🦫 Could the world’s biggest beaver dam really dwarf the Hoover Dam? From booming “beaver cities” to their surprising comeback (and even “beaver bombing”), these furry engineers are reshaping landscapes. 🌿

🌾 Social weaver birds build giant tree-top apartment blocks packed with life — while swiftlets craft bizarre saliva “hammocks”… and antlion larvae set deadly sand traps like tiny snipers. 🎯

🐝 Giant Asian honey bees defend their homes with shimmering waves, and underwater, a pufferfish creates intricate sand masterpieces to build the perfect nest. 🌊✨

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🦚 What is the real purpose of sexual dimorphism? From strutting, show-off peacocks to enormous male seals and tiny females, plus the bizarre love life of the anglerfish. 🤯🌊

🐬 Dolphins aren’t always the friendly faces we think they are… what really goes on during mating season, and just how dark can their behaviour get?

🐾 And is there actually an evolutionary advantage to being cute — or are humans just projecting our own ideas onto the animal kingdom? ✨

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🦜 From the red-eyed vireo, the tiny “preacher bird” that somehow belts out a staggering 22,197 songs in just 10 hours (yes, really!), to the white bellbird, whose call is so loud it’s basically like standing next to the speakers at a rock concert… except it’s screaming directly into a female’s face. 🔊🎚️🤘

🐋 Humpback whales might be trying to chat with us — not out of fear, but pure curiosity — by blowing perfect bubble rings underwater. 💬

🐒👃🏽 Meet the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin, which communicates through scent marking… and Steve’s face-off with a satin bowerbird. 💙

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🐆 How close should you really get to a snow leopard? Steve shares a heart-stopping near miss with one of the most elusive predators on Earth. 😳🏔️

🌵 How do animals survive in the harshest places on the planet — and what happens when apex predators like dingoes and Tasmanian devils are brought back to restore balance?

🕷️ And do spiders actually eat their own webs? Plus, a simple challenge: what might you discover if you wake up early enough to watch one being built…

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🐿️ 🌰From squirrels with a near-perfect mental map of their buried snacks to goldfish that can remember far more than you’d think… 🧠🐠

🐘 Meet the matriarchs of the animal kingdom — elephants whose incredible memories may hold the secret to longer lives, thanks to the rare and remarkable “grandmother effect.” 👵🌍

🪶 And it’s not just remembering — some of the smartest birds on Earth, like crows, can make tools, solve problems, and even pass knowledge on… proving memory in the wild is anything but simple. 🐦‍⬛⚒️

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🦈 Ever wondered if sharks are good mums? Turns out life as a baby shark is brutal. The moment they’re born, they’re on their own — just survival in the big blue. 😬🌊

👀 Do sharks ever hunt together? We dive into the surprising social side of these ocean predators… like how many sharks show respect to the biggest females. 👑

🏝️ And if you actually want to see sharks in the wild, where should you go? Plus the incredible sharks that can swim from the ocean hundreds of kilometres up rivers. 🚤🦈

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🦈💙 Dan shares how he turned his love for sharks into a career — taking a very unconventional route to become one of the ocean’s biggest shark champions. 🏆

Meet Dan’s favourite shark, the epaulette shark — famous for its incredible ability to “walk” across reefs and out of rock pools to escape predators. 🪨🐚

🌊 Things get seriously intense as Dan and Sarah share one of their closest calls — caught in a powerful vortex current and later stranded out at sea in Japan without a boat. 🇯🇵🗾

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💪🏽 Ever wondered what the bite force of a goose is? Steve reckons he might’ve bite-tested more animals than anyone else on Earth… and honestly, we believe him. 🌏😅

🕷️🕸️ Do wild animals ever keep other animals as pets? Meet the spiders that open their homes to frogs. 🐸🏠

🐜🐄 And we ask the big questions… what’s the most successful species in Earth’s history — and can animals actually hold a grudge? 😤

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🐻‍❄️🐊 From polar bears to crocodilians carrying their babies gently in their mouths… to reptiles like leopard iguanas leaving their hatchlings in a protective pile of poo — motherhood in nature comes in many wild forms. 🥚💩

🕷️ Meet the ultimate self-sacrificing mum — the crab spider mother who lets her babies drink nutrients from her legs… before they eat the rest of her. 🕷️🦀

🐼 Not all mums can raise twins — giant panda mothers often choose one cub to care for, leaving the other behind in a tough twist of sibling rivalry.

