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Nature : Season 5
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Air date: 19 Oct '86 - 20 episodesConsistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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List of Episodes (20)
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Nature (1982)
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1. Alyeska: The Great Land
19 Oct '86Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
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2. Baja Lagoon
26 Oct '86An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
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3. Galapagos: How They Got There
02 Nov '86This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
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4. Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
09 Nov '86Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
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5. Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
16 Nov '86A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
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6. Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
23 Nov '86A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
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7. Cats
07 Dec '86An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
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8. Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
14 Dec '86The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
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9. The Elephant Challenge
18 Jan '87A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
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10. Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
08 Feb '87A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
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11. In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
22 Feb '87The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
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12. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
01 Mar '87A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
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13. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
08 Mar '87Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
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14. America's Wild Horses
15 Mar '87Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
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15. Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
12 Apr '87An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
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16. Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
19 Apr '87The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
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17. The Forgotten Garden
26 Apr '87What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
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18. Lords of Hokkaido
10 May '87A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
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19. Designed for Living
17 May '87The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
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20. Masked Monkeys
24 May '87Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
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