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EP1 The Cold Blooded Truth Feb 04, 2008

The first episode discusses the keys to success of reptiles and amphibians, looking at thermoregulation, parental care and the time-scales on which reptiles operate.

EP2 Land Invaders Feb 11, 2008

The second programme explores the world of amphibians, of which there are some 6,000 known species. Attenborough visits Australia to illustrate how they became the first back-boned creatures to colonise land: the lungfish, which is capable of breathing air, and whose ancestors became the first amphibians. The largest of them is the Japanese giant salamander and two are shown wrestling for territory. In North America, the marbled salamander spends most of its life on land, yet is still able to retain the necessary moisture in its skin through the damp leaf litter. A female caecilian is filmed with her young, whose rapid growth is discovered to be the result of eating their mother's skin — re-grown for them every three days. The most successful amphibians are frogs and toads. Their calls are most active during the breeding season: females are impressed by both volume and frequency. However, gestures are sometimes needed and the poisonous Panamanian golden frog uses a conspicuous form of 'semaphore'. Most other frogs rely on camouflage and the South American red-eyed tree frog is an example. An African bullfrog is shown defending its exposed tadpoles by digging a canal for them. Meanwhile, the male marsupial frog keeps its young moist by carrying them in its skin pouches. Under the Skin examines the filming of the last population of Panamanian golden frogs, which is threatened by a fungal disease.

EP3 Dragons of the Dry Feb 18, 2008

The third instalment takes a look at the immense diversity, social skills and displays of the lizards. While they are highly adept at camouflage, occasionally there is a need to break cover in order to ward off rivals. Attenborough holds up a mirror to an anole and causes it to extend its colourful throat flap as a warning sign. Madagascar is host to over 60 species of chameleon but one of the largest, Meller's chameleon, is native to Malawi and two rival males are shown jousting. A female South African dwarf chameleon demonstrates its ability to change colour when communicating to a potential mate, and the chameleon's muscular tongue is depicted lassoing its prey. In southern Australia, Attenborough uses a baited fishing rod to attract the attention of a rare pygmy bluetongue skink, thought to have been extinct for over thirty years until it was rediscovered in 1992. Shinglebacks are among the most devoted lizards and breeding pairs can reunite each year for up to two decades. Alongside South Africa's Orange River, large groups of flat lizards feed on the swarms of black flies, but the males also use the occasion to indulge in social squabbling. The Mexican beaded lizard is one of the few with a poisonous bite, but males do not employ it when wrestling each other. Finally, Attenborough comes face to face with a perentie, Australia's largest monitor lizard. Under the Skin focuses on filming in Australia.

EP4 Sophisticated Serpents Feb 25, 2008

The fourth episode focuses on the most modern reptiles, the snakes, exploring how they have managed to become successful despite their elongated body shape. Attenborough explains how they evolved from underground burrowers to surface hunters, losing their limbs in the process. With the aid of infrared cameras, a timber rattlesnake is shown lying in wait for a mouse and sensing its repeated path before despatching and eating it. A snake's constantly flickering tongue is used to gather and evaluate the molecules of its surroundings, and Attenborough visits Carnac Island to witness a population of blind tiger snakes, which feed on the chicks of nesting gulls. He also confronts a Mozambique spitting cobra, which quickly sprays venom over the presenter's protective face visor. The similarities in colouration between the harmless kingsnake and potentially lethal coral snake are highlighted. An example of a snake that can tackle unusual prey is the Queen snake, which almost exclusively hunts newly-moulted crayfish. A pair of rival male King cobras are seen battling and infant cobras are shown hatching: their venom is immediately as fatal as that of their parents. In Argentina, a yellow anaconda evades nearby caimans to give birth to live young. Finally a turtle-headed sea snake feeds not on fish, but on their eggs laid on a coral reef

EP5 Armoured Giants Mar 03, 2008

The final programme covers the most ancient of the reptiles: the crocodiles and turtles. In the Galápagos Islands, among the giant tortoises, Attenborough explains how the creatures came to develop their shells as a defence against predators. This is demonstrated by the eastern box turtle, whose shell includes a hinged 'drawbridge'. The aquatic pig-nosed turtle is unusual in that its eggs need to be submerged before hatching, whereas those of other species would drown; Attenborough illustrates this by dropping an egg into a jar of water: it immediately hatches. In the open ocean, male sea turtles attempt to separate a rival from its mate by attacking and overwhelming the pair, stopping them from taking in air. In northern Australia, Attenborough observes a large gathering of crocodiles at a flooded coastal road: they time their arrival to ambush migrating mullet. The complex communication and body language of the American alligator is investigated and in Argentina, the calls of young caimans help their mother locate and lead them to a nursery pool. The mother's maternal instinct extends to releasing unhatched babies by gently crushing their eggs in its jaws. In Venezuela, a female spectacled caiman in charge of an entire crèche leads the infants from a drying river bed on a trek to permanent water

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Released: 04 February 2008 Ended

Producted By: BBC

Country: United Kingdom

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Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008yvv2

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David Attenborough reveals the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibians. These animals are as dramatic, as colourful and as tender as any other animals.