🐸 Some mums go to incredible lengths — like the gastric-brooding frog that swallows her eggs, switches off her stomach, and protects them inside her body.

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Ever wondered if animals have accents? Sarah and Lizzie discuss if orcas really pass down their own unique calls and communication styles through generations. 🐋🎙️

From gorillas to leafcutter ants to dung beetles… who’s the true strength champion for their size in the animal kingdom? 💪🐜

And do all animals defend a territory— and what happens when that animal packs up and migrates? 🗺️🦅

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And Sarah's got a new book! https://linktr.ee/Wild_Apprentice

⚡👀 🕷️ Meet the flattie spider — whipping around its prey in a spin so fast it holds the title for the quickest terrestrial twirl on Earth. 😵‍💫🕸️

🦅 🦅 We spotlight the peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on Earth, zooming through the sky in an incredible super-speed dive.

🚄 🇯🇵And nature inspiring transport engineering — Japan’s bullet train modeled on the kingfisher’s beak to slice through air in near silence. 👑🎣

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Scorpions that can survive underwater thanks to their wild “book lungs.”

Animals reaching heighests hieghts.. from Vultures spotted by an airliner at cruising altitude to Spiders kite-flying to the edge of the stratosphere.

And the gloriously named golden-butted leaf-eared mouse. And yes… the Echidna’s four-headed penis...

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🌊 From the deep cold, dark waters where life moves slowly and lives ridiculously long... where some Glass sponges have survived 17,000 years.🧽🔎

Meeting Ming the giant clam — 507 years old that was already alive when Leonardo da Vinci was painting the Mona Lisa.🐚🖼️

🦈 We trace ancient lineages: Sharks cruising our oceans for 400 million years, Horseshoe crabs older than dinosaurs and Velvet worms predating flies and mosquitoes.🪱🧲🦀

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🦈 Why are some orcas obsessed with shark liver — and what’s the story behind pods wearing salmon as actual hats? 🐋🐟 (Yes. Salmon hats.)

🦁 Why don’t big cats bother with tiny snacks? When you’re a lion or tiger, why ignore small prey and go all-in on the big prey?

🧠 And does neurodivergence exist in animals? Can wildlife have different brain wiring too?

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🐟 How many hearts is too many? From fish and reptiles to squid with multiple hearts, the animal kingdom might suprise you!

🩺 Meet the zebrafish that can regenerate it's heart… and the frogs that literally stop theirs to survive freezing temperatures ❄️🐸

🦑 And finally… Steve makes his case for three-hearted cephalopods as the strangest hearts of them all.🫀🫀🫀

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Ever wondered why a snake might suddenly throw up its lunch? 🐍🤢

🐝 Why are honey badgers called honey badgers… and how did they become fearless, beehive-raiding machines?🦡🍯

🏙️ And how can you spot the fastest bird on the planet hiding in plain sight — yes, even in the middle of a city? 👀🦅

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And just a head's up, adult themes are discussed so this episode might not be suitable for small ears....

How common is monogamy in the natural world? 💍🌿

How different positions make reproduction more likely… in frogs 🐸👀

The obscene noises made by 95-year-old tortoises… and yes, Steve does an impression 🐢😳🎤

And is love just “the negotiating procedure of how to pass on your DNA” (as Lizzie describes it)… or is it something more magical? ✨❤️🧬

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Where on earth do eels actually go to reproduce… and why is it still such a massive mystery?🪱🔍

🧠 Why do some animals have brains in the weirdest, wildest places? 🪳

🎥 When filming out the the WIld, Steve Lizzie and Sarah discuss the fine line between observing nature… and when to step in and save a life. 🚨💪

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Frrom mud-loving marvels like the Chilean helmeted bullfrog 🐸, to the paradox frog whose skin slime could help treat diabetes 🧪

Sarah shares experience wrestling with sharp-tooth catfish, and explains how some dolphins use mud as a hunting tool. 🐬

Plus: Busting quicksand myths, ancient lungfish that cocoon themselves in mud for years, and muddy landscapes where woolly mammoths likely took their final steps.

