The Secret Lives of Animals

Matt Roush says...

Holiday crowds and related yuletide hubbub getting to you? Nature documentaries offer a great escape, and this 10-part docuseries from the BBC Studios Natural History Unit complies with dazzling images filmed over three years in 24 countries. Revealing a variety of species in their habitats, exhibiting rarely seen behaviors, the series packages its vignettes in themes including “Leaving Home,” “Raising a Family,” “Protecting Yourself,” “Home Making,” “Finding Food,” “The Art of Deception” (watch how caterpillars mimic snakes to avoid predators), “Making Friends,” “Finding a Partner” and “Growing Old.” If you’ve ever yearned to see a reticulated humming frog bond with a tarantula, this is for you.

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