Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature Episode 3: Super-Powers

Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature Episode 3: Super-Powers

Richard Hammond Richard Hammond concludes his look at miracles in the natural world by discovering some incredible animal super-powers. Creatures that can create slime as strong as steel, survive massive extremes of temperature or even turn invisible. Animal super-powers that have inspired scientists and engineers to create brand new human inventions that could change the way we live.

He discovers how the husky's paw can help American footballers; how a strange eel-like creature with a skull but no skeleton might be the next best thing to a spider; how the kingfisher could revolutionise air-sea rescue; and how the cuttlefish has enabled a military tank to pretend it's a small family saloon.
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The Series - Episode Guide
Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature Episode 1: Super-Bodies
Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature Episode 2: Super-Senses
Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature Episode 3: Super-Powers