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Find the answers to some of the world’s most interesting questions with these curiosity-inspiring series.

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A look at how dogs detect underwater targets, what makes ostriches nature's best marathon runners, how sloths spend so much time upside down without passing out, and can a pelican bill really hold more than his belly can.

How Do Animals Do That?

Super Sloths and Ostrich Marathons

A look at how anteaters slurp up so many ants, why beavers build dams, how canines stay cool, why humpback whales sing, and why dung beetles do what they do.

Whale Songs And Cool Canines

A look at how woodpeckers avoid concussions, why giraffes' tongues are black, how ants can survive a flood, and how octopuses squeeze into tiny spaces.

Headbanging Birds and Unsinkable Ants

A look at how woodpeckers avoid concussion, why giraffes' tongues are black, how ants survive a flood, and how octopuses squeeze into tiny spaces.

Headbanging Birds And Unsinkable Ants

A look at how thousands of bats take to the air without colliding, do mice really love cheese, how cats jump so high, and why manatees so gassy.

Cheesy Mice and Flatulent Manatees

A look at why dogs tilt their heads, how massive humpback whales propel themselves into the air, if hippos sweat blood, why animals swarm, and why spiders jump out of their skin.

Flying Whales And Hippo Sunscreen

A look at why dogs tilt their heads, how massive humpback whales propel themselves into the air, do hippos sweat blood, why animals swarm, and why spiders jump out of their skin.

Flying Whales and Hippo Sunscreen

A look at how thousands of bats take to the air without colliding, whether or not mice really love cheese, how cats jump so high, and why manatees are so gassy.

Cheesy Mice And Flatulent Manatees

How squirrels find their nuts; how bees make honey; why some cobras spit; whether alligators are music lovers; whether a bug can survive in space.

Space Bugs and Squirrel Mind Maps

The intelligence of dolphins; how hyenas eat every last scrap of their dinner; how geckos defy gravity; how leeches suck blood; why some cats are afraid of water and others love it.

Supersmart Dolphins and Hungry Hyenas

How the blue whale became the biggest animal ever; why elephants have trunks; why ladybugs have spots; why some animals live a long time; why cats purr.

Elephant Noses and Ancient Animals

How cats detect earthquakes; how owls hunt in total darkness; how cheetahs accelerate more quickly than a car; how sea otters keep warm in icy waters; how ants heal their wounded.

Psychic Cats And Fuzzy Otters

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How a lizard can literally walk on water; how hippos speed through water if they can't actually swim; how bees find nectar; jellyfish; cats' whiskers.

S1 E1 | Levitating Lizards and Immortal Jellyfish