Nick Baker's Weird Creatures

Latest Episodes

• Season 3 Episode 1: Leafy Sea Dragon

  The Leafy Sea Dragon has a jewel-like body and complex camouflage.

• Season 2 Episode 8: The Mimic Octopus

  Naturalist Nick Baker travels to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in search of the mimic octopus, a chameleonic creature allegedly capable of changing shape to camouflage itself. On his first dive into the sea he encounters a variety of other life-forms, including the Ambon scorpion fish and curiously named wonderpus photogenicus. Last in series

  Next on: Friday 25th December 9:00pm EST - Smithsonian HD Network
• Season 2 Episode 7: The Night Stalker

  The naturalist heads to Madagascar in search of a vision from his own childhood nightmares, the rare aye-aye lemur, whose extraordinary physique is a result of unique evolutionary processes that only take place on the south-eastern African island. Despite hearing a plethora of taboos relating to the creature, Nick Baker visits the Nosy Mangabe wildlife reserve to confront his phobias

  Next on: Friday 18th December 9:00pm EST - Smithsonian HD Network