The Life of Mammals

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A look at the behaviours and evolution of some mammal species. Each episode focuses on a separate grouping of mammals, including tree dwellers, marine animals and marsupials. Their evolutionary history is explored.

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Episode 1A Winning Design

David Attenborough reveals why mammals are the most successful creatures on the planet. Here he visits Australia and South America to study the lives of marsupials.

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Episode 2Insect Hunters

David Attenborough's enthralling nature series. Learn about the mammals that hunt insects, creatures that once shared the planet with dinosaurs.

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Episode 3Plant Predators

Stunning nature documentary series, filmed around the world over many years. Veteran broadcaster David Attenborough looks at some of the biggest predators on Earth.

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Episode 4Chisellers

David Attenborough's focus switches to rodents, who possess incisor teeth with chisel-sharp enamel. Among the animals observed are the agouti, the beaver and the capybara.

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Episode 5Meat Eaters

Witness elusive animals on film in this stunning series filmed around the world. David Attenborough looks at carnivores, from arctic foxes to the Siberian tiger.

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Episode 6The Opportunists

World-spanning docu series about our closest animal relations. Zoological hero David Attenborough looks at omnivores - animals that eat whatever is around at the time.

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Episode 7Return to the Water

David Attenborough gives us more incredible insight into the world of mammals. Here the focus is on animals that swim, such as seals, dolphins and even elephants.

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Episode 8Life in the Trees

David Attenborough's major series about some of the world's oddest animals. Here, a look at tree dwellers - mammals which have adapted to a life at height.

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Episode 9The Social Climbers

David Attenborough continues his fascinating nature series. Here, he looks at a variety of monkeys from all over the world, including red howler monkeys in Venezuela.

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Episode 10Food for Thought

Esteemed broadcaster David Attenborough witnesses up close the startling similarities between great apes and human beings, as he encounters orangutans and chimps.

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The Life of Mammals