• Premiered: Oct 1982
  • Episodes: 664
  • Followers: 64
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Season 21
21x1
Tall Blondes
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 13, 2002
Lynn Sherr, the award-winning correspondent for ABC TV’s 20/20 newsmagazine, went to Africa for the first time in 1973 and fell in love — with giraffes. “They were a dazzling, unexpected .. show full overview
21x2
Horse and Rider
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Air date
Oct 20, 2002
“Bet Yer Blue Boons” is one of the most agile and intelligent cutting horses in the world, a true champion. “Rio,” a spectacular polo pony, is a gifted athlete able to sprint at 30 .. show full overview
21x3
Dive To the Abyss
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Air date
Oct 27, 2002
Dive to the Abyss showcases a group of marine biologists as they explore three different underwater environments.
21x4
Bloody Suckers
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 17, 2002
A filmmaker goes in search of the scary and fascinating creatures that feed on blood in NATURE's BLOODY SUCKERS.
21x5
Trail of the Cougar
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Air date
Dec 15, 2002
Hunted almost to extinction over the past three centuries, cougars are making a comeback today, with some 30,000 living in the wilds of North and South America. But still they face .. show full overview
21x6
Under Antarctic Ice
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Air date
Jan 12, 2003
On the surface, it's the bleakest of lands, with ferocious winds, flightless birds, and enough ice to flood half the planet's population if it were to melt. But below that frozen mass, a .. show full overview
21x7
The Reptiles: Alligators and Crocodiles
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Feb 02, 2003
A four-part series on “The Reptiles” begins with “Alligators and Crocodiles.” Included: their sensory systems and intelligence; courtship and mating signals; importance to ecosystems; .. show full overview
21x8
The Reptiles: Snakes
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Air date
Feb 09, 2003
A look at snakes. Included: their evolution and movement; how venom works; hunting methods and prey's defenses; venom collectors and experiences with bites; snake charmers; close-ups of .. show full overview
21x9
The Reptiles: Turtles and Tortoises
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Air date
Feb 16, 2003
Observing turtles and tortoises, the shelled animals that have been on Earth more than 200 million years. Included: problems they face in the modern world. Howard McGillin narrates.
21x10
The Reptiles: Lizards
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Air date
Feb 23, 2003
Focusing on several of the over 4000 types of lizards, including the Komodo dragon; sea-feeding marine iguanas; chameleons; venemous gila monsters; and geckos, who defy gravity by .. show full overview
21x11
Lost World of the Holy Land
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Air date
Apr 13, 2003
Animals are a formidable presence in the Bible, which makes reference to more than a hundred species, some metaphorically and others literally. But many of those creatures are gone from the Holy Land today, or on the verge of extinction there.
21x12
Leopards of Yala
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Air date
Apr 20, 2003
For more than a century, Yala National Park in Sri Lanka has been one of Asia’s most celebrated wildlife preserves, a lush windswept tropical forest rich in rare aquatic birds and .. show full overview
21x13
A Mystery in Alaska
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Air date
May 11, 2003
The Steller’s sea lions that populate the Alaskan coastline are powerful, playful, and sometimes rowdy creatures who bump and jostle each other on land but acquire a sublime gracefulness .. show full overview
21x14 Season finale
War Wrecks in the Coral Seas
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Air date
May 18, 2003
Thousands of tons of war wreckage sank into the fabled lagoons of the South Pacific islands during the naval and air battles of World War II. But instead of devastating the region’s .. show full overview

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