This episode explores the astonishing diversity of the 30,000 fish species that thrive in massive populations. Viewers will discover remarkable abilities, such as flying, generating electricity, and enduring extreme environments like hot soda lakes or the frigid depths beneath Antarctic ice. The journey also highlights the incredible migration patterns of species like salmon, which travel vast ocean distances and conquer waterfalls in their quest to reproduce.
Show
Life on Earth
Episode
S01E05
Air Date
Feb 13, 1979
Season 1 Episodes
S01E01
Flushed
S01E01
The Infinite Variety
S01E02
Size Matters
S01E02
Building Bodies
S01E03
The First Forests
S01E03
Sex, Death & Nudity
S01E04
The Swarming Hordes
S01E04
Inferno
S01E05
Conquest of the Waters
S01E05
The Girl with Two Breasts
S01E06
Invasion of the Land
S01E06
The Cupboard of Patrick's Love
S01E07
Victors of the Dry Land
S01E08
Lords of the Air
S01E09
The Rise of the Mammals
S01E10
Theme and Variations
S01E11
The Hunters and Hunted
S01E12
Life in the Trees
S01E13
The Compulsive Communicators