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    Die Fledermaus: This is Seth Brundel's worst nightmare. more »
    Curves: How do these SPAM bastards 1-get approved 2-not get banned? more »
    Jordan10la: That video is oddly enough kind of saddening. I still want a venus fly trap though but unfortunately my cat ate my last one within a day. more »
    ninjagin: Meat is murder. Delicious, delicious murder. On a lighter note, the trap I had as a kid did very well with tiny morsels of ground beef. more »
    Duckspwn: That video was beyond fantastic. The sounds were obviously a bit enhanced, but still, it was great. Nature is epic. more »
    Curves: Just from reading the comments, I cant watch it. I dare not develop compassion for flies as I have put the "hit" on too many of them. more »
    Noobs-R-Us: Humm...I have a hankering for a hot pocket right about now. more »
    thumbmaster: It's interesting how in some of those shots the flies remind me of abandoned puppies at the pound gazing at you through the bars. Almost made me feel ... more »
    nesstee: Carnivorous Plant. Natures Oxymoron. more »
    AwesomeSquad: That was outstanding. I'm always amazed at the footage that they capture for these shows. more »
    spader725: is it just me or did the venus flytrap burped when it reopened its mouth with the dead fly corpse? around 2:33 more »
    DustyButt™: Ha! Take that! That's for African Trypanosomiasis, bitch! more »
    arctic-mouse: That was cool, but soooo disturbing. Seriously I actually felt pitty and pain for those flies which I usually try to kill with all my might, to no ava... more »
    random_droid: Damn Nature, you scary! more »
    omgwtflolbbqbye: Oh my god. I never felt so bad for flies before... more »
    LiC: Venus Flytraps scare the crap out of me. What happens if I put my finger in there? How did the fly die? Does the plant exude some toxin? It doesn'... more »
    dimsum4u: that was way cool, nature is cool. more »
    infmom: Any word on when it'll hit BBC America? #bbclife more »
    fate47 - Meh.: I would like to see the a behind the scenes look at the sound fx team. That beetle in the gecko clip sounded like an AT-AT walker. o_O #bbclife more »
    valkilmerisawful: The hydrophobic gecko is officially banned from playing marco polo. #bbclife more »
  • #imagecache

    BBC Life: Venus Flytrap Grows in Time Lapse, Devours In Macro

    I'd never felt sympathy for a fly until I just watched this latest, astounding clip from BBC Life in which a Venus Flytrap consumes murders its prey. More »
  • #photography

    Life: Think of It As Planet Earth Part II

    Life, the BBC's latest totally unbelievable nature documentary, is airing in 10 episodes between now and Christmas. Not only is the footage as incredible as you'd expect; the studio sent some production notes our way explaining how scenes were shot. More »
  • #photography

    Microscope dSLR Lens Captures Both the Beautiful and the Terrifying

    I thought this photo was of pollen. It's not. Really, those are the protrusions on a starfish at 66x magnification, captured on a dSLR. More »
  • #diy

    Make a Cellphone Macro Lens From An Old DVD Player

    Here's a potentially cheap, but ugly, way to make a macro lens for your cellphone camera. Step 1: take your DVD player apart. More »
  • #lenses

    DIY Macro Lens From Old Binoculars

    Tired of peeping at your neighbors? Combine the lenses from your old pair of binoculars with a bit of electrical tape and you've got yourself a cheap DIY macro lens. More »
  • #reviews

    Lightning Review: Griffin Clarifi iPhone Case

    The Gadget: The Griffin Clarifi. It's a polycarbonate iPhone case that features a macro lens. The idea is that you can take close-up shots with your iPhone (from about 4-inches away) but flick the macro lens to the side when it's not in use. More »
  • #fragout

    Cyber Snipa Warboard Gives Gamers 20 Programmable Macro Keys

  • #cellphones

    Telephoto Lens For Your Phone