Thomas Eisner - How Antlions capture their prey (10/11)
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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2017 · Science & Technology
To hear more of Thomas Eisner’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUuLPBmKUTU&list=PLVV0r6CmEsFy6xNbZqg2dF4A2BzIXgDfO Thomas Eisner (1929-2011) was fascinated by insects from his earliest childhood. This fascination then fuelled his study of the chemical interaction of organisms known as chemical ecology, a field he pioneered. [Listener: Christopher Sykes; date recorded: 2000]
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