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Are any animals left-handed? 🦀🤨

Did dinosaurs shed their skin like snakes? 🐍🍌

And do any animals other than humans have baby teeth? 🦷👶🐘

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From the bizarre process of moulting 🐛

to the mad scientists who tried to build exoskeletons for humans (and then attempted to get eaten by a snake to prove they work 🐍😳),

and why ladybirds are a gardener’s best friend 🌱

but cause havoc here in the UK 🇬🇧🐞

Plus, there’s another banger of a TV blooper from Steve 📺😂

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Why do dogs love rolling in fox poo? 💩🦊

Why do pine martens delay having babies? 🧭🤨

And how do midges form massive swams in Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦟

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Lizzie dives into the science behind the jaw-dropping blues of the electric blue tarantula, Morpho butterfly, and the Hyacinth macaw. 🕷️🦋🦜

Discover why guillemot eggs look like tiny blue works of art, each one totally unique — and how their unusual shapes are an evolutionary masterstroke.🥚💙

Hear why Blue-tongued skinks flash their electric tongues at predators.

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Do animals experience anxiety… even flies? 🧠

Why is Alfred Russel Wallace Steve’s hero? 🧭📚

And Cope's Rule: why do animals get bigger over time? 🐴

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And Steve sends us a message from Chile 🇨🇱, where he’s hoping to track down the elusive puma 🎥😼

Sarah and Lizzie dig into…

How barnacle goose chicks launch themselves off 100 metre high cliffs 😱

The sneaky Bluestriped Fangblenny, who loves to take bites out of unsuspecting fish who’ve come for a spa day 🐟 🦷

Why you should never step in a puddle in the Northern Territories of Australia without checking for a saltwater crocodile first 🐊

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🧬 What’s the real skin difference between us humans, our ape cousins, and our ancient ancestors?

🤰 Are there other animals like seahorses where the males get pregnant?

🕷️ Do tarantulas recognise or remember their owners in captivity? ...Steve shares a story of one flirting with him!

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Hypnotising a shark by turning it upside down? 🦈

Does Sarah have parasites? 🦠

Why we need to protect ugly animals...

Plus, THAT banana slug story. 🍌

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Steve Backshall has a secret he's been burning (or should I say, freezing?!) to let you all in on...

Plus, a rerun of our first ever episode: Freezing 🥶

What do you get when a polar bear mates with a grizzly 🐻‍❄️

A walrus starts making music 🎶

And a scientist decides to freeze themselves on purpose?! 👨‍🔬❄️

A wild podcast episode!

Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts talk snow blindness, getting deliberately hypothermic in the name of science, and the mashup that is the Pizzly Bear (or Grolar Bear, depending which way round it goes). Plus: walrus songs, narwhals, questionable taxidermy, and even a surprisingly useful penis bone.

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👩‍🍳 Are there any chefs in the animal world that prepare food simply for taste?

🦇 Why do bats not fall off the ceiling when hibernating?

🐟 And how on earth did fish start breathing air?

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And Steve sends us a message from Indonesia 🇮🇩, where he’s filming the latest season of Deadly 60 🎥🐍

The clever ways that manta rays use the depths of the ocean to help them navigate 🧭

Octopus Gardens discovered by deep-sea submarines 🐙🚢

And are whale falls one of the greatest sights in the natural world? 🐳💀🌍

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What are the animal sounds we can’t hear — and how might they be connected to our understanding of the supernatural? 🐘👻

Which animals act most like they’re in a soap opera? (There’s a lot of scandalous behaviour in the animal kingdom!) 🎥🎭

And how do squirrels remember where they hid their nuts? 🌰 🐿️

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🦛 Hear how hippos are making a habit of munching on people's lawns for a midnight snack🌿

🐻 Meet Hank The Tank: Lake Tahoe's beloved 500-pound house burglar 🦹

🦈 And uncover how artificial light is helping breaching great white sharks make a comeback in South Africa 💡

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🐊 What’s Steve’s number-one rule for meeting wild animals -

and how it helped him during a close call with a huge crocodile? 😳

🐝 How does a hive choose its new queen?

And why are tiny Queen bees being mailed around the world? 📦👑

🐍 The team reveal which snakes show parental care and whether baby snakes are really more dangerous than adults. 🤔

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🐋💙 Steve relives the unforgettable moment he swam alongside the largest animal on Earth — a true ocean giant.

