The Life of Mammals

The Life of Mammals is a BBC (in conjunction with The Discovery Channel) natural history television series of ten episodes, about mammals, written and presented by David Attenborough, originally transmitted in 2002.

Related Topics:
BBC - Discovery Channel - Natural history - Television series - Mammals - David Attenborough - 2002

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The individual episodes are:

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• A Winning Design - focusses on monotremes and marsupials
• Insect Hunters - looks at insectivores, including anteaters and bats
• Plant Predators - looks at herbivorous mammals
• Chisellers - looks at rodents
• Meat Eaters - looks at carnivorous mammals
• Opportunists - looks at oppotunistic and omnivorous mammals
• Return to the Water - looks at mammals that live in water, including seals and cetaceans
• Life in the Trees - looks at arboreal mammals
• Social Climbers - looks at monkeys
• Food for Thought - looks at apes and human societies

Each episode was just under 50 minutes long, recorded in with stereo sound.

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Attenbrough wrote the accompanying book (BBC Books, ISBN 0563534230), and the series is available as a four- disc DVD set, including several special features:

Related Topics:
BBC Books - DVD

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• Original Score
• Photo Gallery
• Fact Files
• Behind-the-Scenes
• Video to Music

The series was preceeded by The Blue Planet (2001) and will be followed with Life In The Undergrowth later in 2005.

Related Topics:
The Blue Planet - 2001 - Life In The Undergrowth - 2005

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