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Nature : Season 9
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Air date: 30 Sep '90 - 21 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 (21)
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Nature (1982)
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1. Seasons in the Sea
30 Sep '90Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
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2. Monkeys on the Edge
07 Oct '90Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.
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3. Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun (1)
14 Oct '90A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
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4. Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas (2)
21 Oct '90A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
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5. The Sisterhood
11 Nov '90Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
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6. Supersense: Sight and Sound (1)
18 Nov '90Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
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7. Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond (2)
25 Nov '90Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
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8. Supersense: Making Sense (3)
02 Dec '90Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
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9. Monkey Island
09 Dec '90This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.
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10. Grizzly Country
16 Dec '90Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.
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11. The Wild Shores of Patagonia
13 Jan '91Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
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12. The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
17 Feb '91In light of the Persian Gulf War and the recent oil spills, PBS airs an update of the 1984 episode of Nature, Treasures of the Gulf, that focused on the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the fragile ecology of the Persian Gulf.
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13. One Man's Kenya
24 Feb '91The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
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14. The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
03 Mar '91Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
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15. Grand Teton Wilderness
10 Mar '91The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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16. Year of the Jackal
17 Mar '91Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
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17. Black Bear of the North
24 Mar '91Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
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18. Wild Dogs of Africa
07 Apr '91The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
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19. Marathon Bird
14 Apr '91A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
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20. The Cat That Came in From the Cold
28 Apr '91A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
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21. Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park
12 May '91Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.
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