🕷️ Meet Namibia’s spoor spider a crafty hunter that catches ants… then cooks them on scorching desert sand. 🐜🔥

🐠🍑 And discover the mischievous pearlfish, famous for living up a sea cucumber’s bottom (yes… really).

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⚔️ Do animals know how strong they are before they choose to fight — and how do they size each other up in the wild? 🐾💥

🦈 The team discuss why a dissected dogfish had no brain..❓🧠

🦀 And find out what a crab is really doing in that viral video where it makes those suspicious little side-steps on the beach! 👀📣

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🐆💥 Jaguars that crush turtle shells and take down crocs — and Steve’s wild front-row stories!

🎨🐈‍⬛ Why big cats wear spots, rosettes and bright colours — and how that bold fur is actually perfect camouflage.

Plus we meet the world’s smallest cat, the rusty-spotted cat, tiny enough to curl up in the palm of your hand. 🐈🤲

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🦌 Why do deer, reindeer and moose shed their antlers?

Steve breaks down the mystery of the fastest-growing bone tissue on the planet. 🦴💫

🐍 What’s the deal with two-headed snakes?

Are they different species — and can other animals grow two heads?

🌿 Thinking of a career in conservation? Steve, Lizzie and Sarah map out the jobs — and the experience that actually matters.. 📚🦺

🦈 And find out the best places to spot sharks in the North Sea? 🌊

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🦈 What happened when Steve searched for basking sharks off Scotland’s west coast? 🐳 🦦 Where's the best places to spot orca, otters and seals, (oh my!) off Shetland? 🦞 Plus, how conservationists around the world are turning to Arran Seabed Trust to show 'em how it's done! 🦐

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🌍 What are keystone species — and why are animals like sea otters and Salmon so important for the planet? 🐟🦦

🐈 A Cornish cat survives three months trapped in a shipping container — how did it do it? 🕸️💧

🐝⚡ Discover how Bees and spiders use electromagnetic forces to their advantage.. Could this mean animals have secret senses we still don’t understand? 🕷️✨

⏳ And could humans have hidden senses too — like feeling time or even the Earth’s magnetic field? 🧭🤯

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Steve tells us about that time he got told off by a Clown Fish 🤡🐠

🔊 Why these little ocean oases 🌊 are louder than you think (and the incredible reason noise is so important 🎶🐡)

💪 And how ‘Super Coral’ might be the answer to repopulating reefs in the future 🌞🌿

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❓ What actually is a Plankton... and does it really have anything to do with size? 🌊🔬

🦩 What makes a Flamingo pink — and can other birds turn pink too? 💕🪶

🧦 Plus, Steve’s got a great use for his old used tights... 😆

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The good, the bad, and the ugly of wildfires — and yes, sometimes they’re actually good for wildlife 🌿

🐎 How wild horses in Spain are being reintroduced to help reduce fire risks 🇪🇸

⚡️🔥 From lightning storms to fire tornadoes, nature’s most electrifying displays ⚡️🌪️

Plus… 🛶 Steve and his wife have been on another ridiculous impromptu adventure — kayaking to the Isles of Scilly 🏝️ between school runs! 🚸😂

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😱🦈 Do death-defying creatures really exist — and would the team reverse ageing if they could? 👵🧬

🐋 How do marine mammals hold their breath for so long underwater? ...Steve reveals the secrets of his six-minute freedive training! 🤿💦

🐬⛵Steve shares his most jaw-dropping British wildlife sighting yet — spotted just hours before recording! 🇬🇧👀

🦖 Plus, were dinosaurs really forced to shrink into birds? The gang unpacks how evolution took these giants from scales to feathers. 🪶✨

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🦇 🌙🦋Meet nature’s true night feeders: vampire bats and even moths that sip blood, tears, and open wounds. 😬✨

🐟 Steve shares his chilling encounter with a giant, vampiric candiru catfish. It’s the stuff of nightmares! 🌊😳

🩸 Vampires come in all sizes — from leeches and ticks to fleas with a thirst for blood. These tiny terrors are the ultimate bloodsuckers 😱🦟🪱

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🏙️ Which human-made places make the best homes for wildlife? From lizards on ancient walls to death adders in Aussie backyards... animals are moving in! 🦎🐍🌆

🐄 Can mosquitoes really kill a cow?

