Conflicts of Nature : Conflicts in a Pond - Wildlife Documentary

This is the unusual story of a little-known insect : the water beetle. Having spent the winter beneath the ice, the water beetle which can walk, swim, and fly, stirs with the first signs of spring. Its habitat : a small pond. Its neighbors : dragonflies, frogs and newts. Its daily life : survival. Between two skirmishes, it gives birth to some twenty larvae of varying kinds...only the most voracious will make it to adulthood before the pond dries out.
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Producers : Saint Thomas Productions, France 2
Author : Bertrand Loyer -
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[@grahamkelly8662]

Oh boy , I feel overwhelmed. Am I the only 1 that loves Wildlife Documentaries, found loads on KZbin, saved as many as you can to playlist. Realise that you have over 100 and don’t even know where to start? I find a new KZbin channel and if they have lots of full docs, then I feel compelled to the extent that I MUST save to playlist. I’m kinda having a laugh but I’m kinda serious, at same time. I feel like a hard core drug addict. I don’t even have enough time to watch all these docs and I still can’t stop adding to list. 😭

[@jeanvaljean6234]

loool the squeeky plastic sound when the bug laid eggs lmao

[@FidelCastro404]

The best documentary I have ever watched in my life. The suspense of not knowing what creature those devils will turn out to be. The dragonfly is a monster indeed.

[@The1SilverShadow]

the sound effects added though makes me chuckle

[@humphrytetteh3805]

I love this documentary i wish i can get another documentary just like this.

[@arod815]

You can if you watch it again lol.

[@PinvinoPiggg]

This is one of my favourite documentaries! I've seen it many times and still it fascinates me.Good narration and truly captivating.

[@VictorFursov]

Best entomological greetings from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

[@chadzelda1]

The fact that I got so attached to Water beetles really shows how great the narrator is.

[@lorip.917]

Hahahaaa😁🤣🥰

[@zacharyfeider3892]

This documentary kicks ass

[@kaepora]

Man, that Foley artist works so hard!! Those underwater sounds couldn't be recorded? Right?

[@board.member]

33:05 my first time to hear siblings pronounced as "saiblings"...we're always learning!

[@Waldtyr1]

That music @ 27:00 is so Opeth :)

[@peterashby-saracen3681]

The narration is absolutely hilarious :D

[@TheHappyhorus]

Great cinematography, wonderful detailed close ups.

[@bensonmbugua4159]

This photography and camera recording is amazing under water..kudos👊

[@jonathanxu6625]

I think this documentary is impressive.

[@FidelCastro404]

A documentary is only as good as its narrator

[@mudlark4099]

The overdone sound effects are always obnoxious in these documentaries. A water bug laying eggs doesn't sound like a person abusing a bunch of celery irl.

[@andreabell9194]

Heather Deer thank you!!! Totally agreed.

[@CalliopeCarina]

I agree with you to a certain extent, and while I wholeheartedly agree that a water beetle laying its eggs in Iris stalks would not sound like a human chowing down on a stick of celery! My only disagreement/dispute with you would be that we don't know how these sub-aquatic sounds appear or present to other pond-dwellers... I am no expert, not by a very very long shot! but having owned fish and other aquatic creatures for 20+ years, I know that they are capable of picking up things we would not have thought possible. just my 2 cents...

[@ontledingen3348]

@@andreabell9194 Great thing about the comment section, now we can collectively complain about it.

[@robic2061]

Stopped watching at 4:53 due to ^ Ridiculous sfx 🍬

[@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS]

The type of people who can find a problem with anything, we’ve all come into contact with these people, nothing satisfies them absolutely nothing at all.

[@fransvenrooy4760]

These waterbugs fascinated me from when I was a kid. They are very spectacular to see and when they are in larval state they look even more ferocious.

[@poppedweasel]

The sound effects added to silent underwater photography was extremely offputting.

[@Akren905]

Non stop bird, brook sounds and sink drops

[@rjlchristie]

The foley rustled a lot of paper for this soundtrack.

[@JayDownSouth]

I love the violin music tho

[@peterfay5183]

I learn new knowledge on water beetle, and also blood worms, thank you.

[@manoochehrghanbari822]

Thank u

[@edwardkelley649]

I don't know why everyone here is salty about this documentary. I mean, you probably watched it all. And I liked it, I was different than the usual documentaries.

[@hawssie1]

although i really dislike all water insects, esp. one that prey on higher life forms,9 i know its natural but its still interesting, its not high budget but hardly shameful.

