Episode
Planet Earth III: Extremes
Overview
David Attenborough presents an extreme world where animals battle to survive the elements – and life exists on a knife edge.
Details
- Series
- Planet Earth III
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2023-11-26
- Runtime
- 59 min
Episode context
Extremes is Episode 6 in Miniseries of Planet Earth III. It aired on 2023-11-26. The runtime is 59 min.
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Episode 5: Forests
Sir David Attenborough journeys into the forests, where dogs communicate with whistles, treehoppers fight assassin bugs, ‘spirit bears’ fish, and hornbills imprison themselves in trees.
Episode 7: Human
Discover the extraordinary ways in which wildlife survives in a rapidly changing human world. From cobras hunting in houses, to rhino walking in the streets, to macaques stealing mobile phones to barter with.
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Episode 1: Coasts
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