:10:02
- Al.
- A skinflint, a petty tyrant and a hypocrite to boot!
:10:06
You think you matter?
You don't matter.
:10:08
There's something wrong with him.
:10:11
- Come on, Al.
- No.
:10:17
Maybe your workload is too heavy.
:10:19
You could drop mechanical drawing.
:10:21
I've withdrawn from Stevens.
:10:23
That's impossible.
:10:25
I'm a senior member of the faculty.
Someone would've informed me.
:10:28
Why? Everyone there hates you.
:10:30
I'm going to Bowdoin to study biology.
:10:39
And how do you intend to pay for that?
:10:42
They've given me a partial scholarship.
:10:43
And I've socked away
most of my scouting money.
:10:48
You've become a shady person, Al...
:10:50
a person who keeps secrets.
:10:52
I had no choice.
:10:56
What a disappointment
you turned out to be.
:11:01
- How many years of schooling did you complete?
- Twenty.
:11:04
After taking my undergraduate degree
at Bowdoin...
:11:06
I received my doctorate
from the Bussey Institute at Harvard.
:11:09
I took a position
as assistant professor of zoology...
:11:12
here at Indiana University.
:11:14
At first I studied
the Rhaetulus didieri...
:11:17
or stag beetle.
:11:18
Then I discovered
a far more fascinating insect.
:11:22
This is the American Cynipidae,
or gall wasp.
:11:27
Here the wasp deposits an egg...
:11:29
into its host plant.
:11:31
In this case, an oak tree.
:11:34
The adult wasp chews its way
through the tree...
:11:37
and copulates.
:11:40
At which point
it has the good sense to die.
:11:44
The animal kingdom includes...
:11:46
at least two million insect species.
:11:49
So, what makes the gall wasp
so fascinating?
:11:54
I've spent the last three years...
:11:56
crisscrossing the continent,
collecting gall wasps.
:11:59
And what have I learned from my tiny friends,
half the size of the household ant?