Absurd Planet (2020)
Synopsis
A cast of quirky critters and Mother Nature herself narrate this funny science series, which peeks into the lives of Earth's most incredible animals.
First Air Date: 2020-04-22
Last Air Date: 2020-04-22
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 12
Networks: Netflix
Top Cast
- Afi Ekulona as Mother Nature
- Jeff Wild as Jeff Wild
- Paul E. Raff as Self
Seasons
Season 1 (2020)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Strangest Things
Say hello to Mother Nature’s all-star cast of confounding beasts, featuring Madagascar’s own death-metal lizard: the satanic leaf-tailed gecko.
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Ep. 2: Raging Waters
Dive into an undersea world that's swimming with flirty amphibians, fishy friends, and sea-slug vacuums that keep things clean.
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Ep. 3: Mate Expectations
Time to talk about the birds, the bees and all the other animals with strange mating rituals. When two scorpions make love, it’s anything but lovely.
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Ep. 4: The Cycle of Life
For Earth’s largest rodent, life’s a beach. For mayflies, it lasts only one day. What counts isn’t quantity, but quality — and occasional cannibalism.
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Ep. 5: H2 wOah
Bizarre dramas unfold in the world’s wet and wild oceans, including a leopard seal and a crustacean that team up to ruin an octopus's day.
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Ep. 6: Extremeliest
The miraculous Jesus Christ lizard and goo-spewing bombardier beetle stand out among nature’s oldest, fastest and just plain kookiest creatures.
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Ep. 7: The Flight Stuff
Take to the skies to discover amazing murmurations of starlings and adorably pudgy puffins. Don’t mind the flying snakes, those wingless weirdos.
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Ep. 8: Eat Prey Live
A butterfly that drinks turtle tears is just one of many organisms with unusual appetites and even odder methods of hunting and digesting their food.
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Ep. 9: Fights Camera Action
Get ready for a rumble in the jungle. Whether clawing, crashing or headbanging, animal gladiators like to fight if love or status is on the line.
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Ep. 10: Strangerer Things
The parade of curiosities kicks off with a tiny lizard that fits on a fingertip and monkeys with huge noses. Some Hawaiian sand is fish poop — fact.
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Ep. 11: We're All the Same
Humans share a surprising number of traits with their critter kin, such as using tools, yawning, soaking in saunas and flipping real estate.
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Ep. 12: Absurd is the Word
Did you know goats speak in different regional dialects? Incredible facts about everyday animals lead to one conclusion: being different is awesome.
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