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FORCES OF THE WILD - In the Beginning

FORCES OF THE WILD - In the Beginning

Season 17 Episode 11
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FORCES OF THE WILD - Perpetual Motion

FORCES OF THE WILD - Perpetual Motion

Season 17 Episode 12
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FORCES OF THE WILD - Heavenly Partners

FORCES OF THE WILD - Heavenly Partners

Season 17 Episode 13
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FORCES OF THE WILD - Living Dangerously

FORCES OF THE WILD - Living Dangerously

Season 17 Episode 14
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FORCES OF THE WILD - Playing with Fire

FORCES OF THE WILD - Playing with Fire

Season 17 Episode 15
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Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic

Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic

Season 18 Episode 4
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Wisdom of the Wild

Wisdom of the Wild

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Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies

Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies

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Dogs: The Early Years

Dogs: The Early Years

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Horse and Rider

Horse and Rider

Season 21 Episode 2
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A Conversation with Koko

Season 17 Episode 10

Koko is a captive-born, western lowland gorilla, who has learned how to talk by learning over 1000 words in American Sign Language. Koko and Dr. Penny Patterson, Koko’s teacher, caretaker and interpreter, are science celebrities, who together have proven that intelligence, self-awareness, memory and emotions are not the sole realm of “human” animals.

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Sir David Attenborough and experts unearth the fossil of the largest Jurassic predator.
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