Life
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 at 7:00 PM, Thursday 3 October. (Subtitles, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
David Attenborough
Narrator
Martha Holmes
Series Producer
Michael Gunton
Executive Producer