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When Plants Attack: A Time-Lapse

Dec 19, 2014 | 831 videos
Video by Chris Field

This "biolapse" condenses more than three months of footage into an eerie study of how carnivorous plants eat insects. Filmmaker Chris Field shares a behind-the-scenes look at how he shot the film on his Vimeo channel.

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Author: Chris Heller

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