Product Description

Through stunning animation, Walking With Prehistoric Beasts follows the rise of mammals from the first signs of success aft the demise of the dinosaurs to the ice ages, when humankind completed its conquest of the world's mega fauna. It reveals not only the first appearance of familiar animals like whales, bats, horses and cats, but our own heritage running back to the very first primates.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7871 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2002-02-12
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 300 minutes

Customer Reviews

Beyond Dinosaurs!
This BBC series is fantastic and we highly recommend them for adults and children who are interested in prehistoric life. My kids are enthralled with these creatures and -- at 5 and 3 years old -- can rattle off their multi-syllabic names with ease! Overall a wonderful learning experience.

Caution: Some violent or scary images in the natural world, as well as mating scenes, which are brief. One episode deals with the evolution of man in a way that may conflict with your beliefs.

A forgotten past..
When people think of Earth's past, it is usually the dinosaur age of which they think. They tend to forget the fact that the Earth has a huge history of which that Age was only a small part. This encompasses that portion of history often glossed over in favor of the rise of humans, and the very strange and fascinating creatures that existed even before we arrived and existed with us for a time before going extinct. While we might remember the Wooly Mammoth, the Cave Bear and the Saber-toothed Cat, We don't remember the Hyenadon or the Intelidont, or the Gastornis, the monster bird that ate early horses. This is a trip into a topsy turvey world that is strangely fascinating and fills in that gap between the Dinosaurs-and us.

An excellent addition to the Walking With collection.
I enjoyed Walking With Dinosaurs so much I decided to watch this series as well, and I was not disappointed. The special effects were excellent, and the information about the ancient creatures was presented in such an interesting way I practically forgot it was a documentary. Highly recommended.