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The Mating Game : Season 1
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Air date: 03 Oct '21 - 5 episodesIn a characteristically cinematic documentary series shot on both land and sea, Sir David Attenborough narrates the struggles and successes of a wide variety of animals as they take on one of life's most vital challenges: finding a partner. From termites to humpback whales, each creature's particular quirks and rituals are explored with joyful fascination as they navigate the dramatic - and sometimes dangerous - path of love, ensuring the survival of their species by relying on their animal instincts. With the production team having recorded over 4000 hours of fights, rebuffed advances and incredible displays aimed to impress, the veteran natural historian once again shows the animal kingdom as it has never quite been seen before.
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List of Episodes (5)
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The Mating Game (2021)
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1. Grasslands: In Plain Sight
03 Oct '21The strategies used by animals to find and defend their mates in the grasslands of Namibia, the Serengeti and Australia. Here, mating strategies are on show for all to see.
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2. Oceans: Out Of The Blue
10 Oct '21The Ocean is where life first experimented with the Mating Game, and over time this has led to some of the most ingenious mating strategies of all.
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3. Jungles: In The Thick Of It
17 Oct '21Jungles are home to 80% of all species but they cover just 2% of the planet. When animals in these crowded forests want to mate, the challenge is how to stand out from the crowd.
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4. Freshwater: Timing Is Everything
24 Oct '21Freshwater is often the stage on which millions of animals gather to find a mate. And the cycle of freshwater is the trigger for spectacular mating rituals and fierce competition.
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5. Against All Odds
31 Oct '21All life is driven by the need to breed. Yet for a few, the odds of success are overwhelmingly against them, so these have adopted the most extraordinary mating strategies of all.
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