Caves

Attenborough, David, 1926- (Added Author). Cordey, Huw. (Added Author). Fothergill, Alastair. (Added Author). British Broadcasting Corporation. (Added Author). Discovery Channel (Firm) (Added Author). Nihon Hoso Kyokai. (Added Author). BBC Active (Firm) (Added Author). BBC Education & Training. (Added Author). BBC Bristol. (Added Author). Iris Education (Added Author).

Summary: Caves are remarkable habitats with equally bizarre wildlife. Cave angel fish cling to the walls behind waterfalls with microscopic hooks on their fins. Cave swiftlets navigate by echo-location and build nests out of saliva. The Texas cave salamander has neither eyes nor pigment. Planet Earth looks at this hidden world of stalactites, stalagmites, snotites and troglodytes. Among other underground wonders, features the Cave of Swallows in Mexico, a 400 metre vertical shaft, deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building, and the Lechuguilla cave system in the USA, 193 km long with astonishing crystal formations.

Record details

Physical Description: electronic
streaming video
remote
1 streaming video file (49 min.) : digital, col.
Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Advanced Education Media Acquisitions Centre, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally broadcast on BBC in March 2006. On DVD cover: "BBC Active." Converted with permission from DVD videodisc to streaming video format, Jan. 26, 2009.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Eligible B.C. post-secondary institutions only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer, Huw Cordey; series producer, Alastair Fothergill.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, David Attenborough.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also available as a DVD.
Original Version Note:	Originally published: London: BBC Bristol, BBC, 2006. 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or above.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Streaming rights expire 2014-01-04.