00000cmm a22000003a 4500 UP-8027390931313917861 Buklod 20141029095037.0 m |o d | ta 141029s2010 xx d u (iLib)UPVIS-00034891929 ohio VML 11.5.14 eng QH 75 L54 2010 v.2 DVD Video Life creatures of the deep, plants and primates narrated by David Attenborough. California BBC Worldwide Ltd. Program c2010 1 videodisc () sound & colored 4 3/4 in. From the award-winning BBC natural History Unit, makers of Planet Earth and The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, this is the original UK broadcast version of Life, with narration by renowned naturalist David Attenborough and music by Oscar and Emmy winning composer George Fenton. Creatures of the deep: Marine invertebrates are some of the most bizarre and beautiful animals on the planet, and thrive in the toughest parts of the oceans. Divers swim into a shoal of predatory Humboldt squid as they emerge from the ocean depths to hunt in packs. When cuttlefish gather to mate, their bodies flash in stroboscopic colours. Time-lapse photography reveals thousand of starfish gathering under the Arctic ice to devour a seal carcass. A giant octopus commit suicide for her young. A camera follows her into a cave which walls up, then she protects her eggs until she starves. The greatest living structures on earth, coral reefs, are created by tiny animals in some of the world's most inhospitable waters. Plants: Plant's solutions are as ingenious and manipulative as any animal's. Innovative time-lapse photography opens up a parallel world where plants act like fly-paper, or spring-loaded traps, to catch insects. Vines develop suckers and claws to haul themselves into the forest canopy. Every pecular shape proves to have a clever purpose. The dragon's blood tree is like an upturned umbrella to capture mist and shade its roots. The seed of a Bornean tree has wings so aerodynamic they inspired the design of early gliders. The barrel-shaped desert rose is full of water. The heliconia plant even enslaves a humming bird and turns it into addict for its nectar. Primates: Huge armies of Hamadryas baboons, 400 strong, battle on the plains of Ethiopia to steal females and settle old scores. Japanese macaques in Japan beat the cold by lounging in thermal springs - but only if they come from the right family. An orangutan baby fails in its struggle to make an umbrella out of leaves to keep off the rain. Young capuchins can't quite get the hang of smaching nuts with a large rock, a technique their parents have perfected. Chimpanzees, our closest relatives, have created an entire tool kit to get their food. Life (Biology) Biodiversity. Adaptation (Biology) www.bbcearth.com UPVIS UPV-ML QH 75 L54 2010 v.2 Electronic Resource