Animal super senses. Season 1, Episode 2, Sound / presented by Dr. Helen Czerksi, Patrick Aryee ; narrated by Peter Venn ; produced & directed by Sam Hodgson.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Czerski, Helen, 1978- on-screen presenter.
• Aryee, Patrick, on-screen presenter.
• Hodgson, Sam, director, producer.
• Venn, Peter, narrator.
• BBC Earth (Firm), film distributor.
• BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor.

Series:

• Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Animals.
• Animal behavior.
• Senses and sensation.
• Perception in animals.
• Physiology.

Genre:

• Documentary television programs.
• Animal television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 minutes)

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Our human senses are pretty incredible - but we only experience the tip of the iceberg. Imagine if you could 'see' with sound, smell food buried deep underground, or see the world in slow motion. This series explores the hidden world of animal senses. Stories covered include how elephants can hear thunderstorms hundreds of miles away, how bees distinguish between complex pheromones and the bizarre deep-sea arms race that has forced an ocean giant to evolve the largest eye on our planet - the size of a human head! Biologist Patrick Aryee and physicist Helen Czerski are on hand to explain the science behind the these amazing abilities. Shot in a spectacular and contemporary style, the series showcases some of the wildest habitats on Earth and gets up close to enchanting wildlife. This episode reveals how alligators use low-pitch rumbles to make the water around them dance and shows what it is like to be a bat and to see with sound. Also, Helen and Patrick convert a classic camper van into a giant speaker to conduct the ultimate hearing test for a herd of elephants.

Participant:

Presenters: Helen Czerski, Patrick Aryee ; Narrator, Peter Venn.

Notes:

• "The secret power of animals".
• Title from resource description page (viewed January 21, 2019).

OCLC:

1084868978