Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

Season 1

1963 · 12 episodes · 4h 48m in all

Series premiere of Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

Episodes

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   1. Myths and Superstitions

   6 Jan 1963 · 24 min

   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

   13 Jan 1963 · 24 min

   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

   20 Jan 1963 · 24 min

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

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   4. Sonar in the Wild

   27 Jan 1963 · 24 min

   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

   3 Feb 1963 · 24 min

   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

   10 Feb 1963 · 24 min

   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

   17 Feb 1963 · 24 min

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

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   8. The Amazon River

   24 Feb 1963 · 24 min

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

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   9. Attack and Defense

   3 Mar 1963 · 24 min

   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

    10 Mar 1963 · 24 min

    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

    17 Mar 1963 · 24 min

    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

    24 Mar 1963 · 24 min

    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.