A Sneak Peek of ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’ – ‘Europe’

The European Hamster.

It’s no secret that we here at Nerds That Geek are huge fans of the BBC America series, Seven Worlds, One Planet. Because this nature documentary has provided all of us with an insightful look into the vast amounts of wildlife that populate the seven continents of our world, and thus far this series has treated us to some breathtaking and powerful moments. And in anticipation of tomorrow night's brand-new episode, one revolving around how wildlife survives alongside humanity in Europe, we have quite the special treat for all of you.

Because we have the distinct honor of providing you with a sneak peek of tomorrow night’s episode, one that shows us a unique situation for one of the tinier critters that roams about Europe. But before we break into that sneak peek, we’d also like to take a moment and share something interesting about this particular chapter in the documentary, because it features an important first. Per BBC America: 

‘In the Europe episode, camera crews take audiences into the 12,000 limestone caves in Slovenia to capture a rare creature called the olm, which is a blind salamander that inhabit the area and can go without food for nearly a decade. Using drone technology, the film crew was able to get footage from underground inside the caves, which required expertise in freestyle drone flying to navigate the cave’s strong air currents when location accuracy tools didn’t work underground.’

Plus, we also have some fun facts for everyone to enjoy, such as: 

· An olm in Europe can go without a meal for a decade and live for a century.
· Wolves have about 200 million scent cells. Humans have only about five million. 
· A hungry wolf can eat 20 pounds of meat in a single meal, which is akin to a human eating one hundred hamburgers.
· When a European hamster needs to swim it inflates its cheek pouches with air for increased buoyancy.
· Mayflies have been around for some 350 million years.This means that they existed even before the dinosaurs came to existence and they survived the K-T Extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs.
· Iberian lynxes have amazing eyesight and can spot a mouse even from a distance of 250 feet.
· Europe is home to around 747 million people.
· Trillions of charged particles react with the Earth’s atmosphere to make the northern lights.
· Over 12,000 caves have been discovered in Slovenia’s Karst region alone.

So, as you can see, this is going to be quite the unique chapter in this magnificent documentary. But we did promise an outright sneak peek. So, without further ado, we present you a clip from Seven Worlds, One Planet – ‘Europe’; one that features a hamster battle.  

'Seven Worlds, One Planet' - 'Europe' airs Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on BBC America, AMC, IFC and Sundance TV.