Most primates are forest dwellers, and one of the strangest is the tarsier – the only purely carnivorous primate. He advertises his status to all with a powerful chest-beating display. For western lowland gorillas, it's the male silverback that leads his family group in the rich forests of the Congo basin. But this privilege is only for those born of the right female bloodline. Some beat the freezing conditions by having access to a thermal spa in the middle of winter. Japanese macaques are the most northerly-dwelling primates and they experience completely different challenges. But, should their path cross with other baboon troops, it can lead to all-out battle, as males try to steal females from one another, and even settle old scores. Strength in numbers gives them some protection from potential predators. Hamadryas baboons live on the open plains of Ethiopia in groups up to 400 strong. This resourcefulness has enabled primates to conquer an incredible diversity of habitat. Intelligence and adaptability allow primates to tackle the many challenges of life, and this is what makes our closest relatives so successful. The series has the revelation, sense of place, cinematic style and emotionally involving individual sequences perfected in programmes such as The Blue Planet and Planet Earth, but with the addition of close-up, intensely dramatic new behaviour - where the animals are the stars.Įxtras include 10 minute making of diaries for each episode. Life stars a cast of 'box-office' wildlife characters, filmed on every continent and in every habitat across the world, with each drama-filled episode entirely dedicated to one of the planet's ten most important wildlife groups. This ten-part natural history blockbuster, shot in HD, is the definitive exploration of the diversity of life on Earth, revealing the most spectacular and fascinating behaviour driven by the endless struggle to survive. It has the revelation, cinematic style, sense of place and emotionally involving individual sequences that that were the hallmark of The Blue Planet and Planet Earth, with all the scope, detail and content of an Attenborough epic, and the addition of close-up, intensely dramatic new behaviour – all captured by the world’s top wildlife photographers with the aid of the most cutting-edge and sophisticated filming techniques. Life is the latest wildlife epic from the BBC’s award-winning Natural History Unit. Documentary hosted by David Attenborough and published byįour years in the making, Life will set a new benchmark in family entertainment and natural history epics.
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