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Wildlife cinematographers David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook have created, with the help of research scientists, a rare glimpse into the predominantly underwater and underground world of the strangest of animals - the platypus. Filmed in the wilderness of Tasmania, learn about the habits and habitats of this wonderful creature - with a bill, webbed feet, venomous claw and egg laying ability. Actual footage of infant platypus occupying the nest/burrow and shows the care the mother gives her young. Narrated by Peter Thompson. Special feature also available on this disc is a documentary “Bobby and the Banded Stilts” (exec. prod. Dione Gilmour, 28 min, 1997) about birdlife in Western Australia, narrated by Hugo Weaving.
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ACMI Identifier
318958
Languages
English
English
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Wildlife cinematography
Animals & Wildlife → Animal behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Infancy
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Australia
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Environmental aspects
Animals & Wildlife → Parental behavior in animals
Animals & Wildlife → Wildlife - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rivers - Tasmania
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Wilderness areas - Tasmania
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Birds - Environmental aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rivers - Tasmania
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Storms
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wilderness areas - Tasmania
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Research
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)