The Secret World of Dragonflies | Short Film Showcase
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- The colorful, acrobatic dragonfly may seem familiar, but this stunning macro film reveals the mysteries behind its metamorphic life cycle-and some surprising adaptations.
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The Secret World of Dragonflies | Short Film Showcase
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The fact that they spend most of their life underwater was eye-opening to me. Thanks for a beautiful and educational video.
The Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii) spends 5+ years as a nymph
That’s why u see them mostly in our pools or ponds near us
“Mating only last a few seconds”
Well darn, I beat their record…
I have a real fondness for these insects. It started for me one day when my crew got a job nearca wooded area early in the morning with a layer of morning dew. We were being eaten alive by mosquitoes for hours. They were relentless to the point we were going to shut down operations. Then out of nowhere a small swarm of dragonflies appeared. Almost instantly the mosquitoes stopped biting. Even with the mosquitoes gone the dragonflies hung around and allowed us to complete the job. Loved those little fuckers ever since that day! 😆
i like this story of events have a like
Wow cool!!
They can fly up to 90 k per hour
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@@jonathanSpg HOLY COW, 90 KM/H??
I can actually ‘pet’ a blue dragonfly out near my pool!! He seems to have a personality & perches on one specific reed & lets me stroke his wings & tail. He is just so cool! I love 💕 him
I am excruciatlingly jealous of you. I would love pet dragonflies. Sadly, I must enjoy them as they dip and dive on by.
Love your story.
That's cool
It's a fairy...a very deadly fairy.
Vicki Kozak Matthews I bet you have a lovely peaceful personality 😉🍀🙏🏻❤️
Even if you think these things are scary looking, just remember that they eat flies and gnats and other tiny insects that annoy you on a hot summer day.
+Lucas Davis all too true
But two them ran into my forehead 😂😂😂😂 I think they hate me
(lol)
i find this funny
that is so mean of me
The only insect I don’t mind landing on me including ladybirds
Also mosquitos!
Fascinated by dragonflies and had no idea they live about 2 years under water as nymphs before emerging as dragonflies for about a month before mating and dying! The insect world is as strange as deep ocean life.
One of nature’s marvels. Hunter of the water during young life and hunter by the skies during adult life.
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My god this was an amazing video, kudos to the film maker, camera man, narrator and others who made this video happen. Keep up the good work.
It's the music. Some star wars shizzle.
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Tip of the hat to you.
I am obsessed with Dragonflies for some reason... they so beutifull
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Their name is cool too
Are you still obsessed about these creatures until now?
That was the most magical video I've seen in a long time, not since watching Disney movies when I was a kid.
I love dragonflies they can eat up to 1000 mosquitos a day :)
itscipr A actually not 1000 only 100
They don't eat mosquitoes! They eat their larvae.
Wow didn't know why I loved them so much lol
@@michaelrossi3707 they eat both. The nymphs eat the larvae and the adults eat the mosquitoes along with other flying insects.
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My favorite insect.
if i could increase the size of any creature and ride into battle, it would be the Dragonfly
You might get dizzy with the sharp changes of direction!
There actually used to be big dragonflies in prehistoric times
Nice to watch a documentary with music as wonderous and beautiful as the subject!
Except for those who don't hear well, his soft voice is mucked up with the soft music making him hard to understand. Yes, great subject but I gave up. If I turn up the volume it will only be rude to others.
The music is from the LP 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst.
Yess superb in every aspect. Sending this clip to my pops.
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When a design persists 300,000,000 years you know it's pretty effective!
Earth isn't 300,000,000 old,so uh...yeah
Wow!!!! If it wasn't for TH-cam... I would have never known that dragonflies start out as water bugs. 😵😵😵
Mind-blown
Me too.! Karly from Maine
stupid ninnies...should have learn that in grade school!!!!
F**K t-RumP you just can’t let go of your TDS. Time to grow up, don’t you think?
The dragon fly is good for the environment in controlling pests.
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Washington State, July of 2015. I was reading a Ray Bradbury book aloud by a lake. The title was FAREWELL SUMMER. A medium-sized blue-bodied dragonfly promptly landed on the left-sided page close to my left thumb. He was facing away from me, and I could watch the rhythm of his breathing in his abdomen. It was surprisingly slow. His body was perfectly parallel to the left side of the page. The front of his head was just even with the forward edge of the page. He sat there for maybe a couple of minutes before taking flight again. Speechless.
