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            NATURE & WILDLIFE                                                                                                      NATURE & WILDLIFE
            animal mega families                                                                                                   beavers from above





            Award winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet grew up in                Duration                                    High above Earth’s atmosphere, satellites are charting an                   Duration
            the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and although he now lives            6x60’                                       extraordinary change to the Arctic tundra. Where there were                 3x60’

            in the UK he has spent many years travelling across Africa filming         Credits                                     once rivers, now chains of lush ponds are extending northwards -            Credits
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            wildlife of all shapes and sizes.                                          otf studios                                 the pace of change is dazzling.
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            In recent years, he’s noticed some animal families gathering together in larger social   4K                            The wild architects behind the transformation are the charismatic Alaskan beavers. As   4K
            groups than have ever been seen before. In this 6-part series Vianet tracks down   Delivery                            the tundra warms with climate change, woody plants are growing here in profusion,   Delivery
            nature’s biggest and most iconic families: a giant herd of elephants, a mega culture of   18 months from               creating the perfect habitat for beavers whose dams have clogged rivers and streams to   12-14 months from
            chimps, an immense clan of hyenas, a huge gang of meerkats, an army of lions, and a   green-light                      form 12,000 new ponds. In this series we follow these extraordinary animal characters   green-light
            monster troop of bonobos.                                                                                              as they go about their daily lives engineering a new tundra, and along the way, we gain
                                                                                                                                   an incredible insight into their lives and behaviours.


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