World's Sneakiest Animals

Chris Packham meets the animals using devious tactics and sneaky tricks to survive.

Meet the cross-dressing love cheat cuttlefish, the two-faced topi, the devious freshwater mussel and other utterly remarkable devious animals.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	World's Sneakiest Animals
First Air Date	December 25, 2015
Last Air Date	January 14, 2016
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	1h 0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	BBC
Networks	BBC Two

S01E03

Sex, Lies and Dirty Tricks

Chris Packham meets a host of animals using devious tactics to win a mate and raise a family. New science reveals bower birds and fiddler crabs using optical illusions to impress a female, whilst a male topi antelope fakes danger to give him an edge. Meet cross-dressing cuttlefish and marsh harriers as they sneak past dominant males to mate incognito. Animal family life is no more honest, with chicks blackmailing their own parents and the honeyguide bird duping another species into raising its chick. It is sex, lies and families faking it in the world of sneaky animals - they really will stop at nothing to succeed.

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