Ooooh, that last Nymph portrait was scaaaaarry !!!😳😨😱
Don't know much about Biology... but I do know I love nature, and the welcoming Dragon Fly always reminds me of summer.
I appreciate dragon flys a lot more now
I didn't know the nymph stage of these guys was so long and interesting, I absolutely love Dragonflies
What an amazing filmography. My respect for the camera persons
I'd like to know how long all this footage took to capture & edit. 🎥
dragonflies are my totem & power animal; this is amazing - thank you
Beautiful images of these precious Dragonflies! Music choice is perfect!!!!!
Dragonflies are beautiful 🐉🐲 Its amazing how they learn to fly right away
Last weekend I sat in the Potomac River, Maryland, USA and watched up to 12 damsel dragonflies sit on my leg. I was intrigued by them and wanted to learn more. Thank you so much for making this film! My appreciation for this seemingly delicate insect has broadened thanks to you.
I adore dragonflies. One of my favorite parts of Summer.
Seeing more varieties this summer than recently was nice this year.
If that ain't starting from the bottom....
300 million years of dragonflies. Imagine that. Humans, far larger and more complex, but how well adapted for the long haul? BTW, I am really glad these insects were never able to grow to the size of a grackle. That would be a horror movie.
I missed seeing Dragonfly, I remember when we lived in the province back in the 90's we see this amazing insects all day.
Wonderful, I would love to be a professional wildlife camera person filming insects like this. I did capture some dragonfly's today but my lil old cheap camera equipment isn't up to this standard. Always had fascination with insects, they're far more interesting than people.
the background music of this video is worth of an epic hollywood movie
It's The Planets, by Gustav Holst
Fabulous photography , Great information . . . Thank you
Absolutely beautiful.. and the music... wow
This quiet, gently presented short is chock full of well-researched secrets. Thank you for a beautiful and informing presentation.
Yesterday and today I must have 30 of then flying around my back yard. There is no nearby open water. Fighter pilots, all of them.
I would die
So neat seeing there is a world within our world. Such colorful beautiful animals
13:52 Aww look at that cute little face! :)
most dramatic close up ever, that nymph is training to become an actor. mark my words
What an absolutely lovely film. The understated narration explains the sequences without intruding and the photography is outstanding. It must have taken forever to make, but how better could you spend your time? Thank you.
I have always loved dragonflies..they are like small beautiful flying dragons. If you get a chance to see them up close they are all different. Beautiful!
this was absolutely amazing, i hope they do a series of more insects
who else thinks that Dragonflies are kinda adorable? i sure do.
literally we were at our summer cottage and there was like 100,00 mosquitos and then there was a dragonfly. next day there was not even that many mosquitos
An enjoyable short film. It's got fantastic visuals. I love dragonflies!
Nice choice of music /well made video/ magic wonders of life
fascinating and vulnerable, love me some dragonfly
Truly magnificent creatures, and they feed on mosquitoes too which is a plus.
Yes, fighter pilots. So similar to a Cobra helicopter. Except the dragonfly can move suddenly faster. Once I came home to hundreds of them over my front yard, about 5' high. What a colorful sight.
Wonderful works,they are fairies and angels to me.💖😊Thank you so much.🙏🙇
I love dragonflys I have always loved them since I was a young kid💕
Just experienced the variegated meadow hawk migration at the Oregon coast. It was wild! Hundreds of the species all over the beach right at the wave break. Super fascinating!
I loved the video. The music was appropriate.
The music is Mars Bringer of War by Gustav Holst.
I played with dragonfly's as a child in New Orleans, I never knew they lived so long ! Wonderful video !!!
I miss the Big Easy.
I heard a buzzing the other day and looked down to find this giant dragon fly chewing on the back of a smaller dragon fly. The little one was freaking out but couldn't do anything while it was slowly being eaten alive. It was pretty brutal!!
Love this guy's voice!! 😍😍 Soooo relaxing!!!
Quite fortuitous actually. I was just sitting at my patio and saw a Dragonfly cruze by and I immediately started thinking about were and how they live. Pretty cool, pretty cool.
11:47-11:50 cute dragonfly face
Great in-depth camera work and a fascinating perspective on this creature!
