NOVA, Season 45, Episode 16, World's fastest animal

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Label

NOVA, Season 45, Episode 16, World's fastest animal

Title number

Season 45, Episode 16

Title part

World's fastest animal

Statement of responsibility

produced by Sophie Meyjes and Lucy Smith ; directed by Simon Baxter ; a BBC Studios production

Title variation

World's fastest animal

Contributor

• Baxter, Simon
• Meyers, Eric, 1959-
• Meyjes, Sophie
• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
• BBC Studios
• Smith, Lucy, (Lucy Mary)

Director

• Baxter, Simon

Narrator

• Meyers, Eric, 1959-

Producer

• Meyjes, Sophie
• Smith, Lucy, (Lucy Mary)

Production company

• BBC Studios

Publisher

• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Subject

• Animal television programs
• Documentary television programs
• Nonfiction television programs
• Peregrine falcon
• Animal locomotion

Genre

• Nonfiction television programs
• Documentary television programs
• Animal television programs

Language

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

Cataloging source

VaAlASP

Characteristic

videorecording

Language note

In English

PerformerNote

Narrator, Eric Meyers

Runtime

53

Target audience

adult