大卫·爱登堡爵士即将步入人生第94个年头，这部独特的影片展现了这位传奇人物背后的非凡形象。它记录了爱登堡非凡的一生，讲述了他从孩提时代的化石猎人到早年的演讲者的历程，他的许多创新的节目改变了自然历史编程的面貌，首创性地使用了3D和4K等技术。这个特别节目讲述了爱登堡在旅途中的岁月——从加拉帕戈斯群岛，到加拿大山区，再到婆罗洲丛林。结合独家的幕后镜头，坦率的现场采访和惊人的时刻从他开创性的纪录片，这部电影捕捉了一个你从来没有见过的爱登堡。

1961年的一个炎热夏日，正在拍摄《动物园探索》的大卫•阿滕伯勒从一名马达加斯加当地男孩手中，接过了一些巨大的蛋壳碎片。这些碎片是男孩在覆盖着沙粒的河床上发现的，它们属于世界上最大的鸟类——已经灭绝的重达半吨的象鸟。自从大卫在马达加斯加拍摄完《动物园探索》后，这里就发生了巨大的变化：80%的雨林遭到破坏，而人口却激增了四倍，当地特有的50多种哺乳动物在灭绝的边缘挣扎。阿滕伯勒珍贵的蛋壳碎片能解释远古象鸟的消失之谜吗？我们能从象鸟的命运中领悟到拯救马达加斯加野生动物的方法吗？

我们知道，熊猫、老虎和猩猩都是能够登上头条的濒危物种，但其他即将消失的物种处境如何呢？大卫将介绍十种非常重要但却很少被人提及的动物，包括洞螈、沟齿鼠、达尔文蛙以及其他一些相貌古怪、具有奇特生活习性的生物。在神奇的礼堂、图书馆和自然历史博物馆的深邃洞穴里，大卫分享了他对于灭绝问题的看法，解释了一些濒危动物的重要性。另外，本片还有一个没有主持人的版本《方舟》。

David Attenborough chooses his ten favourite animals that he would most like to save from extinction. From the weird to the wonderful, he picks fabulous and unusual creatures that he would like to put in his 'ark', including unexpected and little-known animals such as the olm, the solenodon and the quoll. He shows why they are so important and shares the ingenious work of biologists across the world who are helping to keep them alive.

David Attenborough investigates the remarkable life and death of Jumbo the elephant - a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the movie Dumbo. Attenborough joins a team of scientists and conservationists to unravel the complex and mysterious story of this large African elephant - an elephant many believed to be the biggest in the world. With unique access to Jumbo's skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History, the team work together to separate myth from reality. How big was Jumbo really? How was he treated in captivity? And how did he die? Jumbo's bones may offer vital clues. Arriving in London Zoo in 1865, Jumbo fast became a firm favourite of Queen Victoria and her children, and was nicknamed the Children's Pet. Yet behind the scenes, this gentle giant was living a double life - smashing his den, breaking his tusks and being pacified by large amounts of alcohol given to him by his keeper, Matthew Scott. Scott had no human friends but had a deep empathy for animals, developing a particularly strong and near mystical bond with Jumbo. Then, quite suddenly, London Zoo caused public outrage by selling Jumbo to PT Barnum's circus in America where he travelled with his devoted keeper to start a new life. But while his time in America turned him into star with 20 million people coming to see him, his life ended tragically and mysteriously. As well as Jumbo's skeleton, Attenborough explores the lives of wild elephants to explain Jumbo's troubled mind, and he discovers how our attitude to captive elephants has changed dramatically in recent years.

大卫艾登堡分享他毕生所学，揭开地球最壮丽水下栖息地的面纱，向我们展示人类正身处最伟大的海洋探索时代，并强调其重要性。在揭露海洋面临的最大挑战时，艾登堡传达了一个充满希望的讯息：以前所未有的规模复原海洋生态并非遥不可及。

在英国的侏罗纪海岸，发现了一个值得注意的2亿年前的化石 - 鱼龙的骨头，一条巨大的海龙。 大卫·爱登堡爵士参加了研究活动，将这个古老生物的故事重新展现在世人面前。 团队使用最先进的成像技术，重塑鱼龙骨骼并制作有史以来最逼真的鱼龙动画。 一路上，这支队伍陷入了一个2亿年前的谋杀案之谜，只有经过艰苦的调查，才能揭开这种非同寻常的生物背后的命运故事。

David Attenborough follows the remarkable story of the discovery of fossils in the Patagonia region of Argentina which prove to belong to the largest animal to ever walk the Earth.

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1961年的一个炎热夏日，正在拍摄《动物园探索》的大卫•阿滕伯勒从一名马达加斯加当地男孩手中，接过了一些巨大的蛋壳碎片。这些碎片是男孩在覆盖着沙粒的河床上发现的，它们属于世界上最大的鸟类——已经灭绝的重达半吨的象鸟。自从大卫在马达加斯加拍摄完《动物园探索》后，这里就发生了巨大的变化：80%的雨林遭到破坏，而人口却激增了四倍，当地特有的50多种哺乳动物在灭绝的边缘挣扎。阿滕伯勒珍贵的蛋壳碎片能解释远古象鸟的消失之谜吗？我们能从象鸟的命运中领悟到拯救马达加斯加野生动物的方法吗？