Supersense
Smell your way across an ocean as a salmon does. See, through the multi-aspected eye of a fly, what a human hand looks like when it is about to strike. Amazing effects reveal the secrets of animal perception.
From the archive
The super senses animals use to perceive, and plants use to deal, with the greater world around them, presented with groundbreaking special effects and film techniques, and narrated by George Page. Episode 1: Sight and SoundSight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears. Episode 2: Super Scents and BeyondEnhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses. Episode 3: Making SenseInternal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
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- Director
- John Downer
- Starring
- Andrew Sachs
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