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Ice Worm : Life on Ice
Season 1 Episode 39
The glacier ice worm Mesenchytraeus solifugus might look unremarkable, but it is an extraordinary animal. Above all, it's extraordinary in where it l…
6 years, 2 months ago
Greater Honeyguide : The Bird of Light and Dark
Season 1 Episode 38
The Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) is famous for its extraordinary co-operative relationship with humans. Less famous is its ruthlessly des…
6 years, 3 months ago
Bonnethead Shark : The Shark That Eats Grass
Season 1 Episode 37
The Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) is a shark that packs quite a bit of unique into its smallish size. It's a member of the hammerhead family, so …
6 years, 3 months ago
West Indian Fuzzy Chiton : The Argus Shell
Season 1 Episode 36
The West Indian fuzzy chiton (Acanthopleura granulata) is a relatively unobtrusive, modest-looking marine mollusc with an extraordinary secret. Its s…
6 years, 4 months ago
Barbary Macaque : The Monkey That Killed A King
Season 1 Episode 35
The Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) is the only macaque that lives outside Asia, hanging on in pockets of the wild Atlas Mountains in North Africa.…
6 years, 4 months ago
Yeti Crab : The Abominable Crustacean
Season 1 Episode 34
Yeti crabs (Kiwa spp.). Hydrothermal vents. Life built not on sunlight, but on chemistry. We're going for a visit to some of the strangest places, wi…
6 years, 5 months ago
Alpine Chough : The Black Feather of the Neanderthals
Season 1 Episode 33
The Alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) is, as far as birds are concerned, pretty much the ultimate mountaineer. It has bred at higher altitude than…
6 years, 5 months ago
Solorzano's Peripatus : The Giant Red Velvet Glue Gun
Season 1 Episode 32
Solorzano's Peripatus (Peripatus solorzanoi) is the biggest velvet worm in the world. Which makes it the biggest example of a very, very unusual grou…
6 years, 6 months ago
Portuguese Man-o-War : The Flagship of the Blue Fleet
Season 1 Episode 31
The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) is the most famous and spectacular member of the Blue Fleet. Questions to be asked and answered: What i…
6 years, 7 months ago
Anelosimus eximius : The Social Spider
Season 1 Episode 30
Most spiders live solitary lives, but Anelosimus eximius is an example of a different lifestyle: colonial living. A very social spider, that maintain…
6 years, 8 months ago