Susan Tackenberg

Los Ogglies buscan un nuevo hogar, pero nunca se sienten bienvenidos en ningún sitio. Apestan y la mayoría de los humanos no les quieren. Cuando Firebottom, el dragón de la familia, aterriza en el vertedero de Smelliville, los Ogglies se sienten como en casa. Y es aquí donde quieren quedarse.

La Agente 00-Cat, Marnie, es una divertida gata doméstica, muy querida por su familia, que jamás ha salido de su casa. Aunque es muy curiosa, lo único que conoce del mundo es lo que ha visto por televisión y cree que todas las historias que aparecen en la pantalla son reales. Admirando las grandes aventuras que les pasan a los protagonistas de las películas, Marnie desea vivir una propia y alejarse de su rutina: dormir, comer, volver a dormir.... Un día, el hermanastro de su dueña, que quiere deshacerse de Marnie, decide asignarle una importante misión, que la llevará al mundo exterior. Durante el viaje, la caja donde viajaba Marnie, se queda “accidentalmente” abandonada en medio de una carretera desierta. Aunque no conoce el mundo, Marnie se propone cumplir la misión.

Some ficus species are strangler figs. The seeds are eaten by birds and pass through the digestive tract undamaged. If they are excreted on the branch of a tree in the feces of the birds and remain stuck there thanks to the mistletoe-like slimy seed coat, the seeds germinate on the branch. The fig plants grow directly there, so they are initially epiphytes. But their aerial roots grow down to the ground. When the roots reach the ground, the figs begin to grow faster and form many more aerial roots. They gradually enclose their supporting or host tree, which eventually dies, forming a cavity inside the strangler fig. The strangler fig also benefits from the nutrients released during the decomposition of the dead supporting tree.

One of the most mysterious animals to inhabit the jungle is the pygmy hippopotamus - up to 300 kg in weight, just 2 meters long, and 80 cm tall, and a true loner. Since its discovery in 1844, generations of researchers have attempted to study it in the wild - but in vain. Although it proved possible to catch a few specimens for zoos, no one ever got to see them before they were already inside the trap. They eluded the gaze of the researchers like phantoms under the protection of the enchanted forest. These are the first ever pictures of pygmy hippopotami in their natural surroundings - the rain forest of West Africa. Set amid stories about their habitat, the film allows a first impression of this timid creature's life. While their ten-times heavier relatives are loud and gregarious and live in open stretches of water, the pygmy hippopotamus moves furtively through the thick undergrowth.