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It's springtime, the air is tepid, the skylarks chirp, and spring flowers cover the meadows and the forest grounds. Out of a pile of leaves a fluttery, sniffling snout tip appears: it's a hedgehog awakening from its winter sleep heading into the light of a new year, having only two things in mind: food and finding a partner.
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A severely injured man lies in the snow-capped mountains; the next settlement which could offer warmth and shelter from the wind and snow is too far to reach on foot. In a flashback, the dying man relives the last year of his life - a life full of adventure, danger and his daily struggle to survive in a harsh and frightening world.
Little Monsters presents some of the animal kingdom’s strangest survival strategies: poison dart frogs, chameleons, praying mantises and scorpions, to name but a few. Thanks to 3D visualization, large audiences can experience a chameleon thrusting out its tongue at close range, rattlesnakes striking at their targets to within fractions of an inch, praying mantises hunting and hummingbirds feeding, filmed from inside the flower! And with its ingenious combination of slow-motion 3D and timelapse 3D, “Little Monsters” even improves upon state of the art 3D for greater impact, yielding unbelievable scenes the world has never seen and “felt” before.
Experience exclusively the Weidwerk in Austria - from the history to the present -, embedded in the river of the seasons.
September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has assassinated Empress Elisabeth in Geneva. He then shuts himself up in his private rooms and recalls the empress’ fateful life. We learn the truth about Elisabeth, as the doctor knew more about her than anyone else.
With the aid of spectacular macrophotography, this film demonstrates how the common housefly has followed man throughout the ages to become one of the most enduring nuisances of the natural world. An up-close-and-personal encounter with these "common monsters" highlights their ability to propagate, feed, and avoid extinction and extermination. The result is the most extreme form of reality television you may ever see.
Hedgehog Hogi's life and adventures told from a hedgehog's perspective.
Why do goshawks, deer and wild boars have spots and stripes when they're younger? Observe firsthand how animals use body markings to survive.
Why do baby animals in the wild have small spots or stripes on their fur? Animals have developed these camouflage strategies for their own protection - baby animals in our wild are true masters of camouflage - in leaves, bushes, and even among trees...
Approximately 160.000 different species of butterflies exist on earth. Even in ancient times people were mesmerized by these graceful insects, some of which were said to be of divine origin. Though most of us do not know much more about them than the fact that they flutter about over summer meadows of like humming-birds, fly from blossom drinking nectar with their long sucking tubes.
