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Episode 1 - Earthflight: North America
Release Date: 4 Sep. 2013Add a Plot
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Episode 2 - Earthflight: Africa
Release Date: 11 Sep. 2013Add a Plot
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Episode 3 - Earthflight: Europe
Release Date: 18 Sep. 2013Add a Plot
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Episode 4 - Earthflight: South America
Release Date: 25 Sep. 2013Add a Plot
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Episode 5 - Earthflight: Asia and Australia
Release Date: 2 Oct. 2013Add a Plot
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Episode 6 - Earthflight: Flying High
Release Date: 9 Oct. 2013Add a Plot
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Episode 7 - Saving Otter 501
Release Date: 16 Oct. 2013From PBS and NATURE - On a typical late summer day a baby sea otter washes up on the beach in Monterey, California - hungry, lost, injured. It's a tragic event, but not surprising. California sea otters are struggling. For decades marine biologist Karl Mayer and his small staff have worked unceasingly - one otter at a time - to bring this "keystone" species back from the brink of extinction so it can play its important role in the local marine environment. But the effort has stalled, and no one knows why. This is the story of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's 501st attempt ...
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Episode 8 - Love in the Animal Kingdom
Release Date: 6 Nov. 2013Add a Plot
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Episode 9 - Parrot Confidential
Release Date: 13 Nov. 2013From PBS and NATURE - Exotic beauty, outrageous intelligence, and remarkably advanced language skills have made parrots one of the world's most popular pets. But unlike dogs and cats, parrots have not been domesticated. Their hard-wired ear-shattering squawks, and unpredictable behavior are designed for the rainforest, not for captivity. An intense need to bond, complex emotional lives, and the ability to reach ages of up to 80 or 90 years complicate the equation further. Sooner or later, many owners come to the conclusion that they have taken on a more difficult ...
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Episode 10 - Meet the Coywolf
Release Date: 22 Jan. 2014The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its appearance is very recent - within the last 90 years - in evolutionary terms, a blip in time. Beginning in Canada but by no means ending there, the story of how it came to be is an extraordinary tale of how quickly adaptation and evolution can occur, especially when humans interfere. Tag along as scientists study this new top predator, tracking it from the wilderness of ...
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Episode 11 - The Funkiest Monkeys
Release Date: 29 Jan. 2014Add a Plot
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Episode 12 - Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
Release Date: 19 Feb. 2014From PBS - "Honey badger is bad ass." Those words and corresponding video became a YouTube sensation with 51 million hits. This is one the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, castrate charging buffalo, and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions, and snakes. Our film will follow a team of researchers in South Africa who are searching for the truth behind the honey badger.
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Episode 13 - Ireland's Wild River
Release Date: 26 Feb. 2014An exploration of Ireland's longest river, the Shannon, in all four seasons.
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Episode 14 - My Bionic Pet
Release Date: 9 Apr. 2014From PBS - NATURE: My Bionic Pet - We've come a long way in terms of our relationships with animals. We've gone from being their owners to being their guardians and in some cases even making them part of our families. Today, we are taking the next step, as animals suffering from serious disfigurements or disabilities are being fitted with prosthetic devices. Bionic limbs, tails, and even beaks are being created for our four- and two-legged friends to improve their mobility, their overall quality of life, and their emotional wellbeing. It's a state of being they ...
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Episode 15 - Touching the Wild
Release Date: 16 Apr. 2014A writer has a spiritual encounter with a lone mule deer and dedicates 7 years of studying them and grows in trust with them and they him. He meets a curious doe and names her RaggedyAnn and after 2 years she finally comes closer and makes a decision he is safe to approach and comes within inches of his face. He touches her and they are both changed. He comes to realize she is the leader of this large herd and not by leading by dominance but by being gentle. He is now acceoted by the herd and into the hierarchy and learns its rules. They are not tame and will run if ...
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Episode 16 - Snow Monkeys
Release Date: 23 Apr. 2014From PBS - In the frigid valleys of Japan's Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise their families in a complex society of rank and privilege where each knows their place. Their leader is still new to the job and something of a solitary grouch. But one little monkey, innocently unaware of his own lowly social rank, reaches out to this lonely leader, forming a bond with him that manages over time to warm his less than sunny disposition. It is a rare and remarkable gesture that alters both their lives. Changing seasons bring new babies to care ...
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Episode 17 - Leave It to Beavers
Release Date: 14 May 2014From PBS - The fascinating story of beavers in North America - their history, their near extinction, and their current comeback, as a growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global warming and world-wide water shortages. Once valued for their fur or hunted as pests, these industrious rodents are seen in a new light through the eyes of this novel assembly of beaver enthusiasts and "employers" who reveal the ways in which the ...
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Episode 18 - The Gathering Swarms
Release Date: 21 May 2014From PBS - A look at some of the planet's great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers - sometimes in millions, billions, and even trillions. Included are bats and bees, locust and ants, monarch butterflies in Mexico, 17-year cicada hatches, grunion in the Sea of Cortez and carp in the Mississippi River, sardine runs off the coast of South Africa, super flocks of parakeets in the Australian Outback, mayflies on the 4th of July, and even penguins and wildebeest. Some gather to breed or to migrate, some for protection, some simply to keep warm...
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Episode 19 - Fabulous Frogs
Release Date: 25 Jun. 2014From PBS - Sir David Attenborough takes us on a journey through the weird and wonderful world of frogs, shedding new light on these charismatic, colorful and frequently bizarre little animals through first-hand stories, the latest science, and cutting-edge technology. Frogs from around the world are used to demonstrate the wide variety of frog anatomy, appearance and behavior. Their amazing adaptations and survival techniques have made them the most successful of all amphibians.