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david attenborough
documentary
planet earth

This examines jungles & tropical rainforests.These environments occupy only 3% of the land yet are home to over half of the world's species.New Guinea is inhabited by almost 40 kinds of birds of ...This examines jungles & tropical rainforests.These environments occupy only 3% of the land yet are home to over half of the world's species.New Guinea is inhabited by almost 40 kinds of birds of paradise, w/c avoid conflict w/ each other by living in different parts of the island.Some of their elaborate courtship displays are shown.Within the dense forest canopy,sunlight is prized,& the death of a tree triggers a race by saplings to fill the vacant space.Figs are a widespread & popular food,& as many as 44 types of bird & monkey have been observed picking from a single tree.The sounds of the jungle throughout the day are explored, from the early morning calls of siamangs & orangutans to the nocturnal cacophony of courting tree frogs.The importance of fungi to the rainforest is illustrated by a sequence of them fruiting, including a parasite called cordyceps.The mutual benefits of the relationship between carnivorous pitcher plants & red crab spiders is also discussed. In the Congo, roaming forest elephants are shown reaching a clearing to feed on essential clay minerals within the mud. Finally, chimpanzees are one of the few jungle animals able to traverse both the forest floor & the canopy in search of food. In Uganda, members of a 150-strong community of the primates mount a raid into neighbouring territory in order to gain control of it. Planet Earth Diaries looks at filming displaying birds of paradise, focusing mainly on the filming of the Six-plumed Bird of Paradise.

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