About this season
Learn how bizarre behaviours and quirky characteristics get baked in and why these amazing adaptations help ensure the survival of animal superheroes.
Episodes (6)
1. Origin Stories
Aired 8 February 2025 • 50 min
Check out the bowerbird's funky dance moves, the Christmas Island crab's traffic-dodging prowess and the sockeye salmon's incredible swimming skills.
2. Superpowers
Aired 15 February 2025 • 50 min
Discover fireflies' flirty flashes, the tarsier's incredible night vision, the mantis shrimp's punch and the saltwater croc's prey-detecting sensors.
3. Villains
Aired 22 February 2025 • 50 min
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.
4. Sidekicks
Aired 1 March 2025 • 50 min
Explore the partnership between clownfish and anemones and review the quid-pro-poo agreements of dung beetles and pitcher plants.
5. Fight Club
Aired 8 March 2025 • 50 min
Watch the cannibalistic Portia spider devour the competition, uncover the bloodthirsty side of cuddly koalas and catch an epic giraffe battle.
6. Gangsters
Aired 15 March 2025 • 50 min
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.