The Limits of Endurance
David Attenborough presents a natural history of birds. This programme looks at how birds cope in some of the harshest places on the planet.
David Attenborough presents a natural history of birds. This programme looks at how birds cope with living in some of the harshest and most bizarre places on the planet, looking at the sandgrouse in the Namibian desert, spectacled eiders in the Arctic, a 10,000-strong nesting colony of oilbirds in a Venezuelan cave and black vultures nesting on the sixteenth floor balcony of a skyscraper in Sao Paulo.
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Thirst quencher
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From kaka to dodo
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Urban successes
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Egg-laying extremes
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| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | David Attenborough |
The challenges of life for birds, at 大象传媒 Nature
As birds are warm-blooded, their eggs have to be incubated, or the embryos will perish.