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Seven Worlds - One Planet episode 6

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 6

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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 6: North America – a land of change where pioneering animals make the most of surprising opportunities.     Alternative stream and download     More than any other continent, North America is defined by extreme weather and seasonal change. For animals that live here this poses great challenges, but for those with a pioneering spirit it can also offer great rewards.   Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 6   In Canada’s Yukon, winter can be brutal – up to six feet of snow can fall in a single day. But lynx have […]

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Seven Worlds - One Planet episode 5

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 5

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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 5: Europe – a continent transformed by mankind, where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places.     Europe, a crowded continent transformed by mankind where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places. High above the city of Gibraltar, Barbary macaques – Europe’s only primate, live a life full of kidnappings and high drama whilst in the cemeteries of Vienna ‘grave robbing’ European hamsters do battle with each other for food. Come nightfall, the forests surrounding ancient Italian mountain villages become the hunting grounds for rarely seen wolves whilst deep underground in Slovenia’s caves,

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Seven Worlds - One Planet episode 4

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 4

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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 4: Australia, a land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Isolated for millions of years, the weird and wonderful animals marooned here are like nowhere else on Earth.     DOWNLOAD   Australia, a land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Isolated for millions of years, the weird and wonderful animals marooned here are like nowhere else on Earth. In the north of this island continent is the Daintree, one of the world’s oldest tropical forests. It’s home to the most dangerous bird on earth – the cassowary. A dinosaur-like

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Seven Worlds - One Planet episode 3

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 3

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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 3: South America – the most species-rich continent on earth. From the bone-dry deserts of the Atacama, where penguins weave their way through a minefield of snapping sea lions, to the lush cloud forests of the Andes, where Andean bears scale 30-metre trees in search of elusive fruits, South America is full of the unusual and ingenious.     In the far south of the continent, predators prowl the jagged Patagonian landscape. Underneath vertical spires of rock, a mother puma must draw on all her experience and strength to bring down a formidable prey.

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Seven Worlds One Planet episode 2

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 2

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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 2: Asia is the largest and most extreme continent on our planet, stretching from the Arctic Circle in the north to the tropical forests on the equator. The animals here face the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains found anywhere on Earth. But the continent has not always looked like this.     These extreme worlds were created when India collided with the rest of Asia 30 million years ago, shaping the continent as we know it today. Animals here have adapted to the extreme environments in almost unbelievable ways.   Seven Worlds

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Seven Worlds - One Planet episode 1

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 1

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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 1 : Antarctica – a land of survivors enduring the most hostile conditions on earth. 98 per cent of the mainland is covered by ice on which virtually nothing can live. Even the sea freezes over, but the Weddell seal manages to survive here by keeping its breathing holes open by using its teeth to grind away the ice.     Below the sea ice, conditions have been stable for millennia. Life has flourished and diversified. Starfish, sea spiders and three million predatory worms carpet the ocean floor, and sea anemones feast on ocean

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Climate Change

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After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat. Interviews with some of the world’s leading climate scientists explore recent extreme weather conditions such as unprecedented storms and catastrophic wildfires.     They also reveal what dangerous levels of climate change could mean for both human populations and the natural world in the future.   Climate Change with David Attenborough   Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the

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Dynasties episode 5 - Tiger - David Attenborough

Dynasties episode 5 – Tiger – David Attenborough

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This episode – Dynasties episode 5 – Tiger – features a tigress named Raj Bhera who lives in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in India and holds the perfect tiger territory, with dense jungle, spring-fed ponds and rich grasslands teeming with prey. And now, she has four tiny newborn cubs to care for. They are the future of her dynasty. But the idyllic world that she inhabits is changing.     Dynasties episode 5 – Tiger – David Attenborough   Rival tigers, seeking their own territory, are encroaching on her hunting lands. One in particular, her adult daughter Solo, is challenging Raj Bhera

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Dynasties episode 4

Dynasties episode 4 – Painted Wolf – David Attenborough

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This episode: Dynasties episode 4 – Painted Wolf – David Attenborough features a painted wolf named Tait, matriarch of one of the last great families of this endangered animal. She has ruled her dynasty for many years on the banks of Zambezi river in Zimbabwe, keeping the peace within her sprawling family. But tensions are rising as Tait is growing old and her power is waning.     Dynasties episode 4 – Painted Wolf – David Attenborough   One of her daughters, Blacktip, lives close by. Her own pack is growing fast and they are running out of space. She urgently

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Dynasties episode 3 - Lion - David Attenborough

Dynasties episode 3 – Lion – David Attenborough

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On Dynasties episode 3 – Lion – David Attenborough features one of the most famous lion prides in Africa – the Marsh Pride of Kenya’s Masai Mara.As the story begins, the Marsh Pride is in a unique situation in their history.     They have been abandoned by all of the adult males who – until now – defended the pride. Just two adult females are left to feed and protect their eight youngsters.     Alternative download   Dynasties episode 3 – Lion – David Attenborough   The future of the whole family rests entirely on the shoulders of

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Dynasties episode 2 - Emperor

Dynasties episode 2 – Emperor – David Attenborough

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In Dynasties episode 2 – Emperor – David Attenborough : A colony of emperor penguins gather in Atka Bay, on the coast of Antarctica, after three months of feeding at sea. They arrive as the water freezes over and all the other Antarctic animals have left the continent for the relative safety of the sea.     Dynasties episode 2 – Emperor – David Attenborough   The penguins have come here to raise the next generation in their emperor’s dynasty. But to do so they will have to work together to keep themselves and their chicks alive through the coming

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Dynasties episode 1 – Chimpanzee – David Attenborough

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Five extraordinary animals, each in a heroic struggle against rivals and against the forces of nature, fighting for their own survival and for the future of their dynasties.     Dynasties episode 1 – Chimpanzee – David Attenborough   In Senegal, west Africa, live a group of chimpanzees led by an alpha male named David. He has already been alpha for three years – a time when leaders here are usually overthrown. To make matters worse, David has no allies – no-one to help him defend his leadership. As the dry season sets in, the group are forced closer together

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