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Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

Season 18 1979 - 1980
TV-G

  • 1979-09-23T04:00:00Z on Animal Planet
  • 25m
  • 5h 50m (14 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, Family
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.

14 episodes

Season Premiere

1979-09-23T04:00:00Z

18x01 Galana Experiment

Season Premiere

18x01 Galana Experiment

  • 1979-09-23T04:00:00Z25m

Perkins travels to Africa, Galana Ranch, to observe the roundup of wild herd animals: eland, oryx, buffalo.

Perkins helps dart Bighorn Sheep from a helicopter along the Colorado River in the effort to transfer the sheep to the Henry Mountains on the other side of the river to increase their population.

1979-10-14T04:00:00Z

18x03 Desert Spring

18x03 Desert Spring

  • 1979-10-14T04:00:00Z25m

Only once in 10 years does America's southwest Sonora Desert bloom spectacularly. The desert bursts into radiant color and the animals that live there do things they do at no other time. This episode features the animals of the desert when it's a carpet of flowers.

Perkins takes part in a research project in Newfoundland engaged in placing radio telemetry collars on the large male Woodland Caribou for observation purposes.

1979-11-25T05:00:00Z

18x05 Monkeys of Sri Lanka

18x05 Monkeys of Sri Lanka

  • 1979-11-25T05:00:00Z25m

Marlin Perkins travels for the first time to Sri Lanka to study the behavior of rare and unusual monkeys

1979-12-30T05:00:00Z

18x06 Vervets of Amboseli

18x06 Vervets of Amboseli

  • 1979-12-30T05:00:00Z25m

Perkins introduces Phyllis Lee who has been researching the behavior of one of the primates of Kenya-the vervet monkey.

1980-01-06T05:00:00Z

18x07 Return of the Puffin

18x07 Return of the Puffin

  • 1980-01-06T05:00:00Z25m

On Great Island, St. Johns Newfoundland, Marlin and researchers will collect 100 puffin chicks from their burrow to be flown to Maine and placed in artificial burrows in the effort to re-establish the puffin to their former breeding sites

1980-02-03T05:00:00Z

18x08 Chimps of Gambia, Part I

18x08 Chimps of Gambia, Part I

  • 1980-02-03T05:00:00Z25m

Story of a chimp named Lucy who was the first of her species to communicate with human through use of sign language raised here in the States and then taken to the Gambia, west Africa for rehabilitation and release.

18x09 Chimps of Gambia, Part II

  • 1980-02-10T05:00:00Z25m

Story of a chimp named Lucy who was the first of her species to communicate with human through use of sign language raised here in the States and then taken to the Cambia, west Africa for rehabilitation and release.

18x10 Wonderful Ways of the Wild

  • 1980-02-17T05:00:00Z25m

Marlin highlights close calls and high adventure throughout his career.

18x11 Hunters of the Miti Miwili

  • 1980-03-02T05:00:00Z25m

"Miti Miwili" means "Two Trees" in Swahili language. This episode is a penetrating look at the balance of nature on the African plains; a species show, without people involved.

Perkins visits the first National Environmental Research Park near Akin, South Carolina to observe studies being conducted to help answer questions about man's impact on the environment in this nuclear age. Alligators are outfitted with transmitter collars and released into a reservoir, which receives heated water from a nuclear reactor. Bobcats are fitted with transmitter collars and released into a special wildlife preserve near the reservoir. Later they will be rounded up and measured for contamination.

18x13 Land of the Birds of Paradise

  • 1980-03-30T05:00:00Z25m

Perkins joins a research team from the New York Zoological Society for a journey to the Baiyer River Sanctuary in New Guinea to photograph the elusive but world-famous birds of paradise.

18x14 The Secret Lives Of Puffins

  • 1979-09-24T04:00:00Z25m

Puffins are full of character and are loved by people across the globe. But many aspects of their lives remain unknown and they have rarely been filmed in detail. This film explores the colourful and intriguing world of Atlantic puffins, offering viewers a front row seat to puffin life in eastern Newfoundland and remote locations in Wales and Maine.

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