Challenges of Life
David Attenborough examines how living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle, and how many animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance.
In nature, living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle. Many animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance.
Uniquely, three brother cheetahs band together to bring down a huge ostrich. Aerial photography reveals how bottle-nosed dolphins trap fish in a ring of mud, and time-lapse cameras show how the Venus flytrap ensnares insect victims.
The strawberry frog carries a tadpole high into a tree and drops it in a water-filled bromeliad. The frog must climb back from the ground every day to feed it.
Fledgling chinstrap penguins undertake a heroic and tragic journey through the broken ice to get out to sea. Many can barely swim and the formidable leopard seal lies in wait.
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Life - Challenges of Life
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Life
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Mud-ringing
Duration: 02:23
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Hair trigger
Duration: 01:38
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Challenges of Life
Opening titles
Duration: 00:18
Hunting
Duration: 10:18
Escaping the Threat
Duration: 06:31
Food Gathering
Duration: 06:23
Attracting a Mate
Duration: 09:30
Motherly Love
Duration: 07:26
Parenting Techniques
Duration: 07:29
Life on Location
Duration: 10:33
Credits
Role Contributor Narrator David Attenborough Director Martha Holmes Executive Producer Michael Gunton Broadcasts
Mon 12 Oct 2009 21:00
Mon 12 Oct 2009 22:3591热爆 One Northern Ireland- Tue 13 Oct 2009 20:00
- Sat 17 Oct 2009 17:3091热爆 HD
- Sun 18 Oct 2009 22:5591热爆 HD
- Fri 23 Oct 2009 01:0091热爆 One except Northern Ireland
- Sun 25 Oct 2009 23:4091热爆 One Northern Ireland
- Sun 3 Jan 2010 18:0091热爆 HD & 91热爆 One
- Sat 6 Feb 2010 19:00
- Thu 15 Apr 2010 00:1091热爆 HD
- Sat 9 Oct 2010 19:00
- Sat 3 Sep 2011 19:00
- Sat 3 Sep 2011 23:1591热爆 HD
- Sun 4 Sep 2011 02:15
- Mon 5 Sep 2011 19:3091热爆 HD
- Mon 24 Jun 2019 20:00
Mon 1 Feb 2021 15:0091热爆 Two except Scotland- Mon 25 Sep 2023 19:00
- Tue 26 Sep 2023 00:45
- Tue 1 Oct 2024 19:00
- Wed 2 Oct 2024 01:50
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