Impossible Animals: Kids (S), Coasts: Living On The Edge (S)

Desert heat is deadly, so to survive here creatures have made some remarkable adaptations, like a little gecko who drinks by licking its own eyeballs!

Traversing the desert dunes is a near impossible challenge, but animals have come up with some ingenious methods, like one hawk who flies like a fighter jet!

Animals have found remarkable ways of filling their bellies and keeping hunger at bay, including a Caracal that can jump three metres in the air!

Patrick Ayree reveals the weird and wonderful ways in which animals raise a family in a brutal desert landscape.

Meet the rainforest residents that have pushed their bodies to the limit, like squirrel monkeys who can cover two metres in one giant leap!

Rainforests are home to half of the world's species, so life here is competitive. Patrick looks at the Orchid mantis, an evil genius of the insect world!

The rainforest gets up to 10 thousand millimetres of water each year. Patrick uncovers the ingenious ways that animals cope with the wet conditions, including the Basilisk lizard that can run across water.

Discover some of the most extreme animal parents in the world, from piggybacking frogs and flesh-eating amphibians to feisty lemurs and loveable apes.

Patrick looks at emperor penguins that use bubbles to leap from the ocean, and cape fur seals that use acrobatic skills to escape great white sharks.

On the tidal coastline, finding and catching food is far from easy, but a few animals have developed some ingenious skills that really pay off!

Beating your rivals on the beach might feel like an uphill battle, but a few animals have developed some astonishing tactics to get ahead.

Patrick takes a look at sea otter parents who have no choice but to raise their young at sea and face a big challenge - the pups can't swim!