Episode
Life: Birds
Overview
A slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird.
Details
- Series
- Life
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2009-11-08
- Runtime
- 58 min
Episode context
Birds is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Life. It aired on 2009-11-08. The runtime is 58 min.
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