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SD CINEMATOGRAFICA was formed in 1961 as a production company. Since its founding, the company has produced Films, Variety Programmes, and Science and Cultural documentaries for the Italian public broadcaster RAI and other leading international television companies. In recent years the company has focused on wildlife, Science and History documentaries with such success that it now counts National Geographic Channels, Discovery Channels, TF1, ARTE, NHK, TSR, ARD/BR, PBS and ZDF, as well as RAI and Mediaset, among its clients. Many SD documentaries have won major international prizes at the world’s leading festivals, including Academy Award, Emmy and Banff nominations. Today SD Cinematografica has over 800 hours of programming to its name. [abs]

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(Serie: Animal Files)

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Carlo & Lodovico Prola

Ditta Prola

26'

SD

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Forthright, simple and spontaneous, and so extremely sincere that they could never lie. This is how we perceive the animals around us. But is this really true? Deception is actually a truly ancient talent, used both to escape a predator and to surprise a prey.
Camouflage, which is the art of hiding by imitating the colours of the surroundings, is perhaps the most effective trick.
Sometimes some harmless animals don’t try to camouflage in the natural setting but, on the contrary, to show off bright and easily recognizable colours to send a clear message to keep out, ‘I am dangerous’!
But the champion of tricks and deception is the toad. Facing a predator it freezes, hoping to blend in with the green grass. Then it tries to scare off its stubborn enemies by puffing up to look bigger and scarier. When all the other tricks have failed, the toad plays the card of thanatosis: he rolls over on its back, pretending to be dead.

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