🌲 And if trees “talk” through underground fungi, could forests have memories? The gang digs into nature’s ultimate super-organism. 🍄🪵🧠

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🌐 From viral videos sparking conservation movements to scientists using social media to track migrations, the internet’s become a powerful tool for wildlife. 🐘🌍🕊️

🛸 Drones are opening up incredible new ways to film wildlife — and Steve and Lizzie share their top tips for how to capture those moments without disturbing the animals. 🦅🌿

🐾🔬Plus, discover how you can help the wild world through citizen science projects that really make a difference. 🦋🌱

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🐟 Do fish wee?

🍺 What’s the ultimate post-snorkel pint in Cornwall?

🌆 What are the wildest (and most unexpected!) animals you can spot in our cities? Hint: one’s the fastest creature ever to live on Earth! 🦅⚡

🐙 Plus… swimming with octopus in the UK — and why this year has been one of the best!

...and...

🎟️ The DeadlyLive tickets giveaway winner is announced! 🏆

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🦌 It’s rut season! Red deer, musk ox and Welsh mountain goats are locking horns in battles that could date back 100 million years! ⚔️🐏

🐻 It’s that time of year — migrations on the move and bears are bulking up! Steve relives his close encounter with three huge bears fishing for salmon in an Alaskan waterfall. 🐟💦

🍄 And beneath the leaves, the forest comes alive with fungi — fairy parasols, orange peel fungus and the not-so-friendly death cap! 💀🌈

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🇦🇺Why does Australia have so many wild and wonderful animals? (Hint: millions of years of isolation can do strange things...)🏜️🦘🐍

🧠👁️What’s the deal with the tuatara’s mysterious third eye — and is this modern-day mini Godzilla really one of a kind? 🦖

🐋💦Plus, Steve lets us in on the secret behind his incredible whale encounters — when sperm whales, orcas, humpbacks and even blue whales seeked out his company. 🤿

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🦴 From hollow-boned birds to bugs that only sprout wings as adults, nature has engineered flight in some wild ways.

🦎 And in the forests of Southeast Asia, Draco lizards have mastered the art of gliding — proving you don’t need feathers to soar.

🌍 From feathers to flight, gliding to flapping — how did evolution lift life off the ground?

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🐬📡 How did dolphins and whales evolve the incredible ability of echolocation? 🌊

🔍And what are the best tips for keeping a diary or species log of your own adventures in the natural world?📒✒️🦋

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🐌 Worms that grow into Snails eyes 👁️✨, to tongue-eating isopods that become fish’s tongues. 😱🐟

🐝 Oh, and did we mention there might be up to a million different kinds of parasitic wasps?!

So… are parasites gross, genius, or just the ultimate survivors? 🌍💡

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🐍 Why do some reptiles give birth to live young instead of laying eggs? 🥚

👅 How does a snake’s forked tongue work like a hammerhead shark’s wide head? 🦈🤯

🦢 And can a swan really pack enough strength to break a leg? (Spoiler: you might want to keep your distance!)

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🙈 Bald Uakari and Prabosis Monkeys - primates with a face for podcasts.

🐡 The infamous Blobfish gets a total glow-up under deep-sea pressure. 🌊

🤔 But let's be honest... beauty is in the eye of the beholder... so when does an animal become so ugly it's cute again? 🐗💖

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🕷️ What makes spiders the kings of causing phobia?

🐓 Why cockerels cock-a-doodle-doo but hens don’t?

💩 And how some very valuable bird poo has started wars throughout history.

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🦑 Searching for the Colossal Squid (the real-life Kraken)

🧜 From the recently discovered to the myths that might actually be real...

🔬 And how even in 2025, new species are still being discovered.

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You'll hear...

🎥 How she got into Wildlife Filmmaking... and went viral on TikTok

🌊 Exploring the amazing nature of Cornwall

🦏 Adventures with Rhinos, Humpback Whales and Nightjars

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🐚 Can Mantis Shrimp really punch through glass?

🐍 Where’s the best place to spot poisonous snakes in the UK?

🍄 And what’s the deal with Brazil’s glowing mushrooms?

...And the UK's top 5 best animals... according to Lizzie.

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🤔Did you know that …

The sperm whale is loudest animal on Earth — or it uses sound as a weapon!?

