NOVA: The Unknown World (2005) | Index |
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4:50 | Hair Follicle Mite lives in scalp and eyelashes - have a taste for mascara | 6:00 | We shed 1.5 million skin flakes every hour, makes up 90% of dust on floor | 7:30 | House Dust Mite eats skin flake |
10:40 | Common Clothes Moth larva is fond of wool and cotton, mature into | 11:20 | Common Clothes Moth adult | 11:30 | Fur Beetle eats fur with jaws between eyes |
14:00 | Silverfish prefer old yellow paper, break down cellulose | 15:00 | Pseudoscorpion lives on diet of | 15:30 | Book Louse |
16:00 | Museum Beetle eats one hair at a time, also likes dried insects; is the scourge of every curator | 19:00 | Old House Borer larva eats holes in wood | 19:40 | Black Carpenter Ant tunnels through wood to make nest |
22:00 | Skin cells divide to form new layer over scab | 22:40 | 100,000 billion bacteria in human body, lpay essential role in digestion in intestines | 23:30 | Other bacteria attack teeth, cuasing cavities and plague |
25:00 | Macrophage is big eater (including asbestos fiber); make up pus when dead | 29:00 | Cold virus leave mast cells | 30:25 | Lymphocytes bombard enemy with antibodies |
31:00 | HIV virus infects lymphocytes | 31:40 | Snail fever parasite need snail intermediate host, sucks our blood cells | 33:00 | Female attached to larger male; eggs leave in urine |
33:30 | Plasmodium is malaria parasite transmitted by mosquito | 35:40 | Scale Insect | 36:00 | Aphids herded by |
36:40 | ants | 37:00 | preyed by ladybug | 37:10 | Red Predator Mite hitches a ride |
37:25 | Hoverfly larva sucks aphid, leaving empty shell | 38:00 | Shield Bug attacks caterpillar | 39:00 | Stag Beetle males battle |
41:00 | Ants nest in fern leaves | 42:25 | Venus Flytrap | 42:20 | Digitalis sap has glue that traps aphids |
42:30 | Potato plant has long fibers to prevent aphid from reaching juice | 42:50 | Plant bug has special claws to walk across leaf | 47:00 | Water Flea give live birth |
58:20 | Dove decays |
4:50 Hair Follicle Mite |
7:30 House Dust Mite |
10:40 Common Clothes Moth larva |
11:20 Common Clothes Moth adult |
11:30 Fur Beetle |
14:00 Silverfish |
15:00 Pseudoscorpion |
15:30 Book Louse |
16:00 Museum Beetle |
19:00 Old House Borer larva |
19:40 Black Carpenter Ant |
22:00 Skin cells divide |
25:00 Macrophage |
29:00 Cold virus leave mast cells |
30:25 Lymphocytes |
31:40 Snail fever parasite |
33:30 Plasmodium |
35:40 Scale Insect |
36:00 Aphids |
36:40 ants |
37:00 ladybug |
37:10 Red Predator Mite |
37:25 Hoverfly larva |
38:00 Shield Bug |
39:00 Stag Beetle males |
41:00 Ants nest in fern leaves |
42:20 Digitalis |
42:30 Potato plant |
42:50 Plant bug |
47:00 Water Flea |
Index | Oct 26, 2011 | Peter Chen |