The Life of Mammals

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  • : 10
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  • BBC One
  • Documentary

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A Winning Design
Episode overview
From the tiniest bat to the massive blue whale, all mammals share the ability to nurture their young on milk and regulate their own temperatures.
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Insect Hunters
Episode overview
Mammals from tiny shrews to giant anteaters have specialised in eating insects. Some have even pursued their prey into the skies.
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Plant Predators
Episode overview
The plant eaters take on the largely indigestible, spiny and poisonous defences of plants with some spectacular physical adaptations to diet.
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Chisellers
Episode overview
Special tools like chisel sharp front teeth and underground dwelling enable this group of mammals to feast on roots and seeds.
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Meat Eaters
Episode overview
Predators and prey must evolve speed, endurance and manoeuvrability to outwit each other, and the pack hunters must maintain order in the ranks.
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Opportunists
Episode overview
A mammal capable of having a varied diet can be highly adaptable and exploit new environments including the cities where they thrive.
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Return to the Water
Episode overview
With perfect streamlined bodies and great underwater speed, seals, dolphins, porpoises and whales became the new hunters of the sea..
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Life in the Trees
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A range of adaptations from sucker-feet to gripping tails help the tree dwellers to survive, and in the dark forest super senses come in to play.
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Social Climbers
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In the daily hubbub of monkey life, only those with a talent for social wheeler dealing get ahead, driving the shift towards larger brains.
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Food for Thought
Episode overview
The natural world was transformed when one great ape began to walk upright - us. But why has this led to the development of our extraordinary brains?

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