Episode guide
Nature: Season 1
13 episodes · premiered Oct 10, 1982
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- Episode 1: The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire Oct 10, 1982 · 53m Following the path of the condor, whose ten-foot wingspan enables it to soar effortlessly over the peaks of the Andes mountains, this film starts at the storm beaten rocks of Cape Horn at…
- Episode 2: The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air Oct 17, 1982 · 53m While the cold waters of the Pacific Coast of South America are among the richest in the world, the shore is the driest desert in the world. Yet it is not at all devoid of life. Lizards…
- Episode 3: The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon Oct 24, 1982 · 53m The third part of the series is a spectacular visual trip down the fabled river. From the snow-clad summit of the volcano Cotopaxi and others comes the greatest river in the world as…
- Episode 4: Amate: The Great Fig Tree Oct 31, 1982 · 53m
- Episode 5: Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons Nov 7, 1982 · 53m
- Episode 6: On the Edge of Paradise Nov 14, 1982 · 53m Examines the fragile ecology of the Caribbean area in a unique and vivid look at the forces affecting this area's ecological balance, such as hurricanes, volcanoes, the continuing…
- Episode 7: Forest in the Clouds Nov 21, 1982 · 53m Surveying Costa Rica's Monte Verde preserve, which contains some 200 varieties of trees, including 300-ft. oaks. Animal life includes deadly scorpions; army ants; and plumed quetzals…
- Episode 8: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries Nov 28, 1982 · 53m The first of the series takes us back to the 13th Century to explore medieval superstitions of ancient "naturalists." Frederick II of Hohenstaufen had a passion for falconry that resulted…
- Episode 9: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God Dec 5, 1982 · 53m Theologians and clerics in the 17th and 18th centuries were among the first to study animal behavior. John Ray began in the 1600's to catalog "the work of the Creation," starting with…
- Episode 10: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind Dec 12, 1982 · 53m In 1848, Charles Darwin began the quest to understand the mysteries of the animal mind. Following Darwin's achievement - suggesting a plausible process for evolution: natural selection…
- Episode 11: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning Dec 19, 1982 · 53m First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the investigation by Otto Pfungst of "Kluge Hans" (Clever…
- Episode 12: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals Dec 26, 1982 · 53m Continuing with the exploration of animal communication we see recreations of Karl von Frisch unraveling the language of honey bees. Julian Huxley, who discovered a possible language in…
- Episode 13: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together Jan 2, 1983 · 53m Scientists have long attempted to discover why animals rarely live alone. Animal society seems to be based on despotic rule by the strongest, tempered by the powerful attractive forces of…