# Chasing Nature

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***Chasing Nature*** is a [reality television](/source/Reality_television) series on [Animal Planet](/source/Animal_Planet). On the show, teams of engineering students compete to create devices that simulate the abilities of animals. Episodes include simulating bat [sonar](/source/Sonar) and a bird's [talon](/source/Claw#Birds). It premiered in December 2005.[1] Self-driving car engineer [Anthony Levandowski](/source/Anthony_Levandowski) competed in an episode.[2] The show, filmed in Australia, was described in *[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe)* as "*Survivor* for really, really, smart people".[3]

## References

1. Sturrock, Carrie (January 26, 2006). ["Stanford / Engineers get wild on TV / On reality show, Stanford students mimic animals: a bat's sonar, a bird claw's grasp"](https://archive.today/20121210180241/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/26/BAGHRGT0GF1.DTL). *SFGATE*. Archived from [the original](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/26/BAGHRGT0GF1.DTL) on December 10, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2022.

1. Davies, Alex (August 29, 2019). ["How Anthony Levandowski Put Himself at the Center of an Industry"](https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-put-himself-center-industry/). *Wired*. Retrieved May 31, 2022.

1. O'Brien, Keith (January 9, 2006). ["Student, tutor, DJ, and next, TV star"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102913039/the-boston-globe/). *The Boston Globe*. p. 26. Retrieved May 31, 2022. – via Newspapers.com.

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