Season 1

A unique insight into the everyday lives of animals and how they compete, cooperate, love, and cry, just as humans do, from snuggling giraffes and honeybees dancing to a chimpanzee with a pet.

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   1. A Penguin Proposal

   2024-05-05 · 50m

   An Antarctic gentoo penguin uses a small pebble as a token of love to symbolise his proposal, while a lemur in Madagascar uses poisonous millipedes as a form of pest control.

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   2. House Hunting Hermit Crabs

   2024-05-12 · 50m

   Join a line of hermit crabs as they prepare for a very orderly house swap on a beach in Belize, and meet a chimpanzee in Senegal who has found a genet cat to keep as a pet.

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   3. Meerkat Survival School

   2024-05-19 · 50m

   Tenacious meerkat pups show their determination to devour deadly scorpions in the vast Kalahari Desert, while a group of lionesses' demonstrate their seduction tactics in Kenya.

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   4. Pirate Birds

   2024-05-26 · 50m

   Go rogue with frigate birds who steal meals from smaller seabirds, relax in a mongoose-run spa with a grateful warthog, decode an African elephant's secret message, and watch lovelorn capuchin monkeys hurl rocks to attract prospective mates.

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   5. Lion Daycare

   2024-06-02 · 50m

   Discover why it takes a village to raise lion cubs in Kenya, sniff out the mating strategy of fragrant lemurs in Madagascar, cut a rug at a honeybee dance party, and listen up as a forked-tailed drongo tricks other birds out of their dinner.

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   6. Shark Dentist

   2024-06-09 · 50m

   Marvel at a toothy fish that helps sharks maintain their pearly whites, discover the signature calls of dolphin families, examine a capuchin monkey's nut-cracking stone tools, get the warm fuzzies when giraffes snuggle, and meet a meerkat mobster.