Inside Nature's Giants

Description: his four-part science series uncovers the anatomical secrets of some of the animal kingdom's most extraordinary species

Newest Review: ... it is today. The format of the Channel 4 show was dissections of large dead animals mainly obtained from zoos. There were four programmes, featuring dissections of an Indian elephant, a fin whale that'd washed up dead on a rainy beach in Ireland, the aforementioned croc (which had died of unexplained causes at a crocodile farm in France) and a young giraffe. Unique morphological ... more

... characteristics of each animal were related to their species' evolutionary history and / or lifestyles, as a dissection was carried out by an on-site team of scientists, each of whom had a different specialism in animal physiology. Though the dissections we...more

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Inside Nature's Giants: Unexpected wildlife-telly hit (636 words)
by - written on 18/08/09 (Very useful, 12 readings)
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"Inside Nature's Giants" was a strangely intriguing telly programme, one that at first sight - after you'd watched the trailer featuring that team of terribly po-faced scientists clustering round a very dead upside-down crocodile - didn't look like it would've made good TV at all. The end result was however absolutely fascinating; this show, against all expectations, turned out to be an unlikely throwback to the 'proper wildlife programmes' we used to get in the 1970s and 1980s - the ones that contained actual, interesting and relevant information about animals and their environment, the shows that used to be made before grotesque levels of dumbing-down at the ... Read the complete review

Prepare to be amazed! (1422 words)
by - written on 18/07/09 (Very useful, 99 readings)
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To say that this is fascinating, jaw-dropping TV is an understatement! Documentaries about the animal world have always been captivating to watch, especially by David Attenborough (The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, and Nature's Great Events, to name but a few). When I saw this advertised I was hooked! There are 4 parts, and i couldn't help but start reviewing before the finale - the giraffe, which will be shown on Monday 20th July 2009. A team of leading experts delve into these gigantic beasts and carry out the dissections at the Royal Veterinary College just outside the capital. Mark Evans, a Veterinary Scientist narrates the episodes. Richard Dawkins, an ... Read the complete review

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