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Super/Natural

Super/Natural
★ 7.3/10•2022•44m•TV-PG•Documentary
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If you think you know nature, think again.

Utilizing the latest scientific innovations and leading-edge filmmaking technology, this documentary reveals the secret powers and super-senses of the world’s most extraordinary animals, and invites viewers to see and hear beyond normal human perception to experience the natural world as a specific species does — from seeing flowers in bee-vision to eavesdropping on a conversation between elephant seals to soaring the length of a football field with glow-in-the-dark squirrels.

StatusEnded
Runtime44m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 21, 2022

Episodes

Episode 1 - Strange RelationsE142m

Strange Relations

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of animal alliances, where friends are a force with which to be reckoned. Life has developed an array of unseen abilities to communicate and cooperate - glowing squirrels, snake-imitating owls and even enormous trees are among those that collaborate to find food, escape their enemies and produce the next generation.

Sep 21, 2022

Episode 2 - BloodlinesE247m

Bloodlines

Animals go to extraordinary lengths to secure the survival of their bloodlines. In the face of predators, famine and climatic extremes they’ve evolved mysterious abilities to protect and provide for their young. River turtles join forces to predict the future; amphibians poison their young in the name of love; and a mother elephant introduces her calf to the family while it’s still in the womb.

Sep 21, 2022

Episode 3 - Eat or Be EatenE342m

Eat or Be Eaten

Predators and prey are in an evolutionary arms race. Hunters use surprising super-skills to catch a meal; while the hunted must use seemingly magical forces to escape and survive. Extraordinary footage of previously unseen behaviors reveals how unexpected powers are employed to win in nature's most exhilarating hunts.

Sep 21, 2022

Episode 4 - RivalsE443m

Rivals

In a fiercely competitive world, animals face their enemies in the fight for food, family and home – employing hidden skills and extraordinary powers to win. Fearsome fish duel with ultraviolet weapons; cunning birds use incredible imitation to deceive their rivals; and lovable insects unveil their superpower in the heat of battle.

Sep 21, 2022

Episode 5 - The Mating GameE548m

The Mating Game

The drive to reproduce is life’s most powerful instinct. We span the globe to reveal the hidden forces that animals and plants have harnessed to find, seduce and even kill for a mate, from super sensitive elephant seals that detect their love rivals through the sand to vampiric jumping spiders with a lust for blood. If you think love is blind, you aren’t looking in the right place.

Sep 21, 2022

Episode 6 - Impossible JourneysE642m

Impossible Journeys

The animal kingdom is always on the move. Whether searching for food or striking out into faraway lands, looking for new beginnings or taking the first steps into adulthood, our heroes must survive impossible journeys however dangerous or daunting. We discover how animals rely on an incredible array of super-senses to overcome unimaginable odds.

Sep 21, 2022

Actors

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Self - Narrator (voice)

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