Ingenious Animals

Taal: nld
Categorie: Documentaire

A team of wildlife experts travel the globe in search of the most surprising animal stories and reveal how and why animals do such remarkable things. This episode explores the anatomical secrets of some of the most fascinating animals on the planet. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is in the French Alps to find out how one man's understanding of an eagle's abilities could help him save it from extinction. Giles Clark is in Australia meeting a kangaroo that is more at home climbing in the trees than hopping through the outback. Giles is also in Kenya, looking at how hippos could be the life force of African river systems. Lucy Cooke is in Costa Rica to find out if the sloth's laziness is the key to its success, and in the UK she meets the scientists who have been investigating how sea lions catche their prey in the dark. Patrick Aryee discovers how a fox with supersensitive hearing can thrive in one of the harshest habitats on Earth, and Shanta Barley reveals the secrets of the platypus.