Amazing things humans have learnt from the animal kingdom. Inspiring, fascinating, bingeable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttw7
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 16 hours 29 minutes
Fish schools and windfarm
The way hundreds of fish move together may help the design of wind turbines #30Animals
Bombardier beetle and fuel injection
It blasts a toxic spray at predators. This beetle may help cars be more fuel efficient
Bat and unassisted flight
Imagine flapping your arms and flying. Could we do that based on how the bat does it?
Spider and window glass
How can we prevent millions of birds from being killed by flying into windows? #30Animals
Whale and wind turbine
The shape of flippers may help the efficiency of wind turbines, thanks to humpback whales
Gecko and adhesives
How do geckos walk up walls and across ceilings? It is all down to their “hairy feet”
Shark and hospital surfaces
Millions of ridged scales make it difficult for bacteria to attach to the skin of a shark
Albatross and drone
Imagine a drone that can master the waves and the wind like the wandering albatross
Stenocara beetle and water collector
It performs headstands in a desert; now this beetle is teaching us how to collect water