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Who’d be a parent? Raising young is life’s greatest challenge – and in this captivating video, we meet animals for whom the struggle to feed, protect, defend and teach their young is unceasing.
Witness the poignant end to an octopus’s life, when she breeds for the only time in her life by releasing the young which she has held in her tentacled embrace for half a year and then retreats to die… join male emperor penguins as they form a massive huddle to protect their eggs against -60C temperatures, while the females head off to sea for two months of feeding until they return to meet their hatched chicks for the first time… see the tender affection of an elephant family saving youngster… and follow a pride of lions where grandmothers, aunts and sisters join mothers to raise the cubs of the lone male… and be there at the crucial point when two young lion brothers challenge the ageing patriarch and ensure their own survival by culling the youngest cubs in the group.
From the comical but touching antics of meerkats – perhaps the most gregarious and collectively minded creatures of all, with extended families stretching well beyond bloodlines – to the unique grooming culture of chimpanzees. The Adventures Of Childrearing reveals the extraordinary rituals and conventions, hardships and pleasures of parenting animal-style.
DVD Region 2
