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Location Monterey, California, USA
Source Sheila Patek: Measuring the fastest animal on earth
Movie Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2004 TED Conferences LLC
Creation Date February 2004
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Title Sheila Patek: Mantis Shrimp
Description Biologist Sheila Patek gives a wide-ranging talk on the effort to measure the world's fastest animal movements, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second. The hyperfast animal in question? The mantis shrimp.
Movie Type Documentary
Movie Content Specimen(s), Body Parts, Equipment/Apparatus, People At Work
Running Time 17:12
ID 20364
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