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Extreme Bugs

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  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: December 4, 2025
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 2
  • Networks: ARTE
  • Genres: Documentary
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Extreme Bugs(2025)

TMDB Rating: 7.0 (1 votes)

Overview

Camouflage, deception and deadly precision: insects arrive with surprising survival strategies and thus take their place in the animal world. From bomb-igniting beetles, web-throwing spiders to tricky antlions – worldwide, the insect world has developed amazing abilities to protect itself from attackers and obtain food.

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2 episodes • 2025

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1The BiggestDec 4, 20250.0
2The most evil onesDec 4, 20250.0

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