"Attenborough and the Giant Egg"

Just a quick post on this lazy Sunday. David Attenborough is my one of my favourite presenters and I am an avid fan of much of his work. I was particularly interested to see that his most recent documentary focuses upon a giant egg that he came across when he was in Madagascar in 1960. This giant egg belongs to no other species than the 'elephant bird' as featured in a previous post.

As well as focusing upon the existence of the 'elephant bird' and the causes and approximate time of its demise, the documentary also talk about other dwindling species on the island and the natives relations with these animals. The other main focus is the indri, a black and white lemur species who are particularly under threat as they are extremely intolerant to habitat disturbance and cannot survive in captivity.

(Image of Indri lemur from: http://www.african-pride.co.uk/images/madagascar-lemur.png)

Overall this programme is a fantastic easy watch full of interesting facts and very relevant to this blog:

Here is the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00z6dsg/Attenborough_and_the_Giant_Egg/

Enjoy!

References:


http://www.african-pride.co.uk/images/madagascar-lemur.png
http://www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/lemurs-indri.html