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Weird Nature Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2002 - 2002
Episode 1
Marvelous Motions
Fri, Oct 4, 2002 60 mins
Examining unusual and bizarre aspects of animal locomotion and feeding habits. Included: flying frogs, crocodiles, shrimp and chameleons.
Episode 2
Bizarre Breeding
Tue, Nov 1, 2011 30 mins
Discover dancing scorpions, courting birds that give trinkets as gifts, mice that mate themselves to death and a mantis that eats its partner in an exploration of strange behaviour in nature's bizarre breeding rituals.Meet frogs that rear their young under their skin, fish that leap from the water to lay eggs on leaves and a bullfrog father that becomes lifeguard to his offspring.
Episode 3
Fantastic Feeding
Thu, Apr 4, 2002 30 mins
Exploring unusual methods by which animals catch their prey.
Episode 4
Devious Defences
Fri, Nov 22, 2002 60 mins
Unusual behavior in the animal kingdom is observed. Featured: camouflage and defense mechanisms, including a crab that places sponges on its back and animals that feign death to discourage predators. Also: bizarre mating behavior of hermaphroditic sea snails.
Episode 5
Puzzling Partners
Thu, Apr 18, 2002 30 mins
Discover a lizard that uses a scorpion as a bodyguard, a toad that sets up home with a tarantula, an animal that uses hummingbirds as an air charter, the barber that fish use, a crab that carries living fisticuffs, mutant frogs, a snake that acts as pest controller in an owl's nest, dolphins that co-operate with fishermen, a bird that guides people to honey and an odd farmyard full of strange friendships.
Episode 6
Peculiar Potions
Tue, Nov 1, 2011 30 mins
Series exploring strange animal behaviour looks at how a surprising number of creatures take substances for pleasure or to cure ailments.
