“The world is more than we know.”

That wonderful, moving line from William Wyler’s “Ben-Hur” gets an eye-popping twist in “Life,” the spectacular 11-part nature DVD series narrated by Oprah Winfrey.

Picking up where 2006’s “Planet Earth” left off, this Discovery Channel-BBC collaboration zooms in on nature’s most remote habitats.

Komodo dragons hunt for buffalo. Flamingos dance in African lakes. Male humpback whales battle for a female mate. Birds display their murderous nature in the pursuit of love.

One hundred and thirty captivating stories like these are told from around the globe. The producers say that advances in techniques have allowed them to capture animal behaviours never seen before on film including:

  • Dolphins filmed from the air creating circles of mud to entrap fish
  • Time-lapse photography of a giant starfish devouring a dead giant Pacific octopus
  • Komodo dragons bringing down an animal 10 times their size, a task that takes two weeks

Thanks to new high-speed digital cameras, under-water time lapse photography in HD and low-light cameras that venture anew into nocturnal worlds, “Life’s” storytelling scope is a revelatory feat.

Where “Planet Earth” stood back to survey the planet’s epic splendour, “Life” digs in with gusto into the daily survival struggles of animals and plants.

“These creatures aren’t that different from us,” “Life’s” executive producer Mike Gunton told CTV.ca.

“We parachute into one key moment. It may be an animal’s birth, death, a feeding expedition or play time. Sometimes you root for the animals. Sometimes you root for their predators. But the drama is everywhere,” says Gunton.

A groundbreaking film experience

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