Planet Weird

202550m

Learn how bizarre behaviours and quirky characteristics get baked in and why these amazing adaptations help ensure the survival of animal superheroes.

Production

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Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 2025

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1. Origin Stories

Check out the bowerbird's funky dance moves, the Christmas Island crab's traffic-dodging prowess and the sockeye salmon's incredible swimming skills.

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2. Superpowers

Discover fireflies' flirty flashes, the tarsier's incredible night vision, the mantis shrimp's punch and the saltwater croc's prey-detecting sensors.

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3. Villains

Admire the great white shark's electrical sensors, the razor-sharp limbs of the dead leaf mantis and the zombie-creating powers of cordyceps fungi.

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4. Sidekicks

Explore the partnership between clownfish and anemones and review the quid-pro-poo agreements of dung beetles and pitcher plants.

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5. Fight Club

Watch the cannibalistic Portia spider devour the competition, uncover the bloodthirsty side of cuddly koalas and catch an epic giraffe battle.

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6. Gangsters

Chase a band of marauding locusts, watch the coconut octopus ambush its next meal and meet a flock of finches who've developed a taste for blood.

Cast

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Ross Noble

Self - Narrator

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