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Spider-tailed Horned Viper : Possibly the Coolest Snake in the World
Season 1 Episode 19
The spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) is in many ways an unremarkable snake. But in one very particular way - its tail, and w…
7 years, 6 months ago
Mariana Snailfish : As Deep As A Fish Can Go
Season 1 Episode 18
The Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei) was only discovered and described a couple of years ago: and it was a big deal, because no fish has ever…
7 years, 8 months ago
Crowned Eagle : The Predator Next Door
Season 1 Episode 17
The Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) is one of the largest birds of prey in Africa. It's probably the most powerful and almost certainly the o…
7 years, 8 months ago
Violet Oil Beetle : The Hitchhiker From Hell
Season 1 Episode 16
The violet oil beetle (Meloe violaceus) is our way into a discussion of leaky leg joints, toxic oil, aphrodisiacs, the cantharidin world, hitch-hikin…
7 years, 9 months ago
Australian Trumpet : Maximum Snail
Season 1 Episode 15
The biggest snail in the world, Syrinx aruanus, turns out to be a highly specialized and effective predator. And we'll get to it via dolphins, mistak…
7 years, 9 months ago
Epomis, Cymothoa, Hymenoepimecis : Halloween Horrors
Season 1 Episode 14
In recognition that Halloween is almost upon us, we pay a visit to Nature's dark side. A beetle, a crustacean and a wasp that do really pretty extrao…
7 years, 10 months ago
Northern Fulmar : The Foul Gull of St. Kilda
Season 1 Episode 13
The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is one of the commonest seabirds in the North Atlantic, and a true master of the air. It is also, slightly l…
7 years, 10 months ago
Baikal Seal : The Seal That's Never Seen The Sea
Season 1 Episode 12
The Baikal seal is the only purely freshwater seal species in the world, and it lives in precisely one place: Lake Baikal in Siberia. A lake which is…
7 years, 11 months ago
Spectral Bat : Maximum Bat
Season 1 Episode 11
The Spectral Bat (Vampyrum spectrum - which is pretty cool as scientific names go) is the biggest bat in the Americas, and the biggest carnivorous ba…
8 years ago
Shark, Stick, Crake : Updates and Supplementals
Season 1 Episode 10
Revisiting the subjects of the first three Wild Episodes! Just how common is the huge, ridiculously long-lived Greenland Shark? New research has the …
8 years, 1 month ago