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Wildlife on Two

Lifesize

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

David Attenborough takes a look at the incredible extremes of size in the natural world, investigating why there are no mammals the size of ants, and no insects larger than a rhinoceros beetle, why elephants are not larger, and why the huge size of the dinosaurs has not been seen in any other species since their extinction. Show less

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