Nick Baker (naturalist)
| Nick Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 April 1972 Surrey, England |
| Height | 5'10" (1.78 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Ceri Baker (2009-present) |
Nicholas Rowan Baker (born 22 April 1972) is an English naturalist and television presenter, notably on Children's BBC's The Really Wild Show.
Baker graduated from the University of Exeter in 1993 with a degree in biological sciences, but was a keen naturalist from an early age. He co-founded Exeter University's Bug Club and was a member of the Royal Entomological Society's Youth Development Committee.
As a field naturalist, he has researched the high brown fritillary butterfly on Dartmoor and worked with badgers, also in Devon.
In Nick Baker's Under the Skin on BBC Two, Baker attempted to get under the skin of animals such as grizzly bears, penguins, rattlesnakes and rhinos - examining their habitats and behaviour in his own way.
In 1999 Baker worked on two science series. He presented Twister and joined the presenting team of the science series, Tomorrow's World. Other ventures have included co-presenting BBC Two's Watch Out with Simon King.
Nick Baker's Weird Creatures was frequently ridiculed on Harry Hill's TV Burp. Selections of the show were shown featuring Nick Baker performing poorly, or where a mundane or disappointing animal is featured. This included one episode where Nick went to find a basking shark off the coast of Cornwall, but instead found only otters, seagulls and a dog. After the last of the episodes had been shown Nick Baker appeared on TV Burp and called Hill a 'cheeky git', after throwing a custard pie in Harry's face at the end of a musical number.
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