
Featuring incredible views of plunge-diving dogs, babysitting cats, acrobatic hamsters and a playful cat outwitted by his prey" - you'll never look at your favourite companions in quite the same way again. As astonishing photography explores the wild side of our playful pets, find out why hamsters love to run in a wheel, how dogs pick up the rules of the pack and how kittens learn to be solitary hunters. premiere of PETS: WILD AT HEART on Wednesday, Octoat 8pm (check local listings), showing the program on back-to-back Wednesdays as part of the network's NATURE series.Spy in the Huddle use innovative techniques to reveal the incredible secrets of your pets' behaviour in ways never seen before. Cats become intoxicated on the scent of a plant and suffer the consequences. A hamster uses his remarkable senses to stage a great escape and then deploys more navigational talents to find his way home.

Dogs take a car trip through Paris, using their legendary sense of smell to show us a very different city. Then, the second episode reveals pets' hidden senses and secret communication skills. The latest science also reveals why budgies talk, how a cat scales a vertical wall with the help of a special claw, why hamsters stuff their faces with more food than they can eat and the real meaning behind a rabbit's hop.


The first episode looks at the wild side of playful pets, including why hamsters love to run in a wheel, how dogs pick up the rules of the pack and how kittens learn to be solitary hunters. PETS: WILD AT HEART is a two-part documentary that uses HD spy cameras, night-vision cameras, drones, miniature on-board cameras and digital high-speed cameras to explore how household pets may seem familiar while existing alongside their companions in a secret world of wild behavior and natural abilities.
