In ten parts, the award-winning David Attenborough (2002 Emmy winner for The Blue Planet: Seas of Life; The Life of Birds) introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on Earth, from the smallestthe two-inch pygmy shrew, to the largestthe blue whale; from the slowestthe sloth, to the swiftestthe cheetah; from the least attractivethe naked mole rat, to the most irresistiblea human baby.
The Life of Mammals is the story of 4,000 species that have outlived the dinosaurs and conquered the farthest places on earth. With bodies kept warm by thick coats of fur and their developing young protected and nourished within their bodies, they have managed to colonize 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, socialize, mate and breed.
- 4 discs, 10 episodes; 200 minutes total
- © 2003
- Not available for shipment outside of the U.S. and Canada