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Secrets of Skin Episodes

    SensingSeries 1

    6/6 Exploring how some snakes can see using heat, and how crocodiles feel through their jaws.

    DefenceSeries 1

    5/6 The complex ways in which skin helps defend animals against threats of all kinds.

    CommunicationSeries 1

    4/6 Why are male mandrill faces red and blue? How are birds' feathers so colourful?

    ProtectionSeries 1

    3/6 How does a giraffe stay cool? What is the hairiest animal on earth and why?

    MovingSeries 1

    2/6 What makes sharks built for speed? How do snakes move without limbs?

    AdaptabilitySeries 1

    1/6 Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is.