Discovery Channel (Firm)
Pub. Date
2009
Description
The Time Warp team, Jeff Lieberman and Matt Kearney, uses extremely sensitive slow-motion cameras to reveal events that happen much too quickly or too slowly to be perceived in depth by our senses. Episodes include: Will It Blend?; Dry Ice Bomb; Fuel Girls; Taser; Human Crash Test Dummy; Samurai Sword Master; Free Runner; Liquid Nitrogen; Bull Whip; Paintball; Breakdancing; Trial Bikes; Cheerleading; Sharpshooter; Barefooter; Stuntmen; Body Modification;...
Description
Filmmaker Jim Dutcher and his wife Jamie lived with gray wolves for three years to make this documentary, and their work reveals complex social behavior never before captured on film. You'll observe the dominance of the pack's alpha male and the submissiveness of the omega wolf. You'll see the pack initiate new members, and witness the critical moment when the alpha selects a mate. Perhaps most incredible is the bond developed between the wolves and...
Series
Best of Discovery Channel collection volume 4
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
"Follow two topsy-turvy seasons of Panda mating at the Smithsonian National Zoo where female Mei Xiang and her mate, Tian Tian, finally succeed in giving birth to a Panda cub.
67) Perfect shark
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Sharks have been evolving for 400 million years; surely today these formidable creatures must be at the pinnacle of perfection? Eminent underwater wildlife cameraman and shark aficionado Mike deGruy comes face-to-face with some of the greatest sharks that ever lived, past and present. On his search for perfection, Mike encounters ancient sharks the length of a city bus, a shark that actually walks and various others with amazing qualities for survival....
73) North America
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
North America: where civilization collides with untamed wilderness. Just feet beyond our own back yards rages a spectacle we rarely see. Join us as we step into this hidden world teeming with life, across impossible mountains and endless deserts. Dive into unexplored forests and crash into rugged coasts. Unforgiving, brutal, yet achingly beautiful, this vast continent offers boundless rewards for those brave enough to take on this land and call her...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving...
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Bear Grylls takes on the elements in some of the toughest, most inhospitable places on Earth. Bear employs his unique survival techniques to show how you can stay alive as he endures a week of challenges in the sort of places you wouldn't last a day. Includes thirteen astonishing episodes, plus a bonus episode featuring a celebrity guest and extraordinary extended scenes that you must see to believe.
Description
Filmmaker Jim Dutcher and his wife Jamie lived with gray wolves for three years to make this documentary, and their work reveals complex social behavior never before captured on film. You'll observe the dominance of the pack's alpha male and the submissiveness of the omega wolf. You'll see the pack initiate new members, and witness the critical moment when the alpha selects a mate. Perhaps most incredible is the bond developed between the wolves and...