13 x 11’filmed in HD

an Earth Touch production

Survival Stars is a new 13-part roller-coaster ride through the animal kingdom. With a colourful combination of animation and HD wildlife footage, each episode showcases the oddities of nature like you’ve never seen before.

Who lives in a house made of spit?Can foxes really fly?

What tastes with its feet?Who’s got blue blood?

Whether you have scales, claws or bone crunching jaws, join our quirky toons as

they celebrate the art of survival with animals from around the world

in “Survival Stars”.

13 x 11’

Distributed byEarth Touch

Chris Fletcherchris@earthtouchuk.com

5th FloorFairgate House

78 New Oxford StreetLondon WC1A 1HB

United Kingdom

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Episode 1: Hide and Seek – Wild Animal DisguisesFrom creeping leopards to well-hidden hares – we see how colourful creatures use crafty camouflage to get in and out of trouble. From those who blend in to those that stand out – can you spot who’s hiding here?

Episode 2: Record Breakers - Extremes in the Animal KingdomHow many veggie burgers can an elephant eat? Who lays the biggest egg and what on earth is a capybara? Find out the answers and more in this supersized episode.

Episode 3: Home Sweet Home – Animal Pads and PenthousesHow does it feel to live in a burrow with 30 cousins... How to find a new shell when you have outgrown yours...Who lives in a shack made out of spit?

Episode 4: Eye Spy – Super Animal SensesFind out how some creatures can see, smell and hear much better than we can! From soaring eagles with super-sight, sonar-powered bats and snakes that smell with their tongues, we take a new look at the ways of the wild.

Episode 5: Who’s Eating Who? - Animal Pecking OrdersFrom the smallest to the biggest, we find out where animals fit into the food chain. From the king of the jungle to tiny plankton, what’s on the menu tonight?

Episode 6: Tall Tails - Animal Myths and Freaky Facts Do you get warts from kissing frogs? Are elephants scared of mice? Can foxes really fly? Meet some freaks of nature in an episode that looks into animal oddities.

Episode 7: Rumble in the Jungle - Animal Attack and DefenceWhat do animals do when they have to fight? How do they defend themselves? From powerful paws to bone-crunching jaws, this episode features battlefield basics from the wild.

Episode 8: ‘Allo ‘Allo – Communication between AnimalsFrom whales calling across the oceans, jackals barking warnings and ants blazing a trail, we look at the many different ways animals talk to each other.

Episode 9: Toxic Tools – Animal Bites, Barbs and BlistersIn this episode we dig into the torture toolbox. Razor-sharp teeth, stingers and venomous fangs vie with truncheon-like tails and bone-crushing boas in nature’s armoury.

Episode 10: Who’s your Daddy? – Animal FamiliesFrom orangutans to paddler crabs, lions to turtles, every animal grows up in a different family. In this episode we track how diverse and bizarre animal families can be.

Episode 11: Ice, Ice Baby, – How Animals Stay Cool (and hot!)Jump into a mud bath with an elephant to find out how they cool themselves down, dive into the icy waters with a penguin without freezing your feathers off … Not too hot, not too cold, just right!

Episode 12: Gobble and Go! – Animal Foodie FactsHow many tons of plankton does a whale have to eat? How often does a lion get hungry? Can you swallow something bigger than you in one bite? Find the answers to these questions and more in this exciting buffet of facts.

Episode 13: Nighty Night! – Where & Why Animals SleepNight owls, early birds, catnaps and snake siestas … Catch forty winks upside down with a whale and discover how and why creatures nod off in the final episode of this series.