[@janetschock3308]

Edward Kelley very good

[@VictorFursov]

Interesting story. Thank you.

[@joeblack7660]

Would be very interesting to see some behind-the scene footage

[@comfycomfy6469]

Thank you so much for this excellent informative documentary

[@kumathebully]

Dang-o Hollywood special effects on point!

[@alphadawg81]

This was amazing!!!

[@deliciathompson8992]

Erlkönig

[@emilyoftheemeraldcity]

I think the sound effects are cool. Makes it more interesting. If the scenes were just silent, it would seem there was something lacking from the film... You wouldn't be able to put your finger on it but something would seem missing and off... I think the sound effects- weather a bit overdone or not- were necessary.

[@bkw11]

haha love the narrator... this is very well done it's amazing

[@Raver-Meister]

Brilliant documentary and well narrated :) thanks!

[@juanandresblancomachado]

Muy chévere

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Excellent photography

[@m.aratron3144]

love the narration

[@ninadsheth8422]

An excellent documatry do one on a tropical pond and with the birds etc

[@uknwbmore]

I enjoyed this, thanks

[@ashishmagar3407]

Captivating narration, it felt like a movie whose storyline I was invested in! ❤

[@misssutherby1027]

Fabulous! Loved it.!

[@isaiahelequin8125]

The sound effects it sounds like ASMR

[@lknanml]

Ok.. Time to watch this again... lol

[@mmlindsey8635]

I'M ENJOY THIS DOCUMENTARY

[@lknanml]

Good doc but the foley sound team need to drink less coffee next time.

[@petelongrs]

This is a great video, very good quality with some really nice shots. One question: Is the 'green monster' really a dragonfly nymph or a damselfly nymph? I did think damselfly nymphs had the three fins at the end of their abdomen.

[@peterashby-saracen3681]

I think there was some confusion between the two - the nymph in the pond was a dragonfly, then what emerged was definitely a damselfly and then we briefly saw a shot of a dragonfly.... poor continuity there.

[@jtomally9681]

@23:09 It is most likely digestive enzymes, not poison.

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

I now know much more about the water beetle than I ever wanted.

[@handsomedan1997]

Love the sound effects! More!

[@rahawa774]

Is this a nature documentary or an ASMR video?! Rustle rustle, squelch, drip, scratch...

[@TheSummerrussell]

16:52 sounds like my stomach after coffee lol

[@djwildlifeclips9779]

Thanks for uploading this wonderful documentary - it is the first one I have seen purely dedicated to Dytiscus (marginalis). As an entomologist (herpetologist), I love the study, conservation and photography of freshwater macro-invertebrates! I am both interested in water insects of the temperate zones as well as in those found in the subtropics and tropics (including giant water bugs)!

[@musmesi304]

Good

[@godstrulove225]

Good show

[@tiedupsmurf]

The Green Giant, was a Damselfly, not a Dragonfly, then just before it took off to the air, they showed a Dragonfly

[@jamesf6321]

Owen Ltd it was a dragonfly

[@tiedupsmurf]

James F oh.

[@wor575]

the documentary showed the nymphs of both, but the molting scene shows a damsel

[@FerndaleMichiganUSA]

In Europe they call both 'dragonflies.'

[@Kris_Lighthawk]

@@FerndaleMichiganUSA Only by people that don't know insects very well... You won't find many biologists that would call a damselfly a dragonfly (but they are fairly closely related, belonging to the same order)

[@drunkbyu7515]

First few mins i thought this doco was boring then it turned out to be the most interesting doco ive ever watched

[@FidelCastro404]

loved it

[@myster.ejones1306]

Ah! Finally, a documentary with the full picture! Thankyou ☺ X (and If there's no interruption from adverts or prompts, I'm subscribing☺)

[@blahsomethingclever]

I love the narration and filming of this, but HATE all those ear piercing high notes from the sound effects. Gives me a headache

[@mtbalpinecounty]

Bugs is bugs. So your susceptible to high frequency..hmm. A predictor is knocking..😉

[@blahsomethingclever]

@@mtbalpinecounty didn't get it. Please explain:)

[@edicius52]

Bugs ARE* bugs... Predator* Dumbass.

[@Str1ek0]

Wtf

[@anthonygiovanni8434]

21:15 IT'S A GHETTTOOO LOL

[@estebanvolpi2657]

Does anybody know which camera they used to shoot this documentary?

[@superbaddctv]

What!? Number 6 is evolving...!!!

