Life - 3. Mammals
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Life - 3. Mammals
Weeks of filming in the bitter Antarctic winter reveal how a mother Weddell seal wears her teeth down keeping open a hole in the ice so she can catch fish for her pup.
A powered hot air balloon produced stunning images of millions of migrating bats as they converge on fruiting trees in Zambia.
Slow-motion cameras reveal how a mother rufous sengi exhausts a chasing lizard.
A gyroscopically stabilised camera moves alongside migrating caribou, and a diving team swim among the planet's biggest fight as male humpback whales battle for a female. (R)
- Broadcast on:
- BBC HD, 12:00am Monday 2nd November 2009
- First broadcast:
- Monday 26th October 2009
- Duration:
- 60 minutes
- Available until:
- 9:59pm Monday 21st December 2009
- Categories:
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