World's Sneakiest Animals

The world's ultimate con artists rely on sneaky strategies, even against their own kind - meet the monkey that cheats its own family and the lizard that fakes its own death. These animals really will do everything it takes to stay alive.

Chris Packham meets a host of animals that use deceptive tactics to find food. New science reveals that some trick their prey, like the manipulative mantis that looks like a flower and killer whales that set traps using sound. Others cheat each other - sea otters demand ransoms after kidnapping e...

New science reveals bowerbirds and fiddler crabs using optical illusions to impress a female, whilst a male topi antelope fakes danger to give himself an edge. Meet cross-dressing cuttlefish and marsh harriers as they sneak past dominant males to mate incognito.