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THE TRIALS OF LIFE [VIDEORECORDING] : A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR /
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH.
1. Arriving -- 2. Growing up -- 3. Finding food -- 4. Hunting and escaping -- 5.
Finding the way -- 6. Home-making -- 7. Living together -- 8. Fighting -- 9.
Friends and rivals -- 10. Talking to strangers -- 11. Courting -- 12. Continuing
the line -- 13. The making of the trials of life.
Off-air recording ABC 1991 British Broadcasting Corporation, c1990.
ERC VID.
591.5 ATT:8 : VHS.
THE TRIALS OF LIFE [VIDEORECORDING] : A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR /
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH.
1. Arriving -- 2. Growing up -- 3. Finding food -- 4. Hunting and escaping -- 5.
Finding the way -- 6. Home-making -- 7. Living together -- 8. Fighting -- 9.
Friends and rivals -- 10. Talking to strangers -- 11. Courting -- 12. Continuing
the line -- 13. The making of the trials of life.
Off-air recording ABC 1991 British Broadcasting Corporation, c1990.
ERC VID.
591.5 ATT:9 : VHS.
SEX IN THE BUSH [VIDEORECORDING] / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DIONE GILMOUR ; SERIES
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, JOSIE MATTHIESSON.
Off-air recording of the ABC-TV programme broadcasts, 15/10/05, 01/11/05, 08/11/
05, 15/11/05. Copied under Part 5A of the Copyright Act 1968.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region all.
Copyright notice: Commonwealth of Australia. Copyright Regulations. 1969.
Warning.
episode 1. Rules of engagement / producer, Emma Ross -- episode 2. Sperm quest /
produced & edited by Klaus Toft -- episode 3. Internal affairs / producer, Alan
Hall -- episode 4. Bringing up baby / producer, Clare Thomson.
Photography (1,3) Peter Colman (and others), (2) Cameron Davies (and others),
(4) Lindsay Cupper (and others) ; editor (1) Andrew Scott, (3,4) Steven
Robinson.
Narrated by Petra Yared ; with the voices of (1) Dr. Rob Brooks (and others),
(2) Prof. Mark Elgar (and others), (3) Prof. Peter Jarman (and others), (4)
Prof. Andrew Cockburn (and others).
This four-part documentary is a study of the sex lives of the native wildlife of
Australia. It combines close camera footage of a selection of wildlife,
accompanied by entertaining anecdotes from scientists, with expert knowledge on
animal sex. Shows that the battle of the sexes is just as much an issue in the
animal world as it is for men and women. 'Sex In the bush' will challenge the
viewer's assumptions of what is natural, normal and even possible. Features
some of Australia's most respected scientists who share their knowledge.
Episode one, Rules of Engagement, is a guide to finding the perfect mate. It
offers advice equally applicable in the city and in the bush. Choosing a mate is
one of the most important decisions a female will make in her life, as the
success of her babies depends on her mate's having excellent genes and plentiful
resources. The challenges here are finding the right mate and convincing them to
cooperate. The added difficulty is that males and females are seeking very
different things. Sperm are tiny and cheap, while eggs are enormous and very
expensive. The problem with this huge difference is that males are always
prepared to give theirs up, whereas females are much more reticent. The result
is a battle of the sexes, a world of showy males and fussy females.
Episode two, Sperm Quest, reveals intimate details of what occurs during sexual
intercourse. Males would exercise the most desperate strategies to achieve
their goal, as in the case of male marsupial mice, which literally copulate
themselves to death, while some males have huge testicles, and others have huge
individual sperm. The bed-bug would use the most dastardly ploy, which
circumvents the female's reproductive tract altogether by simply injecting sperm
anywhere in her body with a sabre-like penis. Some penguins have resorted to