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            Finding the Elusive White-Tipped Sicklebill
The white-tipped sicklebill is one of Costa Rica's most elusive hummingbirds. Filmmakers turned to Costa Rican expert Anthony Jimenez to help them locate and film the bird.
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            How humans have tried to harness nature, from use of fire to the building of nuclear bombs
        
        
    
    
                            
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            The importance of the atmosphere and the oceans both in creating and destroying life
        
        
    
    
                            
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            The origins of the solar system and life on Earth; how life is affected by nature
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Learn about the incredible wilderness of the Serengeti.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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