Man and the Earth — Season 1, Episode 16: The Island of the Gannets
Documentary • 30 min • 3 seasons, 124 episodes • ★ 7.4/10
Episode synopsis
On a flat islet covered with glasswort, in the middle of the Venezuelan Coral Sea, brown boobies nest. The reproductive biology of this immense colony is the subject of this episode of Man and the Earth. For a European, explains Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, "someone accustomed to animals fearing his presence, the most surprising thing is the calm with which these boobies welcome these new 'animals.'"
About Man and the Earth
El hombre y la Tierra is a 1974 television series produced by Radio Televisión Española.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Presentation (Venezuelan Series)
- E2The Scourge of the Sun
- E3Operation Anaconda
- E4The Capybara Roundup
- E5The Venezuelan Virgin Jungle
- E6The Yanomami, a People of the Jungle
- E7In Search of the Indians of the Upper Orinoco
- E8The World of the Jaguar
- E9The Fierce People
- E10A Camp in the Virgin Jungle
- E11The Giant Otter
- E12The Sacred Mountain