Did you know that the acceleration of a chameleon’s tongue is five times faster than a F16 fighter jet? You would if you had been watching the amazing BBC nature series Life, which ends on Monday.
The series has introduced us to weird and wonderful creatures such as the star-nosed mole and the brilliantly named sarcastic fringehead (a fish).
The crew also captured many moments never seen before on television, including cheetahs working together to bring down prey twice their size and killer whales that have learnt to stalk seals.
If you have so far missed the series, which was filmed over 3,000 days and was four years in the making, we have this amazing set of images to give you an idea of what it was like.
Funny friendship
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The clownfish shares an amazing partnership with the anemone. Anemones have tentacles that sting, but the clownfish has a layer of mucus on its skin that makes it immune to this, so it can hide in the tentacles from predators.
Dark side of the desert
The Namaqua desert chameleon warms up in the early morning. It turns dark on one side to absorb the sun’s heat and white on the other side, which helps to prevent heat from escaping.
Bleeding bark
The dragon’s blood tree has a funnel-shaped arrangement of branches to collect water. If damaged the bark oozes blood-red sap — the “dragon’s blood”.
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Squid’s in too deep
The Humboldt squid grows up to two metres and can live 700m (2,300ft) under the water. How it remains active in the oxygen-depleted depths is a mystery.
Sail of the century
The sailfish is reported to be the fastest fish in the sea, clocking up speeds of 70mph.