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Butterfly man

Australia, 2004
film

The evolutionary tale of Don Herbison-Evans, a man who studies butterflies then experiences a human metamorphosis on the dance floor. A warm-hearted documenta..

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Six minutes with nature

Australia, 1951
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Don't

United Kingdom, 1974
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Morpho

United Kingdom, 1964
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Le Papillon: vanesse grande tortue

France
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Metamorphosis: Fly in the ointment

Australia, 1998
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Butterfly

Germany, 1970
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Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

France, 1904
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Butterflies

United States, 1931
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Hommage: Francois Couperin

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Metamorphosis

United States, 1977
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The Wanderer or monarch butterfly

Australia, 1952
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Butterfly botanists

United States, 1947
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The Rainbow and the forest

United Kingdom, 1970
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The Adventures of a bluebottle

France, 1955
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Evolution

Canada, 1971
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The Butterfly ball and the grasshopper's feast

United Kingdom, 1976
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Bip hunts butterflies

United States, 1975
Similarity: 66%

Now you see me, now you don't: survival mechanisms of insects

Unknown, 1991
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