The
Life Of Mammals - A new landmark series on 91热爆 ONE from Wednesday
20 November at 9.00pm (repeated on Sunday afternoons)
 David
Attenborough takes viewers on a personal journey into the lives
of the most successful animals on the planet - the mammals.
This
is a passionate storyteller at his very best. He spies on an Australian
platypus and her tiny baby in the nest using high-tech camera equipment,
helps some overzealous chimps crack a few nuts, and, for the first
time in his life, encounters at close quarters a giant blue whale.
Mammals
are the most complex and diverse group of animals ever to live on
Earth - from the smallest, the two-inch pygmy shrew, to the largest,
the blue whale; from the slowest, the sloth, to the swiftest, the
cheetah. From the least attractive, the naked mole rat, to the most
irresistible, a human baby.
This
is the story of 4,000 species, which have outlived the dinosaurs
and conquered the farthest corners of the planet.
 With
bodies kept warm by thick coats of fur and their developing young
protected and nourished within their bodies, mammals have managed
to colonise every part of the globe, dry or wet, hot or cold.
Their
adaptations for finding food have also had a profound effect on
the way they move, socialise, mate and breed.
Looking
at the most sophisticated mammal of all, David Attenborough says:
"It is only five million years since a relative of the apes
stood upright on the plains of Africa, a very brief episode in the
three thousand million year history of life on this planet.
"In
that short time, one exceptional species of mammal - ourselves -
has over-run the Earth. Yet we are still part of the web of life,
the complex network of animals and plants that brought us into existence.
"In
one way however, we differ from any other species that has ever
existed. For the first time, our unique species has the continued
survival of all others in its hands."
Notes
to Editors
The Life of Mammals press pack is available in . You may require Adobe Acrobat Software to read PDF files
which can be obtained .
 Did
you know... (98 KB)
A rare breed: an interview
with David Attenborough (593 KB)
Programmes 1 -
5 (1 MB)
Programmes 6
- 10 (1 MB)
David Attenborough's Life on
Air (275 KB)
How to experience
The Life of Mammals (536 KB)
Series Producer - Mike Salisbury, 91热爆 Natural History Unit A 91热爆
Natural History Unit Production for 91热爆 ONE A 91热爆/Discovery Co-production
www.bbc.co.uk/nature
There
is an accompanying 91热爆 Book, The Life Of Mammals by David Attenborough
- published 17 October 2002, price 拢19.99. 91热爆
Books
have also published David Attenborough's memoirs, Life On Air, price
拢18.99. The Life Of Mammals Part One on video will be released
on 25 November, price 拢19.99.
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