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New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands(2016)
Status: Released
Date: 2016-07-19
78%
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Time: 2h 30m
Overview:
Isolated from the rest of the world since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand’s magnificent wildlife has been left to its own devices for 80 million years, with surprising consequences. This series reveals New Zealand’s rich and intriguing wildlife stories, from the bustling communities of penguins hiding away in giant daisy forests to the kakapo – Earth’s only species of flightless nocturnal parrots. New Zealand was also the last place to be discovered and settled by people who brought with them new animals, like merino sheep and new predators like the stoat. Finally the series meets the pioneering conservation heroes who are fighting to save some of its most endangered species.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Germany,
United Kingdom,
United States of America
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Movie: New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
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Sam Neill
Narrator (voice)
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