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Attenborough's Life Stories, Our Fragile Planet (#3007)

David Attenborough looks at the impact human beings have had on the natural world in his lifetime. [56 minutes]

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NATURE | Attenborough's Life Stories | Alongside... (#3007)

Sir David Attenborough accompanies an imprinted family of Greylag geese in flight. "Attenborough's Life Stories:... 01:23
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NATURE | Attenborough's Life Stories | Revealing... (#3007)

Kestrels are known as wind hoverers because of the birds' ability to hang motionless in the air. Sir David... 01:26
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NATURE | Attenborough's Life Stories | Life on... (#3007)

For 60 years, one man devoted his life to understanding and documenting the natural world. The first hour of this... 01:22
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Nature | Great Zebra Exodus | PBS (#3013)

Full Program: Zebras embark on a mass migration from the saltpans of Botswana in search of water. 53:10
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In Africa, new life must hit the ground running. Zebra foals join one of the greatest migrations in the natural... 00:32
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Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12
Curricular Areas: Science & Technology
Series Length: 264 episodes
Average Episode Length: 57 minutes
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Series Description: NATURE, television's longest-running weekly natural history series, has won more than 200 honors from the television industry, parent groups, the international wildlife film community and environmental organizations, including the only award ever given to a television program by the Sierra Club.

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Great Zebra Exodus (#3013)

Over 20,000 zebras make their epic migration across the Kalahari's Makgadikgadi Pans in Africa. [56 minutes]
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The White Lions (#2912)

The story of two extremely rare white lion cubs growing up on the savanna in South Africa. [56 minutes]
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The Himalayas (#2808)

Explores the diversity of wildlife and habitats of this mountain chain, including the snow leopard. [56 minutes]
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Victoria Falls (#2613)

Cutting across the Zambezi River, the largest waterfall in the world is a place of epic proportions. [56 minutes]
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Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air (#2705)

New scientific research sheds light on these tough, energetic flashing jewels of the natural world. [56 minutes]
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Outback Pelicans (#2810)

100,000 pelicans arrive in the largest lake in Australia, which is created every ten years by rain. [56 minutes]
- Tue, June 18, 6:00 PM on IPTV World
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Magic of the Snowy Owl (#3002)

An intimate look at how these majestic birds survive in the tundra on the North Slope of Alaska. [56 minutes]
- Tue, June 18, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
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Invasion of the Giant Pythons (#2708)

Predatory pythons slithered into the wilderness of Florida's Everglades National Park and thrived. [56 minutes]
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Black Mamba (#2703)

Scientists aim to change the public perception of one of Africa's most dangerous and feared snakes. [56 minutes]
- Wed, June 26, 7:00 PM on IPTV
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