Predators [DVD]

Why not present nice wild life scenes set to sound with annoying weird electronic whatever? Well, sure there are 1000 reasons, which none of them Mr John Hannah has thought of. Some stunning footage, high frequently cut, but don't forget your earplugs!

Bought this for 1p second hand plus postage (£1:26) works fine apart from one jump but content is good and the specialist photography is excellent

Excellent service receiving it , watched series when originally broadcast and taped some episodes on video tape, good to have complete series on DVD

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Predators: The ultimate killing machinesLife-and-death contests between hunter and hunted have been filmed for BBC television in an entirely new way.Predators, a series of six half-hour films starting on 4 May, uses miniaturised cameras mounted on the hunters themselves to show the chase from their perspective.The series also uses action replays and computer animations, allowing it to analyse the tactics of predator and prey from every angle. It shows that both are often evenly matched, with no room on either side for the slightest mistake.Episode 1 Ultimate KillersFind out what it takes to be the perfect killing machine. Discover why the cheetah runs like the wind, how an eagle outsmarts its prey and what gives the great white shark its image of ultimate predator.Episode 2 Nowhere to HideEnter a world of sensed that we can only marvel at. The tiny electric field from a fish's gills is picked up by a hammerhead shark, invisible underground termites are sniffed out by an aardvark whilst the nose of the star-nosed mole is more sensitive than a concert pianist's hands.Episode 3 Special AgentsThe James Bond of the predators. Deep sea fish aim infrared sniper scopes to see their prey. Cone shell snails paralyzing poison darts and stingray blast prey with electric stun guns. This stare of the art hunting equipment makes escape a difficult business.Episode 4 Skill to SurviveThe race between predator and prey is a close thing. Escape is as likely as kill as the prey for its life. A polar bear is soundproofed by a scudding snowstorm, two lionesses hunt together to double their chances, an egret blinds its prey by choosing muddy waters-careful tactics can double a predator's chance of success.Episode 5 Killing by numbersJoining forces works for both predator and prey. Numbers empower victims and confuse prey --- like starlings or herring who mass together into a swirling, ever changing organism. Predators in gangs can also be formidable humpback whales blow bubble nets to trap fish and army ants group together into an all-consuming super being.Episode 6 Natural Born KillersAre predators born killers or do they learn how to kill the most menacing instinctively kill. Sand tiger have a grisly start in the womb with only one of a dozen offspring being born --- the others are eaten by the survivor. Whichever way, the end result is deadly.