First Steps
Documentary. With penguin chicks hatching out all over, this film captures the young ones walking on their mothers' feet and taking their own first unsteady steps.
Watched by spycams, chicks are hatching out all over. Male emperors form an identity parade before handing over their newborns to the returning females. The mothers shuffle into a huddle to protect their offspring from a blizzard. Outside, one tiny chick doesn't make it and lies frozen by his mother. Chickcam films the young ones walking on their mothers' feet and taking their own first unsteady steps. Females without young try to kidnap the new arrivals and giant petrels force the chicks to huddle for protection.
On the Falklands, rockhopper chicks meet some unruly neighbours - king cormorants. Predatory vultures are seen off by a penguin army. Caracara birds grab an eggcam and film the aerial shots of the colony! Parents take a rock shower and even 'chimney climb' to their own private spa. The chicks face more predators and bereaved parents plan a chicknap.
In Peru, Humboldt chicks emerge into the desert. The adults leave their burrow plastered in mud and needing a bath. They're joined in the waves by Humboltcam and boisterous fur seals. Home alone, the chicks shoot gulls with projectile poo and the colony faces a huge cormorant invasion.
The chicks are learning to become adult penguins.
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A Caracara flies off with an eggcam
Duration: 01:54
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Rockhopper shower
Duration: 01:08
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Philip Dalton |
Director | John Downer |
Broadcasts
- Mon 18 Feb 2013 21:00
- Sun 24 Feb 2013 17:05麻豆官网首页入口 One except Wales & Wales HD
- Sat 11 Oct 2014 18:30麻豆官网首页入口 Two Scotland
- Sat 11 Oct 2014 19:30麻豆官网首页入口 Two except Scotland & Wales
- Wed 2 Sep 2015 15:45
- Wed 3 Jan 2018 15:15
- Sun 10 May 2020 16:35麻豆官网首页入口 One except Wales & Wales HD