David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies

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3 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired January 03, 2015

Overview

Evolutionary story of flight from the very first insects to the incredible array of creatures which rule the skies today.

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Triumph

Season 1 - Episode 3 - 1h 51m

Air Date

January 10, 2015

Overview

David Attenborough concludes his epic history of the evolution of flight with an exploration of the highly advanced fliers that dominate our skies today – the extraordinarily diverse skills of the birds, and the sonar-guided precision of the bats. He encounters some of our planet’s most remarkable fliers – from peregrine falcons dive-bombing starlings over Rome, to hummingbirds hovering in the cloud forests of Ecuador. In a spectacular finale, he visits Gomantong cave in Borneo to witness the mass exodus of a million bats.