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Expandable Bodies
Episode 3 of 6
David Attenborough looks at how the bodies of some animals stretch and shrink in extraordinary ways.
The bodies of some animals stretch and shrink in extraordinary ways. The anaconda can swallow prey twice its own body size and then go for over a year without eating. The camel's curious hump can almost double in weight giving it the energy to travel huge distances across deserts. What is the secret behind such expandable bodies?
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