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1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 min. 6 sec.) ; 357216128 bytes |
| Summary |
Stephen Fry and naturalist Mark Carwardine continue their adventure in search of animals on the edge of extinction around the globe. In this episode they travel to Madagascar in search of the mysterious nocturnal lemur, the Aye-aye. The boys visit Nosy Mangabe, an idyllic island where Mark encountered Aye-aye on his original visit with Douglas Adams. Stephen and Mark finally encounter a captive Aye-aye in the zoo in Antananarivo which gives Stephen the chance to learn a little. They travel to one of the most delicate eco-systems in the world, the forest of Kirindy. There, they encounter Madame Berthe's lemur, the smallest of the 100 species living in the country, before seeing a project encouraging people to protect the threatened forest rather than burning it. Travelling west Stephen and Mark see a project to re-connect the clumps of disparate forest with tree corridors and they also encounter the Indri - the biggest of the lemurs. PRODUCTION DETAILS:Executive Producers: Sam Organ and Andre Singer; Producer: Tim Green. Production Company: BBC Wales, West Park Pictures |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-10-24 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Aye-aye.
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Endangered species -- Geographical distribution.
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Lemurs.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Wildlife conservation.
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Madagascar.
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Streaming video
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Carwardine, Mark, host
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Fry, Stephen, host
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Green, Tim, director
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