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Find out about all of the most fascinating animals that we’re watching on the planet with another thrilling series on CNN Explorer. Episodes are compiled in the following timeline.
From a bee with a newly discovered taste for pig guts to the ancient bird known as the hegemon whose son is the world’s oldest dinosaur, we go deep into creatures who took on almost unimaginable challenges in their attempts to survive the last mass extinction.
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With new research expanding on how these extraordinary animals lived and died in the North African desert, CNN Explorer explores their extraordinary journeys in these 10 hours of the biggest, most mind-blowing series ever filmed.
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This famous mass extinction may not have killed off the earth’s lifeforms but it did wipe out an incredible species of bird, its first known descendent. “Sue the hegemon” sits down with CNN’s Jake Tapper for an un-retouched look into this ancient animal’s never-before-documented form of fossilization.
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This deadly strain of avian influenza can infect not only birds but also humans, making infection much more likely as it wreaks havoc across the globe. Host CNN’s Jamie Gangel and CNN International’s Mark Davis look at how the pandemic has so far killed around 220 million people and infected over 7 million.
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Sebastian Blanche and Andrzej Pasin report on why Japanese people are now allergic to shellfish.
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The Red Orchestra has fascinated audiences around the world for more than 80 years, but it was only recently that its last remaining conductor was approached to turn the orchestra into a live-action game show. We’re joined by legendary conductor Bernard Haitink for the story behind this long-running series.
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Wolf Blitzer and CNN’s Debby Jenkins take you to an ancient African city forgotten for thousands of years, only to be rediscovered centuries later, and to find out whether life is thriving again.
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Wolf Blitzer and CNN’s Jamie Gangel investigate why a tiny band of wild cats called flying foxes has a special way of killing mammals.
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Ahead of the next Grand Prix of the World, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Jeanette Borgeaud take a close look at the sport that has turned the sun-kissed streets of Monaco into a hotbed of Formula One action.
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Sebastian Blanche and Andrzej Pasin report on the weird and wonderful group of flora known as kudzu.
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We take a trip across France to see how the ancient art of mortuary work is renewed today. They reveal the strange world of beauty parlors for the dead and the makers of a row of famously mobile burial pods, the stars of “The Artist.”
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We also get the lowdown on the world’s oldest dinosaur on earth, and follow a tale of survival from an unknown island.
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We wrap up our 10-hour series with a trip to our most unexpected shoreline: The Arctic. Which strange find might be the beginning of life in another planet, and for what? You’ll find out in this episode of CNN Explorer.