Life on Us: A Microscopic Safari
Just like planet Earth, our body is composed of diverse landscapes surprising wildlife. This award-winning film offers a unique microscopic safari, encountering the creatures that live, compete, feed, on breed on the surface or in the depths of our body. Some may seem harmful, others are useful and even essential to our survival, but all participate in the biological balance of the human body.
Just like planet Earth, our body is composed of diverse landscapes surprising wildlife. This award-winning film offers a unique microscopic safari, encountering the creatures that live, compete, feed, on breed on the surface or in the depths of our body. Some may seem harmful, others are useful and even essential to our survival, but all participate in the biological balance of the human body.
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