Watch Freshwater Assassins (1947) Online

In a freshwater pond, it's "eat or be eaten." A dragonfly larva eats a midge; a water beetle larva eats a damselfly larva. Snail larvae grow. A beetle larva eats one. Up close, we see the eating apparatus of a damselfly larva—with a retractable hook beneath mandibles. Some creatures bite and chew, others suck. A water beetle larva holds on to its prey, injects a poison that turns the victim's insides to soup, and then sucks it dry. We watch one eat a damselfly larvae and then another water beetle larva. Some have ingenious ways to camouflage themselves, like the water scorpion, and to breathe air while hunting under water. Caddisfly larvae hide in debris, then eat. Read More

Watch Freshwater Assassins online. Featuring , Freshwater Assassins is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6.3. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 1 services such as Criterion Channel. The movie was filmed in France and was released on 1947. Freshwater Assassins was directed by Jean Painlevé,Geneviève Hamon. Read Less