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Following on immediately after the main Life in Cold Blood programmes, Under the Skin - five ten-minute specials - reveal some of the secrets of the production process. In the second programme we s...ee how the filming of the bizarre semaphoring behaviour of the Panamanian Golden Frog is to be a race against time. The rushing water of the mountain streams and waterfalls where they live, drown out croaks and calls so they have evolved a visual method of communication. Already threatened by habitat destruction and over collecting, a killer fungal disease is now moving towards their last remaining forest stronghold at about 40 km a year, wiping out every one of these stunning looking frogs in its path. So series producer Miles Barton cuts short his Christmas to join the crew and frog biologist Erik Lindquist at the top secret location in the Panamanian rainforest to capture the frogs waving and social behaviour for the first time.
Following on immediately after the main Life in Cold Blood programmes, Under the Skin - five ten-minute specials - reveal some of the secrets of the production process. In the second programme we s...ee how the filming of the bizarre semaphoring behaviour of the Panamanian Golden Frog is to be a race against time. The rushing water of the mountain streams and waterfalls where they live, drown out croaks and calls so they have evolved a visual method of communication. Already threatened by habitat destruction and over collecting, a killer fungal disease is now moving towards their last remaining forest stronghold at about 40 km a year, wiping out every one of these stunning looking frogs in its path. So series producer Miles Barton cuts short his Christmas to join the crew and frog biologist Erik Lindquist at the top secret location in the Panamanian rainforest to capture the frogs waving and social behaviour for the first time.
| Series: | Life in cold blood |
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| First transmission date: | 2008 |
| Published: | 2008 |
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| Duration: | 00:09:19 |
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| Producer: | Catherine McCarthy |
| Presenter: | David Attenborough |
| Contributors: | Sir David Attenborough; Miles Barton; Erik Lindquist |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | OU Website: http://www.open2.net/lifeincoldblood/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Frogs--Panama; Rain forests; Reptiles |
| Production number: | NBRX124A |
| Videofinder number: | 7672 |
| Available to public: | no |
