Natural World - Season 1 (1984)

Barely bigger than a few football pitches, the island of Midway is a vital refuge to sharks, spinner dolphins, eagle rays, turtles, rare seals and millions of birds.

This film chronicles the magical transformation of a landscape. Every spring, a barren stretch of land 100 km inland from South Africa's west coast is briefly transformed into the largest flower show on the planet. Thousands of brightly colored species are pollinated by oil collecting bees within the few precious weeks before the blazing summer heat turns the garden to dust. Meerkats, ostriches and sheep also prevail in the springtime season of Namaqualand. But as summer approaches, these animals struggle to eke out an existence. Relief is found down the coast where ...

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Documentary following a scientist who has joined forces with an undercover detective to explore threats to silky sifaka lemurs in Madagascar. The rainforest-dwelling animal is one of the world's rarest mammals, and the investigators find out whether there is a link between the endangered species, illegal logging and expensive American guitars.

Who calls the shots in the mating game and is attraction merely physical? Whether it's a mating call that titillates, a flash of colour, or a fancy dance, Nat Geo Wild explores the factors that influence the power of animal attraction.

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