Attenborough's Wonder of Song (2022)

• Documentary

Sir David Attenborough chooses his favourite recordings from the natural world that have revolutionised our understanding of song. Each one - from the song of the largest lemur to the song of the humpback whale to the song of the lyrebird - was recorded in his lifetime. When Sir David was born, the science of song had already been transformed by Charles Darwin’s theory of sexual selection: singing is dangerous as it reveals the singer’s location to predators, but it also offers the male a huge reward, the chance to attract a female and pass on genes to the next generation. Hence males sing and females don't.

Rating

8.6 / 10 (9 votes)

Release date

January 3, 2022

Runtime

58m

Language

English

Director

Mike Birkhead, Beth Jones

Status

Released