Discovery Channel presents epic series LIFE

Filmed over 3200 shooting days with 70 cameramen and 30 production units,across every continent and in every habitat,this is LIFE as no one has ever seen it before.

Announcing the launch of the series,Rahul Johari,senior vice president & general manager,India,Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said,”LIFE brings some of the most incredible stories ever caught on camera and highlights the efforts of men and women who spent days,weeks and months patiently waiting for a perfect shot.”

One of the most highly influential voices,Sir David Attenborough will introduce the unparalleled and compelling natural history images ever seen. These include the first filming of a male humpback whale mating battle (called the heat-run) from the beginning to end; a pebble toad rolling down a mountain,bouncing like a rubberball,to escape a tarantula; the bizarre mating ritual of the elusive Vogelkop bowerbird found in the deep forests of New Guinea and an astonishing night scene showing massive numbers of Humboldt squids shunting cooperatively for sardines.

For the first time ever,a Yogi Cam was deployed specifically for LIFE allowing a camera to track smoothly alongside migrating reindeer and elephants. Intricate cable rigging was employed to enable the crew to fly a camera through thousands of monarch butterflies in Mexico,providing a unique butterfly-eye perspective.

The premiere episode of LIFE,Challenges of Life,provides an overview and sets the stage for this epic series. The other nine episodes include Reptiles and Amphibians,Mammals,Fish,Birds,Insects,Hunters and Hunted,Creatures of the Deep,Plants and Primates.