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Life: Bone Breakers and Bleeding Hearts

on BBC Two England

Life... in the animal world

A special edition in which Dr. Desmond Morris introduces the film
Bone Breakers and Bleeding Hearts

The story of a zoologist's expedition to the High Semyen in Ethiopia to study the social behaviour of the Bleeding Heart Baboon, Theropithecus gelada, and to find out why it has a red heart-shaped patch on its chest.
Told by Dr. John Hurrell Crook.

A BBC Natural History Unit film made with the assistance of the Psychology Department, University of Bristol, and the Ethiopian Tourist Organisation.
Written and directed by Jeffery Boswall.
From the West
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Contributors

Presenter:
Dr. Desmond Morris
Narrator:
Dr. John Hurrell Crook
Writer/director:
Jeffery Boswall
Series producer:
Ronald Webster

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