Professor Ben Garrod explores how some snakes can see using heat, how crocodiles feel through their jaws, and how some animals use electricity to navigate their world. Show more
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What is the most toxic animal on earth? Why is a rhino armour plated? Professor Ben Garrod discovers the complex ways in which skin helps defend animals against threats of all kinds. Show more
Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros’s horn. Show more
What makes sharks built for speed? How do snakes move without limbs? How do sugar gliders fly without feathers? The answers all lie in their skin. Show more
Professor Ben Garrod reveals how skin protects vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in. Show more
Professor Ben Garrod explores how skin has evolved remarkable ways to enable animals to communicate with each other, from vibrant displays of colour to skin pouches to amplify sound. Show more
Steve Backshall is on a mission to create a new generation of shark saviours, but first he needs to find his team. Steve takes 12 young UK hopefuls to boot camp. Show more
Steve Backshall has chosen his UK team of six to travel with him to Bimini in the Bahamas, where they learn how to scuba dive and become the next generation of shark saviours. Show more
Ten young novice divers are in the Bahamas with Steve Backshall, on a mission to qualify as scuba divers and become shark saviours. Show more
Steve Backshall is taking ten novice divers on one Deadly mission - to dive with sharks in Bimini, the shark capital of the world, with the ultimate goal being to qualify as scuba divers. Show more
Bad weather causes sea sickness among the team, and their next diving lesson has to be abandoned. Show more
It’s time to celebrate, as Steve Backshall’s team of ten shark saviours have all passed their dive training and are now fully qualified scuba divers. Show more
The team splits into two to see which can find the most species against the clock. Show more
Steve wants to introduce the team to the bull shark from the safety of an underwater shark cage. Show more
As the team prepare for their great hammerhead experience, Steve has one more dive he wants some of them to experience. He takes four of the team out to the wreck of an old ship. Show more
The team of young shark saviours are coming to the end of their time in the shark sanctuary around the island of Bimini in the Bahamas. Now, they are on their last dive – to see great hammerheads. Show more