Seeing in Colour • 2021 • episode "S1E1" Attenborough's Life in Colour

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Using the latest camera technology, David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals use colour: to win a mate, to fight off rivals and to warn enemies.

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Attenborough's Life in Colour • 2021 • 1 episode •

Seeing in Colour

Using the latest camera technology, David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals use colour: to win a mate, to fight off rivals and to warn enemies.

2021 • Nature

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