Weird wonders of the world. Series 2, Episode 6 / produced and directed by Matt Clements ; BBC Earth.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Clements, Matthew, director, producer.

Packham, Chris, 1961- narrator.

BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curiosities and wonders.

Ecology.

Animals.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 minutes)

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

This fast-paced and refreshing take on nature documentaries returns to explore more of the unexplained, unexpected and utterly weird aspects of life on our planet. It features the divers who found a transparent blob the size of an elephant under the water, meets the researchers who filmed an army of mice eating the brains of seabird chicks, and finds out what caused the flowing river of ice caught on camera in the Saudi Arabian desert. Using scientific demonstrations, detective work and eyewitness accounts, this series reveals what in the weird world is going on. In this episode Chris Packham unravels some of nature's oddest creatures: a deep-sea blob spotted in the Gulf of Mexico that mystified oil rig workers and sent the Internet into frenzy, the washed-up remains of a gargantuan creature that baffled scientists for decades, and a stow-away spider with a set of unfathomable feet. Chris also investigates an octopus who's behavior was so extraordinary that nobody believed it was real, the curious case of bright blue frogs appearing in pools in Germany and an Australian lake the color of bubble-gum that had an evolutionary secret hidden within its lurid depths.

Participant:

Narrator, Chris Packham.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed April 10, 2019).

OCLC:

1101007992