GENTLE JAWS OF SERENGETI Marion East and Heribert Hofer have been studying the Mamba clan -a group of spotted hyenas- and their female dominated society for many years, with surprising results. Hyenas are skilful and resourceful hunters and contrary to common belief, its often lions that scavenge on hyena kills. Hyenas are the most dedicated mothers of all carnivores. When the wildebeest move away in their annual migration, lions are left without food, but the females of the Mamba clan commute more than fifty kilometres to reach the grazing ... continua

LIVING WITH THE BEARS OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION The story of one man, Lynn Rogers, and his adoption to bears. His twenty year study of the American Black Bear overturns the old conception of a ferocious animal always ready to attack man, to a reserved, versatile and fascinating creature. Directors: Ugo Adilardi and Marco Visalberghi Photography: Ugo Adilardi Production: Paneikon - RAITRE - Nature Thirteen-WNET - WDR Köln © 1991 To buy this video: info@paneikon.it Visit the site: www.paneikon.it

Ground squirrels have devised a highly effective alarm system to defend themselves from such predators as the hawk, coyote and bob cat. However this is no match for their worst enemy, the rattlesnake, which winds it way through an intricate system of tunnels to the squirrels nests. Director: Marco Visalberghi Photography: Maurizio Felli Production: Paneikon - RAITRE - National Geographic - WDR Köln © 1990 ______________________________________To buy this video write to:info@paneikon.it ______________________________________Visit the site: www.paneikon.it

Mating, fighting, social climbing, political alliances, sudden fortune and instant defeat. This film is a result of an eight year study of the rhesus macaques on the island of Cayo Santiago offering a totally new view of the monkey's social organisation. Director: Marco Visalberghi Photography: Ugo Adilardi Production: Paneikon - RAITRE - Thirteen - WNET Nature - WDR Köln © 1989 ______________________________________To buy this video write to:info@paneikon.it ______________________________________Visit the site: www.paneikon.it

Special documentary following the studies of Dr. William Barklow, a bio-acoustic researcher who assesses how hippos communicate with each other. Revolutionary findings have led scientists to believe that modern dolphins and whales could have descended from a common ancestor, a water-lover such as the hippo. Using tests both in the controlled environment of an American zoo and the wild rivers and pools of Zambia and Kenya, Dr. Barklow reveals groundbreaking observations.
Director: Ugo Adilardi
Photography: Ugo Adilardi
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The story of the competition and cooperation between a family of yellow mongoose and their neighbors, the ground squirrels, as they share food and shelter, and protect each other from the constant threat of predators in one of the greatest deserts on earth - the Kalahari.Director: Ugo Adilardi - Marco Visalberghi
Photography: Ugo Adilardi
Production: Paneikon - RAITRE - The National Geographic Society TV - New Zeland
© 1994
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This film studies the fascinating social behaviour of the highly endangered lesser kestrel in the unique and spectacular scenery of the Sassi of Matera in Italy, one of the oldest human settlements known to mankind.Director: Andrea GuarnieriPhotography: Andrea Guarnieri - Maurizio Felli - Giancarlo PancaldiProduction: Paneikon - RAITRE - Channel 4 © 1995______________________________________To buy this video write to:info@paneikon.it ______________________________________Visit the site: www.paneikon.it

Our planet has always been under construction. From tiny organisms that 3.5 billion years ago created mushroom-like towers along marine shorelines, to the present day, where all sorts of animal architects are at work; fish, spiders, termites, ants, bees, birds, mammals and amphibians of all varieties, are building artefacts with ingenuity rivalling our own architects.
Many of these creatures create shelters and nests in a breathtaking diversity of shape, size and colour. This one-hour film illustrates some of the wonders of architecture found in the natural world. ... continua

The biological lessons that we can learn from true islanders are applicable to the newest of islands: the National Parks we create to conserve Nature. The world is nowadays more fragmented than ever and the limited space and resources of our reserves have striking similarities to the conditions found on true islands.
With examples of the beauty and diversity found on islands such as Socotra, San Pietro and Asinara, the programme will explain how, by the understanding of a planet which is becoming a cluster of isolated environments, we can still find ways to save ... continua

With the example of the youngest island on earth the programme unveils the ways and tricks which allow plants and animals to colonise a faraway land such as a new island. Islands can be originated by different geological mechanisms but their shape, composition, and position on the globe is reflected on their inhabitants.
Species that happen to found themselves isolated become different from their relatives living on continents. And sometimes this differences go as far as producing a dwarf elephant or a giant tortoise, a flightless bird or a record-size seed. ... continua