👶 Chimpanees can recognise the cry of human babies?

🌱 Or that plants scream?

Steve, Lizzie and Sarah are here to bring the noise as they shout about the sounds of wildlife on our planet.

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🌊 Why do Storm Petrels dance on the water (and make Steve want to write poetry)?

🦆 Do platypuses have stomachs—and why are they so tricky to film?

🐜 And do ants have hearts?

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🦋 Monarch butterflies that embark on multi-generational migrations and amass in such numbers they break branches. 🌳

🐦 Seafaring birds that travel such long distances in their lifetime they could have gone to the moon and back… THREE TIMES! 🌙🚀

🕊️ And the glorious Wandering Albatross that mate for life. ❤️

Plus, some recent risky kayaking escapades from Steve. 🚣‍♂️💦

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How our ancestors survived the brutal extremes of the Arctic? ❄️🔥

And where’s toughest enviroment to track wildlife? 🌳🧭🧊

Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts answer your questions on this week's Q&A.

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Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah dive into the wildest tales of the animal kingdom:

🐒 How some monkeys really enjoy a drink...

🐻 Bears and sharks getting into South American contraband...?

🦌🎅And the incredible truth about why Santa wears red and has flying reindeer...

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Are Komodo Dragons really venomous? 🐉🧪

What makes the incredible spectacle of bioluminescence? 🌌✨

And why the eyes 👀 are what makes a predator. 🐅🎯

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Lizzie, Sarah and Steve take us underground into some of the darkest places on the planet, as our trio share their amazing adventures in cave systems and the extraordinary species you can find there.

We discover how delicate and staggeringly beautiful our cave systems are. We meet the fascinating Olm, immerse ourselves into a vortex of bats, and walk on carpets of cockroaches and ferocious centipedes. We go back in time to discover what treasures and horrors remain in caves from the earliest days of our planet.

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Why do flamingos stand on one leg? 🦩🦵🤔

And the surprising reason that bugs love lights... 🐛💡😲

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This week, wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts discuss the most fabulously flamboyant animals that nature has to offer...

🕊️💙 How Bowerbirds collect blue pen lids to impress the ladies.

🕷️🌈 The crazy colours of a Peacock Spider.

🦎✨ And why some reptiles are more flamboyant than you might think...?

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What are the benefits to being bisexual in the animal kingdom?

And where are the world's very WORST places to film... ? 📹

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Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts as they discuss the weird and wonderful animals that still roam our planet having almost been wiped out.

The thriving alligators of America, saving a Star Wars-esque antelope, and do Red Kites really go on lads holidays?

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🪲🐛 How can we save British bugs?

And what are the lengths that some wildlife TV shows go to to get the shot... 📹

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This week wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts reveal some brutish beasts of all sizes!

Plus, a new meaning to "hungry hippos", why you shouldn't trust dolphins, and the unexpected threat to innocent ducklings.

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🤔 What's a Narluga?

🎶 Why do birds sing at dawn?

🐢 Why do tortoises stay on land, but turtles go in the sea?

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Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts as they explore the best shapeshifters in the animal kingdom.

Why do clown fish change sex? Is that a jellyfish or a plastic bag? And what happens when Steve's pet chameleon makes a surprise appearance?

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This week wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dig into the critters that operate as one.

We meet the team players: from cicadas synchronising their song to ants that perform surgery on each other - and survive!

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Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions on everything Shark...

🤔 Why do Hammerhead Sharks look like they do?

⏳ How do some sharks live so long?

🇬🇧 And will we ever see Great Whites in British waters?

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Explorers Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are talking all things sharks.

Watch Sarah and "Shark Man" Dan on All The Sharks, live globally now on Netflix, check it out here.

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Plus, here are the books mentioned in this episode for any keen readers:

• The Malay Archipelago - Alfred Russel Wallace
• Climbing Mountain Probable - Richard Dawkins
• Somebody Swallowed Stanley - Sarah Roberts
• The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
• Coming of Age with Elephants - Joyce Poole
• The Explorer - Katherine Rundell

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Wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts bring serious attitude to this episode of That's Just Wild.

This week we meet the rebels, including: devil fire fish (taking over the Caribbean), turtles with Mohawks (that can breathe from their bum), and headbutting tenrecs (note, NOT a hedgehog) ...And that time Steve Backshall had a ponytail.

