01x10 - Mini Beasts

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thank you

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welcome to the world of amazing mini

beasts

hi henry

i said welcome to the world of many

beasts what are many beasts they're

animals like bugs and creepy crawlies we

may not always see them but many beasts

are everywhere

everywhere are you sure i can't see

anything look closely you will oh that's

weird weird with a capital w it's not

weird it's just a close-up not weird

right

come on henry they're not weird just

different they look scary to me

it's okay you've just got to get used to

them

relax

yikes

there's no need to worry

i think we're being invaded by aliens

monsters from another world they're

beatles henry that's all they are

hey i bet you didn't know that beetles

were part of a family of insects that

account for a third of all living

species on this planet

excuse me that's amazing and how many

are from other planets don't worry don't

worry he says wow i wouldn't want to

meet him on a dark night

it's only a longhorn beetle he's just a

small guy really compared to a big

lizard like you

now that one's pretty at least pretty

for a beast that is it's a jewel beetle

one of more than one million different

types of beetle on earth one million

that's amazing

oh now it's getting weird again

beetles and starfish crabs and lobsters

mollusks and insects they're all

invertebrates creatures with external

skeletons that don't have a backbone or

vertebra to give their body support with

no vertebra invertebrates can never grow

too big that's why they're known as mini

beasts

is that an invertebrate too yes henry

it looks like a spider to me a big one

not just any old spider a tarantula one

of the biggest of all spiders and the

hairiest

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what's up henry many beasts mini beasts

i've had enough of all this i'm going

home

um

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maybe watch a little tv

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many beasts are everywhere henry

especially in homes

houses give them shelter warmth food too

there's lots of wood in houses and woods

food to many insects like these beetles

and beetle grubs

they're really here there and everywhere

come and get it

don't the splinters stick in their teeth

no henry they brush after every meal

invertebrates sometimes live in funny

places fleas live in animal hair

and these woolly bears live in carpets

don't look much like bears to me

some live in flower of all places they

actually live in food they live in their

lunch excuse me that's amazing they're

mini bees henry they have to grab what

they can get when they can get it can't

they go to the supermarket like the rest

of us

well c*ck can't push shopping

carts besides they're not particular so

anything could be their supper

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oh no

not the cookies

look henry oh what there's an old friend

oh

we're out of here

henry wake up we're in the middle of

something here

i was just having a nice nap growing

lizards need lots of sleep

yeah right henry

hmm

hey

what happened to that spider anyway he's

gone but here is one of his relatives

hmm

all spiders are pretty good at taking

care of themselves but colonial spiders

work together to get their lunch

their webs catch all sorts of things to

eat

not lizards though

no not lizards

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these guys really do work together

oh looks like someone got out of the

wrong side of the web this morning

hey these aren't spiders

no but there's still many beasts

they're leafcutter ants and they live in

huge colonies of up to half a million

ants that work together harvesting

jungle leaves

each leaf can weigh more than 20 times

the ants own body weight amazing

what do they do with them

they carry them back to the nest

why

their bodies can't digest the leaves

directly so they feed the leaves to a

fungus a little like a mushroom then eat

the fungus they're like fungus farmers

wouldn't it be easier just to open a can

they don't have can openers remember no

i was just kidding where's your sense of

humor

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nice work henry it looks just like you

thanks

gardens are a great place to see mini

beasts henry but gardeners aren't always

happy to see them

my head

oh no

where am i going looks like you've got a

problem with pests henry

best like this pesky locust

these creatures really are eating

machines

some mini beasts can do a lot of damage

to crops a plague like this can cause

misery and starvation for millions of

people in places like africa

the largest swarm ever recorded had 40

000 million locusts and these plagues

can keep on moving from feast to feast

for 10 whole years

that's amazing

these aren't locusts

these mini beasts are called aphids

green fly black fly gardeners hate them

they damage plants by sucking the sap

from them they don't even stop eating to

give birth to their babies and they can

have 50 babies a week

wow that's busy but i can understand

that i've blown my nose while eating

bagels it's all in the technique what

are you talking about henry

here's another eating machine a

caterpillar

some caterpillars can eat their own

weight and food every day

go cat go

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caterpillars eat that much in order to

become beautiful

that's beautiful you just wait and see

henry

okay i'm waiting

pad people what happened to the

caterpillars they've been taken away

those were caterpillars they've become

cocoons raccoons hey they're moving

they're alive they're going to explode

into a butterfly and it's cocoons not

raccoons

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caterpillars need to grow more than five

times their original size before they

can spin a cocoon and change into a

butterfly

don't tell me that's called metal more

pasta

metamorphosis

i knew that just testing

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henry it's time for your special report

henry time for your report

come here you're ready aren't you

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henry we're ready for your report on

bees

my report is on the bee and why it comes

homes

hmm

let's start by looking at the world of

the bee

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the hive is the bee's home

in the hive there are three types of bee

right first the queen

who lays the eggs

which hatch into larva

no not volcanic lava insect larva

in other words baby bees

then there are the drone bees and the

worker bees

all bees work hard to make honey

not money honey

that's better now

they put honey in pot henry they've got

to make the pots first and that's hard

work even for a bee what sometimes all

that hard work took the steam out of the

bees and sometimes they got irritated

with one another i know that feeling

henry to make the bees happy and to stop

their complaining the queen had a bright

idea she got the bees to form a choir

and every day they would sing their

hearts out and they would forget all

their problems only trouble was that the

bees were too tired after all their hard

work they couldn't remember any of the

words to the songs

so they had to hum along with the tune

instead

and that's why these hum cause they

don't know the words

oh

oh boy just in case you're interested

bees don't actually hum but it sounds

like they do because their wings vibrate

180 times a second so they can fly and

carry all the pollen and nectar they

need to feed the babies back in the hive

when they get home the worker bees mix

the nectar with saliva saliva as in spit

right and put together that makes honey

are you sure yes i'm sure at least one

of us did his research so

i'll get it right next time

i'm sure you will henry

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some mini beasts make a big effort to

