Communication
Wildlife experts travel the globe in search of the most surprising animal stories. The team investigate the strange world of animal communication.
The team investigate the strange world of animal communication.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is in Austria, where scientists are interpreting the howl of the wolf and asking if they really deserve their 'big bad' reputation.
Zoologist Lucy Cooke discovers the communication skills required to persuade a penguin - raised by people - to swim. Lucy also heads to the Bahamas, where new research claims to have found that sharks could be social, make friendships and even have personalities.
Conservationist Giles Clark is in Australia to see how cutting-edge communication technology is saving the koala.
Biologist Patrick Aryee is in South Africa to investigate the seductive calls of a love-struck lioness, while on the west coast of Canada we reveal a family of killer whales behaving in a very unusual way, and in Florida we meet the clever birds who use their remarkable powers of communication to get exactly what they want.
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"Just think of them as big dogs"
Duration: 01:55
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Two white lions are reunited
Duration: 01:09
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall |
Presenter | Patrick Aryee |
Presenter | Lucy Cooke |
Presenter | Giles Clark |
Executive Producer | Alice Keens-Soper |
Series Producer | Gary Broadhurst |
Director | Serena Davies |
Director | Rob Neil |
Producer | Rob Neil |
Production Manager | Samantha Tilyard |
Production Company | Oxford Scientific Films |
Broadcasts
- Thu 15 Sep 2016 20:00
- Sun 2 Oct 2016 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Scotland & Scotland HD
- Mon 3 Oct 2016 08:00
- Wed 19 Sep 2018 16:15
- Thu 15 Aug 2019 16:15
- Sat 17 Oct 2020 15:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland