The Emerald Band
Global nature series with Chris Packham. The amazing web of life centred on the Brazil nut tree is revealed, including an agouti, an orchid and an unusual bee.
Secrets of Our Living Planet showcases the incredible ecosystems that make life on Earth possible. Using beautifully shot scenes from all over the world, Chris reveals the hidden wonder of the creatures that we share the planet with and the intricate, clever and bizarre connections between the species, without which life just could not survive.
Discover previously unknown relationships, like why a tiger needs a crab or why a gecko needs a giraffe. Each week Chris visits one of our planet's most vital and spectacular habitats and dissects it to reveal the secrets of how our living planet works.
In this episode, Chris weaves a spellbinding account of how the very special conditions that exist in the rainforest have allowed vast colourful communities of animals and plants to evolve. And he reveals one particularly extraordinary web of life centred on a tree - the Brazil nut tree. It is one of the mightiest trees in the Amazon but it can only survive thanks to a little rodent called agouti, an orchid and a very unusual bee.
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Baby pygmy elephants and orangutans
Duration: 01:59
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Spectacular hummingbirds
Duration: 01:42
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Why sloths are weird
Duration: 03:04
It's a jungle out there
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Chris Packham |
Series Producer | Paul Bradshaw |
Producer | Adam White |
Director | Adam White |
Broadcasts
- Sun 17 Jun 2012 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
- Mon 18 Jun 2012 23:25Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland
- Mon 18 Jun 2012 23:55Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Tue 19 Jun 2012 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 9 Jul 2012 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 17 Sep 2012 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sun 24 Mar 2013 17:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Mon 17 Jul 2017 16:15
- Sat 1 Sep 2018 19:00
- Sun 2 Sep 2018 01:45
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