David Attenborough's Life Stories Series 1 Episodes Episode guide
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Giant Birds
The famous naturalist muses on the largest known egg laid by a giant bird on Madagascar.
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Collecting
The naturalist comments on the decline in collecting by children.
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Large Blue
The naturalist asks why the Large Blue butterfly recently died out in the UK.
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Amber
Is it possible to extract the DNA from a fly trapped in amber to recreate a dinosaur?
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Adam's Face
Sir David recalls the importance of human eyebrows for communication.
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Bird's Nest Soup
The naturalist recalls the challenge of filming the birds of Borneo.
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Tracks
The naturalist examines the revelations found from following fossilised animal tracks.
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The Dodo
Slaughtered into oblivion, the naturalist asks what lessons can be learned from the Dodo.
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Coelacanth
Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
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Faking Fossils
The naturalist recalls finding an ammonite inside limestone, sparking his love of fossils.
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The Serpent's Stare
Looking at why underground animals have evolved differently from those on the surface.
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Birds of Paradise
Musings on the New Guinea residents, who fooled early explorers with their adornments.
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Salamander
The naturalist recalls his first pet, a fire salamander which was a birthday present.
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Archaeopteryx
A 150-million-year-old feather from an animal that lived before birds had evolved.
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Dragons
The famous naturalist recalls meeting the 10-foot-long Komodo dragon.
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Bowerbirds
Musings on the structures built by New Guinea's Vogelkop bowerbirds to attract mates.
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Songsters
The messages conveyed in the syllables, melodies and repeated phrases of singing birds.
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Giant Birds
The largest egg known to have existed was laid in Madagascar.
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Platypus
Musings on the elusive female duck-billed platypus of New South Wales, Australia.
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Monstrous Flowers
Musings on the world's largest blooms found deep in the steamy forests of Sumatra.
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Sloths
Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.