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Leatherback Turtle - Mark Evans and Joy Reidenberg travel to Florida to dissect the ocean's largest reptile - the leatherback turtle. They uncover the evolutionary mystery of how turtles developed shells to protect themselves from some of the sharpest-toothed predators on the planet. Despite the protection afforded by a sh... 46:45 Expired
Dinosaur Bird - The experts travel to Australia on the trail of a bird that's been described as a living dinosaur. The Cassowary is a gigantic bird with a fearsome reputation. It can be taller and heavier than a full-grown man and is armed with 12-centimetre talons that have actually killed humans. Mark Evans and Joy Reide... 1:01:36 Expired
Polar Bear Special - This award-winning series gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet to uncover their evolutionary secrets. In this episode, a team of experts in comparative anatomy and evolutionary biology join Inuit hunters and scientists studying polar bears off the coast of Greenland. Polar bears hav...July 2014
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Jungle Special - The experts take on their hardest challenge so far, to dissect an entire ecosystem - the jungle. Deep in a rainforest in Borneo they erect a high-tech dissection laboratory to investigate giant bugs and titan trees. Veterinary scientist Mark Evans climbs 60 metres into the canopy to catch the world's large... 47:07 Expired
Baboon - Veterinary surgeon Mark Evans and anatomist Joy Reidenberg travel to South Africa to dissect their first primate in the series: a huge alpha male baboon that led a band of baboons on a rampage through a Cape Town suburb until the authorities were forced to euthanise him as he grew increasingly violent. Intricate d... 47:01 Expired
Kangaroo - Veterinary surgeon Mark Evans and anatomist Joy Reidenberg head to Australia to dissect its most iconic animal, the kangaroo. They find the marsupials' reproductive organs to be most surprising - the male genitalia is back to front, while the female has three vaginas. Biologist Simon Watt heads into the Blue Mou... 1:11:36 Expired
Sperm Whale Special - The experts battle through the night against a rising tide to explore the mysteries of the largest predator on Earth: the sperm whale. Veterinary scientist Mark Evans and anatomist Joy Reidenberg dissect the whale's enormous organs to reveal the secrets of this 14 metre deep-sea giant. As the team go ...Hippo - A hippo cull by the authorities in Zambia's Luangwa Valley offers veterinary surgeon Mark Evans and anatomist Joy Reidenberg the opportunity to dissect one of these magnificent animals. They discover the protective functions of the creature's inch-thick skin and confirm its reputation as a gluttonous feeding machin...
Racehorse - The thoroughbred racehorse is one of the greatest athletes on the planet, galloping with incredible speed and stamina for such a large animal. Tonight, the team will explore how this animal has been biologically engineered for speed. They dissect an elite racehorse to reveal the extraordinary spring system that...
June 2014
Camel - The experts head deep into the Australian outback to explore the ultimate desert survivor. Veterinary surgeon Mark Evans and anatomist Joy Reidenberg brave the baking desert heat to dissect a camel. They uncover the secret of the camel's hump and investigate how its elastic legs, stretchy lips and pedestal are amon...
Big Cats - The experts travel to South Africa to see lions in the wild. Veterinary surgeon Mark Evans and anatomist Joy Reidenberg dissect a lion and a tiger. From the outside, the lion and the tiger look very different, but once their skins are removed, even the experts find it hard to tell them apart. At a big cat rescue...
May 2014
Giant Squid - This award-winning series gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet to uncover their evolutionary secrets. Experts in comparative anatomy and evolutionary biology put some of the most popular and enigmatic large animals under the knife. This first episode examines one of the biggest yet most my...
March 2014
Monster Python - Veterinary surgeon Mark Evans and anatomist Joy Reidenberg venture into the swamps of the Florida Everglades, where giant Burmese pythons are thriving. There they join a reptile expert to dissect two pythons: a nine-foot male and an enormous 14-foot female. The program reveals the anatomy that allows pytho...
October 2013
Sharks - This series gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet to uncover their evolutionary secrets. In this episode, Joy Reidenberg and Mark Evans travel to South Africa to dissect a 900kg, 4.5 metre-long great white shark. There they uncovers the shark's incredible array of senses, including the ability t...