Name: Super Senses
Genre: Factual

In this last episode of animal Super Senses we take the grand final tour to see the greatest of all the special weapons that help some animals to govern the wilderness. 

13. The Most Amazing Senses

Factual

Documentary

Have you ever wondered why some animals have such crazy-looking sense organs? Why do snakes have a split tongue? In this series we will explore these senses and how they have evolved.

Super Senses

Series 1

Have you ever wondered why some animals have such crazy looking sense organs? 

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In this episode we'll explore the animal sense of sight, and you'll see there's a lot more to this than meets the naked eye. 


1. Sight

In this episode we travel from the desert to the forest to learn how species as diverse as Bat-eared Foxes, the Bilby, Deer, Kangaroo Rats, cicadas and Proboscis Monkeys never miss an auditory trick.

2. Hearing

Because animals, just like humans, rely heavily on their sense of touch. There may be a fine line between pleasure and pain, but not knowing the difference between the two can be absolutely fatal.


3. Touch

In this episode of Animal Super Senses, we examine how things taste, and how vital scent is from the animal perspective. 

4. Taste and Smell

This episode is all about those 'super human' senses - animal sensory systems that can detect magnetic fields (magneto- reception), electric fields (electroreception) and infrared radiation.

5. Superhuman Senses

It's widely known that a dog's sense of smell is dozens of times more acute than humans', there's a kind of "sixth sense" that some animals have which still defies explanation.

6. Sixth Sense

In this episode, we examine how every animal has what could be called a sense of rhythm - the human animal included. 


7. Sense of Timing

While all life began in the oceans, human beings now rely on technology to navigate the seven seas - left to our own devices; we're like the proverbial fish out of water. Only the other way around.

8. Underwater

In this episode of Super Senses, we find out more about when senses take flight… and animals become masters of the sky! 

9. Sky

In this episode of Animal Super Senses, we find out more about the animals that live in the shadows and the adaptations they need to survive.

10. Night

In this episode of Animal Super Senses, we find out more about the animals that have their feet firmly planted on or under the ground... 


11. Earth

Animals use communication to attract mates, warn off predators, defend territory, or trick their prey. And of course, it's the senses that play the key role.


12. Communication

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