主演：Patrick Aryee
导演：Sam Hodgson
类型：纪录片 动物 欧美综艺
地区：美国
年份：2016
简介：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.