Title Seven worlds, one planet. Episode 6, North America / produced & directed by Chadden Hunter ; a BBC Studios Natural History Unit production ; co-produced with BBC America, Tencent Penguin Pictures, ZDF, France Télévisions and China Media Group CCTV9

Published London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (54 minutes) Summary More than any other continent, North America is defined by extreme weather and seasonal change. For animals that live here this poses great challenges, but for those with a pioneering spirit it can also offer great rewards. In Canada's Yukon, winter can be brutal - up to six feet of snow can fall in a single day. But lynx have found a way to survive where others cannot, pushing farther north than any other cat species on earth. To catch a meal, they must outsmart quicker and more nimble prey, the aptly named snowshoe hair. With no east-west mountain range crossing North America, Arctic air can flow unimpeded as far south as the southern swamps, locking alligators into a blanket of ice and forcing manatees to flee in search of warmer water. Spring arrives rapidly, covering the Rocky Mountains in a riot of wildflowers and turning frozen creeks into raging torrents. In the streams of Tennessee, male chub fish go to great lengths to attract a mate, moving thousands of stones to build rock pyramids over a metre high. When temperatures are just right, the forests of Mississippi come alive with the spectacular glow of millions of fireflies illuminating the night. On the central prairies, summer brings formidable weather. Warm air from the Gulf of Mexico meets Arctic air head-on, resulting in tornados. Spinning across the Great Plains at speeds of 300 miles per hour, these are the fastest winds on earth. Prairie dogs take evasive action, and it's not just tornados they're avoiding. American badgers slink through the long summer grass on the hunt for burrowing owls and unsuspecting prairie dog pups Notes Title from resource description page (viewed April 10, 2020) Originally broadcast on the BBC network in 2019 Performer Narrator, David Attenborough Notes In English Subject Natural history -- North America Animals -- North America Biodiversity -- North America Animals. Biodiversity. Natural history. SUBJECT North America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092455 Subject North America. Genre/Form Documentary television programs. Nature television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Nature television programs. Documentaires télévisés. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Émissions télévisées sur la nature. Form Streaming video Author Hunter, Chadden Piers, director, producer Attenborough, David, 1926- narrator British Broadcasting Corporation. Natural History Unit, production company BBC America, production company Tencent Penguin Pictures, production company Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, production company France télévision, production company Zhong yang dian shi tai (Beijing, China). Ji lu pin dao, production company BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor

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