Chris Packham explores bats' incredible anatomy, physiology and senses to understand what enables them to thrive in some surprising places.
15-09-2024
BBC 4
Chris Packham reveals how the crocodile's circulatory system enables it to hold its breath underwater for over an hour and how sensitive skin helps detect its prey.
11-05-2024
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Chris Packham explores the ways in which ants have managed to achieve their global success, including natural air-conditioning systems and shelters made from their own bodies.
04-05-2024
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Chris Packham explores the evolution of the great ape's brain to reveal how different parts have been adapted over time by its anatomy, ingenuity and sociability.
16-03-2024
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Chris Packham reveals how hairs on the skin help keep elephants cool, how sensors in their feet may guide them towards rain and how a pouch in their mouths stores water.
10-02-2024
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Chris Packham explores the specialised adaptations that have enabled bears to thrive, including how a polar bear's hollow fur allows it to feed throughout the Arctic winter.
07-02-2024
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Chris Packham explores details of the penguin's anatomy, using new research to reveal how its legs, wings and body shape have allowed it to conquer a range of habitats.
27-01-2024
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Chris Packham delves beneath the skin of the big cats to explore what makes them such good hunters, and reveals that it's not all about brawn.
08-01-2024
BBC 4
Chris Packham explores how snakes use their senses to hunt, from heat-sensitive pits used to capture prey in the dark to tongues used to lure fish.
14-09-2023
BBC 4
Chris Packham reveals how a dolphin pod uses body movements to communicate the location of food and explores the strategies used by orcas during a hunt.
12-09-2023
BBC 4
Chris Packham sees how the fox's senses, intelligence and flexibility helps it buck the trend of carnivores struggling to compete in a world with a rocketing human population.
06-09-2023
BBC 4