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The Resource NOVA, Season 45, Episode 16, World's fastest animal, produced by Sophie Meyjes and Lucy Smith ; directed by Simon Baxter ; a BBC Studios production

NOVA, Season 45, Episode 16, World's fastest animal, produced by Sophie Meyjes and Lucy Smith ; directed by Simon Baxter ; a BBC Studios production

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NOVA: World's Fastest Animal. The peregrine falcon is the world's fastest animal, capable of diving at nearly 200 miles per hour - nearly three times the speed of a sprinting cheetah. Though the species nearly went extinct in the 1970s due to the insecticide DDT, the species is now one of the most widespread predators on Earth, finding home on every continent except Antarctica - from coastal cliffs and arctic tundra to the skyscrapers of urban Chicago. What enables this bird to thrive in such varied environments, and how does it reach such breakneck speeds? To find out, NOVA takes viewers to a nesting box high up in the skyline of urban Chicago where three chicks have just broken out of their shells. Watch them over several months as they take their first stumbling flight and eventually perfect their flying and hunting skills. And join expert falconer Lloyd Buck as he trains a young falcon and puts its hunting skills to the ultimate test
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eng
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1 online resource (53 minutes)
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Title from resource description page (viewed March 19, 2019)
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NOVA, Season 45, Episode 16, World's fastest animal
Title
NOVA
Title number
Season 45, Episode 16
Title part
World's fastest animal
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produced by Sophie Meyjes and Lucy Smith ; directed by Simon Baxter ; a BBC Studios production
Title variation
World's fastest animal
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eng
Summary
NOVA: World's Fastest Animal. The peregrine falcon is the world's fastest animal, capable of diving at nearly 200 miles per hour - nearly three times the speed of a sprinting cheetah. Though the species nearly went extinct in the 1970s due to the insecticide DDT, the species is now one of the most widespread predators on Earth, finding home on every continent except Antarctica - from coastal cliffs and arctic tundra to the skyscrapers of urban Chicago. What enables this bird to thrive in such varied environments, and how does it reach such breakneck speeds? To find out, NOVA takes viewers to a nesting box high up in the skyline of urban Chicago where three chicks have just broken out of their shells. Watch them over several months as they take their first stumbling flight and eventually perfect their flying and hunting skills. And join expert falconer Lloyd Buck as he trains a young falcon and puts its hunting skills to the ultimate test
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videorecording
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In English
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Narrator, Eric Meyers
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1959-
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  • Baxter, Simon
  • Smith, Lucy
  • Meyjes, Sophie
  • Meyers, Eric
  • BBC Studios
  • Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Runtime
53
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  • Peregrine falcon
  • Animal locomotion
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adult
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NOVA, Season 45, Episode 16, World's fastest animal, produced by Sophie Meyjes and Lucy Smith ; directed by Simon Baxter ; a BBC Studios production
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Title from resource description page (viewed March 19, 2019)
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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two-dimensional moving image
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  • tdi
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rdacontent
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ASP4062374/marc
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Extent
1 online resource (53 minutes)
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online
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Access restricted to subscribing institutions
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  • video
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  • rdamedia
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(OCoLC)1096495691
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NOVA, Season 45, Episode 16, World's fastest animal, produced by Sophie Meyjes and Lucy Smith ; directed by Simon Baxter ; a BBC Studios production
Publication
Note
Title from resource description page (viewed March 19, 2019)
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ASP4062374/marc
Dimensions
  • unknown
  • other
Extent
1 online resource (53 minutes)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Media category
  • computer
  • video
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
  • v
Reformatting quality
access
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
(OCoLC)1096495691
Video recording format
other

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