Nick Baker's Weird Creatures
Nick Baker travels the globe in search of some of the weirdest, ugliest, and downright most bizarre animals that grace the planet - the unsung heroes of evolutionary biology.
Leafy Sea Dragon
In the warm waters of South Australia Nick meets a marine animal with a jewel-like body that resembles a brilliant plastic toy rather than a fish; the Leafy Sea Dragon.
Worm Lizard
Nick Baker is on a road trip along Mexico's Highway Number 1 running the length of the weird and wonderful Baja peninsula. His aim- to track down Bipes biporus, aka the Five-toed Worm Lizard.
Axolotl
Mexico City might seem an unlikely place to find one of nature's most extraordinary amphibians; the Axolotl, an almost magical salamander that Nick Baker has kept in captivity for two decades.
Marsupial Mole
Nick travels to Australia's Red Centre on the trail of one of the weirdest desert diggers, the Marsupial Mole. To Nick's astonishment he discovers that what is known about this mole is very little.
Slow Loris
Nick travels to the depths of the Bornean jungle to find the only poisonous primate in the world; the Slow Loris. It looks like a cuddly toy, but it carries a poison that can prove fatal.
Horseshoe Crab
The horseshoe crab has been around for nearly half a billion years, making it one of the oldest creatures on the planet. Nick wants to find out what the living fossil has been doing right for so long.
Giant Anteater
Luck is on Nick's side as he goes in search of the awkward middle child of anteaters, the tamandua. Borrowing characteristics from its brothers, the tamandua appears to have an identity crisis.
Pygmy Sloth
Nicks heads to a group of desert islands in Panama where strange things have been happening to the animals. He hangs out with a pygmy sloth and discovers a species of frog with an identity crisis.
