Exclusive: Watch an Elephant Adapt to Scarcity in a Triumphant Seven Worlds, One Planet Clip
Photo Courtesy of BBC America
The excellent documentary series Seven Worlds, One Planet is coming to a close this week with an episode focused on Africa. It’s been a moving journey across our planet, investigating the flora and fauna that we are tasked with protecting. So if you aren’t caught up, now is the time!
In our exclusive clip from this final episode, we see an elephant adapting to scarcity by balancing itself on its hind legs—a feat, narrator David Attenborough tells us, that requires “monumental effort,” as the elephants can weigh over five tons. Referred to as a gentle giant, this elephant’s work to bring the tree’s leaves down to his level also helps other animals around him. It’s triumphant and beautiful.
But, the episode will also feature some more difficult truths, including the imminent extinction of the white rhinoceros, an animal whose numbers have been incredibly depleted because of poaching. On the lighter side, though, we’ll also get to see a baby chimpanzee being taught to use a tool to crack open nuts, and observe cheetahs stalking their prey across the savanna. Don’t miss it! (Or don’t forget to catch up—an elephant never forgets!!)
Check out the video below; the fascinating Seven Worlds, One Planet airs Saturday nights on BBC America: