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Wild Canada : The Heartland
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From the prairies to Canada's vast boreal forest, we reveal a huge wilderness of extremes that has been shaped over millennia by both humans and wildfires. Here pronghorn antelope, the fastest hoof...
From the prairies to Canada's vast boreal forest, we reveal a huge wilderness of extremes that has been shaped over millennia by both humans and wildfires. Here pronghorn antelope, the fastest hoofed land animal on earth, still haunt the grasslands, the elusive wolverine thrives in the icy remote northern forests and beaver share their cozy lodges with grateful muskrats.
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- Creator
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2014
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (44 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn894182929
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on September 28, 2014.
- 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.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction: The Heartland: Wild Canada (1:13) -- Sharp-tailed Grouse Lek (2:10) -- Grass Plains Bison (1:30) -- Pronghorn Antelope (1:23) -- Rejuvenating the Prairie (2:07) -- Prairie Wolves & Bison (3:07) -- Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (1:17) -- Burrowing Owls (2:32) -- Ducks & Geese (2:16) -- Frost & Snow in the Heartland (1:52) -- Canada's Harsh Winters (4:58) -- Wild Beaver Lodge & Muskrat (2:49) -- Western Grebe Courtship Display (1:11) -- Beaver Dams (5:50) -- Decimation of Beaver Population (1:45) -- Forest Rejuvenation (2:39) -- Modern Prairie Landscape (2:13) -- Grizzlies Return to the Prairie (2:23) -- Credits: Wild Canada: The Heartland (0:34)