Truly fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing
Maybe i was high when i watched this. But fuck me them bugs are fascinating
+TheBig GreedyBastard LOL. I was about to write totally the same, they are AMAZING!
Andy Holt, you’re great 👍🏼 thank you very much for this excellent documentary. BBC worthy. David Attenborough would like very much.
LMAO the look it gave the camera with the music at the end was too good 😂😂 ❤ we need more dragon flies!!!
BEAUTIFULL creatures, there wings are so delicate, AMAZING .X❤❤
Dragonflies are some of the neatest little creatures to watch in action. We had one in our garden this summer, and while doing some weeding I stopped to watch it hunt a fly that was buzzing around the squash leaves. The dragon landed on a leaf nearby, the fly landed… BAM! That dragonfly was on top of it in a flash!
awesome video and excellent choice in music too!
So informative! I didn't know all of this. Thank you a lot. Dragonflies have been a mystery for me. They have a darker and unique life than the others...they're beautiful anyway 😊
my boyfriend and i just watched this video and enjoyed it very much. We love watching the dragonflies each year but did not know many facts about them. not only did this video clarify many quedtions but it was also very interesting and entertaining. Thanks!
This was so beautifully shown and well explained!
excellent video thank you so much
Bravo Bravo Well Done!!! Absolutely beautiful 😍
I live on Eastern Long Island in the Riverhead area off of Peconic Lake, a well-kept secret. There is a place off the lake that looks just like this. Elevated trains going by and all. So many dragonflies. The place is truly enchanted. Herons and Egrets as well. Once there was even a Mandarin duck. Everything you could imagine migrates through here every fall and nobody knows it exists, except for a few locals. You could call it dragonfly heaven 😁
Just left the beach to watch sunset. There was 100's of them buzzing the sea oats area. It was pretty neat. Love them.
That ending was kind of ominous.
Coming out of cocoon is such a beautiful process I wish I could also transform like this
We do. That's why life can hurt si much sometimes...
i love this docu film on dragonfly!
I was fishing at the river one day, and saw a nymph swim to the bank. It walked out of the water, climbed up onto a log, and basked in the sun until it hatched. It was quite an incredible thing to witness. When I first observed the nymph I had no clue what I was looking at. I didn't know dragonflies were aquatic beings first.
Dragonfly probably one of my favorite insects
Ours too!!
Thank you! I like dragonflies because they kill pests like mosquitoes! When I was growing up in Illinois we had lots of dragonflies. We lost some that got caught by the cat.
Thank you for an excellent film!
My God .. this is so fascinating to find that it spent 2 years under the water ❣️🙏
R/C Helicopters can move like this. It's really crazy.
I've always felt that life us beautiful and cruel.
Dragon flies ..... one of my favorite insects. Beautiful and elegant.
the use of Mars....brilliant. chefs kiss
The soundtrack music is from Holst’ The Planets.
If it was narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this would have had more views.
Higgs Prime yes correct
Higgs Prime yes correct
If Suicide Squad was made by more talented people, more people would have liked it.
I love dragonflies too, I had one land on my finger then would swim around my pool and land on my finger after every lap for 7 laps! No lie I have pictures with her!!! It was the best day ever!
Beautiful video
Thank you for creating this!
AWESOME!!!! Great production all the way around...and I am hearing impaired and still enjoyed this video!!!
Excellent film....I love them & their strange beauty !
Thank you, Andy Holt! Informative and enjoyable!
Wooooow so much information I never knew and stunning visuals!
Splendid.....just splendid.
Wow. RESPECT to the Dragonflies.
I remember how my dad used to play Resident Evil: Code Verónica back when i was a child and there was a lot of references to Dragonflies, so he explained to me what they were since it was the first time i ever saw one, at least thought a tiny screen. It's weird, but they make me think of him
Loved this . OMG these creatures are so amazing
I have always wondered about Dragon Flys
Beautifully made documentary..
Awesome.
Thank you for this!
What a great storytelling! Such a magnificent and somehow haunting (in the end) way to feature dragonflies' life.
It is a life cycle indeed!
Love the Mars god of war music in the background
Fascinating! I really enjoyed watching this. I adore dragonflies. We have many out on our ponds and they are so beautiful. Now I know what I'm looking at when they are flitting about out there!