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Nature Season 5

October. 19,1986
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8.9
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TV-G
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Consistently 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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Nature Season 5 Full Episode Guide

Episode 20 - Masked Monkeys
First Aired: May. 24,1987

Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.

Episode 19 - Designed for Living
First Aired: May. 17,1987

The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.

Episode 18 - Lords of Hokkaido
Episode 17 - The Forgotten Garden
Episode 16 - Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
First Aired: April. 19,1987

The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.

Episode 15 - Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
First Aired: April. 12,1987

An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.

Episode 13 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Episode 12 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
Episode 11 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
Episode 10 - Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
Episode 9 - The Elephant Challenge
First Aired: January. 18,1987

A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.

Episode 8 - Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
First Aired: December. 14,1986

The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.

Episode 6 - Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
First Aired: November. 23,1986

A 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.

Episode 5 - Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
First Aired: November. 16,1986

A 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.

Episode 4 - Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
First Aired: November. 09,1986

Marine 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.

Episode 3 - Galapagos: How They Got There
First Aired: November. 02,1986

This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.

Episode 2 - Baja Lagoon
First Aired: October. 26,1986

An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

Episode 1 - Alyeska: The Great Land
First Aired: October. 19,1986

Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.

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Consistently 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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