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Mexican farmers use fireflies to save forest
In the Mexican village of Nanacamilpa, tiny fireflies are helping save the towering pine trees on the outskirts of the sprawling megalopolis of Mexico City.Thousands of fireflies light up a magical spectacle at dusk in the mass of...
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Smelly flower popular tourist attraction
1. Wideshot of "Corpse Flower" with crowd of onlookers
2. Tilt down flower
3. Close up of onlooker
4. Close-up of onlooker
5. Wideshot of flower and crowd
6. Pan across spathe (petal)
7. Wideshot of botanist, John Trager, examining...
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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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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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A bistro of bugs for gourmet dining
LEADIN:
Ants and beetles in the kitchen? Normally that would close a restaurant down immediately.
But at a new Bangkok eatery, bugs in the beef ragu and pests in the pesto aren't a disaster - they're a...
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A bistro of bugs for gourmet dining
LEADIN:
Ants and beetles in the kitchen? Normally that would close a restaurant down immediately.
But at a new Bangkok eatery, bugs in the beef ragu and pests in the pesto aren't a disaster - they're a...
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CHINA: SOARING TRADE DEFICIT WITH US THREATENS TO SPOIL RELATIONS
Mandarin/Nat
China's soaring trade deficit with the United States threatens to spoil steadily improving relations, a senior US trade official warned on Wednesday.
US Undersecretary of Commerce David Aaron urged Chinese trade and industry...
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UGANDA/KENYA: RIVER NILE IS BLOCKED BY WEED
Source of the Nile, Uganda, December 5, 1995
1. Wide shot: source of the Nile.
2. Sign marking the spot where the source commences.
3. Shot of many floating weeds (water hyacinth) which have caused a massive ...
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Beetle mania comes to town in Thailand
You will have heard of bull fighting, and maybe even cock fighting, but how about beetle fighting?
It's a traditional form of entertainment in Thailand and is being celebrated at a special festival.
It's a battle of the beetles.
These...
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Desert blooms into riot of spring colour
AP Television
Near Kibutz Ruchama, Negev Desert, Israel, 11th February 2012
1. Wide of anemone field
2. Wide of anemone field and people walking
3. Medium of visitors taking pictures of anemone flowers at field
4. Pull focus close...
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Cork forests are under threat as the wine industry uses plastic stoppers
Lyon
1. Various waiter opens bottle
2. People select wine from wine list,
3. Various people drinking and clinking glasses for good health
Plaine des Maures, near St Tropez
4. Various of cork oak forests (Foret des Maures)
5. Scar on...
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Secrets of the mummies unearthed in Lithuania
AP Television
Vilnius, Lithuania - August 8, 2011
1. Close of mummy of young boy in wooden box
2. Mid of anthropologist Rimantas Jankauskas with fellow scientist taking mummy of boy from box
3. Mid of Jankauskas with mummy
4. Mid of...
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Live jewel encrusted beetle jewellery
++4:3 pillarboxed video++
AP Television
Mexico City, 10th February 2012
1. Various close-ups maquech
AP Television
Huhi, Mexico, 29th August 2011
2. Various of maquech on fungus
3. Mid of Gervasio Couoh Chuc walking through woods near...
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Students make food from insects
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYSan Jose, Costa Rica - 16 May, 20151. Dishes filled with ground up crickets parts 2. Close of crickets parts 3. Close of beetles in bowl4. Close of beetle larvae...
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Farmers breed weevil grubs to meet demand for tasty snack
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4033156LEAD IN: Conservationists in Cameroon are training farmers to breed weevil grubs in an attempt to curb deforestation.Weevil grubs are a popular snack in the country. Larvae grow in the trunks of...
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Farmers breed weevil grubs to meet demand for tasty snack
LEAD IN: Conservationists in Cameroon are training farmers to breed weevil grubs in an attempt to curb deforestation.Weevil grubs are a popular snack in the country. Larvae grow in the trunks of rotting palm trees and farmers have been...
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Beetle threatens date palm plantations
LEADIN: Dates are central to the traditions observed during the holy month of Ramadan, when many Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn until dusk. Most Muslims break their fast like the Prophet Muhammad did...
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Beetle threatens date palm plantations
LEADIN: Dates are central to the traditions observed during the holy month of Ramadan, when many Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn until dusk. Most Muslims break their fast like the Prophet Muhammad did...
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Palm trees being destroyed by tiny insects
LEADIN:
Palm tree farmers are being terrorised by a tiny insect wreaking havoc on their crops.
The red palm weevil destroys trees from the inside out, severely cutting the farmers' income.
...