Really Wild Animals is a children's nature television series, hosted by Dudley Moore as an anthropomorphic globe named Spin.
At the end of an episode, Spin says, "But (you know), there are lots more Really Wild Animals all across this wonderful world of ours, so be sure to join me on our next (exciting) adventure.
These animals include elephants, rhinos, zebras, chimpanzees, colobus monkeys, meerkats, cheetahs, and lions.
The theme of "weirdness" among Australia's creatures (compared to the rest of the world) is explored by looking at mammals, birds, and reptiles.
The kangaroos, mudskippers, quolls, fruit bats, echidnas, platypuses, riflebirds, bowerbirds, lyrebirds, emus, malleefowls, frilled lizards, water-holding frogs, dingoes, Tasmanian devils, flying possums, numbats, thorny devils, and koalas are featured.
Some of the animals featured are dolphins, octopuses, seahorses, fish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, sea otters, sharks, emperor penguins and whales.
During this journey the jaguar, tapir, leafcutter ant, howler monkey, basilisk lizard, poison arrow frog, parrot, tarantula, harpy eagle, piranha, vampire bat, hoatzin, uakari, three-toed sloth, and river dolphin are among the animals shown.
Some of the featured animals are the sea snake, white-bellied sea eagle, snow monkey, proboscis monkey, mudskipper, fiddler crab, dhole, Asian elephant, tiger, Komodo dragon, cobra, Arabian oryx, ibex, camel, garden eel, manta ray, giant panda, crane, swiftlet, and orangutan.
Spin examines dinosaurs such as duck-billed Hadrosaurs, Struthiomimus, Tyrannosaurus rex, and Dromaeosaurs (Raptors), and tries to answer the questions surrounding them, including how they became extinct, and if relatives still exist such as alligators, snakes, Komodo dragons, lizards, ostriches, and cassowaries.
Spin looks at some of the world's creepiest creatures, such as vampire bats, ants, flies, spiders, vultures, and dung beetles.
Spin looks at primates, including gibbons, langurs, bush babies, aye-ayes, capuchins, and baboons.
Spin’s a spy who is trying to find out how some animals have ways to defend themselves, such as frilled-neck lizards, poison dart frogs, owl butterflies, green tree pythons, Hemisphaerota beetles, army ants, skunks, Surinam toads, black widow spiders, bombardier beetles, mantis shrimp, cobras, tomato frogs, cone snails, and puffer fish, and finds out why animals need defenses.