DVD
Nature's most amazing events
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.
Subjects
- Animals.
- Habitat (Ecology)
- Biotic communities.
- Animal populations > Climatic factors.
- Polar bear > Arctic regions.
- Salmon > British Columbia.
- Animal migration > Tanzania > Serengeti Plain.
- Sardines > South Africa.
- Floods > Botswana > Okavango River Delta.
- Whales > Alaska.
- Documentary television programs.
- Nature films.
- Wildlife television programs.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Television series.