[Upbeat music plays]

Two brains navigate a maze, chomping a variety things including a stack of books, tire and baseball. The brains meet in the centre of the maze and form one large brain. A banner wraps around the brain. A person announces the title that appears on the banner.

They say, HUNGRY BRAIN!

A narrator says, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY
INSECTS ARE SO SMALL,
INCREDIBLY RESISTANT,
AND ESSENTIAL TO OUR
WELL-BEING?

[Upbeat music plays]

A group of insects are a variety of colours.

A second narrator says, YOU'VE PUT A BUG IN MY EAR,
AND NOW I'M BUZZING
WITH IDEAS.

[Buzzing]

The first narrator says, GET READY TO "SWAT"
UP ON SOME FACTS,
BECAUSE HERE'S THE TOP
ON INSECTS.

A title reads, The Top On Insects. Different coloured butterflies appear around the title.

The first narrator says, NUMBER THREE.

A yellow number 3 appears.

The first narrator continues, THEY DON'T HAVE LUNGS.

An animation of a person show’s their skeleton and organs. The person inhales.

The second narrator says, INCREDIBLE AS IT SOUNDS,
INSECTS DON'T NEED LUNGS
TO BREATHE.
IN FACT,
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE BLOOD
THAT CARRIES OXYGEN
THROUGH THEIR VEINS LIKE WE DO.

The first narrator says, THEIR TECHNIQUE
IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT,
AND FASCINATING.
INSTEAD, INSECTS
HAVE SPIRAL-LIKE HOLES
ALL OVER THEIR BODIES THAT CAN
OPEN AND CLOSE.

An animation shows an insects spiral-like holes opening and closing.

The first narrator continues, THE AIR ENTERS
AND TRAVELS THROUGH SMALL TUBES
THAT LEAD TO THE TISSUES.

The second narrator says, AND THAT ACTUALLY WORKS?

The first narrator says, IT SURE DOES.
JUST ONE FLY IN THE OINTMENT,
THOUGH:
THIS LITTLE TRICK
DOES NOT GET THE OXYGEN
TO PENETRATE DEEP
INTO THE FLESH.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THIS
AFFECTS INSECTS?

The second narrator says, THEY DON'T HAVE DEEP FLESH?

The first narrator says, BINGO.
THAT'S WHY INSECTS
ARE SUCH SMALL CREATURES.

Different insects are shown in different habitats.

The second narrator says, NUMBER TWO.

Yellow number 2s float downward.

The second narrator says, THEY WERE THE FIRST
LIVING BEINGS TO BE
SENT INTO SPACE.

A view from space shows the Earth and Moon.

The first narrator says, INSECTS WERE THE FIRST
LIVING THINGS TO BE
SENT INTO SPACE.
BEFORE LAIKA, THE MOST FAMOUS
DOG IN SPACE EXPLORATION.

[Barking]

Beside a black and white picture of a dog, text reads, Laika.

The first narrator continues, THE AMERICANS SENT FRUIT FLIES,
OR DROSOPHILIDAE, UP THERE.

Animated fruit flies hover over the Earth.

[Buzzing]

The second narrator says, THE PURPOSE OF THE MISSION
WAS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS SPACE
HAD ON THE BODY.
AT THE TIME,
THIS WAS ALMOST UNKNOWN.
THAT WAS IN 1947.

Text over a group of fruit flies reads, 1947.

The second narrator adds, AND THE GUINEA PIGS,
ER, I MEAN FRUIT FLIES,
CAME BACK ALIVE.
I'M SURE THEIR DESCENDANTS
FLY AROUND
MY FRUIT BASKET ALL DAY.

Fruit flies are on an orange slide.

The first narrator says, NUMBER ONE.

Small yellow number 1s float around a larger number 1.

The first narrator says, WE WOULD STARVE
WITHOUT INSECTS.
ALL PLANT-BASED FOODS,
LIKE FRUITS, VEGETABLES,
OR CEREALS THAT WE
GIVE TO LIVESTOCK,
MUST BE POLLINATED TO PRODUCE
WHAT HUMANS EAT.

Different foods are shown, along with hay bales.

The second narrator says, BEES ALONE POLLINATE ONE-THIRD
OF WHAT WE EAT.

Bees crawl on a flower.

[Buzzing]

The second narrator continues, AS THEY FORAGE,
POLLEN CLINGS TO THEIR BODIES,
AND THEY THEN TRANSPORT IT
FROM ONE FLOWER TO ANOTHER.

Pollen covers a bee.

The first narrator says, THIS IS WHAT MAKES
FLOWERS GROW INTO FRUITS.
WHETHER IT'S AN APPLE,
AN CORNCOB, OR A CUCUMBER.

An apple hangs from a branch.

The first narrator continues, YOU'D HAVE TO BE
AS CRAZY AS A BEDBUG
NOT TO APPRECIATE ALL
THE AMAZING WORK
THAT INSECTS DO FOR US
AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

A person wears a cucumber costume.

[Apple crunching]

[Upbeat music plays]

End Credits.

Narration, Helen Moorhouse, Ian O’Connor.

Trio Orange. Member of The Association Québécoise de la Production Médiatieuqe.

AQPM Cinéma Télévision Web.

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