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Richard Hammond's miracles of nature [videorecording] / an Oxford Scientific Films (in association with Hamster's Wheel) & Terra Mater Factual Studios co-production for BBC.

Contributor(s): Hammond, Richard, 1969- [narrator.] | Oxford Scientific Films [production company.] | Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH (Firm) [production company.] | British Broadcasting Corporation.|bTelevision Service Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: SBS1621 | Madman EntertainmentPublication details: [Australia] : Madman Entertainment [distributor], c2012Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodisc | volumeOther title: Miracles of nature [videorecording]Subject(s): Animals | Technological innovations | Animals | Technological innovations | Technological innovations | Animals | Science television programs | Documentary television programs | Television programs, BritishGenre/Form: Documentary television programs | Science television programs | Documentary television programs. | Science television programs. | Science television programs. | Documentary television programs.DDC classification: 591 Presenter, Richard Hammond.Summary: Richard Hammond sets out to demonstrate exactly that by investigating the weird and wonderful engineering solutions that can be found in the animal kingdom. Elephants, giraffes, owls, vultures, cuttlefish, hagfish- these are just some of the animals tested. Mind-blowing adaptations in action using ultra high-speed, super-microscopic, and ultra-violet photography, reveal exactly how they work in a series of compelling experiments which have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very forefront of science.

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"SBS1621."

Presenter, Richard Hammond.

Richard Hammond sets out to demonstrate exactly that by investigating the weird and wonderful engineering solutions that can be found in the animal kingdom. Elephants, giraffes, owls, vultures, cuttlefish, hagfish- these are just some of the animals tested. Mind-blowing adaptations in action using ultra high-speed, super-microscopic, and ultra-violet photography, reveal exactly how they work in a series of compelling experiments which have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very forefront of science.