Environment Nature and animals
Connexion sauvage
2023
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
We join the vet Claudia Gilbert as she travels the world to meet some of those who have a remarkable relationship with wild animals.
Environment | Nature and animals
Episode 1
46 min
Steve and the wolverines
Haines, Alaska. Thanks to the passion of Steve Kroschel for this legendary animal, Claudia enjoys a fascinating encounter with a creature shrouded in mystery, the wolverine. Very few people ever have the chance to get this close to one.
Episode 2
46 min
Cristina and the sharks
Claudia is in Freeport, in the Bahamas, where Cristina Zenatao offers her an opportunity to overcome a childhood fear and go diving with sharks.
Episode 3
46 min
Keith and the rays
West End, in the Bahamas. Keith G. Cooper never fails to marvel at the southern stingrays he studies. He hopes that his work will increase people's sympathy for this often misunderstood animal.
Episode 4
46 min
Bernard and the elephants
At the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya, Claudia has a meeting with Bernard Lesirin. An elder of the Samburu community, he lives surrounded by his protégés: the wild elephants of the savannah.
Episode 5
46 min
Peter and the rhinos
In Kenya, Claudia has both feet firmly on the equator. Here in the heart of the Ol Pejeta Nature Reserve, she meets the last two northern white rhinos and their guardian angel, Peter Esegon.
We join the vet Claudia Gilbert as she travels the world to meet some of those who have a remarkable relationship with wild animals.
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Exploring the edge of the boreal forest, where the Arctic, alpine regions and ocean meet. This project is led by Karine Genest. The explorer is intrigued by the overlapping of species and their capacity to survive. With scientists and guides, she discovers the secrets of the wild.
Arctic winters are merciless. Yet, through thick and thin, marine mammals and birds manage to survive in this hostile environment. From the open waters to the centre of the ice field, where caribou herds take refuge, Kelsey Eliasson explores this ecosystem in the company of experts in Inuit traditions.
"If we do nothing, in twenty years, the Mediterranean will be a dead sea!": this phrase by Jacques-Yves Cousteau was uttered in 1979. Forty-five years later, despite a certain amount of progress, his observation remains just as valid. Has the battle been lost? Franck Lorrain investigates.
