Pre-flight the dragonfly swims to kill in a marine environment - BBC wildlife

Watch this amazing footage of the dragonfly's life before flight and it's otherworldly extendable jaw. Crazy strange insects inhabit the air and the water.

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Pets & Animals

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• dragonfly
• insects
• hummingbirds
• blue
• fish
• frogs
• marine
• animals
• exotic
• birds
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[SweatyThongs]

I'm surprised the footage made available here by the BBC Isn't more popular! It's all quality stuff.

[cactustactics]

I'm surprised they haven't posted it in better quality, to be honest. The material is fantastic but this video doesn't do it justice

[imfromtambunan]

jaws

[ephabouyed]

Dragon fly larvae eat tadpoles, frogs eat dragon flies, I guess what goes around comes around. Such is nature.

[ephabouyed]

@ammonoid A series called Predators

[cinnabarina]

it must be so difficult to make footage like this... Part from 3:08 is incredible

[sodaandjuice123]

what i want to know is how they record this stuff without scaring away the creatures

[kawawakaba]

@sazer123 see optimality theory and its implication of the theory of natural selection

[ammonoid]

What series is this from please?

[Afrocanuk]

Who in their right mind would dislike this video?

[Afr0Afr0]

seriously i love these hunting clips... they make it so intense

[darthvacuumcleaner]

@sazer123

Why give it some prehistoric arm that can break easily and wastes lots of energy?

why not do something smart with lasers or electricity? or give it a brain and a fishing net? why not design its dinner in a way that makes it easier to catch?

why not make it digest water for energy and save it the trouble of hunting?

If you're gonna invoke god as a magic designer, then you'll have to concede that he is awfully stupid or unimaginative sometimes, and just not all he's cracked up to be.