Super Senses
We find out about the animals that live in the shadows and the adaptations they need to survive. Nocturnal animals have taken to this dark world for good reason. You need some special abilities to cope with the lack of light.
We find out about the animals that live in the shadows and the adaptations they need to survive. Nocturnal animals have taken to this dark world for good reason. You need some special abilities to cope with the lack of light.
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For some animals January is a time of lush plenty, for others babies are on their way. From the pine martens that frolic in snowy northern wonderlands to capybara finally released from the Amazon's dry season to a river swelling with watery life.
Attend monkey school in Thailand where Nok, a three-year-old macaque monkey is bananas for her new job, and meet Sam, a beach donkey on his first day carrying kids in Skegness, England.
Take an intimate look at the world's tallest land mammal to uncover the secrets behind its massive size and unique biological adaptations.
The twins' troop gatecrash a children's birthday party, causing the city monkey catcher to launch a bold campaign to banish the tearaways for good.
Things suddenly look up for Bipin as his heroic actions following a bungled house raid don't go unnoticed by the twins' terrorizing troop.
The Gangaur Marriage Festival sees Jaipur alive with celebration, and with love also in the air, Bipin and Tito try their luck with the palace garden females.
Journey to the frozen Arctic, where survival is an art form. Discover how the mighty polar bear thrives in brutal cold and how the fierce wolverine becomes a master hunter in the snow.
Prepare to enter the world of nature's ultimate hunters! Discover how silent-flying owls stalk their prey undetected and how leopards use incredible night vision to dominate the darkness.
Get ready to explore the animal kingdom's ultimate speedsters, like the lightning-fast cheetah! Then, dive deep into the mysteries of animal intelligence with the brilliant dolphins and clever orangutans—where mind meets instinct in astonishing ways.
In Mammoth Lakes, Steve Searles uses non-lethal tactics to manage human-bear conflicts and ensure both species coexist safely during peak season.
For some animals January is a time of lush plenty, for others babies are on their way. From the pine martens that frolic in snowy northern wonderlands to capybara finally released from the Amazon's dry season to a river swelling with watery life.
A drama packed mission flying six tigers from the Netherlands to South Africa is hardly off the ground before there's a medical emergency and the challenges of treating lions with medical problems.
In this last episode of Super Senses we take the grand final tour to see the greatest of all the special weapons that help some animals to govern the wilderness. In this episode we see it, hear it, touch it, smell it and taste it like animals do.
Animals use communication to attract mates,warn off predators, defend territory, or trick their prey. And of course, it's the senses that play the key role - Sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing - all are employed to send signals to others.
We find out more about the animals that have their feet firmly planted on or under the ground. And find out how their senses are tuned to survive. What we see above the ground is only a small part of the natural world.
We find out about the animals that live in the shadows and the adaptations they need to survive. Nocturnal animals have taken to this dark world for good reason. You need some special abilities to cope with the lack of light.
Animals that live life on the wing, have a vast expanse of sky to navigate, find mates, locate food, and avoid predators in… Living in this aerial realm requires a unique set of senses, specialized to cope with life above ground…
While all life began in the oceans, human beings now rely on technology to navigate the seven seas – left to our own devices we're like the proverbial fish out of water. Only the other way around.
In this episode, we examine how every animal has what could be called a sense of rhythm – the human animal included. To give an obvious example, there's our internal body clock which responds to the so-called Circadian rhythm.
There's a whole world and more than one spectrum of sensations that animals are aware of, yet which just pass humans by. There's a kind of “sixth sense” that some animals have which still defies explanation.
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