Nick Baker (naturalist)

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Nick Baker

Born	April 22, 1972 (1972-04-22) (age 36)

Nick Baker (born April 22, 1972) is a British naturalist and television presenter, notably on Children's BBC's The Really Wild Show. He has recently finished filming Nick Baker's Weird Creatures.

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.

Baker is a regular contributor to Radio 4's The Natural History Programme and writes for many publications including the BBC Wildlife Magazine, Wildlife Watch, RSPB's Bird and Birdlife magazines, the Young Telegraph, the Bug Club magazine, Wild About Animals and FBX magazine.

Baker lives on Dartmoor along with a growing menagerie of small animals including spiders, scorpions, stick insects, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies and moths. He keeps pet leeches in the fridge at home^{[citation needed]} and often feeds them by attaching them to his leg.^{[citation needed]} Among his favourites are cane toads and a collection of hissing cockroaches.^{[citation needed]}

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 national 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 with badgers, also in Devon.

He regularly tours schools with his animals to educate school children and often works with the RSPB.

Baker wrote Baker's Bug Book and the Natural History Almanac for the UK. He has also been involved in Five and Discovery Channel productions and has worked for National Geographic.

'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. 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.^{[citation needed]}

Baker's talents are not limited to natural history. He cycles competitively, and as a self-taught harmonica player, percussionist and singer, he regularly performs in jazz and blues bands.^{[citation needed]}