‘A Real Bug’s Life’ Is a Live-Action Version of a Pixar Movie—And Could Change Minds

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When there are cooler animals, how do you get people to care about bugs? As we learned on location in Tanzania, you use cutting-edge tech to give the critters a Pixar spin.

A photo illustration of insects from the NatGeo Disney+ series A Real Bug’s Life.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Lev/Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/NatGeo

NGORONGORO CRATER, Tanzania—Scaling the walls of Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater is among the few terrestrial experiences we have that feel akin to ascending to heaven, or another higher plane.

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