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| Wild Russia: Kamchatka |
14.7.2010 (Wed)
4.8.2010 (Wed)
15.9.2010 (Wed) |
2:15pm - 3:15pm or
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
| Wild Russia: The Great Divide |
21.7.2010 (Wed)
11.8.2010 (Wed)
22.9.2010 (Wed) |
2:15pm - 3:15pm or
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
| Wild Russia: The Secret Forest |
28.7.2010 (Wed)
18.8.2010 (Wed)
29.9.2010 (Wed) |
2:15pm - 3:15pm or
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
| Secrets Of The King Cobra |
11.7.2010 (Sun)
18.7.2010 (Sun) |
2:15pm - 3:15pm or
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
| Eye of the Leopard |
8.8.2010 (Sun)
15.8.2010 (Sun) |
2:15pm - 3:15pm or
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
| Dam Beavers |
12.9.2010 (Sun)
26.9.2010 (Sun) |
2:15pm - 3:15pm or
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
* Films sponsored by National Geographic Channel 
Venue : Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
Language : English narration with Chinese subtitles
Free admission on a first come, first served basis.
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| Wild Russia |
| Spanning 11 time zones and one and a half continents, Russia retains one of the world's great wildernesses, dazzling in its extremes. From deadly apex predators like the polar bear and Amur tiger to the bizarre Siberian salamander, the country is a quilt of climates and creatures. Nat Geo Wild's "Wild Russia Series" showcases Russia's diverse landscape and wildlife. In stunning high-definition, sweeping cinematography takes viewers on a breathtaking journey across Russia while epic narration introduces an impressive and enchanting cast of creatures, many of which are only found within the country's borders. |
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| Wild Russia: Kamchatka |
| Located on Russia's far eastern edge is the stark peninsula of Kamchatka - a surprising place where volcanoes create a land of fire and ice. Thriving in this tumultuous area, golden eagles and Steller's sea eagles share in the spoils of Lake Kuril. In Kamchatka's lush, steamy valleys, brown bears feast on the annual salmon spawn. Also in Kamchatka, red foxes, snow sheep and wolverines can be found. But Kamchatka's active volcanoes continually transform the region; not long ago, a massive landslide engulfed the green valley with 4.5 million cubic metres of rock, gravel and snow. |
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| Wild Russia: The Great Divide |
| Russia's Caucasus Mountains create a dramatic landscape of contradictions from snow-laden hills and alpine meadows to arid salt flats and dry desert. The Caucasian forests serve as a battlefield for wild boars. During the mating season, excited boars produce a sticky saliva filled with pheromones to attract a mate. Also in the forest, one of the area's 30,000 Eurasian lynx patrols with her six-week-old cubs - harmless now, the cubs will be accomplished killers in a year's time. The Caucasus is home to one of nature's oddest creatures, the glass lizard, whose tail can snap off and shatter into pieces to confuse enemies. The long-eared hedgehog tracks a venomous centipede and a grasshopper and beetle face off to the death in the arid desert, while rarely spotted highland European bison roam the hills and Bezoar Ibex rule the jagged peaks of the central highlands. |
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| Wild Russia: The Secret Forest |
| The Ussuriland wilderness extends from the deep Sikhote Alin forests to the fast-flowing Amur River. Slipping through the shadows of the Ussuriland forests are two of the world's rarest cats. With only 30 remaining in the wild, the Amur leopard is the most critically endangered big cat. Other than this big cat, this forest is also home to, the spotted sika deer and the Amur tiger. But the largest cat in the world has dangerous enemies itself: poaching and habitat destruction are an ever present threat to tigers in this region. Thankfully, the Lake Khanka wetlands have been recovering from pollution, and it continues to provide a home to herons, as well as Chinese soft-shelled turtles. Diversity does not stop at the surface and a plethora of animals live underwater, surviving with camouflage. |
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| Secrets Of The King Cobra |
| Secrets of the King Corba is an unprecedented journey into the natural history of the wild King Cobra, following them into their world-revealing what they do, where they go, and who they interact with-when we are not around. And surprisingly, the people of India are very much a part of the story. Early evidence suggests that kings might be more intertwined with humans than previously thought, making this project more important than ever. It is a close and personal look into the secret life of the King and the best chance we have of ensuring the survival of this legendary snake. |
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| Eye of the Leopard |
Filmed by Dereck and Beverly Joubert, Eye of the Leopard is a series of flashbacks to Legadema, a eight-days old leopard growing up in one of the best leopard regions in the world - Mombo in Botswana. It is an intimate view of her youth. Within weeks she and her mother met a local troop of baboons and vervet monkeys. Her mother teaches her young cub hunting and how to avoid danger and other predators.
Legadema was an adventurous cub and she fought back at the marauding baboons and made her own kill at just over a year old. At three, she is not really protected by her mother anymore. Her relationship with her mother starts to erode. When she drops the carcass of her mother's catch to the waiting hyenas, that is the final straw for her mother and Legadma has to go.
Two years later, she is still defending her space against others and hunting her own personal specialty, squirrels, of which she has killed at least 300. In the final part moments of the film, Legadema is shown to make her first large kill and is well equipped to create her own legacy as a leopard. |
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| Dam Beavers |
| Dam Beavers are a tale of power, domination and triumph over adversity. Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Grand Teton Mountains, we tell the story of one hectic beaver building season and ultimately reveal the biggest beaver dam in the world. |
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