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Night Creatures of the Kalahari
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Program Overview
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One of southern Africa's most evocative names—the Kalahari—conjures up images
of endless desert, scorching heat, thorn scrub, and choking dust. Surprisingly,
for a myth so long perpetuated, the Kalahari is not a desert. Rather, it is a
semi-arid zone with the largest continuous stretch of sand in the world. Water,
the single most necessary element for life, is rare in the Kalahari. NOVA
examines how life has adapted to live in a sparse-water environment and
explores the complex interdependencies that help animals survive and thrive in
such a severe world.
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