Watch Lizzie's documentary VULTURE: The Story of the Bearded Vulture.

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Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are LIVE from Cheltenham Science Festival... With some familiar voices (Robin Ince and Dallas Campbell) AND an actual audience!

Plus: The worst creatures to work with (don't have nightmares), frogs with extra limbs (save the amphibians) and what's lurking in the deep sea (lots and lots of mysteries).

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Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts take on your questions:

Why do rats get a bad rep (meet the real Pinky and the Brain)? Do animals learn from each other (don't eat cane toads)? Are there any animals that could outsmart humans (it's all about that hivemind)?

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Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts slide into this week's slippery episode and cover everything from whale anal syrup (be careful what you google!), exploding ants (that smell like curry) and the secret to your latest moisturiser (snail to the face, anyone?)

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Why do Moray Eels have two sets of jaws? is not the only question Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts get their teeth into … but it’s the only one that gets an enthusiastically delivered duet.

This week we also cover spider love stories (mate munching), dinosaur leg bones (massive) and trend-setting whales (salmon hats and a song that crossed an ocean).

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This very colourful episode is recorded on location at Longleat Safari Park, where Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are joined by some very special guests:

• A Burmese python with blue eyes called Monty (Python, Monty Python)
• A binturong, or bearcat, called Biscuit (who’s neither a bear, nor a cat)
• And a pair of red footed falcons called Kieron and Ben (super noisy)

Plus: Mimicry in colour (the cheeky, sneaky ways that animals use colour to pretend they are what they aren’t), the real Jurassic Park (think jazz-handed dancing dinosaurs with brightly coloured feathers) and albinism in animals.

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But that’s not all.

Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are back using their incredible wealth of expertise, insight and anecdotes to answer your wild and wonderful questions.

This week they include Steve’s comedy career (brief), giraffe necking competitions (brutal), a question of mistaken identity (shark attacks) and an identity deliberately disguised (that fish that looks like a rock that you then stand on and get stung by).

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Wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are back with a bite this week, in a truly venomous episode of That's Just Wild. As well as some awe inspiring stories of poisonous creatures we get geeky with the science, and dive into the development of a universal *anti-venom.

*Trigger Warning - this episode contains content that some listeners may find distressing. Animal testing is referred to as part of a discussion of the process of anti-venom development.

Plus: Steve relives getting stung thousands of times by bullet ants... on purpose. (There's a theme developing here.) Lizzie shares her own narrow escape. (There could have been a serious sting in this tale). And Sarah questions what you should really do if a jellyfish stings you. (Spoiler alert: don't pee on your friends!)

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Between them Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts have a wildly impressive wealth of experience of our natural world. Every week we raid it to answer your burning wildlife questions - sometimes serious, sometimes silly - always with some interesting detours along the way. This week they include one of Steve’s near-death filming experiences, some suprising Vampire Bat behaviour, and a look back in time at our ocean's earliest deadliest creatures.

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Hosted by wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts, That’s Just Wild takes on a new theme every week and uncovers the wildest facts, stories, and science from nature.

This week, things get freezing. We’re talking snow blindness, getting deliberately hypothermic in the name of science, and the mashup that is the Pizzly Bear (or Grolar Bear, depending which way round it goes). Plus: walrus songs, narwhals, questionable taxidermy, and even a surprisingly useful penis bone.

It’s chilly, it’s cheeky, and it's chock-full of facts you'll want to tell your friends.

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The walrus chiming clip was recorded by Diane Calamar Okonek, and posted to Instagram by wildlife photographer Acacia Johnson.

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A wildly entertaining nature show filled with adventure, behind-the-scenes stories, and fascinating facts, told by the people who’ve seen it all for themselves.

Every Tuesday join adventurer Steve Backshall, wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly, and journalist Sarah Roberts as they dive deep into the wonders of the natural world. From braving Arctic extremes to swimming with sharks, each episode begins with a bold superlative—Spiky, Freezing, Venomous—and unfolds into remarkable tales of the wild.

Think: unexpected encounters, jaw-dropping science, and nature like you’ve never heard it before.

Then, every Friday, it’s your turn. Our Q&A episodes tackle your most need-to-know nature questions—from how long is an elephant’s trunk? to how not to become bear food.

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