Chasing Nature

{{Short description|Reality television series}}

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Chasing Nature is a reality television series on Animal Planet. On the show, teams of engineering students compete to create devices that simulate the abilities of animals. Episodes include simulating bat sonar and a bird's talon. It premiered in December 2005.{{cite news |last1=Sturrock |first1=Carrie |title=Stanford / Engineers get wild on TV / On reality show, Stanford students mimic animals: a bat's sonar, a bird claw's grasp |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/26/BAGHRGT0GF1.DTL |access-date=May 31, 2022 |work=SFGATE |date=January 26, 2006}} Self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski competed in an episode.{{cite magazine |last1=Davies |first1=Alex |title=How Anthony Levandowski Put Himself at the Center of an Industry |url=https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-put-himself-center-industry/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=May 31, 2022 |date=August 29, 2019}} The show, filmed in Australia, was described in The Boston Globe as "Survivor for really, really, smart people".{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Keith |title=Student, tutor, DJ, and next, TV star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102913039/the-boston-globe/ |access-date=May 31, 2022 |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 9, 2006 |pages=26 |via=Newspapers.com}}