Animal Super Parents

Season 1 Episode 3: Lending a Hand

Aug 07, 2015 TV-G 1h 8.1

This film explores why it pays to work as a team as it reveals some of the most captivating and awe-inspiring group parenting stories from the animal world. For most group-living species, living together means dividing the labour. From elephants taking part in hostage negotiations for their babies to banded mongoose all giving birth on the same day, female lions forming a sisterhood to see off interloping males and musk oxen rallying together to defend their calves from hungry wolves.... it&...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Going It Alone

1. Going It Alone

Aired: Jul 24, 2015

We reveal the weird and wonderful stories of some of the natural world's incr...

Episode 2 It Takes Two

2. It Takes Two

Aired: Jul 31, 2015

It may take two to make a baby - but not necessarily two to bring it up. So w...

Episode 3 Lending a Hand

3. Lending a Hand

Aired: Aug 7, 2015

This film explores why it pays to work as a team as it reveals some of the mo...


Info about Animal Super Parents

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC One

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Documentary