisbury
      Original Score
         Titles
         Series Opening Montage
         Attack of the Orb Web Spider
         Cascade Damsels
         Dragonfly Hatch
         Springtail Dance
         Slow-Motion Flying / Flies Dance
         Army Ants Hunting
         From Caterpillar to Butterfly
         Web Spinning
         The Magical World of Snails
         The Bumble Bee's Spring Awakening
         A Starlit Cave (Prog 3 Opening)
         Dance of the Wolf Spider
         Matebele Ant Raid
         Butterfly Colors
         Springtails Jumping
         Scorpions
         Searching for a Nest
         Fossil Dragonfly
         The First Land Animals
         Bolas Spider Waltz of Death
         Cicadas Emerge
         Gossamer
         Credits
      Trailers
         Blue Planet
         Pride
         Pyramid
         Walking With Beasts
         Walking With Cavemen
         Walking With Dinosaurs / Allosaurus
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  • Posted January 18, 2013

    Highly recommended

    I am about 2/3 of the way through 'Life in the Undergrowth'. I enjoy the topic, the photography and narration are both excellent.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Wondrous: Attenborough gets down with them, explains, shows, informs, but most of all you'll discover the wonder of tiny creatures whose millions of years of survival experience re-invented nanotechnology brains that are absolutely WONDROUS!

    We are told repeatedly about our big, wondrous human brains and it's all true. Look at the nanotechnolgy offering us iPads, Ipods, Computers, big beautiful THIN digital Televisions, BUT as David Attenborough gets down and SHOWS us, explains, informs: insects and spiders and termites evolved a form of tiny brains of wondrous survival means a million or more years before we humans even imagined "nano." Attenborough does not dwell on confrontations: we learn from his visual examples, nor can this review even imply the number of examples he fully covers, but let me mention just
    the Spider, who beyond their almost mystical precision in forming species-specific webs and physical skills moving on thin silk strands,can also plot, scheme,invent. Or view blind Termites who can build Air-conditioned relatively-immense structures: but one primary lesson: you should NOT underestimate their abilities, and you are informed in this series, without question, that humankind cannot exist without them. The bad or annoying ones you dislike or hate are a tiny minority, the most are not only vital but downright amazing and you'll feel enriched by knowing more about them, and nobody is more informative than David Attenborough.

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