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Martin Hughes-Games investigates the plights of the panda, the pied tamarin and the rhino.

Martin Hughes-Games investigates the plight of threatened species. He sees how the giant panda has survived, and follows the stories of the pied tamarin and the Asian rhino.

All over the world, species are on the brink of extinction. Martin Hughes-Games meets babies who have beaten the odds to become Nature's Miracle Babies.

For an endangered animal, each and every birth is vital for the survival of the species. Zoologist and presenter Martin Hughes-Games sets out to discover just what dedication, passion and expertise is needed to create each one of these miracles. 

Meeting extraordinary people who dedicate their life to ensuring a future for these babies, he begins his journey in China with the pin-up of the natural world, the giant panda. Without the extraordinary advances in reproductive science, it's possible that the giant panda would be extinct. 

Pandas are not the only species on the brink - Martin also follows the story of the pied tamarin - a tiny and tenacious monkey teetering on the edge, and the enormous but threatened one-horned Asian rhino. Her miracle baby is likely to weigh in at an eye-watering ten stone.

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Martin Hughes-Games looks at the plight of the world's endangered species

Zoologist Martin Hughes-Games travels the world to discover the plight of threatened species and meets the babies born against the odds.

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