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Bugs That Rule the World
The Lifegivers
Season 1
Episode 2
The world’s essential pollinators – bees, moths and butterflies – bring color to the world and put food on our plates. Far from fragile, they’re hardy creatures living complex lives, featuring physical transformations and mind-blowing migrations.
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Beetles are the world’s most abundant animals, called “the most important species on the planet.”
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Praying mantises and aquatic insects reveal cunning physical adaptations for ruthless survival.
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Could a world without insects survive? Scientists investigate the global insect “apocalypse.”