THE DAILY MAIL/THE MAIL ON SUNDAY - THE DAVID ATTENBOROUGH WILDLIFE COLLECTION

THE LIFE OF MAMMALS - EPISODE 5: MEAT EATERS (2002)

Product details

UK promotional PAL format Region 2 DVD given away free with The Mail On Sunday newspaper in 2006 as part of The David Attenborough Wildlife Collection. Features a complete Episode from the BBC Television series The Life Of Mammals.

Running time: 48 minutes. Full screen. In very good-excellent condition in a card picture sleeve, which has minimal wear.

Description

The Life Of Mammals - Episode 5: Meat Eaters (first broadcast on BBC Television on 18 December 2002)

David Attenborough's series offers an unparalleled view of this remarkable group of animals, which includes many of the planet's most fascinating species, including ourselves, and illustrates how mammals have become so incredibly diverse and successful.

Episode 5 of the series is devoted to carnivorous mammals. Attenborough starts in the English countryside where, besides humans farming sheep, a stoat chases and catches a rabbit.

Meat is one of the most energy-rich foods there is, and there are several groups that eat it exclusively. Among the most prolific to do so are cats and dogs. Canine adaptations are varied, and are illustrated by the differences between fennecs and Arctic foxes.

Meanwhile, the biggest concentration of meat occurs on the plains of Africa, and African hunting dogs are shown capturing a wildebeest with efficient teamwork. However, the largest wild canine is the wolf and Attenborough successfully communicates with a pack of them in North America before they embark on an exhausting hunt for elk.

Back in Africa, infrared cameras are used to examine the nocturnal activities of lions, which bring down a zebra. During the day, a solitary cheetah - the fastest animal on four legs - swiftly overtakes an impala and dispatches it.

One of the most adaptable of the big cats is the leopard, and infrared technology is again used to spot one of them as it searches an Indian village for domestic goats. As it does so, it comes dangerously close to the hut where Attenborough sits with his observation equipment.

Finally, Attenborough visits the frozen North to witness the animal kingdom's most powerful predator, the Siberian tiger, albeit one that is held in captivity. (Wikipedia).

THIS IS A UK PAL FORMAT REGION 2 DVD. IT WILL PLAY ON ALL EU PAL FORMAT AND MULTI-REGION DVD PLAYERS.

NB: THIS DVD IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH STANDARD NORTH AMERICAN AND OTHER NTSC FORMAT DVD PLAYERS, OR WITH STANDARD PAL FORMAT DVD PLAYERS OUTSIDE EUROPE.