We often think sight and sound rule the animal world, but for many creatures, it’s all about taste and smell.
In ‘Wild Senses – Chemical Conversation’, we dive into the invisible language of scents and flavours that guide survival, communication, and some seriously strange behaviours. From wolverines sniffing out avalanche-buried meals to dogs detecting disease, and salmon smelling their way across oceans, it’s a sensory world beyond our imagination. Sharks steer with their nostrils, catfish taste with their skin, and corpse flowers fake the scent of death. Even trees like acacias fight back with bitter flavours and chemical warnings. From salty-snack-loving macaques to stink-fighting lemurs, this episode tunes into the chemical conversation nature’s been having all along.
