Episodes

• Ugly By Design

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  You don't have to be physically attractive to be well adapted. Evolution has bestowed upon them physical traits we find quite ugly, but the weirdest of traits in nature are almost always functional, allowing the creature to thrive in their environment.

• Under The Sea

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  Inhabiting the ocean floors, coral reefs and coastlines around the world, they may not be the prettiest of creatures but those ugly attributes enable them to not just survive but thrive in some of the planet's harshest environments. Episode two of "World's Weirdest Animal Faces" delves deep into a sea of aesthetic possibilities to discover that beauty is only fin deep.

• I Was Born This Way

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  It's the weird who stand out in a crowd and despite sometimes being shunned through lack of understanding, they often have that extra special something that allows them to not only survive, but thrive. Evolution has bestowed these animals with some of the world's weirdest physical traits; they're fantastically bizarre and super functional, key to these creatures' survival.

• World's Weirdest Animal Faces

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  Majestic animals we deem beautiful are well documented. Their stories are celebrated while we appropriate their regality, elegance and grace to adorn our company logos, be our sporting mascots and represent our families on crests. Then there's the other animals, the aesthetic outsiders we don't consider cute or cuddly. The critters we tend to laugh at or revile simply because they don't fit into what we deem as beautiful. The animals selected by natural selection to be beaten with the ugly stick. This is the time for the World's Weirdest Animal Faces to shine! A celebration of respectable irreverence, revealing the extraordinarily weird features...