HIMALAYAS: Life in Thin Air | Wildlife Documentary
Grand Epoch
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In the Himalayas, survival begins where the air grows thin.
Across the highest mountains on Earth, freezing temperatures, steep terrain and scarce food make every day a test of adaptation.
From snow leopards learning to hunt among the cliffs and bharal escaping across impossible slopes to pikas preparing for winter, golden eagles taking to the air, Himalayan wolves hunting as a pack, and bearded vultures surviving on what others leave behind, life here has evolved around the limits of the mountains.
This wildlife documentary follows the animals of the Himalayas through the challenges that define their lives — finding food, avoiding predators, raising young, surviving winter, and moving through one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
GRAND EPOCH presents
HIMALAYAS — Survival at the Roof of the World
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Roof of Survival
03:35 Snow Leopards
11:23 Cliff-Climbing Bharal
16:14 Plateau Pikas
21:02 Tibetan Foxes
25:52 Golden Eagles
30:43 Himalayan Wolves
36:44 Mighty Yaks
42:00 Bearded Vultures
46:48 Life Goes On
RESEARCH & FURTHER READING
• Lyngdoh, S. et al. — Prey Preferences of the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia): Regional Diet Specificity Holds Global Significance for Conservation. PLOS ONE, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone....
• Smith, A. T. & Foggin, J. M. — The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a keystone species for biodiversity on the Tibetan plateau. Animal Conservation, 1999.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S136794309900...
• Harris, R. B. et al. — Evidence that the Tibetan fox is an obligate predator of the plateau pika: conservation implications. Journal of Mammalogy, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.1644/14-MAMM-A-021
• Werhahn, G. et al. — Himalayan wolf distribution and admixture based on multiple genetic markers. Journal of Biogeography, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13824
• Qiu, Q. et al. — The yak genome and adaptation to life at high altitude. Nature Genetics, 2012.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2343
• Brown, C. J. & Plug, I. — Food choice and diet of the bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus in southern Africa. South African Journal of Zoology, 1990.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1990...
© Grand Epoch
Original narration, research, editing and production by Grand Epoch.
#WildlifeDocumentary #Himalayas #NatureDocumentary
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HIMALAYAS: Life in Thin Air | Wildlife Documentary
Grand Epoch
2,551 views
In the Himalayas, survival begins where the air grows thin.
Across the highest mountains on Earth, freezing temperatures, steep terrain and scarce food make every day a test of adaptation.
From snow leopards learning to hunt among the cliffs and bharal escaping across impossible slopes to pikas preparing for winter, golden eagles taking to the air, Himalayan wolves hunting as a pack, and bearded vultures surviving on what others leave behind, life here has evolved around the limits of the mountains.
This wildlife documentary follows the animals of the Himalayas through the challenges that define their lives — finding food, avoiding predators, raising young, surviving winter, and moving through one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
GRAND EPOCH presents
HIMALAYAS — Survival at the Roof of the World
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Roof of Survival
03:35 Snow Leopards
11:23 Cliff-Climbing Bharal
16:14 Plateau Pikas
21:02 Tibetan Foxes
25:52 Golden Eagles
30:43 Himalayan Wolves
36:44 Mighty Yaks
42:00 Bearded Vultures
46:48 Life Goes On
RESEARCH & FURTHER READING
• Lyngdoh, S. et al. — Prey Preferences of the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia): Regional Diet Specificity Holds Global Significance for Conservation. PLOS ONE, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone....
• Smith, A. T. & Foggin, J. M. — The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a keystone species for biodiversity on the Tibetan plateau. Animal Conservation, 1999.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S136794309900...
• Harris, R. B. et al. — Evidence that the Tibetan fox is an obligate predator of the plateau pika: conservation implications. Journal of Mammalogy, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.1644/14-MAMM-A-021
• Werhahn, G. et al. — Himalayan wolf distribution and admixture based on multiple genetic markers. Journal of Biogeography, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13824
• Qiu, Q. et al. — The yak genome and adaptation to life at high altitude. Nature Genetics, 2012.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2343
• Brown, C. J. & Plug, I. — Food choice and diet of the bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus in southern Africa. South African Journal of Zoology, 1990.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1990...
© Grand Epoch
Original narration, research, editing and production by Grand Epoch.
#WildlifeDocumentary #Himalayas #NatureDocumentary
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