Name: Life At The Limits
Uploaded: 2017
Description: This spectacular three-part series presents extreme habitats all around the globe

This spectacular three-part series presents extreme habitats all around the globe

In the Amazon forest, the largest rainforest on Earth, animals must deal with high rainfall and periodic flooding. The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down in trees, eating leaves. To overcome constantly water-laden fur, the sloth’s fur grows in the opposite direction to other mammals.

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In the Amazon forest, the largest rainforest on Earth, animals must deal with high rainfall and periodic flooding.

Wet and Dry

While orang-utans avoid the midday sun others are drawn to heat; some animals seek the hottest places on Earth – volcanoes. Each morning, volcano birds gather at the foot of Tavurvur volcano to excavate the hot ash – each one will lay a single egg.

While orang-utans avoid the midday sun others are drawn to heat; some animals seek the hottest places on Earth – volcanoes.

Hot and Cold

The highest and the lowest places of our planet also offer niches where life thrives. High up in the Alps, animals have developed particular strategies to survive. Short, hot summers follow long, hard winters – seasonal extremes that test the endurance of Alpine inhabitants.

The highest and the lowest places of our planet also offer niches where life thrives. High up in the Alps, animals have developed particular strategies to survive.