Nora Young
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Between May and July, the sardine run along the East coast of South Africa is one of nature's greatest spectacles. In terms of biomass, researchers estimate this annual gathering of sardines could rival Africa's wildebeest migration. Prompted by an influx of cold water, billions of these tiny fish start a journey that becomes an epic movable feast for sharks, gannets, seals, dolphins and whales.
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Nature volume 1
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Discover how the first cats arose in the forests of Asia, how they spread across the continent and later came to conquer Africa. We reveal how cats evolved with an in-depth look at lions, servals, caracals, cheetahs, tigers, fishing and sand cats.
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Nature volume 2
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English
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Track the story of cats into the Americas, from battles with their age-old rivals, the dog family, to the rise of domestic cats. Meet the mighty jaguar, the urban mountain lion, the curious ocelot, the Canada lynx, the nimble margay, the Siamese cat and the Sphynx.
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In 2000 in the jungles of Panama, a young journalist, named Ana, has a chance encounter with a tiny orphaned sloth, which she names Velcro. For nearly two years, the pair is inseparable until finally Ana travels up a remote river to reintroduce Velcro back to the wild. This is the story Ana's return to Central and South America to see how much has changed since Velcro came into her life. Sloths, once largely ignored, have become a hot topic of...