Life

1:25 AM to 2:25 AM

Friday 4 October

Mammals

Season 1 Episode 3 of 10

David Attenborough reveals how mammals dominate the planet and survive in extreme habitats. In the Antarctic, a lone Weddell seal wears its teeth down keeping an ice hole open to catch fish for its pup. In warmer climes, the gerbil-like rufous sengi demonstrates impressive speed to avoid reptilian predators, giant bats feast on fruit trees in Zambia and male humpback whales battle for a female

Life airs on BBC Four HD at 1:25 AM, Friday 4 October. (Subtitles, audio description.)

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David Attenborough

Narrator

Martha Holmes

Series Producer

Michael Gunton

Executive Producer