Name: Animals Like Us
Released: 2024-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Gillian Burke, Lucy Cooke, Ben Garrod

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

Peek inside the lives of penguins, giraffes, chimps, and other animals that behave a whole lot like humans. Touch down on all seven continents around the world to see why these wild creatures compete, co-operate, love, and grieve just like we do.

2024 · 50m

Starring Gillian Burke, Lucy Cooke, Ben Garrod

Director Stuart Strickson

EPISODE 1

A Penguin Proposal

Watch an Antarctic gentoo penguin pop the question with a rocky token of his devotion, then learn how a Madagascar lemur uses toxic millipedes for pest control. Bone up on makeup techniques with a flamingo and meet a honey badger that can pick locks.
EPISODE 2

House Hunting Hermit Crabs

Get in line with hermit crabs for an orderly shell exchange on a Belize beach, then meet a Senegalese chimp’s pet genet. Float with an otter who swaps hostages for free meals and admire the agricultural prowess of leafcutter ants in the rainforest.
EPISODE 3

Meerkat Survival School

Learn how to disarm and dine on scorpions with meerkat pups in the Kalahari Desert and review a lioness’ flirting strategy in Kenya. Meet same-sex penguin couples who are raising chicks together, then sign up for an Asian elephant babysitters’ club.