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Chris Packham meets the animals using devious tactics and sneaky tricks to survive. Meet the monkey that cheats its own family and the lizard that fakes its own death.

Chris Packham meets the animals using devious tactics and sneaky tricks to survive. New, groundbreaking science reveals astonishing visual trickery, from illusionist zebras to vanishing geckos and shape-shifting cuttlefish.

The world's ultimate con artists rely on sneaky strategies, even against their own kind - meet the monkey that cheats its own family and the lizard that fakes its own death. These animals really will do everything it takes to stay alive.

44 minutes

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Sat 2 Dec 202311:15
BBC Two

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  • Electric Six

    Danger! High Voltage!

Credits

ProducerGavin Boyland
Series ProducerHolly Spearing
PresenterChris Packham

Broadcasts

  • Wed 21 Dec 201615:15
    BBC Two
  • Mon 23 Aug 202116:30
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Tue 23 Nov 202101:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 2 Dec 202311:15
    BBC Two except Scotland