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How Do Animals Do That?
How Do Animals Do That?

How Do Animals Do That?

—New science and amazing demonstrations explain the bizarre, the brilliant and the most mind-blowing animal behaviors.
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24 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Levitating Lizards and Immortal Jellyfish
    Supersonic Owls and Invisible Octopuses
    Backwards Birds and Slimy Sea Creatures
    Puppy Dog Tails and Crocodile Jaws
    Psychic Cats And Fuzzy Otters
    Elephant Noses and Ancient Animals
    Supersmart Dolphins and Hungry Hyenas
    Space Bugs and Squirrel Mind Maps
    Acrobatic Cats and Butterfly Wings
    Cuddly Rhinos and Bizarre Noses
  • Levitating Lizards and Immortal Jellyfish

    How a lizard can literally walk on water; how hippos speed through water if they can't actually swim; how bees find nectar; jellyfish; cats' whiskers.
    Upcoming
  • Supersonic Owls and Invisible Octopuses

    How owls catch prey they can't see; a theory about the proximity of rats; what makes octopuses masters of disguise; why penguins' feet don't freeze; why African wild dogs are the ultimate hunters.
    Upcoming
  • Backwards Birds and Slimy Sea Creatures

    How hummingbirds fly backwards; an investigation into whether cockroaches will survive the apocalypse; how dogs know when people are sad; the hagfish.
    Upcoming
  • Puppy Dog Tails and Crocodile Jaws

    What a dog's tail wag means; the cleverness of cockatoos; zebras' black and white stripes; the secret behind a crocodile's powerful jaws; how chameleons change color.
    Upcoming
  • Psychic Cats And Fuzzy Otters

    How cats detect earthquakes; how owls hunt in total darkness; how cheetahs accelerate more quickly than a car; how sea otters keep warm in icy waters; how ants heal their wounded.
    Upcoming
  • Elephant Noses and Ancient Animals

    How the blue whale became the biggest animal ever; why elephants have trunks; why ladybugs have spots; why some animals live a long time; why cats purr.
    Upcoming

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Season 110 of 40 Episodes

  • How a lizard can literally walk on water; how hippos speed through water if they can't actually swim; how bees find nectar; jellyfish; cats' whiskers.

  • How owls catch prey they can't see; a theory about the proximity of rats; what makes octopuses masters of disguise; why penguins' feet don't freeze; why African wild dogs are the ultimate hunters.

  • How hummingbirds fly backwards; an investigation into whether cockroaches will survive the apocalypse; how dogs know when people are sad; the hagfish.

  • What a dog's tail wag means; the cleverness of cockatoos; zebras' black and white stripes; the secret behind a crocodile's powerful jaws; how chameleons change color.

  • How cats detect earthquakes; how owls hunt in total darkness; how cheetahs accelerate more quickly than a car; how sea otters keep warm in icy waters; how ants heal their wounded.

  • How the blue whale became the biggest animal ever; why elephants have trunks; why ladybugs have spots; why some animals live a long time; why cats purr.

  • The intelligence of dolphins; how hyenas eat every last scrap of their dinner; how geckos defy gravity; how leeches suck blood; why some cats are afraid of water and others love it.

  • How squirrels find their nuts; how bees make honey; why some cobras spit; whether alligators are music lovers; whether a bug can survive in space.

  • A look at how anteaters slurp up so many ants, why beavers build dams, how canines stay cool, why humpback whales sing, and why dung beetles do what they do.

  • A look at how dogs detect underwater targets, what makes ostriches nature's best marathon runners, how sloths spend so much time upside down without passing out, and can a pelican bill really hold more than his belly can.
How Do Animals Do That?

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New science and amazing demonstrations explain the bizarre, the brilliant and the most mind-blowing animal behaviors.

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Hugh Bonneville, Eric Meyers

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