Man and the Earth
El hombre y la Tierra is a 1974 television series produced by Radio Televisión Española.
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Documentary on Venezuelan's fauna
1.Presentation (Venezuelan Series)
5.004-03-197427 minDuring the spring of 1973, a TVE crew, in close collaboration with several Venezuelan government agencies, produced a series of 18 ecological documentaries under the general title...
2.The Scourge of the Sun
11-03-197423 minThe show's crew undertakes a rescue operation for the animals most affected by the heat and drought.
3.Operation Anaconda
1.018-03-197429 minDuring a rescue operation, the crew captures gigantic anacondas, caimans, and tortoises to prevent them from dying of dehydration.
4.The Capybara Roundup
25-03-197428 minThe animals most affected by the tremendous drought plaguing the plains of Venezuela are the chigüires, or capybaras, rodents weighing up to 50 kilograms. Capybaras are part of a r...
5.The Venezuelan Virgin Jungle
10-04-197427 minThe largest forest mass on our planet spans the immense Orinoco–Amazon basin. Under a perpetually humid climate, the giants of the jungle grow to heights exceeding 60 meters.
6.The Yanomami, a People of the Jungle
17-04-197428 minIn the deciduous jungles lining the banks of the Upper Orinoco and its tributaries lives a Paleo-Indian tribe that has only very recently come into contact with civilization: the Y...
7.In Search of the Indians of the Upper Orinoco
18-05-197429 minFélix Rodríguez de la Fuente and his crew navigate the Orinoco, where they encounter the Yanomami. A people of the Venezuelan jungle who, despite having no knowledge of mathematica...
8.The World of the Jaguar
8.025-05-197427 minThe largest and most powerful of South American carnivores is the jaguar. Once abundant, the Man and the Earth crew had to travel thousands of kilometers deep into the jungle to di...
9.The Fierce People
08-06-197426 minOne of the most distinctive traits of the Yanomami is their warlike behavior.
10.A Camp in the Virgin Jungle
11-06-197426 minAfter spending a season with the Yanomami, the Man and the Earth crew is guided by some of these indigenous people deeper into the jungle, where the native hunters make camp during...
11.The Giant Otter
16-06-197426 minThe giant otter, or water dog as it is known in South America, is one of the most beautiful, fascinating, and little-known animals in the world.
12.The Sacred Mountain
22-06-197430 minSouth of Puerto Ayacucho, the vertical and inviolate mass of Cerro Autana rises, the sacred mountain of the Piaroa people.
13.The Plains of Venezuela
06-07-197427 minThe Man and the Earth crew shows us the Llanos of Venezuela, one of the largest and least known regions on the planet.
14.The Paradise of the Birds
13-07-197427 minSouth America is a paradise for birds, known by scientists as the "continent of birds." The Republic of Venezuela alone is home to more bird species than the entire European contin...
15.The World of Coral
20-07-197430 minThe Man and the Earth crew, joined on this occasion by underwater and surface filmmakers, captures on camera an entire world of coral that forms the subject of this episode.
16.The Island of the Gannets
30-07-197430 minOn a flat islet covered with glasswort, in the middle of the Venezuelan Coral Sea, brown boobies nest. The reproductive biology of this immense colony is the subject of this episod...
17.My Friend the Otter
05-07-197428 minAt the small river port of La Esmeralda, the Man and the Earth crew finds a six-month-old giant otter that had been literally torn from the belly of its dead mother and was being r...
18.The Lost Eden
12-08-197427 minDr. Rodríguez de la Fuente concludes the expedition across Venezuela and returns to Spain with the giant otter rescued from death in Puerto Ayacucho (La Esmeralda). They are accomp...
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