Carol Farneti Foster

What do we know about these tiny animals that touch us so much? This film presents the life and development of young animals and their entry into adulthood through a world full of adventures, discoveries, trials and above all games. Follow these baby animals from birth as they play and explore the world.

Yochi, a selectively mute Mayan kid, tends a nest of endangered parrots in the pine savanna of Belize. When his beloved older brother, Itza, returns from the city, Yochi learns that he has become a poacher.

Join barefoot scientist Jesús Rivas in the murky marshes of Venezuela on his quest to understand these huge, fearsome reptiles. Up to 30 feet long, weighing many times more than the scientists studying them, anacondas are difficult subjects at best, but the National Geographic team captures brilliant footage of them swimming, resting, mating, and hunting prey.