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Article: BUGZ IN THE MOVIEZ.(comparting bugs in movies to real life insects)
- Article from:
- Ranger Rick
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
- Author:
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Movies have been going "buggy" for many years. But are the insects on the big screen anything like those in the real world?
Do ants have real teeth?
The ants in the movie A Bug's Life (see photo, right) sure do. Gee, do you suppose they floss? Actually, insects don't have the kind of teeth that you have. But some kinds of insects are real biters. They use sharp jaw parts instead of your kind of teeth for biting and chewing. Trap-jaw ants, for example, use their jaws to trap and snap their prey.
Aren't insect eyes supposed to be a lot different from our eyes?
Yes, indeedy, just like the ones on the fly guy from The Return of the Fly ...