The Small Big

Name: The Small Big: Taiwanese Stag Beetle
Uploaded: 2021-11-22T15:53:00Z
Description: Known as the “beetle of steel,” the Taiwanese stag beetle can be found in low-to-medium-altitude mountains, where they can find an endless supply of food. These scary-looking insects are herbivores whose favorite food is tree sap. But when other insects are competing for food, territory, or mates, they will use their menacing mandibles in a fight.

The documentary adopts the latest VR technology to record the ecological behaviors of the eight endemic species in Taiwan, including pareas atayal, emerald green treefrog, Formosan hill stag beetle, pachyrrhynchus sarcitis, Formosan macaque, Taiwanese fiddler crab, Mikado pheasant and Formosan lan

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The Small Big: Taiwan Lesser Salamander
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The Small Big: Taiwanese Stag Beetle
Known as the “beetle of steel,” the Taiwanese stag beetle can be found in low-to-medium-altitude mountains, where they can find an endless supply of food. These scary-looking insec
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The Small Big: Taiwanese Flightless Weevil
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The Small Big: Taiwan Pareas Atayal
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The Small Big: Emerald Tree Frogs
Endemic to Taiwan, emerald tree frogs can only be found close to clean waters in Taiwan's northern forests. Follow as an emerald tree frog tells its story of growing up, finding a
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The Small Big: Eastern Grass Owls
These birds, also known as "monkey-faced owls," are found throughout Taiwan. After mating, the males are responsible for hunting in order to feed their mates and young. Despite the

The Small Big: Taiwanese Stag Beetle

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