Synopsis
A camera towed behind a Devil Ray films unique shots of an unborn ray pup 'kicking', a sign that the pup might soon be born.
- Programme: Animals with Cameras
- Series: 1
- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Biology
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Add Notes
More resources about Ecology
2: Water | How Earth Made Us
2: Water | How Earth Made Us
Professor Iain Stewart continues his epic exploration of how the planet has shaped human history. He investigates how water has influenced the r...
Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change: The Facts
Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change: The Facts
A discussion of the devastating impact of burning fossil fuels.
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.
6: Cities | Planet Earth II
6: Cities | Planet Earth II
Cities can be worlds of surprising opportunity for animals, from the leopards prowling the streets of Mumbai to the peregrine falcons hunting amo...
4: Deserts | Planet Earth II
4: Deserts | Planet Earth II
The world's deserts force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival ...
Volcanoes and the carbon cycle | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Volcanoes and the carbon cycle | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Professor Chris Jackson explains the important role that volcanoes play in the carbon cycle.
3: Deserts and Grasslands | Planet Earth III
3: Deserts and Grasslands | Planet Earth III
David Attenborough explores earth's greatest wildernesses, where extraordinary life survives in unexpected ways, and nature puts...
9: The Rise Of The Mammals | Life On Earth
9: The Rise Of The Mammals | Life On Earth
Mammals have proved to be one of the most adaptable products of evolution. David Attenborough looks at their evolution from reptil...
Carbon in the ocean | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Carbon in the ocean | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Dr Helen Czerski explains how carbon is incorporated into the ocean and how the increase in carbon intake is impac...
Nutrients from decay support new life | After Life: The Strange Science of Decay
Nutrients from decay support new life | After Life: The Strange Science of Decay
Spec references J247: . Showing how plant is broken down by animals and microorganisms into ...
3: Coral Reefs | Blue Planet II
3: Coral Reefs | Blue Planet II
The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough reveals the ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.
4: Big Blue | Blue Planet II
4: Big Blue | Blue Planet II
The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough explores a vast ocean desert where sperm whales must dive 1,000 metres just to feed.
5: Deserts | Planet Earth
5: Deserts | Planet Earth
David Attenborough looks at deserts around the world from Namibia to Chile, unravelling the secrets behind desert survival and revealing their ephe...
5: Forests | Planet Earth III
5: Forests | Planet Earth III
Sir David Attenborough journeys into the forests, where dogs communicate with whistles, treehoppers fight assassin bugs, 'spirit bears' fish, a...
Cattle feedyard | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Cattle feedyard | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Liz Bonnin visits a cattle feedyard, a mass factory farm, that contains about 50,000 cows.
Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley
Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley
Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotton production.
Piling on pounds | Life
Piling on pounds | Life
Brown bears take advantage of a salmon run to fatten up for the winter.
Sustainable meat production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Sustainable meat production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Liz Bonnin discusses the importance of understanding the process behind the meat we eat (warning: this clip conta...
The Carbon Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again
The Carbon Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again
Naturalist David Bellamy examines the six elemental cycles vital to life. This episode covers carbon, on whose cycle the earth's futur...
The carbon cycle and global warming | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
The carbon cycle and global warming | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
The carbon cycle process is being overwhelmed by the amount of carbon dioxide released into the at...
More from Gordon Buchanan
2: South America | Equator from the Air
2: South America | Equator from the Air
In South America, Gordon flies over the Amazon in search of illegal loggers, and in the Andes he meets conservationists searching for...
Chimanuka and Marhale | Gorilla Family & Me
Chimanuka and Marhale | Gorilla Family & Me
Gordon Buchanan observes a totally different side to Chimanuka's behaviour: he is caring for an orphaned baby.
Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet
Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet
Liz Bonnin and Ade Adepitan investigate two ambitious river restoration projects: in the US, the largest dam removal in the world,...
My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
Gordon Buchanan takes an epic camel ride across the Gobi Desert to discover how these most iconic, yet least understood, animals...
Meerkat cam reveals newborn pups | Animals with Cameras
Meerkat cam reveals newborn pups | Animals with Cameras
Gordon enlists the help of meerkats to film a whole new perspective on their lives. Wearing tiny cameras on their nec...
S2E1: Shark People of the Pacific | Tribes, Predators & Me
S2E1: Shark People of the Pacific | Tribes, Predators & Me
Gordon Buchanan joins a family in a tropical paradise to learn how to swim with sharks. Freedivers teach Gordon ab...
Evans-Gordon's Conservative Party | Who Should We Let In?
Evans-Gordon's Conservative Party | Who Should We Let In?
Evans-Gordon's immigration policies and the history of fear about immigrants.
Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan
Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan
Gordon Buchanan heads to Canada at the peak of bear season to discover what life is really like in the tiny town that's become k...
Episode 1 | Arctic Live
Episode 1 | Arctic Live
Gordon Buchanan, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve follow the story of the Arctic. Tonight, Simon travels to an unspoilt corner of Greenland that could bec...
Finding Food in the snow | Life In The Snow
Finding Food in the snow | Life In The Snow
How wolverines have adapted to finding and eating food in the snow.
Competitive mating displays | Lost Land of the Volcano
Competitive mating displays | Lost Land of the Volcano
Gordon watches on from the canopy as two Raggiannas perform their majestic mating displays, and manage to secure a mate.