• 2020
  • 50m
Life at the Limits

Summary In every extreme environment on Earth life is challenging, yet wildlife has evolved ingenious ways to survive and even thrive. 'Life at the Limits' is a celebration of nature's ingenuity, against the odds. View more details

  • 2020
  • 50m

Life at the Limits

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Written : Unknown

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6.2

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 8, 2025

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Brian Leith Productions

Summary In every extreme environment on Earth life is challenging, yet wildlife has evolved ingenious ways to survive and even thrive. 'Life at the Limits' is a celebration of nature's ingenuity, against the odds. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 8, 2025

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Brian Leith Productions

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Life at the Limits (2020)

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
Wet and Dry
In the Amazon forest, the largest rainforest on Earth, animals must deal with high rainfall and periodic flooding. They have to find clever ways to survive. When ponds in Sri Lanka dry out at the height of summer they expose the last remaining fish to hungry crocodiles and storks. But when the banquet is over, predators must find food elsewhere ¬. In the desert of Namibia, rivers are mostly desiccated beds of sand. But sand grouse, Oryx and giraffes find the last remaining pools of water. Drought can also be live-giving: along the sand banks of the fast evaporating Amur River, terns build their nests. Here, their offspring are safe from predators such as foxes or boars; but ironically, not from their own kind.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
Hot and Cold
Orangutans forage early in the day inside the rainforests of Sumatra - before the heat becomes unbearable. When the sun reaches its zenith all activity stops and the primates retreat to their shady nests below the canopy to wait out the heat. Winter in northern Yukon Territory - a frozen white landscape stretches into the distance. But high up on the Arctic Circle, one unique river still flows - because it's fed by an underground spring. Chum salmon exploit this anomaly. They travel thousands of kilometres to spawn here - later than anywhere else. And grizzlies exploit the spawning salmon. They brave temperatures 20 degrees below - to gorge themselves on fresh fish and fatten up for the long, cold, northern winter.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
High and Low
The highest and the lowest places of our planet also offer niches where life thrives. High up in the Alps, animals have developed particular strategies to survive. Short, hot summers follow long, hard winters - seasonal extremes that test the endurance of Alpine inhabitants. Sri Lanka's cloud forests are home to an army of specialists. At 1,500 metres above sea level the forests are high enough to bring winter frosts. While life in higher altitudes often is accompanied by coldness and a lack of oxygen, animals and plants that prefer the sweet life at sea level must face other challenges. Pacific salmon have been coming to the west coast of Canada for around six million years. On the island of Palau, another perilous journey begins. At Jellyfish Lake huge shoals of golden jellyfish make their daily trip upwards from the lake's toxic abyss to the sun-drenched surface water.
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