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Andes to Amazon is a nature documentary TV series co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, England and Animal Planet, first transmitted in the UK on BBC2 in November 2000. In other territories it was broadcast under the title Wild South America. Each of the six 50-minute episodes portrays a different aspect of the South American ...
South America's considerable cervid diversity belies their relatively recent arrival. The presence of camelids in South America but not North America today is ironic, given that they have a 45-million-year-long history in the latter continent (where they originated), and only a 3-million-year history in the former. Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
This is a list of notable films that are primarily about animals.This include film where the main characters are animals or the plot revolves around an animal. While films involving dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals are included on this list, those concerning legendary creatures, such as dragons, vampires, or animal-human hybrids like werewolve are not.
And unlike the Amazon where everything is larger than life, these forests offer sanctuary to a group of smaller animals. The Kodkod is the smallest cat in the Americas , weighing only about 5 lbs.
Hushpuppy, the 6-year-old heroine of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' has a smile to charm fish out of the water and a scowl so fierce it can stop monsters in their tracks. The movie, a passionate and unruly explosion of Americana, directed by Benh Zeitlin, winks at skepticism, laughs at sober analysis and stares down criticism. [16]
Four examples of animals in South America appear below: Llama - Mammal - Live in dry, open habitats [ 5 ] - Easily domesticated (used as pack animals) [ 5 ] - Live in herds [ 5 ] Toco toucan - Omnivore [ 6 ] - Lifespan up to 20 years - Lay 2-4 eggs, both parents incubate [ 6 ] - Large bill with serrated edge for capturing and peeling fruit [ 6 ]
Animal spirits described in the film include the skinny armadillo Dillo and the heavy-set tapir Vaca. They are introduced as comic-relief characters. [2] [38] One of the major spirit animals highlighted is the benevolent Mother spirit of the Amazon: Turtle Motelo Mama described in lore as a giant turtle that protects the Amazon biosphere. [2]
Saludos Amigos (Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated [3] [4] anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures.Set in Latin America, it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck stars in two of them and Goofy stars in one.