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S01E02 - "Night"
Aired on Mar 19, 2014, 1:00 AM
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In this epic spectacular, the BBC Natural History Unit use a brand new approach to delve deep into the natural world and explore its most critical dimension - time. 24 Hours on Earth travels moment by moment through a virtual day and celebrates the most extraordinary and spectacular examples of how animals and plants are adapted to exploit the 24-hour cycle.
Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)
E1
Day
This fascinating series travels through a virtual day, from dawn to dusk to night, showing how different animals have adapted to make the most out of every moment. The changing position of the sun affects animal and plant behaviour; lemurs need morning heat; a chameleon survives on solar power
Mar 11, 2014
60 min
E2
Night
An exploration of how the sun's power still rules the night time world, as its light, reflected in the moon, is a ghost sun for tiny hunting tarsiers and an aphrodisiac for Australian corals.
Mar 18, 2014
60 min
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