
The Snake Master
King cobras are regarded as the largest poisonous snakes.

King cobras are regarded as the largest poisonous snakes.

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Water, the messenger of life, never ends its journey cinematographers capture the water cycle in all its phases, revealing water's many surprising faces and the astonishing ecosystems it creates.

The sea hides creatures that defy the imagination. It's a world apart, one which is different and mysterious and poses many questions for us.

Takes us to discover the treasures of the center of Honshu Island. From the vertiginous massifs of the Japanese Alps, which cover a large part of the Chubu region in the very heart of the island, to the eastern plain of Kansai and the cities of Osaka and Kyoto.

This Spanish island was made a biosphere reserve over 25 years ago and is now inhabited by animals and plants that can be found nowhere else in the world.

Stunning cinematography captures the extraordinary beauty of coral reefs. Millions of polyps construct these vast submerged cities of coral, where resourceful animals have developed ingenious survival strategies to avoid prowling predators.

The harsh lands of the Sahara and Patagonia Deserts home many extraordinarily tough and adaptable creatures, including the thorny-tailed lizard, the camel, the Saharan sparrow, and the nocturnal gerbil.

Living creatures have designed an innumerable amount of sharp objects, be they for hunting or defense, or the battle of reproduction or territory. We compare all these tools not only from a morphological stance, which allows us to appreciate form and structure, but also from a functional point of view, highlighting how they occurred, how they are used and what purpose.

Hygiene is synonymous of health, and the elaboration of techniques, above all for evolution of cleaning instruments, and this also implies a very elaborate and complex developmental behaviour. For now, many of these techniques do not have a plausible explanation, such is the case of the blazing saunas.

With the geological closure of the Isthmus of Panama 4 million years ago, the two largest oceans of the planet were separated.

Fish is commonly known as a light, very delicate and tasty food source.

The fourth part of the series explores Singapore's forests this multi-layered jungle is home to one of the least known primates in the world, flying dragons, mating snakes, and many more.

The Great Barrier Reef is the only place in the world where ancient rainforest meets a tropical reef, with the coastal fringe supporting a variety of unique wildlife.

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The initial settlers of this island, confronted with lava-riddled rocks and iguanas that bore a striking resemblance to dinosaur descendants, dubbed it the "Island of the Damned."

One of the driest deserts in the world lies at the foot of the Andes. 1,500 years ago, the Mochica culture - alternatively called the Moche.

Insight into the correlation between the archaeological site of Hissarlik in Turkey and the city of Troy that is mentioned in Greek literature.

Animals' diets are very varied, but what they drink is always the same: water.

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