Supergiant Animals

Supergiant Animals

2013 · 59 min · ★ 8.5 · Documentary

Steve Backshall travels across the world to encounter the most charismatic supergiant animals and discovers the remarkable things that their size enables them to do. Highlights include Steve swimming with Nile crocodiles in Botswana, dodging two-ton elephant seals in California and diving with sperm whales in the Caribbean.

Directed by Matthew Wright

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