Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world, and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontiers of science. Unfortunately for Hammond, that journey will involve diving to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, driving a car pursued by geese, and leaping metres off a South African cliff. In this first episode, he discovers how the Cape vulture has inspired a flying submarine how a giraffe’s neck can stop a jet pilot losing consciousness how a woodpecker’s skull can safely protect a light bulb dropped from space and how a South American butterfly holds the secret to making any mobile phone waterproof.
Episode : 1
Season : 1
Air Date : 2012-11-05 00:00:00
Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world, and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontiers of science. Unfortunately for Hammond, that journey will involve diving to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, driving a car pursued by geese, and leaping metres off a South African cliff. In this first episode, he discovers how the Cape vulture has inspired a flying submarine how a giraffe’s neck can stop a jet pilot losing consciousness how a woodpecker’s skull can safely protect a light bulb dropped from space and how a South American butterfly holds the secret to making any mobile phone waterproof.
