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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
How different are we to our animal cousins? In this highly entertaining series a new generation of spy cameras reveals just how similar we really are. Each episode is themed around a familiar aspect of our own live, love, intelligence, friendship and mischief. Meet the elephant aunts who act as midwives, the bowerbirds gathering trinkets to impress the ladies, the hippos having pedicures, the monkeys getting drunk and disorderly, and more.
Author
Series
Nova scienceNOW volume 2011, episode 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each video, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Episode includes: 1) How Smart Are Dogs? - Meet an extraordinary boarder collie and other dogs changing our view of canine intelligence. 2) How Smart Are Dolphins?...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Ren is an intensly hyperactive chihuahua and Stimpy is a happy-go-lucky, empty-brained cat who share bizarre and often repulsive adventures. Their experiences usually involve hairballs, dirty litterboxes, "magic nose goblins", jars of spit, outhouses, eating dirt, monkey vermin and any other imaginable disgusting substance the two can get their paws on.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Yellowstone is home to North America's most iconic wildlife, and every year these animals must survive the Thaw--one of the harshest seasonal changes on Earth when temperatures can swing from minus 40°F in winter to almost 100°F in summer. Learn how animals cope with this range, and witness the impact on individual families of wolves, grizzly bears, beavers, and great gray owls.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Who helps Beethoven, Einstein and Lincoln in their brain-locked hours of need? Who unleashes a steady stream of film sendups, cultural spoofs and gags? Who puts the bop in the bop-shoo-bop? Well, two out of three isn't bod, and making things even better in Season 1 are friends who are fiendish, feathered, furred, and frazzled.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From dancing puppies and wrestling kittens to musical monkeys and acrobatic lizards, each laugh-packed hour episode of Animals Doing Things combines Howie's lovable comedic genius with never-before-seen clips of animals doing amazing, adorable, and hilarious things!
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"From the rugged west coast of Ireland to the lush jungles of Belize, Bear Grylls shows us how to survive tough environments all over the planet in these 10 exciting episodes. Using his background as a British Special Forces soldier to find his way out of these wildernesses, Bear encounters dangerous animals, navigates treacherous white water, climbs sheer cliffs and much more in another action-filled season of adventure!"--Container.
9) Wild ways
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Explores how newly established wildlife corridors may offer hope in saving Earth's endangered species.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dropping into a viper pit in Panama's Camino Real; navigating a crevasse of one of the world's largest glacier; battling extreme conditions in frozen Siberia; it's all in a day's work for adventurer Bear Grylls. Bear is a former British Special Forces soldier who shares ingenious and often shocking techniques for surviving in some of the world's most treacherous environments.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Behind Russia's frozen curtain, Monster croc hunt, Mega piranha: produced by National Geographic Studios for National Geographic Channel. Kangaroo king: produced by Wild Fury for National Geographic Channels; produced by ABC/Kane productions. Super squirrel: produced by Red Rock Films for National Geographic Channels. Land of 10,000 grizzlies: produced by ABC/Kane Productions in association with Trebitsch Produktion International and PBS for National...
Pub. Date
[1991-]
Language
English
Description
Ren is an intensely hyperactive chihuahua and Stimpy is a happy-go-lucky, empty-brained cat who share bizarre and often repulsive adventures. Their experiences usually involve hairballs, dirty litterboxes, "magic nose goblins", jars of spit, outhouses, eating dirt, monkey vermin and any other imaginable disgusting substance the two can get their paws on.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Using archival footage and interviews, this DVD presents the story of Titus, the silverback leader of one of the original mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) groups followed by Dian Fossey. Shows gorilla group behavior, nursing, play, fighting, play fighting, foraging, vocalizations and adolescent male behavior. Discusses and shows group formation and succession, the role of sexual behavior in dominance, and poaching. Because Titus's life has been...
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The African lion is a study of the lion and his domain. Portrays the living conditions of the lion and his family which is ruled by the lioness. Also presents facts about the antelope, zebra, rhinoceros, giraffe, and wild dog. Jungle cat is a study in the life of the jaguar of Brazil in its natural setting, the jungle. Bear country is a photographic study of the American black bear and his home in the Rocky Mountains. Describes the animal's feeding...
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