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.
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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.
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.
Some animals have the aerial advantage. They're the fearless fliers that have the battlefield covered, scoping out the situation with super senses and the right stuff.
Within this natural world lie countless hidden worlds, which each animal perceives in its own way, with its own highly tuned senses. These are the Specialists.
On the savannah, in the forest, or under the sea, the competition never quits. Having the right gear provides more than a fighting chance for success.
Life in the wild is life during wartime, and these animal soldiers have mastered the tactics of surveillance, stealth, and attack.
In the water, it takes sophisticated navigation systems, fine-tuned reflexes, and high-precision detection methods to survive. These animals have what it takes.
Survival demands an edge. Witness some of the animals whose elite sensory abilities put them at the top of their game.
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.
On this episode we travel from the desert, to the forest, Australia to Borneo and back to learn how species as diverse as Bat-eared Foxes, the Bilby, Deer, Kangaroo Rats, cicadas, Proboscis Monkeys and other creatures never miss an auditory trick.
In this episode we'll explore the animal sense of sight, and you'll see there's a lot more to this than meets the naked eye. People with good vision are sometimes called "eagle eyed", but eagles can see a fish from many dozen metres away.
Tommy highlights resilient dogs overcoming the odds, breaking boundaries to prove that their difficult backgrounds do not limit their bright futures.
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