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Series : Nature's Great Events
Title : The Great Feast
Episode Number : S01E06
Genre : Documentary
iMDB URL : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1380596/
Air Date : 03/18/2009 (HD Broadcast)
DVD Rel Date : n/a
SFM Rel Date : 03/19/2009
Ripped By : SFM
Source : High Definition
Video Format : x264 (in matroska container)
Video Resolution : 1280x720 (25 fps)
Video Bitrate : 2 Pass @ 2802 kb/s AVG
Audio Bitrate : AC3 5.1 @ 384 kb/s AVG
Sample Rate : 48 kHz
Length : 49 MiN 02 SECS
Size : 1.09 GB (1,172,823,474 bytes)
MD5 Sum : a864ada1e57d44f16a308dfa235d7811
Packs : 24 x 50MB
. . ..: EPiSODE SUMMARY :.. . .
The Sixth in a new series about the most dramatic
wildlife spectacles on our planet.
Every summer in the seas off Alaska humpback whales,
sea lions and killer whales depend on an explosion of
plant life, the plankton bloom. It tranforms these seas
into the richest on Earth. But will these animals
survive to enjoy the great feast?
The summer sun sparks the growth of phytoplankton,
microscopic floating plants which can bloom in such
vast numbers that they eclipse even the Amazon
rainforest in sheer abundance of plant life. Remarkably
it is these minute plants that are the basis of all
life here.
But both whales and sea lions have obstacles to
overcome before they can enjoy the feast. Humpback
whales migrate 3,000 miles from Hawaii, and during
their three-month voyage lose a third of their body
weight. In a heart-rending scene a mother sea lion
loses her pup in a violent summer storm, while another
dramatic sequence shows a group of killer whales
working together to kill a huge male sea lion.
In late summer the plankton bloom is at its height.
Vast shoals of herring gather to feed on it, diving
birds round the fish up into a bait ball and then a
humpback whale roars in to scoop up the entire ball of
herring in one huge mouthful.
When a dozen whales work together they employ the
ultimate method of co-operative fishing - bubble net
feeding. One whale blows a ring of bubbles to engulf
the fish and then they charge in as one. Filmed from
the surface, underwater and, for the first time, from
the air, we reveal how these giant hunters can catch a
tonne of fish every day.
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