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David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

2013Documentary

First aired

January 29, 2013

7.3

TMDB Score

73% match · 20 votes

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S01 · E05

Seeing the Pattern

Season 1 · Feb 26, 2013 · 22m

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E01▶

Stretched to the Limit

Jan 29, 2013 · 22m

E02▶

A Curious Hoax?

Feb 5, 2013 · 22m

E03▶

Young Wrinklies

Feb 12, 2013 · 22m

E04▶

A Curious Twist

Feb 19, 2013 · 22m

E05Playing

Seeing the Pattern

Feb 26, 2013 · 22m

Zebra stripes vary subtly between the different species but there is one group of animals that has evolved colourful patterns of seemingly infinite variety, the butterflies. In this episode David looks at two examples of animal patterns that have bedazzled and baffled science for a long time, and uses modern tools to unlock their secrets.