Otters on TV & Radio
See also Otters on Video
Week Beginning Sunday 12th May 2013 |
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Wednesday 15th May 2013 | CBBC | 14:15 | Animals at Work - Miss Kitty the pig starts work in the fields, pest control dog Tracker sniffs out termites in Florida and a group of otters goes on a playful PR mission in the UK |
Week beginning Sunday 19th May 2013 |
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Thursday 23rd May 2013 | Eden | 18:00 | The Life of Mammals: Return to the Water - From the roughest seas to the crystal clear waters of the Florida springs, David Attenborough swims with sea otters and dives with manatees, as he follows those mammals who, millions of years ago, left dry land and returned to the water to feed. Attenborough races across the Pacific Ocean to find the largest mammal that has ever lived on this planet, the blue whale, a hundred feet long - thirty metres. He also bounces through the waves off New Zealand to witness an enormous pod of high-speed dolphins pursuing their fish dinner. Although some marine mammals, like seals and sea-lions, still come ashore to breed, all porpoises, dolphins and whales have evolved to court, mate and give birth in the water. |
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Friday 24th May 2013 | BBC2 | 06:10 | Animal Park - More stories from Longleat House and the Safari Park presented by Ben Fogle and Kate Humble. It is feeding time for the ten new African white-backed vultures - a hidden 'carcass-cam' shows what a ruthlessly efficient feeding machine these birds are. The otter pups have finally learned to swim - but they still prefer the shallow end. Kate gets friendly with the stuff of nightmares - giant cockroaches, monster scorpions and blind mutant fish |
| CBeebies | 16:20 | Andy's Wild Adventures: Otters - Andy Day and Kip the cat go all around the world in search of weird and wonderful animals. Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure to see otters in Yellowstone National Park. With the help of Kip's super-speedy snow shoes, Andy is able to walk with ease on the snowy ground and eventually finds a family of otters fishing in a frozen lake. A nearby coyote smells the fish they have caught and Andy watches in amazement as the coyote digs down into the snow to steal it. With Harriet Carmichael, and Alex Winters | ||
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Saturday 25th May 2013 | Eden | 20:00 | Secrets of Our Living Planet: Waterworlds - Global nature series with Chris Packham, showcasing the ecosystems that make life on Earth possible. In this episode, Chris travels across the world, from Iceland to Brazil, to Bangladesh and the Maldives. His aim - to reveal the secrets of our watery habitats, fresh and salty. The extra ingredients, carried in water and necessary for life, are oxygen and sediment. But it's how the animals manage these resources that determines how many species a habitat can actually support. In the Brazilian Pantanal, Chris witnesses a riot of life, in a land where everything seems to be a giant: the snakes, the big cats, the otters, the fish- even the lilies! The reason? Well, it comes down to a very unassuming mollusc, the apple snail. In the Sunderbans swamp of Bangladesh, Chris shows us how crabs create an environment fit for mangroves, deer and tigers. In the Maldives, he meets the hero of the coral reef - the sponge |