In the 1955 movie "Tarantula" the title's antagonist embarks on a zealous feeding frenzy. In the film Them, atomic tests in New Mexico turn common ants into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. How plausible are these Hollywood creature features? Well, scientifically speaking, not very. But that doesn't stop us from loving them. Larry talks with Brent "The Bug Guy" Karner, an entomologist for the Natural History Museum, about B-movies and baaad science.
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