Micro Monsters with David Attenborough — S01E01 — Conflict

00:00:05 Our world is not always the same.

00:00:43 that will allow us to reveal in greater detail

00:01:17 over 80% of all animal species on this planet are arthropods.

00:01:51 ..and the bug that wears the bodies of its victims as a disguise.

00:03:01 They can have up to 750 legs,

00:03:42 just as its ancestors did over 400 million years ago.

00:04:25 There are over 8,000 species of them,

00:05:20 is not as fast or as agile,

00:06:22 to try and get under Red Claw's Armour.

00:07:13 The outback certainly gets very dry,

00:08:01 it's not what you might call maneuverable.

00:09:54 She has a weapon of last resort.

00:10:56 over food, over territory, over a mate.

00:11:32 Some mantises are so large and strong,

00:12:26 ..but the mantis is large and it survives.

00:13:04 But now as a larva, its task is to feed and grow.

00:14:04 The sand slips from under its feet.

00:14:55 This female trapdoor spider lives in a burrow with a camouflaged lid.

00:16:05 She pulls her prey into the burrow -

00:16:54 one insect has taken its camouflage

00:18:05 Its irregular shape makes it hard for other predators to spot it...

00:19:17 Conflict pervades the bug world.

00:20:31 They have evolved the most extraordinary ways to do so.

00:21:23 We'll encounter the most deadly creatures of the micro-world.