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Nature's Wildest Weapons: Horns, Tusks and Antlers

Professor Doug Emlen discovers the secrets of nature's arms races, what triggers them and what they can teach us about the most formidable weapons on earth - our own.

The animal kingdom possesses a fearsome arsenal - a variety of extreme weapons used in epic battles to gore, stab, crush and batter. But are they more than just instruments of deadly force? For Professor Doug Emlen, it has been his lifetime's ambition to discover the secrets of nature's arms races, what triggers them and what they can teach us about the most formidable weapons on earth - our own.

59 minutes

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Role Contributor
Expert Doug Emlen
Producer Peter Fison
Series Editor Roger Webb
Narrator Nina Sosanya
Composer Paul Hartnoll

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