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All Episodes of The Life of Mammals

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David Attenborough presents a nature documentary series looking at why mammals are the most successful creatures on the planet.

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Season 1

8.4/10136 votes
Insect Hunters
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/27/2002
Mammals from tiny shrews to giant anteaters have specialised in eating insects. Some have even pursued their prey into the skies.
Director: Mark Linfield
Writer: Unknown
8.4/10135 votes
Meat Eaters
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/18/2002
Predators and prey must evolve speed, endurance and manoeuvrability to outwit each other, and the pack hunters must maintain order in the ranks.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.4/10127 votes
Opportunists
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/8/2003
A mammal capable of having a varied diet can be highly adaptable and exploit new environments including the cities where they thrive.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.4/10123 votes
Food for Thought
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/2003
The natural world was transformed when one great ape began to walk upright - us. But why has this led to the development of our extraordinary brains?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.3/10158 votes
A Winning Design
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/20/2002
From the tiniest bat to the massive blue whale, all mammals share the ability to nurture their young on milk and regulate their own temperatures.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.3/10121 votes
Social Climbers
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/29/2003
In the daily hubbub of monkey life, only those with a talent for social wheeler dealing get ahead, driving the shift towards larger brains.
Director: Mark Linfield
Writer: Unknown
8.2/10131 votes
Plant Predators
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/4/2002
The plant eaters take on the largely indigestible, spiny and poisonous defences of plants with some spectacular physical adaptations to diet.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.2/10127 votes
Chisellers
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/11/2002
Special tools like chisel sharp front teeth and underground dwelling enable this group of mammals to feast on roots and seeds.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.2/10121 votes
Return to the Water
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/15/2003
With perfect streamlined bodies and great underwater speed, seals, dolphins, porpoises and whales became the new hunters of the sea..
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.2/10124 votes
Life in the Trees
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/22/2003
A range of adaptations from sucker-feet to gripping tails help the tree dwellers to survive, and in the dark forest super senses come in to play.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown