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The Atlantic Coast

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Documentary with stunning rare footage that captures the wildlife of North America's Atlantic coast, including wild horses, bald eagles, sand tiger sharks, raccoons, red-tailed hawks and black bears.

Wild and urban worlds intersect in unexpected ways along North America's Atlantic coast. On North Carolina's Outer Banks, an ageing stallion's battle to defend his family reveals the intense, unseen dramas of wild horse life. In Chesapeake Bay, rare footage captures bald eagles chasing ospreys midair for a hard-won meal. Beneath the waters of the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic', sand tiger sharks act as unlikely guardians for schools of scad fish, a behaviour only recently observed. In New York City, a young raccoon learns the challenges of urban survival in a vertical world, while under threat from predatory red-tailed hawks, something seldom seen before. In the Appalachian forests, young black bears forage and fireflies light up the darkness, and in New England, a 130-year-old red oak tree鈥檚 preparation for winter is captured in stunning macro detail, revealing the intricate changes within its leaves.

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42 minutes

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Next Sunday 18:45

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Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Tom Hanks
Executive Producer Mike Gunton
Production Company 大象传媒 Studios Natural History Unit
Production Company Universal Alternative Television Studio

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