The Life of Mammals

Name: Life in the Trees
Duration: 1 h

Series 1 Episode 8
Life in the Trees
Duration: 60 minutes
Subtitles available

David Attenborough's major series about some of the world's oddest animals. Here, a look at tree dwellers - mammals which have adapted to a life at height.

S1 E1 · A Winning Design
David Attenborough visits Australia and South America to study the lives of marsupials.
S1 E2 · Insect Hunters
David Attenborough looks at the mammals that hunt insects.
S1 E3 · Plant Predators
David Attenborough looks at some of the biggest predators on earth who prey on plants.
S1 E4 · Chisellers
Looking at rodents, who possess incisor teeth with chisel-sharp enamel on the front edge.
S1 E5 · Meat Eaters
David Attenborough looks at carnivores, from Arctic foxes to big cats.
S1 E6 · Opportunists
David Attenborough looks at omnivores - animals that eat whatever is around at the time.
S1 E7 · Return to the Water
David Attenborough looks at marine mammals that have returned to the sea.
S1 E8 · Life in the Trees
David Attenborough studies tree dwellers, mammals which have adapted to a life at height.
S1 E9 · Social Climbers
A look at monkeys, including Venezuelan red howlers and Costa Rican capuchin monkeys.
S1 E10 · Food for Thought
David Attenborough discovers that the great apes are not so different from human beings.