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Jungle
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This program tackles one of the biggest puzzles about the world's rain forests: why do they hold such a bewildering variety of life? The quest for an answer begins in Panama, where it is not unusua...
This program tackles one of the biggest puzzles about the world's rain forests: why do they hold such a bewildering variety of life? The quest for an answer begins in Panama, where it is not unusual to spot more than 300 bird species in a single day. The video then goes to Borneo to show how the orangutan and the forest elephant are crucial in protecting the jungle's biodiversity. Ending in the Amazon, viewers witness a truly amazing web of relationships centered around the Brazil nut tree, which depends on orchids, orchid bees, and the agouti for its existence.
Details
- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c2012
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn844439970
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 15, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Jungle Biome (1:15) -- Panama's Bird Watching Mecca (3:21) -- Record Photosynthesis (4:05) -- Leaf Cutter Ants (3:05) -- Plant Defense Systems (1:28) -- Jungle Adaptation Battle (3:40) -- Species Specialization (3:48) -- Evolutionary Arms Race (2:17) -- Jungle Biodiversity (2:31) -- Tropical Rainforest Tree Propagation (2:02) -- Animals Sowing Jungle Plants (5:40) -- Rainforest Pollination (2:44) -- Brazil Nut Tree (6:17) -- Complex Rainforest Relationships (4:00) -- Jungle Species Interdependence (1:11) -- Credits: Jungle: How Nature Works (0:41)