The life of mammals

written and presented by David Attenborough ; BBC Worldwide Limited ; series editor, Mike Salibury
BBC Worldwide Limited : Deltamac, 2003
6 video disc (ca. 498 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Audio Visual Resources599 LIF v.1Available
Audio Visual Resources599 LIF v.2Available
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  • 1. A winning design = 必勝的天賦: mammals have evolved to suit virtually every environment on earth. They are true survivors.
  • 10. Food for thought = 思考的糧食: human beings may seem unique among mammals. But how far have we really come from our mammal heritage?
  • 2. Insect hunters =昆蟲獵人: for tiny bats to Giant Anteaters, some mammals have an insatiable appetite for insects.
  • 3. Plant predators = 植物獵獸: thrilling encounters with seemingly placid herbivores{????}
  • 4. Chisellers = 鑿工: with chisel-like teeth, rodents are well equipped for life everywhere - from the Swiss Alps to the rivers of Wyoming.
  • 5. Meat eaters = 食肉獸: The thrill of the chase isn't the issue - for some animals it's a case of "kill or be killed".
  • 6. Opportunists = 機會主義者: The omnivores' success in our world is a testament to their versatile and adaptable diets.
  • 7. Return to the water = 重回水裏去: millions of years of increasing competition on land led some mammals to raid a vast new larder. They returned to water.
  • 8. Life in the trees = 樹上的生活: to reap the benefits of a life in the trees, mammals evolved a range of different techniques to move from branch to branch - even from tree to tree.
  • 9. Social climbers = 群居爬樹好手: many monkeys and baboons live in large groups where social skills are important for a life of harmony.
  • Mammals are the most complex and diverse group of animals ever to live on Earth - form the smallest, the two-inch pygmy shrew to the largest, the blue whale; from the slowest - the sloth to the swiftest, the cheetah; from the least attractive, the naked
  • Episode: 1. A winning design = 必勝的天賦-- 2. Insect hunters = 昆蟲獵人
  • 3. Plant predators = 植物獵獸
  • 4. Chisellers = 鑿工
  • 5. Meat eaters = 食肉獸
  • 6.Opportunists = 機會主義者
  • 7. Return to the water = 重回水裏去-- 8. Life in the trees = 樹上的生活
  • 9. Social climbers = 群居爬樹好手
  • 10. Food for thought = 思考的糧食
  • Narrator: David Attenborough.
  • "DVD 38055"--Disc label.
  • Digital Video Disc(DVD).
  • English, Cantonese and Mandarin billingual version with Cantonese, Mandarin, Simplify Chinese and English subtitles
  • Originally released as television program.
  • Photography, Barrie Britton ... [et al.] ; music composed by Dan Jones, Bem Salisbury.
  • 英語, 粵語, 普通話對白 ; 英文及中文繁簡體字幕
  • [London] : BBC Worldwide Limited ; Hong Kong : Deltamac
  • http://library.skhhtcss.edu.hk/opac/bib/AGpN

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