DVD BBC Life On Earth Disc 3: Theme and Variations (1979)

BBC Life On Earth Disc 3: Theme and Variations (1979)

In the northern hemisphere, mammals reproduced in a different way. The females retained their young within their bodies. At first, these mammals fed mostly on insects, as many still do - shrews and pangolins, giant anteaters and armadillos. Some - the bats - took to the skies in search of such food. Others returned to the seas from which their distant ancestors had come, and evolved into whales and dolphins.

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David Attenborough continues his exploration of mammals by tracing their development from the insectivores to the whales. He later expands this theme in his series Life of Mammals more than 20 years later.

1:10	Tree Shrew catches insects (Malaysia)	3:15	Pyrenean Desman catches worm in stream (Pyrenees)	7:10	Star-nosed Mole (North America)
09:00	Aardvark (Africa)	9:25	Giant Anteater eats Termites (South America)	11:10	Giant Pangolin (Africa)
11:55	South America: Pygmy Silky-furred Anteater carries baby on back and eats tree ants	13:05	Collard Anteater	13:50	Brazilian Free-tailed Bats hibernate in caves along with Moth (Canada)
19:05	Brazilian Free-tailed Bats migrate to Mexico (New Mexico)	21:10	Horseshoe Bat produces ultrasound from nostrils	22:35	Pipistrelle Bat emits ultrasound from mouth
23:30	Lacewing has ears on its wings, closes wings to fall out of the path of the bat	24:25	Tiger Moths can emit jamming signals	28:45	Pallid Bat eats a Scorpion
27:00	False Vampire Bat feeds on birds and other bats in Silk Cotton Tree (Kapok)	27:55	Vampire Bat feeds on blood	28:30	Whispering Bat ? feeds on nectar of Agave (Arizona)
30:40	Fruit Bat has no sonar	34:45	Fisherman Bat ? catches fish (Central America)	37:20	Humpback Whale mother and calf (Hawaii)
40:40	Humpback Whale breaching (Alaska)	43:15	Killer Whale hunts seal	43:50	Narwhal
44:15	Bottlenose Dolphin ? birthing	48:55	Humpback Whale singing

1:10 Tree Shrew	3:15 Pyrenean Desman	7:10 Star-nosed Mole
09:00 Aardvark	9:25 Giant Anteater	9:25 Termites
11:10 Giant Pangolin	11:55 Pygmy Silky-furred Anteater	13:05 Collard Anteater
13:50 Brazilian Free-tailed Bats	13:50 Moth	19:05 Brazilian Free-tailed Bats
21:10 Horseshoe Bat	22:35 Pipistrelle Bat	23:30 Lacewing
24:25 Tiger Moths	28:45 Pallid Bat	28:45 Scorpion
27:00 False Vampire Bat	27:00 Silk Cotton Tree	27:55 Vampire Bat
28:30 Whispering Bat ?	28:30 Agave	30:40 Fruit Bat
34:45 Fisherman Bat ?	37:20 Humpback Whale mother and calf	40:40 Humpback Whale breaching
43:15 Killer Whale	43:50 Narwhal	44:15 Bottlenose Dolphin ? birthing
48:55 Humpback Whale singing


Index	Jan 15, 2006	Peter Chen