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The Gran Chaco

The Chaco is a vast, flat plain in western Paraguay. In the rainy season it is a swamp, in the dry season a parched desert. David Attenborough shows film of people and animals that live there.

The western part of Paraguay is a vast, flat plain, treeless except for a few patches of thorn scrub and cactus. In the rainy season it is a swamp, in the dry season a parched desert. This is the Chaco.David Attenborough shows film of people and animals living there and brings some of the creatures he captured to the studio.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Apr 1959 20:05

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Apr 1959 20:05

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