Blue Planet

Fridays at 7.30pm, from February 10

This definitive natural history of the world's oceans covers everything from popular shores...

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  • Blue Planet

    Blue Planet

    Fridays at 7.30pm, from February 10

    This definitive natural history of the world's oceans covers everything from popular shores...

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  • Wild Caribbean

    Wild Caribbean

    Fridays at 8.30pm, from February 10

    The Caribbean is the embodiment of paradise: crystal blue waters, magical coral reefs...

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  • Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice

    Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice

    Fridays at 7.30pm

    The same brand of spycam photography that took us up close and personal with lions, elephants, bears...

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SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker.

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Life BBC Earth crew learning how to survive Patrick Morris talks about filming the hummingbird Simon Blakely talks to us about filming sea snakes Team clip of boat sunk in the Bahamas
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  • Our closest relatives, the chimps and gorillas, laugh when tickled.

  • Dolphins can point with their bodies and have been known to communicate an object's location to human divers.

  • Flamingos are only red because of the food they eat.

  • Ladybirds use red to warn predators that they make an unpleasant meal.

  • Hippopotamuses perspire red mucus.

  • A Spider's blood is transparent.

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