The narrative is about an exploration in the Costa Rican rainforest where the crew encounters the red velvet worm, a rare and almost never seen creature. The red velvet worm is considered the rarest animal they have found in the rainforest. The crew decides to film the encounter and set up a small film set to present the creature. The red velvet worm is described as a creature that feels like velvet and has ancestors dating back 500 million years to the Cambrian period. It is a voracious predator that uses two glands on its face to shoot out a sticky slime, similar to a spider's webbing, to capture its prey. The creature is nocturnal and is usually found on rainy nights when most people aren't out. The crew expresses their excitement about the discovery and looks forward to sharing the encounter with their audience.
1. The text is a transcript of a documentary or a show where the crew encounters various species in the Costa Rican rainforest.
2. The crew has encountered iconic animals such as the red-eye leaf frog and the Ocelot in the rainforest.
3. The Costa Rican rainforest is considered one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet, home to literally thousands of species.
4. The crew found a creature that is potentially the rarest animal they have ever found in the rainforest.
5. The creature is a velvet worm, which is quite possibly the rarest creature you can come across in the Costa Rican rainforest.
6. The velvet worm is nocturnal and is hard to find because it is often out on rainy nights when most people aren't venturing around.
7. The velvet worm is a predator that hunts by slowly moving through the rainforest floor, foraging amongst leaves and dead logs.
8. The velvet worm has two glands on the side of its face that shoot out a sticky slime, similar to spider-man's webbing, which it uses to capture its prey.
9. The velvet worm is completely safe to handle but incredibly fragile.
10. The velvet worm's body is expandable, allowing it to get longer if it needs to.
11. The velvet worm's ancestors date back 500 million years to the Cambrian period, which is before the time of the dinosaurs.
12. The velvet worm is one of the first terrestrial creatures to ever walk this planet and to this day, it is strictly terrestrial, meaning it stays on land.
13. The velvet worm is capable of shedding the outer layer of its skin once a month, similar to how a snake sheds its skin.
14. The crew has the opportunity to capture video footage of the velvet worm, which is one of the rarest creatures in the rainforest.
15. The crew plans to build a miniature set to film the velvet worm, turning the encounter into a Planet Earth episode