[@unkledoobz9662]

The music at 27:00. Love it!!

[@balazsvarga1823]

Water beetle cooms for 3 hours, and the fap sound for the newt was hilarious too.

[@izzycurer1260]

Why did they name the last larva to hatch Number Three? I kept thinking maybe they just meant that one was going to be the third to reach the surface, but then the thing with Number Two happened and... blew that theory out of the water. I really want to know if they legitimately kept track of each one during the filming process and wrote it down, or if they just cobbled some footage together and made up a story about it. That one adult water beetle was their father? Please.

[@ExopMan]

Anyone have a better documentary rec for pond/lake wildlife? Does Planet Earth avoid ponds because of the typical lack of water clarity?

[@johncortex8064]

Great foley sounds!

[@jabbott314]

The sound effects are straight out of stranger things. I love it.

[@goldenalex]

This makes me want to play Spore

[@AlichinoAi]

Ok in my opinion I wouldn’t have noticed all the sound effects if I hadn’t gone into the comment section first and all the complaints about them. I became more aware of what I was hearing while watching this, which is what made it distracting.... BUT... Honestly, besides the hatching & snail eating sounds, the rest wasn’t as bad as people made it out to be. Is the sound quality exaggerated? Yes.. And yet it still managed to kept me intrigued & was overall, an enjoyable program to watch.

[@TherealTHAWEEZL]

Foley went over board.

[@MrJashuaDavies]

the nauseating sounds are totally unnecessary and fake

[@adcpf1844]

People complain cause they can. It's funny.

[@wolfrobots118]

lol...those fake sound effects are kind of funny....like the frog jump sound

[@philman401]

im depressed about number 2 :(

[@jozefooo251]

And number four and ten and are live

[@Chris-kv1xq]

I loved this

[@bazookallamaproductions5280]

They don't know the difference between poison and venom?

[@miguel5785]

27:00 beautiful

[@nokiot9]

Did anyone see the balls on that first salamander? Also, how savage is that water beetle? “I’m just gon cement that shit shut now-“

[@winstonsmith11]

Ok. Those blood worms are one of the creepiest things I've ever seen.

[@naturespecialist1489]

I believe I can work out the pond insect food chain however it does need a fish and a tadpole.

[@crystalm4324]

21:46 - It’s Rice Crispy’s! That’s the sound, not celery, it’s snap, crackle and pop! ASMR it’s not, but it is pretty informative.

[@slh950]

5:14 ... oviPOSER? lol I think you mean ovipositor?

[@russellfoote3910]

I'm into the subject matter, but half way through, I considered muting the sound

[@thecollectorsite6392]

Even insect don't wanna let other do,or touch his queen😁😁I am sure the sound is not the actual sounds but it's using a sound that is produce by a person during eating some burger or McDonald's or eating chicken leg piece from KFC

[@tiedupsmurf]

So at this time, there were no Ants on Earth.

[@matg6879]

Little beetles r screwed

[@JayDownSouth]

LOVE the sound effects!!

[@adankseasonads935]

The sound effects though lol

[@trablunt6587]

Damn. Water Beetle babies stand no chance against dragonfly babies. R.I.P 6

[@8platypus]

I also don't like the creepy crawler sound track either.

[@duitrieu1]

47:00 me at four bottle, lol

[@bobbobo6405]

Green giant=dragon fly larvae?

[@TTORADell]

the sounds effects under water are ridiculous.

[@Prometeo59]

Saw this documentary in the Spanish tv years ago and it was since then my favorite documentary. I am very happy to have found it again, but the version in English is atrocious. The narrator and the sound effects are over the top, and destroy this marvelous documentary. It does not appear in the catalogue of Saint Thomas Productions, so I really don't know what to do to find the version in Spanish. I hope there's another version somewhere with better narrator and sfx.

[@mohammedissam3651]

Pause the video then click here -> 40:49 Is that gold ?

[@hughjaanus6680]

How does it know it is not a methane bubble?

[@IkanaMusicBox]

That was fucking awesome

[@thanu9795]

damut already intro doctrination

[@markgarin6355]

Ice sublimes? Must be a French thing. Damn noisy frogs (ha) waking every one.

[@thecollectorsite6392]

Music 🤣🤣🤣 during fight of no.3, 5 and 6

[@Akren905]

20:25 he cranks it out

[@carolmoore184]

the male newt gets aroused by the water bugs "love making"... I don't believe it

[@susanwaldron6831]

Pond porn

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