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Online video might still be relegated to relatively small screens, but the size is just right for bugs.
No, we're not talking about software bugs (though those viruses can indeed still rear their heads), but good ol' insects. Insects are finding starring roles in the online entertainment world.
As is true with so much on the Internet, sex is what's generating interest.
More than three million people have watched a YouTube video documenting the mating rituals of leopard slugs, whereby two entwined slugs suspend themselves from a branch and fertilize each other in mid-air.
Titled "Slug Sex," the video was lifted from the thoroughly impressive BBC documentary series "Life in the Undergrowth," hosted by David Attenborough. Highlights from the series can be seen at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeintheundergrowth.
On YouTube, where so often the most popular videos tease sex or skin, the success of these slugs in love is both odd and perfectly fitting. Commenters have variously called it the "No. 1 love scene" and sarcastically wondered why YouTube would allow pornography. (The site's community guidelines specify: "YouTube is not for pornography or sexually explicit content" — presumably referring only to mammals.)
The line between insects and humans is further blurred by, of all people, Isabella Rossellini. The 55-year-old actress ("Blue Velvet," "Death Becomes Her") wrote, co-directed and stars in a series of eight short films titled "Green Porno."
In full-bodied costumes, Rossellini plays insects such as an earthworm, a firefly and a praying mantis, and describes their methods of reproduction.
— Jake Coyle, AP
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