Crowded Skies
Exploring how animals effortlessly beat gravity, including a creature that creates sound out of thin air with the world's fastest courtship display.
With the help of some surprising creatures from around the world, this series sets out to discover how animals take to the air, defying the force all airborne animals must conquer, gravity.
This episode features a creature that creates sound out of thin air with the world's fastest courtship display and arguably the world's most aggressive bird.
In a South American jungle, there's 'hunt and evasion' flying during the night, as bats and moths fight for the upper hand in one of the world's oldest arms races.
Plus a camera films a giant flock to unlock the secrets that keep half a million birds from colliding in the same air space.
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Angry birds
Duration: 02:09
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The fastest courtship display on Earth
Duration: 02:54
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The secrets of flocking starlings revealed
Duration: 01:57
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Web exclusive: Spider moth discovery
Duration: 02:10
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Cruz
The Overture
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Suranne Jones |
Series Producer | James Brickell |
Broadcasts
- Sun 17 Apr 2016 17:00
- Wed 29 Jun 2016 01:50
- Wed 26 Sep 2018 15:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Wed 26 Sep 2018 15:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sat 28 Sep 2019 20:00
- Thu 27 Aug 2020 15:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sat 24 Jul 2021 12:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sat 1 Apr 2023 10:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
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