look after their babies babies

sweet things

not everybody thinks that invertebrate

babies are cute

but even so babies are a big

responsibility

henry

hey excuse me coming through

many many beast babies hatched from eggs

laid in strange places

this alkali bee has just dug a hole and

deposited its egg what she doesn't

realize is that the b*mber fly has her

own devious plan

don't tell me

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she drops her own eggs into the same

hole they hatch and feed on the baby

bees

i ask you not to tell me

sorry but that's how it is in nature

sometimes

the new b*mber fly grows emerges and the

whole thing starts over it's the circle

of life

while life can be tough especially on

many beasts they still manage to survive

and breed again

it is tough and sad sometimes

here's something to cheer you up a dung

beetle

dung as in yes henry this beetle has got

to fly off and collect a great big pile

of it before a female dung beetle will

even think of having babies with him

couldn't he just buy her a box of candy

no the dung provides food warmth and

somewhere for the dung babies to play

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hey

isn't that yes henry

he's got some

wow

he's even got to fight another beetle up

just to get his own pile up henry

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the dung beetle rolls it into a ball to

get it home it's too heavy to go by

and he's air through the defense dribble

dribble

he's over the halfway line

look at his fancy footwork and nothing

stop this magnificent mini beast

any shoots and

he scores

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ah that's better

excuse me

can i have a little privacy here

sorry henry

no peeking

many beasts keep themselves clean too

they can't afford to be dirty because

even a tiny speck of dirt can be a

matter of life or death to something so

tiny

they take a lot of trouble to keep clean

so do i

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now henry's amazing golden gecko awards

for the all-time fast

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third place bronze medal goes to the

praying mantis

second place silver goes to the giant

land snail that mighty marauding slime

sucking mini beast moss

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and the gold medalist and most amazing

all-time best mini beast is the common

garden spider

not the tarantula why choose a garden

spider because the little male garden

spider is so brave

he has to be extra especially nice to

the female when it comes to love because

she's twice his size

she's a big girl sometimes they get on

fine other times well she can be pretty

grouchy and if he can't calm her down

then mr spider ends up eating

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as william shakespeare said true love

never runs smooth or was that the evilly

brothers oops she's gonna bitten his leg

off now he's only got seven left to run

away on

many beasts face other perils besides

other mini beasts oh yeah

you mean like this

hey

yeah like that

this couldn't hurt anybody

excuse me

oh

okay

this plant couldn't hurt a fly

as a matter of fact it could watch

this is a venus flytrap one of the only

types of plant to actually catch and eat

live prey i mean live mini beasts

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hey fly watch it

ouch

and here's our dung beetle again

don't eat that i know where it's been

boy

many beasts have it rough i'm so happy

i'm a lizard

hey henry if you're a dragonfly what's

worse than one bee eater bird

toby eater birds

when it comes to protein for building

strong bodies arms and legs weevils do a

gerbils body good

but the gerbil doesn't do much good for

the weevils body

gerbils just love weevils

if they're so good maybe i should try a

nice fresh one

excuse me here's lunch

bon appetit henry

wait a minute

he's k*lled over i'm not eating that

hey

what's up he pretended to be dead to

fool you he won

you lost he cheated

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who's eating who here

watch

flies aren't doing too good today i'm

glad i'm not a dipteran

dipteran dipteran that's the scientific

name for a fly it means it has two wings

see i know some big words too

here's a mini beast trap set by an ant

lion an ant lion does it roar like a

real lion

i don't think so

you don't think so

so even you don't know everything i do

know that ant lions dig a pit if the

termite falls down it can't climb up the

steep sides and the jaws of the ant lion

are ready and waiting

look out it's a tank it looks like one

but it's a tiger beetle and no it

doesn't roar like a tiger

hey all you mini beasts little guys stay

clear

sorry henry i don't think this little

guy heard you

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too late for the cricket

don't eat with your mouth open

some people no manners some crickets no

head

life can be a hard struggle henry

whether you're little or whether you're

big

these tiny mites show you don't have to

be big to be deadly they swarm over

creatures and nibble them day and night

now i'm starting to itch

you're not the only one

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the worst itchy creepy crawly is the

flea it lives on blood it sucks from

other animals even birds get them

lizards don't get them do they

i don't think so

it's so little how does it get around

it is little but it can jump the

equivalent of 30 times the human long

jump record

excuse me that's amazing

amazing and true

ouch i really do it

hey where's he going it's a flea circus

now i've heard everything you mean to

say real please work here

what do you think i think you're pulling

my fully infested leg

watch closely how can you have a circus

when all the performers are too tiny to

be seen we'll watch really really close

to him

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next thing you'll be telling me is that

the toy cannon over there is loaded

oh

it isn't loaded is it

me and my big mouth

oh boy it's a real creepy crawly

convention down there hi guys how's it

going it's been real nice getting to

know you

i'm sure i'll be seeing you around

and i'll be seeing you around too

bye henry and watch where you're

stepping remember many beasts may be

little but they've still got their own

special place in this amazing animal

world

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