Micro Monsters with David Attenborough — S01E02 — Predator

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

00:00:44 to reveal in greater detail than ever before their lives -

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

00:01:46 spiders that can cast their webs...

00:03:12 These are whirligig beetles and they live on ponds throughout the world.

00:04:19 The whirligig detects the faint echoes in much the same way as radar

00:04:54 is not the only media for carrying messages.

00:05:34 they use it to trap their prey.

00:06:42 using not web silk, but a different non-stretch kind...

00:07:52 She plucks on very carefully chosen strands.

00:09:11 She uses these robotic movements to camouflage herself from Argiope.

00:10:26 Like most spiders, she can't eat solid food, so she pumps

00:11:33 Most spiders capture their prey in a web.

00:12:15 of one of Australia's most feared spiders -

00:13:20 When the beetle tires, she bites.

00:14:37 As day turns to night and the forest plunges into darkness,

00:15:29 than ours.

00:16:20 At last, she begins a slow process of digesting her meal.

00:17:07 lives a creature that has mastered the use of venom like few others.

00:17:57 Nevertheless, she attacks.

00:19:22 She conceals the burrow's entrance with leaf litter.

00:20:21 Over a period of weeks, the lava continues to grow and develop

00:21:23 The struggle for survival amongst arthropods is often brutal,

00:22:07 tentative steps into their small and often dangerous world.