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Life of Birds Episode 10 (The Limits of Endurance)
Date de diffusion: : 23 Décembre 1998Birds are able to survive in some of the harshest and most bizarre places on the planet. In the Arabian Desert, crab plovers endure scorching temperatures, so they dig tunnels deep in the sand and lay eggs away from the sun. Lesser...
Life of Birds Episode 9 (The Problems of Parenthood)
Date de diffusion: : 16 Décembre 1998Parents may have to keep their chicks warm or cool, fed and healthy for months before they fly the nest. The first meal a great-crested grebe chick gets isn't a fish, but a feather. Storks give their young cooling showers in the midday...
Life of Birds Episode 8 (The Demands of the Egg)
Date de diffusion: : 09 Décembre 1998Birds employ an extraordinary variety of techniques to construct their nests and protect their eggs from predators. Because birds need to be light in order to fly, each egg must be laid as soon as it is produced and then kept both warm...
Life of Birds Episode 7 (Finding Partners)
Date de diffusion: : 02 Décembre 1998Male birds use both extraordinary displays and bizarre rituals in order to turn a female’s head, but for many species it is girl power that rules the dating game. Curassows and guans have bizarre calls that sound just like dropping...
Life of Birds Episode 6 (Signals and Songs)
Date de diffusion: : 25 Novembre 1998Birds have become expert communicators and use extraordinary patterns of color and beautiful songs to deter predators, intimidate rivals and even impress potential mates. In Patagonia, one of the world's largest woodpeckers taps out...
Life of Birds Episode 5 (Fishing for a Living)
Date de diffusion: : 18 Novembre 1998Fresh and salt waters all over the world are rich in food and birds are the best fishers there are. Cameras follow birds from across the globe, including common mallards, revealing them as exquisite divers, and American dippers who prise...
Life of Birds Episode 4 (Meat Eaters)
Date de diffusion: : 11 Novembre 1998From meat eating parrots in New Zealand to massive eagles that catch monkeys and flamingoes in Africa, dramatic footage shot around the world shows these birds hunting down their prey. To hunt, birds need super-senses and great skill.
Life of Birds Episode 3 (The Insatiable Appetite)
Date de diffusion: : 04 Novembre 1998A beak made from horn, without any teeth, might seem a clumsy implement for gathering food. But birds have evolved an amazing range of bill shapes and sizes designed to hammer out grubs from trees, winkle out tiny seeds from fruits, and...
Life of Birds Episode 2 (The Mastery of Flight)
Date de diffusion: : 28 Octobre 1998Birds have adapted perfectly to the air space and honed the skills needed to fly. Though take-off is exhausting, and landing can be fraught with difficulties, birds are the masters of the air. They can fly with their wings back at speeds...
Life of Birds Episode 1 (To Fly or Not to Fly?)
Date de diffusion: : 21 Octobre 1998David Attenborough takes us back through time to show how birds evolved from the dinosaurs and took to the air. When the early mammals were still quite small, birds ruled the planet, with mighty vultures cruising the skies and huge,...