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DVD

Nature's most amazing events

Call Number

  • DVD 591.5 N2859 (OSH)

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Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Narrated by David Attenborough.

Publication Information

[United States] : BBC Earth ; [New York, NY] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2009.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving annual flood of Botswana's Okavango Delta; The annual plankton boom of Alaska's coastal waters attracts humpback whales and sea lions, who must avoid predatory killer whales.

Notes

Documentary.

Title from container.

Special features: Go behind-the-scenes of each episode with Nature's Most amazing events diaries.

Contents

  • The great melt
  • The great salmon run
  • The great migration
  • The great tide
  • The great flood
  • The great feast.

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