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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

BBC

Technology

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Get ready to meet 30 more amazing animals. From cats to camels, ants to elephants, discover the unexpected things they can do that have inspired new technologies that make us smarter. Season 2 begins on 28 June. #30Animals

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0:00.0	I've been waiting so long to say this, I am back.
0:12.9	Should I roar it like the lion in the live show, remember that?
0:18.0	Any takers?
0:19.0	No?
0:20.0	Okay, let's move on.
0:23.0	30 animals that made us smarter from the BBC World Service is finally back with season
0:29.0	2.
0:30.0	Now, in case you've forgotten me, but please tell me you haven't.
0:33.0	My name is Patrick I, and I've got 30 brand new episodes just for you.
0:38.8	Each one is about an animal, snake, snake, snake and the truly incredible, totally awesome
0:48.6	ability it has that we humans have learnt from to solve problems in our own world.
0:56.0	So what have I got in store?
0:59.0	Well, in this season, I find out why the punch of a mantis shrimp could revolutionize
1:07.8	future aircraft, about the cows that have inspired a new eco-friendly sewage system, and also
1:18.9	how the feeding behaviour of manta rays could help reduce the microplastic pollution of
1:25.7	our oceans.
1:30.5	All this, plus telescopes in space, inspired by the eyes of a lobster, and jumping robots
1:40.7	based on the slapping jaws of a very special group of ants.
1:45.5	So that season 2 of 30 animals that made us smarter, with the first episode going out
1:51.2	on the 28th of June.
1:53.2	Tell all your friends and make sure you subscribe to catch each of my brand new eco-friendly
1:58.5	episodes.
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