Plot: How can a hamster survive falling from the top of a skyscraper, ants carry over 100 times their own body weight and geckos climb across the ceiling?
In the first of this year's Christmas lectures, Dr Mark Miodownik investigates why size matters in animal behaviour. He reveals how the science of materials - the stuff from which everything is made - can explain some of the most extraordinary and surprising feats in the animal kingdom
![Cast and Crew in Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Season 45 - Episode 1 - Why Elephants Can't Dance Poster of Cast and Crew in Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Season 45 - Episode 1 - Why Elephants Can't Dance](http://es.actoragecheck.com/lost-image.jpg)
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Season 45 - Why Elephants Can't Dance (Episode 1)
Episode Aired On:
Tuesday, December 28 2010
14 years ago
Tuesday, December 28 2010
14 years ago
Go to
Episode 2