bbc ricl 2010 size matters 1of3 why elephants cant dance
from...http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x1v7l
how can a hamster survive falling from the top of a skyscraper, ants carry over 100 times their own
body weight and geckos climb across the ceiling?
in the first of this year's christmas lectures, dr mark miodownik investigates why size matters in
animal behaviour. he reveals how the science of materials - the stuff from which everything is made
- can explain some of the most extraordinary and surprising feats in the animal kingdom.
by the end, you will understand why you will never see an elephant dance.
from...http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x1v7l
how can a hamster survive falling from the top of a skyscraper, ants carry over 100 times their own
body weight and geckos climb across the ceiling?
in the first of this year's christmas lectures, dr mark miodownik investigates why size matters in
animal behaviour. he reveals how the science of materials - the stuff from which everything is made
- can explain some of the most extraordinary and surprising feats in the animal kingdom.
by the end, you will understand why you will never see an elephant dance.
