David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (2013)

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David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

20134 Seasons7.3

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Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Sir David shines the spotlight on some of nature’s evolutionary anomalies and reveals how these curious animals continue to baffle and fascinate.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 29, 2013
Network: U&Eden, U&W

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20 hrs

27 episodes. About 3 weeks at an hour a night.

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David Attenborough

Self - Presenter

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20134 Seasons7.3

Documentary

TMDB7.3

Votes20

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Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Sir David shines the spotlight on some of nature’s evolutionary anomalies and reveals how these curious animals continue to baffle and fascinate.

Where to watch

Region

Stream

Britbox Apple TV channel

BBC Select Apple Tv channel

Wonder Project Amazon Channel

Buy

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

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E1 · Airs Jan 29, 2013 · 22m · ★ 8.0
Stretched to the Limit
Some animals appear to have taken Nature’s gifts and stretched them to extreme limits. With these two natural curiosities one creature, the giraffe, has ended up with a super-stretched neck, the other, the chameleon, a super stretchy tongue. In both cases nature has found a way to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
E2 · Airs Feb 5, 2013 · 22m · ★ 7.5
A Curious Hoax?
David discovers the curiosities that have led to accusations of forgery but have ultimately helped us rethink evolution. When early explorers brought the first specimen of a duck-billed platypus back to England in 1799, it was thought so bizarre it was deemed a hoax, while the midwife toad became the centre of a raging scientific storm in the 1920s that led to accusations of fakery.
E3 · Airs Feb 12, 2013 · 22m · ★ 8.0
Young Wrinklies
David encounters two examples where Nature has tinkered with the aging process to alarmingly different effect – the first grows old while trapped in a young body while the second looks old from birth but might hold the key to a long life.
E4 · Airs Feb 19, 2013 · 22m · ★ 8.0
A Curious Twist
The single spiral tusk of the narwhal inspiration for tales of unicorns and the myriad variations on the twist of the snail shell have delighted and fascinated naturalists and artists since the dawn of civilization.
E5 · Airs Feb 26, 2013 · 22m · ★ 8.0
Seeing the Pattern
Zebra stripes vary subtly between the different species but there is one group of animals that has evolved colourful patterns of seemingly infinite variety, the butterflies. In this episode David looks at two examples of animal patterns that have bedazzled and baffled science for a long time, and uses modern tools to unlock their secrets.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 29, 2013
Network: U&Eden, U&W

Time to finish

20 hrs

27 episodes. About 3 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

David Attenborough

Self - Presenter

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