| THE GLOW WORM Educational film about the life of a glow worm. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6575 |
| Catalog #: | 488049 | |
| Clip Number: | 488049-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:06:56 - 01:11:34 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Behavior, Locomotion ANIMALS/GENERAL: Unusual ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATE: Insect, Beetles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | "The glowworm's head." C/U of glowworm's head and long neck. C/U of horns. "Glowworms hunt snails." Snail with striped shell. Glow worm crawls up stem of plant towards a snail. C/U showing how glow-worm grips on to stem. Snail gets away. Glow-worm pursues the snail on the ground. Attaches itself to the snail's shell. It drags the snail along behind it. "They inject an anesthetic and then et them." It injects an anaesthetic into the snail and then eats it. Tweezers and a pointed instrument are used to show how the snail has no feeling. We see the glow-worm eating the snail. It cleans itself of any remaining bits of snail with its "rosette". "The skin is shed." Glow-worm sheds its skin. It emerges leaving its old skin behind. "In summer adult males and females emerge." Adult male shedding its skin. Male approaching female to mate. | |
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