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David Attenborough highlights the curiosities that have led to accusations of forgery, but have ultimately helped assist the rethinking of evolution. When early explorers brought the first specimen of a duck-billed platypus to England in 1799, it was considered so bizarre it was deemed a hoax. Similarly, the midwife toad became the centre of a scientific storm in the 1920s that led to accusations of fakery
More details for David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Mon 31, 1:30 am
David Attenborough explores nature's evolutionary anomalies and examines two creatures whose stretched features have given them an edge in the natural world. The chameleon has an extra-long tongue that helps it catch prey and the giraffe's neck is so long it is easily able to reach the tops of trees for food
More details for David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Wed 2, 5:30 am
David Attenborough highlights the curiosities that have led to accusations of forgery, but have ultimately helped assist the rethinking of evolution. When early explorers brought the first specimen of a duck-billed platypus to England in 1799, it was considered so bizarre it was deemed a hoax. Similarly, the midwife toad became the centre of a scientific storm in the 1920s that led to accusations of fakery
More details for David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Thu 3, 5:20 am
David Attenborough encounters two species with wrinkly skin, where nature has tinkered with the ageing process to different effect. The mole rat retains its looks while growing old and the elephant looks old from birth, yet both creatures live relatively long lives
More details for David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Fri 4, 5:30 am
David Attend questions why spirals are so widespread in nature. He gleans some answers by examining the narwhal's tusk and the spiral shells found on snails and ammonites, as he continues to discover nature's evolutionary anomalies
More details for David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Sat 5, 5:15 am
David Attenborough examines a zebra's stripes and the wings of a butterfly, as he continues to discover nature's evolutionary anomalies
More details for David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Sun 6, 5:35 am
Naturalist David Attenborough shines the spotlight on some of nature's evolutionary anomalies and how these curious animals continue to baffle and fascinate. In this edition, he examines the unusual ways in which Komodo dragons and aphids reproduce
More details for David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Mon 7, 5:25 am