Weird Creatures with Nick Baker - Season 3
Season 3
Building on his two-landmark series, Nick cranks-up the weirdness factor to find the ugliest, slimiest, and just downright strange creatures out there. These are the creatures that obsessed Nick since childhood and meeting them face to face is a lifelong dream. Some might dismiss these oddities as freaks of nature, but Nick is on a mission to set the record straight.
Episodes
Leafy Sea Dragon
Nick is in South Australia in search of an extremely rare sea creature - the leafy sea dragon. And his job is made much harder by its complex camouflage!
Mole Lizard
Nick is in Mexico's Baja peninsula in search of the elusive mole lizard, which has evolved into a creature that looks part snake, part lizard and part earthworm.
Axolotl
Native only to two lakes in central Mexico and nearly extinct in the wild, the axolotl is a salamander of scientific interest for its ability to regenerate most body parts.
Marsupial Mole
Nick calls in a leading mole expert for help as he travels to Australia's Red Centre to find one of the world's weirdest desert diggers, the marsupial mole.
Slow Loris
Nick travels to the Bornean jungle to find the world's only poisonous primate: the slow loris. It looks like a cuddly toy, but carries venom that can prove fatal!
Horseshoe Crab
Nick goes in search of the prehistoric horseshoe crab as he attempts to find out how this living fossil has survived for so long - and why it's now in danger.
Anteaters
Nick gets more than he bargained for when he goes in search of the awkward relation of the anteaters, the tamandua, witnessing behaviours never seen before in the wild.
Pygmy Sloth
Nick heads to a group of islands in Panama where strange things have been happening. He hangs out with the pygmy sloth, and discovers a frog with an identity crisis.
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