• Premiered: Dec 1954
  • Episodes: 43
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 5
5x1
Zoo Quest in Paraguay: Butterfly Birds and Armadillos
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 20, 1959
David Attenborough begins the story of his search for rare and interesting animals in the tropical swamps, forests and plains of central South America. He shows film of his encounter .. show full overview
5x2
Zoo Quest in Paraguay: Oven Birds and Capybaras
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 27, 1959
David Attenborough shows some of the creatures that live on the flat, rolling plains of Northern Argentina.
5x3
Zoo Quest in Paraguay: Argentine Excursion
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 03, 1959
David Attenborough finds rheas, a relation of the ostrich, and looks for some of the creatures that live in burrows on the pampas. Plus an interview with zookeeper J.P. McCorry.
5x4
Zoo Quest in Paraguay: The Gran Chaco
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 10, 1959
The western part of Paraguay is a vast, flat plain, treeless except for a few patches of thorn scrub and cactus. In the rainy season it is a swamp, in the dry season a parched desert. .. show full overview
5x5
Zoo Quest in Paraguay: Cactus Island in the Desert
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 17, 1959
David Attenborough continues his journey across the desolate plains and swamps of the Gran Chaco to visit one of the isolated patches of scrub and cactus that provide shelter for many of the Chaco animals. He brings two caimans to the studio.
5x6 Season finale
Zoo Quest in Paraguay: Return from the Chaco
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 24, 1959
David Attenborough introduces his last programme about collecting animals in the tropical swamps, forests and plains of central South America, and brings some of the creatures themselves to the studio.

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