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That"s Just Wild

Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts bring you a wildly entertaining nature show filled with adventure, behind-the-scenes stories, and fascinating facts. Think: unexpected encounters, jaw-dropping science, and nature like you’ve never heard it before.Every Tuesday join adventurer, explorer and broadcaster Steve Backshall, wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly, and journalist Sarah Roberts as they dive deep into the wonders of the natural world. From braving Arctic extremes to swimming with

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28:33

Q&A: Evolution Oddities, Pet Reptiles and Saving...

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2026/04/10

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions!🐍 Ever thought about owning a corn snake… and then realised how big the commitment actually is? We get into exotic pets and what it really means to care for them. 🤔🦘 What’s the point of marsupials — and is there such a thing as a “useless” animal? From pouches to egg-layers, we explore the strange paths of evolution. 🌍✨💰 Pangolin scales, rhino horn, and even fish bladders worth more than gold… why are these

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49:42

Builders: Beaver Cities, Swiftlet Phlegm Hammocks,...

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2026/04/07

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie roll up their sleeves to share some of nature’s most ingenious architects 🏗️🐝🦫 Could the world’s biggest beaver dam really dwarf the Hoover Dam? From booming “beaver cities” to their surprising comeback (and even “beaver bombing”), these furry engineers are reshaping landscapes. 🌿🌾 Social weaver birds build giant tree-top apartment blocks packed with life — while swiftlets craft bizarre saliva “hammocks”… and antlion larvae set deadly sand traps

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22:07

Q&A: Flaunting Peacocks, Sweet Rhino Farts, and...

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2026/04/03

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah tackle more of your wildest questions!🦚 What is the real purpose of sexual dimorphism? From strutting, show-off peacocks to enormous male seals and tiny females, plus the bizarre love life of the anglerfish. 🤯🌊🐬 Dolphins aren’t always the friendly faces we think they are… what really goes on during mating season, and just how dark can their behaviour get?🐾 And is there actually an evolutionary advantage to being cute — or are humans just projecting

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34:52

Chatty: Tamarin’s Scent Secrets, Curious Whales and...

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2026/03/31

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are seriously chatty as they discuss some of nature’s most outrageous communicators📞📢🔊…🦜 From the red-eyed vireo, the tiny “preacher bird” that somehow belts out a staggering 22,197 songs in just 10 hours (yes, really!), to the white bellbird, whose call is so loud it’s basically like standing next to the speakers at a rock concert… except it’s screaming directly into a female’s face. 🔊🎚️🤘🐋 Humpback whales might be trying to chat with us — not

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27:57

Q&A: Snow Leopard Close Calls, Desert Masters and...

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2026/03/27

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve and Sarah tackle more of your wildest questions!🐆 How close should you really get to a snow leopard? Steve shares a heart-stopping near miss with one of the most elusive predators on Earth. 😳🏔️🌵 How do animals survive in the harshest places on the planet — and what happens when apex predators like dingoes and Tasmanian devils are brought back to restore balance?🕷️ And do spiders actually eat their own webs? Plus, a simple challenge: what might you

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36:34

Memory: Squirrels’ Mind Palace, Snail Memory...

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2026/03/24

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are exploring into the surprising world of animal memory. 🧠🐿️ 🌰From squirrels with a near-perfect mental map of their buried snacks to goldfish that can remember far more than you’d think… 🧠🐠🐘 Meet the matriarchs of the animal kingdom — elephants whose incredible memories may hold the secret to longer lives, thanks to the rare and remarkable “grandmother effect.” 👵🌍🪶 And it’s not just remembering — some of the smartest birds on Earth, like

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20:48

Q&A Shark Special: The Shark Matriarch, Overexcited...

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2026/03/20

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Sarah is joined by special guest Shark Man Dan for a Shark Q+A special🦈💙🌊🦈 Ever wondered if sharks are good mums? Turns out life as a baby shark is brutal. The moment they’re born, they’re on their own — just survival in the big blue. 😬🌊👀 Do sharks ever hunt together? We dive into the surprising social side of these ocean predators… like how many sharks show respect to the biggest females. 👑🏝️ And if you actually want to see sharks in the wild, where

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48:29

Shark Man Dan: Walking Sharks, Strange Species and...

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2026/03/17

This week on That’s Just Wild, Sarah is joined by special guest Shark Man Dan for a deep dive into the world of sharks… and the wild path that led Dan to dedicate his career to them. 🦈🌊🎥🦈💙 Dan shares how he turned his love for sharks into a career — taking a very unconventional route to become one of the ocean’s biggest shark champions. 🏆Meet Dan’s favourite shark, the epaulette shark — famous for its incredible ability to “walk” across reefs and out of rock pools to escape predators. 🪨🐚🌊

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32:02

Q&A: Cheeky Octopuses, Chompy Geese and Spiders with...

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2026/03/13

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve and Sarah tackle more of your wildest questions! 💪🏽 Ever wondered what the bite force of a goose is? Steve reckons he might’ve bite-tested more animals than anyone else on Earth… and honestly, we believe him. 🌏😅🕷️🕸️ Do wild animals ever keep other animals as pets? Meet the spiders that open their homes to frogs. 🐸🏠🐜🐄 And we ask the big questions… what’s the most successful species in Earth’s history — and can animals actually hold a grudge? 😤📝

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35:08

Motherhood: Crab Spider Sacrifice, Panda Sibling...

