David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
A Curious Hoax?
Season 1 Episode 2 of 5
David Attenborough highlights the curiosities that have led to accusations of forgery, but have ultimately helped assist the rethinking of evolution. When early explorers brought the first specimen of a duck-billed platypus to England in 1799, it was considered so bizarre it was deemed a hoax. Similarly, the midwife toad became the centre of a scientific storm in the 1920s that led to accusations of fakery
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities airs on U&Eden at 5:30 AM, Monday 23 December. (Subtitles, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
David Attenborough
Presenter
Stephen Dunleavy
Executive Producer