David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
Rivals
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
The veteran naturalist visits the jungles of Borneo to meet creatures that like to glide through life - the harlequin tree frog and the little-known colugo - often referred to, incorrectly, as a flying lemur. He also has a CGI-assisted encounter with the first true vertebrate flyer, the pterosaur, receives a flying lesson from a small flock of swans at Loch Lomond in Scotland and encounters the planet's largest species of bat
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies airs on Sky Showcase HD at 4:30 PM, Sunday 7 September. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
David Attenborough
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