猴子：奇妙的动物家族

Followingthesuccessof'BigCats:AnAmazingAnimalFamily',engagingpresenterandbiologistPatrickAyreereturnstoinvestigateourclosestrelativesinthenaturalworld-primates.'Monkeys:AnAmazingAnimalFamily'isalavishdocumentarythatfollowsPatrickacrosstheglobeasheexplorestheincredibleevolutionaryriseofdazzlinglydifferentprimatespecies.Today,therearemorethan300speciesofprimates.Allofdifferentshapesandsizes,theycanjumphigher,swingfurtherandsolveproblemsbetterthanvirtuallyanyotheranimalgrouponEarth.Buthowandwhy?Patrickgetsupcloseandpersonalwithapesandmonkeysasheclimbstheprimatefamilytree.Beginning60millionyearsagoinAsia'sdenseforests,hediscoverstheoriginoftheearliestprimatesandhowtheyconqueredtheworld,makingitfromSouthAfricatoAmericawheretheyevolvedintotheintelligent,inquisitiveandmorephysicalmembersoftheprimatefamilythatwenowknowasmonkeys.Aswellasinvestigatingtheriseoftheapesandthebirthofourclosestanimalrelative,thegorilla,Patrickexploreswhythesecreaturesdevelopedintoincredibleacrobatsandhowtheyevolvedtohavestrongandlongtails,loudhowlsorhugeclaws.Fromthetinymouselemurtothegiantgorilla,Patrickexploresthemallinastunningthree-partdocumentarythatfeaturesgorgeousphotography,extraordinaryanimalbehaviorandoneofTV'sbrightestnewpresentingtalents.