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甘蔗蟾蜍：征服
《甘蔗蟾蜍》，一段不寻常的历史，是一部难得一见的片子。它讲述了澳大利亚生物学上一个奇特的真实故事。1935年，为了使国家主要作物甘蔗免遭灰壳甲虫的破坏，昆士兰ZF从夏威夷引进了一批甘蔗蟾蜍。但它们的繁殖速度相当迅速，以至变成了当地的一大公害。
70年前，澳大利亚昆士兰州引进一种蔗蟾蜍以对付甘蔗田里的害虫。如今，这种蟾蜍已经进化成“同类中的强者”，对本地物种构成了威胁。
悉尼大学生物科学家理查德·希恩在新一期《自然》杂志上撰文说：“我们发现这种蟾蜍的腿部较长，不仅能够跳得更快，首先到达新领地，而且领先的蔗蟾蜍比年长的同类腿部也要长。
悉尼大学的研究人员在这场生物“入侵”的最前线――达尔文市以东６０公里处，连续观察蔗蟾蜍达１０个月，发现它们在潮湿环境下一晚能够跳１．８公里远，打破了青蛙蟾蜍世界中的“夜行世界纪录”。
此外，最早到达观测地的蔗蟾蜍的腿普遍比...
CaneToads:AnUnnaturalHistory
A fat, ugly creature whose sole purpose in life is the pursuit of sexual gratification is rapidly taking over Australia. The cane toad--Bufo marinus--was imported to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the Greyback beetle, which was devouring the sugarcane crop. Problem was, the beetle could fly, and the cane toad couldn't. What the cane toad was unusually pro...
梵蒂冈少女：艾曼纽拉·奥兰迪失踪案第一季
A 15 year-old girl living in Vatican City, disappeared under mysterious circumstances that are believed to have involved the Vatican.
启示录：末日
What if the apocalyptic prophecies of the Book of Revelation were to unfold today That's the terrifying question posed in this thrilling new film from HISTORY. When the Wailing Wall comes down in a series of bomb attacks that rock Jerusalem, the event kick-starts seven years of torment that test the limits of mankind. Monster storms ravage the coasts, a horrible virus kills m...
建筑发明
Invention is an anthology of films by leading visual artist Mark Lewis shot in Paris, Sao Paulo and Toronto. From famous corners of the Louvre Museum to the modernist buildings of Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil and Mies van der Rohe in Canada, Lewis takes us on a whirling tour of cityscapes and creates a sense of moving images through glass, light, reflections, concrete, spiral stair...
解密紫禁城
Documentary detailing the creation of Ming Emperor Yongle's palace, the Forbidden City. Forged from hundreds of thousands of timbers felled in the remote corners of his empire, and massive stones dragged across ice from the frozen north, Yongle marshalled a million workers to his vision. At 180 acres and with 9000 rooms, it remains the greatest palace on Earth. For five centuri...
丝路：毒品、死亡和暗网
Documentary looking at the black market website known as the Silk Road, which emerged on the darknet in 2011. This 'Amazon of illegal drugs' was the brainchild of a mysterious, libertarian intellectual operating under the avatar The Dread Pirate Roberts. Promising its users complete anonymity and total freedom from government regulation or scrutiny, Silk Road became a million-d...
