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Wildscreenings: Life in Cold Blood: Armoured Giants (Award Winners) (PG)
60 mins
Please note: this is an old screening, first shown in Oct 2008
David Attenborough reveals the secrets of the Armoured Giants: the crocodiles and turtles. Using the very latest ultra high speed, thermal, miniature and on-board cameras he discloses the surprising and intimate lives of these cold-blooded reptiles. He witnesses the clumsy courtship of giant tortoises in the Galapagos. In Australia he watches saltwater crocodiles as they join forces to fish for mullet, like bears fishing for salmon. The softer side of these armoured giants is also revealed. A mother caiman leads her babies overland in search of a safe nursery pond in which to rear them. The film helps transform our perceptions of cold-blooded animals. As David Attenborough comments:
“Reptiles and amphibians are sometime thought of as slow, dim-witted and primitive. In fact, they can be lethally fast, spectacularly beautiful, surprisingly affectionate and extremely sophisticated.” David Attenborough
All Wildscreenings are free; Subject to availability tickets can be collected from Box Office on the day of the screening. You can call Box Office on (0117) 927 5100, and reserve tickets but you must collect them on the day an hour before the start time of the screening.
NB: the advertised times are the actual starting times of each programme for all Wildscreenings.

