Life
“Four years, 3000 filming days, ten part blockbuster.”
David Attenborough looks at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive. Featuring epic spectacles, amazing TV firsts and examples of new wildlife behaviour.
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Life - BBC 2009 Trailer - Documentary
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Seasons
1.Challenges of Life
8.811-10-200958 minA look at how some animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance to breed.
2.Reptiles and Amphibians
8.718-10-200958 minA look at the strategies used by reptiles and amphibians to conquer their shortcomings.
3.Mammals
8.525-10-200959 minHow mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and by caring for their young.
4.Fish
8.801-11-200958 minA look at various fish species including sea dragon, fringehead and Hawaiian goby.
5.Birds
8.608-11-200958 minA slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird.
6.Insects
8.715-11-200958 minSuper-slow motion shows a bombardier beetle firing boiling liquid at its enemies.
7.Hunters and Hunted
8.521-11-200958 minUnique footage of a killer whale engaging in sneaky behaviour to hunt elephant seal pups.
8.Creatures of the Deep
8.829-11-200958 minA look at marine invertebrates, including Humboldt squid, starfish and giant octopuses.
9.Plants
9.206-12-200958 minA look at plants and the ingenious and manipulative ways they counter life's challenges.
10.Primates
8.813-12-200958 minPrimates are just like humans - intelligent, quarrelsome, family-centred.
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