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Bugs That Rule the World

Searching for Praying Mantises in the Brazilian Amazon

Mantis expert Gavin Svenson heads to the Brazilian amazon to sample the diversity of mantises in the forest. It is important for Svenson to understand the and quantify the number of mantises in the amazon, he describes the problems with declines in that we cannot know what we are losing if we don’t know what we even have. Svenson wants to find a mantis he described and named after his daughter.

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Beetlemania
53:48
Beetles are the world’s most abundant animals, called “the most important species on the planet.”
Eat or Be Eaten
53:19
Praying mantises and aquatic insects reveal cunning physical adaptations for ruthless survival.
The Lifegivers
53:19
Pollinators – bees, moths and butterflies – bring color to the world and put food on our plates.
Insect Apocalypse?
53:19
Could a world without insects survive? Scientists investigate the global insect “apocalypse.”
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