Explains that animals have highly-specialised body parts which enable them to adapt to their environment. With close-up photography, shows animals building homes, raising their young, and acquiring and storing food. Includes scenes of a woodpecker drilling in the bark of a tree, a mosquito sucking blood from a farmer’s arm, caterpillars spinning a web, ants carrying heavy loads of food, a caddis fly glueing materials together for its home, and beavers building a dam.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
311106
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animal behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Animal ecology
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Adaptation
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Insects - Behavior
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)