BBC Life of Mammals Disc 1: Plant Predators (2002)

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The plant eaters take on the largely indigestible, spiny and poisonous defenses of plants with some spectacular physical adaptations to diet.
Peter's DVD rating: 4.0 stars
Attenborough surveys the herbivores. Notable scenes include elephants "mining" salt in a pitch-black cave. There are also the usual shots of males fighting and predators chasing prey.
1:40 Three-toed Sloth defecates on ground 6:05 Baird's Tapir feed on leaves (South America) 8:05Tapir eats kaolin clay to neutralize plant poison.
8:45 American Pika stashes plants for winter (Canadian Rockies) 13:00 Bushbuck and African Elephants lick salt in cave (Mount Elgon, Kenya) 19:00Herds of Impala? Zebra Blue Wildebeest migrate by following phosphorus-rich grasses
21:30 Caribou migrate (Alaska) 24:15 Dik dik , Impala , Gerenok , Giraffe graze Acacia trees and disperse seeds 29:10Elephants push trees over
30:00Hunters and prey 34:20 Pronghorn (North America) 38:20 American Bison fight for dominance (North America)
40:10 Bighorn Sheep butt heads 43:10 Topi fight to mate 46:00 Spotted Hyena attacks Topi
Bradypus_tridactylus.jpg
1:40 Three-toed Sloth 		Tapirus_bairdii.jpg
6:05 Baird's Tapir 		Ochotona_princeps.jpg
8:45 American Pika
Tragelaphus_scriptus.jpg
13:00 Bushbuck 		Loxodonta_africana.jpg
13:00 African Elephants		 Aepyceros_melampus-2.jpg
19:00 Impala?
Equus_zebra.jpg
19:00 Zebra 		Connochaetes_taurinus.jpg
19:00 Blue Wildebeest 		Rangifer_tarandus.jpg
21:30 Caribou
Madoqua.jpg
24:15 Dik dik 		Aepyceros_melampus.jpg
24:15 Impala 		Gerenok.jpg
24:15 Gerenok
Giraffa_camelopardalis.jpg
24:15 Giraffe 		Antilocapra_americana.jpg
34:20 Pronghorn 		Bison_bison.jpg
38:20 American Bison
Ovis_canadensis.jpg
40:10 Bighorn Sheep 		Damaliscus_lunatus.jpg
43:10 Topi 		Hyaena_hyaena.jpg
46:00 Spotted Hyena
Index Dec 13, 2005 copyleft Peter Chen