Superquark
Season 29 Episode 5 - The most hostile environments for finding a partner
In the fifth episode of "Superquark," the journey into the game of seduction continues with BBC documentaries, revealing which animal species manage to survive despite having extremely slim chances of success in courtship: some must seek a partner where finding one is almost impossible, others must adapt to a world completely different from that of their parents, or to reproduce, they have developed some of nature's most extraordinary strategies. We then delve deeper into the thyroid, a small but vital gland whose properties are well understood, but its true self-regulation mechanisms are less so. An all-Italian project is now underway to discover how it works. Barbara Bernardini's report uncovers the thyroid's "black box." A new technique will reveal how hormones are actually produced.
Episodes in Season 29
The game of seduction
120 min
Journey into the "game" of seduction
117 min
Courtship in the rainforests
116 min
The challenge of courtship in rivers and lakes
121 min
The most hostile environments for finding a partner
123 min
Behind the scenes of the BBC animal series
123 min
The man
119 min
The last ice
121 min
