Another one of David Attenborough 's 12 favourite
Wildlife on One programmes. The Water Walkers
First shown in 1981, this film explores a bizarre and fascinating miniature world - the surface of our ponds and streams. Almost totally self-contained, this is a world within a world, where the laws of physics take on new dimensions, water bends and surface tension becomes a fearful force dominating the lives of predators and prey. Startling photography by London Scientific Films reveals the lives of pond skaters, swamp spiders, water boatmen and whirligigs. Discover why water boatmen have hair tails and whirligigs don't collide.
Narrated by David Attenborough. Producer Pelham Aldrich-Blake
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