Natural World · SEASON 17
Islands of the Vampire Birds
Episode 16 · 1999-03-14

- Documentary
Episode overview
Wildlife documentary looking at the finches of the Galapagos Islands which have evolved to not only to eat seeds and pick ticks off tortoises but also to drink the blood of the latter.
Season 17 episodes
1. South Georgia: an Island All Alone1998-10-11
2. Capybara: Swamp Hogs1998-10-18
3. Secret Sharks1998-10-25
4. Mountain of the Sea1998-11-01
5. Orangutans: the High Society1998-11-08
6. The Fatal Flower1998-11-15
7. Vanishing Pools of the Zambezi1998-11-22
8. Manu: Amazon Paradise1998-11-29
9. Impossible Journeys1998-12-06
10. Cheetahs in a Hot Spot1998-12-13
11. Dolphins: The Wild Side1999-01-17
12. Year of the Jackal1999-01-24
13. Everglades: to Hell and Back1999-01-31
14. Tough Ducks1999-02-21
15. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo1999-02-28
16. Islands of the Vampire Birds1999-03-14
17. The Farm That Time Forgot1999-03-21
18. Iran: Secrets of the North1999-03-28