42% Secrets of Skin
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S01E06 - "Sensing"
Aired on Dec 20, 2019, 7:30 PM
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Episodes (1 Season · 6 Episodes)
Adaptability
Professor Ben Garrod explores the evolution of the body's largest organ, skin, starting with how the same basic structure has allowed vertebrates to conquer every corner of the planet.
Dec 15, 2019
30 min
Moving
Professor Ben Garrod explores how adaptations on and in the skin allow birds to fly, sharks to be built for speed and sugar gliders to take to the air.
Dec 16, 2019
30 min
Protection
Professor Ben Garrod reveals how skin protects vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in.
Dec 17, 2019
30 min
Communication
Professor Ben Garrod explores how, while humans rely largely on speech to communicate, most other animals use their skin to send out messages and warning signals.
Dec 18, 2019
30 min
Defence
From quills to camouflage to deadly toxins, skin has evolved to defend animals against attack. Professor Ben Garrod explores the armour and weaponry that vertebrate skin has adapted.
Dec 19, 2019
30 min
Sensing
Professor Ben Garrod delves into the ways skin has adapted to allow animals to sense the world around them.
Dec 20, 2019
30 min