The roaches on Planet Earth: Caves

[bugmankeith]

What species were they? I saw an adult and its wings were short, revealing a bit of the abdomen. But the shots were so quick and they didnt say what species they were?

 

[bugmankeith]

Anyone at all?

 

[Kagekumo]

I caught a bit of it too. I just looked at the site and couldn't find anything.

 

[Matt K]

Huh ??

Did I miss something cool ?? What site can I go to for viewing?

 

[bugmankeith]

I dont think you can view the show unless its on tv.

The roaches were not one of the "main" animals in the show, thats why they did not say their name.

I'm shocked so many people here havent watched it, it was an amazing series!

 

[xelda]

I don't watch TV, so I didn't catch it. But it's on YouTube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WDNS_bP3K8g

Very cool video. I thought it was amazing how the bats formed the cloud for protection.

 

[bugmankeith]

Really?

I thought it's illegal to post taped shows/music videos and post them on youtube, unless you made the video?

 

[Tleilaxu]

They look like little hissers.

 

[Matt K]

YooToobe has everything on it in every way. Hail the internet-makers.

Matt K

 

[kahoy]

they said that there are 2 kinds of roaches, then the pede ate the other roach that lives on the cave wall, but the invert that the pede was eating was acctually a cricket.

:?

 

[HepCatMoe]

some dork was talking smack about attenborough. had to set him straight.

 

[NixHexDude]

If you have digital cable, you can watch PE on demand for free. This also allows you to rewind, pause etc...freakin love that show lol.

 

[Herp13]

I'll bet they were either Byrsotria fumigata/rothi. That was a good show, is it really over?

 

[HepCatMoe]

If you have digital cable, you can watch PE on demand for free. This also allows you to rewind, pause etc...freakin love that show lol.

how do you watch it? where?

 

[Tegenaria]

I have the book of the series upstairs(and the DVD series downstairs!) and I just looked at the chapter on caves. It just says 'hundreds of cockroaches swarm over the guano in borneo'

 

[Acro]

So has anybody figured out what species those thousands of roaches are on that huge pile of bat droppings?
I just got the DVD and I cant beleive they didnt say what they were! But WOW what an amazing series!

 

[robbie]

not sure if this is the one you guys are talking about but check out the site:

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01390p025f.pdf

i am still trying to find a pic...:?

 

[robbie]

here is the scientific name maybe one of you guys will have better luck with it: Miroblatta baai