| Título : |
THE TRIALS OF LIFE : ARRIVING |
| Tipo de documento: |
documento proyectable o vídeo |
| Autores: |
ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID |
| Número de páginas: |
ING. COL. 50', 1991 BBC |
| Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
| Palabras clave: |
ZOOLOGY;ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR |
| Resumen: |
BEING BORN IS A TRYING EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SEAS, OTHER CREATURES AND THE CLIMATE SEEM TO CONSPIRE AGAINST IT. IN THIS FILM, ANTHROPOLOGIST SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH FIND THE ODDS AGAINST SURVIVAL EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH. GO DEEP BENEATH A REEF WHERE THE GIANT CLAMSPEWS OUT A VOLCANIC CLOUD OF SEMEN AND THEN, MINUTES LATER, DISPLAYS ITS LEGENDARY REPRODUCTIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA BY BELLOWING OUT AN INMENSE TYPHOON OF EGGS. TRAVEL TO THE RUSSIAN ARTIC WHERE EVER-VIGILANT SNOW GEESE DARE TO TAKE ON A POACHING FOX; TO AUSTRALIA WHERE THE SALTWATER CROCODILE KEEPS HER NEST'S TEMPERATURE TO WITHIN A SINGLE DEGREE; AND, IN A PHENOMENAL MOMENT, WITNESS THE SPAWING OF THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND CRAB, A ONCE-A-YEAR COMPULSIVE URGE TO LAUNCH A THOUSAND MILLION NEW LIVES. |
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THE TRIALS OF LIFE : ARRIVING
