David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities — Season 1, Episode 2: A Curious Hoax?
Documentary • 22 min • 4 seasons, 27 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
David discovers the curiosities that have led to accusations of forgery but have ultimately helped us rethink evolution. When early explorers brought the first specimen of a duck-billed platypus back to England in 1799, it was thought so bizarre it was deemed a hoax, while the midwife toad became the centre of a raging scientific storm in the 1920s that led to accusations of fakery.
About David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
Sir David shines the spotlight on some of nature’s evolutionary anomalies and reveals how these curious animals continue to baffle and fascinate.