BBC Life of Mammals Disc 1: Plant Predators (2002)

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The plant eaters take on the largely indigestible, spiny and poisonous defenses of plants with some spectacular physical adaptations to diet.
Peter's DVD rating: 4.0 stars
Attenborough surveys the herbivores. Notable scenes include elephants "mining" salt in a pitch-black cave. There are also the usual shots of males fighting and predators chasing prey.
1:40 Three-toed Sloth defecates on ground 6:05 Baird's Tapir feed on leaves (South America) 8:05Tapir eats kaolin clay to neutralize plant poison.
8:45 American Pika stashes plants for winter (Canadian Rockies) 13:00 Bushbuck and African Elephants lick salt in cave (Mount Elgon, Kenya) 19:00Herds of Impala? Zebra Blue Wildebeest migrate by following phosphorus-rich grasses
21:30 Caribou migrate (Alaska) 24:15 Dik dik , Impala , Gerenok , Giraffe graze Acacia trees and disperse seeds 29:10Elephants push trees over
30:00Hunters and prey 34:20 Pronghorn (North America) 38:20 American Bison fight for dominance (North America)
40:10 Bighorn Sheep butt heads 43:10 Topi fight to mate 46:00 Spotted Hyena attacks Topi
Bradypus tridactylus
1:40 Three-toed Sloth 		Tapirus bairdii
6:05 Baird's Tapir 		Ochotona princeps
8:45 American Pika
Tragelaphus scriptus
13:00 Bushbuck 		Loxodonta africana
13:00 African Elephants		 Aepyceros melampus
19:00 Impala?
Equus zebra
19:00 Zebra 		Connochaetes taurinus
19:00 Blue Wildebeest 		Rangifer tarandus
21:30 Caribou
Madoqua
24:15 Dik dik 		Aepyceros melampus
24:15 Impala 		Gerenok
24:15 Gerenok
Giraffa camelopardalis
24:15 Giraffe 		Antilocapra americana
34:20 Pronghorn 		Bison bison
38:20 American Bison
Ovis canadensis
40:10 Bighorn Sheep 		Damaliscus lunatus
43:10 Topi 		Hyaena hyaena
46:00 Spotted Hyena

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