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  • National Geographic

Hostile Planet

  • 2019
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~47m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.9/10

This six part documentary draws attention to the most extraordinary — almost supernatural — accounts of animals that have adapted to the cruelest evolutionary curveballs.

Latest: Miniseries · 2019

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  1. E1. Mountains

    Apr 1, 2019 · 47m

    Only the toughest animal species can endure the extreme weather, scarce food and limited oxygen available on the Earth’s highest mountains.

  2. E2. Oceans

    Apr 8, 2019 · 47m

    Dive beneath the surface of Earth’s dynamic oceans to uncover the extreme conditions to which animals must constantly adapt.

  3. E3. Grasslands

    Apr 15, 2019 · 47m

    In the grasslands, animals endure freezes, fires, floods, and droughts. Bull elephants clash in mating battles. Cheetahs and gazelles engage in a predator-and-prey dance in the Kenyan savanna. Bison battle a blizzard while being pursued by wolves.

  4. E4. Jungles

    Apr 22, 2019 · 47m

    Jungles comprise the most diverse habitats on Earth in which only the most resilient species triumph. The fiercest jungle species include jaguars, caimans, gibbons, orangutans, spectral tarsiers, hummingbirds, and parasites.

  5. E5. Deserts

    Apr 29, 2019 · 47m

    Deserts are getting even hotter, drier and bigger, yet a host of remarkable animals still survive in the harshest of conditions, including cunning hyenas, pint-sized meerkats and sand-dwelling spiders.

  6. E6. Polar

    May 6, 2019 · 47m

    The frozen poles are home to the planet's ultimate survivalists, including polar bears, penguins and Arctic wolves. Their world is changing fast -- breaking apart under their feet -- and their resilience will be tested beyond the extreme.

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