Life Primates
Primates are just like humans - intelligent, quarrelsome, family-centred. Huge armies of Hamadryas baboons, 400 strong, battle on the plains of Ethiopia to steal females and settle old scores. Japanese macaques in Japan beat the cold by lounging in thermal springs, but only if they come from the right family. An orangutan baby fails in its struggle to make an umbrella out of leaves to keep off the rain. Young capuchins cannot quite get the hang of smashing nuts with a large rock, a technique their parents have perfected. Chimpanzees, humans' closest relatives, have created an entire tool kit to get their food.
A look at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive.
Primary Title
- Life
Episode Title
- Primates
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 1 December 2015
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Episode
- 10
Channel
- Prime
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- A look at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive.
Episode Description
- Primates are just like humans - intelligent, quarrelsome, family-centred. Huge armies of Hamadryas baboons, 400 strong, battle on the plains of Ethiopia to steal females and settle old scores. Japanese macaques in Japan beat the cold by lounging in thermal springs, but only if they come from the right family. An orangutan baby fails in its struggle to make an umbrella out of leaves to keep off the rain. Young capuchins cannot quite get the hang of smashing nuts with a large rock, a technique their parents have perfected. Chimpanzees, humans' closest relatives, have created an entire tool kit to get their food.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--Great Britain
Genres
- Documentary
- Nature
Contributors
- David Attenborough (Narrator)
- Patrick Morris (Producer)
- Martha Holmes (Producer)
- Michael Gunton (Executive Producer)
- BBC (Production Unit)
- Discovery Channel (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--Great Britain