Worlds apart /
Despite their often small size and isolation many islands are inhabited by wildlife. How do plants and animals arrive at such remote locations and how do they survive when they get there? Host David Attenborough lands on Aldabra Island in the Indian Ocean to visit giant tortoises that have reached...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Alexandria, Va. :
Time-Life Video,
[1991]
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| Series: | Living Planet ;
no. 10. |
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| Summary: | Despite their often small size and isolation many islands are inhabited by wildlife. How do plants and animals arrive at such remote locations and how do they survive when they get there? Host David Attenborough lands on Aldabra Island in the Indian Ocean to visit giant tortoises that have reached their zenith in a hostile landscape of jagged coral rock where survival may mean eating your neighbor. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced in 1987. "V647-10." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Audience: | Biology. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Hugh Maynard and Martin Saunders ; editor, Andrew Naylor ; music, Elizabeth Parker. |