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The Bat

Episode 3 of 5

How did the bat get so hungry? Chris Packham explores how the drive to find food has shaped animal life. The origin of bums, guts, jaws and super hearing.

How did the bat get so hungry? Chris Packham sets out to answer a deceptively simple question: how the drive to find food shaped life on earth and gave rise to one of nature’s most insatiable feeders. This is the story of the origin of bums, guts, jaws and super hearing, and a 500-million-year chain of innovation, survival and hunger.

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58 minutes

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Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterChris Packham
DirectorFleur Bone
ProducerMairead Maclean
EditorJoseph Tims
Production ManagerMillie McNab
Line ProducerRaewyn Dickson
Series ProducerAlice Jones
Executive ProducerAndrew Cohen
Executive ProducerRob Liddell

Broadcasts

  • Mon 27 Jul 202621:00
  • Sat 1 Aug 202616:40
  • Fri 7 Aug 202601:40

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