Richard Hammond's Miracles Of Nature

Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world, and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontiers of science. In this first episode, he discovers how the Cape vulture has inspired a flying submarine and how a giraffe's neck can stop a jet pilot losing consciousness.

Richard Hammond continues his exploration of weird and wonderful animal abilities by focusing on super-senses, and discovers how those same animal senses have inspired some unlikely human inventions. Richard gets buried in a Californian gold mine, attempts to talk to a rattlesnake by telephone, and is taken for a ride by a monster truck that drives itself.

Richard explores the superpowers that exist in the animal world, including creatures that can make slime as strong as steel, withstand extreme temperatures, and even turn invisible.