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David Attenborough's landmark series, shown in November 2002 on BBC1, presents the biggest ever wildlife series devoted to mammals. It features many of the planet's most fascinating species, including ourselves.
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 | | From the tiniest bat to the massive blue whale, all mammals share the ability to nurture their young on milk and regulate their own temperatures. | | |
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 | | Mammals from tiny shrews to giant anteaters have specialised in eating insects. Some have even pursued their prey into the skies. | | |
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 | | The plant eaters take on the largely indigestible, spiny and poisonous defences of plants with some spectacular physical adaptations to diet. | | |
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 | | Special tools like chisel sharp front teeth and underground dwelling enable this group of mammals to feast on roots and seeds. | | |
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 | | Predators and prey must evolve speed, endurance and manoeuvrability to outwit each other, and the pack hunters must maintain order in the ranks. | | |
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 | | A mammal capable of having a varied diet can be highly adaptable and exploit new environments including the cities where they thrive. | | |
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 | | With perfect streamlined bodies and great underwater speed, seals, dolphins, porpoises and whales became the new hunters of the sea. | | |
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 | | A range of adaptations from sucker-feet to gripping tails help the tree dwellers to survive, and in the dark forest super senses come in to play. | | |
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 | | In the daily hubbub of monkey life, only those with a talent for social wheeler dealing get ahead, driving the shift towards larger brains. | | |
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 | | The natural world was transformed when one great ape began to walk upright - us. But why has this led to the development of our extraordinary brains? | | |
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