The Mating Game
Against All Odds
Season 1 Episode 5 of 5
Animals for whom the odds of successfully mating are unusually high, including fan-tailed anglerfish in the deep oceans, who will rarely happen upon a mate, and when they do, their bodies literally fuse into one. In southern Russia, toad-headed agamas need to build burrows for their eggs in a landscape of constantly changing sand dunes, while in North America, periodical cicadas emerge from the ground in immense swarms to overwhelm predators and ensure the next generation of ground-dwellers
The Mating Game airs on BBC One South East HD at 3:05 PM, Sunday 16 August. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
David Attenborough
Narrator
Simon Nash
Director
Keith Scholey
Executive Producer