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2026/03/10

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are exploring motherhood in the animal kingdom… from the sweetest care to the most jaw-dropping survival strategies. 💛🐣🐻‍❄️🐊 From polar bears to crocodilians carrying their babies gently in their mouths… to reptiles like leopard iguanas leaving their hatchlings in a protective pile of poo — motherhood in nature comes in many wild forms. 🥚💩🕷️ Meet the ultimate self-sacrificing mum — the crab spider mother who lets her babies drink nutrients from

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25:03

Q&A: Dung Beetle Deadlifts, Orca Dialects and the...

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2026/03/06

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions!Ever wondered if animals have accents? Sarah and Lizzie discuss if orcas really pass down their own unique calls and communication styles through generations. 🐋🎙️From gorillas to leafcutter ants to dung beetles… who’s the true strength champion for their size in the animal kingdom? 💪🐜And do all animals defend a territory— and what happens when that animal packs up and migrates? 🗺️🦅📝 Leave

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43:14

Speedy: Flattie spider spinners, Mummified cheetahs...

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2026/03/03

This week on That’s Just Wild Lizzie and Sarah are racing into all things speedy... blink-and-you’ll-miss-it speedy.And Sarah's got a new book! https://linktr.ee/Wild_Apprentice⚡👀 🕷️ Meet the flattie spider — whipping around its prey in a spin so fast it holds the title for the quickest terrestrial twirl on Earth. 😵‍💫🕸️🦅 🦅 We spotlight the peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on Earth, zooming through the sky in an incredible super-speed dive.🚄 🇯🇵And nature inspiring transport engineering

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24:23

Q&A: Stratosphere Spiders, Underwater Scorpions and ...

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2026/02/27

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions!Scorpions that can survive underwater thanks to their wild “book lungs.”Animals reaching heighests hieghts.. from Vultures spotted by an airliner at cruising altitude to Spiders kite-flying to the edge of the stratosphere.And the gloriously named golden-butted leaf-eared mouse. And yes… the Echidna’s four-headed penis...📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means

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34:33

Ancient: Velvet Worm Veterans, Self-cloning Shrubs...

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2026/02/24

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are going Ancient… seriously ancient. 🦖⏳🌊 From the deep cold, dark waters where life moves slowly and lives ridiculously long... where some Glass sponges have survived 17,000 years.🧽🔎Meeting Ming the giant clam — 507 years old that was already alive when Leonardo da Vinci was painting the Mona Lisa.🐚🖼️🦈 We trace ancient lineages: Sharks cruising our oceans for 400 million years, Horseshoe crabs older than dinosaurs and Velvet worms predating

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21:26

Q&A: Lazy Big Cats, Dwarf Elephants and Orca's...

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2026/02/20

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions!🦈 Why are some orcas obsessed with shark liver — and what’s the story behind pods wearing salmon as actual hats? 🐋🐟 (Yes. Salmon hats.)🦁 Why don’t big cats bother with tiny snacks? When you’re a lion or tiger, why ignore small prey and go all-in on the big prey?🧠 And does neurodivergence exist in animals? Can wildlife have different brain wiring too?📝 Leave us a review to

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30:09

Hearts: Heart Stopping Frogs, Mystic Sea Angels and...

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2026/02/17

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah dive heart-first into the wildest, weirdest, and most jaw-dropping hearts in the animal kingdom.❤️❤🐟 How many hearts is too many? From fish and reptiles to squid with multiple hearts, the animal kingdom might suprise you!🩺 Meet the zebrafish that can regenerate it's heart… and the frogs that literally stop theirs to survive freezing temperatures ❄️🐸🦑 And finally… Steve makes his case for three-hearted cephalopods as the strangest hearts of

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16:18

Q&A: Tenacious Honey Badgers, Regurgitating Snakes...

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2026/02/13

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions! Ever wondered why a snake might suddenly throw up its lunch? 🐍🤢🐝 Why are honey badgers called honey badgers… and how did they become fearless, beehive-raiding machines?🦡🍯🏙️ And how can you spot the fastest bird on the planet hiding in plain sight — yes, even in the middle of a city? 👀🦅📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the

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38:12

Lovers: Lovebombing Spiders, the Froggy Kamasutra,...

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2026/02/10

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah go in search of romance and Valentine’s vibes in the animal kingdom 💕🐾And just a head's up, adult themes are discussed so this episode might not be suitable for small ears....How common is monogamy in the natural world? 💍🌿How different positions make reproduction more likely… in frogs 🐸👀The obscene noises made by 95-year-old tortoises… and yes, Steve does an impression 🐢😳🎤And is love just “the negotiating procedure of how to pass on

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23:45

Q&A: Mysterious Eels, Headless Cockroaches,...

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2026/02/06

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions!Where on earth do eels actually go to reproduce… and why is it still such a massive mystery?🪱🔍🧠 Why do some animals have brains in the weirdest, wildest places? 🪳🎥 When filming out the the WIld, Steve Lizzie and Sarah discuss the fine line between observing nature… and when to step in and save a life. 🚨💪📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment

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34:15

Muddy: Giant Tadpoles, Mud-Breathing Fish, and the...

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2026/02/03

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah are getting Muddy — plunging into the gloopy, squelchy, wildly misunderstood world beneath our feet. 🐾Frrom mud-loving marvels like the Chilean helmeted bullfrog 🐸, to the paradox frog whose skin slime could help treat diabetes 🧪Sarah shares experience wrestling with sharp-tooth catfish, and explains how some dolphins use mud as a hunting tool. 🐬Plus: Busting quicksand myths, ancient lungfish that cocoon themselves in mud for years, and

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