David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies — Season 1, Episode 3: Triumph
Documentary • 51 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 8.4/10
Episode synopsis
David Attenborough concludes his epic history of the evolution of flight with an exploration of the highly advanced fliers that dominate our skies today – the extraordinarily diverse skills of the birds, and the sonar-guided precision of the bats. He encounters some of our planet’s most remarkable fliers – from peregrine falcons dive-bombing starlings over Rome, to hummingbirds hovering in the cloud forests of Ecuador. In a spectacular finale, he visits Gomantong cave in Borneo to witness the mass exodus of a million bats.
About David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
Evolutionary story of flight from the very first insects to the incredible array of creatures which rule the skies today.