Something's Bugging Me

I've just been watching the first in a new David Attenborough series "Life in the Undergrowth" and it looks fascinating. This week's episode looked at the likely origins of the invertebrate insect world in the ancient oceans and connected that to life forms like the centipedes and woodlice which still carry many of those characteristics today. It also had some really interesting photography - pictures of animals less than half a millimetre long called springtails. They are aptly named because they have a tail which acts like a spring to help them leap out of the way if trouble arises. They can jump 150mm! That's the equivalent of a man jumping over the Eifel Tower. I never thought I would be fascinated to watch slugs mating! See it now on http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeintheundergrowth/video.shtml I don't normally advertise things - so it shows how impressed I was with the programme! Appreciate your comments - if anyone reads this crap!