The Mating Game (2021)

  • : 2021
  • : 5
  • : 8
  • BBC One
  • 20
  • Documentary

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Grasslands: In Plain Sight
Episode overview
03, 2021
The strategies used by animals to find and defend their mates in the grasslands of Namibia, the Serengeti and Australia. Here, mating strategies are on show for all to see.
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Oceans: Out of the Blue
Episode overview
10, 2021
The ocean is where life first experimented with the mating game, and over time this has led to some of the most ingenious mating strategies of all.
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Jungles: In the Thick of It
Episode overview
17, 2021
Jungles are home to 80 per cent of all species, but they cover just two per cent of the planet. When animals in these crowded forests want to mate, how do they stand out?
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Freshwater: Timing Is Everything
Episode overview
24, 2021
Freshwater is often the stage on which millions of animals gather to find a mate, and the cycle of freshwater is the trigger for spectacular mating rituals and fierce competition.
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Against All Odds
Episode overview
31, 2021
All life is driven by the need to breed. Yet for a few, the odds of success are overwhelmingly against them, so these have adopted the most extraordinary mating strategies of all.

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