Animal Homes: Cities - Preview

Nature
Air Date: 04/21/15 | Rating: NR

Some animal species congregate in huge groups. Icelandic puffins form colonies of more than a million, which provides shared information about food sources and reduces the odds of being attacked. Social spiders in Ecuador gather by the thousands to capture large prey. Leaf cutter ants in Costa Rica build enormous acre-wide cities to house multimillion-citizen colonies.

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The Last Orangutan Eden
S33 Ep10 | 53m 10s
Air Date: 02/25/15 | Expires: 02/24/29 | Rating: NR

Ecologist Chris Morgan visits endangered orangutans in Northern Sumatra.

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Animal Homes: The Nest
S33 Ep11 | 52m 55s
Air Date: 04/07/15 | Expires: 04/06/29 | Rating: NR

The first in a three-part series about how animals build their remarkable homes.

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Animal Homes: Location, Location, Location
S33 Ep12 | 52m 55s
Air Date: 04/14/15 | Expires: 04/06/29 | Rating: NR

Finding a good base of operations is key to successfully raising a family.

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Animal Homes: Cities
S33 Ep13 | 52m 55s
Air Date: 04/21/15 | Expires: 04/06/29 | Rating: NR

Animals congregate in huge colonies partly out of necessity and partly for the security.

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