Description: Broadcast 18 December 2002, this programme 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 canid 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 despatches 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.
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The Life of Mammals: 2-Insect Hunters Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 27 November 2002, this programme discusses insectivores. Shrews are descendants of the earliest mammals, which were scurrying creatures that had a diet of insects. Their warm blood enabled t...
The Life of Mammals: 1-A Winning Design Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 20 November 2002, the first episode gives a general overview of mammals before moving on to monotremes and marsupials. Attenborough begins in the high Arctic, where he contrasts the Arctic f...
The Life of Mammals: 5-Meat Eaters Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 18 December 2002, this programme is devoted to carnivorous mammals. Attenborough starts in the English countryside, where, besides humans farming sheep, a stoat chases and catches a rabbit. ...
The Life of Mammals: 6-The Opportunists Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 8 January 2003, the next instalment deals with those mammals that are omnivorous. Attenborough goes to a zoo in Atlanta to see the giant panda. He contrasts its restrictive diet of bamboo wi...
The Life of Mammals: 8-Life in the Trees Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 22 January 2003, the next programme surveys arboreal mammals. Attenborough’s introduction takes place in the close company of meerkats. They work as a team, and one will always act as a lo...
The Life of Mammals: 9-The Social Climbers Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 29 January 2003, the penultimate instalment focuses on monkeys. Together with apes (which includes humans), monkeys are part of the most social group of mammals. Their habits are rooted in r...
The Life of Mammals: 10-Food for Thought Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 5 February 2003, the final episode studies apes and the evolution of human society to its current state. In Borneo, rescued orangutans that have spent time with humans have learned to imitat...
The Life of Mammals: 3-Plant Predators Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 4 December 2002, the next instalment looks at herbivorous mammals. The sloth is a leaf-eater, but it has compensated for the lack of nutriment in its diet by doing less (its reactions are a ...
The Life of Mammals: 4-Chisellers Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 11 December 2002, the fourth episode examines rodents, which are characterised by strong, sharp, continuously growing incisors. These enable the animals to eat food that others find impossib...
The Life of Mammals: 7-Return to the Water Type: Documentaries Category: The Life of Mammals Broadcast 15 January 2003, this episode concentrates on marine dwellers. Astride an elephant, Attenborough highlights their love of water, before moving on to those that are completely at home in it. ...
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