- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Mark Braxton
The purpose of colour and pattern in the natural world is the focus of this final part of an unfussy but enriching series. Are the zebra’s stripes for sexual attraction, to break up its outline or to deter flies? And what about the colouring of butterflies? Sir David addresses that last question from the Natural History Museum, which houses more than three million specimens.
As with previous instalments, there’s no pat answer; just fabulous stats and striking illustrations. The moment the sun’s warmth spurs monarch butterflies into flight, like a blizzard of leaves in autumn, is a fairy tale made real.
About this programme
5/5. David Attenborough examines a zebra's stripes and the wings of a butterfly, as he continues to discover nature's evolutionary anomalies.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Presenter
- David Attenborough
Crew
- Executive Producer
- Stephen Dunleavy
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