Planet Earth Episode 8

Description Planet Earth

Complete Season (11 episodes)




General informations:


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Image............................: http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm343/bluespy2008/pe-BlueSpy.jpg


Trailer Youtube..................: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcpJMBBUvys


Alternative Trailer..............: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNAKB1kDxjM&feature=related


IMDb Link........................: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795176/


IMDb Rating......................: 9.8/10 (8,054 votes)


Release Date.....................: 27 February 2006 (UK)


Genre............................: Documentary


Awards...........................: Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795176/awards)

# The project took 40 camera teams shooting at over 200 different locations all over the world for more than five

years.

# For the air shots, a special airborne camera was used with a 400mm lens that was able to zoom into single animals

from a kilometer away without disturbing them.

Plot:




Season 1, Episode 8: Jungles


Original Air Date: 19 November 2006

The next instalment examines jungles and 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, which avoid

conflict with 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, and the death of a tree triggers a race by saplings to fill

the vacant space. Figs are a widespread and popular food, and as many as 44 types of bird and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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.