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Natural World

2007-2008

Episode 15: Spectacled Bears - Shadows of the Forest

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Behind the famous children's character Paddington Bear is a very real creature that still lives in deepest, darkest Peru - the spectacled bear. Little is known about the habits of this elusive creature, and as narrator Stephen Fry reveals, many of our assumptions were wrong. For years they were thought to be gentle vegetarians, but the latest studies reveal a new and alarming side to this endangered bear. Show less

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