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Weird Nature: Marvelous Motion
Operation Dung Beetle
The Octopus Challenge
Earth: Power of the Planet - Volcano

Weird Nature: Marvelous Motion

Biologically speaking, walking on two legs is very weird. To go faster and more efficiently, humans use almost any other alternative. Innovative camera techniques reveal animals moving in extraordinary ways. Caterpillars become wheels, a salamander transforms itself into a rubber tire for a fast getaway and bushbabies bounce. Even snakes can fly!

30 minutes
A BBC/Animal Planet co-production.

Operation Dung Beetle

Meet the James Bond of the African desert: the dung beetle. Upside-down and backwards, this six-legged secret agent faces physical obstacles, thieves and predators to rid the desert of the waste left behind by Africa's great herds.

30 minutes
A John Downer production for BBC and Discovery Channel.

The Octopus Challenge

The octopus is a truly remarkable creature. This amusing and insightful programme shows the octopus in action - squeezing into tiny spaces, sniffing out hidden food, even opening doors. These soft-bodied, boneless molluscs appear to outshine all the other invertebrates, but are they clever or just instinctive?

30 minutes
A BBC/Animal Planet co-production

Earth-Power of the Planet - Volcano

Volcanoes have a fearsome reputation. In reality, they are the most important force in the creation of the planet as we know it today. Descending into a lava lake and cave-diving in a cenote, this program shows how the heat that fuels volcanoes also drives some of the most fundamental processes on the planet.

50 minutes
A BBC/National Geographic Channel US/ZDF co-production
Photography by Paul Olding. © BBC 2007