Life on Earth
Life on Earth: A Natural History by David Attenborough is a BBC nature documentary series about a study of the evolution of life on the planet. The series consists of thirteen episodes and begins with David Attenborough's opening narration: "There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world.
Four million different solutions to the problems of staying alive. This is the story of how a few of them came to be as they are." The first episode is devoted to illustrating the diversity and origins of life on Earth. And then through the next 12 episodes the series looks at the evolution of living creatures including
the sea-living creatures, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, primates and humans.
Episode 12 - Life in the Trees. This episode investigates the primates, whose defining characteristics are forward-facing eyes for judging distance, and gripping hands with which to grasp branches,
manipulate food and groom one another. The programme begins in Madagascar, home to the lemurs, of which there are some 20 different types. Two examples are the sifaka, which is a specialised jumper, and the indri,
which has a well developed voice. Away from Madagascar, the only lemur relatives to have survived are nocturnal, such as thebushbaby, the potto and the loris.
(from wikipedia.org)
| Episode 12 - Life in the Trees |
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