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'prostitution', while the Wandering Albatross reveals that 'monogamy' is not
all it's cracked-up to be. Questions the existence of animal orgasms, 'rape' in
the animal kingdom, and whether female promiscuity is natural.
Episode three, Internal Affairs, reveals the extraordinary array of strategies
creatures use to give life to their offspring. From conception through to birth,
the programme reveals how numbers, timing and the environment can make all the
difference between life and death for many species. The kangaroo has an amazing
suvival kit, enabling it to switch its reproductive system on and off to survive
the elements. There is a tiny animal that does not require a male at all to
reproduce. Some, like the queen bees and bulldog ants, use the strategy of
control of timing to produce 'babies on demand'. While the Bynoe's gecko do not
need males at all to reproduce. They are all females, all virgins and they all
give birth. In nature, they have 'birth control' too. Seahorse males fertilise
and incubate eggs in their stomach - even going into labour to give birth -
proving that some fathers are mothers too. And, what they do is natural. By
comparison, human reproduction looks boring.
Episode four, Bringing up baby, looks at how the parents give their offsprings
the very best chance of carrying on the family line, to the extent of risking
babies', as well as, parents' lives. Shows how some parent animals sacrifice
their lives to ensure her genes are passed on. While it is often the mother
which puts her life on hold for her young, other mothers palm all the care off
onto the father, such as with the Father Emu which is lumbered with caring for
the chicks, even though they might not be his own. The young learn the skills
needed to survive from either parent, but some like the Dolphins take this to
the extreme, passing on highly advanced skills from generation to generation.
Once the young reaches breeding age, they have to be shown the first steps to
getting a mate, a very complex process. And, the story begins all over.
First released: [Sydney?] : Australian Broadcasting Corporation, c2005.
DVD.
Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
ERC DVD.
591.56 SEX.
epis.1- epis.4.
EXTINCT [VIDEORECORDING] / DIRECTORS, RUSSELL BARNES, JENNY ASH.
Off-air recording of the SBS program broadcast 24/1/02. Copied under Part 5A of
the Copyright Act 1968.
The dodo -- The sabre tooth -- The Irish elk -- The great auk -- The mammoth --
The Tasmanian tiger.
Narrator, Alun Armstrong.
Six part series investigates six extinct animals and the causes of their
extinction.
ERC VID.
591.68 EXTI.
THE PERILS OF PLECTROPOMUS [VIDEORECORDING] / WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY
RICHARD SMITH.
Off-air recording of the ABC program broadcast 3/5/00.
Narrator, Richard Smith.
Documents the life of the coral trout (plectropomus) and the dangers it faces.
Today it is not only the natural environment, but also the impact of humans and
their appetites for live reef fish, that threatens its existence.
ERC VID.
597.57 PERI (Not for I.L.L.).
THE AFRICAN GAME [VIDEORECORDING] / DIRECTOR, PIERRE VAN HEERDEN ; PRODUCER,
PHILLIP HATTINGH.
Off-air recording of a 6 part series (26 min. segments) ; broadcast by SBS on 29
/8, 5/9, 12/9, 19/9, 26/9 and 3/10/2001.
1. Eradicating Eden --2. Promised land --3. Playing God --4. Life in the