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Deserts

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Nov 20, 2001

Wild Africa explores how these deserts were created, and the amazing ways in which animals and plants have evolved to cope with the meagre and unpredictable rainfall, intense solar radiation, shortages of food and lack of shelter.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 6 episodes

Season 1

From the giant mole rats of the Ethiopian Highlands to the Barbary Macaque monkeys of the Atlas Mountains, this episode gives a fascinating look at the mountains of Africa and the animals that inhabit them.

49m Nov 6, 2001

The savannah is Africa's youngest landscape, shaped by the weather and the animals themselves as the continent dried. It is now home to baboons, wildebeest, lions, cheetah, and aardvarks who must struggle through the eight-month dry season to survive.

49m Nov 13, 2001

Wild Africa explores how these deserts were created, and the amazing ways in which animals and plants have evolved to cope with the meagre and unpredictable rainfall, intense solar radiation, shortages of food and lack of shelter.

49m Nov 20, 2001

Africa's coasts were formed by the break-up of Gondwanaland 100 million years ago. They define the familiar shape of this special continent, and touch on a variety of environments including deserts, mountains, forests, wetlands and savannahs.

49m Nov 27, 2001

The green heart of Africa is a bubbling cauldron of evolution, a giant experiment with life. With every change, there has been a new opportunity for a vibrant life, from gentle forest elephants to tiny multicoloured killifish.

49m Dec 4, 2001

Lakes and Rivers,

Fresh water, light and warmth are the three fundamental elements that engender life. Rarely in Africa do these three come together, but when they do, the continent explodes with life.

49m Dec 11, 2001