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London Zoo reveals its new butterfly exhibition
1. Wide London Zoo Butterfly exhibit
2. Close ZSL (Zoological Society of London) Living conservation sign
3. Young girl running into Exhibit
4. Various butterflies on plant's
5. Butterfly on girl's hand
6. Visitor taking...
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Havana gallery to re-open with exhibit of 94-year-old sculptor Louise Bourgeois
1. Wide shot giant spider being assembled outside Havana's Museum of Fine Arts
2. Close up worker on crane
3. Medium shot children on balcony watching workers build spider
4. Wide shot workers and crane lifting spider leg
5. Reverse shot...
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Counting the animals at London zoo
London, January 8 2009
1. Wide shot lion
2. Close up lion
3. Mid shot lion
4. Pan from keep to bearded pigs
5. Close up bearded pigs
6. Various set up David Field, Zoological Director, London Zoo
7. Various meerkats
8. SOUNDBITE...
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Foul-smelling flower which blooms once every 30 years is in blossom
1. The Corpse Flower at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in New York City
2. People looking at the flower
3. Man smelling the flower
4. Woman smelling the flower
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alessandro Chiari, Brooklyn Botanical Garden ...
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Realitatea TV NY's Botanical Gardens features the Orchid Show
1. Wide exterior New York Botanical Garden Conservatory Gardens
2. Pull out from orchids to water display
3. Close up orchid, "Jerry Pacific Empire"
4. Mid shot man taking photo of orchids
5. Pull out group of yellow orchids,...
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Paris is abuzz with bees
Paris, France, 2 September 2009
1. Mid shot beekeeper Nicolas Geant on the roof of the Grand Palais
2. Close up bees
3. Various exteriors Grand Palais
4. Pan from Eiffel Tower to beekeeper Nicolas Geant on the terrace of the Grand...
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Giant rainforest plant known as a corpse flower for terrible smell begins blooming
1. Pull back to wide of crowd around Titan Arum plant
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill McLaughlin, Curator of Plants, US Botanic Garden, Washington DC:
" Titan arum is one of the largest flowering plants in the world. And we were delighted...
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Hot house butterflies hit chilly New York
AP Television
New York City, New York - 7 October 2009
1. Mid of butterfly on flower
2. Mid of butterfly on leaf
3. Mid of butterfly on orchid
4. Mid of butterfly flying away from a tree
5. Wide of tree with butterflies on it
6. Close...
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US general calls Al Qaida fighters cockroaches
1. Wide shot briefing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Major Bryan Hilferty, US Spokesman in Bagram:
"I think that's a question for the Secretary of Defence, but I would say, I mean, if you get a house and it's infested with cockroaches and you...
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UK animal smuggling threat to reptiles
AP Television
Broadford, Isle of Skye, UK - July 15, 2011
1. Various snakes at serpentarium
2. Mid shot conservationist speaking to visitors
3. Various Mangrove Monitor lizard
4. Alex Shearer in cage with mangrove monitor lizard
5....
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It's officially still winter, but many people are already enjoying spring-like temperatures. Bugs are taking advantage of the weather, too. Mosquitoes, tics, termites and ladybugs are on the rise. They're coming out of winter hibernation early.
HEADLINE: Insect doctor: Balmy weather brings more bugs
CAPTION: It's officially still winter, but many people are already enjoying spring-like temperatures. Bugs are taking advantage of the weather, too. Mosquitoes, tics, termites and...
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Hong Kong show causes furore as contestants munch creepy crawlies
1. CU zoom out dish of cooked water beetles
2. MS female host looking at dish of water beetles and
talking
3. WS four women in bikinis walking onto set
4. MS four women in bikinis standing and looking at
water beetles
5. MS live water...
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In the footsteps of Darwin
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Rio de Janeiro State - 26 to 28 November 2008
1. View from bus on highway
2. Forest tilt up to parasite...
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Largest butterfly farm in southeast Asia
1. Various of butterfly statue
2. Sign (in Bahasa Indonesia): "Butterfly garden Bali"
3. Visitors entering butterfly garden
4. Butterfly on neck of visitor, pan as another visitor lifts it off
5. Various of butterflies
6. Butterfly egg...
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SOUTH AFRICA: BUG BARBEQUE (V)
English/Nat
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
In South Africa, a rather unusual exhibition has opened where a bunch of creepy crawlies are not only on display - but also on the menu.
The actual displays at the Johannesburg Zoo are not "up for...
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Cooking up new-style menus with insects
The speciality dish at the Sandia Mexican restaurant in Toulouse, France.
Called Los Gusanos this traditional Mexican dish translates to English as ...worms. In this case mealworms. Served with bread and salad with salsa to dip. ...
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STORY: In many parts of the world, insects are a pest which can
sometimes destroy an entire year's harvest. But some experts believe
people could turn the tables on the six-legged nuisances. They are
promoting insect cuisine......
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Climate change impacts Britain's trees
London and Hertfordshire - 30th September 2008
1. Tilt up trees to sky
2. Midshot conker
3. Wideshot tree
4. Midshot twigs
5. Midshot broken branch
6. Midshot conker with trees in background
7. Tilt up trees to sky
8. Midshot...
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National tree of Malawi under threat of extinction
Mulanje Mountain - December 2007
1. Aerial shot Mulanje Mountain
2. Zoom into cedar cluster
3. Tilt up Mulanje cedar Tree
4. Pan of cedar cluster forest
5. Mulanje cedar tree stump
6. Julian Bayliss inspects a Mulanje Cedar
7....
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Beekeepers stay above the law in New York
New York, 5th April 2009
1. Tight shot of bee on Purple flower
2. Pan from tight shot of bees in carrier cage to man demonstrating the hiving of bees
3. Mid shot of people watching
4. Various man demonstrating the hiving of bees
5....
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MEXICO: GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES TO PROTECT BUTTERFLIES
Spanish/Nat
Every year millions of butterflies fly across the North American continent from Canada to reach the warmer climes of Mexico before winter.
The spectacle has become a popular attraction for nature lovers and tourists visiting...
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Frogs star of the show in New York
June 4, 2009 New York City
1. Tight shot of Amazon Milk frog native to French Guiana, Brazil and Ecuador
2. Tight shot of green and black poison frog native to Nicaragua and Columbia
3. Mid shot of Frogs display
4. Tight shot of vials...
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Scientists are still digging for Ice Age fossils in the heart of Los Angeles after a century of discoveries. So much has been uncovered from the La Brea Tar Pits that crews have a backlog of bones to clean and sort through. (Oct. 28)
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SOUNDBITE (English): John Harris, Chief Curator, Page Museum "The sabre toothed cats, the dire wolves, the giant jaguars, and the short-faced bears..."
NATSOUND Harris grunts as he pulls...
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Russia - Cockroach Races Alternative To Elections
A group of Russians, disillusioned with the poor quality of candidates for the December 17 elections, have put their faith in cockroaches.
The group, who held a cockroach race at an art gallery in Moscow, attracted large crowds for their...