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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this episode, we examine the science of the cat. We’ll learn about the evolution of cats throughout the world, featuring the Saber-tooth Tiger. Find out how cat senses stack up against other animals. And take a pop quiz that reveals some incredible feline facts.
2) Round Planet
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Yellowstone National Park is a spectacular landscape and a diverse habitat which supports an array of wildlife. But this serene habitat also holds a dark secret: it sits atop a super-volcano that could 'blow' at any minute. This episode follows the park's residents; the beavers, otters, elks and bison that are oblivious to this ticking time bomb, thriving in this land of extremes. Our narrator, esteemed naturalist Armstrong Wedgewood (actor Matt Lucas)...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Dogs share over 99% of their DNA with the grey wolf, and yet during their more than 10,000 year history within our homes, several key features have emerged to mark them apart - most importantly the incredible bonds they can form with us. As the world's first domesticated animal, we've spent longer around our canine companions than the wheel, and as such they hold a special place in cultures around the world; in fact new science is revealing how even...
4) Dynasties
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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In Senegal, West Africa, live a group of chimpanzees led by an alpha male named David. He has already been alpha for three years, a timeby which leaders are usually overthrown. To make matters worse, David has no allies to help him defend his leadership. As the dry season sets in, David is surrounded by rivals that are prepared to kill for his crown. David faces brutal battles, has his territory engulfed in flames andmust pull off an extraordinary...
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Autumn is definitely the best time to look at leaves. They are important to a plant’s life, but also to our life. They take all that carbon dioxide that we breathe out, and create new, clean oxygen for us to breathe in. And amazingly, they are the only living thing that can produce its own food. The Kids in the Garden series encourages environmental stewardship and promotes a healthy lifestyle while the kids (and adults) enjoy discovering the...
6) Big Cats
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Advances in remote and low-light filming technology provide new insight into the secret life of the mysterious small cats. In South Africa, we follow the nocturnal pursuits of the tiny black-footed cat that stakes its claim to the title of the world's deadliest, and in remotest Mongolia we reveal the rarely seen Pallas's cat, at home with her kittens—she hunts by looking like a rock. Finally, in the Karoo of South Africa, we uncover the secret of...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Maya is 10 weeks old and pushing the Clark family to their limits. They are invited to appear on BBC Breakfast to raise the profile of all big cats around the world. Giles takes in a cheetah cub called Willow and it is back to late nights as he builds her trust. Giles goes to Kenya with GPS collars he has funded and darts and collars a female in a pride that needs his help. Maya is given the all clear on her health by the vet.
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English
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This awesome game is great for TEACHING latitude and longitude and world geography. In Coordinates, students learn latitude and longitude while learning the locations and names of the world's nations. First, students are prompted to find the latitude coordinate. Once the latitude coordinate is found, the game locks the latitude position and the longitude lines animate into the map. Finally, students are prompted to find a point of longitude. If the...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Lily is an eight year old wild black bear living in the North Woods of Minnesota in USA. Followed from birth by researchers, her life has been captured on film and shared online around the world. But her fame has come at a price. She has become the focus of a passionate debate, and while she has many thousands of fans, some people want her dead. This film tells the story of her life and how and why she has become a bear with a bounty.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The world's biggest beasts have always captured the imagination. But whilst being big can have its advantages, it also comes with sizeable challenges. Take the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, whose huge appetite means it must take on prey ten times its weight, or the tallest animal of them all - the giraffe - who, with such a long neck, must control immense blood pressure. Nature's biggest beasts must go to extraordinary lengths to thrive....
11) Animal Atlas
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A panoramic look at animals from Africa, especially the giants, such as elephants, giraffes, hippos, rhinos, and ostriches. A comparison of animals that isn't native to Africa, such as bears, with animals that are, such as -- surprise -- penguins. Next, a visit with the birds of Africa. Then, a rundown of the many wild animals with the word "Africa" in their common name. Finally, an examination of the adaptations these animals have to live on the...
12) Did You Know?
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This animated epiosde of Did You Know? explore the Amazon Rainforest.
13) Weird Animals
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In this film, meet a weird creature who is closely related to sharks and can leap out of the water, the Manta ray.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It really is a big bad world out there. So what happens if you’re the little guy? This film tells the epic survival stories of the world’s smallest animals. To make a living, these tiny heroes have evolved extraordinary skills and achieved mind-boggling feats. From the animal kingdom’s greatest artist to the tiny creatures that provide us with so much of the air we breathe, discover what it takes to be a miniature miracle.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This live-action video program is about ectotherms. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Viewers will see and hear the word used in a variety of contexts providing students with a model for how to appropriately use the word. Related words are also used and reinforced with visuals and text....
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Gordon Buchanan and the team return to Svalbard in September on the trail of Lyra and her cub Miki. They have been away for six weeks and don't know if either bear is still alive. Lyra's collar hasn't sent a signal for a month—finding her this time will be a huge challenge. But Gordon does find her —and Miki is alive. Times are tough though. Lyra is very thin and has been reduced to eating moss and seaweed. Gordon discovers that Lyra has been...
17) Planet Bonehead
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English
Description
The Boneheads are in the North Pole at Santa's Workshop, frantically trying to halt the latest devious scheme of their arch nemesis, JP Rothbone and his Sniveling Cronies.JP wants to destroy Santa's workshop. His new sinister machine, the Heat Miser, is heating up the Arctic, causing the polar ice caps to melt. The melted ice is turning to water, and flooding the tundra where Santa's elves are hard at work making this year's Christmas presents.With...
18) Dynasties: Tiger
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This episode of Dynasties follows tigress Raj Bhera, who has four new cubs. She must protect them while suffering through a drought and battling rivals that are constantly encroach on her turf. Will she hold on and raise her cubs to adulthood?
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Scientists are studying cats in more detail than ever before, and what they are discovering is truly groundbreaking. Join the scientists in the field, testing new theories and challenging the conventional ideas about cats. New approaches and new technologies are allowing an intimate look at their previously hidden lives. Using high-tech collars, Professor Alan Wilson has discovered it is not straight-line speed that is a cheetah's greatest weapon...
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