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
Duration: 03:10
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From kaka to dodo
Duration: 03:26
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Urban successes
Duration: 02:34
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Egg-laying extremes
Duration: 03:26
Credit
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | David Attenborough |
Broadcasts
- Wed 23 Dec 1998 20:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One London
- Fri 22 Jun 2007 22:30
- Sat 7 Dec 2013 11:10ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two HD, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England & Wales only
- Thu 20 Nov 2014 13:10ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales & HD only
The challenges of life for birds, at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Nature
As birds are warm-blooded, their eggs have to be incubated, or the embryos will perish.