Episodes (10)

A Winning Design
S01E01 · A Winning Design

Nov 20, 2002

First in a ten-part epic series in which David Attenborough explores why mammals, including humans, are the most successful and diverse animals on the planet. His journey begins in Australia where he encounters the bizarre egg-laying platypus and the country's many marsupials - mammals like the possum, kangaroo and wombat that protect their young in a pouch.

Insect Hunters
S01E02 · Insect Hunters

Nov 27, 2002

Mammals that hunt insects shared the planet with the dinosaurs, but when the giant reptiles disappeared, these creatures seized their chance to conquer new territory. David Attenborough meets strange bats, dim-witted anteaters, less familiar pangolins, moles that swim through sand and the garden hedgehog in the second part of his new series.

Plant Predators
S01E03 · Plant Predators

Dec 04, 2002

Heavily armoured, indigestible and even poisonous, plants pose problems for some of our biggest predators. David Attenborough learns why eating plants is one of the greatest challenges for the planet's mammals.

Chisellers
S01E04 · Chisellers

Dec 11, 2002

Rodents are the most numerous mammals on the planet, comprising an incredibly diverse variety of species. They range from the naked mole rat, which spends its entire life below ground, to the world's largest rodent, the capybara, which grazes in herds across the vast grasslands of South America. In the fourth of his ten-part epic series David Attenborough shares his fascination with these animals, which stop only at his pet hate - rats.

Meat Eaters
S01E05 · Meat Eaters

Dec 18, 2002

From artic foxes and leopards to the Siberian tiger, carnivores feature in the fifth of David Attenborough's epic ten-part series. Travelling down from the frozen north into India, Attenborough learns of the dangers they pose to other animals - and the threat they face from man.

The Opportunists
S01E06 · The Opportunists

Jan 08, 2003

Omnivorous mammals run the gamut from human beings to rats and, though they are generalists with their diet, each is equipped with very specialised skills. In the sixth part of his ten-part series, David Attenborough witnesses the feeding secrets of the North American raccoon, the babirusa pig in Africa and skunks in Texas, and shows how they perform astonishing feats to stay alive.

Return to the Water
S01E07 · Return to the Water

Jan 15, 2003

David Attenborough discovers that while mammals such as manatees and sea otters left dry millions of years ago, the blue whale has always had its home in the sea. And though some marine mammals such as seals and sea lions still come ashore to breed, many conduct their mating rituals in the water.

Life in the Trees
S01E08 · Life in the Trees

Jan 22, 2003

Climbing is just the start - the challenge is to move between trees. To get close to the creatures, David Attenborough must climb into the canopy. His subjects range from the squirrels to lemurs, the latter able to leap 15 metres. More unfamiliar animals, including the Indian slender ioris and the fossa, Madagascar's largest arboreal predator, are filmed for the first time in the wild.

The Social Climbers
S01E09 · The Social Climbers

Jan 29, 2003

David Attenborough continues his documentary series. He looks at monkeys from all over the world, including red howler monkeys in Venezuela, capuchin monkeys in the Costa Rican swamps, and guenon monkeys in West Africa.

Food for Thought
S01E10 · Food for Thought

Feb 05, 2003

The last programme of the series sees David Attenborough compare the foraging skills of humans with those of our distant relatives, the great apes. As bipedal mammals, humans have come to dominate their surroundings and, through the exploitation of the food sources available to them, evolved with larger brains.

About

The Life of Mammals Season 1 (2002) is released on Nov 20, 2002. Watch The Life of Mammals online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. The Life of Mammals is directed by Mark Linfield and created by David Attenborough with David Attenborough and .

As know as:

The Life of Mammals, David Attenborough's The Life of Mammals, Животът на бозайниците(Bulgarian), Nisäkkäiden maailma, Das Leben der Säugetiere

Countries:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Production Companies:

BBC Natural History, Discovery Channel UK

Official Site:

BBC (United Kingdom)

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