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Staying Alive

Chris Packham meets the animals using devious tactics and sneaky tricks to survive, from illusionist zebras to vanishing geckos and shape-shifting cuttlefish.

Chris Packham meets the animals using devious tactics and sneaky tricks to survive. New, groundbreaking science reveals astonishing visual trickery, from illusionist zebras to vanishing geckos and shape-shifting cuttlefish.

Meet the mischievous mimics, from snakes to baby birds disguised as caterpillars, and a lioness who looks like a male lion. The world's ultimate con artists rely on sneaky strategies, even against their own kind - meet the monkey that cheats its own family and the lizard that fakes its own death. These animals really will do everything it takes to stay alive.

59 minutes

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Next Wednesday 16:15

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  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Minor Thing

  • Electric Six

    Danger! High Voltage!

  • Electric Six

    Danger! High Voltage!

Credits

Role Contributor
Producer Gavin Boyland
Series Producer Holly Spearing

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