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21) River Jaws
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Wells catfish! Over the last fifty years, it has colonized most of Europe's rivers-even the most polluted. This intruder has become the largest freshwater animal in Europe, and even hunts onshore... Three years of intense filming were necessary to capture this unique wildlife film. After its' premiere, the film will be seen worldwide on National Geographic Channels Wild under the title River Jaws. Directed by Bertrand Loyer, this revelatory film takes...
22) Chicken Planet
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How has this humble forest animal managed to conquer all continents, all territories, and become the most abundant and diversified feathered species on our planet? Today there are over 19 billion on earth, three times more than human beings, and many more than any other species of wild birds. How did this darkly plumed forest species become so diverse in color, form, and behavior? What is the everyday life of the hens and roosters that surround us?...
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Today, insects are no longer giant except in our nightmares... but 320 million years ago, dragonflies measuring up to a meter (Meganeura) or centipedes the size of a human (Arthropleura) dominated the land and air. Over the course of time, these fascinating giants became smaller and smaller... before disappearing altogether. But who was responsible for their extinction? Scientists long believed that the decrease in oxygen after the Carboniferous period...
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While we can't look into the future and foresee what may hit us next, we do know that each year brings its share of natural disasters that we often try, in vain, to anticipate, understand, and predict. This is a new kind of natural disaster program: instead of relying on poor quality archive footage, our crews are on standby ready to take off anywhere around the planet to film these disasters in Ultra-High Definition. They will use state-of-the-art...
26) Chicken planet
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This documentary will explore the world of mankind and chickens in order to unveil the mysteries of the unprecedented success of this unassuming bird.