Life on Earth

E01▶

The Infinite Variety

Jan 16, 1979 · 55m

E02▶

Building Bodies

Jan 23, 1979 · 54m

E03▶

The First Forests

Jan 30, 1979 · 54m

E04▶

The Swarming Hordes

Feb 6, 1979 · 55m

E05▶

Conquest of the Waters

Feb 13, 1979 · 55m

E06▶

Invasion of the Land

Feb 20, 1979 · 55m

E07▶

Victors of the Dry Land

Feb 27, 1979 · 55m

E08▶

Lords of the Air

Mar 6, 1979 · 54m

E09▶

The Rise of the Mammals

Mar 13, 1979 · 54m

E10Playing

Theme and Variations

Mar 20, 1979 · 53m

E11▶

The Hunters and Hunted

Mar 27, 1979 · 55m

E12▶

Life in the Trees

Apr 3, 1979 · 55m

E13▶

The Compulsive Communicators

Apr 10, 1979 · 54m

A little furry animal from the jungles of South East Asia, called a tree shrew, has attracted great interest from scientists because it shows how a great group of animals may have originated - the mammals. David Attenborough looks at some of the huge variety of mammals. Bats number over a thousand species, many hunt insects, some sip nectar, drink blood, and even catch fish. Contrast those which use sonar with the great whales that sing, the star-nosed mole and the giant anteater, and the potential variations become dramatically clear.