Inside Nature's Giants - Season 3 - Eps 6: The Racehorse
The thoroughbred racehorse is one of the greatest athletes on the planet, galloping with incredible speed and stamina for such a large animal. It is the result of unnatural selection, and exists on a knife edge between glory and catastrophic failure. The team explore how this animal has been biologically engineered for speed. They dissect an elite racehorse to reveal the extraordinary spring system that propels it to 45mph, its super-sized organs and built-in turbo-booster. Simon Watt visits the top breeding centre in Europe to find out how to produce a champion; and Mark Evans investigates the science behind their phenomenal performance and their vulnerability to injury
About Inside Nature's Giants
Title: Inside Nature's Giants
First Air Date: 2009-06-29
Last Air Date: 2012-04-23
Status: Ended
Rating: 9.5/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 18
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Inside Nature's Giants is a British science documentary, first broadcast in June 2009 by Channel 4. The documentary shows experts performing dissection on some of nature's largest animals, including whales and elephants. The programme is presented by Mark Evans. The series attempts to uncover the secrets of the animals examined. Mark is assisted by evolutionary biologists Richard Dawkins and Simon Watt, and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg. The show is currently airing on PBS in the United States and repeats are currently airing on Eden and Watch in the UK. There is an iPad application that allows you to see every animal the show have worked on close up.
Cast
Mark Evans
Presenter
Joy Reidenberg
Presenter
Simon Watt
Presenter
Richard Dawkins
Presenter
