Hi, I'm the host of a new podcast from the BBC World Service called 30 Animals that Made A Smarter.

My name is Patrick I.

Who am I for existential question?

I'm a wildlife TV presenter and biologist.

Yeah that's why I'm...

I travel all around the world and film incredible stories about amazing animals.

I got to free dive with sperm mines,

having a cheater lick my hand,

I had a peragon falcon flying through my legs.

I get goosebumps just thinking about it now.

I'm here to talk about my new podcast,

30 animals that made us smarter.

It's a brand new series of a podcast that are really exciting.

I don't want to say too much because I feel like I might be giving too much away.

It's a 30-part series about different animals that have inspired us in some way or another when it comes to developing new technologies.

I love technology and I like finding out how things work.

I love that synergy between different animals and not necessarily the most charismatic animals and how scientists or different people have studied these animals and realized that actually, you know, mother nature has had...

So how long is it?

The Earth's been around 4.5 billion years.

I think life started, what, around 500 million years later?

Mother Nature's had, I think, roughly 4 billion years

to solve a whole load of problems. So we've only been here for a fraction of that time and so if we're going to find a blueprint to solve a lot of our problems now, nature undoubtedly has that all sorted out.

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