Life S1E2: Reptiles and Amphibians
- Aired: 2009-10-19
- Time: 21:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview
Reptiles and amphibians look like hang-overs from the past. But they overcome their shortcomings through amazing innovation.The pebble toad turns into a rubber ball to roll and bounce from its enemies. Extreme slow-motion shows how a Jesus Christ lizard runs on water, and how a chameleon fires an extendible tongue at its prey with unfailing accuracy. The camera dives with a Niuean sea snake, which must breed on land but avoids predators by swimming to an air bubble at the end of an underwater tunnel. In a TV first, komodo dragons hunt a huge water-buffalo, biting it to inject venom, then waiting for weeks until it dies. Ten dragons strip the carcass to the bone in four hours.