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Contents: A winning design -- Insect hunters -- Plant predators -- Chisellers -- Meat eaters -- Opportunists -- Return to the water -- Life in the trees -- Social climbers -- Food for thought. Introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on this planet. From the smallest to the largest, from the slowest to the fastest, from the least attractive to the most irresistable. Looks at 4,000 species, including ones that have outlived...
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English
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The classic Dinosaur series from BBC Earth revolutionized the natural history television world with its spectacular recreations of dinosaurs in their natural habitat. It now returns to DVD better than ever-newly remastered and with never-before-seen content. Tracing their 160-million-year history, from their first appearance to their abrupt demise, it brings the amazing lost world of the dinosaurs stunningly back to life.
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English
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In June 1941, Hitler broke the golden rule of warfare never to fight on opposite fronts and marched into the Soviet Union. What would drive him to make the most catastrophic mistake of World War II? This acclaimed four-part series investigates what led to the largest military operation in history - and the bloodiest. Assisted by leading historians and granted unique access to Eastern firm archives and to both Soviet and German participants, War...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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State-of-the-art technology and innovative techniques show the world from an amazing aerial perspective. Viewers can fly along with snow geese dashing through Monument Valley and New York City. Watch Macaws racing through the rainforest, vultures soaring miles above the earth, and more.
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
Description
Open ocean: "In the immense space of the open ocean the sea bed is a staggering five miles below the suface and the nearest island is over 300 miles away. Yet here live many of the mosr spectacular predators in the ocean. Marvel as you experience ruthless and beautiful battles between hunter and prey."
The Deep: "A place of mountain ranges, perpetual night, pressure extremes and cold ... and the weirdest life forms on our planet. Dive to the depths...
6) The weather
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Investigative reporter Donal Maclntyre personally experiences the most extreme forms of weather on Earth, from the Sahara desert to the midst of hurricane.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Ocean World: In this episode viewers will learn how the sun and moon help control the ocean, experience the power of the Blue Whale, and travel around the world to get a better understanding of the power of our oceans.
Frozen Seas: Discover an environment where only the toughest survive, The Arctic and Antarctic and their unrelenting habitats.
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
Description
"Tidal seas--The sun and moon move billions of tons of water with every turn of the tide. The strongest tides empty entire bays, smash trees on riverbanks, and strand sea creatures on suddenly dry land. Weaker tides controlthe movements of huge numbers of fish, coaxing schools of giant stingrays through astounding underwater arches. And as the water recedes, the tide can create unbelievable landscapes--like a sparkling world of salt crystals inhabited...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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If you thought T-Rex was the scariest dinosaur, think again. Paleontologist Dr. Phillip Currie believes he has found a six-ton flesh-eating dinosaur that hunted its prey in packs. Until recently there was little evidence to support Currie's ideas. That's all changed with his discoveries in two mass dinosaur graves. One site lay untouched for decade until Currie himself tracked it down and the other contains the bones of a giant new species of dinosaur....
11) Wild China
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Journey across China from the peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures.
12) Pole to pole
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Michael Palin takes viewers on a voyage from pole to pole, visiting seventeen countries, including Greenland, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Ukraine, Cyprus, and Chile.
