Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

9.3
196330m

Premiering in 1963 broadcast on prime-time from 1968-1971 and airing in syndication until 1988 the Emmy Award-winning Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was one of the longest-running and most beloved television series of all time. A pioneer of the narrative nature-documentary format the educational series followed venerable host and ecologist Marlin Perkins (later joined by Jim Fowler Peter Gros Stan Brock and Tom Allen) as he trekked to the farthest reaches of the globe to study wild animals in their natural habitats.

Seasons

12 Episodes • Premiered 1963

Series premiere of Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

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1. Myths and Superstitions

Marlin debunks many of the baseless belief about living creatures from the fish to the gorilla with his firsthand knowledge.

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2. Designs for Survival

The survival value of a wide range of protective devices used by wild creatures is demonstrated and investigated.

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3. Capturing Wild Animals

Marlin and Jim Fowler investigate trapping and capturing techniques both primitive and modern.

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4. Sonar in the Wild

Marlin and Jim perform experiments in a bat cave to reveal how bats maneuver in the dark without colliding. They demonstrate how the intelligent porpoise use inaudible signals to find their way about.

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5. Strange Ways of the Wild

Marlin and Jim set out to separate the truth from the myths and unfold many strange but true tales from the wild kingdom.

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6. Cats of the World

The great cats of the world, lions, tigers and jaguars are placed in an observation room and tested for their reactions to various objects.

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7. Hunters of the Sky

Story of how birds of prey zig-zag after their terrified, intended victims.

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8. The Amazon River

Mysteries of animal and native life in the Amazon River Valley.

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9. Attack and Defense

Close-up look at the aggressive and defensive postures assumed by all animals in their natural habitat.

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10. Call of the Pribilofs

The fur seal answer the call of the Pribilofs and migrate to a group of small islands in the Bering Sea.

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11. Defense Against Extinction

Marlin and Jim investigate unusual conservation techniques by which man is challenging the extinction of the wild kingdom.

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12. Exploring the Reef

A journey to the coral reefs off Bimini to take a deep-sea look at the myriad of underwater inhabitants that flourish in these warm blue waters and the deadly shark.

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