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TheLittleSongbird David Attenborough is nothing short of a national treasure. He may apparently dislike the term, but it is hard to not say that about such a great presenter who has contributed significantly to some of the best programmes (of the documentary genre and overall) the BBC has ever aired/produced.There are so many gems from Attenborough. Both 'Planet Earth' series, 'Life', 'The Hunt', 'The Blue Planet', 'Frozen Planet', 'Africa' and 'Madagascar', all amazing and they are just a few examples. 'Life in Cold Blood' may not quite be on the same level as the above and not quite one of Attenborough's crowning achievements, but it is still an exceptionally well done series. It's engaging, hugely informative, extremely well made and evokes joy, tears and chills in equal measure. Another thing that it achieves wonderfully is clearing up many misconceptions about reptiles and amphibians, allowing the viewer to learn so much more about them, and anybody indifferent to them beforehand (like me) are likely to find themselves appreciating them much more.Visually, 'Life in Cold Blood' may lack the awe-inspiring, almost cinematic quality of Attenborough's best work. With that being said, it is still beautifully shot, shot in a fluid, graceful and never static way, and is chock-full of strikingly memorable images. In every episode, the scenery and environments are beautiful to look at and are like their own characters. The music score fits very well, never overly grandiose while never being inappropriate.Again, like so many Attenborough nature/wildlife documentaries, 'Life in Cold Blood' fascinates, teaches, moves, entertains and transfixes. In terms of the facts there was a very good mix of the known ones and the unknown. In this case it was mostly unknown facts and so much of the information was illuminating and made me see reptiles and amphibians in a different light and appreciate them more. All that are featured are given a good amount of detail, whether it's the why, how and what factors in terms of how they behave and their adapting in their respective environments.Narration by Attenborough helps significantly. He clearly knows his stuff and knows what to say and how to say it. He delivers it with his usual richness, soft-spoken enthusiasm and sincerity, never talking down to the viewer and keeping them riveted and wanting to know more. The "behind the scenes/making of" scenes too gave some humanity to the series and allowed us to get to know those behind the camera as well as in front.'Life in Cold Blood' really appeals in the wide ranging diversity of the creatures (a mix of the most common and the not so common) that are shown and they are surprisingly big in personality. Any has genuine tension and suspense as well as a surprising spontaneity, there is some fun and a lot of emotionally powerful moments done with a lot of tear-jerking pathos. Found myself really caring for these reptiles and amphibians (an admission that surprises even me). Like much of Attenborough/BBC's other work, each episode doesn't feel like an episodic stringing of scenes, but instead like the best nature documentaries each feels like their own story and journey, with real, complex emotions and conflicts and animal characters developed in a way a human character would in a film but does it better than several.Overall, 'Life in Cold Blood' may not be one of Attenborough's very finest but it is nonetheless really wonderful that really fascinates and will induce much more appreciation for a widely misunderstood species. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Dalbert Pringle If you seriously think that reptiles and amphibians are just simple and primitive creatures, well, you better think again.This remarkable nature-documentary from the BBC will certainly bring to light some truly amazing facts about these often-misunderstood critters.From snakes, to frogs, to salamanders, to lizards, and beyond - Join host Richard Attenborough as he travels to various locations in the world in order to enlighten, educate and demonstrate to the viewer what astounding and diverse lifeforms inhabit this fantastic planet of ours.Life In Cold Blood is a 2-disc set of 5 programs with a total running time of over 4 hours. And, believe me, this documentary is certainly well-worth an 8-star rating.

Lucian Popescu Despite its name, Life in Cold Blood concentrates almost entirely on Reptilians, a subject that has been exhausted these days. So, in that respect, I will only discuss things that make this one unique. First of all, it's David Attenborough, whose pleasant voice and passionate storytelling keeps you plugged throughout the series. Then there are things inherent to using latest technology on reptile tracking, especially in behavior that hasn't been filmed before. One of that is the painstaking job of trying to film a rattlesnake making a kill, a task that took days and real personal hazards to complete. Another is the sound made by turtles mating, or filming lizards that give birth to live young and mate for life. Then of course there is this absolutely unique behavior among certain crocodiles who tend for young that aren't necessarily their own. The list of new things can go on... In a few words, for anyone interested into this class of Vertebrates, this documentary comes as a safe recommendation. What I missed was more covering of reptiles' evolutionary biology, which is such an interesting subject in itself: how they evolved from Amphibian-like creatures 300 million years ago and at least some consideration onto how they achieved their current diversity. Also, one order of reptiles has been completely ignored, the Tuataras, even though their behavior and biology contains aspects just as interesting that have rarely been filmed.The scripted text binds the story together, whereas filming & sound is as good as one expects from BBC's nature series. What I missed was the artistic quality I've so much enjoyed in Life in the Undergrowth, who continues to stand as perhaps the most gorgeous nature documentary ever to be filmed.A very fitting bonus is how each episode, and there are five of them, ends with a section that describes the process of shooting and other technicalities, as well as narrator's personal view on the subjects filmed. Attenborough's lifetime dedication and genuine marvel of nature's artworks are to be met with highest praise.

dazamon316 Life in Cold Blood', is the latest landmark series about reptiles and amphibians and it will complete David Attenborough's overview of the animal kingdom. Key to this series is new behaviour that has never been filmed before. Under the Skin gives an extra, privileged and personal look at these fascinating sequences. They offer an emotional and intellectual insight into "how we know what we know" about reptiles and the voyage of discovery that led to this knowledge.Out in the field David Attenborough works with the passionate scientists, at the cutting edge, who help to bring unique behaviour to our screens.The more science reveals about reptiles and amphibians the more the myths and misconceptions about them are dispelled. They are surprising animals, as passionate in their courtship, as aggressive in their rivalry and as tender in their parental care as many warm blooded creatures.And they have they been amazingly successful with over 350 million years of history on the planet.What are their secrets and how have they been uncovered?

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