BBC - The Life of Mammals (2002) Part 10 Food for Thought
David Attenborough presents a nature documentary series looking at why mammals are the most successful creatures on the planet. Episode 10 not broadcast.
Part 10 Food for Thought
In conclusion a programme about our closest animal relatives, the intelligent great apes, and finds out how their large brains enabled one of their kind, an upright ape, to go on to dominate the planet. David travels to the forests of Borneo to meet a remarkable orangutan with a passion for DIY and a talent for rowing boats. He shifts continent to Africa and takes part in a special nut-cracking lesson with a group of chimps learning survival skills. He discovers how food - and the ways apes find it - has been key to the evolution of our large brains.
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