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Secrets of Skin

Secrets of Skin

Description: Professor Ben Garrod will come face to face with some of the animal kingdom's apex predators revealing how their skin has evolved to harness extraordinary abilities, with specialist factual insights. He'll discover how sharks are built for speed, demonstrate how deadly pit vipers use heat sensors embedded in their skin to ambush their prey and show that crocodile skin is covered in thousands of tiny sensors.
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