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The giant panda gives birth to the smallest baby of any mammal and has to care for and protect it for many months. The kiwi lays one of the largest eggs in the bird world, which produces a very well developed chick. Why don’t pandas give birth to more developed, robust young, and why do kiwis produc...

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Corporate Author: BBC (Firm)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [2016]
Series:Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Series 4.
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Online Access: Streaming video (Wentworth users only)
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Summary:The giant panda gives birth to the smallest baby of any mammal and has to care for and protect it for many months. The kiwi lays one of the largest eggs in the bird world, which produces a very well developed chick. Why don’t pandas give birth to more developed, robust young, and why do kiwis produce a single egg that is a quarter of its body mass and almost too big to lay?
Item Description:Originally released by BBC, 2016.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 11, 2017.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (22 min., 34 sec)) : sound, color.
Format:Streaming video file.
System requirements: Films On Demand platform.
Audience:9 - 12, Academic/AP
Language:Closed-captioned.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Title from distributor's description