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‘Planet Earth II’ Heads to the ‘Jungles’: Producers Preview 7 Moments
Week 3 of BBC America’s Planet Earth II takes us to the jungles of the world, which cover less than 6 percent of land but are home to more than half the plants and animals on the planet. More new species are discovered in the world’s jungles than in any other environment, so it should be no surprise that our exclusive sneak peek above is of a new species — the Araguaia river dolphin in Brazil. It’s incredible that there can be such a huge animal we don’t know about,” says Dr. Emma Napper, the
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‘Planet Earth II’ Executive Producer Mike Gunton Previews Top ‘Islands’ Moments
Late last year, Britain got to watch Planet Earth II, the seven-episode follow-up to the benchmark original series that, a decade ago, became the first natural history series to be filmed in high definition. Starting Feb. 18, it will air Saturday nights on BBC America, beginning with “Islands” — which features the harrowing marine iguana and racer snakes sequence that was voted England’s Timeline TV Moment of the Year — and followed by Feb. 25’s “Mountains,” March 4’s “Jungles,” March 11’s “Des
