Monday, May 2, 2016

­     Today I watched a documentary called “Microcosmo,” about insects.  It is officially rated G, for general audience.  I do not agree, as it has some show of the insect reproduction system, and in my opinion should be rated PG, for parental guidance.  It has very little speech and is an almost a silent documentary.  3 things that I learned are the following.  1. Insects can seek refuge in flowers as they close up at night. 2. How spiders wrap up their prey in a mummy like wrapping.  3. How bees see the world in ultraviolet colors, with their compound eyes.  Something I really loved is, with the help of the cameras, how they put things that we could never see, or notice, in real life, into such vividness, you felt like you were an insect bystander.  Some of this amazing footage includes: a sundew eating an insect, a flower closing for the night, and an insect hatching out of its egg.  If I could change anything, I would give more identification to everything, as we have to guess the insects, and sometimes didn’t have the chance.