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David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies

Evolutionary story of flight from the very first insects to the incredible array of creatures which rule the skies today.

2015 8.4/10 community score 1 season · 3 episodes Ended
  • Documentary

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1
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3
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S1 E3

Triumph

Aired 51 min

David Attenborough concludes his epic history of the evolution of flight with an exploration of the highly advanced fliers that dominate our skies today – the extraordinarily diverse skills of the birds, and the sonar-guided precision of the bats. He encounters some of our planet’s most remarkable fliers – from peregrine falcons dive-bombing starlings over Rome, to hummingbirds hovering in the cloud forests of Ecuador. In a spectacular finale, he visits Gomantong cave in Borneo to witness the mass exodus of a million bats.

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    3 episodes

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  • Specials

    1 episode

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