Mysterious Mediterranean

Rugged cliffs, blue sea and idyllic sandy beaches, that's how you know the Mediterranean. But this calm and tranquil impression is deceptive. The Mediterranean Sea is in a state of constant change. Even today, the African and Eurasian continental plates are moving toward each other. Forces of gigantic proportions created some of the most active volcanoes on earth in the Mediterranean! Animals that want to survive in these extremes must find a way to escape the deadly dangers... Part 1 'Of sperm whales and desert foxes' tells us the story of animals of the deep sea that are almost unknown to us and of a desert fox mother who masters the rearing of her young in one of the most merciless coastal regions of the Sahara. - Europe's coastal region is characterized by mountains and different vegetation zones, while various desert forms predominate on the African coast. Between deserts and volcanoes, the challenges for the animals are enormous. During the long filming period, the team around animal filmmaker Thomas Behrend succeeded in showing in rare footage how the animals master life in these extremes...