The Life of Mammals
Plant Predators
Season 1 Episode 3 of 10
David Attenborough uses advanced surveillance technology to observe the feeding habits of herbivores, including elephants forced to undertake epic migrations to ensure a steady diet of the plants they need to survive. He also considers the habits of the sloth, which takes a month to digest each meal, and reveals scientific research suggesting that grazing wildebeest do not follow the rains as originally thought, but detect trails of phosphorus in the grass
The Life of Mammals airs on U&Eden at 2:00 PM, Saturday 2 November. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
David Attenborough
Presenter
Vanessa Berlowitz
Producer
Mike Salisbury
Series Producer