Insect Behavior Up Close & in Slow Motion
Tonight’s Expert
Dr. Adrian Smith, Head of the Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Research Lab at NCMNS and creator of the popular YouTube channel, AntLab.
Tonight’s Topic
Most of the fastest animals on Earth are arthropods. They swing their appendages, snap their jaws and propel their bodies at incredible speeds, sometimes using spring-loaded mechanisms. But because of their small size and cryptic lifestyles, the behaviors of many of these fast-moving organisms have yet to be captured on video, or described. Here, Dr. Adrian Smith presents his work of filming the behaviors of things like trap-jaw ants, beetles, moths and springtails, and telling those stories to both popular and professional audiences. Dr. Smith will show footage and describe behaviors that reveal how remarkable these organisms are.
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