Secrets of Skin - Season 1

Secrets of Skin - Season 1

Season 1

Featuring groundbreaking new science, experiments and leading scientists from a variety of disciplines, the series unravels the natural history of the body's largest organ.
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Episodes6
Datesdéc. 15, 2019 - déc. 20, 2019

Episodes

Adaptability
Season 1Episode 130 min

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.

déc. 15, 2019
Moving
Season 1Episode 230 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.

déc. 16, 2019
Protection
Season 1Episode 330 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.

déc. 17, 2019
Communication
Season 1Episode 430 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.

déc. 18, 2019
Defence
Season 1Episode 530 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.

déc. 19, 2019
Sensing
Season 1Episode 630 min

Sensing

Professor Ben Garrod delves into the ways skin has adapted to allow animals to sense the world around them.

déc. 20, 2019

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